Exams

If the side AB of an equilateral triangle ABC is equal to 12 cm. Calculate the length( in cm) of the AO, if O is the centroid of the triangle.

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.

The purpose of education is

A dinner set is quoted for Rs 1500. A customer pays Rs 1173 for it. If the customer got a series of two discounts and the rate of first discount is 15% then the rate of second discount was,

Sphalerite is an ore/mineral of

In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements:
(I) Some books are toys.
(II) No toy is red.

Conclusion:
(I) Some books are red.
(II) Some toys are books.

What are the co­ordinates of the mid point of the segment joining points C(5,­-2) and D(­-1,8).

In the following figure, rectangle represents Doctors, circle represents Bikers, triangle represents Trekkers and square represents Football players. Which set of letters represents Doctors who are either Bikers or Football players?

Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.