The few dozen gray seals that have thus far died of canine distemper can, at least for now, be considered _______, since most of the remaining 200,000 gray seals appear uninfected by the disease. A) unexceptional B) immune C) anomalous D) endangered E) contagious (Demanded by Ferozy)
A century ago the physician’s word was _______: to doubt it was considered almost sacrilegious. A) inevitable B) intractable C) incontrovertible D) objective E) respectable (Demanded by Ferozy)
Because modern scientists find the ancient Greek view of the cosmos outdated and irrelevant, they now perceive it as only of _______ interest. A) historical B) intrinsic C) astronomical D) experimental E) superfluous
Although the intellectual and artistic achievements of this ancient civilization were, even by modern standards, extraordinarily _______, its level of technical and mechanical development was by no means _______ to that of modern technology. A) primitive . . superior B) diverse . . inimical C) sophisticated . . comparable D) primeval . . equivalent E) [...]
There are between 100 and 110 cards in a collection of cards. If they are counted out 3 at a time, there are 2 left over, but if they are counted out 4 at a time, there is 1 left over. How many cards are in the collection? (A) 101 (B) 103 (C) 106 (D) [...]
nebulous a) bickering b) distinct c) hypothetical d) querulous e) forgetful
Three basic adaptive responses—regulatory, acclimatory, and developmental—may occur in organisms as they react to changing environmental conditions. In all three, adjustment of biological features (morphological adjustment) or of their use (functional adjustment) may occur. Regulatory responses involve rapid changes in the organism’s use of its physiological apparatus—increasing or decreasing the rates of various processes, for [...]
CENSORSHIP : INFORMATION (A) cultivation : erosion (B) philanthropy : generosity (C) frugality : constraint (D) sampling : measurement (E) sanitation : disease
Which of the following sets of co-ordinates does not represent the vertices of an isosceles triangle. Coordinate Geometry (Courtesy: learningwave.com) A) (0,2), (0,-2), (2,0) B) (1,3), (1,5), (3,4) C) (1,3), (1,7), (4,5) D) (2,2), (2,0), (1,1) E) (2,3), (2,5), (3,3)
Imperial Palace Moat ( Courtesy by: rseghers.com) Stockade: enclosure A) moat: bridge B) doorway: wall C) brick: building D) pillar : support E) keynote: lock (Asked by Charu Pandeya,Varanasi, Student at AchieversPoint.com, New Delhi ) Stockade (Courtesy by: www2.gol.com)
The curved surface area of a cylinder is 24/7 times the total flat surface area(top +bottom).If the biggest possible cone is cut out from the cylinder, what is the ratio of the curved surface area of the cone to its flat surface area? A) 24/7 B) 25/7 C) 27/7 D) 29/7 E) 30/7 (Asked by [...]
Given a triangle ABC Column A perimeter of the triangle ABC. Column B Twice the perimeter of a similar triangle whose area is half the area of triangle ABC. A) if the quantity in column A is greater. B) if the quantity in column B is greater. C) if the quantities are equal. D) if [...]
Prior to the work of Heckel, illustrations of fish were often beautiful but rarely_______ ; this cat, combined with the________ nature of most nineteenth-century taxonomic descriptions, often kept scientists from recognizing differences between species. A) impressive . . inaccurate B) realistic . . detailed C) traditional . . progressive D) precise . . inexact E) [...]
The senator’s reputation, though — by false allegations of misconduct, emerges from the ordeal —. (A) shaken. .unscathed (B) destroyed..intact (C) damaged ..impaired (D) impugned..unclear (E) tarnished ..sullied
(Courtesy: woodworkersauction.com) Column A Number of square in 3×3 chessboard Column A Number of rectangle in 3×3 chessboard A) if the quantity in column A is greater. B) if the quantity in column B is greater. C) if the quantities are equal. D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
SUBROSA A) openly B) fashionably C) under the owse D) simply E) clandestinely
RECANT A) entangle B) rescue C) fail D) assert E) predict
As is well known and has often been described, the machine industry of recent times took its rise by a gradual emergence out of handicraft in England in the eighteenth century. Since then the mechanical industry has progressively been getting the upper hand in all the civilized nations, in much the same degree in which [...]
baleful a) original b) beneficent c) tasty d) murdering e) clever
In 1923 the innovative Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov described filmmaking as a process that leads viewers toward a “fresh perception of the world.†Vertov’s description of filmmaking should apply to films on the subject of art. Yet films on art have not had a powerful and pervasive effect on the way we see. Publications on [...]
A mysterious phenomenon is the ability of over-water migrants to travel on course. Birds, bees, and other species can keep track of time without any sensory cues from the outside world, and such “biological clocks” clearly contribute to their “compass sense.” For example, they can use the position of the Sun or stars, along with [...]
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