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Consider the following three- dimensional figure: How many triangles does the above figure have?
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Consider the following three- dimensional figure: How many triangles does the above figure have?
The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were:
Consider the following sum: • + 1 • + 2 • + • 3 + • 1 = 21• In the above sum, • stands for
Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?
Consider the following pattern of numbers: 8 10 15 13 6 5 7 4 4 6 8 8 6 11 16? What is the number at? in the above pattern?
Which among the following events happened earliest?
How many diagonals can be drawn by joining the vertices of an octagon?
After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government?
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The figure drawn below gives the velocity graphs of two vehicles A and B. The straight line OKP represents the velocity of vehicle A at any instant, whereas the horizontal straight line CKD represents the velocity of vehicle B at any instant. In the figure, D is the point where perpendicular from P meets the horizontal line CKD such that PD = 1 2 LD What is the ratio between the distances covered by vehicles A and B in the time interval OL?
Economically one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the:
A train 200 metres long is moving at the rate of 40 km/h. In how many seconds will it cross a man standing near the railway line?
He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna, stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was:
Passage summary:
World population stood near 1.6 billion in 1990 and has since climbed to about 7.2 billion, with projections of 9.6 billion by 2050 and 10.9 billion by 2100. In contrast to Europe and North America, where only three to four percent of people work in farming, close to 47 percent of India's population relies on agriculture. The passage notes that even if India's services keep performing and manufacturing gains pace, dependence on farming will remain overwhelming: around 2030, when India is expected to surpass China as the most populous nation, nearly 42 percent of Indians will still depend predominantly on agriculture. The upshot is that agriculture remains central to India's economy, which rests heavily on this sector.
Which of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
Passage summary:
Many germs behind foodborne sickness are not even identified, and food can pick up contamination anywhere along the chain from farm to plate. Because most food-poisoning episodes never get reported, nobody really knows how widespread foodborne illness is around the world. Better international surveillance has raised public awareness, yet the rapid globalization of food production leaves shoppers more exposed, since food has become harder to regulate and trace. A WHO official sums it up with the line that we now have the whole world on our plates. The natural corollary is that a wider choice of foods brings with it greater risks.
Which of the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
In 1920, which of the following changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha"?
Passage summary:
The writer, a working scientist, says he is privileged to probe nature with the instruments of science. Even so, he admits there are genuinely important questions science cannot really settle - why there is anything at all rather than nothing, and why human beings are here. In that territory, he has found faith to be the better route toward answers. He finds it strangely outdated that modern culture so widely assumes scientific and spiritual outlooks cannot coexist. The inference the passage supports is that certain foundational questions lie beyond the reach of both science and faith.
Which of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
In the federation established by the Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers given to the
The author wants India to rid herself of certain past bonds because
Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948?
By how much (measured in thousands of tons) did the import of sheet steel exceed the import of coil steel in the first three months of the year?
With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs: Institution Founder
What was the approximate total value (in $) of sheet steel imported over the six months period?
Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?
What was the approximate ratio of sheet steel and scrap steel imports in the first three months of the year?
Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?
What is the symbol on the face opposite to that containing a single dot?
Consider the following events:
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
What is the symbol on the face opposite to that containing two dots?
With reference to the religious practices in India, the "Sthanakvasi" sect belongs to
What is the symbol on the face opposite to that containing the cross?
With reference to India history, who among the following is a future Buddha, yet to come to save the world?
Passage summary:
The right to education, the passage argues, stretches beyond free and compulsory schooling to embrace quality education for everyone, because quality is intrinsic to the right itself; schooling without quality denies children what they are owed. Mere buildings are not enough - a school may stand nearby while children stay away or drop out within months. Closing that gap calls for school and social mapping that tackles the full range of social, economic, cultural, linguistic and teaching-related barriers, with special attention to the poorest and most vulnerable, including disadvantaged groups and girls. The RTE Act demands a curriculum built on activities, exploration and discovery, which means abandoning the image of children as passive recipients and of textbooks as the sole basis of exams. Teaching and learning must become free of stress, backed by a large-scale curricular overhaul toward a child-friendly system that is more relevant and empowering. Teacher-accountability systems must verify that children are actually learning and that their right to a child-friendly environment holds. Testing and assessment, finally, need redesigning so pupils are not torn between school and tuition centres and robbed of their childhood.
