Today’s paper

How the papers are set

No question here was typed in by a person or written by a chatbot.

Sums are worked out

Each arithmetic question is built from a rule. The paper picks numbers that come out exact, works out the answer, and writes the wrong options from the usual slips.

Specimentime and work
  1. A and B together can do a job in 30 days. A alone can do it in 45 days. In how many days can B alone do it?
    Question 1
    Answer and working

    Answer D

    B’s one day = 1/30 − 1/45 = 1/90. B alone takes 90 days.

Puzzles are solved first

A family tree is read along the path between the two people asked about. A seating puzzle is kept only when exactly one order fits its clues.

Specimenblood relations
  1. N is the sister of U. U is the husband of M. How is N related to M?
    Question 1
    Answer and working

    Answer D

    Follow the links out from M: U is M’s husband; N is U’s sister. So N is M’s sister-in-law.

Words are checked twice

WordNet proposes a word and its partner. TypeSafe’s Jev then checks that the key passes and that no wrong option could.

Specimenvocabulary
  1. Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
    Jest
    Question 1
    Answer and working

    Answer A

    Jest (verb) and Joke share their main meaning. None of the other options does.

    Source: WordNet 3.1

Facts name their record

General awareness comes from Wikidata, the open record behind Wikipedia. Every solution links the fact it came from.

Specimenenvironment
  1. Anamudi Shola National Park is in which state?
    Question 1
    Answer and working

    Answer B

    Anamudi Shola National Park: Kerala.

    Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Not set here yet

Reading passages, grammar, current affairs and Hindi papers. Until then, English is vocabulary and spelling, and general awareness is static.