SSC CPO 16 March 2019 Shift-III Previous Year Paper

SSC CPO 16th-March-2019-Shift-3 

Reasoning 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 1 Three of the following four word-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. Carpenter : Saw 

B. Warrior : Sword 

C. Author : Pen 

D. Mason : Knife 

Answer: D

Q. 2 ‘Cardiology’ is related to ‘Heart’ in the same way as ‘Pathology’ is related to ‘……….’. 

A. Diseases 

B. Man 

C. Body 

D. Soil 

Answer: A. 

Q. 3 In a code language, 54831 is coded as 63922. What will be the code for 86274 in that language? 

A. 75365 

B. 77185 

C. 95365 

D. 95185 

Answer: C. 

Q. 4 Three of the following four options are similar in a certain way and one is different. Find the one that is different. 

A. 6 – 36 – 216 

B. 10 – 100 – 1000 

C. 3 – 6 – 27 

D. 5 – 25 – 125 

Answer: C. 

Q. 5 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. RY : QZ :: HK : 

A. GJ 

B. GL 

C. IL 

D. IM 

Answer: B. 

Q. 6 Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following three classes.

Hospital, Doctor, Patient 

Answer: D. 

Q. 7 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 215 

B. 169 

C. 144 

D. 196 

Answer: A. 

Q. 8 A. Nurse moved 90 m in the East in a hospital to look for her duty Doctor, then she turned right and went 20 m. After this she turned right and after going 30 m she reached I.C.U. but the Doctor was not there. From there she went 100 m to her north and met her doctor. What distance did she moved to meet her duty doctor from the starting point. 

A. 100 m 

B. 120 m 

C. 80 m 

D. 140 m 

Answer: A. 

Q. 9 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 5 : 29 

B. 8 : 62 

C. 3 : 7 

D. 6 : 34 

Answer: A. 

Q. 10 In the following diagram, the rectangle represents doctors, the triangle represents players and the circle represents philosophers. The numbers in different segments show the number of persons. 

According to the given diagram, How many players are philosophers but not Doctors? 

A. 17 

B.

C.

D. 12 

Answer: A. 

Q. 11 Which number will come next in the following series? 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ……. 

A. 139 

B. 127 

C. 125 

D. 126 

Answer: B. 

Q. 12 Given is a set of three figures, X, Y and Z, showing the folding sequence of a piece of paper. Fig Z shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut. Study these figures carefully and select the option that would most closely resemble this piece of paper when unfolded. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 13 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at the right side. 

Answer: D. 

Q. 14 Two statements are given, followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some boxes are dolls. All dolls are pens. Conclusions: I. Some boxes are pens. II. Some pens are boxes. III. Some pens are dolls. IV. All pens are dolls. 

A. Only conclusions I, II and IV follow. 

B. All the conclusions follow. 

C. Only conclusions I, II and III follow. 

D. Only conclusions II, III and IV follow. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 15 Select the option that gives the correct explanation for the following group of words. Bridge, Link, Chain 

A. They join two parts. 

B. They are suits of cards. 

C. They are types of medals. 

D. They are jewels. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 16 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 344, 512, 729 

A. 512 

B. 729 

C. 64 

D. 344 

Answer: D. 

Q. 17 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1) Alarm Set 2) Office 3) Car 4) Wake up 5) Alarm Rang 6) Get Ready 

A. 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2 

B. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 

C. 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 2 

D. 1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2 

Answer: D. 

Q. 18 Choose the option which has the relation as the words given below : boy : girl 

A. horse – roe 

B. cat – Kitten 

C. cock – hen 

D. donkey – bray 

Answer: C. 

Q. 19 Find the number of squares in the following figure. 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Q. 20 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ?, 65, 82, 101 

A. 48 

B. 42 

C. 50 

D. 49 

Answer: C. 

Q. 21 If ‘A’ denotes ‘ ÷ ’, ‘B’ denotes ‘ × ’, ‘C’ denotes ‘ + ’ and ‘D’ denotes ‘ − ’, then what will be the value of the following expression? 12 B. 12 A. 4 C. 5 D. 1 

A. 39 

B. 50 

C. 40 

D. 59 

Answer: C. 

Q. 22 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. UVwXXYY 

B. BCdEFFF 

C. IJkLLMM 

D. PQrSSTT 

Answer: B. 

Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 25 : 15625 :: 30 : …….. 

A. 2700 

B. 27000 

C. 900 

D. 2500 

Answer: B. 

Q. 24 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All plants are flowers.

No flower is blue.

Conclusions:

I. Some plants are blue.

II. Those plants that are not flowers are blue. 

A. Only conclusion II follows. 

B. Only conclusion I follows. 

C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. 

D. Both conclusions I and II follow. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 25 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. Cairo 

B. Paris 

C. Ottawa 

D. Kyat 

Answer: D. 

Q. 26 Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? XCA, WDZ, UFX, RIU, NMQ,? 

A. IKJ 

B. JKO 

C. JFU 

D. IRL 

Answer: D. 

Q. 27 Three different positions of the same dice are shown below. Which number is on the face opposite the face showing 4? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 28 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 29 Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given set of words (in the same order). Hand : Finger : Ring 

A. Face : Nose : Nose pin 

B. Anklet : Foot : Ankle 

C. Earring : Ear : Jewel 

D. Cap : Head : Hair 

Answer: A. 

Q. 30 In the following number series, two numbers have been put within brackets. Select the most appropriate option for these numbers in relation to their inclusion in the series. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, (12), 14, 16, (18), 20 

A. The first bracketed number is correct and the second is incorrect. 

B. The first bracketed number is incorrect and the second is correct. 

C. Both the bracketed numbers are incorrect. 

D. Both the bracketed numbers are correct. 

Answer: D. 

Q. 31 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed) 

Answer: B. 

Q. 32 In the following number series, two numbers have been put within brackets. Select the most appropriate option for these numbers in relation to their inclusion in the series. 1, 9, 25, 49, (81), 121, 169, (215), 239 

A. Both the bracketed numbers are incorrect. 

B. The first bracketed number is incorrect and the second is correct. 

C. The first bracketed number is correct and the second is incorrect. 

D. Both the bracketed numbers are correct. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 33 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. FEDC. 

B. YXVW 

C. LKIJ 

D. NMKL 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: The arrangement of the alphabets are in the alphabetical order in the following manner- 3rd alphabet-4th alphabet-2nd alphabet-1st alphabet 

Option A. violates this arrangement so is the odd one out. 

Option A. is correct. 

Q. 34 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 13 : 84.5 :: 20 : …… 

A. 120 

B. 150 

C. 100 

D. 200 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: 

13 : 1322= 84.5 

20 : 2022 = 200 

Option D. is correct.

Q. 35 If TEMPLE is coded as ELPMET, then how will CHURCH be coded as? 

A. HCURCH 

B. HCRUHC. 

C. HCRUCH 

D. HCURHC. 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: The alphabets in TEMPLE are coded in opposite i.e ELPMET 

Therefore CHURCH is coded as HCRUHC. 

Option B. is correct 

Q. 36 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 64 : 6 

B. 7 : 49 

C. 10 : 100 

D. 4 : 16 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: The second number is the square of the first number, for ex 42 = 16

Option A. violates that. 

Option A. is correct 

Q. 37 Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following three classes. Stationery, Pencil, Apple 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Pencil is a stationery item and apple is not.Therefore the following diagram explains it. 

Option B. is correct. 

Q. 38 Which of the following interchanges of signs and numbers would make the given equation correct? 

18 − 3 ÷ 6 + 24 × 12 = 48 

A. × and − , 3 and 6 

B. ÷ and − , 12 and 6 

C. × and + , 3 and 6 

D. ÷ and × , 3 and 12 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Using Option A, we put them in the equation , 18 − 3 ÷ 6 + 24 × 12 = 48

18 × 6 ÷ 3 + 24 − 12 = 48

So option A. satisfies the equation. 

Option A. is correct. 

Q. 39 If ‘ARUN’ is coded as 54, then how will ‘VARUN’ be coded as? 

A. 76 

B. 78 

C. 67 

D. 87 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: We add the corresponding numerical values of the alphabets as per the alphabetical series. 

A. = 1, R = 18, U=21, N = 14, V=22 

ARUN = 1+18+21+14 = 54 

VARUN = 22+1+18+21+14 = 76 

Option A. is correct. 

Q. 40 Select the figure that will come next in the following series. 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Option B. is correct. 

Q. 41 In a certain code language, ‘mee muk pic’ means ‘roses are yellow”, ‘nil dic’ means ‘white flowers’ and ‘pic muk dic’ means ‘flowers are fruits’. What is the code for ‘white’ in that language? 

A. muk 

B. nil 

C. dic 

D. pic 

Answer: B. 

Q. 42 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: The image is getting rotated by 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction. 

Option A. is correct. 

Q. 43 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. Apple : Fruit :: Spinach : …….. 

A. Food 

B. Flower 

C. Root 

D. Vegetable 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Apple is a fruit and Spinach is a vegetable. 

Apple : Fruit :: Spinach : Vegetable 

Option D. is correct. 

Q. 44 Select the figure that will come next in the following series. 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: The image is getting rotated by 90 degrees and also 1 parallel line is being added. 

Option A. is correct. 

Q. 45 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 4 : 20 :: 8 : ….. 

A. 64 

B. 40 

C. 56 

D. 32 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: 4 : 20 :: 8 : 40 

4 × 5 = 20 and 8 × 5 = 40 

Option B. is correct. 

Q. 46 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed on the right of the figure . 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: 

Option C. is correct. 

Q. 47 Which of the following two signs need to be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 

6 ÷ 5 − 5 × 5 + 6 = 35 

A. + and − 

B. + and ÷ 

C. × and − 

D. ÷ and × 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Using option D. we get, 

6 × 5 − 5 ÷ 5 + 6 = 35 

Option D. is correct. 

Q. 48 Rama walks from his university campus 4 km towards north and then turns to the right to reach his department. Alter walking 2.5 km from the department he turns to the left and walks 4 km and reached Conference hall. Now in which direction is he from the starting place? 

A. South-West 

B. North-East 

C. South 

D. West 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Rama walks from his university campus 4 km towards north and then turns to the right to reach his department. Alter walking 2.5 km from the department he turns to the left and walks 4 km and reached Conference hall. 

So he is in the north east direction from the starting place. (The dashed line shows the direction) 

Option B. is correct. 

Q. 49 Which letter will come next in the following series? Z, U, Q, N, L, …… 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Explanation: The alphabets are in reverse alphabetical order in the following pattern : 

Z → (−5)U → (−4)Q → (−3)N → (−2)L → (−1)K 

Option D. is correct. 

Q. 50 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Gateway of India 2. World 3. Mumbai 4. India 5. Maharashtra 

A. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 

B. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3 

C. 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 

D. 4, 2, 5, 3, 1 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: The chronological order for the following is as follows : (as per geography) 

2. World > 4. India > 5. Maharashtra > 3. Mumbai > 1. Gateway of India 

Option C. is correct. 

 

General knowledge 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 51 Citrullus lanatus is the botanical name for …….. 

A. Apple 

B. Watermelon 

C. Banana 

D. Orange 

Answer: B. 

Q. 52 …… founded the ‘Bal Charkha Sangh’, where children were taught to spin & weave. 

A. Vinoba Bhave 

B. Sarojini Naidu 

C. Indira Gandhi 

D. Mahatma Gandhi 

Answer: C. 

Q. 53 The 11th President of India, ……… was also known as the ‘Missile Man’. 

A. K R Narayanan 

B. Zakir Hussein 

C. APJ Abdul Kalam 

D. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 

Answer: C. 

Q. 54 The Hindi film ‘Kai Po Che’ is based on the book titled ……. by Chetan Bhagat. 

A. Two States 

B. One Night At The Call Centre 

C. Three Mistakes Of My Life 

D. Five Point Someone 

Answer: C. 

Q. 55 Who was the Chairperson of the NITI Aayog as of January 2019? 

A. Narendra Modi 

B. Sushma Swaraj 

C. Amit Shah 

D. Ram Nath Kovind 

Answer: A. 

Q. 56 Who is the founder of the biotech Indian company called ‘Biocon’? 

A. Ratan Tata 

B. Indu Jain 

C. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 

D. Mukesh Ambani 

Answer: C. 

Q. 57 The fear of foreigners is called: 

A. Toxiphobia 

B. Xenophobia 

C. Sitophobia 

D. Theophobia 

Answer: B. 

Q. 58 Malus pumila is the botanical name of the ………. tree. 

A. Orange 

B. Water melon 

C. Banana 

D. Apple 

Answer: D. 

Q. 59 The Panchayat Raj System was first adopted by the state of ……… 

A. West Bengal 

B. Tamil Nadu 

C. Andhra Pradesh 

D. Rajasthan 

Answer: D. 

Q. 60 The Puma Kumbh Mela takes place every ……… years at one of the four places by rotation, Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. 

A. six 

B. two 

C. twelve 

D. three 

Answer: C

Q. 61 The festival of ___________ is also known as Phagawa. 

A. Diwali 

B. Holi 

C. Sankranti 

D. Ganesh Chaturthi 

Answer: B. 

Q. 62 Which of the following flowers is botanically known as Narcissus? 

A. Carnation 

B. Rose 

C. Daffodil 

D. Lily 

Answer: C. 

Q. 63 Pung Cholam is the folk dance of which state ? 

A. Madhya Pradesh 

B. Manipur 

C. Kerala 

D. Karnataka 

Answer: B. 

Q. 64 Which of the following is the unit of Magnetic field strength? 

A. Ohm 

B. Gauss 

C. Tesla 

D. Weber 

Answer: C. 

