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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
In a world increasingly obsessed with efficiency, speed, and measurable outcomes, slowness is often perceived as a defect. Yet many profound human experiences—grieving, learning, healing, and even loving—unfold in their own time and resist acceleration. The culture of instant gratification reduces depth into data, and meaning into metrics. What is lost is the quiet incubation of thought, the unhurried rhythm of presence, and the grace of gradual becoming. Slowness is not incompetence; it is a mode of attention, of depth, of resistance against the tyranny of haste.
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the above passage?
Correct
Answer: C
Explanation:
- Option (a) is incorrect. The passage critiques society’s obsession with speed and efficiency, especially where depth and emotion are involved. It clearly does not advocate speed in all areas of life.
- Option (b) is incorrect. The passage defends slowness in areas like grieving and healing, directly opposing the idea that speed helps us overcome emotional processes.
- Option (c) is correct. It captures the central thesis: that slowness is essential for certain deep human experiences, and that modern culture undervalues this. It aligns with lines like “slowness is not incompetence” and “resistance against the tyranny of haste.”
- Option (d) is incorrect. The passage criticizes the replacement of depth with data and meaning with metrics, showing that such quantification dehumanizes experience.
Incorrect
Answer: C
Explanation:
- Option (a) is incorrect. The passage critiques society’s obsession with speed and efficiency, especially where depth and emotion are involved. It clearly does not advocate speed in all areas of life.
- Option (b) is incorrect. The passage defends slowness in areas like grieving and healing, directly opposing the idea that speed helps us overcome emotional processes.
- Option (c) is correct. It captures the central thesis: that slowness is essential for certain deep human experiences, and that modern culture undervalues this. It aligns with lines like “slowness is not incompetence” and “resistance against the tyranny of haste.”
- Option (d) is incorrect. The passage criticizes the replacement of depth with data and meaning with metrics, showing that such quantification dehumanizes experience.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
B takes half the time taken by A to complete a task. C takes the same time as A and B together. If A, B, and C together complete the task in 4 days, how many days will A alone take to finish the work?
Correct
Answer – D
SolutionLet the time taken by A be TA days.
Then TB=TA/2.
Work rate of A = 1/TA
Work rate of B = 1/TB=2/TA
Combined work rate of A and B = 1/TA+2/TA=3/TA.
Time taken by A and B together = TA+B=TA/3.
C takes the same time as A and B together, so TC=TA+B=TA/3.
Work rate of C = 1/TC=3/TA.
Combined work rate of A, B, and C = 1/TA+2/TA+3/TA=6/TA.
Given that A, B, and C together complete the task in 4 days.
So, their combined work rate is 1/4.
Therefore, 6/TA=1/4.
TA=6×4=24 days.
A alone will take 24 days to finish the work.
Incorrect
Answer – D
SolutionLet the time taken by A be TA days.
Then TB=TA/2.
Work rate of A = 1/TA
Work rate of B = 1/TB=2/TA
Combined work rate of A and B = 1/TA+2/TA=3/TA.
Time taken by A and B together = TA+B=TA/3.
C takes the same time as A and B together, so TC=TA+B=TA/3.
Work rate of C = 1/TC=3/TA.
Combined work rate of A, B, and C = 1/TA+2/TA+3/TA=6/TA.
Given that A, B, and C together complete the task in 4 days.
So, their combined work rate is 1/4.
Therefore, 6/TA=1/4.
TA=6×4=24 days.
A alone will take 24 days to finish the work.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Find the wrong number series given below
18, 55, 167, 504, 1516, 4660
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation:
18 * 3 + 1 = 55
55 * 3 + 2 = 167
167 * 3 + 3 = 504
504 * 3 + 4 = 1516
1516 * 3 + 5 = 4553
Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation:
18 * 3 + 1 = 55
55 * 3 + 2 = 167
167 * 3 + 3 = 504
504 * 3 + 4 = 1516
1516 * 3 + 5 = 4553
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Out of three numbers, the first is twice the second and is half of the third. If the average of the three numbers is 56, what will be the difference between the highest no. and the lowest one?
Correct
Answer : A
Explanation:
Let second no. = x
First no. = 2x
Third no. = 4x
∴ x + 2x + 4x = 56 × 3
x = 24
Difference = 3x = 72
Incorrect
Answer : A
Explanation:
Let second no. = x
First no. = 2x
Third no. = 4x
∴ x + 2x + 4x = 56 × 3
x = 24
Difference = 3x = 72
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Village P is north to the village Q. Village S is east to the village Q and village R is to the left of village P. Then village S is in which direction with respect to R.
Correct
Answer: C
Explanation
Given:
- P is north of Q →
So, if Q is at the center, then P is directly above Q. - S is east of Q →
So, S is directly to the right of Q. - R is to the left of P →
Since P is above Q, and “left of P” means west of P, R is to the west of P.
Incorrect
Answer: C
Explanation
Given:
- P is north of Q →
So, if Q is at the center, then P is directly above Q. - S is east of Q →
So, S is directly to the right of Q. - R is to the left of P →
Since P is above Q, and “left of P” means west of P, R is to the west of P.