According to the passage, which of the following is/are of paramount importance under the Right to Education?
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Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed diamonds and diamond mines of India?
Passage summary:
The right to education, the passage argues, stretches beyond free and compulsory schooling to embrace quality education for everyone, because quality is intrinsic to the right itself; schooling without quality denies children what they are owed. Mere buildings are not enough - a school may stand nearby while children stay away or drop out within months. Closing that gap calls for school and social mapping that tackles the full range of social, economic, cultural, linguistic and teaching-related barriers, with special attention to the poorest and most vulnerable, including disadvantaged groups and girls. The RTE Act demands a curriculum built on activities, exploration and discovery, which means abandoning the image of children as passive recipients and of textbooks as the sole basis of exams. Teaching and learning must become free of stress, backed by a large-scale curricular overhaul toward a child-friendly system that is more relevant and empowering. Teacher-accountability systems must verify that children are actually learning and that their right to a child-friendly environment holds. Testing and assessment, finally, need redesigning so pupils are not torn between school and tuition centres and robbed of their childhood.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?
With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
The right to education, the passage argues, stretches beyond free and compulsory schooling to embrace quality education for everyone, because quality is intrinsic to the right itself; schooling without quality denies children what they are owed. Mere buildings are not enough - a school may stand nearby while children stay away or drop out within months. Closing that gap calls for school and social mapping that tackles the full range of social, economic, cultural, linguistic and teaching-related barriers, with special attention to the poorest and most vulnerable, including disadvantaged groups and girls. The RTE Act demands a curriculum built on activities, exploration and discovery, which means abandoning the image of children as passive recipients and of textbooks as the sole basis of exams. Teaching and learning must become free of stress, backed by a large-scale curricular overhaul toward a child-friendly system that is more relevant and empowering. Teacher-accountability systems must verify that children are actually learning and that their right to a child-friendly environment holds. Testing and assessment, finally, need redesigning so pupils are not torn between school and tuition centres and robbed of their childhood.
According to the passage, which one of the following is critical in bringing quality in education?
With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Passage summary:
The right to education, the passage argues, stretches beyond free and compulsory schooling to embrace quality education for everyone, because quality is intrinsic to the right itself; schooling without quality denies children what they are owed. Mere buildings are not enough - a school may stand nearby while children stay away or drop out within months. Closing that gap calls for school and social mapping that tackles the full range of social, economic, cultural, linguistic and teaching-related barriers, with special attention to the poorest and most vulnerable, including disadvantaged groups and girls. The RTE Act demands a curriculum built on activities, exploration and discovery, which means abandoning the image of children as passive recipients and of textbooks as the sole basis of exams. Teaching and learning must become free of stress, backed by a large-scale curricular overhaul toward a child-friendly system that is more relevant and empowering. Teacher-accountability systems must verify that children are actually learning and that their right to a child-friendly environment holds. Testing and assessment, finally, need redesigning so pupils are not torn between school and tuition centres and robbed of their childhood.
What is the essential message in this passage?
The well-known painting "Bani Thani" belongs to the
If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for DELHI is
Consider the following pairs:
Tradition State
If RAMON is written a s 1 2 3 4 5 and DINESH as 675849, then HAMAM will be written as
Consider the following pairs:
If X is between - 3 and - 1, and Y is between -1 and 1, then X 2 - Y2 is in between which of the following?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
X and Y are natural numbers other than 1, and Y is greater than X. Which of the following represents the largest number?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose office is to his left?
Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up the recent past due to human activities?
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Who is/are F's immediate neighbour/ neighbours?
