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Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
55 skilled workers can build a wall in 2020 days; 88 semi-skilled workers can build a wall in 2525 days; 1010 unskilled workers can build a wall in 3030 days. If a team has 22 skilled, 66 semi-skilled and 55 unskilled workers, how long it will take to build the wall?
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause. Which of the following statements best sums up …
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Hari(H), Gita(G), Irfan(I) and Saira(S) are siblings (i.e., brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st1^{\text{st}} January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after another) is less than three years. Given the following facts: Hari's age ++ Gita's age >> Irfan's age ++ Saira's age The age difference …
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
If 137+276=435137 + 276 = 435 how much is 731+672?731+672?
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair. Unemployed : Worker
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
2525 persons are in a room. 1515 of them play hockey, 1717 of them play football and 1010 of them play both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is:
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence: If we manage to __________ our natural resources, we would leave a better planet for our children.
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below: Circuitous
Official PYQ2010General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence: His rather casual remarks on politics ________ his lack of seriousness about the subject.
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The antonym of the word protagonist is ______\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The figure shows two 44-tile patterns. Either one or both of the patterns can be used any number of times and in any orientation to construct a new pattern. Which one of the options below cannot be constructed by using only these two 44-tile patterns assuming there are no overlaps among them?
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Consider a knock-out women's badminton singles tournament where there are no ties. The loser in each game is eliminated from the tournament. Every player plays until she is defeated or remains the last undefeated player. The last undefeated player is declared the winner of the tournament. If there are 6464 players in the beginning of the tournament, how …
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
A student needs to enroll for a minimum of 6060 credits. A student cannot enroll for more than 7070 credits. The credits are divided amongst project and three distinct sets of courses namely, core courses, specialization courses, and elective courses. It is compulsory for a student to enroll for exactly 1515 credits of core courses and exactly 2020 …
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
'When the teacher is in the room, all students stand silently.' If the above statement is true, which one of the following statements is not necessarily true?
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
Combinatorics deals with problems involving counting. For example, "How many distinct arrangements of N\text{N} distinct objects in M\text{M} spaces on a circle are possible?" is a typical problem in combinatorics. This kind of counting is sometimes used in the modeling of several physical phenomena. Often, in such models, the different combinatorial …
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In Panel I\text{I} of the figure below, the front view and top view of a structure are shown. Which one of the 3D\text{3D} structures shown in Panel II\text{II} possesses the views shown in Panel I?\text{I}?
Official PYQ2026General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In the 20202020 summer Olympics' Javelin throw finals, Neeraj Chopra exhibited a spectacular performance to win the gold medal. The silver medal was won by Jakub Vadlejch and the bronze medal was won by Vitezlav Vesely. There were six rounds of throws with each athlete having one throw per round. The best of all the throws of each athlete is considered for …