A) Election Commission bans victory processions on or after counting day.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 27 banned victory processions after the declaration of Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Kerala Assembly election results on May 2, due to the surge in Covid-19 cases. The decision comes a day after the ECI faced flak from the Madras High Court over violations of Covid-19 protocols during campaigning for the five Assembly elections. The court blamed the ECI for the second wave of the pandemic in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases throughout the country, the Commission has decided to make more stringent provision to be followed during the process of counting, in addition to the existing broad guidelines dated 21st August, 2020, the ECI said in a letter to the Chief Electoral Officers of all States. It said no victory processions would be allowed after the counting of votes and only a maximum of two people would be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or their authorised representative to receive the certificate of election from the Returning Officer. The ECI had issued guidelines for elections during the pandemic in August last year and then reiterated them during the latest Assembly elections.
B) SC says it can’t remain a ‘mute spectator’, but won’t transfer COVID-related cases from HCs.
The Supreme Court cannot remain a mute spectator in the face of a national calamity. However, the apex court will not interfere in the work done by various High Courts across the country to monitor and manage life-saving Covid-19 management amid a second wave of the pandemic, a Special Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud made it clear on Tuesday. The Bench, also comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, sat for almost the whole day, grilling the Centre, States and authorities on the various aspects of COVID-management in a suo moto hearing. During a national crisis, the SC cannot be a mute spectator. The role of the Supreme Court is complimentary in nature. The court will examine issues which travel beyond the boundaries of States and have national repercussions, the Bench said, assuaging apprehensions that the apex court would derail the ongoing work of the HCs. Over 11 State High Courts are hearing Covid-19-related cases and passing orders on a daily basis. High Courts are best suited to make an assessment of ground realities in each States and find flexible solutions for problems faced by citizens. No need to interfere in the work of the HCs, the Bench observed. The Bench questioned the Centre about its vaccine pricing policy. It asked why different manufacturers were pricing their vaccines differently. Justice Bhat asked whether the Centre should not invoke a statutory regime and introduce uniform rates. The Bench asked how vaccines sold in private hospitals turn out more expensive. What is the rationale or basis for different manufacturers coming out with different prices? What is the Centre doing about it? Control the prices and bring them under a statutory regime under the Drugs Control Act or the Patents Act, the Bench addressed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the Centre. Justice Bhat pointed out to the law officer, this is a pandemic and a national crisis. If this is not the time to issue such powers (to control prices), then when is it? The court directed the government to file an affidavit by April 30.
C) SC allows Vedanta to produce oxygen at the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu.
Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Vedanta to operate its oxygen production unit at its Sterlite Copper premises in Thoothukudi as an extraordinary measure to tide over the national shortage of oxygen amid the second wave of Covid-19. The court that the Tamil Nadu government had met stakeholders extensively both at the executive and political levels and decided to let Vedanta operate the plant, which would be able to produce up to 200 MT of liquid oxygen within 10 days. With this, the State overcame its initial objections to the reopening of the Vedanta premises, which were closed in 2018 due to environmental problems. They are inclined to allow Vedanta’s prayer to operate the oxygen plant as a standalone unit. The order is passed only in view of the national need for oxygen. The order will not create any equity in favour of Vedanta, Justice Chandrachud noted. The Bench asked the Tamil Nadu government to form a committee to monitor Vedanta, which will include the District Collector, Tuticorin; SP Tuticorin; District Environmental Engineer; Sub Collector Tuticorin; and two government officials with knowledge of the affairs. Vedanta will not be allowed to enter and operate the copper smelting plant under the garb of this order. It is in the nature of an oversight panel. The committee will work in tandem with local community members and address their concerns. The order will hold ground till July 31.
D) Thoothukudi residents oppose the plan to resume operations at a sealed Sterlite plant.
A cross-section of Thoothukudi has decided to oppose any move to allow Vedanta’s sealed Sterlite Copper plant to resume operations even to produce oxygen for medical needs. The copper smelter unit at SIPCOT Industrial Complex has remained idle after it was closed in May 2018 following the death of 13 anti-Sterlite protesters who were killed in a police firing. Sterlite Copper chief executive officer Pankaj Kumar had submitted an appeal to the State government seeking permission to operate its oxygen plant alone at the copper smelter complex to supply 1,050 tonnes of oxygen per day to hospitals. The company also moved the Supreme Court with its offer. On April 22, the Central government supported the company, while Tamil Nadu opposed it. The State government had asked the Thoothukudi administration to conduct a public hearing on the issue and send its report on April 23 to enable it to submit an affidavit before the Supreme Court. The district administration had invited select people both in favour of and against the move to resume operations for oxygen production for the public hearing at the Collectorate. As people protested against restricting the number of invitees, eventually about 50 were allowed to attend the public hearing chaired by Collector K. Senthil Raj. Journalists were asked to leave within minutes of the commencement of the hearing that ended within 30 minutes. The Collector did not brief journalists as he rushed to prepare his report to be sent to the State government.
E) Govt lashes out at the Australian newspaper for showing Modi in poor light.
Facing a barrage of criticism from a number of international newspapers for its handling of the coronavirus crisis, the government hit out at The Australian newspaper for reproducing an article that portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a poor light, accusing him of leading India into a viral apocalypse. In a letter addressed to the Editor of the Australian newspaper Christian Dore, the Indian High Commission in Canberra said that the article sought to undermine the Modi government for its approach to the pandemic, which the government said had been universally acclaimed. It is astonishing to see that your respected publication has chosen to reproduce a baseless malicious and slanderous article without bothering to check the facts of the case with any authorities in the Government of India, said the rejoinder, signed by India’s Deputy High Commissioner, who claimed that last year’s lockdown, the ongoing vaccination drive, an up-gradation in diagnostics and treatment facilities, as well as India’s “Vaccine Maitri” initiative, where it exported 66 million vaccines to 80 countries (now 95 countries), were counters to the article’s assertions. It is unclear why the government chose to respond to the article in Canberra, given that it had been reproduced from the original article in The Sunday Times, in the U.K. previously, and is one of the several scathing columns written internationally about the government’s response. On Monday, The Sydney Morning Herald also published a piece, written by the former High Commissioner to India and board member of the Australia India institute John McCarthy that said that Modi’s government has not distinguished itself, by allowing the Kumbh Mela and going ahead with massive rallies as the coronavirus pandemic spread.
F) No request for Covid-19 facilities at a five-star hotel, says Delhi High Court.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it has not made any request for creating Covid-19 facilities for its judges, staff and their families in a five-star hotel. Taking suo motu cognisance of news reports which said that 100 rooms at Ashoka Hotel in the national capital have been converted into a COVID health facility for judges of Delhi High Court on its request, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said, No communication has been made to anyone in this regard. They have not made any such request for taking over facilities of a five-star hotel, the bench said and directed the Delhi government to take corrective steps immediately. In an order issued by the sub-divisional magistrate of Chanakyapuri on April 25, it was stated that the COVID facility at Ashoka Hotel will be associated with Primus Hospital. The order also said that the facility was being set up at the request of the Delhi High Court. Terming the order as wrong, the bench said the image is projected as a result of it was that the Delhi High Court judges have taken it for their benefit or that the Delhi government has done it to appease the court. The High Court also did not agree with senior advocate Rahul Mehra’s claim that the media played mischief, saying the media is not wrong. It said that the media only pointed out what was wrong in the order and it was the SDM’s order which was wrong.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A) The U.S. will share vaccines from AstraZeneca once the vaccine clear federal safety reviews.
The U.S. will begin sharing its entire pipeline of vaccines from AstraZeneca once the vaccine clear federal safety reviews, the White House said, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months. The move greatly expands on the Biden administration’s action last month to share about 4 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and Canada. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but not yet authorised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The move comes as the White House is increasingly assured about the supply of the three vaccines being administered in the U.S., particularly following the restart of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot over the weekend. Given the strong portfolio of vaccines that the U.S. already has and that have been authorised by the FDA, and given that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not authorised for use in the U.S., we do not need to use the AstraZeneca vaccine here during the next several months, said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients. Therefore the U.S. is looking at options to share the AstraZeneca doses with other countries as they become available.
B) Iran, U.S. warships engage in a tense encounter.
American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Gulf earlier this month, the first such incident in about a year amid wider turmoil in the region over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday. Footage released by the Navy showed a ship commanded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard cut in front of the USCGC Monomoy, causing the Coast Guard vessel to come to an abrupt stop with its engine smoking on April 2. The Guard also did the same with another Coast Guard vessel, the USCGC Wrangell, said Commodore Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the Navy’s 5th Fleet. Such close passes risk the ships colliding at sea. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident. The interaction marked the first unsafe and unprofessional incident involving the Iranians since April 15, 2020, she said. However, Iran had largely stopped such incidents in 2018 and nearly in the entirety of 2019, she said. In 2017, the Navy recorded 14 instances of what it describes as unsafe interactions with Iranians.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 Three of the following four word-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. Carpenter : Saw
B. Warrior : Sword
C. Author : Pen
D. Mason : Knife
Answer: D
Q. 2 ‘Cardiology’ is related to ‘Heart’ in the same way as ‘Pathology’ is related to ‘……….’.
A. Diseases
B. Man
C. Body
D. Soil
Answer: A.
Q. 3 In a code language, 54831 is coded as 63922. What will be the code for 86274 in that language?
A. 75365
B. 77185
C. 95365
D. 95185
Answer: C.
Q. 4 Three of the following four options are similar in a certain way and one is different. Find the one that is different.
A. 6 – 36 – 216
B. 10 – 100 – 1000
C. 3 – 6 – 27
D. 5 – 25 – 125
Answer: C.
Q. 5 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. RY : QZ :: HK :
A. GJ
B. GL
C. IL
D. IM
Answer: B.
Q. 6 Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following three classes.
Hospital, Doctor, Patient
Answer: D.
Q. 7 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 215
B. 169
C. 144
D. 196
Answer: A.
Q. 8 A. Nurse moved 90 m in the East in a hospital to look for her duty Doctor, then she turned right and went 20 m. After this she turned right and after going 30 m she reached I.C.U. but the Doctor was not there. From there she went 100 m to her north and met her doctor. What distance did she moved to meet her duty doctor from the starting point.
A. 100 m
B. 120 m
C. 80 m
D. 140 m
Answer: A.
Q. 9 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 5 : 29
B. 8 : 62
C. 3 : 7
D. 6 : 34
Answer: A.
Q. 10 In the following diagram, the rectangle represents doctors, the triangle represents players and the circle represents philosophers. The numbers in different segments show the number of persons.
According to the given diagram, How many players are philosophers but not Doctors?
A. 17
B. 7
C. 5
D. 12
Answer: A.
Q. 11 Which number will come next in the following series? 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, …….
A. 139
B. 127
C. 125
D. 126
Answer: B.
Q. 12 Given is a set of three figures, X, Y and Z, showing the folding sequence of a piece of paper. Fig Z shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut. Study these figures carefully and select the option that would most closely resemble this piece of paper when unfolded.
Answer: B.
Q. 13 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at the right side.
Answer: D.
Q. 14 Two statements are given, followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some boxes are dolls. All dolls are pens. Conclusions: I. Some boxes are pens. II. Some pens are boxes. III. Some pens are dolls. IV. All pens are dolls.
A. Only conclusions I, II and IV follow.
B. All the conclusions follow.
C. Only conclusions I, II and III follow.
D. Only conclusions II, III and IV follow.
Answer: C.
Q. 15 Select the option that gives the correct explanation for the following group of words. Bridge, Link, Chain
A. They join two parts.
B. They are suits of cards.
C. They are types of medals.
D. They are jewels.
Answer: A.
Q. 16 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 344, 512, 729
A. 512
B. 729
C. 64
D. 344
Answer: D.
Q. 17 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1) Alarm Set 2) Office 3) Car 4) Wake up 5) Alarm Rang 6) Get Ready
A. 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2
B. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
C. 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 2
D. 1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2
Answer: D.
Q. 18 Choose the option which has the relation as the words given below : boy : girl
A. horse – roe
B. cat – Kitten
C. cock – hen
D. donkey – bray
Answer: C.
Q. 19 Find the number of squares in the following figure.
A. 6
B. 4
C. 9
D. 7
Answer: D.
Q. 20 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ?, 65, 82, 101
A. 48
B. 42
C. 50
D. 49
Answer: C.
Q. 21 If ‘A’ denotes ‘ ÷ ’, ‘B’ denotes ‘ × ’, ‘C’ denotes ‘ + ’ and ‘D’ denotes ‘ − ’, then what will be the value of the following expression? 12 B. 12 A. 4 C. 5 D. 1
A. 39
B. 50
C. 40
D. 59
Answer: C.
Q. 22 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. UVwXXYY
B. BCdEFFF
C. IJkLLMM
D. PQrSSTT
Answer: B.
Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 25 : 15625 :: 30 : ……..
A. 2700
B. 27000
C. 900
D. 2500
Answer: B.
Q. 24 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All plants are flowers.
No flower is blue.
Conclusions:
I. Some plants are blue.
II. Those plants that are not flowers are blue.
A. Only conclusion II follows.
B. Only conclusion I follows.
C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
D. Both conclusions I and II follow.
Answer: C.
Q. 25 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. Cairo
B. Paris
C. Ottawa
D. Kyat
Answer: D.
Q. 26 Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? XCA, WDZ, UFX, RIU, NMQ,?
A. IKJ
B. JKO
C. JFU
D. IRL
Answer: D.
Q. 27 Three different positions of the same dice are shown below. Which number is on the face opposite the face showing 4?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 6
Answer: B.
Q. 28 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded.
Answer: A.
Q. 29 Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given set of words (in the same order). Hand : Finger : Ring
A. Face : Nose : Nose pin
B. Anklet : Foot : Ankle
C. Earring : Ear : Jewel
D. Cap : Head : Hair
Answer: A.
Q. 30 In the following number series, two numbers have been put within brackets. Select the most appropriate option for these numbers in relation to their inclusion in the series. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, (12), 14, 16, (18), 20
A. The first bracketed number is correct and the second is incorrect.
B. The first bracketed number is incorrect and the second is correct.
C. Both the bracketed numbers are incorrect.
D. Both the bracketed numbers are correct.
Answer: D.
Q. 31 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed)
Answer: B.
Q. 32 In the following number series, two numbers have been put within brackets. Select the most appropriate option for these numbers in relation to their inclusion in the series. 1, 9, 25, 49, (81), 121, 169, (215), 239
A. Both the bracketed numbers are incorrect.
B. The first bracketed number is incorrect and the second is correct.
C. The first bracketed number is correct and the second is incorrect.
D. Both the bracketed numbers are correct.
Answer: C.
Q. 33 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. FEDC.
B. YXVW
C. LKIJ
D. NMKL
Answer: A.
Explanation: The arrangement of the alphabets are in the alphabetical order in the following manner- 3rd alphabet-4th alphabet-2nd alphabet-1st alphabet
Option A. violates this arrangement so is the odd one out.
Option A. is correct.
Q. 34 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 13 : 84.5 :: 20 : ……
A. 120
B. 150
C. 100
D. 200
Answer: D.
Explanation:
13 : 1322= 84.5
20 : 2022 = 200
Option D. is correct.
Q. 35 If TEMPLE is coded as ELPMET, then how will CHURCH be coded as?
A. HCURCH
B. HCRUHC.
C. HCRUCH
D. HCURHC.
Answer: B.
Explanation: The alphabets in TEMPLE are coded in opposite i.e ELPMET
Therefore CHURCH is coded as HCRUHC.
Option B. is correct
Q. 36 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 64 : 6
B. 7 : 49
C. 10 : 100
D. 4 : 16
Answer: A.
Explanation: The second number is the square of the first number, for ex 42 = 16
Option A. violates that.
Option A. is correct
Q. 37 Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following three classes. Stationery, Pencil, Apple
Answer: B.
Explanation: Pencil is a stationery item and apple is not.Therefore the following diagram explains it.
Option B. is correct.
Q. 38 Which of the following interchanges of signs and numbers would make the given equation correct?
18 − 3 ÷ 6 + 24 × 12 = 48
A. × and − , 3 and 6
B. ÷ and − , 12 and 6
C. × and + , 3 and 6
D. ÷ and × , 3 and 12
Answer: A.
Explanation: Using Option A, we put them in the equation , 18 − 3 ÷ 6 + 24 × 12 = 48
18 × 6 ÷ 3 + 24 − 12 = 48
So option A. satisfies the equation.
Option A. is correct.
Q. 39 If ‘ARUN’ is coded as 54, then how will ‘VARUN’ be coded as?
A. 76
B. 78
C. 67
D. 87
Answer: A.
Explanation: We add the corresponding numerical values of the alphabets as per the alphabetical series.
A. = 1, R = 18, U=21, N = 14, V=22
ARUN = 1+18+21+14 = 54
VARUN = 22+1+18+21+14 = 76
Option A. is correct.
Q. 40 Select the figure that will come next in the following series.
Answer: B.
Explanation: Option B. is correct.
Q. 41 In a certain code language, ‘mee muk pic’ means ‘roses are yellow”, ‘nil dic’ means ‘white flowers’ and ‘pic muk dic’ means ‘flowers are fruits’. What is the code for ‘white’ in that language?
A. muk
B. nil
C. dic
D. pic
Answer: B.
Q. 42 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: A.
Explanation: The image is getting rotated by 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction.
Option A. is correct.
Q. 43 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. Apple : Fruit :: Spinach : ……..
A. Food
B. Flower
C. Root
D. Vegetable
Answer: D.
Explanation: Apple is a fruit and Spinach is a vegetable.
Apple : Fruit :: Spinach : Vegetable
Option D. is correct.
Q. 44 Select the figure that will come next in the following series.
Answer: A.
Explanation: The image is getting rotated by 90 degrees and also 1 parallel line is being added.
Option A. is correct.
Q. 45 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 4 : 20 :: 8 : …..
A. 64
B. 40
C. 56
D. 32
Answer: B.
Explanation: 4 : 20 :: 8 : 40
4 × 5 = 20 and 8 × 5 = 40
Option B. is correct.
Q. 46 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed on the right of the figure .
Answer: C.
Explanation:
Option C. is correct.
Q. 47 Which of the following two signs need to be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
6 ÷ 5 − 5 × 5 + 6 = 35
A. + and −
B. + and ÷
C. × and −
D. ÷ and ×
Answer: D.
Explanation: Using option D. we get,
6 × 5 − 5 ÷ 5 + 6 = 35
Option D. is correct.
Q. 48 Rama walks from his university campus 4 km towards north and then turns to the right to reach his department. Alter walking 2.5 km from the department he turns to the left and walks 4 km and reached Conference hall. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
A. South-West
B. North-East
C. South
D. West
Answer: B.
