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Q.4519·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

More 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 willingness of consumers to go back to normal lifestyle indicates their

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Q.4520·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

More 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. Which statement in the passage/phrase indicates that ‘Life must go on’?

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Q.4521·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

More 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. What does the author mean by ‘pent-up demand’ ?

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Q.4522·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

More 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. What, according to the author, is the reason behind suppression of consumer demands?

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Q.4523·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

The Government wants to prepare a plan for drought prone areas of the country. Which one of the following regions will be predominantly focused ?

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Q.4524·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Four persons are travelling to different States of India. To whom will you advise to protect oneself from blizzards ?

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Q.4525·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

If p varies directly as q and inversely as square of r, what is the percentage increase in p due to an increase in q by 20% and a decrease in r by 20%?

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Q.4526·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Bagram Air Base is located in

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Q.4527·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Department of Public Enterprises is a part of

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Q.4528·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct alternative. I don’t like stories

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Q.4529·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Between 3 and 4 O’clock, both hour hand and minute hand will coincide past 3 O’clock between

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Q.4530·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

The town of Chisht, from which the Sufi Chishti Silsila derives its name, is located in

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Q.4531·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

A person rode one-third of a journey at 60 km/hr, one-third at 50 km/hr and the rest at 40 km/hr. Had the person ridden half of the journey at 60 km/hr and the rest at 40 km/hr, he would have taken 4 minutes longer to complete the journey. What distance did the person ride?

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Q.4532·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Who amongst the following will be at more risk with respect to the earthquake hazard zone specified by the Geological Survey of India ?

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Q.4533·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

The rules for congregational worship (Sangat) involving collective recitation were organized by

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Q.4534·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

The following table shows the marks of 90 students in a test of 80 marks: Marks Number of students 1–10 5 11–20 8 21–30 10 31–40 13 41–50 18 51–60 17 61–70 12 71–80 7 The percentage of students who have obtained less than or equal to 50% marks is

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Q.4535·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Speaker may permit any Member to address the House in his/her mother tongue, if he/she cannot adequately express in either Hindi or English. 2. Business of the Parliamentary Committees is transacted either in Hindi or in English. 3. The minutes of the Parliamentary Committees are prepared invariably in Hindi or English. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Q.4536·Miscellaneous·2021·Easy

Which one of the following statements in the context of social sector spending in India during 2014–19 (both States and the Union Government together) is true?

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