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401.

Study the table given below carefully. It shows the number of students appeared, passed and failed in five subjects. The full marks in each subject is also given.Some of the cells have missing data. You might need to determine some of the missing data to answer the question below.Which of the following could be the full marks in Mathematics if the pass marks in Mathematics was 35% and the person who just passed scored 70?

A. 400
B. 500
C. 600
D. 200
Answer» E.
402.

Answer the question based on the data given in the table below.What was the per capita ownership of two wheelers in India in the year 2011?

A. ~0.068%
B. ~0.084%
C. ~0.0084%
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
403.

Study the table given below carefully. It shows the number of students appeared, passed and failed in five subjects. The full marks in each subject is also given.Some of the cells have missing data. You might need to determine some of the missing data to answer the question below.What is the approximate difference in percentage between the pass % in Social Studies and the pass % in Mathematics?

A. 2.5 %
B. 6.5 %
C. 16.5 %
D. 26.5 %
Answer» C. 16.5 %
404.

Answer the following question based on the data given in the table below.The maximum decadal growth in population of India is registered in the period:

A. 1981 - 1991
B. 1961 - 1971
C. 1991 - 2001
D. 2001 - 2011
Answer» C. 1991 - 2001
405.

Study the table given below carefully. It shows the number of students appeared, passed and failed in five subjects. The full marks in each subject is also given.Some of the cells have missing data. You might need to determine some of the missing data to answer the question below.What is the difference between the number of failed students in Science and the number of passed Social Studies?

A. 228
B. 238
C. 312
D. 218
Answer» B. 238
406.

Study the table given below carefully. It shows the number of students appeared, passed and failed in five subjects. The full marks in each subject is also given.Some of the cells have missing data. You might need to determine some of the missing data to answer the question below.What is the maximum mark that a student can score in all the five subjects together?

A. 500
B. 1000
C. 1500
D. 2000
Answer» E.
407.

Answer the question based on the data given in the table below.In which year the decadal growth (%) in number of cars surpassed that of the two wheelers?

A. 2011
B. 1991
C. 2001
D. 1981
Answer» B. 1991
408.

Answer the question based on the data given in the table below.In the year 2001, out of total number of vehicles, the number of passenger vehicles (4 wheelers) accounted for:

A. ~43%
B. ~14%
C. ~24%
D. ~31%
Answer» C. ~24%
409.

Answer the question based on the data given in the table below.What was the average decadal growth in the number of cars during 1961 – 2011?

A. ~157%
B. ~131%
C. ~68%
D. ~217%
Answer» C. ~68%
410.

The next term in the letter series DY, JX, OW, SV, VU, ......... is:

A. WV
B. XT
C. XS
D. YT
Answer» C. XS
411.

Study the table given below carefully. It shows the number of students appeared, passed and failed in five subjects. The full marks in each subject is also given.Some of the cells have missing data. You might need to determine some of the missing data to answer the question below.In which subject, was the failure percent the least?

A. English
B. Mathematics
C. Science
D. Social Studies
Answer» B. Mathematics
412.

In the series 1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ………… the next term will be:

A. 84
B. 66
C. 76
D. 56
Answer» C. 76
413.

The next number in the series 12, 15, 21, 33, 57, ......, is:

A. 95
B. 107
C. 97
D. 105
Answer» E.
414.

Which of these words is different from the rest?

A. Tall
B. Huge
C. Thin
D. Sharp
Answer» E.
415.

Ram said to Shyam, “That girl playing with the doll, is the younger of the two daughters of my father’s wife”.How is the girl playing with the doll is related to Ram?

A. Sister
B. Aunty
C. Sister-in-law
D. Cousin
Answer» B. Aunty
416.

Among the following, identify the continuous type of data:

A. Number of languages a person speaks
B. Number of children in a household
C. Population of cities
D. Weight of students in a class
Answer» E.
417.

Ali buys a glass, a pencil box and a cup and pays Rs.21 to the shopkeeper. Rakesh buys a cup, two pencil boxes and a glass and pays Rs.28 to the shopkeeper. Preeti buys two glasses, a cup and two pencil boxes and pays Rs.35 to the shopkeeper. The cost of 10 cups will be

A. Rs.40
B. Rs.60
C. Rs.80
D. Rs.70
Answer» E.
418.

A postman walked 20 m straight from his office, turned right and walked 10 m. After turning left he walked 10 m and after turning right walked 20 m. He again turned right and walked 70 m. How far he is from his office?

