Q1) Given a collection of points P in the plane , a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position (.i.e no three points in P lie on a line) is

a) 3

b) 5

c) 2

Q2) Paul the octopus who has been forecasting the outcome of FIFA world cup matches with tremendous accuracy has now been invited to predict ICC world cup matches in 2011. We will assume that the world cup contenders have been divided into 2 groups of 9 teams each. Each team in a group plays the other teams in the group. The top two teams from each group enter the semi finals ( after which the winner is decided by knockout).

However, Paul has a soft spot for India and when India plays any team, Paul always backs India. Alas, his predictions on matches involving India are right only 2 out of 3 times. In order to qualify for the semi finals, it is sufficient for India to win 7 of its group matches. What is the probability that India will win the ICC world cup?

a) (2/3)^10

b) (2/3)^9 + 8/3 * (2/3)^9

c) 8/3 * (2/3)^9

d) (2/3)^10 + 8/3*(2/3)^9

Q3) A toy train produces at least 10 different tunes when it moves around a circular toy track of radius 5 meters at 10 meters per minute. However , the toy train is defective and it now produces only two different tunes at random. What are the odds that the toy train produces 4 consecutive music tunes of the same type?

a) 1 in 16

b) 1 in 4

c) 1 in 8

Q4) A number when divided by D leaves a remainder of 8 and when divided by 3D leaves a remainder of 21 . What is the remainder left, when twice the number is divided by 3D?

a) 13

b) cannot be determined

c) 3

d) 42 (solution:c)

Q5) Six friends decide to share a big cake. Since all of them like the cake, they begin quarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake. One friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well shuffled set of cards numbered one to six. You check and find that this method works as it should simulating a fair throw of a die. You check by performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and throwing a die. You note that the number shown by the method of picking up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and 12. Which total would be likely to appear more often – 8,9 or 10?

a) 8

b) All are equally likely

c) 9

d) 10

Q6) One day Alice meets pal and byte in fairyland. She knows that pal lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other days of the week byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Alice – pal. Yesterday was one of those days when I lie byte. Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too. What day is it ?

a) Thursday

b) Tuesday

c) Monday

d) Sunday (solution:a)

Q7) A car manufacturer produces only red and blue models which come out of the final testing area completely at random. What are the odds that 5 consecutive cars of the same color will come through the test area at any one time?

a) 1 in 16

b) 1 in 125

c) 1 in 32

d) 1 in 25

Q8) Alok is attending a workshop “How to do more with less” and today's theme is Working with fewer digits. The speakers discuss how a lot of miraculous mathematics can be achieved if mankind(as well as womankind) had only worked with fewer digits.

The problem posed at the end of the workshop is

How many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3,4 ,5 ( but with repetition) that are divisible by 4?

Can you help Alok find the answer?

a) 100 b) 125 c) 75 d) 85

Q9) Rearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the category in which it Ms RAPETEKA

a) Bird

b) Vegetable

c) City

d) Fruit

Q10) On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula

d = 4*√ (t-9) for t ≥ 9

where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast.

Jagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur?

a) 17

b) 21.25

c) 12.25

d) 12.06 (solution:b)

Q11) In the reading room of a library, there are23 reading spots. Each reading spot consists of a round table with 9 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there are different numbers of readers. If in all there are 36 readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single reader?

a) 8

b) None

c) 16

d) 15 (solution:d)

Q12) Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Feraari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari . It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance.

a) 20.72

b) 5.18

c) 238.25

d) 6.18 (solution:b)

Q13) A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says ' At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. ' Which statements are true and which are false?

a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false.

b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false.

c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false.

d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false.

(solution:d)

Q14) Middle – earth is a fictional land inhabited by Hobbits, Elves, dwarves and men. The Hobbits and the Elves are peaceful creatures who prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The game is as follows . A tournol is one where out of the two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds where in every round , half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 8 rounds played in a knock-out tournol how many matches were played?

a) 257

b) 256

c) 72

d) 255 (solution:d)

Q15) A research lab in Chennai requires 100 mice and 75 sterilized cages for a certain set of laboratory experiments . To identify the mice, the lab has prepared labels with numbers 1 to 100 , by combining tags numbered 0 to 9. The SPCA requires that the tags be made of toxin-free material and that the temperature of the cages be maintained at 27 degree Celsius. Also , not more than 2 mice can be caged together and each cage must be at least 2 sq.ft in area. The 5 experiments to be conducted by lab are to be thoroughly documented and performed only after a round of approval by authorities. The approval procedure takes around 48 hours. How many times is the tag numbered '4' used by the lab in numbering these mice?

a) 9

b) 19

c) 20

d) 21 (solution:b)

Q16)There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, 160... in tank B.( At the end of first hour, B has 10 litres , second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled after 21 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it completely?

a) 26 hrs

b) 25 hrs

c) 5 hrs

d) 27 hrs (solution:a)

Q17) Consider two tumblers, the first containing one litre of coffee. Suppose you take one spoon of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the second tumbler. After moving you take one spoon of the mixture from the second tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler . Which one of the following statement holds now?

a) There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler.

b) There is more coffee in the firs tumbler than water in the second tumbler

c) There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second tumbler

d) None of the statements holds true.

