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End Game

2010-07-14T05:05:00.000-07:00

આજે નાના મગજની ધોરી નસોને અલગ રીતે પણ ખેંચવી છે. એક કોયડાની ચર્ચા કરવી છે અને એના
વડે કશુક જાણવા પ્રયત્ન પણ કરીશું. જે ઘણી બધી સ્પર્ધાત્મક પરીક્ષાઓ કે ઈન્ટરવ્યું અથવા
તો શોખ માટે પણ ઉપયોગી નીવડશે.
ચાલો કોયડાની શરૂઆત આ રીતે કરીએ. ચેસ બોર્ડમાં કુલ કેટલા ચોરસ તમે બતાવી શકો ? છે ને
સિમ્પલ પઝલ ! પણ ઉતાવળ ના કરશો, ઘણા તો બોલી પણ ચુક્યા હશે કે ચોસઠ! વેઇટ, તમારો
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પર. આવતા અંકે આ પઝલને વિસ્તારથી સમજીશું અને એનો વિસ્તાર પણ કરીશું!

General Knowledge Quiz

2009-06-12T13:07:00.001-07:00

1. In international Morse code what denotes the letter E?

a. double dot b. dot and a line

c. space d. dot

e. underscore

2. In 1994 Tom Hanks won an Oscar for best actor for which film?

a. Apollo 13 b. Toy Story 2

c. Forrest Gump

d. From the Earth to the Moon

e. That Thing You Do!

3. What has the highest melting point of any metal?

a. Gold b. Iron

c. Diamond d. Tungsten

e. Galena

4. What do you call the sacred river in India?

a. Ganga b. Yamuna

c. Saraswati d. Tapti

e. Godawari

5. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?

a. Apollo b. Voyageur

c. Viking I d. Skylab

e. Luna 16

6. In which country is the prime minister’s country house Chequers?

a. USA b. UK

c. USSR d. India

e. Australia

7. Roman numerals- what denotes the number 70?

a. CVV b. CXX

c. LXX d. LVV e. VXX

8. How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun once?

a. One Year b. One Month

c. One day d. A Night e. A week

9. Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole before Scott?

a. Amundsen b. Armstrong

c. Andre Clerk d. Graham bell

e. Dars Pat

10. What berries are used to give gin its flavor?

a. Strawberry b. Raspberry

c. Blackberry d. Boysenberry

e. Juniper Berry

11. What is the currency of Turkey?

a. Takko b. Lira

c. Euro d. Yen

e. Dollar f. Pound

12.What is England’s largest county?

a. North Yorkshire b. Buckinghamshire

c. Cambridgeshire d. Berkshire

e. Cheshire

13.Who invented the electric light bulb?

a. Samuel Mars

b. Thomas Alva Edison

c. Albert Einstein

d. Niels Bohr

e. Leonardo De Vinci

14.Who invented the hovercraft?

a. Ben Franklin b. Carl Sagan

c. Nikola Tesla d. Christopher Cockerell

e. Charles Darvin

15. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?

a. Mount Bona

b. Mount Foraker

c. Mount Bear

d. University Peak

e. Mont Blanc

16. What was Thailand known as?

a. Armenia b. Angola

c. Siam d. Zaire e. Persia

17.What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a. Tirana b. Riga

c. Rome d. Sofia e. Athens

18. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:

a. On January 6

b. On December 25

c. On October 31

d. On August 1 e. Never

19. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:

a. 1492 b. 1895

c. 1944 d. 1976 e. 1878

20. The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?

a. Canada b. China

c. India d. Spain e. Mexico

21. In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:

a. Building snowmen

b. Tobogganing

c. Wombat hunting

d. Surfing

e. Playing Casino

22. In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?

a. Candy b. Straw

c. Uranium d. Fir wood

e. Gold

23. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:

a. Fried fish, lettuce and spinach

b. Square meat pies

c. Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce

d. Turkey and plum pudding

e. Vegetables and wine

24. The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?

a. St. Eustace b. St. Brigit

c. St. Nicholas d.St. Stephen

e. St. Santa

Answers

1. d

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. c

8. a

9. a

10. e

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. d

15. e

16. c

17. d

18. b

19. b

20. e

21. d

22. b

23. a

24. d

{2006/12/13}

Reading Comprehension Test

2009-06-12T13:05:00.001-07:00

An open letter from Vladkhleb to the residents of Vladivostok.

When bread prices rose, Valkhleb, a bakery, asked the krai and city for help in holding down prices. Here is a letter it wrote, published in the Vladivostok Times Sept. 9. 1998

Dear residents of Vladivostok:
The staff and Board of Directors of Vladkhleb can't keep silent in the current wild situation when prices for all existing products are skyrocketing unbelievably. And while we somewhat indifferently watch enormous figures on price tags for delicacy products, every kopeck of extra charge for the staples … causes a real panic. We perfectly realize that, and that's why we have kept bread prices affordable for all this time. Even after the fall of prices we have tried to keep the past prices for as long as possible. At the moment all our reserves are exhausted. Stocks of bread-baking ingredients such as flour, sugar, butter and the like are running out. To buy what we need at reasonable prices is virtually impossible today.

However, we cannot temporize. We all need bread every day, which means we will be forced to buy everything we need at much higher prices. What this means perhaps doesn't need to be explained.

The cost of bread closely depends on ingredients. Another financial crisis has led to a 50-300-percent increase of prices for butter, vegetable oil, all types of margarine, yeast and other as of September 1. All these prices continue to grow every hour.

Because of this, Vladkhleb came to the critical point where it is necessary to raise prices of its products. Otherwise, we will just destroy a most powerful bread enterprise. Should Vladkhleb shut down, the bread price will get out of hand.

Our economists projected the situation for the near future considering the growing flour cost. With the cost of flour at 2.18 rubles per kilogram at the start of September, the retail bread price was to be 4.36 rubles. With an increase of flour cost to 4 rubles per kilogram, bread price will grow to 6.17 rubles. Further growth will be possible.

So it turns out that bread may rank with delicacy products. Is there another way out? Yes. It is already put into practice by leaders of other cities and regions. For example, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov used the press in the very first days of the crisis to tell the residents that he had decided to subsidize the bread industry so that not to allow prices for this type of food to rise. There were no objections. So did Khabarovsk -- there they pay subsidies for bread-baking ingredients.

Incidentally, the city and krai administrations already have the experience of supporting our plants. Rather than artificially holding back prices, they employed loans and waivers and the like. At this point all the city and krai offices of authority as well as deputies at all levels could consider our propositions such as:

- Granting waivers on taxes to krai and city budgets;

- Establishing lower prices for electric and thermal energy for a program of bread production;

- Facilitating in reception of customs duty and tax waivers from the federal government for imported grain;

- Recovery of Pacific Fleet's debts in the amount of 6 million rubles (calculated as of August 1998) for supplied products;

- Lowering rent for premises and plots.

Any of these possible measures will help Vladkhleb contain the growth of prices for its products. Despite of our SOS signal, no measures have been taken as yet. We have found ourselves in the same situation as any of you. We see the situation changing steadily for the worse. We will not cope with that alone.

We see one recourse: Raise the bread price minimally and cancel our free plastic bag service. But what is next? This is the concern of all the 700 employees and the board of Vladkhleb.

Every extra kopeck in the cost of bread upsets you and us very much. Making our sincere apologies for a forced increase of the bread price, we hope for your understanding and support. Today and tomorrow we are with you, as usual.

The staff and board of Vladkhleb.

1. Vladkhleb is

a. A farm b. A bakery

c. A retail store d. A bike producer

2. In this open letter Vladkhleb explains to the people of Vladivostok that

a. they can no longer supply bread

b. the price of bread will treble

c. all reserves of bread-making ingredients have been depleted

d. it will have to close down

3. A possible solution to the crisis, Vladkhleb suggests is

a. to use ingredients of a lower quality

b. to cut the workers' wages

c. to urge people to eat less bread

d. to have the bread price subsidized by the authorities

4. One of the things Vladkhleb asks the local authorities is

a. More workers

b. Lower energy prices

c. money to buy fresh ingredients

d. the permission to buy flour in the US

5. From the letter it appears that the local authorities of Vladivostok

a. have a tradition of helping out local industries in difficult times

b. have a bad record of giving help when it is needed

c. have already responded positively to recent SOS messages from Vladkhleb

d. were the first to subsidize the bread industry a few months ago

6. "So it turns out that bread may rank with delicacy products," means

a. that bread has become much tastier in recent months.

b. that bread has become as expensive as caviar.

c. that bread has become an article many people can no longer afford.

7. Vladkhleb has decided not to shut down because - they say -

a. the organisation still has a lot of outstanding debts.

b. otherwise the price of bread may get out of hand.

c. otherwise the distribution of bread may end up in the hands of the mafia.

8. One of Vladkhleb's propositions to the local authorities is : "Recovery of Pacific Fleet's debts in the amount of 6 million rubles (calculated as of August 1998) for supplied products." This means

a. that the army still owes the bakery a lot of money for bread delivered in the past.

b. that Vladkhleb still owes a lot of money to the army for ingredients that it supplied in the past.

c. that the local authorities should ask Moscow funds that would otherwise end up with the Pacific Fleet.

Answers

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. b

8. a

{2006/11/22}

Mathematical Aptitude Test

2009-06-12T13:02:00.000-07:00

1. One hundred Students took math and physics tests. 25 students got scores higher than or equal to 80 for both tests. 42 students’ math score was higher than or equal to 80. The numbers of the students whose scores of both tests were less than 80 is 48. Let x and y be the numbers of the students with only math score higher than or equal to 80, and with physics score higher than or equal to 80, respectively. What are x and y?

(A) x = 17, y = 35 (B) x = 10, y = 17 (C) x = 10, y = 23 (D) x = 23, y = 10 (E) x = 35, y = 17

2. Three lottery winners, X, Y, and Z share the lottery jackpot. X’s share equals to 1/5 of Y’s share, and also equals to 1/7 of Z’s share. If the total jackpot is 195,000 Rs., What is the amount of Z’s share?

(A) 15,000 Rs. (B) 35,000 Rs.

(E) 115,000 Rs.

3. A farmer uses 140 meter fencing to enclose a rectangular field. The ratio of the two different sides is 3:4. What is the distance between the two corners diagonally apart from each other?

(A) 40m (B) 253m (C) 45m (D) 50m (E)(653)/2 cm

4. Two types of notebooks are sold. The price of type A is 12 Rs. and that of type B is 15 Rs. for each. John bought 10 notebooks in mixture of both types, and paid 126 Rs.. How many notebooks of type A did he buy?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

5. If -1 <>

(A) X square (B)X cube (C) 1 (D) -x (E)1/x

6. Suppose x^2 – y^2 = 155 ( x square minus y square is equal to 155) and x - y = 5. What is the value of x + y?

(A) 15 (B) 31 (C) 35 (D) 100 (E) 150

7. One printer prints a sheet in 0.5 seconds, and the other does it in 0.75 seconds. If we use both printers simultaneously, what is the minimum time to print 200 sheets?

(A) 40 sec. (B) 45 sec. (C) 50 sec. (D) 55 sec. (E) 60 sec

8. Let series an =n^2 – 2n (n = 0, 1, 2,   ). What is the value of (a100 - a99 - a98 + a97)?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 10 (D) 40 (E) 400

9. How many 3-digit positive odd integers that do not contain 5 in any places exist?

(A) 256 (B) 288 (C) 320 (D) 324 (E) 360

10. Darsh and Tathya independently try to decode a coded message. The probabilities that Darsh and Tathya are successfull are 0.8 and 0.7, respectively. What is the probability that at least one of them decodes the message?

(A) 0.10 (B) 0.47

11. When throwing two fair dice, what is the probability that the sum of their numbers is equal to or greater then 11?

(A) 1/18 (B) 1/12

(E) 1/3

12. Let gcd(m, n) be the greatest common divisor of integers m and n. Which of the following is the largest?

(A) gcd(14, 144) (B) gcd(24, 144) (C) gcd(49, 144) (D) gcd(70, 144) (E) gcd(91, 144)

13. The price of a Seiko watch is 1/3 the price of Omega watch. The shop sold 45 Seiko watches and 60 Omega watches, and the total receipt is 90,000 Rs. What is the price of one Omega watch?

(A) 1200 Rs (B) 1500 Rs(C) 1850 Rs(D) 2000 Rs (E) 2200 Rs

14. There is a circular railroad track for miniature train models. The space between the two rails is

3cm. How much longer is the outer rail than the inner rail?

(A) 2p cm (B) 3p cm (C) 4p cm (D) 6p cm (E) 8p cm

15. Let S = {a, b, c, d, e}. What is the number of subsets with two elements of set S?

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 16 (E) 20

16. Let f(x) = x^2 - 1. Which of the following satisfies equation f(f(x)) = 0?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 3

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Answers

1. B

2. D

3. D

4. D

5. B

6. B

7. E

8. B

9. B

10. E

11. B

12. B

13. A

14. D

15. C

16. B

{2006/11/15}

Mathematical Aptitude Test

2009-03-30T05:45:00.001-07:00

1. A recipe serves 4 people and calls for 1.5 cups of milk. If you want to serve 6 people, how much milk do you need?

a) 7/3 cups b) cups c) 2.25 cups d) 2.75 cups

2. Tony's car used 19.5 liters of gasoline on a 318 kilometers trip. How many kilometers per liter did the car get?

a) 6.2 km/h b) 13.6 km/h c) 16.3 km/h d) 14.8 km/h

3. Find the best price of a brand from following

Brand 1: 36 grams for 10.8 Rs

Brand 2 : 42 grams for 13.44 Rs.

a) Brand 2 b) Brand 1

c) Both are equal values

d) Not enough information provided

4. Anil gets 13776 Rs per week at a shop when he works for 28 hours. What is his per hour rate ?

a) 482 b) 490 c) 491 d) 492

5. If @ is defined for all positive numbers a and b by a @ b = 2ab - b2, then 5 @ 2 =

a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 20

6. What is the total amount of your purchases if you bought 5 shirts at m and 2 more shirts at 50% off.

a) 5m b) 6m c) 7.5m d) 10m

7. Which of the following proportions is correct if 12 = pq ?

a) 2:p = 6:q b) 4:p = 3:q c) 6:p = 2:q d) 4:q = p:3

8. A car travels across Ahmedabad m miles at the rate of t miles per hour. How many hours does the trip take?

a) m / t b) t / m. c) m – t d) t – m

9. What is the value of (x + y)(x + y) if xy = -3 and x2 + y2 = 10?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

10. Telephone calls cost 0.20 Rs. per minute for the first 15 minutes and 0.10 Rs. per minute thereafter. Which of the following represents the amount of money needed (in rupee) to talk x minutes (x greater than 15)?

a) $3.00 + $0.10x

b) $3.00 + $0.10(x-15)

c) $3.00 + $0.10(15-x)

d) $3.00 + $0.15x

11. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3 and 5, but not by 2?

a) 975 b) 955 c) 990 d) 995

12. A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory. There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior's name, 2 times; and each sophomore's name, 1 time. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?

a) 1/8 b) 2/9 c) 2/7 d) 3/8

13. If k is divisible by 2, 3, and 15, which of the following is also divisible by these numbers?

a) k+5 b) k+20 c) k+30 d) k+45

14. A rectangular rug has an area of 84 square feet and a length of 14 feet. What is its width?

a) 70 feet b) 6 feet c) 28 feet d) 176 feet

15. 12 people enter a room. Two more than two-thirds of these people then leave. How many people remain in the room?

a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 4

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Answers

1. c

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. a

9. d

10. b

11. a

12. d

13. c

14. b

15. a

{2006/10/11}

NASA Quiz

2009-03-30T05:43:00.000-07:00

1. Which space shuttle recently visited International Space Station and it returned back successfully, and was sent by NASA?

a. Discovery

b. Atlantis

c. Aryabhatta

d. None of these

2. NASA was created by an act of which US President?

a. Dwight Eisenhower

b. Harry Potter

c. John F. Kennedy

d. Lyndon B. Johnson

3. When was the Presidential Act that created NASA signed?

a. October 2, 1954

b. August 12, 1958

c. October 14, 1958

d. July 29, 1958

4. NASA was created in response to one of these events. Which?

a. The launch of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space

b. The launch of Sputnik, the first Soviet satellite

c. The Soviet announcement of plans to send men to the Moon

d. The creation of the Soviet Space Agency

5. The motto of the NASA Discovery Program is:

a. Faster, Better, Cheaper

b. To the moon and beyond

c. Exploration of our world

d. None of the above

6. Many German scientists were highly influential in the early successes of the American Space Program after surrender to American troops at the end of World War II. What was this military recruitment of German scientists called?

a. Operation Paperclip

b. Operation Brain Bunker

c. Operation Rocket Men

d. Operation Pin Pusher

7. This German scientist, the inventor of the V2 rocket, surrendered to American Troops at the end of WWII and was highly influential in the early days of the American space program. Who was it?

a. Guenter Wendt

b. Robert Oppenheimer

c. Werner von Braun

d. Albert Einstein

8. Who was the first NASA administrator?

a. James Webb

b. T. Keith Glennan

c. Hugh Dryden

d. Robert Goddard

9. Who created the concept of, and founded the Mission Control Center?

a. Christopher Columbus Kraft

b. Lyndon Johnson

c. Gene Kranz

d. John Houston

10. The original seven Astronauts, the Mercury 7, were chosen on April 9, 1959. How many were there in the Astronaut Corps three years later, April 9, 1962?

a. 24 b. 16

c. 7 d. 14

11. What was the Presidential Act that created NASA called?

a. The Space Race Act

b. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act

c. The Man in Space Act

d. The National Aeronautics and Space Act

12. What day is generally considered the "birthday" of NASA?

a. June 9, 1958

b. November 13, 1950

c. October 14, 1947

d. October 1, 1958

Answers

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. a

6. a

7. c

8. b

9. a

10. c

11. d

12. d

{2006/10/04}

English Grammer Test

2009-03-30T05:36:00.000-07:00

1. San Jose is the second ___ city in California, after Los Angeles.
a.larger b.large c. largest

2. George Lucas has ___ a digital movie studio in Marin County north of San Francisco called "Skywalker Ranch."

a. building b. built c. build

3. The Golden Gate inlet into San Francisco Bay is so narrow and covered with fog, European explorers sailed past it for many years without ___ the bay.

a. discovering b. discovered c. discover

4. Two species of giant Sequoia redwood trees are ___ in California; one in the Sierra Nevada mountains and one along the Pacific coast.

a. find b. finding c. found

5. Yosemite National Park is so popular, the Park Service is planning to require that visitors take an electric bus instead of ___ own cars into the valley to reduce smog and congestion.

a. there b. their c. they're

6. The towns of Santa Cruz and Huntington Beach have been ___ for many years over which is the real "Surf City USA."

a. argued b. arguing c. argue

7. The neoprene wet suit was ___ by a resident of Santa Cruz because the water there is cold but the surfing is good.

a. invented b. invent c. inventing

8. Chinese immigrants were ___ to build the Southern Pacific railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains because the European workers were undisciplined.

a. hire b. hiring c. hired

9. The San Gabriel mountains east of Los Angeles are the ___ growing mountain range in the world, rising about five centimeters a year.

a. fastest b. faster c. fast

10. Forest ___ and earthquakes are as natural to California as tornadoes and snowstorms are to the Midwestern United States.

a. fire b. fires c. fired

11. The tectonic plate Los Angeles sits on is ___ north towards San Francisco at the rate of two centimeters a year.

a. move b. moving c. mover

12. Eighty percent of the venture capital available in the United States for ___ startup companies comes from investors in the Silicon Valley town of Menlo Park.

