Q.4447·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyComplete the sentences by choosing the correct alternative. I don’t like storiesView question
Q.4448·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAn infection constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without external input is known asView question
Q.4449·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAn avalanche is a type of which one of the following disasters ?View question
Q.4450·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyThe extent of damage caused by earthquake is not influenced by which one of the following ?View question
Q.4451·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyDomingo Paes, the medieval traveller, has described the city ofView question
Q.4452·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAkbar issued a Farman in 1598 permitting in the city of Cambay (Khambat), Gujarat, the construction of aView question
Q.4453·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyWhich one of the following is not a circumstance for proclamation of Emergency by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India ?View question
Q.4454·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyWhich of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment is/are correct ? 1. The procedure for amendment to the Constitution is provided in Article 368. 2. A Bill to amend the Constitution can be introduced in either House of the Parliament. 3. The special procedure in Article 368 vests constituent powers upon the ordinary legislation. Select the correct answer using the code given below :View question
Q.4455·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyMore than eight months after the national lockdown was announced in late March, urban India is learning to live with the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, indicating a positive outlook for the future, many survey respondents in a recent survey say they plan to return to pre-lockdown levels of shopping, personal grooming, going to cinemas and socializing as pandemic fears continue to recede. The survey findings highlight that the suppression of consumer demand because of fears of job losses and salary cuts could be coming to an end. Increasingly, urban Indians are showing increased confidence about the future of the economy. This could be an indicator of the possible ‘pent-up demand’ that several economists have been talking about — a demand that could be unleashed once a vaccine is developed and distributed, or when there are signs of the pandemic’s spread reducing to negligible levels or vanishing totally. Around 65 per cent of respondents said they had settled into new routines, or that they saw signs of the situation improving, or they had come to terms with the pandemic and were moving on with their lives. And since the survey was conducted before the news of the successful trials of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus was announced, it is likely that the consumers are now even more positive in their outlook about the future. The general tone of the passage is that ofView question
Q.4456·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyWhich one of the following biosphere reserves comprises islands with estuaries, beaches, coral reefs, salt marshes and mangroves ?View question
Q.4457·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyThe distance between which two cities has been reduced by the Atal Tunnel ?View question
Q.4458·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyWhich one of the following States is not prominent for plantation agriculture ?View question
Q.4459·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyA ladder 10 m long reaches a point 10 m below the top of a vertical flagstaff. From foot of the ladder, the elevation of top of the flagstaff is 60°. What is the height of flagstaff?View question
Q.4460·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyWhich one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct ?View question
Q.4461·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAs to happiness, I am not so sure. Birds, it is true, die of hunger in large numbers during the winter, if they are not birds of passage. But during the summer they do not foresee this catastrophe, or remember how nearly it befell them in the previous winter. With human beings the matter is otherwise. I doubt whether the percentage of birds that will have died of hunger during the present winter (1946–47) is as great as the percentage of human beings that will have died from this cause in India and central Europe during the same period. But every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of anxiety, and surrounded by the corresponding anxiety of neighbours. We suffer not only the evils that actually befall us, but all those that our intelligence tells us we have reason to fear. The curbing of impulses to which we are led by forethought averts physical disaster at the cost of worry, and general lack of joy. I do not think that the learned men of my acquaintance, even when they enjoy a secure income, are as happy as the mice that eat the crumbs from their tables while the erudite gentlemen snooze. In this respect, therefore, I am not convinced that there has been any progress at all. Which one of the following is the central theme of the passage ?View question
Q.4462·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAs to happiness, I am not so sure. Birds, it is true, die of hunger in large numbers during the winter, if they are not birds of passage. But during the summer they do not foresee this catastrophe, or remember how nearly it befell them in the previous winter. With human beings the matter is otherwise. I doubt whether the percentage of birds that will have died of hunger during the present winter (1946–47) is as great as the percentage of human beings that will have died from this cause in India and central Europe during the same period. But every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of anxiety, and surrounded by the corresponding anxiety of neighbours. We suffer not only the evils that actually befall us, but all those that our intelligence tells us we have reason to fear. The curbing of impulses to which we are led by forethought averts physical disaster at the cost of worry, and general lack of joy. I do not think that the learned men of my acquaintance, even when they enjoy a secure income, are as happy as the mice that eat the crumbs from their tables while the erudite gentlemen snooze. In this respect, therefore, I am not convinced that there has been any progress at all. Which one of the following is the antonym of the word ‘erudite’ in the passage ?View question
Q.4463·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAs to happiness, I am not so sure. Birds, it is true, die of hunger in large numbers during the winter, if they are not birds of passage. But during the summer they do not foresee this catastrophe, or remember how nearly it befell them in the previous winter. With human beings the matter is otherwise. I doubt whether the percentage of birds that will have died of hunger during the present winter (1946–47) is as great as the percentage of human beings that will have died from this cause in India and central Europe during the same period. But every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of anxiety, and surrounded by the corresponding anxiety of neighbours. We suffer not only the evils that actually befall us, but all those that our intelligence tells us we have reason to fear. The curbing of impulses to which we are led by forethought averts physical disaster at the cost of worry, and general lack of joy. I do not think that the learned men of my acquaintance, even when they enjoy a secure income, are as happy as the mice that eat the crumbs from their tables while the erudite gentlemen snooze. In this respect, therefore, I am not convinced that there has been any progress at all. The birds do not foresee the catastrophe because theyView question
Q.4464·Miscellaneous·2021·EasyAs to happiness, I am not so sure. Birds, it is true, die of hunger in large numbers during the winter, if they are not birds of passage. But during the summer they do not foresee this catastrophe, or remember how nearly it befell them in the previous winter. With human beings the matter is otherwise. I doubt whether the percentage of birds that will have died of hunger during the present winter (1946–47) is as great as the percentage of human beings that will have died from this cause in India and central Europe during the same period. But every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of anxiety, and surrounded by the corresponding anxiety of neighbours. We suffer not only the evils that actually befall us, but all those that our intelligence tells us we have reason to fear. The curbing of impulses to which we are led by forethought averts physical disaster at the cost of worry, and general lack of joy. I do not think that the learned men of my acquaintance, even when they enjoy a secure income, are as happy as the mice that eat the crumbs from their tables while the erudite gentlemen snooze. In this respect, therefore, I am not convinced that there has been any progress at all. The birds die of hunger in winter becauseView question