Question 1
The price of a laptop is increased by 20%. The new price is then reduced by 20%. Which statement about the final price is correct?
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Correct answer: A - The final price is 4% lower than the original price
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The price of a laptop is increased by 20%. The new price is then reduced by 20%. Which statement about the final price is correct?
Correct answer: A - The final price is 4% lower than the original price
A car travels from Town A to Town B at 30 km/h and returns along exactly the same route at 60 km/h. What is the average speed for the entire journey?
Correct answer: B - 40 km/h
A shopkeeper marks his goods 50% above cost price and then offers a 20% discount on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
Correct answer: B - 20%
Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 12 minutes and Pipe B can fill it in 15 minutes. Pipe C can empty the full tank in 20 minutes. If all three pipes are opened together when the tank is empty, how long will the tank take to fill?
Correct answer: C - 10 minutes
Statements: Some books are pens. No pen is a chair. Conclusions: I. Some books are not chairs. II. All books being chairs is a possibility. Which conclusion follows?
Correct answer: A - Only conclusion I follows
A man facing north turns 90 degrees clockwise and walks 5 km. He then turns 90 degrees anticlockwise and walks 4 km. Finally he turns 180 degrees and walks 4 km. Which direction is he now facing, and how far is he from his starting point?
Correct answer: D - Facing south, 5 km from the starting point
Find the next term in the series: 3, 7, 16, 35, 74, ?
Correct answer: D - 153
A wooden cube is painted red on all six faces and is then cut into 125 identical smaller cubes. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted?
Correct answer: C - 36
Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 'Remote-first companies often report higher employee satisfaction than office-based ones, and this is frequently cited as proof that remote work improves morale. Yet the comparison is rarely like-for-like. Firms adopting remote-first policies tend to be younger, better funded, and concentrated in knowledge sectors where autonomy is already the norm. Employees who join them are also self-selecting: they actively sought remote arrangements and are predisposed to value them. Until researchers compare satisfaction within the same organisation before and after a shift to remote work, the reported advantage tells us more about who works remotely than about what remote work does.' Which option best captures the author's main point?
Correct answer: D - The satisfaction gap may reflect who chooses remote work, not its effects
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
Correct answer: A - Neither the manager nor the team members were informed of the change
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