Sunday, March 3, 2013

Verbal maths - Speed Test 9


Q.1. In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number?
      892   445   220  108  52    24   10
(1)445   (2)220  (3)108   (4)52   (5)24

Q.2. An amount of money is to be divided between P.Qand R in the ratio of 2: 5 :7 respectively. If the
total of P's and R's share is Rs. 800 more than Q's share, what will be P's share in it ?
(1)Rs. 200  (2)Rs.400  (3) Rs. 800   (4) Rs. 1000   (5) None of these

Q.3. The ratio of two numbers is 7 less than the difference between these two numbers. What will be
the total of these two numbers?
(1)91   (2)84   (3)106   (4) data inadequate   (5) None of these

Q.4. If 954 • - 4208 = 5$39, which of the following digits will replace ‘ * ‘ ?
(1)5  (2)8  (3)7  (4)3  (5) None of these

Q.5. What will be the area of a semicircle of radius 14 cm?
(1)62 cm  (2) 88 cm  (3) 72 cm  (4) data inadequate   (5) None of these

Q.6. If 9* 67-758 =8709, which of the following numbers should replace the ‘ * ‘ ?
(1)8   (2)1   (3)2   (4)4    (5) None of these

Q.7. The ratio of Vishal's age and Neelu's age is 3:5 and sum of their ages is 80 years. Find the ratio
of their ages after 10 years?
(1)3:2  (2)3:5  (3)2:3  (4)1:2  (5) None of these

Q.8. The average age of 20 employees in a factory is 30 years. If the supervisor's age is added, the
average age is increases by one. What is the age of the supervisor ?
(1)31  (2)61  (3)51  (4)50  (5) None of these

Q.9. How many pieces each of 3.5 metres length can be cut out of a length of 525 metres.
(1)180  (2)150  (3)75  (4)15  (5) None of these

Q.10. One-third of the boys and one half of the girls of a college participate in its social work project. If
the number of participating students is 300, out of which 100 are boys, what is the total numnber
of students in the college ?
(1)900   (2)600   (3)700   (4)800   (5) None of these

Q.11. A third of Praveen's marks in Mathematices exceeds a half of his marks in Social Studies by 30.
If he got 240 marks in the two subjects together, how many did he got in Social Studies ?
(1)70   (2)60   (3)80   (4)90   (5) None of these

Q.12. If a quarter kilogramme costs 60 paise, how many paise will 200 grames cost ?
(1)38   (2)24   (3)36    (4)48   (5) None of these

Q.13. The cost of a chair is Rs. 81 and of a table is Rs. 133. What is the cost of 12 dozon of chairs and
a half dozen of tables approximately ?
(1)Rs. 11,000   (2) Rs. 12,000  (3) Rs. 15,000  (4) Rs. 14,000  (5) Rs. 16,000

Q.14. The average age of 12 players of a team is 25 years. If the age of the captain is added, the
average age increases by 1 year. What is the age of the captain ?
(1) 25 years  (2) 27 years  (3) 26 years  (4) 24 years  (5) None of these

Q.15. A number exceeds its one-third by 50. What is the number ?
(1)50   (2)66   (3)75   (4)76   (5) None of these

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Verbal maths - Speed Test 8


Q.1.   Three fourth of a number is 36 more than 30 per cent of that number. What is the number ?
(1)90 (2)60 (3)120 (4)180 (5) None of these

Q.2.   The area of a rectangular plot is 6 times its perimeter. What is the length of the rectangle ?
(1) 30 meters (2) 60 meters (3) 90 meters (4) data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.3.   Two-third of one -fourth of a number is 30. What is the number ?
(1)240 (2)80 (3)180 (4)120 (5) None of these

Q.4.   The difference between the highest and the lowest of three consecutive numbers is one-eight of the the middle number, what is the highest of these three numbers?
(1)16   (2)18   (3)17   (4) data inadequate    (5) None of these

