GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY

One alloy of metal contains 90%copper & 10%tin. Another alloy contains 95%copper &5%tin. If they are mixed so that the mixture contains 9%tin then what % of copper will it contain?
A)90
B)65
C)85
D)75
E)80

correct answer:75

should'nt it be 100-9=91%?
please explain!!

Sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

200 gms of a solution was10% sugar by weight. 500gms were replaced by a second solution resulting in a solution that was 16% sugar by weight. The second solution is what percent sugar by weight?
A)34%
B)24%
C)22%
D)18%
E)8.5%

sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY

A parallelogram is such that all its vertices lie on circumference of a circle. Two such congruent parallelograms are joined along one of the congruent edges to form a third figure,which is??
A)kite
B)rhombus
C)parallelogram
D)rectangle
E)trapezoid

CORRECT ANSWER IS :rectangle...

I cant quite form the image in my mind...can someone please draw it?

SENT BY: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

ANECDOTE : AMUSEMENT ::
A. parable : brevity
B. lecture : instruction
C. harangue : complacency
D. caption : illustration
E. slogan : repetition

sent by: Kriti Agarwal

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

BD=8
AB=6
ED=5
EF=FC
AF=?
OPTIONS:
A)4.5
B)3
C)4
D)3.5
E)5

sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

What is the preferable time for GRE?

Please tell me the preferable time to give GRE CBT, either morning or evening and when the paper comes easy and hard (I heard about that).
Please revert.

Query sent by:

Aashish Shivhare

Project Engineer - Medical Informatics

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

The sum of 25 percent of 36 and 75 percent of 56 equals
(A) 23
(B) 37
(C) 41
(D) 51
(E) 69

SENT BY: AJAY KUMAR, BHOPAL

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

Sanguine
a) frantic
b) arctic
c) hot
d) pessimistic
e) related

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

Scientist are studying the growth of thunderstorms to discover what causes the difference between showers than enable to ——— and ——— storms that cause floods and erosion.
(A) Flourish —– Violent
(B) Wither —– Damaging
(C) Grow —– Harmless
(D) Parch —– serve
(E) Multiply —– Essential

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

A discount of 20 percent on an order of goods followed by a discount of 10 percent amounts to
(A) less than one 15 percent discount
(B) the same as one 15 percent discount
(C) the same as one 30 percent discount
(D) less than a discount of 10 percent followed by a discount of 20 percent
(E) the same as a discount of 10 percent followed by a discount of 20 percent

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

RAIL: VEHEMENCE: :
(A) entreat: urgency
(B) revere: simplicity
(C) plead: sorrow
(D) avenge: ferocity
(E) insult: sarcasm

sent by: Ruchika Gupta, Almora

GRE ANALOGY QUESTION OF THE DAY

PROTAGONIST : CHARACTER ::
(A) brush : applicator
(B) lawmaker : government
(C) costume : gala
(D) conductor : orchestra
(E) novice : competitor