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3801.

What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 15 minutes past 5? (1) 72 1/2° (2) 67 1/2° (3) 58 1/2° (4) 64 1/2°

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Correct answer is (2) 67 1/2° 

3802.

At what time between 3 O'clock and 4'O clock are the hands of a clock are together?(1) 16 4/11 minutes past 3 (2) 16 5/11 minutes past 3 (3) 16 6/11 minutes past 3 (4) 16 3/11 minutes past 3

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(1) 16 4/11 minutes past 3  

3803.

“Penicillin” obtained from a fungus is an (a) Antiseptic (b) Antiserum (c) Antibody (d) Antibiotic

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Correct answer is (d) Antibiotic 

3804.

Find out the true and false statements from the following: (a) Pepo is developed from tricarpellary ovary (b) Drupe is developed from pentacarpellary ovary (c) Pome is called a pseudo fruit (d) Hesperidium is developed from multicarpellary ovary (A) (a) True (b) False (c) True (d) False (B) (a) True (b) False (c) True (d) True (C) (a) False (b) True (c) False (d) True (D) (a) False (b) False (c) True (d) True

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(B) (a) True (b) False (c) True (d) True

(a) Pepo type fruits develop from tricapellary, syncapous and inferior ovary 

(b) Orupe type fruits develop from multicarpellary or moncarpellary, syncarpous and superior ovary 

(c) Pome type fruits develop from bi 81 multicarpellary, syncarpous and inferior ovary. Here true fruit/ovary remains hard and dry. Thalamus develops into a fruit like structure. Hence pome is false fruit 81 pseudo fruit 

(d) Hesperidium type fruits develop from multicarpellary, syncarpous and superior ovary.

3805.

Choose the incorrect pair. (A) Stomata – transpiration (B) Osmosis – Semi permeable membrane (C) Gurad Cells – Potassium ions (D) Exosmosis – Turgidity

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(D) Exosmosis – Turgidity

Turgidity is caused due to endosmosis.

3806.

Assertion (A): Mule is the product of inter specific hybridization. Reason (R): Mule is produced from cross between female donkey and male horse. (A) (A) is correct; (R) is wrong (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct (C) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct (D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong

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(A) (A) is correct; (R) is wrong

Mule is produced from male donkey and female house. Donkey and hose belong to different species (interspecific) but belong to same genus (intrageneric)

3807.

Each of integers 1 to 26 is represented in the Venn diagram in the appropriate regions P to W where region K represents integers from 1 to 26.I. represents even integers from 1 to 26.II. represents perfect square integers from 1 to 26.III. represents prime numbers from 1 to 26.W represents numbers from 1 to 26 other than those in I. II and III1. Which region contains exactly two integers?1. P and W only 2. R and U only 3. S and W only 4. U and W only2. The total number of integers in S and R is equal to the number of integers in1. P only 2. T only 3. V only 4. W only3. Which region contains exactly eight integers ?1. P 2. Q 3. R 4. S

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Correct option: 1 - (3) S and W only , 2 - (1) P only, 3 - (3) R

Explanation:

1. In the given figure.

S includes 4,16.

And, W includes 15,21.

=> W includes 15, 21.

=> Exactly two integers.

=> S & W only

2. Total number of integers in S = 2 (4,16) and in R = 8 (3,5,7,11,13, 17, 19, 23).

And in P , there are total of 10 integers (6,8,10,12,14,18,20, 22,24, 26)

=> P only

3. R have total of 8 integers

3808.

Choose the appropriate phrasal verbs to complete the sentences: 1. The ceremony____ smoothly. (a) passed off (b) passed on (c) passed over (d) passed through 2. Let us ____ all formalities. (a) set up (b) set aside (с) set up (d) set upon 3. The auditor ____ the account. (a) looked at (b) looked up (c) looked through (d) looked on

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1. (c) passed over

2. (b) set aside

3. (c) looked through

3809.

The teacher ____ his students. (A) Survived (B) Laughed (C) Berated (D) Shunted

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Correct option is (B) Laughed

3810.

The committee decided to ____ a new member in the organization. (A) Appoint (B) Commit (C) Detain (D) Suggest

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Correct option is (A) Appoint

3811.

The village was ____ by the earthquake. (A) Dazed (B) Razed (C) Fused (D) Bemused

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Correct option is (B) Razed

3812.

Now the management graduate can expect to have a ___ life in the city. (A) Menial (B) Tedious (C) Boring (D) Prosperous

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Correct option is (D) Prosperous

3813.

The economic ___ has affected our sales tremendously. (A) Touch down (B) Show down (C) Slow down (D) Crack down

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Correct option is (C) Slow down

3814.

