Delhi Police MTS Previous Year Paper 2019

Given:

The average of 5 numbers is 50.

If one new number is added, the average becomes 60. 

Concept used:

Total = Average × Number of entities

Calculation:

Initially the total of 5 numbers = 5 × 50

⇒ 250

New total = (5 + 1) × 60

⇒ 360

Now, the new number = 360 - 250

⇒ 110

∴ The new number is 110.

Shortcut Trick

Check the product of the given options to match the Area (168 cm²).

(1) 12 × 14 = 168 (Matches)

(2) 24 × 17 = 408 (Incorrect)

(3) 32 × 4 = 128 (Incorrect)

(4) 42 × 12 = 504 (Incorrect)

∴ The correct answer is 12, 14 cm.

Alternate Method

Given:

Area of the rectangle = 168 cm²

Formula Used:

Area of Rectangle = Length (L) × Breadth (B)

Calculations:

⇒ L × B = 168

⇒ Testing Option (1): 12 × 14 = 168 cm²

⇒ Since the product of 12 and 14 equals the given Area, these are the dimensions.

∴ The correct answer is 12, 14 cm.

Additional Information

Perimeter of Rectangle

The total boundary length is given by 2 × (Length + Breadth).

Diagonal of Rectangle

The distance between opposite corners is calculated as √(Length² + Breadth²).

Square Property

A square is a special rectangle where Length = Breadth, and Area = Side².

The logic followed here is:

for a directory,

Option 1) telephone - It is a telecommunications device and not required in the directory.

Option 2) listing - the listing is compulsory for a directory because it gives the sequence.

Option 3) computer - It is an electronic device and not required in the directory.

Option 4) names - only names doesn't require for a directory, because it saves names along with his/her number.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The logic followed here is:

So, 4th figure is different from the other.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The logic followed here is:

Circle, Oval, and Ball are are round(circle) shaped,

Whereas,

Triangle is a three dimensional shape.

Hence, the correct answer is "Triangle".

The logic followed here is:

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Given:

Seven students (including boys and girls) - A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are sit on three benches I, II and III.

At least two students sit on a bench, at least one girl on a bench - This means At least 1 boy and 1 girl sit on the bench among the two students.

1) A who is boy sits on bench I with his good friends.

Bench I - A(Boy)

2) F a boy sits only with B.

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

3) G sits on bench III.

4) C who is a girl does not sit with A, E and D - It means C will sit with G (Because F sits only with B, so it cancels the possibility of B and F).

Bench III - G and C(Girl).

5. Remaining students will sit on Bench I:

6) E is the brother of C.

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

So, final arrangements are:

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

Bench III - G(Boy) and C(Girl).

Here, C sits with G.

Hence, the correct answer is "G".

Given:

Seven students (including boys and girls) - A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are sit on three benches I, II and III.

At least two students sit on a bench, at least one girl on a bench - This means At least 1 boy and 1 girl sit on the bench among the two students.

1) A who is boy sits on bench I with his good friends.

Bench I - A(Boy)

2) F a boy sits only with B.

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

3) G sits on bench III.

4) C who is a girl does not sit with A, E and D - It means C will sit with G (Because F sits only with B, so it cancels the possibility of B and F).

Bench III - G and C(Girl).

5. Remaining students will sit on Bench I:

6) E is the brother of C.

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

So, final arrangements are:

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

Bench III - G(Boy) and C(Girl).

Here, 

the possible arrangement for Girls: CBD.

According to the given option: BCD is the arrangement is group of girls.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Given:

Seven students (including boys and girls) - A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are sit on three benches I, II and III.

At least two students sit on a bench, at least one girl on a bench - This means At least 1 boy and 1 girl sit on the bench among the two students.

1) A who is boy sits on bench I with his good friends.

Bench I - A(Boy)

2) F a boy sits only with B.

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

3) G sits on bench III.

4) C who is a girl does not sit with A, E and D - It means C will sit with G (Because F sits only with B, so it cancels the possibility of B and F).

Bench III - G and C(Girl).

5. Remaining students will sit on Bench I:

6) E is the brother of C.

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

So, final arrangements are:

Bench I - A(Boy), E(Boy) and D(Girl).

Bench II - F(Boy) and B(Girl).

Bench III - G(Boy) and C(Girl).

Here, there are 3 Girls among the given students.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 1".

The correct answer is Hot.

Key Points

• Sahara Desert
• The Sahara Desert is located in Africa.
• It is the largest hot desert in the world.
• All northern Africa is filled with this dessert.
• The total area of the Desert is somewhere about 3,320,000 square miles.
• The Desert expands and contracts, so the area of the Desert varies.
• In the west, the Desert is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea border the Desert in the north.
• The Red Sea bounds the Mountain in the East.
• Atop the African shield, the Sahara sits.
• Denuded pre-Cambrian rocks make the African shield.
• Mesozoic deposits cover the Sahara Desert.

The logic followed here is:

Step I: Outer part gets cut in half and shaded.

Step II: Inner part gets rotates at 45 degrees and is unshaded.

Here, figure 3 will complete the pattern.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

The correct answer is Foreign Direct Investment.

Key Points

• FDI Stands for Foreign Direct Investment.
• It is an investment made by a firm or individual in one country into business interests located in another country.
• However, FID's are distinguished from portfolio investments in which an investor merely purchases equities of foreign-based companies.
• It plays an important role in the economic development of a country.

Additional Information

• There are 3 types of FDI:
• Horizontal FDI
• Vertical FDI
• Conglomerate FDI
• Horizontal FDI: 
• It is where funds are invested abroad in the same industry.
• In other words, a business invests in a foreign firm that produces similar goods.
• For example, a US-based firm may purchase Puma, a Germany-based firm.
• They are both in the industry of sportswear and therefore would be classified as a form of horizontal FDI.
• Vertical FDI:-
• Vertical FDI is where an investment is made within the supply chain, but not directly in the same industry.
• In other words, a business invests in a foreign firm that it may supply or sell too. For example, Hershey's, a US Manufacturer may look to invest in cocoa products in Brazil.
• This is known as backward vertical integration because the firm is purchasing a supplier, or potential supplier, in the supply chain.
• Conglomerate FDI:
• It is where an investment is made in a completely different industry. In other words, it is not linked in any direct way to the investor's business.
• For Example, Walmart, a US retailer, may invest in BMW, a German automobile manufacturer.

Given:

Saransh is 50 years old and Nazma is 40 years old.

Calculation:

Let's suppose, P years ago the ratio of their ages was 3 ∶ 2.

According to the question,

(50 - P) : (40 - P) = 3 : 2

⇒ (50 - P)/(40 - P) = 3/2

⇒ 100 - 2P = 120 - 3P

⇒ P = 20

∴ 20 years ago the ratio of their ages was 3 ∶ 2.

The correct answer is SLINEX.

Key Points

• 9th Sri Lanka-India Naval Exercise SLINEX began on 7 March 2022 in Visakhapatnam.
• The exercise will be conducted in two phases-the harbour phase at Visakhapatnam on March 7 and 8, followed by the sea phase on March 9 and 10 in the Bay of Bengal.
• Sri Lankan Navy will be represented by SLNS Sayurala, an advanced offshore patrol vessel, and the Indian Navy by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette.

Important Points

• Other participants from the Indian Navy include INS Jyoti, a Fleet support tanker, Advanced Light Helicopter(ALH), Seaking and Chetak Helicopters and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
• The Harbour Phase would include professional, cultural, sporting, and social exchanges.​

Additional Information

• The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Trincomalee in October 2020.
• SLINEX aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding, and exchange best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations between both navies.

