GRE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which of the following is malleable? 2005 0

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    Ice
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    Gold
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    Stone
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    Pottery
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Answer : 2. "Gold"
Explanation :

Answer: B) Gold Explanation: Here in the given options, Gold is a malleable substance. Malleable substance means a metal or a material able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking. i.e, tensile.

Q: The ratio of speeds of a car, a train and a bus is 5:9:4. The average speed of the car, the bus and the train is 72 km/hr together. What is the average speed of the car and the train together ? 2004 0

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    84 km/hr
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    96 km/hr
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    72 km/hr
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    60 km/hr
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Answer : 1. "84 km/hr"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 84 km/hr Explanation: Let the speeds of the car, train and bus be 5x, 9x and 4x km/hr respectively.Average speed = 5x + 9x + 4x/3 = 18x /3 = 6x km/hr.Also, 6x = 72 => x = 12 km/hrTherefore, the average speed of the car and train together is = 5x+9x2= 7x = 7 x 12 = 84 km/hr.

Q: Opening in a wall to let in air or light 2002 0

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    Ceiling
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    Door
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    Window
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    All the above
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Answer : 3. "Window"
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Answer: C) Window Explanation: The Opening in a wall to let in air or light is nothing but a Window.

Q: Which of the following is an Autotroph? 2001 0

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    Fish
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    Algae
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    Butterfly
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    Mushroom
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Answer : 2. "Algae"
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Answer: B) Algae Explanation: Here from the above options, Algae is an Autotroph. Autotrophs :  An Autotroph is also called as Producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions.

Q: Which digits will come in the place of '?' in the following series ? 372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7 2001 0

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

Answer: B) 6, 2 Explanation: Given series is 372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7 Here the series follow the rule that :372 = 3+7+2 = 12823 = 8+2+3 = 13644 = 6+4+4 = 14582 = 5+8+2 = 1546? = 4+6+? = 16 => ? = 68?7 = 8+?+7 = 17 => ? = 2 So the missing numbers are 6 and 2

Q: On a school’s Annual day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 112 children. But on that particular day, 32 children were absent. Thus the remaining children got 6 extra sweets. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ? 1999 0

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    14
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    16
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    12
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    15
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Answer : 4. "15"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 15 Explanation: Let 'K' be the total number of sweets.Given total number of students = 112If sweets are distributed among 112 children,Let number of sweets each student gets = 'L' => K/112 = L ....(1)But on that day students absent = 32 => remaining = 112 - 32 = 80Then, each student gets '6' sweets extra. => K/80 = L + 6 ....(2)from (1) K = 112L substitute in (2), we get112L = 80L + 48032L = 480L = 15 Therefore, 15 sweets were each student originally supposed to get.

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Answer : 3. "80%"
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Answer: C) 80% Explanation: circumference of A = 2πr = 8 => so r = 4πvolume = π×4π2×10 = 160πcircumference of B = 2πr   = 10 => so r = 5πvolume = π×5π2×8 =  200πso ratio of capacities = 160/200 = 0.8 so capacity of A will be 80% of the capacity of B.

Q: Mirage is an example of 1996 0

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    Reflection of light & Refraction of light
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    Dispersion of light
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    Total Internal Reflection
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    Refraction of light & Total Internal Reflection of light
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Answer : 4. "Refraction of light & Total Internal Reflection of light"
Explanation :

Answer: D) Refraction of light & Total Internal Reflection of light Explanation: A Mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. It is caused due to Total internal Reflection. It is an optical illusion observed in deserts or hot summer days due to which a person sees a pond of water some distance ahead of him in which the surrounding objects appear inverted. How Mirage Forms:: 1. The temperature of other layers of atmosphere goes on decreasing as we go up.2. Therefore density and refractive index of air changes as one goes up.3. Thus a ray of light,gets refracted more and more away from the normal.4. At a particular angle when a ray of light exceeds critical angle, total internal reflection takes place and ray of light gets reflected in the same medium.5. when the reflected ray reaches our eye, it appears as coming from tree or sky .6. Hence the inverted image of tree creates an impression from a pond of water.

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