ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 29th)
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1. If a/b @ c = (a/b) / c then (7/3) @ 4 =?
2. Col A: 100! / 99!
Col B: (100! – 99!) / 98!
3. Given three points a, b, c. If a, b lie on the same line and if all these three points are at same distance between each other, then
A. None of the points lie on the same plane.
B. Only one point lies on the plane.
C. Two points lie on the plane.
D. More than two points lie on the plane.
E. None of the above.
4. Given a series -9, 10, -11, 12, -13. . . . . . . . . . .80
Col A: sum of first 27 numbers
Col B: -22
5. If 100 < Y
Col A: 2y
Col B: 400
6.
As in above figure a, b and c are three angles & it is given that RQ is parallel to NO and PQ is parallel to MN.
Col A: a
Col B: b+c
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 28th)
1. If N is an odd and negative integer and it is a product of ten different integers.
Col A: no. of odd integers used in the product to get N
Col B: no. of negative integers used in the product to get N
2. Given a figure of combination of two triangles, in which first triangle contains 90, x, y degree angles and second triangle contains 90, z, w degrees. Which of the following conditions must be true?
I. x - w = z - y
II. x + y = w
III. z = 90 - w
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
& so on....
3. Given a sequence -9, 10, -11, 12, -13, 14, -15..... Find the sum of first 40 integers in sequence?
4. If n > 1 then
Col A: (-1)^(4n-3)
Col B: (-1)^(4n-2)
5.
If all the seven circles are shaded like above then what is the area of unshaded region?
6. The standard deviation of the series 3, 7, 9, 13, 17 is?
7. Col A: 77!/78!
Col B: 87!/88!
8. If 2^n > 10^15n then which of the following options satisfies the condition
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 75
9. If x, y are the prime numbers greater than 10, then which of following must be even?
A. (x^2)*(y^2)
B. x^2 + x*y
C. 2*x*y + x
& so on....
10. Given a line in xy-plane with slope k = -3 & the points are (2, k), (-3, m)
Col A: k-m
Col B: -15
11. The approximate value of ((61.16)(.98)^2)/sqrt(401) is
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
12. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
Col B: 1.0002/1.0001
13. There is a junior and senior team who has taken tests. The average of junior team members who have taken tests are 88 and the average of senior team members is 92
Col A: the average of senior and junior team
Col B: 90
14. When a number is divided by 12, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder when the square of that number is divided by 8?
15. If the selling price of a product is 25% lesser than its list price and 40% greater than its cost price, then what is the list price of the product if the cost price = 30 ?
16. Last year, 1/4 of factory workers are architects. One year ago 60 workers newly joined in which 50 are architects and no one left the factory since last year and if now 1/3 of factory workers are architects then find the total number of workers?
17. When 'w' is divided by 14, the remainder is zero. If 'w' is three lesser than it value and when divided by 15, its remainder is 14. What is the value of 'w'?
18. If RST is isosceles triangle with RS = ST and P be a point on the side RT, then which of the following conditions must be true:
i) SP < ST
ii) SP < RT
iii)SP < PT
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 27th)
1.
If ‘D’ is the mid point of EC and if the area of circle is 4pi, then what is the area of the triangle ABC?
2. If l2x + 49l < 13 then
Col A: x^2
Col B: 9
3.
If the above polygon has all sides equal, then
Col A: AD
Col B: AF+FE
4. Given a line in xy-plane with slope k =-1/2 then
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: y-intercept
5. If the median of a seven number sequence is 2n+2 then find the Arithmetic mean of that sequence?
6. Col A: 100!/99!
Col B: (100! - 99!) / 98!
7. If x – y = 1 then
Col A: x^2 – y^2
Col B: 0
8.
As the shown in the figure, the diameter of the inner circle is 6ft and the difference in the radii of inner & outer circle is 1ft. Find the area of the shaded region?
9. Given that the room numbers of a floor are numbered from 101 to 550. If particular rooms are selected of numbers that start with 1, 2, 3 and lasts with 4, 5, 6 then in how many such ways the rooms can be selected?
(Given question is similar to this)
10.
Given area of the shaded region of the circle (whose centre is ‘o’) as some (XXX) value and asked to find the radius of the smaller circle?
11. A parallelogram diagram is given whose length is 9 and breath is 6 and the angle between the breadth and length is given as ‘x’ degrees (x degrees is greater than 90).
Col A: Area of the parallelogram
Col B: 50
12. Given 'k' and 'm' as two numbers whose LCM is 'km' & 'm' and 'n' are two numbers whose LCM is 'mn'. If k, m, n > 0 then
Col A: LCM of 'k' and 'n'
Col B: 'kn'
13. Given that the average salary of n employees is 32000, average salary of another different group of n-1 employees is 33000
Col A: The average salary of 2n-1 employees
Col B: 32500
14. A toy manufacturer company manufactures 20,000 toys and exports ¾ and 1/10 and donates some (xxx) value for charitable trust. Find the number of toys left in the company?
& Few more previous database questions……
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 26th)
1. A sequence is given from -8. . . . . .184 this sequence is got by adding 3 to the previous
Col A: n
Col B: 65
2. If 150 < y< 300 then
Col A: 2y
Col B: 400
3. If (63)^n is divisible by 3^16 then
Col A: n
Col B: 7
4. What is the value of {1 / (2 - sqrt3)} = ??
5.The approximate value of ((61.16)(.98)^2)/sqrt(401) is
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
6. If N = (-2)^x, where x is a negative integer and if 'm' is a number which is the difference between the highest possible value of N and the least possible value of N?
Col A: m
Col B: 3/4
7. Given a series -9, 10, -11, 12, -13. . . . . . . . . . .80
Col A: sum of first 27 numbers
Col B: -22
8. There are 35 females in a club having an average age of 'f', and there are 45 males in a club having an average age of 'm'. If 'f' is greater than 'm' then
Col A: Average age of all 80 members
Col B: (f+m)/2
9. (Root(28)/root(112) ) – (root(7)/root(112))
A. 1/16
B. 4/3
C. 1/4
10. There are rooms from 101 to 550 inclusive in which the starting rooms are numbered from 1, 2, 3 and the waiting rooms are numbered from 4,5,6. What is the probability that the rooms 4, 5, 6 will be choosed randomly?
11. If 1 < a < 2, 3 < b < 4, 5 < c < 6
Col A: ab/c
Col B: 1/6
12. If 2^n > 10^15n then which of the following options satisfies the condition
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 75
13. In the pack of plates, 1/3 of plates are damaged , 2/3 are cracked and 1/3 of them are damaged and cracked and 80 are not hampered then what is the number of total plates?
14. Given two triangles, one triangle inserted in another as above. The vertices of big triangle is ABC & smaller triangle i.e. the inner triangle is PQR such that AB//PQ and AC//PR. Given angle A is y degrees, angle R is z degrees & exterior angle of A is x degrees.
Col A: x
Col B: y+z
15. If the mean of 10, 20, x is equal to the median of 10, 20, x then what is the value of x?
16. If A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 belongs to a series such that An= n{[(-1)^n] -1}, then what will be the difference of the largest and the smallest term?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12
& Few previous database Questions.........
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 25th)
1.
If AB = BC, CI = IH & DE = EF then
Col A: Area of Rectangle GDEF
Col B: Sum of areas of Rectangle ABCD & CIHE
2. What is the closest integer to sqrt(171)?
3. If an = n { (-1)^n – 1)}, and a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 are the terms then what is the difference between greatest & least term?
4. No. of Members Least weight Range
20 members 100 29
21members 130 35
When two groups are joined, what is the median weight of the group?
5. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
Col B: 1.0002/1.0001
6. If (2x+7) < 13 then
Col A: x^2
Col B: 9
7.
If AC = x, then find the perimeter of the figure?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 22nd)
1. There is a junior and senior team who have taken tests. The average of junior team members who have taken tests are 88 and the average of senior team members is 92
Col A: the average of senior and junior team
Col B: 90
2. Given 0.61<0.79
Col A: square root(x)
Col B: 0.73
3. A toy manufturer company manufactures 20,000 toys and exports ¾ and 1/10 and donates some (xxx) value for charitable trust.