Q18) Francois Pachet , a researcher at Sony Computer Science laboratories is also a jazz musician. He decided to build a robot able to improvise like a pro. Named Continuator, the robot can duet with a live musician in real- time. It listens to a musical phrase and then computes a complementary phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between and then computes a complementary phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between materials , labour and overheads in the ratio of 4:6:2.If the materials cost $108. the cost of the robot is

a) $270

b) $324

c) $216

d) $ 648 (solution:b)

Q19) A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue- 32 red and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark inspite of the darkness. She can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each colour?

a) 50

b) 8

c) 60

d) 42

Q20) A man jogs at 6 mph over a certain journey and walks over the same route at 4 mph. What is his average speed for the journey?

a) 2.4 mph

b) 4 mph

c) 4.8 mph

d) 5 mph (solution:d)

Q21) Spores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato famine of the mid-19^th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in England this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop has risen up . The price has already gone up to $45 a box from $27 a box a month ago. How much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy 27 boxes this month over what he would have paid last month?

a) $27

b) $ 18

c) $45

d) $ 486

Q22) Given a collection of 36 points P in the plane and a point equidistant from all points in P, which of the following are necessarily true?

A. The points in P lie on a circle.

B. The distance between any pair of points in P is larger than the distance between X and a point in P

a) A and B

b) Neither A nor B

c) B only

d) A only

Q23) In the year 2002, Britain was reported to have had 4.3m closed – circuit television (CCTV) cameras – one for every 14 people in the country . This scrutiny is supposed to deter and detect crime. In one criminal case, the police interrogates two suspects . The ratio between the ages of the two suspects is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 55 years. After how many years will the ratio be 8:7.?

a) 11

b) 6

c) 10

d) 5

Q24) Susan made a block with small cubes of 8 cubic cm volume to make a block 3 small cubes long, 9 small cubes wide and 5 small cubes deep. She realizes that she has used more small cubes than she really needed. She realized that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock like a block with same dimensions, if it were made hollow. What is the minimum number of cubes that she needs to make the block?

a) 114

b) 135

c) 21

d) 71

Q25) Alok and Bhanu play the following coins in a circle game. 99 coins are arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coin. Two of the coins are special and the rest are ordinary. Alok starts and the players take turns removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the other coins closer until they again form a (smaller) circle. The goal is to bring the special coins adjacent

to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially the special coins are separated by two ordinary coins O1 and O2. Which of the following is true ?

a) In order to win, Alok should remove O1 on his first turn.

b) In order to win, Alok should remove one of the coins different from O1 and O2 on his first turn.

c) In order to win, Alok should remove O2 on his first turn.

d) Alok has no winning strategy.

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1: There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively? ( 1 of _____) ?
Answer: 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/32
32 will be the answer.

2: Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Peter is twice as old as Paul was when Peter was as old as Paul is now. What is the present age of Peter?

Answer: 20 years.

3: The ages of two friends is in the ratio 6:5. The sum of their ages is 66.After how many years will the ages be in the ratio 8:7?
Answer: 12 years.

4: (There was a long story, I'll cut short it). There are 5 materials to make a perfume: Lilac, Balsalmic, Lemon, Woody and Mimosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: Lilac and Balsalmic go together. Woody and Mimosaic go together, Woody and Balsalmic never go together. Lemon can be added with any material. (Actually they had also mentioned how much amount of one can be added with how much quantity of the other; but that's not needed for the question.) All of the following combinations are possible to make a perfume EXCEPT:
1) Balsalmic and Lilac
2) Woody and Lemon
3) Mimosaic and Woody
4) Mimosaic and Lilac
Answer: Mimosaic and Lilac.

5: A girl has to make pizza with different toppings. There are 8 different toppings. In how many ways can she make pizzas with 2 different toppings.
Answer: 8 * 7 = 56

6: A triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 25 cm, 11 cm and 31 cm. What will be the area of the square made from the same rope?
Answer:280.5625

7: What is the distance between the z-intercept from the x-intercept in the equation ax+by+cz+d=0. (I do not remember the values of a,b,c,d)

8: An athlete decides to run the same distance in 1/4th less time that she usually took. By how much percent will she have to increase her average speed?
Answer: 33.33%

9: A horse chases a pony 3 hours after the pony runs. Horse takes 4 hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is 35 kmph, what s the average speed of the pony?

