1.

The number of non - square numbers between a) ` 1250 b) ` 1200

3600 and 3721 is c) ` 1300 d) ` 1500

a) 121 b) 120 8. If a shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of

c) 31 d) 30 20% and 15% on an article whose selling price is
Rs.3740, then its marked price is
2. A student instead of dividing a number by 4/5 by
mistake multiplied it by 4/5, If the difference a) ` 4301 b) ` 4488
between the correct answer and the answer got c) ` 5049 d) ` 5500
by him is 18, the correct answer is
9. Which of the following is not a Pythagorean
a) 32 b) 40 triplet?
c) 50 d) 90
a) 9, 40, 41 b) 16, 30, 34
3. Which of the following statements is false? c) 15, 36, 39 d) 12, 13, 15
a) The collection of all non-zero rational
numbers is closed under division
10. The traffic lights at 3 different road crossings
b) Subtraction is not commutative for rational change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and
numbers 108 seconds. If they change simultaneously at 7
a.m. then they will change simultaneously after
c) The mean of two rational numbers is rational
and lies between them a) 7min. 12 sec b) 1min. 48 sec
c) 1min.12 sec d) 0min. 48 sec.
d) Division is associative for rational numbers
11. An express train travelled at an average speed of
4. The arithmetic mean of a set of 10 numbers is 20.
100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75
If each number is first multiplied by 2 and then km. How long did it take to reach its destination
increased by 5, then what is the mean of new
600 km from the starting point?
numbers?
a) 6 hrs 27 min b) 6 hrs 24 min
a) 20 b) 25
c) 6 hrs 21 min d) 6 hrs 30 min
c) 40 d) 45

5. If (a–b)= 5 and ab=3 then a3- b3= ____________ 12. Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12
a) 80 b) 125 minutes too late. What is the usual time taken by
c) 152 d) 170 him to cover that distance?

6. 𝜋 is a) 1 hr 42 min b) 1 hr
c) 2 hrs d) 1 hr 12 min
a) A rational number
b) An irrational number 13. A and B can do a piece of work in 4 days, while C
c) Whole number and D can do the same work in 12 days. In how
d) Natural number many days will A, B, C and D do it together?
7. If the first-class train fare for a distance of 450km a) 12 days b) 4 days
is Rs.750 then the first-class fare for a distance of c) 3 days d) 2 days
750 km is

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14. A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and 21. The value of the atmospheric pressure at sea level
the speed of the current (river speed) is 2.5 is
km/hr. The man's speed against the current is:
a) 76 cm of mercury column
a) 8.5 km/hr b) 10 km/hr b) 760 cm of mercury column
c) 12.5 km/hr d) 9 km/hr c) 176 cm of mercury column
d) 7.6 cm of mercury column
15. Difference between a two-digit number and the
number obtained by interchanging the two digits 22. The unit of viscosity is
is 36. What is the difference between the two
digits? a) Nm2 b) poise
c) kgms–1 d) No unit
a) 2 b) 4
c) 8 d) 12
23. Closeness of two or more measured values is
16. Find the number, when 15 is subtracted from 7 called as
times the number, the result is 10 more than
twice the number. a) Accuracy b) Precision
c) Error d) Approximation
a) 5 b) 15
c) 7.5 d) 4
24. Assertion: Water strider slides easily on the
17. A number when divided by 296 leaves 75 as surface of water
remainder. When the same number is divided by Reason: Water strider experiences less buoyant
37, the remainder will be: force

a) 1 b) 3 a) Both assertion and reason are true and

c) 5 d) 2 reason is the correct explanation of assertion

18. The current ages of two persons differ by 16 b) Both assertion and reason are true, but
years. 6 years ago, the elder one was 3 times as reason is not the correct explanation of
old as the younger one. What is the present age of assertion
the elder person? c) Assertion is true, but reason is false
d) Both assertion and reason are false
a) 30 b) 25
c) 20 d) 15
25. The spherical mirror used as a rear view mirror
19. Find the Missing Number 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, - in the vehicle is
----
a) Concave mirror
a) 60 b) 64 b) Convex mirror
c) 72 d) 70 c) Plane mirror
d) None of the above
20. A boy has 9 trousers and 12 shirts. In how many
different ways can he select a trouser and a 26. If the image and object size is same, then the
shirt? object is placed at

