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Correct answer is (c) 1/3 x 1/6

Correct answer is (d) 31/27

Correct answer is (b) 5/42

Length = 24.5 m, breadth = 18 m

Consider a rectangle with length = l units and breadth = b units. Then, we have:

Area of rectangle = (l × b) sq units

Then,

= (24.5 × 18)

= 441 m²

(c) (i) and (ii) are correct

(c) Penang island

In 1896 four states were formed into the Federated Malay States.

Until the last quarter of nineteenth century, Africa south of the Sahara (Sub- Saharan Africa) was almost unknown to the outside world. The interior of Africa was unexplored. After 1875, European penetration and colonisation began on a large scale. The Berlin Colonial Conference of 1884-85 resolved to divide Africa into spheres of influence of the various European powers. European colonisation of Africa was thus accomplished smoothly, without any outbreak of war amongst major European powers. The invasion, occupation, colonisation and annexation of African territories by European powers between 1881 and 1914, the era of Imperialism, is called the Scramble for Africa or the Partition of Africa.

The Dutch began their conquest of the Portuguese settlements by capturing Malacca in 1641

Green revolution has increased the production many folds. Farmers started using agricultural chemicals unnecessarily in large amounts. This increased poison in the air, crops, water and soil, many of the friendly pests and birds started dying. P.A.U. Ludhiana has recommended or suggested the use of integrated pest management technique. This does not have bad effect on environment and also does not affect the yield. This technique is used to protect the crop when the harmful pests has increased to such an extent that these can affect the crop badly. This technique has helped in reducing the use of chemicals by 30 to 40%. This helped further in reducing environmental pollution and also do not have bad effect on human health.

At the time of establishment of P.A.U., there were five colleges named as college of agriculture, college of Basic science and humanities, college of Agricultural engineering sciences, college of Home science and college of veterinary science.

B) Octagonal prism

Correct option is (A) Octagonal prism

Number of faces in given figure is 8.

Thus, given figure is a Octagonal prism.

A) Octagonal prism

i) F = E + 2 - V = 30 + 2 -12 = 20

ii) V = E + 2 - F = 9 + 2 - 5 = 6 

iii) E = V + F - 2 = 8 + 6 - 2 = 12

Correct option is (D) 10

Number of cubes \(=1\times3+2\times2+3\times1\)

= 3+4+3 = 10

Correct option is  D) 10

Correct option is  C) 5

Correct option is  A) 9

No. of faces = 10

No. of edges = 20 

No. of vertices = 15 

According to Euler’s formula E = V + F – 2

 ⇒ 20 = 15 + 10 – 2 

20 = 25 – 2 

20 = 23 (False) 

∴ A polyhedra doesn’t exist with 10 faces, 20 edges, 15 vertices.

Correct option is  A) 5

Correct option is  D) 5

Correct option is (D) Sphere

Circle, Paper and Square are 2D shapes.

\(\therefore\) Number of faces in circle, paper and square = 0.

Number of faces in a sphere = 1.

\(\therefore\) Object with more number of faces among given shapes is sphere.

Correct option is  D) Sphere

Answer is (b) [(27,36),(25,10)]

Curved surface area of sphere = 4πr²

Let ‘r’ be the radius of sphere 

Height of cylinder =’ 2r’ 

Curved surface area of cylinder = 2πrh

⇒ 2πr(2r)

⇒ 4πr²

∴ Surface area of a sphere is equal to the curved surface area of the circumscribed cylinder

i. lighter

ii. less

iii. volume

iv. mass

v. 4°C

A company where members guarantee to contribute a certain amount of money either to the assets of the company, at the time of winding up of the company, or towards the cost of winding up of the company.

Registrar of Companies is an authority as per the Companies Act, which can incorporate companies.

Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number is issued by the Income Tax Department to all persons who are responsible for deducting or collecting tax. It is a 10 digit alphanumeric code.

1. A Bad Workman Blames his Tools This proverb is an useful guide in practical life. It has been generally found that an incompetent person always grumbler. If a student does not do well in examination, he/she sometimes takes an easy resort to blame game that the question paper is tough. The person never admits that the preparation has not been up to the mark. On the other side, a sincere and good workman never tries to find excuses for his mediocre or bad performance. He probably thinks grumbling is a confession of his personal weakness.

Difficulties are parts and parcels of our lives and we have to learn to overcome by putting our best foot forward rather than finding fault with others or may be unfavourable situations. It is better to find out the reason for the performance which is not up to the mark. One has to find out the remedy for the shortcomings and need to have the faith on one’s own self to raise the bar of his execution.

