List of practice Questions

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: "Bite the bullet."
Choose the antonym of "obscure":
The word in the sentence below that is most similar in meaning to "ephemeral" is: "The beauty of the sunset was ephemeral, fading quickly as night approached."
Choose the best option:
1. Shakespeare did not personally prepare his plays for publication, and no official collection of them appeared until after his death.
2. Some were probably based on actors’ memories of plays.
3. Many of these quartos are quite unreliable.
4. A collection of his sonnets, considered by critics to be among the best ever written in English, appeared in 1609.
5. Many individual plays were published during his lifetime in unauthorized editions known as quartos.
Each of Mr. Raj, his mother, his wife, and his son is a different professional among lawyer, doctor, engineer, and accountant. - Accountant is not the son of the lawyer (lawyer is blood relative of the doctor). - Engineer is son of the accountant, who is not blood relative of the doctor. Who can \textbf{never be the doctor?}
The main issues of interpretation arising from the work of professionally trained anthropologists are that they are late in colonial/post-colonial trajectories, because professional training shapes their interpretations. However, within field of interest and training, their works are most thorough and systematic. The best conclusion drawn from the above paragraph is analogous to:
Each of the following questions presents four statements, of which three, when placed in appropriate order, would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of that context.
Lal divides his garden into several identical squares and places posts at all the corners of all the squares. He then plants one tree per square. If a rectangular garden uses 36 posts in all, find the maximum number of trees that he could have planted.
Rohan and Sohan start from the same point on a circular track in the same direction. Speed of Rohan is nine times Sohan. How many times are they diametrically opposite by the time Sohan completes 3 rounds?
For an odd positive integer $n$ ($51 \le n \le 99$), the quantity $n^3 - n$ is always divisible by:
If $5^{x-1} = 25^{y+1}$, what is the value of $x$ in terms of $y$?
The numbers $1, 2, \dots, n$ are written in natural order. Numbers in odd places are struck off to form a new sequence. This process is continued until only one number is left. If $n = 1997$, find the last remaining number.
If $2x + 3y = 15$ and $x - y = 1$, what is the value of $x + y$?
A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours, and another pipe can empty it in 8 hours. If both are opened together, how long will it take to fill the tank?
If $a^2 + b^2 = 25$ and $ab = 12$, what is $(a + b)^2$?
A rectangle MNOQ has $NO$ extended to point R. In $\triangle QPR$:
- $QP = \frac{2x}{3}QM$
- $\angle ORP = 45^\circ$
- $QR = 4\sqrt{17}$ cm
S and T are midpoints of sides QR and PR respectively. If $ST = 6$ units, find the area of rectangle MNOQ.
A is a non-empty set having $n$ elements. P and Q are two subsets of A such that $P \subseteq Q$. Find the number of ways of choosing the subsets P and Q.
The sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic progression is $3n^2 + 2n$. What is the 10th term?
A and B can complete a task in 12 days, B and C in 15 days, and A and C in 20 days. How many days will A alone take to complete the task?
The sum of the squares of three consecutive integers is 110. What is the smallest integer?

Identify the sentence(s) that are correct in terms of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage. 
[(a)] The financial industry has done such a good job of bringing itself to its knees over the past 
[(b)] four years that it is easy to overlook the threats they face from outside. 
[(c)] High among them is electronical attack. In 2010, Symantec, a cyber-security firm, estimated that 
[(d)] three-quarter of all “phishing” attacks, in which people are deceived into surrendering private 
[(e)] details such as account numbers, are aimed at the finance sector. 

Choose the word that best fits: "His speech was so ......... that the audience was captivated."
The HCF of two numbers is 12, and their LCM is 144. If one number is 36, what is the other number?
Which word is the antonym of "vivid"?
A sum of money doubles in 5 years at simple interest. In how many years will it become 4 times?