a) 21 b) 12 a) infinity b) at F
c) 9 d) 108 c) between F and P d) at C

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27. If you apply some heat energy to a substance,
which of the following can take place in it? 33. The “Statue of Liberty” installed in an island in
USA is completely covered with copper sheets
a) Expansion and appears pale green instead of the original
b) Increase in temperature copper colour. This is due to the formation of ----
c) Change of state and ---- on its surface due to the reaction between
d) All the above ---- and ----

28. Fuse is a) Copper sulphide and Copper sulphate

Copper and Hydrogen sulphide present
a) a switch in air
b) a wire with low resistance
c) a wire with high resistance b) Copper carbonate and Copper hydroxide
d) a protective device for breaking an electric Copper and moist carbon dioxide
circuit
c) Copper carbonate and Copper hydroxide
29. Which of the following must a simple circuit Copper and moist air (moisture + oxygen)
have?
d) Copper oxide and Copper hydroxide
Copper and oxygen in the air
a) Wire, Load, Switch
b) Energy source, Wire, Load, Switch
34. The residue obtained after the removal of
c) Energy source, battery, Load
ammonia, coal tar and coal gas after the
d) Battery, Energy source, Wire , Switch
destructive distillation of coal is called
30. Sound waves travel very fast in
a) Charcoal b) Peat
c) Coke d) Lignite
a) Air b) Metals
c) Vacuum d) Liquids
35. Most of the oxygen present in the atmosphere is
produced by the photosynthesis reaction in
31. Sand is composed of
plants and during which ----- number of oxygen
molecules are released for every glucose
a) Silicon and Oxygen
molecule formed
b) Sulphur and Oxygen
c) Iron and Oxygen
a) 3 b) 1
d) Calcium and Oxygen
c) 12 d) 6
32. Match the following:
36. Which among the following metals does not react
Chemical Application with oxygen in the air even at red hot condition?
1 Sodium A Chalk piece
bicarbonate a) Mg b) Fe
2 Sodium carbonate B Cleaning agent c) Au d) Cu
3 Calcium carbonate C Fire extinguisher
4 Calcium D Disinfectant
oxychloride 37. Iron surface reacts with atmospheric oxygen in
the presence of moisture to produce ------ and
a) 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D the reaction is called rusting.
b) 1B, 2C, 3D, 4A
c) 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B a) FeO b) Fe2O3. xH2O
d) 1C, 2B, 3A, 4D c) Fe3O4. xH2O d) Fe(OH)3

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38. Match the following: 44. The size of bacteria is ____ mm

Gas Application a) 1/1000 b) 1/100

1 Oxygen A Cutting & Welding c) 1/10000 d) 1/10
2 Nitrogen B Inflating car tyres
3 Carbon dioxide C Manufacture of 45. Which one does not produce Antibiotics?
urea
4 Chlorofluro D Synthetic a) Bacillus subtilis
carbons refrigerant b) Streptomyces griseus
c) Pencilliumnotatum
a) 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D d) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
b) 1B, 2C, 3D, 4A
c) 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B 46. Ginkgo biloba is ----------------
d) 1D, 2A, 3B, 4C
a) Bryophyta b) Gymnosperm
39. Which among the following subatomic particles c) Pteridophytes d) Algae
have equal masses?

a) Electrons and Protons 47. An example for a monocot is

b) Protons and Neutrons
c) Neutrons and Electrons a) Grass b) Mango
d) Electrons, Protons and Neutrons c) Cycas d) Riccia

