NTPC CBT-II 2016 Official Paper (Held On: 17 Jan, 2017 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)

The Correct Answer is Patan, Gujarat.

• Rani-ki-Vav was originally built on the banks of the Saraswati River as a memorial to the King in the 11^th century AD.
• Over time, they evolved from what was essentially a sandy soil pit to multi-storey works of art and architecture.
• Rani-ki-Vav was designed at the height of craftsmanship in the construction of steppes and the architectural style of Maru-Gurjara, reflecting the mastery of this intricate technique and the great elegance of detail and proportions.
• The construction is attributed to Udayamati(daughter of Khengara of Saurashtra) queen of the 11^th-century Solanki dynasty and spouse of Bhima I.
• It was rediscovered in the 1940s and restored in the 1980s by the Indian Archeological Survey. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014.
• The Reserve Bank of India has issued a Rs 100 note in lavender color having a motif of 'Rani Ki Vav' on the reverse.

The logic follows here is:-

Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

The Correct Answer is Yoshinori Ohsumi.

• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi.
• Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist specialising in autophagy, a process used by cells to degrade and recycle cellular components. Ohsumi is a professor at Tokyo Academy of Technology at the Institute of Creative Science.
• In 2012, he received the Kyoto Prize for Fundamental Sciences, the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discovery of pathways for autophagy.
• In 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of pathways for autophagy."
• He is the 25^th Japanese man to be awarded the Nobel Prize. Ohsumi 's wife, Mariko, Professor at the Teikyo University of Technology, has worked on his studies.

Important Points

From statement 1 → Arjun = Pavan  

From statement 2 → Sunil > Pavan > Neeraj

From combining both statements,

Sunil > Arjun = Pavan > Neeraj

From both the statements Sunil is heaviest.

So, Both statements are needed for the answer.

Thus, the correct answer is Both the statements together are needed.

The Correct Answer is Very Large Scale Integration.

• VLSI Technology, Inc. was a company that built and produced custom and semi-customized integrated circuits ( ICs).
• The company was based in Silicon Valley, with headquarters at 1109 McKay Drive, San Jose.
• Together with LSI Logic, VLSI Technology defined the leading edge of the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business, which accelerated the push of powerful embedded systems to affordable products.
• VLSI was acquired by Philips Electronics for about $1 billion in June 1999, and is now part of the Philips spin-off NXP Semiconductors.

Important Points

• The company was founded in 1979 by a trio of Fairchild Semiconductor, Synertek – Dan Floyd, Jack Balletto and Gunnar Wetlesen – and Doug Fairbairn of Xerox PARC and Lambda (later VLSI Design) magazines.
• VLSI has maintained operations throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.
• One of its key sites was in Tempe, Arizona, where the IBM PC family of highly successful chipsets was developed$.

The equation given is:- 36 × 12 + 4 ÷ 6 + 2 - 3 = ?

After interchanging signs according to given question then the equation is : 

36 - 12 ÷ 4 + 6 ÷ 2 × 3 = ?

By using BODMAS Rule.

36 - 12 ÷ 4 + 6 ÷ 2 × 3 = ?

36 - 3 + 3 × 3 = ?

36 - 3 + 9 = ?

45 - 3 = 42.

Thus, the correct answer is 42.

The Correct Answer is Sawai Madhopur.

Key Points

• The station was awarded the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the National Tourism Awards 2014-2015 of the Union Tourism Ministry.
• Earlier, Sawai Madhopur Railway Station was also awarded the 'First Heritage Railway Station.'
• Sawai Madhopur Junction Railway Station (Code: SWM) is a major railway station in New Delhi – Mumbai main line of the West Central Railway Zone network.
• This station falling within the Kota railway division of the West Central Railway Zone has been graded in the category 'A.'

Additional Information

• Madhya Pradesh, followed by Gujarat and Karnataka, was presented with the Best State / Union Territory for the Comprehensive Development of Tourism.
• On the other hand, American journalist Stephanie Pearson has won the Indian Best Foreign Journalist Award. She won the honor for her Kerala 'Great Heaven' feature.

Given:

data: 7, 12, 2, 17, 3, 13, 7, 4, 9, 7, 9

Formula Used:

to calculate median, first step is to arrange the data in ascending order.

case1: when number of terms in data is odd

median = middle term value

case2: when number of terms in data is even

median = (1^st middle term value + 2^nd middle term value)/2

Calculation:

Arranging data in ascending order

2, 3, 4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 12, 13, 17

⇒ median = 7

∴ required median of data = 7

Given:

Cheat % while buying = 22%

Cheat% % while selling = 22%

Formula used:

Profit = SP – CP 

Profit % = (Profit/CP) × 100

Calculation:

At the time of buying, 

The shopkeeper bought 1220 grams instead of 1000 grams

In other words, He pays for 1000 grams and buys 1220 grams

At the time of selling,

The shopkeeper sells 780 grams instead of 1000 grams

In other words, the Buyer pays for 1000 grams but received only 780 grams

In the above scenario, 

The CP of the shopkeeper = 1000 × 780 = 780000

The SP of the shopkeeper = 1220 × 1000 = 1220000

Profit = 1220000 – 780000 = 440000

Profit % = (440000/780000) × 100 = 56.41%

∴ The total gain is 56.41%

The logic used here is:-

Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

1. M > Q → False (as Q ≤ C ≤ B = M → M gives either M = Q or M > Q).

2. D ≤ Q → False (as Q ≤ C ≤ B = M > D)

3. M = Q → False (as Q ≤ C ≤ B = M → M gives either M = Q or M > Q).

4. C < D → False (as C ≤ B = M > D).

P > Q ≤ C ≤ B = M > D is given in statement. Therefore but Conclusion I and III forms a complementary pair for either.

Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is Bronze Age Civilization.

Key Points

• John Marshall was the first researcher to use the term, ‘Indus Valley Civilization’.
• Indus Valley Civilization spread from the year 2500 – 1750 BC according to radio-carbon dating.
• Indus Valley Civilization is Bronze Age Civilization.
• The most distinctive feature of the Harappan Civilization was its urbanization.
• Moreover, sheep and goats, dogs, humped cattle buffalo, and elephants were domesticated in the Indus Valley Civilization.
• The capital cities are Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Additional Information

Some important features of architectures in the Indus Valley Civilization :

• Urban Cities - Remarkable town planning, and an excellent system of drainage and sanitation.
• Large cities divided into two parts-The ‘Citadel’ mound built on the high podium of mud-brick to the west. The town to the east was the main hub of the residential area, which was also surrounded by a massive brick wall.
• Streets-Fine drainage system, Well-arranged water supply system, The street lights system, Watch and ward arrangement during the night to oust the lawbreakers, Particular places to throw thrash and waste material, Public wells in every street, Well in every house, Main streets varying for 9 feet to as wide as 30-34 feet and were divided into networks of narrow lanes with great skills of dividing the cities.
• Building Materials-No stone-built house in the Indus cities and the staircases of big buildings were solid; the roofs were flat and were made of wood.
• Material used-Burnt bricks and Sun-dried bricks
• Drainage System-Advanced drainage and sanitation system. Each house had horizontal and vertical drains and the house drains were connected with road drains. There were underground drains for the streets and there drains were shielded by stone slabs. Bricks were used to make the soak pits.
• Great Granary-Great granary at Harappa measuring 169 fit x 135 fits. Attached to the granary were two-roomed tenements with a common courtyard.
• Great Bath-The overall dimension of the Great Public Bath is 180 feet by 108 feet. The bathing pool measured about 39 feet by 23 feet with 8 feet depth. There is a device to fill and empty the water of the bathing pool and the bathing pools were encircled with galleries and rooms.
• The urban planning of the Harappan has become a landmark for contemporary civilization and we can get a hint of the modern-day swimming pools and storehouses from their concept of bathing pools and granaries.
• Overall the Harappa town planning was very scientific and clearly indicates that the Harappan were chiefly urban people.

