GRE Mock Test 3 - Online MCQ Exam

Measures of the two angles between hour and minute hands of a clock at 9 0 ’clock are

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A) 60°, 300° A) 60°, 300°
B) 270°, 90° B) 270°, 90°
C) 75° , 285° C) 75° , 285°
D) 30°, 330° D) 30°, 330°

Antonym of “gainsay” is _______.

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regret regret
own own
prudent prudent
prude prude

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Princess Diana_____in 1997.

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Die Die
Died Died
Dies Dies
Dye Dye

If John has 'y' dollars and each chocolate candy is of ten cents then the number of chocolate candies John can buy is:

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40y 40y
50y 50y
100y 100y
10y 10y

What is $\sqrt{729}$?

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25 25
27 27
29 29
31 31

Leisurely is related to Unhurried in the same way as Tardy is related to?

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Sluggish Sluggish
Dim Dim
Dawdle Dawdle
Sour Sour

Which of the following is a letter stating readers for what they are receiving is commonly called?

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Complaint letters Complaint letters
Official letter Official letter
Good newsletters Good newsletters
Cover letters Cover letters

The length of a rectangular plot is 20 metres more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot @ 26.50 per metre is Rs. 5300, what is the length of the plot in metres?

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40 40
50 50
120 120
None of These None of These

I. a2 + 8a + 16 = 0, II. b2 – 4b + 3 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?

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If a < b If a < b
If a ≤ b If a ≤ b
If the relationship between a and b cannot be established
If a > b If a > b

The Synonym of Abstemious is___________?

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Diligent Diligent
Confused Confused
Moderate Moderate
None of these None of these

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statement : Success is how much a person bounces up after hitting the bottom. Assumptions : I. Success requires conscious efforts without being discouraged by failure. II. Failure cannot be considered an acceptable thing.

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Only assumption I is implicit Only assumption I is implicit
Only assumption II is implicit Only assumption II is implicit
Either I or II is implicit Either I or II is implicit
Neither I nor II is implicit Neither I nor II is implicit
Both I and II are implicit Both I and II are implicit

X's brother is Y. Y's son is Z. X's father is W. W's father is V. What is V to Z?

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Grandfather Grandfather
Uncle Uncle
Father Father
Great-grandfather Great-grandfather

The number of methods to solve a quadratic equation are:

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2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5

Bee : Honey :: Cow : ?

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Animal Animal
Water Water
Grass Grass
Milk Milk

Directions : Each of the following question consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument. Statement : Should Government close down loss making public sector enterprise ? Arguments : I. No. All employees will lose their jobs, security and earning, what would they do. II. Yes, in a competitive world the rule is survival is of the fittest.

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Only argument I is strong. Only argument I is strong.
Only Argument II is strong. Only Argument II is strong.
Either I or II is strong. Either I or II is strong.
Neither I nor II is strong. Neither I nor II is strong.
Both I and II are strong. Both I and II are strong.

He said, "What a beautiful scene!"

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He said that what a beautiful scene it was.
He wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
He exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.

Choose analogous pair: Expend : Replenism

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Exhort : Encourage Exhort : Encourage
Formant : Rebellion Formant : Rebellion
Defect : Rejoin Defect : Rejoin
Encroachment : Occupy Encroachment : Occupy

ABSTRUSE:

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Awful Awful
Irrelevant Irrelevant
Shallow Shallow
Profound Profound

‘The green eyed monster’ means . . . . . .

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hatred hatred
love love
live live
jealousy jealousy

P is younger than Q by 15 years. R is older than P by 8 years. S is younger than Q by 10 years. If R is 35 years old, how old is S?

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32 32
33 33
31 31
34 34

FISH : SWIM :: BIRD : ?

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Nest Nest
Feather Feather
Chirp Chirp
Fly Fly

The smallest composite number is:

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4 4
2 2
3 3
5 5

2 square roots of unity are:

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1, −1 1, −1
1, ω 1, ω
1, −ω 1, −ω
ω and ω² ω and ω²

Directions : Each of the following question consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument. Statement : Should internal assessment in colleges be abolished? Arguments : I. Yes. This will help in reducing the possibility of favouritism. II. No, teaching faculty will lose control over students.

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Only argument I is strong Only argument I is strong
Only argument II is strong Only argument II is strong
Either I or II is strong Either I or II is strong
Neither I nor II is strong Neither I nor II is strong
Both I and II are strong Both I and II are strong

A cistern can be filled by pipe A in \$12$ hours and by pipe B in \$18$ hours. Both pipes are opened together but pipe A is closed after \$4$ hours. In how many more hours will the cistern be filled?

