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MP Excise Constable Official paper (Held On: 20 Feb 2023 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)

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Question 1

Who was the author of the book ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’ published in 2021?

  1. AOption (a)

    Sachin Tendulkar

  2. BOption (b)

    Ramachandra Guha

  3. COption (c)

    R. Giridharan 

  4. DOption (d)

    Amitav Ghosh 

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Answer: (a)A.

Sachin Tendulkar

Question 2

Where is Kameng Hydroelectric Project located?

  1. AOption (a)

    Arunachal Pradesh

  2. BOption (b)

    Nagaland 

  3. COption (c)

    Manipur

  4. DOption (d)

    Mizoram

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Arunachal Pradesh

Question 3

After how many years the black-naped pheasant was rediscovered in 2022?

  1. AOption (a)

    100 years 

  2. BOption (b)

    120 years 

  3. COption (c)

    140 years 

  4. DOption (d)

    170 years

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

100 years 

Question 4

In which year was the Paris Climate Agreement adopted?

  1. AOption (a)

    2014

  2. BOption (b)

    2015

  3. COption (c)

    2016

  4. DOption (d)

    2017

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

2014

Question 5

Which bank has been awarded the Asian Bank of the Year at the IFR Asia Awards 2021?

  1. AOption (a)

    HDFC Bank

  2. BOption (b)

    ICICI Bank

  3. COption (c)

    Kotak Mahendra Bank 

  4. DOption (d)

    Axis Bank

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

HDFC Bank

Question 6

Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 for Medicine? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Carolyn R. Bertozzi 

  2. BOption (b)

    Morten Meldal 

  3. COption (c)

    K. Barry Sharpless 

  4. DOption (d)

    Svante Pääbo

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Carolyn R. Bertozzi 

Question 7

When is World Cities Day celebrated?

  1. AOption (a)

    4 September

  2. BOption (b)

    31 October

  3. COption (c)

    27 August

  4. DOption (d)

    4 November

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

4 September

Question 8

16 October is observed as which of the following day?

  1. AOption (a)

    World Cancer Day

  2. BOption (b)

    World Health Day

  3. COption (c)

    World Population Day

  4. DOption (d)

    World Food Day 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

World Cancer Day

Question 9

World Students' Day is celebrated every year on whose birth anniversary is the 15th October?

  1. AOption (a)

    Jai Prakash Narayan

  2. BOption (b)

    Vikram Sarabhai

  3. COption (c)

    A P J Abdul Kalam

  4. DOption (d)

    Rajendra Prasad

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Jai Prakash Narayan

Question 10

Whom did Alauddin send to lead the Khalji dynasty invasions to South India?

  1. AOption (a)

    Malik Kafur

  2. BOption (b)

    Qaiqubad

  3. COption (c)

    Tughril Khan 

  4. DOption (d)

    Aram Shah 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Malik Kafur

Question 11

Why did the scheme of Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s scheme of increasing tax rate in Doab region failed?

  1. AOption (a)

    Due to lack of irrigation

  2. BOption (b)

    Due to Mongol invasion

  3. COption (c)

    Due to corrupt bureaucracy

  4. DOption (d)

    Due to famine

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Answer: (a)A.

Due to lack of irrigation

Question 12

Who among the following started the Virashaiva movement?

  1. AOption (a)

    Nanak

  2. BOption (b)

    Tulsidas

  3. COption (c)

    Basavanna

  4. DOption (d)

    Chaitanya

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Nanak

Question 13

Where did the British East India Company set up the first Municipal Corporation in India?

  1. AOption (a)

    Bombay

  2. BOption (b)

    Madras

  3. COption (c)

    Gujarat

  4. DOption (d)

    Calcutta

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Bombay

Question 14

What is the term called that means the practice of funding a product with the profits generated by a different product? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Crowdfunding

  2. BOption (b)

    Commercial funding

  3. COption (c)

    Cross-subsidization 

  4. DOption (d)

    Debt- overhang

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Crowdfunding

Question 15

What is the term used when the debt burden is so great that a unit cannot afford to take additional loans to finance future projects?

