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The exports and imports (in crores of $Rs$.) of a country from $2000$ to $2007$ are given in the following bar chart. If the trade deficit is defined as excess of imports...
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There are two candidates $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ in an election. During the campaign, $40 \%$ of the voters promised to vote for $\mathrm{P}$, and rest for $\text{Q...
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The sum of $n$ terms of the series $4+44+444+\ldots .$ is $(4 / 81)\left[10^{n+1}-9 n-1\right]$$(4 / 81)\left[10^{n-1}-9 n-1\right]$$(4 / 81)\left[10^{n+1}-9 n-10\right]$...
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In a class of $100$ students,there are $30$ students who neither like romantic movies nor comedy movies,the number of students who like romantic movies is twice the numbe...
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What is the value of $1+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{16}+\frac{1}{256}+ \cdots?$$2$$\frac{7}{4}$$\frac{3}{2}$$\frac{4}{3}$
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The bar graph in panel (a) shows the proportion of male and female illiterates in $2001$ and $2011.$ The proportions of males and females in $2001$ and $2011$ are given i...
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A cube of side $3$ units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side $1$ unit. Find the proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which a...
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A stick of length one meter is broken at two locations at distances of $b_{1}$ and $b_{2}$ from the origin $(0)$, as shown in the figure. Note that $0 < b_{1} < b_{2}<1$....
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It takes $30$ minutes to empty a half-full tank by draining it at a constant rate. It is decided to simultaneously pump water into the half-full tank while draining it. W...
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$S$, $M$, $E$ and $F$ are working in the shifts in a team to finish a project. $M$ works with twice the efficiency of others but for half as many days as $E$ worked. $S$ ...
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Under what conditions is the following inequality true for $a, b>0$$$\log _e(a+b) \geq \lambda \log _e(a / \lambda)+(1-\lambda) \log _e(b /(1-\lambda))$$$\lambda=0.5$$0<a...
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The amplitude of a random signal is uniformly distributed between $-5 \mathrm{~V}$ and $5 \mathrm{~V}$.If the signal to quantization noise ratio required in uniformly qua...
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If $(1.001)^{1259}=3.52$ and $(1.001)^{2062}=7.85,$ then $(1.001)^{3321}=?$$2.23$$4.33$$11.37$$27.64$
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The bar chart shows the data for the percentage of population falling into different categories based on Body Mass Index $\text{(BMI)}$ in $2003$ and $2023$. Based on the...
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$40 \%$ of deaths on city roads may be attributed to drunken driving. The number of degrees needed to represent this as a slice of a pie chart is$120$$144$$160$$212$
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An organization allows its employees to work independently on consultancy projects but charges an overhead on the consulting fee. The overhead is $20 \%$ of the consultin...
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In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together,$15\%$ are unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, $45 \%$ are apples. Of the ripe ones, $66 \%$ ar...
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The following figures show three curves generated using an iterative algorithm. The total length of the curve generated after 'Iteration $n$ ' is:Note: The figures shown ...
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If $137+276=435$ how much is $731+672?$ $534$$1403$$1623$$1513$
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The $12$ musical notes are given as $C, C^{\#}, D, D^{\#}, E, F, F^{\#}, G, G^{\#}, A, A^{\#}$, and $B$. Frequency of each note is $\sqrt[12]{2}$ times the frequency of t...
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Consider a solid sphere and a hollow sphere, both of mass $M$, radius $R$ and initially at rest, which start rolling down the same inclined plane without slipping. At the...
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Given digits $2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4$ how many distinct $4$ digit numbers greater than $3000$ can be formed?$50$$51$$52$$54$
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$5$ skilled workers can build a wall in $20$ days: $8$ semi-skilled workers can build a wall in $25$ days: $10$ unskilled workers can build a wall in $30$ days. If a team...
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​​​​​Four identical cylindrical chalk-sticks, each of radius $r=0.5 \mathrm{~cm}$ and length $l=10 \mathrm{~cm}$, are bound tightly together using a duct tape as shown in...
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​​​​For a real number $x>1$,$$\frac{1}{\log _{2} x}+\frac{1}{\log _{3} x}+\frac{1}{\log _{4} x}=1$$ The value of $x$ is$4$$12$$24$$36$
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​​​​Five years ago, the ratio of Aman's age to his father's age was $1: 4$, and five years from now, the ratio will be $2:5$. What was his father's age when Aman was born...
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The greatest prime factor of $\left(3^{199}-3^{196}\right)$ is$13$$17$$3$$11$
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A $100 \mathrm{~cm} \times 32 \mathrm{~cm}$ rectangular sheet is folded $5$ times. Each time the sheet is folded, the long edge aligns with its opposite side. Eventually,...
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Which one of the following options represents the given graph? $f(x)=x^{2} 2^{-|x|}$$f(x)=x 2^{-|x|}$$f(x)=|x| 2^{-x}$$f(x)=x 2^{-x}$
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Four points $\text{P(0, 1), Q(0, – 3), R( – 2, – 1),}$ and $\text{S(2, – 1)}$ represent the vertices of a quadrilateral.What is the area enclosed by the quadrilateral?$4$...
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What is the smallest number with distinct digits whose digits add up to $45?$$123555789$$123457869$$123456789$$99999$
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For $x>0$, for which range of values of $\alpha$ is the following inequality true?\[x \log _{e}(x) \geq x-\alpha\]$\alpha \geq 1 / 2$$\alpha \geq 0$$\alpha \leq 2$$\alpha...
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You are allotted a rectangular room of a fixed height. You have decided to paint the three walls and put wallpaper on the fourth one. Walls can be painted at a cost of Rs...
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Let us define an interval $A(n)$ as a function of $n$ as $A(n)=(-1 / n, 1 / n)$. Then the set of points that lie in the intersection of $A_{n}{ }^{\prime} s, n=1, \ldots,...
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Given a fixed perimeter of $1,$ among the following shapes, which one has the largest area?SquareA regular pentagonA regular hexagonA regular septagonA regular octagon
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The maximum area of a parallelogram inscribed in the ellipse (i.e. all the vertices of the parallelogram are on the ellipse) $x^{2}+4 y^{2}=1$ is:$2$$4$$1$$5$$3$
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An ant does a random walk in a two dimensional plane starting at the origin at time $0.$ At every integer time greater than $0,$ it moves one centimeter away from its ear...
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Consider the inequality\[n-\frac{1}{n} \geq \sqrt{n^{2}-1},\]where $n$ is an integer $\geq 1$. Which of the following statements is $\text{TRUE?}$This inequality holds fo...
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$25$ persons are in a room. $15$ of them play hockey, $17$ of them play football and $10$ of them play both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neithe...
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