Explanation: Rama walks from his university campus 4 km towards north and then turns to the right to reach his department. Alter walking 2.5 km from the department he turns to the left and walks 4 km and reached Conference hall.
So he is in the north east direction from the starting place. (The dashed line shows the direction)
Option B. is correct.
Q. 49 Which letter will come next in the following series? Z, U, Q, N, L, ……
A. M
B. G
C. H
D. K
Answer: D.
Explanation: The alphabets are in reverse alphabetical order in the following pattern :
Z → (−5)U → (−4)Q → (−3)N → (−2)L → (−1)K
Option D. is correct.
Q. 50 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Gateway of India 2. World 3. Mumbai 4. India 5. Maharashtra
A. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3
B. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3
C. 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
D. 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
Answer: C.
Explanation: The chronological order for the following is as follows : (as per geography)
2. World > 4. India > 5. Maharashtra > 3. Mumbai > 1. Gateway of India
Option C. is correct.
General knowledge
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 51 Citrullus lanatus is the botanical name for ……..
A. Apple
B. Watermelon
C. Banana
D. Orange
Answer: B.
Q. 52 …… founded the ‘Bal Charkha Sangh’, where children were taught to spin & weave.
A. Vinoba Bhave
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: C.
Q. 53 The 11th President of India, ……… was also known as the ‘Missile Man’.
A. K R Narayanan
B. Zakir Hussein
C. APJ Abdul Kalam
D. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Answer: C.
Q. 54 The Hindi film ‘Kai Po Che’ is based on the book titled ……. by Chetan Bhagat.
A. Two States
B. One Night At The Call Centre
C. Three Mistakes Of My Life
D. Five Point Someone
Answer: C.
Q. 55 Who was the Chairperson of the NITI Aayog as of January 2019?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Sushma Swaraj
C. Amit Shah
D. Ram Nath Kovind
Answer: A.
Q. 56 Who is the founder of the biotech Indian company called ‘Biocon’?
A. Ratan Tata
B. Indu Jain
C. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
D. Mukesh Ambani
Answer: C.
Q. 57 The fear of foreigners is called:
A. Toxiphobia
B. Xenophobia
C. Sitophobia
D. Theophobia
Answer: B.
Q. 58 Malus pumila is the botanical name of the ………. tree.
A. Orange
B. Water melon
C. Banana
D. Apple
Answer: D.
Q. 59 The Panchayat Raj System was first adopted by the state of ………
A. West Bengal
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Answer: D.
Q. 60 The Puma Kumbh Mela takes place every ……… years at one of the four places by rotation, Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik.
A. six
B. two
C. twelve
D. three
Answer: C
Q. 61 The festival of ___________ is also known as Phagawa.
A. Diwali
B. Holi
C. Sankranti
D. Ganesh Chaturthi
Answer: B.
Q. 62 Which of the following flowers is botanically known as Narcissus?
A. Carnation
B. Rose
C. Daffodil
D. Lily
Answer: C.
Q. 63 Pung Cholam is the folk dance of which state ?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Manipur
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Answer: B.
Q. 64 Which of the following is the unit of Magnetic field strength?
A. Ohm
B. Gauss
C. Tesla
D. Weber
Answer: C.
Q. 65 Padma Vibhushan is the …………. civilian award of India.
A. highest
B. second highest
C. third highest
D. fourth highest
Answer: B.
Q. 66 ONGC. discovered the country’s first shale gas reserve at:
A. Chandikhol
B. Durgapur
C. Jamnagar
D. Padur
Answer: B.
Q. 67 ……. was born to the Chauhan King Someshvara and his queen Karpuradevi in 1166 CE.
A. Prithviraj Chauhan
B. Maharana Pratap
C. Maharaja Suraj Mal
D. Maharaja Man Singh
Answer: A.
Q. 68 According to the Vedic principles, which amongst the following is incorrect ?
A. Vaishyas or the common people were born from man’s legs
B. Kshatriyas or the warrior-kings were born from the man’s arms
C. Shudra or the labourer and servant were born from man’s feet
D. Brahmins or the learned ones were born from man’s ears
Answer: D.
Q. 69 Which of the following flowers is botanically known as Dianthus?
A. Rose
B. Lily
C. Daffodil
D. Carnation
Answer: D.
Q. 70 Gir National Park is known for its ……….
A. Red silk cotton
B. Orangutan
C. Cherry blossom
D. Asiatic Lions
Answer: D.
Q. 71 ……… was a professor of political science and economics at the University of Taxila.
A. Kautilya
B. Bindusara
C. Samudragupta
D. Ajatshatm
Answer: A.
Q. 72 Nyctophobia is the fear of:
A. Birds
B. Darkness
C. Light
D. Animals
Answer: B.
Q. 73 ………. is a textile art fiom Gujarat / Rajasthan.
A. Bandhani
B. Paithani
C. Chanderi
D. Ikat
Answer: A.
Q. 74 The festival of …………. is dedicated to Goddess Durga and her nine avatars.
A. Sankranti
B. Navratri
C. Diwali
D. Holi
Answer: B.
Q. 75 In the body, excess of _____ is the reason for arthritis.
A. Lactic Acid
B. Acetic Acid
C. Nitric Acid
D. Uric Acid
Answer: D
Q. 76 Which of the following was NOT a part of the ‘Navratna’ at Vikramaditya’s court?
A. Kshapanaka
B. Kalidasa
C. Vararuchi
D. Surdas
Answer: D.
Q. 77 ……….. is situated at the confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers.
A. Vishnuprayag
B. Karnaprayag
C. Nandaprayag
D. Rudraprayag
Answer: D.
Q. 78 Which of the following clubs, founded in 1889, is the oldest Indian club still in operation as on January 2019?
A. Indian Bank Recreational Club
B. Calcutta Cricket & Football Club
C. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
D. North Imphal Sporting Association
Answer: C.
Q. 79 The Indian Olympic Association has expressed interest to host the …………. summer Olympics.
A. 2020
B. 2024
C. 2032
D. 2028
Answer: C.
Q. 80 ………. city tops the list of top 10 richest cities in India, with 8 GDP of $ 209 billion.
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Bengaluru
D. Mumbai
Answer: D.
Q. 81 The ancient name of the river Tungabhadra was:
A. Vitasta
B. Kubha
C. Pampa
D. Sindhu
Answer: C.
Q. 82 Prince Khurrarn grew up to be known as:
A. Jahangir
B. Akbar
C. Humayun
D. Shah Jahan
Answer: D.
Q. 83 Arundhati Roy won Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her book:
A. History of Wolves
B. 2 States
C. The Minisz of Utmost Happiness
D. The God of Small Things
Answer: D.
Q. 84 The BHIM app was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on:
A. 31st October, 2016
B. 26th January, 2016
C. 30th December, 2016
D. 15th August, 2016
Answer: C.
Q. 85 Who is the only foreigner to receive the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2019?
A. Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
B. Teejan Bai
C. Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
D. Ismail Omar Guelleh
Answer: D.
Q. 86 Natural pearls contain more than 80% ……….
A. sodium carbonate
B. calcium carbonate
C. silica
D. quartz
Answer: B.
Q. 87 Which of the following is the first port in India to become a public company?
A. Kandla
B. Mangalore
C. Ennore
D. Morrnugao
Answer: C.
Q. 88 India was divided into India and Pakistan by the ……….. Act.
A. India Independence
B. Division of India
C. Partition of India
D. Government of India
Answer: A.
Q. 89 ………… is the world’s richest cricket board as of year 2018.
A. England and Wales Cricket Board
B. Cricket South Africa
C. Board of Control for Cricket in India
D. Pakistan Cricket Board
Answer: C.
Q. 90 Tennis player Somdev Kishore Devvarman was awarded the ………. in 2018.
A. Padma Bhushan
B. Bharat Ratna
C. Padma Vibhushan
D. Padma Shree
Answer: D.
Q. 91 Which of the below mentioned human organs can regrow after damage in adults?
A. Lung
B. Gall bladder
C. Kidney
D. Liver
Answer: D.
Q. 92 Which of the following is NOT a mint of the Sectnity Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)?
A. India Government Mint, Gorakhpur
B. India Government Mint, Mumbai
C. India Government Mint, Hyderabad
D. India Government Mint, Kolkata
Answer: A.
Q. 93 …………. was affectionately called ‘Ba’.
A. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Kasturba Gandhi
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: C.
Q. 94 Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, which falls in the ……… month of the Islamic calendar.
A. tenth
B. sixth
C. eighth
D. twelfth
Answer: A.
Q. 95 Name the recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award, 2019 for Trade and Industry (Food Processing).
A. Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati
B. Narsingh Dev Jamwal
C. Harvinder Singh Phoolka
D. Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya
Answer: A.
Q. 96 Photophobia means:
A. Addiction to light
B. Addiction to taking photos
C. Sensitivity to light
D. Dislike towards taking photos
Answer: C.
Q. 97 Tata Iron And Steel company (TISCO) was incorporated in:
A. 1911
B. 1907
C. 1913
D. 1915
Answer: B.
Q. 98 Vedic civilisation flourished along the river ………..
A. Indus
B. Yamuna
C. Ganga
D. Saraswati
Answer: D.
Q. 99 The last Nizam of Hyderabad:
A. Nasir Jung
B. Qulich Khan
C. Mir Osman Ali Khan
D. Muzafar Jung
Answer: C.
Q. 100 Bos mutus is the scientific name for:
A. wild yak
B. Ox
C. Horse
D. Buffalo
Answer: A.
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Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 102 A steel vessel has a base of length 60 cm and breadth 30 cm. Water is poured in the vessel. A cubical steel box having an edge of 30 cm is immersed completely in the vessel, By how much will the water rise?
A. 12 cm
B. 9 cm
C. 10 cm
D. 15 cm
Answer: D.
Q. 103 The given pie-chart, shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it.
In the given pie-chart by what percentage the Promotion cost on the book is less than the Paper cost?
A. 75
B. 50
C. 25
D. 60
Answer: D.
Q. 104 If a + b − c = 7,ab − bc − ca = 21 , then a3 + b3 − c3 + 3abc =
A. -98
B. 98
C. 124
D. 117
Answer: A.
Q. 105 If two equal circles whose centres are O and O’ intersect each other at the point A. and B, OO’ = 12 cm and AB. = 16 cm, then radius of the circle is:
A. 12 cm
B. 15 cm
C. 14 cm
D. 10 cm
Answer: D.
Q. 106 A. boy increases his speed to 5/9 times of his original speed. By this he reaches his school 30 minutes before the usual time. How much time does he takes usually?
A. 67.50 minutes
B. 67.10 minutes
C. 67.75 minutes
D. 67.25 minutes
Answer: A.
Q. 107 The given bar chart, shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001.
In the given bar-chart, the ratio of total sales of all branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000 to 2001 is:
A. 55 : 48
B. 7 : 11
C. 45 : 58
D. 48 : 55
Answer: D
Q. 108 ₹15,000 was invested by A and B together to start a small business. They got a profit of ₹2,000 at the end of the year. B took his profit share of ₹600. How much did A invest?
A. ₹10,000
B. ₹2,000
C. ₹10,500
D. ₹9,000
Answer: C.
Q. 109 Pipe A. can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B. empties it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together. after how many minutes should B. be closed, so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes?
A. 20 minutes
B. 18 minutes
C. 21 minutes
D. 15 minutes
Answer: C.
Q. 110 If roots of x2 − 4x + a = 0 are equal, then a =
A. -8
B. 4
C. -4
D. 8
Answer: B
Q. 111 If a sum becomes ₹1,460 in two years and ₹1,606 in three years due to the compound interest, then annual rate of interest is:
A. 11%
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 8%
Answer: C.
Q. 112 Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
A. 80
B. 60
C. 40
D. 20
Answer: C
Q. 113 Side AB of a triangle ABC is 80 cm long, whose perimeter is 170 cm. If angle ABC = 60∘, the shortest side of triangle ABC measures ……… cm.
A. 25
B. 21
C. 17
D. 15
Answer: C.
Q. 114 (8 + 4 − 2) × (17 − 12) × 10 − 89 is equal to:
Q. 115 When the integer n is divided by 7, the remainder is 3. What is the remainder if 5n is divided by 7?
A. 0
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: D.
Explanation: Dividend = n
Divisor = 7
Quotient = Q
Remainder = 3
n = 7Q+3
Multiplying with 5,
5n = 35Q+15
Dividing with 7,
5n7+35Q7+157
Here, When 15 is divided by 7, the remainder will be 1.
Therefore, 1 will be the remainder when 5n is divided by 7.
Q. 116 A. earns ₹40 per hour and works for 12 hours. B. earns ₹60 per hour and works for 10 hours. Find the ratio of their per day wages.
A. 4 : 5
B. 5 : 4
C. 15 : 4
D. 6 : 5
Answer: A.
Explanation: Salary of A. per hour = Rs.40
Number of hours A. work per day = 12 hours
Then, Total salary A. gets per day = 12 × 40 = Rs.480
Salary of B. per hour = Rs.60
Number of hours B. work per day = 10 hours
Then, Total salary B. gets per day = 60 × 10 = Rs.600
Therefore, Ratio of their salaries = 480 : 600 = 4 : 5.
Q. 117 The perimeter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 16 cm and breadth 14 cm. Find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of the square.
A. 25.57 cm
B. 31.57 cm
C. 23.57 cm
D. 21.57 cm
Answer: C.
Explanation: Let the side of the square be a cm. Perimeter of the square = 4a cm.
Perimeter of the rectangle = 2(16+14) = 2*30 = 60 cm Given, 4a = 50 => a = 15 cm
Q. 118 The unequal side of an isosceles triangle is 2 cm. The medians drawn to the equal sides are perpendicular. The area of the triangle is:
A. 1 cm
B. 3 cm
C. 5 cm
D. 2 cm
Answer: B.
Q. 119 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products.
In the given line graph. what is the total sale of Product A. in the year 2005 and 2009 taken together?
A. 17500
B. 18500
C. 14600
D. 16400
Answer: D.
Explanation: Production of A. in 2005 = 11000
Sale of A. in 2005 = 60% of 11000 = 6600
Production of A. in 2009 = 14000
Sale of A. in 2009 = 70% of 14000 = 9800
Therefore, Total production of A. in 2005 and 2009 together = 6600+9800 = 16400.
Q. 120 When the sun’s angle of depression changes from 30∘ to 60∘ . the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 70 m. What is the height of the tower?
A. 45.65 m
B. 60.55 m
C. 65.55 m
D. 36.55 m
Answer: B.
Explanation: Let the initial distance of the shadow from the foot of the tower be x m Then, New distance will be (x-70) m
Tan300 = hx
=13=hx
=x=h3
tan600=hx-70
=3=hx-70
=3=hh3-70
=h=3(h3-70)
=h=3h-703
=2h=703
=h=353=351.73=60.55m
Therefore, The height of the tower = 60.55 m
Q. 121 If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is equal to:
= cosec2 A. + sin2 A. − 2cosecAsinA. + sec2 A. + cos2 A. − 2secAcosA. − (cot2 A. + tan2 A. − 2cotAtanA)
= cosec2 A. + sin2 A. − 2 + sec2 A. + cos2 A. − 2 − cot2 A. − tan2 A. + 2
= (cosec2 A. − cot2 A) + (sin2 A. + cos2 A) + (sec2 A. − tan2 A) − 2
= 3 − 2 = 1
Q. 123 0.72×0.72×0.72−0.39×0.39×0.390.72×0.72+0.72×0.39+0.39×0.39is equal to:
A. 0.33
B. 0.45
C. 0.39
D. 0.36
Answer: A.
Explanation: Given fraction is in the form of a3-b3a2+ab+b2 which is a − b
Here, a = 0.72 and b = 0.39
Therefore, a − b = 0.72 − 0.39 = 0.33
Q. 124 A. number is first decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number so obtained is 100 less than the original number. The original number is:
A. 100000
B. 100
C. 10000
D. 1000
Answer: C.
Explanation: Let the number be 100x.
New number after decrease and increase of 10% = 100x 90100110100=99x
Given, 100x-99x = 100
x = 100
Then, The original number = 100x = 100*100 = 10000.
Q. 125 A. man could not decide between discount of 30% or two successive discounts of 25% and 5%, both given on a shopping of ₹2,000. What is the difference between both the discounts?
A. ₹15
B. No difference
C. ₹20
D. ₹25
Answer: D.
Explanation: Given, Marked Price = Rs.2000
Discount-1 = 30% of Rs.2000 = Rs.600
Effective discount with discounts of 25% and 5% = 25-5 + 255/100 = -30 + 1.25 = -25.75%
28.75% of Rs.2000 = Rs.575
Therefore, Difference between the discounts = Rs.600 – Rs.575 = Rs.25.
Q. 126 At what rate percent per annum with simple interest will a sum of money double in 12.5 years?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12.5
D. 6
Answer: A.
Explanation: Let the Principal be Rs.P
Amount after 12.5 years = Rs.2P
Interest = Rs.2P – Rs.P = Rs.P Let the rate of interest be R%
=> PR12.5100=P
R=10012.5=8%
Therefore, Rate of interest = 8%.
Q. 127 The LCM of two numbers is 168 and their HCF is 12. If the difference between the numbers is 60. What is the sum of the numbers?
A. 122
B. 164
C. 112
D. 108
Answer: D.
Explanation: Let the two numbers be a and b.
Product of two numbers = Product of their LCM and HCF
ab = 168*12 = 2016
Given, a-b = 60
(a + b)2 = (a − b)2 + 4ab
(a + b)2 = 602 + 4 × 2016 = 3600 + 8064 = 11664
Then, a + b = 108
Therefore, Sum of two numbers = 108.
Q. 128 If x + x −1 = 2 , then the value of x3 + x−3 is:
A. 3
B. ½
C. 1
D. 2
Answer: D.
Explanation:
Given, 1x + x=2
Cubing on both sides
Q. 129 A. unique circle can always be drawn through x number of given non-collinear points, then x must be:
A. 1
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3
Answer: D.
Explanation: A. unique circle can be drawn using 3 non-collinear points. Hence, x = 3.
Q. 130 The speed of a car increases by 2 km/hr after every one hour. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 km, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours?
A. 558 km
B. 650 km
C. 560 km
D. 552 km
Answer: D.
Explanation: The distances travelled by the car in each hour will be 35,37,39,…. The distance travelled in the last hour will be 35/12 + (12 – 1)2 = 35 + 12 = 57 km
Then, Total distance travelled in 12 hours = 2(35 + 57) = 6 × 92 = 552 km
Q. 131 Seema bought a mobile at a discount of 20%. Had she received a discount of 25%, she could have saved an additional ₹1000. How much did she pay for the mobile ?
