GRE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: What has Hands But cannot Clap? 2296 05b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d221
5b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d221- 1Toyfalse
- 2Clocktrue
- 3Bagfalse
- 4Shirtfalse
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Answer : 2. "Clock"
Explanation :
Answer: B) Clock Explanation: What has Hands But cannot Clap is a Clock or a Watch. A Clock technically has 3 hands. 1 Hour Hand Which tells Hours 1 Minute Hand Which tells Minutes 1 Second Hand Which tells Seconds. But cannot clap with these hands.
Q: One type of liquid contains 25 % of benzene, the other contains 30% of benzene. A can is filled with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of benzene in the new mixture. 2295 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcc0
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcc0- 127 %true
- 226 %false
- 329 %false
- 421 %false
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Answer : 1. "27 %"
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Answer: A) 27 % Explanation: Let the percentage of benzene = X(30 - X)/(X- 25) = 6/4 = 3/2 => 5X = 135 X = 27 So, required percentage of benzene = 27 %
Q: Assertion( 2292 05b5cc758e4d2b4197774fbd5
5b5cc758e4d2b4197774fbd5- 1: Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.Reason(R) : They are fed by melting snow. A) R correctly explains Atrue
- 2R is true but A is falefalse
- 3A is true but R is falsefalse
- 4A) R correctly explains A B) R is true but A is fale C) A is true but R is false D)false
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Answer : 1. ": Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.Reason(R) : They are fed by melting snow.
A) R correctly explains A"
Explanation :
Answer: A) R correctly explains A Explanation: Most Himalayan rivers are perennial because they are fed by the melting snow throughout the year.Thus, both A and R are true & R correctly explains A.
Q: Detect an error part labelled (1), (2), (3) & (4) in the following question. whole northern states in(1)/india are reeling under the(2)/devastating(3)/of the drought(4) 2291 05b5cc6c4e4d2b4197774dce6
5b5cc6c4e4d2b4197774dce6- 11true
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Answer : 1. "1"
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Answer: A) 1 Explanation: Error is in the first part of the sentence. 'Whole' is used with singular nouns.The correct sentence is - 'All Northern states in India are reeling under the devastating of the drought.
Q: What has to be broken before you can use or eat it? 2290 05b5cc645e4d2b4197774bbf0
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Answer :
Explanation :
Egg. Egg is to be broken if we want to use or eat it.
Q: Oar is to rowboat as foot is to 2289 05b5cc672e4d2b4197774c07d
5b5cc672e4d2b4197774c07d- 1Walkfalse
- 2Loafersfalse
- 3Skateboardtrue
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Answer : 3. "Skateboard"
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Answer: C) Skateboard Explanation: A rowboat can be put into motion by using oar. Similaarly, a skateboard can be put into motion by using foot. The other options like walk and running are not objects to be in motion. And loafers are something worn on foot. Hence, Oar : Rowboat :: Foot : Skateboard.
Q: If (2a + 3b)/(5a - 3b) = 23/5 , then the value of ba is ? 2282 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd39
5b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd39- 15false
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- 320true
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Answer : 3. "20"
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Answer: C) 20 Explanation: Given (2a + 3b)/(5a - 3b) = 23/5 => 10a + 15b = 115a - 69b=> 105a = 84b => 5a = 4b a/b = 4/5 => a=4 & b=5=> bxa = 5x4 = 20.
Q: Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly? 2275 05b5cc63de4d2b4197774bb19
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Explanation :
Incorrectly is the only word which is spelled incorrectly in the dictionary.