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For positive real numbers and , the function is defined as: . The max function is defined as: The graph below shows the plot of a function versus . can be …
An unbiased six-faced dice whose faces are marked with numbers , and is rolled twice in succession and the number on the top face is recorded each time. The probability that the number appearing in the second roll is an integer multiple of the number appearing in the first roll is
Expedite, Hasten, Hurry, Fill the blank by choosing a word with a meaning similar to that of the words given above.
A black square PQRS has been cut into two parts. One part of it is shown in Panel Which one of the shapes in Panel is the other part?
A day can only be cloudy or sunny. The probability of a day being cloudy is , independent of the condition on other days. What is the probability that in any given four days, there will be three cloudy days and one sunny day?
The values of Stock and Stock on a particular day are Rs. and Rs. , respectively. An investor invests Rs. in Stock and Rs. in Stock . He sells all the stocks the next day when the value of Stock is Rs. and Stock is Rs. . The profit made by …
'When it is raining, peacocks dance.' Based only on this sentence, which one of the following options is necessarily true?
Water : : Food : Choose the and combination from the options below to form a meaningful analogy.
Two tiles are missing in Panel . Which one of the options in Panel is the appropriate choice for the missing tiles?
Figures and represent intercity highway systems. The black dots represent cities and the line segments between them represent intercity highways. A salesperson needs to make a trip. She needs to start from a city, visit each of the remaining cities exactly once, and finally return to the same city from which she started. Which …
The figure in Panel below is a grid of cells with four rows and four columns. The numbers on the top and on the left represent the number of cells that are to be shaded in that column and row, respectively. Which one of the options shown in Panel below represents the grid shaded correctly?
An unbiased six-faced dice whose faces are marked with numbers , and is rolled twice in succession and the number on the top face is recorded each time. The probability that the sum of the two recorded numbers is a prime number is
Ravi had _______ younger brother who taught at _________ university. He was widely regarded as ________ honorable man. Select the option with the correct sequence of articles to fill in the blanks.
The CEO's decision to downsize the workforce was considered because it sacrificed long-term stability to accommodate short-term gains. Select the most appropriate option that can replace the word "myopic" without changing the meaning of the sentence.
The average marks obtained by a class in an examination were calculated as . However, while checking the marks entered, the teacher found that the marks of one student were entered incorrectly as instead of . After correcting the marks, the average becomes . How many students does the class have?
Consider the relationships among , and : is the brother of . is the daughter of . is the sister of . is the mother of . The following statements are made based on the …
According to the map shown in the figure, which one of the following statements is correct? Note: The figure shown is representative.
"I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in …
In the diagram, the lines QR and ST are parallel to each other. The shortest distance between these two lines is half the shortest distance between the point P and line QR. What is the ratio of the area of the triangle PST to the area of the trapezium SQRT? Note: The figure shown is representative.
A fair six-faced dice, with the faces labelled ‘ ’, ‘ ’, ‘ ’, ‘ ’, ‘ ’, and ‘ ’, is rolled thrice. What is the probability of rolling ‘ ’ exactly once?