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In $\triangle \text{ABC},\:\angle \text{B}$ is a right angle, $\text{AC} = 6$ cm, and $\text{D}$ is the mid-point of $\text{AC}$. The length of $\text{BD}$ is ___________
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The figure shows a circle of diameter $\text{AB}$ and radius $6.5$ cm.If chord $\text{CA}$ is $5$ cm long, find the area of $\triangle \text{ABC}$ __________
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A salesman enters the quantity sold and the price into the computer. Both the numbers are two-digit numbers. But, by mistake, both the numbers were entered with their dig...
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Once I had been to the post office to buy five-rupee, two- rupee and one-rupee stamps. I paid the clerk Rs. $20$, and since he had no change, he gave me three more one-ru...
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A watch dealer incurs an expense of Rs. $150$ for producing every watch. He also incurs an additional expenditure of Rs. $30,000$, which is independent of the number of w...
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If $n$ is any odd number greater than $1$, then $n(n^2 – 1)$ isdivisible by $96$ alwaysdivisible by $48$ alwaysdivisible by $24$ alwaysNone of these
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If $a_1=1$ and $a_{n+1}-3a_n+2=4n$ for every positive integer $n$, then $a_{100}$ equals$3^{99}-200$$3^{99}+200$$3^{100}-200$$3^{100}+200$
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In a locality, two-thirds of the people have cable TV, one- fifth have VCR, and one-tenth have both. What is the fraction of people having either cable -TV or VCR?$19/30$...
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Given the quadratic equation $x^2 – (\text{A} – 3)x – (\text{A} – 2)$, for what value of $\text{A}$ will the sum of the squares of the roots be zero?$-2$$3$$6$$\text{None...
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Out of two-thirds of the total number of basketball matches, a team has won $17$ matches and lost $3$ of them. What is the maximum number of matches that the team can los...
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There are five machines A, B C, D and E situated on a straight line at distances of $10$ metres, $20$ metres, $30$ metres, $40$ metres and $50$ metres respectively from t...
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A man travels three-fifths of a distance $\text{AB}$ at a speed $3a$, and the remaining at a speed $2b$. If he goes from $\text{B}$ to $\text{A}$ and return at a speed $5...
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Two liquids $A$ and $B$ are in the ratio $5 : 1$ in container $1$ and $1 : 3$ in container $2$. In what ratio should the contents of the two containers be mixed so as to ...
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In a mile race, Akshay can be given a start of $128\:\text{m}$ by Bhairav. If Bhairav can give Chinmay a start of $4\:\text{m}$ in a $100\:\text{m}$ dash, then who out ...
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I sold two watches for Rs. $300$ each, one at the loss of $10\%$ and the other at the profit of $10\%$. What is the percentage of loss$(–)$ or profit$(+)$ that resulted f...
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A series $\text{S1}$ of five positive integers is such that the third term is half the first term and the fifth term is $20$ more than the first term. In series $\text{S2...
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In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every $3$ hr $18$ min and $15$ s of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this...
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A man has $9$ friends: $4$ boys and $5$ girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if there have to be exactly $3$ girls in the invitees ________
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The points of intersection of three lines $2\text{X} + 3\text{Y} – 5 = 0, 5\text{X} – 7\text{Y} + 2 = 0$ and $9\text{X} – 5\text{Y} – 4= 0$form a triangleare on lines per...
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What value of $x$ satisfy $x^{2/3} + x^{1/3} - 2 \leq 0$?$-8\leq x \leq 1$$-1\leq x \leq 8$$1< x <8$$1\leq x \leq 8$$-8\leq x \leq 8$
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What is the sum of all two-digit numbers that give a remainder of $3$ when they are divided by $7?$$666$$676$$683$$777$
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There are $12$ towns grouped into four zones with three towns per zone. It is intended to connect the towns with telephone lines such that every two towns are connected w...
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If $\log_{10}x-\log_{10}\sqrt x=2 \log_x10$, then a possible value of $x$ is given by$10$$1/100$$1/1000$None of these
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A series $\text{S1}$ of five positive integers is such that the third term is half the first term and the fifth term is $20$ more than the first term. In series $\text{S2...
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If both $a$ and $b$ belong to the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$, then the number of equations of the form $ax^2+bx+1=0$ having real roots is _______
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If three positive real numbers $x,y,z$ satisfy $y–x=z–y$ and $xyz = 4$, then what is the minimum possible value of $y$?$2^{(1/3)}$$2^{(2/3)}$$2^{(1/4)}$$2^{(3/4)}$
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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. However, One of the statement is...
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Arrange the sentences A,B,C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.Intensity of competition in an industry is neither a matter of coincidence not ...
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Arrange the sentences A,B,C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.The main source of power in industrial undertaking is electricity. Electricity ...
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Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.The New Economic Policy comprises the various policy measures and changes int...
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Arrange the sentences A,B,C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.Amount of published information available varies widely by industry.Unfortunate...
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A conservation problem equally as important as that of soil erosion is the loss of soil fertility. Most agriculture was originally supported by the natural fertility of t...
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A conservation problem equally as important as that of soil erosion is the loss of soil fertility. Most agriculture was originally supported by the natural fertility of t...
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In research designed to investigate the possibility of animals developing friendship with other, unrelated, members of their species, a group of $29$ chimpanzees were rea...
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French cuisine is highly regarded all over the world. Yet in Paris there are more American restaurants selling burgers and fries (which many people now class as junk food...
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Evidence has been presented that the unconscious mind, still viewed by many psychological scientists as the shadow of a “real” conscious mind, is identifiably more delibe...
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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. However, One of the statements i...
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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. However, One of the statements i...
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Scientism has left humanity in our technical mastery of inanimate nature, but improvised us in our quest for an answer to the riddle of the universe and of our existence ...
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Scientism has left humanity in our technical mastery of inanimate nature, but improvised us in our quest for an answer to the riddle of the universe and of our existence ...