It's a Question of your Career!

Question : Which of the statements given below are not correct?

(i) The author of 'India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium' is Shashi Tharoor.

(ii) The author of 'The Great Indian Novel' is A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

(iii) The author of 'My Country My Life' is I. K. Gujral.

Option 1: (i) and (ii)

Option 2: (ii) and (iii)

Option 3: (i) and (iii)

Option 4: (i), (ii) and (iii)

Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

The young man lifts weights at the gym when he pulled a muscle.

Option 1: has lifted

Option 2: is lifting

Option 3: No substitution required

Option 4: was lifting

Question : Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi are associated with the game of ______.

Option 1: cricket

Option 2: football

Option 3: chess

Option 4: kabaddi

Question : Which port is situated at the entrance of the Zuari estuary?

Option 1: Mormugao

Option 2: New Mangalore

Option 3: Haldia

Option 4: Jawaharlal Nehru

Question : Which of the following books was written by Megasthenes?

Option 1: Nitisara

Option 2: Nagananda

Option 3: Buddha Charita

Option 4: Indica

Question : A tree of height $h$ metres is broken by storm in such a way that its top touches the ground at a distance of $x$ metres from its root. Find the height at which the tree is broken. (Here $h>x$)

Option 1: $\frac{h^2+x^2}{2h}$ metre

Option 2: $\frac{h^2-x^2}{2h}$ metre

Option 3: $\frac{h^2+x^2}{4h}$ metre

Option 4: $\frac{h^2-x^2}{4h}$ metre

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
With an impressive growth in yields, Telangana now claims to be transforming into the rice bowl of India. The Food Corporation of India (FCl) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone, which is more than half of the national target of 91 lakh tonnes. The state's harvests have nearly doubled in a year. Paddy production is up 93%, maize 95%, and cotton 74%, according to the Telangana Planning Department.

The state is also making its mark as a producer of paddy seed. "About 85% of our village's paddy is of a fine variety that farmers in MP, Haryana, Bengal, and Bihar use as seed," said a farmer in Anksapur Village in Nizamabad district. The seed crop sells at a premium over the state's minimum support price for paddy.

Question:
What are the main crops of Telangana, according to the details in the passage?

Option 1: Paddy seed, cotton, and maize

Option 2: Rice, paddy, and cotton

Option 3: Paddy, paddy seed, and maize

Option 4: Cotton, maize, and paddy

Question : Directions: If A denotes +, B denotes ×, C denotes –, and D denotes ÷, then what will be the value of the following expression?
50 A 86 C 40 D 10 B 5 = ?

Option 1: 124

Option 2: 150

Option 3: 116

Option 4: 134

Question : ______ Law of independent migration of ions states that limiting the molar conductivity of an electrolyte can be represented as the sum of the individual contributions of the anion and cation of the electrolyte.

Option 1: Schrodinger

Option 2: Feynman

Option 3: Kohlrausch

Option 4: Dirac

Question : Select the correct meaning of the idiom in bold and italics.

Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.

Option 1: Mixture of rewards and punishments

Option 2: Waste one's efforts by pursuing the wrong thing or path

Option 3: Practically identical in appearance

Option 4: To be optimistic or enthusiastic