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When he did not come home, she_________ lying dead on the roadside somewhere.
General Intelligence Reasoning SSC Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) DSSSB Pharmacist
When he did not come home, she_________ lying dead on the roadside somewhere.
- concluded
- looked
- notice
- pictured
Ans → (d) pictured
Explanation → Concluded- Arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning. Looked- Think of or regard in a specified way Notice- The fact of observing or paying attention to something. Pictured- Form a mental image of someone or something.
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Directions : (For Q. No. 1 ) - answer according to the following information-
A duck named Donald Duck says "all ducks always lie."
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Directions : (For Q. No. 2) -
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P is learning French and Dutch.
Q is learning Chinese and Japanese.
R is learning Spanish and French.
S is learning Dutch and Japanese.
Given that:
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# Chinese is harder than Japanese;
# Dutch is easier than Japanese, and
# Spanish is easier than French.
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Statement of P: R has copied in the exam.
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Statement of R: P did not copy in the exam.
Statement of S: Only one of us is telling the truth.
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- 23
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