Consider the following pairs:
Regions sometimes mentioned in news - Country
Passage summary:
Desertification here means a process in which an ecosystem's biological productivity declines until it is lost entirely. It is usually tied to arid, semi-arid and sub-humid zones, yet even humid tropical regions can suffer it severely. In India its face varies: faster erosion in the mountains, salt build-up in semi-arid and arid Green Revolution belts like Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, and falling site quality wherever tree cover has thinned and the same rice-wheat monoculture repeats across the plains. Deforestation upsets hydrology and washes away soil and nutrients, with site degradation through erosive loss as its routine aftermath. The highest erosion rates are in tropical Asia, Africa and South America, and the tropics' already steep rates are rising fast - in India through great river systems such as the Ganga and Brahmaputra - because of forest clearance and poorly chosen land management. In the Himalayas, shrinking forest cover is blamed for soils holding less moisture and for underground springs and smaller rivers running dry. One knock-on effect is a sharp change in how uplands and lowlands interact through water; Assam's tea growers, for instance, now see their gardens repeatedly flooded along the Brahmaputra plains, while silt raising the riverbed and the river's shifting course eat into tea yields. The final toll of such site desertification is degraded soil, disrupted water availability and quality, and shrinking supplies of food, fodder and fuelwood on which rural livelihoods depend.
According to the passage, which of the following are the consequences of decline in forest cover?
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Consider the following pairs:
Towns sometimes mentioned in news - Country
Passage summary:
Desertification here means a process in which an ecosystem's biological productivity declines until it is lost entirely. It is usually tied to arid, semi-arid and sub-humid zones, yet even humid tropical regions can suffer it severely. In India its face varies: faster erosion in the mountains, salt build-up in semi-arid and arid Green Revolution belts like Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, and falling site quality wherever tree cover has thinned and the same rice-wheat monoculture repeats across the plains. Deforestation upsets hydrology and washes away soil and nutrients, with site degradation through erosive loss as its routine aftermath. The highest erosion rates are in tropical Asia, Africa and South America, and the tropics' already steep rates are rising fast - in India through great river systems such as the Ganga and Brahmaputra - because of forest clearance and poorly chosen land management. In the Himalayas, shrinking forest cover is blamed for soils holding less moisture and for underground springs and smaller rivers running dry. One knock-on effect is a sharp change in how uplands and lowlands interact through water; Assam's tea growers, for instance, now see their gardens repeatedly flooded along the Brahmaputra plains, while silt raising the riverbed and the river's shifting course eat into tea yields. The final toll of such site desertification is degraded soil, disrupted water availability and quality, and shrinking supplies of food, fodder and fuelwood on which rural livelihoods depend.
Which of the following is/ are the correct inference/inferences that can be made from the passage?
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Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
Desertification here means a process in which an ecosystem's biological productivity declines until it is lost entirely. It is usually tied to arid, semi-arid and sub-humid zones, yet even humid tropical regions can suffer it severely. In India its face varies: faster erosion in the mountains, salt build-up in semi-arid and arid Green Revolution belts like Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, and falling site quality wherever tree cover has thinned and the same rice-wheat monoculture repeats across the plains. Deforestation upsets hydrology and washes away soil and nutrients, with site degradation through erosive loss as its routine aftermath. The highest erosion rates are in tropical Asia, Africa and South America, and the tropics' already steep rates are rising fast - in India through great river systems such as the Ganga and Brahmaputra - because of forest clearance and poorly chosen land management. In the Himalayas, shrinking forest cover is blamed for soils holding less moisture and for underground springs and smaller rivers running dry. One knock-on effect is a sharp change in how uplands and lowlands interact through water; Assam's tea growers, for instance, now see their gardens repeatedly flooded along the Brahmaputra plains, while silt raising the riverbed and the river's shifting course eat into tea yields. The final toll of such site desertification is degraded soil, disrupted water availability and quality, and shrinking supplies of food, fodder and fuelwood on which rural livelihoods depend.
With reference to 'desertification', as described in the passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
Coping with climate change while keeping agriculture, forestry and fisheries productive will require a varied portfolio of natural assets. Farmers will need crop varieties that can perform under drought, heat and higher carbon dioxide, yet the private-sector and farmer-led selection process rewards uniformity suited to yesterday's or today's weather - not lines that can yield reliably in warmer, wetter or drier futures. The passage therefore calls for faster breeding programmes to safeguard a broader genetic base of crops, livestock breeds and their wild relatives. It also points to largely intact ecosystems - forested catchments, mangroves, wetlands - as buffers against climate shocks, while warning that these systems are themselves under threat and will need more forward-looking, adaptive management. Finally, linking natural areas through migration corridors may let species shift their ranges as the climate moves.