40. Match the following: 48. Cellular respiration takes place in

Element Valency a) Lysosomes b) Mitochondria

1 Chlorine A 3 c) Golgi apparatus d) Nucleus
2 Oxygen B 2
3 Carbon C 1
4 Nitro gen D 4 49. In catabolism, proteins are broken down to

a) 1A, 2D, 3B, 4C a) Glycerol b) Fatty acids

b) 1B, 2D, 3C, 4B c) Glucose d) Amino acids
c) 1C, 2B, 3D, 4A
d) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A 50. Bats are ---------------

41. Which cell will have the cuboidal shape? a) Birds b) Insects
c) Mammals d) Reptiles
a) Flame Cells b) Gland Cells
c) Nerve Cells d) Egg Cells 51. Deficiency of Vitamin D gives rise to:
42. Nissl bodies are found in a) Rheumatism b) Arthritis
c) Hernia d) Rickets
a) Neurons b) Epithelial tissue
c) Leucocytes d) Erthrocytes 52. Who discovered the vaccine for small pox?

43. Setae are seen in a) Edward Jenner

b) Sir Alexander Fleming
a) Earthworms b) Snakes c) William Einthoven
c) Cockroaches d) Fishes d) Hans Berger

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53. Maintenance of constant internal environment of
the body is known as _________ 61. Fertility of the soil refers to

a) Homeostasis b) Homeophytes a) The ability of the soil to retain moisture

c) Homeokinesis d) Homeophilics b) The ability of the soil to supply nutrients to
crops in adequate amounts
54. Difficulty in opening the mouth (Lock Jaw) is a c) The amount of organic matter present in the
symptom of soil
d) The amount of fertilizer added to the soil
a) Tetanus b) Cholera
c) Malaria d) Cancer
62. India is the largest producer with first position in
55. Adam’s apple is the growth of the ________ the production of -----, ----- and in the second
position in the production of -----, ----- in the
a) Pharynx b) Thyroid world
c) Larynx d) Parathyroid
a) Mango, Banana and Wheat, Rice
56. Which of the following foods is high in b) Banana, Rice and Wheat, Mango
phosphorus? c) Mango, Rice and Wheat, Banana
d) Banana, Wheat and Mango, Rice
a) Meat b) Spinach
c) Oranges d) Table salt 63. The organization which distributes fool grains
throughout the country for public distribution
57. Insulin regulates system in known as

a) Reproduction a) Cooperative societies

b) Heart beat b) Food corporation
c) Blood glucose level c) Ration shops
d) Physical growth d) Agriculture Department

58. Which fruit can diabetic patients eat freely? 64. Which is not a part of the plant growth promoter
“Panchagavya”?
a) Mango b) Banana
c) Orange d) Guava a) Milk b) Ghee
c) Cheese d) Curd
59. Dialysis is used for the treatment of
65. The compound Azadiractin used as an insect
a) Kidney failure repellent is obtained from the seeds of ---------
b) Heart weakness plant
c) Brain diseases
d) Knee pain a) Cactus b) Neem
c) Date palm d) Jatropa
60. Name a clinical trial in which blood is transfused
from recovered COVID-19 patients to a corona 66. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards are given to
virus patient who is in critical condition. who among the following?

a) Plasma Therapy a) Scientists b) Teachers

b) Solidarity trial c) Doctors d) Students
c) Remdesivir treatment
d) Hydroxychloroquine treatment

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67. What is the state tree of Rajasthan that is 74. Rani Lakshmi Bai led the revolt at
slowly dying out? a) Kanpur b) Central India
c) Delhi d) Bareilly
a) Khejri b) Kair
c) Khabbar d) Kikar
75. Nalanda, the oldest university in India was
located in
68. Mixing the colors blue and red in equal
proportion will produce which of the following a) Uttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra
hues? c) Bihar d) Punjab

a) Maroon b) Violet 76. Fossils are found in

c) Orange d) Brown

69. Who was the painter of “Madonna”? a) Sedimentary rocks b) Igneous rocks
c) Metamorphic rocks d) Plutonic rocks
a) Titian
b) Leonardo Da Vinci 77. Earth's atmosphere contains about __________
c) Raphael nitrogen and ____________oxygen
d) Caravaggio
a) 22% and 1% b) 78% and 21%
c) 21% and 0.97% d) 10% and 20%
70. Irula tribe, well-known for snake-catching, are
native to 78. Kalgoorile is famous for _________ mining

