PSPCL MOCK TEST 1

GENERAL AWARENESS

1) Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley

Civilization?

A. Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are is located on the banks of

Indus
B. Both Chanhudaro and Kalibangan were located within the
boundaries of present day Rajasthan.
C. Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in Kutch of Gujarat
D. Lothal site was located on bank of Narmada river

2) India is the biggest producer of ?

A. Coffee
B. Tobacco
C. Oilseeds
D. Wheat

3)An ordinary bill can originate

A. Only in Lok Sabha

B. Only in Rajya Sabha
C. In either of the two Houses
D. None of the above

4) Who was sworn in as 13th Chief Minister of Goa after the demise of
Manohar Parrikar?

A. Neiphiu Rio
B. N. Biren Singh

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 C. Bhupesh Baghel
D. Pramod Sawant

5) Where is the headquarter of European Union(EU) commission

located ?

A. Damascus, Syria
B. Brussels, Belgium
C. Berlin, Germany
D. Ankara, Turkey

6) The National parliament of USA is known as

A. White house
B. Congress
C. Upper house
D. Diet

7) The plant tissue responsible for transporting sugars produced

during the photosynthesis is the

A. Xylem
B. Phloem
C. Leaf
D. Stomata

8) To which ministry, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar the first career

diplomat has sworn in as cabinet minister on 31st May, 2019?

A. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

B. Ministry of Human Resource Development
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 C. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
D. Ministry of External Affairs

9) Pedology is the study of

A. Soil
B. Locomotion of animals
C. Rocks
D. Crop disease

10)Charak was the court Physician of whom?

A. Harsha
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Ashoka
D. Kanishka

11) Who won the contest for the British Prime Minister(PM) ?
A. Harold Wilson
B. Boris de Johnson
C. Gordon Brown
D. Margaret Thatcher

12) Which country has renamed its capital as Nursultan recently?

A. Uzbekistan
B. Kazakhstan
C. Tajikistan
D. Kyrgyzstan

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13) Which country was declared ‘measles-free’ nation by World
Health Organization (WHO) ?
A. Myanmar
B. Bangladesh
C. Sri Lanka
D. Nepal
14) INDIA WINS FREEDOM is the autobiography of ?
A. Rabindranath tagore
B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Maulana Abul kalam Azad
D. M.K. Gandhi

15. By which constitutional amendment Bill, was the voting age

reduced from 21 years to 18 years?

A. 48th
B. 57th
C. 61st
D. 63rd
16. BADMINTON is the national sport of ?
A. Indonesia
B. Scotland
C. China
D. USA
17. National Technology Day is observed annually on ____________?

A. May 8
B. May 11
C. May 10
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 D. May 9

18) Growth with Stability was the main objective of which 5 year
plan?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th

19) In which state ,The valley of flowers National Park located?

A. Kerala
B. Uttarakhand
C. Maharashtra
D. Karnataka

20) After Chauri-chaura incident , Gandhi ji suspended the

A. Civil disobedience movement

B. Khilafat movement
C. Non-cooperation movement
D. Quit India movement

COMPUTER

21) P” in CAPTCHA stands for _____

A. Prevent
B. Public

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 C. Promote
D. Period

22) NTFS stands for…..

(A) New Technology File System
(B) New Transmission File System
(C) Net Transmission File System
(D) None

23)Which of the following is the primary and first installed operating

system.?
A. Guest OS
B. Host OS
C. Common OS
D. Shared OS
24)Which of the following is an example for connection less protocol?
A. Frame Relay
B. X.25
C. Multi Protocol Label Switching
D. Transmission Control Protocol
E. Ethernet

25) ATM stands for _______

A. Asymmetrical Transfer Mode
B. Asynchronous Transfer Mode
C. Asynchronous Transmission Mode
D. Asymmetrical Transmission Mode

26) _______ is a computer networking device that builds the

connection with the other bridge networks which use the same
protocol.

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 A. Router
B. Bridge
C. Gateway
D. None

27) Many e-commerce sites use _____ to determine customer

preferences.

A. Data Redundancy
B. Data Integrity
C. Data Mining
D. None

28) What is the shortcut key to “Update Formula” in a table?

A. F9
B. Alt+FB
C. Ctrl + F9
D. Shift+ F9
E. None of these

29) .__________ has the shortest access time.