A. ₹24,000
B. ₹22,000
C. ₹25,000
D. ₹16,000
Answer: D.
Explanation: Let the MRP of the mobile be Rs.100x
Discount = 20% of Rs.100x = Rs.20x
Selling Price = Rs.100x – Rs.20x = Rs.80x
If the discount is 25%, then Selling Price = 75% of Rs.100x = Rs.75x
Q. 132 The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 60.25 kg and that of the remaining 10 boys is 45.75 kg. The average weight of all boys in the class is:
A. 54.67
B. 53.76
C. 55.37
D. 56.27
Answer: A.
Explanation: Given, Average weight of 16 students = 60.25 kg
Then, Total weight of 16 students = 60.25*16 = 964 kg
Average weight of 10 students = 45.75 kg
Then, Total weight of 10 students = 45.75*10 = 457.5 kg/1421.5 26
Then, Total weight of 26 students = 964+457.5 = 1421.5 kg
Therefore, Average weight of 26 students = 26 = 54.67kg
Q. 133 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products.
In the given line graph, what is the total sale of Products A. and B. in the year 2007?
A. 13460
B. 10290
C. 11500
D. 12490
Answer: B.
Explanation: Production of A. in 2007 = Rs.7000
Sale of A. in 2007 = 75% of Rs.7000 = Rs.5250
Production of B. in 2007 = Rs.9000
Sale of B. in 2007 = 56% of Rs.9000 = Rs.5040
Total sale of A. and B. in 2007 = Rs.5250+Rs.5040 = Rs.10290
Q. 134 A. cube of side 1 m length is cut into small cubes of side 10 cm each. How many such small cubes can be obtained?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 10000
D. 1000
Answer: D.
Explanation: Number of small cubes = Volume of large cube/Volume of each small cube
10313=10001=1000
Q. 135 A. sells a car to B. at 10% loss. If B. sells it for ₹5,40,000 and gains 20%. the cost price of the car for A. was:
A. ₹5,10,000
B. ₹5,40,000
C. ₹5,20,000
D. ₹5,00,000
Answer: D.
Explanation:
Q. 136 If a + b = 8,ab = −12, then a3 + b3
A. -244
B. -833
C. 800
D. 833
Answer: C.
Explanation: Given a + b = 8 ab = −12
Then, a3 + b3 = (a + b)3 − 3ab(a + b)
= 83 − 3(−12)(8) = 512 + 288 = 800
Q. 137 The given pie-chart, shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it.
In the given pie-chart, by what percentage Printing and Binding cost on the book is less than the other costs?
A. 50/3
B. 100/3
C. 47/3
D. 20/3
Answer: B.
Explanation: Total Printing and Binding cost = 20+20 = 40% of total cost
Other costs = 10+25+15+10 60% of total cost.
Therefore, Required percentage = 60
Q. 138 4/3 tan2 600 + 3cos2 300 – 2sec2 300 – ¾ cot2 600 is equal to:
Q. 139 The average of 26 numbers is zero. Of them, how many may be greater than zero, at the most?
A. 0
B. 25
C. 20
D. 15
Answer: B.
Explanation: Given that the average of 26 numbers is zero. Then, Sum of 26 numbers = 0 In that, If sum of 25 numbers is 25a, then the 26th number should be -25a. Hence, Maximum 25 numbers can be greater than zero.
Q. 140 What will be total cost of polishing curved surface of a wooden cylinder at rate of ₹20 per m 2 , if its diameter is 40 m and height is 7 m?
A. ₹18600
B. ₹18400
C. ₹17500
D. ₹17600
Answer: D.
Explanation: Given, Diameter of the cylinder = 40 m Radius of the cylinder = 20 m Height of the cylinder = 7 m Curved
surface area of the cylinder = 2πrh
= 2 × 22/7× 20 × 7 = 880m2
For 1 sq.m, Rs.20 will be charged.
Then, for 880 sq.m, Rs.20*880 = Rs.17600 will be charged.
Q. 141 A. can do a work in 20 days, while B. can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly. Few days later C. also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid total of ₹700. What is the share of C?
A. ₹75
B. ₹55
C. ₹70
D. ₹65
Answer: C.
Explanation: Given, A. can do the work in 20 days. B. can do the work in 25 days
Efficiency of A. = 100/20 = 5%
Efficiency of B. = 100/25 = 4%
After a few days, C. joined.
If they work for 10 days, then (5+4)*10 = 90% of work will be completed by A. and B.
Remaining 10% of work will be done by C.
Hence, Salary of C. will be 10% of Rs.700 = Rs.70.
Instructions: The given bar chart. shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001.
Q. 142 In the given bar-chart, total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 taken together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is:
A. 560
B. 240
C. 310
D. 650
Answer: A.
Explanation: Total sales of B1(in thousands) = 105+80 = 185
Total sales of B3(in thousands) = 95+110 = 205
Total sales of B5(in thousands) = 75+95 = 170
Total sales of B1, B3 and B5 together(in thousands) = 185+205+170 = 560
Q. 143 In the given bar-chart, the ratio of total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 to total sales of branches B2, B4 and B6 taken together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is:
A. 45 : 23
B. 47 : 56
C. 56 : 47
D. 23 : 45
Answer: C.
Explanation: Total sales of B1(in thousands) = 105+80 = 185
Total sales of B3(in thousands) = 95+110 = 205
Total sales of B5(in thousands) = 75+95 = 170
Total sales of B1, B3 and B5 together(in thousands) = 185+205+170 = 560
Total sales of B2(in thousands) = 75+65 = 140
Total sales of B4(in thousands) = 85+95 = 180
Total sales of B6(in thousands) = 70+80 = 150
Total sales of B2, B4 and B6 together(in thousands) = 140+180+150 = 470
Therefore, Ratio = 560 : 470 = 56 : 47.
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Q. 144 From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is . If the tower is 270 m high. the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is:
A. 476.65 m
B. 367.65 m
C. 467.65 m
D. 376.65 m
Answer: C.
Explanation: Given, Height of the tower = 270 m
Let the distance from the foot of the tower to P be x m
Tan30 = AB/BP
13=270x
x=2703=2701.732=467.65m
Q. 145 The product of two numbers is 6760 and their HCF is 13. How many such pairs of numbers can be formed?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B.
Explanation: Let the two numbers be 13x and 13y since HCF is divisible by two numbers.
13x × 13y = 6760
169xy = 6760
xy = 40
For HCF to be 13, there should be no common factors except 1.
Then, (x,y) can be (5,8) and (1,40).
Therefore, The numbers can be 13*5,13*8 = 65,104 and 13*1,13*40 = 13,520
Therefore, There can be 2 pairs of such numbers.
Q. 146 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank. if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
A. 18
B. 16
C. 15
D. 17
Answer: A.
Explanation: Number of buckets1 x Capacity of each bucket1 = Number of buckets2 x Capacity of each bucket2
12 × 13.5 = 9 × x
=> x = 18
Therefore, Number of buckets required = 18 litres.
Q. 147 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products.
In the given line graph, what is the total sale of Product B. in the year 2004 and 2008 together?
A. 12500
B. 14600
C. 11950
D. 11825
Answer: D.
Explanation: Production of B. in 2004 = 8500
Sale of B. in 2004 = 55% of 8500 = 4675
Production of B. in 2008 = 11000
Sale of B. in 2008 = 65% of 11000 = 7150
Total sale of B. in 2004 and 2008 together = 4675+7150 = 11825.
Q. 148 Original breadth of a rectangular box is 20 cm. The box was then remade in such a way that its length increased by 30% but the breadth decreased by 20% and the area increased by 100 cm2. What is the new area of the box?
A. 2500 cm2
B. 2200 cm2
C. 2400 cm2
D. 2600 cm2
Answer: D.
Explanation: Let the length of the rectangle be l cm
Breadth of the rectangle = 20 cm
Area of the rectangle = 20l sq.cm
New length of the rectangle = 130% of l = 1.3l cm
New breadth of the rectangle = 80% of 20 = 16 cm
New area of the rectangle = 16*1.3l = 20.8l sq.cm
Given, 20.8l – 20l = 100
=> 0.8l = 100 => l = 125 cm
Therefore, New length of the rectangle = 1.3*125 = 162.5 cm
New area of the rectangle = 162.5*16 = 2600 sq.cm
Q. 149 The given pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pic-chart and answer the questions based on it.
In the given pie-chart, by what percentage the Royalty on the book is less than the Printing cost?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 10
D. 15
Answer: B.
Explanation: Expenditure of Royalty of book = 20%
Expenditure of printing = 15%
Required percentage = 20 – 1520100=520100=25%
Q. 150 3 men, 4 women and 6 children can complete a work in 7 days. A. woman does double the work a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete this work in 7 days?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 7
Answer: D.
Explanation: Efficiency of 2 children = Efficiency of 1 men = Efficiency of ½ women
Efficiency of 1 child = Efficiency of ¼ women
Efficiency of 6 children = Efficiency of 3/2 women
Therefore, Total efficiency of 3 men, 4 women and 6 children = 3/2 + 4 + 3/2 = 3 + 4 = 7 women
Therefore, 7 women are required to complete the work in 7 days.
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Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 151 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks.
It is known that …………, extreme weather, and diseases are the factors responsible for crop failure.
A. draught
B. draft
C. daft
D. drought
Answer: D.
Instructions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage:
By the 19205 the improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses – which were sometimes open all night — was complete. As the night became a place for legitimate activity, the length of time people could dedicate to rest dwindled.” Evening’s Empire puts forward an account of how this happened. “Associations with night before the 17th Century were not good,” it says. “The night was a place populated by people of disrepute – criminals, prostitutes and drunks. Even the wealthy, who could afford candlelight, had better things to spend their money on. There was no prestige or social value associated with staying up all night.”
That changed in the wake of the Reformation and the counter- Reformation. Protestants and Catholics became accustomed to holding secret services at night. If earlier the night had belonged to reprobates, now respectable people became accustomed to exploiting the hours of darkness. This trend migrated to the social sphere too, but only for those who could afford to live by candlelight. With the advent of street lighting, however, socializing at night began to filter down through the classes.
In 1667, Paris became the first city in the world to light its streets, using wax candles in glass lamps. It was followed by Lille in the same year and Amsterdam two years later, where a much more efficient oil powered lamp was developed. A. small city like Leipzig in central Germany employed 100 men to tend to 700 lamps. London didn‘t join their ranks until 1684 but by the end of the century, more than 50 of Europe’s major tovms and cities were lit at night. Night became fashionable and spending hours lying in bed was considered a waste of time.
“People were becoming increasingly time-conscious and sensitive to efficiency, certainly before the 19th Century,” says Roger Ekirch. “But the industrial revolution intensified that attitude by leaps and bounds.” Strong evidence of this shifting attitude is contained in a medical journal from 1829 which urged parents to force their children out of a pattern of first and second sleep. “If no disease or accident there intervene, they will need no further repose than that obtained in their first sleep.”
Today, most people seem to have adapted quite well to the eight-hour sleep, but Ekirch believes many sleeping problems may have roots in the human body’s natural preference for segmented sleep as well as the ubiquity of artificial light. This could be the root of a condition called sleep maintenance insomnia, where people wake during the night and have trouble getting back to sleep, he suggests. The condition first appears in literature at the end of the 19th Century, at the same time as accounts of segmented sleep disappear.
Q. 152 Which of the following is NOT true regarding the nights in 19205 in Europe?
A. Mostly people of disrepute haunted the streets at night.
B. Nights became a time for legitimate activity
C. Protestants and Catholics started holding secret services at night.
D. Socializing at night became common among all classes.
Answer: A.
Q. 153 Which of the following phenomena helped classdivision vanish vis-a-vis nightlife?
A. Counter-reformation
B. Reformation
C. Streetlights
D. Cheaper candles
Answer: C.
Q. 154 The author observes, “by the end of the century, more than 50 of Europe’s major towns and cities were lit at night.” Which century was he referring to?
A. 17th century
B. 19th century
C. 16th century
D. 20th century
Answer: A.
Q. 155 In which city were 100 men employed to tend to 700 lamps?
A. London
B. Lille
C. Amsterdam
D. Leipzig
Answer: D.
Q. 156 Which is the most significant cause of sleep maintenance insomnia?
A. ubiquity of artificial light
B. waking up during the night
C. a gowing belief in eight-hour-sleep blocs
D. ignoring the human body’s natural preference for segmented sleep
Answer: D.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 157 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. miniature
B. municipality
C. monopoly
D. manpulates
Answer: D.
Q. 158 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
The problem of world hunger arises because of the economic inequality that distort food distribution.
A. that distort food distribution.
B. The problem of
C. because of the economic inequality
D. world hunger arises
Answer: A.
Q. 159 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. Economic growth is sustainable only if all countries has food security.
A. sustainable only if
B. Economic growth is
C. has food security.
D. all countries
Answer: C.
Q. 160 Select the synonym of the given word PLEDGED.
A. promised
B. respected
C. fulfilled
D. honored
Answer: A.
Q. 161 Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom. Go against the grain.
A. Something that is ugy and unpopular
B. Something in conflict with one’s value system
C. Something that we can accept with dilficulty
D. Something done deliberately
Answer: B.
Q. 162 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To beat a dead horse
A. A. significant effort
B. A. filtile effort
C. A. deliberate effort
D. A. joint effort
Answer: B.
Q. 163 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. constitutional right to cast vote
A. licensed
B. franking
C. fianchise
D. duty
Answer: C.
Q. 164 Select the antonym of the given word. PROVISIONAL
A. planned
B. permanent
C. insured
D. supplied
Answer: B.
Q. 165 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. power of reading thoughts of others
A. telepathy
B. medium
C. astrology
D. instinct
Answer: A.
Q. 166 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Bite the bullet
A. to restrain yourself from doing something unpleasant
B. to force yourself to do something unpleasant
C. to amuse yourself by doing something unpleasant
D. to dislike yourself for having done something unpleasant
Answer: B.
Q. 167 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement.
With cloth in demand both at home, where the population was increasing, and abroad, where British colonies were a captive market, improving spinning methods were essential to meet the demand.
A. improve spinning methods were essential
B. improved spinning methods were essential
C. improved spirming methods was essential
D. No improvement
Answer: B.
Q. 168 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a place for the collection of dried plants
A. museum
B. aquarium
C. herbarium
D. flora
Answer: C.
Q. 169 Select the synonym of the given word. BENEFICIARIES
A. addressers
B. recipients
C. profiteers
D. donors
Answer: B.
Q. 170 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement.
With Mumbai’s mad rush and heavy traffic, it becomes extremely difficult for people to reach their destination on time.
A. reached their destination on time.
B. to reaching their destination on time.
C. to reach their destination at time.
D. No improvement
Answer: D.
Q. 171 Select the synonym of the given word PREVENTIVE
A. prophetic
B. prepared
C. predicted
D. protective
Answer: D.
Q. 172 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. During the Great Depression, America’s dance marathon craze was more of a ……… strategy than a form of ………..
A. basic; entertainment
B. fundamental; celebration
C. survival; entertainment
D. survival; education
Answer: C.
Q. 173 Select the synonym of the given word. NEGLECTED.
A. superfluous
B. unknown
C. ignored
D. negated
Answer: C.
Q. 174 Select the antonym of the given word. PROVINCIAL
A. pastoral
B. public
C. rustic
D. metropolitan
Answer: D.
Q. 175 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. fasinated
B. fashion
C. facsimile
D. fastidious
Answer: A.
Q. 176 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement.
Eighteenth-century machines typically used water power, hence the early factories was located on the fast-flowing rivers.
A. were located near the fast-flowing rivers.
B. was located near the fast-flowing rivers.
C. were located on the fast-flowing rivers.
D. No improvement
Answer: A.
Q. 177 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Trachoma is a debilitating and painful ……… which can cause the eyelashes to turn inwards and stab the eye.
A. taint
B. infection
C. contagion
D. factor
Answer: B.
Q. 178 Select the most appropriate meanmg of the given idiom. Caught red-handed
A. To discover a murderer using the clues
B. To catch a thief who steals red paints
C. To catch someone doing something illegal
D. To try to arrest someone without any evidence
Answer: C.
Q. 179 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Always a bridesmaid never a bride
A. Someone who always comes second
B. Someone who is born unlucky
C. Someone who fulfills his or her potential
D. Someone who does not deserve to win
Answer: A.
Q. 180 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. parakeets
B. pupeteer
C. puppies
D. parapet
Answer: B.
Q. 181 Select the antonym of the given word. SUBDUED.
A. subtle
B. excited
C. hushed
D. motivated
Answer: B
Q. 182 Identify the segnent in the sentence; which contains the grammatical error.
That his body did not decompose confirmed what the Greeks thought about him and what Alexander use to believe about himself-that he was not an ordinary man, but a god.
A. thought about him
B. he was not an ordinary man
C. use to believe about himself
D. his body did not decompose
Answer: C.
Q. 183 Identify the segment in the sentence; which contains the grammatical error.
When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C., his body didn’t begin to show signs of decomposition for a full six day, according to historical accounts.
A. his body didn’t begin to show
B. When Alexander the Great died
C. signs of decomposition for a full six day
D. according to historical accounts
Answer: C.
Q. 184 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. indicate
B. innovate
C. invite
D. innundate
Answer: D
Q. 185 Select the most approprlate Viord for the given group of words. excessive bureaucratic fuss
A. footnotes
B. red-tape
C. fastidious
D. officious
Answer: B.
Q. 186 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Moisture created ………. multitudes of visitors over the years has damaged King Tut’s tomb more than any vandalism and so conservators are working to …………… the historic monument …………. the impact of heavy-breathing, heavysweating tourists.
A. by; guard; against
B. by; dry; off
C. from; dry; against
D. from; guard; from
Answer: A.
Q. 187 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a book that contains information on various subjects
A. magazine
B. omnibus
C. guide
D. encyclopedia
Answer: D.
Q. 188 Select the antonym of the given word. INDICTED.
A. imprisoned
B. examined
C. hanged
D. released
Answer: D.
Q. 189 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Scientists and politicians are ……….. becoming aware of another factor that could seriously threaten the ………… balance between production and consumption of food and climate change.
A. duo; questionable
B. alike; shaky
C. both; tenuous
D. alike; feeble
Answer: C.
Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement.
The growing demand for cotton spurred the Industrial Revolution in Britain and inducing Southern planters in America to grows more cotton.
A. No improvement
B. inducing Southern planters in America grew more cotton
C. induce Southern planters in America to grow more cotton
D. induced Southern planters in America to grow more cotton
Answer: D.
