Full GED Practice Test 1
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Full GED Practice Test 1
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1. In two successive years, the population of a town is decreased by 20% and 30%. What percent population is decreased after two years?
2. The mean of 100 observations was calculated as 40 but it turned out that one of the observations was misread as 83 but in reality it was 53. What will be the correct mean?
3. A. student has to score 15% marks to pass an exam. If he gets 80 marks and is failed by 70 marks, what are the maximum marks set for the exam?
4. A. person at an all-you-can-eat buffet devours his first plate of food, enjoys the second plate and can hardly stomach the third plate. How would an economist explain what is happening here?
5. The complement of an angle exceeds the angle by 60ᵒ . Then the angle would be?
6. A. plant that produces 100 units of an item decides to make 101 units instead. What is the cost of this additional cost called?
7. If the difference between the two acute angles of a right triangle is 10ᵒ, what will be the measure of the smaller one?
8. If 200% of a number is 90, then what is the 80% of that number?
9. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 10%, the surface area increases by?
10. Regardless of your ___________ on the ethical basis of stem-cell research, you must admit that it holds considerable scientific value.
11. A circle is inscribed in a square of area 4. What will be the area of the circle?
12. In a college, the ratio of number of boys to girls is 8:5. If the number of boys is 160, what will be the total number of students in the college?
13. Some people believe that among rap, country, and popular music, rap is better.
14. What is a necessary prerequisite for industrialization?
15. Years ago, there were much films on Biblical themes; now, the subject is almost taboo.
16. The President balked at the new constitution for it limited its powers as military leader.
17. Our star is a bubbling, charged ball of gas. It is anything but quiet. Sometimes solar flares are created when magnetic energy is released from the solar atmosphere. When this happens energized particles race towards Earth, arriving in minutes. What is meant by 'our star' in the passage given above?
18. What can cause the release of hydrogen and oxygen from the tissues of organisms?
19. Why does the marginal cost of most manufactured goods decrease?
20. A. ladder of a certain fixed length leans against a wall forming a 60ᵒ angle between the ground and the ladder. If the bottom of the ladder is 10 feet away from the wall, how long is the ladder?
21. If there are 1050 students in a school and the ratio of boys to girls is 9:5, then what is the number of boys in the school?
22. Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures, also known as fits. Epilepsy affects more than 500,000 people in the UK. This means almost 1 in 100 people has the condition. Epilepsy usually begins during childhood, although it can start at any age. What could be the major possible cause of Epilepsy according to the information provided above?
23. His ____________ appearance made many feel comfortable in his moral judgments.
24. If we add oil, water and sweet syrup in a bottle, liquid layers are formed, but they do not mix. What is the reason that they do not mix?
25. The average of five consecutive numbers is 30. What will be largest number of these?