Answer Key NTPC TEST NO.

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1. (d) 11. (c) 21. (d) 31. (a) 41. (c) 51. (c) 61. (c) 71. (a) 81. (d) 91. (d)
2. (a) 12. (b) 22. (b) 32. (c) 42. (a) 52. (d) 62. (d) 72. (c) 82. (c) 92. (d)
3. (b) 13. (a) 23. (c) 33. (d) 43. (c) 53. (a) 63. (b) 73. (a) 83. (a) 93. (c)
4. (a) 14. (a) 24. (b) 34. (b) 44. (d) 54. (b) 64. (b) 74. (a) 84. (b) 94. (b)
5. (b) 15. (c) 25. (b) 35. (d) 45. (a) 55. (d) 65. (b) 75. (a) 85. (c) 95. (d)
6. (c) 16. (d) 26. (b) 36. (d) 46. (b) 56. (b) 66. (e) 76. (c) 86. (a) 96. (d)
7. (a) 17. (d) 27. (b) 37. (a) 47. (a) 57. (a) 67. (e) 77. (d) 87. (b) 97. (d)
8. (b) 18. (d) 28. (c) 38. (d) 48. (c) 58. (a) 68. (b) 78. (c) 88. (c) 98. (a)
9. (a) 19. (a) 29. (d) 39. (d) 49. (a) 59. (d) 69. (a) 79. (c) 89. (b) 99. (a)
10. (b) 20. (b) 30. (b) 40. (c) 50. (d) 60. (c) 70. (a) 80. (c) 90. (b) 100. (b)

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SOLUTION

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41. (c) Synonym of each other A man is going in to south direction from there
,d & nwljs ds lekukFkhZ gSaA he turns 45º right means in south west direc-
tion and from there right (90º) direction will be
42. (a) 7584 – 2222 = 5362 north west direction.

C
4673 – 2222 = 2451
43. (c) Using the proper notations in (c), we get the 50. (d) D E A B C
statement as:

ng
(lehdj.k eas mfpr fpUg dk iz;ksx djds] ge dFku izkIr djrs gSA tSls) School B is on the left side of school C.
8 – 4 ÷ 2 < 6 + 3 or 6 < 9, which is true LdwyB, LdwyC ds cka;h vksj gSA
44. (d) 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89
i 51. (c) Mostly we watch in new "Accident by drunk",
ch
3 +5 = 8, 5 + 8 = 13, 8 + 13 = 21, 13 + 21= 34, 21 means clear that sale of alcohol near highway
+ 34 = 55 is very risky and may be a cause of big
accident. So alcohol is a big reason that is
34 + 55 = 89
oa

responsible for accidents. It is true that people

45. (a) In 1st column  4² + 2² + 1² = 21 should have freedom to decide, as it is their
In 2nd column  5² + 3² + 8² = 98 fundamental right. But it is not our right to
make others life risky. We have some moral
C

In 3rd column  6² + 7² + 3² = 94
duties as well as fundamental rights. So, only
46. (b) All except Nagpur are capital cities.
argument II is strong.
ukxiqj dks NksM+dj lHkh 'kgjksa dh jkt/kfu;ka gSaA
ce

47. (a) SSC  19 × 1 + 19 × 2 + 3 × 3

vDlj ge [kcjksa esa ns[krs gSa fd ^^nq?kZVuk dk cM+k dkj.k u'kk**
= 19 + 38 + 9 = 66 eryc ;g ckr Li"V gS fd jktekxks± ds lehi 'kjkc fcØh dkiQh
CSS  3 ×1 + 19 × 2 + 19 × 3 tksf[ke Hkjk gksxk vkSj ;g nq?kZVuk dk ,d cM+k dkj.k cu ldrk
en

= 3 + 38 + 57 = 98 gSA ;g ckr lgh gS fd lHkh O;fDr;ksa dks fu.kZ; ysus dh Lora=krk gS

ACT  1 × 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 20 tks mudk ekSfyd vf/dkj gSA ijUrq ,sls fu.kZ; tks nwljksa dks uqdlku
= 1 + 6 + 60 = 67 igqapk,a] ekSfyd vf/dkj ugha gksrsA ekSfyd vf/dkjksa ds lkFk&lkF
ud

48. (c) All lawyers are educated All Teachers are educated gekjs dqN drZO; Hkh gSa] ftudk gesa [;ky j[kuk&pkfg, vr% dsoy
Some lawyers may be teacher and vice-versa. rdZII etcwr gSA
lHkh odhy f'kf{kr gSa lHkh vè;kid f'kf{kr gSa dqN odhy52.
vè;kid
Pr

(d) Female
gks ldrs gSa rFkk bldk foijhr Hkh lR; gksxkA
Male
Man

Woman

49. (a)

