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Answer the following questions based on the information given below. The petrol consumption rate of a new model car 'Palto' depends on its speed and may be described by the graph below. Manasa would like to minimize the fuel consumption for the trip by driving at the ... . How should she change the speed? Increase the speed Decrease the speed Maintain the speed at $60$ km/hour Cannot be determined
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The batting average $\text{(BA)}$ of a test batsman is computed from runs scored and innings played-completed innings and incomplete innings (not out) in the following manner: $r_1$ = number of runs scored in completed innings; $n_1$ = number of completed innings $r_2$ = ... $\text{MBA}_1$ and $\text{MBA}_2$ None of these
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The union government's present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United Nations conference on racial and related discrimination world-wide seems to be the following ... partially a social construct. discrimination is at least partially a social construct. caste is at least partially a social construct.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The union government's present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United Nations conference on racial and related discrimination world-wide seems to be ... incompatibility between the people of different race and caste. admits indirectly that both caste-based prejudice and racial discrimination exist.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The union government's present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United Nations conference on racial and related discrimination world-wide seems to be the following: discuss race please, not ... , racial or otherwise. Caste-related discrimination. Race-related discrimination. A, E C, E A, C, E B, C, D
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The union government's present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United Nations conference on racial and related discrimination world-wide seems to be the following: ... deployed historically for the oppressed. occurs often as a means of keeping people oppressed. occurs often to invert the status quo.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades. This consensus concerns the causal role of phonological skills in young children' ... of rime (s) onset (s) rhyme (s) phonemes (s) A, B A, C A, B, C B, C, D
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades. This consensus ... easier. the development of onset-rime awareness is a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of an awareness of phonemes.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades. This consensus concerns ... following is likely to be classified as dyslexia? Phonemic judgement Onset judgement Rime judgement Any one or more of the above
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades. This consensus concerns the ... . Which one of the following is likely to emerge last in the cognitive development of a child? Rhyme Rime Onset Phoneme
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Billie Holiday died a few weeks ago. I have been unable until now to write about her, but since she will survive many who receive longer obituaries, a ... of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith accompany her. she was fortunate to posses the looks. she enjoyed success among the public and connoisseurs.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Billie Holiday died a few weeks ago. I have been unable until now to write about her, but since she will survive many who receive longer obituaries, a short ... certain ways. Billie Holiday's voice had a ring of profound sorrow. Billie Holiday welcomed suffering in her profession and in her life.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Billie Holiday died a few weeks ago. I have been unable until now to write about her, but since she will survive many who receive longer obituaries, a short delay ... than what she was when she died. she would have led a rather ravaged existence. she would have led a rather comfortable existence.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in 1902 and 1907, that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts into the Ussuri ... . The film highlights the insularity of Arseniev. The film begins with the absence of its main protagonist. None of the above
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in 1902 and 1907, that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts into the Ussuri region. ... showing him as being aloof from other soldiers. through shots of Arseniev writing his diary, framed by trees. all of the above.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in 1902 and 1907, that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts into the Ussuri ... lives that allows him to survive his surroundings. serves to criticize the lack of understanding of nature in the pre-modern era.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in 1902 and 1907, that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts ... premodern world. by turning him into a mythical figure. through hallucinatory dreams and visions. through Arseniev's nostalgic, melancholy ruminations
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in 1902 and 1907, that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts into the ... film. symbolises the end of the industrial society. is misguided since the settlement is too new. symbolises the rediscovery of modernity.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different principles. There is, on the one hand, the principle of equality before the law, ... . B, D but not A, C A, B but not C, D A, D but not B, C A, C but not B, D
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different ... formal equality facilitates development and change. impersonal rules are good for avoiding instability but fall short of achieving real equality.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different principles ... in democratic countries. heroes that emerged in democracies would become despots. aristocratic society had a greater ability to produce heroes.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different principles. There is, on the one hand, the principle of equality before the law, ... . A, B, D but not C A, B but not C, D A, D but not B, C A, B, C but not D
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different principles. ... the development goals of a nation? Principle of equality before the law. Judicial activism. A conservative judiciary. Need for discipline.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. In the modern scientific story, light was created not once but twice. The first time was in the Big Bang, when the universe began its existence as a ... quasars ionised it. is material which eventually became stars and quasars. is broken into constituent elements when stars and quasars are formed.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. In the modern scientific story, light was created not once but twice. The first time was in the Big Bang, when the universe began its existence as a glowing, expanding, ... , quasars. appear to be shrouded in a fog of hydrogen gas. have been sought to be discovered by Dark Age astronomers since 1965.
