Q. Leila aspires to buy a car worth Rs. 10,00,000 after 5 years. What is the minimum amount in Rupees that she should deposit now in a bank which offers 10% annual rate of interest, if the interest was compounded annually? (A) 5,00,000                                       (B) 6,21,000 ...

Q. A 1.5 m tall person is standing at a distance of 3 m from a lamp post. The light from the lamp at the top of the post casts her shadow. The length of the shadow is twice her height. What is the height of the lamp post in meters? (A) 1.5 (B) 3    (C) 4.5 (D) 6 Ans: 3 Sol:

Q. “Even though there is a vast scope for its_______, tourism has remained a/an__________area.” The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are (A) improvement, neglected (B) rejection, approved  (C) fame, glum (D) interest, disinterested Ans: Improvement, neglected

Q. “By giving him the last_______of the cake, you will ensure lasting_______in our house today.” The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are (A) peas, piece(B) piece, peace(C) peace, piece(D) peace, peas Ans: piece, peace

Q. A tetrapeptide, made up of natural amino acids, has alanine as the N-terminal residue which is coupled to a chiral amino acid. Upon complete hydrolysis, the tetrapeptide gives glycine, alanine, phenylalanine and leucine. The number of possible sequences of the tetrapeptide is         . Ans: ...

Q. The absorption maxima of two dyes X and Y are 520 and 460 nm, respectively. The absorbance data of these dyes measured in a 1 cm path length cell are given in the table below. Dye solutionAbsorbance at 460 nmAbsorbance at 520 nmX (9 mM)0.1440.765Y (12 mM)0.9120.168Mixture of X and ...

Q. The Latimer diagram of oxygen is given below. The value of x is__________V. (Up to two decimal places) Ans: 1.22 to 1.24

Q. The reaction of equimolar quantities of Fe(CO)5 and OH– gives a complex species X which on further reaction with MnO2 gives species Y. X and Y, respectively, are (A) – and Fe2(CO)9 (B) 2– and Mn2(CO)10 (C) – and Fe2O3 (D) – and Fe3(CO)12 Ans: - and Fe3(CO)12

Q. The reaction of PCl3 with PhLi in 1:3 molar ratio yields X as one of the products, which on further treatment with CH3I gives Y. The reaction of Y with n-BuLi gives product Z. The products X, Y and Z, respectively, are (A) Cl, and Ph2P(n-Bu) (B) PPh3, (CH3) and Ph2P(n-Bu)3 (C) PPh3, I ...

Q. For an inverse spinel, AB2O4, the A and B, respectively, can be (A) Ni(II) and Ga(III)                                (B) Zn(II) and Fe(III)  (C) Fe(II) and Cr(III)                    (D) Mn(II) and Mn(III) Ans: Ni(II) and Ga(III)