The correct mirror image of the given figure is:

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The correct answer is Ladakh.

Key Points

• The Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India is situated in the Himalayas and stretches from Ladakh (in the state of Jammu and Kashmir) in the north to Kinnaur (in the state of Himachal Pradesh) in the south.
• The region constitutes a Cold Desert biome with harsh climatic conditions, which can be attributed to two factors. One is its location on the leeward side of the Himalayas, which makes it a rain-shadow zone inaccessible to the annual southeastern monsoon winds that sweep the rest of the country, thus creating desert conditions with low levels of precipitation.
• Ladakh is also known as ‘land of the passes’.
• Its topography is barren and the population is sparselyinhabited along the river banks of different valleys namely Indus, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Suru.

Additional Information

• There are two types of desert-
• Hot desert- They are hot arid areas with little rainfall, extreme temperature, and sparse vegetation. Generally, the deserts that are found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions between 15 degrees and 30 degrees north and south of the equator are hot deserts. The highest temperature goes to over 50°C.
• Cold desert- They have hot summers but extremely cold winters. These deserts are found in high, flat areas, called plateaus, or mountainous areas in temperate regions of the world. The mean winter temperature is between -2 to 4°C.

Given:

The ratio of the areas of two circles is 16 ∶ 25.

Concept used:

Area of a circle = π × Radius²

Calculation:

Let the areas of the circles be 16a and 25a respectively and their radii be P and Q respectively.

According to the question,

π × P² = 16a      ....(1)

π × Q² = 25a      ....(2)

(1) ÷ (2)

P²/Q² = 16/25

⇒ P/Q = 4/5 (Considering the positive values only)

⇒ P : Q = 4 : 5

∴ The ratio of their radii is 4 : 5.

The correct answer is Continuous.

Key Points

• Continuous  is the name of the new initiative to promote compressed biogas as an alternative fuel.
• SATAT, the initiative is aimed at providing a Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation as a developmental effort that would benefit both vehicle-users as well as farmers and entrepreneurs.
• This initiative holds great promise for efficient municipal solid waste management and in tackling the problem of polluted urban air due to farm stubble-burning and carbon emissions.
• Use of CBG will also help bring down dependency on crude oil imports and in realising the Prime Minister’s vision of enhancing farmers’ income, rural employment and entrepreneurship.

The image that complete the pattern is:

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The correct answer is CRPF.

Key Points

• CRPF is the largest paramilitary forceof the country.
• CRPF is one of the largest Paramilitary force of the World.
• It has an insurgent presence in the North East, terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, and Naxal menace in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha.
• It is also in forefront in fighting communal disturbances, providing assistance during natural disasters and conducting of free and fair elections across the country.
• It also play a key role in UN Peace Keeping Missions and also as a part of IPKF in Srilanka.
• CRPF has played active role on borders ares.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Sirau.

Key Points

• Alauddin Khilji 
• Alauddin Khilji (1296–1316), born Ali Gurshasp, was an emperor of the Khalji dynasty.
• He was the 13th Sultan of Delhi and was the successor of Jalaluddin Khilji.
• Alauddin implemented price control measures for a wide variety of market goods.
• He also brought a number of administrative and revenue reforms.
• Alauddin conquered the kingdoms of Gujarat (raided in 1299 and annexed in 1304), Jaisalmer (1299), Ranthambore (1301), and Chittor (1303), Malwa (1305), Siwana (1308), and Jalore (1311).
• The military commanders that successfully led his army against the Mongols include Zafar Khan, Ulugh Khan, and his slave-general Malik Kafur.

The correct answer is Loktak. 

Key Points

• The largest freshwater lake in the North East is Loktak.
• Loktak Lake in Bishnupur District is 48 km from Imphal City and it is the largest freshwater lake in North–East India.
• The lake houses the only floating national park in the world, the Keibul Lamjao National Park, which is the last refuge of the endangered brow-antlered deer or sangai, Manipur's state animal.
• In addition, the lake shelters about 230 species of aquatic plants, 100 types of birds, and 400 species of fauna like barking deer, sambar, and Indian python.

Additional InformationsChilka Lake

• Chilika Lake is a brackish water lake and a shallow lagoon with estuarine character spread across the districts of Puri, Khurda, and Ganjam in the state of Odisha in eastern India.
• Fed by 52 rivers and rivulets, the water spread area of Chilika varies between 900 to 1165 sq. km.
• Chilika is Asia's largest and the world's second-largest lagoon.
• In 1981**, Chilika Lake has designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.**

Sambhar Lake

• Sambhar Lake is popularly known all over the world as Sambhar Salt Lake, and it is situated in the state of Rajasthan.
• Sambhar Lake was designated as a Ramsar site in March 1990.
• Sambhar Lake is India’s largest inland saline wetland.
• The Sambhar lake basin is spread, at the confluence of three districts of Rajasthan namely Jaipur, Nagaur, and Ajmer close to the desert fringe line.

The correct answer is Gujarat.

Key Points

• GIFT City is a planned business district in Gujarat, India.
• It is the new business destination offering competitive edge to Financial services and Technology related activities.
• GIFT City is an integrated development on 886 acres of land with 62 mn sq. ft. of Built Up area which includes Office spaces, Residential Apartments, Schools, Hospital, Hotels, Clubs, Retail and various Recreational facilities, which makes this City a truly “Walk to Work” City.
• GIFT City consist of a conducive Multi-Service SEZ (Special Economic Zone) and an exclusive Domestic Area.
• This City is a Vertical City which will optimize land area consumption for development.
• The City is located on the bank of river Sabarmati connecting the Business capital (Ahmedabad) and Political capital (Gandhinagar) of Gujarat State- The Growth Engine of India. GIFT City is a new Financial & Technology Gateway of India for the World.

Additional InformationGujarat

• Capital- Gandhinagar.
• Districts 33
• Formed on May1, 1960.
• Official Language Gujarati.
• Major Rivers – Sabarmati towards Gulf of Cambay from Dhebar Lake. **– Narmada (**Rewa) flows from Narmada Kund to the Gulf of Khambat. –Tapti (Tapi) flows from Multai to the Gulf of Khambhat.
• State Animal Asiatic lion
• State Bird Greater flamingo
• State Flower Marigold
• State Tree Mango

The logic followed here is:

So, 13 will complete the series.

Hence, the correct answer is "13".

The correct answer is Yakshagana.

Key Points

• Yakshagana is a traditional folk dance form popular in Coastal Karnataka districts.
• It is a rare combination of dance, music, song, scholarly dialogues, and colorful costumes.
• The name Yaksha (celestial) Gana (music).
• This is a night-long event, with elaborately adorned performers dancing to the beat of drums in open-air theatres – usually in the village paddy fields after the winter crop has been harvested.

 Additional Information

• India is a land that is rich in cultural diversity.
• The country’s diversity is reflected in its varied cuisine, music, and most importantly beautiful dance forms.

There are 8 classical dance forms in India.

Bharatanatyam

• Originating from Tamil Nadu, the Bharatanatyam dance style is an ancient and oldest classical dance form in India.
• The foundations of Bharatanatyam are present in Natya Shastra, the ancient Sanskrit Hindu text about performing arts.

Kathakali

• The dance form Kathak originated in the state of Kerala.
• It is a mix of worshipping deities and story narration.
• Grace, hand gestures, and body pose as well as eye movements combine to make Kathak a graceful sight.

Kuchipudi

• Kuchipudi is an ancient dance form.
• In the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra, Bharata Muni describes the graceful Kuchipudi as Kaishiki vritti.
• 10th-century copper inscriptions depict related dance performances on Shaivism.

The other classical dance form is Odissi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, and Sattriya.