a. financing b. finance c. financed

13. Los Angeles ___ a system of aqueducts to bring snowmelt from the mountains of northern California for its water supply.

a. uses b. using c. used

14. Silicon Valley ___ near San Francisco. Silicone Valley is near Hollywood.

a. is b. was c. can

15. Kenny Roberts has his own private road-racing track ___ his back yard near Carmel, California, home of the Laguna Seca raceway.

a. on b. in c. into

16. The Monterey Aquarium has a 1 million gallon aquarium tank, thanks to a Japanese company that ___ the world's largest and thickest window pane.

a. building b. builder c. built

17. If California were a country, its economy would be the eighth ___ in the world.

a. large b. largest c. larger

18. In over 500 suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge since it opened, nobody has ever ___ facing west, towards the Pacific Ocean. Everybody jumps facing the city of San Francisco.

a.jump b. jumped c. jumping

19. The city of Los Angeles is ___ billions of dollars to re-build a mass-transit subway and train system that General Motors dismantled earlier this century.

a. spent b. spending c. spend

20. The artichoke, which is ___ in great abundance near Monterey, is a member of the thistle family.

a. grew b. grown c. grew

21. Every time it is on the ballot, a plan to split California into two or more states gains a ___ percentage of the vote.

a. higher b. highest c. high

22. Much of the gold ___ in California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s financed the Union Army in the Civil War.

a. mine b. mined c. mining

Answers:

1. C

2. b

3. a

4. c

5. b

6. b

7. a

8. c

9. a

10. b

11. b

12. a

13. a

14. a

15. b

16. c

17. b

18. b

19. b

20. b

21. a

22. b

{2006/09/27}

USA Quiz

2009-03-30T05:07:00.000-07:00

1. United States is a?

a. Continent

b. Country

c. Territory

d. Big island

2. What is the population of the United States?

a. 100 million people

b. 250 million people

c. 400 million people

d. 500 millions people

3. Blue Hen Chicken is associated with which state of United States?

a. Delaware

b. Iowa

c. Texas

d. Mississippi

4. The longest mountain range in North America is the:

a. Appalachian Mountains

b. Sierra Nevadas

c. Cascades

d. Rocky Mountains

5. Most of the United States lies in:

a. mid-latitude climate regions

b. tropical climate regions

c. high latitude climate regions

d. a dry climate region

6. In the South, the state that has major tourist and citrus industries is:

a. Mississippi

b. Florida

c. Virginia

d. Louisiana

7. Where is the United States?

a. Northern hemisphere

b. Southern hemisphere

c. Eastern hemisphere

d. Just east of Hawaii

8. Name two countries that border on the United States?

a. Canada and New Mexico

b. Cuba and Puerto Rica

c. Mexico and Canada

d. Mexico and Yukon

9. The United States was founded in?

a. 1987

b. 1483

c. I didn't know it was ever lost

d. 1787

10. The United States is on which continent?

a. South America b. Paelantic Plate

c. North America d. America

11. Which ocean is on the west coast of the United States?

a. The Atlantic Ocean

b. The Pacific Ocean

c. The Gulf Ocean

d. The Deep Blue Sea

12. The capital of the United States is located in...

a. Washington State

b. Winnipeg, Manitoba

c. Cleveland, Ohio

d. Washington, DC

13. How large is the United States?

a. 3.14 hectacres

b. The largest country in the world

c. 3,615,211 square miles

d. 3,600 miles

14. The United States has how many states?

a. 48

b. 50

c. 52

d. Solid, liquid and gas

15. A large body of water bordering the southern United States is:

a. the Gulf of Mexico

b. the Pacific Ocean

c. the Great Lakes

d. the Great Salt Lake

16. The wettest state in the United States is:

a. Hawaii

b. Mississippi

c. Oregon

d. Washington

17. What was the first state to abolish capital punishment?

a. New York

b. Rhode Island

c. Michigan

d. Vermont

18. Geographers divide the United States into five economic regions based on:

a. the free enterprise system

b. economic activity

c. natural resources

d. overseas trade

19. The first official U.S. flag had:

a. Thirteen stars and thirteen stripes

b. Thirteen stripes and the words "Don't Tread on Me"

c. A British Union Jack in the upper left corner

d. 55 stars

20. What statement about the capital city of the "Last Frontier" state is false?

a. It is the least populated of all state capitals (2000 census)

b. You can only get there by plane or boat. You cannot drive there

c. It takes its name from the last name of an illiterate miner named Joe Juneau

d. It is located further south than Stockholm, Sweden

Answers

1. b

2. b

3. a

4. d

5. a

6. b

7. a

8. c

9. d

10. c

11. b

12. d

13. c

14. b

15. a

16. a

17. c

18. b

19. a

20. b

{2006/09/20}

Space Shuttle Quiz

2009-03-30T05:06:00.001-07:00

1. Who is said to be the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?

a. Prof Satish Dhawan

b. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

c. Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai

d. Dr. K Kasturirangan

2. What company owned the primary contract to build the space shuttle?

a. Grumman

b. Boeing

c. Fairchild Republic

d. Rockwell International

3. What does SSTO stand for?

a. Space Shuttle Transport Orbit

b. Single Stage to Orbit

c. Space Shuttle Transit Orbit

d. Space Shuttle Transport Organization

4. What United States president signed an order that officially began the space shuttle project?

a. John Kennedy

b. Richard Nixon

c. Bill Clinton

d. Jimmy Carter

5. Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?

a. Discovery

b. Enterprise

c. Challenger

d. Atlantis

6. What was the name of the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter?

a. Voyager 1 b. Pioneer 10

c. Pioneer 11 d. Galileo

7. What was the first shuttle to be launched following the Challenger disaster?

a. Atlantis b. Discovery

c. Endeavour d. Challenger

8. What year was the first space shuttle mission launched?

a. 1977

b. 1979

c. 1981

d. 1975

9. Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?

a. Ravish Malhotra

b. Ravi Kumar

c. Ravish Sharma

d. Madhavan Nair

10. During the Shuttles' 20 year history, it has completed many successful satellite deployments. This satellite Probe, Magellan, was launched from Columbia in 1989. What planet was it sent to explore?

a. Venus

b. Mars

c. Mercury

d. Saturn

11. What shuttle was used to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993?

a. Challenger

b. Discovery

c. Endeavour

d. Atlantis

12. On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space?

a. Salyut 7

b. Soyuz-T

c. Apollo 11

d. Progess 1

13. How many successful U.S. shuttle missions had taken place before Challenger disintegrated into a ball of fire in 1986?

a. 9

b. 24

c. 99

d. 100

14. What is the group responsible for the well-being of the ship and crew while in flight?

a. Mission Directors.

b. The group responsible for the well-being of the ship and crew.

c. Mission Control.

d. The government.

15. What was the first shuttle to dock with Russia's Mir space station?

a. Atlantis

b. Discovery

c. Endeavour

d. Challenger

16. What is the payload bay?

a. A special compartment that carries satellites or other scientific equipment.

b. A section where the astronauts receive their pay each week on the shuttle.

c. A hole in which technicians load in all the supplies needed for the outer-space trip.

d. A small room in the mid-deck of the shuttle similar to a lounge room.

Answers

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. b

5. c

6. d

7. b

8. c

9. a

10. a

11. c

12. b

13. b

14. c

15. a

16. a

{2006/09/13}

Internet Safety Quiz

2009-03-30T05:04:00.000-07:00

For today we have two paragraphs given below. There are some blanks in between these paragraphs. You need to apply your General Knowledge and English skill to feel those blanks from given four options for each of the blanks.

Twenty (1)____________(hours, weeks ,years, days) ago, kids in school had never even heard of the internet. Now, I’ll bet you can’t find a single person in your school who hasn’t at least heard of it. In fact, many of us use it on a regular basis and even have access to it from our homes! The ‘net’ in (2)____________(net practice, netting, internet, network) really stands for network. A (3) __________ (internet, computer, cable, network) is two or more computers connected together so that information can be (4) _________( shared , created, lost, hidden ), or sent from one computer to another. The internet is a vast resource for all types of information. You may enjoy using it to do research for a school project, downloading your favorite songs or communicating with friends and family. Information is accessed through web pages that companies, organizations and individuals create and post. It’s kind of like a giant bulletin board that the whole world uses!

Just because you read something on a piece of paper someone sticks on a bulletin board doesn’t mean it’s good information, or even correct, for that matter. So you have to be sure that whoever posted the (5) ___________ (information, bulletin board, news, internet ) knows what they’re talking about, especially if you’re doing (6) __________ (research ,lunch, recess, sports )! But what if you’re just emailing people? You still have to be very careful. If you’ve never met the person that you’re communicating with online, you could be on dangerous ground! You should never give out any personal information to someone you don’t know, not even your name! And just like you can’t (7) __________ (find, believe, go, come) the information on every (8) ___________ (shop, mall, shopping center, website) out there, you can’t rely on what strangers you ‘meet’ on the internet tell you either. Just like you could make up things about yourself to tell someone, someone else could do the same to you! But since anyone can put anything on the (9) ____________ (floor, newspaper, magazine, internet), you also have to be (10) __________ (careless, incautious, careful, happy) and use your best judgment and a little common sense.

Invention of Microscope

It happened over 300 years (11) _______ (after, ago, before, since) in Holland. Anton van Leeuwenhoek (AN-tun van LAY-vun-hook) had a new microscope that he had (12) __________ (lost, made, did, delivered). One day he (13)_________ (looked ,broke, went, fell ) through it at a drop of lake water. What he saw surprised him.

The water was alive with what Leeuwenhoek called "wee beasties." The microscope made tiny organisms look 200 times (14) __________ (darker, farther, larger, smaller) than life size. Leeuwenhoek was one of the first scientists to see living things that were that (15) _______ (life, bigger, darker, small). His work was a giant (16) _________ (tower, turtle, step, gorilla) for science.

