Basic GK Practice Question and Answer
8Q: P’s son Q is married with R whose sister S is married to T the brother of Q. How S is related to P ? 1747 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd2f
5b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd2f- 1Daughter-in-lawtrue
- 2Sisterfalse
- 3Cousinfalse
- 4Sister-in-lawfalse
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Answer : 1. "Daughter-in-law"
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Answer: A) Daughter-in-law Explanation: Since T is the brother of QTherefore, P is the father of Tbut S is the wife of T.Hence, S is the daughter-in-law of P.
Q: Choose the Antonym of the given word from the following options 'Jettison' 2810 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd02
5b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd02- 1Salvagetrue
- 2Submergefalse
- 3Repentfalse
- 4Descendfalse
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Answer : 1. "Salvage"
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Answer: A) Salvage Explanation: 'Jettison' means to discard and 'salvage' means to rescue something discarded. Hence, 'salvage' is the word which is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Jettison'.
Q: Choose the word which gives similar meaning to the given word from the following options. 'Autopsy' 1686 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcfd
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcfd- 1Diagnosisfalse
- 2Rebuildfalse
- 3Manufacturefalse
- 4Postmortemtrue
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Answer : 4. "Postmortem"
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Answer: D) Postmortem Explanation: Autopsy is the medical term for postmortem.
Q: Choose the synonym of 'Hypothesis' from the following options ? 1687 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcd9
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcd9- 1Theorytrue
- 2Fascinationfalse
- 3Complexityfalse
- 4Fallingfalse
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Answer : 1. "Theory"
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Answer: A) Theory Explanation: 'Hypothesis' is a word that gives a brief explanation of the concepts based on the limited evidence. The word 'theory' is closest in meaning to it.
Q: Pipe K fills a tank in 30 minutes. Pipe L can fill the same tank 5 times as fast as pipe K. If both the pipes were kept open when the tank is empty, how much time will it take for the tank to overflow ? 3225 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcc5
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcc5- 13 minutesfalse
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- 34 minutesfalse
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Answer : 4. "5 minutes"
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Answer: D) 5 minutes Explanation: Let the total capacity of tank be 90 liters.Capacity of tank filled in 1 minute by K = 3 liters.Capacity of tank filled in 1 minute by L = 15 liters.Therefore, capacity of the tank filled by both K and L in 1 minute = 18 liters.Hence, time taken by both the pipes to overflow the tank = 90/18 = 5 minutes.
Q: Statement: A large number of students who have passed their XII Std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.Courses of action:a. The evaluation system of XII Std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.b. The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at cheaper rate.c. The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country. 1731 05b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc7f
5b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc7f- 1only a and b followsfalse
- 2Only c followsfalse
- 3Only b followstrue
- 4All a, b & c followsfalse
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Answer : 3. "Only b follows"
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Answer: C) Only b follows Explanation: Clearly, reducing the number of aspirants for admission to colleges or sending the students of well-to-do families to foreign countries for higher studies, is no proper solution. So, both I and III do not follow. The right solution is to increase the number of colleges so as t accommodate the increasing number of admission-seekers. So, only II follows.
Q: Frugal : Parsimonious :: ? 4692 05b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc6b
5b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc6b- 1joy : ecstasytrue
- 2rich : poorfalse
- 3love : hatefalse
- 4poor : miseryfalse
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Answer : 1. "joy : ecstasy"
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Answer: A) joy : ecstasy Explanation: Frugal and parsimonious are synonyms of each other and bear the meaning 'being stingy' or 'sparing'. Similarly, joy and ecstasy are related to happiness.
Q: The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs. 8,748, its purchase price was ? 3342 05b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc2f
5b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc2f- 1Rs.14,000false
- 2Rs.12,000true
- 3Rs. 12,800false
- 4Rs. 15,000false
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Answer : 2. "Rs.12,000"
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Answer: B) Rs.12,000 Explanation: We have P = 8748, R = -10 and n = 3Therefore, the purchase price of the machine= P1+R100n= 87481-101003= 8748 x (100/90) x (100/90) x (100/90)= 12,000. Therefore, the purchase price of the machine was Rs. 12,000.