Q.9991·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyIn this question there is a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).View question
Q.9992·Miscellaneous·2016·Easyhere are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor. who is the doctor?View question
Q.9993·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe conceptual difficulties in National Income comparisons between underdeveloped and industrialised countries are particularly serious because a part of the national output in various underdeveloped countries is produced without passing through the commercial channels.” In the above statement, the author implies that:View question
Q.9994·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyCylindrical tank: radius = 2 m, height = 7 m Underground tank = 5.5 m × 4 m × 6 m What portion of underground tank is still filled after filling the overhead tank?View question
Q.9995·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyFour-digit numbers using 1, 2, 3, 4 with constraints: 2 and 3 are not to follow each other. 1 is not to be immediately followed by 3. 4 is not to be at the last place. 1 is not to appear at the first place. How many different numbers can be formed?View question
Q.9996·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyThe issue of worldwide supply of food has gained importance mainly because of: 1.Overgrowth of the population worldwide 2.Sharp decline in the area of food production 3.Limitation in the capabilities for sustained supply of food Select the correct answer:View question
Q.9997·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyHistorically, the biggest challenge to world agriculture has been to achieve a balance between demand for and supply of food. At the level of individual countries, the demand-supply balance can be a critical policy issue for a closed economy, especially if it is a populous economy and its domestic agriculture is not growing sufficiently enough to ensure food supplies, on an enduring basis; it is not so much and not always, of a constraint for an open, and growing economy, which has adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad. For the world as a whole, the supply-demand balance is always an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation. However, global balance of adequate supply does not necessarily mean that food would automatically move from countries of surplus to countries of deficit if the latter lack in purchasing power. The worldwide distribution of hunger, starvation, under- or malnourishment, etc., at the world-level, thus owes itself to the presence of empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly confined to the underdeveloped economies. Inasmuch as ‘a two-square meal’ is of elemental significance to basic human existence, the issue of worldwide supply of food has been gaining significance, in recent times, both because the quantum and the composition of demand has been undergoing big changes, and because, in recent years, the capabilities of individual countries to generate uninterrupted chain of food supplies have come under strain. Food production, marketing and prices, especially price-affordability by the poor in the developing world, have become global issues that need global thinking and global solutions. According to the above passage, which of the following helps/help in reducing hunger and starvation in developing economies? 1.Balancing demand and supply of food 2.Increasing imports of food 3.Increasing purchasing power of the poor 4.Changing the food consumption patterns and practices
Q.9998·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyHistorically, the biggest challenge to world agriculture has been to achieve a balance between demand for and supply of food. At the level of individual countries, the demand-supply balance can be a critical policy issue for a closed economy, especially if it is a populous economy and its domestic agriculture is not growing sufficiently enough to ensure food supplies, on an enduring basis; it is not so much and not always, of a constraint for an open, and growing economy, which has adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad. For the world as a whole, the supply-demand balance is always an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation. However, global balance of adequate supply does not necessarily mean that food would automatically move from countries of surplus to countries of deficit if the latter lack in purchasing power. The worldwide distribution of hunger, starvation, under- or malnourishment, etc., at the world-level, thus owes itself to the presence of empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly confined to the underdeveloped economies. Inasmuch as ‘a two-square meal’ is of elemental significance to basic human existence, the issue of worldwide supply of food has been gaining significance, in recent times, both because the quantum and the composition of demand has been undergoing big changes, and because, in recent years, the capabilities of individual countries to generate uninterrupted chain of food supplies have come under strain. Food production, marketing and prices, especially price-affordability by the poor in the developing world, have become global issues that need global thinking and global solutions. According to the above passage, the biggest challenge to world agriculture is:View question
Q.9999·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyIn a race, a competitor has to collect 6 apples which are kept in a straight line on a track and a bucket is placed at the beginning of the track which is a starting point. The condition is that the competitor can pick only one apple at a time, run back with it and drop it in the bucket. If he has to drop all the apples in the bucket, how much total distance he has to run if the bucket is 5 meters from the first apple and all other apples are placed 3 meters apart?View question
Q.10000·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyHistorically, the biggest challenge to world agriculture has been to achieve a balance between demand for and supply of food. At the level of individual countries, the demand-supply balance can be a critical policy issue for a closed economy, especially if it is a populous economy and its domestic agriculture is not growing sufficiently enough to ensure food supplies, on an enduring basis; it is not so much and not always, of a constraint for an open, and growing economy, which has adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad. For the world as a whole, the supply-demand balance is always an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation. However, global balance of adequate supply does not necessarily mean that food would automatically move from countries of surplus to countries of deficit if the latter lack in purchasing power. The worldwide distribution of hunger, starvation, under- or malnourishment, etc., at the world-level, thus owes itself to the presence of empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly confined to the underdeveloped economies. Inasmuch as ‘a two-square meal’ is of elemental significance to basic human existence, the issue of worldwide supply of food has been gaining significance, in recent times, both because the quantum and the composition of demand has been undergoing big changes, and because, in recent years, the capabilities of individual countries to generate uninterrupted chain of food supplies have come under strain. Food production, marketing and prices, especially price-affordability by the poor in the developing world, have become global issues that need global thinking and global solutions. According to the passage, which of the following are the fundamental solutions for the world food security problem? 1.Setting up more agro-based industries 2.Improving the price affordability by the poor 3.Regulating the conditions of marketing 4.Providing food subsidy to one and all Select the correct answer using the code below:
Q.10001·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAn increase in human-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could initiate a chain reaction between plants and microorganisms that would unsettle one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet — soil. In a study, it was found that the soil, which contains twice the amount of carbon present in all plants and Earth’s atmosphere combined, could become increasingly volatile as people add more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This is largely because of increased plant growth. Although a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, carbon dioxide also supports plant growth. As trees and other vegetation flourish in a carbon dioxide-rich future, their roots could stimulate microbial activity in soil that may in turn accelerate the decomposition of soil carbon and its release into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?View question
Q.10002·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAll humans digest mother’s milk as infants, but until cattle began being domesticated 10,000 years ago, children once weaned no longer needed to digest milk. As a result, they stopped making the enzyme lactase, which breaks down the sugar lactose into simple sugars. After humans began herding cattle, it became tremendously advantageous to digest milk, and lactose tolerance evolved independently among cattle herders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Groups not dependent on cattle, such as the Chinese and Thai, remain lactose intolerant. Which among the following is the most logical assumption that can be made from the above passage?View question
Q.10003·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyAs we look to 2050, when we will need to feed two billion more people, the question of which diet is best has taken on new urgency. The foods we choose to eat in the coming decades will have dramatic ramifications for the planet. Simply put, a diet that revolves around meat and dairy, a way of eating that is on the rise throughout the developing world, will take a greater toll on the world’s resources than one that revolves around unrefined grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables. What is the critical message conveyed by the above passage?View question
Q.10004·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyHow many numbers are there between 100 and 300 which either begin with or end with 2?View question
Q.10005·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyIf R and S are different integers both divisible by 5, then which of the following is not necessarily true?View question
Q.10006·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AERNER. Using the same code, FRACTION can be written as:View question
Q.10007·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyRam and Shyam work on a job together for four days and complete 60% of it. Ram takes leave then and Shyam works for eight more days to complete the job. How long would Ram take to complete the entire job alone?View question
Q.10008·Miscellaneous·2016·EasyA cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of small cubes with only one of the sides painted is:View question