Question # 1

Acme brand aspirin claims to be the best headache relief available on the market today. To prove this claim, Acme called 10 people and asked them their thoughts on headache relief products. All 10 of them stated that they . unequivocally use Acme brand aspirin on a regular basis and that they believe it to be the best headache relief available on the market today.

Q:Which of the following would most weaken this argument?

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Acme brand aspirin is highly addictive

The 10 people called were spouses of Acme employees

Most people choose to suffer silently through their headaches and take no medicines whatsoever

The 10 people called own stock in a competing company

What is the average of x, y and z ? If x + y = 5, y + z = 8 and x + z = 11.

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11/3

1/2

13/5

4

People should be held accountable for their own behavior, and if holding people accountable for their own behavior entails capital punishment, then so be it. However, no person should be held accountable for behavior over which he or she had no control.

Q:Which of the following is the most logical conclusion of the argument above?

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People should not be held accountable for the behavior of other people

People have control over their own behavior

People cannot control the behavior of other people

Behavior that cannot be controlled should not be punished

The average number of goals a team has scored in 7 matches is 8. They averaged 10 goals for the first 3 matches and they scored 5 goals in each of the next tow matches. What is the average score of the last two matches ?

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5 goals

4 goals

6 goals

8 goals

The greatest number which divides 2400 and 3600 leaving 48 and 60 respectively, as remainder is:

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9

7

17

10

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

(3⁰)(9¹)

Column B

27

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A

B

C

D

Many people especially the experts in the field of forestry are against all forest fires. They demand that all forest fires should be extinguished and let the forest die out by their own. The study of forest fires show that in the long run, forest fires may in fact, be beneficial to the ecology as a whole.

Q:Among the following, which statement would logically follow from one of the observations referred to in the passage above?

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The reason of almost all forest fires is natural

Human beings try to extinguish the fire for gaining heat

Studies indicate that forest fires regularly occurred in the times prior to human occupation of forest areas

The animal and plant life destroyed by forest fires seldom represents endangered species

Occasionally, the small fire prevents a large scale fire by the accumulation of flammable materials

A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it is a multiple of either 3 or 13?

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17/30

2/5

11/30

4/15

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Zero

9

5

14

If circumference of a circle is 3π, then its area is:

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7π/2

9π²

4π²

9π/4

A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank?

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300

750

250 3/4

333 1/3

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

0

Column B

p

1/p < 1

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

Clarinet reeds often lose their freshness - become less responsive - after a few weeks of intense use. One clarinetist has hypothesized that a buildup of oil, rather than changes in the material properties of the reed, were responsible.

Q:Which of the following investigations is most likely to yield significant information that would help to evaluate the hypothesis?

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Determining what kind of wood is used to make the reeds used by jazz clarinetists

Determining whether jazz clarinetists make their reeds lose their freshness faster than do classical clarinetists

Determining whether identical lengths of reeds, of the same thickness, lose their freshness at different rates when put onto various brands of clarinets

Determining whether rubbing various substances on the new reed causes them to lose their freshness.

8 students in a class obtained 60%, 3 obtained 75%, 2 obtained 80% and 7 obtained 45% in a class test. What is the average marks ?

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49%

59%

29%

51%

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Area of ΔPOR > Area of ΔORS

Area of ΔPOR = Area of ΔORS

Area of ΔORS > Area of ΔPOR

ΔPOR ≡ ΔORS

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Volume of the cube is less than the volume of the box

Volume of the cube is greater than the volume of box

Volume of the cube is equal to the volume of box

The surface area of both cube and box are equal

If x is a positive number, then 50 percent 10x equals

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2x

4x

20x

5 x

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x + y = 180

x - y = 180

180 < x + y ≤ 270

Insufficient information

If the area of a circle is 81π, then its circumference is:

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61π

20π

18π

16π

Each man contributed dollars equal to the number of women and each woman contributed dollars equal to the number of men in a group of 120 group of 120 people, the total amount collected was Rs. 7200. How many men were there in the group?

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72

60

40

80

None of these

What is the area of the parallelogram ABCD ?

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24

21

29

28

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