List of practice Questions

Directions: In this question, each sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). Find out which part of the sentence contains an error. If there is no error, mark your answer as (e).

Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Discipline is on the wane in schools and colleges these days

Sugar worth 15 per kg and 16 per kg is mixed with a third variety of some other cost in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is of worth 20 per kg, what would be the cost of the third variety of sugar per kg?

Two numbers are in the ratio 8 : 11 and their LCM is 2816. What would be the difference between the two numbers?

There are eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, standing in a row and four distinct articles A, B, C and D are to be given to four people. No four neighboring persons receive an article. How many ways can this distribution be done?

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
TRITE

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest synonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
VICISSITUDE

Directions: In this question, each sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). Find out which part of the sentence contains an error. If there is no error, mark your answer as (e).

In a school, 150 students offered Hindi as an optional subject, 85 French and 90 Sanskrit. Out of these, 73 offered Hindi only, 52 French only, 18 Hindi and French only and 10 French and Sanskrit only. How many students offered Sanskrit only?

Directions: A word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
MIRTH

The true test of civilization is not the census, not the size of cities nor the crops, but the kind of_____the country_____out.

The word given below are followed by options....
PROD

The word given below are followed by options....
REPINE

If 25000 copies of the TIMES OF INDIA be issued daily, each copy consisting of 10 sheets and each sheet measuring 75cmx50cm, how many hectares will one edition cover?

If 4^{4b - 3a} = 2^{2b + c} = 8^{c - a} and a + b + c = 11 , then find the value of \(4(\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca})\)

Find the number of zeros at the end of
P = 35! + 36! + 37! + 38! + 39! + 40!

What should come in place of question mark \((?)\) in the following questions?
\(\frac{(203 - 152) }{ (0.75 \times 4)}=?\)

A reduction of 20% in the price of mangoes enables a man to buy 25 mangoes more for Rs.40. Find the reduced price of the basket that contains 200 mangoes.

Find the minimum numbers starting from 74 that are multiplied to get 50 zeros at the end ?

Select the option that most suitably fills ups the blanks-
Can you call a ___ seeker of personal goals an ___? I doubt whether you can.

Select the option that most suitably fills ups the blanks-
Traffic signals in the country X operate in a reverse fashion : people move when it is ___ and have to stop when it is ___.

Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
His works of art rank high in the appraisal for competent critics.

Select the appropriate meaning of the phrase given in the question.
To kick the bucket

A related pair of words or phrases is followed by four lettered pair of words or phrases. Select by lettered pair that best expresses a relationship DISSIMILAR to that express in the original pair.
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