1. Which of the following is the least? 6.

The four shaded points of the following graph lie

on
a) 2 + 18 b) 3 + 12
c) 8 + 18 d) 5 + 20

2. The rational number ‘0’ is

a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Both positive and negative
d) Neither positive nor negative

−1 3
3. Which of the following is not equal to 4
? a) 𝑥+𝑦 =1
b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = −1
a) −4−3 b) −64−1 c) 𝑥−𝑦 =1
−1 6 1 6 d) 𝑦−𝑥 =1
c) 2
d) − 2
7. If the price of Orid dhall after 20% increase is
4. The area of the following shape is Rs.108 per kg, then the original price of Orid
dhall per kg is

a) Rs. 100 b) Rs. 90

c) Rs. 80 d) Rs. 70
8. In the following figure, angle y is

25𝜋
a) 112 + 2
sq.cms
b) 112 + 50𝜋 sq.cms
c) 112 + 25𝜋 sq.cms
d) 112 + 5𝜋sq.cms
a) 100° b) 80°
5. If the area of a rectangular land is 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 c) 50° d) 40°
sq.units, its breadth is 𝑥 − 𝑦 , then, its length
is__________ 9
9. The square root of 1 16 is

a) (𝑥 + 𝑦) 3 1
a) 14 b) 14
b) (𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) 3 1
c) (𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) c) 4
d) 12
d) (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )

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10. How many outcomes can you get when you toss 17. Find the missing number in the sequence 16, 33,
‘n’ fair coins once? 65, 131, 261, (....)

a) n/2 b) 2n a) 523 b) 521

c) n2 d) 2n c) 613 d) 721

18. Two pipes A and B together can fill a tank in

11. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds.
4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then
How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m
B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill
long?
the tank. How much time will be taken by A to
fill the tank separately?
a) 65 sec b) 89 sec
c) 100 sec d) 150 sec
a) 1 hour b) 2 hours
c) 6 hours d) 8 hours
12. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of
10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more.
19. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two
The actual distance travelled by him is:
years, his age will be twice the age of his son.
The present age of his son is:
a) 50 km b) 56 km
c) 70 km d) 80 km
a) 14 years b) 18 years
c) 20 years d) 22 years
13. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in
still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr,
20. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past
find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km
5 pm the hour hand has turned through:
downstream
a) 145° b) 150°
a) 2 hours b) 3 hours
c) 155° d) 160°
c) 4 hours d) 5 hours
21. __________ is the closeness of two or more
14. A is thrice as good a workman as B and measurements to each other
therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less
than B. Working together, they can do it in:
a) Accuracy b) Precision
a) 20 days b) 22.5 days c) Error d) Approximation
c) 25 days d) 30 days
22. Deep sea divers wear specially designed suits to
15. Three times the first of three consecutive odd protect themselves from ________
integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third
integer is: a) High liquid pressure
b) Atmospheric pressure
a) 9 b) 11 c) Sea creatures
c) 13 d) 15 d) Salt water
16. A number consists of two digits. If the digits 23. A thunder is heard 4 seconds after the lighting.
interchange places and the new number is added At what distance, the lightning occurred?
to the original number, then the resulting
number will be divisible by: a) 1320m b) 1480 m
c) 1120 m d) 1000 m
a) 3 b) 5
c) 9 d) 11

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24. As compared to humans, bats can hear sounds 30. Charges can be transferred from one region to
only with another region by --------------- ways

a) Low frequency a) 2 b) 3
b) Low pitch c) 4 d) 5
c) Low amplitude
d) High pitch 31. Assertion (A): Brown coloration occurs when
apple is cut into pieces

25. The shape of the Earth’s magnetic field Reason (R) : Phenolic compounds in apple are
resembles that of an imaginary --------------- oxidized to melanine in the presence of O2 in air

a) U-shaped magnet a) Both A and R are correct, R is the correct

b) Straight conductor carrying current explanation for A
c) Solenoid coil b) Both A and R are correct, R is not the correct
d) Bar magnet explanation for A
c) A is correct, R is wrong
26. The most powerful magnet in the Universe is d) A is wrong, R is correct
---------------
32. The colour of anhydrous Copper Sulphate is
a) Earths magnet
b) Neutron Star magnet a) Blue b) Green
c) AlNiCo magnet c) White d) Yellow
d) Iron magnet
33. Permanent hardness in water is due to presence
27. In a refrigerator, the compartment is cooled of ----------- salts
because of ------------ process
i) CaCl2 ii) MgCl2 iii) CaCO3 iv) MgSO4
a) Convection
b) Radiation a) i, ii and iii only
c) Conduction b) iii only
d) Both radiation and conduction c) i, ii and iv only
d) iv only
28. Image formed by concave mirror when object is
at focus is 34. Liquefied petroleum gas contains ---------- and
---------- as major constituents
a) Real and inverted
b) Virtual and inverted a) Methane and propane
c) Real and erect b) Butane and propane
d) Virtual and erect c) Methane and ethane
d) Ethane and propane
29. In parallel electric circuit, -------------- remains
the same in all components 35. Which one of the following type of coal contains
higher percentage of carbon?
a) Current
b) Voltage a) Bituminous b) Sub-bituminous
c) Induction c) Lignite d) Anthracite
d) Both current and voltage

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36. The product obtained in the temperature range 41. Viruses are ----------- times smaller than bacteria
250ºC - 350ºC during fractional distillation of
crude oil is --------------- a) 10000 b) 100000
c) 100 d) 10
a) Petrol
b) Naphtha 42. Helicobacter pylori are ------------- shaped
c) Lubricating oil bacteria
d) Diesel
a) Rod b) Spherical
c) Spiral d) Comma
37. Which of the following acids are used as food
preservatives? 43. Prions are -------------
i) Acetic acid ii) Benzoic acid
a) Viruses b) bacteriophages
iii) Sulphuric acid iv) Hydrochloric acid
c) Proteins d) Virions
a) ii and iii only b) i and ii only
44. Which of the below statements is false?
c) iii and iv only d) iii only
i) Nitrobacters consume the organic matter in
38. Match the metals in list I with their applications
the effluent
in list II
ii) Methanobacterium is an anaerobic bacterium
List I List II
a) i b) ii
c) i and ii d) Neither i nor ii
A) Sulphur i) Semiconducting devices
B) Silicon ii) Fire works
C) Boron iii) Vulcanization of rubber 45. Laminaria is ------------- ?

a) A – (iii), B – (i), C – (ii) a) Blue green algae b) Green algae

b) A – (ii), B – (iii), C – (i) c) Brown algae d) Red algae
c) A – (iii), B – (ii), C – (i)
d) A – (ii), B – (i), C – (iii) 46. Which is called amphibian of plant kingdom?

a) Bryophytes b) Angiosperms
39. The technique used to separate denser particles c) Pteridophytes d) Gymnosperms
from lighter particles by high speed rotation is
-------------
47. Which of the below statements is True?
a) Sedimentation b) Coagulation
c) Centrifugation d) Filtration i) The muscles of the diaphragm contract during
inhalation
40. The number of nucleons and electrons for the
element having the mass number 226 and ii)The diaphragm goes downwards during
atomic number 88 is ------------ and ----------- exhalation
respectively
a) i b) ii
a) 226 and 88 c) i and ii d) Neither i nor ii
b) 138 and 88
c) 88 and 138
d) 88 and 226

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48. Organisms that try to maintain the osmolality of 53. Which one of the following diseases may be
their body matching with their surroundings is caused by the deficiency of vitamin C?