With reference to the above passage, which of the following would assist us in coping with the climate change?
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Which one of the following is an artificial lake?
Passage summary:
Coping with climate change while keeping agriculture, forestry and fisheries productive will require a varied portfolio of natural assets. Farmers will need crop varieties that can perform under drought, heat and higher carbon dioxide, yet the private-sector and farmer-led selection process rewards uniformity suited to yesterday's or today's weather - not lines that can yield reliably in warmer, wetter or drier futures. The passage therefore calls for faster breeding programmes to safeguard a broader genetic base of crops, livestock breeds and their wild relatives. It also points to largely intact ecosystems - forested catchments, mangroves, wetlands - as buffers against climate shocks, while warning that these systems are themselves under threat and will need more forward-looking, adaptive management. Finally, linking natural areas through migration corridors may let species shift their ranges as the climate moves.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?
Among the following cities, which one lies on a longitude closest to that of Delhi?
Passage summary:
The author names today's greatest environmental challenge as the pairing of human numbers with human desires. Had our aspirations stayed as modest as those of the post-Second-World-War years, far more would be achievable than if we keep treating the Earth as one enormous shopping mall. He urges us to move past our dazzlement with glitter and to grasp that the planet functions as a single biological system. The logical takeaway is that curbing our consumerism serves our own interest.
Which of the following is the most crucial and logical inference that can be made from the above passage?
In which one of the following States is Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary located?
Passage summary:
The passage rejects the belief that leadership is an inborn trait one either has or lacks, calling that theory false: leadership is an art that can be learned and, indeed, taught. Its truth often emerges in wartime, with results that can astonish even the teachers. The author illustrates it with soldiers who quickly learn that a swift choice - left or right - beats endless debate, since a firm decision stands an even chance of being right while inaction is nearly certain to be wrong. His position, then, is that leadership can both be acquired and taught.
The author of the passage holds the view that
Why is a plant called Prosopis juliflora often mentioned in the news?
A number consists of three digits of which the middle one is zero and their sum is 4. If the number formed b y interchanging the first and last digits is greater than the number itself by 198, the difference between the first and last digits is
Which of the following is/are the possible consequence/s of heavy sand mining in riverbeds?
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A solid cube of 3 cm side, painted on all its faces, is cutup into small cubes of 1 c m side. How many of the small cubes will have exactly two painted faces?
The term "sixth mass extinction/sixth extinction" is often mentioned in the news in the context of the discussion of
While writing all the numbers from 700 to 1 0 0 0, how many numbers occur in which the digit at hundred's place is greater than the digit at ten's place, and the digit at ten's place is greater than the digit at unit's place?
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at
If Pen < Pencil, Pencil < Book and Book > Cap, then which one of the following is always true?
"Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now" is an initiative launched by
A bookseller sold 'a' number of Geography textbooks at the rate of Rs. x per book, 'a + 2' number of History textbooks at the rate of Rs. (x + 2) per book and 'a - 2' number of Mathematics textbooks at the rate of Rs. (x - 2) per book. What is his total sale in Rs.?
With reference to the 'Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)', which of the following statements is/are correct?
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A bag contains 15 red balls and 20 black balls. Each ball is numbered either 1 or 2 or 3. 20% of the red balls are numbered 1 and 40% of them are numbered 3. Similarly, among the black balls, 45% are numbered 2 and 30% are numbered 3. A boy picks a ball at random. He wins if the ball is red and numbered 3 or if it is black and numbered 1 or 2. What are the chances of his winning?
How is the National Green Tribunal (NGT) different from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Two persons, A and B are running on a circular track. At the start, B is ahead of A and their positions make an angle of 30° at the centre of the circle. When A reaches the point diametrically opposite to his starting point, he meets B. What is the ratio of speeds of A and B, if they are running with uniform speeds?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A student has to get 40% marks to pass in an examination. Suppose he gets 30 marks and fails by 30 marks, then what are the maximum marks in the examination?
Which of the following leaf modifications occur(s) in the desert areas to inhibit water loss?
19 boys turn out for playing hockey. Of these, 11 are wearing hockey shirts and 14 are wearing hockey pants. There are no boys without shirts and/or pants. What is the number of boys wearing full uniform?
