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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-Dec-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         28-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demagogue  [  DEM-uh'-gog, -gawg  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person or leader who appeals to the prejudices or passions of the people to gain power 2. (n.) in ancient times, a leader who champions the cause of the masses 3. (intr. v.) to speak or behave like a demagogue 4. (tr. v.) to treat an issue like a demagogue; obscure an issue with prejudice, emotions, etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was an effective demagogue and succeeded in uniting the workers in order to demand for better working conditions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Self confident and energetic, O'Connor was a charismatic demagogue, who used mass meetings and the widely read 'Northern Star' t

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 28-Dec-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.         28-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day There are eight friends: Suresh, Ram, Sushant, Virat, Aditya, Ganesh, Vishal and Kaustubh. They stay in eight different flats on one of the floors of a building, four on either side of a passage (both sides being identical). It is also known that friends whose names start with the same letter stay on the same side of the passage. Kaustubh doesn’t stay in the flat adjacent to that of Vishal. Vishal and Suresh stay in diagonally opposite corners. Suresh and Ganesh stay on the same side of the passage as Sushant. Also, friends whose names have the same first or last letter do not stay adjacent to each other or opposite each other. Who among the following cannot stay opposite Ram? OPTIONS     1) Ganesh   2) Sushant   3) Aditya   4) Kaus

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 27-Dec-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         27-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 293 - "Guess me if you can!" 26-Dec-13 Being a 7 digit number, when I am divided by N, the remainder obtained is divisible by the smallest of the only three factors of N, all being prime. Whenever 1 is added or subtracted from me and then divided by N, the remainder obtained must be divisible by one of the only three prime factors of N. Only one of N's prime factors is a single digit number and the highest factor is not more than double the lowest. The digit with the millions place value is an even square and I suffer from split personality i.e. I am not a unique 7 digit number. Also, apart from my first digit, none of the other digits in the multiple personalities are common.  Identify all my personalities i.e. all such 7 digit numbers. discus