Q. 65 Padma Vibhushan is the …………. civilian award of India. 

A. highest 

B. second highest 

C. third highest 

D. fourth highest 

Answer: B. 

Q. 66 ONGC. discovered the country’s first shale gas reserve at: 

A. Chandikhol 

B. Durgapur 

C. Jamnagar 

D. Padur 

Answer: B. 

Q. 67 ……. was born to the Chauhan King Someshvara and his queen Karpuradevi in 1166 CE. 

A. Prithviraj Chauhan 

B. Maharana Pratap 

C. Maharaja Suraj Mal 

D. Maharaja Man Singh 

Answer: A. 

Q. 68 According to the Vedic principles, which amongst the following is incorrect ? 

A. Vaishyas or the common people were born from man’s legs 

B. Kshatriyas or the warrior-kings were born from the man’s arms 

C. Shudra or the labourer and servant were born from man’s feet 

D. Brahmins or the learned ones were born from man’s ears 

Answer: D. 

Q. 69 Which of the following flowers is botanically known as Dianthus? 

A. Rose 

B. Lily 

C. Daffodil 

D. Carnation 

Answer: D. 

Q. 70 Gir National Park is known for its ………. 

A. Red silk cotton 

B. Orangutan 

C. Cherry blossom 

D. Asiatic Lions 

Answer: D. 

Q. 71 ……… was a professor of political science and economics at the University of Taxila. 

A. Kautilya 

B. Bindusara 

C. Samudragupta 

D. Ajatshatm 

Answer: A. 

Q. 72 Nyctophobia is the fear of: 

A. Birds 

B. Darkness 

C. Light 

D. Animals 

Answer: B. 

Q. 73 ………. is a textile art fiom Gujarat / Rajasthan. 

A. Bandhani 

B. Paithani 

C. Chanderi 

D. Ikat 

Answer: A. 

Q. 74 The festival of …………. is dedicated to Goddess Durga and her nine avatars. 

A. Sankranti 

B. Navratri 

C. Diwali 

D. Holi 

Answer: B. 

Q. 75 In the body, excess of _____ is the reason for arthritis. 

A. Lactic Acid 

B. Acetic Acid 

C. Nitric Acid 

D. Uric Acid 

Answer: D

Q. 76 Which of the following was NOT a part of the ‘Navratna’ at Vikramaditya’s court? 

A. Kshapanaka 

B. Kalidasa 

C. Vararuchi 

D. Surdas 

Answer: D. 

Q. 77 ……….. is situated at the confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers. 

A. Vishnuprayag 

B. Karnaprayag 

C. Nandaprayag 

D. Rudraprayag 

Answer: D. 

Q. 78 Which of the following clubs, founded in 1889, is the oldest Indian club still in operation as on January 2019? 

A. Indian Bank Recreational Club 

B. Calcutta Cricket & Football Club 

C. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club 

D. North Imphal Sporting Association 

Answer: C. 

Q. 79 The Indian Olympic Association has expressed interest to host the …………. summer Olympics. 

A. 2020 

B. 2024 

C. 2032 

D. 2028 

Answer: C. 

Q. 80 ………. city tops the list of top 10 richest cities in India, with 8 GDP of $ 209 billion. 

A. New Delhi 

B. Kolkata 

C. Bengaluru 

D. Mumbai 

Answer: D. 

Q. 81 The ancient name of the river Tungabhadra was: 

A. Vitasta 

B. Kubha 

C. Pampa 

D. Sindhu 

Answer: C. 

Q. 82 Prince Khurrarn grew up to be known as: 

A. Jahangir 

B. Akbar 

C. Humayun 

D. Shah Jahan 

Answer: D. 

Q. 83 Arundhati Roy won Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her book: 

A. History of Wolves 

B. 2 States 

C. The Minisz of Utmost Happiness 

D. The God of Small Things 

Answer: D. 

Q. 84 The BHIM app was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on: 

A. 31st October, 2016 

B. 26th January, 2016 

C. 30th December, 2016 

D. 15th August, 2016 

Answer: C. 

Q. 85 Who is the only foreigner to receive the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2019? 

A. Anilkumar Manibhai Naik 

B. Teejan Bai 

C. Balwant Moreshwar Purandare 

D. Ismail Omar Guelleh 

Answer: D. 

Q. 86 Natural pearls contain more than 80% ………. 

A. sodium carbonate 

B. calcium carbonate 

C. silica 

D. quartz 

Answer: B. 

Q. 87 Which of the following is the first port in India to become a public company? 

A. Kandla 

B. Mangalore 

C. Ennore 

D. Morrnugao 

Answer: C. 

Q. 88 India was divided into India and Pakistan by the ……….. Act. 

A. India Independence 

B. Division of India 

C. Partition of India 

D. Government of India 

Answer: A. 

Q. 89 ………… is the world’s richest cricket board as of year 2018. 

A. England and Wales Cricket Board 

B. Cricket South Africa 

C. Board of Control for Cricket in India 

D. Pakistan Cricket Board 

Answer: C. 

Q. 90 Tennis player Somdev Kishore Devvarman was awarded the ………. in 2018. 

A. Padma Bhushan 

B. Bharat Ratna 

C. Padma Vibhushan 

D. Padma Shree 

Answer: D. 

Q. 91 Which of the below mentioned human organs can regrow after damage in adults? 

A. Lung 

B. Gall bladder 

C. Kidney 

D. Liver 

Answer: D. 

Q. 92 Which of the following is NOT a mint of the Sectnity Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)? 

A. India Government Mint, Gorakhpur 

B. India Government Mint, Mumbai 

C. India Government Mint, Hyderabad 

D. India Government Mint, Kolkata 

Answer: A. 

Q. 93 …………. was affectionately called ‘Ba’. 

A. Vijayalaxmi Pandit 

B. Indira Gandhi 

C. Kasturba Gandhi 

D. Sarojini Naidu 

Answer: C. 


Q. 94 Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, which falls in the ……… month of the Islamic calendar. 

A. tenth 

B. sixth 

C. eighth 

D. twelfth 

Answer: A. 

Q. 95 Name the recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award, 2019 for Trade and Industry (Food Processing). 

A. Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati 

B. Narsingh Dev Jamwal 

C. Harvinder Singh Phoolka 

D. Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya 

Answer: A. 

Q. 96 Photophobia means: 

A. Addiction to light 

B. Addiction to taking photos 

C. Sensitivity to light 

D. Dislike towards taking photos 

Answer: C. 


Q. 97 Tata Iron And Steel company (TISCO) was incorporated in: 

A. 1911 

B. 1907 

C. 1913 

D. 1915 

Answer: B. 

Q. 98 Vedic civilisation flourished along the river ……….. 

A. Indus 

B. Yamuna 

C. Ganga 

D. Saraswati 

Answer: D. 

Q. 99 The last Nizam of Hyderabad: 

A. Nasir Jung 

B. Qulich Khan 

C. Mir Osman Ali Khan 

D. Muzafar Jung 

Answer: C. 

Q. 100 Bos mutus is the scientific name for: 

A. wild yak 

B. Ox 

C. Horse 

D. Buffalo 

Answer: A. 

 

Quant 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 101 3 × 7 + 4 − 6 ÷ 3 − 7 + 45 ÷ 5 × 4 + 49 is equal to: 

A. 99 

B. 101 

C. 103 

D. 67 

Answer: B. 


Q. 102 A steel vessel has a base of length 60 cm and breadth 30 cm. Water is poured in the vessel. A cubical steel box having an edge of 30 cm is immersed completely in the vessel, By how much will the water rise? 

A. 12 cm 

B. 9 cm 

C. 10 cm 

D. 15 cm 

Answer: D. 

Q. 103 The given pie-chart, shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it. 

In the given pie-chart by what percentage the Promotion cost on the book is less than the Paper cost? 

A. 75 

B. 50 

C. 25 

D. 60 

Answer: D. 

Q. 104 If a + b − c = 7,ab − bc − ca = 21 , then a3 + b3 − c3 + 3abc = 

A. -98 

B. 98 

C. 124 

D. 117 

Answer: A. 

Q. 105 If two equal circles whose centres are O and O’ intersect each other at the point A. and B, OO’ = 12 cm and AB. = 16 cm, then radius of the circle is: 

A. 12 cm 

B. 15 cm 

C. 14 cm 

D. 10 cm 

Answer: D. 

Q. 106 A. boy increases his speed to 5/9 times of his original speed. By this he reaches his school 30 minutes before the usual time. How much time does he takes usually? 

A. 67.50 minutes 

B. 67.10 minutes 

C. 67.75 minutes 

D. 67.25 minutes 

Answer: A. 

Q. 107 The given bar chart, shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001. 

In the given bar-chart, the ratio of total sales of all branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000 to 2001 is: 

A. 55 : 48 

B. 7 : 11 

C. 45 : 58 

D. 48 : 55 

Answer: D

Q. 108 ₹15,000 was invested by A and B together to start a small business. They got a profit of ₹2,000 at the end of the year. B took his profit share of ₹600. How much did A invest? 

A. ₹10,000 

B. ₹2,000 

C. ₹10,500 

D. ₹9,000 

Answer: C. 

Q. 109 Pipe A. can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B. empties it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together. after how many minutes should B. be closed, so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes? 

A. 20 minutes 

B. 18 minutes 

C. 21 minutes 

D. 15 minutes 

Answer: C. 

Q. 110 If roots of x2 −  4x + a = 0 are equal, then a =

A. -8 

B.

C. -4 

D.

Answer: B

Q. 111 If a sum becomes ₹1,460 in two years and ₹1,606 in three years due to the compound interest, then annual rate of interest is: 

A. 11% 

B. 9% 

C. 10% 

D. 8% 

Answer: C. 

Q. 112 Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits? 

A. 80 

B. 60 

C. 40 

D. 20 

Answer: C

Q. 113 Side AB of a triangle ABC is 80 cm long, whose perimeter is 170 cm. If angle ABC = 60, the shortest side of triangle ABC measures ……… cm. 

A. 25 

B. 21 

C. 17 

D. 15 

Answer: C. 

Q. 114 (8 + 4 − 2) × (17 − 12) × 10 − 89 is equal to: 

A. 4150 

B. 4120 

C. 413 

D. 411 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: (8 + 4 − 2) × (17 − 12) × 10 − 89 = 10 × 5 × 10 − 89 

= 500 − 89 = 411 

Q. 115 When the integer n is divided by 7, the remainder is 3. What is the remainder if 5n is divided by 7? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Dividend = n 

Divisor = 7 

Quotient = Q 

Remainder = 3 

n = 7Q+3 

Multiplying with 5, 

5n = 35Q+15 

Dividing with 7, 

5n7+35Q7+157

Here, When 15 is divided by 7, the remainder will be 1. 

Therefore, 1 will be the remainder when 5n is divided by 7. 

Q. 116 A. earns ₹40 per hour and works for 12 hours. B. earns ₹60 per hour and works for 10 hours. Find the ratio of their per day wages. 

A. 4 : 5 

B. 5 : 4 

C. 15 : 4 

D. 6 : 5 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Salary of A. per hour = Rs.40 

Number of hours A. work per day = 12 hours 

Then, Total salary A. gets per day = 12 × 40 = Rs.480

Salary of B. per hour = Rs.60 

Number of hours B. work per day = 10 hours 

Then, Total salary B. gets per day = 60 × 10 = Rs.600

Therefore, Ratio of their salaries = 480 : 600 = 4 : 5. 

Q. 117 The perimeter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 16 cm and breadth 14 cm. Find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of the square. 

A. 25.57 cm 

B. 31.57 cm 

C. 23.57 cm 

D. 21.57 cm 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: Let the side of the square be a cm. Perimeter of the square = 4a cm. 

Perimeter of the rectangle = 2(16+14) = 2*30 = 60 cm Given, 4a = 50 => a = 15 cm 

Diameter of semicircle = 15 cm 

Then, Circumference of semicircle = 22/7 × 15/2 + 15 = 23.57 + 15 = 38.57cm

Q. 118 The unequal side of an isosceles triangle is 2 cm. The medians drawn to the equal sides are perpendicular. The area of the triangle is: 

A. 1 cm 

B. 3 cm 

C. 5 cm 

D. 2 cm 

Answer: B. 

Q. 119 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products. 

In the given line graph. what is the total sale of Product A. in the year 2005 and 2009 taken together? 

A. 17500 

B. 18500 

C. 14600 

D. 16400 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Production of A. in 2005 = 11000 

Sale of A. in 2005 = 60% of 11000 = 6600 

Production of A. in 2009 = 14000 

Sale of A. in 2009 = 70% of 14000 = 9800 

Therefore, Total production of A. in 2005 and 2009 together = 6600+9800 = 16400. 

Q. 120 When the sun’s angle of depression changes from 30∘ to 60∘ . the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 70 m. What is the height of the tower? 

A. 45.65 m 

B. 60.55 m 

C. 65.55 m 

D. 36.55 m 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Let the initial distance of the shadow from the foot of the tower be x m Then, New distance will be (x-70) m 

Tan300 = hx

=13=hx

=x=h3

tan600=hx-70

=3=hx-70

=3=hh3-70

=h=3(h3-70)

=h=3h-703

=2h=703

=h=353=351.73=60.55m

Therefore, The height of the tower = 60.55 m 

Q. 121 If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is equal to: 

A. 4% of a 

B. 2% of a 

C. 16% of a 

D. 8% of a 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Given, 20% of a = b 

Then, b% of 20 = 20% of b = 20% of 20% of a 

= ⅕ × ⅕ × a = 1/25× a 

= 4% of a 

Q. 122 (cosecA. − sinA)2 + (secA. − cosA)2 − (cotA. − tanA)2 is equal to. 

A.