Read the comprehension passage carefully and answer the following questions.Tigers are the largest and most powerful of all the cat species. Despite all of the tiger’s strength, the future of the species is uncertain. It is estimated that at the start of the 20th century, there were over 1,00000 tigers living in the wild whose number has dwindled to just over 3,000. Serious threats that tigers face come from Homo-sapiens better known as humans. Tigers are hunted for many reasons like their striped skin, which is worth $10,000 in the black market. Though the fur would be an incentive for poachers, other parts of tiger can fetch pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian countries believe that tigers parts have heling properties. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones in some prescriptions. Tigers have also been hunted for the sake of thrill in a game. Humans have done considerable damage through the destruction of habitat. Over the past 100 years tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. A major obstacle to preserve tigers is the enormous amount of territory that each tiger requires. There is no way to preserve the wild tiger population without making large sacrifices. 1. Which of the following is not a reason in the paragraph explaining why tigers are hunted? (A) Because tiger’s skin is worth a lot of money. (B) Because tiger’s parts are used as medicine in some cultures. (C) Because some tigers attach local villagers. (D) Because tigers are hunted for enjoyment by some people. 2. Which number is closed to the estimation of the wild tiger population in 2003? (A) 3000 (B) 1,00,000 (C) 140 (D) 30,000 3. Which best explains why tigers have lost so much of their habitat according to the text? (A) Because humans are afraid of tigers. (B) Because tiger’s skin is very valuable. (C) Because humans have changed the land. (D) Because tigers need so much space to survive.4. Based on information in the text, which best explains why tigers are poached? (A) Poachers hunt tigers to protect their families from dangerous animals. (B) Poachers hunt tigers for medicine to cure sick family members. (C) Poachers hunt tigers to earn a large amount of money. (D) Poachers hunt tigers because they enjoy killing dangerous animals.

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1. (C) Because some tigers attach local villagers.

2. (A) 3000

3. (D) Because tigers need so much space to survive.

4. (C) Poachers hunt tigers to earn a large amount of money

3815.

Select the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word: 1. Candid (a) vague (b) frank (c) secretive (d) experienced 2. Malaise (a) sickness (b) curse (c) stagnation (d) spite

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1. (b) frank

2. (c) stagnation

3816.

Certain minerals may occur as alluvial deposits in sands of valley floors and the base of hills. By which name these are known? (1) Placer deposits (2) Manganese nodules (3) Bromine (4) Malleable

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(1) Placer deposits

3817.

Read the following passage. A businessman recently had the most unlucky day's fishing. He was standing on a low bridge when he had the misfortune to' knock his tin of bait into the river. Leaning over the side of the bridge, he tried to hook the tin and pull it out of the river. As he did so, his car keys fell out of his pocket and disappeared in the water. Feeling thoroughly annoyed with himself and his luck, the businessman lent over the bridge to try to see where his keys had gone. As he did so, the bridge collapsed and he fell into the river. This was the last straw. The businessman crawled out of the river went back to his car. There he discovered that he had locked, the doors of and could not get in. His anti-thief lock had immobilized his car. There was nothing left for him to, do but walk sadly home. Answer the questions given below.1. How did the tin of bait get into the river ? 1) The passage does, not say 2) It fell in when the bridge broke 3) It fell in when the businessman fell in 4) The businessman knocked it in accidentally.2. When did the businessman first lean' over the bridge ? 1) When it broke 2) When the bait fell in. 3) When his keys fell in. 4) When h, he could not get into his car.3. What was the last straw, according to the passage? 1) Having to walk home. 2) Being unable to get into his car. 3) The collapse of the bridge. 4) The loss of his bait.4. What does 'immobilized' mean in the passage ? 1) destroyed. 2) improved the appearance of 3) vaccinated 4) made it impossible to move.5. There was nothing left for him. This sentence shows that ……. 1) Everything was stolen 2) There was nothing on his left side 3) There was no other alternative. 4) lie left nothing behind.

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1. 4) The businessman knocked it in accidentally.

2. 2) When the bait fell in.

3. 3) The collapse of the bridge.

4. 4) made it impossible to move.

5. 3) There was no other alternative.

3818.