Important Points

Name of the major cities are given below:

• Mohenjodaro (Sind)-It is located on the right bank of the Indus.
• Kalibangan (Rajasthan)-It was on the banks of the river Ghaggar river.
• Chanhudaro - It lies on the left bank of the Indus in the south of Mohenjodaro.
• Lothal(Gujarat) - It is located at the head of the Gulf of Cambay.
• Surkotada (Gujarat) - It is at the head of the Rann of Kutch.
• Banawali (Haryana) - It was situated on the banks of the now-extinct Sarasvati.
• Dholavira (Gujarat) - It excavated is in the Kutch district.

Social features-

• Indus valley civilization is the first urbanization in India.
• It has a well-planned drainage system, grid pattern, and town planning.
• They have possessed equality in society.

Religious Facts-

• Matridevi or Shakti is the Mother goddess.
• Yoni worship and Nature worship existed.
• They worshipped trees like Peepal.
• People also worshipped Fire worship called Havan Kund.
• Pashupati Mahadeva is known as the lord of Animals.
• The people of Indus Valley Civilization worshipped Animal worship like Unicorn and ox.

Economic facts-

• Indus valley civilization is based on agriculture.
• Trade and commerce flourished in this period.
• A dockyard has been found at Lothal.
• There were export and import.
• Production of cotton was there.
• There was also the unit of measurement.
• Weights and measures of truth existed in Harappan culture was seen at Lothal.
• The weights were made of limestone, steatite, etc. and were usually cubical in shape.

• The Bronze Age is characterized by the use of tools made from bronze, an alloy of copper and tin.
• The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilization that existed in the northwestern part of South Asia from 2500–1700 BCE.
• The civilization is known for its development of techniques in metallurgy and the use of bronze, copper, lead and tin for utensils, sculptures, vessels, and jewellery.

Additional Information 

• The Indus Valley Civilization was spread from present-day North-East Afghanistan to Pakistan and North-West India. This civilization flourished in the river basins of the Ghaggar-Hakra river and the Indus. Indus valley civilization is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world. It is also known as Harappan Civilization and is well-known for its organized planning based on the grid system. Important facts to be remembered
• John Marshall was the first researcher to use the term, ‘Indus Valley Civilization’.
• Indus Valley Civilization spread from the year 2500 – 1750 BC according to radio-carbon dating.
• The most distinctive feature of the Harappan Civilization was its urbanization.
• Moreover, sheep and goats, dogs, humped cattle buffalo, and elephants were domesticated in the Indus Valley Civilization.
• The capital cities are Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
• The port cities are Sutkagendor, Balakot, Lothal, Allahdino, and Kuntasi.
• The Indus valley people were well-acquainted with the use of both cotton and wool.
• Name of the major cities are given below:
• Mohenjodaro (Sind)-It is located on the right bank of the Indus.
• Kalibangan (Rajasthan)-It was on the banks of the river Ghaggar river
• Chanhudaro-It lies on the left bank of the Indus in the south of Mohenjodaro.
• Lothal- It is located at the head of the Gulf of Cambay.
• Surkotada (Gujarat)-It is at the head of the Rann of Kutch.
• Banawali (Haryana)-It was situated on the banks of the now-extinct Sarasvati
• Dholavira (Gujarat)-It excavated is in the Kutch district

n(A U B) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A ∩ B)

n(A U B) = 100

n(A) = Students who likes apple = 63

n(B) = Students who like oranges = 76

n(A ∩ B) = 63 + 76 - 100 = 39

∴ Students who like apple only = 63 - 39 = 24

Thus, the correct answer is 24.

No. of Students like only apples, Only oranges is 63 + 76 = 139.

The total no. of students in a class is 100.

No. of Students like both apple and orange is = (No. of Students like only apples, Only oranges) - (Total no. of students in a class).

No. of Students like both apple and orange is = 139 - 100.

No. of Students like both apple and orange is = 39.

Thus, the correct answer is 39.

The correct answer is President.

• The President is the constitutional head of the Union. President is the head of the State while Prime Minister is the head of the government.

Key Points

• Pursuant to Article 79 of the Constitution of India, the Assembly of the Parliament of the Union shall be composed of the President and two Houses known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of People (Lok Sabha).
• Article 74 (1) of the Constitution specifies that a Council of Ministers shall be constituted with the Prime Minister as its head of assistance and shall advise the President, who shall exercise his or her duties in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
• The true executive power is conferred on the Council of Ministers, chaired by the Prime Minister.

Important Points

• The President of India, formally the President of the Republic of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.
• The Republic is ruled by the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and entered into effect on 26 January 1950.
• The Constitution provides for a legislative system of government that is territorial in nature with some unitary elements.

The correct answer is 1 Megabyte.

• The megabyte is a multiple unit byte for digital content. Its recommended symbol for the unit is MB.
• The unit prefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000 (10⁶) in the International System of Units (SI).
• One megabyte is then one million bytes of information. This description has been adopted in the International System of Quantities.
• The human genome consists of 800 MB DNA of details.
• The pieces that separate one human from another can be compressed to 4 MB.

Additional Information

• The gigabyte is a multiple unit byte for digital content. The Giga prefix is 10⁹ in the International System of Units (SI). As a consequence, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The gigabyte unit symbol is GB.
• The petabyte is a 10¹⁵ byte digital content. The unit name of the petabyte is PB. The name is composed of the SI Peta prefix-composed by a non-SI byte unit.
• A terabyte is a multiple unit byte for digital content. The prefix tera reflects the fourth power of 1000, which is 10¹² in the International System of Units (SI), and thus one terabyte is one trillion (short scale) bytes. The unit sign of the terabyte is TB.

The correct answer is Mettupalayam-Ooty Nilgiri passenger train.

• Mettupalayam-Ooty Nilgiri passenger train is India's slowest train.

Key Points

• The Nilgiri Mountain Railway goes from Mettupalayam to Udagamandalam (Ooty), via Coonoor, in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu.
• It's the only metre rail gauge in India. Often known as a cog rail, it has a middle rail fitted with a rack that carries a pinion on the locomotive.
• This allows the training momentum to travel up steep inclines.
• The Nilgiri Mountain Railway toy train is the highlight of a visit to the famous hill station of Ooty, in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India.
• Established in the early 19^th century by the British as the summer headquarters of the Chennai government, Ooty is now attracting visitors who want to avoid the stifling summer weather.
• The railway was opened in 1899 and completed in 1908. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

Important Points

• New Delhi Bhopal Habibganj Shatabdi Express is a train run by the Northern Railway, which runs between New Delhi, the main railway station in the capital of India, New Delhi, and Habibganj, the suburban railway station of Bhopal District, the central Indian state capital of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is one of the fastest trains in India with a top allowable speed of 150 km/h.

The correct answer is Tokyo.

• The 2020 Summer Olympics, formally the XXXII Olympic Games and generally known as Tokyo 2020, is an international multi-sport festival set to take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Key Points

• Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
• Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the Games kept the name "Tokyo 2020" for publicity and naming purposes.
• Tokyo was chosen as the host city at the 125^th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013.
• 2020 Games will be the second time that Japan and Tokyo, in particular, has hosted the Summer Olympic Games, the first being in 1964, making it the first city in Asia to host the Summer Olympics twice.

Additional Information

• Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid were the three applicant cities. The claimant cities of Baku and Doha have not been elevated to nominee status. The Rome bid was withdrawn.
• The Tokyo Organizing Committee is led by former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori. Seiko Hashimoto, Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, oversees the preparations on behalf of the Government of Japan.

• The retirement age of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India is 65 years.
• Current Chief justice is Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud​.

The correct answer is Backspace.

• The Backspace key is a keyboard key that deletes any character before the cursor's current position or the left.
• The backspace key is sometimes referred to as the rubout key, which is a reference to a "rubout" key found on the early termination and computer keyboards.
• It is located in the top-right portion of the keyboard. It is also used to erase anything typed on the left of the cursor.

Given:

Vishal buys a toy Rs.50

Sells toy Rs.75

Calculation:

Cost Price of the toy = Rs.50

Selling Price of the toy = Rs.75

Profit = Rs.75 -50 = Rs.25

Profit% = (25/50) × 100 = 50%

∴ Required Profit% = 50%

Given:

Women invest Rs.200 each year

Rate = 5% p.a. 

At compound interest

Concept:

In case of compound interest there is successive increase in percentage.

Calculation:

Effective increase in percentage at the at end of 2 years.

{5 + 5 + (5×5)/100}

⇒ {10+.25} = 10.25%

10.25% of 200

⇒ {10.25/100}× 200 = 20.50

Total amount she earn at the end of 2 years, which she has invested in the starting of the 1^st year = 200 + 20.50 = Rs.220.50

At the starting of 1^st year the principal she invested = Rs.200

Interest she earned on this principal = 5% of 200 = 10

total amount at the end = 200 + 10 = Rs.210

Total amount she get at the end of the two years = 220.50 + 210 = 430.50

∴ Required amount = Rs.430.50

The correct answer is Daman.

• Daman and Diu had become a union territory in western India.
• With an area of 112 km², it was India's smallest federal division on the mainland.
• The territories consisted of two distinct regions - Daman and Diu - which are physically divided by the Gulf of Khambhat.
• The state of Gujarat and the Arab Sea bordered the territory.
• The territory of the Portuguese colony after the 1500s was occupied by India in 1961.
• Daman and Diu were administered as part of the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1961 to 1987 when they became a separate union territory.

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Important Points

• In December 2019, the Parliament of India passed legislation to combine Daman and Diu with the neighbouring union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to create a separate union territory named as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Given:

expression:- 3x(x + 4) - x(x - 2)

Calculation:

considering the given expression

3x(x + 4) - x(x - 2)

⇒ 3x² + 12x - x² + 2x

⇒ 3x² - x² + 12x + 2x

⇒ 2x² + 14x 

∴ required value = 2x2 + 14x

Given:

Surface area of sphere  = 4π × (radius)²

Radius of the sphere = 3.5cm

Calculation:

Surface area of sphere = 4π × (radius)² 

⇒ 4 × (22/7)× (3.5) × (3.5)

⇒ 154

∴ Required surface area of 154cm²

Given:

Principal = Rs.14500

Rate = 20% p.a.

Time = 6 months

Compounded quarterly.

Calculation:

 Rate % = 20pa

Rate% of 1 month = 20/12

Rate% for 3month = (20/12)×3 = 5%

Effective rate% = {5 + 5 + (5×5)/100} = {10 + .25} = 10.25%

10.25% of 14500

⇒ {10.25/100}× 14500 = 1486.25

∴ Amount = 14500 + 1486.25 = Rs.15986.25

The correct answer is Shri. A. S. Kiran Kumar.

• A.S. Kiran Kumar, Distinguished Scientist (Apex) and Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, became Secretary of the Department of Space, Member of the Space Commission and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 14 January 2015.
• He is a highly accomplished space scientist and engineer with a distinguished career spanning over four decades at ISRO in the area of satellite payload and applications.
• He started his career at ISRO by entering the Space Applications Center (SAC) in 1975.
• Later, he became Associate Director and took over as Director of SAC in March 2012.
• He has led ISRO in international fora such as the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the Earth Observation Satellites Committee (CEOS) and the Indo-US Joint Working Group on Civil Space Cooperation.
• Kailasavadivoo Sivan is an Indian space scientist who is the current Secretary (Space) and ex-officio Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization and the Space Commission.

Important Points

• S Somnath is the 10^th chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Before his appointment as the ISRO chief, he was serving as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
• S Somnath who is a rocket scientist was the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
• Previously, he served as the Associate Director (Projects) of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and also as the Project Director of GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle.

Additional Information

• Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who led the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) between November 2009 and December 2014 as Member of the Space Committee, Secretary of the Space Department and Chairman of ISRO.
• Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan is now a member of the Planning Commission. Dr Kasturirangan has headed the Indian Space Program in a splendid fashion for over nine years as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, of the Indian Space Commission and Secretary of the Government of India at the Department of Space, before setting up his office on 27 August 2003.
• G. Madhavan Nair is an Indian space scientist and former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India.

We have to interchange signs according to options and equate the equation-:

1. • and -

5 - 3 × 8 + 12 ÷ 4

= 5 - 24 + 3

= 8 - 24

= -16 ≠ 3(This is not equating after interchanging signs, hence incorrect.)

2) + and ÷

5 ÷ 3 × 8 - 12 + 4 

= 1.67 × 8 - 12 + 4

= 13.36 - 8

= 5.36 ≠ 3 (This is not equating after interchanging signs, hence incorrect.)

3) - and ÷ 

5 + 3 × 8 ÷ 12 - 4

= 5 + 3 × 8/12 - 4

= 5 + 2 - 4

= 7 - 4

= 3 (This is equating after interchanging signs, hence it is correct.)

So, option 3 is correct, then no need to check the remaining option.

Thus, the correct answer is option 3.

(2.25)^(1/2)

⇒ √(2.25)

⇒ 1.5

∴ Required value 1.5

Given:

A Student scored 9marks out of 25marks

Calculation:

⇒ (9/25)× 100 = 36

∴ The required number = 36

Here letters are written and below that sequence is mentioned. We have to check by options one by one to make meaningful English word.

1. 231645- ARVEST(This is not making any meaningful English word.)

2) 452316- STARVE(This is making a meaningful word which means die from hunger.)

3) 425316- SATRVE(This is not making any meaningful English word.)

4. 213654- AVRETS(This is not making any meaningful English word.)

Hence, correct option for this question is 2.

The correct answer is Rani Lakshmibai.

• Rani Lakshmibai was born on 19 November 1828 to the Marathi Karhad Brahmin family in the town of Varanasi.
• She was also known by Manikarnika Tambe.
• Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, was the Indian queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in northern India, present in the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
• She was one of the leading leaders of the Indian Revolt of 1857 and became a symbol of opposition to the British Raj by Indian nationalists.
• Manikarnika was married to Gangadhar Rao Newalkar (Maharaja of Jhansi), in May 1842, and was later named Lakshmibai (or Laxmibai) in honour of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

Additional Information

• Bhikaiji Rustom Cama was one of the leading figures of the Indian independence movement.
• Kitturu Chennamma was a rani (queen) of the Nayakas of the kingdom of Kittur ruled Mallarudra sarja, who were vassals of the Maharaja of Mysore.
• Sarojini Chattopadhyay Naidu was a proponent of human rights, anti-imperialist ideas and women's emancipation, an important figure in India's fight for freedom from colonial rule.