B.

C.

D. -1 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: (cosecA. − sinA)2 + (secA. − cosA)2 − (cotA. − tanA)2 

= cosec2 A. + sin2 A. − 2cosecAsinA. + sec2 A. + cos2 A. − 2secAcosA. − (cot2 A. + tan2 A. − 2cotAtanA) 

= cosec2 A. + sin2 A. − 2 + sec2 A. + cos2 A. − 2 − cot2 A. − tan2 A. + 2 

= (cosec2 A. − cot2 A) + (sin2 A. + cos2 A) + (sec2 A. − tan2 A) − 2 

= 3 − 2 = 1 

Q. 123 0.72×0.72×0.72−0.39×0.39×0.390.72×0.72+0.72×0.39+0.39×0.39is equal to: 

A. 0.33 

B. 0.45 

C. 0.39 

D. 0.36 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Given fraction is in the form of a3-b3a2+ab+b2 which is a − b 

Here, a = 0.72 and b = 0.39 

Therefore, a − b = 0.72 − 0.39 = 0.33 

Q. 124 A. number is first decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number so obtained is 100 less than the original number. The original number is: 

A. 100000 

B. 100 

C. 10000 

D. 1000 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: Let the number be 100x. 

New number after decrease and increase of 10% = 100x 90100110100=99x

Given, 100x-99x = 100 

x = 100 

Then, The original number = 100x = 100*100 = 10000. 

Q. 125 A. man could not decide between discount of 30% or two successive discounts of 25% and 5%, both given on a shopping of ₹2,000. What is the difference between both the discounts? 

A. ₹15 

B. No difference 

C. ₹20 

D. ₹25 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Given, Marked Price = Rs.2000 

Discount-1 = 30% of Rs.2000 = Rs.600 

Effective discount with discounts of 25% and 5% = 25-5 + 255/100 = -30 + 1.25 = -25.75%

28.75% of Rs.2000 = Rs.575 

Therefore, Difference between the discounts = Rs.600 – Rs.575 = Rs.25. 

Q. 126 At what rate percent per annum with simple interest will a sum of money double in 12.5 years? 

A.

B. 10 

C. 12.5 

D.

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Let the Principal be Rs.P 

Amount after 12.5 years = Rs.2P 

Interest = Rs.2P – Rs.P = Rs.P Let the rate of interest be R% 

=> PR12.5100=P

R=10012.5=8%

Therefore, Rate of interest = 8%. 

Q. 127 The LCM of two numbers is 168 and their HCF is 12. If the difference between the numbers is 60. What is the sum of the numbers? 

A. 122 

B. 164 

C. 112 

D. 108 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Let the two numbers be a and b. 

Product of two numbers = Product of their LCM and HCF 

ab = 168*12 = 2016 

Given, a-b = 60 

(a + b)2 = (a − b)2 + 4ab 

(a + b)2 = 602 + 4 × 2016 = 3600 + 8064 = 11664 

Then, a + b = 108 

Therefore, Sum of two numbers = 108. 

Q. 128 If x + x −1 = 2 , then the value of x3 + x−3 is: 

A.

B. ½ 

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Explanation: 

Given, 1x + x=2

Cubing on both sides 

Q. 129 A. unique circle can always be drawn through x number of given non-collinear points, then x must be: 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Explanation: A. unique circle can be drawn using 3 non-collinear points. Hence, x = 3. 

Q. 130 The speed of a car increases by 2 km/hr after every one hour. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 km, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours? 

A. 558 km 

B. 650 km 

C. 560 km 

D. 552 km 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: The distances travelled by the car in each hour will be 35,37,39,…. The distance travelled in the last hour will be 35/12 + (12 – 1)2 = 35 + 12 = 57 km 

Then, Total distance travelled in 12 hours = 2(35 + 57) = 6 × 92 = 552 km 

Q. 131 Seema bought a mobile at a discount of 20%. Had she received a discount of 25%, she could have saved an additional ₹1000. How much did she pay for the mobile ? 

A. ₹24,000 

B. ₹22,000 

C. ₹25,000 

D. ₹16,000 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Let the MRP of the mobile be Rs.100x 

Discount = 20% of Rs.100x = Rs.20x 

Selling Price = Rs.100x – Rs.20x = Rs.80x 

If the discount is 25%, then Selling Price = 75% of Rs.100x = Rs.75x 

Given, Rs.80x – Rs.75x = Rs.1000 5x = 1000 

x = 200 

Then, Amount which Seema paid = Rs.80x = Rs.80*200 = Rs.16000. 

Q. 132 The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 60.25 kg and that of the remaining 10 boys is 45.75 kg. The average weight of all boys in the class is: 

A. 54.67 

B. 53.76 

C. 55.37 

D. 56.27 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Given, Average weight of 16 students = 60.25 kg 

Then, Total weight of 16 students = 60.25*16 = 964 kg 

Average weight of 10 students = 45.75 kg 

Then, Total weight of 10 students = 45.75*10 = 457.5 kg/1421.5 26

Then, Total weight of 26 students = 964+457.5 = 1421.5 kg 

Therefore, Average weight of 26 students = 26 = 54.67kg 

Q. 133 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products. 

In the given line graph, what is the total sale of Products A. and B. in the year 2007? 

A. 13460 

B. 10290 

C. 11500 

D. 12490 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Production of A. in 2007 = Rs.7000 

Sale of A. in 2007 = 75% of Rs.7000 = Rs.5250 

Production of B. in 2007 = Rs.9000 

Sale of B. in 2007 = 56% of Rs.9000 = Rs.5040 

Total sale of A. and B. in 2007 = Rs.5250+Rs.5040 = Rs.10290 

Q. 134 A. cube of side 1 m length is cut into small cubes of side 10 cm each. How many such small cubes can be obtained? 

A. 10 

B. 100 

C. 10000 

D. 1000 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Number of small cubes = Volume of large cube/Volume of each small cube

10313=10001=1000

Q. 135 A. sells a car to B. at 10% loss. If B. sells it for ₹5,40,000 and gains 20%. the cost price of the car for A. was: 

A. ₹5,10,000 

B. ₹5,40,000 

C. ₹5,20,000 

D. ₹5,00,000 

Answer: D. 

Explanation:

Q. 136 If a + b = 8,ab = −12, then a3 + b3

A. -244 

B. -833 

C. 800 

D. 833 

Answer: C. 

Explanation:  Given a + b = 8 ab = −12

Then, a3 + b3 = (a + b)3 − 3ab(a + b)

= 83 − 3(−12)(8) = 512 + 288 = 800

Q. 137 The given pie-chart, shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it. 

In the given pie-chart, by what percentage Printing and Binding cost on the book is less than the other costs? 

A. 50/3

B. 100/3

C. 47/3

D. 20/3

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Total Printing and Binding cost = 20+20 = 40% of total cost 

Other costs = 10+25+15+10 60% of total cost. 

Therefore, Required percentage = 60 

Q. 138 4/3 tan2 600 + 3cos2 300 – 2sec2 300 – ¾ cot2 600 is equal to: 

A. 8/3 

B. 5/4 

C. 7/3 

D. 10/3

Answer: D. 

Explanation: 4/3 tan2 600 + 3cos2 300 – 2sec2 300 – ¾ cot2 600 

=43(3)2+3(32)2-2(23)2-341(3)2

=433+334-243-3413

=4+94-83-14

=103

Q. 139 The average of 26 numbers is zero. Of them, how many may be greater than zero, at the most? 

A.

B. 25 

C. 20 

D. 15 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Given that the average of 26 numbers is zero. Then, Sum of 26 numbers = 0 In that, If sum of 25 numbers is 25a, then the 26th number should be -25a. Hence, Maximum 25 numbers can be greater than zero. 

Q. 140 What will be total cost of polishing curved surface of a wooden cylinder at rate of ₹20 per m 2 , if its diameter is 40 m and height is 7 m? 

A. ₹18600 

B. ₹18400 

C. ₹17500 

D. ₹17600 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Given, Diameter of the cylinder = 40 m Radius of the cylinder = 20 m Height of the cylinder = 7 m Curved

surface area of the cylinder = 2πrh 

= 2 × 22/7× 20 × 7 = 880m2 

For 1 sq.m, Rs.20 will be charged. 

Then, for 880 sq.m, Rs.20*880 = Rs.17600 will be charged. 

Q. 141 A. can do a work in 20 days, while B. can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly. Few days later C. also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid total of ₹700. What is the share of C? 

A. ₹75 

B. ₹55 

C. ₹70 

D. ₹65 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: Given, A. can do the work in 20 days. B. can do the work in 25 days 

Efficiency of A. = 100/20 = 5% 

Efficiency of B. = 100/25 = 4% 

After a few days, C. joined. 

If they work for 10 days, then (5+4)*10 = 90% of work will be completed by A. and B. 

Remaining 10% of work will be done by C. 

Hence, Salary of C. will be 10% of Rs.700 = Rs.70. 

Instructions: The given bar chart. shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001. 

Q. 142 In the given bar-chart, total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 taken together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is: 

A. 560 

B. 240 

C. 310 

D. 650 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Total sales of B1(in thousands) = 105+80 = 185 

Total sales of B3(in thousands) = 95+110 = 205 

Total sales of B5(in thousands) = 75+95 = 170 

Total sales of B1, B3 and B5 together(in thousands) = 185+205+170 = 560 

Q. 143 In the given bar-chart, the ratio of total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 to total sales of branches B2, B4 and B6 taken together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is: 

A. 45 : 23 

B. 47 : 56 

C. 56 : 47 

D. 23 : 45 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: Total sales of B1(in thousands) = 105+80 = 185 

Total sales of B3(in thousands) = 95+110 = 205 

Total sales of B5(in thousands) = 75+95 = 170 

Total sales of B1, B3 and B5 together(in thousands) = 185+205+170 = 560 

Total sales of B2(in thousands) = 75+65 = 140 

Total sales of B4(in thousands) = 85+95 = 180 

Total sales of B6(in thousands) = 70+80 = 150 

Total sales of B2, B4 and B6 together(in thousands) = 140+180+150 = 470 

Therefore, Ratio = 560 : 470 = 56 : 47. 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 144 From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is . If the tower is 270 m high. the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is: 

A. 476.65 m 

B. 367.65 m 

C. 467.65 m 

D. 376.65 m 

Answer: C. 

Explanation: Given, Height of the tower = 270 m 

Let the distance from the foot of the tower to P be x m 

Tan30 = AB/BP

13=270x

x=2703=2701.732=467.65m

Q. 145 The product of two numbers is 6760 and their HCF is 13. How many such pairs of numbers can be formed?   

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Let the two numbers be 13x and 13y since HCF is divisible by two numbers. 

13x × 13y = 6760 

169xy = 6760  

xy = 40 

For HCF to be 13, there should be no common factors except 1. 

Then, (x,y) can be (5,8) and (1,40). 

Therefore, The numbers can be 13*5,13*8 = 65,104 and 13*1,13*40 = 13,520 

Therefore, There can be 2 pairs of such numbers. 

Q. 146 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank. if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres? 

A. 18 

B. 16 

C. 15 

D. 17 

Answer: A. 

Explanation: Number of buckets1 x Capacity of each bucket1 = Number of buckets2 x Capacity of each bucket2 

12 × 13.5 = 9 × x

=> x = 18

Therefore, Number of buckets required = 18 litres. 

Q. 147 The line graph shows the production of product A. and B. (in thousands) during the period 2004 to 2009 and the second line Graph shows the percentage sale of these products. 

In the given line graph, what is the total sale of Product B. in the year 2004 and 2008 together? 

A. 12500 

B. 14600 

C. 11950 

D. 11825 

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Production of B. in 2004 = 8500 

Sale of B. in 2004 = 55% of 8500 = 4675 

Production of B. in 2008 = 11000 

Sale of B. in 2008 = 65% of 11000 = 7150 

Total sale of B. in 2004 and 2008 together = 4675+7150 = 11825. 

Q. 148 Original breadth of a rectangular box is 20 cm. The box was then remade in such a way that its length increased by 30% but the breadth decreased by 20% and the area increased by 100 cm2. What is the new area of the box? 

A. 2500 cm2

B. 2200 cm2

C. 2400 cm2 

D. 2600 cm2

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Let the length of the rectangle be l cm 

Breadth of the rectangle = 20 cm 

Area of the rectangle = 20l sq.cm 

New length of the rectangle = 130% of l = 1.3l cm 

New breadth of the rectangle = 80% of 20 = 16 cm 

New area of the rectangle = 16*1.3l = 20.8l sq.cm 

Given, 20.8l – 20l = 100 

=> 0.8l = 100 => l = 125 cm 

Therefore, New length of the rectangle = 1.3*125 = 162.5 cm 

New area of the rectangle = 162.5*16 = 2600 sq.cm 

Q. 149 The given pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pic-chart and answer the questions based on it. 

In the given pie-chart, by what percentage the Royalty on the book is less than the Printing cost? 

A. 20 

B. 25 

C. 10 

D. 15 

Answer: B. 

Explanation: Expenditure of Royalty of book = 20% 

Expenditure of printing = 15% 

Required percentage = 20 – 1520100=520100=25%

Q. 150 3 men, 4 women and 6 children can complete a work in 7 days. A. woman does double the work a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete this work in 7 days? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Explanation: Efficiency of 2 children = Efficiency of 1 men = Efficiency of ½ women

Efficiency of 1 child = Efficiency of ¼ women

Efficiency of 6 children = Efficiency of 3/2 women

Therefore, Total efficiency of 3 men, 4 women and 6 children = 3/2 + 4 + 3/2 = 3 + 4 = 7 women

Therefore, 7 women are required to complete the work in 7 days.