Today, microscopes are much stronger. An electron microscope can make tiny organisms look 200,000 times (17) ___________ (life, over, small, under) size. A few electron microscopes can see individual atoms. Pictures can be made to show the objects or organisms much bigger. The pictures add greatly to what we know about tiny objects and (18) (microscopes, electrons, organisms, gravity). Microscopes have come a long way in 300 years!

Friends, you can send your queries, opinion or view on this column at Alpesh.Bhalala@gmail.com.

Answers

1. years

2. internet

3. network

4. shared

5. information

6. research

7. believe

8. website

9. internet

10. careful

11. ago

12. made

13. looked

14. larger

15. small

16. step

17. life

18. organisms

{2006/09/06}

Business Quiz

2009-03-29T21:38:00.000-07:00

1) This company was called Lutsuko and later changed its name to something that literally means 'to lose money'. Which one?

a. L' Oreal

b. Sony

c. Matsushita

d. Honda

2) Though he was the heir to his family’s rice wine brewing business, he decided to pursue his interest in consumer electronics and was the co-founder of the Tokyo Tshushin Kyogu company. His company’s first product was a specialized rice cooker, later followed by tape recorders and transistor radios. In 1958, he pushed for changing the company name ‘Tokyo Tshushin Kyogu’ to a shorter name that could be easily recognizable the world over.

a. Eiji Toyoda

b. Akiro Kurusawa

c. Taichi Ohno

d. Akio Morita

3) His first book, "The End of the Economic Man" was published in 1939. He spent over 18 months interviewing senior management at General Motors which resulted in the publication of his bestselling book, "The Concept of the Corporation" in 1946. In 1994, he was appointed as Godkin Lecturer at Harvard University.

a. Peter Drucker

b. F.W. Taylor

c. Michael Porter

d. Philip Crosby

4) Which car in Spanish means 'Charming'?

a. Matiz

b. Santro

c. Ikon

d. Corsa

5) At school, he used to write computer programs for the school library to print out catalogue cards. He co-founded a software company called Ink Development Corporation, which was later renamed as eShop. This company was bought by Microsoft in 1996. He set up an online auction website as a hobby, having got the idea during a conversation with his fiancée, who was an avid collector of Pez Dispensers.

a. Scott McNealy

b. Pierre Omidyar

c. Jay Walker

d. Sergey Brin

6) Which international brand had an ad campaign - 'Tomorrow is mine' and had signed Rahul Dravid for the campaign?

a. Reebok

b. Nike

c. Pepsi

d. Puma

7) This organisation has 1356 members and has the ad-line "the world put stock on us". Which organisation?

a. NASDAQ

b. LSE

c. NYSE

d. BSE

8) In 1976, she took a job with WJZ-TV as news co-anchor. She was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress in the film ‘The Color Purple’. In 1988, she formed Harpo Productions which acquired the rights to her talk show from Capital Cities/ABC.

a. Whoopi Goldberg

b. Oprah Winfrey

c. Anita Roddick

d. Janet Jackson

9) Of whom did Shahrukh Khan once say that 'our figures are similar'?

a. Pierce Brosnan

b. Roger Moore

c. Sean Connery

d. Cindy Crawford

10) Who designs jewellery for the

company called Artex?

a. Sonia Gandhi

b. Priyanka Gandhi

c. Menaka Gandhi

d. Uma Bharthi

11) What is a coin with a minting error called ?

a. FIDO

b. DIDO

c. LIDO

d. NIDO

12) What is the name of the new FM channel introduced by India Today?

a. Road

b. Run

c. Red

d. Fun

13) What is 'Agfa' the trade mark for?

a. Cars

b. Tyres

c. Photo Goods

d. Agriculture Goods

14) Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its advertisements?

a. Cathay Pacific

b. Singapore Airlines

c. Qantas

d. Thai Airways

15) He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman.

a. Col. H. Sanders

b. Mac McDonald

c. Ray Kroc

d. Tom Monaghan

16) At the age of 13, he formed the Lakeside Programmers Group with some school friends.

a. Larry Ellison

b. Steve Jobs

c. Ken Olsen

d. Bill Gates

17) In 1974, he took a job with Atari. In 1985, he was removed from the computer company he had co-founded. He returned to the company in 1998 and successfully turned it around with focus on digital music players and online music store.

a. Larry Ellison

b. Steve Jobs

c. Ken Olsen

d. Bill Gates

18) The name of the company he established, when he was only 17 years old, is made up of the first letters of his name, the first letter of the name of the farm he grew up on, and the first letter of the name of his home village.

a. Terrence Conran

b. Elton Mayo

c. Ingvar Kamprad

d. Ralph Lauren

19) At age of 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas. He got a pilot license in 1953 and used to fly from one store to another to oversee the operations of his growing chain of retail stores. In 1991, his company became the largest retailer in the US.

a. Ben Franklin

b. J C Penney

c. Richard Warren Sears

d. Sam Walton

20) At 16, he went to work as an engineer for James Flower & Co. in Detroit. His first prototype automobile called the ‘Quadricycle’ was built in his garden shed. He is widely credited to have revolutionized the automobile manufacturing industry with introduction of the mass-production assembly line system.

a. Alfred Sloan

b. Walter Chrysler

c. Henry Ford

d. Lee Iacocca

Answers

1. b

2. d

3. a

4. a

5. b

6. a

7. c

8. b

9. d

10. b

11. a

12. c

13. c

14. d

15. c

16. d

17. b

18. c

19. d

20. c

{2006/08/30}

General Knowledge Quiz

2009-03-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

General Knowledge Quiz

1. The 1982 football world cup was held in

a. France b. Brazil

c. Spain d. England

2. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh?

a. Banzir Bhtto

b. Khaleda Zia

c. Morshad Khan

d. Ahammad Ali Zia

3. Who among the following is an election commissioner in India?

a. S N Chattergee

b. S Y Quraishi

c. R S Gandhi

d. M K Sharma

4. SLAX is a / an

a. Hardware Company

b. Software Company

c. Telecom Device

d. Linux OS

5. Father of English literature

a. William Shakespeare

b. T.S. Eliot

c. Geoffrey Chaucer

d. William Blake

6. C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in the year

a. 1932

b. 1930

c. 1926

d. 1940

7. Which of the following is the world’s heaviest snake?

a. King Cobra

b. Anaconda

c. Coral snake

d. Python

8. Who is the national leader who allied with Germany to attain freedom for India?

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. Subhash Chandra Bose

c. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d. Mahatma Gandhi

9. Yehudi Menuhin is associated with which of the following?

a. Air Craft

b. Violin

c. Tabla

d. Gitar

10. Bible is for a Christian as Zend Avestha is for a …….?

a. Muslim

b. Hindu

c. Zoroastrian

d. Jew

11. Ramoji Film city is located at

a. Mumbai

b. Hydrabad

c. Bangalore

d. Pune

12. The river Tsang po in china, when enters India is called

a. Brahmaputra

b. Ganga

c. Godawari

d. Yamuna

13. A java applet that runs on a mobile phone is called a

a. Applet

b. Java Script

c. Java Encoder

d. MIDlet

14. The worlds highest (maximum altitude) railway station is located at

a. California

b. Russia

c. Tibet

d. Nepal

15. The maximum load capacity of GSLV rocket is

a. 1200 Kg

b. 2000 Kg

c. 4000 Kg

d. 6000 Kg

16. The last emperor of the Mughal Dynasty

a. Bahadurshah Zafar

b. Shah Jahaan

c. Aurangazeb

d. Akbar

17. Red data book is a publication that contains details of

a. Animals facing threat of extinction

b. Aggressive animals

c. Predators

d. Red color animals

18. Largest gland in the human body

a. Pancreas b. Pituitary

c. Liver d. Thyroid

19. Raja Ravivarma is associated with

a. Press b. Painting

c. Music d. Sports

20. The Southern most tip of the Republic of India

a. Cape of good hope

b. Chennai

c. Kanyakumari

d. Indira Point

Answers

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. b

9. b

10. c

11. b

12. a

13. d

14. c

15. b

16. a

17. a

18. c

19. b

20. d

{2006/08/23}

Verbal Reasoning Test

2009-03-23T15:26:00.000-07:00

For the ALL questions given below please follow these instructions.

Select your answer as

A - If the given Statement is CORRECT, or would be a reasonable conclusion to draw from the passage.

B - If the given Statement is INCORRECT, or would be a reasonable conclusion to draw from the passage.

C - INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION provided in the passage to answer either of the above with any certainty

(A) cardiovascular disease is so prevalent that virtually all businesses are likely to have employees who suffer from, or may develop, this condition. Research shows that between 50-80% of all people who suffer a heart attack are able to return to work. However, this may not be possible if they have previously been involved in heavy physical work. In such cases, it may be possible to move the employee to lighter duties, with appropriate retraining where necessary. Similarly, high-pressure, stressful work, even where it does not involve physical activity, should also be avoided. Human Resources managers should be aware of the implications of job roles for employees with a cardiac condition.

1. Physical or stressful work may bring on a heart attack.

2. The majority of people who have suffered a heart attack can later return to work.

3. Heart disease may affect employees in any type of business.

4. Heart disease can affect people of any age.

(B) So much of the literature of the western world, including a large part of its greatest literature, was either written for actual speaking or in a mode of speech, that we are likely to deform it if we apply our comparatively recent norm of writing for silent reading. It is only that so much of this work is drama or oratory (the latter including the modern forms of sermons, lectures and addresses which as late as the nineteenth century play a most important part). It is also that through classical and mediaeval times, and in many cases beyond these, most reading was either aloud or silently articulated as if speaking - a habit we now recognize mainly in the slow. Most classical histories were indeed quite close to oratory and public speech, rather than silent reading of an artifacts, was the central condition of linguistic composition.