If the tools are bad, they can be mended, not by grumbling but by removing the defects. A good workman does exactly that and does not waste time complaining. “Patience and perseverance can fetch definite rewards. Everything is possible to achieve for a sincere worker whereas all things are impossible for a lazy person who is always on the look out for a scapegoat to bear the blame of his own failure.

2. One Should Eat to Live, Not Live to Eat – (Franklin)

We all have heard the proverb “health is wealth”. A sound mind can only exist in a sound body. If we are healthy, we can handle any situation in life. Eating plays a major role in maintaining a person’s health. The eating habits depend on own discretion and if we are conscious about the decision where to stop, “this far and no farther”, we can avoid many critical conditions of life with a healthy body. That is the biggest wealth any person can have. But one needs a strong willpower not to live just to eat. The temptations are spread all around us. Some people have the habit of eating to their heart’s content and consoling themselves saying that it is just one day only. But they are greedy enough to forget their promise easily at the sight of mouth-watering dishes and continue their theory of “living to eat”.

Apparently, to some people, the eating habits do not need to be given so much importance, because they feel that the modern technologies used in the gyms will compensate for the loss of over-eating. Work hard in the gym and you can eat anything, is their motto of life. So, after coming out of the gym, they consume a big mug of cold coffee with cream from a reputed coffee shop and do not feel guilty about it. Not only homecooked delicious foods, but all sorts of junk foods are included in their list of foods. Food is essential for one’s survival but excess of anything is bad. It is not about restrictions only, it is about how one can balance and enjoy the food.

3. If Winter Comes, Can Spring be Far Behind? – (Shelley) 

Think positive and live happy, celebrate life ideally this should be the motto of a person’s life. But how many of us honestly follow this motto? Life, indeed, is beautiful but it does not move in a straight line. There has to be ups and downs and both these ups as well as downs have something to teach us, as P.B. Shelley said, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”. These are the natural courses of life. One has to follow the other as one season follows the other.

Life has problems and every problem is bound to have some solutions if we can try to see the brighter side. “No one makes a lock without a key. That is why God won’t give you problems without solutions.” In God’s own world also, if severe winter creates difficulties, He has kept the spring ready to bring smile on the faces of those who faced the difficult situations bravely. Winter, being the symbol of destruction here, spring will bring with it abundance everywhere.

Our duty is to maintain our patience and wait with hope for welcoming the good days because “At the end of every tunnel, there is light”. Night follows Day, that is also God’s design. If we crumble with the pressure of frustration and make ourselves fatigued, how will we enjoy the brightness of the day or the charming weather of the spring?

4. Beauty is Truth, Truth is Beauty – (Keats)

“Ode on a Grecian Urn”, the immortal poem of the poet John Keats, brings out a fact of life, that has its own beauty where joys and sorrows live together. He shows in the poem, the pictures on the urn has paintings of a combination of happiness and sadness to depict the truth of human life. A work of art has the power to express this truth of life so explicity.

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”. The person who is seeing the beauty can interpret it his or her own way, but the truth will remain the same. Truth is the permanent and ultimate beauty in the world and no one has the power to destroy it.

So, to ignore truth will be a futile attempt and only the inward beauty has the power to be the ever-lasting truth and the outward appearances are momentary. But our thoughts want to find out the truth and our feelings are inspired by the beauty. Thus, thought and feeling, truth and beauty need to go hand in hand.

5. Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread – (Alexander Pope)

“Experience is the best teacher”. The inexperienced people do not judge the pros and cons of the situation and take a step without much thinking. The experienced people become mature enough to take. a cautious step before taking a hasty decision. Their experience has taught them to “wait and watch” and then decide whether to avoid or get involved.

“A little learning is a dangerous thing”. The prudent and intelligent person think twice before opening their mouth and are also good observers. They are actually “afraid” but they are also careful that their actions should be safe and so they stay away from unnecessary risks. Even if they take risk believing “no risk, no gain”, they are capable of measuring the extent of the risk to reach their final decision. But a so called “fool” or rather an unwise person does not bother to think and can be easily influenced to do stupid things to invite problems in life.

“Ignorance” is not always “bliss”, since ignorance can lead to a irreversible damage. But, if a wise person is ignorant about certain things, he knows how to keep a distance from the unknown territory. The proverb actually tries to create an awareness against quick decisions or may be judgements, because every step of life is important. One wrong step, taken in a hurry, can lead to a major set back which probably will bring the disaster. History stands proof for that.

(a) Make hay while the sun shines.

1. Meaning: Make the most benefit out of an opportunity 

2. Sentence: Having got admission in a good college you should make hay while the sun shines.

(b) For everything there is a season

1. Meaning: For everything there is appropriate time.

2. Sentence: This is not the time to waste it talking to your friend, you must know, for everything ‘ there is a season

(c) No winter lasts for ever, no spring skips its turn.

