Q.9847·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe first summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) was held in:View question
Q.9848·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Science has already conferred an immense boon on mankind by the growth of medicine. S6: The general death rate in 1948 (10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date. P: It has continued ever since and is still continuing. Q: In the eighteenth century people expected most of their children to die before they were grown up. R: In 1920 the infant mortality rate in England and Wales was 80 per thousand; in 1948 it was 34 per thousand. S: Improvement began at the start of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9849·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Wordsworth knew the behaviour of owls in the night better than most of us know the ways of black birds in day time. S6: His great poetry owes much to the night. P: Out of school there were no restrictions on the hours he kept. Q: No poet ever had happier school-days. R: He would skate by the light of the stars, snare woodcocks at dead of night, watch the sunrise after a long ramble. S: Throughout life he was an inveterate walker by night. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9850·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: My office sent an urgent email asking me to return. S6: It was evening before I could sit and write to my parents that I would be joining them soon. P: I immediately replied requesting a few days of grace as I had to book the return passage, pack and attend sundry matters before winding up my establishment here. Q: On the way, I went to the laundry and made sure I would get my clothes in time. R: Then I rushed to the bank, collected all my money and made reservations for my return journey. S: From the shop next to it, I bought a couple of trunks to dump my books and other odd articles so that I could send them away in advance. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9851·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: In our youth we are apt to think that applause and publicity constitute success. S6: So let us be initiated into the mysteries of maturity and be taught how to resist and spurn the lure of hollow shows. P: The man who values the applause more than his own effort has not outgrown his youth. Q: It is our achievement or work which wins lasting rewards. R: But these are only the trappings, the ephemeral illusions. S: One should concentrate on one’s work knowing that applause will come unsought. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9852·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich of the following statement(s) are true with respect to the concept of 'EFFICIENCY' as used in mainstream economics? 1.Efficiency occurs when no possible reorganisation of production can make anyone better off without making someone else worse off 2.An economy is clearly inefficient if it is inside the Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) 3.At a minimum, an efficient economy is on its Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) 4.The terms such as 'Pareto Efficiency', 'Pareto Optimality' and 'Allocative Efficiency' are all essentially one and the same which denote 'efficiency in resource allocation' Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9853·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Human ways of life have steadily changed. S6: Even if we try to do nothing, we cannot prevent change. P: Ancient Egypt – Greece – the Roman Empire – the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages – the Renaissance – the age of modern science and of modern nations one has succeeded the other; their history has never stood still. Q: About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting. R: A settled civilized life only began when agriculture was discovered. S: From that time to this, civilization has always been changing. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9854·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: Good memory is so common that we regard a man who does not possess it as eccentric. S6: She wheeled away the perambulator, picturing to herself his terror when he would come out and find the baby gone. P: I have heard of a father who, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to pause on his journey and slip into a public house for a glass of beer. Q: A little later, his wife had to do some shopping which took her past the public house where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby. R: Leaving the perambulator outside, he disappeared into the drink shop. S: Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9855·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: For seventeen years she led a sheltered life in the convent. S6: Two years later she left the Loreto Convent where she had spent many happy and useful years. P: Her heart went out to the people living there. Q: In 1946 she asked for permission to work in the slums. R: Then one day, while she was returning from an errand, she saw the slums of Calcutta. S: She felt she had found her second vocation, her real calling. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9856·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThis passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: One of the first things the learning of a new language teaches you is that language comes from the region of the unconscious. S6: The test of how much you know is: how much can you say without having to think how you are going to say it? P: What is often meant by “thinking in a language” is really the ability to use it without thinking about it. Q: We grown-up people have to filter it through our minds – a much more laborious process. R: That is why children learn a new language so effortlessly: it comes straight from their instincts. S: But we cannot say that we know a language, or know what we have studied of it, until we can use it instinctively. The proper sequence should beView question
Q.9857·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWho among the following Prime Ministers of India were defeated by a vote of No Confidence? 1.Morarji Desai 2.Viswanath Pratap Singh 3.H.D. Deve Gowda 4.Atal Bihari Vajpayee Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9858·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA person rings a metallic bell near a strong concrete wall. He hears the echo after 0.3 s. If the sound moves with a speed of 340 m/s, how far is the wall from him?View question
Q.9859·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe base of an isosceles triangle is 300 units and each of its equal sides is 170 units. Then the area of the triangle isView question
Q.9860·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe synthetic rubber has replaced natural rubber for domestic and industrial purposes. Which one of the following is the main reason behind that?View question
Q.9861·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich of the following statements about India's scientific and research mission in Antarctica is / are correct? 1.The first scientific base station in Antarctica was Dakshin Gangotri 2.Dakshin Gangotri is now being used as supply base and transit camp 3.The Maitri station is manned throughout the year for scientific activities Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9862·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich of the following statements regarding chemical industry in India is / are correct? 1.Chemical industry is one of the oldest industries in India 2.Dyestuff sector is one of the important segments of chemical industry 3.Textile industry accounts for the largest consumption of dyestuffs Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9864·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one of the following statements about bar magnet is correct?View question