MPSC Prelims 2017 CSAT (Paper II) with Answers & Explanations

Question 1

Immanuel Kant wrote a treatise called "What is Enlightenment?" in 1784. He explained that 'Enlightenment is man's release from his self- incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self- incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in the lack of reason but in the lack of courage to use it without direction from another. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind is seen to by those guardians who have so kindly assumed superintendence over them. After the guardians have transformed their domestic cattle into dumb followers, and have made sure that these placid creatures will not dare take a single step without the harness of the cart to which they are tet

Accepted Answer

Lack of courage to use the understanding without being directed by others

Answer

Laziness

Answer

It is dangerous

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There are no guardians

Question 2

Immanuel Kant wrote a treatise called "What is Enlightenment?" in 1784. He explained that 'Enlightenment is man's release from his self- incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self- incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in the lack of reason but in the lack of courage to use it without direction from another. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind is seen to by those guardians who have so kindly assumed superintendence over them. After the guardians have transformed their domestic cattle into dumb followers, and have made sure that these placid creatures will not dare take a single step without the harness of the cart to which they are tet

Accepted Answer

Laziness and cowardice

Answer

The guardians are powerful

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It is dangerous to walk alone

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The monarchy, nobility and Church have great powers

Question 3

Immanuel Kant wrote a treatise called "What is Enlightenment?" in 1784. He explained that 'Enlightenment is man's release from his self- incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self- incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in the lack of reason but in the lack of courage to use it without direction from another. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind is seen to by those guardians who have so kindly assumed superintendence over them. After the guardians have transformed their domestic cattle into dumb followers, and have made sure that these placid creatures will not dare take a single step without the harness of the cart to which they are tet

Accepted Answer

Catholic Church

Answer

Freedom for all

Answer

Human reason

Answer

Equality

Question 4

Immanuel Kant wrote a treatise called "What is Enlightenment?" in 1784. He explained that 'Enlightenment is man's release from his self- incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self- incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in the lack of reason but in the lack of courage to use it without direction from another. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind is seen to by those guardians who have so kindly assumed superintendence over them. After the guardians have transformed their domestic cattle into dumb followers, and have made sure that these placid creatures will not dare take a single step without the harness of the cart to which they are tet

Accepted Answer

Acceptance of the people who were to be governed

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Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

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Human Rights

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Religious Diversity

Question 5

Immanuel Kant wrote a treatise called "What is Enlightenment?" in 1784. He explained that 'Enlightenment is man's release from his self- incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self- incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in the lack of reason but in the lack of courage to use it without direction from another. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind is seen to by those guardians who have so kindly assumed superintendence over them. After the guardians have transformed their domestic cattle into dumb followers, and have made sure that these placid creatures will not dare take a single step without the harness of the cart to which they are tet

Accepted Answer

Any legitimate political system should respect basic human rights and religious diversity.

Answer

People should give consent to their rulers.

Answer

Humans should have the courage to think independently.

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Freedom, equality and human reason should form the basis of a State.

Question 6

Let us further consider the formation of concepts. Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases — which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal. Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept 'leaf' is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists in nature the 'leaf': the original model according to which all the leaves were perhaps woven, sketched, measured, coloured, curled, and painted — but by incompetent hands, so that no specimen has turned

Accepted Answer

Only a

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only c

Answer

All of the above

Question 7

Let us further consider the formation of concepts. Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases — which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal. Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept 'leaf' is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists in nature the 'leaf': the original model according to which all the leaves were perhaps woven, sketched, measured, coloured, curled, and painted — but by incompetent hands, so that no specimen has turned

Accepted Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only a

Answer

Only a, b and c

Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Let us further consider the formation of concepts. Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases — which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal. Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept 'leaf' is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists in nature the 'leaf': the original model according to which all the leaves were perhaps woven, sketched, measured, coloured, curled, and painted — but by incompetent hands, so that no specimen has turned

Accepted Answer

Only d

Answer

Only a

Answer

Only a, b and c

Answer

Only b and d

Question 9

Let us further consider the formation of concepts. Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases — which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal. Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept 'leaf' is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists in nature the 'leaf': the original model according to which all the leaves were perhaps woven, sketched, measured, coloured, curled, and painted — but by incompetent hands, so that no specimen has turned

Accepted Answer

Only b, c and d

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only c and d

Answer

Only a, b and d

Question 10

Let us further consider the formation of concepts. Every word instantly becomes a concept precisely insofar as it is not supposed to serve as a reminder of the unique and entirely individual original experience to which it owes its origin; but rather, a word becomes a concept insofar as it simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases — which means, purely and simply, cases which are never equal and thus altogether unequal. Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept 'leaf' is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists in nature the 'leaf': the original model according to which all the leaves were perhaps woven, sketched, measured, coloured, curled, and painted — but by incompetent hands, so that no specimen has turned

Accepted Answer

Only d

Answer

Only a, b and c

Answer

Only c

Answer

Only a and b

Question 11

Bottled Water and Its Environmental Cost

The next time you buy a bottle of drinking water, you need to pause and think. You may not bat an eyelid shelling out π 15 for a litre of bottled water but what you don't realise is that you are actually paying over 4,200 times of what you normally pay for a litre of tap water.

The economics of drinking water has always baffled me. What is perplexing is that the average urban middle class squirms and protests if the Delhi Jal Board, for instance, tries to 'nominally' raise the price of tap water. Paying a little over one paise for three litres of tap water (DJB prices tap water at π 3- 50 per 1000 litres) they feel they are already being made to pay through the nose.

Price being of little constraint for the consumers, the global bottled water industry is galloping. In 2004, the world consumed 154 billion litres, of which India's share was 5- 1 billion litres. Expected to grow at 40 percent annually, the π 1,800- crore bottle water industry is

Accepted Answer

Only a, b and c

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only b and c

Answer

Only c and d

Question 12

Bottled Water and Its Environmental Cost

The next time you buy a bottle of drinking water, you need to pause and think. You may not bat an eyelid shelling out π 15 for a litre of bottled water but what you don't realise is that you are actually paying over 4,200 times of what you normally pay for a litre of tap water.

The economics of drinking water has always baffled me. What is perplexing is that the average urban middle class squirms and protests if the Delhi Jal Board, for instance, tries to 'nominally' raise the price of tap water. Paying a little over one paise for three litres of tap water (DJB prices tap water at π 3- 50 per 1000 litres) they feel they are already being made to pay through the nose.

