Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
South Korea is the most cosmetically (1)______ country on Earth. Beauty editors estimate that it is because of the government’s heavy investment (2)______ industry. It is ahead of its competitors, and its citizens (3)_____ twice as much on skincare products as consumers in the United States, the UK, and France. Korean shoppers are (4)______ the world’s most discerning. Eight out of 10 Korean women in their 20s and 30s use an app that (5)_____ like a cosmetics-specific, to debate the merits of various common ingredients.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: ancient
Option 2: primitive
Option 3: advanced
Option 4: early
Correct Answer: advanced
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
The word cosmetically suggests that the blank should be filled with an adjective that describes the level of development or sophistication in the field of cosmetics. Advanced is an adjective that fits well in this context, indicating that South Korea is the most advanced country in terms of cosmetics.
Therefore, the right word to fill in the blank is advanced.
Question : Which of the following books is not written by Ruskin Bond?
Option 1: The Room on the Roof
Option 2: The Blue Umbrella
Option 3: Midnight’s Children
Option 4: Roads to Mussoorie
Correct Answer: Midnight’s Children
Solution : The correct answer is Midnight’s Children.
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. Roads to Mussoorie, Blue Umbrella, and The Room on the Roof are the well-known works of Ruskin Bond. Midnight’s Children is a novel written by Salman Rushdie. Ruskin Bond also won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992, and he has authored many short stories, novels and books for children.
Question : Directions: A paper is folded and cut as shown in the following figures. How will it appear when unfolded?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Directions: In a code language, PLACARD is written as TPEYEVH. How will MONSTER be written in that language?
Option 1: PSSOXJV
Option 2: RTSOXIV
Option 3: QSROXIV
Option 4: QSRRXIV
Correct Answer: QSROXIV
Solution : Given:
PLACARD is written as TPEYEVH.
Subtract four from the middle letter of the word and add four in the rest of the other letters.
Thus, PLACARD is coded as TPEYEVH.
Similarly, by following the same pattern for MONSTER –
Thus, MONSTER is coded as QSROXIV. Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, then the loss percentage is:
Option 1: 30%
Option 2: 37.5%
Option 3: 42.5%
Option 4: 45%
Correct Answer: 37.5%
Solution : Given:
The cost price (CP) of 10 articles is equal to the selling price (SP) of 16 articles.
Let the CP of each article = Re. 1
Then, CP of 16 articles = Rs. 16
SP of 16 articles = CP of 10 articles = Rs. 10
Loss = CP of 16 articles – SP of 16 articles = 16 – 10 = Rs. 6
Hence, the correct answer is 37.5%.
Question : Which of the following is not an allotrope of carbon?
Option 1: Trisulphur
Option 2: Diamond
Option 3: Lonsdaleite
Option 4: Graphite
Correct Answer: Trisulphur
Solution : The correct option is Trisulfur
Trisulfur, often represented as S3, is not an allotrope of carbon. Trisulfur refers to a molecule composed of three sulfur atoms, while allotropes of carbon include forms like diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes, among others. Carbon allotropes have different structural arrangements of carbon atoms, giving them distinct physical and chemical properties.
Question : Directions: A bus driver started from point A and drove 25 km towards the east. He turned left and drove 30 km. He then turned left and drove 15 km. He again turned left drove 30 km and reached point B. How far and in which direction is the point B from the point A?
Option 1: 40 km, West
Option 2: 10 km, West
Option 3: 40 km, East
Option 4: 10 km, East
Correct Answer: 10 km, East
Solution : According to the instructions given, the diagram is as follows –
Here, A is the starting point and B is the finishing point and AB is the total distance from the starting point.
AC = 25 km; BC = ED = 15 km; CD = BE = 30 km
And, AB = AC – BC = 25 – 15 = 10 km
So, the distance between point B and point A is 10 and is in the East direction. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : If
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 0
Option 3: 5
Option 4: 3
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : Given expression,
⇒
Adding 2 on both sides,
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
Again adding 2 on both sides,
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
Hence, the correct answer is 1.
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
This is the same dog ______ was running on the road.
Option 1: whom
Option 2: who
Option 3: whose
Option 4: that
Correct Answer: that
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
That in the sentence indicates that the dog being referred to is identical to the one that was previously seen running on the road.
The prepositions whose, who, and whom are relative pronouns used to refer to people and not animals and are hence incorrect.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: This is the same dog that was running on the road.
Question : A and B working together can do a piece of work in
Option 1: 3 hours
Option 2: 2 hours
Option 3: 2.5 hours
Option 4: 3.25 hours
Correct Answer: 2 hours
Solution : Amount of work done by A and B in 1 hour =
Amount of work done by B and C in 1 hour =
Amount of work done by A and C in 1 hour =
Adding all the equations, we have:
⇒ 2 × (A + B + C)'s 1 hour work =
⇒ 2 × (A + B + C)'s 1 hour work =
⇒ (A + B + C)'s 1 hour work =
(A + B + C) can finish
(A + B + C) can finish the total work in 2 hours.
Hence, the correct answer is 2 hours.
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