a) Osmoconformers a) Rickets b) Rabies

b) Osmoregulators c) Hepatitis d) Scurvy
c) Osmophilic
d) Osmolars 54. The Vitamin which is effective in blood clotting
is
49. Match the following
a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B
1 Setae i Snakes c) Vitamin D d) Vitamin K
2 Slithering movement ii Fish
3 Chitin iii Earthworm 55. The part of the human eye on which the image is
4 Caudal fin iv Cockroach formed is

a) Lens b) Cornea
a) 1 - iv 2 – iii 3 – ii 4-i
c) Retina d) Iris
b) 1 – iii 2 – iv 3–i 4 - ii
c) 1 – iii 2–i 3 – iv 4 - ii
56. Which of the following is a water borne disease?
d) 1–i 2 – iii 3 – ii 4 - iv
a) Cholera b) Malaria
50. Match the following
c) Tuberculosis d) Filaria
1 Fusarium oxysporum i Athletes foot
57. Which acid is produced in the human stomach
2 Trichophyton species ii Red rot in for digestion purpose?
sugar cane
3 Tinea pedis iii Ring worm a) Sulphuric Acid
4 Colletotrichum iv Wilt disease b) Hydrochloric Acid
falcatum In cotton c) Acetic Acid
d) Nitric Acid
a) 1 - iv 2 – iii 3–i 4 - ii
b) 1 – iii 2 – iv 3–i 4 - ii 58. In a human body the percentage of which
c) 1 – iii 2–i 3 – iv 4 - ii element is the highest?
d) 1–i 2 – iii 3 – ii 4 - iv
a) Hydrogen b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon d) Oxygen
51. Which part of our body gets affected by
tuberculosis?
59. Which nutrient provides the maximum energy
a) Blood b) Lungs on breakdown?
c) Eyes d) Liver
a) Fibres b) Proteins
52. Which of the following is known as the defense c) Fats d) Carbohydrates
mechanism of human body against foreign
organism?
60. Deficiency of which mineral causes anaemia?
a) Leukocytes b) Erythrocytes
c) Platelets d) Lymph a) Magnesium b) Iron
c) Zinc d) Lead

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61. The method of growing plants with nutrient 68. Who is the painter of famous painting “Maids of
solution is ------------ Honour”?

a) Hydrophonics b) Aquaphonics a) Francisco de Goya

c) Floriculture d) Horticulture b) Caravaggio
c) Peter Paul Rubens
62. Which one of the following fixes the atmospheric d) Diego Velasquez
nitrogen as nitrates in the soil for the growth of
plants? 69. When was printing press introduced in India?

a) Rhizobium b) Trichoderma a) 1450 b) 1665

c) Baculoviruses d) Rubella c) 1556 d) 1630

63. The method of destroying the weeds in the land 70. In which museum is the famous Gupta sculpture
is ------------ Govardhandhari housed?

a) Tillage b) Drip a) Bharat Kala Bhawan, Varanasi

c) Dibbling d) Winnowing b) Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
c) National Museum, New Delhi
64. Which one of the following cow breeds produces d) Kala Bhawan, Shantiniketan
more milk?

a) Kangayam breed b) Country breed 71. Who among the following Europeans were the
c) Sindhi breed d) Jersi breed last to come to India as traders?

65. Poultry farming refers to ----------- a) The British b) The French

c) The Danish d) The Portuguese
a) raising goats b) raising fish
c) raising chicken d) raising cows 72. In 1800, ---------------- established a college at
Fort William in Calcutta

66. Which one is the most famous dance of Himachal a) Jaswant Rao Holkar
Pradesh? b) Lord Wellesley
c) Daulat Rao Scindia
a) Kathak b) Nati d) Mir Qasim
c) Chhau d) Sattriya Dance
73. Moplah Rebellion took place in ----------------

67. According to the latest discovery where is a) 1921 b) 1931

the evidence of earliest use of oil in painting c) 1911 d) 1941
found?
74. ------------- was called as the Lion of Sivagangai
a) Holland a) Periya Marudu
b) Ajanta caves b) Chinna Marudu
c) Grottoes of Bamiyan c) Muthuvaduganatha Peria Udaya Devar
d) Altamira caves d) Kattabomman

