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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 10-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         10-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists humus  [  HYOO-muh' s or, often, YOO-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   an organic part of soil that is black or brown in colour, formed by the decaying of plant and animal matter and adds to the soil's fertility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Humus is often added to soil to increase the productivity of the crop.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Inside the units, worms munch kitchen scraps into rich, soil- like humus and help reduce the amount of waste reaching landfills. National Geographic, Worm Bins Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Compost, Brian Handwerk, September 13, 2004   inalienable  [  in-EYL-yuh'-nuh'-buh' l, -EY-lee-uh'-  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   inviolable, inherent, basic or unassailable   USAGE

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 10-Aug-13

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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-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The marks obtained by nine students in Mathematics (out of 10) are as follows: 7, 6, 8, 4, 0, 9, 10, 7, 4. The nine students are to be divided into three groups of three students each such that the average marks of each group are at least 6 and no two students in the same group have the same marks. In how many different ways can the groups be formed? OPTIONS     1) 0   2) 1   3) 2   4) 3 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day If n is a prime number, the coefficient of every term in the expansion of ( a + b ) raised to the power n , except the two terms a raised to power n and b raised to power n is always divisible by n . more tips Last year's Question of the day (09-Aug-12) Answer the question ba

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 09-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         09-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 273 - "THINK OUT OF THE CORRIDOR!" 08-Aug-13 Aliens have kidnapped you just to check the thinking ability of an intelligent human brain. They do not want to harm you unless you fail in the task designed for you. They have locked you in a cell, the exit to which is a corridor with five back to back doors. The first door which is right at the beginning of the corridor and just in front of the cell opens every 3 minutes, the second door opens every 2 minutes, the third door after every 5 minutes, the fourth after every 4 minutes and the fifth door opens after every minute. All the doors open for a time interval sufficient enough for you to walk through it safely but smaller than the time taken by you to travel between two consecutive doors which is 4