The correct answer is POSHAN Abhiyaan. 

Key Points

• Poshan Abhiyaan is a flagship program of the Government of India where POSHAN full form is the Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition.
• This flagship program is specifically for children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
• The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 on the occasion of International Women's Day by the prime minister.
• Here, the Prime Minister aims to address malnutrition as a national priority and curb it as soon as possible in a mission mode.
• Poshan Abhiyaan is a centrally sponsored scheme that has been launched for a period of five years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26, with a budget of Rs 1.31 trillion.

Additional Information PM-AASHA

• Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), aimed towards ensuring remunerative prices to farmers for their produce, the government has taken an unprecedented step.
• The three components outlined under the scheme are thus aimed towards enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing the cost of cultivation which will enable boosting and securing farmers’ income in the long run.
• Price Support Scheme (PSS) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS).

Matritva Sahyog Yojana

• The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) is a maternity benefit program run by the Government of India**.**
• It was introduced in 2010 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD).
• It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating mothers of 19 years of age or above for the first two live births.
• It provides partial wage compensation to women for wage loss during the childbirth and childcare and aims to promote conditions for safe delivery, good nutrition, and feeding practices
• In 2013, the scheme was brought under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 to implement the provision of a cash maternity benefit of Rs. 6,000 stated in the Act.

MAMTA

• To alleviate the issue of maternal and infant undernutrition, the Government of Odisha has launched a state-specific scheme for pregnant women and lactating mothers called MAMATA- a conditional cash transfer maternity benefit scheme.
• This scheme provides monetary support to pregnant and lactating women to enable them to seek improved nutrition and promote health-seeking behavior.

The correct answer is: Condense.

Key Points

• Expand: become or make larger or more extensive.
• Example: Their business expanded into other hotels.
• Condense: make concise/small.
• Example: He condensed the three plays into a three-hour drama.
• As we can see, the antonym of 'expand' is 'condense'.
• Therefore, the correct answer is: Condense.

Additional Information

• The meanings of the rest of the options are given below:
• Convert: change the form, character, or function of something.
• Congest: crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
• Conclude: bring or come to an end.

So, 11 + 9 = 20.

Here, 20 rectangles are there.

Hence, the correct answer is "20".

Alternate Method 

Hence, the correct answer is "20".

The correct answer is India.

Key Points

• India has the greatest burden of both TB and Multi-drug resistant TB.
• Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main causes of death due to infectious diseases worldwide.
• Multidrug resistance/rifampicin resistance (MDR/RR) TB remains a public health crisis.
• India has the highest burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) in the world.
• There is wide geographical variation in the epidemic and its trends that can be updated by regular reporting and sound surveillance systems.

According to the given statement:

Ritu goes to 30 km from a certain place in the north direction,

then turns right and walks 15 km,

After that, it takes a right turn and go for 30 km.

So, Ritu is 15 km to the East from the starting point.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Given:

9 men can complete half of a work in 12 days.

Concept used:

Total work = Efficiency of each worker × Number of days to finish × Number of total workers

Calculation:

Let the efficiency of each man be M.

Half of the total work = 9M × 12 = 108 units

Total work = 108M × 2 = 216M units

Now, 24 men will finish the work in = 216M ÷ 24M

⇒ 9 days

∴ 24 men will finish the work in 9 days.

The correct answer is Finland.

In News 

• ​Finland topped the World Happiness Index in 2018.
• The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness.
• The World Happiness Report 2018, ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, and 117 countries by the happiness of their immigrants.
• The main focus of this year’s report, in addition to its usual ranking of the levels and changes in happiness around the world, is on migration within and between countries.
• All the top countries tend to have high values for all six of the key variables that have been found to support well-being: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust, and generosity.

Additional Information  World Happiness Index  

• Recently, the 10th edition of the World Happiness Report 2022 was released by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
• The report placed a total of 146 countries on its list.
• For the fifth year in a row, Finland has been ranked highest in the 2022 World Happiness Report.
• Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world, coming in at number 146.
• India moved up three ranks from 139th in the 2021 report to 136th in the 2022 edition.

The correct answer is Maharashtra.

Key Points

• Paithani cloth is related to Maharashtra.
• Paithani weaving technique, popular for it's unique art and tradition is the carrier of a legacy for over 2000 years.
• Born in Paithan, the splendid capital of Satvahana Dynasty in 200 BC on the banks of divine Godavari River, Paithani grew under the patronage of the Satvahana dynasty of kings.
• Later it progressed throughout the Deccan region.
• Paithani uses the ancient technique of tapestry where multiple threads of different colours along with gold and silver threads are woven together to form a fascinating piece of silk.
• In the distant past, Romans imported this golden woven fabric in exchange for gold of equal weight.
• The art of Paithani survived under successive rulers.
• In fact it flourished under Aurangzeb, who not only brought it back to its glory but also incorporated many novelties in appearance.
• The well known floral motifs and AmarVell are contributions from Mughal era.

  

Additional Information

 Maharashtra

• It was founded on the first May 1960 by seprating  the bilingual Bombay  into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat.
• Maharashtra is the third largest state in India by area.
• The capital of Maharashtra is Mumbai.
• It is also known as India’s financial and commercial capital.
• The official language of Maharashtra is Marathi.

The triangles are:

So, there are 14 triangles are in the given figure.

Hence, the correct answer is "14".

 

Here, Figure 2 is embedded in the given figure.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The correct answer is Sarangi.

Key Points

• Sarangi is a string instrument.
• A sarangi is a bowed stringed instrument with a skin-covered resonator.
• The typical sarangi is made by hand, usually from a single block of wood.
• The four playing strings on this instrument are made of goat gut, and the seventeen sympathetic strings are made of steel.
• The sarangi is used throughout India and has some regional variations, but it is a particularly important part of the Hindustani music of North India.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is Blaise Pascal.

Key Points

• Blaise Pascal  invented the calculator.
• In 1645 Pascal published an eighteen-page pamphlet describing his calculating machine.
• Pascal’s invention of the mechanical calculator in the early 1640s was born out of a desire to help his father in collecting taxes.
• He was the second person known to have created a device of this kind.
• A company by the name of Schickard had manufactured a type of mechanical calculator in 1624.
• Until 1645, Pascal worked on improvements to the machine, which was called the Pascaline. It resembled the mechanical calculators of the 1940s.

Additional Information 

• James Watson played a crucial role in the discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the substance that is the basis of heredity.

The correct answer is 2013.

Key Points

• The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched in 2013.
• India's first interplanetary spacecraft, Mars Orbiter Mission was successfully launched on November 05, 2013, at 14:38 hrs (IST), by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C25, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
• The four main Objectives of the Mars Orbiter Mission are the Study of the Martian atmosphere, the Study of Martian Surface Features, Morphology, and Mineralogy.

Additional Information

5 different scientific payloads of the Mars Mission

• Mars Color Camera (MCC)
• Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM)
• Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP)
• Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)
• Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) – Achievements

• India is the 1st country in the world to achieve Mars Orbit Insertion in the very 1st attempt.
• The cost of this mission was $ 74 million, it cost less than a famous Hollywood movie named Gravity.
• MOM is the cheapest Interplanetary Space Mission in the World.
• It is the 1st Interplanetary Space Mission of India.
• It is the 1st Indian spacecraft to survive the Van Allen Belt, by crossing it 39 times.

Opposite sides are:

Dice 1: 

 → Can't be made (Circle and Squares are opposite faces).

Dice 2:  

→ Can't be made (Circle and Squares are opposite faces).

Dice 3: 

 → Can be made

Dice 4:  

→ Can be made

Here, Dice 3 and 4 can be made from the given open dice.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The correct answer is Gujarat.

Key Points

• Modhera Sun Temple is situated at Gujarat.
• As per Archeological Survey of India Modhera Sun Temple was built in 1026-27 CE during the reign of Bhima I of the Chaulukya dynasty.
• As you enter the historical complex, you first come across the magnificent kund known as the Ramakund, built in rectangular shape containing 108 shrines to various gods and demi-gods.
• Three main shrines positioned on the three sides of the kund, dedicated to Ganesh and Vishnu and an image of Lord Shiva dancing the ‘tandav’.
• Walk up the steps to the ‘Sabha Mandap’ or the assembly and convene with sculpted renderings of twelve ‘Adityas’ (another name for the sun god).
• The twelve representations carved on the pillars represent the sun according to the twelve months.
• In October, 2022 Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Inaugurated Solar powered 3-D Projection Mapping Show and Heritage Lighting at the Temple.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

In News

• India's first high speed rail project will connect these two cities Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
• The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project is a 508.17 km high speed rail line under development that would connect Mumbai, Maharashtra, with Ahmedabad, Gujarat, via 12 stops at a cost of US$15 billion.
• The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) is carrying out the project with a 50-year $12 billion US loan from Japan at a 0.1 percent interest rate, with repayments set to begin 15 years after the line is operational.
• The opening of HSR is aimed at resource conservation, energy efficiency, pollution reduction, while positively contributing to the relationship between financial inclusion and environmental deterioration.

The correct answer is Balwant Rai Mehta Committee.

Key Points

• The Panchayati Raj system was first introduced in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan on 2nd October 1959.
• After Rajasthan, it was implemented in  Andhra Pradesh the same year.
• The Panchayati Raj system was inaugurated by then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
• The first elections under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 were held in September-October 1959.
• It was a 3 tier governing system.

Additional Information

• The first committee to suggest the introduction of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system was the Balwant Rai Mehta committee formed in 1957
• The three levels were.
• Gram Pachayat
• Panchayat Samiti
• Zila Parishad
• ​The modern Panchayati Raj system was introduced in India by the 73rd constitutional amendment in 1992 and implemented on 24 April 1993.
• 24 April is celebrated as Panchayati Raj divas in India.

Family Chart:

Given: 

Introducing a man, a woman said, "He is the only son of my mother's mother."

Here, the Woman is the Niece of that man.

Hence, the correct answer is "Niece".

The correct answer is Jammu and Kashmir.

Key Points

• Wular Lake
• Wular Lake is the largest freshwater lake in India.
• In 1990, Wular lake was designated as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.​
• Wular Lake is the 2nd largest fresh-water lake of Asia, situated on the foothills of Harmukh Mountain in Jammu and Kashmir.
• It is spread in a total area of 200 square km covering almost 24 km in length while its breadth is 10 km.
• The lake lies between the towns of Sopur and Bandippore, in Sangrama, near Baramulla Road.
• The main source of water for Wular Lake is River Jhelum.
• This lake also has a small island in its center called the ‘Zaina Lank’.
• This island was constructed by King Zainul-Abi-Din.
• Wular Lake is also said to be a remnant of Satisar Lake that existed in ancient times.​

Additional Information

• Tulbul Navigation Project was constructed in Wular Lake.
• Ramsar Convention is known as the Convention of Wetlands.
• It was established in 1971 by UNESCO and came into force in 1975.
• India signed under it on 1st February 1982.
• Sundarbans is the largest Ramsar Site of India.
• As of July 2022:
• Five new wetlands of International importance have been designated in India.
• With this, the total number of Ramsar sites in the country has increased from 49 to 54 Ramsar sites.
• Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav said, “Delighted to inform that 5 more Indian wetlands have got Ramsar recognition as wetlands of international importance.”
• The five newly designated wetlands are:
• Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu
• Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu
• Pichavaram Mangrove, Tamil Nadu
• Pala wetland, Mizoram
• Sakhya Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

The correct answer is Marley-Minto Reforms 1909.

Key Points

• Marley-Minto Reforms 1909 started the separate electorate for Muslims.
• The legislative councils at the Centre and the provinces increased in size.
• Central Legislative Council – from 16 to 60 members
• The elected members were elected indirectly.
• In the provincial councils, non-official members were in the majority.
• It introduced separate electorates for the Muslims.
• Some constituencies were earmarked for Muslims and only Muslims could vote their representatives.
• The members could discuss the budget and move resolutions.
• They could also discuss matters of public interest.
• They could also ask supplementary questions.
• No discussions on foreign policy or on relations with the princely states were permitted.
• Lord Minto appointed (on much persuasion by Morley) Satyendra P Sinha as the first Indian member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council.

The complete pattern will be:

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

The logic followed here is:

River ∶ Ocean - A river meets into the ocean.

Similarly,

Street ∶ Road - The Streat meets into the Road.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Shortcut Trick

Let initial mixture = 100 units ⇒ Milk = 20 units, Water = 80 units.

Amount of water added = 80 units (equal to original water).

New water = 80 + 80 = 160 units, Total new mixture = 100 + 80 = 180 units.

Percentage of water = (160 ÷ 180) × 100 ≈ 89%.

∴ The correct answer is 89%.

Alternate Method

Given:

Percentage of milk in the initial mixture = 20%

Amount of water added = Initial amount of water in the mixture

Formula Used:

Percentage of component = (Amount of component ÷ Total mixture) × 100

Calculations:

Let the initial volume of the mixture be 100 units.

⇒ Initial Milk = 20% of 100 = 20 units

⇒ Initial Water = 100 − 20 = 80 units

⇒ Amount of water added = Initial water = 80 units

⇒ Total water in new mixture = 80 + 80 = 160 units

⇒ Total volume of new mixture = 100 + 80 = 180 units

⇒ Percentage of water in final mixture = (160 ÷ 180) × 100

⇒ (8 ÷ 9) × 100 = 88.88%

⇒ Approximating to nearest whole number = 89%

∴ The correct answer is 89%.

Additional Information

Rule of Alligation

Used to find the ratio in which two mixtures of known concentrations are mixed to get a desired concentration. Ratio = (d − m) : (m − c).

Percentage Change

When a new component is added, the total base of the mixture changes, affecting the percentage of all components. New % = (New Value ÷ New Total Base) × 100.

Replacement Formula

If 'y' units of a mixture of volume 'x' are replaced by an equal amount of water 'n' times, Final Amount of pure liquid = Initial Amount × (1 − y/x)ⁿ.

The logic followed here is:

So, 4th figure will complete the pattern.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Given:

A train running at a speed of 54 km/h crosses a telegraph pole in 9 seconds.

Concept used:

Distance = Speed × Time

1m/s = 18/5 km/h

While a train crosses a telegraph pole, it crosses its own length.

Calculation:

54 km/h = 54 ÷ 18/5

⇒ 15m/s

Length of the train = 15 × 9 

⇒ 135m

∴ The length of the train is 135m.

The correct answer is: Far.

Key Points

• Distant: far away in space or time.
• For example: But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era.
• Far: over a large expanse of space or time.
• For example: Both sites are the only Beringia burials found so far from that period.
• As we can see, the synonym of 'distant' is 'far'.
• Therefore, the correct answer is: Far.

Additional Information

• The meanings of the rest of the options are given below:
• Removed: take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
• Reserved: slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
• Separate: forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

The correct answer is Odisha.

Key Points

• It is situated 15 km upstream of Sambalpur district.
• The Hirakud Dam project is the first-ever river valley project of independent India.
• Hirakud Dam is the longest dam in the world that stretches around 26 km that stands proudly as a colossal display of the agile and unbeatable technological achievement of independent India.

Additional Information

• Mahanadi is a huge river estimated to be around 858 km long that flows across the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha majorly and Madhya Pradesh marginally.
• Floods had then become frequent in Odisha which acclaimed the infamous name “sorrow of Odisha” to Mahanadi.
• It was imperative to control the devastating deluges of the river especially when the water flow of the river was generally equivalent to that of the Ganges in times of torrential downpours.
• It was then that the Hirakud dam project was proposed by Sir M Visveswaraya and the construction began in 1948 the dam was inaugurated in 1953 by India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
• The dam drains 75,000 sq. km. of land which is twice the area of Sri Lanka. It has 98 flood gates, 64 sliding gates, and 34 crest gates to release floodwater, which indeed makes it the longest dam in the world.
• Hirakud dam is indeed a 1000 million INR project which in today’s date would be worth some 500 billion bucks.
• Odisha is a fertile land, however, it is also undeniable that the lands besides good climatic conditions most preferably need a good water supply for the irrigation of crops.
• Although it was predicted to support 1,094,953 acres of land for the cultivation of Kharif and Rabi crops, currently Hirakud Dam supports 267,825 acres of Rabi crops and 384,582 acres of Kharif crops of Bargarh, Bolangir, Sambalpur, and Subarnapur. Several attempts are still being made to enhance the water management system of the dam and the river.
• The dam produces hydroelectricity through several hydroelectrical plants. The two major power plants are Burla and Chipilima.
• The dam generates 307.5MW of power.

Calculation:

52/3 ≈ 17.33

Hence, the next multiple of 3 = (17 + 1) × 3

⇒ 54

Now, the least number = 54 - 52

⇒ 2

∴ 2 should be added.

Given:

16, 20, 24

Concept used:

LCM is the smallest common multiple of two or more numbers.

Calculation:

16 = 4 × 2 × 2

20 = 4 × 5

24 = 4 × 3 × 2

LCM (16, 20, 24) = 4 × 2² × 3 × 5

⇒ 240

∴ LCM of 16, 20, 24 is 240.

The correct answer is Executive visa for U.S.A.

Key Points

• Executive visa for U.S.A. is H-1B.
• The H-1B is a temporary (nonimmigrant) visa category that allows employers to petition for highly educated foreign professionals to work in “specialty occupations” that require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent.
• Jobs in fields such as mathematics, engineering, technology, and medical sciences often qualify.
• Typically, the initial duration of an H-1B visa classification is three years, which may be extended for a maximum of six years.
• Since the category was created in 1990, Congress has limited the number of H-1Bs made available each year.
• The current annual statutory cap is 65,000 visas, with 20,000 additional visas for foreign professionals who graduate with a master’s degree or doctorate from a U.S. institution of higher learning.

The correct answer is All of the above.

Key Points Indus Valley Civilization

• The Indus Valley Civilization extended from present-day north-east Afghanistan to Pakistan and north-west India.
• The Indus Valley Civilization is an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indian subcontinent between 3,000 BC and 1,500 BC.
• The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world.
• It is also known as Harappan Civilization and is famous for its organized planning based on grid system.
• The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization.

Additional Information

• Harappa
• The Harappan Civilization was discovered by Daya Ram Sahini in 1921.
• It is situated on the banks of the Ravi river in the Montgomery district of Punjab (Pakistan).
• Important findings are sandstone sculptures of human anatomy, granary, and bullock cart
• Mohenjodaro
• Mohenjodaro (Pakistan) is situated on the banks of the river Indus. Discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerjee in Larkana district of Sindh. Mohenjodaro means "Mound of the Dead". The most important structure is the huge bathhouse and the huge granary
• Dholavira
• The Site was discovered in 1967-68 by J.P. Joshi of the Archaeological Survey of India.
• It is the fifth-largest of eight major Harappan sites.
• It is located in the Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District in Gujarat.

The correct answer is Scindia - Baroda.

Key Points

• The Scindia dynasty (also known as Shinde in Maharashtra) is a Hindu Maratha dynasty that ruled the former state of Gwalior.
• Ranoji Scindia founded it after working as a personal servant to Peshwa Bajirao I.
• Ranoji Scindia, the son of Jankojirao Scindia, the Patil of Kanherkhed, a village in Satara District, Maharashtra, founded the Scindia dynasty.
• Ranoji was in charge of the Maratha conquests in Malwa in 1726.
• Ranoji established his capital at Ujjain in 1731.
• His successors included Jayajirao, Jyotibarao, Dattajirao, Jankojirao, Mahadji Shinde, and Daulatrao Scindia.
• The Scindias rose to prominence as a regional power in the latter half of the 18th century, playing a key role in the three Anglo-Maratha Wars.
• They ruled over many Rajput states and conquered north India.
• After accepting the terms of a subsidiary alliance with the British in 1818, the family relocated their base from Ujjain to Gwalior.

The correct answer is Babar.

Key Points

• Babar
• Babar was the first mughal emeror in India.
• Babur was born in 1483 in Fargana (Afganistan).
• He was the founder of the Mughal empire in India.
• The first battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi.
• The Battle was fought on April 21, 1526.
• He wrote Tuzuk-i-Baburi (Autobiography of Babur) in the Turkish language.
• According to Tuzuk-i-Baburi, Babur Died in 1530 in Lahore and was buried at Aram Bagh (Agra).

Additional Information

• Genghis Khan​
• Genghis Khan (1162–1227 C.E.), the founder of the Mongol Empire, is widely regarded as one of the most successful military commanders in world history.
• In the year 1206 C.E., Genghis—originally known as Temujin—was in his forties, with his greatest military exploits still ahead of him
• On August 18, 1227, while putting down a revolt in the kingdom of Xi Xia, Genghis Khan died. On his deathbed, he ordered that Xi Xia be wiped from the face of the earth.
• ​Humayun
• Humayun Nama describes the life of the Humayun.
• He was the second Mughal emperor.
• Humayun was the son of Babur.
• He succeeded his father as the Mughal emperor of India from around 1530 to 1556.
• Akbar (1542- 1605)
• He reigned from 1556 to 1605.
• He constructed Fatehpur Sikri and made it his capital in 1569.
• Buland Darwaza was constructed at the gate.
• He started a new religion Din-i Ilahi in 1581-82.
• Abul Fazl wrote his biography titled Akbarnama.
• Nine of his courtiers were known as Navratnas.
• They were Todar Mal, Abul Fazal, Faizi, Birbal, Tansen, Abdur Rahim Khana-i-Khana, Mullah-do-Pyaza, Raja Man Singh, and Fakir Aziao-Din.
• He married a Hindu princess Harka Bai who is commonly known as Jodha Bai.
• Akbar captured the historic fortress of Chitor in 1568.
• He abolished the pilgrimage tax by Hindus in 1563.
• He also abolished the Jizyah tax in 1579.
• He also introduced the Mansabdari System or the rank-holder system to organize the nobility and army.

Thcorrect answer is Jharkhand.

 In News

• In the Jharkhand,one of the  the rural area of a state has been declared Open Defecation Free.
• The Swachh Bharat Mission is much more than a Government program, or a sanitation programme, rather over the past five years, India has seen a social revolution – a movement, of the people, by the people and for the people.
• Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), sanitation coverage in rural Jharkhand has increased from 16.25% in October 2014 to 100% as of November 2018.
• State has achieved ODF status.
• Over 35.47 lakhs toilets have been constructed in rural Jharkhand since the Mission began.
• 29,564 villages and 24 districts have declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF).
• As per the National Annual Rural Sanitation Surveys (NARSS) 2017-18 & 2018-19, as well as the Quality Council of India (QCI) survey 2017, more than 80% of toilets in the state are being used by the rural household members – this shows a noticeable behavioural change in the sanitation habits of rural India.

The correct mirror image for the given figure is:

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

The correct answer is Vedanga.

Key Points

• The Vedanga are six Hinduism auxiliary disciplines that originated in ancient times.
• It is a component of the Vedas.
• Six Vedangs are Shiksha (Phonetics), Kalpa Sutras (Rituals), 
  

Vyakarana (Grammar), Nirukta (Etymology), Chhanda (Metrics), and Jyotisha (Astronomy).

• They help in studying, preserving, and protecting the Vedas and Vedic traditions.

Additional InformationUpanishad-The Upanishads are the Vedic literature comprising the philosophy of Vedic sages about the nature of ultimate reality, the process of creation, the nature of self, and the right way of living.

Puranas- Puranas are Hindu religious texts which deal with The creation of the universe Secondary creation, gods and the supernatural, the human era, and the history of our solar and lunar dynasties.

​Aranyaka- These are called Forest Books. Sacrificial rituals are interpreted by them in a symbolic and philosophical way.

The correct answer is Iodine.

Key Points

• Goitre is a deficiency disease caused due to deficiency of iodine in our diet.
• Iodine is commonly consumed in the form of iodized salt in the diet.
• Goitre is an enlargement of the thyroid gland which is directly involved in the secretion that leads to goitre.
• The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped gland in the neck just below Adam's Apple.
• Iodine is required for the normal rate of hormone synthesis in the thyroid gland.
• Not all goitres are symptomatic. Swelling and coughing are two possible symptoms.

Additional Information

Iron:

• Iron deficiency is a common cause of anaemia (having too few healthy red blood cells).

Calcium:

• A deficiency of calcium can lead to dental changes, cataracts, alterations in the brain, and osteoporosis, which causes the bones to become brittle.

Phosphorus:

• A deficiency of phosphorus can lead to hyperparathyroidism and kidney problems.

The correct answer is Karnataka .

Key Points

• Bandipur National park was established as a Tiger reserve in 1974.
• It is situated in the state of Chamarjanagar, Karnataka.
• Apart from the tiger, it is also the habitat of Asiatic elephants, sloths, pythons, jackals, antelopes, etc.
• In addition, it also includes a number of timber like teak, rosewood, sandalwood, etc.
• The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve also encompasses parts of Bandipur.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is Surat.

Key Points

• At Surat Split in 1907, Congress leaders split into two groups-Moderates and Extremists.
• The rift between the two sections started at the Banaras session in 1905 when some nationalists led by Tilak denounced the method of moderates and suggested passive resistance.
• At the Calcutta session in 1906, the rift between the two groups widened and both groups put their candidates for the presidency but Dadabhai Naoroji was accepted as the common candidate.
• The extremists also succeeded in getting four resolutions.
• In the surat session, extremists tried to push Lala Lajpat Rai for the presidency and moderates pushed for Rashbehari bose.
• The extremists wanted to extend the Swadeshi and Boycott movement from Bengal to the rest of the country but the moderates wanted to repudiate the resolution.
• As a result, clashes took place and Indian National Congress split into two groups.

Additional Information

• First Session: held at Bombay in 1885. President: W.C. Bannerjee
• Formation of Indian National Congress.
• Second Session: held at Calcutta in 1886. President: Dadabhai Naoroji
• Third Session: held at Madras in 1887. President: Syed Badruddin Tyabji, the first Muslim President.
• Fourth Session: held at Allahabad in 1888. President: George Yule, the first English President.​

The correct answer is 8 March.

Key Points

• International Women's Day is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the world.
• It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
• The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.
• International Women's Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to:
• Lobby for accelerated gender parity
• Fundraise for female-focused charities

Additional Information 

The correct answer is Daulatabad.

Key Points

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq wants to shift his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad keeping in view the security from the Mongol attack.
• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was the son of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
• His real name was Ulugh Khan or Fakhruddin Jauna.
• He ruled over the Delhi sultanate from 1325 to 1351.
• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq introduced the copper currency system in India.
• Ibn Battuta was a famous Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler who came to India during his regime.

Additional Information Tughlaq Dynasty

• The Tughluq dynasty began during the period of medieval India and was of Turk-Indian Origin.
• The dynasty majorly governed the Sultanate of Delhi.
• The Tugluq dynasty began in 1320 and ended in 1413 and was ruled by many rulers like Ghazi Malik, Muhammad-bin-Tughluq, etc.
• India witnessed significant changes in domestic and foreign policies during the reign of the Tughluq dynasty.
• Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq or Ghazi Malik was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty.

Given:

12% of a number is 60.

Calculation:

The required number = 60 ÷ 12%

⇒ 60/0.12

⇒ 500

∴ The number is 500.

The logic followed here is:

Telephone, Telegram, and Post all are the visible and touchable,

Whereas,

Electricity is not the visible and can't be touchable.

Hence, the odd word is "Electricity".

Given:

An airplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 km/h in 5 hours.

Concept used:

Distance = Speed × Time

Calculation:

1.667 hours ≈ 10/6 hours

Distance covered by the airplane = 240 × 5

⇒ 1200km

Now, to cover 1200km in 10/6 hours, it must travel at a speed of

⇒ 1200 ÷ 10/6

⇒ 720km/h

∴ To cover the distance in 1.667 hours, it must travel at a speed of 720 km/h.

In dice X the top number is 5,

So, the bottom number will be the opposite number of 5.

Now,

On comparing dice X and dice Z, 5 is the common number.

So, the adjacent number of 5 in both dices is: 4, 1, 6, 2.

So, the remaining number 3 will be the opposite of 5.

Here, number 3 will be the floor face number in dice X.

Hence, the correct answer is "3".

The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

Key Points

• The construction of the Hambantota Port going on in the Sri Lanka.
• The Hambantota Port, also known as the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port, is a maritime inland port located in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
• It is constructed by the Sri Lankan Port Authority and mostly funded by EXIM bank of China.
• The construction of the port has serious strategic implications for India.
• The construction of the Hambantota Port began on 15 January 2008.
• Chinese companies, Sinohydro Corporation and China Harbour Engineering Company were involved in the first phase of the construction which cost an estimated $360 million, excluding$76.5 million for the bunker terminal.
• The Chinese government provided 85% of the funding while the Sri Lanka Ports Authority provided the remaining funding.

The logic followed here is:

So, 10 will complete the series.

Hence, the correct answer is "10".

The correct answer is Amman.

Key Points

• Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan.
• It is the residence of the king and the seat of government.
• The city is built on rolling hills at the eastern boundary of the Ajlun Mountains, on the small, partly perennial Wadi Amman and its tributaries.
• Amman city is frequently mentioned in the Bible.
• Irbid is a city in Jordon.

Additional Information 

Given:

The sum of the present ages of father and son is 60 years.

Five years ago, the age of the father was four times that of the son.

Calculation:

Let the present of the father and son be P and Q respectively.

According to the question,

P + Q = 60

⇒ P = 60 - Q      ....(1)

(P - 5) = 4 × (Q - 5)

⇒ 60 - Q - 5 = 4Q - 20 (From 1)

⇒ 5Q = 55 + 20

⇒ Q = 75/5

⇒ Q = 15

∴ The present age of the son is 15 years.

The correct answer is Jainism.

Key Points

• Jain order has been divided into two major sects: Digambara and Svetambara.
• Bhadrabahu founded the Digambara sect of Jainism while Sthulabhadra was the founder of the Svetambara.
• The division occurred mainly due to famine in Magadha which compelled a group led by Bhadrabahu to move to South India.
• Digambara monks belong to the lineage of Acharya Vishakha and Svetambara monks follow the tradition of Acharya Sthulabhadra.
• The Sanskrit word Digambara means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing nor wearing any clothes while the Svetambara wears white cloths.

Additional Information Buddhism

• Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism.
• The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana, and was a kshatriya.
• When he was a young man, he left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge.
• He wandered for several years, meeting and holding discussions with other thinkers.
• He finally decided to find his own path to realisation, and meditated for days on end under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where he attained enlightenment.

Zoroastrians

• Zoroastrians religion was revealed by their supreme God, called Ahura Mazda, or 'Wise Lord', to a priest called Zarathustra.
• He is held to be the founder of the religion, and his followers were known as Zartoshtis or Zoroastrians.

The correct answer is Leo Tolstoy.

Key Points

• War and Peace is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
• It was published in 1869.
• It is also called by many scholars as to the "epic of Veer Ras".
• It was translated into Hindi by Rudra Narayan Aggarwal in Allahabad.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is Mosquito.

Key Points

• Dengue is caused by the Dengue virus and mosquito-borne viral disease.
• The dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes called – Aedes aegypti.
• These dengue mosquitos are found everywhere (Both inside and outside the house) and generally bite during the daytime.
• These mosquitos are found to be at the peak of their activeness at dawn and dusk.
• The symptoms of the disease can develop only after 6 to 10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.​

Additional Information

The correct answer is New Development Bank.

Key Points

• New Development Bank  is the name of the bank established by BRICS countries.
• The New Development Bank (NDB) was established in 2015 by BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
• The Bank’s membership is open to members of the United Nations.
• During the sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza (2014), the leaders signed the Agreement establishing the New Development Bank (NDB).
• In the Fortaleza Declaration, the leaders stressed that the NDB will strengthen cooperation among BRICS and will supplement the efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global development.

Additional Information

Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank

• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow—infrastructure with sustainability at its core.
• It began operations in Beijing in January 2016.
• It has 105 approved Members representing approximately 79 percent of the global population and 65 percent of global GDP.
• In 2018, AIIB was granted Permanent Observer status in the deliberations of both the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.

Asian Development Bank

• ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
• Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
• ADB maximizes the development impact of its assistance by facilitating policy dialogues, providing advisory services, and mobilizing financial resources through cofinancing operations that tap official, commercial, and export credit sources.

The correct answer is Drinking Water.

Key Points

• Potable water is known as Drinking Water.
• Potable water is also known as drinking water and comes from surface water and groundwater sources..
• Potable water is defined as water that is suitable for human consumption (i.e., water that can be used for drinking or cooking).
• Drinkable water means it is free of unpleasant odors, tastes and colors, and is within reasonable limits of temperature.

Additional Information Packaged Water

• Packaged drinking water is water from any source, which has been treated and disinfected, a process that could involve filtration, UV or ozone treatment or reverse osmosis (RO) and then packaged in bottles or pouches, either plastic or glass, for our consumption.

Mineral Water

• Mineral water are watet that naturally or artificially infused with mineral salts or gases (such as carbon dioxide).
• Mineral water is also known as spring water because it comes from natural springs, which are places where moving underground water comes out of an opening in the land's surface.
• Mineral water can also be made artificially by adding salts to distilled water or aerating it with carbon dioxide to create more carbonation.
• However, mineral water is naturally carbonated to varying degrees.

The logic followed here is:

Blackboards are used in the Class, and Class is the part of the School.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Family Chart:

Given:

Pointing to Gopi, Nalini says, "I am the daughter of the only son of his paternal grandfather."

So, Nalini is the Sister of Gopi.

Hence, the correct answer is "Sister".

The image that resemble are:

So, Option 2 will resemble in the given paper.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Given:

Tarun gives a discount of 30% on the marked price of an article and gained 25% by selling the article for ₹ 8750.

Concept used:

Selling Price = Cost Price × (1 + Gain%)

Selling Price = Marked Price × (1 - Discount%)

Calculation:

As a 30% discount is given, 

⇒ MP : SP = 10 : 7

As per the question, at 25% Profit SP is 8750

So we have a value of SP as 7 = 8750

⇒ 7 = 8750

⇒ 1 = 8750/7 = 1250

Hence the MP = 10 × 1250 = 12,500 

∴ The marked price of the article is ₹12,500.

Mistake PointsPlease note that here gain percentage is given just to confuse, there is no need for a profit percentage to solve the question.

Calculation:

Total amount paid by people who have 2BHK housing

⇒ 1000 × 10

⇒ ₹10,000

Total amount paid by people who have 3BHK housing

⇒ 2000 × 8

​⇒ ₹16,000

Total amount paid by people who have 4BHK housing

⇒ 4000 × 4

​⇒ ₹16,000

Total amount paid by people who have 5BHK housing

⇒ 10000 × 2

​⇒ ₹20,000

Total amount paid by people who have a penthouse

⇒ 20000 × 1

​⇒ ₹20,000

Total amount collected = 10,000 + 16,000 + 16,000 + 20,000 + 20,000

⇒ ₹82,000

Now, the average maintenance cost = 82000/(10 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1)

⇒ ₹3280

∴ The average amount that the residential people would have paid in 1 month is ₹3280.

Given:

Akhil from the top = 17^th

Akhil from the Bottom = 37th

So,

Total students = Rank from top of Akhil + Rank from bottom of Akhil - 1

= 17 + 37 - 1 = 53.

Hence, the correct answer is "53".

The logic followed here is:

Convection is a process that held in the Metals,

Similarly,

Separation is a process that held in the Plastic.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The correct answer is District and Sessions Court.

Key Points

• District and Sessions Court is the lower court.
• The District Courts of India are the local district courts of the State governments in India for every district or for one or more districts together taking into account the number of cases, population distribution in the district.
• These Courts administer justice in India at a district level.
• The highest court in each district is that of the District and Sessions Judge.
• The district court is also a court of Sessions when it exercises its jurisdiction on criminal matters under the Code of Criminal procedure.
• The district court is presided over by one District Judge appointed by the state Governor with on the advice of state chief justice.
• In addition to the district judge there may be a number of Additional District Judges and Assistant District Judges depending on the workload.
• The Additional District Judge and the court presided have equivalent jurisdiction as the District Judge and his district court.

Additional Information High Court

• The highest judicial court in a state is the High Court.
• It is termed as the second-highest in the country after the Supreme Court of India.
• Currently, India has 25 High Courts established in different states of the country.
• A High Court Judge is appointed by the President of India.

Supreme Court 

• The Supreme Court of India is the country’s highest judicial court.
• It is the final court of appeal in the country.
• As per the Constitution of India, Delhi is declared as the seat of the Supreme Court of India.
• The number of SC judges was increased by the Parliament and currently, there are 34 judges including the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

National Green Tribunal

• The National Green Tribunal has been established on 18.10.2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010.
• It provide effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment
• It also provide relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
• . It is a specialized body equipped with the necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues.

Given:

Circle represents Engineer.

Rectangle represents legal expert.

Triangle represents environmentalist.

Most represented part on the board in the figure is: Triangle(environmentalist) and Circle(Engineer).

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

From the given Cube:

Here, 1 dot is the common in both dice, and 2, 3, 4, and 5 are the adjacent dots given, so the remaining 6 will be the opposite of 1 dot.

 

So, 3 is place on the top when the number 4 is on the bottom.

Hence, the correct answer is "3".

The correct answer is NITI Aayog.

