GRE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats ? 2343 0

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    1 : 2 : 3
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    2 : 3 : 4
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    3: 4 : 5
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    4 : 5 : 6
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Answer : 2. "2 : 3 : 4"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 2 : 3 : 4 Explanation: Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are 5x, 7x and 8x. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. Then Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school will be 1.4 X 5x, 1.5 X 7x and 1.75 X 8x and ratio will be 7 : 10.5 : 14  => 2:3:4.

Q: Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes in the middle ? 2342 0

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    Slaughter
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    Skirt
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    Straight
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    Shout
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Answer : 1. "Slaughter"
Explanation :

Answer: A) Slaughter Explanation: The arrangement in the alphabetical order is Shout, Skirt, Slaughter, Specify, Straight. The word in the middle is Slaughter.

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Answer : 4. "A, B, P, U, S"
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Answer: D) A, B, P, U, S Explanation: From the given information;  Members   Sex    Profession        A         M          Advocate     Q         F           Doctor     B         M          Advocate     R         F           Advocate     C         M          Doctor     S         F           Doctor     D         M          Doctor     T         F           Teacher     E         M          Teacher     U         F           Teacher     P         F           Doctor  Answer (D)  From option (D) A and B are two male advocates, P and S are two female doctors and u is female teacher.

Q: What color does blue and yellow make? 2339 0

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    Green
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    Black
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    Red
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    White
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Answer : 1. "Green"
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Answer: A) Green Explanation: Mixing of blue and yellow colors make Green Color.                                     RYB (an abbreviation of red–yellow–blue) is a historical set of colors used in subtractive color mixing and is one commonly used set of primary colors. It is primarily used in art and design education, particularly painting. RYB predates modern scientific color theory, which has determined that cyan, magenta, and yellow are the best set of three colorants to combine, for the widest range of high-chroma colors.

Q: Which fraction comes next in the sequence 23, 13, 527, 781, ? 2326 0

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    1/27
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    11/278
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    9/48
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    7/123
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Answer : 1. "1/27"
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Answer: A) 1/27 Explanation: Clearly, the numerators of the fractions in the given sequence follow the series of 2, 3, 5, 7,... and the denominator follows 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ...Then, the next term in the given sequence is  935 = 9243 = 127 .

Q: Only if Sheela is happy, then she does not go to work. 2323 0

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    Sheela is not happy and she goes to work.
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    Sheela is happy and she does not go to work
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    Sheela is not happy and she does not go to work.
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    Sheela is happy and she goes to work.
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Answer : 1. "Sheela is not happy and she goes to work."
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Answer: A) Sheela is not happy and she goes to work. Explanation: The event of "Sheela is not going to work" happens only when the event "Sheela is happy" happens. Also, if the event "Sheela is happy" does not happen, then the event "Sheela is not going to work" will not happen. In other words, if it is true that Sheela is not happy, then it means that Sheela is going to work.

Q: The clipboard 2323 1

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    is a Cache memory
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    is a feature that stores user information
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    is used to temporarily store, items that has been cut or copied
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    is a feature that saves file temporarily
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Answer : 3. "is used to temporarily store, items that has been cut or copied"
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Answer: C) is used to temporarily store, items that has been cut or copied Explanation: A clipboard is a temporary storage area for items that the user wants to cut or copy from one place to another.   For example, in a word processor application, the user might want to cut text from one part of a document and paste it in another part of the document or somewhere else, it is temporarily stored in clipboard.

Q: A box contains 90 screws each of 100 gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If the entire box weighs 35.5 kg, then the weight of the empty box is ? 2316 0

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    10.5 kgs
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    12 kgs
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    9.6 kgs
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    11.5 kgs
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Answer : 4. "11.5 kgs"
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Answer: D) 11.5 kgs Explanation: Screws weight = 90x100 = 9000gmsbolts weight = 100 x 150 = 15000gmsweight = screws + bolts => 24000 gms =>24 kgGiven entire box weight = 35.5kgempty box = entire box weight - weight => 35.5kg - 24kg => 11.5kgso the empty box is 11.5kg.

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