Q.7795·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyFor a sports meet, a winners' stand comprising three wooden blocks is in the following form : There are six different colours available to choose from and each of the three wooden blocks is to be painted such that no two of them has the same colour. In how many different ways can the winners' stand be painted?View question
Q.7796·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyTwo persons, A and B are running on a circular track. At the start, B is ahead of A and their positions make an angle of 30° at the centre of the circle. When A reaches the point diametrically opposite to his starting point, he meets B. What is the ratio of speeds of A and B, if they are running with uniform speeds?View question
Q.7797·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyThere are 24 equally spaced points lying on the circumference of a circle. What is the maximum number of equilateral triangles that can be drawn by taking sets of three points as the vertices?View question
Q.7798·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyScientific knowledge has its dangers, but so has every great thing. Over and beyond the dangers with which it threatens the present, it opens up as nothing else can, the vision of a possible happy world; a world without poverty, without war, with little illness. Science, whatever unpleasant consequences it may have by the way, is in its very nature a liberator. Which one of the following is the most important implication of the passage?View question
Q.7799·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyA, B, C and D are students. They are studying in four different cities, viz., P, Q, R and S (not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Science college, Arts college, Commerce college and Engineering college (not necessarily in that order), which are situated in four different States, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that— D is studying in Assam Arts college is located in city S which is in Rajasthan A is studying in Commerce college B is studying in city Q Science college is located in Kerala Which one of the following statements is correct?View question
Q.7800·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyWith reference to the above table, the following assumptions have been made: Nowdays, prosperity of an already high performing State cannot be sustained without making further large investments in its telecom infrastructure. Nowadays, a very high Tele-density is the most essential condition for promoting the business and economic growth in a State. Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?View question
Q.7801·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyA, B, C and D are students. They are studying in four different cities, viz., P, Q, R and S (not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Science college, Arts college, Commerce college and Engineering college (not necessarily in that order), which are situated in four different States, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that— D is studying in Assam Arts college is located in city S which is in Rajasthan A is studying in Commerce college B is studying in city Q Science college is located in Kerala Which one of the following statements is correct regarding Engineering college?View question
Q.7802·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyA student has to get 40% marks to pass in an examination. Suppose he gets 30 marks and fails by 30 marks, then what are the maximum marks in the examination?View question
Q.7803·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyA, B, C and D are students. They are studying in four different cities, viz., P, Q, R and S (not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Science college, Arts college, Commerce college and Engineering college (not necessarily in that order), which are situated in four different States, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that— D is studying in Assam Arts college is located in city S which is in Rajasthan A is studying in Commerce college B is studying in city Q Science college is located in Kerala Which one of the following statements is correct?View question
Q.7804·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyThe Arctic's vast reserves of fossil fuel, fish and minerals are now accessible for a longer period in a year. But unlike Antarctica, which is protected from exploitation by the Antarctic Treaty framed during the Cold War and is not subject to territorial claims by any country, there is no legal regime protecting the Arctic from industrialization, especially at a time when the world craves for more and more resources. The distinct possibility of ice-free summer has prompted countries with Arctic coastline to scramble for great chunks of the melting ocean. Which one of the following is the most important implication of the passage?View question
Q.7805·Miscellaneous·2018·Easyeing a member of the WTO, India is bound by the agreements that have been signed and ratified by its members, including itself. According to Article 6 of the Agriculture Agreement, providing minimum support prices for agricultural products is considered distorting and is subject to limits. The subsidy arising from 'minimal supports' cannot exceed 10 per cent of the value of agricultural production for developing countries. PDS in India entails minimum support prices and public stockholding of food grains. It is possible that, in some years, the subsidy to producers will exceed 10 per cent of the value of agricultural production. What is the crucial message conveyed by the above passage?View question
Q.7806·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyIndia's educational system is modelled on the mass education system that developed in the 19th century in Europe and later spread around the world. The goal of the system is to condition children as 'good' citizens and productive workers. This suited the industrial age that needed the constant supply of a compliant workforce with a narrow set of capabilities. Our educational institutes resemble factories with bells, uniforms and batch-processing of learners, designed to get learners to conform. But, from an economic point of view, the environment today is very different. It is a complex, volatile and globally interconnected world. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: India continues to be a developing country essentially due to its faulty education system. Today's learners need to acquire new-age skill-sets. A good number of Indians go to some developed countries for education because the educational systems there are a perfect reflection of the societies in which they function.View question
Q.7807·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyConsider the following graph : Which one of the following statements is not correct with reference to the graph given above?View question
Q.7808·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyIf x - y = 8, then which of the following must be true? Both x and y must be positive for any value of x and y. If x is positive, y must be negative for any value of x and y. If x is negative, y must be positive for any value of x and y. Select the correct answer using the code given below.View question
Q.7809·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyThe quest for cheap and plentiful meat has resulted in farms where more and more animals are squeezed into smaller lots in cruel and shocking conditions. Such practices have resulted in many of the world's health pandemics such as the avian flu. Worldwide, livesotck increasingly raised in cruel, cramped conditions, where animals spend their short live under artificial light, pumped full of antibiotics and growth hormones, until the day they are slaughtered. Meat production is water intensive. 15000 litres of water is needed for every kilogram of meat compared with 3400 liters for rice, 3300 litres for eggs and 256 for a kilogram of potatoes. 78. What is the most rational and crucial message given by the passage?View question
Q.7810·Miscellaneous·2018·Easywe've equal squares are placed to fit in a rectangle of diagonal 5 cm. There are three rows containing four squares each. No gaps are left between adjacent squares. What is the are of each square?View question
Q.7811·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyConsider the sequence given below: 4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, .... What is the next term of the series?View question
Q.7812·Miscellaneous·2018·EasyThe practice of dieting has become an epidemic; everyone is looking out for a way to attain that perfect body. We are all different with respect to our ethnicity, genetics, family history, gender, age, physical and mental and spiritual health status, lifestyles and preferences. Thereby we also differ in what foods we tolerate or are sensitive to. So we really cannot reduce so many complexities into one diet or diet book. This explains the failure of diets across the world in curbing obesity. Unless the reasons for weight gain are well understood and addressed and unless habits are changed permanently, no diet is likely to succeed. What is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?View question