Key Points 

• Planning Commission
• It was an institution in the Government of India.
• It formulated the five-year plans.
• It was formed on 15 March 1950.
• It was dissolved on 17 August 2014 and replaced by the new institution NITI Aayog.
• The Prime Minister of India was the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission.

Additional Information

• NITI Aayog
• Its full form is National Institution for Transforming India.
• It is the premier policy 'Think Tank' of the Government of India providing both directional and policy inputs.
• It was formed on 1 January 2015.
• The Governing Council of NITI Aayog comprises The Prime Minister as its Chairman and Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories.
• The vice-chairperson is Suman Bery and CEO is B. V. R. Subrahmanyam.
• Its full-time members are V.K. Saraswat, Ramesh Chand, V.K. Paul.

Given:

BIHAR

Concept used:

n! = n × (n-1) × (n-2) × (n-3) × ….× 3 × 2 × 1

Calculation:

The number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged = 5!

⇒ 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1

⇒ 120

Since one such arrangement i.e. BIHAR (itself) is given, the number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged = 120 - 1

⇒ 119

∴ The number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged is 119.

The correct answer is Alloy.

Key Points

• A mixture of two metals is called alloy.
• Alloy is a homogenous mixture of two or more metals.
• The resulting alloy has different and improved properties from the constituent metals.
• Alloys can either be solid solutions of metallic elements in which all the individual grains/crystals of the metals are of the same composition, or they can be mixtures of metallic phases featuring at least two different solutions, resulting in microstructures containing different types of crystals inside the alloy.
• Examples are babbait alloy, bell metal, steel etc.

Additional Information Metalloid

• Metalloids can be defined as chemical elements whose physical and chemical properties lies in between the metal and non-metal categories.
• For examle -Boron, germanium, silicon, antimony, arsenic, tellurium and pollanium are the seven most widely recognized metalloids.
• It can be noted that all seven of these elements can be found on the regular periodic table in a diagonal region of the p-block which extends from boron (which is placed on the upper left) to astatine (which is placed on the lower right).

Given:

The average temperature on Monday and Tuesday is 25 °C, the average temperature on Wednesday and Thursday is 27°C, the average temperature on Friday and Saturday is 24°C and the average temperature on Sunday is 24 °C.

Concept used:

Total = Average × Number of entities

Calculation:

According to the question,

Mon + Tue = 25 × 2

⇒ Mon + Tue = 50

Wed + Thu = 27 × 2

⇒ Wed + Thu = 54

Fri + Sat = 24 × 2

⇒ Fri + Sat = 48

Sun = 24

Now, the average temperature of the whole week = (50 + 54 + 48 + 24)/7

⇒ 25.142°C ≈ 25.1°C

∴ The average temperature for the whole week is 25.1°C.

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

Key Points 

• The Discovery of India was written by the Indian Independence leader, Jawaharlal Nehru during his incarceration in 1942–1945 at Ahmednagar fort in the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra by British colonial authorities before the independence of India.
• The book was written in 1944 but published in 1946.

Additional Information

The correct answer is A. O. Hume.

Key Points

• The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O. Hume, an Englishman, and a retired civil servant.
• Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
• The first session of INC was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskriti College in Bombay.
• It was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee of Bengal and attended by 72 delegates.
• Important leaders during the foundation were Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji, Anand Mohan Bose, R.C.Dutt, Ferozshah Mehta, G.K.Gokhale, G. Subramaniyam Aiyyar, Dinshaw Vacha, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Madan Mohan Malviya.
• Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of India from 1884 - 1888.
• Important events during his viceroyalty include:
• 3rd Burmese War, 1885 - In this war upper and lower Burma were annexed.
• Establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885
• A.O. Hume proposed the famous Saftey Valve Theory regarding the formation of congress.
• According to the biography of A. O. Hume published by William Wedderburn a civil servant, wrote that in 1878, Hume had come across seven volumes of secret reports at Simla which showed that there had been seething discontent among the lower classes and a conspiracy to overthrow British rule by force.

The correct answer is 51A.

Key Points

• In Article 51A prescribed the Fundamental duties to the citizens.
• The 42nd Amendment of the constitution of India enacted in 1976, laid down the Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens to the nation.
• In 1976 Swaran Singh committee recommended Fundamental duties to be added in the Constitution
• In article 51A of the Indian Constitution clearly specified the duty of citizens to protect the environment.
• Article 51A contains fundamental duties:-

1. to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem
2. to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom
3. to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India
4. to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so
5. to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic, and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women
6. to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture
7. to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers ,and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures
8. to develop the scientific temper, humanism, and spirit of inquiry and reform
9. to safeguard public property and to abjure violence
10. to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement
11. who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years.

Additional Information

• Article 24 – Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc.
• Article 24 says that “No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.”
• DPSP has been borrowed from the Irish constitution.
• It is incorporated in part IV of the constitution from articles 36 to 51.
• Article 41 states about -
• Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases.
• The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want.

The correct answer is USA.

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• Recently, India signed the COMCASA treaty with USA.
• COMCASA is one of the three foundation agreements that need to be signed by a country with the United States to share high-end encrypted communication and satellite data.
• This agreement permits Indian military to function on high-end secured and encrypted communication equipment that are installed on American platforms obtained by Indian Armed Forces.
• These platforms include C-130 J, C-17, P-8I aircraft, and Apache and Chinook helicopters.
• This facilitates greater interoperability between forces and military hardware of the two countries, and also possibly with other countries that operate on US-origin platforms.

Given:

In an office of 50 employees, 20 employees only drink orange juice, 10 employees drink only cantaloupe juice, and 5 employees drink neither orange nor cantaloupe juice.

Calculation:

Number of employees who drink both or any of the two juices

⇒ 50 - 5 = 45

Now, the number of employees who drink both juices = 45 - 20 - 10

⇒ 15

∴ 15 employees drink both juices.

The correct answer is Lok Adalat.

Key Points

• The matter can be settled out of court amicably with Lok Adalat.
• Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are settled/ compromised amicably.
• Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
• Under the said Act, the award (decision) made by the Lok Adalats is deemed to be a decree of a civil court and is final and binding on all parties and no appeal against such an award lies before any court of law.
• If the parties are not satisfied with the award of the Lok Adalat though there is no provision for an appeal against such an award, but they are free to initiate litigation by approaching the court of appropriate jurisdiction by filing a case by following the required procedure, in exercise of their right to litigate.

Additional Information​​Gram Nyayalaya

• To provide access to justice to the citizen at their door steps, the Central Government has enacted the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008.
• It provides for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at intermediate panchayat level.
• The State Governments are responsible for establishing Gram Nyayalayas in consultation with the respective High Courts.
• .As per information made available by State Governments / High Courts**, 476 Gram Nyayalayas have been notified so far by 15 States**

The correct answer is Godavari.

Key Points

• Godavari
• It is also known as Dakshin Ganga (the Ganges of the South) and Vridha Ganga.​
• It rises in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and discharges its water into the Bay of Bengal i.e It flows from west to east direction.
• It flows through Maharashtra(49%), Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and (Yannam Puducherry)
• Its tributary rivers are Purna, Wardha, Pranhita, Manjra,  Wainganga and  Penang.
• Famous cities on the banks of river Godavari are Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Nanded, Chennur etc.

Additional Information

• Cauvery(Kaveri)
• The Kaveri rises in the Brahmagiri hills of Karnataka.
• Its length is 800km.
• Krishna
• It is the third-longest river in India and the second-largest east-flowing Penisular river.
• Its total length is 1401km.
• Damodar river :-
• Damodar River flows through Jharkhand and West Bengal.
• It is known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of it brings floods in the plains of West Bengal.
• The Damodar valley is rich in coal, It is considered as the prime center of coking coal in the country.