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75. The Maratha ruler Sarboji II collected the old 83. What is the length of a cricket pitch in yards?
records and kept them in ---------------
a) 75 b) 25
a) Vallabhi c) 24 d) 22
b) University at Cochin
c) Saraswathi Mahal
d) Vikramshila 84. Once in how many years is the World Athletics
Championships competition conducted?
76. ------------ soil is highly suitable for millets
cultivation a) Every year
b) Every four years
a) Red soil b) Alluvial soil c) Every two years
c) Black soil d) Mountain soil d) Every three years

77. The name of the Isolines that represents equal 85. Who among the following is the first Formula
sunshine is -------------- One race driver from India?

a) Isotherm b) Isohel a) Karun Chandok

c) Isobar d) Isollobar b) Narain Karthikeyan
c) Arjun Maini
78. The precipitation with the rain drop size of d) Jehan Daruvala
< 0.5 mm in diameter is known as --------------
86. Which of the following, has been introduced for
a) Hail b) Sleet
the first time in TOKYO2020 Olympics?
c) Rain d) Drizzle
a) Kabaddi b) Surfing
79. ---------------- city in India has the second highest c) Polo d) Squash
urban population in the world
87. How many countries hosted the recently
a) Delhi b) Kolkata concluded EURO2021 (The UEFA European
c) Mumbai d) Chennai Football Championship)?

80. The manmade canal through an isthmus a) 5 b) 11

between Egypt and Sinai Peninsula is -------------- c) 7 d) 3

a) Panama Canal b) Aswan Canal 88. Which bowler has taken the most number of
c) Albert Canal d) Suez Canal wickets in the recently completed first edition of
ICC Test championship (2019-2021)?
81. What is the distance of Steeplechase event (in a) Ravichandran Ashwin
metres) at the Olympics? b) Ravindra Jadeja
c) Tim Southee
a) 3000 b) 2000 d) James Pattinson
c) 5000 d) 1500

82. Which city will host 2024 Summer Olympics?

a) Brisbane b) Doha
c) Paris d) Los Angeles

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89. Women’s Heptathlon events are 100 metres 96. In which city, India's first Air Taxi service has
hurdles, high jump, shotput, 200 metres, long been launched?
jump, ----------------
a) Mumbai b) Manali
a) Javelin throw and 800 metres c) Chandigarh d) Lucknow
b) Pole vault and 100 metres
c) 1500 metres and Discus throw 97. Which is the first telecommunications company
d) 400 metres and Discus throw in India to test a 5G network?

90. In which sport did Jimmy George represent a) Jio b) Airtel

India? c) BSNL d) Vi

a) Cricket b) Football
c) Tennis d) Volleyball 98. In which year, ISRO is planning to launch
Shukrayaan Venus mission?

91. When was the first General Elections held in a) 2022 b) 2023
India? c) 2024 d) 2030
a) 1950 b) 1951
c) 1952 d) 1955
99. Which country has been certified as malaria-free
by World Health Organisation (WHO) on June
92. Who defeated Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the 1977 30, 2021?
Lok Sabha elections?
a) China b) India
a) Ram Manohar Lohia c) Canada d) Bangladesh
b) Morarji Desai
c) Jayaprakash Narayan
d) Raj Narain 100. Which city has been announced as the organizer
of the 2032 Olympics?
93. Which state has the largest Legislative
Assembly? a) Beijing b) Seoul
a) Karnataka b) West Bengal c) London d) Brisbane
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Maharastra

94. Who is the first Woman Governor in India?

a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
c) Padmaja Naidu
d) Fathima Beevi

95. Who is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?

a) Imran Khan
b) Nawaz Sharif
c) Yousaf Raza Gillani
d) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi