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42. (a) 'One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of Present age of older child = x + 2
Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during G + x x 2
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the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as 6 = 24
the Arabian Nights. Aladdin is a famous character of
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the book. 136 x x 2
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43. (a) The office of the International Court of Justice is located 6 = 24
in Hague, the Netherlands. 2x + 138 = 24 × 6
44. (a) A penalty box or sin bin is the area in ice hockey where 2x = 144 – 138 = 6
a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty. \ x = 6/2 = 3 years
45. (b) Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest \ Present age of youngest child = 3 years
part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western 53. (c) Let total age of family be G years.
Pacific Ocean, an average of 200 kilometres to the east 3 years back, total age = G – 3 × 4 = G – 12
of the Mariana Islands, in the Western Pacific East of According to question,
Philippines.
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46. (c) Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be G 12 = 24
dismissed (run out) by using television replays in the 4
second day of the test match in November 1992 between \ G = 24 × 4 + 12 = 108 years
South Africa and India in Kingsmead, Durban. Karl Let present age of baby = x
Liebenberg was the third umpire with Cyril Mitchley G x
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the on-field umpire. = 24
47. (a) Brajesh Mishra was the first National Security Advisor 5
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(NSA) of India who served from November 1998 to 108 x
May 2004. Other former NSAs were J N Dixit (2004- 5 = 24
2005), M. K. Narayanan (2005-2010) and Shivshankar Þ 108 + x = 120
Menon (2010-2014). \ x = 120 – 108 = 12 years
48. (c) Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 - 23 April 1992) was an Indian
filmmaker and author, widely regarded as one of the 54. (a) Here, A = 4
greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. He was born in B 3
the city of Calcutta into a Bengali Brahmo family.
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49. (b) The Mandal Commission was established in India in \ (9A 3B) = (9 4 3 3)
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1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime (9A 3B) (9 4 3 3)
Minister Morarji Desai, to identify the socially or 36 9 27 3
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educationally backward. = = =
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50. (c) Alberto Juantorena is a former Cuban racer who is 36 9 45 5
called El Caballo (the horse). Juantorena had been born 55. (d) According to question
with flat feet that caused feet and back problems, and d d 12
he had to have corrective surgery in 1977. At the 1976 (8 2) + (8 2) = 3 60
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Summer Olympics, he became the only athlete to win
both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles. d + d = 3 1
1 10 6 5
51. (b) Speed of current = (Rate of downstream – Rate of
2 3d 5d 16
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upstream) 30 = 5
1
= × (6 – 3) 8d 16
2 =
30 5
1
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= × 3 16 30
2 \ d = 8 5 = 12km
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= 1.5 km/hr
52. (c) Let total age of family be G years. 56. (a) Distance = 110m
Relative speed = 60 + 10 = 70 kmph (since both the train
10 years ago, total age = G – 10 × 4 = G – 40 and the man are moving in opposite direction)
According to question
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G 40 = 24 = 70´ = m / sec
4 18 18
G = 24 × 4 + 40 = 136 years \ Time taken to pass the man
Let present age of youngest child = x 18
= 110´ = 5.65 @ 6seconds
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