Which of the following statements best describes "carbon fertilisation"?
A is studying in
With reference to agricultural soils, consider the following statements: (2018)
Science college is located in
With reference to the circumstances in Indian agriculture, the concept of "Conservation Agriculture" assumes significance. Which of the following fall under the Conservation Agriculture? (2018)
C is studying in
Which one of the following reflects the most appropriate relationship between law and liberty?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Which of the following are regarded as the main feature of "Rule of Law"?
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Which one of the following statements is correct regarding Engineering college?
Consider the following statements:
(2018)
Which of the following statements given is/are correct?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Consider the following statements:
(2018)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
Every response to climate change carries a price, and money is indispensable if countries such as India are to plan and carry out adaptation and mitigation. The strain bites hardest in developing nations: India ranks among those most exposed to climate damage, while still needing funds for development itself. Most governments do accept climate change as a genuine danger and are trying to confront it in a fuller, joined-up way despite tight budgets. The passage thus supports the view that climate change is both a complex policy problem and a development problem, and that financing channels must be opened so developing countries can strengthen their ability to adapt.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?
With reference to the Parliament of India, which of the following Parliamentary Committees scrutinises and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules, by-laws, etc. conferred by the Constitution or delegated by the Parliament are being properly exercised by the Executives within the scope of such delegation?
(2018)
Passage summary:
Cooking over biomass and coal is now understood to be a serious health hazard in India, with women and children among the poor bearing the worst of it. Polluting cooking fuels cause over a million premature deaths a year from household air pollution, plus another 150,000 through their share in outdoor air pollution. Although the fraction of Indians using clean fuels like LPG, natural gas and electricity is edging upward, the headcount relying on polluting solid fuels as their main cooking source has sat unchanged for nearly three decades at around 700 million. The passage's key inference is that getting cooking gas to poor households could cut premature deaths.
Which of the following is the most crucial and logical inference that can be made from the above passage?
Right to Privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty. Which of the following in the Constitution of India correctly and appropriately imply the above statement?
(2018)
Passage summary:
Scientific knowledge carries dangers, the passage concedes, but then so does every great human achievement. Looking past the threats science poses to the present, it opens - as nothing else can - the vision of a conceivable happy world: one free of poverty and war, with little sickness. Whatever unpleasant side effects come with it, science is by its nature a liberator. The strongest implication is that a happy world is unattainable without science.
Which one of the following is the most important implication of the passage?
Regarding Money Bill, which of the following statements is not correct?
(2018)
Passage summary:
The Arctic's enormous stores of fossil fuels, fish and minerals are staying reachable for longer stretches each year. Antarctica, by contrast, is shielded from exploitation by the Cold-War-era Antarctic Treaty and cannot be claimed as territory by any nation; the Arctic enjoys no comparable legal protection against industrialization, just as global appetite for resources keeps growing. The real prospect of ice-free summers has set coastal Arctic states scrambling to carve up great slices of the thawing ocean. The passage's main implication is that melting summer ice is redrawing the region's geopolitics.
Which one of the following is the most important implication of the passage?
Consider the following statements:
(2018)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
As a WTO member, India is tied to the pacts its fellow members - itself included - have signed and ratified. Under Article 6 of the Agriculture Agreement, minimum support prices count as trade-distorting and face caps: subsidies from 'minimal supports' may not top 10 percent of the value of farm output in developing countries. India's public distribution system, however, runs on exactly those minimum support prices plus public grain stockpiles, and in some years the resulting producer subsidy could breach the 10-percent ceiling. The passage's crux is that, for India, safeguarding food security runs headlong into trade obligations.
What is the crucial message conveyed by the above passage?
With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
India's schooling, the passage says, is modelled on the mass-education template that arose in nineteenth-century Europe and later spread across the globe. Its purpose was to mould obedient citizens and productive workers for an industrial age that wanted a steady stream of compliant labour with a narrow skill set. Our institutions still look like factories - bells, uniforms, learners processed in batches - all designed to produce conformity. Economically, though, the world has changed utterly: it is now complex, volatile and globally interlinked. The valid assumption the passage supports is that today's learners must pick up new-age skill sets.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
Dieting has turned into an epidemic of its own, with everyone hunting for the route to an ideal body. Yet people differ across ethnicity, genes, family history, sex, age, physical, mental and spiritual health, lifestyle and taste - and so differ in which foods they tolerate or react to. That tangle of differences cannot be squeezed into a single diet or diet book, which is why weight-loss regimes keep failing to dent obesity worldwide. Unless the real causes of weight gain are understood and confronted, and habits altered for good, no diet stands much chance. The passage's rational inference is that no perfect diet or single cure for obesity exists.