Price being of little constraint for the consumers, the global bottled water industry is galloping. In 2004, the world consumed 154 billion litres, of which India's share was 5- 1 billion litres. Expected to grow at 40 percent annually, the π 1,800- crore bottle water industry is

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only c

Answer

Only a and c

Question 13

Bottled Water and Its Environmental Cost

The next time you buy a bottle of drinking water, you need to pause and think. You may not bat an eyelid shelling out π 15 for a litre of bottled water but what you don't realise is that you are actually paying over 4,200 times of what you normally pay for a litre of tap water.

The economics of drinking water has always baffled me. What is perplexing is that the average urban middle class squirms and protests if the Delhi Jal Board, for instance, tries to 'nominally' raise the price of tap water. Paying a little over one paise for three litres of tap water (DJB prices tap water at π 3- 50 per 1000 litres) they feel they are already being made to pay through the nose.

Price being of little constraint for the consumers, the global bottled water industry is galloping. In 2004, the world consumed 154 billion litres, of which India's share was 5- 1 billion litres. Expected to grow at 40 percent annually, the π 1,800- crore bottle water industry is

Accepted Answer

Only c

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only c and d

Answer

Only d

Question 14

Bottled Water and Its Environmental Cost

The next time you buy a bottle of drinking water, you need to pause and think. You may not bat an eyelid shelling out π 15 for a litre of bottled water but what you don't realise is that you are actually paying over 4,200 times of what you normally pay for a litre of tap water.

The economics of drinking water has always baffled me. What is perplexing is that the average urban middle class squirms and protests if the Delhi Jal Board, for instance, tries to 'nominally' raise the price of tap water. Paying a little over one paise for three litres of tap water (DJB prices tap water at π 3- 50 per 1000 litres) they feel they are already being made to pay through the nose.

Price being of little constraint for the consumers, the global bottled water industry is galloping. In 2004, the world consumed 154 billion litres, of which India's share was 5- 1 billion litres. Expected to grow at 40 percent annually, the π 1,800- crore bottle water industry is

Accepted Answer

5 litres

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2 litres

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4 litres

Answer

100 litres

Question 15

Bottled Water and Its Environmental Cost

The next time you buy a bottle of drinking water, you need to pause and think. You may not bat an eyelid shelling out π 15 for a litre of bottled water but what you don't realise is that you are actually paying over 4,200 times of what you normally pay for a litre of tap water.

The economics of drinking water has always baffled me. What is perplexing is that the average urban middle class squirms and protests if the Delhi Jal Board, for instance, tries to 'nominally' raise the price of tap water. Paying a little over one paise for three litres of tap water (DJB prices tap water at π 3- 50 per 1000 litres) they feel they are already being made to pay through the nose.

Price being of little constraint for the consumers, the global bottled water industry is galloping. In 2004, the world consumed 154 billion litres, of which India's share was 5- 1 billion litres. Expected to grow at 40 percent annually, the π 1,800- crore bottle water industry is

Accepted Answer

20 million

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10 million

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5 million

Answer

2 million

Question 16

Poverty springs from a number of sources, the more important of which are controllable. So does special privilege. I think it is entirely feasible to abolish both poverty and special privilege and there can be no questions but that their abolition is desirable. Both are unnatural, but it is work, not law, to which we must look for results.

By poverty I mean the lack of reasonably sufficient food, housing, and clothing for an individual or a family. There will have to be differences in the grades of sustenance. Men are not equal in mentality or in physique. Any plan which starts with the assumption that men are or ought to be equal is unnatural and therefore unworkable. There can be no feasible or desirable process of leveling down. Such a course only promotes poverty by making it universal instead of exceptional. Forcing the efficient producer to become inefficient does not make the inefficient producer more efficient. Poverty can be done away with only by plenty, and we have now gone

Accepted Answer

Unnatural

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Natural

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God-gifted

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All of the above

Question 17

Poverty springs from a number of sources, the more important of which are controllable. So does special privilege. I think it is entirely feasible to abolish both poverty and special privilege and there can be no questions but that their abolition is desirable. Both are unnatural, but it is work, not law, to which we must look for results.

By poverty I mean the lack of reasonably sufficient food, housing, and clothing for an individual or a family. There will have to be differences in the grades of sustenance. Men are not equal in mentality or in physique. Any plan which starts with the assumption that men are or ought to be equal is unnatural and therefore unworkable. There can be no feasible or desirable process of leveling down. Such a course only promotes poverty by making it universal instead of exceptional. Forcing the efficient producer to become inefficient does not make the inefficient producer more efficient. Poverty can be done away with only by plenty, and we have now gone

Accepted Answer

Lack of food, housing and clothing

Answer

Lack of land

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Lack of food

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Lack of housing

Question 18

Poverty springs from a number of sources, the more important of which are controllable. So does special privilege. I think it is entirely feasible to abolish both poverty and special privilege and there can be no questions but that their abolition is desirable. Both are unnatural, but it is work, not law, to which we must look for results.

By poverty I mean the lack of reasonably sufficient food, housing, and clothing for an individual or a family. There will have to be differences in the grades of sustenance. Men are not equal in mentality or in physique. Any plan which starts with the assumption that men are or ought to be equal is unnatural and therefore unworkable. There can be no feasible or desirable process of leveling down. Such a course only promotes poverty by making it universal instead of exceptional. Forcing the efficient producer to become inefficient does not make the inefficient producer more efficient. Poverty can be done away with only by plenty, and we have now gone

Accepted Answer

Men are or ought to be equal

Answer

Nature provides unlimited resources

Answer

Urbanisation is the base for development

Answer

Equal distribution of income

Question 19

Poverty springs from a number of sources, the more important of which are controllable. So does special privilege. I think it is entirely feasible to abolish both poverty and special privilege and there can be no questions but that their abolition is desirable. Both are unnatural, but it is work, not law, to which we must look for results.

By poverty I mean the lack of reasonably sufficient food, housing, and clothing for an individual or a family. There will have to be differences in the grades of sustenance. Men are not equal in mentality or in physique. Any plan which starts with the assumption that men are or ought to be equal is unnatural and therefore unworkable. There can be no feasible or desirable process of leveling down. Such a course only promotes poverty by making it universal instead of exceptional. Forcing the efficient producer to become inefficient does not make the inefficient producer more efficient. Poverty can be done away with only by plenty, and we have now gone

Accepted Answer

Industry would crush the workers

Answer

Industrialization is against common man

Answer

Capitalists are against the workers

Answer

Workers are the backbone of development

Question 20

Poverty springs from a number of sources, the more important of which are controllable. So does special privilege. I think it is entirely feasible to abolish both poverty and special privilege and there can be no questions but that their abolition is desirable. Both are unnatural, but it is work, not law, to which we must look for results.

