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Q.12187·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

In a trapezium, the two non-parallel sides are equal in length, each being of 5 units. The parallel sides are at a distance of 3 units apart. If the smaller side of the parallel sides is of length 2 units, then the sum of the diagonals of the trapezium is

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Q.12188·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which of the following structures of a plant is responsible for transpiration?

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Q.12189·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which of the following methods is/are suitable for soil conservation in hilly region? 1. Terracing and contour bunding 2. Shifting cultivation 3. Contour ploughing Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.12190·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The shadow of a tower standing on a level plane is found to be 50 m longer when the Sun's elevation is 30° than when it is 60°. What is the height of the tower?

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Q.12191·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower 30 m high from the foot of another tower in the same plane is 60° and the angle of elevation of the top of the second tower from the foot of the first tower is 30°. The distance between the two towers is m times the height of the shorter tower. What is m equal to?

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Q.12192·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

A mobile phone charger is

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Q.12193·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which one of the following is depositional landform?

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Q.12194·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

What is sin 25° × sin 35° × sec 65° × sec 55° equal to?

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Q.12195·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which of the following solutions will not change the colour of blue litmus paper to red? 1. Acid solution 2. Base solution 3. Common salt solution Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.12196·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The value of cos 25° - sin 25° is

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Q.12197·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Biodiversity is richer in

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Q.12198·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which of the following does not possess a specialized conducting tissue for transport of water and other substances in plants?

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Q.12199·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which one of the following is the example of subsistence farming?

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Q.12200·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Deficiency of which of the following elements is responsible for weakening of bones? 1. Calcium 2. Phosphorus 3. Nitrogen 4. Carbon Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.12201·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Two layers of a cloth of equal thickness provide warmer covering than a single layer of cloth with double the thickness. Why?

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Q.12202·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

A square is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2a and another square is circumscribing the circle. The difference between the areas of the outer and inner squares is

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Q.12203·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Which of the following is/are the stage(s) of demographic transition? 1. High death rate and birthrate, low growth rate 2. Rapid decline in death rate, continued low birthrate, very low growth rate 3. Rapid decline in birthrate, continued decline in death rate 4. Low death rate and birthrate, low growth rate Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.12204·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

In a forest, animals like voles and wood lice feed on plant roots and barks respectively. Among the other carnivores, foxes, shrews and owls are present in that forest. Following predictions are made by a group of observers who have visited the forest : 1. If the roots of the tree develop a disease, then voles and foxes will starve and not the owls. 2. Population of voles is dependent on wood lice population through food web. 3. If owl population declines, it will indirectly affect wood lice population. 4. If barks of tree are affected due to a disease, then reduction of wood lice will affect the shrew population forcing owls to eat more voles. Which of the above predictions is/are correct?

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