Q.5.   When 16 is subtracted from a number, it reduces to its two-third, what will be 150 per cent of that number?
(1)72 (2)56 (3)76 (4)48 (5) None of these

Q.6.   In a class, 30% of the boys play football, 40% of the remaining play cricKet and the  remaining 21 boys paly different other games. How many boys are there in the class ?
(1)50 (2)100 (3)48 (4)96 (5) None of these

Q.7.   Prabir gave one-fifth of his money to Saiil. Salil in turn gave one-third of what he received to Jayesh. If the total of the money of Salil and jayesh together is Rs. 4,400 less than that of Prabir, how much money did Prabir have?
(1)Rs. 4800         (2)Rs. 6400         (3)Rs. 7200       (4)Rs.6000 (5) None of these

Q.8.   Two-seventh of a number is 2 more than 25 percent of that number. What is the number ?
(1)28 (2)42 (3)49 (4)56 (5) None of these

Q.9.   Which of the following is in descending order?
(1)15/13,13/11,11/9 (2)11/9,13/11,15/13 (3)15/13,9/11,13/11 (4)11/9,15/13,13/11 (5) None of these

Q.10.   The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 26 more than the first number of these three numbers. What is the second number ?
(1)16 (2)12 (3)18 (4)20 (5) None of these

Q.11.   What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?
3       4.5       9        22.5        67.5        ?
(1)270 (2)236.25 (3)202.5 (4) 303.75 (5) None of these

Q.12.   A boat takes 9 hours to travel from Ato B upstream. If the river current is 3 km. per hour, how long will it take to travel downstream between B and A ?
(1)3 hours (2) 6 hours (3) 4.5 hours (4) data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.13.   In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number?
2       6      16       38       84      180       368
(1)6 (2)16   , (3)38 (4)84 (5)180

Q.14.   The ratio between the income and expenditure of Gopal is 5:4. If the total income is Rs. 800/- more than his total expenditure, what is his total income ?
(1)Rs. 4,000        (2) Rs. 2,400        (3) Rs. 5,200      (4) Rs. 3,200 (5) None of these

Q.15.   What will be the simple interest earned on Rs. 8,000 at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. at the end of 5 years?
(1)Rs. 2,400        (2) Rs. 3,200        (3) Rs. 3,600      (4) Rs. 4,800 (5) None of these


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Current Affairs 14


World's smallest 3D map of the globe created



Scientists have created a miniature world map which has now been accepted by the Guinness World Record as the world's smallest 3D map.

The perfectly formed 'nano-world' by IBM researchers in Zurich measures a miniscule 22 by 11 micrometres -- 1,000 maps of the size would fit on just one grain of salt.

The map was "written" on a polymer and is composed of 500,000 pixels, each measuring 20 by 2 anometres  and was created in just 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

A map that can only be seen through a microscope may seem as useful as a chocolate teapot, but the new technology behind it is set to open a whole new world in industry.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Current Affairs 13


Himachal voted Favourite Summer Destination


Himachal Pradesh has been voted as 'The Favourite Summer Destination' by a survey conducted by a magazine.

This survey was conducted throughout the country and was an authoritative benchmark of the consumers' preferences in travel 1 and tourism across 18 categories including hotels, airlines and I hotel, holiday destinations.

The contribution of tourism sector towards GDP had increased from around 7 percent in 2011 to the present level of 10 percent. Himachal has become the first state to link the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with the development of tourism infrastructure in the rural areas. The state developed 12 rural circuits last year and rural tourism activities had been undertaken in 64 villages.


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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Current Affairs 12


Gold Import bill may touch $100 billion By 2015-16



Gold Import bill

Gold import bill is expected to touch $100 billion by 2015-16 against $33.8 billion in 2010-11, according to the industry body ASSOCHAM report.

Calculated on the basis of CAGR of 2010-11 over 1999-2000, the gold import bill could total $100 billion by 2015-16, according to the report released.

