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Question : The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it:

Option 1: increases

Option 2: decreases

Option 3: no change

Option 4: becomes zero

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: decreases


Solution : The correct option is decreases.

 

When detergent is added to water, it reduces the surface tension of the water. Surface tension is the property of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force due to the cohesive nature of its molecules. In the

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Question : Why do pickles last longer?

Option 1: Only beneficial bacteria can grow in the pickle.

Option 2: The water content of the pickle protects the pickle from spoilage.

Option 3: Pickle is prepared in a vacuum so that no harmful bacteria can grow on it.

Option 4: Bacterial and fungal cells get plasmolysed in high salt concentrations of pickle.

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bacterial and fungal cells get plasmolysed in high salt concentrations of pickle.


Solution : The correct answer is Bacterial and fungal cells get plasmolysed in high salt concentrations of pickle.

Food preservatives prevent the spoilage of food due to microbial growth. Salt and oil do not allow

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Question : Direction: Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

_bcab_cabc_abca_b

Option 1: abac

Option 2: abca

Option 3: aabc

Option 4: baaa

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: abca


Solution : Given:

_bcab_cabc_abca_b

Let's check the given options –

First option: abac

The series becomes  abcabbcabcaabcacb

There is no pattern in the above series.

Second option: abca

The series becomes  abcabbcabccabcaab

The

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Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

An infection is said to be endemic when the rate of occurance becomes static in a particular 1)________________ region, which means that main cause of the disease  — SARS-CoV-2 in this particular case — it is likely to exist but will not lead to large 2)_______________ as witnessed over the last two years.
Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly 3)_______________, experts say they cannot provide a fixed timeline as when the disease will become endemic. It will all be dependent on the number of  people who are susceptible to this pathogen, vaccination rates, and also to emergence of new variants that are able to overcome the immune response.
“Endemic means that the virus will still remain in the population and there will be 4)_____________ ups and downs  as and when the favourable condition of the virus will exist. For example, we have seen that the seasonal flu  the number for which goes up in the winters and or especially when the season is changing because of lower immunity in people ,on the other hand we have seen the dengue cases rising after monsoons because of the availability of vectors. Covid-19 also may become seasonal and cause disease in the 5)_______________,” said Dr Pramod Garg, who is currently the director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Faridabad.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3.

Option 1: declining
 

Option 2: sensitive

Option 3: attributed 

Option 4: qualifying

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: declining
 


Solution : The correct answer is declining.

Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly declining.

Explanation:

Declining is the only word that will fit the blank and make the sentence coherent.
It means to become smaller, fewer, or less;

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Question : Athens a city- state in the eastern Greece, was the antithesis of Sparta. Here the democratic way of life flourished and consequently it had a great bearing on the objectives of physical education. An ideal of Athenian education was to achieve a proper balance in moral, mental, physical and aesthetic development.
Gymnastics for the you were practiced in the palaestra. Instruction in gymnasium were given by paidotribe and also a gymnast. The paidotribe had charge of the general physical training program, whereas the gymnast was a specialist responsible for training youth in gymnastic contests. The chief official at the gymnasium, in overall in-charge was called a gymnasiarch. Gymnasium Became a physical,social and intellectual centres of Greece. Maine such as Plato, Aristotle and Antisthenes were responsible for making such gymnasium as the academy,lyceum and kynosarages as outstanding intellectual centres. In keeping with close association between physical education and religion, each gymnasium recognised a particular deity. For example the academy recognised Athena; the lyceum, Apollo; and kynosarages, Hercules.
During the time games were held, a truce was declared by all city states in Greece, and it was believed that if the truce was broken, the wrath of Gods will fall on the guilty. Before competition an oath had to be taken that athletes would not use illegal tactics to win, to which father's brothers and sisters also had to swear. The Olympic games were held in 77 BC. And continued until abolished by the Romans in AD394. However, they have since been presumed and today head every fourth year.
Question:
a condition for the athlete before taking part in games was:

Option 1: Moral training

Option 2: Brotherhood

Option 3: taking oath

Option 4: All of the above

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: taking oath


Solution : Before the competition an oath had to be taken that athletes would not use illegal tactics to win, to which father's brothers and sisters also had to swear.

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Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No Error’.
He didn’t went to the school as he was down with fever.

Option 1: no error

Option 2: he didn’t went

Option 3: was down with fever

Option 4: to the school as he

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: he didn’t went


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

In English, the past tense form of the verb go is went. When using the auxiliary verb did to form the negative past tense, the base form of the main verb should be used. So, the

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I have accidentally uploaded my signature and photos in the opposite way in CDS 1 2024, is it anyhow possible for me to change it?

Tanya Gupta 26th Jan, 2024

Hello,


In the correction window, the candidates can edit their CDS 1 application form from January 10 to 16, 2024. The candidates who have registered for the CDS for the first time can modify their profile on the UPSC's official website which will happen once in a lifetime....between January 10

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