Every student that is preparing for various entrance exams has one central question

dominating his thought process: how does improve one’s reading comprehension skills?
And one answer that we all know is: by doing English reading practice, right? But the next
important and logical question is that what should you read to do English Reading Practice?
The answer to this question is one word: Variety. It is very important to read from different
sources to do English Reading Practice. The various sources could be:
 Newspapers
 Magazines
 Novels
 Blogs
 Question 1:The Global Terrorism Index 2020 ranks India as _______ in the world on a
list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019 by Institute of Economic &
Peace.
A. 9th
B. 8th
C. 10th
D. 7th

 Answer and Explanation

 Question 2: _________ has been celebrated as the ‘Indian Organ Donation Day’ in the
country.
A. 26 November
B. 27 November
C. 28 November
In this article, we provide you a short and effective summary for Averages. We have covered 10 formulas
and shortcuts that you can use for Average questions.  The following is a list of important formulas for
Averages:
1. In simple terms, averages usually refer to the sum of given numbers divided by the total number
of terms listed.

Averages =
2. The Weighted Average is given by:

WeightedAverage =
Let us say, average of x numbers is A and average of y numbers is B. The sum of the first group is Ax
and of second group is By.

 
3. If the average of n numbers is A and if we multiply p with each term then,
Then the new average will be = (A x p).
4. If the average of n numbers is A and if we divide each term by p,
Then the new average will be = (A/ p).
5. In the Arithmetic Progression, there are two cases:
1. When the number of terms is odd, then the average will be the middle term.
2. When number of terms is even, then the average will be the average of two middle
terms.

For the terms in A.P., we can also use   to find the average of the given terms.
6. If average of n quantities is A1.Let a new number N be added to the series and this increases the
average to A2. Then the value of new number will be:
N=n x (A2 – A1)+ A2 OR N= n × (increase in value of average) + A2
7. If average of n quantities is A1.  Let a number is removed from the series and this decreases the
average to A2. Then the value of the number removed will be:
N= n × (A1 – A2) + A2OR N= n × (decrease in value of average) + A 2
8. In some cases, a number is excluded and one more number is added in the series of the
numbers, then the average will change by q and the value of the newly added term will be:
New term = Replaced Term + (increased in average × number of terms)
9. Formulae of sum of Progressions:
This can be very useful while solving problems based on Averages.

 Sum of first n natural numbers =

 Sum of first n even natural numbers =
 Sum of first n odd natural numbers =

 Sum of squares of first n natural numbers =

 Sum of cubes of first n natural numbers =

 Sum of squares of first n even natural numbers =

 Sum of squares of first n odd natural numbers

 Sum of cubes of 1st ‘n’ Odd natural number = 13 + 33 + 53 + …. + (2n -1)3 = n2 (2n2 -1)
 Sum of cubes of 1st ‘n’ Even natural number = 23 + 43 + 63 + …. + (2n)3 = 2 [n (n + 1)]2
  
10. When a number is wrongly taken while calculating the average of ‘n’ terms, then we can correct
the average by the following rule:

Correct average = wrong average +

Averages Questions: Problems on averages you should solve
for competitive examination preparation
Welcome to this exercise on Problems on Averages. In this exercise, we provide the summary of formulas
for finding the Average. As you explore this topic, you will come across questions where you will be
needing to find averages that require use of typical formulas and understanding of certain concepts. Such
questions need optimized tackling and can be solved with ease by using the given formulas and
understanding the relationships highlighted in this Averages Questions article. The Averages Questions
exercise comes into the picture where it highlights the important concepts related to calculating the
Averages and tricks you should keep in mind for this question type.

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 White Words.  Popula.  “At the same time, ‘did you know that the Hopi only have
one word for flying things?’ never became a thing either, nor did ‘did you know
that the Aztecs, etc.’ And the reason is pretty random, basically; as Martin shows,
‘Eskimos have fifty words for snow’ became a thing because that particular
example was taken in isolation: it was cut out of Whorf’s article and propagated
through a series of textbooks that were much sloppier than Whorf, from whence it
has gone on to become an exotic story about an exotic people.”
 How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger.  NPR.  The culture views
scolding — or even speaking to children in an angry voice — as inappropriate,
says Lisa Ipeelie, a radio producer and mom who grew up with 12 siblings. ‘When
they’re little, it doesn’t help to raise your voice,’ she says. ‘It will just make your
own heart rate go up… With little kids, you often think they’re pushing your
buttons, but that’s not what’s going on. They’re upset about something, and you
have to figure out what it is.'”
 US Workers Are Paying High Taxes. But Without Any of the Benefits.  Jacobin. 
“The OECD may not be able to include employer-based health insurance
premiums into its model, but I certainly can. And when I add them into the OECD
model, I find that the average American worker has one of the highest compulsory
payment rates in the developed world.”
 How ICE Picks Its Targets in the Surveillance Age.  New York Times.  “The
winter after Donald Trump was elected president, strangers began appearing in a
parking lot on southern Washington State’s Long Beach Peninsula, at the port
where the oyster boats come and go. Rather than gaze at the bay or the boats or the
building-size piles of bleached shells, two men — one thinner, one thicker —
stared at the shellfish workers. The strangers sat in their vehicle and watched the
workers arrive in their trucks. They watched the workers grab their gear and walk
to the docks. The workers watched them watching, too, and they soon began to
realize that the men were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. When the
workers made eye contact, the officers nodded politely, but they said very little.
For weeks, they just watched. Then the workers began to vanish.”
 Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts.  Emergence Magazine.  “My grandfather
raised pigs and cured hams that hung from the rafters in the smokehouse. My
grandmother was a domestic worker. She cleaned houses for white folks. Before
 and after she went to work, she fetched water from the well. She slopped the hogs.
Canned vegetables and stored them in the cellar. Fed chickens. Milked cows.
Shucked corn. Sewed clothes for herself and me. Quilted. But still there were
always three meals on the table. Precise. Orderly. Delicious.”
 Dial Up!  The Verge.  “Participation is what keeps Hmong conference line radio
alive. A caller dials the conference call number, usually shared through word of
mouth or on Facebook groups. The lines have hourly programming and themes:
call in the afternoon, and you might find someone singing traditional Hmong folk
songs. In the evening, maybe it’s business advice from Hmong entrepreneurs.
Whatever the topic, the shows are all in Hmong, a key factor that’s both unique to
the medium and essential for its survival. An oral culture for much of their history,
the Hmong did not have a written language until the 1950s, and only 40 percent of
foreign-born Hmong Americans were English-proficient as of 2015.”
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