By poverty I mean the lack of reasonably sufficient food, housing, and clothing for an individual or a family. There will have to be differences in the grades of sustenance. Men are not equal in mentality or in physique. Any plan which starts with the assumption that men are or ought to be equal is unnatural and therefore unworkable. There can be no feasible or desirable process of leveling down. Such a course only promotes poverty by making it universal instead of exceptional. Forcing the efficient producer to become inefficient does not make the inefficient producer more efficient. Poverty can be done away with only by plenty, and we have now gone

Accepted Answer

Only b

Answer

Only a and c

Answer

Only a, b and c

Answer

Only a

Question 21

Sound waves are formed due to vibrations of particles and propagate in a material medium in the form of longitudinal waves. The sound waves of frequency less than 20Hz are called infrasonic waves. The human ear can hear the sound waves between frequency range 20Hz to 20000kHz . This is the audible range. The sound waves of frequency greater than the audible range are audible to certain animals such as cats, dogs, bats, etc. These are the ultrasonic waves. While flying, a bat produces ultrasonic waves. These waves strike obstacles in their path and are reflected. The bat can use echoes to detect the obstacles and hence avoid collisions with them. Thus a bat can find its way even is the dark.

Ultrasonic waves are produced by piezoelectric oscillators and magnetostriction oscillator method and detected by Kundt's tube, Quartz crystal and Thermal detector methods.

The waves having more frequency, possess more energy. Hence ultrasonic waves possess high energy. Like sound waves, ultrasoni

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal

Answer

Transverse

Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Stationary

Question 22

Sound waves are formed due to vibrations of particles and propagate in a material medium in the form of longitudinal waves. The sound waves of frequency less than 20Hz are called infrasonic waves. The human ear can hear the sound waves between frequency range 20Hz to 20000kHz . This is the audible range. The sound waves of frequency greater than the audible range are audible to certain animals such as cats, dogs, bats, etc. These are the ultrasonic waves. While flying, a bat produces ultrasonic waves. These waves strike obstacles in their path and are reflected. The bat can use echoes to detect the obstacles and hence avoid collisions with them. Thus a bat can find its way even is the dark.

Ultrasonic waves are produced by piezoelectric oscillators and magnetostriction oscillator method and detected by Kundt's tube, Quartz crystal and Thermal detector methods.

The waves having more frequency, possess more energy. Hence ultrasonic waves possess high energy. Like sound waves, ultrasoni

Accepted Answer

human beings cannot hear

Answer

human beings can hear

Answer

have less frequency

Answer

None of the above

Question 23

Sound waves are formed due to vibrations of particles and propagate in a material medium in the form of longitudinal waves. The sound waves of frequency less than 20Hz are called infrasonic waves. The human ear can hear the sound waves between frequency range 20Hz to 20000kHz . This is the audible range. The sound waves of frequency greater than the audible range are audible to certain animals such as cats, dogs, bats, etc. These are the ultrasonic waves. While flying, a bat produces ultrasonic waves. These waves strike obstacles in their path and are reflected. The bat can use echoes to detect the obstacles and hence avoid collisions with them. Thus a bat can find its way even is the dark.

Ultrasonic waves are produced by piezoelectric oscillators and magnetostriction oscillator method and detected by Kundt's tube, Quartz crystal and Thermal detector methods.

The waves having more frequency, possess more energy. Hence ultrasonic waves possess high energy. Like sound waves, ultrasoni

Accepted Answer

Ultrasonic waves

Answer

Transverse waves

Answer

Infrasonic waves

Answer

Longitudinal waves

Question 24

Sound waves are formed due to vibrations of particles and propagate in a material medium in the form of longitudinal waves. The sound waves of frequency less than 20Hz are called infrasonic waves. The human ear can hear the sound waves between frequency range 20Hz to 20000kHz . This is the audible range. The sound waves of frequency greater than the audible range are audible to certain animals such as cats, dogs, bats, etc. These are the ultrasonic waves. While flying, a bat produces ultrasonic waves. These waves strike obstacles in their path and are reflected. The bat can use echoes to detect the obstacles and hence avoid collisions with them. Thus a bat can find its way even is the dark.

Ultrasonic waves are produced by piezoelectric oscillators and magnetostriction oscillator method and detected by Kundt's tube, Quartz crystal and Thermal detector methods.

The waves having more frequency, possess more energy. Hence ultrasonic waves possess high energy. Like sound waves, ultrasoni

Accepted Answer

SONAR

Answer

Thermal detector

Answer

Kundt's tube

Answer

Oscillator

Question 25

Sound waves are formed due to vibrations of particles and propagate in a material medium in the form of longitudinal waves. The sound waves of frequency less than 20Hz are called infrasonic waves. The human ear can hear the sound waves between frequency range 20Hz to 20000kHz . This is the audible range. The sound waves of frequency greater than the audible range are audible to certain animals such as cats, dogs, bats, etc. These are the ultrasonic waves. While flying, a bat produces ultrasonic waves. These waves strike obstacles in their path and are reflected. The bat can use echoes to detect the obstacles and hence avoid collisions with them. Thus a bat can find its way even is the dark.

Ultrasonic waves are produced by piezoelectric oscillators and magnetostriction oscillator method and detected by Kundt's tube, Quartz crystal and Thermal detector methods.

The waves having more frequency, possess more energy. Hence ultrasonic waves possess high energy. Like sound waves, ultrasoni

Accepted Answer

greater than 20 kHz

Answer

less than 20 Hz

Answer

between 20 Hz to 20 kHz

Answer

None of the above

Question 26

The subject Plant Breeding, although developed in recent times on modern scientific lines after Mendel's discoveries, was known in early times to Egyptians and Assyrians. Later during 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries several artificial crossings were made by many workers and interesting results obtained in the form of new varieties. But it was Mendel who first laid down the foundations of plant breeding on scientific basis and formulated the laws of inheritance of characters.

Hybridisation between two varieties of a species brings about a combination of desirable characteristics. A plant breeder specializes in crossing plants with the desirable character. Thomas Fairchild (1717) was the first person to obtain a successful hybrid by crossing Sweet William and Carnation. The knowledge of Mendel's laws has made the job of a plant breeder scientific, reliable and predictable. In bisexual plants the anthers of stamens of the female parents have to be removed (emasculation) in order to prevent self-

Accepted Answer

Superiority of hybrids over their parents

Answer

Appearance of spontaneous mutations

Answer

Induction of mutations

Answer

Mixture of two or more traits

Question 27

The subject Plant Breeding, although developed in recent times on modern scientific lines after Mendel's discoveries, was known in early times to Egyptians and Assyrians. Later during 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries several artificial crossings were made by many workers and interesting results obtained in the form of new varieties. But it was Mendel who first laid down the foundations of plant breeding on scientific basis and formulated the laws of inheritance of characters.