5. Until the nineteenth century, most people could only read with difficulty

6. In ancient times, literature was intended to be read aloud

7. Classical histories were passed on orally and never written down

8. Only people with literacy problems now read aloud

(C) Millions of lives around the world could be saved, and the quality of life of hundreds of millions markedly improved - very inexpensively - by eradicating three vitamin and mineral deficiencies in people's diets. The three vitamins and minerals are vitamin A, iodine and iron - so- called micronutrients. More than 2 billion people are at risk from micronutrient deficiencies and more than 1 billion people are actually ill or disabled by them, causing mental retardation, learning disabilities, low work capacity and blindness. It costs little to correct these deficiencies through fortification of food and water supplies. In a country of 50 million people, this would cost about $25 million a year. That $25 million would yield a forty fold return on investment.

9. Most illensses in developing countries are caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies

10. Micronutrients provide inadequate nourishment to maintain a healthy life

11. Vitamin A, iodine and iron are the only micronutrients that people need in their diet

12. Correcting micronutrient deficiencies would cost about $2 per person per year

(D) The clinical guidelines in asthma have now moved towards anti-inflammatory therapy - and away from regular bronchodilator therapy - for all but the mildest asthmatics. This is now being reflected in prescribing patterns. In the U.S., combined prescription volumes of the major bronchodilators peaked in 1991 (having risen slowly in the preceding years), though they still account for around half of the 65 million asthma prescriptions there. During the same period, prescriptions for inhaled steroids have doubled, but still account for less than 10% of asthma prescriptions in the U.S.

13. Only mild cases of asthma can be helped by anti-inflammatory therapy

14. Use of bronchodilators has been increasing since 1991

15. Doctors are reluctant to treat asthma with inhaled steroids for fear of potential side-effects

16. Bronchodilators are the single most prescribed treatment for asthma

(E) Relations between Sweden and the European Community had always been restricted in scope by Sweden's traditional neutrality and for many years any suggestion of Community membership was out of the question. But the upheavals in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s gradually led to the conclusion that membership of the EC was no longer incompatible with its neutral stance. People came to the conclusion that Sweden has already taken over a large part of the Community rules and began to weight up the pros and cons of membership along the lines sought by Austria.

17. Political changes in Eastern Europe led to a change in relations between Sweden and the European Community

18. The European Community rejected Sweden's application for membership because of its neutrality

19. After abandoning its policy of neutrality, Sweden applied to join the European Community

20. Sweden applied for membership of the European Community after other neutral countries had joined.

(F) Buddhism was introduced to Japan from India via China and Korea around the middle of the sixth century. After gaining imperial patronage, Buddhism was propagated by the authorities throughout the country. In the early ninth century, Buddhism in Japan entered a new era in which it catered mainly to the court nobility. In the Kamakura period (1192-1338), an age of great political unrest and social confusion, there emerged many new sects of Buddhism offering hope of salvation to warriors and peasants alike. Buddhism not only flourished as a religion but also did much to enrich the country's arts and learning.

21. Buddhism was adopted by the court nobility at the urging of the emperor

22. The introduction of Buddhism to Japan led to great political unrest and social confusion

23. Buddhism replaced the Shinto religion which had previously been followed in Japan

24. Japanese arts and culture were greatly enriched by the introduction of Buddhism

(G) In Japan, companies generally expect their employees to put in long hours of overtime. But it is difficult for women, who also have household chores to do and children to take care of, to work at the same pace as men, who are not burdened with such responsibilities. Many women invitably opt for part-time jobs, which enable them to combine work and domestic duties. At present, 23% of all female salaried workers are part-timers and the ratio has been on the rise in recent years. Part-time work places women at a disadvantage. The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than those of full-time employees, and part-time work tends to involve menial labour. Moreover, because slary and promotion in Japanese companies are often based on seniority, it is extremely difficult for women either re-entering the labour force or switching from part-time to full-time work to climb the ladder.

25. Japanese men do not share household chores and childcare with their wives.

26. A quarter of all part-time workers in Japan are female.

27. Part-time workers hold a low status in Japanese companies.

28. Women in Japan are unwilling to work overtime.

Answers -

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. A

9. C

10. B

11. C

12. B

13. B

14. C

15. C

16. A

17. A

18. B

19. B

20. C

21. B

22. B

23. C

24. C

25. A

26. B

27. A

28. C

{2006/04/26}

Einstein Quiz

2009-03-23T15:22:00.001-07:00

1. When was Albert Einstein born ?

a. January 10, 1901

b. March 14, 1879

c. January 15, 1889

d. January 10, 1880

2. Where was Einstein Born ?

a. Ulm, Germany b.California, USA

c. Jerusalem, Israel d. New York, USA

3, Einstein's School- leaving certiticatee was :

a. the worst in his class

b. He never attended School

c. the best in his class

d. No record found

4. Before Einstein studied physics he had intended to be :

a. a sportsman b. an electrical engineer

c. an artist d. a pianist

5. Two family members encouraged Albert Einstein's interest in Science by providing books on Science, mathematics and philosophy. Who were they ?

a. his grandparent

b. his older cousins

c. his parent

d. his two uncle

6. What hobbies did Albert Einstein enjoy ?

a. Cycling b. painting

c. Playing Violin d. Playing Piano

7. Which of the following is a quote by Einstein ?

a. Now my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

b. The Simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their experession,

c. Our imaginations is stretched to the utmost to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.

d. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.it is the source of all true art and Science.

e. The Miracle the appropriateness of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.

Answers -

1. B

2. A

3. C

4. B

5. D

6. C

7. D

{2006/05/03}

Mathematical Aptitude Test

2009-03-21T03:13:00.000-07:00

Mathematics Test

1. The L.C.M. (Lowest (or Least) Common Multiple) of two numbers is 45 times to their H.C.F (Highest Common Factor). If one of the numbers is 125 and sum of L.C.M. and H.C.F. is 1150, the other number is:

a) 215 b) 220

c) 225 d) 235

2. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30 minutes how many times they toll together.

a) 4 b) 10

c) 15 d) 16

3. The value of (0.625 * 0.0729 * 28.9)/(0.0017 * 0.025 * 8.1) is

a) 0.3825 b) 3.825

c) 38.25 d) 3825

4. The number of coins 1.5 cm in diameter and 0.2cm thick to be melted to form a right circular cylinder of height 10 cm and diameter 4.5 cm is:

a) 380 b) 450

c) 472 d) 540

5. The size of a wooden block is 5 * 10 * 20 cm3. How many whole such blocks you will take to construct a solid wooden cube of minimum size?

a) 6 b) 8

c) 12 d) 16

6. Find the odd man out - 1050, 510, 242, 106, 46, 16, 3

a) 510 b) 242

c) 106 d) 46

7. If x and y are the two digits f the number 653xy such that this number is divisible by 80, then x+y is equal to:

a) 2 b) 3

c) 4 d) 6

8. If 1.5x=0.04y then the value of (y-x)/(y+x) is

a) 730/77 b) 73/77

c) 7.3/77 d) None

9. The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years while that of girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

a) 1:2 b) 3:4

c) 3:5 d) None of these

10. If one-seventh of a number exceeds its eleventh part by 100 then the number is…

a) 770

b) 1100

c) 1825

d) 1925

11. The ratio of Darsh's age to her mother's age is 3:8. The difference of their ages is 35 years. The ratio of their ages after 4 years will be:

a) 7:12 b) 5:12

c) 38:43 d) 42:47

12. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water?

a) 1:1 b) 2:3

c) 1:2 d) 3:2

Answer

1. c Let L.C.M. be l and H.C.F. be h. Then l = 45h

l + h =1150

This gives h =25 and l = 1125

Thus the second number = (25 * 1125)/125 = 225

2. d Solution: L.C.M. of 2,4,6,8,10,12 = 120

So they toll together after every 120 seconds i.e. 2 minutes. So in 30 minutes they toll together 30/2 + 1 = 16 times

3. d Solution: The sum of decimal places in numerator and denominator being the same, decimal point can be removed

(625*729*289) / (17*25*81) = 3825

4. b Solution: Volume of 1 coin = 22/7 *(1.5)/2*(1.5)/2 * 0.2 = 99/280 cm3

Volume of large cylinder = 22/7 *(4.5)/2*(4.5)/2 * 10 = (99*45)/28cm3

Number of coins = (99*45)/28 * 280/99 = 450

5. b Solution: Size of each cube = 5 cm

So number of blocks = (5 * 10 * 20)/(5*5*5) = 8

6. c Solution:

2nd term = (Ist term - 30) / 2 = (1050-30)/2 = 510

3rd term = (2nd term - 26) / 2 = (510-26)/2 = 242

4th term = (3rd term - 22) / 2 = (242-22)/2 = 110

So 106 is the answer.

7. a Solution:

Since 653xy is divisible by 2 as well as by 5, so y = 0

Now 653x0 is divisible by 8 so 3x0 is also divisible by 8.

By hit and trial x=2 and x+y = 2

8. b Solution: x/y = 0.04/1.5 = 2/75

So (y-x)/(y+x) = (1 - x/y)/(1 + x/y) = (1 - 2/75)/ (1 + 2/75) = 73/77

9. d Solution:

Let the ratio be k:1.

Then k*16.4+1*15.4 + (k+1)*15.8 (16.4-15.8)k = 15.8 - 15.4 k=0.4/0.6 = 2/3 so required ratio = 2:3

10. d Solution:

Let the number be x. Then X/7 - x/11 =100 11x-7x = 7700 x=1925.

11. b Solution:

Let their ages be 3x and 8x

8x - 3x =35

x =7

Their present ages are 21 and 56 years.

Ratio of their ages after 4 years are 25:6 = 5:12

12. d Solution:

Let 1gm of gold be mixed with x gm of copper to give (1+x)gm of the alloy.