Find the number of toys left in the company?
4. There are rooms from 101 to 550 inclusive in which the starting rooms are numbered from 1, 2, 3 and the waiting rooms are numbered from 4,5,6. What is the probability that the rooms 4, 5, 6 will be choosed randomly?
5. One side of a triangle is given as 6 and the triangle is equilateral triangle & another triangle is joined with it whose side is 10
Col A: perimeter of polygon
Col B: 30
(Question is similar to this)
6. Given a line in xy plane with slope k = -1/2
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: y-intercept
7. If x < y then
Col A: x^2+x+1
Col B: y^2+y+1
8. Which of the following number is nearer to sqrt(171)?
A.12
B.13
C.14
D.15
E.16
9. When a number is divided by 12, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder when the square of that number is divided by 8?
10. The area of circle of radius 'r' is twice the the area of triangle then r in terms of h is?
11. Col A: 0.001^-1 + 0.999^-1
Col B: 0.002^-1 + 0.998^-1
12. If the selling price of a product is 25% lesser than its list price and 40% greater than its cost price, then what is the list price of the product if the cost price = 30 ?
A. 52
B. 53
C. 56
& so on.....
13. If x and y are prime numbers greater than 10 then which of the following is an even integer?
A. x^2+xy
B. x^y +2
C. xy +2
D. 2xy +xy
14. If z>1 & z(x+y+z) = zx+zy+z
Col A: z
Col B: 0
15. If x<2 & y<3
Col A: xy
Col B: 6
16. The average salary of n employees is 32000, average salary of another different group of n-1 employees is 33000
Col A: The average salary of 2n-1 employees
Col B: 32500
17. The range of 'p' numbers is 9.5 and the range for 'q' numbers is 21.5, what is the least range value when p and q are combined together?
18. A series was given as 1, -3, 5,-7 ,9,-11,13............ In this series odd numbers are negative integers. Find the sum of first 25 numbers in the series?
19. If n is an integer then
Col A: (-1)^6n+9
Col B: (-1)^2n-1
20. A trapezoid is given whose area is 12, length of it is given as 6 & height of it is given as 3. Find the perimeter of trapezoid?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 21st)
1. Given Perimeter of a parallelogram ABCD as 360 units
Col A: Length of diagonal AC
Col B: 9*root(2)
2. Which of the following lines has maximum slope?
A. y - x/4 = 5
B. y - x/2 = -1
C. y + x = 10
D. y + 3x/2 = 4
E. y + x/2 = -3
3. If n is divided by 24, the remainder is 21. Which of the following is the divisor of n?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
4. Given that a machine P completes a certain amount of work in 12hrs and machine Q completes the same amount of work individually in x hrs. If both machines work together they complete the same amount of work in 8hrs then what is x?
5. Col A: 0.001^-1 + 0.999^-1
Col B: 0.002^-1 + 0.998^-1
6. If k>0 and if x = k^3 & y = k^2 then
Col A: x^6
Col B: y^9
7. Given S = 7^0 + 7^1 + 7^2 .....7^20. If r is remainder when S is divided by 14, then
Col A: r
Col B: 1
8. If (x-y)^2 = 16 & y = 2 then
Col A: x
Col B: 2
9. Last year, 1/4 of factory workers are architects. one year ago 60 workers newly joined in which 50 are architects and no one left the factory since last year and if now 1/3 of factory workers are architects then find the total number of workers?
10. Given ax+by+c= 0
i. If a,c both are positive, then x intercept is negative
ii. If a, b both are positive, then y intercept is positive
iii. If b,c both negative, then y intercept is positive
which of the above conditions satisfy?
A. Only i
B. Only ii
C. Both i and ii
D. All i, ii, iii
(Question is similar to this)
11. If ax+by+c = 0 & if a,b > 0
Col A: slope
Col B: 0
12. A person A completes a work at a steady rate in 12 mins and another person B completes the work with varying rates. If both work together they finish the job in 8 mins. Find the rate at which B works?
A. 3
B. 6
C.10
D. 21
E. 24
13. There are 35 females in a club having average of their age as 'f' and there are 45 males in a club having average of their age as 'm'. If 'f' is greater than 'm', then
Col A: Average age of all 80 members
col b: (f+m)/2
14. Given A= {Set of odd integers less than 100}
B= {Set of positive even integers less than 5}
C= {Set which include product of both sets A and B}
Col A: number of integers in set C
Col B: 100
15. Col A: 0.999/0.998
Col B: 1.002/1.001
16. If x, y, z are positive integers and if 3x = 4y = 10z, then what is the least possible value of z?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 9
D. 6
E. Cannot be determined
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 20th)
1. If 2^n < 10^15, then how many of the following numbers can take the place of n?
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 75
2. When 'w' is divided by 14, the remainder is zero. If 'w' is three lesser than it value and when divided by 15, its remainder is 14. What is the value of 'w'?
3. If the selling price of a product is 25% lesser than its list price and 40% greater than its cost price, then what is the list price of the product if the cost price = 30 ?
A. 52
B. 53
C. 56
& so on.....
4. Given N = (-2)^x, where x is a negative integer. If 'm' is the difference between the highest possible value of 'N' and the least possible value of 'N'?
Col A: m
Col B: 3/4
5. Col A: (1/.001)+1/.999
Col B: (1/.002)+1/.998
6. Given that 'r' and 's' are two integers between 650 and 690. If x is the difference between the digit at tenth position of 'r' and the digit at tenth position of s, then
Col A: x
Col B: 2
7. If the standard deviation of 'p' number of people is 21.5 and standard deviation of 'q' number of people is 9, then what is that least possible standard deviation value when both p and q are added?
8. If z>0, w>0 then
Col A: w^4+z^2
Col B: z^2+w
9. If 100 < y < 300 then
Col A: 2y
Col B: 400
10.
Given a figure like above i.e. the diameter of the semicircle as the third side of a triangle and the angle opposite to it is as 60 and other two sides of the triangle as equal. If the circumference of the above semicircle is 50pi then what is the perimeter of a triangle?
11. Given a list of 5 integers with the mode & median of the list as 4 and 7. If the average of the greatest integer and the second greatest integer of the list is 20 then what is the total average of the list of numbers?
12. Given a point (a, b) which lies below x-axis and left of y-axis then
Col A: a
Col B: b
13. Given 'k' is an odd integer greater than 100 and if it is a multiple of 'd' other than k itself.
Col A: d
Col B: k/2
14. Given a series -9, 10, -11, 12, -13..... 80.
Col A: sum of first 27 numbers
Col B: -22
15. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5200
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
16. Col A: 100!/99!
Col B: (100! - 99!) / 98!
17.
If AD= x, then find the perimeter of triangle ABC?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 19th)
1.
If the diameter of inner circle is equal to radius of outer circle, find the area of the shaded region?
2. Col A: 13 - 2(square root of 7)(square root of 5)
Col B: 0
3. If (x+5)^2-(y-3)^2 =0 & x+y=2 then
Col A: x-y
Col B: 0
4. What is the perfect number close to square root of 171?
a.13
b.14
c.9
d.25
e.75
5. Given five numbers x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 whose average is S and three more numbers are given y1, y2, y3 whose average is R. What is the total average of x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, y1, y2 and y3?
A. 5S+3R/8
B. S/8
C. R/8
D. S+R/8
E. 3S+5R/8
6. Col A: (-2)^-3
Col B: (-4)^-3
7. Given series x, 2x+2, 3x+4, 4x+6, 5x+8 where x is a positive number
Col A: Mean of the above series
Col B: Median of the above series
8. A parallelogram diagram is given whose length is 9 and breath is 6 and the angle between the breadth and length is given as ‘x’ degrees (x degrees is greater than 90).