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7 hours 7 hours
8 hours 8 hours
9 hours 9 hours
10 hours 10 hours

Choose analogous pair: Intelligensia : Elitist

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Commonality : Common class Commonality : Common class
Gentry : Public Gentry : Public
Rabble : Plebeian Rabble : Plebeian
Outer shell : Sea shell Outer shell : Sea shell

The antonym of 'Clean' is:

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Dirty Dirty
Pure Pure
Neat Neat
Tidy Tidy

What does mean by idiom ‘To kill a mockingbird’?

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Destroy one’s innocence Destroy one’s innocence
To kill one who copies To kill one who copies
Hit a man with a pebble Hit a man with a pebble
Eradication of moral values Eradication of moral values

(6 – 2 * 3 + 6) / (2 + 6 * 3 – 4) = _____________?

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9/8 9/8
3/10 3/10
3/5 3/5
3/8 3/8

If the simple interest on a certain sum of money after 3 1⁄8 years is 1⁄4 of the principal, what is the rate of interest per annum?

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6% 6%
4% 4%
8% 8%
12% 12%

Synonym of Nostalgia is ____________?

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Reminiscence Reminiscence
Apathy Apathy
Homesickness Homesickness
Wistfulness Wistfulness

If $a = 3$ and $b = 4$, find $a + b$

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6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence. 1. Yarn 2. Plant 3. Saree 4. Cotton 5. Cloth

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2, 4, 5, 1, 3 2, 4, 5, 1, 3
2, 4, 3, 5, 1 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
2, 4, 1, 5, 3 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
2, 4, 5, 3, 1 2, 4, 5, 3, 1

The least number which should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5, 6, 4 and 3 is:

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3 3
13 13
23 23
33 33

Open to injury or Criticism :

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Invincible Invincible
Vulnerable Vulnerable
Naive Naive
Sensitive Sensitive

A sum at 8% CI becomes \$11664 in 2 years. What was the sum?

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\$10000 \$10000
\$10200 \$10200
\$10500 \$10500
\$9800 \$9800

Choose analogous pair: Iodine : Goitre

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Insulin : Diabetes Insulin : Diabetes
Mango : Anaemia Mango : Anaemia
Hormones : Haemophilia Hormones : Haemophilia
Fat : Obesity Fat : Obesity

Antonym of felicitous is___________?

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inopportune inopportune
devout devout
lavish lavish
miser miser

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. You ______ always _______ your things. Put them into their bag.

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are/losing are/losing
are/lost are/lost
have/lost have/lost
shall/have been losing shall/have been losing

Obey : Defy :: Work : ?

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Lazy Lazy
Rest Rest
Idle Idle
Labour Labour

Igloos : Canada : : Rondavels : ___________?

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Africa Africa
Rangoon Rangoon
Russia Russia
Indonesia Indonesia

A man can row upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, and then find the speed of the man in still water?

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60 kmph 60 kmph
10 kmph 10 kmph
30 kmph 30 kmph
5 kmph 5 kmph

One term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term. 121, 143, 165, 186, 209

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143 143
165 165
186 186
209 209

In a certain code, VISHWANATHAN is written as NAAWTHHSANIV. How is KARUNAKARANA written in that code?

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AKNUARRANKA AKNUARRANKA
KAANRAURNAAK KAANRAURNAAK
NKKRANKRAUK NKKRANKRAUK
RURNKAAUNAK RURNKAAUNAK

In a class of 72 students, Ravi is 24th from the top. After 6 students ahead of him leave, what is his new rank?

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17 17
19 19
18 18
20 20

The murder of Brother:

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Homicide Homicide
Regicide Regicide
Fratricide Fratricide
Suicide Suicide

Glucose : Carbohydrate : : Soyabean : ____________?

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Proteins Proteins
Vitamins Vitamins
Minerals Minerals
Legumes Legumes

Calculate SI on \$500 at 5% for 2 years

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\$40 \$40
\$50 \$50
\$60 \$60
\$55 \$55

If p th , q th and r th terms of an AP are a, b, c respectively, then a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c(p – q) =

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A) 0 A) 0
B) a + b + c B) a + b + c
C) p + q + r C) p + q + r
D) pqr D) pqr

A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 3 years. Had it been put at 2% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs 360 more. Find the sum.

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Rs.4000 Rs.4000
Rs.9000 Rs.9000
Rs.5000 Rs.5000
Rs.6000 Rs.6000

I ___ my homework yesterday.

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do do
doing doing
did did
have done have done

PERSPICACIOUS : INSIGHT :: SAGACIOUS : ?

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Wisdom Wisdom
Intelligence Intelligence
Smart Smart
Knowledge Knowledge

Assertion (A) When you raise a number to the power of zero, the result is always zero. Reason (R) Any number raised to the power of zero equals one.

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A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is false but R is true. C) A is false but R is true.
D) A is true but R is false. D) A is true but R is false.

The method to derive a quadratic formula is:

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completing square method completing square method
factorization method factorization method
synthetic method synthetic method
using formula method using formula method

A person invests $₹12000$ partly at \$10\%$ and partly at \$12\%$ simple interest per annum. If the total interest after \$1$ year is $₹1280$, find the amount invested at \$10\%$.

