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8Q: Which is the World's highest bridge standing 1850 ft above a gorge opens? 2020 05b5cc774e4d2b41977750057
5b5cc774e4d2b41977750057- 1Sidu Bridgefalse
- 2Millau Via-ductfalse
- 3Beipanjiang Bridgetrue
- 4Puli Bridgefalse
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Answer : 3. "Beipanjiang Bridge"
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Answer: C) Beipanjiang Bridge Explanation: Duge Beipanjiang Bridge in southwest China, opened to traffic this week and now the highest bridge in the world, some 565 metres (1,854 feet) above the valley below.The bridge stretches across a 1,341-metre (4,400-foot) span. Three years in the making, it's estimated to have cost the Chinese government around 1 billion yuan (or US$144 million).The bridge is going to cut travel times between Liupanshui in the Guizhou province and Xuanwei in the Yunnan province to two hours instead of the current five – as long as you don't mind the heights.The bridge crosses the the Nizhu river, and to give you some idea of the size of the drop down to the water below, it's almost 2 Eiffel Towers or one-and-a-half Empire State Buildings.
Q: If CGKQW is one sequence following a logic, and another five-letter sequence following similar type of logic is BFJPV, then one more variation of this type can be ? 2017 05b5cc72ce4d2b4197774f77e
5b5cc72ce4d2b4197774f77e- 1VPCFTfalse
- 2DHLRXtrue
- 3CFKNTfalse
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 2. "DHLRX"
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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.
Q: What is the science of mapmaking called? 2011 05b5cc62ae4d2b4197774b8d7
5b5cc62ae4d2b4197774b8d7- 1Coriographyfalse
- 2Cartographytrue
- 3Photograrnmetryfalse
- 4Mappingfalse
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Answer : 2. "Cartography"
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Answer: B) Cartography Explanation: The art and science of map making is called Cartography.
Q: If a student walks at the rate of 4 mts/min from his home, he is 4 minutes late for school, if he walks at the rate of 6 mts/min he reaches half an hour earlier. How far is his school from his home ? 2011 05b5cc764e4d2b4197774fd80
5b5cc764e4d2b4197774fd80- 1100 mtsfalse
- 296 mtsfalse
- 398 mtstrue
- 4120 mtsfalse
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Answer : 3. "98 mts"
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Answer: C) 98 mts Explanation: Let the distance between home and school is 'x'.Let actual time to reach be 't'.Thus, x/4 = t + 4 ---- (1)and x/6 = t - 30 -----(2)Solving equation (1) and (2)=> x = 98 mts.
Q: In a certain Business, the profit is 220% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit ? 2005 05b5cc767e4d2b4197774fe45
5b5cc767e4d2b4197774fe45- 161%true
- 275%false
- 355%false
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Answer : 1. "61%"
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Answer: A) 61% Explanation: Let C.P.= Rs. 100. Then, Profit = Rs.220, S.P. = Rs.320. New C.P. = 125% of Rs. 100 = Rs. 125 New S.P. = Rs.320. Profit = Rs. (320 - 125) = Rs. 195 Required percentage = 195320×100== 60.9 =~ 61%
Q: A single pipe of diameter x has to be replaced by six pipes of diameters 12 cm each. The pipes are used to covey some liquid in a laboratory. If the speed/flow of the liquid is maintained the same then the value of x is ? 2004 05b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f902
5b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f902- 114.69 cmfalse
- 229.39 cmtrue
- 318.65 cmfalse
- 422.21 cmfalse
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Answer : 2. "29.39 cm"
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Answer: B) 29.39 cm Explanation: Volume of water flowing through 1 pipe of diameter x = Volume discharged by 6 pipes of diameter 12 cms. As speed is same, area of cross sections should be same. Area of bigger pipe of diameter x = Total area of 6 smaller pipes of diameter 12 i.e πR2 = 6πR12 Here R = R and R1 = 12/2 = 6 ⇒R2 = 6×6×6 R = 14.696 => D = X = 14.696 * 2 = 29.3938 cm.
Q: Choose apropriate words which gives a complete meaning to the sentence from the given options. we were thinking ______ it _______ something like a requiem for our age. 2002 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9c7
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9c7- 1for, becausefalse
- 2for, asfalse
- 3of, astrue
- 4of, sincefalse
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Answer : 3. "of, as"
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Answer: C) of, as Explanation:
Q: Twelve percent of Kalyan's monthly salary is equal to the sixteen per cent of Nandu's monthly salary. Sarnesh's monthly salary is half that of Nandu's monthly salary. If sarnesh's annual salary is Rs. 1.08 lacs, What is Kalyan's monthly salary ? 1993 05b5cc72ce4d2b4197774f746
5b5cc72ce4d2b4197774f746- 115,000false
- 236,000false
- 324,000true
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Answer : 3. "24,000"
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Answer: C) 24,000 Explanation: Let K = Kalyan's monthly salaryN = Nandu's monthly salaryS = Sarnesh's monthly salary.Then from given data, 12% of K = 16% of NS = N/2 => N = 2SK = 16/12 x N = 16/12 x 2S= 16/6 x 1.08/12 = 16/6 x 0.09 = 0.24 lacs = 24,000