53. (a)

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54. (b) There are nine letters between G and Q the 64. (b) S  14
middle letter is L T  31
G rFkkQ ds chp 9 v{kj gSa rFkk
L eè; esa gSaA E  40
U N S C R A M B L E A  95
55. (d) L  59
3 9 4 2 8 10 5 1 7 6 65. (b) According to Rule, this birthday is after 28 Feb-
ruary and in a Leap year. We add 6 year ac-
cording to the chart in 2004
56. (b) A
iz'ukuqlkj] ;g tUe fnu
28 iQjojh ] vkSj ,d yhi o"kZ ckn
E F vk;sxk_ ge6 rkfydk ds vuqlkj6 o"kZ
2004 eas tksM+xasA
G
2004 + 6 = 2010
B C 71. (a) No. = 228
D

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The triangles are:  228 – 18 = 210

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f=kHkqt:- gS  Now check with option that 70 divides 210 com-
pletely (fodYi dh tk¡p ls la[;k210, 70 ls foHkkftr gksrh
) gS

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 ABC ;  ABD ;  ADC ;  AFC
So, 70 is biggest 2 digits value which divides
 FDC ;  AFB ;  FDB ;  FBC this no.
 GBD ;  ADE ;  GBE ;  FDG (228) and leaves remainder 18. ( blhfy, nks vadks

C
 DBE ; dk lcls cM+k eku70 gS tks la[;k
228 dks foHkkftr djrk
57. (a) gS rFkk18 'ks"kiQy cprk) gS

ng
72. (c) 1.49  14.9 – 0.51  5.1
14.9 – 5.1
58. (a)

i
ch
149 149 051 51 149² 51²
 –  –
 100 10 100 10  1 0 0 0 1 000
149 51 1 4 9 – 5 1 
59. (d) –  
oa

10 10  10 

1
149² – 51² 1 149 – 51
 149  51
C

60. (c)  1000 

1 100 149 – 51
10
149 – 51
ce

200
Tumbler =2
61. (c) Cauldrons

100
en

Jugs
73. (a) According to the question,
States
1 1 1 1 30 – 15  12 – 10
ud

–  –
2 4 5 6 60
62. (d)   36 – 50  54 – 35
Opp. 2 5 3 7
–  –
5 9 5 18 90
Pr

Opp.
17 90 1
  = 5
60 5 10
Opp.
74. (a) 1001 pens, 910 pencils (given)
63. (b) According to dictionary: HCF of 1001, 910 is = 91
'kCndks'k ds Øekuqlkj%  maximum no. of students are (Nk=kksa dh vf/dre
Pale la[;k) = 91
Pasture 1 1
Pinned 75. (a) 12 % =
2 8
Pond
9 Income of Ram
Provoke =
8 Income of Syam

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 According to the question (iz'ukuqlkj
),  In these kind of Questions, always take total work
Ram : Shyam [T.W.] as L.C.M of no of days. Here T.W. is 60. (bl rjg
Ratio of ds iz'u esa] ges'kk fnuksa dh la[;k dk y?kqre lekiorZd dqy dke ds fy,
Income 9 : 8
fy;k tkrk gSA ;gk¡ dqy dke
60 gSA)
–1
 If A + B complete the whole work in 12 days, so their
1 one day work will be 5 unit. Similarly we will calculate
Required % (vHkh"V
%) = × 100 the one day work for other two pair. (;fn A + B iwjs dke dks
9
12 fnu esa djrs gS] bl izdkj mudk ,d fnu dk 5
dke
units gS blh rjg
1
= 11 % ls nksvU; tksM+ks dk ,d fnu dk dke ysuk gksxkA)
9
(Here, 12 unit represents twice of the work done by
76. (c) Income of the person = ` 13,500
A, B and C. So we will divide it by 2) (;gk¡]12 unit dke

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Exp. of the person = ` 9,000
A, B rFkkC dk nqxuk dke n'kkZrk gSA)
Savings of the person

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work done by (A + B + C)/day , (A + B + C) dk izfrfnu dk
= ` (13,500 – 9000) = ` 4500
Expenditure Savings

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12
7% x% dke = 2

14% = 6 units/day

C
 Total time taken by (A + B + C) {(A + B + C) }kjk
Ratio of Expenditure 9000 :
and savings
:
4500
1 fy;k x;k dqy le; }
2

ng
7  2  x 1 Total work
 14
2 1 = T.W done by (A+B+C)/day
14 + x = 42
x = 28
i 60
ch
Hence, required increase in savings = 28% = = 10 days
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Alternate:- First of all find the ratio of income, expendi-
79. (c) Qty Time(in min)
ture and Savings
oa