Solving puzzle by applying conditions one by one-:

1. There are five friends.

2. They are standing in a row facing North.

3) Jai is to the immediate right of Ashok.

4) Pranesh is the only one between Bala and Subhash.

5)Subhash is between Jai and Pranesh. So Only Case 2 is correct.

Subhash sits in the middle.

Hence, correct answer is Subhash.

Solving puzzle by applying conditions one by one-:

1. There are five friends.

2. They are standing in a row facing North.

3) Jai is to the immediate right of Ashok.

4) Pranesh is the only one between Bala and Subhash.

5)Subhash is between Jai and Pranesh. So Only Case 2 is correct.

So Bala is sitting to the right of Pranesh.

Hence, correct answer is Bala.

Solving puzzle by applying conditions one by one-:

1. There are five friends.

2. They are standing in a row facing North.

3) Jai is to the immediate right of Ashok.

4) Pranesh is the only one between Bala and Subhash.

5)Subhash is between Jai and Pranesh. So Only Case 2 is correct.

So from options Jai, Subhash are next to each other.

Hence, correct answer is Jai and Subhash.

Sakshi Malik: Boxing is NOT correct.

• Sakshi Malik is a freestyle Indian wrestler.
• At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg division, becoming the first Indian wrestler to earn the Olympic medal.
• She had previously won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championship in Doha.
• In the second edition of the Pro Wrestling League held in January 2017, Sakshi Malik represented 'Colors Delhi Sultans.'
• She was also included in the Women's Day Campaign called # EveryWomanStrong for her sponsor JSW Party.

Important Points

• Dipa Karmakar is an Indian Art Gymnast. In 2016, she represented India at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics and becoming the first Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics, and the first Indian gymnast to do so in 52 years.
• Subedar Major Jitu Rai is an Indian shooter competing in a 10-metre air gun and a 50-metre gun event.
• Pusarla Venkata Sindhu(P.V. Sindhu) is a professional Indian badminton player. Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civil award, was also honoured in January 2020.

Blood Pressure increase or decrease caused by Cholesterol.

Similarly,

Diabetic is caused by Carbohydrates.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Cot x = (5/12) 

Concept:

Cot x = (base/perpendicular)

According to question:

Base = 5

Perpendicular = 12

Hypotenuse² = base² + perpendicular²

⇒ Hypotenuse² = 5² + 12²

⇒ Hypotenuse² = 25 + 144 

⇒ Hypotenuse = √169

⇒ Hypotenuse = 13 

Sin x = 12/13

Cot x = 5/12

sec x = 13/5

According to question:

(12/13) + {1/(5/12)} + 13/5

⇒ 12/13 + 12/5 + 13/5

⇒ (60 + 156 + 169)/65

⇒ 385/65

⇒ 77/13

∴ Required value = 77/13

The correct answer is Go Wild for Life.

• The slogan of World Environment Day (WED) 2016 was Go Wild for Life.

Key Points

• This edition of the WED goal to reduce and prevent illegal trade in wildlife.
• Angola was chosen as the host country of 2016, next WED during the COP21 (Conference of Parties 2021) in Paris.
• The World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5 June and is the main platform of the United Nations for promoting understanding and action to protect the environment.
• First held in 1974, it was a flagship movement to raise awareness of environmental issues resulting from marine pollution, human overpopulation and global warming, sustainable consumption and wildlife crime.
• Every year, WED has created a new theme that major companies, NGOs, cultures, governments and celebrities around the world are embracing to campaign for environmental causes.

Additional Information

• "Raise Your Voice, Not The Sea Level" was the slogan of the World Environment Day (WED) 2014.
• The theme for 2020 was "Time for Nature," which was held in Colombia in collaboration with Germany.

As per the given statement Adversity makes a man wise.

Conclusion:

I. The poor are wise is false as there is no relation with the given statement.

II. Men learn from bitter experiences is true as Adversity means difficult/unpleasant situation which makes a person wise.

Thus, Only conclusion II follows.

The logic is:

Heat is the antonym of Cold.

Similarly,

Large is the synonym of Big.

Thin is the antonym of Thick.

Tall is the synonym of High.

There is no such relation between Male and Child.

Thus, the correct answer is Thin : Thick.

The correct answer is Biotech-KISAN.

• Biotech-KISAN is a new programme, launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Key Points

• Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) is a Biotechnology Agency, a Ministry of Science and Technology initiative that empowers farmers, particularly woman farmers.
• It seeks to explain and offer easy solutions to the challenges of water, soil, seed and the demand faced by farmers.
• The scheme is built for farmers, developed by and for farmers, empowers women, impacts locally, connects globally, is Pan-India, has a role model and encourages entrepreneurship and creativity in farmers.
• Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Development Network (Biotech-KISAN) is being rolled out in 15 agro-climatic zones of India.
• Biotech-KISAN is a farmer-centric scheme initiated by the Biotechnology Department, where scientists can work in sync with farmers to understand issues and find solutions.

Additional Information

• The National Crop Insurance Program (NCIP) is a central sector scheme formulated through the integration of the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS), the Pilot Adjusted National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), the Pilot Weather Related Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) and the Pilot Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS): The scheme comes into effect from Rabi in 2013-14 which encompasses all districts.
• Kissan Technology is a corporation specialised in digital products and agricultural services.
• In accordance with the aforementioned resolution and in collaboration with the Planning Commission, the Department of Agriculture has prepared recommendations for the RKVY scheme, known as the National Agricultural Development Program (RKVY).

Given:

The fourth proportional to 2, 4 and 8

Calculation:

Let the fourth number be x

⇒ (2/4) = (8/x)

⇒ x = (8×4)/2 = 16

∴ Required number be 16.

The correct answer is the Life Tree.

• The Life Tree book was written by Dr A.P.J (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen), Abdul Kalam.

Key Points 

• Dr Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist physicist and politician who served as India's 11^th President from 2002 to 2007.
• He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, he studied physics and aerospace engineering.
• He spent the next four decades as a physicist and science administrator, mostly with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and was closely active with India's civilian space programme and military missile development activities.
• He thus came to be recognised as the Missile Man of India for his work on the production of ballistic missiles and launch vehicle technologies.
• He also played a crucial bureaucratic, scientific and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since India's original nuclear test in 1974.
• He was elected 11^th President of India in 2002 with the support of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National Congress.
• He has won many prestigious honours, including Bharat Ratna, India's highest civil distinction.
• During a lecture at the Shillong Indian Institute of Management, Kalam collapsed and died of apparent cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015 at the age of 83.

Important Points

Given:

4992 ÷ 624 - 10

Calculation:

⇒ (4992/624) - 10 = 8 - 10

⇒ 8 - 10 = -2

∴ Required value = -2

The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh.

• The Thar Desert is situated in the Indian state of Rajasthan and stretches to the states of Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana, and the Pakistani province of Sindh.
• The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent which forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan.
• It is the 17^th largest desert in the world and the 9^th largest hot subtropical desert in the world.
• 85% of the Thar Desert is in India, with the remaining 15% in Pakistan.

Additional Information

• The Desert National Park spans 3,162 km² and serves the Thar Desert ecosystem. It contains 44 villages.
• The Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary spans 6,300 km² and is situated in Mirpurkhas District, Pakistan.

