Q1. What is the synonym of ‘bright’?
(A) Clear
(B) Brilliant
(C) Frigid
(D) Serene
Answer: (B)
Exp: ‘Brilliant’ is a synonym of ‘bright’ when bright means intelligent or shining.
Q2. What is the feminine gender of ‘wizard’?
(A) Witch
(B) Widget
(C) Spinster
(D) Waitress
Answer: (A)
Exp: The feminine counterpart of ‘wizard’ is ‘witch’.
Q3. What is a group of elephants called?
(A) Pride
(B) Swarm
(C) Pack
(D) Herd
Answer: (D)
Exp: A group of elephants is called a herd.
Q4. A person who sells flowers is called
(A) flowerist
(B) florist
(C) flowerer
(D) florer
Answer: (B)
Exp: A person who sells flowers is a florist.
Q5. Complete the proverb: “An idle brain is the devil’s ____.”
(A) house
(B) workshop
(C) heart
(D) kitchen
Answer: (B)
Exp: The proverb is: “An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.”
Q6. What is the superlative form of ‘sweet’?
(A) Sweetest
(B) Sweetiest
(C) Sweatiest
(D) Sweatest
Answer: (A)
Exp: The superlative form of ‘sweet’ is sweetest.
Q7. What is the past tense of ‘lie’?
(A) Lay
(B) Laid
(C) Lain
(D) Let
Answer: (A)
Exp: The past tense of ‘lie’ (to recline) is lay.
Q8. Choose the correct verb: “Hari and I ____ old school friends.”
(A) are
(B) am
(C) is
(D) have
Answer: (A)
Exp: ‘Hari and I’ is a plural subject, so the correct verb is are.
Q9. What is the opposite gender of ‘boar’?
(A) Sow
(B) Pen
(C) Doe
(D) Ewe
Answer: (A)
Exp: The female counterpart of a boar is a sow.
Q10. Complete the sentence with the correct determiner: “Please give us ____ help.”
(A) some
(B) any
(C) no
(D) a
Answer: (A)
Exp: ‘Some’ is appropriate in this affirmative request: “Please give us some help.”
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Q11. What is the number whose 12½% is 64?
(A) 516
(B) 32
(C) 528
(D) 512
Answer: (D)
Exp: 12½% = 1/8. If x/8 = 64, then x = 64 × 8 = 512.
Q12. What is the value of (2/3)³ × (−6/7)² × (−7/4) × 3/2?
(A) −2/7
(B) −3/7
(C) −4/7
(D) −5/7
Answer: (C)
Exp: Compute: 8/27 × 36/49 × (−7/4) × 3/2. Simplifying gives −4/7.
Q13. The arithmetic mean of 10 numbers is 20. If 5 is subtracted from every number, what will be the new mean?
(A) 25
(B) 15
(C) 30
(D) 20
Answer: (B)
Exp: Subtracting the same number from every observation reduces the mean by that number: 20 − 5 = 15.
Q14. Simplify: 118 − [121 ÷ (11 × 11) − (−4) − {3 − (9 − 2)}]
(A) 109
(B) −109
(C) 96
(D) −96
Answer: (A)
Exp: 121 ÷ 121 = 1 and 3 − (9 − 2) = −4. The bracket becomes 1 − (−4) − (−4) = 9; therefore 118 − 9 = 109.
Q15. If a notebook costs ₹8.75, how many notebooks can be purchased for ₹131.25?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 30
(D) 60
Answer: (B)
Exp: Number of notebooks = 131.25 ÷ 8.75 = 15.
Q16. Subtract −3/8 from −5/7.
(A) −17/28
(B) 17/28
(C) 19/56
(D) −19/56
Answer: (D)
Exp: (−5/7) − (−3/8) = −5/7 + 3/8 = (−40 + 21)/56 = −19/56.
Q17. If 5^(n−2) × 3^(2n−3) = 135, then n is
Answer: (C)
Exp: For n = 3, 5¹ × 3³ = 5 × 27 = 135; hence n = 3.
Q18. Suma is twice as old as her brother. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 39 years. What is her age now?
(A) 16 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 20 years
(D) 22 years
Answer: (B)
Exp: Let her brother’s age be x and Suma’s age be 2x. Then (x+6)+(2x+6)=39, so x=9; Suma is 18 years old.
Q19. If each of the two equal angles of an isosceles triangle is twice the third angle, the smallest angle is
(A) 20°
(B) 30°
(C) 32°
(D) 36°
Answer: (D)
Exp: Let the smallest angle be x. Then 2x + 2x + x = 180°, so x = 36°.
Q20. A man goes 10 m due east and then 24 m due north. What is his present distance from the starting point?
(A) 26 m
(B) 30 m
(C) 32 m
(D) 35 m
Answer: (A)
Exp: By Pythagoras’ theorem, distance = √(10² + 24²) = √676 = 26 m.
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Q21. What is an Arctic tern?
(A) An island in the Arctic Ocean
(B) The name of a glacier
(C) A migratory bird
(D) A plateau in Antarctica
Answer: (C)
Exp: The Arctic tern is a migratory seabird known for its long-distance migration.
Q22. Mount Abu is located in
(A) the Himalayas
(B) the Karakoram
(C) the Nilgiris
(D) the Aravallis
Answer: (D)
Exp: Mount Abu is located in the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan.
Q23. What is the capital of Taiwan?
(A) Yangon
(B) Taipei
(C) Pyongyang
(D) Beijing
Answer: (B)
Exp: Taipei is the capital and largest city of Taiwan.
Q24. What is the currency of Kuwait?
(A) Rupiah
(B) Dinar
(C) Afghani
(D) Dollar
Answer: (B)
Exp: The currency of Kuwait is the Kuwaiti dinar.
Q25. Which is the largest continent in the world?
(A) Asia
(B) North America
(C) South America
(D) Africa
Answer: (A)
Exp: Asia is the world’s largest continent by area and population.
Q26. Varanasi is situated on the bank of which river?
(A) Kosi
(B) Patalganga
(C) Ganga
(D) Yamuna
Answer: (C)
Exp: Varanasi is situated on the bank of the Ganga River.
Q27. Which city is known as the ‘Pink City’?
(A) Jaipur
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mysuru
(D) Srinagar
Answer: (A)
Exp: Jaipur, Rajasthan, is popularly known as the Pink City.
Q28. Which waterway connects the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea?
(A) Strait of Malacca
(B) Strait of Hormuz
(C) Strait of Bab al-Mandab
(D) Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: (A)
Exp: The Strait of Malacca is the principal waterway linking the Andaman Sea toward the South China Sea.
Q29. Who is the author of the book *David Copperfield*?
(A) William Shakespeare
(B) Lewis Carroll
(C) Thomas Hardy
(D) Charles Dickens
Answer: (D)
Exp: *David Copperfield* was written by Charles Dickens.
Q30. Which sport is associated with the Santosh Trophy?
(A) Football
(B) Cricket
(C) Hockey
(D) Badminton
Answer: (A)
Exp: The Santosh Trophy is an Indian national-level football competition.
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Q31. Avesta is the holy book of which religion?
(A) Zoroastrianism
(B) Buddhism
(C) Sikhism
(D) Jainism
Answer: (A)
Exp: The Avesta is the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism.
Q32. Who wrote the *Harry Potter* series of books?
(A) Jonathan Steele
(B) Salman Rushdie
(C) J. M. Coetzee
(D) J. K. Rowling
Answer: (D)
Exp: The *Harry Potter* series was written by J. K. Rowling.
Q33. What is the other name of Chanakya?
(A) Udai
(B) Kautilya
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Chandragupta
Answer: (B)
Exp: Chanakya is also known as Kautilya (also called Vishnugupta).
Q34. Who was the first human to walk in space?
(A) Neil Armstrong
(B) Michael Collins
(C) Yuri Gagarin
(D) Alexei Leonov
Answer: (D)
Exp: Alexei Leonov was the first person to perform a spacewalk on 18 March 1965.
Q35. ‘The Taste of India’ is the brand slogan of which company?
(A) Nestle
(B) Cadbury
(C) Amul
(D) Dabur
Answer: (C)
Exp: ‘The Taste of India’ is the well-known slogan of Amul.
Q36. How many Lok Sabha members represent Assam in the Indian Parliament?
(A) 27
(B) 14
(C) 16
(D) 24
Answer: (B)
Exp: Assam elects 14 members to the Lok Sabha.
Q37. Where is the headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) situated?
(A) New York
(B) Washington, DC
(C) Geneva
(D) Berne
Answer: (C)
Exp: The ILO headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
Q38. Who among the following was the founder of the Slave Dynasty in India?
(A) Sher Shah Suri
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Qutb al-Din Aibak
(D) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
Answer: (C)
Exp: The Mamluk (Slave) dynasty was founded by Qutb al-Din Aibak in 1206.
Q39. Who among the following was a son of Emperor Babur?
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: (A)
Exp: Humayun was Babur’s son and successor.
Q40. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which city?
(A) Ludhiana
(B) Amritsar
(C) Patiala
(D) Chandigarh
Answer: (B)
Exp: The massacre took place in Amritsar on 13 April 1919.
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Q41. Which of the following is also known as ‘common salt’?
(A) Sodium hydroxide
(B) Sodium nitrate
(C) Sodium chloride
(D) Sodium sulphate
Answer: (C)
Exp: Common salt is sodium chloride (NaCl).
Q42. Typhoid fever is a disease caused by
(A) virus
(B) bacteria
(C) protozoa
(D) fungus
Answer: (B)
Exp: Typhoid is caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi.
Q43. Which among the following diseases is not spread by mosquitoes?
(A) Filaria
(B) Dengue
(C) Kala-azar
(D) Chikungunya
Answer: (C)
Exp: Kala-azar is transmitted by infected sand flies, not mosquitoes.
Q44. Deficiency in iron causes
(A) beriberi
(B) scurvy
(C) anaemia
(D) hepatitis
Answer: (C)
Exp: Iron deficiency can cause anaemia due to reduced haemoglobin production.
Q45. Deficiency of which hormone leads to diabetes mellitus?
(A) Insulin
(B) Adrenaline
(C) Glucagon
(D) Prolactin
Answer: (A)
Exp: Insufficient insulin secretion or action leads to diabetes mellitus.
Q46. Which of the following is an antibiotic?
(A) Phenol
(B) Alcohol
(C) Erythromycin
(D) Yeast
Answer: (C)
Exp: Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic.
Q47. Mitochondria are present in which part of the cell?
(A) Cell wall
(B) Nucleus
(C) Cytoplasm
(D) Nucleolus
Answer: (C)
Exp: Mitochondria are organelles located in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.
Q48. The force acting on unit area of a surface is called
(A) pull
(B) energy
(C) pressure
(D) work
Answer: (C)
Exp: Pressure is force per unit area: P = F/A.
Q49. Which of the following is produced by a vibrating diaphragm?
(A) Light
(B) Sound wave
(C) Electromagnetic wave
(D) X-ray
Answer: (B)
Exp: A vibrating diaphragm sets the surrounding air into vibration, producing sound waves.
Q50. Deficiency in vitamin A causes
(A) cataract
(B) night blindness
(C) myopia
(D) All of the above
Answer: (B)
Exp: Vitamin A deficiency can impair vision in dim light, causing night blindness.
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