1881: A rectangular sheet of aluminium foil measuring 5 cm by 10 cm is rolled into a cylinder of height 10 cm. If the cost of painting the cylinder is Rs. 2/- per sq cm, then the cost of painting the surface of the cylinder will be
(a) Rs. 400/-
(b) Rs. 200/-
(c) Rs. 150/-
(d) Rs. 100/-
1882: How did Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak die?
(a) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles
(b) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab
(c) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to death later
(d) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan
1883: Two cars X and Y start from two places A and B respectively which are 700 km apart at 9 a.m. Both the cars run at an average speed of 60 km/hr. Car X stops at 10 a.m. and again starts at 11 a.m. while the other-car Y continues to run without stopping. When do the two cars cross each other?
(a) 2 : 40 p.m.
(b) 3 : 20 p.m.
(c) 4 : 10 p.m.
(d) 4 : 20 p.m.
1884: Consider the following statements:
1. A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale has seven frequencies.
2. The frequency of the note Sa- (lk) is 256 Hz and that of Ni- (uh) is 512 Hz.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1885: Which one of the following is true regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?
(a) It was launched during the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi
(b) It aims at creating one million jobs annually
(c) The target group of JRY are the urban poor living below the poverty line
(d) Under the scheme 30% of the employment generated is reserved for women