1. Meaning: bad days do not stay for ever, as spring always replaces winter in the natural course of nature.

2. Sentence: Cheer up, my friend, as no winter lasts for ever, no spring skips its turn.

There are three types of consumers: 

1. Primary consumers: These are also called herbivores. All living beings, such as rabbits, deer, goats, cows, insects, which get food from plants or their products come in this category. 

2. Secondary consumers: These are also called carnivorous consumers. They kill the herbivores and obtain their food from their flesh. These include frogs, cat, fox, dog, lion etc.

3. Tertiary Consumers: They are also called omnivorous consumers. They get their food by eating plants, herbivores and carnivores. This category includes humans, eagles, lions and fish.

The accumulated chemical energy in plants is received by the herbivores in the form of food. Degradation of energy occurs during its transfer from plants to herbivores. After that, carnivorous organisms eat the herbivorous organisms, and at that time also there is degradation of energy. Thus, from one nutritional level to another, the energy flows and transfer of energy occurs. Thus, the quantity of energy at every consumer level decreases continuously.

No. It is not necessary because 12 and 36 are divisible by 4 and 6 both, but are not divisible by 24.

Since it is the smallest number of such type, it will be the product of 4 smallest prime numbers.

2 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 210

Given equations are, 

2x − 3y = 7 .......(1)

and 5x + y = 9 ........(2)

Multiply equation (2) by 3, we get

15x + 3y = 27 ..........(3)

Add equations (1) and (3),

17x = 34

⇒ x = 2

Put this value in equation (2), we get

5(2) + y = 9

⇒ 10 + y = 9

⇒ y = −1

Therefore, the solution is x = 2,y = −1.

Prime numbers between 1 and 10 are 2, 3, 5, 7 among these numbers 7 is the greatest.

(i) 3 & 5

(ii) 5 & 7

(iii) 11 & 13

(iv) 17 & 19

(v) 29 & 31 etc.

(a) 44 = 37 + 7 = 13 + 31

(b) 36 = 31 + 5 = 17 + 19

(c) 24 = 19 + 5 = 11 + 13

(d) 18 = 5 + 13 = 7 + 11

Correct option is (C) 1 : 1

Memorandum of Association is the most important document. It defines the objectives of the company and determines the boundary line, within which the company has to perform tasks. No company can legally undertake activities that are not contained in its Memorandum of Association. 

The Memorandum of Association contains different clauses, which are given as follows:

(i) The Name Clause This clause contains the name of the company with which the company will be known, which has already been approved by the Registrar of Companies. According to name clause the name of a company should not be identical or resembling the name of an existing company and should not violate the provisions of ‘The Emblem and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. 

(ii) Registered Office Clause This clause contains the name of the state, in which the registered office of the company is proposed to be situated. The exact address of the registered office is not. required at this stage but the same must be notified to the Registrar within thirty days of the incorporation of the company.

(iii) Objects Clause This clause is the most important one as it defines the purpose for which the company is formed. A company is not legally entitled to undertake an activity, which is beyond the objects stated in this clause. The object clause is divided into two objects 

(a) The Main Objects: The main objects for which the company is formed are listed in this sub-clause. 

(b) Other Objects: Objects not included in the main objects could be stated in this sub-clause. A company can undertake a business included in this sub-clause, either by passing a special resolution or passing an ordinary resolution and get central government’s approval for the same.

(iv) Liability Clause This clause limits the liability of the members to the amount unpaid on the shares – i owned by them.

(v) Capital Clause This clause specifies the maximum capital which the company will be authorized to raise through the issue of shares. The authorized share capital of the proposed company along with its division into the number of shares having a fixed face value is specified in this clause.

(vi) Association Clause In this clause, the signatories to the Memorandum of Association state their intention to be associated with the company and also give their consent to purchase qualification shares. The Memorandum of Association must be signed by at least seven persons in case of a public company and by two persons in case of a private company.

The risk is quite less in preference shares because holders of these shares are first paid their capital back during liquidation of company.

Business enterprises mean state ownership and operation of industrial, agricultural, financial and commercial undertakings”.

Business ownership means and institutional arrangement to conduct business activities.

The various types of business undertakings are:

1. Sole proprietorships 

2. Partnership firms 

3. Joint Hindu Family firms 

4. Joint stock companies 

5. Co-operative societies 

6. Multinational companies.

When a group of people with similar harm caused to them sue the opposition party for redressal of harm, is called a Class Action Suit

Departmental Undertaking.

Official Receiver or Assignee looks after the shares of an insolvent member.

(i) True

(ii) False

(iii) False

(i) Bank of India

(ii) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited