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The Kardashians, as it is very hard not to know, have turned their family into a/an ________ commodity—or as they would have it, a kommodity—as they successfully grab every opportunity (even those rightfully belonging to the letter C) to advertise themselves.
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Quantum mechanics is more than a hundred years old, but we still don't understand it. In recent years, however, due to resurgence in scientific research, physicists have _____(i)_____ exploring the questions about quantum theory which were swept under the rug by the pioneers. The early pioneers of quantum theory quickly discovered that the seemingly innocuous idea that energy is grainy has _____(ii)_____ implications. Objects can be in many places at once.
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The other pillar of conventional wisdom is that obesity is a problem of energy balance. Excessive fat accumulation results from some combination of overeating and a lack of physical activity. These notions ________(i)________ amid a climate of American self-criticism in the cultural ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Vegetarianism came to be seen as more humane and environmentally conscious than a meat-based diet, and the idea that obesity and disease follow from over-consumption and sloth ________(ii)________. We drive our cars too much and don't walk enough. Just as we despoil our culture and environment, we despoil our own bodies, and in doing so, we despoil the temple of God.
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Fifty years ago, people started dreaming of mining the deep seabed. Since then, those dreams have turned into _______(i)_______ as scientists have found plethora of interconnected ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean and realized that mining them risks upsetting the health and functioning of our planet. If seabed mining were to go ahead, it could _______(ii)_______ an environmental disaster. That is why scientists and policy experts are calling for a global _______(iii)_______.
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His political heroes - FDR, Nixon, Duplessis, De Gaulle - all _______(i)________, and possessed a diminished regard for the political checks and balances that bind ordinary politicians. His _______(ii)_______ all four leaders reflected the old-fashioned conservative fetishes for hierarchy, elitism and the flamboyant indulgences of great men - haughty reflexes that, as Mr. Black candidly admits in his new book, helped ______(iii)______ in the public-relations war he waged against his corporate enemies and the U.S. justice system.
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Even as we've worked, ever diligent, the men around us have continued to get promoted faster and be paid more. The statistics are well known: at the top, especially, women are nearly absent, and our numbers are barely increasing. Half a century since women first forced open the boardroom doors, our career trajectories still look very different from men's. Some observers say children change our priorities, and there is some truth in this claim. Maternal instincts do contribute to a complicated emotional tug between home and work lives, a tug that, at least for now, isn't as fierce for most men. Other commentators point to cultural and institutional barriers to female success. There's truth in that, too. But these explanations for a continued failure to break the glass ceiling are missing something more basic: women's acute lack of confidence.A
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Select a line from the passage, which suggests that there is a disparity between genders as manifested in their career graphs.
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Possessed of an insatiable sweet tooth, Jim enjoyed all kinds of candy, but he had a special_____for gumdrops, his absolute favorite.
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In a world flooded with data, figuring out where and how to store it efficiently and inexpensively becomes a larger problem every day. One of the most exotic solutions might turn out to be one of the best: archiving information in DNA molecules. DNA storage technology exists today, but to make it viable, researchers have to clear a few daunting technological hurdles around integrating different technologies. A key enabling technology for molecular storage, the Adaptive DNA Storage Codex (ADS Codex), translates data files from the binary language of zeroes and ones that computers understand into the four-letter code (or bases) biology understands - adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C).
When most people think of DNA, they think of life, not computers. The complete set of DNA molecules makes up the genome—the blueprint of the human body. By synthesizing DNA molecules—making them from scratch—researchers have found they can specify, or write, long strings of the letters A, C, G and T and then read those sequences back. The process is analogous to how a computer stores binary information. From there, it was a short conceptual step to encoding a binary computer file into a molecule.
The method has been proven to work, but reading and writing the DNA-encoded files currently takes a long time. Appending a single base to DNA takes about one second. Writing an archive file at this rate could take decades, but research is developing faster methods, including massively parallel operations that write to many molecules at once.
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Which of the following is a primary purpose of the passage?
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In a world flooded with data, figuring out where and how to store it efficiently and inexpensively becomes a larger problem every day. One of the most exotic solutions might turn out to be one of the best: archiving information in DNA molecules. DNA storage technology exists today, but to make it viable, researchers have to clear a few daunting technological hurdles around integrating different technologies. A key enabling technology for molecular storage, the Adaptive DNA Storage Codex (ADS Codex), translates data files from the binary language of zeroes and ones that computers understand into the four-letter code (or bases) biology understands - adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C).
When most people think of DNA, they think of life, not computers. The complete set of DNA molecules makes up the genome—the blueprint of the human body. By synthesizing DNA molecules—making them from scratch—researchers have found they can specify, or write, long strings of the letters A, C, G and T and then read those sequences back. The process is analogous to how a computer stores binary information. From there, it was a short conceptual step to encoding a binary computer file into a molecule.
The method has been proven to work, but reading and writing the DNA-encoded files currently takes a long time. Appending a single base to DNA takes about one second. Writing an archive file at this rate could take decades, but research is developing faster methods, including massively parallel operations that write to many molecules at once.
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According to the passage, which of the following describes fallout of the way in which researchers store information on a DNA molecule?
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Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
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The lack of punctuation seems __________, but the first four lines divide the syntax into easily digestible grammatical units, allowing us to participate viscerally in the act of the language making sense.
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Various archaeological findings, carbon dating, monumental records, scientific evidence, revelations of religious concepts, architectural shrines and monuments, careful examination of artifacts, antiques, ancient seals, faience products, have helped resolve a controversy, and draw a proper conclusion.
The figures and embossing on stone that have survived the time, the cave monasteries, towers, and monoliths found globally talk of extinct languages left undeciphered. They would have marked a new relation between the human race's origin, development and unity of faiths. They could speak of religious history's belonging to one human family. The identical legends confirm the speculations that there was a common descent of all history. A living example is undoubted similarity between Indian and Egyptian religious systems and their deities. The clear congruency of world beliefs does exist.
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What is the primary purpose of the passage?
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Various archaeological findings, carbon dating, monumental records, scientific evidence, revelations of religious concepts, architectural shrines and monuments, careful examination of artifacts, antiques, ancient seals, faience products, have helped resolve a controversy, and draw a proper conclusion.
The figures and embossing on stone that have survived the time, the cave monasteries, towers, and monoliths found globally talk of extinct languages left undeciphered. They would have marked a new relation between the human race's origin, development and unity of faiths. They could speak of religious history's belonging to one human family. The identical legends confirm the speculations that there was a common descent of all history. A living example is undoubted similarity between Indian and Egyptian religious systems and their deities. The clear congruency of world beliefs does exist.
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage would regard with which of the following as the "controversy" which the passage resolves?
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(2a + 4b)(2a – 4b) = 8
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c > b > a
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Choose any number from 51 to 60 (both inclusive).
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The graph of a function 'f' is shown in the figure given above. Which of the following is/are less than f(0)?
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x and y are two distinct positive numbers.
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Palindromic numbers are read same from left to right and right to left. For example, 3663 is a palindromic number. Which of the following products will give a palindromic number?
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Which of the following values of x will satisfy the inequations $7^{3x- 49}$> 49 and $3^{4x - 28}$ > 1?
Indicate all such values.
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How much more money (in $) is spent on bricks for the construction of Building B than that for Building A?
Money Spent on Various Building Materials for Construction of Two Buildings 
The total money spent on Building A is $540,000 and the total money spent on Building B is 15% more.
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What is the percentage decrease in amount of 'Others' from Building A to Building B?
Money Spent on Various Building Materials for Construction of Two Buildings 
Total money spent on Building A is $540,000 and total money spent on Building B is 15% more.
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Money Spent on Various Building Materials for Construction of Two Buildings
Total money spent on Building A is $540,000 and total money spent on Building B is 15% more.
What is the ratio between money spent on glass in Building A and that in Building B, respectively?
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Gabriel took a home loan of 75,000 dollars at simple rate of interest. If he paid $129,000 after some years to repay the loan which was given at 18% rate of interest, then for how many years did he take the loan for?
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For most of them, in the end, what the university offers is not skills or knowledge but ________: a diploma that signals employability and basic work discipline.
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Researcher: This drug will revolutionize the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. Since the clinical trials for this experimental drug started, 73% patients taking the drug have experienced a 30% relief in symptoms. Senior Researcher: It is better to continue the trials a little longer. Let us find where the effect starts to plateau off.
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In the argument given, the two highlighted portions play which of the following roles?
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Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
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The concept that men are entitled to privileges _________ to marriage, while women have to earn their place in the same state of matrimony, is the clear implication in the essay.
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Even as states adopted riskier and untested drugs, they argued that the identities of the suppliers must remain secret to __________ criticism.
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Their nuptial life was strewn with (i)___________ and was devoid of (ii)____________, as it was fraught with bitter fighting and arguments.
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But predicting criminality makes a lot of people nervous. It ______(i)______ earlier scientific episodes in which researchers claimed that aspects of biology - like ethnic background - determined behavior or intelligence. With what everyone admits is still a young and imperfect science, there is also the possibility of getting it wrong, and _______(ii)_______ label.
