Questions

ΔABC is right angled at B. BD is an altitude. AD = 3 cm and DC = 9 cm. What is the value of AB (in cm)?

Which cricket player recently became the 6th Indian to take 300 wickets in test cricket?

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

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?

A high jumper runs for a while before taking a high jump so that the inertia of __ helps him take the long jump.

What is the full form of the Indian Political Party "NCP"?

If any Fundamental Right of a citizen is breached, then under Article 32 of Indian Constitution he can directly go to the ______

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

True, It is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and to act with due regard to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and the properties of law abiding men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will obey these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done with due regard to the rights and well-being of others. But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the hands of a Minister who is responsible to the State Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of Police.

The expression 'customs and ceremonies' means: