ADRE MOCK Test 3

Q1. ‘Digital Detox’ initiative, recently seen in the Q7. Name the states that doesn't shares its border
news, is associated with which state? with Assam.
(a) Kerala (a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Karnataka (b) Manipur
(c) Rajasthan (c) West Bengal
(d) Maharashtra (d) Bihar

Ans: b Ans: d

Q2. The metal ion present in vitamin B12 is: Q8. Which country can you compare with Assam
(a) nickel with its land area?
(b) cobalt (a) Scotland
(c) iron (b) Austria
(d) zinc (c) Kenya
(d) Canada
Ans: b
Ans: a
Q3. Which of the following is a direct application of
hydraulic brakes in self-propelled vehicles? Q9. How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites
(a) Archimedes' principle found in Assam?
(b) Bernoulli's theorem (a) 4
(c) Pascal's law (b) 3
(d) Doppler effect (c) 5
(d) 2
Ans: c
Ans: d
Q4. Which among the following pair is correct
(a) Largest Union Territory - Ladakh Q10. The longest bridge in India?
(b) Smallest Union Territory - Delhi NCR (a) Gandhi setu
(c) Largest Union Territory- Andaman and Nicobar (b) Howrah bridge
Islands (c) Dibang River Bridge
(d) Smallest Union Territory- Chandigarh (d) Dhola Sadiya Bridge

Ans: a Ans: d

Q5. Which among the following pair of Nuclear Q11. Which among the following statement is true?
power plant and their Location is correctly matched Statement 1: The newer, younger deposits of the
(a) Kaiga - Tamil Nadu flood plains are called khadar
(b) Kudankulam - Maharashtra Statement 2: Older alluvium soil are called
(c) Tarapur - Karnataka bhangar
(d) Narora - Uttar Pradesh (a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
Ans: d (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 or 2
Q6. Who wrote the book 'India is for sale'?
(a) Vikram Seth Ans: c
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Shobhaa De Q12. Which among the following countries are
(d) Chitra Subrahmanya larger than India?
(a) Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil
Ans: d (b) Russia, Canada, USA, China, Sri Lanka
(c) Russia, Canada, USA, Kenya, Brazil
(d) Russia, Canada, Australia, Argentina

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Ans: a Ans: b

Q13. Which among the following states have black Q19. Who are the interpreters and guardians of the
soil. constitution?
(a) Maharashtra and Gujarat (a) President
(b) Tamilanadu and kerala (b) Parliament
(c) Rajasthan and Gujarat (c) Supreme Court
(d) Jharkhand and Gujarat (d) Governor

Ans: a Ans: c

Q14. Jhumming refers to Slash and burn’ Q20. Which one of the following is the correct
agriculture which practice in... descending order of the length of the rivers?
(a) Panjab (a) Brahmaputra-Ganga-Godavari-Narmada
(b) Haryana (b) Ganga-Godavari-Brahmaputra-Narmada
(c) North-eastern states of India. (c) Brahmaputra-Narmada-Godavari-Ganga
(d) Madhya pradesh (d) Ganga-Brahmaputra-Godavari-Narmada

Ans: c Ans: a

Q15. Which program controls various parts of the Q21. Which mountain range of India is the latest?
computer and allows the user to interact with the (a) Sahyadri
computer? (b) Aravalli
(a) Utility software (c) Himalayas
(b) Operating System (d) Satpura
(c) Word processing software
(d) Database program Ans: c

Ans: b Q22. The earliest evidence of man in India is found

in
Q16. With which country India is participating in the (a) Nilgiri Hills
SLINEX-2023 Maritime Exercise? (b) Shiwalik Hills
(a) Singapore (c) Nallamala Hills
(b) Sri Lanka (d) Narmada Valley
(c) Seychelles
(d) Bhutan Ans: d

Ans: b Q23. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in

(a) Egypt
Q17. Chief Ministers of States (b) Mesopotamia
(a) are appointed (c) Central America
(b) get elected (d) India
(c) Nominated
(d) are selected Ans: d

Ans: a Q24. Who was the author of 'Buddha Charita' '?

(a) Asvaghosha
Q18. In whom is the executive power of the state (b) Nagasena
vested? (c) Nagarjuna
(a) Chief Minister (d) Vasumitra
(b) Governor
(c) Council of Ministers Ans: a
(d) President

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Q25. The largest standing army of the Sultanate, (d) Game