 

English 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 151 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. 

It is known that …………, extreme weather, and diseases are the factors responsible for crop failure. 

A. draught 

B. draft 

C. daft 

D. drought 

Answer: D. 

Instructions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage: 

By the 19205 the improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses – which were sometimes open all night — was complete. As the night became a place for legitimate activity, the length of time people could dedicate to rest dwindled.” Evening’s Empire puts forward an account of how this happened. “Associations with night before the 17th Century were not good,” it says. “The night was a place populated by people of disrepute – criminals, prostitutes and drunks. Even the wealthy, who could afford candlelight, had better things to spend their money on. There was no prestige or social value associated with staying up all night.” 

That changed in the wake of the Reformation and the counter- Reformation. Protestants and Catholics became accustomed to holding secret services at night. If earlier the night had belonged to reprobates, now respectable people became accustomed to exploiting the hours of darkness. This trend migrated to the social sphere too, but only for those who could afford to live by candlelight. With the advent of street lighting, however, socializing at night began to filter down through the classes. 

In 1667, Paris became the first city in the world to light its streets, using wax candles in glass lamps. It was followed by Lille in the same year and Amsterdam two years later, where a much more efficient oil powered lamp was developed. A. small city like Leipzig in central Germany employed 100 men to tend to 700 lamps. London didn‘t join their ranks until 1684 but by the end of the century, more than 50 of Europe’s major tovms and cities were lit at night. Night became fashionable and spending hours lying in bed was considered a waste of time. 

“People were becoming increasingly time-conscious and sensitive to efficiency, certainly before the 19th Century,” says Roger Ekirch. “But the industrial revolution intensified that attitude by leaps and bounds.” Strong evidence of this shifting attitude is contained in a medical journal from 1829 which urged parents to force their children out of a pattern of first and second sleep. “If no disease or accident there intervene, they will need no further repose than that obtained in their first sleep.” 

Today, most people seem to have adapted quite well to the eight-hour sleep, but Ekirch believes many sleeping problems may have roots in the human body’s natural preference for segmented sleep as well as the ubiquity of artificial light. This could be the root of a condition called sleep maintenance insomnia, where people wake during the night and have trouble getting back to sleep, he suggests. The condition first appears in literature at the end of the 19th Century, at the same time as accounts of segmented sleep disappear. 

Q. 152 Which of the following is NOT true regarding the nights in 19205 in Europe? 

A. Mostly people of disrepute haunted the streets at night. 

B. Nights became a time for legitimate activity 

C. Protestants and Catholics started holding secret services at night. 

D. Socializing at night became common among all classes. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 153 Which of the following phenomena helped classdivision vanish vis-a-vis nightlife? 

A. Counter-reformation 

B. Reformation 

C. Streetlights 

D. Cheaper candles 

Answer: C. 

Q. 154 The author observes, “by the end of the century, more than 50 of Europe’s major towns and cities were lit at night.” Which century was he referring to? 

A. 17th century 

B. 19th century 

C. 16th century 

D. 20th century 

Answer: A. 

Q. 155 In which city were 100 men employed to tend to 700 lamps? 

A. London 

B. Lille 

C. Amsterdam 

D. Leipzig 

Answer: D. 

Q. 156 Which is the most significant cause of sleep maintenance insomnia? 

A. ubiquity of artificial light 

B. waking up during the night 

C. a gowing belief in eight-hour-sleep blocs 

D. ignoring the human body’s natural preference for segmented sleep 

Answer: D. 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 157 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. miniature 

B. municipality 

C. monopoly 

D. manpulates 

Answer: D. 

Q. 158 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

The problem of world hunger arises because of the economic inequality that distort food distribution. 

A. that distort food distribution. 

B. The problem of 

C. because of the economic inequality 

D. world hunger arises 

Answer: A. 

Q. 159 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. Economic growth is sustainable only if all countries has food security. 

A. sustainable only if 

B. Economic growth is 

C. has food security. 

D. all countries 

Answer: C. 

Q. 160 Select the synonym of the given word PLEDGED. 

A. promised 

B. respected 

C. fulfilled 

D. honored 

Answer: A. 

Q. 161 Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom. Go against the grain. 

A. Something that is ugy and unpopular 

B. Something in conflict with one’s value system 

C. Something that we can accept with dilficulty 

D. Something done deliberately 

Answer: B. 

Q. 162 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To beat a dead horse 

A. A. significant effort 

B. A. filtile effort 

C. A. deliberate effort 

D. A. joint effort 

Answer: B. 

Q. 163 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. constitutional right to cast vote 

A. licensed 

B. franking 

C. fianchise 

D. duty 

Answer: C. 

Q. 164 Select the antonym of the given word. PROVISIONAL 

A. planned 

B. permanent 

C. insured 

D. supplied 

Answer: B. 

Q. 165 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. power of reading thoughts of others 

A. telepathy 

B. medium 

C. astrology 

D. instinct 

Answer: A. 

Q. 166 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Bite the bullet 

A. to restrain yourself from doing something unpleasant 

B. to force yourself to do something unpleasant 

C. to amuse yourself by doing something unpleasant 

D. to dislike yourself for having done something unpleasant 

Answer: B. 

Q. 167 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement. 

With cloth in demand both at home, where the population was increasing, and abroad, where British colonies were a captive market, improving spinning methods were essential to meet the demand. 

A. improve spinning methods were essential 

B. improved spinning methods were essential 

C. improved spirming methods was essential 

D. No improvement 

Answer: B. 

Q. 168 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a place for the collection of dried plants 

A. museum 

B. aquarium 

C. herbarium 

D. flora 

Answer: C. 

Q. 169 Select the synonym of the given word. BENEFICIARIES 

A. addressers 

B. recipients 

C. profiteers 

D. donors 

Answer: B. 

Q. 170 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement. 

With Mumbai’s mad rush and heavy traffic, it becomes extremely difficult for people to reach their destination on time. 

A. reached their destination on time. 

B. to reaching their destination on time. 

C. to reach their destination at time. 

D. No improvement 

Answer: D. 

Q. 171 Select the synonym of the given word PREVENTIVE 

A. prophetic 

B. prepared 

C. predicted 

D. protective 

Answer: D. 

Q. 172 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. During the Great Depression, America’s dance marathon craze was more of a ……… strategy than a form of ……….. 

A. basic; entertainment 

B. fundamental; celebration 

C. survival; entertainment 

D. survival; education 

Answer: C. 

Q. 173 Select the synonym of the given word. NEGLECTED. 

A. superfluous 

B. unknown 

C. ignored 

D. negated 

Answer: C. 

Q. 174 Select the antonym of the given word. PROVINCIAL 

A. pastoral 

B. public 

C. rustic 

D. metropolitan 

Answer: D. 

Q. 175 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. fasinated 

B. fashion 

C. facsimile 

D. fastidious 

Answer: A. 

Q. 176 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement. 

Eighteenth-century machines typically used water power, hence the early factories was located on the fast-flowing rivers. 

A. were located near the fast-flowing rivers. 

B. was located near the fast-flowing rivers. 

C. were located on the fast-flowing rivers. 

D. No improvement 

Answer: A. 

Q. 177 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. 

Trachoma is a debilitating and painful ……… which can cause the eyelashes to turn inwards and stab the eye. 

A. taint 

B. infection 

C. contagion 

D. factor 

Answer: B. 

Q. 178 Select the most appropriate meanmg of the given idiom. Caught red-handed 

A. To discover a murderer using the clues 

B. To catch a thief who steals red paints 

C. To catch someone doing something illegal 

D. To try to arrest someone without any evidence 

Answer: C. 

Q. 179 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Always a bridesmaid never a bride 

A. Someone who always comes second 

B. Someone who is born unlucky 

C. Someone who fulfills his or her potential 

D. Someone who does not deserve to win 

Answer: A. 

Q. 180 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. parakeets 

B. pupeteer 

C. puppies 

D. parapet 

Answer: B. 

Q. 181 Select the antonym of the given word. SUBDUED. 

A. subtle 

B. excited 

C. hushed 

D. motivated 

Answer: B

Q. 182 Identify the segnent in the sentence; which contains the grammatical error. 

That his body did not decompose confirmed what the Greeks thought about him and what Alexander use to believe about himself-that he was not an ordinary man, but a god. 

A. thought about him 

B. he was not an ordinary man 

C. use to believe about himself 

D. his body did not decompose 

Answer: C. 

Q. 183 Identify the segment in the sentence; which contains the grammatical error. 

When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C., his body didn’t begin to show signs of decomposition for a full six day, according to historical accounts. 

A. his body didn’t begin to show 

B. When Alexander the Great died 

C. signs of decomposition for a full six day 

D. according to historical accounts 

Answer: C. 

Q. 184 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. indicate 

B. innovate 

C. invite 

D. innundate 

Answer: D

Q. 185 Select the most approprlate Viord for the given group of words. excessive bureaucratic fuss 

A. footnotes 

B. red-tape 

C. fastidious 

D. officious 

Answer: B. 

Q. 186 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. 

Moisture created ………. multitudes of visitors over the years has damaged King Tut’s tomb more than any vandalism and so conservators are working to …………… the historic monument …………. the impact of heavy-breathing, heavysweating tourists. 

A. by; guard; against 

B. by; dry; off 

C. from; dry; against 

D. from; guard; from 

Answer: A. 

Q. 187 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a book that contains information on various subjects 

A. magazine 

B. omnibus 

C. guide 

D. encyclopedia 

Answer: D. 

Q. 188 Select the antonym of the given word. INDICTED. 

A. imprisoned 

B. examined 

C. hanged 

D. released 

Answer: D. 

Q. 189 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. 

Scientists and politicians are ……….. becoming aware of another factor that could seriously threaten the ………… balance between production and consumption of food and climate change. 

A. duo; questionable 

B. alike; shaky 

C. both; tenuous 

D. alike; feeble 

Answer: C. 

Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement. 

The growing demand for cotton spurred the Industrial Revolution in Britain and inducing Southern planters in America to grows more cotton. 

A. No improvement 

B. inducing Southern planters in America grew more cotton 

C. induce Southern planters in America to grow more cotton 

D. induced Southern planters in America to grow more cotton 

Answer: D. 

Instructions: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage: 

Eating white bread and ready meals could be killing us, according to the first major study linking ‘fiilh‘a-processed” food with ………… (1) death. The study of 45,000 middle-aged people found that every 10 per cent increase in ……………. (2) of “ultra-processed food” was linked to a 14 per cent ……………. (3) risk of death within the next eight years. Previous research has linked consumption …………… (4) foods like white bread, ready meals, sausages, sugary cereals, fizzy drinks to a higher risk of high blood ………… (5) and cancer. 

Q. 191 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.1. 

A. quiet 

B. early 

C. easy 

D. late 

Answer: B. 

Q. 192 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.2. 

A. input 

B. digestion 

C. making 

D. intake 

Answer: D. 

Q. 193 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.3. 

A. declined 

B. decreased 

C. improved 

D. increased 

Answer: D. 

Q. 194 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.4. 

A. on 

B. in 

C. from 

D. of 

Answer: D. 

Q. 195 Select the most approprlate option to fill in blank No.5. 

A. coagulation 

B. clotting 

C. pressure 

D. infection 

Answer: C. 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 196 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. elementary 

B. alleviasion 

C. olfactory 

D. election 

Answer: B. 

Q. 197 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

Hemophilia, a blood clotting disorder, can be passed about the maternal line vdthin families; men are more likely to develop it, while women are usually carriers. 

A. likely to develop it 

B. a blood clotting disorder 

C. can be passed about 

D. the maternal line 

Answer: C. 

Q. 198 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, Select No improvement. 

As a result of various inventions during Victoria’s reign, travel and communication became better and improved sanitation techniques turn filthy streets in clean roads. 

A. turning filthy streets in clean roads. 

B. turn filthy streets into clean roads. 

C. No improvement 

D. turned filthy streets into clean roads. 

Answer: D. 

Q. 199 Select the synonym of the given word. DISPROPORTIONATELY 

A. unscientifically 

B. unreasonably 

C. unvaryingly 

D. unknowingly 

Answer: B. 

Q. 200 Select the antonym of the given word. ASSAULT 

A. attack 

B. retreat 

C. pacify 

D. affront 

Answer: B. 

SSC CPO 16 March 2019 Shift-II Previous Year Paper

SSC CPO 16th-March-2019-Shift-2 

Reasoning 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 1 If AT = 20 and BEG = 70, then BANK = ………. 

A. 318 

B. 308 

C. 228 

D. 282 

Answer: B

Q. 2 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series.

5, 9, 17, 29, 55, 65 

A. 55 

B. 29 

C.

D.

Answer: A. 

Q. 3 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 2047 

B. 4702 

C. 6041 

D. 4306 

Answer: C. 

Q. 4 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the correct mirror image of the given figure? 

Answer: D. 

Q. 5 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Vegetables, Brinjal, Apple 

Answer: C. 

Q. 6 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (18, 54, 36) 

A. (16, 40, 32) 

B. (10, 40, 20) 

C. (2, 6, 10) 

D. (8, 24, 16) 

Answer: D. 

Q. 7 Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given word-pair.  Steel: Iron 

A. Chromium : Silver 

B. Brass : Copper 

C. Bronze : Iron 

D. Nickel : Tin 

Answer: B. 

Q. 8 Choose the option which has the same relation as the words given below : Airplane : Airport/Hangar 

A. Car : Garage 

B. Farm : Grains 

C. Objects : Store/Storehouse 

D. Horse : Saddle 

Answer: A. 

