GRE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: What has a foot but no legs? 2681 05b5cc639e4d2b4197774ba7c
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A measuring device. Measuring devices have feet on them to measure distance.
Q: If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 150% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 350%, the resultant fraction is 25/51. What is the original fraction ? 2679 05b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8a1
5b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8a1- 131/25false
- 215/17true
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Answer : 2. "15/17"
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Answer: B) 15/17 Explanation: The original fraction is 2551 × 350+100150+100 = 15/17.
Q: What has to be broken before you can use or eat it? 2675 05b5cc645e4d2b4197774bbf0
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Egg. Egg is to be broken if we want to use or eat it.
Q: The average temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 th of that of Monday, the temperature on Thursday was ? 2669 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f986
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f986- 135 cfalse
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Answer : 2. "36 c"
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Answer: B) 36 c Explanation: Monday + Tuesday + Wednesday = 37 x 3 -----------(1)Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday = 34 x 3---------(2)Thursday = 4/5 of Monday ------------------(3)subtract eqn (1) from (2) we get,Thursday - Monday = -9 => Monday - Thursday = 9.......(4)From (3) & (4), we get So,Thursday = 36 C
Q: What should come next in the following letter series based on English alphabet ?CEA JLH QSO ? 2668 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcac
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcac- 1WYUfalse
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Answer : 4. "XZV"
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Answer: D) XZV Explanation: In the given series, each letter moves seven letters forward to obtain the next.So, XZV replaces ? in the series.
Q: What has four wheels and flies? 2667 05b5cc63de4d2b4197774bae8
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Garbage truck. It’s true, a garbage truck has 4 wheels and lots of flies because flies like garbage. Here flies means insects like houseflies, mosquitoes, ... It doesn't mean that it flies in the air.
Q: Arun is a cashew merchant in Telangana. He has cashews in sealed wooden boxes of 10kg each. The price of the cashew increases by Rs.20 per kg for every year, but at the same time, 10% of the cashews are eaten by rodents every year. If the price of a 1 kg of fresh cashew is Rs.120, what is the change in his profits if he sells a sealed box after one year of storage, rather than selling it fresh ? (In Rs.) 2658 05b5cc728e4d2b4197774f719
5b5cc728e4d2b4197774f719- 1Rs. 60true
- 2Rs. 54false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 60"
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Answer: A) Rs. 60 Explanation: Price of 1kg fresh cashew = Rs.120Therefore, price of 10kg = Rs.120 x 10 = Rs.1200 10% of 10kg which eaten by rodents = 10 x 10/100 = 1kg. So, End of Year he had 10kg - 1kg = 9kg So, he sells that 9kg with Rs.20 per kg profit = 9 x 140 = 1260. He buy 10kg wooden box with cashew for Rs.1200 and sell that for Rs. 1260 So, profit = 1260 - 1200 = Rs.60 more money he get.
Q: Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouth-less mutters. What is it? 2656 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b74c
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It is The Wind which cries without a voice, flutters without wings, bites toothless and mutters mouthless.