Q.14599·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIn spring, polar bear mothers emerge from dens with three month old cubs. The mother bear has fasted for as long as eight months but that does not stop the young from demanding full access to her remaining reserves. If there are triplets, the most persistent stands to gain an extra meal and it may have the meal at the expense of others. The smallest of the litter forfeits many meals to stronger siblings. Females are protective of their cubs but tend to ignore family rivalry over food. In 21 years of photographing polar bears, I’ve only once seen the smallest of triplets survive till autumn. Female polar bears give birth during UPSC Prelims PYQ CSAT 2011View question
Q.14600·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIn spring, polar bear mothers emerge from dens with three month old cubs. The mother bear has fasted for as long as eight months but that does not stop the young from demanding full access to her remaining reserves. If there are triplets, the most persistent stands to gain an extra meal and it may have the meal at the expense of others. The smallest of the litter forfeits many meals to stronger siblings. Females are protective of their cubs but tend to ignore family rivalry over food. In 21 years of photographing polar bears, I’ve only once seen the smallest of triplets survive till autumn. Mother bearView question
Q.14601·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIn spring, polar bear mothers emerge from dens with three month old cubs. The mother bear has fasted for as long as eight months but that does not stop the young from demanding full access to her remaining reserves. If there are triplets, the most persistent stands to gain an extra meal and it may have the meal at the expense of others. The smallest of the litter forfeits many meals to stronger siblings. Females are protective of their cubs but tend to ignore family rivalry over food. In 21 years of photographing polar bears, I’ve only once seen the smallest of triplets survive till autumn. With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Polar bears fast as long as eight months due to non-availability of prey. 2. Polar bears always give birth to triplets. Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid ?View question
Q.14602·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou have been asked to give an explanation for not attending an important official meeting. Your immediate boss who has not informed you about the meeting is now putting pressure on you not to place an allegation against him/her. You wouldView question
Q.14603·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyA local thug (bad element) has started illegal construction on your vacant plot. He has refused your request to vacate and threatened you of dire consequences in case you do not sell the property at a cheap price to him. You wouldView question
Q.14604·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou are an officer-in-charge for providing basic medical facilities to the survivors of an earthquake affected area. Despite your best possible effort, people put allegations against you for making money out of the funds given for relief. You wouldView question
Q.14605·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou have been made responsible to hire boats at a short notice to be used for an area under flood. On seeing the price mentioned by the boat owners, you found that the lowest price was approximately three times more than the approved rate of the Government. You wouldView question
Q.14606·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou are the officer-in-charge of a village administering distribution of vaccine in an isolated epidemic hit village, and you are left with only one vaccine. There is a requirement of that vaccine from the Gram Pradhan and also a poor villager. You are being pressured by the Gram Pradhan to issue the vaccine to him. You wouldView question
Q.14607·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou have taken up a project to create night shelters for homeless people during the winter season. Within a week of establishing the shelters, you have received complaints from the residents of the area about the increase in theft cases with a demand to remove the shelters. You wouldView question
Q.14608·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyYou, as an administrative authority, have been approached by the daughter-in-law of an influential person regarding harassment by her in-laws on account of insufficient dowry. Her parents are not able to approach you because of social pressures. You wouldView question
Q.14609·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyConsider the following Velocity-Time graph. It shows two trains starting simultaneously on parallel tracks. With reference to the above graph, which one of the following statements is not correct?View question
Q.14610·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyA sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the following could be that animal ?View question
Q.14611·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyLa Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino ? 1.La Nina is characterised by un usually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. 2.El Nino has adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?View question
Q.14612·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyThe tendency for increased litigation was visible after the introduction of the land settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this is normally traced to which of the following provisions?View question
Q.14613·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyWhich one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?View question
Q.14614·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyWhich amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?View question
Q.14615·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIndia maintained its early cultural contacts and trade links with Southeast Asia across the Bay of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of early maritime history of Bay of Bengal, which of the following could be the most convincing explanation/explanations?View question
Q.14616·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyWhat is the difference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices?View question