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| 9851. |
In a chess competition involving some boys and girls of a school,every student had to play exactly one game with every other student. Itwas found that in 45 games both the players were girls, and in 190games both were boys. The number of games in which one player wasa boy and the other was a girl is? |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 216 |
| C. | 235 |
| D. | 256 |
| Answer» B. 216 | |
| 9852. |
U-Thant award is given for: |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Community leadership |
| C. | Contribution to east-west understanding |
| D. | contribution to World Peace |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9853. |
A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching eachother, and a rectangular track enclosing the two circles. The edges ofthe rectangles are tangential to the circles. Two friends, A and B, start jogging simultaneously from the point where one of the circular trackstouches the smaller side of the rectangular track. A jogs along therectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in a figureof eight. Approximately, how much faster than A does B have to run, so that they take the same time to return to their starting point? |
| A. | 3.88% |
| B. | 4.22% |
| C. | 4.44% |
| D. | 4.72% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9854. |
Two identical circles intersect so that their centres, and thepoints at which they intersect, form a square of side 1 cm. The area insq cm of the portion that is common to the two circles is? |
| A. | π/4 |
| B. | (π/2)-1 |
| C. | π/5 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. π/5 | |
| 9855. |
Which of the following is the most cultivated crop in India? |
| A. | Wheat |
| B. | Rice |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sugarcane | |
| 9856. |
The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha known as ? |
| A. | an anti-child labour activist |
| B. | a campaigner for urban sanitation |
| C. | an organiser of rain-water harvesting schemes |
| D. | an activist for the welfare of poor rural women |
| Answer» B. a campaigner for urban sanitation | |
| 9857. |
A chemical plant has four tanks (A, B, C and D), each containing1000 litres of a chemical. The chemical is being pumped from one tankto another as follows:From A to B @ 20 litres/minuteFrom C to A @ 90 litres/minuteFrom A to D @ 10 litres/minuteFrom C to D @ 50 litres/minuteFrom B to C @ 100 litres/minuteFrom D to B @ 110 litres/minuteWhich tank gets emptied first, and how long does it take (in minutes)to get empty after pumping starts? |
| A. | A, 16.66 |
| B. | C, 20 |
| C. | D, 20 |
| D. | D, 25 |
| Answer» D. D, 25 | |
| 9858. |
If x = (163 173 183 193), then x divided by 70 leaves aremainder of? |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 69 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» B. 1 | |
| 9859. |
Look at this series: 8, 6, 9, 23, 87 , ... What number should come next |
| A. | 1128 |
| B. | 226 |
| C. | 345 |
| D. | 429 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9860. |
What is the distance in cm between two parallel chords oflengths 32 cm and 24 cm in a circle of radius 20 cm? |
| A. | 1 or 7 |
| B. | 2 or 14 |
| C. | 3 or 21 |
| D. | 4 or 28 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9861. |
The total number of integers pairs (x, y) satisfying the equation x y = xy is |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 9862. |
Look at this series: 201, 202, 204, 207, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 205 |
| B. | 208 |
| C. | 210 |
| D. | 211 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9863. |
What is the meaning ofChemolangmain Tebetan Language? |
| A. | Kanchanjangha |
| B. | Himalaya |
| C. | Mount Everest |
| D. | Tibet |
| Answer» D. Tibet | |
| 9864. |
Let f(x) = ax2 – b|x|, where a and b are constants. Then at x = 0, f(x) is |
| A. | maximized whenever a u003e 0, b u003e 0 |
| B. | maximized whenever a u003e 0, b u003c 0 |
| C. | minimized whenever a u003e 0, b u003e 0 |
| D. | minimized whenever a u003e 0, bu003c 0 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9865. |
Debit the receiver u0026 credit the giver is _____account? |
| A. | Real |
| B. | Nominal |
| C. | Personal |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 9866. |
Each family in a locality has at most tow adults, and no family has fewer than 3 children.Considering all the families together, there are adults than boys, more boys than girls and more girls than families, Then the minimum possible number of families in the locality is? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9867. |
Look at this series: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 4.2 |
| B. | 4.7 |
| C. | 4.9 |
| D. | 5.1 |
| Answer» C. 4.9 | |
| 9868. |
hanu Singhawas the pen name of famous writer? |
| A. | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaye |
| B. | Bankin Chandra Chattopadhaye |
| C. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| D. | Abanindra Nath Thakur |
| Answer» D. Abanindra Nath Thakur | |
| 9869. |
Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9870. |
Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9871. |
Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 26 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» D. 30 | |
| 9872. |
Securities premium will be shown in BalanceSheet under the head of ____? |
| A. | Reserves u0026 Surplus |
| B. | Loans u0026 advances |
| C. | Miscellaneous exp. |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Loans u0026 advances | |
| 9873. |
Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 53 |
| B. | 27 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9874. |
Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» C. 21 | |
| 9875. |
Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 26 |
| Answer» D. 26 | |
| 9876. |
The word ’Agriculture’ is derived from— |
| A. | French |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Latin |
| D. | Greek |
| Answer» D. Greek | |
| 9877. |
The book `Falling Over Back-wards' is written by ? |
| A. | R.K. Narayan |
| B. | Arun Shourie |
