27th Feburary GRE Verbal

Today's Words:


1. Plethora

2. Cacophony

3. Brevity

4. Fatuous

5. Remorse

6. Pernicious

7. Discordant

8. Oblivious

9. Stoical

10. Lackluster

11. Diatribe

12. Exonerate

13. Ineluctable

14. Mishap



Analogies:

1. Exonerate: Blame

2. Ineluctable: Avoid

3. Mishap: accident

27th february GRE Quants Question

Quant:


1. If 10^n = 0.0004, then what is the value of n?
Ans: Cannot be determined
But, if it is 10^n = 0.0001, then n = -4


2. If the price of an article is 256$ in 1989 and is increased by 80% when compared to 1975, then what was its price in 1975?
Ans: 142.2


3. Col A: Standard Deviation of m1, m2, m3, m4 & m5
Col B: Standard Deviation of m1+5, m2+5, m3+5, m4+5 & m5+5
Ans: C


4. If the remainder when 10^32 is divided by 11 is 'R', then
Col A: R+2
Col B: 3
Ans: C


5. If 3x - 3y = 1; x and y are positive numbers, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: 1
Ans: D


6. If the area of the semi-circle is 2pi, then what is perimeter of the semi circle?
A. 2pi
B. 8pi
C. 16pi
D. 2pi+ 4
E. 4pi+sqrt4
Ans: D


7. Which of the folowing has the highest slope
A. y-1/4x=5
B. y-1/2x=2
C. y+2x=-3
D. y+7x=-6
& so on.....
Ans: B


8. Given that 60% of the sophomores took up liberal arts, 24% took sciences and rest took both or neither. If 55% of all sophomores took psychology, then what percentage of arts students took psychology?
Ans: Cannot be determined


9. If 2/x = y/2, then
Col A: X
Col B: Y
Ans: D