1G=19W, 1C = 9W and alloy = 15W 1gm gold + xgm Copper = (1+x)gm alloy 19W+9Wx = (1+x)*15W x = 4W/6W = 2/3

So ratio of gold and copper is 1:2/3 or 3:2

{2006/08/09}

Science Quiz

2009-03-21T02:34:00.000-07:00

1. What is special about the number 1729?

1. It is Ramanujam number

2. It is Aryabhata number

3. It is Bhaskaracharya number

4. It is the number of prime numbers between 0 and 100000.

2. When a coin is tossed in a moving train, it still comes back to your hand. This is an illustration of?

1. Newton’s 2nd law

2. Conservation of angular momentum

3. Newton’s 3rd law

4. Newton’s 1st law.

3. Mach number is associated with the speed of?

1. light 2. airplane

3. cars 4. bikes

4. Which is the earliest treatise on Hindu medicine available?

1. Sushrutha Vaidya Shastra

2. Charaka Samhita

3. Dhanvantari Shastra

4. Patanjali Arogya Shastra

5. Planets revolve round the sun in elliptical orbits- this was first concluded by

1. Johans Kepler

2. Galileo Galili

3. Ptolemy

4. Leonardo Da Vinci

6. Quinine, an anti malarial drug, is obtained from

1. Mulberry 2. Cocoa

3. Cinchona 4. Eucalyptus

7. Bananas do not have seeds because

1. Their flowers have no ovules

2. They are usually undernourished plants

3. All Musaclae are seedless plants

4. Their fruits develop without fertilization

8. Ambulance approaching you seems to be increasing its frequency, while it seems to be decreasing its frequency when it is leaving you. This is because of

1. Doppler effect

2. Peltier effect

3. Balmer effect

4. Raman effect

9. Milk is an example of

1. Suspension 2. Emulsion

3. Gel 4. Solution

10. What is the main use of alkyl benzene sulphonate?

1. As medicine

2. As a monomer for plastic

3. As detergent

4. As deodorant

11. Which year did India conduct the nuclear tests Pokhran 2?

1. 1998 2. 1996

3. 1995 4. 2000

12. Name the renowned archeologist from Karnataka who discovered the city of Dwaraka in Gujarat

1. Dr. Raman

2. Dr. S. R. Rao

3. Dr. Das

4. Dr. Vikram Pai

13. When a high intensity light is bounced off a sample material, a fraction of the photons undergo a shift in color. What is this phenomena called?

1. Doppler effect

2. Peltier effect

3. Balmer effect

4. Raman effect

14. Apart from being a renowned painter, he has also written about laws of friction and airplane design- who is he?

1. Leonardo Da Vinci

2. Newton

3. Einstein

4. Dr. Bhabha

15. "If not instantaneous it is extremely rapid" – Which famous scientist made this comment about light?

1. Einstein 2. Marconi

3. Galileo 4. Newton

16. Which is the first indigenous civilian aircraft developed by NAL?

1. Vikrant 2. Agni

3. Trishul 4. Saras

17. Name the multinational company that was responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy

1. Siemens 2. HCL

3. Union Carbide Corporation

4. Hindustan Lever

18. What are the nick names of the two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

1. Little Boy and Fat Man

2. The American & The Britain

3. Tall Lady & The British Boy

4. US Lady & British Boy

19. All elementary particles are either Bosons or Fermions. Bosons are named after?

1. Markinsons

2. Buddha

3. Satyendra Nath Bose

4. Dr. Peterson

20. Vinegar has the following acid in it

1. Sulphuric Acid

2. Acetic acid

3. Arsenic Acid

4. Benzoic Acid

Answers

1. 1

The specialty of this number is: This is the smallest number that can be expressed as a sum of the cubes of 2 numbers in two different ways.

2. 4

3. 2

4. 2

5. 1

6. 3

7. 4

8. 1

9. 2

10. 3

11. 1

12. 2

13. 4

14. 1

15. 3

16. 4

17. 3

18. 1

19. 3

20. 2

{2006/07/26}

General Knowledge Quiz

2009-03-21T02:24:00.000-07:00

1. In international Morse code what denotes the letter E?

a. double dot b. dot and a line

c. space d. dot

e. underscore

2. In 1994 Tom Hanks won an Oscar for best actor for which film?

a. Apollo 13 b. Toy Story 2

c. Forrest Gump

d. From the Earth to the Moon

e. That Thing You Do!

3. What has the highest melting point of any metal?

a. Gold b. Iron

c. Diamond d. Tungsten

e. Galena

4. What do you call the sacred river in India?

a. Ganga b. Yamuna

c. Saraswati d. Tapti

e. Godawari

5. What was the first craft to land on Mars called?

a. Apollo b. Voyageur

c. Viking I d. Skylab

e. Luna 16

6. In which country is the prime minister’s country house Chequers?

a. USA b. UK

c. USSR d. India

e. Australia

7. Roman numerals- what denotes the number 70?

a. CVV b. CXX

c. LXX d. LVV e. VXX

8. How long does it take for the earth to orbit the sun once?

a. One Year b. One Month

c. One day d. A Night e. A week

9. Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole before Scott?

a. Amundsen b. Armstrong

c. Andre Clerk d. Graham bell

e. Dars Pat

10. What berries are used to give gin its flavor?

a. Strawberry b. Raspberry

c. Blackberry d. Boysenberry

e. Juniper Berry

11. What is the currency of Turkey?

a. Takko b. Lira

c. Euro d. Yen

e. Dollar f. Pound

12.What is England’s largest county?

a. North Yorkshire b. Buckinghamshire

c. Cambridgeshire d. Berkshire

e. Cheshire

13.Who invented the electric light bulb?

a. Samuel Mars

b. Thomas Alva Edison

c. Albert Einstein

d. Niels Bohr

e. Leonardo De Vinci

14.Who invented the hovercraft?

a. Ben Franklin b. Carl Sagan

c. Nikola Tesla d. Christopher Cockerell

e. Charles Darvin

15. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?

a. Mount Bona

b. Mount Foraker

c. Mount Bear

d. University Peak

e. Mont Blanc

16. What was Thailand known as?

a. Armenia b. Angola

c. Siam d. Zaire e. Persia

17.What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a. Tirana b. Riga

c. Rome d. Sofia e. Athens

18. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:

a. On January 6

b. On December 25

c. On October 31

d. On August 1 e. Never

19. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:

a. 1492 b. 1895

c. 1944 d. 1976 e. 1878

20. The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?

a. Canada b. China

c. India d. Spain e. Mexico

21. In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:

a. Building snowmen

b. Tobogganing

c. Wombat hunting

d. Surfing

e. Playing Casino

22. In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?

a. Candy b. Straw

c. Uranium d. Fir wood

e. Gold

23. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:

a. Fried fish, lettuce and spinach

b. Square meat pies

c. Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce

d. Turkey and plum pudding

e. Vegetables and wine

24. The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?

a. St. Eustace b. St. Brigit

c. St. Nicholas d.St. Stephen

e. St. Santa

Answers

1. d

2. c

3. d

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. c

8. a

9. a

10. e

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. d

15. e

16. c

17. d

18. b

19. b

20. e

21. d

22. b

23. a

24. d

{13/12/2006}

Mathematical Aptitude Test

2009-03-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

1. If a ladder touches a 15 ft high pole on top. The bottom part of the ladder is 8 ft away from the bottom of the pole. What is the height of the ladder .

A. 4.8 ft. B. 7 ft.

C. 17 ft. D. 23 ft.

2. Mr. Darsh purchased 20 concert tickets for a total of Rs. 225. The concert tickets cost Rs. 15 for adults and Rs. 10 for children under 12. How many tickets for children under 12 did Mr. Darsh purchase?

A. 5 B. 9

C. 15 D. 18

3. The force needed to stretch a spring is directly proportional to the amount the spring is to be stretched. If a force of 100 kg stretches a certain spring 8 inches, how much force is needed to stretch the spring 12 inches?

A. 25 kg

B. 50 kg

C. 100 kg

D. 150 kg

4. What is the measure angle B in the triangle ABC? Where angle A measures 56 degree, and sides AB and BC are equal.

A. 340

B. 560

C. 620

D. 680

5. A right circular cylindrical can is 6 inches high, and the area of its top is square inches. What is the minimum number of square inches of construction paper it would take to cover the lateral surface of this can?

A. 72 sq. in.

B. 72 sq. in.

C. 432 sq. in.

D. 432p sq. in.

6. Kavya noticed that many of the students at her school had red hair. She randomly chose 25 of the students in her school and found that 2 of them had red hair. If Kavya’s sample is representative, which of the following is closest to the number of the 2200 students at her school who have red hair?

A. 44

B. 88

C. 176

D. 200

7. Krisha and her family visit her grandparents once a month. Krisha recorded the driving time to her grandparents’ house for 6 trips in the chart below. Based on the data in the chart, what is the mean driving time to Krisha’s grandparents’ house?

Driving Times

Month Time

January 3 hours, 23 minutes

February 3 hours, 5 minutes

March 3 hours, 50 minutes

April 3 hours, 52 minutes

May 3 hours, 15 minutes

June 3 hours, 35 minutes

A. 3 hours, 23 minutes

B. 3 hours, 26 minutes

C. 3 hours, 30 minutes

D. 3 hours, 35 minutes

8. Two rectangles, ABCD and WXYZ, are as described. The measure of each side of WXYZ is 5 times the measure of each corresponding side of ABCD. Which statement is true of the areas of these two rectangles?

A. The area of WXYZ is 5 times the area of ABCD.

B. The area of WXYZ is 10 times the area of ABCD.

C. The area of WXYZ is 20 times the area of ABCD.

D. The area of WXYZ is 25 times the area of ABCD.

9. A group of 36 people from the Gova Recreation Center plans to purchase tickets for a cruise to Maldives. The standard fare for an individual ticket is shown below.

