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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 10-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         10-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists querulous  [  KWER-uh'-luh' s, KWER-yuh'-  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. discontented or grumbling 2. peevish or complaining   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was admonished for her querulous nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But she had become, according to sources, very "querulous" by this time, asking for "all kinds of things". The Times of India, Taslima puts Pranab in a bind, Indrani Bagchi, TNN, 18 Feb 2008   desideratum  [  di-sid-uh'-REY-tuh' m, -RAH-, -zid-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   something that is highly desired or considered essential   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The commonplace desideratum of any work of fiction is to keep the reader glued to the nove

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 10-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         10-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day For a point Q outside a given circle of radius r , the power of a point Q with respect to the circle is defined as  p = t 2 – r 2 , where t is the distance of the point from the centre of the circle. Which of the following is true? OPTIONS     1) The power of the point Q with respect to circle C 1 is the area of an annular ring of outer radius t and inner radius r , concentric with C 1 .   2) The power of the point Q with respect to circle C 1 is the length of tangent drawn from point Q to the circle C 1 .   3) The power of the point Q with respect to circle C 1 is the product of the distances of two points A and B from point Q, where A and B lie on C 1 and A, B, Q and the centre of C 1 are collinear.   4) Non

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 09-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         09-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle #199 - The 100 "Chaturs" (09-Mar-12) 08-Mar-12 People of the Chatur tribe are known for their intelligence and honesty. To test their intelligence, the king of Asgard decides to invite 100 wisest men of the tribe. The process that the king will undertake once the 100 wisest men are in his court is as follows: The king will write a certain number greater than 1 on their hats and line them up. Once lined up, they will not be allowed to communicate with each other or look behind or remove their respective hats. However, they will be allowed to see the number written on all the hats in front of them. Hence, a person won’t know the number written on his own hat or on the hats behind him. Everyone will be allowed to listen to the answer of every person behind him. The King, starting from the last