Hybridisation between two varieties of a species brings about a combination of desirable characteristics. A plant breeder specializes in crossing plants with the desirable character. Thomas Fairchild (1717) was the first person to obtain a successful hybrid by crossing Sweet William and Carnation. The knowledge of Mendel's laws has made the job of a plant breeder scientific, reliable and predictable. In bisexual plants the anthers of stamens of the female parents have to be removed (emasculation) in order to prevent self-

Accepted Answer

Prevent contamination from foreign pollen

Answer

Avoid self-pollination

Answer

Avoid cross pollination

Answer

Achieve desired pollination

Question 28

The subject Plant Breeding, although developed in recent times on modern scientific lines after Mendel's discoveries, was known in early times to Egyptians and Assyrians. Later during 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries several artificial crossings were made by many workers and interesting results obtained in the form of new varieties. But it was Mendel who first laid down the foundations of plant breeding on scientific basis and formulated the laws of inheritance of characters.

Hybridisation between two varieties of a species brings about a combination of desirable characteristics. A plant breeder specializes in crossing plants with the desirable character. Thomas Fairchild (1717) was the first person to obtain a successful hybrid by crossing Sweet William and Carnation. The knowledge of Mendel's laws has made the job of a plant breeder scientific, reliable and predictable. In bisexual plants the anthers of stamens of the female parents have to be removed (emasculation) in order to prevent self

Accepted Answer

Both (2) and (3)

Answer

Bisexual flowers

Answer

Unisexual flowers

Answer

Self-sterile bisexual female parents

Question 29

The subject Plant Breeding, although developed in recent times on modern scientific lines after Mendel's discoveries, was known in early times to Egyptians and Assyrians. Later during 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries several artificial crossings were made by many workers and interesting results obtained in the form of new varieties. But it was Mendel who first laid down the foundations of plant breeding on scientific basis and formulated the laws of inheritance of characters.

Hybridisation between two varieties of a species brings about a combination of desirable characteristics. A plant breeder specializes in crossing plants with the desirable character. Thomas Fairchild (1717) was the first person to obtain a successful hybrid by crossing Sweet William and Carnation. The knowledge of Mendel's laws has made the job of a plant breeder scientific, reliable and predictable. In bisexual plants the anthers of stamens of the female parents have to be removed (emasculation) in order to prevent self

Accepted Answer

Vegetative propagation

Answer

Self-pollination

Answer

Inbreeding

Answer

Cross pollination

Question 30

The subject Plant Breeding, although developed in recent times on modern scientific lines after Mendel's discoveries, was known in early times to Egyptians and Assyrians. Later during 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries several artificial crossings were made by many workers and interesting results obtained in the form of new varieties. But it was Mendel who first laid down the foundations of plant breeding on scientific basis and formulated the laws of inheritance of characters.

Hybridisation between two varieties of a species brings about a combination of desirable characteristics. A plant breeder specializes in crossing plants with the desirable character. Thomas Fairchild (1717) was the first person to obtain a successful hybrid by crossing Sweet William and Carnation. The knowledge of Mendel's laws has made the job of a plant breeder scientific, reliable and predictable. In bisexual plants the anthers of stamens of the female parents have to be removed (emasculation) in order to prevent self

Accepted Answer

Wheat and Rye

Answer

Wheat and Barley

Answer

Wheat and Rice

Answer

Wheat and Maize

Question 31

During the interactions with a group of standard VI students, Dr. Sarvesh demonstrated various experiments involving physical changes viz. Vapourisation/Evaporation (liquid to gas), Melting (solid to liquid), Sublimation (solid to gas) and Chemical changes viz. Neutralization (reaction between acid and alkali), Precipitation (reaction between ammonium chloride/potassium chloride and silver nitrate).

This group enjoyed the session and demanded little more information regarding detection of cations and anions in the given solution. With this demand, Dr. Sarvesh designed three experiments (one by observing the changes in the colours of the test papers and another, just observing the change) to detect the presence of ammonium radical in the given salts.

Dr. Sarvesh dissolved a small amount (approximately 0 - 100 ~g ) of each, solid ammonium chloride and solid potassium chloride separately in 2 - 0 ~cm of de- ionised water, in two different test tubes labeled '1' and '2' respectively. Two

Accepted Answer

Ammonium chloride is soluble in water as well as could be sublimative

Answer

Ammonium chloride is only soluble in water

Answer

Ammonium chloride is only sublimative

Answer

Ammonium chloride is soluble in water but not sublimative

Question 32

During the interactions with a group of standard VI students, Dr. Sarvesh demonstrated various experiments involving physical changes viz. Vapourisation/Evaporation (liquid to gas), Melting (solid to liquid), Sublimation (solid to gas) and Chemical changes viz. Neutralization (reaction between acid and alkali), Precipitation (reaction between ammonium chloride/potassium chloride and silver nitrate).

This group enjoyed the session and demanded little more information regarding detection of cations and anions in the given solution. With this demand, Dr. Sarvesh designed three experiments (one by observing the changes in the colours of the test papers and another, just observing the change) to detect the presence of ammonium radical in the given salts.

Dr. Sarvesh dissolved a small amount (approximately 0 - 100 ~g ) of each, solid ammonium chloride and solid potassium chloride separately in 2 - 0 ~cm of de- ionised water, in two different test tubes labeled '1' and '2' respectively. Two

Accepted Answer

Turing red litmus blue, turning turmeric paper brown and evolving dense white fumes from a glass rod dipped in dilute hydrochloric acid

Answer

Turing red litmus blue, turning turmeric paper red and evolving dense white fumes from a glass rod dipped in dilute hydrochloric acid

Answer

Turing blue litmus red, turning turmeric paper brown and evolving dense white fumes from a glass rod dipped in dilute hydrochloric acid

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Turing red litmus blue, turning turmeric paper brown and evolving dense white fumes from a glass rod dipped in dilute potassium chloride

Question 33

During the interactions with a group of standard VI students, Dr. Sarvesh demonstrated various experiments involving physical changes viz. Vapourisation/Evaporation (liquid to gas), Melting (solid to liquid), Sublimation (solid to gas) and Chemical changes viz. Neutralization (reaction between acid and alkali), Precipitation (reaction between ammonium chloride/potassium chloride and silver nitrate).

This group enjoyed the session and demanded little more information regarding detection of cations and anions in the given solution. With this demand, Dr. Sarvesh designed three experiments (one by observing the changes in the colours of the test papers and another, just observing the change) to detect the presence of ammonium radical in the given salts.

Dr. Sarvesh dissolved a small amount (approximately 0 - 100 ~g ) of each, solid ammonium chloride and solid potassium chloride separately in 2 - 0 ~cm of de- ionised water, in two different test tubes labeled '1' and '2' respectively. Two

Accepted Answer

a moist red litmus paper in contact with the solution of the test tube on the right.

