General Knowledge


  

Q1. India is located in the part of asia.

a. northern

b. eastern

c. south eastern

d. southern


Q2. Through which Amendment Act was the word ‘Secularism’ added to the Preamble of the Constitution?

a. 42nd

b. 21st

c. 73rd

d. 61st


Q3. Bhilai Plant is located in _______

a. Chattisgarh

b. Odisha

c. Madhya Pradesh

d. Karnataka


Q4. ______ ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi gives the history of the first six years of Firoz shah Tughlaq’s reign.

a. Firoz shah Tughlaq’s

b. Abul Fazl’s

c. Gulbadan Begum’s

d. Zia-ud-din Barani’s


Q5. Among the following, who is Director General of UNESCO as of July 2018?

a. Federico Mayor

b. Koichiro Matsuura

c. Audrey Azoulay

d. Amadou- Mahtar- M’Bow


Q6. India’s first runway on a sea bridge will come up in which state/union territory?

a. Lakshadweep

b. Goa

c. Chennai

d. Kerala


Q7. India’s _____ has won silver medal in Under 23 Senior World Wrestling competition held in Poland.

a. Ritu Phogat

b. Baboita Phogat

c. Geeta Phogat

d. Priyanka Phogat


Q8. The word Veda means ______.

a. Hymns

b. Period

c. Grammer

d. Knowledge


Q9. Who was appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank in July 2018?

a. Rajeev Rishi

b. Thanu Padmanabhan

c. T Latha

d. Suresh Patel


Q10. Who was conferred while with the Global Icon award at the Zee Cine Awards 2018 held in Mumbai?

a. Priyanka Chopra

b. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

c. Ajay Devgan

d. Katrina Kaif


Q11. In may 2018, which national cricket governing body signed an agreement with UN Environment to promote green cricket in that country?

a. BCCI

b. Pakistan Cricket Board

c. Cricket Australia

d. Afganistan Criket Board


Q12. Who launched ‘NETA’, a mobile application that allows users to rate and review elected representatives?

a. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee

b. Rahul Gandhi

c. Narendra Modi

d. Arun Jaitley


Q13. Trinamool Congress is a political party originated from which of the following states?

a. Rajasthan

b. UP

c. Bihar

d. West Bengal


Q14. Which of the following mines is locked in Assam?

a. Khetri

b. Mayurbhanj

c. Digboi

d. Singhbum


Q15. Who is the Chief minister of Odisha as of August 2018?

a. Biplab Dev

b. Manohar Parrikar

c. Vilas Rao Deshmukh

d. Naveen Patnaik


Q16. The National Football museum is in which country?

a. Brazil

b. England

c. India

d. USA


Q17. Which of the following programs has been launched by the Ministry of Drinking Water and sanitation?

a. Swachh Pani Yojana 2018

b. Swachh Vyatavaran Yojana 2018

c. Swachh Survekshan Yojana 2018

d. Swachh Kisan Yojana 2018


Q18. _____ is the name of one of the many dummers of the Beatles.

a. Lars Ulrich

b. Dave Lomabardo

c. Ringo Starr

d. Keith Moon


Q19. Chaudhary Charan singh Jayanti or the birth anniversary of Ch. Charan singh is on ___ and is observed as the Kisan

a. 23 December

b. 13 December

c. 31 December

d. 3 December


Q20.  ________does not belong to the class Annelida.

a. Ascaris

b. Earthworm

c. Leech

d. Neries 


Answer:

1. (d), 2. (a), 3. (a), 4. (d), 5. (c), 6. (a), 7. (a), 8. (d), 9. (c), 10. (a), 11. (a), 12. (a), 13. (d), 14. (c), 15. (d), 16. (b), 17. (c), 18. (c), 19. (a), 20. (a)

General Science

Q1. Atomic radius ______ in a group and _____ in a period .

a. decrease, increases

b. increases, decreases

c. increases, increases

d. decreases, decreases


Q2. The potential energy of a hammer of 5 kg, when it is raised to a height of 8m, is _______. [take g = 10ms-2]

a. 400 Dyne

b. 400 N

c. 400 Pa

d. 400 J


Q3. A current of 0.5 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb for 10 minutes. Find the amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit.

a. C

b. 50C

c. 30C

d. 300C


Q4. The movement of a part of a plant towards the stimulus of gravity is called______

a. chemotropism

b. gravitropism

c. Phototropism

d. Hydrotropism


Q5. Which film has won the Best Popular Film award at the 2018 Jio Filmfare Awards?