Instructions: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage:
Eating white bread and ready meals could be killing us, according to the first major study linking ‘fiilh‘a-processed” food with ………… (1) death. The study of 45,000 middle-aged people found that every 10 per cent increase in ……………. (2) of “ultra-processed food” was linked to a 14 per cent ……………. (3) risk of death within the next eight years. Previous research has linked consumption …………… (4) foods like white bread, ready meals, sausages, sugary cereals, fizzy drinks to a higher risk of high blood ………… (5) and cancer.
Q. 191 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.1.
A. quiet
B. early
C. easy
D. late
Answer: B.
Q. 192 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.2.
A. input
B. digestion
C. making
D. intake
Answer: D.
Q. 193 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.3.
A. declined
B. decreased
C. improved
D. increased
Answer: D.
Q. 194 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.4.
A. on
B. in
C. from
D. of
Answer: D.
Q. 195 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.5.
A. coagulation
B. clotting
C. pressure
D. infection
Answer: C.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 196 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. elementary
B. alleviasion
C. olfactory
D. election
Answer: B.
Q. 197 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Hemophilia, a blood clotting disorder, can be passed about the maternal line vdthin families; men are more likely to develop it, while women are usually carriers.
A. likely to develop it
B. a blood clotting disorder
C. can be passed about
D. the maternal line
Answer: C.
Q. 198 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement.
As a result of various inventions during Victoria’s reign, travel and communication became better and improved sanitation techniques turn filthy streets in clean roads.
A. turning filthy streets in clean roads.
B. turn filthy streets into clean roads.
C. No improvement
D. turned filthy streets into clean roads.
Answer: D.
Q. 199 Select the synonym of the given word. DISPROPORTIONATELY
A. unscientifically
B. unreasonably
C. unvaryingly
D. unknowingly
Answer: B.
Q. 200 Select the antonym of the given word. ASSAULT
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 If AT = 20 and BEG = 70, then BANK = ……….
A. 318
B. 308
C. 228
D. 282
Answer: B
Q. 2 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series.
5, 9, 17, 29, 55, 65
A. 55
B. 29
C. 9
D. 5
Answer: A.
Q. 3 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 2047
B. 4702
C. 6041
D. 4306
Answer: C.
Q. 4 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the correct mirror image of the given figure?
Answer: D.
Q. 5 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Vegetables, Brinjal, Apple
Answer: C.
Q. 6 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (18, 54, 36)
A. (16, 40, 32)
B. (10, 40, 20)
C. (2, 6, 10)
D. (8, 24, 16)
Answer: D.
Q. 7 Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given word-pair. Steel: Iron
A. Chromium : Silver
B. Brass : Copper
C. Bronze : Iron
D. Nickel : Tin
Answer: B.
Q. 8 Choose the option which has the same relation as the words given below : Airplane : Airport/Hangar
A. Car : Garage
B. Farm : Grains
C. Objects : Store/Storehouse
D. Horse : Saddle
Answer: A.
Q. 9 Which two numbers should be interchanged to make the following equation correct?
7 − 8 ÷ 4 + 5 × 3 = 8 × 3 + 6 ÷ 2 − 3
A. 4 and 5
B. 7 and 5
C. 4 and 2
D. 6 and 7
Answer: B.
Q. 10 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order.
1) Editor
2) Publisher
3) Author
4) Reader
5) Bookseller
A. 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
B. 4, 3, 1, 2, 5
C. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4
D. 3, 2, 1, 5, 4
Answer: A.
Q. 11 If ‘ × ’ stands for addition, ‘ ÷ ’ stands for subtraction, ‘ + ’ stands for multiplication, and ‘ − ’ stands for division, then what will be the value of the following expression?
26 ÷ 13 × 8 + 6 − 2
A. 17
B. 47
C. 27
D. 37
Answer: D.
Q. 12 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow (s) from the statements.
Statements: Some roads are metros. Some metros are cars.
Conclusions:
I. All cars are either roads or metros.
II. Some cars are metros.
A. Only conclusion I follows.
B. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
C. Only conclusion II follows.
D. Either conclusion I or II follows.
Answer: C.
Q. 13 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. Lion
B. Whale
C. Elephant
D. Shark
Answer: D.
Q. 14 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Answer: D.
Q. 15 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 37 : 75
B. 29 : 59
C. 28 : 56
D. 26 : 53
Answer: C.
Q. 16 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. ADGJ : ZWTQ :: MPSV : ………
A. NKHE
B. MKHE
C. NJGC.
D. GJLM
Answer: A.
Q. 17 ‘Optimist’ is related to ‘Pessimist’ in the same way as ‘Cheerful’ is related to ‘ ………
A. Selfish
B. Beautiful
C. Ugly
D. Gloomy
Answer: D.
Q. 18 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (12, 37, 112)
A. (15, 46, 139)
B. (7, 24, 73)
C. (13, 40, 118)
D. (9, 28, 83)
Answer: A.
Q. 19 Select the number-pair in which the two timbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 13 : 174
A. 15 : 224
B. 8 : 69
C. 14 : 200
D. 9 : 81
Answer: B.
Q. 20 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. KOTZ
B. DHMS
C. GIMP
D. FJOU
Answer: C.
Q. 21 In a certain code langiage, SON is written as 345 and ROAM is written as 6412. How will RANSOM be written as in the same language?
A. 615342
B. 651342
C. 615324
D. 612435
Answer: A.
Q. 22 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 15 : 115
B. 23 : 161
C. 29 : 203
D. 27 : 189
Answer: A.
Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. HVW : FTU :: DRS : …….
A. FTU
B. BOQ
C. BPQ
D. APQ
Answer: C.
Q. 24 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?
1, 4, 3, 4, 7, 7, 13, 13, ?
A. 20
B. 22
C. 31
D. 21
Answer: D.
Q. 25 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?
7, 14, 33, 70, 131, ?
A. 190
B. 218
C. 131
D. 222
Answer: D.
Q. 26 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: C.
Q. 27 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. UFXC.
B. SHBY
C. TGPK
D. YAJQ
Answer: D.
Q. 28 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order.
1) Knee 2) Heel 3) Ankle 4) Thigh 5) Calf
A. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
B. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
C. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
D. 2, 3, 5, 1, 4
Answer: D.
Q. 29 If sign ‘+’ is interchanged with ‘÷’ and number ‘2’ is interchanged with ‘6’, which of the following equations would be correct?
A. 8 + 6 ÷ 2 = 8
B. 2 + 8 ÷ 6 = 6
C. 2 + 8 ÷ 2 = 8
D. 2 + 6 ÷ 8 = 11
Answer: D.
Q. 30 Choose the mirror image of the given word if the mirror is placed to the right of the word.
Answer: A.
Q. 31 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: B.
Q. 32 How many squares are there in the following figure?
A. 8
B. 14
C. 10
D. 12
Answer: C.
Q. 33 If in a language, ‘foot’ is called ‘elbow’, ‘elbow’ is called ‘ankle’, ‘ankle’ is called ‘palm’, ‘palm’ is called ‘finger’ and ‘finger’ is called ‘knee’, then in that language, on what would one wear a ring?
A. Ankle
B. Knee
C. Palm
D. Finger
Answer: B.
Q. 34 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is difierent. Identify the different one.
A. 9 : 729
B. 13 : 2197
C. 7 : 343
D. 17 : 4814
Answer: D.
Q. 35 Select the option that is embedded in the following figure. (Rotation is not allowed)
Answer: C.
Q. 36 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements: No Tablet is a lion. All lions are bells.
Conclusions:
I. No bell is the tablet.
II. Some bells are lions.
A. Only conclusion I follow.
B. Both conclusions I and II follow.
C. Only conclusion II follows.
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Answer: C.
Q. 37 Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?
IVM, HWL, GXK, FYJ, ?
A. EZH
B. EAH
C. EZI
D. DZI
Answer: C
Q. 38 Which letter will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? B, E, H, K, N, ?
A. O
B. P
C. Q
D. N
Answer: C.
Q. 39 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Fathers, Doctors, Singers
Answer: A.
Q. 40 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 68: 30
A. 350 : 49
B. 222 : 131
C. 125 : 27
D. 520 : 350
Answer: D
Q. 41 The sequence of folding a piece of square paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown. How would this paper look when unfolded?
Answer: D.
Q. 42 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. Potato
B. Garlic
C. Tomato
D. Ginger
Answer: C.
Q. 43 A. man is facing towards the east. He then turns 45∘ anti-clockwise, again 180∘ anti-clockwise and then 225∘ clock wise. In which direction is he facing now?
A. West
B. North
C. South
D. East
Answer: D.
Q. 44 If in a certain code, EDITION is written as VWRGRLM, then which word will be coded as SLMVHGB?
A. HAUGHTY
B. HONESTY
C. AMNESTY
D. EDITORS
Answer: B.
Q. 45 ‘Belgium’ is related to ‘Europe’ in the same way as ‘Japan’ is related to ‘…..’.
A. Africa
B. Australia
C. Asia
D. Europe
Answer: C.
Q. 46 From his house, Avinash went to Kapil’s house situated 500 m towards the north-east of his own house. From there, both of them went to Varun’s house situated 400 m towards the south of Kapil’s house. What is the shortest distance between Avinash’s current location and his location at the beginning?
A. 900 m
B. 400 m
C. 300 m
D. 500 m
Answer: C.
Q. 47 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 23 : 138 :: 17 : ………
A. 96
B. 102
C. 346
D. 56
Answer: B.
Q. 48 If the following figure is folded to form a cube, how many dots would appear on the face opposite the face bearing four dots?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 6
D. 2
Answer: A.
Q. 49 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded.
Answer: B.
Q. 50 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: D.
General knowledge
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 51 Which of the following would you associate with the word ‘dioptre’?
A. Urology
B. Ophthalmology
C. Neurology
D. Oncology
Answer: B.
Q. 52 ………. fabric fiom Madhya Pradesh is registered with a GI tag.
A. Pembarthi
B. Chanderi
C. Bhagalpuri
D. Sholapuri
Answer: B.
Q. 53 Which of the following is NOT a nationalised bank?
A. South Indian Bank
B. Syndicate Bank
C. Canara Bank
D. Vijaya Bank
Answer: A.
Q. 54 Which of the following is NOT a national political party?
A. Nationalist Congress Party
B. Bhartiya Janata Party
C. United Democratic Party
D. Indian National Congress
Answer: C.
Q. 55 ‘Expectation is the root of all heartache’ is a quote by ……….
A. William Shakespeare
B. Dalai Lama
C. Mahavir
D. Buddha
Answer: A.
Q. 56 Considered one of the best in India, Temi Tea garden is the only tea estate in the state of:
A. West Bengal
B. Sikkim
C. Assam
D. Odisha
Answer: B.
Q. 57 Which renowned tabla player’s son is also a famous tabla player who has collaborated with international bands?
A. Ustad Bismillah Khan
B. Ustad Amjad Ali
C. Ustad Allah Rakha
D. Ustad Rashid Khan
Answer: C.
Q. 58 Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
A. Karunam Malleswari
B. Saina Nehwal
C. Mary Kom
D. Sakshi Malik
Answer: A.
Q. 59 ……… was honoured with the “Outstanding Parliamentarian Award” in 2017.
A. Hukum Dev Narayan
B. Bhartruhari Mahtab
C. Ghulam Nabi Azad
D. Dinesh Trivedi
Answer: B.
Q. 60 …….. is the biography of Sachin Tendulkar.
A. The Test of My Life
B. Playing to Win
C. Playing It My Way
D. Ace Against Odds
Answer: C
Q. 61 In humans, each cell normally contains ……….. pairs of chromosomes.
A. 22
B. 24
C. 23
D. 21
Answer: C.
Q. 62 Mangal Pandey was hanged in 1857 for attacking the British officers in:
A. Allahabad
B. Benaras
C. Calcutta
D. Barrackpore
Answer: D.
Q. 63 Who discovered radium?
A. Abdus Salam
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Pierre and Marie Currie
D. Ronald Ross
Answer: C.
Q. 64 Who is the second woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A. Smriti Irani
B. Nirmala Sitharaman
C. Meira Kumar
D. Suman Mahajan
Answer: D.
Q. 65 India celebrates National Engineer’s Day on September 15, which is the birth anniversary of:
A. Veeru Shahastrabuddhi
B. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
C. E. Sreedharan
D. Shiva Ayyadurai
Answer: B.
Q. 66 ………… was the first President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
A. Kushabhau Thakre
B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. Lal Krishna Advani
D. Murli Manohar Joshi
Answer: B.
Q. 67 Nepa Nagar in Madhya Pradesh is known for:
A. Steel Mills
B. Pottery
C. Sugar Mills
D. Newsprint Factory
Answer: D.
Q. 68 ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players’ — is a phrase from the play:
A. Macbeth
B. Julius Ceaser
C. The Merchant of Venice
D. As You Like It
Answer: D.
Q. 69 The Thimithi festival in Tamil Nadu is celebrated in the honor of:
A. Padmavati
B. Sita
C. Draupadi
D. Surpanakha
Answer: C.
Q. 70 Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was established in:
A. 2001
B. 2005
C. 2003
D. 2006
Answer: D.
Q. 71 Penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, was discovered by:
A. Marie Curie
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Pierre Curie
Answer: B.
Q. 72 The Wright brothers completed the world’s first successfiil controlled powered flight in:
A. 1908
B. 1909
C. 1911
D. 1903
Answer: D.
Q. 73 The Bahujan Samaj Party was formed in:
A. 1988
B. 1984
C. 1976
D. 1967
Answer: B.
Q. 74 Which of the following has an odometer?
A. Water heater
B. Car
C. Blood pressure monitoring device
D. Air pump
Answer: B.
Q. 75 The ………… period has been described as the ‘golden age’ of Indian history.
A. Mughal
B. Maratha
C. Gupta
D. Buddhist
Answer: C
Q. 76 Which of the following is NOT a printing press of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)?
A. Bank Note Press
B. Bank Security Press
C. Currency Note Press
D. Security Printing Press
Answer: B.
Q. 77 The Sanskrit phrase “Atithi Devo Bhava” means:
A. I salute you
B. The guest is God
C. Good day
D. See you soon
Answer: B.
Q. 78 Which Indian State/Union Territory has the shortest coastline?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Puducherry
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: C.
Q. 79 Who among the following is the highest-rated Visually impaired chess player in India?
A. Darpan Inani
B. Baskaran Adhiban
C. Krishnan Sasikiran
D. Pentala Harikrislma
Answer: A.
Q. 80 ………… was officially acknowledged as the most recorded artist in music history by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011.
A. Mariah Carey
B. Asha Bhosle
C. Lata Mangeshkar
D. Beyonce
Answer: B.
Q. 81 Which Gharana of classical singing did late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi belong to?
A. Etawah
B. Malhar
C. Kirana
D. Dhrupad
Answer: C.
Q. 82 As of January 2019 ……….. was the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat.
A. Keshubhai Patel
B. Narendra Modi
C. Madhav Singh Solanki
D. Chimanbhai Patel
Answer: B.
Q. 83 Ohm’s Law states that:
A. Electric current = Voltage / Resistance
B. Power = Voltage +Current
C. Power = Voltage × Current
D. Electric current = Resistance / Voltage
Answer: A.
Q. 84 The Test of My Llfe is an autobiography of.
A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. MS Dhoni
D. Gautam Gambhir
Answer: A.
Q. 85 The names of the Wright brothers credited with inventing the airplane were:
A. William and Oliver
B. William and Orville
C. Wilbur and Orville
D. Wilbm and Oliver
Answer: C.
Q. 86 As on December 12, 2018 The Nationalist Congress Party was led by:
A. Sudhakar Reddy
B. Sharad Pawar
C. Rahul Gandhi
D. Sitararn Yechury
Answer: B.
Q. 87 Kanishka was a ……….. king.
A. Kushan
B. Gupta
C. Maurya
D. Chola
Answer: A.
Q. 88 ‘Sardeshmukhi’ in the Maratha regime was a:
A. Designation equivalent to Peshwa
B. A. coin during the Maratha regime
C. Tax levied on revenue
D. Name given to Shivaji
Answer: C.
Q. 89 ………. is the stigma of Crocus Sativus L.
A. Safiron
B. Turmeric
C. Artichoke
D. Ginger
Answer: A.
Q. 90 What is known as Hunter’s Moon in the West, is called as ……….. in India.
A. Pausha Purnima
B. Magha Purnima
C. Chaitra Purnima
D. Kartik Purnima
Answer: D.
Q. 91 Which of the following states is NOT famous for the Bhut Jolokia pepper?
A. Odisha
B. Nagaland
C. Manipur
D. Assam
Answer: A.
Q. 92 Inertia is proportional to:
A. Mass
B. Weight
C. Length
D. Height
Answer: A.
Q. 93 Fulminology is the study of:
A. Volcanic eruptions
B. Lightening
C. Natural gases
D. Atmosphere
Answer: B.
Q. 94 The …….. is a tax on production/manufacture of goods within the country.
A. Sales tax
B. Excise duty
C. Service tax
D. Customs duty
Answer: B.
Q. 95 Devanagari evolved from the ………. script.
A. Brahmi
B. Inuktikut
C. Hebrew
D. Kana
Answer: A.
Q. 96 ………… won a gold medal by setting a world record score in the men’s skeet final event of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship held in Kuwait in December 2018.
A. Saeed Al Maktoum
B. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
C. Vijay Kumar
D. Jitu Rai
Answer: B.
Q. 97 Which Indian state has the maximum number of sea ports?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Kamataka
Answer: B.
Q. 98 The Mughal empire reached its greatest extent under:
A. Jahangir
B. Shah Jahan
C. Akbar
D. Aurangzeb
Answer: D.
Q. 99 ………… means the minimum lending rate which is determined by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and no bank is allowed to lend funds below this rate.
A. Cash reserve ratio
B. Base rate
C. Repo rate
D. Marginal cost
Answer: B.
Q. 100 This contemporary Indian dancer who merged Kathak and Kathakali with other dance forms has been awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 2007. His/her name is:
A. Birju Maharaj
B. Jailal Misra
C. Astad Deboo
D. Uday Shankar
Answer: C.
Quant
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 101 If x − 1/ x= 2√ 2 , then x2 + 1/ x2is equal to:
A. 16
B. 12
C. 11
D. 10
Answer: D.
Q. 102 2.4 converted to percentage is.
A. 0.24
B. 24
C. 240
D. 2.4
Answer: C.
Q. 103 A can do a work in 30 days, B can do the same work in 48 days. After working alone for 20 days A left and B started working, how long will B take to complete the work?
A. 24 days
B. 28 days
C. 38 days
D. 16 days
Answer: D.
Q. 104 The given pie chart shows the favorite sport of students of a school.
In the given pie-chart, if there were 1280 students in all, how many liked football?
A. 102
B. 550
C. 230
D. 384
Answer: D.
Q. 105 The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 4 and the perimeter is 72 cm. The sides are:
A. 24, 16, 32
B. 48, 24, 12
C. 36, 24, 12
D. 36, 18, 9
Answer: A.
Q. 106 What percent of 2.4 m is 3.2 cm?
A. 75 %
B. 7.5 %
C. 1000⅓ %
D. 13⅓ %
Answer: D.
Q. 107 A shopkeeper buys a book for ₹2,500 and marks its price at 15% above cost. He allows a discount of ₹345. The discount percentage is:
A. 10
B. 12
C. 11
D. 13
Answer: B
Q. 108 A sum at a Simple interest of 8% pa. becomes 7/5 of itself in how many years?
A. 5
B. 2½
C. 3½
D. 2
Answer: A.
Q. 109 PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O, from a point P outside the circle. A and B are points on the circle. If ∠OAB = 38∘ , then ∠APB is equal to:
A. 25∘
B. 35∘
C. 20∘
D. 76∘
Answer: D.
Q. 110 The largest number of four digits that is exactly divisible by 15, 21 and 30 is:
A. 9840
B. 9910
C. 9830
D. 9870
Answer: D
Q. 111 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years.
In the given bar chart, What is the difference between the average sales of televisions A and B for 3 years?
A. 78
B. 56
C. 104
D. 60
Answer: D.
Q. 112 Two pipes can fill a cistern in 72 and 90 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are left open how long will it take for the cistern to be half full?
A. 40 minutes
B. 24 minutes
C. 48 minutes
D. 20 minutes
Answer: D.
Q. 113 A. watch was sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold at ₹77 more the profit percent would have been 12%. The cost price of the watch is:
A. ₹3,760
B. ₹3,850
C. ₹3,945
D. ₹3,900
Answer: B.
Q. 114 Find the cost of carpeting a room which is 11 m long and 6 m broad by a carpet which is 60 cm broad at the rate of ₹112.50 per meter.
A. ₹12,375
B. ₹13,280
C. ₹11,695
D. ₹12,040
Answer: A.
Q. 115 A. trader allows a discount of 8% on the marked price. If the selling price is ₹667, the discount in rupees is:
A. ₹47
B. ₹54
C. ₹58
D. ₹43
Answer: C.
Q. 116 A field is 119 m×18 m in dimension. A tank of 17 m×6 m×3 m is dug out in the middle and the soil removed is evenly spread over the remaining part of the field. The increase in level on the remaining part of the field is:
A. 14 cm
B. 13 cm
C. 15 cm
D. 12 cm
Answer: C.
Q. 117 Divide ₹8,288 between A, B, and C. such that the proportion of their shares is 5 : 7 : 9. The share of C is:
A. ₹2,032
B. ₹3,552
C. ₹3,872
D. ₹2,612
Answer: B.
Q. 118 If 15 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, how many men will be needed to do the work in 30 days?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 7
D. 9
Answer: C.
Q. 119 The interest on ₹24,000 in 2 years compounded annually when the rates are 8% p.a and 10% p.a for two successive years is:
A. ₹3,994
B. ₹4,512
C. ₹5,040
D. ₹5,866
Answer: B.
Q. 120 15 − { 5 + 24 ÷ (3 × 9 − 15) } is equal to.
A. -2
B. 11 1/3
C. 6 1/4
D. 8
Answer: D.
Q. 121 The angle of elevation of a flying drone from a point on the ground is 60∘ . After flying for 5 seconds the angle of elevation drops to 30∘ . If the drone is flying horizontally at a constant height of 1000√3 m, the distance traveled by the drone is:
A. 2000 m
B. 1000 m
C. 3000 m
D. 4000 m
Answer: A.
Q. 122 An oil merchant has 3 varieties of oil of volumes 432, 594 and 702 litres respectively. The number of cans of equal size that would be required to fill the oil separately is:
A. 13, 15, 17
B. 8, 11, 13
C. 8, 13, 15
D. 6, 9, 11
Answer: B.
Q. 123 The table below shows the admission and transfer in standards 1-3 of a school.
In the given table, in Standard 1, how many students were there at the end of year 2016?
A. 223
B. 228
C. 236
D. 232
Answer: A.
Q. 124 The average of squares of numbers 1 to 5 is:
A. 11
B. 5
C. 8
D. 9
Answer: A.
Q. 125 210102 can be divided exactly by:
A. 7
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8
Answer: B.
Q. 126 A. pipe can fill a tank in 4 hours and a leak at the bottom can empty that full tank in 6 hours. If after the tank is ⅓ full, the leak is completely closed, how much time from the beginning will it take for the tank to get filled completely?
A. 12 hours
B. 4 hours
C. 9 hours
D. 20/3 hours
Answer: D.
Q. 127 In an examination, Shreya score 84 out of 90 in Mathematics, 45 out of 50 in Science, 23 out of 25 in Computer Science and 68 out of 80 in English. In which subject did Shreya score the highest percentage?
A. Mathematics
B. English
C. Science
D. Computer Science
Answer: A.
Q. 128 (−4) × (1020 ÷ 85 × 3 − 22) is equal to.-
A. -402
B. -56
C. 912
D. 72
Answer: B.
Q. 129 The value of cos2 45∘ + sin2 30∘ − sin2 60∘ is equal to.
A. 3/2
B. ½
C. 0
D. 1
Answer: C.
Q. 130 A, B, and C are partners in a firm sharing profit in the ratio of 3 :4: 5. Ifthey set aside 4% of the profits as emergency find and shared the rest of the profit and B gets his share of profit as ₹1,81,400, the amount of profit set aside for emergency fund is:
A. ₹27,845
B. ₹18,140
C. ₹22,675
D. ₹24,500
Answer: C.
Q. 131 If (x − 2)3 + (x − 3)3 + (x − 10)3 = (x − 2)(x − 3)(3x − 30), then what is the value of x?
A. 7
B. 5
C. 18
D. 3
Answer: B.
Q. 132 In the triangle given above ∠ADB = 90∘ , ∠ABC = 45∘, AD = 10 cm, AC = 20 cm. The length of BC is:
A. 10 cm
B. 27.32 cm
C. 18.42 cm
D. 14.14 cm
Answer: B.
Q. 133 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years.
In the given bar-chart, if profit earned per television by C in 1992 was ₹825, the total profit earned was:
A. ₹51150 1akhs
B. ₹5115 1akhs
C. ₹511.5 1akhs
D. ₹51.15 lakhs
Answer: B.
Q. 134 A. gardener planted 1936 saplings in a garden such that there were as many rows of saplings as the columns. The number of rows planted is:
A. 46
B. 44
C. 48
D. 42
Answer: B
Q. 135 A boy walks 15 m in 7 seconds and then walks back in 5 seconds. His average speed (in m/s) is:
A. 6
B. 2.5
C. 3.25
D. 4
Answer: B.
Q. 136 If a3+ b3= 432 and a + b = 12,then (a + b)2 − 3ab is equal to:
A. 42
B. 52
C. 36
D. 38
Answer: C.
Q. 137 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years.
In the given bar-chart, what is the ratio of television sales between A in year 1992 and C in year 1991?
A. 1 : 1
B. 1 : 2
C. 2 : 1
D. 1 : 3
Answer: A.
Q. 138 A swimming pool is 40 m in length, 30 m in breadth, and 2.2 m in depth. The cost of cementing its floor and the four sides at ₹25/m2 is:
A. ₹43,980
B. ₹37,540
C. ₹34,260
D. ₹37,700
Answer: D.
Q. 139 The value of cot2A − sin1/2A is equal to:
A. 0
B. -1
C. -2
D. 1
Answer: B.
Q. 140 A river is 3 m deep and 36 m wide which flows at the rate of 5 km/h in to the sea. The volume of water that runs into the sea per minute is:
A. 8300 m
B. 9000 m
C. 7600 m
D. 6400 m
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Answer: B.
Q. 141 A part of the journey is covered in 31.5 minutes at 80 km/h and the remaining part in 16 minutes at 75 km/h. The total distance of the journey is:
A. 45 km
B. 38 km
C. 62 km
D. 54 km
Answer: C.
Q. 142 The given pie-chart shows favourite sport of students of a school.
In the given pie-chart, what is the difference in percentage between liking for football and basketball?
A. 10
B. 8
C. 13
D. 12
Answer: D.
Q. 143 A girl 1.2 m tall can just see the sun over a 3.62 m tall wall which is 2.42 m away from her. The angle of elevation of the sun is:
A. 30∘
B. 60∘
C. 90∘
D. 45∘
Answer: D.
Q. 144 The table below shows the admissions and transfers in standards 1-3 of a school.
In the given table, what was the total strength in Standards 1-3 at the end of 2015?
A. 723
B. 721
C. 710
D. 704
Answer: A.
Q. 145 ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is the diameter of the circle circumscribing it and angle ADC = 144∘. Then angle BAC is equal to (π = 22/7 )
A. 60∘
B. 150∘
C. 54∘
D. 40∘
Answer: C.
Q. 146 Which least number should be added to 1000 so that the number obtained is exactly divisible by 37?
A. 1
B. 25
C. 36
D. 13
Answer: C.
Q. 147 The given pie chart shows the favorite sport of students of a school.
In the given pie-chart, if the school strength was 2500, how many liked cricket more than hockey?
A. 1075
B. 504
C. 900
D. 750
Answer: C.
Q. 148 A rectangular solid is 20 cm long and 12 cm wide. If its volume is 2160 cm3, the height is:
A. 11 cm
B. 10 cm
C. 12 cm
D. 9 cm
Answer: D.
Q. 149 The table below shows the admission and transfer in standards 1-3 of a school.
In the given table, what was the difference between admission and transfer in standard 3 in 2016?
A. 3
B. 9
C. 8
D. 5
Answer: A
Q. 150 A. train 100 m long running at uniform speed crosses a station which is 500 m long in 25 seconds. How long will it take for the train to pass a station that is 380 m long?
A. 21 seconds
B. 20 seconds
C. 19 seconds
D. 22 seconds
Answer: B.
English
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 151 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
A. third of us are feeling compelled to check our phones in the middle of the night.
A. A. third among us feeling compelled to check our phones
B. A. third of us feel compelled to check our phones
C. No substitution required
D. A. third of us feel compelled checking our phones
Answer: B.
Q. 152 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given.
A. harsh chaotic mixture of sounds
A. consonance
B. dissonance
C. cacophony
D. euphony
Answer: C.
Q. 153 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Scientists have found that life was creeping and crawling about the Earth 1.5 billion years early than previously thought.
A. previously thought
B. 1.5 billion years early than
C. Scientists have found
D. about the Earth
Answer: B.
Q. 154 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. horrible
B. heiress
C. hospitallity
D. hostility
Answer: C.
Q. 155 Select the synonym of the given word. DETRACTORS
A. devotees
B. reviewers
C. critics
D. admirers
Answer: C.
Q. 156 Select the synonym of the given word. IMMINENT
A. important
B. forthcoming
C. immature
D. truthful
Answer: B.
Instructions Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage:
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night – but it could be good for you. A. growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural. In the early 19903, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month. It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep. Though sleep scientists were impressed by the study, among the general public the idea that we must sleep for eight consecutive hours persists.
In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn fiom 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks. Roger Ekirch says a 1595 engraving by Jan Saenredam is evidence of activity at night. His book At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past, published four years later, unearths more than 500 references to a segmented sleeping pattern – in diaries, court records, medical books and literature, from Homer’s Odyssey to an anthropological account of modern tribes in Nigeria.
Much like the experience of Wehr‘s subjects, these references describe a first sleep which began about two hours after dusk, followed by waking period of one or two hours and then a second sleep. “It’s not just the number of references – it is the way they refer to it, as if it was common knowledge,”Ekirch| says. During this waking period people were quite active. They often got up, went to the toilet or smoked tobacco and some even visited neighbors. Most people stayed in bed, read, wrote and often prayed. Countless prayer manuals from the late 15th century offered special prayers for the hours in between sleeps. Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep started to disappear during the late 17th Century. This started among the urban upper classes in northem Europe and over the course of the next 200 years filtered down to the rest of Western society. By the 19208 the idea of a first and second sleep had receded entirely fiom our social consciousness. He attributes the initial shift to improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses – which were sometimes open all night. As the night became a place for legitimate activity and as that activity increased, the length of time people could dedicate to rest dwindled.
Q. 157 The above passage ………. that an eight-hour sleep is natural.
A. confirms the myth
B. elaborates the myth
C. promotes the myth
D. examines the myth
Answer: D.
Q. 158 What did the experiment conducted by Thomas Wehr prove?
A. It brought into question that sleeping for four consecutive hours is necessary.
B. It proved sleeping for eight consecutive hours is not a norm.
C. It established that when the nights are longer, people slept in two distinct chunks.
D. It proved that all people slept in two distinct chunks of four hours.
Answer: B.
Q. 159 Roger Ekirch indicated that ……….
A. sleeping for eight consecutive hours is a modern standard for sleep.
B. a segmented sleeping pattern was an established common habit in nations with long winters.
C. a segmented sleeping pattern was a historically established common old habit.
D. the practice of sleeping for eight consecutive hours was popularized by epics
Answer: C.
Q. 160 Which of the following options is NOT true with reference to the segmented sleeping pattern?
A. People were physically active.
B. People were socially active.
C. People prayed actively.
D. People visited all-night coffee shops.
Answer: D.
Q. 161 What caused the idea of a first and second sleep to entirely recede from our social consciousness?
A. Industrialization and introduction of night shifts
B. All-night coffee shops
C. A. group of rich people defying sleep
D. An active night life facilitated by artificial lighting
Answer: D.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 162 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given.
the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock.
A. fossil
B. ruins
C. relics
D. vestiges
Answer: A.
Q. 163 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
Creatures began moving properly around 570 million years ago shortly before the Cambrian explosion sparked the first vertebrates.
A. the Cambrian explosion when sparked the first vertebrates.
B. No substitution required
C. the Cambrian explosion whom sparked the first vertebrates.
D. the Cambrian explosion who sparked the first vertebrates.
Answer: B.
Q. 164 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
A. study has uncovered a previously overlooked law of natural selection based on “survival of the slacker”, that is, spend all day lazing about could be good for human evolution.
A. No substitution required
B. spending all day lazing about must be good for human evolution
C. spend all day lazing about will be good for human evolution
D. spending all day lazing about could be good for human evolution
Answer: D.
Q. 165 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
When the mixer would not work Naren’s mother said, “If it’s not one thing , it’s another.How will I manage?”
A. when one thing goes wrong, then another, and another
B. when we entertain one guest, then there are many more coming
C. when we know a cause, then there isn’t another to be looked for
D. when a machine is not functional, it makes others also malfunction
Answer: A.
Q. 166 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
Sandhya was excited about getting her new posting but I told her “Dont count your chikens before they hatch”.
A. do not count on something that is not going to happen
B. do not wish for something that has not yet happened
C. do not count on a good thing that has not yet happened
D. do not expect something good to happen
Answer: C.
Q. 167 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. More than 25% people admits they have not sent or received a hand-written letter in the past decade.
A. a hand-written letter
B. More than 25% people admits
C. they have not sent or received
D. in the past decade
Answer: B.
Q. 168 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Anil and Suresh are just finding their feet in the new venture.
A. beginning to understand the work and feeling confident
B. getting comfortable and getting a good salary
C. buying and using comfortable foot wear
D. making people fall at their feet, accepting defeat
Answer: A.
Q. 169 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Security firms would get prosecuted for a breach of their duty if they do not introduced adequate procedures to protect children from harm.
A. would get prosecuted
B. for a breach of their duty
C. to protect children
D. do not introduced
Answer: D.
Q. 170 Select the antonym of the given word. MUDDLE
A. refuse
B. order
C. refute
D. spoil
Answer: B.
Q. 171 Select the synonym of the given word. CLINCHED.
A. bounded
B. finalized
C. devoted
D. argued
Answer: B.
Q. 172 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The politician began his speech by saying, “Lend me your ears”.
A. to politely ask for someone’s hearing-aid
B. to politely ask for someone’s speakers
C. to politely ask for someone’s full attention
D. to politely ask for someone’s headphones
Answer: C.
Q. 173 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks.
Teaching is so much more than ………. in fiont of a whiteboard as one of the most important elements of teaching is ………… relationships with students.
A. standing; building
B. waiting; building
C. waiting; enabling
D. standing; enabling
Answer: A.
Q. 174 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks.
Although many western cultures are moving towards more ………. less hierarchical organizations, the new research suggests that ……… power structures and basic values of charity and fraternity are the cornerstones of successful societies.
A. organized; radical
B. substantial; informal
C. liberal; traditional
D. liberal; radical
Answer: C.
Q. 175 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. reinforcement
B. remembrance
C. reimburssement
D. reflection
Answer: C.
Q. 176 Select the antonym of the given word. COMPLACENT
A. conceited
B. concerned
C. contentious
D. contended
Answer: B.
Q. 177 Select the antonym of the given word LAUNCH
A. withdraw
B. dinner
C. release
D. brake
Answer: A.
Q. 178 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
A. escape
B. pardon
C. charge
D. vindicate
Answer: D.
Q. 179 Select the synonym of the given word. ELUSIVE
A. distorted
B. wrong
C. intangible
D. refined
Answer: C.
Q. 180 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. “Get down to brass tacks now”, ordered the Team Leader, when he found that the targets were nowhere near completion.
A. start taking up the most important facts of a situation
B. become angry about something that is not done
C. come back to the tracks and start again
D. examine the thumb tacks used to fix a notice
Answer: A.
Q. 181 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Advocates say the idea of a basic income eliminates poverty traps and ……… income while ……….. the individual and reducing paperwork.
A. redistributes; empowering
B. earned; helping
C. earns; eliminating
D. distributes; empowers
Answer: A
Q. 182 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. contraction
B. contextual
C. concievable
D. commitment
Answer: C.
Q. 183 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. Last year the UK saw it’s first child diagnosed with intemet addiction.
A. Last year
B. the UK saw
C. it’s first child
D. diagnosed with
Answer: C.
Q. 184 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
A. agriculture
B. horticulture
C. viniculture
D. sericulture
Answer: B
Q. 185 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Tesla designed system for sending electricity over the air through a series of enormous towers.
A. for sending electricity
B. Tesla designed system
C. through a series of enormous towers
D. over the air
Answer: B.
Q. 186 Select the synonym of the given word. REQUISITE
A. dominant
B. dynamic
C. critical
D. obligatory
Answer: D.
Q. 187 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. All societies are held together by seven universal moral rules, which include ……….. to superiors and ……….. the property of others.
A. deferring; respecting
B. deferring; guarding
C. following; respecting
D. conforming; guarding
Answer: A.
Q. 188 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. Inquisitive
B. Inherent
C. Inistitutional
D. Invitation
Answer: C.
