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“Here, throughout the early 1820s, Stuart continued to fight his losing battle to allow his sepoys to wear their caste-marks and their own choice of facial hair on parade, being again reprimanded by the commander-in-chief. His retort that ‘A stronger instance than this of European prejudice with relation to this country has never come under my observations’ had no effect on his superiors.”

According to this paragraph, which of the statements below is most accurate?

Your answerChoose one option.

Stuart’s commander-in-chief was moved by this demonstration of his prejudice.

The Europeans were accommodating of the sepoys’ desire to wear their caste-marks.

Stuart’s ‘losing battle’ refers to his inability to succeed in enabling sepoys to wear caste-marks.

The commander-in-chief was exempt from the European prejudice that dictated how the sepoys were to dress.

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“If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually antagonistic parts and the effects this mutation will have in the respective sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors, to get the perspective needed for the impartial recording of these matters.”

Which of the following is closest in meaning to ‘cleaving’?

Your answerChoose one option.

deteriorating

arguing

departing

splitting

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What is the sum of the missing digits in the subtraction problem below?

5 _ _ _

− 4 8 _ 8 9

──────────

1 1 1 1

Your answerChoose one option.

Cannot be determined

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X bullocks and Y tractors take 8 days to plough a field. If we halve the number of bullocks and double the number of tractors, it takes 5 days to plough the same field. How many days will it take X bullocks alone to plough the field?

Your answerChoose one option.

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Let

be the plane figure consisting of the points

given by the inequalities

and

. Let

be the plane figure given by the inequalities

, and

. Let

be the union of

and

. The area of

Your answerChoose one option.

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There are 4 women P, Q, R, S, and 5 men W, X, Y, Z in a group. We are required to form pairs each consisting of one woman and one man. P is not to be paired with Z, and Y must necessarily be paired with someone. In how many ways can 4 such pairs be formed?

Your answerChoose one option.

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Two very famous sportsmen Mark and Steve happened to be brothers, and played for country K. Mark teased James, an opponent from country E, “There is no way you are good enough to play for your country.” James replied, “Maybe not, but at least I am the best player in my own family.”

Which one of the following can be inferred from this conversation?

Your answerChoose one option.

Mark was known to play better than James

Steve was known to play better than Mark

James and Steve were good friends

James played better than Steve

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All people in a certain island are either ‘Knights’ or ‘Knaves’ and each person knows every other person’s identity. Knights NEVER lie, and knaves ALWAYS lie.

P says “Both of us are knights”. Q says “None of us are knaves”.

Which one of the following can be logically inferred from the above?

Your answerChoose one option.

Both P and Q are knights

P is a knight; Q is a knave

Both P and Q are knaves

The identities of P, Q cannot be determined

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The growth of bacteria (lactobacillus) in milk leads to curd formation. A minimum bacterial population density of 0.8 (in suitable units) is needed to form curd. In the graph below, the population density of lactobacillus in 1 litre of milk is plotted as a function of time, at two different temperatures, 25 °C and 37 °C.

Consider the following statements based on the data shown above:

i. The growth in bacterial population stops earlier at 37 °C as compared to 25 °C. ii. The time taken for curd formation at 25 °C is twice the time taken at 37 °C

Which one of the following options is correct?

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Your answerChoose one option.

Only i

Only ii

Both i and ii

Neither i nor ii

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In the graph below, the concentration of a particular pollutant in a lake is plotted over (alternate) days of a month in winter (average temperature 10 °C) and a month in summer (average temperature 30 °C).

Consider the following statements based on the data shown above:

i. Over the given months, the difference between the maximum and the minimum pollutant concentrations is the same in both winter and summer. ii. There are at least four days in the summer month such that the pollutant concentrations on those days are within 1 ppm of the pollutant concentrations on the corresponding days in the winter month.

Which one of the following options is correct?

Your answerChoose one option.

Only i

Only ii

Both i and ii

Neither i nor ii

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