  1. AOption (a)

    Cross-subsidization 

  2. BOption (b)

    Debt- overhang

  3. COption (c)

    Debt trap

  4. DOption (d)

    Economies for sale

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Cross-subsidization 

Question 16

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is launched by____________.

  1. AOption (a)

    National Development Council

  2. BOption (b)

    Finance Commission

  3. COption (c)

    NITI Aayog 

  4. DOption (d)

    parliament

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

National Development Council

Question 17

When was the Raurkela steel plan established?

  1. AOption (a)

    1959

  2. BOption (b)

    1961

  3. COption (c)

    1971

  4. DOption (d)

    1987

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1959

Question 18

Who served as India's first Chief Election Commissioner? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Sukumar Sen

  2. BOption (b)

    Ramesh Gupta

  3. COption (c)

    Sunil Arora

  4. DOption (d)

    Rajeev Kumar

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Sukumar Sen

Question 19

“On the Grounds of war, external aggression, or armed rebellion” which types of Emergency can be proclaimed?

  1. AOption (a)

    President Rule

  2. BOption (b)

    National Emergency

  3. COption (c)

    Financial Emergency 

  4. DOption (d)

    Continental Emergency 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

President Rule

Question 20

Zonal councils are the________-

  1. AOption (a)

    Statutory body

  2. BOption (b)

    Unconstitutional body

  3. COption (c)

    Geopolitical body

  4. DOption (d)

    Congregational body

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Statutory body

Question 21

Fathom is a unit of which among the following?

  1. AOption (a)

    Speed

  2. BOption (b)

    Distance

  3. COption (c)

    Depth

  4. DOption (d)

    Height

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Speed

Question 22

In which zone in a pond ecosystem, the rate of photosynthesis is highest?

  1. AOption (a)

    Littoral zone

  2. BOption (b)

    Limnetic zone

  3. COption (c)

    Profundal zone

  4. DOption (d)

    Benthic zone

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Littoral zone

Question 23

The cause of ________ is the presence of an additional copy of chromosome number 21. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Klinefelter Syndrome

  2. BOption (b)

    Down’s Syndrome

  3. COption (c)

    Turner’s Syndrome

  4. DOption (d)

    None of the given options 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Klinefelter Syndrome

Question 24

Vitamin K is essential for ______.

  1. AOption (a)

    Synthesis of prothrombin

  2. BOption (b)

    Formation of thromboplastin 

  3. COption (c)

    Change of fibrinogen to fibrin

  4. DOption (d)

    Change of prothrombin to thrombin

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Synthesis of prothrombin

Question 25

Who among the following wrote ‘On the Origin of Species’? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Gregor mendel

  2. BOption (b)

    Charles Darwin

  3. COption (c)

    Ludmila Kouprianova

  4. DOption (d)

    Mikhail Fedonkin

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Gregor mendel

Question 26

Which of the following is an example of dibasic acid?

  1. AOption (a)

    Phosphoric acid 

  2. BOption (b)

    Boric acid 

  3. COption (c)

    Arsenic acid

  4. DOption (d)

    Phosphorous acid

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Phosphoric acid 

Question 27

Solid sodium bicarbonate was placed on a strip of pH paper. The colour of the strip:

  1. AOption (a)

    Turned blue

  2. BOption (b)

    Turned red 

  3. COption (c)

    Turned green and slightly yellow

  4. DOption (d)

    Did not change

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Turned blue

Question 28

What is the NaCl lattice energy content?

  1. AOption (a)

    788 KJ mol-1

  2. BOption (b)

    688 KJ mol-1

  3. COption (c)

    588 KJ mol-1

  4. DOption (d)

    488 KJ mol-1

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

788 KJ mol-1

Question 29

Which of the following molecules doesn't include an ion bond in its formation?

