Q.14041·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyEven in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need—all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced. According to the passage, the great majority of people can satisfy their needs today byView question
Q.14042·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyEven in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need—all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced. Exchange of goods becomes possible only whenView question
Q.14043·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyEven in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need—all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced. Specialization and exchange began when men startedView question
Q.14044·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyEven in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need—all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best, and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated, than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced. Exchange of goods and services becomes necessary becauseView question
Q.14045·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhat interests many people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed. What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all, of course, a suitable planetary body is essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold, since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapour in reasonable quantities. This passage suggests that thereView question
Q.14046·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhat interests many people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed. What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all, of course, a suitable planetary body is essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold, since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapour in reasonable quantities. The hypothesis about the possibility of planets parallel to the Earth gets its strength from the fact thatView question
Q.14047·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyStatement I: The blue colour of copper sulphate crystal disappears when it is heated strongly. Statement II: Due to heating, water of crystallization of crystal is lost.View question
Q.14048·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhich of the statements given below is/are correct? 1.The Speaker immediately vacates his/her office whenever the State Legislative Assembly is dissolved. 2.No Member of a State Legislative Assembly shall be liable to any proceeding in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him/her in the legislature. Select the correct answer using the code given below :View question
Q.14049·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhat interests many people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed. What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all, of course, a suitable planetary body is essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold, since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapour in reasonable quantities. The statement, "If life had gained a foothold on such a planet" means thatView question
Q.14050·Miscellaneous·2012·Easy“The doctor’s coming in a minute, Inspector”, said Miss Smith. “Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you ..... the lady’s name is Mrs. West, you say, .....” “Yes, that’s right.” “And what about Mr. West?” “Doctor West, Inspector.” “Oh, I see ..... Well, Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?” “Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other.” “What do you mean?” “Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.” The conversation appears to be taking placeView question
Q.14051·Miscellaneous·2012·Easy“The doctor’s coming in a minute, Inspector”, said Miss Smith. “Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you ..... the lady’s name is Mrs. West, you say, .....” “Yes, that’s right.” “And what about Mr. West?” “Doctor West, Inspector.” “Oh, I see ..... Well, Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?” “Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other.” “What do you mean?” “Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.” The questions the Inspector asks areView question
Q.14052·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyStatement I: In the year 1946, the Council of the Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan. Statement II: The Muslim League proposed to join the Interim GovernmentView question
Q.14053·Miscellaneous·2012·Easy“The doctor’s coming in a minute, Inspector”, said Miss Smith. “Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you ..... the lady’s name is Mrs. West, you say, .....” “Yes, that’s right.” “And what about Mr. West?” “Doctor West, Inspector.” “Oh, I see ..... Well, Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?” “Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other.” “What do you mean?” “Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.” “You see, they hated each other.” “What do you mean?” The Inspector seemsView question
Q.14054·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyStatement I: After cutting an apple or a banana, the colour of the cut surface becomes brown. Statement II: Polyphenolic compounds present in fruits get oxidized in air and show colour.View question
Q.14055·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyStatement I: At high temperature, hydrogen can reduce PbO to elemental lead. Statement II: Hydrogen has great affinity to oxygen.View question
Q.14057·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhich one of the following functions is differentiable for all real values of x?View question
Q.14058·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyIn this question , a number of sentences are given. The sentences are underlined in three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error. When you find an error in any one of the underlined parts (a), (b) or (c), indicate your response on the Answer Sheet at the appropriate space. You may feel that there is no error in a sentence. In that case, (d) will signify a 'No error' response.View question