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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 16-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         16-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stoic  [  STOH-ik  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who is apathetic to emotions like grief and pleasure 2. (n.) one who belongs to a greek school of philosophy that had been founded by zeno who stated that wise men are the ones who are apathetic to worldly emotions like grief and pleasure 3. (adj.) being indifferent to earthly emotions like grief and pleasure 4. (adj.) of or pertaining to stoics   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His stoic mannerisms caused people to feel that he lacked emotions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The stoic silence that he maintains is scary sometimes," said a police official. The Timesof India, 2 cops top SIMI man's hate list, Prashant Dayal, September 29, 2008   litotes  [  LAHY-tuh'-teez, LIT-uh

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 16-Jun-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.         16-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day In a right angle triangle ABC, ∠A = 50°, ∠B = 90°. AQ is angular bisector of A. P is the feet of perpendicular from Q on AC. Find ∠BPQ. OPTIONS     1) 20°   2) 25°   3) 30°   4) 35° discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In a triangle, the angle opposite to the longest side is the largest and the angle opposite to the shortest side is the smallest. If two sides are equal, then the corresponding angles are equal. more tips Last year's Question of the day (15-Jun-11) Consider m Arithmetic Progressions with n terms each. The first terms of the APs are 1, 2, 3, 4, .... m − 1, m and their common differences are 1, 3, 5, 7, ..... 2 m − 3, 2 m − 1 respectively. If S r is the sum of all terms of the r th AP, find the value of S 1 + S 2 + S 3 +

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 15-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         15-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 213 - "Don's Dilemma" 14-Jun-12 Intelligence of Interpol happened to know that Don is in either city A, B or C. City A, City B and City C are at equidistance from each other. Interpol’s head office is 30 km from city A, and 40 km from city B. As they were preparing to surprise Don, one of the Don’s informer, informs Don about the given condition. But, he fails to avoid security norms, due to which Interpol has managed to deduce that Don is in city C. They immediately started cruising towards city C with constant speed of 70 km/hr. Don, a genuine genius, has grasped the possibility of such an event and starts preparing to leave the city. If he knows the exact speed of the Interpol officer then what is the maximum time Don has got to leave the city? Provide a detailed solution and win rew