The group is informed that, because of the size of the group, the standard fare will be reduced by 30%. With the discount of 30%, how much does each member of the Nantucket Recreation Center have to pay for a cruise ticket?

Cruise Price : Individual Ticket costs Rs 12000

A. Rs 3600

B. Rs 4320

C. Rs 7680

D. Rs 8400

10. Which of the following is equivalent to the expression below?

(4)(-x)(-y)

A. 4xy

B. -4xy

C. (-4)(x)(y)

D. (-4)(-x)(-y)

Answers:

1. C

2. C

3. D

4. D

5. B

6. C

7. C

8. D

9. D

10. A

{5th March 2008 }

General Knowledge Quiz

2009-02-18T14:35:00.001-08:00

1. Which space mission to the moon has so far sent pictures of the moon's surface to the extent of five meter resolution?

A. Kaguya

B. Chandrayaan 1

C. Chang'e 1

D. SMART 1

2. Who is the first Indian to win the coveted Golden Globe award?

A. O. P. Naiyer

B. R. Rahman

C. Freida Pinto

D. Shah Rukh Khan

3. The Congress President at the time of Indian Independence was

A. Maulana Azad

B. Sardar Patel

C. S. Radhakrishnan

D. J. B. Kriplani

4. Which veteran film maker and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner passed away on 15th January 2009?

A. C. V. Sridhar

B. Tapan Sinha

C. B. R. Chopra

D. Hrishikesh Mukherjee

5. Which planet is known to have longestday?

A. Mars

B. Venus

C. Jupiter

D. Saturn

6. Which former Olympian, who also held the tag of 'world's fastest woman' is the brand ambassador for the 2009 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon?

A. Veronica Campbell

B. Lauryn Williams

C. Melissa Barber

D. Gail Devers

7. Indian won its first overseas test cricket tour against

A. Pakistan

B. England

C. New Zealand

D. Australia

8. Which Bollywood actor plays the game show host of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in the film, 'Slumdog Millionaire'?

A. Irrfan Khan

B. Anil Kapoor

C. Mahesh manjrekar

D. Shah Rukh Khan

9. Which country is also known as a rainbow nation?

A. S. Africa

B. Brazil

C. Paraguay

D. Uraguay

10. The much acclaimed film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is based on the book Q and A, written by which Indian author?

A. Vikram Seth

B. Amitav Ghosh

C. Aravind Adiga

D. Vikas Swarup

11. The book 1984 is written by

A. G. Orwel

B. Khushwant Singh

C. Arjun Singh

D. Ruskin Bond

Share your opinions, questions or queries at http://studentatcompetition.blogspot.com.

Answers:

1. B

2. B

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. A

Cricket Quiz

2009-02-18T14:23:00.000-08:00

1. Name the former Indian test cricketer and selector who is a fingerprint and handwriting expert?

a. R.Prasanna

b. Chandu Borde

c. Chandu Sarwate

d. Vengasarkar

2. Who is the first Indian bowler to take 6 or more wickets in a World Cup match?

a. Ravi Shastri

b. Ashish Nehra

c. Javagal Srinath

d. Anil Kumble

3. The first official international cricket match was held in 1844. Which were the participating countries?

a. Afghanistan and India

b. Australia and England

c. Canada and the United States

d. Ireland and Scotland

4. The very first cricket test match between England and Australia was held in Melbourne in 1877. Australia won the contest by 45 runs. In the centenary match of 1977 between the same nations, what was the result?

a. Australia won, again by 45 runs

b. England got their revenge, by the same 45-run margin

c. The game could not be completed owing to bad weather

d. The score was tied

5. In 1997, the first in a series of two cricket games between India and Sri Lanka included the highest total ever reached by one side in one innings of a test match. How many runs did the top-scoring Sri Lankans accumulate?

a. 352

b. 552

c. 752

d. 952

6. Cricket has a richer store of peculiar jargon than perhaps any other sport, and the names given to the fielding positions provide some notable examples. Which of the following is not the name of a standard cricket fielding position?

a. Backward square leg

b. Deep extra cover

c. Forward third man

d. Silly mid on

7. Which wicket keeper has highest number of dismissals to his credit?

a. Kiran More

b. M.S.Dhoni

c. S.M.H.Kirmani

d. Nayan Mongia

8. Who has scored the highest runs in a single innings in the Indian Domestic cricket? Which record is unbroken since long!

a. Vijay Merchant

b. Sanjay Manjrekar

c. BB Nimbalkar

d. MV Sridhar

9. Which Indian cricketer also played in the Davis Cup tennis tournament for India?

a. C.Ramaswami

b. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

c. C. K. Naidu

d. Vijay Hazare

10. India scored its lowest team score in One Day Internationals against

a. New Zealand

b. West Indies

c. Pakistan

d. Sri Lanka

11. Who among the following captained the Indian side in the ODI only for one time and won that match?

a. Mohender Amarnath

b. Anil Kumble

c. S.M.H.Kirmani

d. G.R.Vishwanath

For comments, queries, old quizzes, visit studentatcompetition.blogspot.com.

Answers:

1. c

2. b

3. c

4. a

5. d

6. c

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. d

11. b

Current Affairs Quiz

2009-01-13T13:26:00.001-08:00

1. Who said, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand"?

a. Ronald Reagan

b. Friedrich von Hayek

c. Ross Perot

d. Milton Friedman

2. In Italy, who is benefiting from the credit crunch, according to a recent report?

a. Wine-growers

b. The mafia

c. TheCatholic Church

d. Automakers

3. Which is the only Gulf country invited for G-20 meet?

a. Oman b. Iran

c. Iraq d. Saudi Arabia

4. Every year on 1st April Google launch a project to make people fool e.g. Google Gulp, Google Romance, etc. Which Google project was an exception, though it was launched on 1st April ?

a. Google MentalPlex

b. Google TiSP

c. Google Calendar

d. GMAIL

5. How many mobile-phone users are there in Japan, which has a population of 130m(illion)?

a. 125m b. 100m

c. 80m d. 65m

6. Google : Orkut :: AOL : ?

a. Khabarilal

b. HumDono

c. LinkedIn

d. Bebe

7. Scientists in Mexico have discovered how to make synthetic diamonds using which unusual ingredient?

a. Tequila b. Chaya leaves

c. Neem d. Steel

8. This bank has launched 'Hello Money' — a service that enables some banking transactions using the mobile phone. Which bank?

a. Indus American

b. UTI

c. arclays Bank

d. ahmen Brothers

9. Which country has the world's second-largest free-market economy?

a. China

b. India

c. Britain

d. Japan

10. What percentage of South Asia's total GDP does India account for?

a. 95%

b. 75%

c. 55%

d. 35%

11. Car manufacturer Honda has unveiled a new piece of equipment for its factory workers. What?

a. Illuminated magnifying glasses

b. GPS

c. Bionic legs

d. A scented silicon face mask

12. How long is the average tenure of a chief executive at an American company?

a. 2.4 years

b. 4.6 years

c. 8.3 years

d. 12.1 years

13. For what did JetBlue, an American airline, start charging passengers $7 in August 2008?

a. A pillow and a blanket

b. Oxygen

c. A glass of water

d. Headsets

14. Which sports at the Beijing Olympics will not feature at the 2012 games in London?

a. Rhythmic gymnastics and synchronised swimming

b. Mixed-doubles badminton and women's weightlifting

c. BMX-cycle racing and hand ball

d. Baseball and softball

15. Opponents of Levy Mwanawasa, who narrowly won Zambia's presidential election in 2001, dubbed him:

a. "The cabbage"

b. "The carrot"

c. "The copperhead"

d. "The coconut"

16. What is a "skunkworks"?

a. An iron-smelt

b. A place where employees of large organisations come up with original ideas

c. A Canadian term for a mu nicipal waste-transfer sta tion

d. A naturalist's term for a site showing signs of nocturnal activity by skunks

17. What is the "endowment effect"?

a. A cause of mortgage default

b. What happens to NGOs af ter they receive major philanthropic donations

c. A nickname for Scotland's restoration of free higher education

d. The value owners place on their property, according to economic theory

18. What is the Lambeth Conference?

a. An annual meeting of the leaders of London's bor oughs

b. A once-in-a-decade assem bly of the world's Anglican prelates

c. An old ale house in south London

d. An online celebration of George Orwell's novel "Keep the Aspidistra Flying"

19. What are the nicknames of two skyscrapers planned for the City of London, but delayed by a downturn in the commercial-property market?

a. The "Walkie-talkie" and the "Cheese-grater"

b. The "Upright Member" and the "Boris Block"

c. The "Bigger Apple" and the "Slice of Life"

d. The "New Coliseum" and the "Rubik's Cube"

20. What proportion of Sri Lanka's Tamils live abroad?

a. Half

b. One-third

c. One-quarter

d. One-fifth

Answers:

