GRE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: 5 years ago Sushma was 5 times as old as her Son. 5 years hence her age will be 8 less than three times the corresponding age of her Son. Find their ages ? 3488 05b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8d3
5b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8d3- 124 and 13 yearsfalse
- 248 and 24 yearsfalse
- 335 and 11 yearstrue
- 433 and 15 yearsfalse
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Answer : 3. "35 and 11 years"
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Answer: C) 35 and 11 years Explanation: Let the age of sushma be x and the age of her son is yThen five years before x-5=5(y-5) ...(1)Five years hence x+5 = 3(y+5)-8 .....(2) By soving (1) & (2), we get5y - 15 = 3y + 7y = 11 => x = 35 Therefore, the age of Sushma = 35 and her son = 11.
Q: Although Blind, Deaf and Dumb, She graduated from college and achieved high distinction as a writer and scholar. Who was she ? 3440 05b5cc720e4d2b4197774f63b
5b5cc720e4d2b4197774f63b- 1Anna Povafalse
- 2Samantha Foxfalse
- 3Sheila Gujralfalse
- 4Helen Kellertrue
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Answer : 4. "Helen Keller"
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Answer: D) Helen Keller Explanation:
Q: In a row, Kumar is at 7th place from the left and Pawan is at 9th place from the right. When they interchange the positions Kumar becomes 11th from left. How many were seated in the row ? 3419 05b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f385
5b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f385- 119true
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Answer : 1. "19"
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Answer: A) 19 Explanation: Initialy from left 7th = kumarfrom right 9th = pawanInterchange kumar = 11th from left, from right kumar = 9th;11+8 = 19;8 is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7(pawan),8,9,10,11(kumar),12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19;simply count the 9th place from right we will get total as 19.
Q: Find the next number in the sequence? 28, 16, 28, 76, 274 3408 05b5cc696e4d2b4197774c59f
5b5cc696e4d2b4197774c59f- 11233false
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Answer : 2. "1243"
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Answer: B) 1243 Explanation: Given number sequence is 28, 16, 28, 76, 274 Here the sequence follows a pattern that 28 28 x 0.5 + 2 = 14 + 2 = 16 16 x 1.5 + 4 = 24 + 4 = 28 28 x 2.5 + 6 = 70 + 6 = 76 76 x 3.5 + 8 = 266 + 8 = 274 274 x 4.5 + 10 = 1233 + 10 = 1243 Hence, the next number in the given number sequence is 1243.
Q: A thief steals half the total number of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a bakery. A second thief steals half the remaining number of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What was the total number of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning ? 3356 05b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f33c
5b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f33c- 121false
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Answer : 4. "31"
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Answer: D) 31 Explanation: Let y be the total number of loavesa be the remaining loaves after 1st thiefb be the remaining loaves after 2nd thiefand c, d..so on after 3 and 4 the = 0 be the remaining loaves after 5th thief a = y - (y/2 + 1/2)= y/2 - 1/2 b = a - (a/2 + 1/2)= a/2 - 1/2 c = b - (b/2 + 1/2)= b/2 - 1/2 d = c - (c/2 + 1/2)= c/2 - 1/2 e = d - (d/2 + 1/2)= d/2 - 1/2we know that, e = 0,thus by substitution, we getd = 1c = 3b = 7a = 15y = 31Therefore total number of bread loaves in bakery was 31.
Q: Each consonant in the word TIRADES is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and each vowel is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and the new letters are arranged alphabetically. Which of the following will be the fourth from the right end ? 3355 05b5cc736e4d2b4197774f888
5b5cc736e4d2b4197774f888- 1Sfalse
- 2Qfalse
- 3Jtrue
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Answer : 3. "J"
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Answer: C) J Explanation: Given word is TIRADESNow the consonants T, R, D, S are replaced by S, Q, C, RAnd Vowels are I, A, E are replaced by J, B and FThey are arranged alphabeticallyNew word is BCFJQRS The fourth letter from the right end is J.
Q: Solve the Riddle :: Three men were on a boat that was stuck one mile from the shore. One was afraid of Sharks. The other couldn't Swim. And the last one didn't have a life jacket. However, they reached the shore without any problems. How did they do it? 3351 05b5cc69fe4d2b4197774c9dc
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They walked and did this. It was never specified that the boat was at sea. Since this logic is observed by them to tackle situation.
Q: If NAMO = 172 and OM = 56 then, SHIVAY = ? 3294 05b5cc6cee4d2b4197774e237
5b5cc6cee4d2b4197774e237- 1606false
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Answer : 3. "504"
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Answer: C) 504 Explanation: (COUNTING OF LETTERS) NAMO = 14 + 1 + 13 + 15 = 43 x 4 = 172, OM = 15 + 13 = 28 x 2 = 56, SHIVAY = 19 + 8 + 9 + 22 + 1 + 25 = 84 x 6 = 504