Income : Expenditure : Saving Boy  4 litres 3

13,500 : 9000 : 4500 Girl  3 litres 4
3 : 2 : 1
Boy  4×4 3×4= 16 litres in 12 miuntes
C

Let the Income : Expenditure : Saving Girl  3×3 4×3 = 9 litres in 12 miuntes
300 – 200 = 100
(Boy + Girl) pour
ce

+14% +7% +28

New 342 – 214 = 128 25 litres 12 minutes

28 ×4 ×4
% change in savings = 100  100
en

100 litres 48 minutes

= 28% 80. (c) L = Lp = l
77. (d) Let the no. of hours be x t
ud

90  1000
 (0.3 × 0.2 × 20000) × x = 200 × 150 × 8 S = 90 km/hr = m/min
60
200  150  8 = 1500 m/min
x=
Pr

3  2  200
1500
= 200 hrs.  l = L = Lp = = 750 m
t 2
78. (c) Concept
81. (d) Let the amount invested
Total Work (ekuk fd fuos'k dh x;h jkf'k
)= `P
60 According to the question,

Units/day 5 + 4 + 3 = 12 P×9×2 P×10×2

+ = 760
100 100
12 15 20
Work 18P  20P = 760
done by (A+B) (B+C) (C+A) 100
38P = 76000, P = 2000
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Alternate:- Alternate
Total Interest percent (dqy C;kt nj) AM = 4 cm
CN = 3 cm
= (9 × 2)% + (10 × 2)%
{3,4,5 } = formed a triplet
 38% = 760
 Radius (f=kT;k
) = 5 cm
 100% = 2000 84. (b) In such type of question always loss (bl rjg ds
Hence required principal = ` 2000 iz'uksa esa ges'kk gkfu
). gksrh gS
x Quicker approach (rhoz fof/
)
82. (c) x x x 
= x x 
P% × L% 10×10
x = = 1% loss
 3  100 100
x x = x2 
x  

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  Alternate:-
Tape–1 Tape–2 Total

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3 CP 10×9= 90 10 ×11 = 110 200
x x x
x = x 2
+10% profit –10% loss 2 unit

en
(If bases are same then their power is also same) SP 11 ×9= 99 9×11 = 99 198 loss

3 3
 x x = 2
x or x = 2 to make SP same

C
2
2 loss% =  100 = 1% loss
3 9 200
x =   =

ng
2 4 2sin 68º 2 cot15º
85. (c) – –
83. (a) According to question, cos 22º 5 tan 75º
Given:
3 tan 45º .tan 20º .tan 40º .tan 50º .tan.70º

i 5
ch
O 2 sin 68º 2 cot15º
r
 cos(90º –680 ) – 5 tan(90º –15º ) –
r
r r
oa

A 4 x 4
1cm M B 3 1.(tan20º.tan70º )(tan 40º.tan50º )
C 3 N 3 D
5

AB and CD are chords ( AB rFkkCD thok gS ) 2sin 68º 2 cot15º 3  1  1  1

– –
C


sin 68º 5 cot15º 5
AB = 8 cm
(tanA.tanB = 1 if A + B = 90º)
Let ON = x cm
2 3
ce

 In, OMA  2– – =1
5 5
OA2 = OM2 +AM2 86. (a) According to the Question.
r2 = (x –1)2 + (4)2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
en

       
r2 = (x – 1)2 + 16 .......(i) 9 6 12 20 30 42 56 72
In OND 2 33 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
OD2 = ON2 + ND2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ud

          
r2 = x2 + (3)2 9 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
r2 = x2 + 9 ......(ii)
1 1 1 1 1
Comparing equations (i) and (ii) (lehdj.k (i) rFkk     
Pr

7 8 8 9 2
(ii) dh rqyuk djus )ij 87. (b)
(x – 1)2 +16 = x2 +9 (Total capacity)
300
x2 +1 – 2x + 16 = x2 +9
17 – 2x = 9 unit/min. 5 4 6
2x = 8
x=4 min 60 75 50
Put the value of 'x' in equation (ii) (lehdj.k (ii) esa (A) (B) (A + B – C)

'x' dk eku j[kus )ij (C is third pipe It is a empty pipe (C ,d rhljk ikbZi
r2 = (4)2 + 9 gS tks [kkyh djrk) gS)
r2 = 16 + 9 efficiency of A + B – C = 6
r2 = 25 5+4–C=6
r = 5 cm – C = 6 –5 – 4

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 –C=–3 = 10%
C = 3 units/min 90. (b) According to the question
Third pipe can empty the tank, (rhljk ikbZi VSad dks
Milk : water
[kkyh djsxk)
7 : 5
T.C. 300 3 unit
= = 100 minutes 7 : 8
C's eff. 3
88. (c) The speed of motorboat in still water, x ('kkUr  Remember water is added and not milk, so
ty esa eksVj cksV dh pky)
= 45 km/h make milk equal but here milk is already
Let the speed of current is y km/hr (ekuk fd /kjk equal (è;ku j[ksa fd ikuh feyk;k x;k gS nw/ ughaA vr% nw/ dh
dh pky y fdeh-@?kaVk) ek=kk dks cjkcj djs] ysfdu ;gka nw/ dh ek=kk) cjkcj gSa

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Downstream speed (/kjk dh fn'kk esa pky) 3 units = 15 litres
1 unit = 5 litres

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80 80
  8 units = 40 litres
20 1

en
1
60
1
3 Total quantity of water in the new mixture (u;s
feJ.k esa ikuh dh dqy ek=kk
) = 40 litres
80  3

C
 = 60 km/h A B
4 91. (d)
Capital 35,000 : 56,000
x + y = 60 Profit 5 : 8

ng
45 + y = 60 × 9000 × 9000
45000 72,000
y = 15 km/h
Total profit = (45000 + 72,000) = ` 1, 17, 000
Upstream speed, (/kjk ds izfrdwy pky)

i 92. (d) Let the number of students be n (ekuk Nk=kksa dh

ch
= x – y = 45 – 15
la[;k n gS)
= 30 km/h
each student gets
oa

Distance
Time =
Upstream speed
(izR;sd Nk=k dks izkIr)
= 2n chocolates
(2n)(n) = 800
80 8
C

2n² = 800
 = h = 2 hours 40 min.
30 3 n²= 400
89. (b) let the C.P. of an article (ekuk fd ,d oLrq dk Ø; n = 20
ce

ewY;)= `100 93. (c) Required answer (vHkh"V mÙkj)

M.P. of an article (oLrq dk vafdr ewY;) 20 2
en

= (100  20)  100  16 3 %

= ` 110 (10% above)
S.P. of an article(oLrq dk foØ; ewY;) 94. (b) According to the question
ud

= ` 99 (10% discount NwV

) H W
= 25 years
2
Difference (varj)
H + W = 50 years
Pr

= 110 – 99 = ` 11
H+W+C
Discount(varj) % 3
= 20

11
H + W + C = 60 years
= × 100 = 10%  Sum of present age of
110
Alternate:- H + W (ifr&iRuh ds orZeku mezks dk ;ksx)
= 50 + 4×2 = 58 years
C.P. gain M.P. S.P.
100 10% 110 99  Child's age = 2 years
10%
Discount
95. (d) According to the questions
110 – 99
Discount = × 100 0.83  7.5
110
2.321  0.098

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  Length of the platform (IysViQkeZ dh yackbZ)
= 600 –
83  8 75 200 = 400 metres

 90 10 98. (a) A : B : C
321  3 98
2  3 : 7
990 990
6 : 5
18 : 42 : 35

75 10 1 1 18x + 42x + 35x  95x


 90 75  9  9 95x = 33630
318 98 220 2
2  2 2 x = 354
990 990 990 9
 Money received by B (B dks izkIr #i;s
) = 42x = 42
× 354 = ` 14868

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1 9 1
 × = =0.05 99. (a) The speed of the boat in still water, x ('kkUr ty esa

tr
9 20 20
uko dh pky) = 10 km/h
Let the speed of current is y km/hr (ekuk fd /kjk

en
96. (d) A+B+C 12 3
36 dh pky y fdeh-@?kaVk)
C 36 1
Upstream speed, U (/kjk ds izfrdwy pky)
Efficiency :-

C
45
A+B+C= 3 = km/h
6
A+B+1= 3

ng
45
A+B=2 x–y=
6
36 45
 Work done by A + B =

i 10 – y =
ch
2 6
= 18 days 45
y = 10 –
97. (d) Relative speed of the two trains (nks Vªsuksa dh lkis{k 6
oa

pky) 60 – 45 15
= = = 2.5 km/h.
5 6 6
= (48 + 42) × = 25m/s
 Speed of the stream, y (/kjk dh pky)
C

18

Distance travelled in 12 sec. at 25 m/s (12 lsd.M = 2.5 km/h

esa25 ehVj izfr lsd.M ds pky ls r; dh xbZ nwjh)
= 25 × 12
ce

100. (b) According to the question

= 300 m
(Alcohol in (Alcohol in
2 second mixture )
Length of first train (igys Vªsu dh yackbZ)
= 300 × = first mixture)
en

3 30% 50%
200 m
Distance travelled by first train in 45 sec- 45% (alcohol in
ud

onds(45 lsd.M esa igys Vªsu }kjk r; dh xbZ nwjh) By Alligation: final mixture)
5 5 15
= 48 × × 45 = 600 m 1 : 3
18
Pr

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