10: There is 7 friends (A1,A2,A3....A7).If A1 have to have shake with all with out repeat. How many hand shakes possible?

11: There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in a hour B can fills 20 liters in same time. Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40, 80,160….if B filled in (1/16) th of a tank in 3 hours, how much time will it take to fill completely?
Answer:7 hours

12: (Keywords): Sports readers,10 tables,4chairs per table, each table has different number of people then how many tables will left without at least one person?
Ans : 6

13: The ages of two friends is in the ratio 5:6. After how many years will the ages be in the ratio 7:8?
Answer: 10 years.

14: What is the distance of the z-intercept from the x-intercept in the equation ax+by+cz+d=0. (I do not remember the values of a,b,c,d)

15: An athlete decides to run the same distance in 1/4th less time that she usually took. By how much percent will she have to increase her average speed?
Answer: 33.33%

16. A man whose age is 45 yrs has 3 sons named John,jill,jack. He went to a park weekly twice.he loves his sons very much. On a certain day he find # shopkippers sailing  different things. An apple cost 1penny, 2chocalate costs 1penny.& 3 bananas cost 1 penny. He has bought equal no. of apple, chocolate & banana for each son. If the total amount he invest is 7 penny then how many he has bought from each piece for his son?

a)1app,1cho,1 banana

b)1 app,2cho,3 banana

c)1app,2cho,1banana

17. A scientist was researching on animal behavior in his lab. He was very interested in analyzing the behavior of bear. For some reason he travelled  1mile in north direction & reached at north pole.there he saw a bear .he then followed the bear around 1 hr with a speed of 2km/hr in east direction.After that he travelled in south direction & reached at his lab in2 hrs. Then what is the colour of the bear? I think ans is white

a)white b)black c)gray d)brown

18. In a particular city there are 100 homes numbered from 1,2,3………..100. Thecity was build by a builder from chennei. There  was 45 shop in the town which was build by a builder from Mumbai. THE 2^nd builder can build the in ½ time as compared to 1^st builder. If the 2^nd builder builds in 15 days,then how many 2’s are used by the builder from Chennai in numbering the 100 homes?

a)17 b)18 c)19        ans d) 20          c)19

19.MR dash has 3 sons whose ages are respectively a,b,c. The grandfather has bought a cycle for the eldest son, mother has bought a bag for the youngest one which cost Rs150/.  The sum of two  age of the elder son & one son is 15.The difference of age of sons is 3 & 2.Then what is the age of the eldest son?

a)10, b)11, c) 12,d)13

20. We all know that Arya bhatta is the greatest mathematics belongs to india . When his daughter Mayabati was in her teen age he discovered a problem. At that time the age of mayabati is a prime number,let that age is a. After some years  her age becomes b. then Arya Bhatta was able to solve that problem wit the help of he daughter mayabati. If a-b=5 & product of a& b is 26 then what is the sum of two squares?

A)77 b) 45 c)89 d)67

21.how many 13 digit numbers are possible by using the digits 1,2,3,4,5 which are divisible by 4 if repetition of digits is allowed? Ans:5 to the power 12

22. (40*40* 40-31*31*31)/(40*40+40*31+31*31)=?a simle calcutation

23. x/2y=2a,then 2x/x-2ay=?(some thing like this .very easy )

24. A big Question describing a story.After that a number is given eg 2880.by what if we divide the number it ll become a perfect square?Ans:5

25. 1^st a story. Then a simple ratio problem. The question was if the ratio of age of two persons is 5:6,sum of present age is 33,then in how many years the ratio of their age becomes 7:8?

a)3 b)4 c)5 d)6

26. Mr behera wants to build A house for his wife. In this there are 5 rooms each having equal area. The length of each room is 4m,,breadth is 5 m. the height of the rooms are 2m. if to make a sq meter we need 17 bricks ,then how many bricks are needed to make the floor of  a particular room?

27. A very big story.on Tuesday  college parking place have only 4wheelers &  bicycles,total no of wheels was 182,yhen what is the possible no of bicycles?

a)20 b 19 c 18 d 17

28. Simple question bt big one on average age.sth like a,b,c weigheted separately 1^st a,b,c ,then a& b,then b&c ,then c&a at last abc,the last weight was 167,then what will be the avg weight of the 7 weight?

