# Recent questions and answers in General Aptitude

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The disaster team was asked to $\underline{\text{restrain}}$ the residents until the snake was caught. The underlined word is closest in meaning to: imprison frustrate disdain confine
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The Prime Minister does not approve $\_\_\_\_\_\_$ the views expressed by the official. of at for on
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Hema's age is $5$ years more than twice Hari's age. Suresh's age is $13$ years less than 10 times Hari's age. If Suresh is $3$ times as old as Hema, how old is Hema? $14$ $17$ $18$ $19$
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A transporter receives the same number of orders each day. Currently, he has some pending orders (backlog) to be shipped. If he uses $7$ trucks, then at the end of the $4^{th}$ day he can clear all the orders. Alternatively, if he uses only $3$ trucks, then all the orders are ... minimum number of trucks required so that there will be no pending order at the end of $5^{th}$ day? $4$ $5$ $6$ $7$
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The topic that we were discussing now was first raised by our boss, $\_\_\_\_\_\_$? isn't it wasn't it was it hasn't it been
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The inequality $\mid x^2 -5x+4 \mid > (x^2-5x+4)$ holds if and only if $1 < x < 4$ $x \leq 1$ and $x \geq 4$ $1 \leq x \leq 4$ $x$ takes any value except $1$ and $4$
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Let $x$ be a positive real number. Then $x^2+\pi ^2 + x^{2 \pi} > x \pi+ (\pi + x) x^{\pi}$ $x^{\pi}+\pi^x > x^{2 \pi} + \pi ^{2x}$ $\pi x +(\pi+x)x^{\pi} > x^2+\pi ^2 + x^{2 \pi}$ none of the above
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$\_\_\_\_\_\_$ I not informed you on time, you would have missed the opportunity. But Have Had Has
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From among the given sentences pick the grammatically INCORRECT one: He asked a tea. He was prevented from coming. I met your mother. I haven't seen a movie for a long time.
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Raman is confident of speaking English _______six months as he has been practising regularly_______the last three weeks during, for for, since for, in within, for
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Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers such that $a = k_1b + r_1$ and $b = k_2r_1 + r_2,$ where $k_1,k_2,r_1,r_2$ are positive integers with $r_2 < r_1 < b$ Then $\text{gcd}(a, b)$ is same as $\text{gcd}(r_1,r_2)$ $\text{gcd}(k_1,k_2)$ $\text{gcd}(k_1,r_2)$ $\text{gcd}(r_1,k_2)$
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What would be the smallest natural number which when divided either by $20$ or by $42$ or by $76$ leaves a remainder of $7$ in each case? $3047$ $6047$ $7987$ $63847$
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A tourist covers half of his journey by train at $60$ $km/h$, half of the remainder by bus at $30$ $km/h$ and the rest by cycle at $10$ $km/h$. The average speed of the tourist in $km/h$ during his entire journey is $36$ $30$ $24$ $18$
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Velocity of an object fired directly in upward direction is given by ܸ$V\mathit{}=80-32 t\mathit{}$, where $t\mathit{}$ (time) is in seconds. When will the velocity be between $32 \;m/sec$ and $64 \;m/sec$? $\left(1, \dfrac{3}{2}\right)$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}, 1\right)$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2},\dfrac{3}{2}\right)$ $\left(1, 3\right)$
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If $x+2y=30$, then $\left(\dfrac{2y}{5}+\dfrac{x}{3} \right) + \left (\dfrac{x}{5}+\dfrac{2y}{3} \right)$ will be equal to $8$ $16$ $18$ $20$
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Which of the following cannot be logically inferred from the given passage? Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and ... on older people. COVID-19 is not dangerous if you are young. Maintaining hygiene helps in controlling COVID-19 spread.
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate choice. Akshay has decided to $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ from Chennai. move on pass away pass out pass by
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A student attempted to solve a quadratic equation in $x$ twice. However, in the first attempt, he incorrectly wrote the constant term and ended up with the roots as $(4, 3)$. In the second attempt, he incorrectly wrote down the coefficient of $x$ and got the roots as $(3, 2)$. Based on the above information, the roots of the correct quadratic equation are $(-3, 4)$ $(3, -4)$ $(6, 1)$ $(4, 2)$
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Find the missing sequence in the letter series below: $A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY$ $LMN$ $MNO$ $MNOP$ $NOPQ$
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Given the sequence $A,B,B,C,C,C,D,D,D,D,\ldots$ etc$.,$ that is one $A,$ two $B’s,$ three $C’s,$ four $D’s,$ five $E’s$ and so on, the $240^{th}$ latter in the sequence will be $:$ $V$ $U$ $T$ $W$
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There are two candidates $P$ and $Q$ in an election. During the campaign, $40\%$ of the voters promised to vote for $P,$ and rest for $Q.$ However, on the day of election $15\%$ of the voters went back on their promise to vote for $P$ and instead voted for $Q.$ $25\%$ ... $P.$ Suppose$,P$ lost by $2$ votes$,$ then what was the total number of voters? $100$ $110$ $90$ $95$
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Choose from the options the word most similar in meaning to the given one: Dramatic striking insignificant calm tedious
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Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the sentence: Your allegation should be based on facts and not on $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$. proofs projections records antipathy
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Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the sentence: Anwar spent most of his life in $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ the miseries of the physically challenged people. advocating avoiding mitigating absorbing
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When she first came to Delhi from Patna, she was hardly the $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ student she later made herself out to be, since she had access to considerable family wealth. impecunious naive precocious ambitious
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A $\underline{vast}$ crowd had gathered to watch their $\underline{beloved}$ Prime Minister speak. The underlined words are $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$. adverbs nouns verbs adjectives
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In the following sentence certain parts are underlined and marked P, Q, and R. One of the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing an error. Choose D as your answer if there is no error. During an epidemic, ... $\underbrace{\underline{\text{make them more comfortable}}}_{R}$. P Q R No error
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If "jelogo" means "paperweight" and "pikogo" means "paperboard" and "wedpik" means "boardlift", which of the following would mean $weightlift$? ogopik jelwed pikjel wedjel
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Choose from the options the word most similar in meaning to the given one: Impulsive impetuous cautious cavernous impressive
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Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the sentence: $\textbf{The bride and groom decided to _________ on their grand wedding as they both were rich.}$ preserve conserve spoor splurge
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Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the sentence: $\textbf{Killing one's own parents amounts to __________.}$ parricide genocide infanticide fratricide
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: The house $\_\_\_\_$ the lake. backed onto backed off backed up backed into
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: After a long and hard relationship, he finally decided to $\_\_\_\_$ with his girlfriend. break in break off broke up break up
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From among the given sentences pick the grammatically correct one: Hugging his mother he opened the gift box. His performance in the match was superior than his teammates. I saw them playing while driving down the street. Laughing out loud Teja tried to express his happiness.
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From among the given sentences pick the grammatically correct one: I'm ill for two weeks. I'm ill since two weeks. I have been ill since two weeks. I have been ill for two weeks.
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From among the given sentences pick the grammatically correct one. She was prevented to come. Ravi met misfortune. We came a walk. Let’s go riding.
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From among the given sentences pick the grammatically INCORRECT one: I'm going to home. Send this letter to my address. They came for driving. He goes to his work.
If you are absent from class for too long, it will be difficult to $\_\_\_\_$ . catch up catch out catch on catch at
Choose the most appropriate tense and fill in the blank: Tom $\_\_\_\_$ to the day when he could leave his current job. should've looked forward to look forward looking forward looked forward