directly paid by the State was created by
(a) Iltutmish Ans: a
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Mohammad bin -Tughlaq Q31. To save an existing file with new name at new
(d) Sikandar Lodi location we should use …............. Command.
(a) Save
Ans: b (b) Save and Replace
(c) Save as
Q26. The third Battle of Panipat was fought (d) New file
between
(a) Hemu and Akbar Ans: c
(b) Humayun and Shershah
(c) Maratha and Ahmed Shah Abdali Q32. The term 'mixed economy' denoted:
(d) Nadir Shah and Mughals (a) existence of both rural and urban sectors
(b) existence of both private and public sectors
Ans: c (c) existence of both heavy and small industries
(d) existence of both developed and under
Q27. The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought developed
between
(a) Marathas and the Portuguese Ans: b
(b) The English and the French
(c) The English and the Portuguese Q33. Under which plan did the Govt. Introduce an
(d) Marathas and the English agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green
Revolution?
Ans: b (a) Second Five-Year Plan
(b) Third Five Year Plan
Q28. Which is regarded as the Magna Carta of (c) Fourth Five Year Plan
Indian Education? (d) Sixth Five Year Plan
(a) Wood's Dispatch
(b) Hunter Commission Ans: b
(c) Sadler Commission
(d) Wardha Scheme Q34. What are 'Open Market Operations’?
(a) Activities of SEBI - registered Brokers
Ans: a (b) Selling of currency by the RBI
(c) Selling of gilt-edged securities by the
Q29. Correct Chronological order of the following Government
events is: (d) Sale of shares by FIIs
1. Formation of Muslim League
2. Formation of All India Untouchability League Ans: c
3. Formation of All India Trade union Congress
4. Formation of Indian National Congress Q35. Identify the odd sports man among the
(a) 2-4-1-3 following
(b) 3-4-1-2 (a) Narain Karthikeyan
(c) 4-3-1-2 (b) Vijay Hazare
(d) 4-1-3-2 (c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Sunil Gavaskar
Ans: d
Ans: a
Q30. Spam is related to …...
(a) Computer Q36. What is the number of players on each side
(b) Art in Baseball?
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(b) 11 Sol: The Regulating Act of 1773 recognized the

(c) 15 political and administrative functions of the East
(d) 7 India Company.

Ans: a Q42. Who was the first Governor-General of India

under the Charter Act of 1833?
Q37. The declaration that Democracy is a (a) Lord Warren Hastings
Government 'of the people, by the people, for the (b) Lord Cornwallis
people' was made by: (c) Lord William Bentinck
(a) Abraham Lincon (d) Lord Dalhousie
(b) George Washington
(c) Theodre Roosevelt Ans: c
(d) Winston Churchill
Sol: Lord William Bentinck was the first Governor-
Ans: a General of India under the Charter Act of 1833.

Q38. What is ‘Kudavolai System’, recently Q43. What is the Indian brand of socialism, as
mentioned in the news? mentioned in the Preamble?
(a) Caste system (a) Communistic socialism
(b) Electoral system (b) Democratic socialism
(c) Irrigation system (c) Capitalistic socialism
(d) Tax system (d) State socialism

Ans: b Ans: b

Q39. Recently, which player won the Women’s Sol: The Indian brand of socialism mentioned in
singles title at the Australian Open, 2024? the Preamble is democratic socialism, which
(a) Ankita Raina emphasizes a mixed economy with both public and
(b) Aryna Sabalenka private sectors.
(c) Zheng Qinwen
(d) Barbora Krejcikova Q44. What are the two conditions laid down in
Article 3 regarding changes in states?
Ans: b (a) Approval of the Prime Minister and Governor
(b) Prior recommendation of the President and
Q40. Wheat Blast, recently seen in the news, is a views of the concerned state legislature
disease of wheat crop caused by which one of the (c) Consultation with the Chief Minister and
following? Parliament
(a) Fungus (d) Referendum among state residents and
(b) Bacteria consent of the Supreme Court
(c) Helminths
(d) Virus Ans: b

Ans: a Sol: Article 3 lays down two conditions for changes

in states: prior recommendation of the President
Q41. Which Act recognized the political and and views of the concerned state legislature.
administrative functions of the East India Company
for the first time? Q45. What constitutional provision empowers
(a) Charter Act of 1793 Parliament to enact laws related to citizenship?
(b) Regulating Act of 1773 (a) Article 5
(c) Amending Act of 1781 (b) Article 9
(d) Charter Act of 1853 (c) Article 11
(d) Article 15
Ans: b

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Ans: c Sol: Habeas Corpus is a Latin term meaning 'to

have the body of' and is used to challenge illegal
Sol: Article 11 of the Constitution empowers detention.
Parliament to enact laws concerning citizenship,
including acquisition and termination. Q50. Who can initiate the impeachment process
against the President of India?
Q46. Fundamental Rights are meant for promoting (a) Prime Minister
which ideal? (b) Lok Sabha
(a) Economic equality (c) Rajya Sabha
(b) Political democracy (d) Either House of Parliament
(c) Social hierarchy
(d) Economic democracy Ans: d

Ans: b Sol: The impeachment process against the

President can be initiated by either House of
Sol: Fundamental Rights are meant for promoting Parliament.
the ideal of political democracy.
Q51. The Kalika Purana is attributed to which
Q47. What is the origin of the concept of 'equality sage?
before law'? (a) Vyasa
(a) Indian Constitution (b) Markandeya
(b) British Constitution (c) Vasishta
(c) American Constitution (d) Narada
(d) French Constitution
Ans: b
Ans: b
Sol: The Kalika Purana is attributed to Sage
Sol: The concept of 'equality before law' originates Markandeya.
from the British Constitution.
Q52. What is the significance of the city of
Q48. Under Article 28, which educational Durjaya?
institutions are completely prohibited from (a) It was the capital of Bhaskarvarman.
providing religious instruction? (b) It was built by Ratnapala.
(a) Institutions administered by the State but (c) It was the site of the first Aryan settlement.
established under any endowment or trust (d) It was the original name of Guwahati.
(b) Institutions receiving aid from the State
(c) Institutions wholly maintained by the State Ans: b
(d) All educational institutions
Sol: Ratnapala beautified and fortified the city of
Ans: c Hadapyaka and renamed it Durjaya, meaning the
‘impregnable one’.
Sol: Article 28 prohibits religious instruction in
educational institutions wholly maintained by the Q53. Who among the following was the last ruler
State. of the Salastambha dynasty?
(a) Tyaghasinga
Q49. Which writ is known as a bulwark of individual (b) Harjaravarman
liberty against arbitrary detention? (c) Balavarman III
(a) Mandamus (d) Jayamala
(b) Certiorari
(c) Prohibition Ans: a
(d) Habeas Corpus
Sol: Tyaghasinga was the last ruler of the
Ans: d Salastambha Dynasty.

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Q54. Who was referred to as Jalpeswar in the Q58. Who negotiated the Treaty of Ghilazharighat
Yogini Tantra? in 1663 between the Mughals and Ahoms?
(a) Narakasura (a) Atan Burhagohain
(b) Sandhya (b) Lachit Barphukan
(c) Viswasundaradeva (c) Dilir Khan
(d) Bhaskarvarman (d) Chakradhwaj Singha

Ans: c Ans: a

Sol: Viswasundaradeva was referred to as Sol: Atan Burhagohain negotiated the Treaty of
Jalpeswar in the Yogini Tantra. Ghilazharighat in 1663 between the Mughals and
Ahoms.
Q55. Which temple of Assam is compared to the
stone-cut temple of Ellora temple in terms of its Q59. ‘Purandar Sinha was made the last Ahom
architecture? ruler according to The Treaty of Guwahati’. When
(a) Madan Kamdev Temple was the Treaty of Guwahati signed?
(b) Hayagriva Madhava Temple (a) 1828
(c) Da-Parbatia Temple (b) 1833
(d) Kamakhya Temple (c) 1838
(d) 1846
Ans: b
Ans: b
Sol: The Hayagriva Madhava Temple of Assam is
compared to the stone-cut temple of Ellora due to Sol: The Treaty of Guwahati was signed in 1833
its architectural features. where ‘Purandar Sinha was made the last Ahom
ruler according to The Treaty of Guwahati’.
Q56. Which ministerial positions were established
during Suhungmung's reign? Q60. Which district in Assam has the highest forest
(a) Barpatra Gohain concentration?
(b) Barphukan (a) Bongaigaon
(c) Borbarua (b) Karbi Anglong
(d) Borphukan (c) Nagaon
(d) Tinsukia
Ans: a
Ans: b
Sol: Suhungmung introduced the position of
Barpatra Gohain during his reign. Sol: Karbi Anglong has the highest forest
concentration in Assam.
Q57. Which Ahom king faced a revolt by the
Kacharis and established the position of Q61. Who is known as the "Lion Man" of Assam for
Marangikhuwa Gohain? his bravery and enthusiasm?
(a) Suhungmung (a) Anundoram Borooah
(b) Suklenmung (b) Momai Tamuli Borbarua
(c) Sukhampha (c) Radha Govinda Baruah
(d) Sudangpha (d) Krishna Kanta Handique

Ans: a Ans: c

Sol: Suhungmung faced a revolt by the Kacharis Sol: Radha Govinda Baruah is known as the "Lion
and established the position of Marangikhuwa Man" for his bravery and enthusiasm.
Gohain during his reign.

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Q62. Which magazine is considered the first Q65. Under the UNNATI scheme, districts are
Assamese women's monthly magazine? categorized into which of the following zones for
(a) Alochani incentives?
(b) Usha (a) Zone A (Industrially Advanced) and Zone B
(c) Ghor Jeuti (Industrially Backward)
(d) Lora Bondhu (b) Zone 1 (High Priority) and Zone 2 (Low Priority)
(c) Zone X (Developed) and Zone Y
Ans: c (Underdeveloped)
(d) Zone P (Primary) and Zone S (Secondary)
Sol: "Ghor Jeuti" is considered the first Assamese
women's monthly magazine. Ans: a

Q63. Consider the following features associated Sol: The UNNATI scheme categorizes districts
with the Sri Sri Samaguri Satra of Majuli: into Zone A (Industrially Advanced) and Zone B
1. It is primarily known for its textile craftsmanship. (Industrially Backward) to provide appropriate
2. It is a key center for the Mukha art of mask incentives for industrial development.
making.
3. It has been a significant contributor to the Q66. ACFJ : ZXUQ :: EGIN : ?
tradition of Bhaona performances. (a) VUSQ
4. It is involved in the production of Buddhist relics. (b) VRPM
Which of the above features are correct? (c) UTRP
(a) 1 and 4 only (d) VTRM
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2, and 3 only Ans: d
(d) 2, 3, and 4 only
Q67. 556 : 186 : : 951 : ?
Ans: b (a) 217
(b) 176
Sol: Sri Sri Samaguri Satra is renowned for its (c) 317
Mukha art of mask making and its significant (d) 286
contribution to Bhaona performances. It is not
known for textile craftsmanship or the production Ans: b
of Buddhist relics, making only statements 2 and 3
correct. Q68. D9Y, J27S, P81M, V243G, ?
(a) A324B
Q64. Consider the following statements regarding (b) C729B
the recently unveiled statue of Lachit Borphukan: (c) B729A
1. The statue is 125 feet tall, including the pedestal. (d) A729B
2. It is named the 'Statue of Valour.'
3. The statue was built by sculptor Ram Vanji Ans: c
Sutar.
Which of the above statements is/are correct? Q69. 7, 12, 22, 42, 82, ?
(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 173
(b) 2 and 3 only (b) 162
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 183
(d) All of the above (d) 143

Ans: d Ans: b

Sol: All the given statements are correct. The Q70. In a certain code language, if the word
statue of Lachit Borphukan is indeed 125 feet tall, PARTNER is coded as OZQSMDQ, then what is
including the pedestal, and is named the 'Statue of the code for the word SEGMENT?
Valour.' It was built by sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar. (a) TFHNFOU

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(b) RDFLDMS of Geeta, who is not an immediate neighbour of

(c) RDELDMS Meeta. Who is to the immediate right of Priya?
(d) RDFEDNS (a) Meeta
(b) Sudha
Ans: b (c) Mukta
(d) Cannot be determined
Q71. Sharda started to move in the direction of (e) None of these
south. After moving 15 meters, she turned to her
left-twice and moved 15 meters each time. Now Ans: c
how far is she and in which direction from her
starting point? Q76. If A = 1, ACT = 24, then FAT = ?
(a) 15 m, East (a) 26
(b) 15 m, South (b) 25
(c) 30 m, East (c) 27
(d) 20 m, West (d) 24

Ans: a Ans: c

Q72. If + means ÷, – means ×, × mean +, ÷ means Q77. A × B means “A is father of B”

–, then A ÷ B means “A is daughter of B”
90 + 18 – 6 × 30 ÷ 4 = ? A + B means “A is sister of B”
(a) 64 A – B means “A is Husband of B”
(b) 65 In F ÷ R × H – L, how is H related to F?
(c) 56 (a) Father
(d) 48 (b) Brother
(c) Sister
Ans: c (d) cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Q73. If the day before yesterday was Wednesday,
when will Sunday be? Ans: b
(a) Today
(b) Tomorrow Q78. There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. C
(c) Day after tomorrow is the sister of F. B is the brother of E’s Husband.
(d) Two days after tomorrow D is the father of A and grandfather of F. There are
two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the
Ans: c group. Then Who is the mother of F?
(a) A
Q74. Lakshmi is elder than Meenu. Leela is elder (b) B
than Meenu but younger than Lakshmi. Latha is (c) C
younger than both Meenu and Laxmi. Who is the (d) D
youngest? (e) E
(a) Lakshmi
(b) Meenu Ans: e
(c) Leela
(d) Latha Q79. How many times in a day (24 Hrs), are the
hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in
Ans: d direction?
(a) 20
Q75. Ashwini, Priya, Rani, Meeta, Geeta and (b) 22
Mukta are sitting along a circle facing at the centre. (c) 24
Ashwini is third to the left of Mukta and to the (d) 48
immediate right of rani. Priya is second to the left
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Q80. On 14th Feb the valentine day, 2009 it was

Saturday. What was the day of the week on 14th
Feb, 2008?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Sunday (b)
(c) Thursday
(d) None of these

Ans: c

Q81. Select the missing number from the given (c)

responses

(d)

Ans: b

Q83. Identify the diagram that best represents the

relationship among the classes given below
(a) 97 Soda Water, Mineral Water, Liquid
(b) 907
(c) 1097
(d) 9107

Ans: c
(a)
Q82. Which answer figure completes the form in
the question figure?

(b)

(c)

(a)
(d)

Ans: c

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Q84. If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then

which of the answer figures is the right image of
the given figure? (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
(a)
Ans: b

Q86. IF A: B = 8:15, B: C = 5:8, C: D = 4:5, then A:

D=
(a) 2:7
(b) 4:15
(b) (c) 15:4
(d) More than one of the above

Ans: b

Q87. If three numbers are in the ratio 3:2 :5 and

sum of their squares is 1862. Then what will be the
(c) second number?
(a) 7
(b) 14
(c) 21
(d) More than one of the above

(d) Ans: b

Ans: c Q88. 10 years ago, the ratio of the age of mother

and daughter was 5: 2. 8 years hence, the
Q85. Among the four alternatives which one respective ratio of the age of mother and daughter
cannot be the similar box as the question figure. will become 7: 4. At present, what is the sum of
their age?
(a) 85 years
(b) 83 years
(c) 81 years
(d) 90 years

Ans: b

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Q89. In x litre solution of acid and water, acid is (d) None of these
62.5%. When 4 litre acid is added to the solution,
then the ratio of acid and water in the resulting Ans: c
solution becomes 13:7, What is the value of x?
(a) 48 Q94. There are 100 students in 3 section A, B
(b) 72 and C. The average marks of all the three section
(c) 56 is 84. The average of B and C was 87.5 and the
(d) More than one of the above average age of A is 70. The number of student in
section A is ?
Ans: c (a) 10,
(b) 20,
Q90. If the cost price is 25% of selling price, then (c) 30,
what is the profit percentage? (d) 40
(a) 100
(b) 200 Ans: b
(c) 300
(d) More than one of the above Q95. A, B and C did certain investments and the
ratio of their time periods is 3:2:7 respectively.
Ans: c Ratio of the profits of A, B and C is 4:3:14
respectively. What is the ratio of the investments of
Q91. Sulekha bought 36 kg of sugar for Rs. 1,040. A, B and C?
She sold it at a profit equal to the selling price of (a) 1:3:4
10 kg of it. What is the selling price (in Rs.) for 5 kg (b) 7:9: 11
of sugar? (c) 8:9:12
(a) 200 (d) 2:3: 11
(b) 215
(c) 220 Ans: c
(d) 235
Q96. A and B together take 5 days to do work, B
Ans: a and C take 7 days to do the same, and A and C
take 4 days to do it. Who among these will take the
Q92. In an election, 2% persons enrolled in the least time to do it alone
voter list did not participate and 500 votes were (a) A
invalid. Two candidates A and B fought the (b) B
election, and A defeated B by 200 votes. If 43% of (c) C
the persons enrolled in the voter list casted their (d) More than one of the above
votes in favour of A, then what is the number of the
total casted votes? Ans: a
(a) 2450
(b) 2800 Q97. Two pipes, when working one at a time, can
(c) 3000 fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours, respectively
(d) 3250 while a third pipe can drain the cistern empty in 8
hours. All the three pipes were opened together
Ans: a when the cistern was 1/12 full. How long did it take
for the cistern to be completely full?
Q93. Find the average value of x, y and z. (a) 2 hours
Where, (b) 1 hour 45 minutes
X, is the average of odd numbers 1 to 100 (c) 2 hour 11 minutes
Y, is the average of even numbers 2 and 98 (d) 2 hour 10 minutes
Z, is the average of the first 99 natural number
(a) 98 Ans: a
(b) 99
(c) 50

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Q98. Ajay rolled two dice together. What is the Ans: b

probability that first dice showed a multiple of 3 and
the second dice showed an even number? Q103. Let N be the greatest number that will divide
(a) 1/6 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder
(b) 1/3 in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is:
(c) 5/6 (a) 4
(d) 1/9 (b) 5
(c) 6
Ans: a (d) 8

Q99. Mohit and Nitish start walking towards each Ans: a

other at 4 AM at the speed of 5 kmph and 3 kmph
respectively. They were initially 28 km apart. At Q104. An observer 1.6 m tall is 20√3 away from a
what time do they meet? tower. The angle of elevation from his eye to the
(a) 8 AM top of the tower is 30°. The height of the tower is:
(b) 5.30 AM (a) 21.6 m
(c) 6.30 AM (b) 23.2 m
(d) 7.30 AM (c) 24.72 m
(d) None of these
Ans: d
Ans: a
Q100. Surbhi received a simple interest of Rs.
44.4 on a certain sum of money at an interest of (8 Q105. If √x + 1/√x = √7, then find x3 + 1/x3 equals
1
/3) % per annum for a time period of 3 years. Find to:
the simple interest received by Surbhi on the same (a) 110
sum at 15% per annum for 4 years. (b) 120
(a) Rs. 105.50 (c) 130
(b) Rs. 106.56 (d) 140
(c) Rs. 102.40
(d) None of these Ans: a

Ans: b Q106. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 8: 5,

which of the following option could be the total
Q101. If upstream time taken by a boat to cover number of students in that class?
certain distance is 100% more than the (a) 81
downstream time taken by the boat to cover same (b) 78
distance, then speed of stream is what percent of (c) 57
the speed of boat in still water? (d) More than one of the above
(a) 33.33%
(b) 40% Ans: b
(c) 50%
(d) 75% Q107. At present, Tarun is twice the age of Vishal
(e) Other than above and half the age of Tanvi. After four years, Tarun
will be 1.5 times Vishal's age and Tanvi will be 2.5
Ans: a times of Vishal's age. What is Tanvi's present age?
(a) 12 years
Q102. The area of a circular field is 9856 cm2. If (b) 8 years
a person crosses the field along the diameter, (c) 20 years
calculate the distance that he will travel (in cm) (d) 16 years
(a) 56
(b) 112 Ans: d
(c) 168
(d) 28

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Q108. In 65 litres of a mixture of kerosene and Q113. A and B together can do a piece of work in
petrol, the ratio of kerosene to petrol is 3:2. In 50 days. If A is 40% less efficient than B, in how
order to make this ratio 4:5 how many litres of many days can A working alone complete 60% of
petrol should be added to the given mixture? the work?
(a) 29.25 (a) 70
(b) 24.5 (b) 110
(c) 23.25 (c) 80
(d) 22.75 (d) 105

