The primary purpose of the passage is to:
A. describe the assimilation of two religious doctrines into a virtually indistinguishable structure
B. deride Taoism for initially opposing and then accepting tenets of Buddhism
C. adumbrate why Buddhism and Taoism are totally inseparable
D. stress that Buddhism is based on borrowed credo of Taoism
What does the quote "Buddhism stole the … loss with a stone" refer to?
A. The exchange of religious tenets between Buddhism and Taoism was spontaneous.
B. Both religions preyed on the good qualities of each other.
C. Both Buddhism and Taoism have stolen each other's features.
D. Buddhism has imbibed in itself Taoism's supreme features and so did Taoism.
E. While the mutual exchange enriched Buddhism, Taoism adopted less valuable elements from Buddhism.
The probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is
A hemispherical bowl of internal radius 18 cm is full of liquid. This liquid is to be filled in cylindrical bottles each of radius 3 cm and height 6 cm. How many bottles are required to empty the bowl?
Directions: The table given below shows the production of maize by 5 different states as a percentage of total production. Each state produces only maize and rice. There are three types of rice – R1, R2 and R3. The table also shows the R1 type of rice produced as a percentage of total rice production and the ratio of R2 and R3 type of rice. Total production by each state is 6,25,000.
F = Total production of R2 type of rice by all the states
K = Average of the total production of R1 type of rice by all the states
What is the value of K/F?
S, T and U can complete a piece of work in 40, 48 and 60 days, respectively. They receive Rs. 10,800 to complete the work. They begin the work together but T leaves 2 days before the completion of the work and U leaves 5 days before the completion of the work. S completes the remaining work alone. What is the share of S (in Rs.) from the total money?
In how many different ways can the letters of the word TOTAL be arranged?
Directions: Answer the question based on the following line graph.
In which year is total power production (thermal + hydel) the highest?
Directions: The bar graph shows the export of cars of types A and B (in Rs. millions).
What is the ratio of the total exports of cars of type A in 2014 and 2018 to the total exports of cars of type B in 2015 and 2016?
The probability that a teacher will give an unannounced test during any class meeting is 1/5. If a student is absent twice, then the probability that the student will miss at least one test is
A # B means 'A is the mother of B'.
A @ B means 'A is the sister of B'.
A & B means 'A is the father of B'.
A % B means 'A is the wife of B'.
If W # Q @ T & Y @ M % K, then how is K related to T?
Directions: Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows.
If the profit earned by Company B in the year 2007 was Rs. 7.56 lakh, then what was the profit earned by it in the year 2005?
Directions: Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows.
In which year did Company A earn the maximum profit?
Directions: Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows.
What was the approximate average percentage increase in profit of Company A over all the years together?
Directions: Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows.
What was the average percentage increase in profit of Company B in the years 2007 and 2009 together?
The speed of two railway engines is in the ratio 5 : 4. If they move on parallel tracks in the same direction and if the slower engine is ahead of the faster engine by 8 km when the latter starts, then how far will the faster engine have to travel before it overtakes the slower one?
Directions: The question given below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the given arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument and then mark the correct option accordingly.
Should the minimum age required for voting be decreased?
Arguments:
I. Yes, people are adequately mature before they reach the age of 18.
II. No, only once 18 years of age does a person realize the implication of his rights and duties.
Directions: In the following question, five statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.
A. Its proponents admit, however, that sociological explanations involve some form of intellection which is universalistic, call it 'sociological apperception', 'empathy', or 'sociological imagination', but simultaneously they also hold that explanation of specific forms of change in the cultural context of a nation requires delineation of conceptual categories applicable only to that particular culture.
B. The ideological orientation is not only confined to the formulation of the goals of social change, but also extends to the specific form of the sociological categories which have to analyse change.
C. This particularism of some Indian sociologists introduces yet another ideological element in the analysis of change.
D. To achieve this goal, a case for the development of a particularistic or typical Indian sociology is made.
E. Hence, they claim that there should be an Indian sociology distinct from sociology in the West or in other parts of the world.
The centre of two concentric circles is O. The areas of the two circles are 616 cm2 and 154 cm2, respectively. A tangent is drawn through point A on the larger circle to the smaller circle. This tangent touches the smaller circle at B and intersects the larger circle at C. What is the length (in cm) of AC?
Directions: Study the information carefully and answer the question given below.
Nine friends Kim, Lia, Nel, Mya, Oat, Pin, Qia, Rit and Sep are seated in a straight line facing north.
Pin is third to the left of Sep. Nel is not sitting adjacent to Pin.
Kim is not sitting at an end. Pin sits at the end of line.
Nel is fifth to the left of Mya and neither of them is sitting at the end.
Lia is the immediate neighbour of Rit and Qia.
If Kim is third to the left of Rit, then who is sitting second to the right of Qia?