Answer: D) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows Explanation:

Answer: C) 4312 sq.m Explanation: Let the radii of the smaller and the larger circles be 's' m and 'l' m respectively.    2πs = 264 and 2πl = 352      s = 2642π and l = 3522π    Difference between the areas =πl2-πs2      = π1762π2-1322π2    = 1762π-1322π     = (176 - 132)(176 + 132) / π     = (44 x 308) / (22/7) = 4312 sq.m

Answer: B) 2/3 hrs Explanation: Let the original speed and time is S and Tthen distance = S x TNow the speed changes to 2/3S and T is T+20As the distance is sameS x T = 2/3Sx(T+20)solving this we get t = 40 minutes =40/60 = 2/3 hour

Answer: D) Gloomy Explanation: The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.   The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.   Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

Answer: D) Carbondioxide Explanation: 72% of the totally emitted greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide.   Hence, Carbon dioxide (Co2) is predominantly responsible for Global warming.

Answer: A) Mercury Explanation:

Answer: A) 27 Explanation: In the given series numbers are arranged following the rule, 55,44, 33, 22, 11  Therefore, the missing number is 27.

Answer: D) A Explanation: For the input "A rolling stone gathers no moss", the steps followed are: Step 1: rolling A stone gathers no moss Step 2: rolling stone A gathers no moss Step 3: rolling stone gathers A no moss Step 4: rolling stone gathers no A moss   After 4 steps the fifth word is "A".