29. Arrange the jumbled letters to make a perfect word RGTEI(sth like this). Find to which category it belong?(not so easy,I was bt able 2 solve the problem .the number of the question was 34)

A)town b)vegetable c)animal d) bird

30. 3 persons a,b,c were there A always says truth,B lies on Monday,tusday,& Wednesday.but  C lies on thrusday,Friday & saturday .one day A said”that B &  C said to  A that” B said “yesterday way one of the days when I lies”,C said that”yesterday way one of the days when I lies too”.then which day was that?

Ans:   a Sunday  b thrusday  c  saterday d.Tuesday

31.a long story & with in it a mathematical series present like

8  6  17  14  35  30  71   _  143.

32. One man want to build a wall the length and breadth of the wall are 20, 30 respectively. He need 35 bricks for one square centimeter then how many bricks he need?

Ans:l*b*35(no of bricks needed for sqcm)

33. one person had three children.he has 7 pennis.then how he can distribute the fruits among his child by folloing conditions.

a)he can get one water millon for 1 penny.

b)he can get 2 oranges for 1 penny.

c)he can get 3 grapes for 1 penny.

Ans:2 water millon 1 orange 1 grape

34. 1/3 rd of a number is more 3 than the 1/6^th of a number then find the number?

Ans:18

35. In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings they number as 1 to 100. For shops, corporation numbered between 150 and 200 only prime numbers. how many time 6 will appear in building numbering?
Ans:
For 1 to 10 - 1 six
2 to 20 - 1 six
Similarly upto 59 we utilise six, 5 times
from 60 to 69 (including 66) - 11 times
from 70 to 100 - 3, hence ans = 5+11+3 = 19
Ans:19.

36. one grand father has 3 grand child.eldest one age is 3 times of the youngest child age.sum of two youngest child age is more than two of eldest one age.find the eldest one age?

Ans: 15(we can easily predict from options, as we take y as 15)

37.difrence b/w two nubers is 4.and their product is 17.then find the sum of their squers?

Ans: 70 (By using (x-y)2=x2+y2-2xy)

38. I dont remember exactly the question, one logical problem stating the colour of beer?
Ans: white.

39. find category from following Jumbled letters, parakeet(answer)
Ans: bird(category)

40. which is the smallest digit when devides the 2880 gives perfect squre.?

Ans:5(we can easily predict from options, as we devides them with 2880)

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I took 3 sessions on 3 different topics,in single day , my faculty was impressed and want me to conduct more sessions , for

students from all years .

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This presentation was of 1 hour,total student present where 55  , the topic was ASP.net

ASP.NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. ASP.NET is built on the Common Language Runtime (CLR), allowing programmers to write ASP.NET code using any supported .NET language. The ASP.NET SOAP extension framework allows ASP.NET components to process SOAP messages.

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i took a session at main college in our campus, it was very interesting and response was great.

