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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 16 Sep 2017 Shift 3)

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General English (25 questions)

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Our specialist school is (1)/ home to children with (2)/ different intellectual abilities. (3)/ No Error (4)

((a))
1
((b))
2
((c))
3
((d))
4

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Answer: ((a))

You can control them (1)/ by setting a maximum limit (2)/ for each one bill. (3)/ No Error (4)

((a))
1
((b))
2
((c))
3
((d))
4

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Answer: ((a))

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

His teacher _____ an explanation of his conduct.

((a))
Called up
((b))
Called for
((c))
Called off
((d))
On

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Answer: ((a))

Called up

In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Put your signature _____ red ink.

((a))
Through
((b))
In
((c))
With
((d))
By

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Answer: ((a))

Through

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Extinct

((a))
Alive
((b))
Living
((c))
Abolished
((d))
Existing

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Answer: ((a))

Alive

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Malice

((a))
Friendly
((b))
Kind
((c))
Bitterness
((d))
Thoughtful

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Answer: ((a))

Friendly

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Sustain

((a))
Halt
((b))
Stop
((c))
Abstain
((d))
Continue

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Answer: ((a))

Halt

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Flourish

((a))
Garnish
((b))
hinder
((c))
Amplify
((d))
Develop

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Answer: ((a))

Garnish

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Triumph

((a))
Joy
((b))
Jubilee
((c))
Pride
((d))
Sorrow

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Answer: ((a))

Joy

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Elementary

((a))
Easy
((b))
Fundamental
((c))
Primary
((d))
Complex

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Answer: ((a))

Easy

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Yeoman service

((a))
Service for short period
((b))
Very costly service
((c))
Useful help in need
((d))
Work without preparation

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Answer: ((a))

Service for short period

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Once and for all

((a))
Bring to an end
((b))
Remain alive
((c))
Forever
((d))
Something good for people

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Answer: ((a))

Bring to an end

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(This market were) crowded with people.

((a))
This markets were
((b))
These market were
((c))
This market was
((d))
No improvement

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Answer: ((a))

This markets were

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(He have quitted) the organization.

((a))
He has quit
((b))
He have quit
((c))
He had quitted
((d))
No improvement

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Answer: ((a))

He has quit

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

As opposed to reality imagined not real.

((a))
Ennui
((b))
Heretic
((c))
Fictitious
((d))
Indict

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Answer: ((a))

Ennui

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A state of sleeplessness

((a))
Irritable
((b))
Insurgent
((c))
Imputation
((d))
Insomnia

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Answer: ((a))

Irritable

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

((a))
Quarrel
((b))
Quarrell
((c))
Qurarel
((d))
Quarell

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Answer: ((a))

Quarrel

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

((a))
Recommend
((b))
Reccomend
((c))
Reccommend
((d))
Ricommend

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Answer: ((a))

Recommend

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It takes

P: to change their

Q: way of thinking

R: time for people

((a))
RQP
((b))
QPR
((c))
RPQ
((d))
PRQ

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Answer: ((a))

RQP

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Politeness is

P: possessed by only

Q: one nation or race

R: not a quality

((a))
RPQ
((b))
PRQ
((c))
QPR
((d))
QRP

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Answer: ((a))

RPQ

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Mother Teresa was a ______ woman and famous as “one woman, one mission” who had taken a big step to change the ______. She was born as Agnes Gnocchi Bojaxhin on 26th of August in 1910 in the Macedonia. She came ______ Kolkata when she was just 18 years old and continued ______ life’s mission of caring poorest people. She had helped a lot of the poor people of Kolkata ______ from leprosy.

Mother Teresa was a _____ woman and

((a))
Big
((b))
Beautiful
((c))
Fair
((d))
Great

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Answer: ((a))

Big

Step to change the ______.

((a))
Universe
((b))
Globe
((c))
World
((d))
Religion

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Answer: ((a))

Universe

She came ______ Kolkata when

((a))
To
((b))
In
((c))
At
((d))
On

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Answer: ((a))

Years old and continued______

((a))
Here's
((b))
Her
((c))
Their
((d))
Our

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Answer: ((a))

Here's

Of Kolkata ______ from leprosy.

((a))
Enjoying
((b))
Suffering
((c))
Caring
((d))
Containing

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Answer: ((a))

Enjoying

General Intelligence & Reasoning (25 questions)

In the following question, select the number which can be placed at the sign of question mark (?) from the given alternatives.

2	5	4
3	4	3
7	6	2
15	18	?

((a))
10
((b))
11
((c))
12
((d))
13

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Answer: ((a))

How many triangle are there in the given figure?

((a))
4
((b))
6
((c))
5
((d))
7

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Answer: ((a))

A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as shown in the given two matrices- The columns and rows of Matrix-l are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-ll are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example, ‘A' can be represented by 21, 59, etc, and ‘N' can be represented by 32, 78, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word “GOAT”.