A. Cache Memory
B. Virtual Memory
C. Secondary Memory
D. All of the above
E. None of these

30).Internet access by transmitting digital data over the wires of a

local telephone network is provided by:

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 A. leased line
B. digital subscriber line
C. digital signal line
D. MODEM
E. None of the above

REASONING

31) A boy leaves his school and travels 8 km towards the east. He
takes a left turn and travels 6 km in that direction, and then turns
towards the east and travels another 5 km. Finally, he turns right and
travels 10 km. In which direction is he now from his school?

A. South east
B. West
C. East
D. North east

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

i. Preview
ii. Preventive
iii. Prefer
iv. Preformation

A. iii,ii,i,iv
B. iv,iii,i,ii
C. iii,iv,ii,i

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 D. iii,i,ii,iv

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

Vegetable, Park, Carrot

34) In a certain code language, “HAMMER” is written as “MAHERM”.

How is “MATTER” written in that code language?

A. TREMAT
B. TAMERT
C. TAEMRT
D. TARMET

35) In the following question, two statements are given each followed
by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be
true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.
You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows
from the given statements.

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Statements
(I) Some bags are hot
(II) All hot things are cakes
Conclusion:
(I) All cakes are bags.
(II) All bags are cakes.
(a) Conclusion I follows
(b) Conclusion II follows
(c) Neither I nor II follows
(d) Both I and II follows

36) Pointing to a woman, a girl says, “Her daughter-in-law is married

to the only son of my husband’s mother-in-law.” How is the girl
related to the woman?

A. Niece
B. Granddaughter
C. Daughter
D. Cousin

37) Five friends are sitting on a bench facing the north. Ankit is sitting
to the immediate right of Anjum. Amit is sitting to the left of Priya and
to the immediate right of Ram. Ram is sitting to the right of Ankit.
Who is sitting at the extreme right end?

A. Amit
B. Ankit
C. Priya
D. Anjum

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38) Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the
given alternatives.

A. 125
B. 512
C. 1321
D. 1728

39) Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the

given alternatives.

A. MG
B. QK
C. VN
D. UO

40) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct
alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

PRQ, TVU, YAZ, ?

A. BDC
B. EGF
C. DFE
D. NONE

41) If “*” denotes “added to”, “&” denotes “divided by”, “@”
denotes “multiplied by” and “%” denotes “subtracted from”, then 399
& 19 @ 21 % 41 * 100 =?
399 & 19 @ 21% 41 * 100 =?

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 A. 458
B. 500
C. 575
D. 600

42) In the following question, from the given alternative words,

select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the
given word.

HANDSOME

A. HATS
B. HOME
C. NAME
D. SAND

43) In a row of books a book of English is 16th from left end of row. A
book of Mathematics is 12th from the right end. If the Mathematics
book is 6th to the right of the English book, then how many total
books are in the row?

A. 33
B. 32
C. 34
D. 31

44)If PEN = 613 and STRING = 580934 then RIPENING =

A. 09631934
B. 09163934
C. 09316934
D. 09613934

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45) Among six people – A, B, C, D, E and F each of a different height, A
is shorter than only D. Only two persons are shorter than E. F is
younger than E. F and C are not the youngest.

Who among the following is the shortest?

A. B
B. A
C. E
D. C

46-48) Read all the given information carefully and answer the
following questions.
There are seven friends Rahul, Ramesh, Rajesh, Lokesh, Durgesh,
Ankit and Manav who likes different colour i.e. Blue, Black, yellow,
Green, Pink, Red and Purple. Lokesh does not likes Green colour.
Ramesh likes either purple colour or yellow colour. Ankit likes Black
colour. Durgesh likes yellow colour. Rahul likes Blue colour. Lokesh
and Rajesh likes Green and pink colour but not in the same order.

46)Who among the following likes purple colour?

A. Rajesh
B. Durgesh
C. Ramesh
D. Manav

47) Manav likes which of the following colour?

A. Red
B. Blue
C. Black
D. Purple

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48) Lokesh like which of the following colour?

A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Green
D. pink

49)If A is married to B and D is the daughter of B, but B is not the

father of D then how A is related to D?

A. Himself
B. Father
C. Uncle
D. Brother

50-52) A series is given, with one terms missing. Choose the correct
alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

50) 9, 27, 31, 155, 161, 1127,?

(a) 316
(b) 1135
(c) 1288
(d) 2254

51) 2, 3, 3, 5, 10, 13, ?, 43, 172, 177

(a) 23
(b) 38
(c) 39
(d) 40

52) 4, 18, 48, 100, 180, 294,?

(a) 416
(b) 448

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(c) 512
(d) 384

53) 7: 56 : : 9 : ?
(a) 65
(b) 90
(c) 81
(d) 70

54) How many such digits will remain on their original position in the
number 495637281, if all the digits are arranged in descending order
within the number?

A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three

55) 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.

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 ENGLISH

56) In the following question, a sentence has been given in

Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the
one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Ravi had committed a mistake.

(a) A mistake has been committed by Ravi.

(b) A mistake had been committed by Ravi.
(c) A mistake was committed by Ravi.
(d) A mistake is committed by Ravi.

57) Select the word with the correct spelling.

(a) commamds
(b) prigish
(c) adhesive
(d) serenely

58) Select the antonym of “endeavor”

(a) passive
(b) buck
(c) assay
(d) intend

59) 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.

To understand the nature of electromagnetic radiation, it is

imperative that we grasp the _______ nature of light.
(a) twice
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(b) dual
(c) double
(d) dichotomous

60) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the
alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Zero tolerance
(a) Accuracy is paramount
(b) Non-acceptance of antisocial behaviour
(c) No return without risk
(d) No problem at all

61) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He spent a third
P-was of any consequence
Q-made sure that none of them
R-of the time describing his tax proposals, but
(a) QRP
(b) QPR
(c) PRQ
(d) RQP

62) 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’.

The temple is(A)/within a hundred yards(B)/from my house(C)/No

error(D)
(a) A
(b) B
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(c) C
(d) D

63) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The yatra focussed
P-for poor and
Q-marginalised communities
R on access to development and dignity
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP

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

deserving reward or praise

(a) meritorious
(b) honourable
(c) virtuous
(d) noble

65) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The candidate was likely to win the assembly elections (with the)
sweeping majority.
(a) by the
(b) with a
(c) by a
(d) no improvement

66) Nayar was among the journalists who (has staunchly opposed) the
Emergency imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

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(a) may staunchly opposed
(b) had staunchly opposed
(c) will staunchly oppose
(d) No Improvement

67) (It should not hamper) the free flow of information and the
blooming of diverse and contrarian ideas.
(a) It should not hampers
(b) It should not be hamper
(c) It should not hampering
(d) No improvement

68-69) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select

the word similar in meaning to the word given.

68) BREVITY
(a) prolixity
(b) pleonasm
(c) tautology
(d) concision

69)SURLY
(a) perky
(b) choleric
(c) cheery
(d) benign

70-71) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select

the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Q70. STARK
(a) mild
(b) gruff

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(c) rugged
(d) mulish

71) OUTLANDISH
(a) quirky
(b) atypical
(c) conventional
(d) crotchety

72-73)In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select

the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

72) Sudden strong rush of wind

(a) Implosion
(b) Trickle
(c) Gust
(d) Mantle

73)Phobia of dogs
(a) Orophobia
(b) Cynophobia
(c) Vatrachophobia
(d) Phemophobia

74) In the following question, sentence given with 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.
The unruly behaviour of the parliamentarians _____________ the
speaker.
(a) incensed
(b) estranged
(c) enflamed
(d) disparaged

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75)To better the public transport system, the municipality
______________ the scheme of securing dedicated lanes for buses.
(a) marketed
(b) launched
(c) floated
(d) enhanced

QUANTATIVE APTITUDE

76)What is the ratio between the volumes of a cylinder and cone of

the same height and of the same diameter?
(a) 2:1
(b) 3:1
(c) 4:1
(d) 5:1
77)At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of
Rs.1200 become Rs.1348.32 in 2 years?

(a) 6%
(b) 6.5%
(c)7%
(d) 7.5%

78) How much will be the compound interest to be paid on a principal

amount of Rs 85,000/- after 3 years at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a?
(a) Rs 16623.36/-
(b) Rs 16236.36/-
(c) Rs 16326.36/-
(d) Rs 16632.36/-

79) A sector of 120 degrees, cut out from a circle, has an area of 66/7
sq cm. Find the radius of the circle?

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

80) Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If the ratio of their ages is
7:9, find the age of Sachin?

A.23.5
B.24.5
C.12.5
D.14.5

81) A man buys some articles at Rs. P per dozen and sells them at Rs.
P/8 per piece. His profit percent is?

a) 30
b) 40
c) 50
d) 60

82) .A single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 5%,

10%, 20% is?

(a) 68. 4%
(b) 35%
(c) 31.6%
(d) 32%

83) On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain
10% he must sell that article for?

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(a) Rs. 275
(b)Rs. 340
(c) Rs. 320
(d) Rs.264

84) The H.C.F and L.C.M of two numbers are 8 and 48 respectively. If
one of the numbers is 24, then the other number is?

a) 48
b) 36
c) 24
d) 16

85) In a triangle, the angles are in the ratio 2 : 5 : 3. What is the value
of the least angle in the radian?
(a) π/20
(b) π/10
(c) 2π/5
(d) π/5

86) .A can do a piece of work in 24 days. If B is 60% more efficient

than A. then how many days does B require to do the same work?

(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 16
(d) 18

87) The value of equipment depreciates by 20% each year. How much
less will the value of the equipment be after 3 years?

a) 48.8

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c) 52
d) 54
88) In an examination, 93% of students passed and 259 failed. The
total number of students appearing at the examination was

a) 3700
b) 3850
c) 3950
d) 4200
89) A boat goes 12 km upstream in 3 hours. If the speed of the current
is 3 km/ hr, then the speed (in km/ hr) of the boat in still water is

a) 12
b) 9
c) 8
d) 7
90) If the difference between the S.I. and C.I. on a certain amount at
10% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 20, then the sum is :

(a) Rs. 4000

(b) Rs 2000
(c) Rs. 1500
(d) Rs. 3000

91)Profit on selling the watch at Rs. 850 is equal to loss on selling it at

Rs. 650. What is the cost-price of the watch?

(a) Rs. 720

(b) Rs. 750
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 735

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92) The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is equal to :

a. 210
b. 300
c. 400
d. 420

93)The sum of first 45 natural no’s is

a) 1035
b) 1280
c) 2070
d) 1040

94)A batsman of Ireland Cricket team in his 17th innings makes a

score of 85 runs, and thereby, increase his average by 3 runs. What is
his average after the 17th innings? He had never been ‘not out’.
(a) 47
(b) 37
(c) 39
(d)none

95) There are five bells which start ringing together at intervals of 3, 6,
9, 12 and 15 seconds respectively. In 36 minutes, how many times
will the bells ring simultaneously?

(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 6
(d) 5

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96) There are two vertical posts, one on each side of the road, just
opposite to each other. One post is 108 meters high. From the top of
this post, the angles of depression of the top and foot of the other
post are 30° and 60° respectively. The height of the other post, in
metre, is.

(a) 36
(b) 72
(c) 108
(d) 110

97)A milkman makes 20% profit by selling milk mixed with water at
Rs. 9 per litre. If the cost price of 1 litre pure milk is Rs. 10, then the
ratio of milk and water in the said mixture is
(a) 3 : 1
(b) 4 : 1
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 4 : 3

98)If A : B = 1/2 ∶3/8, B : C = 1/3 ∶5/9 and C : D = 5/6 ∶3/4, then the
ratio A : B : C : D is

(a) 6 : 4 : 8 : 10
(b) 6 : 8 : 9 : 10
(c) 8 : 6 : 10 : 9
(d) 4 : 6 : 8 : 10

99) [1/(√2+√3-√5)+1/(√2–√3–√5)] , In simplified form equals to:

(a) 1
(b) √2
(c) 1/√2
(d) 0

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100)((2.3)³+0.027)/((2.3)²–0.69+0.09) is equal to :

(a) 2.60
(b) 2.00
(c) 2.33
(d) 2.80

Answer and Explanation

1) C ;Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in Kutch of Gujarat:

Mohenjo-Daro was located on banks of river Indus. Harappa on
Ravi. Chahundaro is in Pakistan now. Lothal was on mouth of
Gulf of Cambay.
2) C;India is top producer country of many crops. The major crops
in India can be divided into four categories viz. Food grains (Rice,
Wheat, Maize, Millet). Cash Crops (Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane,
Tobacco, and Oilseeds), Plantation Crops (Tea, Coffee, Coconut
and, Rubber) and Horticulture crops such as Fruits
3) C; Except Money Bills and Financial Bills, Category A,
which can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha,
a Bill may originate in either House of Parliament. ... However
once it has been passed by the Lok Sabha, it is like an ordinary
Bill and there is no restriction on the powers of the Rajya Sabha
on such Bills.
4) D;

5) B; The de facto capital of the EU is in Brussels, Belgium. Officially,

however, the EU does not have a headquarters in any of the

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 member countries. In addition, there are no plans in place for
choosing a headquarter city.
6) B;
Name of Parliament of US is Congress. It is Bicameral. The Lower
House is called House of Representatives and Upper house is
Senate
7) B; Phloem, the vascular tissue responsible for transporting
organic nutrients around the plant body, carries dissolved sugars
from the leaves (their site of production) or storage sites to other
parts of the plant that require nutrients.

8) D;Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had become first career diplomat

to be appointed as External Affairs Minister of India on 31st May,
2019.

9) Pedology (from Greek: πέδον, pedon, "soil"; and λόγος, logos,

"study") is the study of soils in their natural environment. It is one of
two main branches of soil science, the other being edaphology.

10) D; Charak was the court physician of Kanishka I. He was one of

the principal contributors to the ancient art and science of Ayurveda, a
system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. He is
sometimes referred to as the Father of Indian Medicine.

11)b, Boris Johnson has won the contest to replace Theresa

May as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and U.K. Prime
Minister,

12) B

On 20th March 2019,Kazakhstan has renamed its capital as

Nursultan from its previous name Astana in order to recognize its
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 outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev(78), who has served nearly
30 years as president of Kazakhstan.The name was changed after
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan.The
new president will serve till April 2020.\

13)C; Sri Lanka has defied the global trend in the battle
against measles, with the country declared free of the highly
infectious disease by the World Health Organization

14)c;India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of Abul Kalam Azad

15) C; The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India,

officially known as The Constitution (Sixty- first Amendment) Act,
1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the
Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.

16)A; Badminton is the national game from both the participation

and spectating aspect. It has won gold medals in badminton in every
Olympic Games since the sport was first introduced to the Olympics
in 1992 except in 2012 Summer Olympics.

17) B

Every year on May 11, National Technology Day is observed in India

to mark India’s technological advancements. It also emphasizes the
importance of science in our day-to-day life. This day marks the
remembrance of the successful launch of Shakti-I nuclear missile at
Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan on May 11, 1998

18)D; Fourth Five Year Plan:

I. Its duration was from 1969 to 1974.

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 II. There were two main objective of this plan i.e. growth with
stability and progressive achievement of self reliance.
III. During this plan the slogan of “Garibi Hatao” is given during
the 1971 elections by Indira Gandhi.
IV. This plan failed and could achieve growth rate of 3.3% only
against the target of 5.7%
19) B; Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park,
located in North Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known
for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora. T
20)C The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri Chaura in
the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, (modern Uttar
Pradesh) in British India on 5 February 1922, when a large group of
protesters, participating in the Non-cooperation movement, clashed
with police, who opened fire. In retaliation the demonstrators
attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants.

21) B

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and

Humans Apart

22) (A) New Technology File System

23) B
Host OS is the primary and first installed operating system

24) E

Connection less protocols are Ethernet, Internet Protocol (IP), and

User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

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 25) B. Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is a switching technique used

by telecommunication networks.

26)B; An Ethernet network bridge is a device which connects two

different local area networks together. Both networks must connect
using the same Ethernet protocol. Bridges can also be used to add
remote computers to a LAN.

27)C

28)A

29)A;Cache Memory has shortest access time. Cache memory, also

called CPU memory, is random access memory (RAM) that a computer
microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular
RAM

30) .(b)

Digital subscriber line (DSL or digital subscriber loop) is a family of

technologies that are used to transmit digital
data over telephone lines.

31) A

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32)C Sol.
iii. prefer
iv. preformation
ii. preventive
i. preview

33) C

34)

35)

36)C

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37) C .
Anjum Ankit Ram Amit Priya
Priya is sitting at the extreme right end.

38) C

5³ = 125
8³ = 512
12³ = 1728
11³ = 1331 ≠ 1321
1321 is not a perfect cube

39)C

Difference of 6 except VN (difference of 8)

40) B

41)B

Sol.
399 & 19 @ 21 % 41 * 100
⇒ 399 ÷ 19 × 21 – 41 + 100
⇒ 21 × 21 – 41 + 100
⇒ 441 – 41 + 100
⇒ 541 – 41
⇒ 500

42)A; ‘T’ word not present in the given word “HANDSOME”.

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43)A

44)

45) A

46)C

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47) A

48)D

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49)B

50) B; The pattern is x3, + 4, x5, +6, x 7 … So, missing term = 1127 + 8 =
1135.

51) C; The pattern is +1, x1, +2, x2, +3, x3, +4, x4, +5. So, missing term = 13 x 3
= 39.

52) B; 4=2*2, 18=3*6 , 48=4*12, 100=5*20, 180=6*30, 294=7*42

Similarly: 448=8*56

53)B

54)C

55)B

56) (b)

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57) (c)
Sol. adhesive: able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.
Priggish: self-righteously moralistic and superior.
Serenely: in a calm, peaceful, and untroubled manner.

58) (a)
Sol. Endeavour: try hard to do or achieve something.
Passive means accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without
active response or resistance.

59) (b)
Sol. nature is a noun, before which we need to use adjective, and “dual” is an
adjective.

60) (b);
Sol. Zero tolerance means absolutely no toleration of even the smallest infraction
of a rule.

61) Ans. (d)

62) (d)
Sol. No error

63) (c)

64) (a)
Sol. Meritorious: deserving reward or praise.
Honourable: bringing or deserving honour.
Virtuous: having or showing high moral standards.
Noble: belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

65) (c)
Sol. here “with the” gives the context of “accompanied by”.
e.g. I will go to movie with you.
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We cannot accompany “sweeping majority”, because “sweeping majority” is not a
person. Thus “by” should be used. majority is a noun before which we need to use
an article but as there is no definite majority given thus, indefinite article “a”
should be used.

66) (b)
Sol. The sentence in in Past Tense and hence the bracketed part needs to be in
Past as well.
Hence option B is correct.

67) d)
Sol. No improvement is required

68) (d)
Sol. Brevity: the quality of being brief or terse.
Prolixity: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long.
Pleonasm: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word.
Concision: the quality or state of being concise.
Hence Brevity and Concision are synonyms to each other.

69) (b)
Sol. Surly: bad-tempered and unfriendly.
Perky: being lively and cheerful.
Choleric: bad-tempered or irritable.
Benign: of a gentle disposition.
Hence Surly and Benign are synonyms to each other.

70) (a)
Sol. Stark: harsh and threatening in manner or appearance.
Mild: gentle in nature or behavior; not severe.
Mulish: unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate.
Hence Stark and Mild are antonyms to each other.

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71) (c)
Sol. Outlandish: strange and unusual.
Conventional: common and ordinary; not unusual.
Crotchety: very grumpy or unpleasant.
Hence Outlandish and Conventional are antonyms to each other.

72) (c)
Sol. Option C is the correct substitution.

73) (b)
Sol. Option B is the correct substitution.

74) (a)
Sol. incensed: very angry; enraged.
Estranged: a wife or husband no longer living with their spouse.
Enflamed: a less common spelling of “to burst” Into flame.
Disparaged: regard or represent as being of little worth

75) (b)
Sol. Launch: to start something.

76)

77)a

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78)b

79)c

80)b

81)c

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82)c

83)a

84)d

85)d

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86)b

87)a

88)a

89)d

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90)b

91)b

92)c

93)a

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94)b

95)

96)b

97)

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98)c

99) Ans. (c)

Sol.
1/√(2+√3+√5) +1/(√2-√3-√5)
1/(√2+√3+√5) = 1/((√2+√3)√5)=(√2+√3+√5)/(2√6)
=(√2+√3+√5)/(2+3+2√6-5)=(√2+√3+√5)/(2√6)
1/(√2-√3-√5) = (2-√3+√5)/((2–〖√3〗^2–5)) = (2-√3+√5)/(-2√6)
1/(√2+√3-√5)+1/(√2+√5)-√5
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= √(2+√3+√5) /(2√6)+(√2-√3+√5)/(-2√6)
=(√2+√3+√5-√2+√3-√5)/(2√6)
= (2√3)/(2√6)
= 1/√2

100) Ans. (a)

Sol.
((2.3)³+(0.9)³)/((2.3)²-(2.3 )(0.3)+(0.3)^2 )
= ((2.3+0.3)[(2.3)²-(2.3)(0.3)+(0.3)²])/((2.3)²–(2.3)(0.3)+(0.3)² )
= 2.3 + 0.3 = 2.6

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