GRE Practice Question and Answer

Q: How many balls? Number of balls in the figure... 2002 0

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You have to actually count all the balls in the pyramid.Simple way is to count the balls in each level. So lower most level lets say 1st level has 4 x 4 balls; i.e. 16 ballsSimilarly 2nd level has 3 x 3 balls; i.e. 9 balls.3rd level has 2 x 2 balls; i.e. 4 balls.The top most level has just 1 ball. So the total number of balls is 16+9+4+1 = 30.   So the image has 30 Balls in all.

Q: Country : President :: State : ? 2002 0

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    Governor
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    Speaker
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    Prime Minister
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    Chief Minister
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Answer : 1. "Governor"
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Answer: A) Governor Explanation: The President is the highest officer in the country. Similarly, Governor is the highest officer of the state.   Hence, Country : President :: State : Governor.

Q: Cassock : Priest :: ? : Graduate 1999 0

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    Gown
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    Tie
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    Cap
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    Coat
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Answer : 1. "Gown"
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Answer: A) Gown Explanation: A Christian Priest wears cassock while a Graduate wears gown.   Hence, Cassock : Priest :: Gown : Graduate.

Q: Callous is the opposite of 1997 0

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    emotionally hardened
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    insensitive
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    sympathetic
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    Unkind
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Answer : 3. "sympathetic"
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Answer: C) sympathetic Explanation: A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened.   Hence, Callous is the opposite of Sympathetic, kind hearted, sensitive, nice,...

Q: In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family ? 1993 0

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    2
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    3
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    4
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Answer : 3. "3"
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Answer: C) 3 Explanation: Assume the family has X girls and Y boys, according to the question,we can have 2 equations:X-1=Y, 2(Y-2)=X.Solve the equations, we get X=4, Y=3.

Q: Vishal invested 10% more than Trishul. Trishul invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of their investments is Rs. 5780, how much amount did Raghu invest ? 1993 0

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    Rs.2010
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    Rs.2200
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    Rs.2000
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    Rs.2100
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Answer : 3. "Rs.2000"
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Answer: C) Rs.2000 Explanation: Let money invested by Raghu = Rs. xMoney invested by Trishul = 9/10 x = 0.9xMoney invested by Vishal = 9/10x * 110/100 = 0.99xAlso, x+0.9x+0.99x = 5780= x= 5780/2.89 = 2000 Therefore, amount invested by Raghu is Rs. 2000.

Q: Car is to garage as aeroplane is to 1992 0

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    Hangar
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    Port
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    Harbour
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    Depot
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Answer : 1. "Hangar"
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Answer: A) Hangar Explanation: We park car temporarily in garrage, similarly, aeroplane is temporarily parked in hangar.

Q: Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M who is brother of R. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to T ? 1991 0

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    Grand father
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    Grand mother
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    Grand father or Grand mother
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    Can't be determined
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Answer : 1. "Grand father"
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Answer: A) Grand father Explanation: Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M => P is the child of M.S is daughter of P and sister of T, so P is parent of T too.M ----> parent --------> P ------------>parent -------------> TBut given M is brother of R => M is male. So, M is grandfather of T.

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