Q. 189 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks.
The idea of a basic income as a replacement for means-tested ………. payments has its share of supporters on both the left and the right of the political ……….
A. extra; support
B. goodness; zone
C. free; range
D. welfare; spectrum
Answer: D.
Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
Doing short bursts of high intensity exercise can be most effective to weight loss than moderate workouts.
A. more effective to weight loss than
B. No substitution required
C. most effective for weight loss than
D. more eflective for weight loss than
Answer: D.
Instructions
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage:
Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age …………. (1) hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions. That’s not always a bad thing: Educational apps and TV shows …………… (2) great ways for children to sharpen their developing brains and …………… (3) their communication skills-not to mention the break these ………………… (4) provide to harried parents. But tread carefully: A. number of troubling studies connect delayed cognitive …………….. (5) in kids with extended exposure to electronic media.
Q. 191 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
A. complying
B. spending
C. earning
D. cheating
Answer: B.
Q. 192 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. have been
Answer: A.
Q. 193 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
A. improve
B. bumish
C. dull
D. freshen
Answer: A.
Q. 194 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
A. vessels
B. gadgets
C. utensils
D. products
Answer: B.
Q. 195 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
A. increment
B. improvement
C. progress
D. change
Answer: C.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 196 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. a company or person that makes or sells sweets or chocolate
A. confectioner
B. vendor
C. chef
D. wholesaler
Answer: A.
Q. 197 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. apartheid
B. appearance
C. approppriate
D. apparent
Answer: C.
Q. 198 Select the antonym of the given word EXPANSION
A. complaint
B. constraint
C. contraction
D. constriction
Answer: C.
Q. 199 Select the antonym of the given word. EVASIVE
A. frank
B. abusive
C. opaque
D. slippery
Answer: A.
Q. 200 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
The World Health Organization were classified Internet gaming as an official mental health disorder.
A. No substitution required
B. The World Health Organization classify Internet gaming
C. The World Health Organization has classified Internet gaming
D. The World Health Organization classifying Internet gaming
A) ECI ‘singularly responsible’ for Covid-19 surge, says Madras HC.
The Madras High Court on Monday squarely blamed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the raging second wave of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and asked if the officials were in some other planet when political parties took out Assembly election rallies without adhering to Covid-19 safety protocols despite several judicial orders. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said public health was of paramount importance and that it was distressing to note that Constitutional authorities had to be reminded of it. Only when a citizen survives, would he/she be able to enjoy the rights that a democratic republic guarantees to him/her, they said. They warned the ECI that a postponement of vote counting (scheduled for May 2) may be ordered if a blueprint on the maintenance of Covid-19 protocol at the counting centres was not produced before the court by April 30. The orders were passed on a writ petition filed by Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar, a contestant from Karur Assembly constituency, seeking a direction to the ECI to put in place stringent measures aimed at ensuring fairness in counting of votes. During the hearing, the Chief Justice expressed displeasure over the ECI having turned a blind eye to safeguarding public health.
B) MHA asks states to impose containment measures.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked States to impose localized restrictions and implement strict containment measures for at least 14-days to flatten the Covid-19 curve. In a letter to States on Monday, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said that considering the unprecedented surge, there is an urgent need for States and Union Territories to consider strict COVID management and control measures to bring the situation under control. States and UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may impose local restrictions at district/sub district and city/ward level, with a view to contain the spread of COVID 19, the letter stated. The Health ministry had suggested night curfew, closure of malls and shopping complexes, and restricting office strength to 50% as some of the measures to contain the spread in areas that required intensive action. The spread of the infection has to be controlled through restricting the intermingling amongst people, the only known host for the COVID 19 virus. Social/ political / sports / entertainment / academic / cultural / religious / festival related and other gathering and congregations shall be prohibited. Marriages (attended by up to 50 persons) and funerals/ last rites (attended by up to 20 persons) may be allowed, Health Ministry said, adding that such localised restrictions should continue for 14 days. The Home Ministry also issued a clarification to the Sunday’s (April 25) order issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 on liquid oxygen. The order specifically excluded industries manufacturing ampules and vials, the pharmaceutical sector, and the defence forces from its ambit. The order had said that all liquid oxygen, including the existing stock with private plants shall be made available to the government and will be used for medical purposes only. Earlier on April 18, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had written to States prohibiting supply of oxygen for industrial purposes, except for the exempted nine industries that included the pharmaceutical, petroleum, nuclear energy and the steel sectors.
C) Govt. ordered Twitter to remove 50 posts critical of its handling of Covid-19 pandemic.
Twitter has removed over 50 posts from its platform following orders from the government. The majority of these tweets were critical of the Centre’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as India grappled with a record number of cases amid shortage of beds and medical oxygen. Many of the removed tweets had content related to shortage of medicine, beds, mass cremations, and the gathering of crowds at Kumbh Mela amid the pandemic. While blocked for viewing in India, these tweets will continue to remain visible outside the country. Some of the verified accounts which saw their tweets removed include Congress Spokesperson Pawan Khera, Member of Parliament Revanth Reddy, a minister from West Bengal Moloy Ghatak, ABP News editor Pankaj Jha, Actor Vineet Kumar Singh, filmmaker Avinash Das and filmmaker and former journalist Vinod Kapri. The details of the order received by Twitter have been put up on the Lumen database, a project of the BerkmanKlein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University that collects and analyzes requests to remove material from the web. This story was first reported by technology news website Medianama. Earlier in February, the Centre had asked Twitter to remove nearly 1,200 accounts that had posted content related to ‘farmer genocide’ amid the ongoing protests by farmers against the new farm laws.
D) Karnataka announces 14-day lockdown.
The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday announced a partial lockdown across the State for 14 days starting from 9 pm on Tuesday (April 27). Only shops providing essential services would be open from 6 am to 10 am for the next two weeks, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced soon after a Cabinet meeting. There would be no public transport in the State and metro trains would not operate in Bengaluru City. All industries, except manufacturing, would remain closed. The garment industries, which hire lakhs of employees in the State, would remain closed. The Chief Minister said all agriculture-related activities would be allowed in rural areas. Agricultural markets in cities would remain closed. The government has also decided to provide free vaccination for Covid-19 for all those aged between 18 and 44 years in government hospitals and centres from May 1.
E) Tamil Nadu all-party meet resolves to allow oxygen production in Sterlite plant for four months.
An all-party meeting convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday unanimously resolved to temporarily allow Vedanta’s sealed Sterlite copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi to produce oxygen alone for four months, albeit with conditions. Considering the need for oxygen and the prevailing Covid-19 situation, it was resolved that the temporary permit may be extended later on, an official release said. The meeting decided that production of copper or the operation of any other units would not be allowed in the plant under any circumstances. Tamil Nadu should be given priority in the [usage of] oxygen produced at the plant. After fulfilling the oxygen needs of Tamil Nadu, the supply could be provided to other States, said another resolution adopted at the meeting. After a specific period, the power supply from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (Tangedco) would be disconnected, said the resolution. The parties favoured allowing technicians only in the area where oxygen would be produced. The State government would ensure necessary safety measures. Under any circumstances, any unit other than those producing oxygen would not be allowed. The meeting also resolved to constitute a monitoring committee to be headed by the District Collector to supervise oxygen production in the plant. Superintendent of Police, Sub Collector, Thoothukudi, engineers from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, two experts to be nominated by the State government, members of the general public from the area/environment experts from NGOs and three anti-Sterlite activists would be part of the panel that would decide on operating the plant producing oxygen.
F) Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments.
The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stood at 1,73,95,241 with the death toll at 1,95,578. Dr V.K. Paul, Member (health) at the NITI Aayog, involved closely in India’s COVID management strategy, has recommended that everyone should wear masks even at home. The time has come to recommend wearing a mask even if you are at home, said Dr. Paul at the weekly press briefing by the Health Ministry. Other officials present at the briefing, including Joint Secretary, Lav Agrawal, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi also emphasised the importance of masks and social distancing but underlined multiple times that people shouldn’t be panicking. Dr .Guleria said that 85% of those afflicted by the virus would recover without need of any medication and not everyone needed to rush to a hospital. There is unnecessary panic all around and this is causing more harm than good. This is causing hoarding of drugs and misuse of valuable medical resources. An oxygen level of 94-95 doesn’t need an oxygen concentrator and you shouldn’t try to raise it at those levels. Above 94 means your organs are getting adequate oxygen, said Dr. Guleria. Before the pandemic, we’ve managed patients with these machines at 88-90. If it’s below 94, consult with your doc. For hospitals, it’s important to prevent leakage. The benefits of (antiviral) Remdesivir aren’t well established, he added.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A) Nomadland’ wins Oscar for Best Picture, ‘My Octopus Teacher’ wins ‘Best Documentary Feature’
‘Nomadland’, a recession-era tale about a community of van dwellers in the American West, won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday. The film stars Frances McDormand as a widow in a depressed Nevada mining town who turns her van into a mobile home and sets out on the road, taking seasonal jobs and making friends along the way. McDormand won her third Oscar for ‘Nomadland’, cementing her reputation as one of the best actresses of her generation. McDormand’s win makes her a member of an elite club that includes Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson as the winners of three acting Oscars. The late Katharine Hepburn won a record four. My Octopus Teacher, which has Indian filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan as associate producer and production manager, won the best documentary feature at the Oscars, which also honoured actor Irrfan Khan and costume designer Bhanu in its ‘In Memoriam’ segment.
B) Radioactive material detected in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka said last week it detected radioactive material on a China-bound vessel berthed at the southern Hambantota Port. The vessel has been asked to leave the Port, according to officials, as the shipping company failed to obtain prior clearance for dangerous cargo, as per Sri Lankan law. China’s Minister of Defence Wei Fenghe, meanwhile, will visit Sri Lanka this week, in the second high-level visit from Beijing to Colombo in the past six months. The Minister will arrive on April 27 and leave on April 29, Mohan Samaranayake, Director-General of the Department of Government Information, told The Hindu. The Chinese Defence Minister and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General’s visit follows that of a high-powered delegation, led by senior Chinese leader and top foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, in October 2020. China has provided crucial support to Sri Lanka in the pandemic year, by way of a $1 billion loan, as well as a $1.5 billion currency swap facility to help the Colombo government boost its foreign reserves. India has recalled the second Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) that was airlifted on Saturday morning to Indonesia after the Indonesian Navy declared that it had located debris of the missing submarine, KRI Nanggala, suggesting that it had sunk. The Indian Navy had dispatched its DSRV from Visakhapatnam to support the Indonesian Navy in search and rescue efforts for its submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing on Wednesday with 53 personnel onboard.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 How many triangles are there in the following figure?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 19
D. 24
Answer: B
Q. 2 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. Stationery
B. Eraser
C. Pen
D. Paper
Answer: A.
Q. 3 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
FLOWER: UOLDVI:: JASMINE: ………..
A. QZGNRMV
B. QZHMRNV
C. QAHNRMV
D. QZHNRMV
Answer: D
Q. 4 The sequence of folding a piece of square paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown. How would this paper look when unfolded?
Answer: C.
Q. 5 Kunal’s house is located to the south of a coffee shop. There is a park to the east of the coffee shop. The local market is to the north of the park. If the distance of the market from the park is equal to the distance of the coffee shop from Kunal’s house, in which direction is the market with respect to the coffee shop?
A. West
B. South-East
C. North-East
D. South-West
Answer: C.
Q. 6 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All executives are humble people.
All humble people are rich.
Conclusions:
I. All executives are rich.
II. All humble people are executives.
A. Only conclusion I follow.
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
D. Both conclusions I and II follow.
Answer: A.
Q. 7 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 11:242
A. 15 : 375
B. 5 : 52
C. 8 : 128
D. 9 : 729
Answer: C.
Q. 8 Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given word-pair. Surgeon : Scalpel
A. Tailor : Shirt
B. Doctor : Hospital
C. Navy : Lieutenant
D. Sculptor : Chisel
Answer: D.
Q. 9 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 8
B. 34
C. 64
D. 16
Answer: B.
Q. 10 Which letter-cluster will replace the Q. mark (?) in the following series? CFZ, EGX, HIU, JLS, MPP,?
A. NTO
B. OTN
C. MSN
D. OUN
Answer: D.
Q. 11 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: C.
Q. 12 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed on the right side.
Answer: C.
Q. 13 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 343: 512
A. 1009:1331
B. 27 : 125
C. 216 : 729
D. 8 : 27
Answer: D.
Q. 14 Among the following four words, three are similar in one specific way and one is odd. Select the odd word.
A. Habitat
B. Stable
C. Den
D. Barn
Answer: A.
Q. 15 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Cat, Mammal, Parrot
Answer: B.
Q. 16 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 396
B. 792
C. 571
D. 451
Answer: C.
Q. 17 If A = 2 and C = 4, then PARTICLE = ……….
A. 172172094136
B. 1621820104136
C. 1721921104136
D. 172192094126
Answer: C.
Q. 18 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 14 : 3
B. 7 : 6
C. 12 : 4
D. 21 : 2
Answer: C.
Q. 19 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: A.
Q. 20 Which number will replace the Question mark (?) in the following series?
3, ?, 101, 10202
A. 95
B. 10
C. 100
D. 99
Answer: B.
Q. 21 ‘Month’ is related to ‘March’ in the same way as ‘Season’ is related to ‘ ……….
A. Year
B. Festival
C. Spring
D. Week
Answer: C
Q. 22 Find out the two signs to be interchanged for making the following equation correct.
14÷ 641 − 5 + 45 × 120 = 5
A. + and ×
B. × and −
C. + and −
D. − and ÷
Answer: B
Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term. FHK : KMP:: ……..: UWZ
A. PRV
B. PRU
C. PSU
D. ORU
Answer: B
Q. 24 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some bed sheets are towels.
Some towels are pillows.
Conclusions:
I. Some pillows are bedsheets.
II. No pillow is a bedsheet.
A. Only conclusion I follow.
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
D. Either conclusion I or II follows.
Answer: D
Q. 25 Select the option that will come next in the given series.
Answer: B.
Q. 26 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. World, Asia, Nepal
Answer: D.
Q. 27 Which letter will replace the Q. mark (‘2) in the following series? C, F, K, R, A, ?
A. J
B. I
C. M
D. L
Answer: D.
Q. 28 Which two signs should be interchanged to make the following equation correct?
7 × 2 + 5 − 16 ÷ 4 = 13
A. × and ×
B. ÷ and ×
C. ÷ and +
D. × and −
Answer: A.
Q. 29 In a certain code language, CADET is written as 31457. How will DEFER be written as in the same language?
A. 45769
B. 45678
C. 45659
D. 35658
Answer: C.
Q. 30 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Classes 2. Entrance Exam 3. Result 4. Admission 5. Graduation 6. Job
A. 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1
B. 5, 2, 6, 4, 3, 1
C. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
D. 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5
Answer: C.
Q. 31 Select the option that is embedded in the following figure.
Answer: C.
Q. 32 Select the pair which has the same relation between the words as the relation between the words of the given pair.
Horse: gallop
A. Mouse: pit
B. Bird: fly
C. Elephant: gigantic
D. Lion: roar
Answer: B.
Q. 33 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded.
Answer: A.
Q. 34 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one.
A. 54 : 64
B. 28 : 32
C. 119 : 136
D. 91 : 104
Answer: A.
Q. 35 Which number will replace the Question mark (?) in the following series?
0.15, 0.20, 0.30, 0.45, 0.65, ?
A. 0.90
B. 0.80
C. 0.95
D. 0.85
Answer: A.
Q. 36 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series. 2, 6, 6, 10, 8, 12, 12, 15, 14, 18
A. 18
B. 12
C. 15
D. 8
Answer: C
Q. 37 ‘Temperature’ is related to ‘Degree’ in the same way as ‘Time’ is related to ‘…..’
A. Litre
B. Metre
C. Newton
D. Seconds
Answer: D
Q. 38 Arjun starts walking towards the east. After walking 50 m, he turns to his left and walks 15 m. From there, he again turns to his left and walks 30 m. Finally, he turns to his left one last time and walks 15 m. How far is he from the starting point?
A. 40 m
B. 10 m
C. 30 m
D. 20 m
Answer: D.
Q. 39 If ‘ + ’ means ‘ × ’, ‘ × ’ means ‘ + ’, ‘ + ’ means ‘ − ’ and ‘ − ’ means ‘ ÷ ’, then what will be the value of the following expression?
16 × 3 + 5 − 2 ÷ 4
A. 7
B. 9
C. 10
D. 19
Answer: B.
Q. 40 In a code language, CERTAIN is written as DFSUBJO. How will SUMMER be written as in that language?
A. RVNNFS
B. TUNMFS
C. TVNNFT
D. TVNNFS
Answer: D
Q. 41 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (25, 144, 47)
A. (16, 82, 23)
B. (9, 72, 8)
C. (15, 96, 340)
D. (19, 78, 20)
Answer: D.
Q. 42 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 16 : 68 :: 28 : ………
A. 119
B. 49
C. 346
D. 77
Answer: A.
Q. 43 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Hour 2. Month 3. Second 4. Days 5. Minute 6. Week
A. 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1
B. 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2
C. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
D. 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5
Answer: B.
Q. 44 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. KMPT
B. OQSV
C. QSVZ
D. EGJN
Answer: B.
Q. 45 Two positions of the same dice are shown. What will be the number opposite ‘3’?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: B.
Q. 46 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (4, 24, 214)
A. (8, 81, 721)
B. (3, 27, 81)
C. (2, 26, 125)
D. (5, 35, 341)
Answer: D.
Q. 47 If in a certain code, WATER is written as XZUDS, then which word will be coded as BMHKF?
A. CLING
B. ALIEN
C. EARTH
D. ANGLE
Answer: D.
Q. 48 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.
A. SWYBE
B. HKNQT
C. CFILO
D. QTWZC.
Answer: A.
Q. 49 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Females, Mothers, Fathers
Answer: C.
Q. 50 Select the correct mirror image of the given image when the mirror is placed on the right side.
Answer: C.
General knowledge
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 51 Name the ‘Father of Indian Economic Reforms’.
A. Narendra Modi
B. PV Narasimha Rao
C. Yashwant Sinha
D. Manmohan Singh
Answer: B.
Q. 52 Iron boils at about ……… degree Celsius.
A. 3861
B. 2861
C. 2181
D. 3182
Answer: B.
Q. 53 The Chipko movement is associated with:
A. Sustainable development
B. Transparency in public life
C. Afforestation
D. Preventing the felling of trees
Answer: D.
Q. 54 Adults with an annual income between ……… can avail of a housing loan under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
A. 6 and 15 1akhs
B. 6 and 18 lakhs
C. 6 and 25 lakhs
D. 6 and 21 lakhs
Answer: B.
