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

Test of the Day

Q1. Which of the following state has launched 24*7 helpline number 181 to assist women in distress on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March 2017)? 

 Assam

 Odisha

 Manipur

 Uttarakhand

 Jharkhand

Solution:

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched 24*7 helpline number 181 in Odisha to assist women in distress on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March 2017).

Q2. In 'BCCI Annual Awards for 2015-16', who won the Best Umpire in Domestic cricket award?

 Vipul Sharma

 Nadeem Ghauri

 Amiesh Saheba

 Sunil Banerjee

 Nitin Menon

Solution:

In 'BCCI Annual Awards for 2015-16' Nitin Menon won the Best Umpire in Domestic cricket award.

Q3. Name the state that has recently launched a housing scheme estimated at Rs 1,580 crore.

 Kerala

 Assam

 Tamil Nadu

 Maharashtra

 Gujarat

Solution:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami launched a housing scheme estimated at Rs 1,580 crore. The scheme was being implemented by the state government with Central assistance for the economically poor

Q4. Name the ballistic missile that was recently launched by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

 Hormuz 2

 Nagah 3

 Bomani 3

 Narou 4

 Wahadu 1

Solution:

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile named Hormuz 2. Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's aerospace division said the missile destroyed a target from a distance of 250 kilometers (155 miles).

Q5. Which among the following organisation has issued the policy guidelines for the BBPS system on November 28, 2014? 

 SEBI

 NABARD

 RBI

 Finance Ministry

 NPCI

Solution:

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the policy guidelines for the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) on November 28, 2014.

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. 
 Five friends G, H, I, J and K of one colony A are playing chess with five other friends namely U, V, W, X and Y of the another colony B. Each friend of colony A has a different profession viz. Doctor, Engineer, Businessman, Lawyer and Manager but not necessarily in the same order .Each friend of colony B has also a different profession viz; Fashion designer, Choreographer, Interior Decorator, Politician and Teacher. Among friends, there are only three females – the one who is playing with W, the one whose profession is Doctor and the one who is playing with the person who is a Politician. The female whose profession is Engineer is playing with the person who is Interior Decorator.
The Person who is a Choreographer is playing with the person whose profession is Doctor .X is neither a Choreographer nor a Fashion designer. Y is not an Interior Decorator. The person who is playing with Y is a female but she is not J. K’s profession is Engineer and is not a male. G and I are not females. G’s profession is Manager and is playing neither with Y nor with the Choreographer. H’s profession is Lawyer. V is a Fashion designer and he is not playing with G. The one who is a Fashion designer is not playing with J who is a doctor.

 Q6. The one whose profession is Businessman is playing with who among the following person?

 W

 Choreographer

 Y

 Fashion designer

 None of these

Solution:
(6-10)

Q7. Which of the following pairs correctly represents the pair of friends who are playing together?

 IW

 GX

 JY

 WH

 None of these

Q8. Who among the following is a Politician?

 Y

 X

 W

 U

 None of these

Q9. Which of the following represents the group of persons having female friend who are playing with him?

 Y, W,U

 X, V, W

 R, P, T

 Y ,X, V

 None of these

Q10. Which of the following is the specialization of X?

 Teacher

 Politician

 Interior Decorator

 Fashion designer

 None of these

Q11. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively. What will be the new ratio?

 8 : 9

 17 : 18

 21 : 22

 Cannot be determined

 None of these

Solution:

Q12. The salaries of A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries then what will be the new ratio of their salaries? 

 3 : 3 : 10

 10 : 11 : 20

 23 : 33 : 60

 Cannot be determined

 None of these

Solution:

Q13. A bag contains Rs 216 in the form of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. The number of 50 paise coins is:

 96

 144

 114

 141

 134

Solution:

Q14. Expenses of a hostel are partly constant and partly vary with number of students. When there are 20 students, total expenses are Rs. 2000. When there are 50 students, total expenses are Rs. 3500. Find the total expenses when there are 70 students in the hostel.

 4000

 5000

 3500

 5500

 4500

Solution:

Q15. The three sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 6, find the ratio of the three corresponding altitudes.