According to the report, "gold imports are a huge burden on the balance of payments and accentuates the current account deficit. It represents a massive strain on investable resources and weaning away domestic
savings from gold assumes importance.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

English Grammer 6


THE PREPOSITION


A Preposition denotes the position that a person or thing occupies in relation to the other. It is' pre' (before) because it is put before the noun or which is its object or equivalent to its object.

EXAMPLE :
The book is on the table.
On in the above sentence is a preposition. It shows the relation of the book to the table.
Note : Generally, the use of preposition is made before the noun or the pronoun but sometimes it is used after the noun or the pronoun.

EXAMPLE :
What are you looking for ?
Preposition in Common Use: After, about, above, across, against, around, before, behind,below, beneath, between, beyond, by, for, from, in into, of, off, on, over, since, through, till, towards, under, underneath, up upon, with, within, with out, out beside, down, besides.

PREPOSITIONS ARE OF TWO KINDS

(1) Simple Prepositions: At, in on, by, with, of. off, from, to, out, over, under, since, through, up,
down, above, after, about, round, across, till against.

(2) Compound Prepositions: Into, upon, within, without, beneath, beside, before, below, among, against, underneath, between, behind, outside, besides.

Use of Some Important Prepositions
Among, Between
Among is used for more than two persons or things, Between is used only for two.
EXAMPLES :
(i) Distribute these sweets among the poor students of the class.
(ii) Distribute these books between Ram and Shyam.

Among, In
Among is used before collective plural nouns; In is used before collective singular nouns.
EXAMPLES :
(i) I found him standing among the crowd.
(ii) I saw him in the crowd.

Beside, Besides
Beside means by the side of, Besides means in addition to;
EXAMPLES :
(i) The daughter was sitting beside her mother,
(ii) Besides his relatives, he invites, his friends also,

In, Within
"In1 means at the expiry of a period of time in future, within means before the expiry of a
period of
time in any tense.
EXAMPLES :
(i) She will return in a week, (at the end of the week)
(ii) I shall finish my work within a week, (before the end of the week)

On, Upon
On is used for things at rest; Upon is used for things, in motion.
EXAMPLES :
(i) He is sitting on the floor
(ii) The dog sprang upon the table.

By, With
By denotes that agent or doer; With denotes the instrument with which anything is done.
EXAMPLES :
(i) Ravana was killed by Rama with an arrow.
(ii) The bird was killed by the hunter with an arrow.
(iii) He beat the dog with a stick
(iv) I shall reach here by five O'clock, (here by means till)
By, is used in future tense to express the time upto the last stage.

After, in
'After1 means at the end of a period of time in the past; 'In' means at the end of a period of time in future.
EXAMPLES :
(i) I shall return your book in a week.
(ii) He returned the book after a week. For,

From, Since
'For' is used before a noun denoting a period of time with all the tenses.
From is used before a noun or phrase denoting the starting point of a duration, it is used in all the tenses.
Since is used before a noun or phrase denoting some point of time and is always preceded by a progressive verb in the perfect tense orthird form of a verb. i.e. past perfect, present perfect From is generally followed by 'to' or 'till'.
Examples : Use of 'For'
(i) We have been playing cards for two hours
(ii) My elder brother has been ill for four days.
(iii) She has lived1 in Bombay for four years.
Use of ‘From’
(i) We play from 5 p.m. to 6 pm.
(ii) Will your school remain closed from tomorrow till the 15th of March of the
next month ?
(iii) She stayed with her uncle from the 15th of March to the 15th of May.
Use of'Since'
(i) I have been reading this book since morning
(ii) My father has been teaching in this school since 1972.
(iii) He has not heard from his uncle since Monday last.