  1. AOption (a)

    LiCI

  2. BOption (b)

    MgO

  3. COption (c)

    SnCl4

  4. DOption (d)

    H2O

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

LiCI

Question 30

Which is the first marine eco-sensitive zone of India?

  1. AOption (a)

    Lakshadweep

  2. BOption (b)

    Goa

  3. COption (c)

    Gulf of Kutch

  4. DOption (d)

    Bay of Bengal

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Lakshadweep

Question 31

Which of the following are first class consumers?

  1. AOption (a)

    Goat, Deer, Grasshopper, Cow, Buffalo, Rabbit

  2. BOption (b)

    Goat, Wolf, Crocodile, Grasshopper, Deer

  3. COption (c)

    Grasshopper , Cheetah , Crocodile, Rat

  4. DOption (d)

    Lion, Wolf, Crocodile, Grasshopper

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Goat, Deer, Grasshopper, Cow, Buffalo, Rabbit

Question 32

Where was Asia's largest man-made jungle safari Nandanvan Zoo inaugurated?

  1. AOption (a)

    Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)

  2. BOption (b)

    Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

  3. COption (c)

    Haldawny (Uttarakhand)

  4. DOption (d)

    Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh) 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)

Question 33

The human activity, among the following, which causes maximum environmental pollution having regional and global impacts, is:

  1. AOption (a)

    Urbanization

  2. BOption (b)

    Industrialisation

  3. COption (c)

    Agriculture

  4. DOption (d)

    Mining

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Urbanization

Question 34

What is the role of chromatophores?

  1. AOption (a)

    Secretion

  2. BOption (b)

    Growth

  3. COption (c)

    Movement 

  4. DOption (d)

    Photosynthesis 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Secretion

Question 35

The main factor controlling a cell kept in water's osmotic expansion is _____.

  1. AOption (a)

    Vacuoles

  2. BOption (b)

    Ribosomes

  3. COption (c)

    Centriole 

  4. DOption (d)

    Chloroplast 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Vacuoles

Question 36

There are various page counts in the six books: English, Hindi, Science, Computer, Math, and Sanskrit. Compared to just two books, a computer book has fewer pages. A English book has fewer pages than Sanskrit book, which has more pages than a science book. Science books typically have many pages. Hindi books have more pages than Sanskrit books. 28 pages make up the third-lowest number of pages in the book. How many books have more pages than a book on science?

  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    4

  4. DOption (d)

    5

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1

Question 37

Which figure in the supplied question will finish the question figure's pattern?

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Question 38

Directions

Read the following information carefully and answer the given question.

Amit is taller than Rohan and goes to Shimla. Mohan's height is more than Shyam's. And he neither goes to Dehradun nor Ladakh. Anoop's height is smaller than Amit's. But he is not the smallest. Anoop neither goes to Goa nor Dehradun. Rohan goes to visit Kashmir. And Shyam's height is greater than Rohan's. 

Who among the following visited Ladakh and who is the tallest?

  1. AOption (a)

    Mohan, Amit

  2. BOption (b)

    Anoop, Mohan

  3. COption (c)

    Rohan, Shyam

  4. DOption (d)

    Amit, Anoop 

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Mohan, Amit

Question 39

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.

TRENDS : SDNERT :: CULPRIT : ?

  1. AOption (a)

    TIRPLUC 

  2. BOption (b)

    TRIPLUC

  3. COption (c)

    TRILUCP 

  4. DOption (d)

    TIRPLCU

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

TIRPLUC 

Question 40

Choose the choice that is related to the third term in the same way that the second term is related to the first term.

NUJEOH : OAKIUI :: VABGOY :?

  1. AOption (a)

    WECHUZ 

  2. BOption (b)

    WBCHPZ

  3. COption (c)

    WAOGYB

  4. DOption (d)

    WHJLDW

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

WECHUZ 

Question 41

Each of the questions below begins with a group of letters and ends with four different sets of symbols, digits, or characters designated A, B, C, and D. Based on the codes and the circumstances listed below, you must determine which of the following four combinations accurately depicts the collection of letters. Select "None of these" as your response if none of the possible combinations fits.