Read the following and answer the questions given after it.Observe the dilemma of the fungus; it is a plant, but it possesses no chlorophyll. While all other plants put the sun’s energy to work for them Observe, the dilemma of the fungus; it is a plant, but it possesses no chlorophyll. While all other plants put the sun’s energy to work for them combining the nutrients of ground and air into the body structure, the chlorophylless fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply. If finds it in those other plants which, having received their energy free from the sun, relinquish it at some point in their cycle either, animals (like us humans) or to fungi. In, the search for, energy the fungus has become the earth's major source of rot and decay. Wherever you see mold forming on a piece of bread, or a pile of leaves turning to compost, or a blown down tree becoming pulp on the ground, you are watching a fungus eating. Without fungus action the earth would be piled high with dead plant life of past centuries. In fact, certain plants which contain resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely; specimens of the redwood; for instance, can still be found resting on the forest floor, centuries after having been blown down.1. Which of the following words best describes the fungus as depicted in the passage? 1) Unevolved 2) Sporadic 3) Toxic 4) Parasitic2. The passage states all the following about fungi EXCEPT ... 1) They are responsible for the decomposition of much plant life. 2) They, cannot live completely apart from other plants. 3) They are poisonous to resin-producing plants. 4) They are vastly different from other plants.3. The author's statement that "You are watching, a fungus eating" is best described as 1) figurative 2) ironical 3) parenthetical 4) contradictory4. The author is, primarly, concerned with …… 1) warning, people 'of the angers of fungi 2) describing the actions of fungi. 3) writing a humorous essay on fungi 4) explaining the, long life of some redwoods.5. As per the passage which plants found resting on the forest floor for centuries.? 1) fungi 2) rosewood 3) redwood 4) blown down plants

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1. 4) Parasitic

2. 3) They are poisonous to resin-producing plants.

3. 2) ironical

4. 2) describing the actions of fungi.

5. 3) redwood

3819.

The missing letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives. Find the correct alternative. —acca—ccca—acccc—aaa. (1) caac (2) ccaa (3) caaa (4) None of these

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Correct option is (3) caaa

3820.

Which of the following statements is true? (A) Every whole number is a natural number. (B) Every integer is a rational number. (C) Every rational number is an integer. (D) None of these

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(B) Every integer is a rational number

3821.

An iron rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform thickness, then the radius of the wire will be :(A) 1 / 30 cm (B) 1 / 900 cm(C) 1 / 3 cm(D) 3 cm 

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Correct option is (A) 1 / 30 cm

3822.

Number of terms in A. P. 23, 21,19, …, 5 are : (A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 8

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Correct option is (B) 10

3823.

If 3x2 - x3 + 5x - 2 is divided by x - 1 + x2 , then the remainder is (A) −3 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) −2

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Correct option is (B) 2

3824.

One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, the probability that the card drawn is not an ace.(A) 12 / 13(B) 1 / 13(C) 1 / 52(D) 4 / 13

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Correct option is (A) 12 / 13

3825.

3 sides of triangle are consecutive integers and the largest angle is twice the smallest angle. The perimeter of triangle is …… 1) 15 units 2) 10 units 3) 12 units 4) 16 units

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Correct option is 1) 15 units

3826.

If 30,72 and x are three integers, such that the product of any two of them is divisible by the third, then the least value of x is 1) 45 2) 60 3) 48 4) 24

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2) 60

30, 72 and x

LCM – 30, 72 = 360 

HCF – 30, 72 = 6

The third number = LCM/HCF = 360/6 = 60

x = 60

3827.

30, 72 and x are three positive integers. Such that the product of any two of them is divisible by the third, then the least value of x is (1) 60 (2) 40 (3) 96 (4) 84

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Correct option is  (1) 60

3828.

If x = (123456789) (76543211) + (23456789)2 , then the number of zeros in 4√x is (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 2

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Correct option is  (2) 4

3829.

If the sum of 14 terms of an A.P. is 1050 and its first term is 10, the 20th term will be (A) 140 (B) 160 (C) 180 (D) 200

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 Correct option is (D) 200

3830.

All civilized nations now believe in the …. treatment of the prisoners. (1) humane (2) human (3) humorous (4) humid

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Correct option is (1) humane

3831.

He has …. with the will (1) tampered (2) tempered (3) pampered (4) typed

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(1) tampered

3832.

A cell is having tow boundaries, the outer being cell wall and the inner being plasma membrane. The inherent property of this pair moving from outside to inside is: (1) Semi-permeable and Permeable (2) Semi-permeable and Semi-permeable (3) Permeable and Semi-permeable (4) Permeable and Permeable

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(3) Permeable and Semi-permeable 

3833.

In trapezium PQRS, PQ||RS and its diagonal intersect at ‘O’. If PQ = 6 cm and RS = 3 cm, then the ratio of the areas of ΔPOQ and ΔROS is (1) 4:1 (2) 1:2 (3) 2:1 (4) 1:4

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Correct option is (1) 4:1 

3834.