Q. 9 Which two numbers should be interchanged to make the following equation correct?

7 − 8 ÷ 4 + 5 × 3 = 8 × 3 + 6 ÷ 2 − 3 

A. 4 and 5 

B. 7 and 5 

C. 4 and 2 

D. 6 and 7 

Answer: B. 

Q. 10 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order.

1) Editor

2) Publisher

3) Author

4) Reader

5) Bookseller 

A. 3, 1, 2, 5, 4 

B. 4, 3, 1, 2, 5 

C. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4 

D. 3, 2, 1, 5, 4 

Answer: A. 

Q. 11 If ‘ × ’ stands for addition, ‘ ÷ ’ stands for subtraction, ‘ + ’ stands for multiplication, and ‘ ’ stands for division, then what will be the value of the following expression?

26 ÷ 13 × 8 + 6 − 2 

A. 17 

B. 47 

C. 27 

D. 37 

Answer: D. 

Q. 12 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow (s) from the statements.

Statements: Some roads are metros. Some metros are cars.

Conclusions:

I. All cars are either roads or metros.

II. Some cars are metros. 

A. Only conclusion I follows. 

B. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. 

C. Only conclusion II follows. 

D. Either conclusion I or II follows. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 13 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. Lion 

B. Whale 

C. Elephant 

D. Shark 

Answer: D. 

Q. 14 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Rajasthan 

Answer: D. 

Q. 15 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 37 : 75 

B. 29 : 59 

C. 28 : 56 

D. 26 : 53 

Answer: C. 

Q. 16 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. ADGJ : ZWTQ :: MPSV : ……… 

A. NKHE 

B. MKHE 

C. NJGC. 

D. GJLM 

Answer: A. 

Q. 17 ‘Optimist’ is related to ‘Pessimist’ in the same way as ‘Cheerful’ is related to ‘ ……… 

A. Selfish 

B. Beautiful 

C. Ugly 

D. Gloomy 

Answer: D. 

Q. 18 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (12, 37, 112) 

A. (15, 46, 139) 

B. (7, 24, 73) 

C. (13, 40, 118) 

D. (9, 28, 83) 

Answer: A. 

Q. 19 Select the number-pair in which the two timbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 13 : 174 

A. 15 : 224 

B. 8 : 69 

C. 14 : 200 

D. 9 : 81 

Answer: B. 

Q. 20 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. KOTZ 

B. DHMS 

C. GIMP 

D. FJOU 

Answer: C. 

Q. 21 In a certain code langiage, SON is written as 345 and ROAM is written as 6412. How will RANSOM be written as in the same language? 

A. 615342 

B. 651342 

C. 615324 

D. 612435 

Answer: A. 

Q. 22 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 15 : 115 

B. 23 : 161 

C. 29 : 203 

D. 27 : 189 

Answer: A. 

Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. HVW : FTU :: DRS : ……. 

A. FTU 

B. BOQ 

C. BPQ 

D. APQ 

Answer: C. 

Q. 24 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?

1, 4, 3, 4, 7, 7, 13, 13, ? 

A. 20 

B. 22 

C. 31 

D. 21 

Answer: D. 

Q. 25 Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?

7, 14, 33, 70, 131, ? 

A. 190 

B. 218 

C. 131 

D. 222 

Answer: D. 

Q. 26 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 27 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. UFXC. 

B. SHBY 

C. TGPK 

D. YAJQ 

Answer: D. 

Q. 28 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order.

1) Knee     2) Heel      3) Ankle      4) Thigh     5) Calf 

A. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5 

B. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 

C. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1 

D. 2, 3, 5, 1, 4 

Answer: D. 

Q. 29 If sign ‘+’ is interchanged with ‘÷’ and number ‘2’ is interchanged with ‘6’, which of the following equations would be correct? 

A. 8 + 6 ÷ 2 = 8

B. 2 + 8 ÷ 6 = 6

C. 2 + 8 ÷ 2 = 8

D. 2 + 6 ÷ 8 = 11

Answer: D. 

Q. 30 Choose the mirror image of the given word if the mirror is placed to the right of the word. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 31 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 32 How many squares are there in the following figure? 

A.

B. 14 

C. 10 

D. 12 

Answer: C. 

Q. 33 If in a language, ‘foot’ is called ‘elbow’, ‘elbow’ is called ‘ankle’, ‘ankle’ is called ‘palm’, ‘palm’ is called ‘finger’ and ‘finger’ is called ‘knee’, then in that language, on what would one wear a ring? 

A. Ankle 

B. Knee 

C. Palm 

D. Finger 

Answer: B. 

Q. 34 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is difierent. Identify the different one. 

A. 9 : 729 

B. 13 : 2197 

C. 7 : 343 

D. 17 : 4814 

Answer: D. 

Q. 35 Select the option that is embedded in the following figure. (Rotation is not allowed) 

Answer: C. 

Q. 36 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements: No Tablet is a lion. All lions are bells.

Conclusions:

I. No bell is the tablet.

II. Some bells are lions. 

A. Only conclusion I follow. 

B. Both conclusions I and II follow. 

C. Only conclusion II follows. 

D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 37 Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?

IVM, HWL, GXK, FYJ, ? 

A. EZH 

B. EAH 

C. EZI 

D. DZI 

Answer: C

Q. 38 Which letter will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? B, E, H, K, N, ? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: C. 

Q. 39 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Fathers, Doctors, Singers 

Answer: A. 

Q. 40 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 68: 30 

A. 350 : 49 

B. 222 : 131 

C. 125 : 27 

D. 520 : 350 

Answer: D

Q. 41 The sequence of folding a piece of square paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown. How would this paper look when unfolded? 

Answer: D. 

Q. 42 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. Potato 

B. Garlic 

C. Tomato 

D. Ginger 

Answer: C. 

Q. 43 A. man is facing towards the east. He then turns 45 anti-clockwise, again 180 anti-clockwise and then 225clock wise. In which direction is he facing now? 

A. West 

B. North 

C. South 

D. East 

Answer: D. 

Q. 44 If in a certain code, EDITION is written as VWRGRLM, then which word will be coded as SLMVHGB? 

A. HAUGHTY 

B. HONESTY 

C. AMNESTY 

D. EDITORS 

Answer: B. 

Q. 45 ‘Belgium’ is related to ‘Europe’ in the same way as ‘Japan’ is related to ‘…..’. 

A. Africa 

B. Australia 

C. Asia 

D. Europe 

Answer: C. 

Q. 46 From his house, Avinash went to Kapil’s house situated 500 m towards the north-east of his own house. From there, both of them went to Varun’s house situated 400 m towards the south of Kapil’s house. What is the shortest distance between Avinash’s current location and his location at the beginning? 

A. 900 m 

B. 400 m 

C. 300 m 

D. 500 m 

Answer: C. 

Q. 47 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 23 : 138 :: 17 : ……… 

A. 96 

B. 102 

C. 346 

D. 56 

Answer: B. 

Q. 48 If the following figure is folded to form a cube, how many dots would appear on the face opposite the face bearing four dots? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A. 

Q. 49 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 50 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: D. 

 

General knowledge 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 51 Which of the following would you associate with the word ‘dioptre’? 

A. Urology 

B. Ophthalmology 

C. Neurology 

D. Oncology 

Answer: B. 

Q. 52 ………. fabric fiom Madhya Pradesh is registered with a GI tag. 

A. Pembarthi 

B. Chanderi 

C. Bhagalpuri 

D. Sholapuri 

Answer: B. 

Q. 53 Which of the following is NOT a nationalised bank? 

A. South Indian Bank 

B. Syndicate Bank 

C. Canara Bank 

D. Vijaya Bank 

Answer: A. 

Q. 54 Which of the following is NOT a national political party? 

A. Nationalist Congress Party 

B. Bhartiya Janata Party 

C. United Democratic Party 

D. Indian National Congress 

Answer: C. 

Q. 55 ‘Expectation is the root of all heartache’ is a quote by ………. 

A. William Shakespeare 

B. Dalai Lama 

C. Mahavir 

D. Buddha 

Answer: A. 

Q. 56 Considered one of the best in India, Temi Tea garden is the only tea estate in the state of: 

A. West Bengal 

B. Sikkim 

C. Assam 

D. Odisha 

Answer: B. 

Q. 57 Which renowned tabla player’s son is also a famous tabla player who has collaborated with international bands? 

A. Ustad Bismillah Khan 

B. Ustad Amjad Ali 

C. Ustad Allah Rakha 

D. Ustad Rashid Khan 

Answer: C. 

Q. 58 Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal? 

A. Karunam Malleswari 

B. Saina Nehwal 

C. Mary Kom 

D. Sakshi Malik 

Answer: A. 

Q. 59 ……… was honoured with the “Outstanding Parliamentarian Award” in 2017. 

A. Hukum Dev Narayan 

B. Bhartruhari Mahtab 

C. Ghulam Nabi Azad 

D. Dinesh Trivedi 

Answer: B. 

Q. 60 …….. is the biography of Sachin Tendulkar. 

A. The Test of My Life 

B. Playing to Win 

C. Playing It My Way 

D. Ace Against Odds 

Answer: C

Q. 61 In humans, each cell normally contains ……….. pairs of chromosomes. 

A. 22 

B. 24 

C. 23 

D. 21 

Answer: C. 

Q. 62 Mangal Pandey was hanged in 1857 for attacking the British officers in: 

A. Allahabad 

B. Benaras 

C. Calcutta 

D. Barrackpore 

Answer: D. 

Q. 63 Who discovered radium? 

A. Abdus Salam 

B. Alexander Fleming 

C. Pierre and Marie Currie 

D. Ronald Ross 

Answer: C. 

Q. 64 Who is the second woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha? 

A. Smriti Irani 

B. Nirmala Sitharaman 

C. Meira Kumar 

D. Suman Mahajan 

Answer: D. 

Q. 65 India celebrates National Engineer’s Day on September 15, which is the birth anniversary of: 

A. Veeru Shahastrabuddhi 

B. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya 

C. E. Sreedharan 

D. Shiva Ayyadurai 

Answer: B. 

Q. 66 ………… was the first President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 

A. Kushabhau Thakre 

B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 

C. Lal Krishna Advani 

D. Murli Manohar Joshi 

Answer: B. 

Q. 67 Nepa Nagar in Madhya Pradesh is known for: 

A. Steel Mills 

B. Pottery 

C. Sugar Mills 

D. Newsprint Factory 

Answer: D. 

Q. 68 ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players’ — is a phrase from the play: 

A. Macbeth 

B. Julius Ceaser 

C. The Merchant of Venice 

D. As You Like It 

Answer: D. 

Q. 69 The Thimithi festival in Tamil Nadu is celebrated in the honor of: 

A. Padmavati 

B. Sita 

C. Draupadi 

D. Surpanakha 

Answer: C. 

Q. 70 Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was established in: 

A. 2001 

B. 2005 

C. 2003 

D. 2006 

Answer: D. 

Q. 71 Penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, was discovered by: 

A. Marie Curie 

B. Alexander Fleming 

C. Alexander Graham Bell 

D. Pierre Curie 

Answer: B. 

Q. 72 The Wright brothers completed the world’s first successfiil controlled powered flight in: 

A. 1908 

B. 1909 

C. 1911 

D. 1903 

Answer: D. 

Q. 73 The Bahujan Samaj Party was formed in: 

A. 1988 

B. 1984 

C. 1976 

D. 1967 

Answer: B. 

Q. 74 Which of the following has an odometer? 

A. Water heater 

B. Car 

C. Blood pressure monitoring device 

D. Air pump 

Answer: B. 

Q. 75 The ………… period has been described as the ‘golden age’ of Indian history. 

A. Mughal 

B. Maratha 

C. Gupta 

D. Buddhist 

Answer: C

Q. 76 Which of the following is NOT a printing press of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)? 

A. Bank Note Press 

B. Bank Security Press 

C. Currency Note Press 

D. Security Printing Press 

Answer: B. 

Q. 77 The Sanskrit phrase “Atithi Devo Bhava” means: 

A. I salute you 

B. The guest is God 

C. Good day 

D. See you soon 

Answer: B. 

Q. 78 Which Indian State/Union Territory has the shortest coastline? 

A. Gujarat 

B. Maharashtra 

C. Puducherry 

D. Tamil Nadu 

Answer: C. 

Q. 79 Who among the following is the highest-rated Visually impaired chess player in India? 

A. Darpan Inani 

B. Baskaran Adhiban 

C. Krishnan Sasikiran 

D. Pentala Harikrislma 

Answer: A. 

Q. 80 ………… was officially acknowledged as the most recorded artist in music history by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011. 

A. Mariah Carey 

B. Asha Bhosle 

C. Lata Mangeshkar 

D. Beyonce 

Answer: B. 

Q. 81 Which Gharana of classical singing did late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi belong to? 

A. Etawah 

B. Malhar 

C. Kirana 

D. Dhrupad 

Answer: C. 

Q. 82 As of January 2019 ……….. was the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat. 

A. Keshubhai Patel 

B. Narendra Modi 

C. Madhav Singh Solanki 

D. Chimanbhai Patel 

Answer: B. 

Q. 83 Ohm’s Law states that: 

A. Electric current = Voltage / Resistance 

B. Power = Voltage +Current 

C. Power = Voltage × Current 

D. Electric current = Resistance / Voltage 

Answer: A. 

Q. 84 The Test of My Llfe is an autobiography of. 

A. Yuvraj Singh 

B. Sachin Tendulkar 

C. MS Dhoni 

D. Gautam Gambhir 

Answer: A. 

Q. 85 The names of the Wright brothers credited with inventing the airplane were: 

A. William and Oliver 

B. William and Orville 

C. Wilbur and Orville 

D. Wilbm and Oliver 

Answer: C. 

