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A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be the opposite of brown?
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A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be the opposite of brown?
By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?
What is the principle by which a cooling system (Radiator) in a motor car works?
In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E, there is a professor, a doctor and a lawyer. A and D are unmarried ladies, and do not work. Of the married couple in the group, E is the husband. B is the brother of A and is neither a doctor nor a lawyer. Who is the professor?
Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own houses. One-fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of the villagers are literate. Four-fifth of the villagers are below twenty five. Then, which one of the following is certainly true?
King Cobra is the only snake that makes its own nest. Why does it make its nest?
In a tournament 14 teams play league matches. If each team plays against every other team once only then how many matches are played?
With reference to the institution of Banking Ombudsman in India, which one of the statements is not correct?
Each person's performance compared with all other persons is to be done to rank them subjectively. How many comparisons are needed in total, if there are 11 persons?
Two trains leave New Delhi at the same time. One travels north at 60 kmph and the other travels south at 40 kmph. After how many hours will the trains be 150 km apart?
With reference to Simon Commission's recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?
Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention or of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions?
After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled "The Way Out". Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet?
In how many ways can four children be made to stand in a line such that two of them, A and B are always together?
In a meeting, the map of a village was placed in such a manner that south-east becomes north, north-east becomes west and so on. What will south become?
With reference to India, consider the following:
Which of the above can be considered as steps taken to achieve the "financial inclusion" in India?
Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
Why did Buddhism start declining in India in the early medieval times?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A new type of El Nino called El Nino Modoki appeared in the news. In this context, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Though coffee and tea both are cultivated on hill slopes, there is some difference between them regarding their cultivation. In this context, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
The satellite Oceansat-2 launched by India helps in
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The diameters of two circular coins are in the ratio of 1:3. The smaller coin is made to roll around the bigger coin till it returns to the position from where the process of rolling started. How many times the smaller coin rolled around the bigger coin?
With reference to the Constitution of India, consider the following:
Which of the above provisions of the Constitution of India is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme launched by the Government of India?
When ten persons shake hands with one another, in how many ways is it possible?
A candidate attempted 12 questions and secured full marks in all of them. If he obtained 60% in the test and all questions carried equal marks, then what is the number of questions in the test?
What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Among the following, who was not a proponent of bhakti cult?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Following are the characteristics of an area in India:
Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament?
Which one of the following is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget to the Parliament?
Which one of the following authorities makes recommendation to the Governor of a State as to the principles for determining the taxes and duties which may be appropriated by the Panchayats in that particular State?
India is a party to the Ramsar Convention and has declared many areas as Ramsar Sites. Which of the following statements best describes as to how we should maintain these sites in the context of this convention?
In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?
Tamil Nadu is a leading producer of mill-made cotton yarn in the country. What could be the reason?
Which of the above is/are the correct reasons?
The approximate representation of land use classification in India is
In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements is correct?
What are the possible limitations of India in mitigating the global warming at present and in the immediate future?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
If there were no Himalayan ranges, what would have been the most likely geographical impact on India?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through
For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme?
There are only two known examples of cave paintings of the Gupta period in ancient India. One of these is paintings of Ajanta caves. Where is the other surviving example of Gupta paintings?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?
In order to comply with TRIPS Agreement, India enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999. The difference/differences between a "Trade Mark" and a Geographical Indication is/are:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to Lok Adalats, which of the following statements is correct?
The SEZ Act, 2005 which came into effect in February 2006 has certain objectives. In this context, consider the following:
Which of the above are the objectives of this Act?
Which one of the following statements is an appropriate description of deflation?
With reference to the Non-banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following was not stipulated in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003?
In the parlance of financial investments, the term 'bear' denotes
A great deal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India comes from Mauritius than from many major and mature economies like UK and France. Why?
Consider the following countries:
Rivers that pass through Himachal Pradesh are
When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What is the main reason for this colour?
Which one of the following is the appropriate reason for considering the Gondwana rocks as most important of rock systems of India?
Sustainable development is described as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In this perspective, inherently the concept of sustainable development is intertwined with which of the following concepts?
As per the UN-Habitat's Global Report on Human Settlements 2009, which one among the following regions has shown the fastest growth rate of urbanization in the last three decades?
A person X has four notes of Rupee 1, 2, 5 and 10 denomination. The number of different sums of money she can form from them is
Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than the number X?
Two of the schemes launched by the Government of India for Women's development are Swadhar and Swayam Siddha. As regards the difference between them, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to the Consumer Disputes Redressal at district level in India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
As a result of their annual survey, the National Geographic Society and an international polling firm GlobeScan gave India top rank in Greendex 2009 score. What is this score?
With reference to the National Investment Fund to which the disinvestment proceeds are routed, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In India, which of the following is regulated by the Forward Markets Commission?
What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A person travelled a distance of 50 km in 8 hours. He covered a part of the distance on foot at the rate of 4 km per hour and a part on a bicycle at the rate of 10 km per hour. How much distance did he travel on foot?
How many numbers from 0 to 999 are not divisible by either 5 or 7?
Consider the following statements:
The functions of commercial banks in India include
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In India, the tax proceeds of which one of the following as a percentage of gross tax revenue has significantly declined in the last five years?
