Test of the Day

Q1. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany, recently?

 Mukta Dutta Tomar

 Sucheta Jadhav

 Mamta Kriplani

 Sadhena Surohi

 Unmukta Chander

Solution:

Mukta Dutta Tomar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Q2. Ministry of Rural Development has released nearly Rs. 23,443 crore to the States as the first tranche for this Financial Year, under which scheme?

 PMJDY

 PMSSY

 PMJJBY

 MGNREGS

 APY

Solution:

Ministry of Rural Development has released nearly Rs. 23,443 crore to the States as the first tranche for this Financial Year, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

Q3. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi finally inaugurated an exhibition titled ___________________ in the New Delhi to mark the 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s first experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran.

 Satyagraha-Bapu ko Shraddhanjali-Ek Nayi Soch

 Swachhagraha-Bapu ko Bhavanjali-Ek Naya Abhiyan

 Satyagraha-Bapu ko Shraddhanjali-Ek Pradarshani

 None of the given options is true

 Swachhagraha–Bapu Ko Karyanjali-Ek Abhiyan, Ek Pradarshani

Solution:

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi finally inaugurated an exhibition titled “Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali – Ek Abhiyan, Ek Pradarshani” in the New Delhi to mark the 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s first experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran.

Q4. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 in which of the following Indian cities?

 Kolkata

 Bengaluru

 New Delhi

 Chennai

 Chandigarh

Solution:

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 in New Delhi.

Q5. With reference to a cheque which of the following is the ‘drawee bank’?

 The bank that collects the cheque

 The payee’s bank

 The endorser’s bank

 The bank upon which the cheque is drawn

 None of the given options is true

Solution:

Drawee is a legal and banking term used to describe the party that has been directed by the depositor to pay a certain sum of money to the person presenting the check or draft. A typical example is if you are cashing a paycheck.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
 When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of Input and rearrangement.
 INPUT : Study 30 World Ugly 41 52 Zest 61 Xiomi 36 89 Very 
STEP 1 : Study Ugly 30 World 41 52 Zest 61 Xiomi 36 89 Very
STEP 2 : Study Ugly 89 61 30 World 41 52 Zest Xiomi 36 Very
STEP 3 : Study Ugly 89 61 Very World 30 41 52 Zest Xiomi 36
STEP 4 : Study Ugly 89 61 Very World 52 41 30 Zest Xiomi 36
STEP 5 : Study Ugly 89 61 Very World 52 41 Xiomi Zest 30 36
STEP 6 : Study Ugly 89 61 Very World 52 41 Xiomi Zest 36 30

and step VI is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.
Input: Orio 11 Mild 25 Pint 47 81 Pick 49 Vintage 16 Neuro 

 Q6. Which of the following term exactly comes between 49 and Pick in step 3 ?

 Pint

 11

 Vintage

 Orio

 None of these

Solution:
(6-10)

Logic: In step 1 two words picked and arranged in increasing alphabetical order, placed it at the left corner and in step 2 , two numbers picked and arranged it in descending order next to words and so on.
STEP 1 : Mild NeuroOrio 11 25 Pint 47 81 Pick 49 Vintage 16
STEP 2 : Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio 11 25 Pint 47 Pick Vintage 16
STEP 3 : Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 11 25 Pint 47 Vintage 16
STEP 4 : Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 47 25 11 Pint Vintage 16
STEP 5 : Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 47 25 Pint Vintage 11 16
STEP 6 : Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 47 25 Pint Vintage 16 11

Q7. How many elements are there between 25 and 16 in step 5 ?

 One

 Three

 Two

 Five

 None of these

Q8. In step 6, Pick and Pint, 11 and 49 are interchanged then how many/much will be placed between 49 and Pick?

 Two

 Three

 Four

 Six

 None of these

Q9. What is the position of 25 in step 4 from the right end?

 Third

 Fourth

 Sixth

 Fifth

 None of these

Q10. Which of the following will be the final step of the given input ?

 Mild Neuro 16 11 Orio Pick 25 47 Pint Vintage 49 81

 Pint Neuro 49 81 Pick Orio 47 25 Mild Vintage 16 11

 Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 25 47 Pint Vintage 11 16

 Mild Neuro 81 49 Orio Pick 47 25 Pint Vintage 16 11

 None of these

Directions (11-15): find out the missing no. in the following given series. 

Q11. 7, 15, ?, 88, 113, 329

 27

 25

 24

 31

 None of these

Solution:

Q12. 14, 27, 82, 327, 1636, ?

 9916

 9815

 9906

 9705

 9601

Solution:

×2-1,×3+1,×4-1,×5+1,×6-1
 1636×6-1
 = 9815

Q13. 4, 11, 14, 24, ?, 60

 45

 35

 37

 40

 38

Solution:

From third digit, each digit is (Sum of previous two digits - 1 )
Hence, ? = (14 + 24 -1) = 37

Q14. 

 9

 43/3

 38/3

 8

 None of these

Solution:

Q15. 4, 21, 56, 115, 204, ?

 319

 327

 323

 329

 339

Solution:

Directions (16-20): In each of the following questions five options are given, of which one word is most nearly the same or opposite in meaning to the given word in the question. Find the correct option having either same or opposite meaning. 

 Q16. Furlough

 epithet

 gist

 vital

 layoff

 perfunctory

Solution:

Furlough-leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary. Layoff is the synonym.
Perfunctory -superficial; cursory
 Vital- essential; alive; important

Q17. Obstreperous

 concise

 dubious

 Momentous

 perjury

 rambunctious

Solution:

Obstreperous-noisy and boisterous
rambunctious-uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.(SYNONYM)
perjury-telling lies under oath
 Concise-stated in few words

Q18.Palliative

 Drawl

 soothing

 Quaff

 Insurgent

 furtive

Solution:

Palliative- (of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition(synonym is soothing)
Quaff-drink down quickly
 Drawl speak slowly with words-running together
 Furtive hidden and secret
 Insurgent-a rebel

Q19. unfathomable

 Dotard

 Instigator

 Misnomer

 incomprehensible

 Atheist

Solution:

unfathomable-cannot be worked out; incapable of being fully explored or understood.
incomprehensible-not able to be understood; not intelligible.(synonym)
Atheist-person who does not believe in God
 Dotard foolish old man .
Furrow-groove
 Instigator-troublemaker; person who entices others to do
something
 Misnomer-wrong name

Q20. Fervid 

 Genre

 Perpetuated

 Rancor

 Strut

 dispassionate

Solution:

Fervid-passionate.
dispassionate is the right option.(antonym)
Genre-a category; type
Irascible-easily angered
Strut-swagger; show off