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8Q: In order to maximize his gain, a shopping mall owner decides to reduce the price of electronics goods by 20% and as a result of this, the sales of electronics increase by 40%. If, as a result of these changes, he is able to increase his weekly collection by Rs. 1,05,000, find by what value did the gross collection increase per day? 4854 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d188
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d188- 1Rs. 14400false
- 2Rs. 14600false
- 3Rs. 14800false
- 4Rs. 15000true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 15000"
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Answer: D) Rs. 15000 Explanation: It won't requires that much solving. Here given the increase in weekly collection by Rs. 1,05,000 That is this increase denotes for all 7 days. => Gross Collection increase per day = Rs. 1,05,0007 = Rs. 15,000 Hence, the gross collection increase per day = Rs. 15,000.
Q: Frugal : Parsimonious :: ? 4843 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: Which action is the best example of a direct observation? 4832 05b5cc66de4d2b4197774bfaa
5b5cc66de4d2b4197774bfaa- 1listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minutetrue
- 2determining the seal population of an island by counting seals in 10 square meters of the islandfalse
- 3identifying which bird was present by the tracks that it leaves in the sand at a beachfalse
- 4reading numbers on a heat sensor to conclude that there is a deer in the night woodsfalse
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Answer : 1. "listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute"
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Answer: A) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute Explanation:
Q: In a class of 39 students the ratio of boys and girls is 2 : 1. Radhika ranks 15th among all the students from top and 8th among girls from bottom. How many boys are there below Radhika ? 4822 05b5cc705e4d2b4197774f1f3
5b5cc705e4d2b4197774f1f3- 19false
- 217true
- 311false
- 415false
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Answer : 2. "17"
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Answer: B) 17 Explanation: Total student= 39, boys : girls = 2:1, hence no of boys= 2/3(39)= 26num of girls= 1/3(39) = 13 , since radhika ranked 15 among 39 student from topand ranked 8 among girls from bottom , this means 7 girls are below radhika, rest 13-9= 5 girls are above her, now from 14 toper 5 are girls hence 14-5=9 boys.Hence num of boys below radhika are 26-9=17
Q: I learnt from my experience that by______ my anger and resentment, and by avoiding _________ I could overcome opponents more successfully than could those who openly defied their adversaries. 4817 05b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7f6
5b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7f6- 1suppressing, conflicttrue
- 2expressing, hostilityfalse
- 3stifling, temperancefalse
- 4rousing, wrathfalse
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Answer : 1. "suppressing, conflict"
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Answer: A) suppressing, conflict Explanation:
Q: A son and father goes for boating in river upstream . After rowing for 1 mile son notices the hat of his father falling in the river. After 5 min he tells his father that his hat has fallen. So they turn round and are able to pick the hat at the point from where they began boating after 5min. Find the speed of river in miles/hours ? 4815 05b5cc711e4d2b4197774f3d7
5b5cc711e4d2b4197774f3d7- 14 mile/hrfalse
- 26 mile/hrtrue
- 32 mile/hrfalse
- 45 mile/hrfalse
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Answer : 2. "6 mile/hr"
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Answer: B) 6 mile/hr Explanation: Let the speed of river and boat be 'r' m/min and 'b' m/min.so relative speed in upstream (b-r)m/min and in downstream (b+r)m/min.Now in upstream distnce covered in 5 min is 5(b-r)milesso total distnce covered => 1 + 5(b-r)miles in upstreamIn downstream distance covered in 5min is 5(b+r)miles Now 1 + 5(b-r) = 5(b+r)1+5b-5r = 5b+5r1 = 10rr = 1/10 mile/min => 6 mile/hr.
Q: If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is to the east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then in P % Q + R - S, S is in which direction with respect to Q ? 4801 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f512
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f512- 1South-Easttrue
- 2North-Westfalse
- 3Eastfalse
- 4Westfalse
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Answer : 1. "South-East"
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Answer: A) South-East Explanation: P % Q + R - S=> P is to the East of Q, who is to the North of R, who is to the West of S.=> Q.....P R.....S=> With respect to Q, S is to the South-East of Q.
Q: Prophet of New India is 4797 05b5cc6b2e4d2b4197774d38d
5b5cc6b2e4d2b4197774d38d- 1Dayanand Saraswathifalse
- 2Sri Ramakrishnatrue
- 3Swamy Vivekanandafalse
- 4Raja Ram Mohan Royfalse
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Answer : 2. "Sri Ramakrishna"
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Answer: B) Sri Ramakrishna Explanation: Sri Ramakrishna is called as the Prophet of New India. Sri Ramakrishna (1836-86) mostly known as Ramakrishna Paramhamsa was a spiritual genius now respected in India and abroad as an outstanding saint of our times. His life and thoughts represents the highest and best of modern Hindu philosophy and practice. Reverence and admiration for him amongst Bengali elites led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda. His devotees look upon him as an incarnation or Avatara of the formless Supreme Brahman as described in the Vedanta while some devotees see him as an avatara of Vishnu.