Answer: B) Extol Explanation: Fumble means grope, mishandle, drop, mistake, blunder, bungle. Finesse means skill, grace, elegance, assurance, diplomacy, discretion. So, they are opposites.   Similarly, Malign means slander or criticize. Extol means being kind or good-natured. A person without finesse often fumbles. A person without extol in his heart often maligns. Extol means praise or exalt, benevolence

Answer: D) Grand-mother Explanation: My father's brother's only sibling is my father. My father's mother is my grandmother. My sister's only brother is myself. So she is my Grandmother.

Answer: A) national concern shifted to overseas aggression Explanation: The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression organized by Franklin Roosevelt in US.

Answer: B) An ozone molecule contains one single bond and one double bond Explanation: Ozone molecule has one single bond and one double bond.

Answer: C) 504 Explanation: (COUNTING OF LETTERS) NAMO = 14 + 1 + 13 + 15 = 43 x 4 = 172,  OM = 15 + 13 = 28 x 2 = 56, SHIVAY = 19 + 8 + 9 + 22 + 1 + 25 = 84 x 6 = 504

Answer: B) Rs.12,000 Explanation: We have P = 8748, R = -10 and n = 3Therefore, the purchase price of the machine= P1+R100n= 87481-101003= 8748 x (100/90) x (100/90) x (100/90)= 12,000.   Therefore, the purchase price of the machine was Rs. 12,000.

Answer: A) 127.5 m Explanation: When A runs 1000 m, B runs 900 m and when B runs 800 m, C runs 700 m. When B runs 900 m, distance that C runs = (900 x 700)/800 = 6300/8 = 787.5 m. In a race of 1000 m, A beats C by (1000 - 787.5) = 212.5 m to C. In a race of 600 m, the number of meters by which A beats C = (600 x 212.5)/1000 = 127.5 m.

Answer: B) 554 Explanation: The given number series follows a pattern that 5 x 5 – 1 = 24 24 x 4 – 2 = 94 94 x 3 – 3 = 279 279 x 2 – 4 = 554