You Are On Multi Choice Question Bank SET 3631
181551.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given.
Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
From a technical and economic perspective, many assessments have highlighted the presence of cost-effective opportunities to reduce energy use in buildings. However several bodies note the significance of multiple barriers that prevent the take-up of energy efficiency measures in buildings. These include lack of awareness and concern, limited access to reliable information from trusted sources, fear about risk, disruption and other ‘transaction costs’ concerns about up-front costs and inadequate access to suitably priced finance, a lack of confidence in suppliers and technologies and the presence of split incentives between landlords and tenants. The widespread presence of these barriers led experts to predict thatwithout a concerted push from policy, two-thirds of the economically viable potential to improve energy efficiency will remain unexploited by 2035. These barriers are albatross around the neck that represent a classic market failure and a basis for governmental intervention. While these measurements focus on the technical, financial or economic barriers preventing the take-up of energy efficiency options in buildings, others emphasise the significance of the often deeply embedded social practices that shape energy use in buildings. These analyses focus not on the preferences and rationalities that might shape individual behaviours, but on the ‘entangled’ cultural practices, norms, values and routines that underpin domestic energy use. Focusing on the practice-related aspects of consumption generates very different conceptual framings and policy prescriptions than those that emerge from more traditional or mainstream perspectives. But the underlying case for government intervention to help to promote retrofit and the diffusion of more energy efficient particles is still apparent, even though the forms of intervention advocated are often very different to those that emerge from a more technical or economic perspective. Based on the recognition of the multiple barriers to change and the social, economic and environmental benefits that could be realised if they were overcome, government support for retrofit (renovating existing infrastructure to make it more energy efficient) has been widespread. Retrofit programmes have been supported and adopted in diverse forms in many setting and their ability to recruit householders and then to impact their energy use has been discussed quite extensively. Frequently, these discussions have criticised the extent to which retrofit schemes rely on incentives and the provision of new technologies to change behaviour whilst ignoring the many other factors that might limit either participation in the schemes or their impact on the behaviours and prac-tices that shape domestic energy use. These factors are obviously central to the success of retrofit schemes, but evaluations of different schemes have found that despite these they can still have significant impacts. Few experts that the best estimate of the gap between the technical potential and the actual in-situ performance of energy efficiency measures is 50%, with 35% coming from performance gaps and 15% coming from ‘comfort taking’ or direct rebound effects. They further suggest that the direct rebound effect of energy efficiency measures related to household heating is Ilkley to be less than 30% while rebound effects for various domestic energy efficiency measures vary from 5 to 15% and arise mostly from indirect effects (i.e., where savings from energy efficiency lead to increased demand for goods and services). Other analyses also note that the gap between technical potential and actual performance is likely to vary by measure, with the range extending from 0% for measures such as solar water heating to 50% for measures such as improved heating controls. And others note that levels of comfort taking are likely to vary according to the levels of consumption and fuel poverty in the sample of homes where insulation is installed, with the range extending from 30% when considering homes across all income groups to around 60% when considering only lower income homes. The scale of these gapsis significant because it materially affects the impacts of retrofit schemes and expectations and perceptions of these impacts go on to influence levels of political, financial and public support for these schemes. The literature on retrofit highlights the presence of multiple barriers to change and the need for government support, if these are to be overcome. Although much has been written on the extent to which different forms of support enable the wider take-up of domestic energy efficiency measures, behaviours and practices, various areas of contestation remain and there is still an absence of robust ex-post evidence on the extent to which these schemes actually do lead to the social, economic and environmental benefits that are widely claimed.Which of the following is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘CONCERTED’ as used in the passage ?
181552. Which of the following is most nearly the OPPOSITE; in meaning to the word ‘ROBUST as used in the passage ?
181553. Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning to the word ‘UNEXPLOITED’ as used in the passage ?
181555. According to the author, to make programmes for conserving energy more successful.............. (A) only latest technology must be employed. (B) the author’s country must adhere to norms followed in countries where such programmes have been successful. (C) change must be brought in the attitudes of people with respect to efficient usage of energy.
181556. Which of the following is most nearly the SAME in meaning to word ‘UNDERPIN’ as used in the passage ?
181557. What is the author trying to convey through the phrase ‘albatross around the neck‘ as used in the passage ?
181558. The author in the given passage is .................. (A) of the view that no amount of efforts can bring about in employing energy efficiency schemes in his country. (B) positive that more evidence on retrofit schemes is essential to make people more aware and sensitive towards them. (C) cynical about the present state of energy efficiency measures taken in his country.
181559. As mentioned in this passage and according to the experts. in order to exploit potential to better energy afficiency measures
181560. Owners of private hostels located in residential areas are not only............... taxes but are also functioning whimsically in the.................. of any regulatory body.
181561. Contractors across the State have ...........to stop work on the scheme after the Minister failed to give them concrete.....................of timely payment.
181562. Every third person visiting a doctor happens to............... from a clinical or psychological disorder............... with ternblors.
