What is the rate of compound interest on a sum of money?

Statement I: The difference between compound interest and simple interest at the same rate of interest for two years is Rs. 43.20 and simple interest at the end of five years is Rs. 3600.

Statement II: The difference between compound interest and simple interest at the same rate of interest on Rs. 12000 for 3 years is Rs. 132.192.

Consider the following statements:

1. The headquarters of ICAR is located in New Delhi.

2. It functions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

3. It is the apex body for coordinating and managing agricultural education and research in India.

Which of the above statements are correct?

The social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy is associated with which socio-religious reform movement in India?

Which artery does NOT carry oxygenated blood in human body?

Ladakhi New Year, known as Losar, is celebrated by placing symbolic dough models of ____, along with the sun and moon, in households.

According to Newland’s Law of Octaves, every__________ element had properties similar to that of the first element

A word has been given in the following question. In response to the highlighted word, sentences have been provided in the options below. Find the appropriate statement representing the given word.

Adopt

If a³ + b³ + c³ - 3abc = 252 and a + b + c = 6. Find the value of ab + bc + ca.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 6

A can do a piece of work in 64 days. If B is 13.33% more efficient than A, then what is the number of days required by A and B together to do the same piece of work?

On which date is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) observed every year?

Choose the appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Ball is in your court

The last Danish colonial post-Serampore was ceded to Britain by.......... in 1845 AD.

Arrange the following Vedic texts in chronological sequence:

1. Brahmanas

2. Aranyakas

3. Samhitas

4. Upanishads

In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. The fame of Bacon as a creative writer rests mainly on his essays.

P. The term is derived from 'essai'.

Q. It may be perhaps desirable to write something on 'Essay'.

R. 'Essai' means experiment, attempt.

S. The essay covers an enormous range of composition.

6. In style the essay is often self-revelatory and illustrative.

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the Directive Principles of State Policy?

The remainder when a number is divided by 15 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided by 4 the remainder is 1. What is the least number that satisfies both conditions?

Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The company’s fortuitous success surprised everyone.

In the given figure, the ratio of AE : CE = 5 : 3, EB = 30 cm and AB = 75 cm. What is the value of CD?

What is the correct order of elements according to their valence shell electrons?

How many types of electric current are there?

A flower vase is in the form of a frustum of a cone. The perimeter of the ends are 88 cm and 16.8π cm. If the depth is 21 cm, find how much julep it can hold. (in cm³)

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

The finest / writers of tragedy / was / Christopher Marlowe / of the Elizabethan

Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

 The politician’s speech was filled with invective against his opponents.

A number when divided by 112 it leaves 31 as remainder. When the same number is divided by 14 and 16 it leaves remainder as A and B respectively then what is the ratio of A and B?

A beam of light after passing through a concave lens appears to diverge from a point 25 cm behind the lens. The power of the lens is:

Match the following:

In the given figure CD || AB, ∠CBA = 35°. Find the value of ∠CDB - ∠DBC.

To study the demands of the reorganisation of states on a linguistic basis, a committee was formed by the Indian National Congress in 1948. The committee was headed by _____.

Match the following principles with ideology :

Study the given pie-chart and answer the question that follows.

The pie-chart shows the National Budget Expenditure in the year 2024.

If ₹850 billion were spent in year 2024 for interest on debt and military, then what would have been the total expenditure for that year (in ₹ billion)?

Match List I (Parts of Speech) with List II (Example) and select the answer using the code given below the Lists.

Code:
A B C D

The ratio of the efficiency of A, B, and C is 2 : 3 : 5 respectively and C alone can complete the work in 12 days. If A and C started the work and after 5 days, B also joined them, then in how many days A, B and C together to complete the remaining work?

'Matki' is a popular folk dance of which of the following states?

If a new device is attached to a computer, such as a printer or scanner, its __________ must be installed before the device can be used.

A convex lens having power 5 D is placed in contact with a concave lens having power -3 D. The focal length of the combination will be:

In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. Information Technology is a recent development.

P. These changes are attributed to the Internet, website, e-mail and Fax.

Q. As a result of these techniques, the whole world has shrunken into a global village.

R. The invention of the computer has accelerated the speed of computing.

S. It has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of communication.

6. Browsing Internet has become a regular feature.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 9

The cost of painting the outer portion of a cuboidal box which is open at the top at the rate of Rs. 2.5/m² is Rs. 570. If the length of the box is 20% more than its breadth and the height of the box is 50% more than its length, then find the cost of painting the only curved surface of the box at the same rate.

The marked price of an article is Rs 1750. The shopkeeper will either give a discount of 30% or two successive discounts of 25% and 10%. Find the difference between the selling price in both cases (in Rs.).

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 2

________________ the weather was horrible, they still went outside.

The sale of government assets is also known as:

A cube of side 8 cm is cut into some cubes of side 2 cm. Calculate the total surface area of all the small cubes.

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. There was a large gathering at the party.
P. I, too wore a brand new gold jacket.
Q. My black leather shoes were shining.
R. It matched well with my new pair of faded stone washed pants.
S. Everybody had put-on new colourful clothes.
6. They had been polished.

Let x be the least 4-digit number which when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 leaves a remainder of 1 in each case. If x lies between 2800 and 3000, then what is the sum of the digits of x?

Based on the Census of India 2011, which of the following statements about the sex ratio are correct?

1. The national sex ratio was 943 females per 1,000 males.

2. Kerala recorded the highest sex ratio among all states.

3. Haryana had a sex ratio of less than 900 females per 1,000 males.

4. The sex ratio in urban areas was higher than in rural areas.

Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

Directions:

In the following items a pair of statements (S1, S2) is given. Select the most appropriate and relevant co-relationship of the second statement to the first from among the options (a), (b), (c), and (d), and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

S1. Prevention is better than cure.
S2. Taking precautions can save you from future problems.

The second statement:

In this section an underlined word has been used variously in three sentences S1, S2 and S3. You are required to determine in how many sentences has the word been used correctly, and mark your answer from the options (1), (2) or (3) given below. If the word has not been correctly used in any one or more of the given sentences mark your response as (4).

Misappropriation

S1- The firm discussed the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets on its company website.

S2- He was charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of union funds.

S3- There was an alleged financial misappropriation.