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Round after round of mergers and sell-offs have _______(i)_______ countless local papers across the US. Days before the Baltimore City Paper announcement, Tennessee's Knoxville Mercury announced that it, too, would close. Not even a billionaire benefactor was enough to _______(ii)_______ the Village Voice, which had enjoyed a brief revival, in its current incarnation: on Tuesday, the paper said it would _______(iii)_______ after 62 years.
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What does it take to succeed in the intensely competitive, cutting-edge fashion industry? You need to show ambition, clearly, while never exuding unbecoming (i)__________. For the right kind of exposure, you may have to work for free - even go into debt. You need to be calculating in concert with your acquaintances, but avoid close connections with possible (ii)__________. Above all, you need to stay beholden to the unlikely dream of success and the rare moments of magic, building calluses and erecting blinders to the (iii)__________ realities.
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The original, so-called, 'battle of the sexes' took place in 1973 when a 55 year old retired tennis pro, Bobby Riggs, challenged Billie Jean King, then acknowledged as the world's best female lawn tennis player, to a match. Though not agreeing at first, but later aided by a lucrative offer, Billie Jean accepted his challenge. The match was an anti-climax. Jean beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. In the final battle of the sexes in 1992, Jimmy Connors beat Martina Navratilova in straight sets. Since the results of these battles, and another less publicized such match, were mostly in favor of men, it became a bragging point for the male supremacists.A new twist to the 'battle of the sexes' now comes in the form of a battle within the sexes. A phenomenon that has been observed increasing in frequency is that married people tend to hang out with other couples. While some people acknowledge the existence of such discrimination, others contend that there is no discrimination at work. It's just that married people have many things in common with other couples, and that is why they prefer their company.Another reason given is that a single person is more likely to indulge in reckless behavior and one with responsibilities would do well to steer clear of trouble. One wonders how a married friend, who got divorced, or was bereaved, suddenly turned irresponsible! Many singles believe that married people are envious of the freedom that the singletons enjoy and do not want to associate themselves with singles for the fear of finding faults in their personal vision of utopia. Yet another insight is that married people are afraid of their single friends and of singletons in general.As Sarah Jessica Parker, the creator and an actor in the hit television series says, and I paraphrase, "Many married friends do not want to hang out with single friends because in the single friend they see a prospective spouse stealer"!
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According to the passage, all of the following are true, EXCEPT:
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The original, so-called, 'battle of the sexes' took place in 1973 when a 55 year old retired tennis pro, Bobby Riggs, challenged Billie Jean King, then acknowledged as the world's best female lawn tennis player, to a match. Though not agreeing at first, but later aided by a lucrative offer, Billie Jean accepted his challenge. The match was an anti-climax. Jean beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. In the final battle of the sexes in 1992, Jimmy Connors beat Martina Navratilova in straight sets. Since the results of these battles, and another less publicized such match, were mostly in favor of men, it became a bragging point for the male supremacists.A new twist to the 'battle of the sexes' now comes in the form of a battle within the sexes. A phenomenon that has been observed increasing in frequency is that married people tend to hang out with other couples. While some people acknowledge the existence of such discrimination, others contend that there is no discrimination at work. It's just that married people have many things in common with other couples, and that is why they prefer their company.Another reason given is that a single person is more likely to indulge in reckless behavior and one with responsibilities would do well to steer clear of trouble. One wonders how a married friend, who got divorced, or was bereaved, suddenly turned irresponsible! Many singles believe that married people are envious of the freedom that the singletons enjoy and do not want to associate themselves with singles for the fear of finding faults in their personal vision of utopia. Yet another insight is that married people are afraid of their single friends and of singletons in general.As Sarah Jessica Parker, the creator and an actor in the hit television series says, and I paraphrase, "Many married friends do not want to hang out with single friends because in the single friend they see a prospective spouse stealer"!
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The author of the passage would agree with which of the following statements?
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The original, so-called, 'battle of the sexes' took place in 1973 when a 55 year old retired tennis pro, Bobby Riggs, challenged Billie Jean King, then acknowledged as the world's best female lawn tennis player, to a match. Though not agreeing at first, but later aided by a lucrative offer, Billie Jean accepted his challenge. The match was an anti-climax. Jean beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. In the final battle of the sexes in 1992, Jimmy Connors beat Martina Navratilova in straight sets. Since the results of these battles, and another less publicized such match, were mostly in favor of men, it became a bragging point for the male supremacists.A new twist to the 'battle of the sexes' now comes in the form of a battle within the sexes. A phenomenon that has been observed increasing in frequency is that married people tend to hang out with other couples. While some people acknowledge the existence of such discrimination, others contend that there is no discrimination at work. It's just that married people have many things in common with other couples, and that is why they prefer their company.Another reason given is that a single person is more likely to indulge in reckless behavior and one with responsibilities would do well to steer clear of trouble. One wonders how a married friend, who got divorced, or was bereaved, suddenly turned irresponsible! Many singles believe that married people are envious of the freedom that the singletons enjoy and do not want to associate themselves with singles for the fear of finding faults in their personal vision of utopia. Yet another insight is that married people are afraid of their single friends and of singletons in general.As Sarah Jessica Parker, the creator and an actor in the hit television series says, and I paraphrase, "Many married friends do not want to hang out with single friends because in the single friend they see a prospective spouse stealer"!
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Select a sentence in the third paragraph that explains how denying something might reflect a secret longing for it.
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China and India have a similarly large pool of human resources. However, China is surging ahead of India in terms of achievements in the sporting arena. For every medal that India won in the 2016 Olympic Games, China won seven. India, like always, failed to win any Gold medals while China won 40. The difference can clearly be attributed to the proliferation of State run sporting academies in China. These academies identify young children with sporting talent, and take these children under their wing. For the next decade or so, these children live, breathe, eat, and sleep their respective sport. It is no wonder that they turn into prodigies. India needs to put in place a similar system if it is to achieve some level of international recognition as a sporting power.
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In 2010, when private airlines in Alstonia were first allowed to operate in the country, the average domestic fares were three times the average train fares to the cities connected by both air and rail network only. In the immediately following years, due to the increasing number of flights, the air fares slipped till they were just twice the train fares. Since then, the domestic airfares have reached a level that is again three times the train fare for corresponding cities even though the number of domestic flights has not changed.
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Which of the following, if true, best explains the discrepancy in the argument?
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In a survey of the reading habits of university students, it was found that many students prefer researching educational material online, rather than searching for relevant books in the library. This has prompted some university officials to advocate closing down of the library and converting the cavernous hall into an amphitheatre. The opponents of the move contend that the library has many rare books and precious manuscripts that have been painstakingly collected over decades and that shutting down the library would mean depriving students of an irreplaceable legacy. However, there is a growing propensity for Powerpoint presentations, cloud computing, online collaboration for projects, and burgeoning resources on the internet. Therefore, ________________________.
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Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
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Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
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A lifelong book lover who turned her __________ with reading into a career as a cognitive neuroscientist, she continues to explore how humans learned to do such an astonishing thing as read in the first place.
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A train covers first 100 miles at a speed of 40 miles per hour and rest of the journey at a speed of 60 miles per hour. The average speed for the entire journey is 50 miles per hour.
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An isosceles triangle PQR lies in the xy–plane with P at (–3, 0) and R at (3, 0). The length of PQ is 5.
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x + y = 1 is the equation of a line L.
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Number of distinct prime factors when the smallest two-digit composite number is multiplied by 169
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ABC is an isosceles triangle where the length of base BC is different from the lengths of the other two sides. Also, p and q are non-negative integers.
For the following question, enter your answer as an integer or a decimal in the given input box.
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Total number of students hired = 1,500
Average annual pay of students of each specialization (in hundred thousand dollars):
The total pay offered to the students of Finance specialization is what percent of the total pay offered to the students of IT specialization?
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Total number of students hired = 1,500
Average annual pay of students of each specialization (in hundred thousand dollars):
If the total number of hired students of Finance specialization in July 2015 was 15% more than that in April 2015 and the total number of hired students of IT specialization in July 2015 was 25% more than that in April 2015, then what was the total number of hired students of Finance and IT specializations in July 2015?
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Total number of students hired = 1,500
Average annual pay of students of each specialization (in hundred thousand dollars):
What is the average salary offered by the company to Finance and Operations specialization students hired in April 2015?
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Which of the following are prime numbers between $\frac{5}{2}$and $\frac{44}{5}$?
Indicate all such values.
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If the outcomes of an experiment are mutually exclusive and exhaustive and the probabilities of all the outcomes are y, $\frac{y}{3}$, $\frac{y}{6}$ and $\frac{y}{9}$ , then what will be the value of y?
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A fuel tanker is filled in 3 hours by pipe A and in 'h' hours by pipe B. If both the pipes together take less than 2 hours to fill the tank, the value of h could be
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The mean of a set of 17 integers is 6 and the standard deviation is 2.8. Which two elements from another set should we add to the existing set, so that the standard deviation would decrease the most?