A. 20 m.
B. 50 m.
C. 40 m.
D. 60 m.
Answer» C. 40 m.
419.

The missing term in the series 1,4,27,16, ?,36,343, ... is

A. 30
B. 49
C. 125
D. 81
Answer» D. 81
420.

If FACE is coded as HCEG, then the code for HIGH will be:

A. BEFB
B. ZXYZ
C. KHIK
D. JKIJ
Answer» E.
421.

Classroom communication is the basis of

A. Social identity
B. External inanities
C. Biased passivity
D. Group aggression
Answer» B. External inanities
422.

Expressive communication is driven by

A. Passive aggression
B. Encoder’s personality characteristics
C. External clues
D. Encoder-Decoder contract
Answer» C. External clues
423.

A good communicator begins his/her presentation with a:

A. Ice-breaker
B. Complex question
C. Non-sequitur
D. Repetitive phrase
Answer» B. Complex question
424.

Positive classroom communication leads to

A. Coercion
B. Submission
C. Confrontation
D. Persuasion
Answer» E.
425.

The classroom communication should essentially be:

A. Non-descriptive
B. Contrived
C. Empathetic
D. Abstract
Answer» D. Abstract
426.

Classroom communication has a basis in:

A. Audience fragmentation
B. Non-informative cues
C. Attention diversion
D. Intensive listener focus
Answer» E.
427.

The challenging behaviours of students as related to communication are:(a) Purposive challenges (b) Critical challenges(c) Procedural challenges (d) Evaluation challenges(e) Practicality challenges (f) Power challenges

A. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
B. (b), (c), (d) and (f)
C. (c), (d), (e) and (f)
D. (d), (e), (f) and (a)
Answer» D. (d), (e), (f) and (a)
428.

Modern educational communication is described as:

A. Teleologic
B. Non-distributive
C. Un-approximate
D. Telescopic
Answer» B. Non-distributive
429.

Effective classroom communication would help students internalise:(a) Knowledge (b) Subject matter(c) Articulation (d) Language felicity(e) Non-responsiveness (f) Modalities of resistance

A. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
B. (b), (c), (d) and (e)
C. (c), (d), (e) and (f)
D. (a), (d), (e) and (f)
Answer» B. (b), (c), (d) and (e)
430.

In verbal communication, words act as:

A. Fillers
B. Decoratives
C. Symbols
D. Passive barriers
Answer» D. Passive barriers
431.

Which of the given statements are true?(a) Modem is a Networking device(b) Modem is a Voltage stabilizer(c) Modem converts analogue signal to digital signal and vice-versa.

A. (a) and (b)
B. (b) and (c)
C. (a) and (c)
D. (a), (b) and (c)
Answer» D. (a), (b) and (c)
432.

What is the name for a webpage address?

A. URL
B. Domain
C. Directory
D. Protocol
Answer» B. Domain
433.

DNS stands for:

A. Domain Name Standard
B. Domain Name System
C. Distributed Name System
D. Dynamic Name Standard
Answer» C. Distributed Name System
434.

The binary equivalent of (–23)10 is (2’s complement system for negative numbers is used):

A. 10111
B. 01001
C. 01010
D. 01000
Answer» C. 01010
435.

Which of the following domains is used for - profit businesses?

A. .com
B. .org
C. .net
D. .edu
Answer» B. .org
436.

A Terabyte is equal to:

A. 1024 Megabytes
B. 1024 Gigabytes
C. 1024 × 1024 Kilobytes
D. 1024 Kilobytes
Answer» C. 1024 × 1024 Kilobytes
437.

What is the full form of USB as used in computer related activities?

A. United Serial Bus
B. Ultra Security Block
C. Universal Security Block
D. Universal Serial Bus
Answer» E.
438.

Full form of PDF is:

A. Portable Document Format
B. Portable Data Format
C. Portable Document Form
D. Portable Data Form
Answer» B. Portable Data Format
439.

The data storage hierarchy consists of :

A. Bits, bytes, fields, files, records and databases
B. Bytes, bits, fields, records, files and databases
C. Bits, bytes, fields, records, files and databases
D. Bits, bytes, records, fields, files and databases
Answer» D. Bits, bytes, records, fields, files and databases
440.

Which of the following represents billion characters?

A. Gigabytes
B. Terabytes
C. Megabytes
D. Kilobytes
Answer» B. Terabytes