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For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931, presided
over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights
and Economic Programme?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Ans: (b)
2. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps
Mission?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
(b) Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
(d)Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Ans: (c)
3. Which one of the following processes in the bodies of living organisms
is a digestive process?
(a) Breakdown of proteins into amino acids
(b) Breakdown of glucose into CO2 and H2O.
(c) Conversion of glucose into glycogen.
(d) Conversion of amino acids into proteins.
Ans: (a)
4. From the point of view of evolution of living organisms, which one of the
following is the correct sequence of evolution?
(a) Otter - Tortoise - Shark
(b) Shark - Tortoise - Otter
(c) Tortoise - Shark - Otter
(d) Shark - Otter – Tortoise
Ans: (b)
5. Consider the following statements:
1. Hepatitis B is several times more infectious than HIV / AIDS.
2. Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
6. Excessive release of the pollutant carbon monoxide (CO), into the air
may produce a condition in which oxygen supply in the human body
decreases. What causes this condition?
(a) When inhaled into the human body, CO is converted into CO2.
(b) The inhaled CO has much higher affinity for haemoglobin as compared to
oxygen.
(c) The inhaled CO destroys the chemical structure of haemoglobin.
(d) The inhaled CO adversely affects the respiratory centre in the brain.
Ans: (b)
7. Consider the following statements:
1. Every individual in the population is equally susceptible host for Swine Flu.
2. Antibiotics have no role in the primary treatment of Swine Flu.
3. To prevent the future spread of Swine Flu in the epidemic area, the swine
(pigs) must all be
culled.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3.
Ans: (a)
8. With regard to the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus,
which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The chances of transmission from female to male are twice as likely as from
male to female.
(b) The chances of transmission are more if a person suffers from other sexually
transmitted infections.
(c) An infected mother can transmit the pregnancy, at childbirth and by breast
feeding.
(d) The risk of contracting infection from transfusion of infected blood is much
higher than an exposure to contaminated needle.
Ans: (a)
9. What are the possible limitations of India in mitigating the global
warming at present and in the immediate future?
1. Appropriate alternate technologies are not sufficiently available.
2. India can not invest huge funds in research and development.
3. Many developed countries have already set up their polluting industries in
India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
10. Consider the following statements:
1. The Commonwealth has no charter, treaty or constitution.
2. All the territories / countries once under the British empire (jurisdiction / rule /
mandate) automatically joined the commonwealth as its members.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (d)
11. Examine the following statements:
1. All colours are pleasant.
2. Some colours are pleasant.
3. No colour is pleasant.
4. Some colours are not pleasant.
Given that the statement 4 is true, what can be definitely concluded?
(a) 1 and 2 are true (b) 1 is false
(c) 2 is false (d) 3 is true
Ans: (b)
12. In the context of bilateral trade negotiations between India and
European Union, what is the difference between European Commission
and European Council?
1. European Commission represents the EU in trade negotiations whereas
European Council participates in the legislation of matters pertaining to economic
policies of the European Union.
2. European Commission comprises the Heads of State or government of
member countries whereas the European Council comprises of the persons
nominated by European Parliament.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (a)
13. The approximate representations of land use classification in India is
(a) Net area sown 25%; forests 33%; other areas 42%.
(b) Net area sown 58%; forests 17%; other areas 25%.
(c) Net area sown 43%; forests 29%; other areas 28%.
(d) Net area sown 47%; forests 23%; other areas 30%.
Ans: (d)
14. With reference to the National Investment Fund to which the
disinvestment proceeds are routed, consider the following statements:
1. The assets in the National Investment Fund are managed by the Union
Ministry of Finance.
2. The National Investment Fund is to be maintained within the Consolidated
Fund of India.
3. Certain Asset Management Companies are appointed as the fund managers.
4. A certain proportion of annual income is used for financing select social
sectors.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 3 only
Ans: (c)
15. In India, which of the following is regulated by the Forward Markets
Commission?
(a) Currency Futures Trading
(b) Commodities Futures Trading.
(c) Equity Futures Trading.
(d) Both Commodities Futures and Financial Futures Trading.
Ans: (b)
16. Which one of the following is not a feature of Limited Liability
Partnership firm?
(a) Partners should be less than 20.
(b) Partnership and management need not be separate.
(c) Internal governance may be decided by mutual agreement among partners.
(d) It is corporate body with perpetual succession.
Ans: (a)
17. With reference to the institution of Banking Ombudsman in India, which
one of the statements is not correct?
(a) The Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India.
(b) The Banking Ombudsman can consider complaints from Non – Resident
Indians having accounts in India.
(c) The orders passed by the Banking Ombudsman are final and binding on the
parties concerned.
(d) The service provided by the Banking Ombudsman is free of any fee.
Ans: (c)
18. With reference to the India, consider the following:
1. Nationalization of Banks.
2. Formation of Regional Rural Banks.
3. Adoption of villages by Bank Branches.
Which of the above can be considered as steps taken to achieve the “financial
inclusion” in India?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (d)
19. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India
and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
(a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his victory Timur Shah
from Lahore.
(b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade
Punjab.
(c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non – payment of the
revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur).
(d) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi
to his kingdom.
Ans: (a)
20. With reference to the Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the
following statements:
1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3.
Ans: (a)
21. Why did Buddhism start declining in India in the early medieval times?
1. Buddha was by that time considered as one of the incarnations of Vishnu and
thus became
a part of Vaishnavism.
2. The invading tribes from Central Asia till the time of last Gupta king adopted
Hinduism and
persecuted Buddhists.
3. The Kings of Gupta dynasty were strongly opposed to Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (a)
22. Consider the following statements:
The functions of commercial banks in India include
1. Purchase and sale of shares and securities on behalf of customers.
2. Acting as executors and trustees of wills.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
23. In India, the tax proceeds of which one of the following as a percentage
of gross tax revenue has significantly declined in the last five years?
(a) Service tax (b) Personal income tax
(c) Excise duty (d) Corporation tax
Ans: (c)
24. Which one of the following authorities makes recommendations to the
Governor of a State as to the principles for determining the taxes and
duties which may be appropriated by the Panchayats in that particular
State?
(a) District Planning Committees. (b) State Finance Commission.
(c) Finance Ministry of that State. (d) Panchayati Raj Ministry of that States.
Ans: (b)
25. Consider the following statements:
In India, taxes on transactions in Stock Exchanges and Futures Markets are
1. levied by the Union.
2. collected by the States.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (a)
26. In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of
the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
(a) Rice (b) Oil Seeds
(c) Pulses (d) Sugarcane
Ans: (c)
27. Consider the following statements:
1. The Union Government fixes the Statutory Minimum Price of sugarcane for
each sugar
season.
2. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the Essential
Commodities Act.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
28. With reference to the Indian economy, consider the following
statements:
1. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased by four times in the last 10
years.
2. The percentage share of Public Sector in GDP has declined in the last 10
years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (b)
29. Consider the following which can be found in the ambient atmosphere:
1. Soot
2. Sulphur hexafluoride
3. Water vapour
Which of the above contribute to the warming up of the atmosphere?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (d)
30. The International Development Association, a lending agency, is
administered by the
(a) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(b) International Fund for Agricultural Development.
(c) United Nations Development Programme.
(d) United Nations Industrialized Development Organization.
Ans: (a)
31. When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What
is the main reason for this colour?
(a) Abundance of magnesium (b) Accumulated humus
(c) Presence of ferric oxides (d) Abundance of phosphates
Ans: (c)
32. Which one of the following is the appropriate reason for considering the
Gondwana rocks as most important of rock systems of India?
(a) More than 90% of limestone reserves of India are found in them.
(b) More than 90% of India’s coal reserves are found in them.
(c) More than 90% of fertile black cotton soils are spread over them.
(d) None of the reasons given above is appropriate in this context.
Ans: (b)
33. Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through
the Strait of Malacca:
(a) Bali (b) Brunei
(c) Java (d) Singapore
Ans: (d)
34. With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements
is correct?
(a) It flows into Gulf of Khambhat.
(b) It flows into Gulf of Kuchchh.
(c) It flows into Pakistan and merges with a tributary of Indus.
(d) It is lost in the marshy land of the Rann of Kuchchh.
Ans : (d)
35. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Dam / Lake River
(a) Govind Sagar - Satluj
(b) Kolleru Lake - Krishna
(c) Ukai Reservoir - Tapi
(d) Wular Lake – Jhelum
Ans: (b)
36. A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:
1. Warm and dry climate.
2. Mild and wet winter.
3. Evergreen oak trees.
The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following
regions?
(a) Mediterranean (b) Eastern China
(c) Central Asia (d) Atlantic coast of North America.
Ans: (a)
37. With reference to the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy,
2007, consider the following statements:
1. This policy is applicable only to the persons affected by the acquisition of land
for projects
and not to the involuntary displacement due to any other reason.
2. This policy has been formulated by the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans : (a)
38. In the context of India’s Five Year Plan, a shift in the pattern of
industrialization, with lower emphasis on heavy industries and more on
infrastructure begins in
(a) Fourth Plan (b) Sixth Plan
(c) Eighth Plan (d) Tenth Plan
Ans: (c)
39. Two of the schemes launched by the Government of India for Women’s
development are Swadhar and Swayam Siddha. As regards the difference
between them, consider the following statements:
1. Swayam Siddha is meant for those in difficult circumstances such as women
survivors of natural disasters or terrorism, women prisoners released from jails,
mentally challenged women etc. whereas Swadhar is meant for holistic
empowerment of women through Self Help Groups.
2. Swayam Siddha is implemented through Local Self Government bodies or
reputed Voluntary Organizations whereas Swadhar is implemented through the
ICDS units set up in the states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (d)
40. With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child, consider the following:
1. The Right to Development.
2. The Right to Expression.
3. The Right to Recreation.
Which of the above is/are the Rights of the child?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (d)
41. Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track
of 11 km. Their speeds are 4, 5.5 and 8 kmph respectively. When will they
meet at the starting point for the first time?
(a) After 11 hours (b) After 21 hours
(c) After 22 hours (d) After 33 hours
Ans: (c)
42. With reference to the Consumer Disputes Redressal at district level in
India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) A State Government can establish more than one District Forum in a district if
it deems fit.
(b) One of the members of the District Forum shall be a woman.
(c) The District Forum entertains the complaints where the value of goods or
services does not exceed rupees fifty lakhs.
(d) A complaint in relation to any goods sold or any service provided may be field
with a District Forum by the State Government as a representative of the
interests of the consumers in general.
Ans: ( c)
43. King Cobra is the only snake that makes its own nest. Why does it make
its nest?
(a) It is a snake – eater and the nest helps attract other snakes.
(b) It is a viviparous snake and needs a nest to give birth to its offspring.
(c) It is an oviparous snake and lays its eggs in the nest and guards the nest until
they are
hatched.
(d) It is a large, cold blooded animal and needs a nest to hibernate in the cold
season.
Ans: (c)
44. As a result of their annual survey, the National Geographic Society and
an international
polling firm Globe Scan gave India top rank in Greendex 2009 score. What
is this score?
(a) It is a measure of efforts made by different countries in adopting technologies
for reducing
carbon footprint?
(b) It is a measure of environmentally sustainable consumer behaviour in
different countries.
(c) It is an assessment of programmes / schemes undertaken by different
countries for
improving the conservation of natural resources.
(d) It is an index showing the volume of carbon credits sold by different countries.
Ans: (b)
45. Consider the following statements:
1. The Taxus tree naturally found in the Himalayas.
2. The Taxus tree is listed in the Red Data Book.
3. A drug called ‘taxol’ is obtained from Taxus tree is effective against
Parkinson’s disease.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( b)
46. P, Q, R and S are four men. P is the oldest but not the poorest. R is the
richest but not the oldest. Q is older than S but not than P or R. P is richer
than Q but not than S. The four men can be ordered (descending) in
respect of age and richness, respectively, as:
(a) PQRS, RPSQ (b) PRQS, RSPQ
(c) PRQS, RSQP (d) PRSQ, RSPQ
Ans: (b)
47. What causes wind to defect toward left in the Southern hemisphere?
(a) Temperature (b) Magnetic field
(c) Rotation of the earth (d) Pressure
Ans: (c)
48. Indiscriminate disposal of used fluorescent electric lamps causes
mercury pollution in the environment. Why is mercury used in the
manufacture of these lamps?
(a) A mercury coating on the inside of the lamp makes the light bright white.
(b) When the lamp is switched on, the mercury in the lamp causes the emission
of ultra – violet
radiations.
(c) When the lamp is switched on, it is the mercury which converts the ultra –
violet energy into
visible light.
(d) None of the statement given above is correct about the use of mercury in the
manufacture
of fluorescent lamps.
Ans: ( b)
49. If there were no Himalayan ranges, what would have been the most
likely geographical impact on India?
1. Much of the country would experience the cold waves from Siberia.
2. Indo – gangetic plain would be devoid of such extensive alluvial soils.
3. The pattern of monsoon would be different from what it is at present.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: ( d)
50. In the context of space technology, what is “Bhuvan”, recently in the
news?
(a) A mini satellite launched by ISRO for promoting the distance education in
India.
(b) The name given to the next moon Impact Probe, for Chandrayan – II.
(c) A geoportal of ISRO with 3D imaging capabilities of India.
(d) A space telescope developed by India.
Ans: (c)