Col A: Area of the parallelogram
Col B: 50
9. Area of city A which lies in city B is 20% of the area of city B not in town A.
Col A: the percent of city A within city B
Col B: 18%
10. Given 'k' and 'm' as two numbers whose LCM is 'km' & 'm' and 'n' are two numbers whose LCM is 'mn'. If k, m, n > 0
Col A: LCM of 'k' and 'n'
Col B: 'kn'
11. Given range of 'n' numbers as 9.5 and the range of 'q' numbers as 21.5. If the two lists are combined then range of (n+q) numbers? (It is also given that the numbers in the two lists are different and in increasing order)
12. Given that the number of architects in an organization is 1/4 of the total and the organization hired 60 more persons of which 50 are architects and after which the ratio of architects increased from 1/4 to 1/3. Find the number of people in the organization if none of them have gone out of the organization?
13. A right angled triangle ABC is given whose sides have been extended to form three squares.
Col A: Area of square formed by hypotenuse.
Col B: sum of areas of squares formed by other two sides
14. If an amount of 40,000 is split and invested, one portion at 4.5% and the remaining at 6% and if the cumulative interest at the end of 1 year is 1890(not sure) then
Col A: Interest yielded by the portion with 4.5%
Col B: xxx (some number)
15. There are 'x' boxes and the balls are arranged in such a way that no ball is remained. If the number of boxes is reduced by 3 and if 12 balls are arranged in them, then 5 balls are left behind. What is the original number of boxes 'x'?
A. 8
B.14
C.26
D.31
E.34
16. If s=(1,2,3,4,5) &T=(1,2,3,4,5)& if 'P' is a product of 'S' and 'T' how many such values are possible for 'T'?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 18th)
1. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
Col B: 1.0002/1.0003
2. There are 5 terms in a series a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 and an is given as an = n {(-1)^n -1}. Find the difference between the greatest and smallest term?
3. If an amount of 2000$ is given for annual interest at 'r'% rate and if 150$ is received as an interest for 1 year then find the value of r?
4. Given set S = {1,2,3,4,5} and T = {1,2,3,6,8}, let any element chosen from set S be 's' and any element chosen from set T be 't' and if s*t = n. Then in how many answers are possible for n?
5. Given (s-t)^2 = 16 where t=2
Col A: s
Col B: 6
6. The approximate value of ((61.16)(0.98)^2)/sqrt(401) is
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
7. Given that the lines k and m pass through point (1, 1). If the slope of k is less than that of m & if k passes through (0, a) and m passes through (0, b), then
Col A: a
Col B: b
8. Col A: (0.001)^-10
Col B: 1/(10)^-30
9. If the standard deviation of 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 & 33 is x, then what is the standard deviation of 221, 222, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229 & 233?
10. These are scores of a student in two tests for which 1000 students appeared in each test. Mean Score student's score percentile
Test 1: -- 250 400 90th
Test 2: -- 200 360 xth
11. What is the remainder of (7^0 + 7^1 + 7^2 + 7^3 + + 7^20)/14?
12. Given A= {Set of odd integers less than 100}
B= {Set of positive even integers less than 5}
C= {Set which include product of both sets A and B}
Col A: number of integers in set C
Col B: 100
13. If x and y are prime numbers greater than 10 then which of the following is an even integer?
A. x^2*y2
B. x^y +2
C. xy +2
D. 2xy +xy
14. If there are 33 balls arranged in 7 boxes which of the following is true.
(i) At least one box has more than 5
(ii) There are more than one boxes with 4
(iii) There is at least one box empty
A. I only
B. ii only
C. i and ii
D. i and iii
E. None
15. Given (x+5)^2 - (y-3)^2 = 0 & x+y = 2
Col A: x-y
Col B: 0
16. The area of town A which lies in city B is 20% of the area of city B not in town A
Col A: Ratio of area of A to that of B
Col B: 18%
17. Given a series x, 2x+2, 3x+4, 4x+6 & 5x+8
Col A: Mean of above series
Col B: Median of above series.
18.
Given a figure like above (triangle inscribed in the circle) such that height = radius and base is twice the radius. If the area of the triangle is given as 60 then what is area of the circle?
19. If RST is isosceles triangle with RS = ST, and P be a point on the side RT, then which of the following conditions must be true:
i) SP < ST
ii) SP < RP
iii)ST>RP
20. A quadrilateral was given with sides 3, 5 and 8 and y (some value greater than 10). Find the range of the diagonal?
A. 3 < x < 8
B. 4 < x < 8
& so on.......
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 14th)
1. If x, y, z, u, v, w, t are non-zero numbers then what are the possibilites for the terms not being zero if xyz = uvwt?
2. Perimeter of a parallelogram is given as 360
Col A: length of diagnal
Col B: some value like root 9 *27
3. A cylindrical mould having height 12ft, filled to half of its capacity which is equal to 96pie. Find circumferential area?
4. A series was given as 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14..... In this series odd numbers are negative integers.
Col A: Sum of first 27 integers in series
Col B: -22
5. Which of the following lines has maximum slope?
A. y - x/4 = 5
B. y - x/2 = 10
C. y + 3x = 10
D. y + 3x/2 = ...
E. y + x/2 = ...
6. Given a line passing through origin at 50 degree to horizontal and a point P(r,s) on the line, then
Col A : r
Col B : s
7. If n is divided by 24, the remainder is 21. Which of the following is the divisor of n?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 9
E. 10
8. Given N = (-2)^x where x is a negative integer. If 'm' is the difference between the highest possible value of N and the least possible value of N?
col A: m
col B: 3/4
9. A person A completes a work at a steady rate in 12 mins and another person B completes the work with varying rates. If both work together they finish the job in 8 mins. Find the rate at which B works?
A. 3
B. 6
C.10
D. 21
E. 24
10. Given 'k' is an odd integer greater than 100 and if it is a multiple of 'd' other than k itself.
Col A: d
Col B: k/2
11. If 27 < x^3 < 125 then
Col A: x
Col B: 4
12. Given a series -9,10, -11,12, -13...........80.
Col A: sum of first 27 numbers
Col B: -22
13. There are 35 females in a club having average of their age as 'f' and there are 45 males in a club having average of their age as 'm'. If 'f' is greater than 'm', then
Col A: Average age of all 80 members
col b: (f+m)/2
14. Given a cylindrical-can which can be filled up to a capacity of 3cubic.feet.
Hint: 1 yard = 3 feet
Col A: The Amount of liquid where 100 such cans carry in cubic.yard
Col B: 13cubic.yard
15. Given A= {Set of odd integers less than 100}
B= {Set of positive even integers less than 5}
C= {Set which include product of both sets A and B}
Col A: number of integers in set C
Col B: 100
16. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5200
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
17. Col A: 100!/99!
Col B: (100! - 99!) / 98!
18. If 6^n is multiple of 24 then what is the least value of n?
19. If x-y = 1 then
Col A: x^2 - y^2
Col B: 0
20. (Root(28)/root(112) ) – (root(7)/root(112)) =
A.1/16
B. 4/3
……. so on........
& Few previous database Questions.....
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 13th)
1. If 1 < xy < 4 and 1 < y < 2, then
Col A: x
Col B: y
2. If the speed of a vehicle is x/6 miles for 'y'secs then the speed for Z miles is?
3. A set contains 2 numbers and all the intergers in the set are multiples of an interger M . If the highest integer in the set is 250, then
Col A: m
Col B: 5
4. Given Set A = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9} & Set B = {26, 27, 28, 29, 30}. If one element is chosen from Set A say 'X' and one from Set B say 'Y' then how many different values of x+y are possible?
5. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
COlB: 1.0002/1.0003
6. If x and y are prime numbers greater than 10 then which of the following is an even integer?
A. x^2*y2
B. x^y +2
C. xy +2
D. 2xy +xy
7. When x is divided by 12, it gives a remainder of 5. So what is the remainder if x^2 is divided by 9?
8. Col A: (1/.001)+1/.999
Col B: (1/.002)+1/.998
9. Col A: (-2)^-3
Col B: (-4)^-3
10. If x and y are prime numbers greater than 10 which of the following is an even integer
A. x^2*y2
B. x^y +2
C. xy +2
D. 2xy +xy
11. If there are 33 balls arranged in 7 boxes which of th following is true.
(i) at laest one box has more than 5
(ii) there are more than one boxes with 4
(iii) there is atlest one box empty
A. I only
B. ii only
C. i and ii
D. i and iii
12. There are 5 terms in a series a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 and an is given as an = n{(-1)^n -1}. Find the difference between the greatest and smallest term?
