Questions

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- When the robber was near her bed, she stood up suddenly, 'brandishing the knife.
Q- One night the robber did enter her room but Lakshmi did not make any sound.
R- She just kept a tight hold of the knife and pretended to be sound asleep.
S- The robber was taken aback and with a loud cry, he ran out.

Acacia arabica is the scientific name of

In the Modern Periodic Table, elements are arranged in

Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

The Prime Minister had wide-ranging discussions on the international situation.

In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

In this University, there is no __________ for awarding scholarships on the basic of merit in examination alone.

Match the characteristics with their market structure:
(a) Expand out put until MC = MR
(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

If price of an article decreases from Rs. 25 to Rs. 20, quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 1500 units. If point elasticity of demand is -1.25, find Q1?

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

A man who cannot decide which of the two things he will do first, end up doing_______.