Category: Miscellaneous

1. Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?   (B) A. 5 : 7 : 8 B. 20 : 49 : 64 C. 38 : 28 : 21…

Directions (1-6): An expression followed by four words is given in each of the following questions. The expression carries the meaning of one of the words. Identify the word and mark its number as your answer. 1. A person excessively concerned about his poor health and ailment   (d) (a) abalone (b) minstrel (c) hypocaust (d)…

1.Herald (verb) Meaning: be a sign that (something) is about to happen. Synonyms: signal, indicate, announce, point to, spell, presage, augur, portend, promise, prefigure, foreshadow, foretell Example: This optimism was based on many reasons. Akhilesh Yadav was extremely popular and ubiquitous on television. The media heralded him as an agent of change who dared to…

we are providing you one word substitution which is totally based on SSC CGL 1.Succession of rulers belonging to one family → Dynasty 2. To cut something into two pieces → Sever 3. Flat metal or porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial → plaque 4. Act of deceining somebody in…

1. Two jars of capacity 50 l and 80 l are filled with oil. What must be the capacity of a mug that can completely measure the oil of the two jars?    (a) (a) 10 l (b) 50 l (c) 80 l (d) 40 l 2. Find the largest number which divides 34, 90,…

Extension in time for filling on-line application forms for SSC CGL 2017 SSC(Staff Selection Commission) has released a Notice for some of the applicants who have faced technical problems in filling on-line application forms for CGLE, 2017 during the last two days or who haven’t applied yet. Keeping in view this inconvenience caused to the…

How to Counting of weeks and days in year: (a) 1 ordinary year has 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 odd day (b) 1 leap year has 366 days = 52 weeks + 2 odd days (c) 100 years = 76 ordinary years + 24 leap years = 76*1 + 24*2 = 124 odd…

1.grave(noun) Meaning: an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body. Synonyms: dignified,dull Antonyms:  agitated, boisterous Example Sentence: It is a grave demand, made as the price of an important concession. 2.greet(verb) Meaning: to address with some form of salutation; welcome. Synonyms: accost, acknowledge Antonyms:  avoid ,disregard Example Sentence: Greet our…

1.White elephant – Very expensive but of no use. 2.Shoulder to Shoulder – Very fast friend or relative in difficult time. 3.Play Ducks and Drakes – To Waste money on worthless articles. 4.Mother Wit – Common sense. 5.Long in the Tooth – Old people (or horses). 6.In Like Flynn – To be easily successful, especially…

1. Circum radius of right angled triangle is? Ans. Half of hypotenuse 2. Distance of vertices for any triangle from circumcentre is known as? Ans. Circum radius 3. In a right angled triangle the circumcentre of the triangle lies? Ans. On midpoint of the hypotenuse 4. The perpendiculars drawn from the vertices to the opposite…

Change the following sentences into indirect speech : 1. The boy says, “My father is working abroad.” ans: The boy says that his father is working abroad . 2. Karim says, “I was right”. ans: Karim says that he was right. 3. He said to me, “I shall help you“. ans: He said to me…

1.Lambaste (verb) Meaning: criticize (someone or something) harshly. synonyms: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn, take to task, harangue, attack, rail at, rant at, revile, fulminate against. Example: Mr. Corbyn, whose anti-monarchist, anti-conflict views already had many of Britain’s tabloids in a tizzy, was lambasted for supposedly refusing to bow as he laid a wreath at…