Q. “Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps because of – its wide reach, often does not appear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers are meant to look up to rather than identify with, Hindi film protagonists usually read books of aspirational value: textbooks, English books, or high value ...

Q. An oil tank can be filled by pipe X in 5 hours and pipe Y in 4 hours, each pump working on its own. When the oil tank is full and the drainage hole is open, the oil is drained in 20 hours. If initially the tank was empty and someone started the two pumps together but left the drainage hole ...

Q. The Newspaper reports that over 500 hectares of tribal land spread across 28 tribal settlements in Mohinitampuram forest division have already been “alienated”. A top forest official said, “First the tribals are duped out of their land holdings. Second, the families thus rendered landless are ...

Q. Population of state X increased by x% and the population of state Y increased by y% from 2001 to 2011. Assume that x is greater than y. Let P be the ratio of the population of state X to state Y in a given year. The percentage increase in P from 2001 to 2011 is Ans: Solution: ...

Q. Mohan, the manager, wants his four workers to work in pairs. No pair should work for more than 5 hours. Ram and John have worked together for 5 hours. Krishna and Amir have worked as a team for 2 hours. Krishna does not want to work with Ram. Whom should Mohan allot to work with John, if he ...

Q. Hima Das was__________only Indian athlete to win______gold for India. (A) the, many (B) the, a (C) an, a (D) an, the Ans: the, a

Q. A retaining wall with measurements 30m × 12m × 6m was constructed with bricks of dimensions 8cm × 6cm × 6cm. If 60% of the wall consists of bricks, the number of bricks used for the construction is_____lakhs. (A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 75 Ans: 45 Solution: Volume of the wall ...

Q. Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his new mansion with an area of 70 × 55 sq. mts. However an area of 550 sq. mts. had to be left out for flower pots. If the cost of carpet is Rs. 50 per sq. mts., how much money (in Rs.) will be spent by Suresh for the carpet now? (A) Rs. 1,65,000 (B) ...

Q. The growth rate of ABC Motors in 2017 was the same________XYZ Motors in 2016. (A) as off (B) as those of (C) as that off (D) as that of Ans: as that of

Q. Daytime temperatures in Delhi can_________40°C. (A) get (B) stand (C) reach (D) peak Ans: reach