What is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
If the president of India exercises his power as provided under Article 356 of the constitution in respect of a particular state, then
Passage summary:
Monoculture is a gamble: one disease or pest could devastate vast stretches of global food output - a frightening prospect when a bigger, richer humanity will need 70 percent more food by 2050. Climate change raises the stakes further. Warming plus heavier monsoon rains will flood Asian farmland, North America will face harsher droughts, and crop diseases will colonise new latitudes. The passage's central message is that conserving crop genetic diversity is our insurance policy against climate change.
Which of the following is the most logical, rational and crucial message given by the passage?
Which is /are the consequence/consequences of becoming a member of the 'Nuclear Supplier Group'?
A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and gets X% profit. However, when he sells it at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage of loss. What is the original cost of the article?
International Labour Organization's Conventions 138 and 182 are related to:
There are 24 equally spaced points lying on the circumference of a circle. What is the maximum number of equilateral triangles that can be drawn by taking sets of three points as the vertices?
In the Indian context, what is the implication of ratifying the 'Additional Protocol' with the 'International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'?
Consider the sequence given below: 4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96,... What is the next term of the series?
Consider the following countries:
Which of the above are among the 'free-trade partners' of ASEAN?
Twelve equal squares are placed to fit in a rectangle of diagonal 5 cm. There are three rows containing four squares each. No gaps are left between adjacent squares. What is the area of each square?
Which one of the following links all the ATMs in India?
Consider the following graph: Which one of the following statements is not correct with reference to the graph given above?
Which one of the following statements correctly describes the meaning of legal tender money?
For a sports meet, a winners' stand comprising three wooden blocks is in the following form: There are six different colours available to choose from and each of the three wooden blocks is to be painted such that no two of them has the same colour. In how many different ways can the winners' stand be painted?
With reference to digital payments, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Looking at the graph, it can be inferred that from 1990 to 2010
Which one of the following best describes the term "Merchant Discount Rate" sometimes seen in news?
With reference to the above graph, consider the following statements considering 1970 as base year:
Which of the above are the most logical and rational statements that can be made from the above graph?
With reference to the governance of public sector banking in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Average hourly earnings per year (E) of the workers in a firm are represented in figures A and B as follows: From the figures, it is observed that the
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the figures given below: To fit the question mark, the correct answer is
Consider the following statements:
Consider the following figures A and B: The manufacturing cost and projected sales for a product are shown in the above figures A and B respectively. What is the minimum number of pieces that should be manufactured to avoid a loss?
With reference to India's decision to levy an equalization tax of 6% on online advertisement services offered by non-resident entities, which of the following statements is/are correct?
A lift has the capacity of 18 adults or 30 children. How many children can board the lift with 12 adults?
Consider the following items:
Which of the above items is/are exempted under GST (Good and Services Tax)?
A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs. 22,800 with 12.5% interest compounded yearly. At the end of first year he paid Rs. 8,650 and at the end of second year Rs. 9,125. How much will he have to pay at the end of third year to clear the debt?
Consider the following statements: (2018)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following figures: In the figure s (I) to (VI) above, some parts are shown to change their positions in regular directions. Following the same sequence, which of the figures given below will appear at (VII) stage?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following graphs. The curves in the graphs indicate different age groups in the populations of two countries A and B over a period of few decades: With reference to the above graphs, which of the following are the most logical and rational inferences that can be made?
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India enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 in order to comply with the obligations to
Lakshmi, her brother, her daughter and her son are badminton players. A game of doubles is about to begin:
With reference to organic farming in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The graph given below indicates the changes in key policy rates made by Central Bank several times in a year: Which one of the following can be the most likely reason for the Central Bank for such an action?
