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(#M40025143) UPSC QUESTION Mental Ability Keep an EYE

Which number should come in the blank space to complete the series
2, 6, 12, 36, 72, ........

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(#M40023615) UPSC QUESTION Mental Ability Keep an EYE

In a tournament 14 teams play league matches. If each team plays against every other team once only then how many matches are played? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]
a) 105
b) 91
c) 85
d) 78

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(#M40029088) UPSC QUESTION CAPF 2012 Keep an EYE

Who among the following used the term Drain of Wealth’ for the first time?

1)Surendranath Banerjee
2)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3)Dadabhai Naoroji
4)Mahatma Gandhi

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(#M40029132) UPSC QUESTION CAPF 2012 Keep an EYE

Why does the Earth assume the shape of an oblate ellipsoid?
(a) The Earth's rotation causes the
Earth to bulge slightly at the
equator and flatten at the poles
(b) The Earth's rotation causes the
Earth to bulge slightly at the
poles and flatten at the equator
(c) The Earth's revolution causes
the Earth to bulge slightly
at the equator and flatten at
the poles
(d) The Earth's revolution causes
the Earth to bulge slightly at
the poles and flatten at the
equator

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(#M40025088) UPSC QUESTION Mental Ability Keep an EYE

If South - east is called East, North-west is called West, South-west is called South and what will North be called :

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(#M40029122) UPSC QUESTION CAPF 2012 Keep an EYE

Bleaching powder is added in water
used for drinking purpose. The role
of bleaching powder in this case is
(a) of disinfectant
(14 of bleaching agent
(c) to remove impurity
(d) to decrease the pH

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(#M40023605) UPSC QUESTION Mental Ability Keep an EYE

A man fills a basket with eggs in such a way that the number of eggs added on each successive day is the same as the number already present in the basket. This way the basket gets completely filled in 24 days. After how many days the basket was 1 / 4th full? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]
a) 6
b) 12
c) 17
d) 22

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(#M40029099) UPSC QUESTION CAPF 2012 Keep an EYE

A thin pin of iron can be made to
float on water (drinking) in a bowl.
This phenomenon is due to the
(a) surface tension of water
(b) viscous nature of water
(c) presence of ionic bonds in
water molecules
(d) presence of covalent bonds in
water molecules

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(#M40109619) UPSC QUESTION Keep an EYE

What is the general solution of cos x + sin x = 1.

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(#M40025005) UPSC QUESTION Mental Ability Keep an EYE

The 2004 Tsunami made people realize that mangroves can serve as a reliable safety hedge against coastal calamities. How do mangroves function as a safety hedge? [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

The mangrove swamps separate the human settlements from the sea by a wide zone in which people neither live not venture out
The mangroves provide both food and medicines which people are in need of after any natural disaster.
The mangrove trees are tall with dense canopies and serve as an excellent shelter during a cyclone or tsunami
The mangrove trees do not get uprooted by storms and tides because of their extensive roots

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