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a red litmus paper in contact with the evolved gases above the test tube on the right.

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a moist red litmus paper in contact with the evolved gases above the test tube on the right.

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None of the above

Question 34

During the interactions with a group of standard VI students, Dr. Sarvesh demonstrated various experiments involving physical changes viz. Vapourisation/Evaporation (liquid to gas), Melting (solid to liquid), Sublimation (solid to gas) and Chemical changes viz. Neutralization (reaction between acid and alkali), Precipitation (reaction between ammonium chloride/potassium chloride and silver nitrate).

This group enjoyed the session and demanded little more information regarding detection of cations and anions in the given solution. With this demand, Dr. Sarvesh designed three experiments (one by observing the changes in the colours of the test papers and another, just observing the change) to detect the presence of ammonium radical in the given salts.

Dr. Sarvesh dissolved a small amount (approximately 0.100 g) of each, solid ammonium chloride and solid potassium chloride separately in 2.0 cm of de-ionised water, in two different test tubes labeled '1' and '2' respectively. Two drops o

Accepted Answer

a turmeric paper in contact with the evolved gases above the test tube on the left

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a turmeric paper in contact with the evolved gases above the test tube on the right

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both (1) and (2)

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None of the above

Question 35

During the interactions with a group of standard VI students, Dr. Sarvesh demonstrated various experiments involving physical changes viz. Vapourisation/Evaporation (liquid to gas), Melting (solid to liquid), Sublimation (solid to gas) and Chemical changes viz. Neutralization (reaction between acid and alkali), Precipitation (reaction between ammonium chloride/potassium chloride and silver nitrate).

This group enjoyed the session and demanded little more information regarding detection of cations and anions in the given solution. With this demand, Dr. Sarvesh designed three experiments (one by observing the changes in the colours of the test papers and another, just observing the change) to detect the presence of ammonium radical in the given salts.

Dr. Sarvesh dissolved a small amount (approximately 0 - 100 ~g ) of each, solid ammonium chloride and solid potassium chloride separately in 2 - 0 ~cm of de- ionised water, in two different test tubes labeled '1' and '2' respectively. Two

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Only a and b

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Only b and c

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Only a and c

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a, b and c

Question 36

Robert Frost once famously defined a liberal as someone who could not take his own side in an argument. But contemporary constructions paint an opposite picture: Liberals are seen as self- satisfied ideologues with no stomach for a diversity of ideas. Exposing the political hypocrisy of liberals has become a rhetorical gambit to delegitimise the idea of liberalism itself. Alas, it has to be said that those who use this gambit have much ammunition to deploy. But there are also other sources of concern. Nicholas Kristof in a widely discussed New York Times column, argued that the hiring practices of American universities were biased against conservatives. Liberal institutions, rather than becoming shelters for diverse ideas and genuine contestation, were turning into monoliths of political correctness. Liberals were supposed to be able to think out of their skins; now they imprison themselves in boxes. Similar charges have been voiced in India, most recently by Gurcharan Das.

These cha

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Author

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Self-satisfied person

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Liberal

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Conservative

Question 37

Robert Frost once famously defined a liberal as someone who could not take his own side in an argument. But contemporary constructions paint an opposite picture: Liberals are seen as self- satisfied ideologues with no stomach for a diversity of ideas. Exposing the political hypocrisy of liberals has become a rhetorical gambit to delegitimise the idea of liberalism itself. Alas, it has to be said that those who use this gambit have much ammunition to deploy. But there are also other sources of concern. Nicholas Kristof in a widely discussed New York Times column, argued that the hiring practices of American universities were biased against conservatives. Liberal institutions, rather than becoming shelters for diverse ideas and genuine contestation, were turning into monoliths of political correctness. Liberals were supposed to be able to think out of their skins; now they imprison themselves in boxes. Similar charges have been voiced in India, most recently by Gurcharan Das.

These cha

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criticises liberals

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praises liberals

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argues that liberals are better than conservatives

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argues that conservatives are better than liberals

Question 38

Robert Frost once famously defined a liberal as someone who could not take his own side in an argument. But contemporary constructions paint an opposite picture: Liberals are seen as self- satisfied ideologues with no stomach for a diversity of ideas. Exposing the political hypocrisy of liberals has become a rhetorical gambit to delegitimise the idea of liberalism itself. Alas, it has to be said that those who use this gambit have much ammunition to deploy. But there are also other sources of concern. Nicholas Kristof in a widely discussed New York Times column, argued that the hiring practices of American universities were biased against conservatives. Liberal institutions, rather than becoming shelters for diverse ideas and genuine contestation, were turning into monoliths of political correctness. Liberals were supposed to be able to think out of their skins; now they imprison themselves in boxes. Similar charges have been voiced in India, most recently by Gurcharan Das.

These cha

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Conservatives

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Liberals with on open mind

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Self-satisfied liberals having a closed mindset

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Open minded conservatives

Question 39

Robert Frost once famously defined a liberal as someone who could not take his own side in an argument. But contemporary constructions paint an opposite picture: Liberals are seen as self- satisfied ideologues with no stomach for a diversity of ideas. Exposing the political hypocrisy of liberals has become a rhetorical gambit to delegitimise the idea of liberalism itself. Alas, it has to be said that those who use this gambit have much ammunition to deploy. But there are also other sources of concern. Nicholas Kristof in a widely discussed New York Times column, argued that the hiring practices of American universities were biased against conservatives. Liberal institutions, rather than becoming shelters for diverse ideas and genuine contestation, were turning into monoliths of political correctness. Liberals were supposed to be able to think out of their skins; now they imprison themselves in boxes. Similar charges have been voiced in India, most recently by Gurcharan Das.

These cha

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introspecting liberal

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liberal columnist criticising conservatives

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conservative columnist

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introspecting conservative

Question 40

Robert Frost once famously defined a liberal as someone who could not take his own side in an argument. But contemporary constructions paint an opposite picture: Liberals are seen as self- satisfied ideologues with no stomach for a diversity of ideas. Exposing the political hypocrisy of liberals has become a rhetorical gambit to delegitimise the idea of liberalism itself. Alas, it has to be said that those who use this gambit have much ammunition to deploy. But there are also other sources of concern. Nicholas Kristof in a widely discussed New York Times column, argued that the hiring practices of American universities were biased against conservatives. Liberal institutions, rather than becoming shelters for diverse ideas and genuine contestation, were turning into monoliths of political correctness. Liberals were supposed to be able to think out of their skins; now they imprison themselves in boxes. Similar charges have been voiced in India, most recently by Gurcharan Das.

These cha

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worried about the deteriorating condition of liberals

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racist

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homophobic

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worried about conservatives

Question 41

इंग्रजी शिक्षणामधून आलेल्या नव्या जाणिवांचे लोक वेगवेगळ्या थरांतील सर्वसामान्य लोकांपर्यंत नेऊन पोहोचविण्याचे काम महात्मा फुले यांनी प्रथम हाती घेतले. स्त्रियांच्या व अस्पृश्यांच्या शिक्षणासाठी त्यांनी शाळा काढल्या. विधेच्या क्षेत्रातील ब्राह्मणांची मक्तेदारी आणि धार्मिक क्षेत्रातील त्यांचे वर्चस्व या गोष्टी बहुजनसमाजाच्या उत्रतीच्या आड येत होत्या. फुले यांनी त्यांच्यावर जोरदार हल्ला चढविला; आणि स्वत:च्या नैसर्गिक मानवी हक्कांसाठी झगडण्यास शुद्रातिशुद्रांना प्रवृत्त केले. मात्र महात्मा फुले यांच्या बंडखोर भूमिकेचा परिणाम झाल्याखेरीज राहिला नाही. ते ख्रिस्ताळलेले होते, ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टे होते, इंग्रजधारजिणे होते, असे आरोप त्यांच्यावर केले गेले. रांडेप्रभृती काही अगदी थोडे सुधारक वगळल्यास त्यांच्या चळवळीला उचवर्णीय नेत्यांकडून विरोधच झाला. बहुजनसमाजात शिक्षणाचा प्रसार झाला नसल्याने फुले यांचे विचार त्यांच्या पचनी पडले नाहीत. त्यांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सत्यशोधक चळवळीला ओहोटी लागली. इ.स. 1895 मध्ये आगरकर कालवश झाले. सन 1901 मध्ये रांडे यांची प्राणज्योत मालवली. त्यानंतर सामाजिक चळवळीला कोणी धुरंधर

Accepted Answer

फक्त अ आणि ड

Answer

फक्त क आणि ड

Answer

फक्त ब आणि ड

Answer

फक्त अ आणि क

Question 42

इंग्रजी शिक्षणामधून आलेल्या नव्या जाणिवांचे लोक वेगवेगळ्या थरांतील सर्वसामान्य लोकांपर्यंत नेऊन पोहोचविण्याचे काम महात्मा फुले यांनी प्रथम हाती घेतले. स्त्रियांच्या व अस्पृश्यांच्या शिक्षणासाठी त्यांनी शाळा काढल्या. विधेच्या क्षेत्रातील ब्राह्मणांची मक्तेदारी आणि धार्मिक क्षेत्रातील त्यांचे वर्चस्व या गोष्टी बहुजनसमाजाच्या उत्रतीच्या आड येत होत्या. फुले यांनी त्यांच्यावर जोरदार हल्ला चढविला; आणि स्वत:च्या नैसर्गिक मानवी हक्कांसाठी झगडण्यास शुद्रातिशुद्रांना प्रवृत्त केले. मात्र महात्मा फुले यांच्या बंडखोर भूमिकेचा परिणाम झाल्याखेरीज राहिला नाही. ते ख्रिस्ताळलेले होते, ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टे होते, इंग्रजधारजिणे होते, असे आरोप त्यांच्यावर केले गेले. रांडेप्रभृती काही अगदी थोडे सुधारक वगळल्यास त्यांच्या चळवळीला उचवर्णीय नेत्यांकडून विरोधच झाला. बहुजनसमाजात शिक्षणाचा प्रसार झाला नसल्याने फुले यांचे विचार त्यांच्या पचनी पडले नाहीत. त्यांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सत्यशोधक चळवळीला ओहोटी लागली. इ.स. 1895 मध्ये आगरकर कालवश झाले. सन 1901 मध्ये रांडे यांची प्राणज्योत मालवली. त्यानंतर सामाजिक चळवळीला कोणी धुरंधर

Accepted Answer

फक्त अ आणि क

Answer

फक्त अ आणि ड

Answer

फक्त ब आणि क

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फक्त क आणि ड

Question 43

इंग्रजी शिक्षणामधून आलेल्या नव्या जाणिवांचे लोक वेगवेगळ्या थरांतील सर्वसामान्य लोकांपर्यंत नेऊन पोहोचविण्याचे काम महात्मा फुले यांनी प्रथम हाती घेतले. स्त्रियांच्या व अस्पृश्यांच्या शिक्षणासाठी त्यांनी शाळा काढल्या. विधेच्या क्षेत्रातील ब्राह्मणांची मक्तेदारी आणि धार्मिक क्षेत्रातील त्यांचे वर्चस्व या गोष्टी बहुजनसमाजाच्या उत्रतीच्या आड येत होत्या. फुले यांनी त्यांच्यावर जोरदार हल्ला चढविला; आणि स्वत:च्या नैसर्गिक मानवी हक्कांसाठी झगडण्यास शुद्रातिशुद्रांना प्रवृत्त केले. मात्र महात्मा फुले यांच्या बंडखोर भूमिकेचा परिणाम झाल्याखेरीज राहिला नाही. ते ख्रिस्ताळलेले होते, ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टे होते, इंग्रजधारजिणे होते, असे आरोप त्यांच्यावर केले गेले. रांडेप्रभृती काही अगदी थोडे सुधारक वगळल्यास त्यांच्या चळवळीला उचवर्णीय नेत्यांकडून विरोधच झाला. बहुजनसमाजात शिक्षणाचा प्रसार झाला नसल्याने फुले यांचे विचार त्यांच्या पचनी पडले नाहीत. त्यांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सत्यशोधक चळवळीला ओहोटी लागली. इ.स. 1895 मध्ये आगरकर कालवश झाले. सन 1901 मध्ये रांडे यांची प्राणज्योत मालवली. त्यानंतर सामाजिक चळवळीला कोणी धुरंधर

