Question
In each of the questions below, a sentence is given
with two blanks that indicate that some parts are missing. Identify the correct pair of words that fit in the sentence to make it grammatically and contextually correct. The detective's sharp mind and _______ intuition made her the most _______ investigator on the force.Solution
"Keen" means having a sharp or sensitive perception. "Astute" means having the ability to accurately assess situations or people. The sentence suggests that the detective's sharp mind and intuitive abilities made her an excellent investigator.
A man can row at 3 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 2 kmph and it takes him 6 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place?
A boat covers a distance of 338 km upstream in 13 hours. After rain, the speed of the stream increases by 50%, and the speed of t...
A boat takes 12 hours longer to cover 378 km upstream than it does to cover the same distance downstream. The speed of the stream...
A motor boat goes downstream from point A to B ,which is 36 km away from point A, and then returns to A. If actual speed of the boat in still water is 7...
A man swims downstream 60 km and upstream 36 km, taking 12 hr each time. Find the man’s rate in still water?  Â
Speed of a boat in still water is 15 kmph and speed of stream is 12 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 54 km and come back to starting point. ...
If a boat's downstream and upstream speeds are 30 km/hr and 22 km/hr respectively, and it travels (x + y) km upstream in 10 hours when the stream speed ...
A boat travels 360 km downstream and 240 km upstream in 24 hours. If the ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the stream is 5:1...
A boat can travel 18 km downstream in 2 hours and 12 km upstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Speed of boat is 15 km/hr. Speed of the stream is 20% less than speed of boat. Then find time taken by boat to go 108 km downstream?
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