SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTOMAGNETIC WAVES BY DAVID.K.CHENG

Aptitude questions

                                             APTITUDE QUESTIONS

1. While traveling in a road, the road diverges left and right. one way goes to the heaven and other one goes to hell i want to go to heaven. In that village only two inhabitants are living one is knight and other one is knave. knight will always speak truth and knave will always speak lie. In that road one inhabitant is standing but we don’t know who is he. He might be an knight or knave i want to ask a question to that inhabitant to go to heaven. how can i identify that inhabitant is knight or knave
2. These words follow a logical progression: CODIFY LAMINA STOVE RESET JOKUL QUIRES Which one of these comes next? REST, GRAIL, STOIC, ORDEAL
3. There is a whole number n for which the following holds: if you put a 4 at the end of n, and multiply the number you get in that way by 4, the result is equal to the number you get if you put a 4 in front of n. In other words, we are looking for the number you can put on the dots in the following equation: 4… = 4 × …4 Which number must be put on the dots to get a correct equation?
4. 361 -> 22 121 -> 14 81 -> 12 25 -> X What is the value of X?
5. t 3) two cars turn left anthere are 4 cars . they all are coming from different directions. they have to cross through one square. they all arrive at the same time. nobody stops . still there is no clash . note : they all are driving at a speed if 100 km/hr. options are: 1) all cars take left 2) all cars turn righd two turn right. tell me the answer with reason.
6. The legendary king Midas possessed a huge amount of gold. He hid this treasure carefully: in a building consisting of a number of rooms. In each room there were a number of boxes; this number was equal to the number of rooms in the building. Each box contained a number of golden coins that equaled the number of boxes per room. When the king died, one box was given to the royal barber. The remainder of the coins had to be divided fairly between his six sons. Is a fair division possible in all situations?
7. This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Good luck! What is unusual about the above paragraph?

history

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C.S.E. HISTORY (MAIN) – 2004 – HISTORY 

PAPER - I  

Time Allowed: Three Hours  Maximum Marks: 300 

Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of 

the remaining questions selecting at ieast one question from each Section. 

SECTION A 

1. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and write 

short descriptive notes on the places plotted by you on the map: 4 x 15 = 60 

(i) Achichhatra 

(ii) Amaravati 

(iii) Bhimbaitka 

(iv) Champa 

(v) Kalibangan 

(vi) Kanauj 

(vii) Kapilvastu 

(viii) Karle 

(ix) Mahabalipuram 

(x) Mathura 

(xi) Mehrgarh 

(xii) Paithan 

(xiii) Pataliputra 

(xiv) Samath 

(xv) Siddapura 

(xvi) Somnath 

(xvii) Tamralipti 

(xviii) Taxila 

(xix) Tripuri 

(xx) Udaigit 

 

2. Describe the social life of the later Vedic people. How was it different from the 

Rig-Vedic life?  60 

3. Explain the social aspects of Buddhism and account for its decline in India. 60 

4. Give an account of the rise of the Chalukyas of Vatapi and their struggle with 

other rulers. Write a note on their patronage of arts. 60 

SECTION B 

5. Write short essays in not more than 200 words each on any three of the following 

topics:   20 x 3 = 60 

(a) The 'Corps of Forty' and its relations with the Sultans. 60 

(b) The Token Currency System introduced by Muhammad Tughlaq. 

(c) Was Din-i-Ilahi 'a monument of Akbar's folly' ? 

(d) The system of the collection of Chauth and Sardesh-mukhi by the Maratha 

rulers. 

6. The Cholas are said to have established a strong and well organised administration 

with an element of self-government at the local level. Do you agree? Give 

reasons.  60 

7. Discuss the growth of the Niguna School of Bhakti Movement emphasising the 

contribution of Kabir and Nanak to it.  60 

8. In what ways were Aurangzeb's Rajput and religious policies different from those 

of his predecessors? What were the consequences of the changes made by him? 

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PAPER - II  

Time Allowed: Three Hours  Maximum Marks: 300 

Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of 

the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. 

SECTION A (MODERN INDIA) 

1. Comment on any THREE of the following statements in about 200 words each: 

    20 x 3 = 60 

(a) 'The Treaty of Salbai (1782) was neither honourable to the English nor 

advantageous to their interests.' 

(b) 'The object of the Act (Regulating) was good, butsystem that it established 

was imperfect.' 

(c) 'Permanent Settlement disappointed manyexpectations and introduced there 

results that were not anticipated.' 

(d) 'We are therefore unable to advise the British  Government that the power 

which at present resides in British hands should be handed over to two 

entirely separate sovereign States.' 

2. Discuss the causes that led to the 'economic drain' in Bengal following the Battle 

of Plassey.  60 

3. Examine the impact of British rule on Indian Society in the 19th Century. 60 

4. Analyse Indian foreign policy of Non-alignment between 1947 and 1964. 60 

SECTION B (WORLD HISTORY) 

5. Comment on any THREE of the following statements in about 200 words each: 

    20 x 3 = 60 

(a) 'Rousseau's political philosophy contains the seedsof Socialism, Absolutism 

and Democracy.' 

(b) 'Napoleon was the child of the Revolution, but inmany ways he reversed the 

aims and principles of the movement from which he sprang' 

(c) 'To Bismarck the conclusion of the Treaty of May 20, 1882, was the  

culmination of this system.’ 

(d) 'The most important single factor ……. in the yearsfollowing 1919 was the 

French demand for security. 

6. Review the background of the Chartist Movement. Despite its failure how had 

their demands been met in the succeeding years? 60 

7. What were the weaknesses and difficulties of the Weimer Republic? How did 

Hitler succeed in establishing his dictatorship? 60 

8. Analyse the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union 

during 1985-1991.  60