The correct answer is Electrons.

• The presence of free electrons in a substance makes it a conductor of electricity.

Key Points

• An electron is free in the conductor if it can perform a continuous motion within the conductor if we create a potential difference between two points on the surface of the conductor.
• In a given conductor, the property of a free electron is defined by its mobility, and the motion is called drift.
• They require free electrons to move on to the next atom, which implies an incomplete number in the outer shell.
• Only when the electrons are moving into the conduction band as if they were in a metal or doped semiconductor, the electrical field applied will allow the electrons to drift or flow as a current.
• Both 'substances' carry equivalent concentrations of +/- ve electricity Insulators, these charge carriers are closely bound to their parent atoms and thus can not partake in conduction.

Additional Information

• Positron or antielectron is the antiparticle or antimatter of the electron.
• Proton is a sub-atomic particle with a positive charge. It's contained in the atomic nucleus.
• Neutrons are the largest subatomic particles in the universe.

Given:

Principal = Rs.9000

Rate = 5%

Time = 2years

Concept used:

Successive percentage: When there is an increase or decrease in percentage by x% and then followed by y% increase or decrease, then, the net increase or decrease in percentage can be found out by the following formula:

Net increase or decrease = ± x ± y ± xy/100

+ → for profit

- → for loss 

Calculation:

In the case of compound interest there is successive percentage increase.

Successive percentage = {5 + 5 + (5×5)/100}

⇒ {10 + 0.25} = 10.25%

According to question:

10.25% of 9000

⇒ {10.25/100} × 9000 = 922.5

∴ Required interest = Rs.922.5

Given:

Mr. Dev sold a bus for a Rs.2210

loss% = 15%

Calculation:

According to question:

Loss % = 15%

100 - 15 = 85%

85% = Rs.2210

⇒ 1% = 2210/85 = Rs.26

⇒ 100% = Rs.26 × 100 = Rs.2600

Cost Price of the Bus = Rs.2600

Profit value is 15%

15% of 2600 = (15/100) × 2600 = 390  

⇒ Selling price of bus after 15% profit = 2600 + 390 = Rs.2990

∴ Required value is Rs.2990

The correct answer is Chattisgarh.

• The Marine Gondwana Fossil Park is located in Chattisgarh.

Key Points

• Marine Gondwana Fossil Park in Manendragarh, Sarguja District, Chattisgarh is a rare exposure to the fossiliferous Permian marine rocks of the Talchir Formation belonging to the Gondwana Supergroup.
• It is exposed to the confluence of Hasdeo River and Hasia Nala for a length of around one km upstream.
• Marine fauna is represented by the predominance of pelecypods/lamellibranchs such as Eurydesma and Aviculopecten within the shale, as well as Bryozoans, Crinoids and foraminifers.

Additional Information

• The area can be reached by road from Nagpur to Jabalpur (NH-7), Katni, Shahdol, Burhar, Anupur and Kotma (SH-14).
• The area is located on the right side of the Hasdeo River, near the railway bridge between milestones 937 and 938 of the Anuppur Chirmiri branch of the Southeastern Railway and about 2.5 km southeast of the Manendragarh railway station near the village of Ammakherwa.
• The fossil park can be viewed all year round, except the rainy season, when the fossil horizon is flooded by the Hasdeo River.

The correct answer is the International Olympic Committee.

• Nita Ambani, Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, was elected as an individual member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• She is the first Indian to join the international body and is still the only individual member of India.
• Her election to the body of the universe is before she hits the age of 70.
• She was nominated by the IOC Executive Board in June 2016 and voted by the IOC Delegates at the 129^th Session in Rio de Janeiro.
• The autonomous screening process follows a revised protocol for the appointment of IOC members based on the recommendations of the Olympic Agenda 2020.
• Individuals are selected on merit and elected by current IOC members.

Additional Information

• Nita Mukesh Ambani is chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation, Dhirubhai Ambani International School and non-executive director of Reliance Industries.

The correct answer is Refraction.

• Refraction is a bending of light (also occurs with sound, water and other waves) as it travels from one transparent surface to another.
• This refractive bending makes it possible for us to get lenses, magnifying glasses, prisms and rainbows.
• Our eyes, too, rely on this bending of light. Without refraction, we wouldn't be able to concentrate the light on our retina.
• Light refracts as it passes at an angle to a surface with a different refractive index (optical density).
• This change of course is triggered by a change of altitude.
• For example, as light travels from air to water, it slows down, allowing it to begin to travel in a different angle or direction.
• The higher refractive index indicates that the light slows down and changes direction further when it reaches the material.

Additional Information

• Scattering is a concept used in physics to describe a wide variety of physical processes through which travelling particles or radiation of some sort, such as light or sound, is caused to deviate from a straight path by distributed non-uniformities in the medium through which they travel.
• Reflection is a transition in the path of the wavefront at the interface between two separate media such that the wavefront returns to the medium from which it originated.
• Diffusion is the net flow of something from a higher concentration to a lower concentration area.

The pattern is -1, × 10 + 1, -1, × 10 +1, -1, × 10 + 1 and so on.

Therefore,

11 - 1 = 10

10 × 10 + 1 = 101

101 - 1 = 100

100 × 10 + 1 = 1001

1001 - 1 = 1000

1000 × 10 + 1 = 10001

Hence, the correct answer is 101.

The correct answer is J.P. Saunders.

• Freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged for the murder of J.P. Saunders.

Key Points

• On December 17, 1927, revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajgur shot and killed Police Assistant Superintendent John Saunders.
• Their compatriots Sukhdev Thapar and Chandrashekhar Azad helped them in this act.
• However, their initial target was not Saunders, but police superintendent James Scott, who directed his men to lathi the demonstrators leading to the death of nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai.
• Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were later hanged to death.
• Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were sentenced to death in the Lahore conspiracy case and were ordered to be hanged on 24 March 1931.
• The timetable was pushed ahead by 11 hours and the three were hanged at 7:30 p.m. in Lahore prison on 23 March 1931.

Additional Information

• Bhagat Singh was an Indian communist revolutionary whose two acts of spectacular brutality against the British in India and execution at the age of 23 made him a famous hero of the Indian independence movement.
• Shivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian nationalist from Maharashtra, mainly known for his role in the assassination of a British Raj police officer.
• Sukhdev Thapar was a visionary in India. A senior member of the Hindu Socialist Republican Association, he engaged in a variety of acts alongside Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru.

The least possible diagram is given below:-

Conclusions:

I. Some Editors are Writers - True (as some editors are actors and all actors are writers).

II. No Actor is Editor - False (as some editors are actors).

Thus, the correct answer is "Only conclusion I follows".

The position of planets is NOT correct.

• Seismologists are Earth scientists, specialising in geophysics, who research the genesis and distribution of seismic waves in geological materials.
• This geological material can vary from a laboratory specimen to the Earth as a whole, from its surface to its heart.
• Their research is aimed at interpreting the geological composition and mechanisms of the Earth.
• In the case of earthquakes, seismologists assess possible risks and aim to mitigate their effects by improving building quality.
• The produced seismic waves make it possible to locate the geological structures in detail.

Additional Information

• Seismology is a scientific study of earthquakes and the spread of elastic waves across the Earth or other planet-like bodies.
• The area also involves analyses of earthquake environmental impacts such as tsunamis and multiple geological causes such as volcanic, tectonic, glacial, river, oceanic, atmospheric and artificial mechanisms such as explosions.

Given:

Kishlay travelled equal distances at speeds of 10 km/hr, 30 km/hr and 2 km/hr and took total time of 38 minutes.

Concept Used: 

speed = distance/time

Calculation:

Let the total distance travelled by Kishlay be '3d' km

⇒ d/10 + d/30 + d/2 = 38/60

⇒ (3d + d + 15d)/30 = 38/60

⇒ 19d = 19

⇒ d = 1 km

∴ required total distance = 3d = 3 × 1 = 3 km

The correct answer is Dr Kiran Bedi.

• Dr Kiran Bedi assumed the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on 29^th May 2016.

Key Points

• Kiran Bedi is a retired Indian police officer, a social worker, a former tennis player and a politician who is now Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
• She was the first female officer of the Indian Police Force and began her service in 1972.
• She initiated a series of changes to the Tihar Prison, which received worldwide recognition and won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994.
• In 2003, Bedi became the first Indian women to be named head of the United Nations Police and Policy Adviser to the United Nations Department of Peace Operations. In 2007, she resigned to concentrate on social justice and fiction.

Additional Information

• The governor of Assam is Jagdish Mukhi. Former responsibilities included Lieutenant Governor Andaman and the Nicobar Islands, Minister of Revenue, Planning, Excise and Taxes and Higher Education in the Delhi Administration.
• Najeeb Jung is a retired Indian administrative officer, serving as the 20^th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from July 2013 to December 2016.
• Farooq Khan was an adviser to Governor Satya Pal Malik, after which he was an adviser to the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and currently holds the seat.

The correct answer is Orang Tiger Reserve, Assam.

• In February 2016, Orang Tiger Reserve was added as India's 49thTiger Reserve.

Key Points

• Orang National Park is a national park in India situated on the north side of the Brahmaputra River in the Udalguri and Sonitpur districts of Assam.
• It was established as a sanctuary in 1985 and on 13 April 1999, it was designated a national park.
• It has a rich flora and fauna, including huge Indian rhinoceros, pygmy hog, Asian elephant, wild buffalo and Bengal tiger.
• It is the only refuge of the Rhinoceros on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra.

Additional Information

• The Pakke Tiger Reserve is a Tiger Project Reserve situated in the Pakke Kessang district of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.
• Rajaji National Park is an Indian National Park and Tiger Reserve, which includes the Shivaliks, near the foothills of the Himalayas. It occupies three districts of Uttarakhand: Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal.
• Bor Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary that was designated a Tiger Reserve in July 2014.

White --> Black

Black --> Red

Red --> Yellow

Yellow --> Green

Green --> Blue

Blue --> Violet

Violet --> Orange

Color of human blood is Red, but it is given that Red is called Yellow (Red --> Yellow)

Thus, "Yellow" is the correct answer.

Family Chart:-

Family Tree according to the statement:-

A is the brother of the son of B's son.

A is the grandson of B.

Thus, the correct answer is "grandson".

The correct answer is Pranab Mukherjee.

• Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the 13^th President of India from 2012 to 2017.

Key Points

• In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior representative in the Indian National Congress and held a variety of ministerial portfolios in the Government of India.
• Prior to his election as President, Mukherjee served as Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.
• He was awarded India's highest civil distinction, Bharat Ratna, by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, in 2019.
• Mukherjee was the first minister of finance in India during the Indira Gandhi administration in 1982. In 1982–83, he introduced his first annual budget.
• Mukherjee again became Minister of Finance for India in 2009. In 2009, 2010, and 2011, the annual budgets were presented. The 2010–11 budget contained the country's first clear target to slash public debt as a share of GDP, and Mukherjee planned to reduce the budget deficit by 4.1% of GDP in the 2012–13 fiscal year from 6.5% in 2008–09.

Additional Information

• Kocheril Raman Narayana was an Indian diplomat, scholar and politician who served as the 10^th President of India (1997–2002) and 9^th Vice-President of India (1992–1997).
• Shankar Dayal Sharma was India's ninth president from 1992 to 1997.
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth president of India to serve from 1977 to 1982.

It is an inorganic substance is NOT correct.

Key Points

• Food is any substance used to supply the body with dietary help.
• Food is typical of plant, animal or fungal origin and contains essential nutrients such as sugars, fats, proteins, vitamins or minerals. Food is an organic substance.
• Hence option 1 is incorrect.
• The material is absorbed by the organism and assimilated by the cells of the organism to provide nutrition, sustain life, or promote growth.
• Omnivorous humans are particularly adaptable and have evolved to eat in several diverse environments.
• The food system has major impacts on a wide variety of other social and political problems, including biodiversity, ecological diversity, economics, population development, water availability and access to food. Most of the food has its roots in seeds.
• Some food is derived directly from plants, but even animals that are used as food sources are raised by feeding them with food extracted from plants.

Important Points

• Cereal grain is a staple food that contains more food resources than any other crop in the world.
• Corn (maize), wheat and rice in all varieties – account for 87% of all grain supply worldwide.
• Most of the grain produced worldwide is fed to livestock.

The logic follows here is :-

Thus, the correct answer is "UVWFGPV".

Given:

There are total number of students in a school = 200

There are (7/10) are boys

Calculation:

According to question:

(7/10) × 200 = 7 × 20 = 140

Total Number of boys = 140

Total Number of girls = 200 - 140 = 60

∴ Total number of girls = 60

Given:

Product of two numbers is 4941

LCM of these two number = 81

Concept:

Product of two numbers = LCM × HCF

Calculation:

Let the HCF be x

⇒ 4941 = x × 81

⇒ x = 4941/81 = 61

∴ HCF = 61

Given:

(0.3)² ÷ 100 

Calculation:

(0.3)² = 0.09

⇒ 0.09 ÷ 100 = 0.0009

∴ Required value = 0.0009

Factors of 865 = 5 × 173

Factors of 2595 = 5 × 3 × 173

Common factors of 865, 2595 = 5 × 173

∴ HCF of two factors = 5 × 173 = 865

The correct answer is Sanskrit.

• Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, which he included in his Bengali novel Anandamath in 1882.
• The poem was first sung in 1896 by Rabindranath Tagore.

Key Points

• The first two verses of the song were adopted by the Congress Working Committee as the National Song of India in October 1937 before the end of colonial rule in August 1947.
• It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in the political sense by Rabindranath Tagore at the National Congress of India in 1896.
• It was a popular marching song for political agitation and the Indian Independence Movement in 1905.

Important Points

• On 24 January 1950, the Indian Constituent Assembly adopted "Vande Mataram" as a national song.

Mean of first 50 natural number

1^st natural number = 1

50^th natural number = 50

Mean = (First number + Last number)/2 =  (1 + 50)/2 = 51/2 = 25.5

∴ Required value = 25.5

The correct answer is Wealth Management.

• SBI Exclusif, a wealth management product, was introduced by State Bank of India in New Delhi.
• The purpose of the product is to provide wealthy consumers with a detailed and best-in-class banking experience.
• SBI Exclusive customers will have access to a dedicated relationship manager backed by a team of investment specialists who will take care of all their banking and investing needs via a range of platforms, including the first of its kind 'e-Wealth' networks (remotely through call or video conversation) or via future ready-to-use wireless (internet banking/mobile) networks.

Additional Information

• The bank launched the bid in Bengaluru on a pilot basis.
• The product was unveiled by Arun Jaitley, former Finance Minister.
• SBI Exclusif proposes to offer consumers a totally different way of engaging with the bank when customers would have access to a dedicated RM to satisfy both their banking and investment needs.
• The Bank is the first PSU bank in the world to have extensive wealth management services.

$1.4\overline{13}$

X = 1.4131313...

10X = 14.131313... (i)

1000x = 1413.1313...(ii)

using (i) and (ii)

990X = 1399

X = 1399/990

∴ Required fraction = 1399/990

The correct answer is a dead human body used for anatomy.

• A Cadavers is a dead human being used by medical students, doctors and other scientists to research anatomy, locate disease locations, determine the causes of death, and supply tissue to restore a defect in a live human being.

Key Points

• Medical school students research and analyse cadavers as part of their education.
• The word cadaver is used in the courts to refer to a deceased body, as well as in rescue teams looking for remains in the event of natural disasters.
• Cadavers can be studied for their level of decomposition, helping to assess how long a person has been dead.
• Cadavers are used in sculpture to represent the human body more specifically in sculptures and sketches.

Important Points

• Cadavers not only provide medical students and physicians with knowledge of the various processes of the human body, but they also provide several sources of dysfunction within the human body.
• Galen (250 AD), a Greek physician, was one of the first to link incidents that happened in human life with internal consequences subsequently identified after death.
• Simple cadaver autopsy may help identify the origins of lethal diseases or disorders.

PRATAPGARH - Northern Railway is NOT correct.

• According to the survey conducted by IRCTC in 2016, PRATAPGARH - Northern Railway was NOT in the list of top 10 rankings for the cleanest stations in India.

Key Points

• The list of the top 10 cleanest railway stations in India has been published every year for the past 2 years.
• Jodhpur and Marwar railway stations in Rajasthan were the cleanest on the Indian Railways network in 2018.
• These stations have received this distinction in the A1 and A categories of train stations, respectively. Both Jodhpur and Marwar of the North-West Railway Region were not among the top 10 cleanest stations in the 2017 survey, While Jodhpur scored 977.97, Marwar scored 972.71.

Additional Information

• Though 10 zones have seen 10-20% development, more than 20 per cent change has been achieved in 4 zones.
• The North-Western Railways have completed the list of cleanest regions, with the South-Central Railways coming second and the East Coast Railways coming third.

Given 

Tabulating the information given in the question,

(7 D 3) B 6 A 5 (20 C 20) =

Insert the given Arithmetic operators from given information.

(7 × 3) - 6 + 5 (20 ÷ 20)

Using BODMAS Rule:

(7 × 3) - 6 + 5 (20 ÷ 20) = 

(21) - 6 + 5 (1) =

21 - 6 + 5 =

26 - 6 = 20.

Thus, the correct answer is 20.

Given:

A container has two holes.

Calculation:

1^st hole alone empty the tank in 15min

2^nd hole alone empty the tank in 10min

LCM of 15, 10 = 30

Let the total capacity of the tank is 30units

Efficiency of hole₁ = 30/15 = 2units/min

Efficiency of hole₂ = 30/10 = 3units/min

According to question:

When these both hole work together, time taken to empty the tank

⇒ total efficiency when they both work together = 3+2 = 5units/min

Time taken to empty the tank = 30/5 = 6min

∴ Required time = 6min

From statement 1 → It is mentioned that Vimal birthday is in February month, But there is no information about day of the week of Vimal birthday.

From statement 2 → It is last day of the month but didn't mentions about the year (leap year consists 29 day in February and normal year have 28 days)

Form combining both statements - Last day of the month of February but not mentioned about the year.

So Data given in statement 1 and statement 2 is insufficient.

Thus, then correct answer is Data insufficient i.e. option is 3.

15% of 82

⇒ (15/100) × 82

⇒ (15× 82)/100

⇒ 1230/100

⇒ 12.3

∴ Required value = 12.3

Given:

Two school vans start from a house at an interval of 8 minutes and travel with a speed of 25 km/hr

Formula Used:

speed = distance/time

Calculation:

Let the speed of the woman be 'x' km/hr

the relative speed of woman = (25 + x) km/hr

⇒ distance travelled by van in 8 minutes = distance travelled by woman (at relative speed) in 4 minutes 

⇒ 25 × 8/60 = (25 + x) × 4/60 

⇒ 200 = 100 + 4x

⇒ x = 25 km/hr

∴ required speed of woman = 25 km/hr

Important Points

speed varies inversely with time when the distance is constant.

From the given information,

From the blood relation diagram there are 10 Female.

Thus, the correct answer is 10.

Given

ROSE is coded as 6821

CHAIR is coded as 73456

∴From the above codes SEARCH is coded as 214673

Thus, the correct answer is 214673.

The correct answer is Antrix Corporation Limited.

• The commercial and marketing arm of ISRO is Antrix Corporation Limited.

Key Points

• Antrix Corporation Limited (ACL), Bengaluru is a wholly-owned Government Company of India under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Space.
• Antrix Corporation Limited was founded as a private limited company owned by the Government of India in September 1992 as a marketing arm of ISRO for the promotion and commercialization of space goods, technological consulting services, and technology transfer established by ISRO.
• Another big goal is to promote the growth of space-related industrial technologies in India.
• As the industrial and marketing arm of ISRO, Antrix is dedicated to delivering space goods and services to foreign customers worldwide.

Additional Information

• The Indian Space Exploration Corporation is the national space agency of the Republic of India, headquartered in Bengaluru.
• It functions under the Department of Space (DoS) and is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the President of ISRO also serves as Executive Officer of DoS.
• ISRO is the main agency in India to carry out activities relating to space-based applications, space exploration, and the development of related technologies.
• It is one of the six government space agencies in the world that possess complete launch capability, deploy cryogenic engines, launch extraterrestrial missions, and run large fleets of artificial satellites.

Given:

Profit₁% = 8%

Profit₂% = 12%

According to question

Difference of profit = Rs.3

Calculation:

Let the Cost Price  be 100

SP₁ = 108

SP₂ = 112

According to question:

112 - 108 = 4

⇒ 4 = Rs.3

⇒ 1 = Rs.3/4

Cost Price = 100 × (3/4) = Rs.75

SP₁ = 108 × (3/4) = 81

SP₂ = 112× (3/4) = 84

Ratio of SP₁ : SP₂ = 81 : 84 = 27 : 28

∴ Required ratio = 27 : 28

Given:

Amrit is twice as good a painter as kaushal.

Both amrit and kaushal work together and finish the work in 6days

Calculation:

According to question:

Amrit = 2 × Kaushal

Efficiency of Amrit/Kaushal = 2/1

Let the constant be x

Efficiency of amrit = 2x

Efficiency of kaushal = x

Total work = Total time × Total people(efficiency) doing work

Total work  = 6 × (2x + x)

⇒ Total work = 18x

Kaushal alone can do the work = 18x/x = 18days

∴ the required value = 18days

16 men built a model in 35days

Concept:

Total Work = number of time taken × number of person doing work

Calculation:

Total work = (16 × 35)

Time taken to complete the work = (16 × 35)/25 = (16× 7)/5 = 22.4

∴ Required time = 22.4days

The correct answer is Havildar Hangpan Dada.