Accepted Answer

फक्त ड

Answer

फक्त अ आणि क

Answer

फक्त ब आणि ड

Answer

फक्त क

Question 44

इंग्रजी शिक्षणामधून आलेल्या नव्या जाणिवांचे लोक वेगवेगळ्या थरांतील सर्वसामान्य लोकांपर्यंत नेऊन पोहोचविण्याचे काम महात्मा फुले यांनी प्रथम हाती घेतले. स्त्रियांच्या व अस्पृश्यांच्या शिक्षणासाठी त्यांनी शाळा काढल्या. विधेच्या क्षेत्रातील ब्राह्मणांची मक्तेदारी आणि धार्मिक क्षेत्रातील त्यांचे वर्चस्व या गोष्टी बहुजनसमाजाच्या उत्रतीच्या आड येत होत्या. फुले यांनी त्यांच्यावर जोरदार हल्ला चढविला; आणि स्वत:च्या नैसर्गिक मानवी हक्कांसाठी झगडण्यास शुद्रातिशुद्रांना प्रवृत्त केले. मात्र महात्मा फुले यांच्या बंडखोर भूमिकेचा परिणाम झाल्याखेरीज राहिला नाही. ते ख्रिस्ताळलेले होते, ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टे होते, इंग्रजधारजिणे होते, असे आरोप त्यांच्यावर केले गेले. रांडेप्रभृती काही अगदी थोडे सुधारक वगळल्यास त्यांच्या चळवळीला उचवर्णीय नेत्यांकडून विरोधच झाला. बहुजनसमाजात शिक्षणाचा प्रसार झाला नसल्याने फुले यांचे विचार त्यांच्या पचनी पडले नाहीत. त्यांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सत्यशोधक चळवळीला ओहोटी लागली. इ.स. 1895 मध्ये आगरकर कालवश झाले. सन 1901 मध्ये रांडे यांची प्राणज्योत मालवली. त्यानंतर सामाजिक चळवळीला कोणी धुरंधर

Accepted Answer

फक्त ब आणि क

Answer

फक्त अ आणि ड

Answer

फक्त क आणि ड

Answer

फक्त ब आणि ड

Question 45

पुढील उतारावाचून त्यावर आधारित 41 ते 45 प्रश्नांची उत्तरे द्या :

इंग्रजी शिक्षणामधून आलेल्या नव्या जाणिवांचे लोक वेगवेगळ्या थरांतील सर्वसामान्य लोकांपर्यंत नेऊन पोहोचविण्याचे काम महात्मा फुले यांनी प्रथम हाती घेतले. स्त्रियांच्या व अस्पृश्यांच्या शिक्षणासाठी त्यांनी शाळा काढल्या. विधेच्या क्षेत्रातील ब्राह्मणांची मक्तेदारी आणि धार्मिक क्षेत्रातील त्यांचे वर्चस्व या गोष्टी बहुजनसमाजाच्या उत्रतीच्या आड येत होत्या. फुले यांनी त्यांच्यावर जोरदार हल्ला चढविला; आणि स्वत:च्या नैसर्गिक मानवी हक्कांसाठी झगडण्यास शुद्रातिशुद्रांना प्रवृत्त केले. मात्र महात्मा फुले यांच्या बंडखोर भूमिकेचा परिणाम झाल्याखेरीज राहिला नाही. ते ख्रिस्ताळलेले होते, ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टे होते, इंग्रजधारजिणे होते, असे आरोप त्यांच्यावर केले गेले. रांडेप्रभृती काही अगदी थोडे सुधारक वगळल्यास त्यांच्या चळवळीला उचवर्णीय नेत्यांकडून विरोधच झाला. बहुजनसमाजात शिक्षणाचा प्रसार झाला नसल्याने फुले यांचे विचार त्यांच्या पचनी पडले नाहीत. त्यांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सत्यशोधक चळवळीला ओहोटी लागली. इ.स. 1895 मध्ये आगरकर कालवश झाले. सन 1901 मध्ये रा

Accepted Answer

फक्त ब आणि क

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फक्त ब आणि ड

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फक्त अ आणि क

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फक्त अ आणि ड

Question 46

Read the following passage and answer the questions from 46 to 50:

The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least the 'native town', the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how. The 'native town' is a hungry town, starved of bread, of meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native town is a crouching village, a town on its knees, a town wallowing in the mire... The look that the native turns on the settler's town is a look of lust, a look of envy... The colonized man is an envious man. And this the settler knows very well... It is true, for there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.

This world divided into compartments is inhabited by two different species. The originality of the colonial context is that economic reality, inequality, and the immense difference

Accepted Answer

Only c and d

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Only a and b

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Only a

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Only d

Question 47

Read the following passage and answer the questions from 46 to 50:

The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least the 'native town', the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how. The 'native town' is a hungry town, starved of bread, of meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native town is a crouching village, a town on its knees, a town wallowing in the mire... The look that the native turns on the settler's town is a look of lust, a look of envy... The colonized man is an envious man. And this the settler knows very well... It is true, for there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.

This world divided into compartments is inhabited by two different species. The originality of the colonial context is that economic reality, inequality, and the immense difference

Accepted Answer

c and d are correct

Answer

Only a is correct

Answer

Only b is correct

Answer

a and d are correct

Question 48

Read the following passage and answer the questions from 46 to 50:

The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least the 'native town', the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how. The 'native town' is a hungry town, starved of bread, of meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native town is a crouching village, a town on its knees, a town wallowing in the mire... The look that the native turns on the settler's town is a look of lust, a look of envy... The colonized man is an envious man. And this the settler knows very well... It is true, for there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.

This world divided into compartments is inhabited by two different species. The originality of the colonial context is that economic reality, inequality, and the immense difference

Accepted Answer

c and d are correct

Answer

Only a is correct

Answer

Only d is correct

Answer

b and c are correct

Question 49

Read the following passage and answer the questions from 46 to 50:

The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least the 'native town', the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how. The 'native town' is a hungry town, starved of bread, of meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native town is a crouching village, a town on its knees, a town wallowing in the mire... The look that the native turns on the settler's town is a look of lust, a look of envy... The colonized man is an envious man. And this the settler knows very well... It is true, for there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.

This world divided into compartments is inhabited by two different species. The originality of the colonial context is that economic reality, inequality, and the immense difference

Accepted Answer

Only b is correct

Answer

a and c are correct

Answer

c and d are correct

Answer

Only d is correct

Question 50

Read the following passage and answer the questions from 46 to 50:

The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least the 'native town', the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how. The 'native town' is a hungry town, starved of bread, of meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native town is a crouching village, a town on its knees, a town wallowing in the mire... The look that the native turns on the settler's town is a look of lust, a look of envy... The colonized man is an envious man. And this the settler knows very well... It is true, for there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.

This world divided into compartments is inhabited by two different species. The originality of the colonial context is that economic reality, inequality, and the immense difference

Accepted Answer

Only c is correct

Answer

Only d is correct

Answer

b and c are correct

Answer

Only a is correct

Question 51

Study the information and relationship given and select the option that shows it.

x ÷ y represents that x is the mother of y.

x - y represents that x is the brother of y.

x + y represents that x is the sister of y.

x × y represents that x is the daughter of y.

m + n - o × p ÷ q

Accepted Answer

m, n, o, q are the children of p.

Answer

All persons are siblings.

Answer

m, n, o are the children of p and q.

Answer

m, n, o, p are the children of q.

