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17 questions · 1996 · answers as per the UPSC key
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
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Consider the following figures: (i) a rectangle 4 cm × 9 cm (ii) a square of side 6 cm
(iii) a right-angled triangle with base 8 cm and height 9 cm
Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these figures?
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In an accurate clock, over a period of 2 hours 20 minutes, the minute hand will move over
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Two important characteristics of a hypothesis are that it should be testable and that it should be stated in a manner that it can be refuted.
Which one of the following hypotheses fulfils these characteristics?
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If the price of a television set is increased by 25%, then by what percentage should the new price be reduced to bring the price back to the original level?
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The given pie charts show the proportion of literates and illiterates in a country, in the year 1970 and 1990 and also the proportion of males (M) and females (F) among the literates.
Which one of the following statements can be said to be beyond any doubt?
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If A = x² − y², B = 20 and x + y = 10, then
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Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm also blows, which road(s) can be used?
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Which one of the following Venn diagrams correctly illustrates the relationship among the classes: Carrot, Food, Vegetable?
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When the frequency distribution is normal
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In the given figure, the triangle represents girls, the square represents sportspersons and the circle represents coaches. The portion in the figure which represents girls who are sportspersons but not coaches is the one labelled
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The next pair of letters in the series AZ, CX, FU, ...... is
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Mouse is to cat as fly is to
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The average of X1, X2 and X3 is 14. Twice the sum of X2 and X3 is 30. What is the value of X1?
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A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 metres. If its length is 13 metres more than its breadth, then its area is
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Two packs of cards are thoroughly mixed and shuffled and two cards are drawn at random, one after the other. What is the probability that both of them are Jacks?
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A man starts walking in the north-easterly direction from a particular point. After walking a distance of 500 metres, he turns southward and walks a distance of 400 metres. At the end of this walk he is situated