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Which word does NOT belong with the others?

Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
dionot means oak tree
blyonot means oak leaf
blycrin means maple leaf
Which word could mean "maple syrup"?

Mrs. Carson took a taxi to meet her three friends for lunch. They were waiting for her outside the restaurant when she pulled up in the car. She was so excited to see her friends that she left her tote bag in the taxi. As the taxi pulled away, she and her friends took notice of the license plate number so they would be able to identify the car when they called the taxi company.

#1: The four women seem to agree that the plate starts out with the letter J.

#2: Three of them agree that the plate ends with 12L.

#3: Three of them think that the second letter is X, and a different three think that the third letter is K.

The four license plate numbers below represent what each of the four women thinks she saw. Which one is most likely the license plate number of the taxi?

Fact 1:	All chickens are birds.
Fact 2:	Some chickens are hens.
Fact 3:	Female birds lay eggs.

If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?

I:	All birds lay eggs.
II:	Some Hens are birds.
III:	Some chickens are not hens.

Walk into any supermarket or pharmacy and you will find several shelves of products designed to protect adults and children from the sun. Additionally, a host of public health campaigns have been created, including National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, that warn us about the sun's damaging UV rays and provide guidelines about protecting ourselves. While warnings about the sun's dangers are frequent, a recent survey found that fewer than half of all adults adequately protect themselves from the sun.
This paragraph best supports the statement that

Statement: Shalini made an application to the bank for a loan of Rs. 1,80,000 by mortgaging her house to the bank and promised to repay it within five years.

Assumptions:

1. The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
2. The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.

Statement: A warning in a train compartment - "To stop train, pull chain. Penalty for improper use Rs. 500."

Assumptions:

1. Some people misuse the alarm chain.
2. On certain occasions, people may want to stop a running train.

Statement: The product X that you have asked for is not with us but can be made available against firm order from you.

Assumptions:

1. The product X is not in great demand.
2. The product X is out of stock as new model is coming up.

Statement: India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighbouring countries.

Courses of Action:

1. India should engage into an all out war to stop the nagging threats.
2. India should get the neighbours into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.

Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season.

Courses of Action:

1. The railway authority should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches.
2. The people seeking accommodation should be advised to make their travel plan after the holiday.

Statement: A large number of engineering graduates in the country are not in a position to have gainful employment at present and the number of such engineers is likely to grow in the future.

Courses of Action:

1. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.
2. This happened due to proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down.

Statements: All roads are waters. Some waters are boats.

Conclusions:

1. Some boats are roads.
2. All waters are boats.

Statement: Should India become a permanent member of UN's Security Council?

Arguments:

1. Yes. India has emerged as a country which loves peace and amity.
2. No. Let us first solve problems of our own people like poverty, malnutrition.

Statement: Should we scrap the 'Public Distribution System' in India?

Arguments:

1. Yes, Protectionism is over, everyone must get the bread on his/her own.
2. Yes. The poor do not get any benefit because of corruption.

Statement: Should the public sector undertakings be kilo wed to adopt hire and fire policy?

Arguments:

1. Yes. This will help the public sector undertakings to get rid of non-performing employees and reward the performing employees.
2. No. This will give an unjust handle to the management and they may use it indiscriminately.
3. Yes. This will help increase the level of efficiency of these organizations and these will become profitable establishments.

Statements: All tigers are lions. No cow is lion. Some camels are cows.

Conclusions:

1. Some lions are camels.
2. No camel- is tiger.
3. Some tigers are cows.

Statements: Some blankets are beds. Some pillows are blankets. All beds are pillows.

Conclusions:

1. Some blankets are pillows.
2. Some pillows are beds.
3. Some beds are blankets.