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Q.2431·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What would be the impact on the economy if people start holding more currency in hand and less in deposits?

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Q.2432·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Consider the following statements about clouds: 1. Two major forms of clouds are stratiform and cumuliform. 2. According to the altitude, clouds are classified as high clouds, middle clouds and low clouds. 3. Stratus, nimbostratus and stratocumulus are types of high clouds. 4. Clouds having nimbo attached to their name produce precipitation. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Q.2433·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Which one of the following expenditures is subtracted from Fiscal Deficit to arrive at Primary Deficit?

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Q.2434·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Consider the following statements regarding poverty in India: 1. While determining poverty line in India, minimum level of food requirement, clothing, footwear, fuel and light, educational and medical requirements, etc. are determined for subsistence. 2. The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day in urban areas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Q.2435·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

The Wholesale Price Inflation has increased in India during 2021-2022 due to which of the following factors? 1. Sharp increase in international prices of crude oil 2. Decrease in economic activity post-Covid 3. Disruption of global supply chain 4. High freight cost Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Q.2436·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Shivaji sent an ambassador to Bombay to negotiate an agreement with the English. 2. His chief motive was to secure English naval aid against the Siddis of Danda-Rajpuri. 3. He wanted a supply of grenades, mortars and other ammunition. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Q.2437·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Consider the following statements : 1.The angle in a sector greater than a semi-circle is less than a right angle. 2. If two sides of a pair of opposite sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are equal, then its diagonals are also equal. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Q.2438·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

If a, b, c, x, y, z are real numbers such that (a + b + c)^2 - 3(ab + bc + ca) + 3(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) = 0, then which one of the following is correct ?

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Q.2439·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Which is the only country in the world to officially proclaim the Gross National Happiness (GNH) as the measure of the country's progress?

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Q.2440·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A sphere of radius 5 cm is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled with water. The radius of the cylindrical vessel is10 cm. If the sphere is completely submerged in water, by how much will the level of water rise in the cylindrical vessel ?

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Q.2441·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Consider the following for the next (05) items that follow: A, B, C, D, E, F and G are cousins. D is thrice as old as A. Further, C is as many years younger to B, as G to E and E to D. The average age of D and G is 16 years; the average age of A and E is 11 years; the average age of B and C is also 11 years. B and С have equal weight. A's weight is 10 kg less than that of B; D is 4 kg heavier than E; E is 4 kg heavier than F; F is 4 kg heavier than G. Further, D has age-weight ratio of 9 : 20, where age is in years and weight in kg; A has age-weight ratio of 2 : 5. Moreover, none of them is more than 40 kg. What is the average age (in years) of B, C, D, E and G?

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Q.2442·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A person bought an article and sold it at a profit of 20%. Had he bought it at 20% less, what would have been the profit percentage if the selling price had been the same ?

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Q.2443·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

If 2s = a + b + c, then what is s^2 + (s - a)(s - b) + (s - b)(s - c) + (s - c)(s - a) equal to ?

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Q.2444·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

The famous Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela mentions that in the eleventh year of his reign, Kharavela destroyed a confederacy of Tamil States, "Tamaradesa Sanghatam", which had long been a source of danger. How old was this confederacy of Tamil States at that time?

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Q.2445·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

What is x^2 - y^2 - z^2 - 2yz/x^2 + y^2 - z^2 + 2yz + x^2 - y^2 - z^2 - 2yz/x^2 - y^2 + z^2 - 2yz equal to ?

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Q.2446·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Three solid lead spheres of diameters 6 cm,8 cm and 10 cm are melted together and recast as a solid sphere. What is the percentage diminution of the surface area as compared to the sum of the surface areas of the three spheres ?

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Q.2447·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

A solid sphere of radius 3 cm is melted to forma hollow cylinder of height 4 cm and external diameter 10 cm. What is the thickness of the cylinder ?

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Q.2448·Miscellaneous·2023·Easy

Three glasses P, Q and R have capacities in the ratio 1: 2: 3. All these glasses are completely filled with mixtures of milk and water. The ratio of milk to water in P is 1: 2,in Q it is 2: 3 and in R it is 3: 1. If the content of all three glasses are put into a bigger container, what will be the ratio of milk to water in the container ?

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