 4 : 2 : 3

 2 : 3 : 4

 4 : 3 : 2

 2 : 4 : 3

 4 : 3 : 3

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.Prolix 

 ramification

 volatile

 gaunt

 succinct

 banal

Solution:

Prolix- marked by or using an excess of words
Option D is the right choice. succinct-close-fitting(antonym)
Gaunt-emaciated; bony and angular

Q17. Revile

 reference

 seine

 compliment

 maculated

 tender

Solution:

Revile-criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
Option C is the right choice. compliment is the opposite of revile.
Seine-type of fishing net
Tender-to offer

Q18.Evoke

 educe

 limpid

 waffle

 liturgy

 nexus

Solution:

Evoke-to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
educe-to bring out (something, such as something latent) , is the synonym of Evoke.
Waffle-talk nonsense
Limpid-transparently clear
Liturgy-form of worship
Nexus-connection

Q19. Quotidian

 nostrum

 lope

 exemplar

 impugn

 exciting

Solution:

Option E is the right choice. Exciting is the antonym.
 Quotidian-of or occurring every day; daily.
Impugn-challenge; question someone’s honor etc.
Nostrum-remedy
Lope-run with long strides

Q20.Cogitate 

 incubus

 ponder

 emboss

 fracas

 Curmudgeon

Solution:

Cogitate- think deeply
ponder-to think or consider especially quietly, soberly, and deeply(Synonym)
emboss-decorate with a raised design
Incubus-encumbrance; nightmarish thing
Fracas-fight; disturbance
Curmudgeon-grumpy person

Test of the Day

Q1. Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who currently serves as the Home Minister of India. His present constituency is?

 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

 Darbhanga, Bihar

 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

 Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

 Gurugram, Haryana

Solution:

Rajnath Ram Badan Singh is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who currently serves as the Home Minister. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet Minister in the Vajpayee Government.

Q2. 'Anything But Khamosh'; The Shatrughan Sinha's Biography is authored by?

 Bharathi S Pradhan

 Pramod Kapoor

 Amar Chitra Katha

 Govind Pansare

 Shantanu Guha Ray

Solution:

Anything But Khamosh, Shatrughan Sinha’s biography had been released by BJP veteran LK Advani and Author by Bharathi S. Pradhan.

Q3. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. The Headquaters of UNWTO is situated at?

 London, United Kingdom

 Vienna, Austria

 Rome, Italy

 Geneva, Switzerland

 Madrid, Spain

Solution:

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. As the leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide. Headquarter of UNWTO is in Madrid, Spain.

Q4. India's largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an agreement to set up a $950 million liquefied natural gas import project in which country?

 Bangladesh

 China

 Bhutan

 Sri Lanka

 Russia

Solution:

India's largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an agreement to set up a $950 million liquefied natural gas import project in Bangladesh. Petronet signed a MoU with with Petrobangla to set up a 7.5 million tonnes a year project to receive and regasify LNG on Kutubdia Island in Cox's Bazar and lay a 26-km pipline to connect it to the consumption markets.

Q5. Under a scheme for pregnant women, the would-be mothers will get how much amount for their delivery, vaccination, and nutritious meals directly in their accounts?

 Rs 2,000

 Rs 6,000

 Rs 12,000

 Rs 8,000

 Rs 4,000

Solution:

For pregnant women, a national scheme launched. Would be Mothers will get Rs. 6,000 for their delivery, vaccination, and nutritious meals. This will be transferred straight to their account. This will help in saving lives of mothers and new born kids.

Directions (6-10): In the questions below are given some conclusions followed by five set of statements. You have to choose the correct set of statements that logically satisfies given conclusions either definitely or possibly. Assume the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. 

Q6. Conclusions: 

 Some light is not pink. No air is pink. 

Statements:

 Some light is red. All red is green. No green is pink. Some pink is blue. All blue is air.

 Some light is green. No green is red. Some red is blue. All blue is air. No pink is air.

 Some light is pink. All pink is red. No red is green. All blue is green. No green is air.

 Some light is air. All air is red. No red is pink. Some pink is green. All green is blue.

 None of these

Solution:

Q7. Conclusions: 

 Some note is not book. No cover is pen.

Statements:

 Some pen is cover. All cover is ink. No ink is mobile. Some mobile is note. All note is book.

 Some pen is note. All note is cover. Some cover is ink. All ink is mobile. No mobile is book.

 All note is mobile. Some note is cover. All cover is ink. No ink is book. All pen is book.

 Some book is pen. All pen is mobile. No mobile is ink. Some ink is cover. All cover is note.

 None of these

Solution:

Q8. Conclusions: 

 Some air is not tree. No tree is green.

Statements:

 Some star is light. All light is air. No air is moon. Some moon is green. No green is tree.

 Some star is green. No green is air. Some air is moon. All moon is light. No light is tree.

 Some star is moon. No moon is air. Some air is light. All light is green. No green is tree.

 Some star is tree. All tree is air. No air is moon. Some moon is green. No green is light.

