Q.12151·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyA metal screw-top on a glass bottle which appears to be stuck could be opened by using the fact thatView question
Q.12152·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyS₁ : What Martin Luther King, the peaceful warrior and his followers suffered, it is very difficult to describe. S₆ : For they had taken an oath to ‘refrain from the violence of the fist, tongue or heart’. P: The police used fire hoses and ferocious dogs to rout them. Q: The law courts sent them to solitary confinement where not a ray of the sun entered. R: They were abused and stoned by the mob, slapped and kicked by the police. S: They suffered and tolerated all this without ever lifting a hand in self-defence. The proper sequence should be:View question
Q.12153·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyS₁ : What soda-water is composed of you may see for yourself if you watch your glass as it stands on the table after you have slaked your first thirst. S₆ : 'Carbonic acid' is the old name for it, but it is more correct to name it, when it is out of the water, 'Carbon dioxide'. P: The liquid is plain water, as you will find out if you are too slow about drinking. Q: You will see that it is separating into two different things, a liquid and a gas. R: The gas is so heavy that you can fairly drink it from the glass, and it has, as you know, a tingle-tangle taste. S: The other is a heavy, sour and invisible gas that slips up through the water in little bubbles and collects in the empty half of the glass. The proper sequence should be:View question
Q.12154·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyS₁ : The woman who lives a normal life is able to check the swelling conceit and egotism of her menfolk simply because her outlook is so different. S₆ : And both ranges of interest make her what only fools deny her to be, namely, essentially practical; her eye is steadily fixed on the concrete thing, and she mistrusts that chasing of the wild goose which is one of the chief pastimes and delights of man. P: She is primarily concerned with little ordinary things, the minutiae of talk and behaviour for example, on the one hand, and with very big ones, the colossal elementary facts of life, such as birth, mating and death on the other. Q: The first more personal and particular whereas the second, less so. R: Her interests are at once narrower and wider than those of men. S: It is more personal and yet more impersonal. The proper sequence should be:View question
Q.12155·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyS₁ : The lions used to be widely distributed in Africa and Asia. S₆ : No hunting is permitted in such reserved areas. P: There are special forest zones set aside for wildlife in various countries. Q: Indiscriminate killing by hunters has been the cause of this drastic fall in their numbers. R: Today they are a relatively rare species. S: If the species survives at all, it will be only in national parks. The proper sequence should be:View question
Q.12156·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyWhich 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.View question
Q.12157·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyWhich one of the following dams is constructed across Krishna River?View question
Q.12158·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyIn a triangle ABC, AB = BC = CA. The ratio of the radius of the circumcircle to that of the incircle isView question
Q.12159·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyConsider the following statements in respect of a discrete set of numbers : 1. The arithmetic mean uses all the data and is always uniquely defined. 2. The median uses only one or two numbers from the data and may not be unique. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?View question
Q.12160·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyIn this question, each item consists of a word or a phrase which is underlined in the sentence given. It is followed by four words or phrases. Select the word or phrase which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the underlined word or phrase. I was upset by his hostile attitude.View question
Q.12161·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyA cylinder is surmounted by a cone at one end, a hemisphere at the other end. The common radius is 3.5 cm, the height of the cylinder is 6.5 cm and the total height of the structure is 12.8 cm. The volume V of the structure lies betweenView question
Q.12162·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyTwo light rods AB = a + b, CD = a – b are symmetrically lying on a horizontal plane. There are kept intact by two strings AC and BD. The perpendicular distance between the rods is 'a'. The length of AC is given byView question
Q.12163·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyThe three sides of a triangle are 15, 25 and x units. Which one of the following is correct?View question
Q.12164·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyABC is a triangle right-angled at A where AB = 6 cm and AC = 8 cm. Semicircles are drawn (outside the triangle) on AB, AC and BC as diameters which enclose areas x, y and z square units respectively. What is x + y - z equal to?View question
Q.12165·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyWhich one of the following is a Pythagorean triple in which one side differs from the hypotenuse by two units? , where n is a positive real number.View question
Q.12166·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyA cone of radius r cm and height h cm is divided into two parts by drawing a plane through the middle point of its height and parallel to the base. What is the ratio of the volume of the original cone to the volume of the smaller cone?View question
Q.12167·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyAmong the following animals, choose the one having three pairs of legs.View question
Q.12168·Miscellaneous·2014·EasyA 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 isView question