Aspirantship

Question-06 (a) For his morning walk, Aslam went 110 meters towards east from his house and then turned right to keep walking for 40 meters before turning right again. After continuing to walk for 50 more meters, he turned right again and kept walking for another 120 meters, before he sat down on a bench at the park. How far was the bench located from his house? SOLUTION (b) The income of a company decreased by 10% and 15% in two successive years. What is the percentage of decrease in income after two years? SOLUTION To find the % decrease in income after two years, use the formula The negative sign represents the decrease in income. Thus, the % of decrease in income after two years is 23.5%. (c) What do you understand by mental ability scales? Differentiate between aptitude and intelligence. Answer:      Mental ability scale phrase is used to characterise an individual’s ability to learn, comprehend instructions, and solve problems. Scales that evaluate specialised const...

  Question – 02 (A)  What do you know about volcanoes? Discuss the causes and effects of a volcanic eruption. What are volcanoes? Volcanoes are essentially the vents on the earth’s crust through underground molten mineral matter-magma- is erupted due to the density variation within the volcano. When the magma reaches the surface, as lava, it cools and hardens in the form of a dome or crust.  Most volcanoes appear along the sides of the tectonic plates- plates that make up the surface of the world. For Example ✓ The Pacific Ring of Fire includes two-thirds of the world’s volcanoes ✓ Mount Pinatubo, Philippines ✓ Mount Etna, Italy (etc.)   Causes of volcanic eruption Although there can be multiple causes of Volcanic eruptions, the following are predominant. 1- Movement of tectonic plates ✓ When the tectonic plates move towards each other below magma, sediments and seawater are forced into the chamber, which eventually overflows, and the eruption of the volcano takes pl...