Ans: d Ans: c

Q109. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 25 percent Q114. There are 10 males and 8 females in a
on selling a radio at 15 percent discount on the company. At random, three employees were
Printed price. Find the ratio of the Printed price and chosen. The difference in the probability of
the cost price of the radio. selecting 2 males and 1 female against 1 male and
(a) 17:25 2 females is:
(b) 25:27 (a) 10/102
(c) 27:25 (b) 4/92
(d) 25:17 (c) 15/102
(d) 96/102
Ans: d
Ans: a
Q110. If 20% of A is added to 20% of B, the answer
is 40% of B. What percentage of A is B? Q115. On the annual day, sweets were to be
(a) 200% distributed equally amongst 600 student. But on
(b) 100% that particular day, 120 students remain absent.
(c) 20% Thus, each child got 2 extra sweet. How many
(d) 150% sweets each student originally supposes to get.
(a) 8
Ans: b (b) 10
(c) 14
Q111. The average weight of P and his three (d) 6
friends is 55 kg. If P is 4 kg more than the average
weight of his three friends, what is P's weight (in Ans: a
kg)?
(a) 60 Direction (Q116-Q120): Choose the correct
(b) 54 collective nouns for the questions given below:
(c) 58
(d) 62 Q116. A _________ of volunteers was present to
help the players to navigate the way to the stadium.
Ans: c (a) Crowd
(b) Group
Q112. A started business by investing Rs. 6000. (c) Body
After 8 months B joins the business and then after (d) Bunch
2 months C joins the business. If the ratio of the
profit at the end of the year is 18: 8: 5. Find the sum Ans: c
of the investment made by Person B and C.
(a) Rs. 21500 Q117. The cat dropped a _____________of four
(b) Rs. 17500 kittens.
(c) Rs. 18000 (a) Pack
(d) Rs. 16000 (b) Litter
(c) Bunch
Ans: c (d) family

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Ans: b Q123. Every Wednesday at the Ganesha temple

my father gives alms to poor people, he loves to
Q118. A ____________of local businessmen is help the needy and put others first.
bidding for the contract. (a) Altruist
(a) Range (b) Swindler
(b) Thugs (c) Misanthropic
(c) Syndicate (d) Antagonist
(d) collection
Ans: a
Ans: c
Q124. They organized a house party for Sara’s
Q119. Their ________of pubs and restaurants birthday but she does not get excited easily even
brings in millions of pounds a year. if you put in a lot of effort and emotion.
(a) franchisee (a) Gregarious
(b) Chain (b) Placid
(c) business (c) Inclement
(d) line (d) Frenzied

Ans: b Ans: b

Q120. The monk wears a __________of beads. Q125. My aunt cannot stay in the hospital for 5
(a) volley minutes because she has a fear of confined
(b) chain places.
(c) collection (a) Agoraphobia
(d) Bunch (b) Enochlophobia
(c) Claustrophobia
Ans: a (d) Stasiphobia

Direction (Q121-Q125): Choose the correct one Ans: c

word substitution for the following words given
in bold: Direction (Q126-Q135): Read the given
passages below and answer the following
Q121. This is his first press conference with the questions:
media, he is anxious because he speaks less.
(a) Sullen Passage -1
(b) Terse Every day, since 1904, staff at the Kodaikanal
(c) Garrulous Solar Observatory in Tamil Nadu have aimed their
(d) Reticent telescope at the sun, freezing the images of its
disc. This data, spanning a hundred years and
Ans: d more, has now been digitised by astrophysicists
from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Q122. My brother is a theatre artist who performs Bengaluru, and made available to the public.
and expresses stories or thoughts through Apart from use in academic studies of long term
gestures. behaviour of the sun, the data can be used to
(a) Pantomime better understand sunspot activity which impacts
(b) Mimic climate and affects telecommunication systems. It
(c) Depictions also throws light on major events in the past which
(d) Ham had an impact on the earth’s magnetic field. “From
that knowledge we may understand the current
Ans: a and future events with greater precision. This also
allows us to predict future [sunspot] activity levels
with better accuracy,” says Dipankar Banerjee,
IIAP, the Principal Investigator.

