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- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.The teacher praised the students. Answer: B. The students were praised by the teacher. Answer: (B) The students were praised by the teacher. Simple past active (praised) beco... 1
- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.He said to me, “Where are you going?” Answer: B. He asked me where I was going. Answer: (B) He asked me where I was going. For a wh-question: “said to” becomes “asked”, no “that”... 1
- Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.4 : 24 :: 9 : ? Answer: C. 99 Answer: (C) 99 Rule: n² + 2n , i.e. n(n + 2) . 4² + 8 = 24 . So 9² + 18 = 81 + 18 = 99 . 1
- Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first.PEN : RGP :: CUP : ? Answer: B. EWR Answer: (B) EWR Each letter moves two places forward: P→R, E→G, N→P. So C→E, U→W, P→R = EWR. 1
- Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.Thermometer : Temperature :: Barometer : ? Answer: D. Atmospheric pressure Answer: (D) Atmospheric pressure A thermometer measures temperature; a barometer measures atmospheric pressu... 1
- Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out. Answer: A. 225 Answer: (A) 225 27 = 3³ , 125 = 5³ , 343 = 7³ are perfect cubes. 225 = 15² is not a perfect cube. 1
- Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out. Answer: C. CFH Answer: (C) CFH In ADG, JMP and QTW each letter is 3 places after the previous one (+3, +3). In CFH the gaps are +3 and +2. 1
- Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out. Answer: A. 6 – 206 Answer: (A) 6 – 206 Second number = cube of the first: 3³ = 27 , 4³ = 64 , 5³ = 125 . But 6³ = 216 , not 206. 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.4, 9, 25, 49, 121, ? Answer: D. 169 Answer: (D) 169 These are squares of consecutive prime numbers: 2², 3², 5², 7², 11² . Next prime is 13, so 13² = 169 . 1
- Select the letter-cluster that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.BY, DW, FU, HS, ? Answer: B. JQ Answer: (B) JQ First letters: B, D, F, H, J (+2). Second letters: Y, W, U, S, Q (−2). Next term = JQ. 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.1, 2, 6, 21, 88, ? Answer: B. 445 Answer: (B) 445 Pattern: × 1 + 1, × 2 + 2, × 3 + 3, × 4 + 4 : 1 → 2 → 6 → 21 → 88. Next: 88 × 5 + 5 = 445 . 1
- Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the ratio becomes 12 : 23. What is the smaller number? Answer: B. 33 Answer: (B) 33 Let the numbers be 3k and 5k. Then 23(3k − 9) = 12(5k − 9). 69k − 207 = 60k − 108, so 9k = 99 and k = 11. Small... 1
- Select the correctly spelt word. Answer: A. Accommodation Answer: (A) Accommodation The correct spelling has double 'c' and double 'm': accommodation. 1