a) Tamil Nadu b) Jharkhand

c) Nagaland d) Mizoram a) Diamond b) Platinum
c) Silver d) Gold

71. Tranqueber on the Tamilnadu coast was a trade

Centre of the 79. Tsunami in Indian Ocean took place in the year
_________
a) The Portuguese b) The British a) 1990 b) 2005
c) The French d) The Danish c) 2004 d) 2006
72. Who was the last Peshwa of Maratha Empire?
80. Amul dairy industry is a best example for ________
sector
a) BalajiVishwanath
b) BajiRao II a) Private Sector b) Public Sector
c) BalajiBajiRao c) Joint sector d) Co-operative sector
d) BajiRao

81. Which country won the Gold medal in 2016

73. Who among the following Governors introduced Olympics in Volleyball event for men?
Mahalwari system?
a) Brazil b) Italy
a) Lord William Bentinck c) China d) Serbia
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Hastings

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82. To which sport the term “Volley” is related? 89. Which country conducted the 2018 FIFA World
cup football tournament?
a) Billiards b) Archery
c) Tennis d) Cricket a) France b) Russia
c) Brazil d) Italy

83. Which Cricket player is popularly known as

90. Which of the following Indian Badminton players
“Master Blaster”?
have won All England Badminton Championship?
a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Vivian Richards
a) PrakashPadukone and Kidambi Srikanth
c) AB De Villiers d) David Warner
b) Gopichand and Vimal Kumar
c) Kidambi Srikanth and Vimal Kumar
d) PrakashPadukone and Gopichand
84. In which running event of World U20
championships, Hima Das won a gold medal for
India? 91. Who is first female speaker of Lok Sabha?

a) 200 m b) 100 m a) Ms. Pratibha Patil

c) 800 m d) 400 m b) Ms. Meira Kumar
c) Ms. Sarojini Naidu
d) Ms. Sumitra Mahajan
85. Who is the current men’s world record holder in
400 m running? 92. The current Prime minister of Sri lanka is

a) Michael Johnson a) Mahinda Rajapaksa

b) Usain Bolt b) Ranil Wickremesinghe
c) Wayde Van Niekerk c) GotabayaRajapaksa
d) Lashawn Merritt d) Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne

93. Who is the present Governor of Telangana?

86. Which is the last event of a Decathlon
competition? a) Sri E.S.L.Narasimhan
b) Sri P.S.Ramamohan Rao
a) Pole vault b) 1500 m c) Smt Tamilisai Soundararajan
c) Long jump d) Shot put d) Sri Biswabhusan Harichandan

94. The President of India can nominate -----

87. Which bowler has recently completed 600 members to Lok Sabha and ----- members to
wickets in Test matches? Rajya Sabha.
a) Stuart Broad b) Anil Kumble a) 12, 2 b) 2, 12
c) Glenn McGrath d) James Anderson c) 2, 10 d) 10, 2
88. As per International Hockey Federation (IHF),
field hockey consists of which of the following 95. How many Union Territories are there in India
duration for play? Currently?

a) 15 minutes quarters a) 6 b) 9
b) Two periods of 35 minutes c) 8 d) 7
c) 17.5 minutes quarters
d) Three periods of 20 minutes

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96. Which country’s President was the chief guest at
the Republic day parade this year (2020)?

a) China b) Japan
c) Brazil d) South Korea

97. Which one app has become the world’s fastest

app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13
days?

a) Facebook b) Tik Tok

c) Pokemon Go d) Aarogya Setu

98. In which city, India’s first “Plasma bank” is

inaugurated?

a) Mumbai b) New Delhi

c) Chennai d) Chandigarh

99. Which country will host the Twenty20 World Cup

in the year 2022?

a) India b) West Indies

c) England d) Australia

100. What is the name of the first registered COVID-

19 vaccine?

a) Sputnik V b) Covanil
c) Covaxin IV d) Serum