Above, Over
'Above' means' higher from' Over is used in the following four senses.
(i) In the sense of 'above': At noon, the sun is over our heads.
(ii) In the sense of beyond': I cannot get over my disappointment.
(iii) In the sense of superiority : God over all blesses for ever more.
Use of 'Above
(i) We flew above the clouds,
(ii) What he did is above stealing.
(iii) For explanation, see the sentence above.
At, Towards
At denotes the idea of aim; towards denotes the idea of destination (movement in a
direction).
EXAMPLES :
(i) He threw the stone at the cat.
(ii) He went towards the house.

At, in, On
'At' is used as follows,
(i) At is used with small towns and villages
He was born at Sonepat. (Sonepat is a small town).
He lives at village Babul, (Babul is a village).
(ii) 'At' is used before a noun denoting a definite point of time.
He called on me at 9 p.m. yesterday
'In'is used as follows:
(A) 'In' is used with the names of big cities, provinces and countries.
(i) His father lives in England .
(ii) I live at Parfipat in Haryana.
(iii) His younger brother lives in Calcutta.
(B) 'In'is used before the names of months and years.
His elder sister was born in 1972 in the months of May.
'On' is used with dates and names of days.
(i) I joined college on the 26th of April.
(ii) He will leave for Calcutta on Wednesday next.
Note : (i) At can be used before a big city when one stays there for a short time en route to some
other place. While going to Bombay he will stay at Poona for three days.
(ii) In is also used in the following phrases: In the morning ; In the evening; In the afternoon; In
winter; In summer
(iii) 'In' also denotes a place inside anything.
He travelled in a crowded bus.
(iv) 'At' is used in the following phrases:
At night, At midnight, At noon, At day- break, At sun-set, At sunrise.
At home, At the station, At work, At play.

Below, Beneath
Below means of lower level in positions, dignity and expectation, ect; beneath means
under some surface. Consider the following examples:
(i) It is below my dignity to talk to her
(ii) They rested beneath the shade of a tree.
In, Into , To
'In' expresses Rest or Motion inside anything.
'Into' expresses Motion towards the inside of anything or change from one medium to
another.
‘To’ denotes motion from one place to another, (in direction of)
EXAMPLES :
(i) The boys are in the room.
(ii) Translate this passage from English into
Hindi. (iii) He goes to the temple every morning.

Till, By, Of, Off
Till means up to or not earlier than a particular time or place .
By means not after that.
Of shows cause, source, separation, quality, contents, possesssion, apposition, point of
reference,space in time etc.
Off shows at a near distance, and detached condition (removal of something from the other)
Consider the following examples :
I shall work till 5 a.m.
By this time tomorrow, I' II have finished my job.
Madhu died of cancer, (cause)
The nib of the pen is of gold (made of)
He presented me a bottle of whisky, (contents)
He was deprived of his purse, (separation)
Our principal is a man of principles (quality),
He lived in the house of principal, (possession)
Mohan, the son of Mr. Ramlal, got married, (apposition)
Hewasblind of one eye. (point of reference)

Monday, October 8, 2012

Current Affairs 11


Indian teacher chosen for US space programme


A teacher from India's Maharashtra state has become the first foreigner to be chosen for the US Space Foundation's elite 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons programme in its 10-year history. Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a middle school educator who has been teaching biology, earth
science and general science for 20 years. She joins 19 other outstanding educators selected for their active promotion of space and science education.

The new flight of Teacher Liaisons will serve as advocates for space- themed education across the curriculum and will use Space Foundation-provided training and resources to further integrate space principles into the classroom, the Colorado Springs based non- profit leader in space awareness activities, educational programmes announced.

The highly regarded Space Foundation Teacher Liaison programme has more than 270 active participants. The teachers are selected by a panel comprising experienced Teacher Liaisons and representatives from the space industry and the military. The 2012 Teacher Liaisons will be publicly recognized at the Space Foundation's 28th National  Symposium, which is being held April 16-19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Teacher Liaisons will participate in workshops and education  programmes. Following the symposium,  teacher Liaisons can take advantage of specialised training and instruction at Space Foundation and NASA  workshops.

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