Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements.
Statements:
P ≥ R, R > T, T ≤ A
Conclusions:
I. P > A
II. T < P
Point W is 7m towards the West of point X. Point X is 3m towards the North of point Y. Point Z is 4m towards West of point Y……………
Q. A person walks 3m towards North from point Z and reaches point P . How far and towards which direction will he have to walk to reach point W ?
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A clock is placed at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north east.In which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30pm?
Q. In the above question, what is the minimum number of persons possible in the row?
In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is 12th from the left end. Sudhir, who is 22nd from the right end is 4th to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are there in the row ?
Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:
There are five men, Avinash, Keshav, Subodh, Roshan and Hemant. The one who is tallest is not the youngest. Keshav is older than only Hemant. Subodh is older than Roshan but just shorter than him. Only one person is taller than Roshan. Avinash is shortest while younger than only Subodh and Roshan. Only two men are shorter than Subodh.
Q. If the five men are made to stand in a line according to their height, first in ascending order, then in descending order, then whose position will remain the same in both the arrangements?
In a cricket team, Dhoni is taller than Virat but not as tall as Raina, Rohit is shorter than Dhoni but taller than Shikhar. Who among them is the shortest ?
The ratio of number of old employees to the new employees is 9 : 8 and the ratio of their initial to final wages is 14 : 15. What is the ratio of earlier bill of total wages to that of current bill of total wages?
In a factory, men, women and children were employed in the ratio 8 : 5 : 1 to finish a job and their individual wages were in the ratio 5 : 2 : 3. When 20 women were employed, the total daily wages of them all amounted to Rs. 318. Find the total daily wages paid (in rupees) to each category, respectively.
If the sum and product of the roots of the equation kx2 + 6x + 4k = 0 are equal, then k =
25% of a number is 2 time 65% of another number.Find the ratio of the second no to the first number ?
Which one cannot be the square of a natural number ?
The average of a batsman after 25 innings was 56 runs per innings. If after the 26th inning his average increased by 2 runs, then what was his score in the 26th inning?
Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
If A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, in how many days can A alone complete the work?
In covering a distance of 30 km, Arun takes 2 hours more than Anil. If Arun doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Anil. What is Arun's speed?
A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
P, Q, R enter into a partnership. P initially invests 25 lakh & adds another 10 lakhs after one year. Q initially invests 35 lakh & withdrawal 10 lakh after 2 years and R invests Rs 30 Lakhs . In what ratio should the profit be divided at the end of 3 years?
A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?
Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety of tea in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, what is the price of the third variety per kg ?
Bucket P has thrice the capacity as bucket Q. It takes 80 turns for bucket P to fill the empty drum. How many turns it will take for both the buckets P and Q, having each turn together to fill the empty drum?
Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. if A is open all the time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in:
A.
B. 6 hours
C.
D. 7 hours
By selling bouquets for ₹ 69, a florist gains 15%. At what price should he sell the bouquets to gain 20%on the cost price?
The percentage increase in the surface area of a cube, when each side is doubled, is
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He saw nothing, he had no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off.
Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and next morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed.
Dantes was in
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into ans out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module.
Q. The word 'Command Module' used twice in the given passage indicates perhaps that it deals with
He saw nothing, he had no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off.
Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and next morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed.
The guard left the fragments because he
Directions: Spot the error in the underlined part of the sentence and choose the correct sentence accordingly.
The number of foreigners going to India for fertility treatments, specially surrogacy, has dramatically increased in recent years.
Direction: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. The main driving force of the British Empire’s global expansion was the pursuit of commercial interests.
B. That entailed helping the weaker side in order to promote a regional balance of power and preventing the rise of a regional power, or at least reducing its impact on British security and interests.
C. Creating a balance of power and fostering regional stability could help to realize commercial goals; hence these became the core of the British Empire’s strategy.
D. Britain put these practices to use in its continental policy for hundreds of years.