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Arithmetic
The length and the breadth of a rectangle are increased by 30% and 10% respectively. Which of the following is the percentage increase in its perimeter?
A. 43
B. 40
C. 33
D. Cannot be determined
Question of the day
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Numbers
If a’ and ‘b’ are two positive integers such that their HCF is 36 and LCM is 540. Find the sum of all possible values of ‘a’.
1. 576
2. 540
3. 864
4. None of these
OUT OF CONTEXT
Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.
- In the wake of school shooting across the US, the movie takes a swipe at how much kids are internalizing this violence.
- The film shows how the current crop of teens seamlessly flits between Snapchat filters, Instagram messaging and Twitter timelines.
- Not just Mark Zuckerberg, but the rest of us too need to watch Eighth Grade, to understand the current zeitgeist of teenagers.
- Bo Burnham’s new movie-Eighth Grade,portraying the emotional upheaval of a teenager, has a delightful story that is as fresh as the air in the Swiss Alps.
- Burnham, the director, also turns out to be an indefatigable explorer of the sexual mores of Generation Z.
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Geometry
ABC is a triangle and P is a point on a line parallel to BC such that ratio of distance of A from the line and distance of BC from the line is 5:4, then what will be the ratio of area of triangle ABC and triangle PBC
a) 4:9
b) 1:4
c) 1:5
d) 9:4
e) can not be determined
FILL IN THE BLANKS
The following question has a sentence with two blanks. Given below it are four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
A new “pig family” postal stamp (depicting three cheerful piglets) has ________ debate about whether China may _________ its family planning policy next year as couples delay parenthood and the world’s most populous nation greys.
- incited, alter
- stoked, exacerbate
- stirred, loosen
- kindled, augment
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Numbers
How many of the ordered pairs of positive integers (T, G) satisfy the equation: T + G + TG = 2018 ?
PARAJUMBLE
The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
- Within the declining industry, one country now dominates the market for the design and export of nuclear plants: Russia.
- Subsequently, many nuclear plants closed around the world.
- The worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, it was a devastating blow to an industry that has been in the doldrums since the 1980s.
- In March 2011, a tsunami engulfed the Fukushima power plant in Japan, ultimately causing a meltdown.
- Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company, has 33 new plants on its order book, worth about $130 billion.
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Arithmetic
A and B run in opposite directions on a circular track, starting at diametrically opposite points. They first meet after A has run 100m. They next meet after B has run 150m past their first meeting point. Each girl runs at a constant speed. What is the length of track in meters?
A. 300
B. 350
C. 400
D. None of these
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