Insights Secure PRELIMS – 2014: 04 August 2014

If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps will be required to fill the tank in 5 days?

Which one of the following will take place when a watch based on oscillating spring is taken to a deep mine?

Examine the following statements :

I watch TV only if I am bored.

I am never bored when I have my brother’s company.

Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along.

Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements ?

Three important micronutrients essential for humans are

Deserts such as the Sahara are generally found between 20° and 30° latitudes in the western parts of the continents. This is because these regions

In a group of six women there are four table tennis players, four post-graduates in Economics, one post-graduate in Commerce and three bank employees. Vimala and Kamala are among the bank employees while Amala and Komala are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala are among the table tennis players. Amala, Kamala, Komala and Nirmala are postgraduates in Economics of whom two are bank employees. If Shyamala is a postgraduate in Commerce who among the following is both a table tennis player and a bank employee?

Which one of the following is used by the International Court of Justice in disputes concerning riparian rights?

Which of the following crops are most suitable for cultivation under scanty rainfall conditions?

1. Horse gram

2. Rice

3. Mustard

4. Wheat

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the table given below providing details of traffic volume per hour for locations :

When the total traffic volume is the same, the factor(s) which affect(s) the noise pollution level is/are

In which one of the following places the ‘boiling point’ of water is the highest?

Assertion (A):

Minimum wages in India are fixed in accordance with the levels of living and the labour participation ratios.

Reason (R) :

All workers covered by the Minimum Wages Acts are above the poverty line. Of these statements

In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?

Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments-guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone ?

Which of the following can be inferred from the statement that ‘Either John is stupid or John is lazy’ ?

I. John is lazy / therefore, John is not stupid.

II. John is not lazy / therefore, John is stupid.

III. John is not stupid / therefore, John is lazy.

IV. John is stupid / therefore, John is not lazy.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

In which one of the following the Gandhara sculptures of the Buddha are typically Indian and not Greek or Roman?

Which one of the following pairs of famous sayings and their sources is correctly matched?

Examine the following statements :

I. George attends Music classes on Monday.

II. He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday.

III. His Literature classes are not on Friday.

IV. He attends History classes on the day following the day of his Mathematics classes.

V. On Tuesday, he attends his Sports classes.

If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on

Which one of the following is a Vedanga?

One local and another express train were proceeding in the same direction on parallel tracks at 29 km/hour and 65 km/hour respectively. The driver of the former noticed that it took exactly 16 seconds for the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of the faster train?

Gupta architecture is represented by many brick temples and the temple of Bhitargaon is most notable for its well preserved and moulded bricks of excellent design, this temple has