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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-May-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sporadic  [  spuh'-RAD-ik  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. occurring intermittently or at regular intervals of time 2. isolated, unique or scattered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sporadic beep failed to wake her up.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There will be some serious disasters to U.S. forces in the midst of sporadic mutinies and command breakdowns. Chronicles Magazine, Nostradamus I'm Not, by Clyde N. Wilson   mete  [  meet  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dole out, apportion or distribute 2. (tr.v.) (archaic) to measure 3. (n.) boundary, edge or limit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Punishment should be meted out at the earliest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treasury's spending data could monitor government spending and mete ou

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 19-May-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.         19-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Let a , b be positive integers such that Find the number of ordered pairs ( a , b ) which satisfy the above equation? OPTIONS     1) Infinitely many   2) 9   3) 4   4) 5   5) 1 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Every hour, the minute hand and the hour hand overlap each other once. But, between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and between 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., the hands overlap only once, that is, at 12 p.m. and 12 a.m. respectively. Hence, the hour and minute hands overlap 22 times in 24 hours. more tips Last year's Question of the day (18-May-11) If selling price of A and B are in ratio 3: 2 and their buying price is in ratio of 4: 3. Profit in A and B is 200 and 100 respectively. Find buying price of B ? OPTIONS     1) 100   2) 200   3) 300   4) 400  

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 18-May-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         18-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 209 - The Land Distribution Dispute 17-May-12 Rajesh, the landlord of Panditpur is breathing his last. He has 5 sons – Ramesh, Suresh, Paresh, Dinesh and Ritesh. He divides his land amongst his five sons as shown below: The blue portion indicates Ramesh’s land, red portion indicates Suresh’s land, brown region indicates Paresh’s land, yellow region indicates Dinesh’s land and green region indicates Ritesh’s land. His sons are satisfied with the amount of land they are receiving but they want their respective portions of lands in different positions. For example, Paresh will be happier if he gets the south-west portion of the land and Suresh wants the north-east portion of the land. Rajesh, worried sick by this new problem he is faced with, decides to call Mr. Bhagat to seek an answer. After t