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Q.9595·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

In this question there are two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below. Statement I : The Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators cultivating lands on a contractual basis. Statement II : The Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic distress.

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Q.9596·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If two tangents inclined at an angle 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then what is the length of each tangent?

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Q.9597·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The height of a cone is 60 cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to the base and its volume is 1/64 the volume of original cone. What is the height from the base at which the section is made?

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Q.9598·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

Rain water from a roof 22 m × 20 m drains into a cylindrical vessel having diameter of base 2 m and height 3.5 m. If the vessel is just full, what is the rainfall?

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Q.9599·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

In an equilateral triangle another equilateral triangle is drawn inside joining the mid-points of the sides of given equilateral triangle and the process is continued up to 7 times. What is the ratio of area of fourth triangle to that of seventh triangle?

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Q.9600·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A circle and a square have the same perimeter. Which one of the following is correct?

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Q.9601·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If a quadrilateral has an inscribed circle, then the sum of a pair of opposite sides equals

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Q.9602·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The cost of painting a spherical vessel of diameter 14 cm is Rs. 800. What is the cost of painting per square centimetre?

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Q.9603·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome on the diameter of the cylinder. The height of the building is three times the radius of the base of the cylinder. The building contains 67 2/11 m³ of air. What is the height of the building?

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Q.9604·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A cubic metre of copper weighing 9000 kg is rolled into a square bar 9 m long. An equal cube is cut off from the bar. How much does the cube weigh?

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Q.9605·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If a square of side x and an equilateral triangle of side y are inscribed in a circle, then what is the ratio of x to y?

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Q.9606·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If the mean age of combined group of boys and girls is 18 years and the mean age of boys is 20 and that of girls is 16, then what is the percentage of boys in the group?

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Q.9607·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the ratio between the times taken by these cars to travel the same distance?

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Q.9608·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A train is travelling at 48 km/hour completely crosses another train having half its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 km/hour in 12 s. It also passes a railway platform in 45 s. What is the length of the platform?

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Q.9609·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A tank can be filled by pipe X in 2 hours and pipe Y in 6 hours. At 10 a.m. pipe X was opened. At what time will the tank be filled if pipe Y is opened at 11 a.m.?

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Q.9610·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

X and Y entered into partnership with Rs. 700 and Rs. 600 respectively. After 3 months X withdrew 2/7 of his stock but after 3 months, he puts back 3/5 of what he had withdrawn. The profit at the end of the year is Rs. 726. How much of this should X receive?

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Q.9611·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

Incomes of Mahesh and Kamal are in the ratio 1 : 2 and their expenses are in the ratio 1 : 3. Which one of the following statements is correct?

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Q.9612·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

In this question each of the following items consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly. is a painful feeling (P) without this indirect appeal to our self love, (Q) the sense of inferiority in others , (R) and not an exalting one (S) The correct sequence should be

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