AEIOU
@#%$&
<br>

And for the other letters, the sum of the digits representing their numerical position in the English alphabetical series will be used as the code.

Situation 1: Each odd number in the code will be translated into its corresponding letter, whose numerical position in the alphabetical sequence is the same as the number, if the number of even digits in the code is greater than the number of odd digits.

Situation 2: The codes at the first and last positions will be switched if all the numbers in the code are odd digits. Each number in the code will be translated into its corresponding letter whose numerical position in the alphabetical series is the same as the number.

Situation 3: The consonants should be changed to the English alphabet's immediately following letter if the code contains more than two symbols. If more than one condition applies to a code, only condition 3 will be put into effect.

What would the word "TRAFFIC" mean in code?

  1. AOption (a)

    2I@66%C

  2. BOption (b)

    2I@11%2

  3. COption (c)

    2I@66%3

  4. DOption (d)

    2I@66%B

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

2I@66%C

Question 42

Answer the questions that follow after carefully reading the information provided.

Using a specific code,

The code for "filter water found everywhere" is "bhu man juk lop."

The code for "discovered missing items everywhere" is "gan bhu nut juk."

The code for "apply filter search items" is "vax der man nut."

The code for "found water desert search" is "but juk der lop."

How will the language encode "found filter"?

  1. AOption (a)

    not jko

  2. BOption (b)

    juk bhu

  3. COption (c)

    juk man

  4. DOption (d)

    man but

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

not jko

Question 43

Read the following codes carefully, then respond to the questions.

Using a specific code,

The lyrics of "Live Today Like Last" are written as "ra mu pe ka."

The song's lyrics "Live Like a King" are written as "su ka pe ke."

The lyrics to "Be Like Last King" are written as "pe na ke ra."

The spelling of "A Good Day Today" is "da ku mu su."

What does the code 'ka' in the provided code language mean?

  1. AOption (a)

    king

  2. BOption (b)

    live

  3. COption (c)

    like

  4. DOption (d)

    a

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

king

Question 44

Read the given pattern carefully and select the number which can replace the question mark (?) in it. 

  1. AOption (a)

    75

  2. BOption (b)

    85

  3. COption (c)

    24

  4. DOption (d)

    35

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

75

Question 45

Choose one of the possibilities to represent the next figure in the series.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Question 46

Which is the WRONG term in the following series?

EFRG, XJKK, QNDO, JRXS, CVPW

  1. AOption (a)

    XJKK

  2. BOption (b)

    QNDO

  3. COption (c)

    JRXS

  4. DOption (d)

    CVPW

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

XJKK

Question 47

In a certain code ROHIT is written as “TQJKV”, how will COUNTRY be coded?

  1. AOption (a)

    EQWPUTA

  2. BOption (b)

    EQWPVTA

  3. COption (c)

    EQWVPTE

  4. DOption (d)

    EQWVPAT

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

EQWPUTA

Question 48

If MOON is written as 57, how will ZOOM be written?

  1. AOption (a)

    63

  2. BOption (b)

    67

  3. COption (c)

    71

  4. DOption (d)

    69

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

63

Question 49

If GREAT is written as 62149 and FINAL as 53047, how will REGAL be written?

  1. AOption (a)

    22471

  2. BOption (b)

    21647

  3. COption (c)

    22674

  4. DOption (d)

    26147

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

22471

Question 50

Select the related letters from the given alternatives.

HFFH : KCCK :: JPPJ : ____

  1. AOption (a)

    MMMM

  2. BOption (b)

    KMMK

  3. COption (c)

    NBBN

  4. DOption (d)

    UHHU

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

MMMM

Question 51

Find the odd word from the given alternatives. 

  1. AOption (a)

    TWZ

  2. BOption (b)

    GJM

  3. COption (c)

    DGJ

  4. DOption (d)

    CFJ

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

TWZ

Question 52

Choose the odd one from the given alternatives. 