13. If an amount of 2000$ is given for annual interest at 'r'% rate and if 150$ is received as an interest for 1 year then find the value of r?
14. If (9)^2x * 3^y = 81^y then find x in terms of y?
15. If S = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) & T = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and if 'P' is a product of 'S' and 'T' then how many values of 'P' are possible?
& Few Previous Database Questions
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 12th)
1. If the ratio of length, breadth and height of a rectangular box is 1:2:3 and if the total surface area of the box is 550 then what is the volume of the box?
2. If 2 < xy < 4 and 1 < y <2 then
Col A: x
Col B: 2
3. Given a cylindrical-can which can be filled up to a capacity of 3cubic.feet.
Hint: 1 yard = 3 feet
Col A: The Amount of liquid where 100 such cans carry in cubic.yard
Col B: 13cubic.yard
4. A person is supposed to collect 3 out of 5 accessories & 4 out of 5 accessories. How many such combinations can he come out of this?
5. Col A: (5^20-5^19)/20
Col B: 5^18
6. If 1 < a < 2 < b < 3 < c < 4
Col A: ab/c
Col B: 3
7. If An = [(-1)^(2n-1)] *(2n-1) then find the sum of 25 terms?
8.
Given two triangles, one triangle inserted in another as above. The vertices of big triangle is ABC & smaller triangle i.e. the inner triangle is PQR such that AB//PQ and AC//PR. Given angle A is y degrees, angle R is z degrees & exterior angle of A is x degrees.
Col A: x
Col B: y+z
9. If n is an integer
Col A: (-1)^6n+9
Col B: (-1)^2n+3
10. If 1/3 of n is 5 less than 2/5 of n then what is the value of n?
11. When n is divided by 24 it gives a remainder of 21 then what is the divisor?
A.3
B.5
C.7
& so on....
12. Given Set A = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9} & Set B = {26, 27, 28, 29, 30}
If one element is chosen from Set A say 'X' and one from Set B say 'Y' then how many different values of x+y are possible?
13. Given A= {Set of odd integers less than 100}
B= {Set of even integers less than 5}
C= {Set which include product of both sets A and B}
Col A: number of integers in set C
Col B: 100
14.
Given the ratio of the areas of the (above) two circles as 2:1. If the area of the bigger circle is “pi” then what is the distance between their centers (or what is the length of the line joining their centers)?
15. If Average of a, b, c, -5, -15 is 's' and average of a, b, c, 5, 15 is 't' then what is the value of (s-t)?
16. Given a line in xy plane with slope k = -1/2
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: y-intercept
17.
If all the seven circles are shaded like above then what is the area of unshaded region?
18. If the median of a seven number sequence is 2n+2 then find the Arithmetic mean of that sequence?
19.
What is the perimeter of the figure?
20. Given (s-t)^2 = 16 where t=2
Col A: s
Col B: 6
21. Given (x+5)^2 - (y-3)^2 = 0 & x+y = 2
Col A: x-y
Col B: 0
22. Given that r and s are two integers between 650 and 690. If x is the difference between the digit at tenth position of r and tenth position of s then
Col A: x
Col B: 2
23. If the sum of digits of a two digit number xy is 6 more than the difference between the digit at tenth place and unit digit then find the value of y?
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. Cannot be determined
24. The approximate value of ((61.16)(.98)^2)/sqrt(401) is
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
25. Given that the lines k and m pass through point (1, 1). If the slope of k is less than that of m & if k passes through (0, a) and m passes through (0, b), then
Col A: a
Col B: b
26. The area of town A which lies in city B is 20% of the area of city B not in town A
Col A: Ratio of area of A to that of B
Col B: 18/1
27. In a class of certain number of students, if 1/2 of the students takes math’s as their major, 2/3 takes physics as their major & 1/3 takes both math’s and physics as their majors and if 80 students didn't take any of math’s or physics subjects as their major then what is the total number of students in the class?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 11th)
1.
What is the value of x?
2. How many of the following 2, 4, l-8l, sqrt(19) & 8 have their square 4 more than the multiples of 5?
3. Col A: (0.001)^-10
Col B: 1/(10)^-10
4. Given a table with some variables as ‘u’, ‘v’, ‘r’, ‘s’ & ‘t’ whose product is even and also it is given that product of ‘uvrs’ & ‘uvr’ as even and product of ‘rs’ as odd. Which of the following options cannot be odd?
A. R
B. s
C. t
D. u
E. v
5. Given six variables arithmetic mean as 80 and given first 3 has an average of 60 then asked to find
Col A: How many numbers of the last 3 numbers can be greater than 80
Col B: 3
(Question might be given like this)
6. If x*y = y/1/x then
Col A: 4*4/3
Col B: 3/4*4
7. If (ab)^6 = b^-4*c^-8 then
Col A: (ab)^9
Col B: (b^-2*c^-4)^3
8. If n is positive integer greater than 0 then
Col A: The unit place of 156^n
Col B: The unit place of 165^n
9. Given x < y & p < r < t. If these 5 numbers are placed in ascending order from left to right, which cannot be placed in second place?
A. x
B. y
C. p
D. t
E. r
10. There is a semi circle and person A takes 2min to walk around the semicircle path, and B takes 1 minute to walk along the diameter
CoL A: Average speed of A
CoL B: Average speed of B
11. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5200
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
12. Col A: 100!/99!
Col B: (100! - 99!) / 98!
13. What was the remainder, when 1+7+49 is divided by 14?
14. If 2^n > 10^15n then which of the following options satisfies the condition
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 75
15. A circle represents 600$ and asked to find how much angle will make 120$
16.
What is the possible range of x?
A. 3 < x < 7
& so on…….
17.
Find the values of (a,b) in terms of k, x & y?
18. If 1 < a < 2, 3 < b < 4, 5 < c < 6
Col A: ab/c
Col B: 1/6
19. If n>0
Col A: 1/9 of n
Col B: 11% of n
20. Given integers from -8 to 184 such that each next number exceeds the previous by 3, if ‘n’ is number of integers in the sequence then
Col A: n
Col B: 65
21. If 2^x+y - 2^x-y = 0, find y?
22. If 20% of houses in US are at NE. 35% of the houses in NE were occupied by rentals. What % of houses US were in NE and occupied by rentals?
23. If 6^n is multiple of 24 then what is the least value of n?
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 8th)
1. Given Set A = {5,6,7,8,9} &
Set B = {26,27,28,29,30}
If one element is choosen from A say 'X' and one from B say 'Y' then how many different values of x+y are possible?
2. Col A: 100!/99!
Col B: (100! - 99!) / 98!
3. Given three points A B and C are lying on a circle such that BC is the diameter and BC=20 while AB = 10 then angle B = ?
A. 0
B. 30
C. 45
D. 60
E. 90
4. If N and M are the multiple of 2 which are not divisible by 4 then what will be the reminder when N + M will be divided by 4
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
5. Given a series x, 2x+2, 3x+4, 4x+6 & 5x+8
Col A: Mean of above series
Col B: Median of above series.
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 7th)
1. If standard deviation of 'p' number of people is 21.5 and standard deviation of 'q' number of people is 9 then what is that least possible standard deviation value when both p and q are added?
2. If p1 = {2,3,4,5,6} and p2 = {11,12,13,14,15} then how many unique answers are possible for p1+p2?
3. Given perimeter of circle as 8pie. If the area of a square is equal to area of this circle. Find the side of the square?
4. How many of the following 2, 4, -7, sqrt(19) & 8 have their square 4 more than the multiples of 5?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
5. If A1, A2, A3, A4 & A5 belongs to a series such that An= n{(-1)^n -1}, then what will be the difference of the largest and the smallest term?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12
6. If R1 = -3,-2,-1
R2 = 1, 2, 3 &
R3 = -3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3
and if s1, s2 ans s3 are standard deviations of R1, R2 and R3 then which of the following is true?
i. s1 < s2
ii. s2 < 0
iii. s3=0
A. NONE
B. i only
C. ii only
D. iii only
E. all three
7. In a class of certain number of students, if 1/2 of the students takes maths as their major, 2/3 takes physics as their major & 1/3 takes both maths and physics as their majors and if 40 students didn't take any of maths or physics subjects as their major then what is the total number of students in the class?
8. If x < y then
Col A: x^2+x+1
Col B: y^2+y+1
9. Given A= { set of odd integers less than 100 }
B= { set of even integers less than 5 }
C= { set which include product of both sets A and B }
Col A: no.of integers in set C
Col B: 100
10. If Average of a, b, c, -5, -15 is 's' and average of a, b, c, 5, 15 is 't' then what is the value of (s-t)?
11. What is the remainder when (5^20) - (5^18) is divided by 4 ?
12. Given a line in xy plane with slope k = -1/2
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: y-intercept
13. There is a semi circle and person A takes 2min to walk around the semicircle path, and B takes 1 minute to walk along the diameter
CoL A: Average speed of A
CoL B: Average speed of B
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 6th)
1. What is the remainder of the following (7^0 + 7^1 + 7^2 + 7^3 + ........ + 7^23)/14 ?
2. If the standard deviation of 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 & 33 is x, then what is the standard deviation of 221, 222, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229 & 233?
3. Given set S = {1,2,3,4,5} and T = {1,2,3,6,8}, let any element chosen from set S be 's' and any element chosen from set T be 't' and let s*t = n. Then in how many answers are possible for n?
4. If y = kx-5 has a x intercept of -10/3, what is the value of k?
5. If x = - 8
Col A: 7X^2 + 3x
Col B: 7(-8)^2 + 3(-8)
6. {1 / (2 - sqrt3)} =
7. A vendor was selling an item at certain price then marked it down 20% for spring. During summer again he marked it down 20% from spring price. If the item is sold at the summer price what percent of the original price did he sell for?
8. A person went to market with a red and a green bag and bought 10 carrots & 6 radishes. On the way to home he distributed vegetables into the two bags in such a way that no bag is empty. In how many ways can he do ths?
9. In how many ways, the letters of the word POLLOLOP can be arranged?
10. If 60% children like cats, 70% like dogs and 80% like rabbits then exactly how many children like all three animals?
11. A figure was given, it had a rectangular box in which 16 cylindrical cans, each with radius of 1 inch are placed. If the cans touch adjacent cans and/or the walls of the box. Find the interior area of the bottom of the box?
12. If the rate of inflation was 1000% then what will be the cost of an article two years from now, which costs 6 units of currency now?
A. 666
B. 660
C. 720
D. 726
E. 730
13. At a soccer match, the contractor provided dinner for 24 persons, and fixed the price so as to gain 12.5% upon his total outlay. Three of the players being absent , the remaining 21 paid the fixed price for their dinner, and such the contractor lost one rupee.
What was the charge for the dinner?
14. There is a semi circle and person A takes 2min to walk around the semicircle path, and B takes 1 minute to walk along the diameter
CoL A: Average speed of A
CoL B: Average speed of B
15. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5200
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 5th)
1.
What is the area of shaded region?
2. Given -1 < x < 0
Col A: x^3
Col B: x^5
3. Given set A:{1,2,3,4,5} & set B:{2,3,4,5,6}, let any element chosen from set A be 'a' and any element chosen from set B be 'b' and let a*b = c. Then in how many answers are possible for c?
4. Given 125w + 25x + 5y + z = 264. Also if w, x, y & z are non-negative integers and less than 5, then the value of w + x + y + z is?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
5.
Given the diameter of the bigger circle is ‘D’. If the seven (equal) smaller circles are shaded as above then what is the area of unshaded region?
6. If (63)^n is divisible by 3^16 then
Col A: the value of n
Col B: 7
7. If 'N' is the number of two digit numbers that are not the divisible by 7 and 5, then the value of n is?
A. 61
B. 83
C. 75
D. 56
8. If x-y = 1 then
Col A: x^2 - y^2
Col B: 0
9. Given a sequence 8, -7, 6, -5, 4, ------------ 80. Find the sum of first 27 numbers?
10. If the median of a seven number sequence is 2n+2 then find the Arithmetic mean of that sequence?
11. If a number is divided by 24 and gives reminder as 21 then what is the divided of the following?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 3
D. 9
E. 21
12. Given x < y & p < r < t. If these 5 numbers are placed in ascending order from left to right, which cannot be placed in second place?
A. x
B. y
C. p
D. t
E. r
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 4th)
1. If n is positive integer greater than 0.
Col A: Unit digit of 156^n
Col B: Unit digit of 165^n
2. Given that a set A contains odd numbers less than 100, set B contains even numbers less than 5 & set C is formed by multiplying all the numbers of set A with set B.
Col A: set c
Col B: 100
3. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5200
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
4. There are 5 green balls, 3 black balls and 2 red balls in a box. If 2 balls are taken from it without replacement what is the probability that the selected balls are red?
5. Number of divisors of 72 which have 4 in its unit place
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
6. Col A: |10^-3|
Col B: |10^3|
7. Col A: Standard deviation of 29, 33, 35, 37, 39, 43
Col B: Standard deviation of 221, 225, 227, 229, 231, 235
8. Col A: Value of ((1/0.001)+(1/0.099))
Col B: Value of ((1/0.002)+(1/0.098))
9. Given the area of the secor as 5/4pie. Find the perimeter of the sector of the circle of angle 72degree?
10. Given a sequence from -8 . . . . . . 184 and this sequence is obtained by adding 3 to the previous number. If 'n' is the total number of numbers in the series then
Col A: n
Col B: 65
ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Aug 1st)
1.
If x + y > 90 then
Col A: AB
Col B: BC
2. Given two points in the coordinate system x(-2, 1) & y(1, 2) then asked to find the slope?
3.
Given two circles with radius 2m & 3m as above, if the distance between their centers is 20m then what is the least possible distance between the two circles?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
4. If (63)^n is divisible by 3^16 then
Col A: n
Col B: 7
5. If (ab)^6 = b^-4*c^-8
Col A: (ab)^9
Col B: (b^-2*c^-4)^3
6. If 150 < y< 300 then
Col A: 2y
Col B: 400
7. If xy>1 and x-y =1, then
Col A: x
Col B: y
8. If x - y = 1& x,y > 0 then
Col A: x^2 - y^2
Col B: 0
9. Given a sequence from -8 . . . . . . 184 and this sequence is obtained by adding 3 to the previous number. If 'n' is the total number of numbers in the series then
Col A: n
Col B: 65
10. There is a rectangular board in which width is 75% of length and the perimeter of the rectangle is given as 280. Find the diagonal length of the rectangle?