Question 52

Suma, Bano and Jack, each have prepared their own English alphabets, digits and other symbols series as follows :

Suma : 6, %, 1, #, 9, H, E, 2, Ω, ∇, L, F, Ø

Bano : @, 7, 3, |, A, J, Ø, Ø, X, 4, ×, C, +

Jack : P, ♀, 8, Y, 0, N, 5, D, >, =, >, T

They have devised a play of forming groups of three elements with the following rules. No element will be repeated, Bano is supposed to move alphabets by starting from the right end of her series, Jack is supposed to move elements of digital symbols from the left end of his series, and the last person will move other elements from the right end of her series. They moved their elements according to their serial order each time. Select the group that ends their play.

Accepted Answer

(J, ∇, 0)

Answer

(X, Ω, 8)

Answer

(C, Ω, 5)

Answer

(X, 8, %)

Question 53

In a certain game, the players have three chances during each turn to earn points. Each consecutive win awards more points than the previous win. The second win awards 100 points more than the first and the third win awards twice as many points as the second win. Lachhi won the maximum number of points during her turn and received a total of 700 points. Select the option which indicates the number of points that are first won.

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

45

Answer

50

Answer

75

Question 54

Two students 'X' and 'Y' started walking from their school to reach their homes. They walked in directions opposite to each other for 1·5 km and then each one turned to his right and walked 2 km and reached home. What is the distance between their homes ?

Accepted Answer

5 km

Answer

7 km

Answer

6 km

Answer

8 km

Question 55

Study the situation given with a blank and the list of words. Select the pair of words such that each of these when used for blank, fit the meaning of the description as a whole and produce completed descriptions having similar meaning.

The ______ life forms evolved naturally on the land made barren by volcano is strong evidence that humans, too might be able to inhabit the area in the distant future.

a. wilting b. nascent c. waning d. incipient

e. stagnant

Accepted Answer

b and d

Answer

b and e

Answer

a and c

Answer

a and d

Question 56

Three statements and conclusions based on these are given below. Select the appropriate option with valid conclusion/s.

All Bs are Js. Some Cs are Js. All Ps are Cs.

Conclusions :

a. Some Cs are Bs.

b. No P is J.

c. Some Bs are Cs.

Accepted Answer

None

Answer

Only a and b

Answer

Only b and c

Answer

All

Question 57

In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are to be selected at random. The probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected is

Accepted Answer

²¹⁄₄₆

Answer

²⁵⁄₁₁₇

Answer

¹⁄₅₀

Answer

³⁄₂₅

Question 58

You wanted to employ a hardworking gardener for your second home. Your friend gave names of the persons; Jeda, Muta and Haka and informed you that one always tells the truth, another tells the truth alternately and the third always lies.

After meeting them you asked, "Who among you is a gardener ?" Each one answered as follows :

Jeda : I am the gardener. Muta is a liar.

Muta : I am the gardener. Haka is a liar.

Haka : Muta is the gardener. Jeda is a liar.

Who is/are the gardener(s) ?

Accepted Answer

Muta

Answer

Jeda

Answer

Haka

Answer

Both Jeda and Haka

Question 59

Select the odd option with respect to the role of the last sentence in the following paragraph :

Pluto's moon Charon may be significantly reducing the loss of atmosphere of the icy planet by creating a shield and redirecting much of the solar wind away. Pluto's relationship with Charon is one of the more unusual interactions in the solar system due to the moon's size and proximity. This moon is more than half of Pluto's diameter and orbits only 19,310 kilometres away. You know that our moon is three times closer to the Earth and as large as Mars.

Accepted Answer

Supports the claim made.

Answer

Make unfamiliar familiar.

Answer

Put into perspective Pluto's relationship with Charon.

Answer

Help to picturize Pluto's relationship with Charon.

Question 60

Given below are two statements X and Y, and arguments related to these follow. Consider each of the arguments separately and select all that apply.

X. Drawings made by Leonardo da Vinci in 1508 of the internal parts of the human body shows mesentery as an organ.

Y. In January 2017, mesentery is declared as the new 79th organ of the human body by researchers by studying it in detail.

Arguments :

a. They can be considered as logically inconsistent since people were aware of presence of mesentery in 16th century and Vinci's drawing gives evidence of it.

b. They can be considered as contradictory because though researchers declared mesentery as a new organ people knew its presence in the human body for at least 5 centuries.

c. They are complementary as researchers gave recognition to already known mesentery by calling it the 79th organ of the human body after studying it in detail.

Accepted Answer

All except c

Answer

Only a

Answer

Either a or b

Answer

All

Question 61

The committee on sexual discrimination in the workplace has highlighted a certain company as a chief offender. Of the twenty-five senior executives in the firm, only two are women. And of the fifty-eight junior executives, only ten are female.

The company could best defend itself against the charges by showing that

Accepted Answer

all job applicants who were rejected had fewer qualifications than those accepted

Answer

they pay the same salary to senior men and senior women

Answer

ten times more men than women apply for jobs with the company

Answer

the work pressure and long hours make jobs with the company unattractive to married women

Question 62

Given here is a set of facts and courses of action are suggested after these. Choose the most appropriate option related to these.

• A suicide by farmers has become daily routine.

• All related predictions are getting weird due to changing climatic conditions.

• Consumer biased media are in the forefront in creating hype over increasing prices.

• New practices like remote sensing agriculture based on accurate analysis, nutri agriculture, safe food producing agriculture, wireless agriculture, climate smart agriculture, variable fertilizer application agriculture, knowledge facilities like wind mapping, yield mapping, water quality mapping, etc. are in vogue but farmers are not aware about these.

Courses of actions :

a. Government, voluntary organizations and agricultural universities should work in collaboration for preparing a squad of intelligent, technically skilled, hardworking and honest agricultural assistants for empowering farmers to use new agricultural ways of producing

Accepted Answer

Courses of actions only a and b being complementary with each other, if implemented together, farming and in turn economy will prosper.

Answer

All the three, farmers, farming and consumers will be benefitted only if all three courses of actions are implemented.

Answer

Only c can be implemented urgently and is beneficial for all.

Answer

Other occupations will prosper along with farming only by implementing a and preventing implementation of b.

Question 63

In a class of 43 students, 13 enrolled for both Spanish and Portuguese. 21 enrolled for Portuguese. If the students of the class enrolled for at least one of the two subjects, then select the option that indicates the number of students who enrolled only for Spanish and not Portuguese.

Accepted Answer

22

Answer

35

Answer

28

Answer

32

Question 64

In order to buy a lift pump for his well, Sunil borrowed ₹ 16,000 for 3 years at the rate of compound interest of 12·5 p.c.p.a. What would have been the difference in the interest on this principal had he borrowed it at simple interest ?

Accepted Answer

₹ 781·25

Answer

₹ 718·50

Answer

₹ 678·25

Answer

₹ 687·25

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