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Q: A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and back. What is the total distance traveled by the man ? 1878 0

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    4.58 kms
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    6.35 kms
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    5.76 kms
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    5.24 kms
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Answer : 3. "5.76 kms"
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Answer: C) 5.76 kms Explanation: Speed in still water = 6 kmph Stream speed = 1.2 kmph Down stream  = 7.2 kmph Up Stream = 4.8 kmph x/7.2 + x/4.8 = 1 x = 2.88 Total Distance  = 2.88 x 2 = 5.76 kms

Q: In what ratio must wheat at Rs. 3.20/kg be mixed with wheat at Rs. 2.90/kg so that the mixture be worth Rs. 3/kg? 1877 0

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    1:2
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    3:2
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    2:1
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    2:3
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Answer : 3. "2:1"
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Answer: C) 2:1 Explanation: Given rate of wheat at cheap = Rs. 2.90/kg Rate of wheat at cost = Rs. 3.20/kg Mixture rate = Rs. 3/kg Ratio of mixture =            2.90                              3.20                               3 (3.20 - 3 = 0.20)            (3 - 2.90 = 0.10)   0.20 : 0.10 = 2:1   Hence, wheat at Rs. 3.20/kg be mixed with wheat at Rs. 2.90/kg in the ratio of 2:1, so that the mixture be worth Rs. 3/kg.

Q: That which cannot be corrected 1875 0

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    Incorrigible
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    Illegible
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    Illegal
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    Indelible
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Answer : 1. "Incorrigible"
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Answer: A) Incorrigible Explanation: The One-word substitute for That which cannot be corrected is Incorrigible.

Q: A train covers a distance between station A and station B in 45 min.If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 km/hr,then the same distance is covered in 48 min.what is the distance between the stations A and B ? 1874 0

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    80 kms
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    60 kms
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    45 kms
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    32 kms
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Answer : 2. "60 kms"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 60 kms Explanation: Let 'd' be the distance and 's' be the speed and 't' be the timed=sxt45 mins = 3/4 hr and 48 mins = 4/5 hrAs distance is same in both cases;s(3/4) = (s-5)(4/5)3s/4 = (4s-20)/515s = 16s-80s = 80 km.=> d = 80 x 3/4 = 60 kms.

Q: मेरे पैर हैं, लेकिन मैं चल नहीं सकता। मैं कौन हूँ? 1872 0

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    ड्रैगनफलीज़
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    झींगे
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    हाउसफलीज़
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    उपरोक्त सभी
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Answer : 1. "ड्रैगनफलीज़"
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Answer: A) Dragonflies व्याख्या: Dragonflies के पैर होते हैं लेकिन वे चल नहीं सकते।

Q: Which of these is unique to flowering plants? 1869 0

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    double fertilization
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    an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
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    haploid gametophytes
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    pollen production
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Answer : 1. "double fertilization"
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Answer: A) double fertilization Explanation: In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.   Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

Q: A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today. How old was his son? 1867 0

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    50 yrs
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    25 yrs
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    72 yrs
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    40 yrs
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Answer : 1. "50 yrs"
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Answer: A) 50 yrs Explanation: Let the daughter age be 'x'Therefore, Son age = 5x, Mother age = 25x, Person age = 50x. Thus we get, x+5x+25x+50x = 8181x = 81x = 1 Daughter's age = 1, Son's = 5, Mother's = 25, Person's age = 50.

Q: The circumference of a circular base of Cylinder is 44 cm and its hight is 15 cm. Then the volume of the cylinder is? 1866 0

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    2759 cub. cm
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    2247 cub. cm
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    2614 cub. cm
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    2311 cub. cm
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Answer : 4. "2311 cub. cm"
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Answer: D) 2311 cub. cm Explanation: Given Circumference of a circular base of a cylinder = 44 cm We know that Circumference of a circle = 2πr = 44⇒r = 22π Now given the height of a cylinder h = 15 cm Volume of a cylinder V = πr2h = π22π215 = 22 x 22 x 153.14 = 2311 cm3.

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