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Smartdust is a hypothetical system of many tiny microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as sensors, robots, or other devices, that can detect, for example, light, temperature, vibration, magnetism or chemicals; are usually networked wirelessly; and are distributed over some area to perform tasks, usually sensing.

A typical application scenario is scattering a hundred of these sensors around a building or around a hospital to monitor temperature or humidity, track patient movements, or inform of disasters, such as earthquakes. In the military, they can perform as remote sensors to track enemy movements, detect poisonous gas or radioactivity. The ease and low cost of such applications have raised privacy concerns. The possibility that a 'swarm' designed to self-replicate and evolve to solve a problem might progress beyond our control has also raised safety concerns in science fiction stories, such as Prey by Michael Crichton. See also self-replicating machines in fiction. This possibility comprises an end of the world scenario known as grey goo.

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Brain Fingerprinting is a controversial forensic science technique that uses brain-reading techniques to determine whether specific information is stored in a subject’s brain. It does this by measuring electrical brainwave responses to words, phrases, or pictures that are presented on a computer screen (Farwell & Smith 2001). Brain fingerprinting was invented by Lawrence Farwell. The theory is that the brain processes known, relevant information differently from the way it processes unknown or irrelevant information (Farwell & Donchin 1991). The brain’s processing of known information, such as the details of a crime stored in the brain, is revealed by a specific pattern in the EEG (electroencephalograph) (Farwell & Smith 2001, Farwell 1994). Farwell’s brain fingerprinting originally used the well known P300 brain response to detect the brain’s recognition of the known information (Farwell & Donchin 1986, 1991; Farwell 1995a). Later Farwell discovered the MERMER ("Memory and Encoding Related Multifaceted Electroencephalographic Response"), which includes the P300 and additional features and is reported to provide a higher level of accuracy than the P300 alone (Farwell & Smith 2001, Farwell 1994, Farwell 1995b). In peer-reviewed publications Farwell and colleagues report over 99% accuracy in laboratory research (Farwell & Donchin 1991, Farwell & Richardson 2006) and real-life field applications (Farwell & Smith 2001, Farwell et al. 2006). In independent research William Iacono and others who followed identical or similar scientific protocols to Farwell’s have reported a similar high level of accuracy (e.g., Allen & Iacono 1997).

