Q.9793·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.9794·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.9795·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005) was concerned with:View question
Q.9796·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAs per the Constitution of India, the Writ of Prohibition relates to an order: 1.issued against judicial and quasi-judicial authority 2.to prohibit an inferior Court from proceeding in a particular case where it has no jurisdiction to try 3.to restrain a person from holding a public office to which he is not entitled Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.9797·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one among the following was not an attribute of Samudragupta described in Prayag Prashasti?View question
Q.9798·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.9799·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one of the following is not a monitorable target of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan?View question
Q.9800·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyTwo observers are stationed due north of a tower (of height x metre) at a distance y metre from each other. The angles of elevation of the tower observed by them are 30° and 45° respectively. Then x/y is equal toView question
Q.9801·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.9803·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyWhich one of the following is the common element between the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram?View question
Q.9804·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThere are five lines in a plane, no two of which are parallel. The maximum number of points in which they can intersect isView question
Q.9805·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA profound terror, increased still by the darkness, the silence and his waking images, froze his heart within him. He almost felt his hair stand on end, when by straining his eyes to their utmost, he perceived through the shadows two faint yellow lights. At first he attributed these lights to the reflection of his own pupils, but soon the vivid brilliance of the night aided him gradually to distinguish the objects around him in the cave, and he beheld a huge animal lying but two steps from him. The person in the storyView question
Q.9806·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA profound terror, increased still by the darkness, the silence and his waking images, froze his heart within him. He almost felt his hair stand on end, when by straining his eyes to their utmost, he perceived through the shadows two faint yellow lights. At first he attributed these lights to the reflection of his own pupils, but soon the vivid brilliance of the night aided him gradually to distinguish the objects around him in the cave, and he beheld a huge animal lying but two steps from him. When he perceived through the shadows two faint lights,View question
Q.9807·Miscellaneous·2016·EasySince I had nothing better to do, I decided to go to the market to buy a few handkerchiefs, the old ones had done vanishing trick. On the way I met an old friend of mine and I took him to a nearby restaurant for tea and snacks. Afterwards I went to the shop and selected a dozen handkerchiefs. I pulled out my purse to make the payment, and discovered that it was empty; I then realized that it was not my purse, it was a different purse altogether. How that happened is still a source of wonder to me and I refuse to believe that it was the work of my good old friend, for it was his purse that I held in my hand. The man could not buy the handkerchiefs becauseView question
Q.9808·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyTo avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know, when in fact you do not, is a bad mistake to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them. A 'dogmatic statement' in the context means a statement which isView question
Q.9809·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyTo avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know, when in fact you do not, is a bad mistake to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them. The writer is of the opinion thatView question
Q.9810·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyTo avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know, when in fact you do not, is a bad mistake to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them. The writer says that if he was writing a book on hedgehogsView question