GRE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: M and N have children A and B.F is spouse of B.D is child of F.P is son in law of N.K is kid of P. Who is male chiled of M and N ? 7525 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f990
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f990- 1Btrue
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Answer : 1. "B"
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Answer: A) B Explanation: Spouse means a person's partner in marriage, it can be male or female.But given F is spouse of BAnd P is Son in law of NRelation between F and BRelation between P and A onlyand p is male So, A must be female=> B is male child.
Q: ………….being poor, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends. 12320 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f98b
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f98b- 1Althoughfalse
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Answer : 4. "Despite"
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Answer: D) Despite Explanation: Despite, Its meaning is "without effected by ", without effecting by their poverty, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.
Q: The average temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 th of that of Monday, the temperature on Thursday was ? 1707 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f986
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f986- 135 cfalse
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Answer : 2. "36 c"
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Answer: B) 36 c Explanation: Monday + Tuesday + Wednesday = 37 x 3 -----------(1)Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday = 34 x 3---------(2)Thursday = 4/5 of Monday ------------------(3)subtract eqn (1) from (2) we get,Thursday - Monday = -9 => Monday - Thursday = 9.......(4)From (3) & (4), we get So,Thursday = 36 C
Q: On a ruler's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the ruler live to be ? 2836 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f981
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f981- 184 yearstrue
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Answer : 1. "84 years"
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Answer: A) 84 years Explanation: Let the age of ruler is x so that of son = x/2 (given)Now according to the given condition (x/6) + (x/12) + (x/7) + 5 + (x/2) + 4 = x=> x = 84
Q: The Manager of a company accepts only one employees leave request for a particular day. If five employees namely Roshan, Mahesh, Sripad, Laxmipriya and Shreyan applied for the leave on the occasion of Diwali. What is the probability that Laxmi priya’s leave request will be approved ? 5741 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f97c
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f97c- 11false
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Answer : 2. "1/5"
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Answer: B) 1/5 Explanation: Number of applicants = 5On a day, only 1 leave is approved.Now favourable events = 1 of 5 applicants is approvedProbability that Laxmi priya's leave is granted = 1/5.
Q: Food : Stomach : : Fuel : ? 1276 05b5cc73de4d2b4197774f977
5b5cc73de4d2b4197774f977- 1truckfalse
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Answer : 3. "Engine"
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Answer: C) Engine Explanation: Food is processed by the stomach to provide energy for the functioning of the body.Similarly, fuel is processed by the engine to provide energy for the functioning of automobile.
Q: A Certain sum of money an amounts to Rs 2500 in a span Of 5 years and further to Rs.3000 in a span of 7 years at simple interest The sum is ? 3185 05b5cc73de4d2b4197774f972
5b5cc73de4d2b4197774f972- 1Rs. 1800false
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 1250"
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Answer: D) Rs. 1250 Explanation: 2500 in 5th year and 3000 in 7th year So in between 2 years Rs. 500 is increased => for a year 500/2 = 250So, per year it is increasing Rs.250 then in 5 years => 250 x 5 = 1250Hence, the initial amount must be 2500 - 1250 = Rs. 1250
Q: In a certain coding language, iF GO = 32 & SHE = 49 then SOME will be equal to ? 5427 05b5cc73de4d2b4197774f96d
5b5cc73de4d2b4197774f96d- 156true
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Answer : 1. "56"
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Answer: A) 56 Explanation: If we count letters till the end of the alphabet including that letter in reverse order then Here the values are nothing but the values corresponding to the alphabets when taken in a reverse order,i.e,A=26 ,B=25...,Z=1G = 20 and O = 12 totaling 32S = 8, H = 19 and E = 22 totaling 49 So SOME = 8 + 12 + 14 + 22 = 56.