# Recent questions in General Aptitude

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Choose the statement(s) where the underlined word is used correctly: (i) A $\underline{prone}$ is a dried plum. (ii) He was lying $\underline{prone}$ on the floor. (iii) People who eat a lot of fat are $\underline{prone}$ to heart disease. (i) and (iii) only (iii) only (i) and (ii) only (ii) and (iii) only
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Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. A person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease___________ short-term memory loss. experienced has experienced is experiencing experiences
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Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. ___________is the key to their happiness; they are satisfied with what they have. Contentment Ambition Perseverance Hunger
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Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the sentence below? “As a woman, I have no country.” Women have no country. Women are not citizens of any country. Women’s solidarity knows no national boundaries. Women of all countries have equal legal rights.
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In any given year, the probability of an earthquake greater than Magnitude $6$ occurring in the Garhwal Himalayas is $0.04$. The average time between successive occurrences of such earthquakes is_____ years.
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The population of a new city is $5$ million and is growing at $20\%$ annually. How many years would it take to double at this growth rate? $3-4$ years $4-5$ years $5-6$ years $6-7$ years
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In a group of four children, Som is younger to Riaz. Shiv is elder to Ansu. Ansu is youngest in the group. Which of the following statements is/are required to find the eldest child in the group? Statements 1. Shiv is younger to Riaz. 2. Shiv is ... eldest child Statements 1 and 2 are both required to determine the eldest child Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to determine the eldest child
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Moving into a world of big data will require us to change our thinking about the merits of exactitude. To apply the conventional mindset of measurement to the digital, connected world of the twenty-first century is to miss a crucial point. As mentioned earlier, ... Big data is obsessed with exactness Exactitude is not critical in dealing with big data Sparse data leads to a bias in the analysis
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Q8The total exports and revenues from the exports of a country are given in the two pie charts below.The pie chart for exports shows the quantity of each item as a percentage of the total quantity ofexports. The pie chart for the revenues shows the percentage of the total ... of Item 1per kilogram to the revenue generated through export of Item 4 per kilogram?Exports Revenues 1:2 2:1 1:4 4:1
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X is $1$ km northeast of Y. Y is $1$ km southeast of Z. W is $1$ km west of Z. P is $1$ km south of W. Q is $1$ km east of P. What is the distance between X and Q in km? $1$ $\sqrt{2}$ $\sqrt{3}$ $2$
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$10\%$ of the population in a town is HIV+. A new diagnostic kit for HIV detection is available; this kit correctly identifies HIV+ individuals 95% of the time, and HIV individuals $89\%$ of the time. A particular patient is tested using this kit and is found to be positive. The probability that the individual is actually positive is_______
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Q6 The unit for specific substrate consumption rate in a growing culture is $\frac{g}{L-h}$ $\frac{g}{h}$ $\frac{g}{g-h}$ $\frac{gmoles}{L-h}$
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Since mammalian cells are sensitive to shear, scale-up of a mammalian cell process must consider, among other parameters, the following $\text{(given N=rotations/time, D=diameter of impeller)}$ $\pi ND$ $\pi N^2D$ $\pi ND^2$ none of these
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A bacterium belonging to cocci group has a diameter of $2\:\mu m.$ The numerical value of the ratio of its surface area to volume (in $\mu m^{-1}$) is _______.
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The statistical frequency of the occurrence of a particular restriction enzyme cleavage site that is $6$ bases long can be estimated to be once every $24$ bases once every $256$ bases once every $1024$bases once every $4096$ bases
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In a factory, two machines $M1$ and $M2$ manufacture $60\%$ and $40\%$ of the autocomponents respectively. Out of the total production $2\%$ of $M1$ and $3\%$ of $M2$ are found to be defective. If a randomly drawn autocomponent from the combined lot is found defective, what is the probability that it was manufactured by $M2$? $0.35$ $0.45$ $0.5$ $0.4$
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Following table gives data on tourists from different countries visiting India in the year $2011$ ... the one third of the total number of tourists ho visited India in $2011$? USA and Japan USA and Australia England and France Japan and Australia
Velocity of an object fired directly in upward direction is given by $V = 80-32 t$, where $t$ (time)is in seconds. When will the velocity be between $32 m/sec$ and $64 m/sec$. $(1,3/2)$ $(½,1)$ $(½, 3/2)$ $(1, 3)$
Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the $\text{pair:water: pipe::}$ $\text{cart: road}$ $\text{electricity: wire}$ $\text{sea: beach}$ $\text{music: instrument}$