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. d

5. b

6. d

7. a

8. c

9. d

10. b

11. c

12. c

13. a

14. d

15. a

16. b

17. d

18. b

19. a

20. c

New Year Quiz

2008-12-31T10:45:00.000-08:00

1. Which place was the last to celebrate the new millennium on Jan. 1, 2000?

a. Antarctica

b. Russia

c. Hawaii

d. India

2. What happens shortly before midnight, on New Year’s Eve, in Japan?

a. Buddhist temples ring their bells 108 times

b. Buddhist temples wash their steps

c. Buddhist temples light their candles

d. None of the above

3. During fireworks shows, what determines the pattern of a firework explosion?

a. the amount of gunpowder

b. timing of the explosion

c. the arrangement of star pellets inside the shell

d. height of the powder holder

4. Which Roman god had two faces - one looking back on the old year and one looking forward to the New Year?

a. Jupiter

b. Juno

c. Augustus

d. Janus

5. What fruit do New Year’s revelers in Spain eat at the stroke of midnight?

a. Oranges

b. Grapes

c. Pears

d. Apple

6. In Scotland what is the New Year festival called?

a. Hogwash

b. Hogwarts

c. Hogmanay

d. Hug Many

7. On which date is 12th Night?

a. 1st January

b. 2nd January

c. 5th January

d. 6th January

8. Which song, traditionally, is sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve all over the world?

a. Auld Lang Syne

b. White Christmas

c. The Final Countdown

d. Happy New Year

9. In England, what is the name of the bell that rings in the New Year in London?

a. Big Ben

b. Big Bertha

c. Big Bertie

d. Big Bang

10. Where do people congregate to celebrate New Year in New York?

a. The Statue of Liberty

b. Central Park

c. Times Square

d. Empire State Building

11. When do the Chinese celebrate their New Year?

a. On 1st January

b. At the second new moon after the winter solstice

c. On the 11th day of the 11th month

d. First Saturday after Diwali and before 1st January

12. How do the people of Ecuador, South America get rid of their faults for the New Year?

a. They make a straw man and burn it

b. They have a long bath

c. They write them on paper and bury them

13. On the morning of the Vietnamese New Year, called "Tet", what are children not allowed to do?

a. A: Laugh

b. B: Cry

c. C: Sing

14. In Greece kids leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day so that St Basil will...?

a. Fill them with presents

b. Fill them with sweets

c. Fill them with socks

15. According to tradition, who do families visit on the first day of Chinese New Year?

a. youngest family members

b. extended family members

c. oldest family members

d. friends

16. Under which calendar is New Year’s Day Jan. 1?

a. Julian Calendar

b. Gregorian Calendar

c. Jewish Calendar

d. Chinese Calendar

17. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new year for what religion?

a. Muslim

b. Christian

c. Buddhist

d. Jewish

18. Kwanzaa is a seven-day holiday that begins Dec. 26 and extends through Jan. 1. What does the word mean in Swahili?

a. First fruits

b. First people

c. First days

d. First dance

19. In the Middle Ages most European countries used the Julian calendar, so they observed New Year’s Day when?

a. Feb. 14th

b. March 25th

c. April 1st

d. May 21st

20. When the Tibetan Buddhism celebrate New Year’s?

a. Never

b. January

c. February

d. March

21. What New Year’s gift did ancient Persians give?

a. Money

b. Eggs

c. Cakes

d. Rugs

22. In ancient Egypt what event dictated the timing of New Year’s celebrations?

a. Pharaoh’s birthday

b. Flooding of Nile

c. Solar eclipse

d. Exact alignment of stars with Great Pyramid

Answers:

1. c

2. b

3. c

4. d

5. b

6. c

7. c

8. a

9. a

10. c

11. a

12. b

13. a

14. b

15. c

16. b

17. d

18. a

19. b

20. c

21. b

22. b

Find this quiz at Gujarat Samachar or the hardcopy of the news paper of 31/12/2008.

Wishing you a very progressive year ahead!

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Oracle 2 Day DBA Course - Oracle Database 11g Release 1 This course is designed to complement the Oracle 2 Day DBA documentation.

Oracle Database 11g Application Development Oracle Database 11g supports a wide variety of application development technology with tools that will improve the performance of your applications and the productivity of your developers.

Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows The Oracle database has become one of the leading database solutions for the Windows platform.

Oracle Magazine Contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more.

Oracle's Accelerate Initiative: An Assessment of Oracle's Applications for Midsize Organizations This paper examines Oracle Accelerate to determine whether it has what it takes to deliver genuine value to midsize organizations.

Oracle related good white papers

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Few really helpful magazines or white papers for Oracle Professionals and students.

Oracle's Accelerate Initiative: An Assessment of Oracle's Applications for Midsize Organizations

Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: Trends for Emerging Businesses

SAP and Oracle: Who's Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses?

Reading Comprehension Test

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For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Christopher Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the U.S. had acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, and the Apollo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic flexing of technological muscle during the cold war.

Although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before. The Lewis and Clark team brought back samples, descriptions and drawings of the flora and fauna of the western U.S., much of it new to the colonizers and the culture they represented. The Apollo program, too, eventually gushed good data. "Our fundamental understanding of the overall geological history of the moon is largely derived from the last three Apollo missions," says Paul D. Spudis, a geologist and staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Today Mars looms as humanity’s next great terra incognita.

—Glenn Zorpette, "Why Go to Mars?" Scientific American, March, 2000, pp. 40-41.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Mars will be the next place humans will explore.

B. People explore for a mixture of economic and nationalistic reasons.

C. Lewis and Clark brought back important information about the American west.

D. Columbus wanted to get to the East by sailing west.

2. In this passage, the word imperatives means

A. commands

B. conquests

C. reasons

D. voyages

3. The passage states that the Apollo missions provided information about the moon’s

A. history

B. gravity

C. economic value

D. distance from the Earth

4. The author’s purpose in discussing the exploration of the moon and the American west is to

A. persuade the reader that exploration is important

B. inform the reader about history

C. hint at reasons for future missions to Mars

D. narrate an interesting series of events

5. The author states that Columbus wanted to find new trade routes and to

A. conquer the Native American people

B. find gold

C. find new plants and animals

D. promote the glory of Spain

Before examining each of these theories in depth, let’s first consider the role of theory in education. In general, theories examine patterns and relationships and provide explanations for phenomena that we observe in nature. Sound theories explain known relationships and are useful in making predictions about the world that will be verified later. Based on application of theory, we know what is likely to happen when we observe a pattern or a relationship. Confidence in a theory grows as new situations arise and the theory is useful in making predictions. Once scientists disprove a theory, it is modified or replaced by a better theory. Scientists value simplicity, and simpler theories are often more acceptable than complicated ones.

As a teacher, it is important to be aware of the numerous theories of teaching and learning so that you can make informed, intelligent decisions about providing instruction for students.. As a teacher, you will view learners through multiple lenses, looking at what happens as the mind and body develop while being aware of the effects of the social world.

— Sharon Sherman, Science and Science Teaching, p. 107

6. In this passage, application means

A. Test

B. Teaching

C. Use

D. relationship

7. This passage is mostly about how theories are

A. rejected

B. employed

C. taught

D. formulated

8. According to the passage, teachers use theories to

A. understand students

B. decide what to teach

C. decide on students’ grades

D. understand subject matter

9. The passage states that our confidence in a theory grows when it allows us to

A. formulate new theories

B. reject other theories

C. find new phenomena to explore

D. make predictions about the world

10. The author’s purpose in this passage is to A. narrate a sequence of events

B. introduce a new topic

C. persuade the reader that theory is important

D. appeal to the reader’s senses

Answers:

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. D

6. C

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. B

October 24, 2007

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Mathematical Aptitude Test

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1. A vehicle rents for Rs. 220 per week plus Rs. 0.25 per mile. Find the rental cost for a 2-week trip of 500 miles for a family of 5.

A. Rs. 345.00 B. Rs. 565.00 C. Rs. 2200.00 D. Rs. 2825.00

2. Find the greatest common factor of 42 and 70.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 7 D. 14

3. Simplify:

8 - 4 ÷ 2 - 10 ÷ 2

A. 4 B. 1 C. - 3 D. - 4

4. Darsh wants to paint the walls and ceiling in a room that is 14 feet x 16 feet with an 8-foothigh

ceiling. He will not paint the double door, which has a measurement of 6 feet x 7 feet.

One gallon of paint will cover 350 square feet. The paint is sold in gallon containers only. How many gallons of paint will he need to buy?

A. 2 gallons B. 3 gallons C. 4 gallons D. 5 gallons 5. On a map, the distance between two cities is 8.5 inches. If ½ inch represents 25 miles, how

far, in miles, is it between the two cities (to the nearest mile)?

A. 106 miles B. 213 miles C. 425 miles D. 850 miles 6. Ansh wants to buy a carpet that is 12 feet x 15 feet. The cost of the carpet, including installation, is Rs. 29.90 per square yard. Without including tax, how much does Ansh have to

spend to carpet his room?

A. Rs. 598.00

B. Rs. 807.30

C. Rs. 1614.60 D. Rs. 5322.00

7. A radio station is going to construct a 12-foot tower for a new antenna on top of a tall

building. The tower will be supported by three cables, each attached to the top of the tower

and to points on the roof of the building which are 5 feet from the base of the tower. What is the total length of these three cables?

A. 13 feet B. 39 feet C. 42 feet D. 51 feet

8. Find the missing number in the following sequence.

2, ___, 18, - 54, 162

A. 6 B. 3 C. -3 D. -6

9. Kinetic Energy (KE) is calculated by the formula KE = ½ mv(square) where m is mass and v is

velocity. Translate the expression ½ mv(square) into words.

A. half the product of m times v times v

B. the quantity of half the mass times velocity, all squared

C. half the square root of mass times velocity

D. half the square of the quantity of mass times velocity

10. Solve for x : 3(x + 4) = 6

A. - 2 B. 2/3 C. 10/3 D. 6

11. Determine which of the ordered pairs listed below satisfies the given system.

x + 2y = 3

2x + y = 6

A. (0, 3) B. (1, 1) C. (2, 2) D. (3, 0)

12. Given below are students' scores on an essay (possible score range is from 0 to 10). What is the median of the set of scores?

Student Essay Score

A 8

B 5

C 4

D 2

E 4

F 1

G 7

H 8

A. 3 B. 4.5 C. 4.9 D. 5

13. Given a bag of 20 marbles containing 8 green, 4 red, 2 blue, and 6 yellow, if a person picks

out a single marble from the bag without looking, what is the probability that it will be a red marble?

A. 1/20 B. 1/10 C. 1/5 D. 14

14. A man has a choice of a white, yellow, or blue shirt. He also may select a red tie or a green tie.

How many different outfits can he make of 1 shirt and 1 tie?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 8 D. 9

Answers:

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. D

6. B

7. C

8. A

9. D

10. A

11. A

12. C

13. C

14. D

October 31, 2007

Jai Sardar !