Brain fingerprinting has been applied in a number of high-profile criminal cases, including helping to catch serial killer JB Grinder (Dalbey 1999) and to exonerate innocent convict Terry Harrington after he had been falsely convicted of murder (Harrington v. State). Brain fingerprinting has been ruled admissible in court (Harrington v. State, Farwell & Makeig 2005). In the controversial Sister Abhaya murder case, the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate court had asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to make use of all modern investigation techniques, including brain fingerprinting.^[1]

Brain fingerprinting technique has been criticized on a number of fronts (Fox 2006b, Abdollah 2003). Although independent scientists who have used the same or similar methods as Farwell’s brain fingerprinting have achieved similar, highly accurate results (Allen & Iacono 1997; see also Harrington v. State), different methods have yielded different results. J. Peter Rosenfeld used P300-based tests incorporating fundamentally different methods, resulting in as low as chance accuracy (Rosenfeld et al. 2004) as well as susceptibility to countermeasures, and criticized brain fingerprinting based on the premise that the shortcomings of his alternative technique should generalize to all other techniques in which the P300 is among the brain responses measured, including brain fingerprinting.

Brain Fingerprinting was an international finalist in the Global Security Challenge 2008 in London.

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The primary focus of instrumentation engineering is the development and implementation of electrical and electronic instruments for the purpose of measuring, monitoring, and recording physical phenomena. Among many other types of instruments, instrumentation engineers develop seismic sensors, blood glucose sensors, fire detectors, and amperemeters.


Instruments developed by instrumentation engineers include analog, digital, and mixed signal electronic devices. Major users of these instruments include industries that rely on automated processes, such as chemical and manufacturing plants. They depend on these devices for safety, and for improving productivity and reliability. A very large field of work is also offered in biomedical engineering, and in metrology (the discipline that provides devices for technical measurements).

The scope of instrumentation engineering is vast, and appears to be growing, in part due to the increased use of automatic control in manufacturing and process plants. Growth is also tied to the development of more accurate and more robust sesnors, which allow us to detect phenomena of interest (such as the presence of minute levels of toxins in food) with much higher precision than what we could do a generation ago.

The Applied Electronics and Instrumentation curriculum in most universities includes courses on the design of analog and digital electronic devices used for measurement and control of parameters such as flow, pressure, temperature, and level, and the calibration of such instruments. Students learn to program microcontrollers, and to design and implement communication networks composed of sensors, actuators, and programmable logic controllers (PLC). Since instrumentation engineering is closely related to control engineering, some universities include courses on signals, systems, and control theory.


The degree title mentioned in the question, Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, is most popular in India. Therefore, we decided to look at what Indian universities that offer Applied Electronics and Instrumentation degrees say about the career paths that graduates are likely to have.


Here is what the Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at the Silicon Institute of Technology in Bhubaneswar says about career prospects of its graduates:

The demand for Applied Electronics is growing rapidly and job opportunities for graduates are multi-faceted. The graduates can work as Manufacturing Engineers in [multi-national corporations] like Sony, LG, Samsung, and Philips, as quality controllers, research, design & development consultants, entrepreneurs, and teachers.

The Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Department at Manav Rachna College of Engineering also cites rapid growth and the diverse application of the field:

The field of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering is growing at a very fast pace. Over the past three decades the field of instrumentation has seen an extremely widespread application in almost all discipline of engineering e.g., mining & metallurgy, robotics, textile, rolling mills, cranes & hoists, arc furnaces, chemical engineering, process control, and static relays.


Some professional societies for instrumentation that provide educational and career information about this growing field are the Instrument Society of America; the Instrumentation and Measurements Society of IEEE; the Institute of Diagnostic Engineers (US), and the Institute of Measurement and Control (UK

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Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid.

Cloud computingu is a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, Service-oriented architecture and utility computing. Details are abstracted from consumers, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them.^[1] Cloud computing describes a new spplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves over-the-Internet provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources.^[2][3] It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet.^[4] This frequently takes the form of web-based tools or applications that users can access and use through a web browser as if it were a program installed locally on their own computer.^[5] NIST provides a somewhat more objective and specific definition here.^[6] The term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used in the past to represent the telephone network,^[7] and later to depict the Internet in computer network diagrams as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents.^[8] Typical cloud computing providers deliver common business applications online that are accessed from another Web service or software like a Web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers.

Most cloud computing infrastructures consist of services delivered through common centers and built on servers. Clouds often appear as single points of access for consumers' computing needs. Commercial offerings are generally expected to meet quality of service (QoS) requirements of customers, and typically include service level agreements (SLAs).^[9] The major cloud service providers include Amazon, Salesforce and Google.^[10][11] Some of the larger IT firms that are actively involved in cloud computing are Fujitsu, Dell, ^[12] Hewlett Packard,^[13] IBM,^[14] VMware, NetApp and Microsoft

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