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35. (a) The famous book Mankind and Mother Earth is written 1
by prominent world historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee 53. (d) A' salary is times more than B'salary. So B' salary
which summarizes his Magnum Opus earlier in his 2
career with an afterword cautioning against Nuclear would be 1 times, less than A.
+
Proliferation. 1 2
36. (a) Paraffin wax is obtained from petroleum by dewaxing 1 1
light lubricating oil stocks. It is used in candles, wax i.e., = 33 %
3
3
paper, polishes, cosmetics, and electrical insulators. It
assists in extracting perfumes from flowers, forms a 54. (a) Let Arun's weight by X kg.
base for medical ointments, and supplies a waterproof According to Arun, 65 < X < 72
coating for wood. In wood and paper matches, it helps According to Arun's brother, 60 < X < 70.
to ignite the matchstick by supplying an easily According to Arun's mother, X < = 68
vaporized hydrocarbon fuel. The values satisfying all the above conditions are 66,
37. (b) MF Hussain did not get Bharatiya Jnanpith award. 67 and 68.
38. (b) Durban, South Africa will be the host of 2022 66 67 68 ö + æ 201ö
+ æ
commonwealth game. \ Required average = ç è 3 ø = ÷ ç è 3 ø ÷ = 67 kg.
39. (b) Lord Clive converted the East India Company into 55. (c) Net relative speed = (68 – 8) km/h
regional power after winning the battle of Plassey.
40. (a) Sri Lanka celebrates its independence day on 4th = 60 km/h
February. 5
41. (a) Natural Radio activity was discovered by Henry = 60 ´ 18 m/s
Becquerel in 1895. 50
42. (c) The present chairman of ISRO is Alur Seelin Kiran = m/s
Kumar. 3
43. (c) The Simon commission was established under the 150
guidance of the then vice president Lord Irwin by the Time = 50 = 9 sec.
council of India. 3
44. (c) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa
permanently in 1917. 56. (a) 2(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work
45. (a) The Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757, was a decisive æ 1 1 1 ö 15 1
British East India Company victory over the Nawab of = ç è 30 + 24 + 20 ø ÷ = 120 = 8
Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company
rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the 1 1
Indies for the next 190 years. The battle took place at Therefore, (A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = 2 8 = 16
´
Palashi, Bengal, on the river banks of the Bhagirathi
River, about 150 km north of Calcutta, near 10 5
Murshidabad, then capital of undivided Bengal. The Work done by A, B, C in 10 days = 16 = 8
belligerents were Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent
Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company. æ 5 ö 3
46. (d) Mangalayan. Mars Orbit Mission was launched on 5 Remaining work = 1- ç è 8 ø = ÷ 8
November 2013 by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO). æ 1 1 ö 1
47. (b) Ruhr of India is known for its rich coal deposits in A's 1 day's work = ç è 16 - 24 ø ÷ = 48
Jharkhand.
48. (b) Indian Space programmes began in 1962. 1
49. (b) Bachpan Bachao Andolan was founded by Kailash Now, 48 work is done by A in 1 day..
Satyarthi to protect the right of children
50. (c) 3 æ 3 ö
So, work will be done by A in 48´ ÷ ç = 18 days.
8
(10) 2 100 è 8 ø
51. (b) Net loss% = = = 1 57. (c) for 3 years Þ `600 more
100 100
1 for 1 years Þ ` 200 more
52. (a) Since price of an item is decreased by times. So it Now 4% of principal = 200
4
1
´
must be increased by times to get the original price. Principal = 200 100
3
1 = 33 % 4
1
3 3 Principal = `5000