As per the NSSO 70th Round 'Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households', consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to the above table, which of the following is/are the most logical and rational inference/ inferences that can be made?
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Consider the following:
With reference to the above table, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/ are valid?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The following graph indicates the composition of our tax revenue for a period of two decades: With reference to the above graph, which of the following is/are the most logical and rational inference/ inferences that can be made?
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Despite being a high saving economy, capital formation may not result in significant increase in output due to
If x - y = 8, then which of the following must be true?
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Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if
Passage summary:
The hunger for cheap, abundant meat has spawned factory farms where ever more animals are packed into ever smaller pens under cruel, appalling conditions. Such practices lie behind many of the world's health scares, avian flu among them. Across the globe, livestock now lead brief lives in cramped, inhumane sheds - kept under artificial light and dosed with antibiotics and growth hormones until slaughter. Meat is also a water glutton: a kilogram demands 15,000 litres of water, against 3,400 for rice, 3,300 for eggs and just 255 for potatoes. The passage's crucial message is that industrially produced meat carries an environmental cost the planet cannot sustain.
What is the most rational and crucial message given by the passage?
With reference to solar power production in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Passage summary:
A male tiger taken from Pench Tiger Reserve and released in Panna National Park later walked 250 miles back toward his old home. His solitary trek spotlights a wider crisis: reserves stand as islands of fragile habitat in an ocean of human settlement, while tigers naturally roam a hundred miles or more in search of prey, mates and territory. Almost a third of India's tigers now live outside the reserves - a perilous arrangement for people and animals alike. Both predators and their prey can only spread through recognised corridors of land joining protected areas, allowing safe, undisturbed movement. The passage's core message is that secure wildlife corridors between reserves are indispensable to conservation, and the tiger's homeward march hints that shifting animals between reserves often fails.
Which of the following is the most rational and crucial message given by the passage?
Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India?
Passage summary:
A male tiger taken from Pench Tiger Reserve and released in Panna National Park later walked 250 miles back toward his old home. His solitary trek spotlights a wider crisis: reserves stand as islands of fragile habitat in an ocean of human settlement, while tigers naturally roam a hundred miles or more in search of prey, mates and territory. Almost a third of India's tigers now live outside the reserves - a perilous arrangement for people and animals alike. Both predators and their prey can only spread through recognised corridors of land joining protected areas, allowing safe, undisturbed movement. The passage's core message is that secure wildlife corridors between reserves are indispensable to conservation, and the tiger's homeward march hints that shifting animals between reserves often fails.
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
With reference to the provisions made under the National Food Security Act, 2013 consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Human capital formation as a concept is better explained in terms of a process which enables
If a commodity is provided free to the public by the Government, then
With reference to the Genetically Modified mustard (GM mustard) developed in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In which of the following areas, can GPS technology be used?
Consider the following phenomena:
Which of the above is/are the predictions/predictions of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, often discussed in the media?
With reference to India's satellite launch vehicles, consider the following statements:
With reference to the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), consider the following statements:
When the alarm of your smartphone rings in the morning, you wake up and tap it to stop the alarm which causes your geyser to be switched on automatically. The smart mirror in your bathroom shows the day's weather and also indicates the level of water in your overhead tank. After you take some groceries from your refrigerator for making breakfast, it recognizes the shortage of stock in it and places an order for the supply of fresh grocery items. When you step out of your house and lock the door, all lights, fans, geysers and AC machines get switched off automatically. On your way to the office, your car warns you about traffic congestion ahead and suggests an alternative route, and if you are late for a meeting, it sends a message to your office accordingly.
In the context of emerging communication technologies, which one of the following terms best applies to the above scenario?
"3D printing" has applications in which of the following?
Consider the following pairs:
Terms sometimes seen in news : Context/Topic
Consider the following:
Which of the above spread plant diseases?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The identity platform 'Aadhaar' provides open "Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)". What does it imply?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
"Rule of Law Index" is released by which of the following?
Recently, in which of the following countries having lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
The term "Two state Solution" is sometimes mentioned in the new in the context of the affairs of:
What is "Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)", sometimes seen in the news?
The terms 'Wanna Cry, Petya and Eternal Blue' sometimes mentioned in the news recently are related to:
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