a. Padmaavat

b. Neerja

c. Hindi medium

d. Airlift


Q6. A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 200N to the lower end. The weight stretched the wire by 1mm. Then the elastic energy stored in the wire is:

a. 0.1 J

b. 0.01J

c. 1 J

d. 10 J


Q7. A car falls a ledge and drops to the ground in 0.6s Given g =10ms-2, what is speed on striking the ground?

a. 6 ms2

b. 6 ms-2

c. 6 ms1

d. 6 ms-1


Q8. Which of the following is the first element of the Modern Periodic Table?

a. Hydrogen

b. Helium

c. Carbon

d. Lithium


Q9. Which of the following does NOT increase as we go down a group?

a. Valency

b. Atomic radius

c. Valence shells

d. Metallic character


Q10. If a doctor counts 80 heartbeats in 1 minute, then the frequency of the heartbeat is:

a. 2.39 Hz

b. 1.33 Hz

c. 1.39 Hz

d. 1.99 Hz


Q11. A solution contains 50g of common salt in 950g of water. Calculate the concentration in terms of mass by mass percentage of the solution.

a. 5%

b. 8%

c. 7%

d. 6.96%


Q12. Cambium is also called________ .

a. Calary meristem

b. Apical meristem

c. Intercalary meristem

d. Lateral meristem


Q13. __________ is formed after fertilization.

a. Embryo

b. Ovule

c. Zygote

d. Germ cell


Q14. Which formed doest NOT belong to Protista?

a. Euglena

b. Amoeba

c. Yeast

d. Diatoms


Q15. Sound is produced due to __________.

a. Vibration of object

b. Slow movement of air

c. Collision of two objects

d. Sudden release of force


Q16. Which of the following options are amorphous allotropes of carbon?

a. Liquid carbon, coal, lamp black, sugar charcoal

b. Coke, coal, lamp black, sugar charcoal

c. Coke, solid carbon, lamp black, sugar charcoal

d. Coke, charcoal gas, lamp black, sugar charcoal


Q17. Which one of the following does NOT relate to force?

a. Kg ms-2

b. Kg ms-1

c. Newton

d. Dyne


Q18. The SI unit of electric charge is ___________ .

a. Wait

b. Ohm

c. Amphere

d. Coulomb


Q19. The value of acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ depends on:

1. Constant of Gravitation ‘G’

2. Mass of the earth ‘M’

3. Mass of the falling object ‘m’

4. Radius of the earth ‘R’


a. a, c, d

b. b, c, d

c. a, b, c

d. a, b, d


Q20. A ball of mass m is moving with a momentum p. The Kinetic energy of the ball is:

a. P2/(2m)

b. P2/m

c. P/m

d. 2p2/m


Q21. A spring of force constant 10N per meter has no initial stretch of 0.20m. In changing the stretch to 0.25 m, the increase in potential energy is about:

a. 0.1J

b. 0.3 J

c. 0.2 J

d. 0.05 J


Q22. ‘a’ and ‘b’ are van der Waals constants for gases. Chlorine is more easily liquefied than ethane because:

a. for Cl2 < a for C2H6 but b for Cl2 ,<b for C2H6

b. for Cl2 > a for C2H6 but b for Cl2 ,<b for C2H6

c. for Cl2 < a for C2H6 but b for Cl2 > b for C2H6

d. for Cl2 > a for C2H6 but b for Cl2 >b for C2H6


Q23. A flower that has four or more whorls, at least one each of calyz, corolla, androecium and gynoecium, is called a –

a. Hermaphrodite

b. Unisexual flower

c. Complex flower

d. Bisexual flower


Q24. The atomic mass of Nitrogen is 14, that of Hydrogen is 1 and that of Chlorine is 35.. What will be the molecules mass of Ammonium Chloride?

a. 53.5

b. 88.5

c. 50.5

d. 100.5


Q25. If u = o m/s, a = 5ms-2 and t = 5 s then v = ?

a. 10ms-1

b. 25 ms-1

c. 10 ms-1

d. 25 ms-1


Answer:

1. (a), 2. (d), 3. (d), 4. (b), 5. (c), 6. (a), 7. (d), 8. (a), 9. (a), 10. (b), 11. (a), 12. (d), 13. (c), 14. (b), 15. (a), 16. (b), 17. (b), 18. (d), 19. (d), 20. (a), 21. (a), 22. (b), 23. (c), 24. (a), 25. (b)

Mathematics

Q1. Suraj had 50 paise coins, 1 coins and 5 coins in the ratio of 8:5:9. The total amount of money with Suraj is 648. What is the number of paise coins with him?

a. 96

b. 108

c. 84

d. 60


Q2. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12 and 720. How many such pair(s) of numbers are possible?

a. 4

b. 1

c. 3

d. 2


Q3. From a cloth store, 25 bought trousers, 15 bought frocks, 20 bought winter wear 2 bought all the three and 8 bought at least 2 of these. How many bought at least one type of clothes from the store?

a. 39

b. 25

c. 42

d. 50


Q4. 0.00025 / 12.5 = _______?

a. 0.000002

b. 0.0025

c. 0.00002

d. 0.0002


Q5. 350 / 5² x 7 – 3 = _______ ?

a. 3.5

b. -1

c. 95

d. 350/172


Q6. A cistern can be filled with two pipes together in 43/4 minutes. The large pipe would fill the cistern in 12minutes less than the smaller one. Find the time taken by the larger pipe alone to fill the cistern?

a. 12minutes

b. 24 minutes

c. 30 minutes

d. 18 minutes


Q7. What is the HCF of 156 and 546?

a. 39

b. 26

c. 13

d. 78


Q8. The average of 81 results is 54. If the average of the first 59 results is 52, and that of the last 21 results is 60, calculate the 60th result.

a. 46

b. 52

c. 62

d. 60


Q9. The two sides containing the right angle of a right-angled triangle are 7 cm and 24 cm long. What will be the radius of the circumference of the said triangle?

a. 12.5cm

b. 15.5 cm

c. 9.5 cm

d. 8.5 cm


Q10. The following pie diagram shows the revenue of the company ABC which manufacture leather products. The total revenue of the company for the year 2015 was 36, 28, 000


How much revenue was made by company ABC on the sales of “belts”?

a. Rs. 3,62,800

b. Rs.7,25,600

c. Rs.1,81,400

d. Rs.90,700


Q11. Ashok is as younger to Vimal as he is older than Arun. If the sum of the ages of Arun and Vimal is 40 years, how old is Ashok?

a. 35 years

b. 20years

c. 30years

d. 27years


Q12. What is the smallest natural number 216 should be multiplied by so that the number of factors of the product is odd?

a. 6

b. 4

c. 12

d. 8


Q13. A son of money invested at 16% simple interest per annum for 3.5years yields the same interest as another sum invested at 12.6% simple interest per annum for 5 years. What is the ratio of the two sum invested?

a. 14: 9

b. 9 : 8

c. 6 : 5

d. 8 : 7


Q14. Two sides of a rectangle are 10cm and 8cm, respectively. They are increased by 15% and 20%. Find the percentage increased in the areas.

a. 38%

b. 37%

c. 35%

d. 36%


Q15. If tan∝ =5+2 √6, then the value of tan∝ + cot∝ is:

a. 5 – 2√6

b. 4√6

c. 5

d. 10


Q16. The number of diagonals in a 28-gon is:

a. 175

b. 350

c. 304

d. 280


Q17. Parvej belongs to Town A and Gautam belongs to Town B. They start their journeys towards each other's town following the same route at the same time. They meet somewhere on the way and continue with their journeys. After meeting Gautam, Parvez takes another 12 hours to reach the destination while Gautam takes another 3 hours to reach Parvez’s town . If Parvez travelled at a speed of 60 km/h, find gautam’s speed in Km/h

a. 90

b. 120

c. 125

d. 105


Q18. The length of an edge of a cube is 70cm. There is a circle painted in green on each face of the cube. What is the total area of the unpainted surface of the cube if the circles area of the largest area possible?

a. 6650cm2

b. 6300 cm2

c. 6500 cm2

d. 6350 cm2


Q19. 42 / 21 x 2 – 6 = _________?

a. -5

b. -0.5

c. -8

d. -2


Q20. 40 people could complete a work in 24 days. But after they worked together for 4 days their employer wanted that the work should be completed in a total of 12 days. How many more workers need to be employed to meet to be employed to meet the deadline?

a. 60

b. 70

c. 50

d. 80


Q21. Biju’s age is 28 years less than three times the age of Subham, who in turn is 16 years older than 4/5 of the age of Amir. Kaveri is 10 years younger than Amir and half the age of Subham. What is the sum of all their age?

a. 180 years

b. 196 years

c. 188 years

d. 182 years


Q22. The square root of 26896 is :

a. 154

b. 162

c. 164

d. 158


Q23. If 3+√8/3-√8 = a+ b√8; then, a = ?

a. √18

b. 15

c. 17

d. 16


Q24. By selling a laptop for Rs.21,150 keshav makes a profit of 17.5%. What should have been the selling price to make a profit of 22.5%?

a. Rs.22,350

b. Rs.21,950

c. Rs.22,150

d. Rs.22 ,050


Q25. A train a 520 m long platform in 36 seconds. How long was the train if it was travelling at a speed of 70 km/h?

a. 150m

b. 180m

c. 140m

d. 160m


Answer:

1. (a), 2. (a), 3. (d), 4. (c), 5. (c), 6. (d), 7. (d), 8. (a), 9. (a), 10. (b), 11. (b), 12. (a), 13. (b), 14. (a), 15. (d), 16. (b), 17. (b), 18. (b), 19. (d), 20. (a), 21. (d), 22. (c), 23. (c), 24. (d), 25. (c)

Reasoning

Q1. Mallika is cleaning the bi-framed group-photo of her friend’s portrait that atoms her living room. She had laid it flat on the floor. The top side of the frame points to the west. She starts cleaning from the south-east comer and then diagonally moves her hand to the opposite side. Which direction is her hand now?

a. West-east

b. South-east

c. East-north

d. North-west


Q2. Choose the mirror image for the following figure:



Q3. A man from point ‘O’ and travels km towards east to reach point ‘A’; then, he turns right and travels 10 km to reach point ‘B’; then, he turns right and travel 9 km to reach point ‘C’; then, he turns right and travel 5 km to reach point ‘D; then , he turns left and travel 12 km to reach point E’; and finally he turns right and travel 6 km to reach point ‘F’.

a. East

b. South

c. West

d. North


Q4. What is the time between 2 o’clock and 3 o’clock at which the minute hand and the hour hand form an angle of 60° with each other?

a. 228/11 minute past 2

b. 240/11 minute past 2

c. 262/11 minute past 2

d. 250/11 minute past 2


Q5. Shoes is related to Slippers in the same way as Coat is related to:

a. Pen

b. Short

c. Socks

d. Tie


Q6. Read the given question and decide which of the following statements is/are sufficient to answer the question?

What is the age of Sriram?

Statement:


1. Sriram is 32 years elder to Shyam.

2. Shyam is 2 years old now.


a. Both 1 and 2 are sufficient

b. Either I or 2 is sufficient

c. Only 1 is sufficient

d. Only 2 is sufficient


Q7. A statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider the given statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statement disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement: In view of further sudden increase in the international oil prices, the Government will review the present policy on fuel price


Conclusions:

I. The Government will increase the price of the fuel after the sudden increase in the international prices.

II. The Government will not increase the price of the fuel even after the sudden increase in the international oil prices.


a. Either I or II follows

b. Only conclusions II follows

c. Only conclusions I follows

d. Neither I nor II follows


Q8. Select the appropriate combination of symbols that when sequentially placed in place of the equation will correctly complete the equation.

((10?10)?25)?10 = 2510

a. x, x, +

b. -, x, /

c. +, /, /

d. -, /, /


Q9. In a certain coding language, if wind = tfka and back = yxzh, then joke = ?

a. glhb

b. hehu

c. gehu

d. heho


Q10. Starting from point O facing West a man walks 4 km reach point A, turns right walks 4 km reach point B, turn right walks 4km reach point C, turns right walks 3 km reach point D, turns left walks 4 km reach point E, turns right walks 5 km reach point F.  The shortest distance between the point B and point E (in Km) is:

a. 2√73

b. √27

c. √73

d. √37


picked from the left to form a meaningful word, then the third letter of the word will be:

a. E

b. J

c. O

d. P


Q12. Read the gives question and decide which of the following statement is/are sufficient /necessary to answer the question

Questions:

What is the distance between A and known C If the three towns A, B and C lie on a straight line?


Statements:

I. The distance between town B and town C is 20Km

II. The distance between town A and town B is 35 Km


a. Both I and II are necessary

b. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

c. Neither I nor II is sufficient

d. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient.


Q13. Consider the following statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which of the conclusion logically follows, from the statements.

Statement:

No pigeon is a dove.

All doves are oriental rollers


Conclusions:

No pigeons are oriental rollers

Some oriental rollers are dove


a. Only Conclusions2 follows

b. Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow

c. Only conclusions 1 follows

d. Either conclusions 1 or 2 follows


Q14. Three out of the four options given below are related in a particular way. Choose options that is different or odd from the others.

a. Patna

b. Kohima

c. Orissa

d. Gangtok


Q15. Consider the following question and decide which of the statement is sufficient to answer the question ]

Question: What is the measure of angle A in a right angle triangle ABC right angled at angle B?


Statement: Angle C is 20°


a. Statement 1 alone is sufficient while statement 2 alone is not sufficient

b. Each statement alone is sufficient

c. Statement 2 alone is sufficient while sufficient 1 alone is not sufficient

d. Both Statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient


Q16. Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information in the statement is true, even if they appear to be in variance with commonly known facts, select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement (s) beyond reasonable doubt.

Statement : “ Sunday morning my friend cooked delicious chicken biryani, “ mentioned Sudha about her friend.


Conclusions:

I. Sudha’s friend is a good chef

II. Chicken biryani ids the only which is delicious


a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows


Q17. Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.

Fish: Shoal::Goods:______?

a. Gang

b. Mob

c. Items

d. Stock


Q18. Find the next term in the series.

R9H, P11J, N13L,_________

a. L14N

b. L15N

c. L12N

d. N15L


Q19. Identity the option that relates to the third figure in the same way that the second figure relates to the third figure.


Q20. A statement is followed by two arguments. Decide which of the arguments is/are strong with respect to the statement

Statement:

Drinking tea and coffee are addictive


Arguments:

I. Yes, the caffeine in coffee or tea is a central, nervous system stimulated and it is the world’s most widely consumed addictive stimulant.

II.No, as it is widely accepted caffeine is good for health


a. Only argument II is strong

b. Neither I nor II are strong

c. Both arguments I and II are strong

d. Only argument I is strong


Q21. Every morning, Albert starts riding towards the rising sum. He rides 2 km, turns to his left and continues for 4 km. He then turns to his right and continues for 3 Km . Finally, he turns to his left and reaches his office after riding for another 8 km How far is his office from his home aerially?

a. 12Km

b. 13 Km

c. 18 Km

d. 19 Km


Q22. Take the given statement to be true and decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All cars are rockers. All cycles are rockers


Conclusions:

1. Some cars are cycles

2. some rockers are cycles

3. Some cycles are cars


a. None of the conclusions follows

b. Only conclusions 1 follows

c. Both conclusions 1 and 3 follow

d. Only conclusions 2 follows


Q23. What is the next term is this series:

12A6Z, 24C4X, 36E2V,_____________

a. 48F0T

b. 48F9T

c. 48F9S

d. 48G0T


Q24. Read the given question and decide which of the following statement is/are sufficient to answer the question.

Who is standing in the middle among Y, O and P?


Statements:

1. Y is standing to the right of O.

2. P is standing to the right of Y.


a. Statements 1 and 2 together are insufficient.

b. Statement 1 alone is sufficient.

c. Statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient

d. Statement 2 alone is sufficient


Q25. If ‘+’ is ‘x‘ , ‘-‘ is ‘+’ , ‘x’ is ‘+’ and ‘+’ is ‘-‘ then

5 – 9 + 7 x 3 6 = ?

a. 20

b. 0

c. 26

d. 10


Q26. From the following Allotropes of Carbon, pick the odd one out.

a. Carbon Black

b. Coke

c. Charcoal

d. Graphite


Q27. Find the next term in the following series:

ZW, VS, RO,__________.

a. NP

b. NS

c. NL

d. NK


Q28. Choose the figure that sign different from the rest.



a. b

b. e

c. c

d. d


Q29. Select the term that relates to the third term in the same way that the second term relates to the firs t term.

House : House : Flaw : ______?

a. Mob

b. Defect

c. Assume

d. Peace


Q30. Consider the following statement and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements.

Statements:

Cactus has thick stem and it requires less water.


Conclusions:


1. All plants with thick stem requires less water.

2. Cactus grow in places where there is less water.

3. Neither 1 nor 2 follows

4. Both 1 and 2 follows


Answer:

1. (d), 2. (b), 3. (c), 4. (b), 5. (b), 6. (a), 7. (a), 8. (a), 9. (a), 10. (c), 11. (d), 12. (a), 13. (a), 14. (c), 15. (b), 16. (a), 17. (d), 18. (b), 19. (a), 20. (d), 21. (b), 22. (d), 23. (d), 24. (c), 25. (a), 26. (d), 27. (d), 28. (c), 29. (b), 30. (b)