Q. 55 ‘Capra aegagrus hircus’ ls commonly known as …………
A. Dog
B. Cow
C. Goat
D. Hen
Answer: C.
Q. 56 As head of a reputed advertising agency, ……… created iconic advertisements for Surf detergent, Liril bath soap, Bajaj scooters, and Cherry Blossom shoe polish.
A. Gerson da Cunha
B. Prahlad Kakkar
C. Alyque Padamsee
D. Prasoon Joshi
Answer: C.
Q. 57 Navakalevara is a ritual that takes place in a temple in ………..
A. Tirupati
B. Shirdi
C. Jagannath Puri
D. Sabrimala
Answer: C.
Q. 58 Guru ……….. is known as the cobbler saint.
A. Ayya Vaikundar
B. Jiva Goswami
C. Ravidas
D. Narahari
Answer: C.
Q. 59 Which is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area?
A. Australia
B. Argentina
C. Brazil
D. India
Answer: D.
Q. 60 Who started the temple entry movement in 1927?
A. Vinobha Bhave
B. Medha Patkar
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Bhimrao Ambedkar
Answer: D
Q. 61 As per the Guinness World Records, which of the following was the world’s richest temple in 2011?
A. Jagannath Temple
B. Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple
C. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
D. SiddhiVinayak Temple
Answer: C.
Q. 62 Name the long-haired mammals found throughout the Himalayan region.
A. Heifer
B. Bison
C. Ox
D. Yak
Answer: D.
Q. 63 ……….. is known as the ‘Father of Indian Ornithology”.
A. John James Audubon
B. Konrad Lorenz
C. Salim Ali
D. Allan Octavian Hume
Answer: D.
Q. 64 Sunita Williams, renowned astronaut of Indian origin, spent a record of …….. days in space.
A. 150
B. 195
C. 175
D. 200
Answer: B.
Q. 65 The inaugural session of the Supreme Court of India took place on …………
A. 26th January 1950
B. 28th January 1950
C. 29th January 1950
D. 31st January 1950
Answer: B.
Q. 66 At what temperature does iron melt?
A. 1638∘C
B. 1538∘C
C. 1583∘C
D. 1683∘C
Answer: B.
Q. 67 Sound cannot travel through …………
A. fire
B. soil
C. water
D. vacuum
Answer: D.
Q. 68 Which of the following creatures use ultrasonic sound to catch their prey?
A. Hawks
B. Bats
C. Cats
D. Dogs
Answer: B.
Q. 69 Who hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day?
A. Chief Justice
B. Prime Minister
C. Governor
D. President
Answer: B.
Q. 70 Which cricketer made his Test debut in Karachi at the age of 16?
A. Hardik Pandya
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Sachin Tendulkar
D. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Answer: C.
Q. 71 ……….. was the Chief Justice of India from January 1950 to November 1951.
A. Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
B. Mehr Chand Mahajan
C. Harilal Jekisundas Kania
D. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Answer: C.
Q. 72 The world’s largest cricket stadium is being built in which state of India?
A. Gujarat
B. Chandigarh
C. West Bengal
D. Maharashtra
Answer: A.
Q. 73 Currency printing press of India is NOT located in …………
A. Kochi
B. Mysore
C. Salboni
D. Dewas
Answer: A.
Q. 74 The pH of pure water ( H2O ) is ……… at 25 degree Celsius.
A. 8
B. 7
C. 9
D. 6
Answer: B.
Q. 75 ‘Megaptera novaeangliae’ is commonly known as ……………
A. Bumblebee
B. Tree frog
C. African wild cat
D. Humpback whale
Answer: D
Q. 76 Who said the following words? “A. flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it.”
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Bhikaiji Cama
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: D.
Q. 77 Which of the following is NOT a popular Gharana (styles) of Hindustani classical music?
A. Patiala Gharana
B. Gwalior Gharana
C. Mewati Gharana
D. Rajwadi Gharana
Answer: D.
Q. 78 NASA. launched the world’s smallest and lightest satellite, Kalamsat on 22 June 2017 devised by 18-year- old ………. and his team from Tamil Nadu.
A. Sharook Rashid
B. Khursheed Rifath
C. Rifath Sharook
D. Salman Rashid
Answer: C.
Q. 79 ………….. of Kenya won the Mumbai Marathon, 2019
A. Akalnew Shurnet
B. Aychew Bantie
C. Cosmas Lagat
D. Birke Debele
Answer: C.
Q. 80 ‘Canis lupus’ is commonly known as ………….
A. Gray wolf
B. Goat
C. Hen
D. Cow
Answer: A.
Q. 81 The first Invasion of Muhammad Ghori was in ………. when he attacked Multan.
A. 1287 AD
B. 1475 AD
C. 1089 AD
D. 1175 AD
Answer: D.
Q. 82 India holds the ………….. position in the production of cows’ milk as of January 2018.
A. Second
B. Fourth
C. First
D. Third
Answer: A.
Q. 83 The minimum age criteria for appointment as the Vice President of India is ………
A. 21
B. 30
C. 35
D. 25
Answer: C.
Q. 84 The dance form Dand1a 1s synonymous with ……….
A. Navratri
B. Onam
C. Bihu
D. Ganesh Chaturthi
Answer: A.
Q. 85 Apart from the first edition, New Delhi also hosted the ………… edition of the Asian Games.
A. 7th
B. 9th
C. 8th
D. 11th
Answer: B.
Q. 86 After 1994, how many sessions of the Rajya Sabha are usually held in a year?
A. four
B. three
C. two
D. six
Answer: B.
Q. 87 As of AY 2019-20, what is the rate of income tax payable by an Indian national over the age of 80 years, earning an annual income up to ₹ 5,00,000?
A. 20%
B. 5%
C. 0%
D. 30%
Answer: C.
Q. 88 India’s ace shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medallist ………. was ranked seventh on Forbes’ list 2018 of highest-earning women sportspersons in the world.
A. Sania Mirza
B. Saina Nehwal
C. Santosh Yadav
D. PV Sindhu
Answer: D.
Q. 89 Who was the economist who wrote the book ‘Small is beautiful?
A. David Ricardo
B. Amartya Sen
C. Karl Marx
D. E. F. Schumacher
Answer: D.
Q. 90 Who wrote the book ‘The Audacity of Hope’?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Bill Gates
C. George Bush
D. Barack Obama
Answer: D.
Q. 91 In January 2019, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered its third small exoplanet, named HD. 21749b in the constellation
A. Lupus
B. Lacerta
C. Reticulum
D. Antlia
Answer: C.
Q. 92 Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme’?
A. Vikram Sarabhai
B. CV Raman
C. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
D. APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer: C.
Q. 93 Shivaji’s son from Saibai was named ……………
A. Shahaji
B. Shahu
C. Sambhaji
D. Bajirao
Answer: C.
Q. 94 Under Article ……… of the Constitution of India, the quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one- tenth of the total number of Members of the House.
A. 102
B. 100
C. 103
D. 101
Answer: B.
Q. 95 Calcutta became the capital of British India in ………….
A. 1765
B. 1727
C. 1756
D. 1772
Answer: D.
Q. 96 Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
A. Sayid Ahmed Khan
B. Annie Besant
C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: C.
Q. 97 With which of the following games is the Deodhar Trophy associated?
A. Hockey
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Golf
Answer: C.
Q. 98 In pre-independent India, the British moved the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi in ……….
A. 1911
B. 1913
C. 1924
D. 1921
Answer: A.
Q. 99 The ……. waterfalls in Chhattisgarh are also known as the Niagara Falls of India.
A. Hebbe
B. Dudhsagar
C. Magod
D. Chitrakoot
Answer: D.
Q. 100 The Nehru-Liaquat Pact was signed in ………..
A. 1948
B. 1947
C. 1949
D. 1950
Answer: D.
Quantitative
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 101 A square cardboard with a side of 3 m is folded through one of its diagonal to make a triangle. The height of the triangle is:
A. 3/√2 m
B. 2√3 m
C. 3√2 m
D. 2/√3 m
Answer: A.
Q. 102 What percentage of ₹ 124 is ₹ 49.60?
A. 250
B. 16
C. 123
D. 40
Answer: D.
Q. 103 sin18∘ − cos72∘ is equal to:
A. 1/2
B. 0
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: B.
Q. 104 The surface area of a cube is 1176 cm2. Its volume is:
A. 3486 cm3
B. 3206 cm3
C. 2744 cm2
D. 3964 cm3
Answer: C.
Q. 105 A. boy is standing near a pole which is 2.7 m high and the angle of elevation is 30“. The distance of the boy from the pole is ( √3 =1.73):
A. 4.68 m
B. 4.63 m
C. 4.53 m
D. 4.42 m
Answer: A.
Q. 106 Find the inner surface area of four walls of a rectangular room with length 7 m breadth 5 m and height 3.5 m
A. 168 m2
B. 84 m2
C. 126 m2
D. 42 m2
Answer: B.
Q. 107 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches.
In the given pie chart. if A scored a century in matches 4 and 6, What would have been her average score?
A. 89.7
B. 93.4
C. 91.2
D. 84.5
Answer: A
Q. 108 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities.
In the given line graph, what was the difference in temperature between Delhi and Mumbai on the 2nd Sunday?
A. 13
B. 17.2
C. 7.2
D. 21
Answer: C.
Q. 109 The given bar chart shows the number of marks scored by a student in each subject in three years:
In the given bar chart. what is the percentage increase in marks in Mathematics in 2012 compared to 2008? (round off)
A. 89
B. 100
C. 95
D. 92
Answer: A.
Q. 110 On dividing a number by 38, the quotient is 24 and the remainder is 13, the number is:
A. 956
B. 904
C. 925
D. 975
Answer: C
Q. 111 A can do work in 12 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. After 5 days of working together, how much work will be left?
A. 7/25
B. 11/36
C. 5/13
D. 5/12
Answer: B.
Q. 112 A customer gets a discount of ₹90 which is 12%. The selling price is:
A. ₹770
B. ₹540
C. ₹660
D. ₹580
Answer: C.
Q. 113 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities.
In the given line graph, when was the maximum temperature recorded in Delhi?
A. 1st Sunday
B. 2nd Sunday
C. 4th Sunday
D. 3rd Sunday
Answer: A.
Q. 114 If a3 − b3 = 208 and a − b = 8 ,then (a + b)2 − ab is equal to:
A. 42
B. 38
C. 52
D. 26
Answer: D.
Q. 115 The base of an isosceles triangle is 6 cm and its perimeter is 16 cm. Its area is:
A. 11 cm2
B. 12 cm2
C. 9 cm2
D. 10 cm2
Answer: B.
Q. 116 If the compound interest @10% p.a compounded half-yearly for 1½ years is ₹2,522. The principal amount is:
A. ₹16,000
B. ₹15,400
C. ₹18,500
D. ₹20,000
Answer: A.
Q. 117 14−6×215÷3+3is equal to:
A. ¼
B. 2
C. ⅘
D. 6⅖
Answer: A.
Q. 118 At a certain time of a day a tree 5.4 m in height casts a shadow of 9 m. If a pole casts a shadow of 13.5 m at the same time, the height of the pole is:
A. 6.3 m
B. 9.9 m
C. 7.2 m
D. 8.1 m
Answer: D.
Q. 119 Three partners A, B, and C, share profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 4: 7. If the profit for the year before charging 30% tax is ₹1,10,166 what is B’s share of profit after tax?
A. ₹22,033.20
B. ₹24,673.10
C. ₹31,476
D. ₹9,442.80
Answer: A.
Q. 120 The shadow of a tower. when the angle of elevation of the sun is 60∘ is found to be 15 in shorter than when it is 45∘. The height of the tower is:
A. 26.5 m
B. 35.5 m
C. 41.5 m
D. 20.5 m
Answer: B.
Q. 121 ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is the diameter of the circle circumscribing it and angle ADC = 1420. Then angle BAC is equal to:
A. 600
B. 400
C. 520
D. 500
Answer: C.
Q. 122 One tap can fill a tank in 3 hours and a leak can empty the tank in 5 hours. If the tap and the leak (which was half closed) were left open. How long will it take for the tank to fill?
A. 42/7 hours
B. 7½ hours
C. 5⅓ hours
D. 6⅔ hours
Answer: A.
Q. 123 converted to percentage is: 64/25
A. 25.6
B. 256
C. 0.256
D. 2.56
Answer: B.
Q. 124 Pipe A can fill a cistern in 4 hours and another pipe B is installed. Both the pipes together fill the cistern in 2 1/2hours. How long will it take for B alone to fill the cistern?
A. 6 2/3 hours
B. 5 hours
C. 5 1/6 hours
D. 6 3/8 hours
Answer: A.
Q. 125 If the cost price of 4 chairs is equal to the selling price of 3 chairs, then the profit or loss percentage is:
A. 6 2/3 hours
B. 20%
C. 16 2/3%
D. 25%
Answer: A.
Q. 126 A, B and C start walking together from a point. Their steps measure 42 cm, 56 cm, and 64 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance they should walk so that each takes an exact number of steps?
A. 13.44 m
B. 14.06 m
C. 14.58 m
D. 15.60 m
Answer: A.
Q. 127 The students of a class donated ₹3,481 towards the relief fund. Each student donated an amount equal to the number of students in the class. The number of students in the class is:
A. 49
B. 59
C. 61
D. 51
Answer: B.
Q. 128 The average of all prime numbers between 21 and 50 is(round off to one decimal number):
A. 32.9
B. 35.9
C. 33.7
D. 34.8
Answer: B.
Q. 129 The area of a parallelogram is 338 m2. If its altitude is twice the corresponding base, its base is:
A. 13
B. 14
C. 28
D. 26
Answer: A.
Q. 130 A bought 38 kg rice @ ₹54.50/kg, 45 kg rice @ ₹62/kg and 55 kg rice @ ₹48/kg. He sold the mixture @ ₹65/kg. His profit or loss percentage is:
A. Loss 1.04
B. Profit 16.8
C. Loss 1.7
D. Profit 19.6
Answer: D.
Q. 131 The product of HCF and LCM of two numbers is 3321. If one of the numbers is 369, the HCF of the numbers is:
A. 3
B. 21
C. 9
D. 27
Answer: C.
Q. 132 A and B can finish work together in 30 days. B and C can finish the same work together in 24 days and A and C can finish the work together in 40 days. If all three work together, how long will it take them to complete the work?
A. 15 days
B. 10 days
C. 20 days
D. 5 days
Answer: C.
Q. 133 In what time will a sum double itself at 8% p.a simple interest?
A. 5 years
B. 6 years
C. 8 years
D. 12.5 years
Answer: D.
Q. 134 If x − 1 /x= 3√2 , then x2 + 1 / x2is equal to:
A. 52
B. 56
C. 20
D. 46
Answer: C.
Q. 135 The number 45789 is divisible by which of the single-digit numbers:
A. Only by 9
B. Only by 3 and 9
C. Only by 3
D. Only by 3 and 7
Answer: C.
Q. 136 (24 ÷ 6 − 2) + (3 × 2 + 4) is equal to:
A. 24
B. 16
C. 20
D. 12
Answer: D.
Q. 137 If 5cosθ − 12sinθ = 0 ,the value of (2 sinθ+cosθ)/ (cosθ−sinθ) is:
A. 1 75/119
B. 3 1/7
C.2 34/35
D. 3 2/3
Answer: B.
Q. 138 The given bar chart shows a number of marks scored by a strident in each subject in three years:
In the given bar chart, if the number of marks in Social Studies in the year 2012 is 13% of the school strength, the number of students is:
A. 400
B. 540
C. 500
D. 580
Answer: C.
Q. 139 PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with center O, from a point P outside the circle. A and B are points on the circle. If ∠OAB = 35∘, then ∠APB is equal to:
A. 35∘
B. 70∘
C. 25∘
D. 20∘
Answer: B.
Q. 140 The given bar chart shows a number of marks scored by a student in each subject in three years:
In the given bar-chart, in which subject was the lowest marks scored in 2010?
A. Social studies
B. Mathematics
C. English
D. Science
Answer: C.
Q. 141 A train travels at a speed of 76 km/h. If it crosses a pole in 36 seconds. the length of the train is:
A. 720 m
B. 675 m
C. 760 m
D. 630 m
Answer: C.
Q. 142 A saves 12% of her income. If she spends ₹2,16,128, her total income is:
A. ₹2,42,063
B. ₹2,45,600
C. ₹2,48,000
D. ₹2,43,560
Answer: B.
Q. 143 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches.
In the given pie chart, what is the increase or decrease in score in match 4 as compared to match 2?
A. +27
B. -27
C. -60
D. +60
Answer: D.
Q. 144 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities.
In the given line graph, what was the average temperature on the 3rd Sunday in all the three cities? (rounded to first decimal)
A. 24
B. 23
C. 19.7
D. 25.4
Answer: C.
Q. 145 If an airplane covers a distance of 980 km in 35 minutes, then what time it will take to cover a distance of 1470 km.
A. 12hour
B. 181 hours
C. 78 hour
D. 1⅙ hours
Answer: C.
Q. 146 If (2x − 5) 3 + (x + 2) 3 + (3x − 9) 3 = (2x—5)(3x—9)(3x + 6) , then what is the value of x ?
A. 7
B. 2
C. 18
D. 5
Answer: B.
Q. 147 The average height of 12 students of a class is 132.5 cm. If one more strident joins. the average height becomes 131.2 cm. the height of the new student is:
A. 112.7 cm
B. 122.3 cm
C. 115.6 cm
D. 128.5 cm
Answer: C.
Q. 148 The liquid in a container is sufficient to paint an area of 11.28 m2. How many boxes of dimensions 30 cm × 25 cm × 12 cm can be painted with the liquid in this container?
A. 40
B. 24
C. 32
D. 12
Answer: A
Q. 149 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches.
In the given pie chart. What are the average runs scored in all matches? (rounded off)
A. 85
B. 90
C. 88
D. 84
Answer: D
Q. 150 Find the weight of a solid cylinder of height 35 cm and radius 14 cm if the material of the cylinder weighs 8 gm/cm3.
A. 172.48 kg
B. 160 kg
C. 177.44 kg
D. 166 kg
Answer: A.
English
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 151 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. It’s Greek to me
A. incomprehensible
B. incredible
C. intangible
D. inevitable
Answer: A.
Q. 152 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a person who advocates complete political or social change
A. fanatic
B. hero
C. radical
D. leader
Answer: C.
Q. 153 Select the antonym of the given word. RESTRICTED.
A. banned
B. barred
C. unmanned
D. unbounded
Answer: D.
Q. 154 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Though paper has been the dominant medium for print, the British parliament had managed valiantly to hold back the paper tide for over half a millennium.
A. to hold back the paper tide
B. Though paper has been
C. Parliament had managed
D. the dominant medium for print
Answer: C.
Q. 155 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. In 2016, after some unseemly back-and-forth to the Commons and Lords, it was decided that Acts of Parliament should no longer be printed on calfskin.
A. should no longer be printed on calfskin
B. after some unseemly back-and-forth
C. it was decided
D. to the Commons and Lords
Answer: D.
Q. 156 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
It makes no difference to overall health whether you lose weight slow or quick, according to new research by York University.
A. No substitution required
B. whether you lose weight slow or quickly
C. whether you lose weight slowly or quickly
D. whether you lose weight slowly or quick
Answer: C.
Q. 157 Select the synonym of the given word.
CONTRAVENE
A. brake
B. broach
C. flaunt
D. breech
Answer: D.
Q. 158 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. For years Indians looking for meaty ………….. have been stuck with the ……. soya nuggets.
A. substitutes; ubiquitous
B. alternates; global
C. Substitutes: regional
D. alternative; zonal
Answer: A.
Q. 159 Select the synonym of the given word. LYRICAL
A. brilliant
B. musical
C. prosaic
D. overwhelming
Answer: B.
Q. 160 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
A. bouquet
B. cluster
C. wreath
D. bunch
Answer: A.
Q. 161 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
We really need to look at interventions that focus on long-term weight management that can achieve sustained weight loss at the recommended one to two pounds per week.
A. that focus on long-term
B. No substitution required
C. that focus with long-term
D. whom focus on long-term
Answer: A.
Instructions
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage:
Sedentary lifestyles are killing us — we need to build activity into our everyday lives, not just leave it for the gym. Google searches relating to physical fitness peak in January. Many people even trawl the web to find out about “desk exercises” and “workouts on the go” in case they are too busy to use their new gym memberships.
Our relationship with exercise is complicated. Reports from the UK and the US show it is something we persistently struggle with. As the new year rolls around, we anticipate having the drive to behave differently and become regular exercisers, even in the knowledge that we will probably fail to do so. Why do we want to exercise? What do we expect it to do for us? We all know we are supposed to be exercising, but hundreds of millions of us can’t face actually doing it. It is just possible that the problem lies at the heart of the idea of exercise itself.
Exercise is movement of the muscles and limbs for a specific outcome, usually to enhance physical fitness. As such, for most of us, it is an optional addition to the working day — yet another item on a long list of responsibilities alongside the fulfilment of parental duties or earning money to put food on the table. But because the principal beneficiaries of exercises are we ourselves, it is one of the easiest chores to Shirk. At the end of the working day, millions of us prefer to indulge in sedentary leisure activities instead of what we all think is good for us: a workout.
Fitness crazes are like diets: if any of them worked, there wouldn’t be so many. CrossFit, the intensely physical, communal workout incorporating free weights, squats, pull-ups and so forth, is still less than 20 years old. Spin classes — vigorous group workouts on stationary bikes — have only been around for about 30. Aerobics was a craze about a decade before that, although many of its high energy routines had already been around for a while. Before that, there was the jogging revolution, which began in the US in the early 19605. The Joggers Manual, published in 1963 by the Oregon Heart Foundation, was a leaflet of about 200 words that sought to address the postwar panic about sedentary lifestyles by encouraging an accessible form of physical activity, explaining that “jogging is a bit more than a walk”. The jogging boom took a few years to get traction, hitting its stride in the mid- to late-80s, but it remains one of the most popular forms of exercise, now also in groups.
The exercise craze that dominated the 19505 was, oddly, not even an exercise. The vibrating exercise belt promised users could achieve effortless weight loss by having their midriffs violently jiggled. It didn’t work, but you can still find similar machines available for purchase today.
Q. 162 Why do most people make exercise their last priority?
A. It does not help in earning their livelihood.
B. It is an added responsibility besides looking after the family.
C. The main beneficiaries of exercise are people themselves.
D. They prefer to indulge in sedentary leisure activities.
Answer: C.
Q. 163 Which of the following does not classify as an exercise?
A. High-energy Aerobics routines
B. Using midriff vibrating belt
C. Workouts on stationary bikes
D. Squats and pull-ups
Answer: B.
Q. 164 Why do Google searches related to physical fitness peak in January?
A. It is the time to renew gym membership.
B. It is a common new year resolution.
C. In the new year people want to look slim and trim.
D. The cold weather encourages people to exercise.
Answer: B.
Q. 165 The sentence — “Exercise is movement of the muscles and limbs for a specific outcome, usually to enhance physical fitness”
A. defines exercise
B. devalues exercise
C. defends exercise
D. describes exercise
Answer: A.
Q. 166 Which expression means the same as ‘an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.’
A. Mania
B. Fad
C. Phase
D. Obsession
Answer: B.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 167 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. admiration
B. adroit
C. administration
D. adreneline
Answer: D.
Q. 168 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a person who has unnatural anxiety about one ’s own health typically involving imagined symptoms of illness.
A. nymphomaniac
B. hypochondriac
C. neurotic
D. psychotic
Answer: B.
Q. 169 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. to give someone the cold shoulder
A. ignore or show indifference
B. deny someone comforting clothes
C. serve cold meat to someone
D. bury someone in freezing cold
Answer: A.
Q. 170 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. ingratitude
B. ingredeints
C. indigenous
D. engraving
Answer: B.
Q. 171 Select the antonym of the given word. COMPROMISE
A. dissent
B. agreement
C. disturbance
D. treaty
Answer: A.
Q. 172 Select the synonym of the given word. MEMOIR
A. diary
B. episode
C. anecdote
D. story
Answer: A.
Q. 173 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. The Natural History of Selborne, records the importance of the earthworm to soil and describes an England unspoiled by the Industrial Revolution.
A. describe an England
B. unspoiled by the Industrial Revolution
C. records the importance
D. of the earthworm to soil
Answer: A.
Q. 174 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. It seems that authors’ creativity is not restricted to their work and happily overflows into their names too.
A. happily overflows
B. authors’ creativity
C. into their names too
D. restrict to their work
Answer: D.
Q. 175 Select the synonym of the given word. EXASPERATING
A. exhausting
B. saddening
C. exalting
D. flustrating
Answer: D.
Q. 176 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. put one’s cards on the table
A. to be able to continue
B. to be honest
C. to accept defeat
D. to deal a game of cards
Answer: B.
Q. 177 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Telemedicine is the delivery of clinical services across …….. and IT devices. It’s a subset of a wider ………… care originally developed for doctors to be able to ………. patients living in rural and remote areas.
A. telephone; virtual; diagrose
B. telephones: actual; discharge
C. telecoms; virtual; treat
D. telecom; visual; admit
Answer: C.
Q. 178 Select the synonym of the given word. ENIGMATIC.
A. inquisitive
B. resolute
C. purgative
D. mysterious
Answer: D.
Q. 179 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. to send back a criminal or an unwanted person to the country of his/her origin.
A. excavate
B. exile
C. export
D. extradite
Answer: D.
Q. 180 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. be the Devil’s advocate
A. to present a counter argument just for the sake of it
B. to present an argument in favor of a well-known evil man
C. to represent an accused in a murder trial
D. to represent the devil as an advocate in witch trials
Answer: A.
Instructions
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage:
A. massive fire in Chennai destroyed 184 cars ………….. (1) to a private cab aggregator. ………….. (2) blaze is suspected to have been triggered ……………. (3) tall dried grass caught fire flom a discarded ……………. (4) cigarette butt, said rescue services ………………. (5) .
Q. 181 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
A. belonged
B. belongs
C. were belonging
D. belonging
Answer: D
Q. 182 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
A. One
B. The
C. Some
D. A.
Answer: B.
Q. 183 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
A. of
B. until
C. after
D. by
Answer: C.
Q. 184 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
A. smoking
B. lighting
C. firing
D. smouldering
Answer: D
Q. 185 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
A. special
B. victim
C. official
D. culprit
Answer: C.
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 186 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
A. simple life of freedom and happiness is one of the more difficult things to achieve.
A. No substitution required
B. one of the most difficult things to achieve.
C. one of the most difficult things to achieve.
D. one of the more difficult things to achieve.
Answer: B.
Q. 187 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. get a taste of your own medicine
A. be given the medicine meant for others
B. be treated by the same doctor
C. be given the same treatment that you have given to others
D. make, taste and take medicines for others
Answer: C.
Q. 188 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. existensial
B. ecstatic
C. extortion
D. extensive
Answer: A.
Q. 189 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. At the back of the eye there are light-sensitive ………… which connect to a small patch of brain tissue. They also ………… to areas of the brain that ………… mood and alertness.
A. cells; link; adjust
B. cells; join; adjust
C. cells; link; regulate
D. muscle; link; regulate
Answer: C.
Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
I sometimes pass a delivery man wheeling a large handcart of Japanese food. The cart bears a striking message: ‘Creating a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity.’
A. No substitution required
B. Creating a world whereas everyone believes in their own authenticity
C. Been created a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity
D. Created a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity
Answer: A.
Q. 191 Select the antonym of the given word. PERPETRATE
A. prevent
B. commit
C. react
D. perpetuate
Answer: A.
Q. 192 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. People flom ……… societies go to bed and wake up several hours earlier than people in ……….. countries do and seem to sleep better than the ………..
A. traditional; developed; later
B. modern ; developed; latter
C. modern; undeveloped; later
D. traditional; developed; latter
Answer: D.
Q. 193 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. exclamation
B. eccentricity
C. exscitement
D. expenditure
Answer: C.
Q. 194 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.
Just as technology has changed the way we shop, book a taxi, hold business meetings, and even find a parking spot, so too is it transforming the way we access healthcare, wherever we are in the world.
A. so too was it transforming the way we accessed healthcare
B. No substitution required
C. so too is it transforming the way we access healthcare
D. so too had it transformed the way we access healthcare
Answer: C.
Q. 195 Select the antonym of the given word. RECOVERED.
A. lost
B. last
C. latest
D. leased
Answer: A.
Q. 196 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Even on an overcast winter’s day, it is at least 10 times ……….. outside than in a standard office. By ………… to work and getting outdoors at lunchtime, we can begin to reconnect with the light.
A. brightest; walking
B. brighter; walking
C. brighter; walk
D. bright; walk
Answer: B.
Q. 197 Select the wrongly spelt word.
A. furios
B. frenzied
C. freeze
D. fractional
Answer: A.
Q. 198 Select the antonym of the given word. THREATEN
A. criticize
B. compete
C. coax
D. commend
Answer: D.
Q. 199 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a table or flat surface where offerings are made to a deity
A. sanctorum
B. pew
C. altar
D. stone
Answer: C.
Q. 200 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. To be interested in the changing seasons is a happy state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
A) Government asks social media to take down 100 COVID-19-related posts.
The government has asked social media platforms to take down around 100 posts which it believes were done to create panic about the COVID-19 situation in India by using unrelated, communally sensitive posts and misinformation. On April 24, Twitter had removed over 50 posts from its platform following orders from the government. The majority of these tweets were critical of the Centre’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as India grappled with a record number of cases amid shortage of beds and medical oxygen. When contacted, an official of the Minister of Electronics and IT (MeitY) said that the Ministry, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has asked social media platforms to remove around 100 posts or URLs. The official said this was done in view of the misuse of these platforms by certain users to spread fake or misleading information and create panic about the COVID19 situation in India by using unrelated, old and out of the context images or visuals, communally sensitive posts and misinformation about COVID-19 protocols. This decision has been taken to prevent obstructions in the fight against the pandemic and escalation of public order due to these posts, the official added. As per the order received by Twitter, some of the verified accounts for which the tweets have been removed include, Congress Spokesperson Pawan Khera, Member of Parliament Revanth Reddy, a Minister from West Bengal Moloy Ghatak, ABP News editor Pankaj Jha, Actor Vineet Kumar Singh, filmmaker Avinash Das and filmmaker and former journalist Vinod Kapri. Many of the removed tweets had content related to shortage of medicine, beds, mass cremations, and the gathering of crowds at Kumbh Mela amid the pandemic. While blocked for viewing in India, these tweets will continue to remain visible outside the country. Mr. Khera has sent a legal notice to Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and social media platform Twitter for taking down his April 12 tweet on the surge of Covid-19 cases. The tweet had questioned the complete silence of the Union government in allowing the Kumbh Mela and election rallies to take place despite the worsening coronavirus situation in India. Russia is planning to fly special planes with a wide range of COVID-related assistance including oxygen generators and concentrators as well as drugs needed for the treatment of the coronavirus that is ravaging many parts of India, but may have to hold off sending the drug Remdesivir owing to U.S. patent violations.
B) PM CARES fund allocates funds for 551 oxygen plants.
The PM CARES Fund has approved allocation of funds for setting up 551 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants at public health facilities in the country, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on April 25. With 162 such plants approved earlier, the decision would lead to setting up of an oxygen plant in all districts with government hospitals, an official said. A tweet from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle about the development said: Oxygen plants in every district to ensure adequate oxygen availability. An important decision that will boost oxygen availability to hospitals and help people across the nation. (Sic). The PMO said the Fund had given in-principle approval to 551 PSA oxygen generation plants in line with the Prime Minister’s direction of boosting availability of oxygen to hospitals. The decision came in the wake of oxygen shortages at hospitals in the country amidst a surge of Covid-19 cases. Prime Minister had ordered the plants to be set up as soon as possible and said they would boost oxygen availability at the district level, the statement said. The plants would come up in selected government hospitals in district headquarters and the procurement would be done via the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, it said.
C) Cancel diversion of 80KL oxygen, Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate cancellation of the diversion of 80 KL of liquid oxygen from Sriperumbudur to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He reasoned that there was a need to ensure adequate oxygen availability in the State due to the active caseload crossing over a lakh. In his letter, Mr. Palaniswami said that in the latest National Medical Oxygen allotment, the oxygen allocation for Tamil Nadu has been fixed at 220 Metric Tonnes (MTs), while the State would require 450 MTs shortly, which would be more than the production capacity of 400 MTs. Based on this wrong allotment [of 220 MTs], 80 MTs of liquid oxygen has been diverted from the manufacturing facilities located at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This is based on the wrong position that the existing oxygen consumption in Tamil Nadu is lower than the manufacturing capacity, he said. The Chief Minister said according to the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisations data, the consumption of oxygen in Tamil Nadu has already reached 310 MTs as against the inadequate allotment of 220 MTs. Also, the States to which the allotment has been made have lower number of active cases than us and also have major steel industries located within the their State/close to their States. Hence, the diversion from the Sriperumbudur plant which supplies to Chennai city with the second biggest caseload in South India seems to have no justification. This needs to be immediately corrected, Mr. Palaniswami said.
D) Delhi lockdown extended by a week.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the lockdown in Delhi will be extended for another week to deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases and the health emergency due to shortage of oxygen. The six-day lockdown that was preceded by a weekend curfew was scheduled to end on April 26. The lockdown was out last weapon against Corona. We have spoken to several sections and have decided to extend the lockdown by one more week. They hope that this will further bring down the positivity rate, Mr. Kejriwal said. He added that despite the lockdown, cases continue to rise in the city and the spread has not stopped. However, he said that the positivity rate that rose to 36-37% (the highest in the country) during the start of the lockdown is now showing signs of improvement over the past two days, and has fallen in the past 24-hours below 30%. They have to monitor this situation closely and see if it comes down further, he said. On the oxygen shortage in the city that has lead to several deaths, the Chief Minister said that the government has been working all night to ensure that oxygen reaches hospital on time. They have failed at times and have been successful at times. They need to manage our oxygen resources properly and have started a portal which will provide updates on availability of oxygen every two hours. This is to get information from the stock available with manufacturers, suppliers and the need of hospitals as well so that we do not face an emergency, the Chief Minister said.
E) Covid watch: Numbers and Developments.
The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stands at 1,71,96,471 with the death toll at 1,93,612. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday announced that the State government will provide free coronavirus vaccine to people above the 18 years of age, who will be inoculated beginning May 1. He said the State government will spend about ₹3,000 crore on the exercise. Meanwhile, the first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas will depart from Jindal Steel Works plant in Raigarh on Sunday night, Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma said. The train, with four tankers, will reach Delhi by Monday night, he said.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A) The U.S., other countries, promise support to India.
The U.S. will rapidly deploy additional support to India and its health care heroes amidst the horrific COVID-19 outbreak, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Mr. Blinken’s remarks came as pressure grew on the Biden administration to ship COVID-19 vaccines along with several life-saving medical supplies to India. Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak, Mr. Blinken said in a tweet on Saturday night. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the United States is deeply concerned by the severe COVID outbreak in India. They are working around the clock to deploy more supplies and support to our friends and partners in India as they bravely battle this pandemic. More very soon, Mr. Sullivan said. Several U.S. lawmakers, eminent Indian-Americans and the powerful U.S. Chambers of Commerce have voiced their concerns over the situation in India and have asked the Biden administration to extend assistance, release vaccines and other raw materials critical for India. Meanwhile, the European Union and Germany have also promised aid to fight the second wave of Covid that’s currently ravaging India. The assurance of help came this afternoon, as the daily Covid numbers almost touched 3.5 lakh the fourth straight day of 3 lakh-plus fresh infections. Upon request for assistance by #India, we have activated the #EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The EU will do its utmost to mobilise assistance to support people of IN. Our #ERCC is already coordinating EU MS that are ready to provide urgently needed #oxygen & medicine rapidly, tweeted Janez Lenarcic, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management. Also on Sunday, Russia is planning to fly special planes with a wide range of COVID-related assistance including oxygen generators and concentrators as well as drugs needed for the treatment of the coronavirus that is ravaging many parts of India, but may have to hold off sending the drug Remdesivir owing to U.S. patent violations. According to sources aware of the discussions between Delhi and Moscow, the grant-based assistance could begin to arrive this week, possibly in the next few days, and will include oxygen generating equipment for various purposes, ranging from use in individual homes to nursing homes and hospitals, as well as pharma supplies of drugs like Favipiravir, used to treat milder versions of COVID-19.
B) 82 killed in hospital fire, Iraq Interior Ministry confirms.
Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on April 25 that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in a Baghdad hospital. Among the dead were at least 28 patients on ventilators battling severe symptoms of the coronavirus, tweeted Ali al-Bayati, a spokesman of the country’s independent Human Rights Commission. The commission is a semi-official body. Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the fire, which initial reports suggest was caused when an oxygen cylinder exploded in an intensive care ward at he Ibn al-Khatib hospital. The hospital cares for patients with severe symptoms of the coronavirus. The semi-official Independent High Commission for Human Rights reported that at least 28 of the dead were on ventilators. Iraq’s prime minister fired key hospital officials Sunday hours after the fire broke out.
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