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Karnataka Bank Clerk Exam - English
Duration: 135 ยท Questions: 200 ยท Max Marks: 200 ยท Language: 3
Reasoning
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLEANLINESS’ each of the which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
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Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eight letters of the word FRAGMENT using each only once, which of the following will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.
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How many such letters are there in the word ORIENTAL each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?
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How many such pairs of letters in the word CREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
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How many meaningful words can be made from the letters ‘LMEA’ using each letter only once in each word?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word TEMPORAL, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer and if no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer.
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If the letters of the word HANDOVER are arranged alphabetically from left to right how many letters will remain at the same position?
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXCURSION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the third, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word DEVIATION first letter of that word is your answer? If more than one such word can be made formed your answer is ‘A’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘B’.
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If each alternate letter beginning with the first in the word WORKING is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each of the remaining letters is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, which of the following will be the fourth from the right and after the replacement ?
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How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SHIFTED’ each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between in the English alphabet?
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Statement: Is common currency a necessary ingredient for Europe’s growth ?
Arguments :
I. Yes, A common currency will enable entire Europe to market itself as one .
II. No, Similar experiments by Latin America countries have not affected their economies .
Arguments :
I. Yes, A common currency will enable entire Europe to market itself as one .
II. No, Similar experiments by Latin America countries have not affected their economies .
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the fifth, the sixth, the tenth and the eleventh letters of the word EXCEPTIONAL using each letter only once, first letter of that word is your answer. If no such word can be made formed your answer is ‘X’ and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘Y’.
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How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters RAE using each letter only once in each word?
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word WONDERS, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabet?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word from the second, the fifth, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word PHYSICAL, using each letter only once, second letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed your answer is M. if no such word can be formed your answer is N.
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JUSTIFY, each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
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If the alphabets are assigned values as A=3, D=6, G=8, I=2, L=4 and T=5 then what is the sum of values of all the alphabets in the word DIGITAL?
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EDUCATION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?
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Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet ?
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If the third alphabet of each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical series, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be second from the right ?
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If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed ?
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How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the second letter of the word which is second from the right and the second letter of the word which is second from the left of the given words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonant is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will no vowels appear?
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If the third alphabet in each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed?
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If the position of the first and the second alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be exactly in the middle of the five words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will the same alphabet appear twice?
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3, 5, 5, 19, 7, 41, 9, ?
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If the positions of the first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following would form meaningful words with the new arrangement?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be fourth from the left?
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If in each of given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will at least one vowel appear?
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How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the third letter of the word which is third from the right and the first letter of the word which is first from the left of the given word?
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If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having no vowels will be formed?
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If all the letters in each of the words are arranged alphabetically (within the word), how many words will remain unchanged?
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According to the English alphabetical series how many letters are there between the first letter of the third word and the first letter of the fifth word?
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If the first letter of all the words is changed to the previous letter of the English alphabetical series, how many words will have more than one vowel?
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If all the vowels (in all the words) are changed to the next letter of the English alphabetical series, how many words will form meaningful English words?
English Language
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I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express
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Have the car stolen!
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The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.
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I had to stop all my work to complete this project.
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They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
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The online shopping site lowered the prices.
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Who taught you to drive a truck ?
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We shall invite Suresh.
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Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.
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The partners will celebrate their triumph tomorrow.
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Why did break the vase?
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Mariam was writing a note to her boss.
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The baby really enjoys that music.
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The weather disrupted the final match.
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The management committee is required to publish a report every year.
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Preeti ran the race in record time.
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I shall have written the full thesis by December
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One must keep one’s promises.
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I read the story in one night.
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We must take care of the old.
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The Finance Department has ……………a centralized online databank system for all statutory government bodies to …………an eye on their assets and liabilities.
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Assets
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Affidavit
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Hollow
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Cosset
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Ogle
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Intrinsic
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Coalesce
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Loiter
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The protests were......... at ......... awareness among the elite and the educated.
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Deep-seated
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Vibrant
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To scowl
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I used (A)/ a pair of black trousers (B) / for a week (C)/ No error (D)
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Atheist
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Abdicate
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Mandarin Chinese is spoken by people.
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A person who is good at foreign languages is known as-
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Astringe
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The ………..of gurudakshina is very ancient.
General Awareness
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What major defence-related development was highlighted on 1 May 2026 involving India and Italy?
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Which satellite was launched by ISRO around early May 2026?
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What is Prerna 2.0, launched/introduced in the news on 1 May 2026?
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UAE announced its exit from OPEC, with the decision taking effect from:
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A tragic road accident in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh on or around 1 May 2026 resulted in how many deaths?
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A wall collapse at a hospital in which city killed seven people around early May 2026?
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Indian airlines (Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet) informed the government about potential operational issues due to:
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RBI's April 2026 Monetary Policy kept the repo rate unchanged at:
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Which initiative or mission was linked to Tatya Topeโs letter discovery?
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Neeraj Chopra began his pre-season training for 2026 in which country?
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Which if the following is TRUE about the meaning of a bank?
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Which of the following is NOT true about the functioning of a bank ?
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Which of the following is NOT a banking service?
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The definition of Banking is given in which of the following ACTs?
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Banks in India are regulated by :
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Which of the following terms is used in Banking field ?
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A centralized database with online connectivity to branches, internet as well as ATM-network which has been adopted by almost all major banks of our country is known as?
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Which of the following is necessary while opening deposit account in banks ?
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Which of the following is not banking term?
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Systematic investment plans relates to:
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Yojna a weekly journal
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Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
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Devaluation of a currency means
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In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
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Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
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What is Net National Product
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National income is the
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Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
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During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
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Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
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Which of the following estimates the National Income in India
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India changed over to the decimal system, coinage in
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11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele density in India from the present 1.9% by the year
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Which one of the following statements Monitorable Socio Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan under the head Environment is not correct
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Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning commission and National Development Council
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Persons below the poverty line in Indian are classified as such based on wheather
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Which of the following Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating proverty line in India
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In which year India adopeted liberal and free market principles
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Consider the following statements
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
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When was first human development report of India issued
Computer Knowledge
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Which Windows interface element typically appears to display information, a warning, an error message, or a request for confirmation?
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What is active desktop ?
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What is meant by an active window?
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What was America Online (AOL) primarily known for during the early popularization of consumer Internet access?
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An application is
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Which of the following programs enables you to calculate numbers related to rows and columns?
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The term Briefcase is used for
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In a graphical user interface, what is a button primarily used for?
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A channel (in windows terminology) is
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What does a checked checkbox generally indicate in a graphical user interface?
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The term classic style implies
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The term click implies
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What is the primary function of the Close button marked with an X on a window?
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A command button
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What is smallest unit of the information?
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A cursor is
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What is a Database Management System (DBMS)?
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The meaning of cut is
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A setting or action predetermined by the program unless changed by the user is called as
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The search back ground and main area of windows where you can open and manage files and programs is
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What is a dialog box in a graphical user interface?
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A letter, memo, proposal, or other that is created using Microsoft word is called as
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The meaning of double click is
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The term drag and drop means
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What does dragging with a mouse mean?
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What is the purpose of a drop-down list in a graphical user interface?
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The default name for a desktop icon that opens an explore window displaying information about your system’s disk drives and also special system folders like printers and control panel
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________________ means to enlarge window to its maximum area so that it will full entire desktop
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What is HTML primarily used for?
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What is the process of visually emphasizing selected text or an object on a computer screen commonly called?
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What is an icon in a graphical user interface?
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In graphical user interfaces, what does an ellipsis (...) following a menu command commonly indicate?
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_____________ is an area of memory assigned to store any e-mail message for the user
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Group of letters, numbers, and symbols with a common typerface is called as
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A___ is an electronic device that process data converting into information.
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This is the process of getting access to the computer
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The full step wise process of closing a computer is called
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What is a clickable connection from one web document or resource to another called?
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This device is used to connect your computer with a telephone line, so that can access information form other servers and ordinary users too, said device is called
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What is an Internet discussion area where users exchange messages about a particular subject traditionally called?
Numerical Ability
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The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________ ?
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Which of the following numbers is irrational ?
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356 x 936 – 356 x 836 = ?
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Arrange in descending order: 5/8, 7/10, 3/4
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What is (3^{4} times 9^{2}) ?
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If 34X-2 = 729, then find the value of X.
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Convert 0.6 into fraction ?
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The no. plate of a bus had peculiarity. The bus number was a perfect square. It was also a perfect square when the plate numbers were reversed. The bus company had only five hundred buses numbered from 1 to 500. What was the number ?
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If a and b are positive integers, such that ab = 125, then (a-b)a+b-4 = ?
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If x*y = x2 + y2 – xy, then value of 9*11 is
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Which is greater ?
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If sum of two numbers is 42 and their product is 437, then find their difference.
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Write the 44000 in Roman numerals
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Convert 0.0909… into fraction ?
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What is (98 times 102) ?
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Which is smaller ?
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Convert 0.5777… into fraction ?
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Convert 0.81 into fraction ?
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(63)2 – (12)2 =?
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Which is greater ?
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Chemistry but not in Physics.
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Physics or Maths but not in Chemistry.
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What is the percentage of persons who read all the three papers ?
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What is the percentage of persons who read only two papers?
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What is the percentage of persons who read only one paper ?
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What is the percentage of persons who read only A but neither B nor C ?
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If A and B are any two sets, then what is A รกยดโ (A รกยดโ B) equal to ?
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40% of the people read newspaper X, 50% read newspaper Y and 10% read both the papers. What percentage of the people read neither newspaper ?
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The passengers who like only coffee is greater than the passengers who like only lassi by
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The percentage of passengers who like both tea and lassi but not coffee, is
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The percentage passengers who like at least 2 of the coffee, tea and lassi, is
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If the number of passengers is 180, then the number of passengers who like lassi only, is
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In a town three newspapers A, B and C are published. 42% of the people in that town read A, 68% read B, 51% read C, 30% read A and B, 28% read B and C, 36% A and C and 18% do not read any paper. Find the % of the population of town that reads all the three.
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What is the ratio of the length of PQ to that of QO?
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The committee should consist of 2 Males, 2 Females and 1 child ?
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The committee should include all the 3 Childs?
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In how many different ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be arranged in a row such that all the boys stand together and all the girls stand together ?
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If four marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that two are blue and two are red ?
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If eight marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that there are equal number of marbles of each other ?
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If two marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are red or at least one is red ?