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₹6000 ₹6000
₹7000 ₹7000
₹8000 ₹8000
₹9000 ₹9000

Radha moves towards South-East a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 km. From here she moves towards North-West a distance of 7 km and finally she moves a distance of 4 km towards east. How far is she now from the starting point?

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3 km 3 km
4 km 4 km
10 km 10 km
11 km 11 km

If $\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 1+a^{2} x & \left(1+b^{2}\right) x & \left(1+c^{2}\right) x \\ \left(1+a^{2}\right) x & 1+b^{2} x & \left(1+c^{2}\right) x \\ \left(1+a^{2}\right) x & \left(1+B^{2}\right) x & 1+c^{2} x \end{array}\right|$, then f(x) is apolynomial of degree

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A) 2 A) 2
B) 3 B) 3
C) 0 C) 0
D) 1 D) 1

Question : What time did the train leave today ? Statements : I. The train normally leaves on time. II. The scheduled departure is at 14 : 30.

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I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
Either I or II is sufficient Either I or II is sufficient
Neither I nor II is sufficient Neither I nor II is sufficient
Both I and II are sufficient Both I and II are sufficient

You must look into this matter.

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This matter has been looked into by you.
This matter may be looked into by you. This matter may be looked into by you.
This matter should be looked into by you.
This matter into looked by you. This matter into looked by you.

Naphthalene : Coal tar : : Dyes : ___________?

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Petroleum Petroleum
Oils Oils
Chemicals Chemicals
Carbon Carbon

A train travels at \$80$ km/h for the first $2$ hours and \$100$ km/h for the next $3$ hours. Find the average speed for the entire journey.

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88 km/h 88 km/h
90 km/h 90 km/h
94 km/h 94 km/h
92 km/h 92 km/h

Find the unrelated one

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Comma Comma
Period Period
Capital Capital
Semicolon Semicolon

The use of Boolean algebra is ____________.

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in building the algebraic functions. in building the algebraic functions.
in building logic symbols. in building logic symbols.
in circuit theory. in circuit theory.
in designing the digital computers. in designing the digital computers.

Synonym of sacrosanct is __________?

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Prayer Prayer
violent violent
sacred sacred
Loud Loud

Find the roots of the quadratic equation: x2 + 2x – 15 = 0?

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-5, 3 -5, 3
3, 5 3, 5
-3, 5 -3, 5
-3, -5 -3, -5

It would P : appear from his statement Q : about the policy of management R : in dealing with the strike S : that he was quite in the dark The Proper sequence should be:

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RPSQ RPSQ
PSQR PSQR
RQPS RQPS
PRQS PRQS

Complete: 16, 33, 67, 135, 271, ?

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540 540
543 543
550 550
560 560

Tungsten is related to Filament in the same way as Bronze is related to?

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Copper Copper
Ships Ships
Tin Tin
Ornaments Ornaments

CONTENTMENT :

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Craftiness Craftiness
Satisfaction Satisfaction
Idleness Idleness
Craving Craving

Statements: All water is divine. All temples are divine. Conclusions: All water is temple. All temples are water.

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Only conclusion I follows Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

A sum becomes \$2662 in 2 years and \$2928.20 in 3 years at CI. Find the sum?

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\$2100 \$2100
\$2150 \$2150
\$2200 \$2200
\$2250 \$2250

S1: Satyajit Ray made several films for children. P : Later film makers have followed his lead. Q : Today other nations are making the children's film in a big way. R : This was at a time when no director considered children as potential audience. S : Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the field. S6: But today few think of Ray as a maker of children's films. The Proper sequence should be:

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PSRQ PSRQ
RSQP RSQP
RSPQ RSPQ
SQRP SQRP

The average surface temperature of earth . . . . . . . . more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900.

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has increased has increased
is increasing is increasing
had increased had increased
is going to increase is going to increase
ha's been increasing ha's been increasing

Considering the inequality, the (8)² is:

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< (-5)² < (-5)²
< (-4)² < (-4)²
< (-6)² < (-6)²
< (-9)² < (-9)²

Will . . . . . . . . dog bite?

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a a
an an
the the
none of the above none of the above

“Beating a dead horse” means ________?

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To uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution
An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature.
To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting

What does the word “florid” imply?

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A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
Lucky; occurring by happy chance Lucky; occurring by happy chance
Elaborately or excessively ornamented Elaborately or excessively ornamented

Which word describes someone who is “habitually complaining”?

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Rancorous Rancorous
Reclusive Reclusive
Querulous Querulous
Pretentious Pretentious

Mother's age is 3 times daughter's age. 12 years ago, mother was 5 times as old as daughter. Find mother's present age.

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66 years 66 years
70 years 70 years
72 years 72 years
75 years 75 years

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