• Havildar Hangpan Dada was awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry during peacetime, on the eve of the 70^th Independence Day 2016 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
• He was a member of the Assam Regiment/35^th Division of the Rashtriya Rifles.
• During a meeting with a militant group in Jammu and Kashmir, Dada displayed exceptional bravery, commitment and gallantry above the call of duty and died in Kupwara on May 27, 2016, after killing three terrorists.
• This year, 82 Gallery Distinctions were awarded to officers of the armed forces and members of the paramilitary forces.
• These include one Ashok Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 63 Sena Medals (Gallantry), two Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and two Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

Additional Information

• Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, AC was the Ghatak Platoon Commander of the 15 Maratha Light Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army. Posthumously, on the 63^rd Republic Day, India's President Ashoka Chakra was given the highest Peacetime Gallantry Award.
• Neeraj Kumar Singh was a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the Indian Army. He was awarded the Ashok Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military decoration on 26 January 2015.
• Lt Col Niranjan worked in different units based in Udhampur, Vairangty Gate(Mizoram), Ranchi and Srinagar, J&K. He was awarded the Shaurya Chakra Posthumously on 15 August 2016.

The correct answer is Lonar.

• Lonar lake is suspected to have developed due to impact of a large meteorite on Deccan Basaltic rocks of Cretaceous age.
• It is a National Geo-Heritage Monument in Lonar, Buldhana district, Maharashtra.
• It was caused by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the Pleistocene Period. It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, basaltic rock impact craters anywhere on Earth.

Key Points

• The other three basaltic impact systems are found in southern Brazil. Lonar Lake has a mean depth of 1,2 kilometres (3,900 ft) and is roughly 137 metres (449 ft) below the crater floor. The rim of the meteor crater is approximately 1,8 kilometres (5,900 ft) in diameter.
• Lonar Crater lies within the Deccan Plateau – a vast basalt rock volcanic plain formed by eruptions some 65 million years ago.
• Its location in the basalt region indicated to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater.
• The water in the lake is both salty and alkaline.

Additional Information

• Venna Lake is one of Mahabaleshwar's tourist attractions in Maharashtra. The lake was founded by Shri Appasaheb Maharaj, who was the Raja of Satara in 1942.
• Rankala Lake is a picturesque lake in the Kolhapur district in the state of Maharashtra in western India.
• Ambazari Lake is located along the southwest boundary of Nagpur, in the state of Maharashtra.
• It is one of the 11 lakes in Nagpur and the largest lake in the region.
• The Nag River of Nagpur originates from the lake.

It is a direct tax is NOT correct.

• Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax applicable to the supply of goods and services in India.
• It is a comprehensive, multi-stage, destination-based tax: comprehensive since it has incorporated nearly all indirect taxation, with the exception of a few state taxes.

Key Points

• Multi-stage as it is, the GST is levied at any level of the manufacturing process but is supposed to be refunded to all parties at all points of production, rather than the final customer, because as a destination-based levy, it is collected from the point of consumption and not from the point of origin, as in the case of previous taxes.
• Goods and services are split into five separate tax collection slabs – 0%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
• However, petroleum goods, alcoholic beverages and energy are not levied on the basis of GST and are now taxed individually by individual state governments, as per the previous tax system. There is a special rate of 0.25% on rough and semi-precious stones and 3% on gold.
• In comparison, a cessation average of 22 per cent or more than 28 per cent of GST refers to a few goods such as aerated beverages, luxury vehicles and cigarette products.

Important Points

• The tax entered into force on 1 July 2017 by the adoption by the Government of India of the One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution.
• The GST has abolished the current various taxes imposed by central and state governments.
• Tax rates, laws and regulations shall be regulated by the GST Council, which shall be consisting of the finance ministers of the central government and all States.

The Correct Answer is MV Joy Basudev.

• MV Joy Basudev was a container vessel flagged off by the Minister of Shipping in Ganga, Varanasi, on 12 August 2016.
• Two vessels were flagged by the Minister of Transportation, Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari.
• MV Joy Basudev (capacity 1400 tonnes) and MV V.V Giri (capacity 300 tonnes) containing newly assembled Maruti Suzuki cars and building materials in Varanasi on 12 August 2016.
• These two boats were on their way to Haldia. The transport system facilitated the jobs of lakhs of people in Uttar Pradesh and enabled 11 state power stations to obtain timely supplies of coal.

Additional Information

• MV Jindal Kamakshi is a container ship, i.e. a feeder ship, which mostly moves containers to another port.
• MSC India is a container ship that was built in 2002 (18 years old) and currently sails under the flag of Madeira.
• MV Vishva Uday is a Bulk Carrier established in 2013 (7 years old) and currently sailing under the Indian flag.

Given

Eyes : Tears → Tears come from Eyes.

Similarly,

Volcano : Lava → Lava come from Volcano.

Thus, the correct answer is Volcano : Lava.

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as follows,

Conclusion:-

i) Some gems are pearls  -  False (From the given statements there is no direct relation between gems and pearls; so, this conclusion can be a possibility but it is not definitely true).

ii) Some ornaments are gems -  True (Some gems are ornamented is given in the statement, so, some ornaments must be gems, so this conclusion is definitely true.

Hence, Only Conclusion II follows.

The correct answer is Graphite.

• Graphite is soft and slick since the intermolecular forces between its layers are small.
• It is a good conductor for heat and electricity.
• It can conduct electricity because of the delocalized (free) electrons in its composition.
• This occurs when each carbon atom is bonded to the three other carbon atoms. But, in diamonds, the four outer electrons on each carbon atom are included in covalent bonding, so there are no delocalized electrons.
• These electrons are free to pass through the structure of graphite.

Additional Information

• Silver is the best conductor of electricity.
• Bakelite is a thermoset plastic and is one of the first plastics manufactured from synthetic components. Bakelite was used for its electrical non-conductivity and heat-resistant properties in electrical insulators, radio and telephone housings.
• Mica is unique in that it is a good electrical insulator at the same time as it is a good thermal conductor. The leading use of block mica is an electrical insulator in electronic equipment.
• Dry air is the small thermal conductivity.

Here in the question all of the vowels in English Alphabet have been written in reverse order. So, E will be the correct answer for the missing term

U, O, I, E, A

Thus, the correct answer is "E".

The correct answer is Subrata Paul.

• Subrata Pal is an Indian professional footballer who is currently playing for Hyderabad FC in the Indian Super League and India.
• He received Arjuna Award for 2016 in the discipline of football.
• In 2007, he replaced Sandip Nandy as the No.1 Indian Senior Team for the 2007 Nehru Cup.
• On 11 March 2015, he was named captain of the Indian national football team by coach Stephen Constantine. Under his guidance, the team reached the second round after beating Nepal by a total of 2-0 in the first round of qualifying.
• He is the first Indian footballer to represent the 1^st Tier of the Team of Europe.
• He was part of the 1^st Division team FC Vestejaelland of Denmark.

Additional Information

• Deepak Kumar Mondal is an Indian footballer who won Arjuna Award in 2010.
• Soumyajit Ghosh is an Indian Table Tennis player who won Arjuna Award in 2016.
• Sunil Chhetri is an Indian footballer who won Arjuna Award in 2010 and Padma Shri in 2019.
• The Arjuna Award is the sporting distinction of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Price in 1999-2000 = Rs. 105 Increase in price = 110-105 = 5

Price in 2000-2001 = Rs. 110 Increase in price = 112-110 = 2

Price in 2001-2002 = Rs. 112 Increase in price = 115-112 = 3

Price in 2002-2003 = Rs. 115 Increase in price = 117-112 = 5

Price in 2003-2004 = Rs. 117 Increase in price = 130-117 = 13

Price in 2004-2005 = Rs. 130 Increase in price = 141-130 = 11