  1. AOption (a)

    YCE

  2. BOption (b)

    IFO

  3. COption (c)

    SJM

  4. DOption (d)

    DLT

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

YCE

Question 53

Find the missing number in a series given below:

32527292112\frac{3}{2}\frac{5}{2}\frac{7}{2}\frac{9}{2}\frac{11}{2}

  1. AOption (a)

    172\frac{17}{2}

  2. BOption (b)

    102\frac{10}{2}

  3. COption (c)

    132\frac{13}{2}

  4. DOption (d)

    122\frac{12}{2}

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

172\frac{17}{2}

Question 54

A jeweler has five diamond stones, each having a different weight. Stone D weighs twice as much as stone E. Stone E weighs four and one-half times as much as stone F. Stone F weighs half as much as stone G. Stone G weighs half as much as stone H. Stone H weighs less than stone D but more than stone F. Based on the above statements, answer the following questions.

Which of the following represents the descending order of weights of the stones?

  1. AOption (a)

    D, E, G, H and F

  2. BOption (b)

    E, G, H, D and F 

  3. COption (c)

    H, F, G, D and E

  4. DOption (d)

    D, E, H, G and F

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

D, E, G, H and F

Question 55

Six persons are sitting in a linear row facing north. P is sitting second to the left of O. A is sitting to the immediate right of S. D is at the corner and is sitting second to the right of C. Who is sitting third to the left of O?

  1. AOption (a)

    S

  2. BOption (b)

    A

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    C

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

S

Question 56

What was the day on September 18, 1995?

  1. AOption (a)

    Monday

  2. BOption (b)

    Tuesday

  3. COption (c)

    Friday

  4. DOption (d)

    Saturday

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Monday

Question 57

A bus leaves from Kanpur to Lucknow every 90 minutes. Ram reaches the bus stand at 10:25 a.m. and learns that the next bus leaves at 10:45 a.m. How long ago did the last bus leave?

  1. AOption (a)

    20 minutes

  2. BOption (b)

    30 minutes

  3. COption (c)

    35 minutes

  4. DOption (d)

    70 minutes 

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

20 minutes

Question 58

What is the average of all numbers between 100 and 523 that are divisible by 18?

  1. AOption (a)

    335

  2. BOption (b)

    296

  3. COption (c)

    315

  4. DOption (d)

    319

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

335

Question 59

What is the standard deviation of the set given below?

12, 34, 15, 19

  1. AOption (a)

    4.15

  2. BOption (b)

    8.45

  3. COption (c)

    3.65

  4. DOption (d)

    2.75

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

4.15

Question 60

The mean marks of 175 students were found to be 65, later on, it was discovered that a score of 71 was misread as 5, find the correct mean corresponding to the correct score. 

  1. AOption (a)

    62.54

  2. BOption (b)

    32.65

  3. COption (c)

    65.37

  4. DOption (d)

    56.78

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

62.54

Question 61

26 is the mean across 25 observations. The 13th observation is the following if the mean of the first 13 observations is 22 and the mean of the final 13 observations is 30. 

  1. AOption (a)

    26

  2. BOption (b)

    23

  3. COption (c)

    32

  4. DOption (d)

    27

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

26

Question 62

What is the mean of data?

(5, 4, 9, 2, 5, 6, 5, 7, 3, 4,)

  1. AOption (a)

    5

  2. BOption (b)

    6

  3. COption (c)

    9

  4. DOption (d)

    2

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

5

Question 63

Find the mode and mean of the following numbers. 

7, 5, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 18, 25, 35, 18, 23, 18, 20

  1. AOption (a)

    4, 17.4

  2. BOption (b)

    6, 14.2

  3. COption (c)

    18, 15.9 

  4. DOption (d)

    20, 18.8

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Answer: (a)A.

4, 17.4

Question 64

Arrange the colors of the rainbow in the reverse order. Red, Orange,

  1. Blue
  2. Indigo
  3. Yellow
  4. Green
  5. Violet
  1. AOption (a)

    3, 4, 1, 2, 5

  2. BOption (b)

    4, 3, 2, 5, 1

  3. COption (c)

    5, 3, 4, 2, 1

  4. DOption (d)

    2, 4, 3, 1, 5

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Answer: (a)A.

3, 4, 1, 2, 5

Question 65

Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary:

(1) necrology

(2) necromancy

(3) necropolis

(4) necrophilia

  1. AOption (a)

    (1),(2),(3),(4)

  2. BOption (b)

    (1),(2),(4),(3)

  3. COption (c)

    (2),(1),(3),(4)

  4. DOption (d)

    (2),(1),(4),(3)

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Answer: (a)A.

(1),(2),(3),(4)

Question 66

Arrange the following words as per the english dictionary.

(a) Live

(b) Litter

(c) Little

(d) Literary

(e) Living

  1. AOption (a)

    d, c, e, b, a

  2. BOption (b)

    d, b, c, a, e 

  3. COption (c)

    c, d, b, a, e

  4. DOption (d)

    c, b, d, e, a

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Answer: (a)A.

d, c, e, b, a

Question 67

In the following question, from the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.

FRIENDSHIP

  1. AOption (a)

    INFER

  2. BOption (b)

    RINSE 

  3. COption (c)

    SIDE

  4. DOption (d)

    DRAIN

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Answer: (a)A.

INFER

Question 68

How many such letters are there in the word DECLARATION each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as in the English alphabet?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

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Answer: (a)A.

One

Question 69

Which word comes first in the English dictionary?

  1. Carrom
  2. Cormming
  3. Carrier
  4. Cartoon
  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    4

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Answer: (a)A.

1

Question 70

Which of the following diagram represent Bachelor, Married and Person?

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.

Question 71

Select the option that is related to the figure in the same way that the second figure is related to the first figure. 

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.

Question 72

From the given option, which answers figure can be made based on the unfolded cube in the question figure?

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.

Question 73

Point M is 6m to the east of point K which is 5m to the north of point B which is 6m to the east of point G. Point B is exactly between point G and point L which is 5m to the north of point O. How far and in which direction is point O with respect to point M? 

  1. AOption (a)

    North, 10m

  2. BOption (b)

    North, 11m

  3. COption (c)

    South, 11m

  4. DOption (d)

    South, 10m

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Answer: (a)A.

North, 10m

Question 74

In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Some sheets are claws.

Some claws are coins.

All coins are tails.

Conclusions:

I. Some tails are claws.

II. Some tails are sheets.

  1. AOption (a)

    If only Conclusion I follows. 

  2. BOption (b)

    If only Conclusion II follows. 

  3. COption (c)

    If either Conclusion I or II follows. 

  4. DOption (d)

    If neither Conclusion I nor II follows.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

If only Conclusion I follows. 

Question 75

The maximum speed of a train is 60 km/h. It takes 8 hours to cover a distance of 320 km. The ratio of its maximum speed to average speed is_________.

  1. AOption (a)

    7 : 4

  2. BOption (b)

    3 : 2 

  3. COption (c)

    7 : 5

  4. DOption (d)

    4 : 3

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Answer: (a)A.

7 : 4

Question 76

A and B together can do a job in 2 days: B and C can do it in four days; and A and C in 2252\frac{2}{5} days. The number of days required for A to do the job alone is:

  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    6

  4. DOption (d)

    None of the given option

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1

Question 77

If 4(x-y) = 64 and 4(x+y) = 1024, then x is equal to:

  1. AOption (a)

    4

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    5

  4. DOption (d)

    2

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

4

Question 78

Mean of 5 consecutive positive multiples of 3 is 15 and mean of 4 consecutive positive multiples of 2 is 11. What is the mean deviation of these 9 numbers?

  1. AOption (a)

    27181\frac{271}{81}

  2. BOption (b)

    27281\frac{272}{81}

  3. COption (c)

    27481\frac{274}{81}

  4. DOption (d)

    27581\frac{275}{81}

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

27181\frac{271}{81}

Question 79

The mean and median of 3 numbers is 10 and 12 respectively. If the ratio of the largest and the smaller number is 7 : 2, what is the difference between them?

  1. AOption (a)

    8

  2. BOption (b)

    10

  3. COption (c)

    12

  4. DOption (d)

    14

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

8

Question 80

What is the remainder of (3x3 + 2x2 - 1/2) is divided by (2x - 1)?

  1. AOption (a)

    58\frac{5}{8}

  2. BOption (b)

    12\frac{1}{2}

  3. COption (c)

    35\frac{3}{5}

  4. DOption (d)

    38\frac{3}{8}

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

58\frac{5}{8}

Question 81

E is 25% greater than B. The ratio of the A and B is 5:7 and D is 18 greater than C which is 60% of A. The ratio of C and D is 4:7. What is the value of E?

Given below are steps involved in the solution. Arrange them in sequential order. 

(A) C = 4 × 6 = 24

(B) B = (7/5) × 40 = 56

(C) Let C and D be 4k and 7k respectively

(D) E = (125/100) × 56 = 70

(E) D - C = 18 => 7k - 4k = 18 => k = 6

(F) A = (100/60) × 24 = 40

  1. AOption (a)

    CEAFBD

  2. BOption (b)

    CAFEDB 

  3. COption (c)

    EFACDB

  4. DOption (d)

    CFEADB

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

CEAFBD

Question 82

Simple interest of an amount for a period of 12 years is Rs.2400. If the amount is tripled after 3 years then what will be the interest after 12 years?

  1. AOption (a)

    Rs 6300

  2. BOption (b)

    Rs 7200

  3. COption (c)

    Rs 5600

  4. DOption (d)

    Rs 6000

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Answer: (a)A.

Rs 6300

Question 83

In the question below, some letters are given in two ovals, intersecting each other. The letter(s) given in the intersected portion can be used more than once while each of the letters outside the intersected portion is to be use only once to form meaningful word(s). If no such word can be formed give ‘X’ as the answer, and if more one such word can be formed, give ‘M’ as the answer, otherwise the second letter of the word will be the answer. 

  1. AOption (a)

    D

  2. BOption (b)

    E

  3. COption (c)

    M

  4. DOption (d)

    X

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Answer: (a)A.

D

Question 84

In the following question, you are given a figure (X) followed by four alternative figures (a), (b), (c) and (d) such that figure (X) is embedded in only one of them. Trace out the alternative figure which contains fig. (X) as its part.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Question 85

In the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 

Statements:

Some papers are boards.

No board is a card.

Conclusions:

I. All cards being papers is a possibility.

II. All boards being papers is a possibility.

  1. AOption (a)

    If only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    If only conclusion II follows. 

  3. COption (c)

    If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow. 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

If only conclusion I follows.

Question 86

There is a rectangular plain of 20 m in length and 40 m in width, in the middle of the parallel field there is a 2m wide road, then the area of the road is:

  1. AOption (a)

    116 m2

  2. BOption (b)

    140 m2

  3. COption (c)

    300 m2

  4. DOption (d)

    280 m2

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

116 m2

Question 87

If the area of an equilateral triangle is 12√3 m2, then what is the value of its heights?

  1. AOption (a)

    5 m

  2. BOption (b)

    6 m

  3. COption (c)

    9 m

  4. DOption (d)

    3 m

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

5 m

Question 88

When lateral surface area of cylinder is equal to the numerical value of volume of cylinder, then which term is independent.

  1. AOption (a)

    r + h (radius + height) is independent

  2. BOption (b)

    h (height) is independent

  3. COption (c)

    r (radius) is independent

  4. DOption (d)

    rh (radius height) is independent

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

r + h (radius + height) is independent

Question 89

If sides of cuboid in A.P a, b and c respectively and a2 + b2 + c2 = 14, find the value of (9b2 - ab - ac - bc).

