Q.8929·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyThe sum of income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of income of A and C is the same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the income of B and D. Whose income is the highest?View question
Q.8930·Miscellaneous·2017·Easyfour tests-Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology are to be conducted on four consecutive days, not necessarily in the same order. necessarily in the same order. The Physics test is held before the test which is conducted after Biology. Chemistry is conducted exactly after two tests are held. Which is the last test held?View question
Q.8931·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyIf second and fourth Saturdays and all the Sundays are taken as only holidays for an office, what would be the minimum number of possible working days of any month of any year ?View question
Q.8932·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyDirections for the following 2 (two) items Сордidor the given information and answer the two items that follow. No supporters of 'party X', who knew Z and supported his campaign strategy, agreed for the alliance with 'party Y'; but some of them had friends in 'party Y'. With reference to the above information, which one among the following statements must be true?View question
Q.8933·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyThere is no harm in cultivating habits so long as they are not injurious. Indeed, most of us are little more than bundle of habits. Take away our habits and the residuum would hardly be worth bothering about. We could not get on without them. They simplify the mechanism of life. They enable us to do a multitude of things automatically, Which, if we had to give fresh and original thought to them each time, would make existence an impossible confusion. The author suggests that habitsView question
Q.8934·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyThe very first lesson that should be taught to us when we are old enough to understand it, is that complete freedom from the obligation to work is unnatural, and ought to be illegal, as we can escape our share of the burden of work only by throwing it on someone else's shoulders. Nature ordains that the human race shall perish of famine if it stops working. We cannot escape from this tyranny. The question we have to settle is how much leisure we can afford to allow ourselves. The main idea of the passage is thatView question
Q.8935·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyBy 2020, when the global economy is expected to run short of 56 million young people, India, with its youth surplus of 47 million, could fill the gap. It is in this context that labour By 2020, when the global economy is expected to run short of 56 million young people, India, with its youth surplus of 47 million, could fill the gap. It is in this context that labour double-digit growth in India. In 2014, India's labour force was estimated to be about 40 per cent of the population, but 93 per cent of this force was in unorganized sector. Over the last decade, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of employment has slowed to 0.5 per cent, with about 14 million jobs created during last year when the labour force increased by about 15 million. Which of the following is the most rational inference from the above passage?View question
Q.8936·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyIn the last two decades, the world's gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by 50 per cent, whereas inclusive wealth has incrcased by a mere 6 per cent. In recent decades, GDP-driven economic performance has only harmed inclusive wealth like human capital; and natural capital like forests, land and water. While the world's human capital which stands at 57 per cent of total inclusive wealth grew by only 8 per cent, the natural capital which is 23 per cent of total inclusive wealth declined by 30 per cent worldwide in the last two decades. Which of the following is the most crucial inference from the above passage ?View question
Q.8937·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyWhy do people prefer open defecation and not want toilets or, if they have them, only use them sometimes? Recent research has shown two critical elements: ideas of purity and pollution, and not wanting pits or septic tanks to fill because they have to be emptied. These are the issues that nobody wants to talk about, but if we want to eradicate the practice of open defecation, they have to be confronted and dealt properly. Which among the following is the most crucial message conveyed by the above passage?View question
Q.8938·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyWith reference to the above information, consider the following statements: 1. Some supporters of 'party X' knew Z. 2. Some supporters of 'party X, who opposed Z's campaign strategy, knew Z. 3. No supporters of 'party Х supported 2 s campaign strategy. Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?View question
Q.8939·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyDuring the summer in the Arctic Ocean, sea ice has been melting earlier and faster, and the winter freeze has been coming later, In the last three decades, the extent of summer ice has declined by about 30 per cent. The lengthening period of summer melt threatens to undermine the whole Arctic food web, atop which stand polar bears. Which among the following is the most crucial message conveyed by the above passage?View question
Q.8940·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyThe man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter -suggestion of a friend-who fluctuates from opinion to opinion and veers from plan to plan-can never accomplish anything. He will at best be stationary and probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly and then executes his purpose with inflexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit-that can advance to eminence in any line. The keynote that seems to be emerging from the passage is thatView question
Q.8941·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyConsider the following: A+ B means A is the son of B. A-B means A is the wife of B. What does the expression P+ R-Q mean?View question
Q.8942·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyWhat climate change will undeniably do is cause or amplify events that hasten the reduction of resources. Competition over these diminishing resources would ensue in the form of political or even violent conflict. Resource based conflicts have rarely been overt and are thus difficult to isolate. Instead they take on veneers that appear more politically palatable. Conflicts over resources like water are often cloaked in the guise of identity or ideology. What does the above passage imply?View question
Q.8943·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyConsider the following pairs: 1.Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association 2.Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha 3.Surendranath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?View question
Q.8944·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyWhich of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen? 1.A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties. 2.They are correlative to legal duties. Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.8945·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyAccording to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which of the following animals cannot be hunted by any person except under some provisions provided by law? Gharial Indian wild ass Wild buffalo Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.8946·Miscellaneous·2017·EasyWith reference to the 'National Intellectual Property Rights Policy', consider the following statements: It reiterates India's commitment to the Doha Development Agenda and the TRIPS Agreement. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is the nodal agency for regulating intellectual property rights in India. Which of the above statements is/are correct?View question