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The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. In the modern scientific story, light was created not once but twice. The first time was in the Big Bang, when the universe began its existence as a glowing, expanding, ... . the energy source that powers a quasar is unknown. their best chance is to study quasars, which are faint object to begin with.
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The following is a table describing garments manufactured based upon the colour and size each lay. There are four sizes: M-Medium, L-Large, XL-Extra Large and XXL-Extra Extra Large. There are three colours: Yellow, Red and White. How many varieties of fabrics, which exceed the order have been produced? $3$ $4$ $5$ $6$
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The following is a table describing garments manufactured based upon the colour and size each lay. There are four sizes: M-Medium, L-Large, XL-Extra Large and XXL-Extra Extra Large. There are three colours: Yellow, Red and White. How many lays are used to produce Extra-Extra Large Yellow or Extra-Extra Large White fabrics? $8$ $9$ $10$ $15$
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The following is a table describing garments manufactured based upon the colour and size each lay. There are four sizes: M-Medium, L-Large, XL-Extra Large and XXL-Extra Extra Large. There are three colours: Yellow, Red and White. How many lays are used to produce Extra-Extra Large fabrics? $15$ $16$ $17$ $18$
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Answer these questions based on the table given below concerning the twenty busiest international airports in the world. How many international airports not located in the USA handle more than 30 million passengers? $5$ $6$ $10$ $14$
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Answer these questions based on the table given below concerning the twenty busiest international airports in the world. Of the five busiest airports, roughly what percentage of passengers is handled by Heathrow airport? $30$ $40$ $20$ $50$
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Answer these questions based on the table given below concerning the twenty busiest international airports in the world. What percentage of top ten busiest airports is in the United States of America? $60$ $80$ $70$ $90$
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Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during the same period. [ ... carried out onsite is greater than that of testing The amount of testing carried out offshore is greater than that of total design
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Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during the same period. [Note: ... the same, the proportion of testing carried out offshore would be $40$ percent $30$ percent $50$ percent $70$ percent
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Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during the same ... $100,$ which of the following tasks will account for approximately $50$ hours? Coding Design Offshore testing Offshore testing plus design
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Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during the same period ... The estimated man-hours of offshore coding The actual man-hours of offshore testing Half of the man-hours of estimated offshore coding
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Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during the same period. [Note: Onsite ... .] Roughly what percentage of the total work is carried out onsite? $40$ percent $20$ percent $30$ percent $50$ percent
The following sketch shows the pipelines carrying material from one location to another. Each location has a demand for material. The demand at Vaishali is $400,$ at Jyotishmati is $400,$ at Panchal is $700,$ and at Vidisha is $200.$ Each arrow indicates the direction of ... of each pipeline is $1000.$ What is the free capacity available in the Avanti-Vidisha pipeline? $300$ $200$ $100$ $0$
The following sketch shows the pipelines carrying material from one location to another. Each location has a demand for material. The demand at Vaishali is $400,$ at Jyotishmati is $400,$ at Panchal is $700,$ and at Vidisha is $200.$ Each arrow indicates the direction of ... capacity of each pipeline is $1000.$ The free capacity available at the Avanti-Vaishali pipeline is $0$ $100$ $200$ $300$
There are six companies, $1$ through $6.$ All of these companies use six operations, A through F. The following graph shows the distribution of efforts put in by each company in these six operations. Suppose the companies find that they can remove operations B, C and D ... all operations? Operation E in company $1$ Operation E in company $4$ Operation F in company $5$ Operation E in company $5$