Friday, October 31, 2008

31st october Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. If the area of rectangle 'S' is twice that of the rectangle 'T', then
Col A: The side of rectangle S
Col B: The diagonal side of rectangle T


2. If n > 10,000, then which of the following is the closest to 3?
A. 1/(3^n)
B. 3 + 1/3^n
C. n/(3^n)
& so on....


3. If 2 < a < 6 < b < 10 & the arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then
Col A: 6 - a
Col B: b - 6


4. A line passes through a point (p, r) and its slope is 'p'. If pr < 0, then
Col A: The x-intercept of the line
Col B: 0


5. A ball is dropped from 6metres. If it bounces a height of 90% of previous height, then after 5 bounces to how much height will it bounce?


6. Given two points (3, 0) & (3, 3) in the coordinate system. If these two points are equidistant from a point (x, y), then
Col A: x
Col B: 3


7. Given an equation of a line and asked to find the x-intercept of that?


8.

Given that L1 is parallel to L2. If AB = BC, then
Col A: x
Col B: 60


9. Given ‘x’ is an integer. If x^2 – 10 < 0, then how many such values of ‘x’ satisfies the given condition?
A. one
B. Two
C. Three
& so on…


10. Col A: Standard Deviation of numbers having an average 60
Col B: Standard Deviation of numbers having an average 65


11. Given n > 10,000;
Col A: The unit digit value of ‘n’ when divided by 8
Col B: 7


12. Given a set of numbers 19, 22, 25, 26 & 28. When each number is added by ‘k’, then the sum of the numbers would be 142.5. Find the median of the numbers?


13. For a rectangle, if the breadth is 8 & A(area) + L(length) = 130, then the area of the rectangle 'A' is?


14. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z


15. Given a series 3 + 3^2 + 3^3 +….+3^k. What is the value of 'k' at which the summation will be divisible by 6?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 21
D. 28
E. 53


16. Given that, when ‘N’ is divided by 7, it leaves a remainder of 4.
If N^2 +5 is divided by 7, then the remainder is?


17. In a distribution of 8500 parameters, if 26.7 is 56 percentile & 37.1 is 78 percentile, then what is the percentile of x (26.7 <= x <= 37), that is closest in this range?
A. 1888
B. 4500
C.3500
D. 6650


18. The probability of a person getting a line busy every time when she calls is 1/3 and if she makes one call on each of 4 consecutive days, then
Col A: Probability of getting the line busy on each of the 4 days
Col B: ¼

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

29 October Gre Quants Que

Quant:


1. If 3/5 =x/y
Col A: X - 3
Col B: Y - 5


2. If the letters of the word A, F, T, E, R are permuted and arranged in a dictionary form like after, then for some (n > 2) how many other possible ways are there?
A. 119
B. 117
C. 88
& so on....


3. Given y = ax+b and if x-intercept is 5 and slope =2
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: -10


4. If x is negative integer, then
Col A: (-x)^(3*x)
Col B: (-3*x)^(x)


5. In how many ways can 5 prizes, each having 1st, 2nd, 3rdpositions can be given to 3 boys?


6. Given three points (2,4), (5,3) & (k,1). If these three points are collinear, then find value of k?


7. There were 37 employees in a company. If the month July has more number of birthdays than any other month then what is the number of birthdays in July? (Provided every month should have at least 3 birthdays)
Col A: Number of birthdays in July
Col B: 3


8. Given two parallel lines 'L1' and 'L2' which are cut by a transversal at 'B' and 'A' respectively. 'E' is a point on 'L2' such that angle BAE = 58. 'C' is a point on 'L1' on the other side of transversal as 'E' such that BC = CA.
Col A: Angle BCA
Col B: 60
Note: All angles are in degrees and figure was given.


9. Given a square with vertex ‘O’ and centre ‘C’, when rotated by 45 degree with respect to vertex ‘O’ the centre is changed to ‘C1’.
Col A: Distance between centre’s ‘C’ & ‘C1’
Col B: {5*sqrt(2)}/2


10. Given following table
Data Percentile
16.8 43th percentile
17.1 49th percentile
17.3 52th percentile
17.8 55th percentile
18.2 60th percentile
Find the median of the above observation?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

22nd October Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. If an integer n>2 takes the form k! And this satisfies if and only if the product of the 'n' numbers in that factorial should be less than or equal to k.
Col A: n!/(n-1)!
Col B: n!-(n-1)!/(n-2)!


2. Given a table
X f
0 n
1 100-n
Col A: Value of n for mean to be greater than 0.5
Col B: 50


3. If S1 = 2 and if Sn =S(n-1)*1/2 then
Col A: S6
Col B: 2^14(S20)


4. A bar graph with number of students and marks obtained.
Marks No. of students
40 3
60 4
70 14
80 8
90 11
If the total number of students is 40, then
Col A: Median of the data
Col B: Average of the data
(@ all: this is the appropriate question)


5. If 14% people have ovens and 27% have washing machines, then what is the range of the people having neither oven nor washing machines?
A. 0-14%
B. 27-41%
C. 59-73%
D. 73-86%
(Options were something like that)


6. For a line 'l', if x-intercept = y-intercept = 4, then
Col A: Slope of line 'l'
Col B: -1


7. If 2 < a < 6 < b < 10 & the arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then
Col A: 6 - a
Col B: b - 6


8. If there is a list of some numbers, whose mean is 10.8 and standard deviation is '0', then
Col A: Range of that list
Col B: 0


9. If 'x' is 130% of 'y', then 'y' is what percentage of x?


10. If the total amount is calculated, by multiplying the number of goods and the price of each good, then if the number of goods is decreased by 20%, by what percentage must the price should increase to compensate the decrease?


11. If xy =! 0 and y^-1 = 3x^-1, then which of the following is equivalent to it?
Options in terms of x & y were given
(To the given options, examiners answer: y = x/3)


12. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z


13. If b = -8 & (a+b)^2 = 36, then
Col A: a
Col B: 14


14. In 1990, the wages of the employees in a company is 'x'. If from 1990-1995, the increment of wages is 15% and from 1990-2000 the increment is 30% then
Col A: Percentage increment form 1995-2000
Col B: 15%


15. How many number of even squares are their between 60 and 625.
A. one
B. Two
& so on..


16.





If x < y, then
Col A: Area of the triangle ABC
Col B: Area of the triangle PQR

22nd October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Callous

2. Compassion

3. Indigenous

4. Gullibility

5. Credulity

6. Prosaic

7. Plucky

8. Oblivious

9. Obfuscate

10. Aesthetic

11. Gregarious

12. Sociable

13. Tractable

14. Venerate

15. Demagogue

16. Resplendent

17. Slur

18. Curb

19. Presumptuous

20. Pontificate



Analogies:

1. Callous: Compassion

2. Gullibility: Credulity



Issue Topic:

1. "It is not good to conclude without enough data".

2. "Socialization decides the future of society".

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

21st October Gre Quants Question

Quant:


1. The value of (5*4) + 2(5-8+3) = ?


2. Col A: (-36)^49
Col B: 36^(-49)


3. If x > 0, then
Col A: 2^2 * sqrt(x)
Col B: 4^2 * sqrt(x^2)


4. If t^2 = -3(2t + 3), then the value of t is?


5.



If the area of the above circle is 4pie and area of the triangle
is 3, then find the hypotenuse “PQ”?


6. A bar graph with number of students and marks obtained.
Marks No. of students
40 3
60 4
70 14
80 2
90 11
If the total number of students is 40, then
Col A: Median of the data
Col B: Average of the data


7. Given a table of Category and Number of students
Category No. of students
Elementary school 5
Junior school 4
High school 17
College 9
If total students = 35
Col A: probability that a student chosen randomly will not cross junior school
Col B: probability that a student chosen randomly is from college


8. Given x-intercept and y-intercept and asked to find the slope?


9. Given slope as 2.5 and a point on the line as (30, 50).
Col A: y-intercept
Col B: xxx (some value)


10. Given two points and asked to find the distance between the points.


11. If x =! 1, then
Col A: 1/( 2x+2)
Col B: 2x+2


12. Data Interpretation: Minimum wage per person is given for 5 countries.
First question was "percentage by which one countries wage per person was more than the other".
&
Second question: What is the per person wage of country X & O combined?
Country X - 564 & Country O - 705 --- (given in the data)
a. 500
b. 600
c. 635
d. 692
e. 705


13. If an integer n>2 takes the form k! and this satisfies if and only if the product of the 'n' numbers in that factorial should be less than or equal to k.
Col A: n!/(n-1)!
Col B: n!-(n-1)!/(n-2)!

21st October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:

1. Court(v): to try to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of; to seek the affections of; (of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors; to act in such a manner as to cause, lead to, or provoke; to seek another's love.
Synonyms: adjective, aulic, forensic, in camera, judicial, judiciary, juridical, juristic, justiciable, sub judice, substantive.


2. Conscientious(adj):careful; characterized by extreme care and great effort; controlled by or done according to conscience; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong.
Synonyms: complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in, heedful, meticulous, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, just, upright, honest, faithful, devoted.
Antonyms: careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous.


3. Watershed(n): the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area. ; an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.


4. Apostasy(n): a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. ; the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause.
Synonyms: recreance, recreancy, tergiversation.


5. Trite(adj): lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc; Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; frayed or worn out by use; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Synonyms: ordinary
Antonyms: original.


6. Malefeasance(n): the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust); Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
Synonyms: crime, delinquency, misconduct, wrongdoing.


7. Mollify(v): To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; To reduce the rigidity of; cause to be more favorably inclined; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; to assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize.
Antonyms: agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry.


8. Banality(n): Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; The condition or quality of being banal; triviality; Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable.
Synonyms: adage, buzzword, hokum, old chestnut, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism
Antonyms: coinage, nuance, original saying.


9. Extol(v): to praise highly; laud; eulogize; To place on high; to lift up; to elevate; To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify.
Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, give a boost to, givea bouquet, glorify, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, hymn, laud, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, puff up, push, rave, root.
Antonyms: blame, criticize, disparage.


10. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise; Having great wisdom and discernment.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, cagey*, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.


11. Explicate(v): to make plain or clear; explain; interpret; to develop (a principle, theory, etc.); To make clear the meaning of; explain; make plain and comprehensible; elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; To unfold; to expand; to lay open; To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity.
Synonyms: amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, enlarge upon, enucleate, expatiate, explain, expound, give the big picture, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make explicit, make plain, run down, unfold, untangle, work out.
Antonyms: cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle.


12. Hackneyed(adj): made commonplace or trite; stale; banal; A coach or carriage for hire; To cause to become banal and trite through overuse; To hire out; let; Overfamiliar through overuse; repeated too often,
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, familiar tune, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, overworked, quotidian, stale, stereotyped, stock, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn.
Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon



13. Exegesis(n): critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text; Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text; Exposition.
Synonyms: analysis, critique, explanation, exposition, interpretation.


14. Pontificate(v): to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner; to express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way; talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; the state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
Synonyms: address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach.



15. Gregarious(adj): fond of company; pertaining to a flock or crowd; living in flocks or herds, as animals; Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
Synonyms: affable, clubby, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, sociable, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.
Antonyms: cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unhospitable, unsociable.


16. Excoriate(v):to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; to strip off or remove the skin from; to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade; express strong disapproval of.
Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip.


17. Awning(n): a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun; a shelter; a rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.
Synonyms: covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent.



Analogies:

1. Awning: Sun



Issue Topic:

1. Art reveals the hidden impulses of the society



Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
"The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island's six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council is sure to attain the 50 percent reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year in the neighboring island of Torseau, when Torseau's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."

Monday, October 20, 2008

20nd October Gre verbal Quants

Today's Words:


1. Plumb

2. Trenchancy

3. Lackluster

4. Burnish

5. Expatriate

6. Diaphanous

7. Periphery

8. Proximity

9. Guffaw

10. Amusement

11. Exonerate

12. Trudge

13. Sapient

14. Bellicose

15. Didactic

16. Mellifluous

17. Gullible

18. Naive

19. Futile

20. Innocuous

21. Jest

22. Skirt

23. Iridescent

24. Exalt



Analogies:

1. Lackluster: Burnish

2. Guffaw: Amusement

3. Exonerate: Blame

4. Balm: Soothing



Issue Topic:

1. Now-a- days people choose their career on the basis of economy, money and job opportunities in future rather than talent, skill and interest.

2. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences.

Friday, October 17, 2008

17 October Gre Verbal Questions

Today's Words:


1. Obstreperous

2. Animate

3. Balm

4. Deplore

5. Fringe

6. Fertile

7. Censorious

8. Bellicose

9. Idiosyncratic

10. Hiatus

11. Abatement

12. Supine

13. Acerbic

14. Trenchancy



Antonyms:

1. Ambrosial x Unsavory

2. Timorous x Tardy

3. Cogent x Unconvincing

4. Congenital x not innate

5. Torpor x Animation

6. Natty x Sloven

7. Succinct x Prolixity

8. Gregarious x Aloofness

9. Aligned x Neutral


Analogies:

1. Pragmatist: Practicability

2. Encomiastic: Eulogy

3. Defer: Leader

4. Admire: Hero

5. Impressionable: Influence

6. Servile: Compliant

7. Belligerent: Assertive

8. Quibbler: Cavil

9. Guffaw: Amusement

10. Trenchancy: Insipid



Issue Topic:


1. "It is the artist and not the critic who is of some value to the society."

Thursday, October 16, 2008

16th October Gre vaerbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Guffaw(n): a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter; a hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
Synonyms: belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort.


2. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.


3. Natty(adj): neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
Synonyms: neat, chic, dapper, fashionable, jaunty, neat, posh, smart, spruce, tidy, trim.


4. Trenchancy(adj): clearly or sharply defined; effective; energetic; Forceful; Distinct; clear-cut; keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect; incisive or keen; vigorous; caustic.
Synonyms: sharp, biting, acute


5. Novice(n): a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro; A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows; a recent convert to christianity.
Synonyms: amateur, apprentice, beginner, first of May, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, trainee.


6. Pretend(adj): to appear falsely; to make believe; to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so; to allege or profess, esp. insincerely or falsely; counterfeit.
Synonyms:affected, affectional, barmecidal, bogus, disingenuous, hypocritical, ostensible, ostensive, pretended, quasi, self-styled, sham, simulated, so-called; simulate, fake, sham, counterfeit.


7. Illicit(adj): not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful; disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons; Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful;Improperly formed; ungrammatical; contrary to accepted morality.
Synonyms: adulterous, black-market, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, felonious, furtive, guilty, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful.
Antonyms: blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right.


8. Brazenness(adj): shameless or impudent; made of brass, like brass, as in sound, color, or strength; to face boldly or shamelessly; Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity.
Synonyms: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness,presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.

9. Cogitate(v): to think about; to think hard; ponder; meditate; To take careful thought or think carefully about; consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind; use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
Synonyms: Cerebrate, chew the cud, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on, imagine, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, stew over.
Antonyms: ignore.


10. Propensity(n): a natural inclination or tendency; favorable disposition or partiality; an innate inclination; a tendency; The quality or state of being propense; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Synonyms: ability, aptness, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, inclining, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection,predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, sweet tooth, talent, tendency, yen.
Antonyms:antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate.


11. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words;compressed into a small area, scope, or compass; Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; briefly giving the gist of something.
Synonyms: blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse
Antonyms: lengthy, long-winded, wordy.


12. Slovenly(adj): untidy or unclean in appearance or habits;untidy or unclean in appearance or habits; negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
Synonyms: bedraggled, botched, careless, dingy, disheveled, disorderly, dowdy, grody, grubby, heedless, loose, messed up, messy, mussy, negligent, raunchy, seedy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, tacky, topsy-turvy, unfastidious, unkempt, unthorough, untidy.
Antonyms: clean, ordered, organized.


13. Dapper(adj): lively and brisk; neat; trim; smart; small and active; Very stylish in dress.
Synonyms: bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out.
Antonyms: dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled.


14. Redress(n): the setting right of what is wrong; relief from wrong or injury; compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury; To make amends for; to adjust; correction or reformation.
Synonyms: aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, relief, remedy, remission, remodeling, renewal, repair, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, return, revision, reward, reworking, satisfaction, vengeance
Antonyms: hurt, injury.


15. Variable(adj): capable of being varied or changed; alterable; inconstant; fickle; having much variation or diversity.
Synonyms: capricious, changeful, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, iffy*, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unequable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, waffling, wavering.
Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying


16. Vehement(adj): strongly emotional; intense or passionate; marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous; zealous; ardent; impassioned; characterized by rancor or anger; violent; Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong.
Synonyms: angry, ardent, concentrated, delirious, desperate, eager, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, exquisite, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, furious, hearty, heated, hopped up, hyper, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intense, lively, on the make, potent, powerful, pronounced, rabid, strong, terrible, vicious, violent, wild, zealous.
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, impassionate.


17. Malodorous (adj): having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad; foul; having an unpleasant smell.
Synonyms: bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile.
Antonyms: aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet.




Analogies:


1. Carelessness: Recklessness

2. Malodorous: Scent

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

15th October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Peripheral

2. Integral

3. Novelty

4. Gadfly

5. Periphery

6. Fetter

7. Extol

8. Glee

9. Succinct

10. Iconoclast

11. Garrulous

12. Cryptic

13. Redolent

14. Slothful

15. Zephyr

16. Seasoned

17. Digression

18. Taciturn

19. Embezzlement

20. Exotic

21. Malicious

22. Delay

23. Beleaguered

24. Assertive



Analogies:

1. Accidental: Incidental

2. Beleaguered: Assertive

3. School: Education


Issue Topic:

1. The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were mad; possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten.


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in an editorial in the Mason City newspaper.
"At present, Mason City residents seldom use the nearby Mason River for any kind of recreational activity, even though surveys of the region's residents consistently rank water sports (swimming, fishing, and boating) as a favorite form of recreation. Since there have been complaints about the quality of the water in the river, residents must be avoiding the river because they think that it is not clean enough. But that situation is about to change: the agency responsible for rivers in our region has announced plans to clean up Mason River. Therefore, recreational use of the river is likely to increase, so the Mason City council will need to increase its budget for improvements to the publicly owned lands along the Mason River."

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

7th october Gre Quants Question

1. In a group of men and women, 1/3 are men. If 2 women leave the group, then men will be 2/5 of the group. How many members are there in the group?

2. The value of (5sqrt2+sqrt3)(sqrt2-sqrt3) = ?

3. If a < 0 < b < c, then
Col A: ac/b
Col B: ac

4.

Given a figure like above, here PQRS is a square of length 10 and the line VT is the perpendicular to the diameter of the semicircle PQ and it is also given that PU = 2, then find the length of VT?

5. Given 2 < a < 5 < b < 8 and if the average of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then find the value of a + b?

6. Given that an investment of a company in 1990 has increased by 15% in a span of 5years i.e. by 1995 and the same investment increased by 30% in a span of 10years i.e. by 2000.
Col A: The percentage increase from 1995 to 2000
Col B: 15%

7.

Given a square PQRS with side length 8 as above and ‘Q’, ‘S’ points are centers of the circles. Find the area of the shaded region?

8. If the below lines are plotted
x + y = 5 &
2x + 2y = 8
Col A: The shortest distance between the lines
Col B: 1

9. Given two circles that are concentric having radii 2, 5. If the tangent to the smaller circle intersects the bigger circle at ‘S’ and ‘T’, then find the length of ‘ST’?

10. If a < 0 & b > 0, then
Col A: a^-7 * b^-2
Col B: (a*b)^-14

11. A Data interpretation question is given, with the data about “The Available number of rooms in Top 12 hotels in a city” and the questions asked were….
i. The Ratio of available rooms of 3 large hotels to the total rooms in a city.
ii. The median value of the number of rooms of the 12 hotels.

Friday, October 3, 2008

3rd Octuber Gre Quants Question

1. Col A: (2^Cool*(15^5)+(2^Cool*(15^5)
Col B: (5^10)*(8^2)

2. A square was given and another square was formed by joining mid points of the square. If perimeter of larger square was given 'X'.
Col A: Perimeter of smaller square
Col B: X/2

3. Col A: (7!)^2
Col B: 13!

4. If f(n,k) = n!/(k!*(n-k)!), then
Col A: f(16,3)
Col B: f(16,14)

5. If product of xyz is odd integer, then which of the following is even
A. x(y+z)
B. xy+z
C. yz+x
& so on....

6. There is a series of odd numbers from 1 to n where n is a odd number. What is the probability that a number selected at random will be an odd number?

7. The slope of line XY is given as -1/2.
Col A: X intercept of Line
Col B: Y intercept of Line.




answers

1) COL B GREATER

2)COL A GREATER

3)COL B GREATER

4)COL A GREATER

5)ALL THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT MAY BE IT IS ALSO ONE OPTION

6) N+1/(2N)

7)CANNOT BE DETERMINED

Thursday, October 2, 2008

2nd October Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. Given Set A = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...m & Set B = 1, 2, 3, ...n where 'n' is even and 'm' is odd.
Col A: Percentage of odd numbers in A
Col B: Percentage of even numbers in B


2. If l(3x-2)l < 8 then find the value of x?


3. If a1, a2, a3.........an are such that each term is 2 times the preceeding term & p1, p2, p3.......pn are such tht each term is 3 times the preceeding term. If a1= xxxx(some value) and p1 = xxxx(some value) then find the least number of n such that Pn > An?


4. In a school, there are 720 people. If 300 opted for course x, 350 for y, 200 for z, 100 opted for no course and 150 opted for exactly two courses then what is the number of people who opted for all the three courses?


5. A group can charter a particular aircraft at a fixed total cost.If 36 people charter aircraft rather than 40, loss per person is 12$. What is cost per person if 40 people charter it?


6. On a street, there are four houses which are to be painted. There is a choice of three colors, and one house will be painted with a single color. In how many ways can the houses be painted?
A. 4
B. 24
C. 64
D. 81


7. (1/2 - 1/3) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/4 + 1/2) = ?


8. If -2 < x < -1, then
Col A: 1/x3
Col B: 1/x

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

1st October Gre Quants Question

Quant:


1. If a < 0 < b < c, then
Col A: ac/b
Col B: ac


2. If x & y are not equal to zero, then
Col A: sqrt(x) + sqrt(y)
Col B: sqrt(x+y)


3. If (x-2)(x-3)(2x-15)(4x+1) = 0, then find the product of maximum and minimum value of x?


4. Given that, if a person has 5 pair of socks of different colors and if 2 are chosen at random then what is the probability that both of
them are of same color?


5. If a clock shows exactly 4 '0' clock right now, then what will it show exactly 1195 hours later?


6. If x=! 0, then
Col A: lxl – 2
Col B: lx-2l


7. If a point (1, 2) lies on the line Mx + Ky = 2, then
Col A: k
Col B: 0


8. If it takes ‘t’ mins to travel ‘X’ miles, then
Col A: The time taken in hours to travel 900miles is
Col B: 15t/x


9. The range of list-1 is 16 and range of list-2 is 10(approx values). If both the lists are combined then what will be the minimum value
of their range?


10. If x, y, z are negative integers, then
Col A: x + y + z
Col B: 1/x + y + z


11. Col A: 0.01/1- 0.01
Col B: 0.1/1- 0.1


12. In every month, a hospital is opened only in last week. If 10 people travel through bus to hospital, what is the probability that
atleast two people travel on the same day?


13. If x < 0, then
Col A: -x
Col B: lxl


14. There is a swimming pool in the shape of an upright right circular cylinder whose base diameter is 20ft and depth(of cylinder) is
4ft. What is the volume of water, if the water is present at a uniform depth of 3ft 6inches?


15. If t^4 = 16, then
Col A: t
Col B: 2


16. If [z] represents greatest value less than or equal to z and x & y are positive, then
Col A: [x]+[y]
Col B: [x+y]


17. Given that, there is a field with 'r' sections in which there are 's' sub- fields in each section. It is also given that there are 5 employees
for working and each one does the work equally. If there is an employee Annie who does the work of her and also 1/3 work of the
other colleague, then
Col A: Work done by Annie
Col B: rs/4


18. Which of the following operations below, would not affect the standard deviation of the above numbers
A. When 6 is added to each number
B. When 3 is added to each number.
C. When each number is mutiplied by some number x
D. When each number is divided by some number.
(Question is similar to this)


19. There is a square floor with a smaller square carpet. The side of floor is 10% greater than that of carpet and the difference in the
areas were given. What is the side of the carpet?
(Question is similar to this)


20. If the probability of A doing a work is 2/3 and B doing it is 4/7, then what is the probabilty of neither of them do it?


21. If t^4 = 16, then
Col A: t
Col B: 2


22. If x, y, z are real positive numbers.
Col A: Median of x, y, z
Col B: Median of x^2, y^2, z^2.


23. If x, y are two real numbers and x>0 & y<1, then
Col A: mod(x-y)
Col B: 1


24. If 100 < x < 225, then
Col A: sqrt(x)+20
Col B: sqrt(900+x)


25. If (n-2)*(n-3) = 0, then
Col A: -2n+1
Col B: 2n-8


26. The probability of A hitting a target is 2/3. And the probability of B hitting the same target is 4/7. So, what is the probability that
neither of them will hit the target?


27. If ak = 1/k-1/(k+1), then find out the summation of a2 to a100?
(Here k, 2 & 100 are suffixes)

Friday, October 31, 2008

31st october Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. If the area of rectangle 'S' is twice that of the rectangle 'T', then
Col A: The side of rectangle S
Col B: The diagonal side of rectangle T


2. If n > 10,000, then which of the following is the closest to 3?
A. 1/(3^n)
B. 3 + 1/3^n
C. n/(3^n)
& so on....


3. If 2 < a < 6 < b < 10 & the arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then
Col A: 6 - a
Col B: b - 6


4. A line passes through a point (p, r) and its slope is 'p'. If pr < 0, then
Col A: The x-intercept of the line
Col B: 0


5. A ball is dropped from 6metres. If it bounces a height of 90% of previous height, then after 5 bounces to how much height will it bounce?


6. Given two points (3, 0) & (3, 3) in the coordinate system. If these two points are equidistant from a point (x, y), then
Col A: x
Col B: 3


7. Given an equation of a line and asked to find the x-intercept of that?


8.

Given that L1 is parallel to L2. If AB = BC, then
Col A: x
Col B: 60


9. Given ‘x’ is an integer. If x^2 – 10 < 0, then how many such values of ‘x’ satisfies the given condition?
A. one
B. Two
C. Three
& so on…


10. Col A: Standard Deviation of numbers having an average 60
Col B: Standard Deviation of numbers having an average 65


11. Given n > 10,000;
Col A: The unit digit value of ‘n’ when divided by 8
Col B: 7


12. Given a set of numbers 19, 22, 25, 26 & 28. When each number is added by ‘k’, then the sum of the numbers would be 142.5. Find the median of the numbers?


13. For a rectangle, if the breadth is 8 & A(area) + L(length) = 130, then the area of the rectangle 'A' is?


14. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z


15. Given a series 3 + 3^2 + 3^3 +….+3^k. What is the value of 'k' at which the summation will be divisible by 6?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 21
D. 28
E. 53


16. Given that, when ‘N’ is divided by 7, it leaves a remainder of 4.
If N^2 +5 is divided by 7, then the remainder is?


17. In a distribution of 8500 parameters, if 26.7 is 56 percentile & 37.1 is 78 percentile, then what is the percentile of x (26.7 <= x <= 37), that is closest in this range?
A. 1888
B. 4500
C.3500
D. 6650


18. The probability of a person getting a line busy every time when she calls is 1/3 and if she makes one call on each of 4 consecutive days, then
Col A: Probability of getting the line busy on each of the 4 days
Col B: ¼

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

29 October Gre Quants Que

Quant:


1. If 3/5 =x/y
Col A: X - 3
Col B: Y - 5


2. If the letters of the word A, F, T, E, R are permuted and arranged in a dictionary form like after, then for some (n > 2) how many other possible ways are there?
A. 119
B. 117
C. 88
& so on....


3. Given y = ax+b and if x-intercept is 5 and slope =2
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: -10


4. If x is negative integer, then
Col A: (-x)^(3*x)
Col B: (-3*x)^(x)


5. In how many ways can 5 prizes, each having 1st, 2nd, 3rdpositions can be given to 3 boys?


6. Given three points (2,4), (5,3) & (k,1). If these three points are collinear, then find value of k?


7. There were 37 employees in a company. If the month July has more number of birthdays than any other month then what is the number of birthdays in July? (Provided every month should have at least 3 birthdays)
Col A: Number of birthdays in July
Col B: 3


8. Given two parallel lines 'L1' and 'L2' which are cut by a transversal at 'B' and 'A' respectively. 'E' is a point on 'L2' such that angle BAE = 58. 'C' is a point on 'L1' on the other side of transversal as 'E' such that BC = CA.
Col A: Angle BCA
Col B: 60
Note: All angles are in degrees and figure was given.


9. Given a square with vertex ‘O’ and centre ‘C’, when rotated by 45 degree with respect to vertex ‘O’ the centre is changed to ‘C1’.
Col A: Distance between centre’s ‘C’ & ‘C1’
Col B: {5*sqrt(2)}/2


10. Given following table
Data Percentile
16.8 43th percentile
17.1 49th percentile
17.3 52th percentile
17.8 55th percentile
18.2 60th percentile
Find the median of the above observation?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

22nd October Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. If an integer n>2 takes the form k! And this satisfies if and only if the product of the 'n' numbers in that factorial should be less than or equal to k.
Col A: n!/(n-1)!
Col B: n!-(n-1)!/(n-2)!


2. Given a table
X f
0 n
1 100-n
Col A: Value of n for mean to be greater than 0.5
Col B: 50


3. If S1 = 2 and if Sn =S(n-1)*1/2 then
Col A: S6
Col B: 2^14(S20)


4. A bar graph with number of students and marks obtained.
Marks No. of students
40 3
60 4
70 14
80 8
90 11
If the total number of students is 40, then
Col A: Median of the data
Col B: Average of the data
(@ all: this is the appropriate question)


5. If 14% people have ovens and 27% have washing machines, then what is the range of the people having neither oven nor washing machines?
A. 0-14%
B. 27-41%
C. 59-73%
D. 73-86%
(Options were something like that)


6. For a line 'l', if x-intercept = y-intercept = 4, then
Col A: Slope of line 'l'
Col B: -1


7. If 2 < a < 6 < b < 10 & the arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then
Col A: 6 - a
Col B: b - 6


8. If there is a list of some numbers, whose mean is 10.8 and standard deviation is '0', then
Col A: Range of that list
Col B: 0


9. If 'x' is 130% of 'y', then 'y' is what percentage of x?


10. If the total amount is calculated, by multiplying the number of goods and the price of each good, then if the number of goods is decreased by 20%, by what percentage must the price should increase to compensate the decrease?


11. If xy =! 0 and y^-1 = 3x^-1, then which of the following is equivalent to it?
Options in terms of x & y were given
(To the given options, examiners answer: y = x/3)


12. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z


13. If b = -8 & (a+b)^2 = 36, then
Col A: a
Col B: 14


14. In 1990, the wages of the employees in a company is 'x'. If from 1990-1995, the increment of wages is 15% and from 1990-2000 the increment is 30% then
Col A: Percentage increment form 1995-2000
Col B: 15%


15. How many number of even squares are their between 60 and 625.
A. one
B. Two
& so on..


16.





If x < y, then
Col A: Area of the triangle ABC
Col B: Area of the triangle PQR

22nd October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Callous

2. Compassion

3. Indigenous

4. Gullibility

5. Credulity

6. Prosaic

7. Plucky

8. Oblivious

9. Obfuscate

10. Aesthetic

11. Gregarious

12. Sociable

13. Tractable

14. Venerate

15. Demagogue

16. Resplendent

17. Slur

18. Curb

19. Presumptuous

20. Pontificate



Analogies:

1. Callous: Compassion

2. Gullibility: Credulity



Issue Topic:

1. "It is not good to conclude without enough data".

2. "Socialization decides the future of society".

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

21st October Gre Quants Question

Quant:


1. The value of (5*4) + 2(5-8+3) = ?


2. Col A: (-36)^49
Col B: 36^(-49)


3. If x > 0, then
Col A: 2^2 * sqrt(x)
Col B: 4^2 * sqrt(x^2)


4. If t^2 = -3(2t + 3), then the value of t is?


5.



If the area of the above circle is 4pie and area of the triangle
is 3, then find the hypotenuse “PQ”?


6. A bar graph with number of students and marks obtained.
Marks No. of students
40 3
60 4
70 14
80 2
90 11
If the total number of students is 40, then
Col A: Median of the data
Col B: Average of the data


7. Given a table of Category and Number of students
Category No. of students
Elementary school 5
Junior school 4
High school 17
College 9
If total students = 35
Col A: probability that a student chosen randomly will not cross junior school
Col B: probability that a student chosen randomly is from college


8. Given x-intercept and y-intercept and asked to find the slope?


9. Given slope as 2.5 and a point on the line as (30, 50).
Col A: y-intercept
Col B: xxx (some value)


10. Given two points and asked to find the distance between the points.


11. If x =! 1, then
Col A: 1/( 2x+2)
Col B: 2x+2


12. Data Interpretation: Minimum wage per person is given for 5 countries.
First question was "percentage by which one countries wage per person was more than the other".
&
Second question: What is the per person wage of country X & O combined?
Country X - 564 & Country O - 705 --- (given in the data)
a. 500
b. 600
c. 635
d. 692
e. 705


13. If an integer n>2 takes the form k! and this satisfies if and only if the product of the 'n' numbers in that factorial should be less than or equal to k.
Col A: n!/(n-1)!
Col B: n!-(n-1)!/(n-2)!

21st October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:

1. Court(v): to try to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of; to seek the affections of; (of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors; to act in such a manner as to cause, lead to, or provoke; to seek another's love.
Synonyms: adjective, aulic, forensic, in camera, judicial, judiciary, juridical, juristic, justiciable, sub judice, substantive.


2. Conscientious(adj):careful; characterized by extreme care and great effort; controlled by or done according to conscience; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong.
Synonyms: complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in, heedful, meticulous, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, just, upright, honest, faithful, devoted.
Antonyms: careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous.


3. Watershed(n): the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area. ; an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.


4. Apostasy(n): a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. ; the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause.
Synonyms: recreance, recreancy, tergiversation.


5. Trite(adj): lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc; Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; frayed or worn out by use; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Synonyms: ordinary
Antonyms: original.


6. Malefeasance(n): the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust); Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
Synonyms: crime, delinquency, misconduct, wrongdoing.


7. Mollify(v): To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; To reduce the rigidity of; cause to be more favorably inclined; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; to assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize.
Antonyms: agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry.


8. Banality(n): Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; The condition or quality of being banal; triviality; Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable.
Synonyms: adage, buzzword, hokum, old chestnut, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism
Antonyms: coinage, nuance, original saying.


9. Extol(v): to praise highly; laud; eulogize; To place on high; to lift up; to elevate; To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify.
Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, give a boost to, givea bouquet, glorify, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, hymn, laud, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, puff up, push, rave, root.
Antonyms: blame, criticize, disparage.


10. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise; Having great wisdom and discernment.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, cagey*, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.


11. Explicate(v): to make plain or clear; explain; interpret; to develop (a principle, theory, etc.); To make clear the meaning of; explain; make plain and comprehensible; elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; To unfold; to expand; to lay open; To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity.
Synonyms: amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, enlarge upon, enucleate, expatiate, explain, expound, give the big picture, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make explicit, make plain, run down, unfold, untangle, work out.
Antonyms: cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle.


12. Hackneyed(adj): made commonplace or trite; stale; banal; A coach or carriage for hire; To cause to become banal and trite through overuse; To hire out; let; Overfamiliar through overuse; repeated too often,
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, familiar tune, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, overworked, quotidian, stale, stereotyped, stock, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn.
Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon



13. Exegesis(n): critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text; Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text; Exposition.
Synonyms: analysis, critique, explanation, exposition, interpretation.


14. Pontificate(v): to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner; to express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way; talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; the state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
Synonyms: address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach.



15. Gregarious(adj): fond of company; pertaining to a flock or crowd; living in flocks or herds, as animals; Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
Synonyms: affable, clubby, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, sociable, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.
Antonyms: cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unhospitable, unsociable.


16. Excoriate(v):to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; to strip off or remove the skin from; to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade; express strong disapproval of.
Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip.


17. Awning(n): a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun; a shelter; a rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.
Synonyms: covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent.



Analogies:

1. Awning: Sun



Issue Topic:

1. Art reveals the hidden impulses of the society



Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
"The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island's six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council is sure to attain the 50 percent reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year in the neighboring island of Torseau, when Torseau's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."

Monday, October 20, 2008

20nd October Gre verbal Quants

Today's Words:


1. Plumb

2. Trenchancy

3. Lackluster

4. Burnish

5. Expatriate

6. Diaphanous

7. Periphery

8. Proximity

9. Guffaw

10. Amusement

11. Exonerate

12. Trudge

13. Sapient

14. Bellicose

15. Didactic

16. Mellifluous

17. Gullible

18. Naive

19. Futile

20. Innocuous

21. Jest

22. Skirt

23. Iridescent

24. Exalt



Analogies:

1. Lackluster: Burnish

2. Guffaw: Amusement

3. Exonerate: Blame

4. Balm: Soothing



Issue Topic:

1. Now-a- days people choose their career on the basis of economy, money and job opportunities in future rather than talent, skill and interest.

2. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences.

Friday, October 17, 2008

17 October Gre Verbal Questions

Today's Words:


1. Obstreperous

2. Animate

3. Balm

4. Deplore

5. Fringe

6. Fertile

7. Censorious

8. Bellicose

9. Idiosyncratic

10. Hiatus

11. Abatement

12. Supine

13. Acerbic

14. Trenchancy



Antonyms:

1. Ambrosial x Unsavory

2. Timorous x Tardy

3. Cogent x Unconvincing

4. Congenital x not innate

5. Torpor x Animation

6. Natty x Sloven

7. Succinct x Prolixity

8. Gregarious x Aloofness

9. Aligned x Neutral


Analogies:

1. Pragmatist: Practicability

2. Encomiastic: Eulogy

3. Defer: Leader

4. Admire: Hero

5. Impressionable: Influence

6. Servile: Compliant

7. Belligerent: Assertive

8. Quibbler: Cavil

9. Guffaw: Amusement

10. Trenchancy: Insipid



Issue Topic:


1. "It is the artist and not the critic who is of some value to the society."

Thursday, October 16, 2008

16th October Gre vaerbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Guffaw(n): a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter; a hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
Synonyms: belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort.


2. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.


3. Natty(adj): neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
Synonyms: neat, chic, dapper, fashionable, jaunty, neat, posh, smart, spruce, tidy, trim.


4. Trenchancy(adj): clearly or sharply defined; effective; energetic; Forceful; Distinct; clear-cut; keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect; incisive or keen; vigorous; caustic.
Synonyms: sharp, biting, acute


5. Novice(n): a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro; A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows; a recent convert to christianity.
Synonyms: amateur, apprentice, beginner, first of May, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, trainee.


6. Pretend(adj): to appear falsely; to make believe; to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so; to allege or profess, esp. insincerely or falsely; counterfeit.
Synonyms:affected, affectional, barmecidal, bogus, disingenuous, hypocritical, ostensible, ostensive, pretended, quasi, self-styled, sham, simulated, so-called; simulate, fake, sham, counterfeit.


7. Illicit(adj): not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful; disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons; Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful;Improperly formed; ungrammatical; contrary to accepted morality.
Synonyms: adulterous, black-market, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, felonious, furtive, guilty, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful.
Antonyms: blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right.


8. Brazenness(adj): shameless or impudent; made of brass, like brass, as in sound, color, or strength; to face boldly or shamelessly; Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity.
Synonyms: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness,presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.

9. Cogitate(v): to think about; to think hard; ponder; meditate; To take careful thought or think carefully about; consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind; use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
Synonyms: Cerebrate, chew the cud, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on, imagine, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, stew over.
Antonyms: ignore.


10. Propensity(n): a natural inclination or tendency; favorable disposition or partiality; an innate inclination; a tendency; The quality or state of being propense; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Synonyms: ability, aptness, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, inclining, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection,predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, sweet tooth, talent, tendency, yen.
Antonyms:antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate.


11. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words;compressed into a small area, scope, or compass; Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; briefly giving the gist of something.
Synonyms: blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse
Antonyms: lengthy, long-winded, wordy.


12. Slovenly(adj): untidy or unclean in appearance or habits;untidy or unclean in appearance or habits; negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
Synonyms: bedraggled, botched, careless, dingy, disheveled, disorderly, dowdy, grody, grubby, heedless, loose, messed up, messy, mussy, negligent, raunchy, seedy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, tacky, topsy-turvy, unfastidious, unkempt, unthorough, untidy.
Antonyms: clean, ordered, organized.


13. Dapper(adj): lively and brisk; neat; trim; smart; small and active; Very stylish in dress.
Synonyms: bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out.
Antonyms: dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled.


14. Redress(n): the setting right of what is wrong; relief from wrong or injury; compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury; To make amends for; to adjust; correction or reformation.
Synonyms: aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, relief, remedy, remission, remodeling, renewal, repair, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, return, revision, reward, reworking, satisfaction, vengeance
Antonyms: hurt, injury.


15. Variable(adj): capable of being varied or changed; alterable; inconstant; fickle; having much variation or diversity.
Synonyms: capricious, changeful, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, iffy*, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unequable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, waffling, wavering.
Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying


16. Vehement(adj): strongly emotional; intense or passionate; marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous; zealous; ardent; impassioned; characterized by rancor or anger; violent; Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong.
Synonyms: angry, ardent, concentrated, delirious, desperate, eager, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, exquisite, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, furious, hearty, heated, hopped up, hyper, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intense, lively, on the make, potent, powerful, pronounced, rabid, strong, terrible, vicious, violent, wild, zealous.
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, impassionate.


17. Malodorous (adj): having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad; foul; having an unpleasant smell.
Synonyms: bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile.
Antonyms: aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet.




Analogies:


1. Carelessness: Recklessness

2. Malodorous: Scent

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

15th October Gre Verbal Question

Today's Words:


1. Peripheral

2. Integral

3. Novelty

4. Gadfly

5. Periphery

6. Fetter

7. Extol

8. Glee

9. Succinct

10. Iconoclast

11. Garrulous

12. Cryptic

13. Redolent

14. Slothful

15. Zephyr

16. Seasoned

17. Digression

18. Taciturn

19. Embezzlement

20. Exotic

21. Malicious

22. Delay

23. Beleaguered

24. Assertive



Analogies:

1. Accidental: Incidental

2. Beleaguered: Assertive

3. School: Education


Issue Topic:

1. The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were mad; possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten.


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in an editorial in the Mason City newspaper.
"At present, Mason City residents seldom use the nearby Mason River for any kind of recreational activity, even though surveys of the region's residents consistently rank water sports (swimming, fishing, and boating) as a favorite form of recreation. Since there have been complaints about the quality of the water in the river, residents must be avoiding the river because they think that it is not clean enough. But that situation is about to change: the agency responsible for rivers in our region has announced plans to clean up Mason River. Therefore, recreational use of the river is likely to increase, so the Mason City council will need to increase its budget for improvements to the publicly owned lands along the Mason River."

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

7th october Gre Quants Question

1. In a group of men and women, 1/3 are men. If 2 women leave the group, then men will be 2/5 of the group. How many members are there in the group?

2. The value of (5sqrt2+sqrt3)(sqrt2-sqrt3) = ?

3. If a < 0 < b < c, then
Col A: ac/b
Col B: ac

4.

Given a figure like above, here PQRS is a square of length 10 and the line VT is the perpendicular to the diameter of the semicircle PQ and it is also given that PU = 2, then find the length of VT?

5. Given 2 < a < 5 < b < 8 and if the average of 3, 6, 9, a, b is 6.2, then find the value of a + b?

6. Given that an investment of a company in 1990 has increased by 15% in a span of 5years i.e. by 1995 and the same investment increased by 30% in a span of 10years i.e. by 2000.
Col A: The percentage increase from 1995 to 2000
Col B: 15%

7.