| C. | Ninan Koshi |
| D. | Arundhati Roy |
| Answer» C. Ninan Koshi | |
| 9878. |
The chemical formula of iron pyrites is– |
| A. | FeSO4 |
| B. | FeS2 |
| C. | FeS |
| D. | Fe2(SO4)3 |
| Answer» C. FeS | |
| 9879. |
Vyas Sanman is given for excellence in the field of ? |
| A. | Sports |
| B. | Music |
| C. | Literature |
| D. | Social Service |
| Answer» D. Social Service | |
| 9880. |
A father and his son are waiting at a bus stop in the evening. There is a lamp post behind them. The lamp post, father and his son stand on the same straight line. The father observes that the shadows of his head and his son’s head are incident at the same point on the ground. If the heights of the lamp post, the father and his son are 6 metres, 1.8 metres and 0.9 metres respectively, and the father is standing 2.1 metres away form the post then how far (in metres) is son standing form his father? |
| A. | 0.9 |
| B. | 0.75 |
| C. | 0.6 |
| D. | 0.45 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9881. |
'Asian Drama', by gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects? |
| A. | Look East Policy of India |
| B. | Theatre Movements in asia |
| C. | Economics |
| D. | International Politics |
| Answer» D. International Politics | |
| 9882. |
'Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' book was written by |
| A. | Guenter Grass |
| B. | V.S. Naipaul |
| C. | Swami Vivekananda |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 9883. |
Mulk Raj Anand is the author of ? |
| A. | Coolie |
| B. | The Post Office |
| C. | Gora |
| D. | India Wins Freedom |
| Answer» B. The Post Office | |
| 9884. |
In Nuts And Bolts factory, one machine produces only nuts at the rate of 100 nuts per minute and needs to be cleaned for 5 minutes after production of every 1000 nuts. Another machine produces only bolts at the rate of 75 bolts per minute and needs to cleaned for 10 minutes after production of every 1500 bolts. If both the machines start production at the same time, what is the minimum duration required for producing 9000 pairs of nuts and bolts? |
| A. | 130 minutes |
| B. | 135 minutes |
| C. | 170 minutes |
| D. | 180 minutes |
| Answer» D. 180 minutes | |
| 9885. |
'Sonia, a Biography' was written by |
| A. | V.K. Madhavan Kutty |
| B. | Sonia Gandhi |
| C. | Rasheed Kidvai |
| D. | Arundhathi Roy |
| Answer» D. Arundhathi Roy | |
| 9886. |
One among the following is not a Harry Potter story ? |
| A. | Naked Truth |
| B. | Chamber of secrets |
| C. | The philosopher's stone |
| D. | Half blood prince |
| Answer» B. Chamber of secrets | |
| 9887. |
DDVP is known as — |
| A. | Sulfex |
| B. | Thiodan |
| C. | Malathion |
| D. | Nuvan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9888. |
One among the following is not written by Kalidasa ? |
| A. | Kaavyadooth |
| B. | Saakunthalam |
| C. | Raghu Vamsam |
| D. | Rith Samharam |
| Answer» B. Saakunthalam | |
| 9889. |
Karan and Arjun run a 100-meter race, where Karan beats Arjun 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun, karan starts 10 metres behind the starting line in a second 100 metre race.They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race? |
| A. | Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously. |
| B. | Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre |
| C. | Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres. |
| D. | Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9890. |
N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not standing next to each other, sings a two-minute song one pair after the other. If the total time taken for singing is 28 minutes, what is N? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 9891. |
oes IT matteris a book written by |
| A. | Thomas D. Harris |
| B. | Nicholas Carr |
| C. | Bill Gates |
| D. | N. R. Narayanan |
| Answer» C. Bill Gates | |
| 9892. |
'Beyond time' is the book written by |
| A. | William Balrymple |
| B. | Namita Gokhale |
| C. | Ruskin Bond |
| D. | A. M. Carter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9893. |
Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of digits on n is 2, and 1010 u003c n u003c 10n . The number of different values of n is |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 9894. |
A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he adds water to replenish the quantity that he had sold. What is the current proportion of water to milk? |
| A. | 2 : 3 |
| B. | 1 : 2 |
| C. | 1 : 3 |
| D. | 3 : 4 |
| Answer» B. 1 : 2 | |
| 9895. |
If f(x) = x3 – 4x p , and f(0) and f(1) are of opposite sings, then which of the following is necessarily true? |
| A. | –1 u003c p u003c 2 |
| B. | 0 u003c p u003c 3 |
| C. | –2 u003c p u003c 1 |
| D. | –3 u003c p u003c 0 |
| Answer» C. –2 u003c p u003c 1 | |
| 9896. |
On January 1, 2004 two new societies S1 and S2 are formed, each n numbers. On the first day of each subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2 multiples its current numbers by a constant factor r. Both the societies have the same number of members on July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value of r? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1.9 |
| C. | 1.8 |
| D. | 1.7 |
| Answer» B. 1.9 | |
| 9897. |
If a man cycles at 10 km/hr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/hr, he will arrive at the same place at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon? |
| A. | 11 km/hr |
| B. | 12 km/hr |
| C. | 13 km/hr |
| D. | 14 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 13 km/hr | |
| 9898. |
Dandiya Ras is a dance form of which state ? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Bengal |
| D. | Gujarat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9899. |
If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression equals that of the first 19 terms, then what is the sum of the first 30 terms? |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | -1 |
| D. | not unique |
| Answer» B. 1 | |
| 9900. |
The novelWhite Tigerwhich won the Man Booker Prize, 2008 is authored by |
| A. | Kiran Desai |
| B. | Aravind Adiga |
| C. | Arundhati Roy |
| D. | V.S. Naipaul |
| Answer» C. Arundhati Roy | |