Q. 86 As on December 12, 2018 The Nationalist Congress Party was led by: 

A. Sudhakar Reddy 

B. Sharad Pawar 

C. Rahul Gandhi 

D. Sitararn Yechury 

Answer: B. 

Q. 87 Kanishka was a ……….. king. 

A. Kushan 

B. Gupta 

C. Maurya 

D. Chola 

Answer: A. 

Q. 88 ‘Sardeshmukhi’ in the Maratha regime was a: 

A. Designation equivalent to Peshwa 

B. A. coin during the Maratha regime 

C. Tax levied on revenue 

D. Name given to Shivaji 

Answer: C. 

Q. 89 ………. is the stigma of Crocus Sativus L. 

A. Safiron 

B. Turmeric 

C. Artichoke 

D. Ginger 

Answer: A. 

Q. 90 What is known as Hunter’s Moon in the West, is called as ……….. in India. 

A. Pausha Purnima 

B. Magha Purnima 

C. Chaitra Purnima 

D. Kartik Purnima 

Answer: D. 

Q. 91 Which of the following states is NOT famous for the Bhut Jolokia pepper? 

A. Odisha 

B. Nagaland 

C. Manipur 

D. Assam 

Answer: A. 

Q. 92 Inertia is proportional to: 

A. Mass 

B. Weight 

C. Length 

D. Height 

Answer: A. 

Q. 93 Fulminology is the study of: 

A. Volcanic eruptions 

B. Lightening 

C. Natural gases 

D. Atmosphere 

Answer: B. 

Q. 94 The …….. is a tax on production/manufacture of goods within the country. 

A. Sales tax 

B. Excise duty 

C. Service tax 

D. Customs duty 

Answer: B. 

Q. 95 Devanagari evolved from the ………. script. 

A. Brahmi 

B. Inuktikut 

C. Hebrew 

D. Kana 

Answer: A. 

Q. 96 ………… won a gold medal by setting a world record score in the men’s skeet final event of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship held in Kuwait in December 2018. 

A. Saeed Al Maktoum 

B. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 

C. Vijay Kumar 

D. Jitu Rai 

Answer: B. 

Q. 97 Which Indian state has the maximum number of sea ports? 

A. Tamil Nadu 

B. Maharashtra 

C. Gujarat 

D. Kamataka 

Answer: B. 

Q. 98 The Mughal empire reached its greatest extent under: 

A. Jahangir 

B. Shah Jahan 

C. Akbar 

D. Aurangzeb 

Answer: D. 

Q. 99 ………… means the minimum lending rate which is determined by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and no bank is allowed to lend funds below this rate. 

A. Cash reserve ratio 

B. Base rate 

C. Repo rate 

D. Marginal cost 

Answer: B. 

Q. 100 This contemporary Indian dancer who merged Kathak and Kathakali with other dance forms has been awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 2007. His/her name is: 

A. Birju Maharaj 

B. Jailal Misra 

C. Astad Deboo 

D. Uday Shankar 

Answer: C. 

 

Quant 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 101 If x − 1/ x= 2√ 2 , then x2 + 1/ x2is equal to: 

A. 16 

B. 12 

C. 11 

D. 10 

Answer: D. 

Q. 102 2.4 converted to percentage is. 

A. 0.24 

B. 24 

C. 240 

D. 2.4 

Answer: C. 

Q. 103 A can do a work in 30 days, B can do the same work in 48 days. After working alone for 20 days A left and B started working, how long will B take to complete the work? 

A. 24 days 

B. 28 days 

C. 38 days 

D. 16 days 

Answer: D. 


Q. 104 The given pie chart shows the favorite sport of students of a school. 

In the given pie-chart, if there were 1280 students in all, how many liked football? 

A. 102 

B. 550 

C. 230 

D. 384 

Answer: D. 

Q. 105 The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 4 and the perimeter is 72 cm. The sides are: 

A. 24, 16, 32 

B. 48, 24, 12 

C. 36, 24, 12 

D. 36, 18, 9 

Answer: A. 

Q. 106 What percent of 2.4 m is 3.2 cm? 

A. 75 % 

B. 7.5 % 

C. 1000⅓ % 

D. 13⅓ % 

Answer: D. 

Q. 107 A shopkeeper buys a book for ₹2,500 and marks its price at 15% above cost. He allows a discount of ₹345. The discount percentage is: 

A. 10 

B. 12 

C. 11 

D. 13 

Answer: B

Q. 108 A sum at a Simple interest of 8% pa. becomes 7/5 of itself in how many years? 

A.

B. 2½ 

C. 3½  

D.

Answer: A. 

Q. 109 PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O, from a point P outside the circle. A and B are points on the circle. If OAB = 38∘ , then APB is equal to: 

A. 25∘

B. 35∘

C. 20∘

D. 76∘ 

Answer: D. 

Q. 110 The largest number of four digits that is exactly divisible by 15, 21 and 30 is: 

A. 9840 

B. 9910 

C. 9830 

D. 9870 

Answer: D

Q. 111 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years. 

In the given bar chart, What is the difference between the average sales of televisions A and B for 3 years? 

A. 78 

B. 56 

C. 104 

D. 60 

Answer: D. 

Q. 112 Two pipes can fill a cistern in 72 and 90 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are left open how long will it take for the cistern to be half full? 

A. 40 minutes 

B. 24 minutes 

C. 48 minutes 

D. 20 minutes 

Answer: D. 

Q. 113 A. watch was sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold at ₹77 more the profit percent would have been 12%. The cost price of the watch is: 

A. ₹3,760 

B. ₹3,850 

C. ₹3,945 

D. ₹3,900 

Answer: B. 

Q. 114 Find the cost of carpeting a room which is 11 m long and 6 m broad by a carpet which is 60 cm broad at the rate of ₹112.50 per meter. 

A. ₹12,375 

B. ₹13,280 

C. ₹11,695 

D. ₹12,040 

Answer: A. 

Q. 115 A. trader allows a discount of 8% on the marked price. If the selling price is ₹667, the discount in rupees is: 

A. ₹47 

B. ₹54 

C. ₹58 

D. ₹43 

Answer: C. 

Q. 116 A field is 119 m×18 m in dimension. A tank of 17 m×6 m×3 m is dug out in the middle and the soil removed is evenly spread over the remaining part of the field. The increase in level on the remaining part of the field is: 

A. 14 cm 

B. 13 cm 

C. 15 cm 

D. 12 cm 

Answer: C. 

Q. 117 Divide ₹8,288 between A, B, and C. such that the proportion of their shares is 5 : 7 : 9. The share of C is: 

A. ₹2,032 

B. ₹3,552 

C. ₹3,872 

D. ₹2,612 

Answer: B. 

Q. 118 If 15 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, how many men will be needed to do the work in 30 days? 

A.

B. 10 

C.

D.

Answer: C. 

Q. 119 The interest on ₹24,000 in 2 years compounded annually when the rates are 8% p.a and 10% p.a for two successive years is: 

A. ₹3,994 

B. ₹4,512 

C. ₹5,040 

D. ₹5,866 

Answer: B. 

Q. 120 15 − { 5 + 24 ÷ (3 × 9 − 15) } is equal to. 

A. -2 

B. 11 1/3

C. 6 1/4 

D.

Answer: D. 

Q. 121 The angle of elevation of a flying drone from a point on the ground is 60∘ . After flying for 5 seconds the angle of elevation drops to 30∘ . If the drone is flying horizontally at a constant height of 1000√3 m, the distance traveled by the drone is: 

A. 2000 m 

B. 1000 m 

C. 3000 m 

D. 4000 m 

Answer: A. 

Q. 122 An oil merchant has 3 varieties of oil of volumes 432, 594 and 702 litres respectively. The number of cans of equal size that would be required to fill the oil separately is: 

A. 13, 15, 17 

B. 8, 11, 13 

C. 8, 13, 15 

D. 6, 9, 11 

Answer: B. 

Q. 123 The table below shows the admission and transfer in standards 1-3 of a school. 

In the given table, in Standard 1, how many students were there at the end of year 2016? 

A. 223 

B. 228 

C. 236 

D. 232 

Answer: A. 

Q. 124 The average of squares of numbers 1 to 5 is: 

A. 11 

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A. 

Q. 125 210102 can be divided exactly by: 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 126 A. pipe can fill a tank in 4 hours and a leak at the bottom can empty that full tank in 6 hours. If after the tank is ⅓ full, the leak is completely closed, how much time from the beginning will it take for the tank to get filled completely? 

A. 12 hours 

B. 4 hours 

C. 9 hours 

D. 20/3 hours 

Answer: D. 

Q. 127 In an examination, Shreya score 84 out of 90 in Mathematics, 45 out of 50 in Science, 23 out of 25 in Computer Science and 68 out of 80 in English. In which subject did Shreya score the highest percentage? 

A. Mathematics 

B. English 

C. Science 

D. Computer Science 

Answer: A. 

Q. 128 (−4) × (1020 ÷ 85 × 3 − 22) is equal to.- 

A. -402 

B. -56 

C. 912 

D. 72 

Answer: B. 

Q. 129 The value of cos2 45 + sin2 30 − sin2 60 is equal to. 

A. 3/2 

B. ½ 

C.

D.

Answer: C. 

Q. 130 A, B, and C are partners in a firm sharing profit in the ratio of 3 :4: 5. Ifthey set aside 4% of the profits as emergency find and shared the rest of the profit and B gets his share of profit as ₹1,81,400, the amount of profit set aside for emergency fund is: 

A. ₹27,845 

B. ₹18,140 

C. ₹22,675 

D. ₹24,500 

Answer: C. 

Q. 131 If (x − 2)3 + (x − 3)3 + (x − 10)3 = (x − 2)(x − 3)(3x − 30), then what is the value of x

A.

B.

C. 18 

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 132  In the triangle given above ∠ADB = 90∘ , ∠ABC = 45∘, AD = 10 cm, AC = 20 cm. The length of BC is:

 

A. 10 cm 

B. 27.32 cm 

C. 18.42 cm 

D. 14.14 cm 

Answer: B. 

Q. 133 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years. 

In the given bar-chart, if profit earned per television by C in 1992 was ₹825, the total profit earned was: 

A. ₹51150 1akhs 

B. ₹5115 1akhs 

C. ₹511.5 1akhs 

D. ₹51.15 lakhs 

Answer: B. 

Q. 134 A. gardener planted 1936 saplings in a garden such that there were as many rows of saplings as the columns. The number of rows planted is: 

A. 46 

B. 44 

C. 48 

D. 42 

Answer: B

Q. 135 A boy walks 15 m in 7 seconds and then walks back in 5 seconds. His average speed (in m/s) is: 

A.

B. 2.5 

C. 3.25 

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 136 If a3 + b3 =  432 and a + b = 12,then (a + b)2 − 3ab is equal to:  

A. 42 

B. 52 

C. 36 

D. 38 

Answer: C. 

Q. 137 The given bar chart, shows the sales (in thousands) for sets of televisions of three companies in three years. 

In the given bar-chart, what is the ratio of television sales between A in year 1992 and C in year 1991? 

A. 1 : 1 

B. 1 : 2 

C. 2 : 1 

D. 1 : 3 

Answer: A. 

Q. 138 A swimming pool is 40 m in length, 30 m in breadth, and 2.2 m in depth. The cost of cementing its floor and the four sides at ₹25/m2 is: 

A. ₹43,980 

B. ₹37,540 

C. ₹34,260 

D. ₹37,700 

Answer: D. 

Q. 139 The value of cot2 A − sin1/2A is equal to: 

A.  

B. -1 

C. -2 

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 140 A river is 3 m deep and 36 m wide which flows at the rate of 5 km/h in to the sea. The volume of water that runs into the sea per minute is: 

A. 8300 m 

B. 9000 m 

C. 7600 m 

D. 6400 m 

3333 

Answer: B. 

Q. 141 A part of the journey is covered in 31.5 minutes at 80 km/h and the remaining part in 16 minutes at 75 km/h. The total distance of the journey is: 

A. 45 km 

B. 38 km 

C. 62 km 

D. 54 km 

Answer: C. 

Q. 142 The given pie-chart shows favourite sport of students of a school.

In the given pie-chart, what is the difference in percentage between liking for football and basketball? 

A. 10 

B.

C. 13 

D. 12 

Answer: D. 

Q. 143 A girl 1.2 m tall can just see the sun over a 3.62 m tall wall which is 2.42 m away from her. The angle of elevation of the sun is: 

A. 30∘

B. 60∘

C. 90∘

D. 45∘

Answer: D. 

Q. 144 The table below shows the admissions and transfers in standards 1-3 of a school. 

In the given table, what was the total strength in Standards 1-3 at the end of 2015? 

A. 723 

B. 721 

C. 710 

D. 704 

Answer: A. 

Q. 145 ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is the diameter of the circle circumscribing it and angle ADC = 144∘. Then angle BAC is equal to (π = 22/7 ) 

A. 60∘

B. 150∘

C. 54∘

D. 40∘

Answer: C. 

Q. 146 Which least number should be added to 1000 so that the number obtained is exactly divisible by 37? 

A.  1

B. 25 

C. 36 

D. 13 

Answer: C. 

Q. 147 The given pie chart shows the favorite sport of students of a school. 

In the given pie-chart, if the school strength was 2500, how many liked cricket more than hockey? 

A. 1075 

B. 504 

C. 900 

D. 750 

Answer: C. 

Q. 148 A rectangular solid is 20 cm long and 12 cm wide. If its volume is 2160 cm3, the height is: 

A. 11 cm 

B. 10 cm 

C. 12 cm 

D. 9 cm 

Answer: D. 

Q. 149 The table below shows the admission and transfer in standards 1-3 of a school. 

In the given table, what was the difference between admission and transfer in standard 3 in 2016? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

Q. 150 A. train 100 m long running at uniform speed crosses a station which is 500 m long in 25 seconds. How long will it take for the train to pass a station that is 380 m long? 

A. 21 seconds 

B. 20 seconds 

C. 19 seconds 

D. 22 seconds 

Answer: B. 

 

English 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 151 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

A. third of us are feeling compelled to check our phones in the middle of the night. 

A. A. third among us feeling compelled to check our phones 

B. A. third of us feel compelled to check our phones 

C. No substitution required 

D. A. third of us feel compelled checking our phones 

Answer: B. 

Q. 152 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. 

A. harsh chaotic mixture of sounds 

A. consonance 

B. dissonance 

C. cacophony 

D. euphony 

Answer: C. 

Q. 153 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

Scientists have found that life was creeping and crawling about the Earth 1.5 billion years early than previously thought. 

A. previously thought 

B. 1.5 billion years early than 

C. Scientists have found 

D. about the Earth 

Answer: B. 

Q. 154 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. horrible 

B. heiress 

C. hospitallity 

D. hostility 

Answer: C. 

Q. 155 Select the synonym of the given word. DETRACTORS 

A. devotees 

B. reviewers 

C. critics 

D. admirers 

Answer: C. 

Q. 156 Select the synonym of the given word. IMMINENT 

A. important 

B. forthcoming 

C. immature 

D. truthful 

Answer: B. 

Instructions Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage: 

We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night – but it could be good for you. A. growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural. In the early 19903, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month. It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep. Though sleep scientists were impressed by the study, among the general public the idea that we must sleep for eight consecutive hours persists. 

In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn fiom 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks. Roger Ekirch says a 1595 engraving by Jan Saenredam is evidence of activity at night. His book At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past, published four years later, unearths more than 500 references to a segmented sleeping pattern – in diaries, court records, medical books and literature, from Homer’s Odyssey to an anthropological account of modern tribes in Nigeria. 

Much like the experience of Wehr‘s subjects, these references describe a first sleep which began about two hours after dusk, followed by waking period of one or two hours and then a second sleep. “It’s not just the number of references – it is the way they refer to it, as if it was common knowledge,”Ekirch| says. During this waking period people were quite active. They often got up, went to the toilet or smoked tobacco and some even visited neighbors. Most people stayed in bed, read, wrote and often prayed. Countless prayer manuals from the late 15th century offered special prayers for the hours in between sleeps. Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep started to disappear during the late 17th Century. This started among the urban upper classes in northem Europe and over the course of the next 200 years filtered down to the rest of Western society. By the 19208 the idea of a first and second sleep had receded entirely fiom our social consciousness. He attributes the initial shift to improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses – which were sometimes open all night. As the night became a place for legitimate activity and as that activity increased, the length of time people could dedicate to rest dwindled. 

Q. 157 The above passage ………. that an eight-hour sleep is natural. 

A. confirms the myth 

B. elaborates the myth 

C. promotes the myth 

D. examines the myth 

Answer: D. 

Q. 158 What did the experiment conducted by Thomas Wehr prove? 

A. It brought into question that sleeping for four consecutive hours is necessary. 

B. It proved sleeping for eight consecutive hours is not a norm. 

C. It established that when the nights are longer, people slept in two distinct chunks. 

D. It proved that all people slept in two distinct chunks of four hours. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 159 Roger Ekirch indicated that ………. 

A. sleeping for eight consecutive hours is a modern standard for sleep. 

B. a segmented sleeping pattern was an established common habit in nations with long winters. 

C. a segmented sleeping pattern was a historically established common old habit. 

D. the practice of sleeping for eight consecutive hours was popularized by epics 

Answer: C. 

Q. 160 Which of the following options is NOT true with reference to the segmented sleeping pattern? 

A. People were physically active. 

B. People were socially active. 

C. People prayed actively. 

D. People visited all-night coffee shops. 

Answer: D. 

Q. 161 What caused the idea of a first and second sleep to entirely recede from our social consciousness? 

A. Industrialization and introduction of night shifts 

B. All-night coffee shops 

C. A. group of rich people defying sleep 

D. An active night life facilitated by artificial lighting 

Answer: D. 

 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 162 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. 

the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock. 

A. fossil 

B. ruins 

C. relics 

D. vestiges 

Answer: A. 

Q. 163 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.

Creatures began moving properly around 570 million years ago shortly before the Cambrian explosion sparked the first vertebrates. 

A. the Cambrian explosion when sparked the first vertebrates. 

B. No substitution required 

C. the Cambrian explosion whom sparked the first vertebrates. 

D. the Cambrian explosion who sparked the first vertebrates. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 164 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

A. study has uncovered a previously overlooked law of natural selection based on “survival of the slacker”, that is, spend all day lazing about could be good for human evolution. 

A. No substitution required 

B. spending all day lazing about must be good for human evolution 

C. spend all day lazing about will be good for human evolution 

D. spending all day lazing about could be good for human evolution 

Answer: D. 

Q. 165 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. 

When the mixer would not work Naren’s mother said, “If it’s not one thing , it’s another.How will I manage?” 

A. when one thing goes wrong, then another, and another 

B. when we entertain one guest, then there are many more coming 

C. when we know a cause, then there isn’t another to be looked for 

D. when a machine is not functional, it makes others also malfunction 

Answer: A. 

Q. 166 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. 

Sandhya was excited about getting her new posting but I told her “Dont count your chikens before they hatch”. 

A. do not count on something that is not going to happen 

B. do not wish for something that has not yet happened 

C. do not count on a good thing that has not yet happened 

D. do not expect something good to happen 

Answer: C. 

Q. 167 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. More than 25% people admits they have not sent or received a hand-written letter in the past decade. 

A. a hand-written letter 

B. More than 25% people admits 

C. they have not sent or received 

D. in the past decade 

Answer: B. 

Q. 168 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Anil and Suresh are just finding their feet in the new venture. 

A. beginning to understand the work and feeling confident 

B. getting comfortable and getting a good salary 

C. buying and using comfortable foot wear 

D. making people fall at their feet, accepting defeat 

Answer: A. 

Q. 169 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

Security firms would get prosecuted for a breach of their duty if they do not introduced adequate procedures to protect children from harm. 

A. would get prosecuted 

B. for a breach of their duty 

C. to protect children 

D. do not introduced 

Answer: D. 

Q. 170 Select the antonym of the given word. MUDDLE 

A. refuse 

B. order 

C. refute 

D. spoil 

Answer: B. 

Q. 171 Select the synonym of the given word. CLINCHED. 

A. bounded 

B. finalized 

C. devoted 

D. argued 

Answer: B. 

Q. 172 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The politician began his speech by saying, “Lend me your ears”. 

A. to politely ask for someone’s hearing-aid 

B. to politely ask for someone’s speakers 

C. to politely ask for someone’s full attention 

D. to politely ask for someone’s headphones 

Answer: C. 

Q. 173 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. 

Teaching is so much more than ………. in fiont of a whiteboard as one of the most important elements of teaching is ………… relationships with students. 

A. standing; building 

B. waiting; building 

C. waiting; enabling 

D. standing; enabling 

Answer: A. 

Q. 174 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. 

Although many western cultures are moving towards more ………. less hierarchical organizations, the new research suggests that ……… power structures and basic values of charity and fraternity are the cornerstones of successful societies. 

A. organized; radical 

B. substantial; informal 

C. liberal; traditional 

D. liberal; radical 

Answer: C. 

Q. 175 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. reinforcement 

B. remembrance 

C. reimburssement 

D. reflection 

Answer: C. 

Q. 176 Select the antonym of the given word. COMPLACENT 

A. conceited 

B. concerned 

C. contentious 

D. contended 

Answer: B. 

Q. 177 Select the antonym of the given word LAUNCH 

A. withdraw 

B. dinner 

C. release 

D. brake 

Answer: A. 

Q. 178 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something 

A. escape 

B. pardon 

C. charge 

D. vindicate 

Answer: D. 

Q. 179 Select the synonym of the given word. ELUSIVE 

A. distorted 

B. wrong 

C. intangible 

D. refined 

Answer: C. 

Q. 180 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. “Get down to brass tacks now”, ordered the Team Leader, when he found that the targets were nowhere near completion. 

A. start taking up the most important facts of a situation 

B. become angry about something that is not done 

C. come back to the tracks and start again 

D. examine the thumb tacks used to fix a notice 

Answer: A. 

Q. 181 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Advocates say the idea of a basic income eliminates poverty traps and ……… income while ……….. the individual and reducing paperwork. 

A. redistributes; empowering 

B. earned; helping 

C. earns; eliminating 

D. distributes; empowers 

Answer: A

Q. 182 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. contraction 

B. contextual 

C. concievable 

D. commitment 

Answer: C. 

Q. 183 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. Last year the UK saw it’s first child diagnosed with intemet addiction. 

A. Last year 

B. the UK saw 

C. it’s first child 

D. diagnosed with 

Answer: C. 

Q. 184 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants 

A. agriculture 

B. horticulture 

C. viniculture 

D. sericulture 

Answer: B

Q. 185 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

Tesla designed system for sending electricity over the air through a series of enormous towers. 

A. for sending electricity 

B. Tesla designed system 

C. through a series of enormous towers 

D. over the air 

Answer: B. 

Q. 186 Select the synonym of the given word. REQUISITE 

A. dominant 

B. dynamic 

C. critical 

D. obligatory 

Answer: D. 

Q. 187 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. All societies are held together by seven universal moral rules, which include ……….. to superiors and ……….. the property of others. 

A. deferring; respecting 

B. deferring; guarding 

C. following; respecting 

D. conforming; guarding 

Answer: A. 

Q. 188 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. Inquisitive 

B. Inherent 

C. Inistitutional 

D. Invitation 

Answer: C. 

Q. 189 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. 

The idea of a basic income as a replacement for means-tested ………. payments has its share of supporters on both the left and the right of the political ………. 

A. extra; support 

B. goodness; zone 

C. free; range 

D. welfare; spectrum 

Answer: D. 

Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

Doing short bursts of high intensity exercise can be most effective to weight loss than moderate workouts. 

A. more effective to weight loss than 

B. No substitution required 

C. most effective for weight loss than 

D. more eflective for weight loss than 

Answer: D. 

Instructions 

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage: 

Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age …………. (1) hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions. That’s not always a bad thing: Educational apps and TV shows …………… (2) great ways for children to sharpen their developing brains and …………… (3) their communication skills-not to mention the break these ………………… (4) provide to harried parents. But tread carefully: A. number of troubling studies connect delayed cognitive …………….. (5) in kids with extended exposure to electronic media. 

Q. 191 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1. 

A. complying 

B. spending 

C. earning 

D. cheating 

Answer: B. 

Q. 192 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2. 

A. are 

B. is 

C. were 

D. have been 

Answer: A. 

Q. 193 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3. 

A. improve 

B. bumish 

C. dull 

D. freshen 

Answer: A. 

Q. 194 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4. 

A. vessels 

B. gadgets 

C. utensils 

D. products 

Answer: B. 

Q. 195 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5. 

A. increment 

B. improvement 

C. progress 

D. change 

Answer: C. 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 196 Select the word, which means the same as the group of words given. a company or person that makes or sells sweets or chocolate 

A. confectioner 

B. vendor 

C. chef 

D. wholesaler 

Answer: A. 

Q. 197 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. apartheid 

B. appearance 

C. approppriate 

D. apparent 

Answer: C. 

Q. 198 Select the antonym of the given word EXPANSION 

A. complaint 

B. constraint 

C. contraction 

D. constriction 

Answer: C. 

Q. 199 Select the antonym of the given word. EVASIVE 

A. frank 

B. abusive 

C. opaque 

D. slippery 

Answer: A. 

Q. 200 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

The World Health Organization were classified Internet gaming as an official mental health disorder. 

A. No substitution required 

B. The World Health Organization classify Internet gaming 

C. The World Health Organization has classified Internet gaming 

D. The World Health Organization classifying Internet gaming 

Answer: C. 

SSC CPO 16 March 2019 Shift-I Previous Year Paper

SSC CPO 16th-March-2019-Shift-1 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 1 How many triangles are there in the following figure? 

A. 20 

B. 21 

C. 19 

D. 24 

Answer: B

Q. 2 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. Stationery 

B. Eraser 

C. Pen 

D. Paper 

Answer: A. 

Q. 3 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. 

FLOWER: UOLDVI:: JASMINE: ……….. 

A. QZGNRMV 

B. QZHMRNV 

C. QAHNRMV 

D. QZHNRMV 

Answer:

Q. 4 The sequence of folding a piece of square paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown. How would this paper look when unfolded? 

Answer: C. 

Q. 5 Kunal’s house is located to the south of a coffee shop. There is a park to the east of the coffee shop. The local market is to the north of the park. If the distance of the market from the park is equal to the distance of the coffee shop from Kunal’s house, in which direction is the market with respect to the coffee shop? 

A. West 

B. South-East 

C. North-East 

D. South-West 

Answer: C. 

Q. 6 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All executives are humble people.

All humble people are rich.

Conclusions:

I. All executives are rich.

II. All humble people are executives. 

A. Only conclusion I follow. 

B. Only conclusion II follows. 

C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. 

D. Both conclusions I and II follow. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 7 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 11:242 

A. 15 : 375 

B. 5 : 52 

C. 8 : 128 

D. 9 : 729 

Answer: C. 

