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8Q: A driver of auto rickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the % profit for the same journey if he goes for 4 passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litres ? 2812 05b5cc6fee4d2b4197774f157
5b5cc6fee4d2b4197774f157- 168%false
- 280%false
- 375%false
- 4100%true
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Answer : 4. "100%"
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Answer: D) 100% Explanation: When 3 passengers income was 3xexpense= Rs.30 profit =20% of 30 = Rs.6 That means his earning is Rs.36. so that per passenger fare must be Rs.12. When 4 passengersearning = 12x4=Rs.48.expense =Rs.24.profit = Rs.24 = 100%
Q: Formation of curd from milk is chemical reaction. 2811 05b5cc672e4d2b4197774c06f
5b5cc672e4d2b4197774c06f- 1TRUEtrue
- 2FALSE Answer & Explanation Answer:false
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Answer : 1. "TRUE"
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Answer: A) TRUE Explanation: Milk is converted into curd or yogurt by the process of fermentation. Milk consists of globular proteins called casein. It is biochemical change because here microorganism named lactobacillus react with milk and turn it to curd. Lactobacillus required favourable condition to grow. For it 37 degree temperature is needed. But sometimes when it does not get favourable condition, then other microorganism react and makes the curd taste different.
Q: During First World War(1914-1918) AD, The Raja of Chamba State, Raja Bhuri Singh .................... 2810 05b5cc6d4e4d2b4197774e59b
5b5cc6d4e4d2b4197774e59b- 1opposed the British Governmentfalse
- 2partcipated in the Ghaddar Movementfalse
- 3helped the British Governmenttrue
- 4remained Passivefalse
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Answer : 3. "helped the British Government"
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Answer: C) helped the British Government Explanation:
Q: The Length of the Day is determined in 2809 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183- 1length of the hoursfalse
- 2length of the yearfalse
- 3astronomical unitstrue
- 4solar termsfalse
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Answer : 3. "astronomical units"
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Answer: C) astronomical units Explanation: The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units. The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.
Q: Given that on 9th August 2016 is Saturday. What was the day on 9th August 1616 ? 2809 05b5cc6d3e4d2b4197774e4af
5b5cc6d3e4d2b4197774e4af- 1Saturdaytrue
- 2Sundayfalse
- 3Fridayfalse
- 4Mondayfalse
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Answer : 1. "Saturday"
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Answer: A) Saturday Explanation: We know that, After every 400 years, the same day occurs.Thus, if 9th August 2016 is Saturday, before 400 years i.e., on 9th August 1616 has to be Saturday.
Q: If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area ? 2807 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e988
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e988- 1108 sq.cmfalse
- 2112 sq.cmfalse
- 3116 sq.cmfalse
- 4120 sq.cmtrue
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Answer : 4. "120 sq.cm"
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Answer: D) 120 sq.cm Explanation: The triangle with sides 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm is right angled, where the hypotenuse is 26 cm. Area of the triangle =1/2 x base x height => 1/2 x 24 x 10 = 120 sq.cm
Q: 5% people of a village in India died by dengue, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning ? 2803 05b5cc6e0e4d2b4197774eb5c
5b5cc6e0e4d2b4197774eb5c- 14400true
- 23100false
- 32800false
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Answer : 1. "4400"
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Answer: A) 4400 Explanation: Let 'P' be the original population at the beginning P x (95/100) x (85/100) = 3553 P = 4400.
Q: "Compounding frequency" refers to 2802 05b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb57
5b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb57- 1What type of interest your account earnsfalse
- 2How often your interest is calculated and added back into your accounttrue
- 3What interest rate you can expect from your accountfalse
- 4How easily you can add money into your accountfalse
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Answer : 2. "How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account"
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Answer: B) How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account Explanation: Compounding frequency : The time periods when interest will be calculated on top of the original loan amount (or) The number of compounding periods in one year. The greater the compounding frequency, the more often your interest is calculated and added back into your account.