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Q.7795·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Consider the following graph : Which one of the following statements is not correct with reference to the graph given above?

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Q.7796·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

If 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.

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Q.7797·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

we'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?

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Q.7798·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Consider the sequence given below: 4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, .... What is the next term of the series?

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Q.7799·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

There 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?

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Q.7800·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and gets X% profit. However, when he sells it at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage of loss. What is the original cost of the article?

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Q.7801·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Monoculture carries great risks. A single disease or pest can wipe out swathes of the world's food production, an alarming prospect given that its growing and wealthier population will eat 70% more by 2050. The risks are magnified by the changing climate. As the planet warms and monsoon rains intensify, farmlands in Asia will flood. North America will suffer more intense droughts, and crop diseases will spread to new latitudes. Which of the following is the most logical, rational and crucial message given by the passage?

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Q.7802·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

The 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?

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Q.7803·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

India'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.

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Q.7804·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

The 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?

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Q.7805·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Scientific 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?

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Q.7806·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Cooking with biomass and coal in India is now recognized to cause major health problems, with women and children in poor populations facing the greatest risk. There are more than 10 lakh premature deaths each year from household air pollution due to polluting cooking fuels with another 1.5 lakh due to their contribution to general outdoor air pollution in the country. Although the fraction of the Indian population using clean cooking fuels, such as LPG, natural gas and electricity, is slowly rising, the number using polluting solid fuels as their primary cooking fuel has remained static for nearly 30 years at about 70 crore. Which of the following is the most crucial and logical inference that can be made from the above passage?

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Q.7807·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs. 22,800 with 12.5% interest compounded yearly. At the end of first year he paid Rs. 8,650 and at the end of second year Rs. 9,125. How much will he have to pay at the end of third year to clear the debt?

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Q.7808·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

All actions to address climate change ultimately involve costs. Funding is vital in order for countries like India to design and implement adaptation and mitigation plans and projects. The problem is more severe for developing countries like India, which would be one of the hardest hit by climate change, given its need to finance development. Most countries do indeed treat climate change as real threat and are striving to address it in a more comprehensive and integrated manner with the limited resources at their disposal. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : Climate change is not a challenge for developed countries. Climate change is a complex policy issue and also a development issue for many countries. Ways and means of finance must be fount to enable developing countries to enhance their adaptive capacity.

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Q.7809·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A, 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?

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Q.7810·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A, 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?

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Q.7811·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A, 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?

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Q.7812·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

A, 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 C is studying in

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