IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1994 (Part 10 of 10)
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- Consider the diagram given below: Five hundred candidates appeared in an examination comprising tests in English, Hindi and Mathematics: The diagram gives the number of candidates who failed in different tests. What is the percentage of candidates who failed in at least two subjects?
- 7.8
- 0.078
- 6.8
- 1.0
- Sound waves travel at 300 m⟋s. Sound produced at a point is heard by a person after 5 seconds while the same sound is heard by another person after 6 seconds. What could be the maximum and minimum distances between the two persons?
- 1.8 km, 0.15 km
- 2.2 km, 0.20 km
- 2.8 km, 0.25 km
- 3.3 km, 0.3 km
- The surface area of a cube is 216 sq. m. What is its volume?
- 100 cu m
- 216 cu m
- 480 cu m
- 512 cu m
- If ₹ 1000 is invested at 12% interest and interest is compounded half yearly, what will be the total amount at the end of one year?
- 1120.00
- 1123.00
- 1126.00
- 1134.40
- Two persons start walking at a steady pace of 3 km⟋hour from a road intersection along two roads that make an angle of 60° with each other. What will be the (shortest) distance separating them at the end of 20 minutes?
- 3 km
- 2 km
- 1.5 km
- 1 km
- Which one of the following figures will generater a cone when rotated about one of its straight edges?
- An equilateral triangle
- A sector of a circle
- A segment of a circle
- A right-angled triangle
- A person at a point 0 on a straight road AC has four options to go to B which lies on a perpendicular to AC through D. Which one of the following is the shortest route to B?
- D to A and A to B
- D to E and E to B
- D to C and C to B
- D to F and F to B
- There are three tables containing two drawers each. It is known that one of the tables contains a silver coin in each of its drawers, another table contains a gold coin in each drawer while the third table contains a silver coin in one drawer and a gold coin in the other. One of the drawers of a table is opened and found to contain a silver coin. What is the probability that the other drawer of that table contains a gold coin?
- 1
- 0.5
- 0.25
- 0.75
- Consi4er the following chart: Interest Rates (in percentage) The chart above shows the movement of nominal interest rates and real interest rates (defined as nominal interest rate minus inflation) . Which one of the following is the correct interpretation?
- Nominal interest rates decreased at a constant rate in the periodFeb. 1992-Sept. 1993
- Inflation has constantly decreased from Feb. 1992-Sept. 1993
- Although the nominal rates of interest have constantly declined from Feb. 1992-Sept. 1993, the real rates have been steadily increasing throughout the period
- Nominal rate of interest and real rate of interest are likely to become equal in 1994
- The table below compares apparel exports of various countries between the years 1980 and 1990: Which one of the following statements is NOT true (Restricting consideration to countries listed in the. Table only) ?
- Thailand has overtaken India in apparel export performance between 1980 and 1990
- Total apparel export from the countries listed has increased (in dollar terms) between 1980 and 1990, but part of this is likely to be due to global inflation
- Indias share of the apparel export market has increased
- Maximum improvement in apparel export performance has been achieved by Indonesia
- Consider the following figures marked A and B: The manufacturing cost and projected sales for a product are shown in figures A and B respectively. What is the minimum number of pieces that should be manufactured to avoid a loss?
- 2000
- 2500
- 3000
- 3500
- Ram and Shyam work on a job together for four days and complete 60% of it. Ram takes leave then and Shyam works for eight more days to complete the job. How long would Ram take to complete the entire job alone?
- 6 days
- 8 days
- 10 days
- 11 days
- The square root of the cube of this number is the cube of its square root. It is not 1 and it is less than 6. What is it?
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- In the sequence 462,420, 3S0, X, 306, X stands for
- 352
- 342
- 332
- 322
- Ten percent of twenty plus twenty percent of ten equals
- 10 percent of 20
- 20 percent of 10
- 1 percent of 200
- 2 percent of 200