11. 5000+sqrt(6.894*7001.2) is approximate equal to
A. 5000
B. 5700
C. 6000
D. 6500
E. 7000
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
AUGUST VERBAL
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 29th)
1. Mind
2. Descendent
3. Surplus
4. Munificent
5. Parsimony
6. Conciseness
7. Aphorism
8. Recalcitrant
9. Choir
10. Pariah
11. Ostracize
12. Peripatetic
13. Evoke
14. Zesty
15. Testy
16. Nonconformity
17. Diaphanous
18. Plummet
19. Subpoena
20. Succinct
21. Extraneous
Analogies:
1. Choir: Singer
2. Conciseness: Aphorism
3. Pariah: Ostracize
Issue Topic:
1. Too much emphasis is given to role models. Instead, we must think independently and make our own decisions.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 28th)
1. Formidable
2. Veracious
3. Galvanize
4. Creep
5. Awe
6. Puerile
7. Barbiturate
8. Quandary
9. Delegation
10. Erudite
11. Latent
12. Saunter
13. Harangue
14. Molify
Analogies:
1. Formidable: awe
2. Saunter: walk
3. Harangue: mollify
Issue Topic:
1. Education is effective only when it is designed to meet the individual needs and interests of every Student.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 27th)
1. Evoke
2. Denigrate
3. Relegate
4. Recalcitrant
5. Venerate
6. Prolong
7. Summarize
8. Merge
9. Telling
10. Quaff
11. Coagulate
12. Laconic
13. Lubrication
14. Extol
Analogies:
1. Lubrication: Friction
2. Quaff: Sip
Issue Topic:
1. To be a good leader one must have his, own principles and objective. The person who is influenced by the views and opinions of the others, can accomplish only little.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 26th)
1. Diaphanous
2. Translucent
3. Prolong
4. Extrinsic
5. Strictures
6. Recalcitrant
8. Sordid
9. Archaic
10. Assiduous
11. Zealot
12. Vindictive
13. Incogitant
Analogies:
1. Incogitant: thoughtfulness
Issue Topic:
1. "Human mind is more superior than machine because afterall humans made all machine and tools."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 25th)
1.Sensitive
2.Supercilious
3.Serendipitous
4.Reel
5.Remote
6.Arcane
7.Antidote
8.Veto
9.Transience
Analogies:
1.Serendipitous: Effort
2.Antidote: Poison
3.Veto: Prohibitive
4.Analgesic: Pain
Issue Topic:
1.Students should develop skepticism rather than accepting the subjects passively.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 22nd)
1. Extricate
2. Zoning
3. Decentralization
4. Antique
5. Secrete
6. Extinct
7. Disclaim
8. Arcane
9. Remote
10. Anachronism
11. Barricade
12. Malleable
Analogies:
1. Barricade: traffic
2. Malleable: shape
3. Antidote: poison
4. Carpentry: Craft
5. Door: Wall
6. Porous: membrane
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 21st)
1. Supercilious
2. Extol
3. Reel
4. Flagging
5. Tendentious
6. Exacerbate
7. Fatuous
8. Antidote
9. Connive
Analogies:
1. Journal: Entries
2. Antidote: Poison
3. Connive: Cooperate
Issue Topic:
1. Humanity has not developed to a great extent like technological innovation. War, violence and poverty exists in the world. Technological progress has led to the decline in humanity.
Argument Topic:
1.This article appeared in the Health and beauty magazine. "A group of volunteers who were customers participated in an experiment for the new Luxcess Face Cream. The volunteers washed their face with soap daily in the morning and applied Luxcess Face cream. After a month most of the volunteers experienced a marked improvement in the way their skin looked or felt. Truly, Laxness is an excellent face cream".
(Given topics were similar to the above)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 20th)
1. Zenith
2. Nadir
3. Plummet
4. Assiduous
5. Ephemeral
6. Mordant
7. Extol
8. Qualified
9. Temerity
10. Acrimony
11. Precarious
12. Arcane
13. Crestfallen
14. Stygian
15. Cogent
16. Substantiate
17. Articulate
18. Squabble
19. Misanthrope
20. Amicable
Analogies:
1. Door: Wall
2. Pore: membrane
3. Squabble: dispute
4. Charity: Misanthrope
5. Amicable: friendly
Issue Topic:
1. "Looks and dress tell about a person attitude and behavior".
2. History teaches us only one thing: history does not help us to take our current decisions.
Argument Topic:
1. There is a toy factory which has reported 20% loss in last 3 quarters, therefore the president of the company should be fired and replaced with another one, who is from a company which has made profits.(The topic is some thing like this)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 19th)
1. Timorous
2. Prudent
3. Moderate
4. Hasten
5. Abase
6. Quench
7. Descry
8. Jarred
9. Accolade
10. Qualified
11. Castle
12. Moat
13. Mnemonics
14. Antidote
15. Balm
16. Sedative
17. Nitpick
18. Vaunt
19. Pliable
20. Unassuming
21. Secrete
Analogies:
1. Castle: Moat
2. Mnemonics: Word
3. Antidote: Poison
4. Balm: Itching
5. Sedative: Sleep
6. Zoning: Land
7. Journal: Entries
8. Nitpick: Criticize
Issue Topic:
1. Technology is used to degrade the human life than to improve it.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 18th)
1. Connive
2. Assiduous
3. Superficial
4. Discordant
5. Sequential
6. Tether
7. Haphazard
Analogies:
1. Spy: watch
2. Haphazard: order
3. Orchestra: musician
Issue Topic:
1. "Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
2. The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a memorandum from the business manager of WLSS television station. "Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increasingly more time to covering national news and less time to covering weather and local news. During the same time period, most of the complaints we received from viewers were concerned with the station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, several local businesses that used to run advertisements during our late-night news program have just cancelled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand the coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 14th)
1. Enervate
2. Vindictive
3. Querulous
4. Adumbration
5. Accrue
6. Elucidate
7. Prognosis
8. Pervasive
9. Effrontery
10. Congeal
11. Camouflage
12. Vehemence
13. Charlatan
14. Doctrine
15. Distress
16. Banal
17. Hackneyed
18. Suppress
19. Prosaic
20. Thwart
21. Venerate
22. Quell
23. Nebulous
24. Exalted
25. Perpetual
26. Desiccant
27. Palliate
28. Disabuse
29. Enfeeble
30. Vigor
31. Exonerate
32. Disdain
Issue Topic:
1. Though many people know the ways to success, only great people utilize it effectively.
2. In present day professions and academics, importance is given to imagination than knowledge.
3. The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time.
4. It is difficult to follow tradition and technology, when one has to choose between them.
5. The Laws should not always be rigid. They should be flexible and take into account the circumstances, times and places of the occurrence of crime.
Argument Topic:
1. Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how the Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could only be used for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this development, collectors should expect the life-size sculptures to decrease in value and the miniatures to increase in value.
2. The following was posted on an Internet real estate discussion site.
"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town — Adams Realty and Fitch Realty — Adams is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents. In contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch, and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: Ten years ago, I listed my home with Fitch and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 13th)
1. Maligner
2. Infuse
3. Camouflaged
4. Liken
5. Congeal
6. Slump
7. Tether
8. Mottled
9. Pliant
10. Tortuous
11. Gregarious
12. Sociability
13. Nebulous
14. Teeter
15. Serpentine
16. Blighted
17. Everlasting
18. Eulogy
19. Shirk
20. Philanthropist
Analogies:
1. Eulogy: speech
2. Shirk: duty
3. Philanthropist: generosity
Issue Topic:
1.Video recording is more important means of documenting ontemporary life than a written record.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 12th)
1. Aggrieve
2. Proselytizer
3. Vacillate
4. Obdurate
5. Slight
6. Haphazard
7. Camouflage
8. Celerity
9. Polarize
10. Limp
Analogies:
1. Unmatched: equaled
2. Limp: Walk
3. Artisan: potter
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 11th)
1.Haphazard
2.Caustic
3.Instill
4.Decentralization
5.Peripheral
6.Oblivious
7.Quell
8.Assuage
9.Finicky
10.Gourmet
11.Disband.
12.Dodder
13.Wince
14.Instill
15.Integral
16.Desecrate
17.Disgruntle
18.Facetious
19.Curb
20.Prairie
21.Sycophant
22.Ballad
23.Limp
Analogies:
1.Zoning: land
2.Pain: wince
3.Dodder : walk
4.Grandstand: impress
5.Prairie : trees
6.Flattery : sycophant
7.Song : ballad
8.Limp : Walk
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 8th)
1. Natatorium
2. Gainsay
3. Procrastinate
4. Disabashment
5. Embarassment
6. Vituperative
7. Torpor
8. Scathed
9. Vacillate
10. Transcend
11. Subpoena
12. Fraught
13. Placidity
Analogies:
1. Disabashment:Embarrassement
2. Fraught: placidity
3. Novelist: book
Issue Topic:
1. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 7th)
1. Quarantine
2. Accolade
3. Grill
4. Invigorate
5. Delegation
6. Imprudent
7. Contrite
8. Laconic
9. Deftness
10. Mirth
11. Pulchritude
12. Harangue
13. Mollify
14. Ladle
Analogies:
1. Spectacles : Look
2. Soup: ladle
3. Harangue: mollify
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 6th)
1. Charlatan
2. Facetious
3. Harebrained
4. Hasten
5. Tantalizing
6. Instill
7. Lampoon
8. Shun
9. Clairvoyant
10. Decentralization
11. Lubrication
12. Saboteur
Analogies:
1. Lubrication: Friction
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
Issue Topic:
1. Luxurious life is a hindrance for the growth of individualism in the youth.
2. In order to improve the quality of education in universities and colleges the faculty must be required to work outside the academic world in the industries pertaining to the subjects they teach.
3. In any field, imagination is more important than knowledge.
4. An individual`s greatness cannot be judged objectively by his or her contemporaries; the most objective evaluators of a person`s greatness are people who belong to a later time.
5. Government should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.
Argument Topic:
1. A college dean in his memo "This college needs a new dormitory to be built as it will be inadequate for the new students keeping in view the increasing admissions in the college and its protraction after 50 years. Moreover the new building would attract more prospective students."
(It is something like that)
2. In order to curb the growing cases of cheating in educational institutes we should adopt the Groverton system.The Grovertan calls for a honour council where students themselves are made members and they should report cheating cases to the faculty. Statistics of the report conducted in two years indicated that in use of such system the cases reported dropped by half in the next year. Hence all college can adopt this system.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 5th)
1. Evoke
2. Indispensable
3. Cognizance
4. Stringent
5. Chary
6. Decentralization
7. Hygiene
8. Effervescive
9. Instill
10. Snarl
11. Facetious
12. Harebrained
13. Measly
14. Disgruntled
15. Predilection
16. Bestow
Analogies:
1. Song: ballad
2. Stanza: poem
Issue Topic:
1. High speed electronic media like electronic mails and televisions are tending to prevent effective and thoughtful communication.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 4th)
1.Maveric
2. Hasten
3. Ambivalence
3. Obfuscate
4. Argentums
5. Sacrosanct
Issue topic:
1. "If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain is justifiable."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 1st)
1. Instill(v): to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; to introduce by gradual, persistent efforts;To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop; to introduce (feelings, etc.) little by little; fill, as with a certain quality.
Synonyms: inculcate, engender, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject, insert, insinuate.
2. Decentralization(v): to disperse (something) from an area of concentration; to distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities; To undergo redistribution or dispersal away from a central location or authority.
3. Peripheral(adj): concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question; Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery; Of minor relevance or importance; External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
Synonyms: circumferential, distal, distant, external, incidental, marginal, secondary, surface.
4. Oblivious(adj): unmindful; unconscious; unaware; forgetful; without remembrance or memory; lacking all memory; lacking conscious awareness; unmindful; unaware of or not paying attention to.
Synonyms: absentminded, disregardful, heedless, inattentive, preoccupied, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unnoticing, unwitting.
5. Zoning(v): to divide (a city, town, neighborhood, etc.) into areas subject to special restrictions on any existing or proposed buildings; to surround or encircle with or as if with a belt or girdle; to designate or mark off into zones.
(Adj): (esp. in city planning) of or pertaining to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses.
6. Wince(v): to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; to shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; to start or jump with pain.
Synonyms: cower, cringe, flinch, gesture, grimace, movement, quail, recoil, reel, shrink; blench.
Analogies:
1. Zoning: Land
2. Pain: Wince
Issue Topic:
1. It is often necessary and desirable for the political leaders to withhold information from public.
Argument Topic:
1. A letter is written to the head of the tourism of tria island. The island is facing a great problem of errosion so we have to charge the people visiting . This may decrease the no of visitors. With the fund raised we can replenish the sand in the island. Like the island Batia did we can protect the buildings from damage by replenishing sand. in the long term tourism can be developed and more people are attracted.
1. Mind
2. Descendent
3. Surplus
4. Munificent
5. Parsimony
6. Conciseness
7. Aphorism
8. Recalcitrant
9. Choir
10. Pariah
11. Ostracize
12. Peripatetic
13. Evoke
14. Zesty
15. Testy
16. Nonconformity
17. Diaphanous
18. Plummet
19. Subpoena
20. Succinct
21. Extraneous
Analogies:
1. Choir: Singer
2. Conciseness: Aphorism
3. Pariah: Ostracize
Issue Topic:
1. Too much emphasis is given to role models. Instead, we must think independently and make our own decisions.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 28th)
1. Formidable
2. Veracious
3. Galvanize
4. Creep
5. Awe
6. Puerile
7. Barbiturate
8. Quandary
9. Delegation
10. Erudite
11. Latent
12. Saunter
13. Harangue
14. Molify
Analogies:
1. Formidable: awe
2. Saunter: walk
3. Harangue: mollify
Issue Topic:
1. Education is effective only when it is designed to meet the individual needs and interests of every Student.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 27th)
1. Evoke
2. Denigrate
3. Relegate
4. Recalcitrant
5. Venerate
6. Prolong
7. Summarize
8. Merge
9. Telling
10. Quaff
11. Coagulate
12. Laconic
13. Lubrication
14. Extol
Analogies:
1. Lubrication: Friction
2. Quaff: Sip
Issue Topic:
1. To be a good leader one must have his, own principles and objective. The person who is influenced by the views and opinions of the others, can accomplish only little.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 26th)
1. Diaphanous
2. Translucent
3. Prolong
4. Extrinsic
5. Strictures
6. Recalcitrant
8. Sordid
9. Archaic
10. Assiduous
11. Zealot
12. Vindictive
13. Incogitant
Analogies:
1. Incogitant: thoughtfulness
Issue Topic:
1. "Human mind is more superior than machine because afterall humans made all machine and tools."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 25th)
1.Sensitive
2.Supercilious
3.Serendipitous
4.Reel
5.Remote
6.Arcane
7.Antidote
8.Veto
9.Transience
Analogies:
1.Serendipitous: Effort
2.Antidote: Poison
3.Veto: Prohibitive
4.Analgesic: Pain
Issue Topic:
1.Students should develop skepticism rather than accepting the subjects passively.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 22nd)
1. Extricate
2. Zoning
3. Decentralization
4. Antique
5. Secrete
6. Extinct
7. Disclaim
8. Arcane
9. Remote
10. Anachronism
11. Barricade
12. Malleable
Analogies:
1. Barricade: traffic
2. Malleable: shape
3. Antidote: poison
4. Carpentry: Craft
5. Door: Wall
6. Porous: membrane
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 21st)
1. Supercilious
2. Extol
3. Reel
4. Flagging
5. Tendentious
6. Exacerbate
7. Fatuous
8. Antidote
9. Connive
Analogies:
1. Journal: Entries
2. Antidote: Poison
3. Connive: Cooperate
Issue Topic:
1. Humanity has not developed to a great extent like technological innovation. War, violence and poverty exists in the world. Technological progress has led to the decline in humanity.
Argument Topic:
1.This article appeared in the Health and beauty magazine. "A group of volunteers who were customers participated in an experiment for the new Luxcess Face Cream. The volunteers washed their face with soap daily in the morning and applied Luxcess Face cream. After a month most of the volunteers experienced a marked improvement in the way their skin looked or felt. Truly, Laxness is an excellent face cream".
(Given topics were similar to the above)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 20th)
1. Zenith
2. Nadir
3. Plummet
4. Assiduous
5. Ephemeral
6. Mordant
7. Extol
8. Qualified
9. Temerity
10. Acrimony
11. Precarious
12. Arcane
13. Crestfallen
14. Stygian
15. Cogent
16. Substantiate
17. Articulate
18. Squabble
19. Misanthrope
20. Amicable
Analogies:
1. Door: Wall
2. Pore: membrane
3. Squabble: dispute
4. Charity: Misanthrope
5. Amicable: friendly
Issue Topic:
1. "Looks and dress tell about a person attitude and behavior".