181563. .......................makes the actress trip to the country different this year is................. that she is to raise funds for the biopic of a literary icon.
181564. .................to out in vehicles while remaining stuck in a traffic snarl for hours, has become a.................... matter for commuters.
181565.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select ‘No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)He identified the most important machines required (a)/ for modern life and worked in making a prototype (b)/ ‘do it yourself version of each because he believed that if people (c)/ could build these themselves, it would improve their way of life (d)/ No error (e).
181566. Natural disasters will not turn into a catastrophe (a)/ if we invest in building infrastructure that (b)/ can withstand the devastating impacts of storm (c)/ which have became more severe (d)/ No error (e).
181567. Many goods are being manufactured quickly without (a)/ any regard for quality and as consumers we must be (b)/ aware of our rights and the government (c)/ should penalise them who indulge in unscrupulous business practices (d)/ No error (e).
181568. The European Central Bank has said that if all (a)/ Eurozone nation continue to carry out (b)/ economic reforms as Portugal and Ireland have (c)/ Central Bank will guarantee future bailouts (d)/ No error (e).
181569. While farmers are struggling (a)/ to cope with severe drought (b)/ crop companies are researched (c)/ ways to breed crops that thrive in drought (d)/ No error (e).
181570. What is the respective ratio between total number of books purchased for libraries A and B together in 2003 and total number of books purchased for the same libraries together in 2007 ?
181571. What is the average number of books purchased for library A during 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 ?
181572. Out of the total number of books purchased by libraries A and B together in 2008, only 20% are graphic novels. What is the total number of graphic novels purchased for libraries A and B together in 2008 ?
181574. The number of books purchased for library B in 2003 is what percent of the number of books purchased for library A in 2006 ?
181580. A, B and C start a small business. A contributes 1/5th of the total capital invested in the business. B contributes as much as A and C together. Total profit at the end of the year was Rs. 5,200. What was C’s profit share ? (in Rupees)
181581.
What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given number series ?17, 19, 25, 37, ?, 87
181582.
What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given number series ?61, 82, 124, 187, ?, 376
181583.
What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given number series ?23, 30, 46, 80, 141, ?
181584.
What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given number series ?179, 180, 172, 199, 135, ?
181586. A project manager hired 16 men to complete a project in 38 days. However, after 30 days, he realized that only 5/9th of the work is complete. How many more men does he need to hire to complete the project on time ?
181587. A took a certain sum as loan from bank at a rate of 8% simple interest per annum. A lends the same amount to B at 12% simple interest per annum. If at the end of five years, A made profit of Rs. 800 from the deal, how much was the original sum ?
181588. A wholesaler blends two varieties of tea, one costing Rs. 60 per kilogram and another costing Rs. 105 per kilogram. The respective ratio of quantities they were mixed in was 7 : 2. If he sold the mixed variety at Rs. 100 per kilogram, how much was his profit percentage ?
181589. Joe’s present age is 2/7 th of his father’s present age. Joe’s brother is 3 years older than Joe. The respective ratio between present ages of Joe’s father and Joe’s brother is 14 : 5. What is Joe’s present age ?
181590. In a 90 litres mixture of milk and water, percentage of water is only 30%. The milkman gave 18 litres of this mixture to a customer and then added 18 litres of water to the remaining mixture. What is the percentage of milk in the final mixture ?
181591. A bag contains 4 red balls, 6 green balls and 5 blue balls. If three balls are picked at random, what is the probability that two of them are green and one of them is blue in colour ?
181592. A rectangular plot 55 m long and 45 m broad, has two concrete crossroads (of equal width) running in the middle of it - one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. The rest of the plot is used as a lawn. If the area of the lawn is 1911 m2, what is the width of each of the crossroads ? (in m)
181593. Two stations, A and B are 850 km apart from each other. One train starts from station A at 5 am and travels towards station at 62 kmph. Another train starts from station B at 7 am and travels towards station A at 59 kmph. At what time will they meet
181594. Abhay gave 30% of his money 2 to Vijay. Vijay gave 2/3rd of what he received to his mother. Vijay’s mother gave 5/8th of the money she received from Vijay, to the grocer. Vijay s mother is now left with Rs. 600. How much money did Abhay have initially ?
181595. Total number of candidates who appeared for CS and ES together in 2011 was 25% more than the total number of candidates who appeared for the same together in 2010. How many female candidates appeared for both the exams together in 2011 if they formed 2/5th of the total number of candidates appearing for both CS and ES exam that year ?
181596. What is the respective ratio between the number of graduates who had appeared for ES in 2010 and the number of graduates who appeared for CS in 2010?
181597. Total number of graduates who appeared for ES in 2008 is what percent of the total number of graduates who appeared for CS in the same year ?
181598. What is the difference between the average number of candidates who appeared for CS in the year 2007 and 2008 together and average number of candidates who appeared for ES in the same years together ?
181599. What is the total number of graduates who appeared for both CS and ES together in the year 2009 ?
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