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Official PYQ2016General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
A straight line is fit to a data set (ln x,y).(\text{ln }x,y). This line intercepts the abscissa at ln x=0.1\text{ln } x =0.1 and has a slope of −0.02-0.02. What is the value of yy at x=5x=5 from the fit?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the most appropriate word from the options give below to complete the following sentence. The principal presented the chief guest with a __________, as token of appreciation.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the appropriate word\phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence : Frogs_______
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word: Educe
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Operators □,\square, ◊\Diamond and →\rightarrow are defined by: a □ b=a+ba−b; a ◊,b=a+ba−b;a\,\square\,b=\frac{a+b}{a-b};\, a\,\Diamond, b=\frac{a+b}{a-b}; a → b=ab.a\,\rightarrow\, b=ab. Find the value of (66 □ 6)→(66 ◊,6).(66\,\square\, 6)\rightarrow(66\,\Diamond, 6).
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
If log⁡x(57)=−13,\log_{x}{(\frac{5}{7})}=\frac{-1}{3}, then the value of xx is
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence, you find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Following the requirements of the standard written English, select the answer that produces the most effective sentence. Tuberculosis, together with its effects, ranks one of the leading causes of death in India.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement. Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human well being. An ignored reality of human progress is that human security largely depends upon environmental security. But on the contrary, human progress seems contradictory to environmental security. To keep up both at the required …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeNAT · 2 marks
Fill in the missing value
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
A cube of side 33 units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side 11 unit. Find the proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which are NOT visible.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall every day while having lunch. The wall sometimes breaks. A person sitting in the wall falls if the wall breaks. Which one of the statement below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above sentences?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence: Dhoni, as well as the other team members of Indian team,______ present on the occasion.
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word: Awkward
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
What is the adverb for the given word below? Misogynous
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
An electric bulb has onboard instruments that report the total electricity consumed since the start of the trip as well as the total distance covered. During a single day of operation, the bus travels on stretches M,N,O,M, N, O, and P,P, in that order. The cumulative distance travelled and the corresponding electricity consumption are shown in the Table …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram's selection is 1/61/6 and that of Ramesh is 1/81/8. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In the following sentence certain parts are underlined and marked P,Q and R. One of the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication.select the part containing an error. Choose D as your answer if there is no error. …
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these statements to be true, decide which one logically follows. Statements: All film stars are playback singers. All film directors are film stars Conclusions: All film directors are playback singers some film stars are film director
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeNAT · 2 marks
A tiger is 5050 leaps of its own behind a tree. The tiger takes 55 leaps per minute to the deer's 44. If the tiger and the deer cover 88 meter and 55 meter per leap respectively, what distance in meters will the tiger have to run before it catches the deer?
Official PYQ2015General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
if a2+b2+c2=1a^2+b^2+c^2=1 then ab+bc+acab+bc+ac lies in the interval