The three major amendments that were passed shortly after the Civil War are the reconstruction amendments that were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.   The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, The 14th granted African American citizenship and equal protection before the law, (and) The 15th Amendment attempted to secure the right to vote for newly freed slaves.

Answer: D) Beginning of the end of cold war Explanation: The Cold War started with building tensions between the US and the USSR during World War II. As Stalin began to annex more countries and spread communism throughout Eastern Europe, the US began to feel threatened and feared that they would start a war amongst the capitalist nations. The US started an attempt to limit the spread of communism and protect capitalism, which led to a series of passive aggressive and indirectly hostile exchanges between the two nations.   The beginning of the end of the cold war, the Berlin Wall came down. The USSR began to collapse the following year, in 1990.

Answer: D) 256 Explanation: It follows the rule that   1 2x2  3x3x3  4x4x4x4   5x5x5x5x5  ...   So the missing number is 4x4x4x4 = 256.

Answer: C) Arena Explanation: Boxing is played in the ring whereas Wrestling is played in Arena.

Answer: D) Arun M Kumar Explanation: KPMG in India announced the election of Arun M. Kumar as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm for a five-year term, on February 5, 2017.Arun Kumar succeeds Richard Rekhy, who led the firm as CEO for over four years. Arun Kumar was elected by the KPMG India Board and ratified by the India Partners. The firm executed a well-defined governance process for the selection of the CEO that aligns with the objective of building on its success as well as attracting the best talent available for this role. Arun Kumar brings a wealth of international leadership experience to KPMG India, including his tenure in public service in the United States for the last three years as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of US and Foreign Commercial Service in the Obama Administration.

Answer: B) DHLRX Explanation: The logic behind the sequence given in the question is +4, +4, +6, +6Therefore, the sequence which follows the same logic in the given options is DHLRX.

Answer: C) Rs. 3972 Explanation: Let p = Rs. 100. Then, S.I is Rs. 50 and time = 5 years.  ∴ R = 100×50100×5= 10% p.a.   Now, p = Rs. 12,000 , T = 3 years and R = 10% p.a. C.I. = Rs. 12000×1+101003-1= Rs. 3972

Answer: B) 60 Explanation: -5-----------------------5-------------------20 5-(-5) = 10 20-5= 15 Ratio of cost price of book1 and book2 = 3:2  Then cost price of book 1 is given by (3/5) x 100 = Rs. 60.