Inclusive growth as enunciated in the Eleventh Five Year Plan does not include one of the following:
Consider the following actions by the Government:
When the Reserve Bank of India announces an increase of the Cash Reserve Ratio, what does it mean?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following processes in the bodies of living organisms is a digestive process?
From the point of view of evolution of living organisms, which one of the following is the correct sequence of evolution?
Excessive release of the pollutant carbon monoxide (CO) into the air may produce a condition in which oxygen supply in the human body decreases. What causes this condition?
India based Neutrino Observatory is included by the Planning Commission as a mega science project under the 11th Five-Year Plan. In this context, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following:
Which of the above causes/cause acid rain?
Some species of plants are insectivorous. Why?
With reference to BRIC countries, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?
Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with
The International Development Association, a lending agency, is administered by the
An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?
Consider the following statements: In India, taxes on transactions in Stock Exchanges and Futures Markets are
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Genetically modified "golden rice" has been engineered to meet human nutritional requirements. Which one of the following statements best qualifies golden rice?
Consider the following:
Which of the above can operate between 2.4 and 2.5 GHz range of radio frequency band?
A pesticide which is a chlorinated hydrocarbon is sprayed on a food crop. The food chain is: Food crop - Rat - Snake - Hawk. In this food chain, the highest concentration of the pesticide would accumulate in which one of the following?
Which feature of some species of blue-green algae helps promote them as bio-fertilizers?
Other than Jatropha curcas, why is Pongamia pinnata also considered a good option for the production of bio-diesel in India?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Due to their extensive rice cultivation, some regions may be contributing to global warming. To what possible reason/reasons is this attributable?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Given below are the names of four energy crops. Which one of them can be cultivated for ethanol?
Which among the following do/does not belong/belongs to the GSM family of wireless technologies?
With reference to the treatment of cancerous tumours, a tool called cyberknife has been making the news. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?
In the context of space technology, what is ‘Bhuvan’, recently in the news?
Which one of the following is not related to United Nations?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at
With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, consider the following:
Which of the above is/are the Rights of the child?
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles produce one of the following as ‘exhaust’.
Recently, LASIK (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) procedure is being made popular for vision correction. Which one of the following statements in this context is not correct?
Six books A, B, C, D, E and F are placed side by side. B, C and E have blue cover and the other books have red cover. Only D and F are new books and the rest are old. A, C and D are law reports and others are Gazetteers.
What book is a new law report with a red colour?
Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?
Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?
With regard to the transmission of the Human Immuno deficiency Virus, which one of the following statements is not correct?
Mon 863 is a variety of maize. It was in the news for the following reason.
A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:
As regards the use of international food safety standards as reference point for the dispute settlements, which one of the following does WTO collaborate with?
What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern hemisphere?
Consider the following which can be found in the ambient atmosphere:
Which of the above contribute to the warming up of the atmosphere?
The difference between the simple interest received from two banks on Rs. 500 for two years is Rs. 2.50. What is the difference between their rates?
With reference to Indian economy, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in two rows, three in each. Q is not at the end of any row. P is second to the left of R. O is the neighbour of Q and is sitting diagonally opposite to P. N is the neighbour of R.
On the basis of above information, who is facing N?
Examine the following statements:
P, Q, R and S are four men. P is the oldest but not the poorest. R is the richest but not the oldest. Q is older than S but not than P or R. P is richer than Q but not than S.
The four men can be ordered (descending) in respect of age and richness, respectively, as
A man fills a basket with eggs in such a way that the number of eggs added on each successive day is the same as the number already present in the basket. This way the basket gets completely filled in 24 days.
After how many days the basket was 1/4th full?
In India, the interest rate on savings accounts in all the nationalized commercial banks is fixed by
With reference to soil conservation, consider the following practices:
Which of the above are considered appropriate methods for soil conservation in India?
The ‘Instrument of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act 1935 have been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as
Consider the following statements: The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President of India on matters of law or fact
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In the context of governance, consider the following:
Which of the above can be used as measures to control the fiscal deficit in India?
In the context of India’s Five Year Plans, a shift in the pattern of industrialization, with lower emphasis on heavy industries and more on infrastructure begins in
Which one of the following is not a feature of Limited Liability Partnership firm?
Which of the following terms indicates a mechanism used by commercial banks for providing credit to the government?
A question paper had ten questions. Each question could only be answered as True (T) or False (F). Each candidate answered all the questions. Yet, no two candidates wrote the answers in an identical sequence.
How many different sequences of answers are possible?
Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track of 11 km. Their speeds are 4, 5.5 and 8 kmph respectively.
When will they meet at the starting point for the first time?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In the context of the affairs of which of the following is the phrase ‘Special Safeguard Mechanisms’ mentioned in the news frequently?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to the mineral resource of India, consider the following pairs:
Mineral — 90% natural sources in
Consider the following pairs:
Protected area — Well-known for
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Dam/Lake — River
In the context of Indian economy, consider the following pairs:
Term — Most appropriate description
A geographic area with an altitude of 400 metres has following characteristics:
Month: J F M A M J J A S O N D
Average Maximum Temp. (°C): 31 31 31 30 30 29 28 28 29 29 30 31
Average Minimum Temp. (°C): 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Rainfall (mm): 51 85 188 158 139 121 134 168 185 221 198 86
If this geographic area were to have a natural forest, which one of the following would it most likely be?
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