A metal cube is completely submerged in a cylindrical vessel containing water. The diameter of the vessel is 30 cm, the level of water is raised 1 41/49 cm. The length of the edge of the cube is (1) 40 cm (2) 30 cm (3) 20 cm (4) 10 cm

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Correct option is (4) 10 cm 

3835.

The perimeter of a square is found to be equal to the circumference of a circle. The ratio of the are of that square to the area of that circle would be: (1) 14:11 (2) 22:7 (3) 11:14 (4) 7:22

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Correct option is (3) 11:14

3836.

A man walks 3 km north from his house. Then turns left and walks 2 km. Then turns right an walks km. At least he turns right and walks 5 km. How far is he from his house? (A) 3km (B) 6km (C) 4 km (D) 5 km

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Correct option is  (D) 5 km

3837.

Ram stands out towards the north. He walks directly (straight) 10 km. Then he turns left and walks 15km and turns left and walks 10 km. Then how far is he from the starting point? (A) 10km (B) 5 km (C) 12km (D) 15 km

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Correct option is  (D)15 km

3838.

A train runs 120 km in the west, then it runs 30 km in the south and 80 km in the east again before reaching the station, in which direction the station will be from the starting point of the train? (A) South East (B) North west (C) South (D) South West

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Correct option is (C) South East

3839.

When 200 ml of a gas at constant pressure is heated from 0 °C to 100°C, the volume must be multiplied by:-(1) 0 / 100(2) 100 / 0 (3) 273 / 373 (4) 373 / 273

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Correct Option is (4) 373 / 273

3840.

A metal 'X' forms a water-soluble salt XNO. When an aqueous solution of XNO, is added to common salt solution, then a white precipitate of compound 'Y' is formed along with sodium nitrate solution. Metal 'X' is said to be the best conductor of electricity and it does not evolve hydrogen when put in dilute hydrochloric acid. What is metal 'X', salt XNO, and compound 'Y'? (1) Metal 'X' is Silver (Ag), Salt is Silver Nitrate and compound 'Y' is Silver Chloride.(2) Metal 'X' is Magnesium (Mg), Salt is Magnesium Nitrate and compound 'Y' is Magnesium Chloride. (3) Metal 'X' is Lead (Pb), Salt is Lead Nitrate and compound 'Y' is Lead Chloride. (4) Metal 'X' is Copper (Cu), Salt is Copper Nitrate and compound 'Y' is Copper Chloride.

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(1) Metal 'X' is Silver (Ag), Salt is Silver Nitrate and compound 'Y' is Silver Chloride.

3841.

The salt which will give a neutral solution on dissolving in water will be:- (1) CH3COONa (2) NH4Cl (3) KCl (4) Na2CO3

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Correct Option is (3) KCl

3842.

Who is associated with the policy of Doctrine of Laps (A) Lord Hastings (B) Lord Dalhouise (C) Lord Wellesley (D) Lord Cornwallis

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(B) Lord Dalhouise

3843.

Which of the following gives the correct increasing order of acidic strength?(1) Water, Acetic acid, Hydrochloric Acid(2) Water, Hydrochloric acid, Acetic acid(3) Acetic acid, Water, Hydrochloric acid(4) Hydrochloric acid, Water, Acetic acid

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(1) Water, Acetic acid, Hydrochloric Acid 

3844.

At which place was Tanya Tope hanged to death (A) Jhansi (B) Kanpur (C) Shivpuri (D) Sagar

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Correct option is (C) Shivpuri

3845.

Which one of the following countries imports iron ore from India? (A) USA (B) Japan (C) Russia (D) China

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Correct option is (B) Japan 

3846.

Which one of the following minerals is formed due to evaporation? (A) Chalk (B) Silica (C) Petroleum (D) Gypsum

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Correct option is (D) Gypsum 

3847.

Which one of the following minerals is not used in making cement? (A) Coal (B) Silica (C) Aluminum (D) Copper

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Correct option is (D) Copper

3848.

Assertion (A): If the mean of x, y, z is y, then x + z = 2y.Reason (R): Arithmetic mean of ‘n’ observations x1 , x2 , x3, ...... , xn  is  1) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false 2) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true 3) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation of ‘A’. 4) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not a correct explanation of ‘A’.

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3) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation of ‘A’. 

\(\cfrac{x+y+3}{3}=y⇒ x + 3=2y\)

3849.

Pick the odd one out (A) Assam (B) Maghalaya (C) Tripura (D) Nagaland

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(D) Nagaland 

Nagaland is not sharing Border with Bangladesh. Assam Tripura Meghalaya Do share border.

3850.

______ promotes the development and enlargement of all tissues of the body (A) GH (B) TSH (C) GTH (D) ACTH

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Correct answer is (A) GH