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Arithmetic
1. A two-digit number is four times the sum and 9. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is
three times the product of its digits. Find the 12. The number obtained by interchanging the
number. digits exceed the original number by 54. Find the
(a) 22 original number.
(b) 24 (a) 48
(c) 26 (b) 57
(d) 28 (c) 39
(d) 66
2. Rs 6500 were divided equally among a certain
number of persons. Had there been 15 more 10. Rajeev bought a car at Rs 1,75,000. If its value
persons, each would have got Rs 30 less. Find depreciates at the rate of 20% per annum, what
the original number of persons. will be its value after three years?
(a) 50 (a) 88,600
(b) 60 (b) 89,600
(c) 40 (c) 87,500
(d) 70 (d) 89,400
3. A man has only 20 paisa coins and 25 paise 11. By selling 42 oranges, a person loses a sum
coins in this purse. If he has 50 coins in all equal to the selling price of eight oranges. Find
totalling Rs 11.25, how many coins of each kind the loss percent.
does he have? (a) 12%
(a) 30 (b) 14%
(b) 28 (c) 18%
(c) 25 (d) 16%
(d) 20
12. A train 360m long is running at a speed of
4. Find the largest positive integer that will divide 45km/hr. what time will it take to cross a 140m
398, 436 and 542 leaving reminders 7, 11 and 15 long bridge?
respectively. (a) 30 sec
(a) 15 (b) 40 sec
(b) 17 (c) 50 sec
(c) 18 (d) 60 sec
(d) 21
13. In a camp, there is enough provision for 500
5. What is the smallest number by which 3087 students for 30 days. If 100 more students join
must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect the camp, for how many days will the provision
cube? last now?
(a) 7 (a) 25
(b) 9 (b) 30
(c) 11 (c) 32
(d) 8 (d) 28
6. The market price of a TV is Rs 32,500. After 14. What least number must be added to 5607 to
allowing a 20% Diwali discount to the customer, make the sum a perfect square?
a shopkeeper still makes a profit of 30%. Find (a) 17
the cost price of the TV. (b) 20
(a) 15,000 (c) 18
(b) 18,000 (d) 28
(c) 20,000
(d) 22,000 15. After deducting 10% from a certain Sum, and
then 20% from the remainder, there is Rs 3600
7. At what rate percent will a sum of Rs 3125 left. Find the original sum.
amount to Rs 3645 in two years? (a) 4000
(a) 6 (b) 3800
(b) 8 (c) 5000
(c) 10 (d) 5500
(d) 7
16. The population of a town is 8000. It increases by
8. The population of a town was 62,500 two years 10% during the first year and by 20% during the
ago. It increased every year at the rate of 4% per second year. What is the population after two
annum. Find its present population. years?
(a) 67000 (a) 10,450
(b) 68200 (b) 10,560
(c) 67600 (c) 10,560
(d) 69000 (d) 11,050
17. A shopkeeper marks the prices at 15% higher 26. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 30% & B
than the original price. Due to increase in sells it to C at a loss of 20%. If C pays Rs 520
demand, he further increases the price by 10%, for it, at what price did A buy?
How much percent profit will be get? (a) 520
(a) 25% (b) 580
(b) 26.5% (c) 500
(c) 27% (d) 620
(d) 30%
27. 1/3rd of a commodity is sold at 15% profit, ¼ is
18. A candidate gets 30% of the marks in a test fails sold at 20% profit and the rest at 24% profit. If a
by 50 marks. Another candidate gets 320 marks total profit of Rs 62 is earned, then find the value
fails by 30 marks. Find the maximum marks. of the commodity
(a) 1200 (a) Rs 360
(b) 1100 (b) Rs 380
(c) 1000 (c) Rs 310
(d) 1500 (d) Rs 410
19. If one of the sides of a rectangle is increased by 28. If oranges are bought at the rate of 30 for rupee,
20% & the other is increased by 5%, find the how many must be sold for a rupee in order to
percent value by which the area changes. gain 25%?
(a) 22 (a) 22
(b) 24 (b) 24
(c) 26 (c) 28
(d) 28 (d) 20
20. In an examination, 40% of the students failed in 29. A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years at
Mathematics, 30% failed in English and 10% simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
failed in both. Find the percentage of students (a) 15
who passed in both the subjects. (b) 12
(a) 30 (c) 18
(b) 40 (d) 10
(c) 45
(d) 55 30. A man invested 1/3rd of his capital at 7%, 1/4th at
8% and the remainder at 10%. If his annual
21. In 1 kg mixture of sand and iron, 20% is iron. income is Rs 561, then capital is
How much sand should be added so that the (a) Rs 6600
proportion of iron becomes 10%? (b) Rs 6300
(a) 1 kg (c) Rs 6800
(b) 2 kg (d) Rs 6500
(c) 3 kg
(d) 4 kg 31. A sum of money placed at compound interest
doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will
22. The average score of a cricketer in two matches it amount to eight times itself?
is 27 and in three other matches is 32. Find the (a) 10
average score in all the five matches. (b) 12
(a) 20 (c) 8
(b) 25 (d) 14
(c) 30
(d) 40 32. 16 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How
many men are needed to complete the work in
23. The average of first 61 natural numbers is 40 days?
(a) 31 (a) 6
(b) 34 (b) 8
(c) 36 (c) 2
(d) 38 (d) 4
24. The sum of the ages of son and father is 56 33. A group of men decided to do a work in 10 days,
years. After 4 years, the age of the father will be but five of them became absent. If the rest of the
three times that of the son. What is the age of the group did the work in 12 days, find the original
son? number of men.
(a) 11 (a) 26
(b) 12 (b) 28
(c) 15 (c) 30
(d) 18 (d) 32
25. A man bought a cycle for Rs 250. For how much
should he sell it so as to gain 10%?
(a) 260
(b) 320
(c) 275
(d) 350
34. A can do a work in 6 days and B can do the Demand
same work in 5 days. The contract for the work
is Rs 220. How much shall B get if both of them
3300
work together? 3500
(a) 110 3000
(b) 150 3000 2700
2500
(c) 120 2500 2200
(d) 160
2000 1800
1500
35. Two pipes A & B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 1500 1200
45 hours respectively. If both the pipes are 1000
opened simultaneously, how much time will be 1000 600
taken to fill the tank? 500
(a) 22
(b) 20 0
(c) 24 A B C D E
(d) 26 TV Companies
36. A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 km/hr and
return to the village at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he
takes 5 hours in all, what is the distance between 40. What is the difference between the average
the village and the school? demand and the average production of the five
(a) 8 companies taken together?
(b) 5 (a) 1400
(c) 6 (b) 400
(d) 7 (c) 280
(d) 138
37. Two runners cover the same distance at the rate
of 15 km and 16 km per hour respectively. Find 41. The production of the company D is how many
the distance travelled when one takes 16 minutes times of the production of the company A?
longer than the other. (a) 1.8
(a) 62 km (b) 1.5
(b) 60 km (c) 2.5
(c) 64 km (d) 1.11
(d) 66 km
The following pie chart shows the annual agriculture
38. Two trains are moving in the same direction at yield of a certain place.
50 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. The faster
train crosses a man in the slower train in 18
seconds. Find the length of the faster train.
(a) 120 m
(b) 110 m
(c) 100 m
(d) 130 m
Wheat 100 °
39. A train passes a pole in 15 seconds and passes a Others 140 °
platform 100m long in 25 seconds. Find its
length.
(a) 120 m
(b) 130 m Sugar 80 °
(c) 140 m
(d) 150 m Rice 40 °
Data Interpretation
(Q 40-41) The following graph shows the demand and
production statistics of 5 (A, B, C, D and E) TV 42. The production of wheat exceeds that of rice by
companies. (a) 50%
(b) 75%
(c) 100%
(d) 150%
(Q.43-45) The following pie chart shows how the 48. What is the ratio between the total number of
municipal funds are spent under different heads in a males and the number of females who are non-
year. Study the pie chart and answer the questions. graduate?
(a) 6:1
(b) 8:1
(c) 8:3
(d) 5:2
85. When the minute hand covers a distance of 1 94. Maguni Charan Kuanr was recently awarded
hour 20 minutes, then what is the angular Padmashri. In which field did he distinguish
distance covered by it? himself?
(a) 310 (a) Puppeteer
(b) 192 (b) Singer
(c) 480 (c) Writer
(d) 420 (d) Odissi Dancer
86. How many times do the hands of a clock 95. Who has written the book” Spare”?
coincide in a day? (a) Prince Harry
(a) 24 (b) Namita Gokhale
(b) 20 (c) Shashi Tharoor
(c) 12 (d) Amitabh Ghosh
(d) 22
96. Which of the following Indians is not a Noble 106. Abinash Sable is associated with which of the
Laureate? following sports?
(a) Amartya Sen (a) Hockey
(b) Kailash Satyarthi (b) Tennis
(c) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (c) Steeplechase -Athletics
(d) Abhijit V Banerjee (d) Boxing
97. Which Indian player recently played his fourth 107. Who is the present Chief Justice of India?
world cup in Hockey? (a) U U Lalit
(a) Virendra Lakra (b) M V Ramanna
(b) Manpreet Singh (c) S A Bobde
(c) Amit Rohidas (d) D Y Chandrachud
(d) P.R Sreejesh
108. Who among the following received Arjun award
98. Which country was suspended by FATF in for excellence in sports in 2022?
March 2023? (a) Birendra Lakra
(a) Russia (b) Deep Grace Ekka
(b) Nigeria (c) Amit Rohidas
(c) Pakistan (d) Duti Chand
(d) Afghanistan
109. Who won Ranji Trophy in 2022-23?
99. In March 2023 International criminal court (a) Saurastra
issued an arrest warrant against which person (b) Bengal
named below? (c) Madhya Pradesh
(a) Vladimir Putin (d) Mumbai
(b) Imran Khan
(c) Dawood Ibrahim 110. Which film won the Oscar for best Documentary
(d) Hafiz Saeed Short Film in March 2023?
100. Who was sworn in as Chief Minister of (a) The Elephant Whisperers
Meghalaya recently? (b) Stranger at the Gate
(a) Conrad Sangma (c) Haulout
(b) Mukul Sangma (d) The Martha Michel Effect
(c) D D Lapang 111. The Oscar for the Best Music (Original Song)
(d) B B Lyngdoh was won by which of the following?
101. Which police station of Orissa was awarded (a) This is Life
being among best three Police stations of India, (b) Lift Me up
during DG IGP conference held in Jan 2023 (c) Hold My Hand
(a) Saheed Nagar (d) Naatu Naatu
(b) Aska
(c) Rourkela 112. Who has been elected the President of Indian
(d) Pattpur Olympic Association?
(a) V K Malhotra
102. Who was “Time” Magazine’s “Person of the (b) P T Usha
year” for 2022 (c) Narinder D Batra
(a) V Zelensky (d) N Ramchandran
(b) V Putin
(c) J Biden 113. Where is the FIFA world cup scheduled to be
(d) Rishi Sunak held next?
(a) USA, Canada & Mexico
103. Which Indian was selected for PEN Nabokov (b) France & Germany
life time achievement Award recently? (c) Japan & S. Korea
(a) Vinod Kumar Shukla (d) UK & Ireland
(b) Gitanjali Shree
(c) Pratibha Roy 114. What is the capital investment outlay of union
(d) Jayant Mohapatra budget 2023-24?
(a) 14 lakh crores
104. Which team won highest number of medals in (b) 10 lakh crores
36th National Games in 2022? (c) 15 lakh crores
(a) Maharashtra (d) 5 lakh crores
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab 115. What is the estimated fiscal deficit as per the
Union budget estimate 23-24?
(d) Services
Q115 Not Valued,Hence
(a) 5.8
105. Who was the captain of Indian Hockey team (b) 5.6
during world Cup 2023? Not Produced here
(c) 5.4
(a) Harmanpreet Singh (d) 5.1
(b) Manpreet Singh
(c) Amit Rohidas
(d) Hardik Singh
116. Who is the present governor of Odisha? 126. What is the main difference between a
(a) S C Jamir mainframe and a super computer?
(b) Murlidhar C Bhandare (a) Super computer is much larger than
(c) Prof Ganeshi Lal mainframe computers
(d) M M Rajendran (b) Super computers are much smaller than
mainframe computers
117. Which of the following is not a component of 5T (c) Supercomputers are focused to execute few
Initiative of Odisha Government programs as fast as possible while mainframe
(a) Technology uses its power to execute as many programs
(b) Teamwork concurrently
(c) Transparency (d) Supercomputers are focused to execute as
(d) Togetherness many programs as possible while mainframe
uses its power to execute few programs as
118. Who has been recently proposed as next fast as possible.
President of World Bank by USA?
(a) David A Malpass 127. The brain of any computer system is
(b) Ajay Banga (a) ALU
(c) Jim Yong Kim (b) Memory
(d) Robert Zoellick (c) CPU
(d) Control unit
119. With which sport is Nikhat Zareen associated
(a) Boxing 128. The two kinds of main memory are:
(b) Weight lifting (a) Primary and secondary
(c) Badminton (b) Random and sequential
(d) Athletics (c) ROM and RAM
(d) All of above
120. Opening ceremony of Hockey world Cup was
held at 129. Which of the following is designed to control the
(a) Barbati stadium operations of a computer?
(b) Kalinga stadium (a) User
(c) Birsa munda stadium (b) Application Software
(d) Both A & B (c) System Software
(d) Utility Software
121. Which place/ district has been recently included
in “World’s greatest Places” by time magazine? 130. CD-ROM is a
(a) Mayurbhanj (a) Semiconductor memory
(b) Puri (b) Memory register
(c) Bhubaneshwar (c) Magnetic memory
(d) Konark (d) None of above
122. Which day is observed as International Day of 131. Which of the following is not an input device?
Women? (a) OCR
(a) 8 March (b) Optical scanners
(b) 10 March (c) Voice recognition device
(c) 6 April (d) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
(d) 12 May
132. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
123. Which day is celebrated as International Labour (a) Direct access
Day (b) Sequential access
(a) 1 May (c) Both of above
(b) 10 May (d) None of above
(c) 1 April
(d) 1 June 133. Which of the following produces the best quality
graphics reproduction?
124. With which event of Athletics is Bapi Hansda (a) Laser printer
associated? (b) Ink jet printer
(a) 400 M Hurdles (c) Plotter
(b) 100 M (d) Dot matrix printer
(c) Long Jump
(d) Javelin throw 134. Software in computer
(a) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware
Computer/Internet Awareness machine
(b) Increase the speed of central processing unit
125. The basic operations performed by a computer (c) Both of above
are (d) None of above
(a) Arithmetic operation
(b) Logical operation
(c) Storage and relative
(d) All the above
135. Arranging of data in a logical sequence is called 145. Housing all hardware, software, storage, and
(a) Sorting processing in one site location is called_______
(b) Classifying (a) Time-sharing
(c) Reproducing (b) A distributed system
(d) Summarizing (c) Centralized processing
(d) A host computer
136. Abacus was the first
(a) Electronic computer 146. A ________ contains buttons and menus that
(b) Mechanical computer provide quick access to commonly used
(c) Electronic calculator commands.
(d) Mechanical calculator (a) Menu bar
(b) Toolbar
137. Instructions and memory address are represented (c) Window
by (d) Action bar
(a) Character code
(b) Binary codes 147. Which type of file is created by word processing
(c) Binary word programs?
(d) Parity bit (a) Database file
(b) Storage file
138. Which is used for manufacturing chips? (c) Worksheet file
(a) Bus (d) Document file
(b) Control unit
(c) Semiconductors 148. Which of the following menu types is also called
(d) a and b only a dropdown menu?
(a) Fly-out
139. A register organized to allow to move left or (b) Cascading
right operations is called a (c) Pop-up
(a) Counter (d) Pull-down
(b) Loader
(c) Adder 149. Computers manipulate data in many ways, and
(d) Shift register this manipulation is called _________
(a) Utilizing
140. From which generation operating systems were (b) Batching
developed? (c) Upgrading
(a) First (d) Processing
(b) Second
(c) Third 150. Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as
(d) Fourth navigable windows into the Web are called
________
141.A computer consists of (a) Hypertext
(a) A central processing unit (b) Networks
(b) A memory (c) Internet
(c) Input and output unit (d) Web browsers
(d) All of the above