2. History teaches us only one thing: history does not help us to take our current decisions.
Argument Topic:
1. There is a toy factory which has reported 20% loss in last 3 quarters, therefore the president of the company should be fired and replaced with another one, who is from a company which has made profits.(The topic is some thing like this)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 19th)
1. Timorous
2. Prudent
3. Moderate
4. Hasten
5. Abase
6. Quench
7. Descry
8. Jarred
9. Accolade
10. Qualified
11. Castle
12. Moat
13. Mnemonics
14. Antidote
15. Balm
16. Sedative
17. Nitpick
18. Vaunt
19. Pliable
20. Unassuming
21. Secrete
Analogies:
1. Castle: Moat
2. Mnemonics: Word
3. Antidote: Poison
4. Balm: Itching
5. Sedative: Sleep
6. Zoning: Land
7. Journal: Entries
8. Nitpick: Criticize
Issue Topic:
1. Technology is used to degrade the human life than to improve it.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 18th)
1. Connive
2. Assiduous
3. Superficial
4. Discordant
5. Sequential
6. Tether
7. Haphazard
Analogies:
1. Spy: watch
2. Haphazard: order
3. Orchestra: musician
Issue Topic:
1. "Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
2. The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a memorandum from the business manager of WLSS television station. "Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increasingly more time to covering national news and less time to covering weather and local news. During the same time period, most of the complaints we received from viewers were concerned with the station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, several local businesses that used to run advertisements during our late-night news program have just cancelled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand the coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 14th)
1. Enervate
2. Vindictive
3. Querulous
4. Adumbration
5. Accrue
6. Elucidate
7. Prognosis
8. Pervasive
9. Effrontery
10. Congeal
11. Camouflage
12. Vehemence
13. Charlatan
14. Doctrine
15. Distress
16. Banal
17. Hackneyed
18. Suppress
19. Prosaic
20. Thwart
21. Venerate
22. Quell
23. Nebulous
24. Exalted
25. Perpetual
26. Desiccant
27. Palliate
28. Disabuse
29. Enfeeble
30. Vigor
31. Exonerate
32. Disdain
Issue Topic:
1. Though many people know the ways to success, only great people utilize it effectively.
2. In present day professions and academics, importance is given to imagination than knowledge.
3. The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time.
4. It is difficult to follow tradition and technology, when one has to choose between them.
5. The Laws should not always be rigid. They should be flexible and take into account the circumstances, times and places of the occurrence of crime.
Argument Topic:
1. Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how the Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could only be used for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this development, collectors should expect the life-size sculptures to decrease in value and the miniatures to increase in value.
2. The following was posted on an Internet real estate discussion site.
"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town — Adams Realty and Fitch Realty — Adams is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents. In contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch, and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: Ten years ago, I listed my home with Fitch and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 13th)
1. Maligner
2. Infuse
3. Camouflaged
4. Liken
5. Congeal
6. Slump
7. Tether
8. Mottled
9. Pliant
10. Tortuous
11. Gregarious
12. Sociability
13. Nebulous
14. Teeter
15. Serpentine
16. Blighted
17. Everlasting
18. Eulogy
19. Shirk
20. Philanthropist
Analogies:
1. Eulogy: speech
2. Shirk: duty
3. Philanthropist: generosity
Issue Topic:
1.Video recording is more important means of documenting ontemporary life than a written record.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 12th)
1. Aggrieve
2. Proselytizer
3. Vacillate
4. Obdurate
5. Slight
6. Haphazard
7. Camouflage
8. Celerity
9. Polarize
10. Limp
Analogies:
1. Unmatched: equaled
2. Limp: Walk
3. Artisan: potter
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 11th)
1.Haphazard
2.Caustic
3.Instill
4.Decentralization
5.Peripheral
6.Oblivious
7.Quell
8.Assuage
9.Finicky
10.Gourmet
11.Disband.
12.Dodder
13.Wince
14.Instill
15.Integral
16.Desecrate
17.Disgruntle
18.Facetious
19.Curb
20.Prairie
21.Sycophant
22.Ballad
23.Limp
Analogies:
1.Zoning: land
2.Pain: wince
3.Dodder : walk
4.Grandstand: impress
5.Prairie : trees
6.Flattery : sycophant
7.Song : ballad
8.Limp : Walk
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 8th)
1. Natatorium
2. Gainsay
3. Procrastinate
4. Disabashment
5. Embarassment
6. Vituperative
7. Torpor
8. Scathed
9. Vacillate
10. Transcend
11. Subpoena
12. Fraught
13. Placidity
Analogies:
1. Disabashment:Embarrassement
2. Fraught: placidity
3. Novelist: book
Issue Topic:
1. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 7th)
1. Quarantine
2. Accolade
3. Grill
4. Invigorate
5. Delegation
6. Imprudent
7. Contrite
8. Laconic
9. Deftness
10. Mirth
11. Pulchritude
12. Harangue
13. Mollify
14. Ladle
Analogies:
1. Spectacles : Look
2. Soup: ladle
3. Harangue: mollify
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 6th)
1. Charlatan
2. Facetious
3. Harebrained
4. Hasten
5. Tantalizing
6. Instill
7. Lampoon
8. Shun
9. Clairvoyant
10. Decentralization
11. Lubrication
12. Saboteur
Analogies:
1. Lubrication: Friction
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
Issue Topic:
1. Luxurious life is a hindrance for the growth of individualism in the youth.
2. In order to improve the quality of education in universities and colleges the faculty must be required to work outside the academic world in the industries pertaining to the subjects they teach.
3. In any field, imagination is more important than knowledge.
4. An individual`s greatness cannot be judged objectively by his or her contemporaries; the most objective evaluators of a person`s greatness are people who belong to a later time.
5. Government should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.
Argument Topic:
1. A college dean in his memo "This college needs a new dormitory to be built as it will be inadequate for the new students keeping in view the increasing admissions in the college and its protraction after 50 years. Moreover the new building would attract more prospective students."
(It is something like that)
2. In order to curb the growing cases of cheating in educational institutes we should adopt the Groverton system.The Grovertan calls for a honour council where students themselves are made members and they should report cheating cases to the faculty. Statistics of the report conducted in two years indicated that in use of such system the cases reported dropped by half in the next year. Hence all college can adopt this system.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 5th)
1. Evoke
2. Indispensable
3. Cognizance
4. Stringent
5. Chary
6. Decentralization
7. Hygiene
8. Effervescive
9. Instill
10. Snarl
11. Facetious
12. Harebrained
13. Measly
14. Disgruntled
15. Predilection
16. Bestow
Analogies:
1. Song: ballad
2. Stanza: poem
Issue Topic:
1. High speed electronic media like electronic mails and televisions are tending to prevent effective and thoughtful communication.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 4th)
1.Maveric
2. Hasten
3. Ambivalence
3. Obfuscate
4. Argentums
5. Sacrosanct
Issue topic:
1. "If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain is justifiable."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Aug 1st)
1. Instill(v): to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; to introduce by gradual, persistent efforts;To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop; to introduce (feelings, etc.) little by little; fill, as with a certain quality.
Synonyms: inculcate, engender, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject, insert, insinuate.
2. Decentralization(v): to disperse (something) from an area of concentration; to distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities; To undergo redistribution or dispersal away from a central location or authority.
3. Peripheral(adj): concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question; Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery; Of minor relevance or importance; External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
Synonyms: circumferential, distal, distant, external, incidental, marginal, secondary, surface.
4. Oblivious(adj): unmindful; unconscious; unaware; forgetful; without remembrance or memory; lacking all memory; lacking conscious awareness; unmindful; unaware of or not paying attention to.
Synonyms: absentminded, disregardful, heedless, inattentive, preoccupied, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unnoticing, unwitting.
5. Zoning(v): to divide (a city, town, neighborhood, etc.) into areas subject to special restrictions on any existing or proposed buildings; to surround or encircle with or as if with a belt or girdle; to designate or mark off into zones.
(Adj): (esp. in city planning) of or pertaining to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses.
6. Wince(v): to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; to shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; to start or jump with pain.
Synonyms: cower, cringe, flinch, gesture, grimace, movement, quail, recoil, reel, shrink; blench.
Analogies:
1. Zoning: Land
2. Pain: Wince
Issue Topic:
1. It is often necessary and desirable for the political leaders to withhold information from public.
Argument Topic:
1. A letter is written to the head of the tourism of tria island. The island is facing a great problem of errosion so we have to charge the people visiting . This may decrease the no of visitors. With the fund raised we can replenish the sand in the island. Like the island Batia did we can protect the buildings from damage by replenishing sand. in the long term tourism can be developed and more people are attracted.
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