Q.9739·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAn irregular mode of reproduction resulting in the development of an embryo without fertilization is called 1. Parthenogenesis 2. Apogamy 3. Sporophytic budding Select the correct answer using the code given below.View question
Q.9741·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyIn paper manufacturing, degumming of the raw material is done usingView question
Q.9742·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyDolomite powder is applied in some agricultural lands. The purpose of applying it is toView question
Q.9743·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyDeficiency of fluoride leads to which one of the following health problems?View question
Q.9744·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyExcessive use of which of the following fertilizers may be responsible for the presence of a toxic substance in groundwater?View question
Q.9745·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one of the following elements does not form solid hydrogen carbonate?View question
Q.9746·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAccording to Census 2011, which one of the following is the correct sequence of States in decreasing order of their total size of population?View question
Q.9747·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWith reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct? 1. Earthquakes largely occur along the converging plate boundaries. 2. Point of origin of earthquake in lithosphere is known as focus/hypocentre. 3. Intensity of earthquake decreases with distance from the epicentre. 4. Epicentre of earthquake always remains over continents only. Select the correct answer using the code given below.View question
Q.9748·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one of the following is not related to wind erosion?View question
Q.9750·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA profound terror, increased still by the darkness, the silence and his waking images, froze his heart within him. He almost felt his hair stand on end, when by straining his eyes to their utmost, he perceived through the shadows two faint yellow lights. At first he attributed these lights to the reflection of his own pupils, but soon the vivid brilliance of the night aided him gradually to distinguish the objects around him in the cave, and he beheld a huge animal lying but two steps from him. When he perceived through the shadows two faint lights,View question
Q.9751·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich of the following statement(s) is/are true with respect to Phillips Curve? 1.It shows the trade-off between unemployment and inflation 2.The downward sloping curve of Phillips Curve is generally held to be valid only in the short run 3.In the long run, Phillips Curve is usually thought to be horizontal at the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) Select the correct answer using the code given belowView question
Q.9752·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWho among the following Prime Ministers of India were defeated by a vote of No Confidence? 1.Morarji Desai 2.Viswanath Pratap Singh 3.H.D. Deve Gowda 4.Atal Bihari Vajpayee Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9753·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: One of the first things the learning of a new language teaches you is that language comes from the region of the unconscious. S6: The test of how much you know is: how much can you say without having to think how you are going to say it? P: What is often meant by “thinking in a language” is really the ability to use it without thinking about it. Q: We grown-up people have to filter it through our minds – a much more laborious process. R: That is why children learn a new language so effortlessly: it comes straight from their instincts. S: But we cannot say that we know a language, or know what we have studied of it, until we can use it instinctively. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9754·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: For seventeen years she led a sheltered life in the convent. S6: Two years later she left the Loreto Convent where she had spent many happy and useful years. P: Her heart went out to the people living there. Q: In 1946 she asked for permission to work in the slums. R: Then one day, while she was returning from an errand, she saw the slums of Calcutta. S: She felt she had found her second vocation, her real calling. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9755·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Good memory is so common that we regard a man who does not possess it as eccentric. S6: She wheeled away the perambulator, picturing to herself his terror when he would come out and find the baby gone. P: I have heard of a father who, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to pause on his journey and slip into a public house for a glass of beer. Q: A little later, his wife had to do some shopping which took her past the public house where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby. R: Leaving the perambulator outside, he disappeared into the drink shop. S: Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9756·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Human ways of life have steadily changed. S6: Even if we try to do nothing, we cannot prevent change. P: Ancient Egypt – Greece – the Roman Empire – the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages – the Renaissance – the age of modern science and of modern nations one has succeeded the other; their history has never stood still. Q: About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting. R: A settled civilized life only began when agriculture was discovered. S: From that time to this, civilization has always been changing. The proper sequence should beView question