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While ‘spectroheliograms’ were taken at the Kodai intervention, this data, too, could be used by
observatory since 1902, it was in 1909 that the science fora in India to build citizen science
data was used to discover the Evershed effect – projects. The data was historically archived in
that gases in the sunspots flowed radially photographic plates and film. After the digitisation,
outwards. The discovery by John Evershed put the the images are preserved in high-resolution digital
KSO at par with the best observatories in the world. format. “We store it in FITS [flexible image
But its importance eventually declined as it was not transport system] which is the most commonly
upgraded or maintained. In a backhanded way, used digital file format,” clarifies Dr Banerjee.
though, this turned out to be beneficial, because The project which was initiated about six years ago
“the pictures had all been taken with the same by S.S. Hasan, then the director of IIAP, has
instrument over the years, and this made it much succeeded in converting to digitised format some
easier to calibrate and digitise,” says Sudip sixty-seventy thousand images previously stored
Mandal, a Ph.D student who has worked on the in photographic plates. The team includes
project. scientists and the big team of research assistants
The data is unique not only in that it spans a at the Kodaikanal lab.
hundred years, but that there are three sets of At the moment, the group has released the “lowest
images, taken using different filters – White light, level” or raw data and plans are on to eventually
H-alpha and Calcium-K. It is known that the sun release the processed ones, too.
has a layered structure, and each of these data
sets exposes a different layer. Q126. Consider the following statement regarding
Under white light filtering, the sun’s photosphere the ‘Kodaikanal Solar Observatory’:
and the sunspots are visible, while the Calcium-K 1. The data from observatory can be used to better
light can show layers some 2,000 km above this, understand sunspot activity which impacts climate.
in the chromosphere. The H-alpha images show 2. The data from ovservatory can be used to better
up layers a little above the Calcium-K images. understand sunspot activity which affects
Features called “filaments” which are related to telecommunication systems.
large expulsions of material from the sun’s surface Which of the following statements given above
can be viewed in the sets. is/are correct?
Opening up the digitised data has attracted (a) 1 only
international attention: Max Planck Institute, (b) 2 only
Gottingen; National Astronomical Observatories of (c) Both are correct
China, Beijing and Big Bear Solar Observatory, US (d) None is correct
are interested in studying the way the sun’s
luminosity changes. Ans: c
Though the sun appears to have a steady
brightness, its luminosity actually undergoes Q127. Where is Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
changes over time. Some of the groups. The Big located?
Bear Solar Observatory and the Beijing teams are (a) Kerala
interested in the H-alpha data in order to study the (b) Karnataka
filaments that can be observed in those shots. (c) Andhra Pradesh
Within India, groups from IUCAA, Pune; Physical (d) Tamil Nadu
Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad; and IISER,
Kolkata, want to make studies. Ans: d
A movie that the scientists made out of a sequence
of hundreds of white light images shows how the Q128. The data collected by ‘Kodaikanal Solar
sunspots appear and disappear periodically over Observatory’ has been digitised by
an eleven-year cycle. Such movies offer immense (a) The Indian Institute of Technology
possibilities for developing educational software, (b) The Indian Institute of Astrophysics
as classes of students can visually experience how (c) The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
the sun and the sunspots behave over the years. (d) None of the above
Just like CERN offers its data to science hobbyists,
for analysis that does not require much training Ans: b
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Q129. National Astronomical Observatories of Q134. Choose the word which is Most Similar to
China, Beijing and Big Bear Solar Observatory, US the word printed in bold in the passage.
are interested in studying Immense
(a) Calcium-K light (a) Teeny
(b) the way the sun’s luminosity changes (b) Finite
(c) White light (c) Insignificant
(d) All of the above (d) Humongous

Ans: b Ans: d

Q130. Which of the following institutes in India Q135. Choose the word which is Most Opposite to
want to make studies in the same field as National the word printed in bold in the passage.
Astronomical Observatories of China, Beijing and Archived
Big Bear Solar Observatory, US? (a) Chronicles
(a) IISER, Kolkata (b) Scrolls
(b) IUCAA, Pune (c) Extracts
(c) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (d) None of the above
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
Ans: d
Direction (Q136-Q145): Read the given
Q131. Choose the word which is Most Opposite to passages below and answer the following
the word printed in bold in the passage. questions:
Radially
(a) Spiral Passage -2
(b) Spreading It’s this period of his life that a new exhibition at the
(c) Spoked British Museum seeks to display in an exhibition
(d) Asymmetric entitled ‘Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave’. In his
70s, Hokusai would adopt a new name—Manji,
Ans: d meaning “ten thousand things” or “everything”.
This was exactly what he wanted to draw.
Q132. Choose the word which is Most Similar to Everything.
the word printed in bold in the passage. An understanding of the “form of things”—the
Calibrate Japanese Buddhist belief that all things, living and
(a) Overhaul material, have a spiritual connection to one
(b) Disorganize another—and the desire to portray—it was these
(c) Damage that drove Hokusai in his *quest* for immortality as
(d) derange an artist. Born in 1760 in Edo, modern Tokyo,
Hokusai published his first Ukiyo-e prints in 1779.
Ans: a Meaning ‘floating world’, Ukiyo-e woodblock prints
took *hedonism* and pleasure as their subjects,
Q133. Choose the word which is Most Opposite to depicting gijin-ga (courtesans), yakusha-e (actors)
the word printed in bold in the passage. and shunga (erotic couplings) in detail.
Expulsions Hokusai’s work was no exception. But, in a career
(a) Banishment that saw him symbolically change his name 30
(b) Discharge times, other themes began to interest him. Hokusai
(c) Debarment drew everyday life, images from ancient Japanese
(d) import and Chinese mythology and nature, besides
experimenting with new techniques.
Ans: d Hundred years of art
He insisted he would achieve greatness only if he
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so that at one hundred years I will have achieved undervalued; indeed, the first prints were initially
a divine state in my art,” he once wrote. used as packaging material for other art works. But
The ink he would use for Under the wave and other all that changed in 1867, with Paris’ first Exposition
works was formed by blending traditional Universelle, which boasted the first-ever Japanese
Japanese indigo with the newly available Prussian pavilion in Paris. A key attraction? Hokusai.
blue to create a fantastic deep, saturated colour Changing Japan
that would define his most famous creations. One The Orientalist construction of Japan as an exotic
can almost feel the spray of the ocean in land of beautiful women, with a deep connection to
Kajikazawa in Kai Province, composed in early nature, and of solemn warriors clinging to codes of
1831. In Rainstorm beneath the summit, the deep honour amidst blooming cherry blossom trees,
blue at the top gives a real sense of the scale of also played its part in popularising him.
the image, with the mighty Mt. Fuji nearly touching But this wouldn’t last. So long as Japan was
the heavens. evocative, but weak, it provided a source of
The mountain, sacred to both Buddhists and inspiration to European artists looking for a
Shintoists, was a recurring subject in Hokusai’s different creative process. When that changed in
work, appearing most famously in One Hundred 1905, after Japan triumphed against the Tsar’s
Views. In drawing the famous mountain, Hokusai imperial forces in the Russo-Japanese war, the
was also searching for his own permanence, for country was rudely transformed in Western
his legacy to bloom like a sakura tree and never consciousness to that of a world power.
wilt. This may be why later artists like Picasso turned to
Fuji View Plain in Owari Province, printed in 1831, Africa in search of their primitivist fantasies. After
is vintage Hokusai: here, the mountain is but a all, while escaping the constraints of Western art,
small wedge on the horizon, the sky dissected into as the Impressionists did, may have required
ocre, white and shades of blue. But the key gazing at worlds outside of Europe, they could not
element is the worker in the foreground. Hard at bear it when the people of those worlds stared right
work, he is uninterested in the view behind him. back at them.
Why would he be? For him, the spectacular has Nearly 170 years later, Hokusai’s works are still
become *banal*. admired. His legacy has contributed to some of the
That attention to the mundane— the worker’s tools world’s most important art movements. He’s even
drawn with as much detail as the delicate, wispy on your smartphone: there’s a wave emoji, and last
leaves of the tree beside him—is characteristic of year’s wildly popular app, Prisma, can “wavify” any
Hokusai. For him, the pedestrian was worthy of image you want.
commemoration. He captured urban life in Japan In the end, the old man crazy to paint did find the
with a level of precision that would later inspire immortality he was looking for all his life
Western artists to do the same.
The father of modernism Q136. What was the last name of 'Hokusai ' before
Before he died aged 90, Hokusai changed his his death?
name one last time to Gakyo Rojin, the ‘old man (a) Ukiyo
crazy to paint’. He revisited themes, places, and (b) Prisma
mythology with the same *fervour* he had (c) Gakyo Rojin
displayed decades earlier. (d) None of the above
But how did Hokusai become so famous? Why is
it that he became a household name while some of Ans: c
his contemporaries, like Ando Hiroshige and
Kitagawa Utamaro, did not? Japan was in tumult Q137. According to the passage, what is the
during the last years of Hokusai’s life. The last meaning of 'Manji'?
shogunate was collapsing, and ensuing Meiji (a) Everything
Restoration would irrevocably change the country (b) Nothing
and its place in the world. (c) Sailor
Enterprising merchants visiting Japan for the first (d) Pilot
time in the 1850s saw great value in the Ukiyo-e
prints, and sent them back to art markets in Ans: a
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Q138. In accordance with the passage, which of Ans: d

