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Q.13303·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

We started looking on the ground for blood, hair, or a drag mark that would lead us to the deer killed by the tiger. We had proceeded a hundred yards, examining every foot of the ground, and going dead slow, when Mothi, just as I turned my head to look at him, started backwards, screaming as he did so. Then he whipped round and ran for dear life, beating the air with his hands as if warding off a swarm of bees and continuing to scream as he ran. The sudden and piercing scream of a human being in a jungle where a moment before all has been silent is terrifying to hear. Instinctively I knew what had happened. With his eyes fixed on the ground, looking for the blood or hair of the kill, Mothi had failed to see where he was going, and had walked towards the tiger. Before Mothi screamed, the jungle was

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Q.13304·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

We started looking on the ground for blood, hair, or a drag mark that would lead us to the deer killed by the tiger. We had proceeded a hundred yards, examining every foot of the ground, and going dead slow, when Mothi, just as I turned my head to look at him, started backwards, screaming as he did so. Then he whipped round and ran for dear life, beating the air with his hands as if warding off a swarm of bees and continuing to scream as he ran. The sudden and piercing scream of a human being in a jungle where a moment before all has been silent is terrifying to hear. Instinctively I knew what had happened. With his eyes fixed on the ground, looking for the blood or hair of the kill, Mothi had failed to see where he was going, and had walked towards the tiger. In the context of the passage ‘kill’ means

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Q.13305·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

We started looking on the ground for blood, hair, or a drag mark that would lead us to the deer killed by the tiger. We had proceeded a hundred yards, examining every foot of the ground, and going dead slow, when Mothi, just as I turned my head to look at him, started backwards, screaming as he did so. Then he whipped round and ran for dear life, beating the air with his hands as if warding off a swarm of bees and continuing to scream as he ran. The sudden and piercing scream of a human being in a jungle where a moment before all has been silent is terrifying to hear. Instinctively I knew what had happened. With his eyes fixed on the ground, looking for the blood or hair of the kill, Mothi had failed to see where he was going, and had walked towards the tiger. Mothi began to scream when he

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Q.13306·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

We started looking on the ground for blood, hair, or a drag mark that would lead us to the deer killed by the tiger. We had proceeded a hundred yards, examining every foot of the ground, and going dead slow, when Mothi, just as I turned my head to look at him, started backwards, screaming as he did so. Then he whipped round and ran for dear life, beating the air with his hands as if warding off a swarm of bees and continuing to scream as he ran. The sudden and piercing scream of a human being in a jungle where a moment before all has been silent is terrifying to hear. Instinctively I knew what had happened. With his eyes fixed on the ground, looking for the blood or hair of the kill, Mothi had failed to see where he was going, and had walked towards the tiger. Mothi and the narrator were scanning the ground because

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Q.13307·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

My father was passionate about two things: education and socialism. He was himself a born teacher. Indeed, he could never restrain himself from teaching, and as a small boy I was frequently embarrassed by his desire to instruct everybody — people in railway carriages, for instance — though I realized even then that it was an innocent desire, quite free from vanity. He was equally ready to receive instruction. Education, to men of his generation and temperament, was something it has largely ceased to be nowadays. It was the great golden gateway to the enchanted realms of the mind. From the passage it is clear that the author

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Q.13308·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

My father was passionate about two things: education and socialism. He was himself a born teacher. Indeed, he could never restrain himself from teaching, and as a small boy I was frequently embarrassed by his desire to instruct everybody — people in railway carriages, for instance — though I realized even then that it was an innocent desire, quite free from vanity. He was equally ready to receive instruction. Education, to men of his generation and temperament, was something it has largely ceased to be nowadays. It was the great golden gateway to the enchanted realms of the mind. To the generation of the writer’s father, education was

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Q.13309·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

My father was passionate about two things: education and socialism. He was himself a born teacher. Indeed, he could never restrain himself from teaching, and as a small boy I was frequently embarrassed by his desire to instruct everybody — people in railway carriages, for instance — though I realized even then that it was an innocent desire, quite free from vanity. He was equally ready to receive instruction. Education, to men of his generation and temperament, was something it has largely ceased to be nowadays. It was the great golden gateway to the enchanted realms of the mind. The author often felt embarrassed by the behaviour of his father because

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Q.13310·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

My father was passionate about two things: education and socialism. He was himself a born teacher. Indeed, he could never restrain himself from teaching, and as a small boy I was frequently embarrassed by his desire to instruct everybody — people in railway carriages, for instance — though I realized even then that it was an innocent desire, quite free from vanity. He was equally ready to receive instruction. Education, to men of his generation and temperament, was something it has largely ceased to be nowadays. It was the great golden gateway to the enchanted realms of the mind. The author wants us to know that his father

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Q.13311·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Galileo desired to use his telescope to make more discoveries in the heavens, but his instrument was too small. He made another and larger telescope which magnified eight times, and then another which magnified thirty times, and pointed it at the moon. His heart leaped with joy, for he saw what no human eye had ever before seen — ranges of mountains, deep hollows, and broad plains! He turned his telescope on the planets, and found they appeared with disks like the moon at a quarter full. He turned it on the Milky Way, and beheld innumerable tiny stars. When Galileo saw what no human eye had ever before seen he

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Q.13312·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Galileo desired to use his telescope to make more discoveries in the heavens, but his instrument was too small. He made another and larger telescope which magnified eight times, and then another which magnified thirty times, and pointed it at the moon. His heart leaped with joy, for he saw what no human eye had ever before seen — ranges of mountains, deep hollows, and broad plains! He turned his telescope on the planets, and found they appeared with disks like the moon at a quarter full. He turned it on the Milky Way, and beheld innumerable tiny stars. Galileo made several telescopes because

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Q.13313·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following statements about the International Date Line is not correct?

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Q.13314·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The planetary winds that blow from the subtropical high-pressure belts to the Equator are known as:

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Q.13315·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following Indian rivers originates in Maharashtra and flows through Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to meet the Bay of Bengal in Andhra coast?

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Q.13316·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which of the following statements regarding recycling is/are correct? 1.Recycling is just the collection and separation of the waste materials. 2.Recycling is the collection and separation of materials from the waste stream and their subsequent processing to produce a marketable product. 3.Recycling leads to reduction of waste disposal cost. Select the correct answer using the code given below

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Q.13317·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Agent) List-II (Disease) A. Arsenic 1.Fluorosis B. Fluoride 2.Melanosis C. Dust 3.Presbycusis D. Noise 4.Silicosis

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Q.13318·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The crew and passengers of a flying aircraft suffer generally from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to the effect of:

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Q.13319·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Nearly 30% of the solar radiations return back to the space without contributing to anything to the earth's surface temperature. This amount of radiation is known as:

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Q.13320·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which type/types of pen uses/use capillary action in addition to gravity for flow of ink?

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