Given a square PQRS with side length 8 as above and ‘Q’, ‘S’ points are centers of the circles. Find the area of the shaded region?

8. If the below lines are plotted
x + y = 5 &
2x + 2y = 8
Col A: The shortest distance between the lines
Col B: 1

9. Given two circles that are concentric having radii 2, 5. If the tangent to the smaller circle intersects the bigger circle at ‘S’ and ‘T’, then find the length of ‘ST’?

10. If a < 0 & b > 0, then
Col A: a^-7 * b^-2
Col B: (a*b)^-14

11. A Data interpretation question is given, with the data about “The Available number of rooms in Top 12 hotels in a city” and the questions asked were….
i. The Ratio of available rooms of 3 large hotels to the total rooms in a city.
ii. The median value of the number of rooms of the 12 hotels.

Friday, October 3, 2008

3rd Octuber Gre Quants Question

1. Col A: (2^Cool*(15^5)+(2^Cool*(15^5)
Col B: (5^10)*(8^2)

2. A square was given and another square was formed by joining mid points of the square. If perimeter of larger square was given 'X'.
Col A: Perimeter of smaller square
Col B: X/2

3. Col A: (7!)^2
Col B: 13!

4. If f(n,k) = n!/(k!*(n-k)!), then
Col A: f(16,3)
Col B: f(16,14)

5. If product of xyz is odd integer, then which of the following is even
A. x(y+z)
B. xy+z
C. yz+x
& so on....

6. There is a series of odd numbers from 1 to n where n is a odd number. What is the probability that a number selected at random will be an odd number?

7. The slope of line XY is given as -1/2.
Col A: X intercept of Line
Col B: Y intercept of Line.




answers

1) COL B GREATER

2)COL A GREATER

3)COL B GREATER

4)COL A GREATER

5)ALL THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT MAY BE IT IS ALSO ONE OPTION

6) N+1/(2N)

7)CANNOT BE DETERMINED

Thursday, October 2, 2008

2nd October Gre Quants Question

Quant:

1. Given Set A = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...m & Set B = 1, 2, 3, ...n where 'n' is even and 'm' is odd.
Col A: Percentage of odd numbers in A
Col B: Percentage of even numbers in B


2. If l(3x-2)l < 8 then find the value of x?


3. If a1, a2, a3.........an are such that each term is 2 times the preceeding term & p1, p2, p3.......pn are such tht each term is 3 times the preceeding term. If a1= xxxx(some value) and p1 = xxxx(some value) then find the least number of n such that Pn > An?


4. In a school, there are 720 people. If 300 opted for course x, 350 for y, 200 for z, 100 opted for no course and 150 opted for exactly two courses then what is the number of people who opted for all the three courses?


5. A group can charter a particular aircraft at a fixed total cost.If 36 people charter aircraft rather than 40, loss per person is 12$. What is cost per person if 40 people charter it?


6. On a street, there are four houses which are to be painted. There is a choice of three colors, and one house will be painted with a single color. In how many ways can the houses be painted?
A. 4
B. 24
C. 64
D. 81


7. (1/2 - 1/3) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/4 + 1/2) = ?


8. If -2 < x < -1, then
Col A: 1/x3
Col B: 1/x

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

1st October Gre Quants Question

Quant:


1. If a < 0 < b < c, then
Col A: ac/b
Col B: ac


2. If x & y are not equal to zero, then
Col A: sqrt(x) + sqrt(y)
Col B: sqrt(x+y)


3. If (x-2)(x-3)(2x-15)(4x+1) = 0, then find the product of maximum and minimum value of x?


4. Given that, if a person has 5 pair of socks of different colors and if 2 are chosen at random then what is the probability that both of
them are of same color?


5. If a clock shows exactly 4 '0' clock right now, then what will it show exactly 1195 hours later?


6. If x=! 0, then
Col A: lxl – 2
Col B: lx-2l


7. If a point (1, 2) lies on the line Mx + Ky = 2, then
Col A: k
Col B: 0


8. If it takes ‘t’ mins to travel ‘X’ miles, then
Col A: The time taken in hours to travel 900miles is
Col B: 15t/x


9. The range of list-1 is 16 and range of list-2 is 10(approx values). If both the lists are combined then what will be the minimum value
of their range?


10. If x, y, z are negative integers, then
Col A: x + y + z
Col B: 1/x + y + z


11. Col A: 0.01/1- 0.01
Col B: 0.1/1- 0.1


12. In every month, a hospital is opened only in last week. If 10 people travel through bus to hospital, what is the probability that
atleast two people travel on the same day?


13. If x < 0, then
Col A: -x
Col B: lxl


14. There is a swimming pool in the shape of an upright right circular cylinder whose base diameter is 20ft and depth(of cylinder) is
4ft. What is the volume of water, if the water is present at a uniform depth of 3ft 6inches?


15. If t^4 = 16, then
Col A: t
Col B: 2


16. If [z] represents greatest value less than or equal to z and x & y are positive, then
Col A: [x]+[y]
Col B: [x+y]


17. Given that, there is a field with 'r' sections in which there are 's' sub- fields in each section. It is also given that there are 5 employees
for working and each one does the work equally. If there is an employee Annie who does the work of her and also 1/3 work of the
other colleague, then
Col A: Work done by Annie
Col B: rs/4


18. Which of the following operations below, would not affect the standard deviation of the above numbers
A. When 6 is added to each number
B. When 3 is added to each number.
C. When each number is mutiplied by some number x
D. When each number is divided by some number.
(Question is similar to this)


19. There is a square floor with a smaller square carpet. The side of floor is 10% greater than that of carpet and the difference in the
areas were given. What is the side of the carpet?
(Question is similar to this)


20. If the probability of A doing a work is 2/3 and B doing it is 4/7, then what is the probabilty of neither of them do it?


21. If t^4 = 16, then
Col A: t
Col B: 2


22. If x, y, z are real positive numbers.
Col A: Median of x, y, z
Col B: Median of x^2, y^2, z^2.


23. If x, y are two real numbers and x>0 & y<1, then
Col A: mod(x-y)
Col B: 1


24. If 100 < x < 225, then
Col A: sqrt(x)+20
Col B: sqrt(900+x)


25. If (n-2)*(n-3) = 0, then
Col A: -2n+1
Col B: 2n-8


26. The probability of A hitting a target is 2/3. And the probability of B hitting the same target is 4/7. So, what is the probability that
neither of them will hit the target?


27. If ak = 1/k-1/(k+1), then find out the summation of a2 to a100?
(Here k, 2 & 100 are suffixes)