SNAP Daily Practice Day 8

“A blessing in disguise” is something that looks unfortunate at first but turns out to be good. “Fortuitous” means happening by lucky chance, which carries that sense of unexpected good fortune.

“Diligence” means hard work. “Reciprocal” means mutual or given in return. “Superficial” means shallow. None of these relate to an unexpected benefit.

“None” means “not one”, so in formal exam grammar it takes a singular verb: “None of the three movies that we saw was interesting.” The error is in part C.

Parts A and B are correct as written, so D (No error) is wrong.

“Should” expresses duty or moral obligation: apologising is the right thing to do.

“Might” (A) expresses possibility. “Can” (C) is used here for a request. “Will” (D) expresses future action.

“Devout” means deeply religious or sincerely committed to one’s faith. “Pious” has the same meaning.

“Loyal” means faithful to a person or cause, without the religious sense. “Revered” describes someone who is respected by others, not someone who is devout. “Respectable” means socially decent.

When the reporting verb is in the past (“said”), the simple past in the direct speech moves back to the past perfect: “slipped” → “had slipped”.

A changes the reporting verb to the present tense. C uses “told” without an object (it should be “told someone”). D keeps “slipped” without the tense change.

This follows the order in which a building is constructed:

• Foundation (4) is laid first.
• Walls (2) are raised on it.
• Windows (1) are fitted into the walls.
• Roof (5) covers the structure.
• Floor (3) is finished once the building is covered.
• Room (6) is the finished result.

A puts the roof before the walls. B and D place the room before the walls are built, and D fits windows before walls exist.

A dictionary is a type of reference material. In the same way, a newspaper is a type of periodical, because it is published at regular intervals.

A book and a biography are not published periodically. An atlas is itself a reference work, so it belongs with the first pair rather than completing the second.

• D is A’s child.
• C is B’s daughter.
• A and B are sisters, so their children, C and D, are first cousins.

The details about F and G do not affect the C–D relationship. Second cousins would require the parents themselves to be cousins. C is not D’s sister, because they have different mothers. C is not D’s sister-in-law, because C is married to F, not to D’s sibling.

• Akbarpur < Fatehpur
• Fatehpur < Bara Banki < Palamu
• Palamu < Dhanbad

Combined: Akbarpur < Fatehpur < Bara Banki < Palamu < Dhanbad. The biggest district is Dhanbad.

Number the seats 1 to 8 from left to right, as seen by the boys.

• Fix J. N = J − 1 and M = N − 5 = J − 6, so J must be at 7 or 8.
• J = 8 fails. N would be at 7, and P (J’s neighbour) would need seat 9, which does not exist.
• J = 7. This gives N = 6, O = 2 and M = 1. Q is third to the right of M, so Q = 4.
• P and K. P neighbours J and seat 6 is taken, so P = 8. K is third to the left of P, so K = 5. L takes the last seat, 3.

L sits immediately right of O. L is not among options A–C, so the answer is None of the above.

Count the days from 13 May to 1 November: May 18 (14th–31st) + June 30 + July 31 + August 31 + September 30 + October 31 + November 1 = 172 days.

172 ÷ 7 leaves a remainder of 4, so 13 May falls 4 days before Monday, which is Thursday. February is not in this range, so a leap year makes no difference.

Use reverse alphabet positions (A = 26, B = 25, …, Z = 1).

• PEN: P = 11, E = 22, N = 13; 11 + 22 + 13 = 46 ✓
• PAGE: P = 11, A = 26, G = 20, E = 22; 11 + 26 + 20 + 22 = 79

The cubes with no painted face form the inner core, which measures (7 − 2)³ = 5³ = 125.

At least one face painted = 343 − 125 = 218.

150 = 6 × 5² counts only the cubes with exactly one painted face.

Compounded annually: amount = P × 1.4² = 1.96P.

Compounded half-yearly (20% per half-year, 4 periods): amount = P × 1.2⁴ = 2.0736P.

Difference = 0.1136P = 4544, so P = 4544 ÷ 0.1136 = 40,000.

Let h be the standing part and L the broken part, so h + L = 12. The broken part is the hypotenuse, and it makes 60° with the ground.

sin 60° = hL, so h = √32L.

L(1 + √32) = 12, so L = 242 + √3 = 24(2 − √3) = 48 − 24√3.

h = 12 − (48 − 24√3) = (24√3 − 36) m ≈ 5.57 m.

Options A, B and C all work out to more than 12 m, which is taller than the tree itself.

Sugar = 38% of 90 = 34.2 ml. Adding water does not change this amount.

New total = 34.2 ÷ 0.171 = 200 ml. Water to add = 200 − 90 = 110 ml.

AB² = 2² + 2² = 8; BC² = 1² + 3² = 10; AC² = 3² + 1² = 10.

BC = AC = √10, so the triangle is isosceles.

It is not right-angled, because 8 + 10 ≠ 10. It is not equilateral, because AB ≠ BC. It is not scalene, because two sides are equal.

By the remainder theorem, substitute x = 7 into each expression:

49 + 7a + b = 35, so 7a + b = −14. 49 + 7b + a = 31, so a + 7b = −18.

Adding the two equations: 8(a + b) = −32, so a + b = −4. This value is not among A–C, so the answer is None of these.

Detailed solution coming soon.

6! + 7! = 6!(1 + 7) = 720 × 8.

720 = 2⁴ ⋅ 3² ⋅ 5 and 8 = 2³, so the product is 2⁷ ⋅ 3² ⋅ 5 (= 5760).

B includes a factor of 7, but the 7 cancels out when 6! is factored out. C equals 960 and D equals 5400, so neither is 5760.

II follows: the director closed the factory specifically to fund the technology the company needs to survive. That is exactly prioritising long-term viability.

I fails: the code puts long-term viability above all other stakeholder interests, including the town’s. Harming the town in order to secure survival is consistent with the code, not a breach of it.

Ethics goes beyond legal compliance. Customers paid for a product that works, so they deserve to know about the defect and have it fixed at no cost. A free, voluntary update is proportionate to a non-safety issue and avoids the expense of a full recall.

A treats legal compliance as the whole of ethics and leaves customers with a faulty product. B fixes the problem but hides it, which is not transparent. D uses the defect as a public-relations opportunity, which is manipulative.

• 1: CSR exists to address genuine need, so urgency of fundamental human need comes first.
• 4: next, check whether the project fits the company’s values and expertise, so it can actually deliver.
• 3: then plan for long-term sustainability, so the benefit lasts.
• 2: PR benefit is a by-product and should never drive the decision.

B puts company fit ahead of human need. C plans upkeep before confirming the project fits the company. D leads with publicity, which inverts the purpose of CSR.

The professional first step is to raise the issue directly and privately with the person responsible. This gives the manager a chance to correct the record without public embarrassment, and it keeps escalation available if nothing changes.

A embarrasses the manager in front of the board and looks unprofessional. B goes over the manager’s head before giving them a chance to respond. C lets a misattribution stand and quietly tolerates the behaviour.

The standard way to handle a conflict of interest is to disclose it and step aside if required. This lets the organisation decide how to protect the integrity of the evaluation.

A denies that the conflict matters, which is exactly the kind of bias disclosure guards against. C swaps one bias for another. D is a private fix that skips disclosure, and the doctor still decides alone whether they are objective.