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Official PYQ2017General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
In a 2×42 \times 4 rectangle grid shown below, each cell is rectangle. How many rectangles can be observed in the grid?                         \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline{\;\;\;}&{\;\;\;}&{\;\;\;}&{\;\;\;}\\ \hline{}&{}&{}&\\ \hline\end{array}
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Among 150150 faculty members in an institute, 5555 are connected with each other through Facebook and 8585 are connected through Whatsapp. 3030 faculty members do not have Facebook or Whatsapp accounts. The numbers of faculty members connected only through Facebook accounts is _______.
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Open the full question
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two lakes. Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above sentences? Ooty is not a hill-station. No hill-station can have more than one lake.
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Computers were invented for performing only high-end useful computations. However, it is no understatement that they have taken over our world today. The internet, for example, is ubiquitous. Many believe that the internet itself is an unintended consequence of the original invention. With the advent of mobile computing on our phones, a whole new dimension …
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
In a quadratic function, the value of the product of the roots (α,β)(\alpha, \beta) is 44. Find the value of αn+βnα−n+β−n\dfrac{\alpha^{n}+\beta^{n}}{\alpha^{-n}+\beta^{-n}}
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia. Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence.
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Find the odd one in the following group of words. mock, deride, praise, jeer
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as ________________.
Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Pick the odd one from the following options.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The probabilities that a student passes in mathematics, physics and chemistry are m,pm,p and cc respectively. Of these subjects, the student has 75%75\% chance of passing in at least one, a 50%50\% chance of passing in at least two and a 40%40\% chance of passing in exactly two. Following relations are drawn in m,p,cm, p, c: p+m+c=27/20p + m + c = 27/20 …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeNAT · 1 mark
The pie chart below has the breakup of the number of students from different departments in an engineering college for the year 20122012. The proportion of male to female students in each department is 5:45:4. There are 4040 males in Electrical Engineering. What is the difference between the numbers of female students in the civil department and the …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The given statement is followed by some courses of action. Assuming the statement to be true, decide the correct option. Statement: There has been a significant drop in the water level in the lakes supplying water to the city. Course of action: The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation. The government should …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Select the alternative meaning of the underlined part of the sentence. The chain snatchers took to their heels‾\underline{\text{took to their heels}} when the police party arrived.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The number of students in a class who have answered correctly, wrongly, or not attempted each question in an exam, are listed in the table below. The marks for each question are also listed. There is no negative or partial marking. …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following combinations is incorrect?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given question. If two floors in a certain building are 99 feet apart, how many steps are there in a set of stairs that extends from the first floor to the second floor of the building? Statements: Each step is 3/43/4 foot high. Each step is 11 foot wide.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Given Set A=2,3,4,5A= {2, 3, 4, 5} and Set B=11,12,13,14,15B= { 11, 12, 13, 14, 15}, two numbers are randomly selected, one from each set. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers equals 1616?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Which of the following options is the closest in meaning of the sentence below? She enjoyed herself immensely at the party.