 None of these

Solution:

Q9. Conclusions: 

 Some 20 is 60. Some 40 is 20.

Statements:

 All 10 is 60. Some 60 is 50. All 50 is 20. Some 20 is 30. All 30 is 40.

 Some 10 is 60. All 60 is 50. Some 50 is 20. All 20 is 30. Some 30 is 40.

 Some 10 is 40. All 40 is 20. Some 20 is 30. All 30 is 50. Some 50 is 60.

 Some 10 is 60. All 60 is 50. Some 50 is 40. All 40 is 20. Some 20 is 30.

 None of these

Solution:

Q10. Conclusions: 

 Some lion is mat. Some tiger is cat.

Statements:

 Some cat is lion. All lion is tiger. No tiger is mat. Some mat is dog. All dog is bat.

 Some cat is bat. All bat is dog. No dog is mat. Some mat is tiger. All tiger is lion.

 Some cat is lion. All lion is bat. No bat is mat. Some mat is dog. All dog is tiger.

 Some cat is mat. All mat is bat. No bat is lion. Some lion is dog. All dog is tiger.

 None of these

Q11. If the successive discount be 20%,10% and 5% then what will be the single equivalent discount?

 30%

 31.6%

 32.4%

 25%

 None of these

Solution:

Q12. A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 kmph and comes back at lower speed. If the average speed is 6.4 kmph in total, then the return speed (in kmph) is?

 4

 6

 7

 7.5

 3

Solution:

Q13. The average of one hundred observations was calculated as 35. It was found later, that one of the observation was misread as 83 instead of 53. What is the correct average?

 33.7

 34.2

 34.7

 34.8

 None of these

Solution:

Q14. When a bicycle manufacturer reduced its selling price by 50%, the number of bicycles sold radically increased by 600%. Initially the manufacturer was getting only 140% profit. What is the percentage increase of his profit?

 20%

 30%

 10%

 No profit no loss

 None of these

Solution:

Q15. A sum of money is accumulating at compound interest at a certain rate of interest. If simple interest instead of compound were reckoned, the interest for the first two years would be diminished by Rs. 20 and that for the first three years by Rs. 61. Find the sum.

 Rs. 6000

 Rs. 8000

 Rs. 7500

 Rs. 6500

 None of these

Solution:

Directions (16-20): In questions given below there are three sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate words(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then below the group of sentences 5 options are given, with each option having sequence of choices either (a) or (b) and so on. Choose the option which is giving the correct sequence of the choices. 

 Q16. A. Pesticides, climate change and loss of habitat will continue to effect[1]/affect[2] bee populations unless they learn to adapt.

B.The only sound was the rush of water at the base[1]/bass[2] of the canyon.

C.He grew boared[1]/bored[2] of the countryside.

 211

 122

 212

 222

 111

Solution:

Affect-have an effect on; make a difference to; touch the feelings of; move emotionally.

Effect-a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

Base – bottom part

Bass – deep or low

Boar - pig

Bore – not interesting bore - to drill

Q17. A. Are you still in touch with any of you’re[1]/your[2] old school friends?

B. Stopping distances for cars vary[1]/very[2] with the speed they are traveling at.

C. When you're only going to work for the summer, you can't be to[1]/too[2] picky.

 212

 121

 222

 111

 211

Solution:

your – belonging to you

You’re – you are

Vary - differ

Very - much

To - toward

Too - also

Q18. A. He led[1]/lead[2] her down a short hallway and opened the first door.

B. I had to carry the pail[1]/pale[2] up the hill.

C. Every year thousands of people flee[1]/flea[2] the big cities in search of the rural idyll.

 211

 121

 222

 111

 212

Solution:

lead – metal

Led - was the leader

Pail - bucket

Pale – not bright

Flea – small biting insect

Flee - run

Q19. A.The species most liable to be struck are oaks, poplars and pear trees beach[1]/beech[2] trees are exceptionally safe.

B.Poll[1]/pole[2] results listed a mixed bag.

C.The western border was rendered desolate and deserted by gorilla[1]/guerrilla[2] forays throughout the war.

 222

 212

 111

 112

 121

Solution:

Beach – sandy shore

Beech – type of tree

Pole - post

Poll - survey

Gorilla – big ape

Guerrilla - warrior

Q20. A.The airline's decision to cut air fair[1]/fares[2] is likely to unsettle the market.

B.The police have provided experts to counsel [1]/council[2] local people affected by the tragedy.

C.She shivered in the chilly[1]/chili[2] ocean breeze.

 212

 122

 211

 111

 121

Solution:

Fair - equal

Fare - price

Council - committee

Counsel - guidance