List of practice Questions

A rectangular paper sheet of dimensions \( 54 \, \text{cm} \times 4 \, \text{cm} \) is taken. The two longer edges of the sheet are joined together to create a cylindrical tube. A cube whose surface area is equal to the area of the sheet is also taken. Then, the ratio of the volume of the cylindrical tube to the volume of the cube is:
If \( \rightarrow \) denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [dry \( \rightarrow \) arid \( \rightarrow \) parched] is analogous to [diet \( \rightarrow \) fast \( \rightarrow \) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\)]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
Consider the following sample of numbers: \[ 9, 18, 11, 14, 15, 17, 10, 69, 11, 13 \] The median of the sample is:

Read the following statements carefully: 
Statement 1: Money is a commodity which is generally accepted as a medium of exchange. 
Statement 2: Money solved the problem of double coincidence of wants.

Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from those given below: 
Assertion (A): The maximum value of Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) can be unity. 
Reason (R): At the break-even level of income, savings are zero.

Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from those given below: 
Assertion (A): The equilibrium level of income is determined, when ex-ante spending and ex-ante output are equal. 
Reason (R): The equilibrium level of income may or may not be the same as the full employment level of output.

Study the following figure carefully and choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank: 
 

Suppose in an imaginary economy, autonomous consumption = Rs. 500 crore and marginal propensity to consume = 0.8. The saving function for the economy would be ________ . (Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank):

Read the following statements carefully: 
Statement 1: A consumption function describes the relationship between consumption and savings. 
Statement 2: Consumption function consists of two components---autonomous consumption and induced consumption. 
In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:

“Amita is a regular worker in a private firm that employs twelve hired workers.” Is she working in the formal/informal sector? Give valid reasons in support of your answer.
“The participation rate of people in economic activities in rural areas is more than that in urban areas.”
Justify the given statement.
Discuss any two liberalization measures pertaining to the tax reforms, introduced by the government, during the economic reform process of 1991.
Explain the ‘reallocation of resources’ objective of Government Budget.
Read the following statements carefully: Statement 1: Economic territory and political frontier of a nation are one and the same thing.
Statement 2: American Embassy in India is a part of the economic territory of India. In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:
Identify which of the following is {not one of the merits of a fixed exchange rate system:}
Identify the {incorrect statement with reference to Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR):}
Identify which of the following will appear on the debit side in the Capital Account of India’s Balance of Payments:
Then the poet spoke. He couldn’t have addressed a more dazed and silent audience – no one knew what he was talking about and his accent defeated any attempt to understand what he was saying. The whole thing lasted about an hour; then the poet left and we all dispersed in utter bafflement – What are we doing? What is an English poet doing in a film studio which makes Tamil films for the simplest sort of people? People whose lives least afforded them the possibility of cultivating a taste for English poetry. The poet looked pretty baffled too, for he must have felt the sheer incongruity of his talk about the thrills and travails of an English poet. His visit remained an unexplained mystery.

(Poets and Pancakes)
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions on ANY ONE.

(a) “Why do you do this?” I ask Saheb, whom I encounter every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps of my neighbourhood. Saheb left his home long ago. Set amidst the green fields of Dhaka, his home is not even a distant memory. There were many storms that swept away their fields and homes, his mother tells him. That’s why they left, looking for gold in the big city where he now lives. “I have nothing else to do,” he mutters, looking away. “Go to school,” I say glibly, realizing immediately how hollow the advice must sound. “There is no school in my neighbourhood. When they build one, I will go.”

(Lost Spring)

Imagine you are Derry speaking at the funeral of Mr. Lamb highlighting Mr. Lamb’s optimism and the change he brought about in your attitude towards life.
 

From that day onwards, it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram. The State banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja. A proclamation was issued to the effect that if anyone dared to fling so much as a stone at a tiger, all his wealth and property would be confiscated. The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other matters only after killing the hundred tigers. Initially, the king seemed well set to realise his ambition.

(The Tiger King)

Write an article highlighting how Dr. Sadao’s actions demonstrated the importance of humanity and living in harmony.
 

Read the two extracts given below and answer the questions on ANY ONE.

(a) The reason the programme has been so successful is because it is impossible to go anywhere near the South Pole and not be affected by it. It’s easy to be blasé about polar ice caps melting while sitting in the comfort zone of our respective latitude and longitude, but when you can visibly see glaciers retreating and ice shelves collapsing, you begin to realise that the threat of global warming is real. Antarctica, because of her simple eco-system and lack of biodiversity, is the perfect place to study how little changes in the environment can have big repercussions.

(Journey to the End of the Earth)
… but soon put that thought away, and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s security check,
standing a few yards away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,

(My Mother at Sixty-six)
Read the following extracts and answer the questions on ANY ONE of the given two.

Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear The thought of so much childish longing in vain,
The sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That waits all day in almost open prayer.
For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car,
Of all the thousand selfish cars that pass,
Just one to inquire what a farmer’s prices are
And one did stop, but only to plow up grass
In using the yard to back and turn around;
And another to ask the way to where it was bound;

(A Roadside Stand)