1016: His principal forte was social and religious reform. He relied Upon legislation to do away with social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system. To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian National Congress. The reference in this passage is to

(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(b) Behramji Merwanji Malabari

(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade

(d) B. R. Ambedkar
1017: In the given figure, all line segments of the shaded portion are of the same length and at right angles to each other. The same can be cut out of a board of side 10 cm. What is the area of the shaded portion ?


(a) 36 cm2
(b) 48 cm2
(c) 52 cm2
(d) 64 cm2
1018: Amit starts from a point a and walks to another points B, and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways ?

(A) 8 hours 45 minutes
(B) 8 hours 30 minutes
(C) 7 hours 45 minutes
(D) 8 hours 15 minutes
1019: The Constitution of India recognises

(a) only religious minorities
(b) only linguistic minorities
(c) religious and linguistic minorities
(d) religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities
1020: The surface of a lake is frozen in severe winter, but the water at its bottom is still liquid. What is the reason?

(a) Ice is a bad conductor of heat

(b) Since the surface of the lake is at the same temperature as the air, no heat is lost

(c) The density of water is maximum at 4 degree celcius

(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct.