List of practice Questions

‘The Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius proposed the following thought experiment. If the universe has a boundary, we can throw a spear at this boundary. If the spear flies through, then it is not a boundary. If the spear bounces back, there must be something beyond this boundary that is itself in space, which means it is not a boundary at all. Either way, it turns out that the universe has no boundary.’ How best can the form of Lucretius’ argument for the infinity of space be described?
‘Utilitarians believe that the right action is that which produces the most happiness.’ Which of the following claims is incompatible with the utilitarian view?
‘Senthil goes to Ambala for the first time in his life. On the way from the railway station to his hotel, he sees twelve people, all of them male. He concludes that there are no women in Ambala. As a matter of fact, there are many thousands of women in Ambala.’ Which of the following best describes Senthil’s error?
‘Apple, Application, ________, Approval, Apricot, April’
Which of the following best fits in the blank?
‘Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Monday, Sunday, ________’
Which of the following best fits in the blank?
“387924, ________, 3724, 423, 32, 2”. Which number is missing?
“387924, ________, 3724, 423, 32, 2”. Which number is missing?
Aadvark, Eerie, Iiwi, Oolong, ________
Which of the following words follows the pattern of this series?
‘China has a higher literacy rate than India. This is due to the greater efficiency of the Communist system. Efficiency is sorely lacking in India’s democratic system. Therefore, democracy is the biggest obstacle to India’s achieving 100% literacy.’ Which of the following, if true, would directly undermine the above argument?
Statement 1: People who read fashion magazines do not like to read fiction.
Statement 2: Tenzin does not read fashion magazines.
Assuming that Statements 1 and 2 are true, which of the following conclusions might be said to follow?
Suleiman: All Communists are atheists.
Sheeba: That is not true.
Which of the following, if true, would make Sheeba’s reply the most convincing?
Statement 1: All pingos are Byronic.
Statement 2: Shalisto is Byronic.
Statement 3: Therefore \underline{\hspace{3cm}}
Fill in the blank.
A, B, D, G, K, P, __________
What is the last alphabet in this sequence?
B, C, E, G, K, M, Q, S, ________
What is the next alphabet in this sequence?
Z, X, T, N, ________
What is the next alphabet in this sequence?
Rajneetha walks around the circular park in 15 minutes. If she walks at the rate of 5 km/hr, how much distance would she have to travel, at the minimum, to reach the centre of the park from any point on its perimeter?
A train running at 72 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. It takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction. What is the length of the platform?
Francis has 18 eggs out of which 12 eggs were sold at 10% loss than the cost price. At what mark up should he sell the remaining eggs to cover his losses?
If the length and height of a brick increases by 10% each respectively, and the breadth reduces by 20%, what is the percentage change in the volume of the brick?
“Where there is smoke, there is fire.” Which of the following statements, if true, would show that the above statement is false?
“Where there is poverty, there are always thieves.” Which of the following statements, if true, would show that the above statement is false?
Statement 1: Sugar is bad for people with diabetes.
Statement 2: Leela does not eat sugar.
Assuming that Statements 1 and 2 are true, which of the following statements follows?
A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box, the probability that it bears a perfect square number is:
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at the most one head is:
A flag pole 18 m high casts a shadow 9.6 m long. What is the distance of the top of the pole from the far end of the shadow?