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Assertion (A): Plants conduct photosynthesis.
Reason (R): Photosynthesis is essential for plant growth.
Statements:
Rural and semi-urban areas in the country have been suffering due to load shedding for quite some time.
If the Government is not able to overcome the power crisis, load shedding will be extended even to the urban areas.
Statements:
India has surpassed the value of tea exports this year over all the earlier years due to an increase in demand for quality tea in the European market.
There is an increase in demand of coffee in the domestic market during the last two years.
Statements:
All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.
Statements:
The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained unchanged for the past few months.
The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few months.
Statement :
Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.
Courses of action :
I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.
II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.
Statement :
The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.
Courses of action :
I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi storey buildings should be constructed there.
II. The cinema halls should be converted into the shopping malls.
Statement :
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter state multipurpose projects.
Courses of action :
I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.
Statement: Should articles of only deserving authors be allowed to be published?
Arguments:
Yes. It will save a lot of paper which is in short supply.
No. It is not possible to draw a line between the deserving and the undeserving.
Statement: Should India give away Kashmir to Pakistan?
Arguments:
No. Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India.
Yes. This would help settle conflicts.
Statement: Should India encourage exports, when most things are insufficient for internal use itself?
Arguments:
Yes. We have to earn foreign exchange to pay for our imports.
No. Even selective encouragement would lead to shortages.
Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.
Assumptions:
With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
All children are basically naughty.
Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:
There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.
Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
The schools do not admit children after six years of age.
Statements: Money plays a vital role in politics.
Conclusions:
The poor can never become politicians.
All the rich men take part in politics.
Statements: Our securities investments carry market risk. Consult your investment advisor or agent before investing.
Conclusions:
One should not invest in securities.
The investment advisor calculates the market risk with certainty.
Statements: The national norm is 100 beds per thousand populations but in this state, 150 beds per thousand are available in the hospitals.
Conclusions:
Our national norm is appropriate.
The state's health system is taking adequate care in this regard.
Statements: People who speak too much against dowry are those who had taken it themselves.
Conclusions:
It is easier said than done.
People have double standards.
Two statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically and definitely follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All donkeys are horses.
No cow is a horse.
Conclusions:
I. Some cows are donkeys
II. Some horses are donkeys.
III. No donkeys is a cow.
Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered 1 and 2. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All hooks are hangers.
Some hangers are locks.
Conclusions:
1. Some locks are hangers
2. All locks are hooks.
In each of the following questions, if a mirror is placed on the line XY, then which of the answer figures is the correct image of the given question figure
Which of the answer figures is exactly the mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is held at MN?
If a mirror is placed on the northern side then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given question figure.
Which answer figure is the exact mirror image of the given question figure when the mirror is held from the right at PQ ?
Which of the answer figures is exactly the mirror image of the given figure when mirror is held as shown ?
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H live on 8 different floors of 8 storey building. The lower most floor is numbered 1. The one above it, is numbered 2. Going on like this, the topmost floor is numbered 8. One person lives on each floor. B lives on an odd-numbered floor above floor 3. Two people live between B and C. Three people live between C and D. The number of people who live below C is equal to the number of people who live above A. F lives on two floors above C. G lives on one of the floors below E and H lives on one of the floors above both G & E. A lives on one of the floors above D.
Which of the following statements is not correct?
Five Men Ajay, Vijay, Chag, Danny and Ealv are sitting facing south direction in row, while five women Meena, Naini, Oishi, Parul and Sakshi are sitting facing north direction in the second row parallel to the first row. Vijay who is sitting immediate to Danny is in front of Sakshi. Chag and Naini are in front of each other in the diagonal. Ealv is in front of oishi who is just to the right of Meena. Parul who is sitting to the immediate left of Sakshi is in front of Danny. Meena is sitting at one end of the row.
If Oishi and Parul, Ajay and Ealv and Vijay and Sakshi change their positions mutually then who will be the second person to the right of the person sitting in front of the second person from the right of Parul ?
Anita, Binita, Sindy, Deepak, Einstein, Feroz and George are sitting in a row facing north. Feroz is immediately to the right of Einstein. Einstein is fourth to the right of George. Sindy is the neighbour of Binita and Deepak. The third person to Deepak is left at one end of the line.
Where is Anita sitting ?
Identify the figure given in the options which when put in place of '?' will logically complete the series.
Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
(2, 3, 13)
(7, 8, 113)