the following statements given below is/are correct
regarding 'Hokusai'? Q143. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR
A. He became famous after Paris’ first Exposition in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
Universelle. the passage.
B. The ink he used in his painting was formed by Banal
blending traditional Japanese indigo. (a) Bland
(a) B only (b) Corny
(b) A only (c) Dumb
(c) Neither A nor B (d) All of the Above
(d) Both are correct
Ans: d
Ans: d
Q144. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR
Q139. From where did Hokusai draw everyday life in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
images (in his paintings/crafts)? the passage.
(a) Buddhist scriptures Honed
(b) Japanese and Chinese Mythology (a) acuminate
(c) Indian Mythology (b) impotent
(d) Mongolian Mythology (c) verbose
(d) none of the above
Ans: b
Ans: a
Q140. According to the writer of the above
passage, Japan was rudely transformed in Q145. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR
Western consciousness after in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
(a) Japan triumphed against the Tsar’s imperial the passage.
forces in the Russo-Japanese war Fervour
(b) Japan's defeat in 2nd world war (a) ardor
(c) Japan 's defeat in 1st world war (b) apathy
(d) None of the above (c) dullness
(d) insincerity
Ans: a
Ans: a
Q141. Choose the word which is MOST
OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold Direction (Q146-Q150): Spot the grammatical
as used in the passage. error in the following questions below:
Quest
(a) prey Q146. He is serving under me for the last several
(b) retreat years but I cannot claim even today that I have
(c) delving understood him thoroughly.
(d) voyage (a) He is serving
(b) under me for
Ans: b (c) the last several years but
(d) I cannot claim even today that I have
Q142. Choose the word which is MOST understood him thoroughly.
OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold (e) No error
as used in the passage.
Hedonism Ans: a
(a) debauchery
(b) epicureanism
(c) gratification
(d) unhapiness

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Q147. She never minds the children to play in the

garden.
(a) She never
(b) minds the children
(c) to play
(d) in the garden.
(e) No error

Ans: c

Q148. All depends on Ashok Kumar winning a

merit scholarship in the matriculation.
(a) All depends on Ashok Kumar
(b) winning a
(c) merit scholarship in
(d) the matriculation
(e) No error

Ans: a

Q149. My sister likes to read crime novels but

hates criminals.
(a) My sister likes
(b) to read crime novels
(c) but hates
(d) criminals.
(e) No error

Ans: b

Q150. You had better to stop your work for

sometime and listen to what I say.
(a) You had better
(b) to stop
(c) your work for sometime and listen
(d) to what I say
(e) No error.

Ans: b

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