Prelims

Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?
1. V.P. Singh
2. R. Venkataraman
3. Y.B. Chavan
4. Pranab Mukherjee
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Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given foodgrains in India?

A train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed of 40 km per hour. If the train had not stopped anywhere, it would have completed the journey at an average speed of 60 km per hour. On average, how many minutes per hour does the train stop during the journey?

Amit starts from a point A and walks to another point B, and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways?

A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel, and 496 litres of Mobil Oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible number of bottles required?

Parimarjan Negi has excelled in which one of the following games?

A and B can complete work together in 5 days. If A works at twice his speed and B at half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4 days. How many days would it take for A alone to complete the job?

If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number of times the digit 6 appears?

Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?

The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a wholly-owned subsidiary of which one of the following?