Matrix – I
	0	1	2	3	4
0	E	G	I	K	M
1	O	Q	S	U	W
2	Y	A	C	F	D
3	J	L	N	P	R
4	T	V	X	Z	B

Matrix – II
	5	6	7	8	9
5	M	O	H	J	A
6	K	D	Q	L	Z
7	I	S	C	N	X
8	G	U	A	P	V
9	E	W	Y	R	T

((a))
85, 10, 22, 99
((b))
01, 10, 21, 41
((c))
85, 56, 58, 99
((d))
01, 56, 87, 99

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Answer: ((a))

85, 10, 22, 99

From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.

((a))
((b))
((c))
((d))

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Answer: ((a))

Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?

((a))
((b))
((c))
((d))

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Answer: ((a))

If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of the answer figure is the right image of the given figure?

((a))
((b))
((c))
((d))

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Answer: ((a))

A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

((a))
((b))
((c))
((d))

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Answer: ((a))

If ‘J’ means ‘+’, ‘K’ means ‘–’, ‘T’ means ‘×’ and ‘U’ means ‘÷’, then

18 T 3 U 27 J 2 = ?

((a))
6
((b))
2
((c))
4
((d))
3

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Answer: ((a))

If 8 × 16 × 9 = 8169 and 9 × 23 × 4 = 9234, then 4 × 10 × 11 = ?

((a))
11014
((b))
41011
((c))
14610
((d))
10114

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Answer: ((a))

11014

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

Paper
Parade
Postal
Praise
Picture

((a))
12543
((b))
21543
((c))
21534
((d))
12534

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Answer: ((a))

12543

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series

104, 52, 26, 13, 6.5, ?

((a))
3.5
((b))
3.75
((c))
4.25
((d))
3.25

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Answer: ((a))

3.5

In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

bcab_abc_b

((a))
acac
((b))
bbca
((c))
caca
((d))
aacc

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Answer: ((a))

acac

In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives.

((a))
Ground : Play
((b))
Solar system : Sun
((c))
Body : Hand
((d))
Tree : Stem

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Answer: ((a))

Ground : Play

In the following question, select the odd number pair from the given alternatives.

((a))
13 : 25
((b))
31 : 63
((c))
21 : 41
((d))
19 : 37

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Answer: ((a))

13 : 25

In the following question, select the odd letters from the given alternatives.

((a))
QP
((b))
DC
((c))
XY
((d))
ML

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Answer: ((a))

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh

((a))
<sub>
</sub>
((b))
((c))
((d))

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Answer: ((a))

<sub>

</sub>

In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives.

Liver : Organ : : Earth : ?

((a))
Round
((b))
Brown
((c))
Home
((d))
Planet

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Answer: ((a))

Round

In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.

100 : 121 : : 36 : ?

((a))
64
((b))
49
((c))
25
((d))
16

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Answer: ((a))

In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives.

EI : AE : : UO : ?

((a))
PK
((b))
QJ
((c))
PJ
((d))
QK

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Answer: ((a))

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

PRECITIPATE

((a))
PAIR
((b))
PART
((c))
RECITE
((d))
PAIN

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Answer: ((a))

PAIR

Vilas remembers his marriage is after 4^th July. While his sister remembers his marriage is before 6^th July. On which date of July is his marriage?

((a))
4
((b))
5
((c))
6
((d))
7

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Answer: ((a))

In a row of 63 cars, black car is 32nd from the right end. What is its position from left end?

((a))
32
((b))
31
((c))
33
((d))
34

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Answer: ((a))

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking 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 conclusion logically follows.

Statements:

I. Some tables are chairs.

II. Some chairs are pens.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are chairs.

II. Some pens are tables.

((a))
Only conclusion (I) follows.
((b))
Only conclusion (II) follows.
((c))
Both conclusion follow.
((d))
Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows.

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Answer: ((a))

Only conclusion (I) follows.

In a certain code language, "PHONE" is written as "RJQPG". How is "STAMP" written in that code language?

((a))
UVCOR
((b))
CVCOS
((c))
UVDOR
((d))
UVCPS

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Answer: ((a))

UVCOR

In a certain code language, "PARK" is written as "92" and "WALK" is written as "94". How is "LOSS" written in that code language?

((a))
65
((b))
130
((c))
195
((d))
180

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Answer: ((a))

Numerical Aptitude (25 questions)

If 432P1 is completely divisible by 9, then what is the value of P?

((a))
1
((b))
8
((c))
7
((d))
2

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Answer: ((a))

Which smallest number must be added to 100, so that the resulting number is completely divisible by 6?

((a))
2
((b))
3
((c))
5
((d))
4

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Answer: ((a))

What is the value of 51 + 52 + 53 ……. 100?

((a))
1325
((b))
5050
((c))
3775
((d))
3325

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Answer: ((a))

1325

What is the value of $9\frac{1}{3} + 19\frac{2}{3} + 20\frac{3}{4} + 19\frac{1}{4}?$

((a))
67
((b))
65
((c))
59
((d))
69

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Answer: ((a))

What is the sum of first 15 odd natural numbers?

((a))
255
((b))
225
((c))
235
((d))
215

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Answer: ((a))

255

What is the sum of all natural numbers between 1 and 100 which are multiples of 7?

((a))
735
((b))
675
((c))
745
((d))
705

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Answer: ((a))

735

Working 6 hours a day, Raman can complete a piece of work in 24 days. How many hours a day should he work so as to finish the work in 18 days?

((a))
8
((b))
10
((c))
12
((d))
16

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Answer: ((a))

A can do a piece of work in 48 days. If B is 50% more efficient than A, then in how many days can B do the same work?

((a))
32
((b))
24
((c))
18
((d))
15

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Answer: ((a))

The length and breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio of 4 : 3. If the perimeter of the field is 70 m, then what will be the breadth (in metres)?

((a))
12
((b))
15
((c))
18
((d))
24

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Answer: ((a))

The marked price of an article is Rs 650 and a customer pays Rs. 585 for it. What is the discount percentage?

((a))
10
((b))
12
((c))
9
((d))
15

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Answer: ((a))

The marked price of an article is twice the cost price. For a gain of 30%, what should be the discount percentage?

((a))
30
((b))
35
((c))
25
((d))
40

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Answer: ((a))

If B : A = 2 : 3 and A : C = 5 : 7, then what is (A + B) : (B + C)?

((a))
25 : 26
((b))
25 : 36
((c))
25 : 31
((d))
27 : 43

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Answer: ((a))

25 : 26

Two numbers are in the ratio of 5 : 3. If 9 be subtracted from each, then the new ratio is 9 : 5. What are the two numbers?

((a))
50 and 30
((b))
45 and 27
((c))
90 and 54
((d))
15 and 45

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Answer: ((a))

50 and 30

The average of 20 numbers is 30 and that of other 30 numbers is 50. What is the average of all the numbers?

((a))
42
((b))
47
((c))
44
((d))
45

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Answer: ((a))

If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles, then what is the loss percentage?

((a))
25%
((b))
50%
((c))
33.33%
((d))
20%

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Answer: ((a))

25%

If the ratio of the cost price and selling price of an article is 20 : 21, then what will be the profit percentage?

((a))
5%
((b))
4.5%
((c))
6%
((d))
7.5%

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Answer: ((a))

If income of R is 30% more than the income of Q and the income of Q is 20% more than the income of P, then the income of R is how much percent more than the income of P?

((a))
50
((b))
10
((c))
56
((d))
55

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Answer: ((a))

When 40 is subtracted from 30% of a number, the result is 50. What is the value of the number?

((a))
150
((b))
180
((c))
300
((d))
450

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Answer: ((a))

150

Speeds of a boat along the current and against the current are 10 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. What is the speed (in km/hr) of the current?

((a))
1
((b))
2
((c))
3
((d))
9

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Answer: ((a))

A person goes from point A to B with a speed of 55 km/hr and returns back with a speed 65 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) of the person while going and coming back from A to B?

((a))
59.58
((b))
62.31
((c))
60
((d))
63

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Answer: ((a))

59.58

A sum was invested on simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. If the interest rate is increased by 4%, then the interest increases by Rs 160. What is the sum (in Rs) invested?

((a))
2000
((b))
3000
((c))
3500
((d))
4000

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Answer: ((a))

2000

Directions: The bar chart given below shows the revenue (in crores) of company A for the years 2008 to 2015.

What is the average revenue (in crore Rs) per year from 2011 to 2015?

((a))
199
((b))
203
((c))
192
((d))
189

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Answer: ((a))

199

The revenue in 2015 is what percent of the revenue in 2014?

((a))
75
((b))
115
((c))
125
((d))
135

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Answer: ((a))

What is the percentage increase in revenue in the year 2010 in comparison to the previous year?

((a))
10
((b))
12
((c))
20
((d))
25

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Answer: ((a))

In how many years from 2009 to 2015 the increase in revenue, with respect to the previous year, is more than 15 crores?

((a))
3
((b))
2
((c))
5
((d))
1

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Answer: ((a))

General Awareness (25 questions)

Which type of unemployment is generally seen in urban areas?

((a))
Educated unemployment
((b))
Seasonal unemployment
((c))
Disguised unemployment
((d))
None of these

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Answer: ((a))

Educated unemployment

Dairy comes under which sector of economic activity?

