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Verbal Reasoning "Channel One" is a 12-minute school news show that includes two minutes of commercials. The show's producers offer high schools $50,000 worth of television equipment to air the program. Many parents and teachers oppose the use of commercial television in schools, arguing that advertisements are tantamount to indoctrination. But students are already familiar with television commercials and know how to distinguish programming from advertising. The argument assumes that 1.the effects of an advertisement viewed in a classroom would be similar to those of the same advertisement viewed at home 2. many educators would be willing to allow the indoctrination of students in exchange for new equipment for their schools 3. television advertising is a more effective way of promoting a product to high school students than print advertising 4. high school students are sufficiently interested in world affairs to learn from a television news program 5. a television news program produced especially for high school students is an effective teaching tool |
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Quantitative Ability If a two digit number is 8 times the sum of it s digits then which of the following statements is true? 1.The number formed by reversing the digits is twice the sum of its digits. 2.The number formed by reversing the digits is half the sum of its digits. 3.The number formed by reversing the digits is thrice the sum of its digits. 4.The number formed by reversing the digits is one third the sum of its digits. 5.None of these. |
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Posted on 12-April-09
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So,folks here are the correct answers Verbal Reasoning The correct answer is (1). This question stem asks you to identify a hidden assumption of the stimulus material. The argument makes the assumption that television when viewed in the classroom will have a similar effect on children as that when it is viewed at home. This is a questionable assumption since the teacher/pupil relationship is an authoritative one. So your prephrase |
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Problem Solving The correct answer is (3). Let the number be 10x + y. It is given that 10 x + y = 8 (x + y) i.e. 2x = 7y i.e. x =7/2(y).Since x and y are single digits the number is 72.Hence [3] Click here for the next week's Punch |
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