GRE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Man : Biography :: Nation : ? 4228 0

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    History
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    Leader
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    Story
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    Nationalism
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Answer : 1. "History"
Explanation :

Answer: A) History Explanation: Detailed description of a man's life is Biography. Similarly, detailed description of a Nations is called History.

Q: Thread is to String as Cask is to 4224 0

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    Barrel
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    Disc
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    Wallet
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    Box
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Answer : 1. "Barrel"
Explanation :

Answer: A) Barrel Explanation: Here Thread and String are Synonyms of each other. Then the answer will be the synonym of Cask.  Cask is nothing but a large barrel-like container used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks.  Ex : Drum, Vessel, Tank, Barrel, Hogshead, Firkin,...   Here from the options Barrel is the only synonym of Cask.   Thus,  Thread : String :: Cask : Barrel

Q: A company requires 12,100 strength. Present employees are 400 ladies and 6400 gents. To reach the target how many ladies required to maintain the same ratio ? 4214 0

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    400
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    600
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    900
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    700
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Answer : 3. "900"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 900 Explanation: 6,400 gents, 2400 ladies in that company.So total 8,800employees.for 8,800 employees, we want 2400 ladies.for 12,100employees we want how many ladies ?=> (12,100/8,800) x 2400 = 3300.So we want 3300 - 2400 = 900 more ladies.

Q: In an objective competitive exam, a correct answer score 4 marks and on a wrong answer 2 marks are negatively added. A student scores 420 marks from 150 question. How many answers were correct ? 4205 0

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    145
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    138
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    125
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    120
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Answer : 4. "120"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 120 Explanation: let x be the correct answer and y be the wrong answerso the total number of questions is (x + y) = 150.....(1)=> 4x - 2y = 420.....(2)By solving (1) & (2), we get => 6x = 720hence x = 120Therefore, number of correct answers are 120.

Q: Bill : Law :: ? : Insect 4200 0

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    Pupa
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    Stage
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    Larva
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    Bird
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Answer : 3. "Larva"
Explanation :

Answer: C) Larva Explanation: A Bill becomes a Law; a Larva becomes an insect. (Or) A Bill turns into a law; a Larva turns into an Insect.

Q: There are three rooms in a Hotel: one single, one double and one for four persons. How many ways are there to house seven persons in these rooms ? 4184 0

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    105
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    7! x 6!
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    7!/5!
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    420
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Answer : 1. "105"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 105 Explanation: Choose 1 person for the single room & from the remaining choose 2 for the double room & from the remaining choose 4 people for the four person room,   Then, 7C1 x 6C2 x 4C4  = 7 x 15 x 1 = 105

Q: Find the missing number in the given series ? 15, 51, 216, 1100, ?, 46452 4175 0

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    5660
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    6560
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    6750
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    6630
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Answer : 4. "6630"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 6630 Explanation: Let first no. be "k" and multiple be "l"...start value of y with 3then,[(k x y) + {l x (l-1)}]Thus, we get 15 x 3 + 3 x 2 = 5151 x 4 + 4 x 3 = 216216 x 5 + 5 x 4 = 11001100 x 6 + 6 x 5 = 66306630 x 7 + 7 x 6 = 46452 Therefore, the missing number is 6630.

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