((a))
Tertiary sector
((b))
Primary sector
((c))
Secondary sector
((d))
Quaternary sector

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Answer: ((a))

Tertiary sector

Who is also known as Panchayat President?

((a))
Ward Member
((b))
Sarpanch
((c))
Secretary of Gram Sabha
((d))
None of these

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Answer: ((a))

Ward Member

Who was the chairman of Drafting Committee?

((a))
Dr.Rajendra Prasad
((b))
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
((c))
Mahatma Gandhi
((d))
M.A. Jinnah

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Answer: ((a))

Dr.Rajendra Prasad

Where was the first Session of the Indian National Congress held at?

((a))
Calcutta
((b))
Madras
((c))
Lahore
((d))
Bombay

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Answer: ((a))

Calcutta

Ibn Battuta was a fourteenth-century traveler to India from which place?

((a))
China
((b))
Tibet
((c))
Morocco
((d))
Greece

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Answer: ((a))

China

Ursa Major or Big bear is an example of _____.

((a))
Star
((b))
Constellation
((c))
Planet
((d))
Satellite

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Answer: ((a))

Star

What causes day and night cycle on Earth?

((a))
Rotation
((b))
Revolution
((c))
Rotation and Revolution both
((d))
None of these

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Answer: ((a))

Rotation

Which part of the plant conducts water?

((a))
Leaves
((b))
Fruits
((c))
Flowers
((d))
Stem

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Answer: ((a))

Leaves

Which type of plants has weak stems and take support on neighbouring structures to climb up?

((a))
Shrubs
((b))
Climbers
((c))
Trees
((d))
Herbs

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Answer: ((a))

Shrubs

Which type of plants is very tall and have a hard and thick brown stem?

((a))
Trees
((b))
Herbs
((c))
Shrubs
((d))
None of these

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Answer: ((a))

Trees

If the momentum of a body is doubled, the kinetic energy is _____.

((a))
becomes 1/4 times
((b))
Unchanged
((c))
Doubled
((d))
becomes 4 times

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Answer: ((a))

becomes 1/4 times

If action and reaction were to act on the same body, ________.

((a))
the resultant would be zero
((b))
the body would not move at all
((c))
the body will start moving
((d))
Only (A) and (B) is correct

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Answer: ((a))

the resultant would be zero

Which is the first supercomputer of India?

((a))
CDC 8600
((b))
Cray Titan
((c))
PARAM 8000
((d))
Cray Jaguar

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Answer: ((a))

CDC 8600

The soil is an example of which of the following?

((a))
Homogeneous mixture
((b))
Molecule
((c))
Compound
((d))
Heterogeneous mixture

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Answer: ((a))

Homogeneous mixture

An atom is _________.

((a))
the smallest particle of matter known
((b))
the smallest particle of a gas
((c))
the smallest indivisible particle of an element that can take part in a chemical change
((d))
charged particle

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Answer: ((a))

the smallest particle of matter known

What is the process of seeping of water into the ground called?

((a))
Infiltration
((b))
Filtration
((c))
Percolation
((d))
Sedimentation

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Answer: ((a))

Infiltration

When was "Make in India" initiative launched?

((a))
December 2013
((b))
March 2014
((c))
September 2014
((d))
June 2015

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Answer: ((a))

December 2013

Who among the following invented steam engine?

((a))
Enrico Fermi
((b))
James Boyle
((c))
Max Born
((d))
James Watt

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Answer: ((a))

Enrico Fermi

Dhyanchand was associated with which sport?

((a))
Kabbadi
((b))
Hockey
((c))
Cricket
((d))
Football

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Answer: ((a))

Kabbadi

Who among the following is famous for playing the flute?

((a))
Zakir Hussain
((b))
Ravi Shankar
((c))
Bismillah Khan
((d))
Hari Prasad Chaurasia

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Answer: ((a))

Zakir Hussain

Who among the following is not a recipient of the 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Awards?

((a))
Ishizawa Yoshiaki
((b))
Abdon Nababan
((c))
Tay Toni
((d))
Sanjiv Chaturvedi

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Answer: ((a))

Ishizawa Yoshiaki

Who is the author of the book named "True Colours"?

((a))
Bette Dam
((b))
Alexander Bard
((c))
Christina Lamb
((d))
Adam Gilchrist

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Answer: ((a))

Bette Dam

Minsk protocol is the agreement between Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the Lugansk people's republic to halt the war in the Donbass region of ________.

((a))
Ukraine
((b))
Russia
((c))
The Donetsk People’s Republic
((d))
The Lugansk People's Republic

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Answer: ((a))

Ukraine

100

Palk strait separates India with which country?

((a))
Pakistan
((b))
Bangladesh
((c))
Indonesia
((d))
Sri Lanka

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Answer: ((a))

Pakistan

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