  1. AOption (a)

    11 - (ab + bc + ac)

  2. BOption (b)

    (ab + bc + ac)

  3. COption (c)

    12 + (ab + bc + ac)

  4. DOption (d)

    14 + (ab + bc + ac)

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

11 - (ab + bc + ac)

Question 90

If the compound interest on a certain sum for three years at 6% per annum is Rs 1780 the simple interest on it at the same rate for 3 years will be

  1. AOption (a)

    1677.60

  2. BOption (b)

    3387.78

  3. COption (c)

    1700

  4. DOption (d)

    6325

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1677.60

Question 91

Salman borrowed some money and agreed to pay-off by paying Rs 2150 at the end of the 1st year and Rs 3210 at the end of the 2nd year. If the rate of compound interest is 10% per annum, the sum is-

  1. AOption (a)

    4607

  2. BOption (b)

    2657

  3. COption (c)

    2607

  4. DOption (d)

    2359

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

4607

Question 92

Find the value of given expression 512+3+223+712+613\rm 5\frac{1}{2}+3+2\frac{2}{3}+7\frac{1}{2}+6\frac{1}{3}

  1. AOption (a)

    20

  2. BOption (b)

    36

  3. COption (c)

    25

  4. DOption (d)

    32

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

20

Question 93

What is the value of 30% of 600 + 65 percent of 600 + 43 percent of 1500 - 28 percent of 400?

  1. AOption (a)

    1215

  2. BOption (b)

    1103

  3. COption (c)

    1102

  4. DOption (d)

    1327

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1215

Question 94

70% of applicants failed the mathematics portion of the admission exam, 55% failed the physics portion, and 30% failed both physics and math's. Determine the percentage of students who passed both subjects

  1. AOption (a)

    50%

  2. BOption (b)

    62.5%

  3. COption (c)

    5%

  4. DOption (d)

    77.5% 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

50%

Question 95

Laxman row a boat 50 km upstream in 5 hours and 18 km downstream in 3 hours, what is the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current in that water? 

  1. AOption (a)

    8 km/h, 2 km/h 

  2. BOption (b)

    9 km/h, 5 km/h 

  3. COption (c)

    5 km/h, 3 km/h

  4. DOption (d)

    4 km/h, 2 km/h 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

8 km/h, 2 km/h 

Question 96

A train completely crosses Shyam and Ram in 8 and 12 seconds respectively and is running at the speed of 2 km per hour and 4 km per hour in the direction of that train, what is the length of that train?

  1. AOption (a)

    20.2 m

  2. BOption (b)

    50.5 m

  3. COption (c)

    13.3 m

  4. DOption (d)

    30.03 m

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

20.2 m

Question 97

Find the simplest value 6 – [4 – (3 – (2 – 2 – 8))] 

  1. AOption (a)

    25

  2. BOption (b)

    36

  3. COption (c)

    13

  4. DOption (d)

    23

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

25

Question 98

Find the simplest value 24×434÷46 of 224\frac{2}{4}\times \frac{4}{\frac{3}{4}\div \frac{4}{6}\ of\ 2\frac{2}{4}} is

  1. AOption (a)

    5/6

  2. BOption (b)

    16/45

  3. COption (c)

    40/9

  4. DOption (d)

    4/5

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

5/6

Question 99

A building may be repaired in 15 days by 27 individuals working 4 hours every day. How many days will it take 20 employees working nine hours per day to do the task? 

  1. AOption (a)

    3 days

  2. BOption (b)

    9 days 

  3. COption (c)

    10 days

  4. DOption (d)

    15 days

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

3 days

Question 100

A and B can complete a task together in 9 days. A by herself can complete the task in 12 days. How many days will B need to complete the task alone?

  1. AOption (a)

    48 days

  2. BOption (b)

    24 days

  3. COption (c)

    36 days 

  4. DOption (d)

    12 days 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

48 days

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