Q. 8 Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given word-pair.  Surgeon : Scalpel 

A. Tailor : Shirt 

B. Doctor : Hospital 

C. Navy : Lieutenant 

D. Sculptor : Chisel 

Answer: D. 

Q. 9 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A.

B. 34 

C. 64 

D. 16 

Answer: B. 

Q. 10 Which letter-cluster will replace the Q. mark (?) in the following series? CFZ, EGX, HIU, JLS, MPP,? 

A. NTO 

B. OTN 

C. MSN 

D. OUN 

Answer: D. 

Q. 11 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 12 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed on the right side. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 13 Select the number-pair in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the given number pair. 343: 512 

A. 1009:1331 

B. 27 : 125 

C. 216 : 729 

D. 8 : 27 

Answer: D. 

Q. 14 Among the following four words, three are similar in one specific way and one is odd. Select the odd word. 

A. Habitat 

B. Stable 

C. Den 

D. Barn 

Answer: A. 

Q. 15 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Cat, Mammal, Parrot 

Answer: B. 

Q. 16 Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 396 

B. 792 

C. 571 

D. 451 

Answer: C. 

Q. 17 If A = 2 and C = 4, then PARTICLE = ………. 

A. 172172094136 

B. 1621820104136 

C. 1721921104136 

D. 172192094126 

Answer: C. 

Q. 18 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 14 : 3 

B. 7 : 6 

C. 12 : 4 

D. 21 : 2 

Answer: C. 

Q. 19 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 20 Which number will replace the Question mark (?) in the following series? 

3, ?, 101, 10202 

A. 95 

B. 10 

C. 100 

D. 99 

Answer: B. 

Q. 21 ‘Month’ is related to ‘March’ in the same way as ‘Season’ is related to ‘ ………. 

A. Year 

B. Festival 

C. Spring 

D. Week 

Answer:

Q. 22 Find out the two signs to be interchanged for making the following equation correct. 

14÷ 641 − 5 + 45 × 120 = 5 

A. + and × 

B. × and − 

C. + and − 

D. − and ÷ 

Answer: B

Q. 23 Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term. FHK : KMP:: ……..: UWZ 

A. PRV 

B. PRU 

C. PSU 

D. ORU 

Answer:

Q. 24 Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Assuming these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

Some bed sheets are towels.

Some towels are pillows.

Conclusions:

I. Some pillows are bedsheets.

II. No pillow is a bedsheet. 

A. Only conclusion I follow. 

B. Only conclusion II follows. 

C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. 

D. Either conclusion I or II follows. 

Answer: D

Q. 25 Select the option that will come next in the given series. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 26 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. World, Asia, Nepal 

Answer: D. 

Q. 27 Which letter will replace the Q. mark (‘2) in the following series? C, F, K, R, A, ? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: D. 

Q. 28 Which two signs should be interchanged to make the following equation correct? 

7 × 2 + 5 − 16 ÷ 4 = 13 

A. × and ×

B. ÷ and ×

C. ÷ and + 

D. × and −

Answer: A. 

Q. 29 In a certain code language, CADET is written as 31457. How will DEFER be written as in the same language? 

A. 45769 

B. 45678 

C. 45659 

D. 35658 

Answer: C. 

Q. 30 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Classes 2. Entrance Exam 3. Result 4. Admission 5. Graduation 6. Job 

A. 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1 

B. 5, 2, 6, 4, 3, 1 

C. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6 

D. 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5 

Answer: C. 

Q. 31 Select the option that is embedded in the following figure. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 32 Select the pair which has the same relation between the words as the relation between the words of the given pair.

Horse: gallop 

A. Mouse: pit 

B. Bird: fly 

C. Elephant: gigantic 

D. Lion: roar 

Answer: B. 

Q. 33 Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 34 Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Identify the different one. 

A. 54 : 64 

B. 28 : 32 

C. 119 : 136 

D. 91 : 104 

Answer: A. 

Q. 35 Which number will replace the Question mark (?) in the following series?

0.15, 0.20, 0.30, 0.45, 0.65, ? 

A. 0.90 

B. 0.80 

C. 0.95 

D. 0.85 

Answer: A. 

Q. 36 Identify the number that does NOT belong in the given series. 2, 6, 6, 10, 8, 12, 12, 15, 14, 18 

A. 18 

B. 12 

C. 15 

D.

Answer:

Q. 37 ‘Temperature’ is related to ‘Degree’ in the same way as ‘Time’ is related to ‘…..’ 

A. Litre 

B. Metre 

C. Newton 

D. Seconds 

Answer: D

Q. 38 Arjun starts walking towards the east. After walking 50 m, he turns to his left and walks 15 m. From there, he again turns to his left and walks 30 m. Finally, he turns to his left one last time and walks 15 m. How far is he from the starting point? 

A. 40 m 

B. 10 m 

C. 30 m 

D. 20 m 

Answer: D. 

Q. 39 If ‘ + ’ means ‘ × ’, ‘ × ’ means ‘ + ’, ‘ + ’ means ‘ − ’ and ‘ − ’ means ‘ ÷ ’, then what will be the value of the following expression? 

16 × 3 + 5 − 2 ÷ 4 

A.

B.

C. 10 

D. 19 

Answer: B. 

Q. 40 In a code language, CERTAIN is written as DFSUBJO. How will SUMMER be written as in that language? 

A. RVNNFS 

B. TUNMFS 

C. TVNNFT 

D. TVNNFS 

Answer: D

Q. 41 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (25, 144, 47) 

A. (16, 82, 23) 

B. (9, 72, 8) 

C. (15, 96, 340) 

D. (19, 78, 20) 

Answer: D. 

Q. 42 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 16 : 68 :: 28 : ……… 

A. 119 

B. 49 

C. 346 

D. 77 

Answer: A. 

Q. 43 Select the correct alternative to indicate the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Hour 2. Month 3. Second 4. Days 5. Minute 6. Week 

A. 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 1 

B. 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2 

C. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6 

D. 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5 

Answer: B. 

Q. 44 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. KMPT 

B. OQSV 

C. QSVZ 

D. EGJN 

Answer: B. 

Q. 45 Two positions of the same dice are shown. What will be the number opposite ‘3’? 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 46 Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set of numbers. (4, 24, 214) 

A. (8, 81, 721) 

B. (3, 27, 81) 

C. (2, 26, 125) 

D. (5, 35, 341) 

Answer: D. 

Q. 47 If in a certain code, WATER is written as XZUDS, then which word will be coded as BMHKF? 

A. CLING 

B. ALIEN 

C. EARTH 

D. ANGLE 

Answer: D. 

Q. 48 Three of the following four letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out. 

A. SWYBE 

B. HKNQT 

C. CFILO 

D. QTWZC. 

Answer: A. 

Q. 49 Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes. Females, Mothers, Fathers 

Answer: C. 

Q. 50 Select the correct mirror image of the given image when the mirror is placed on the right side. 

Answer: C. 

 

General knowledge 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 51 Name the ‘Father of Indian Economic Reforms’. 

A. Narendra Modi 

B. PV Narasimha Rao 

C. Yashwant Sinha 

D. Manmohan Singh 

Answer: B. 

Q. 52 Iron boils at about ……… degree Celsius. 

A. 3861 

B. 2861 

C. 2181 

D. 3182 

Answer: B. 

Q. 53 The Chipko movement is associated with: 

A. Sustainable development 

B. Transparency in public life 

C. Afforestation 

D. Preventing the felling of trees 

Answer: D. 

Q. 54 Adults with an annual income between ……… can avail of a housing loan under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. 

A. 6 and 15 1akhs 

B. 6 and 18 lakhs 

C. 6 and 25 lakhs 

D. 6 and 21 lakhs 

Answer: B. 

Q. 55 ‘Capra aegagrus hircus’ ls commonly known as ………… 

A. Dog 

B. Cow 

C. Goat 

D. Hen 

Answer: C. 

Q. 56 As head of a reputed advertising agency, ……… created iconic advertisements for Surf detergent, Liril bath soap, Bajaj scooters, and Cherry Blossom shoe polish. 

A. Gerson da Cunha 

B. Prahlad Kakkar 

C. Alyque Padamsee 

D. Prasoon Joshi 

Answer: C. 

Q. 57 Navakalevara is a ritual that takes place in a temple in ……….. 

A. Tirupati 

B. Shirdi 

C. Jagannath Puri 

D. Sabrimala 

Answer: C. 

Q. 58 Guru ……….. is known as the cobbler saint. 

A. Ayya Vaikundar 

B. Jiva Goswami 

C. Ravidas 

D. Narahari 

Answer: C. 

Q. 59 Which is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area? 

A. Australia 

B. Argentina 

C. Brazil 

D. India 

Answer: D. 

Q. 60 Who started the temple entry movement in 1927? 

A. Vinobha Bhave 

B. Medha Patkar 

C. Mahatma Gandhi 

D. Bhimrao Ambedkar 

Answer: D

Q. 61 As per the Guinness World Records, which of the following was the world’s richest temple in 2011? 

A. Jagannath Temple 

B. Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple 

C. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple 

D. SiddhiVinayak Temple 

Answer: C. 

Q. 62 Name the long-haired mammals found throughout the Himalayan region. 

A. Heifer 

B. Bison 

C. Ox 

D. Yak 

Answer: D. 

Q. 63 ……….. is known as the ‘Father of Indian Ornithology”. 

A. John James Audubon 

B. Konrad Lorenz 

C. Salim Ali 

D. Allan Octavian Hume 

Answer: D. 

Q. 64 Sunita Williams, renowned astronaut of Indian origin, spent a record of …….. days in space. 

A. 150 

B. 195 

C. 175 

D. 200 

Answer: B. 

Q. 65 The inaugural session of the Supreme Court of India took place on ………… 

A. 26th January 1950 

B. 28th January 1950 

C. 29th January 1950 

D. 31st January 1950 

Answer: B. 

Q. 66 At what temperature does iron melt? 

A. 1638 C

B. 1538 C

C. 1583 C

D. 1683 C

Answer: B. 

Q. 67 Sound cannot travel through ………… 

A. fire 

B. soil 

C. water 

D. vacuum 

Answer: D. 

Q. 68 Which of the following creatures use ultrasonic sound to catch their prey? 

A. Hawks 

B. Bats 

C. Cats 

D. Dogs 

Answer: B. 

Q. 69 Who hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day? 

A. Chief Justice 

B. Prime Minister 

C. Governor 

D. President 

Answer: B. 

Q. 70 Which cricketer made his Test debut in Karachi at the age of 16? 

A. Hardik Pandya 

B. Rahul Dravid 

C. Sachin Tendulkar 

D. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 

Answer: C. 

Q. 71 ……….. was the Chief Justice of India from January 1950 to November 1951. 

A. Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 

B. Mehr Chand Mahajan 

C. Harilal Jekisundas Kania 

D. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 

Answer: C. 

Q. 72 The world’s largest cricket stadium is being built in which state of India? 

A. Gujarat 

B. Chandigarh 

C. West Bengal 

D. Maharashtra 

Answer: A. 

Q. 73 Currency printing press of India is NOT located in ………… 

A. Kochi 

B. Mysore 

C. Salboni 

D. Dewas 

Answer: A. 

Q. 74 The pH of pure water ( H2O ) is ……… at 25 degree Celsius. 

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 75 ‘Megaptera novaeangliae’ is commonly known as …………… 

A. Bumblebee 

B. Tree frog 

C. African wild cat 

D. Humpback whale 

Answer: D

Q. 76 Who said the following words? “A. flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it.” 

A. Sarojini Naidu 

B. Jawaharlal Nehru 

C. Bhikaiji Cama 

D. Mahatma Gandhi 

Answer: D. 

Q. 77 Which of the following is NOT a popular Gharana (styles) of Hindustani classical music? 

A. Patiala Gharana 

B. Gwalior Gharana 

C. Mewati Gharana 

D. Rajwadi Gharana 

Answer: D. 

Q. 78 NASA. launched the world’s smallest and lightest satellite, Kalamsat on 22 June 2017 devised by 18-year- old ………. and his team from Tamil Nadu. 

A. Sharook Rashid 

B. Khursheed Rifath 

C. Rifath Sharook 

D. Salman Rashid 

Answer: C. 

Q. 79 ………….. of Kenya won the Mumbai Marathon, 2019 

A. Akalnew Shurnet 

B. Aychew Bantie 

C. Cosmas Lagat 

D. Birke Debele 

Answer: C. 

Q. 80 ‘Canis lupus’ is commonly known as …………. 

A. Gray wolf 

B. Goat 

C. Hen 

D. Cow 

Answer: A. 

Q. 81 The first Invasion of Muhammad Ghori was in ………. when he attacked Multan. 

A. 1287 AD

B. 1475 AD

C. 1089 AD 

D. 1175 AD 

Answer: D. 

Q. 82 India holds the ………….. position in the production of cows’ milk as of January 2018. 

A. Second 

B. Fourth 

C. First 

D. Third 

Answer: A. 

Q. 83 The minimum age criteria for appointment as the Vice President of India is ……… 

A. 21 

B. 30 

C. 35 

D. 25 

Answer: C. 

Q. 84 The dance form Dand1a 1s synonymous with ………. 

A. Navratri 

B. Onam 

C. Bihu 

D. Ganesh Chaturthi 

Answer: A. 

Q. 85 Apart from the first edition, New Delhi also hosted the ………… edition of the Asian Games. 

A. 7th 

B. 9th 

C. 8th 

D. 11th 

Answer: B. 

Q. 86 After 1994, how many sessions of the Rajya Sabha are usually held in a year? 

A. four 

B. three 

C. two 

D. six 

Answer: B. 

Q. 87 As of AY 2019-20, what is the rate of income tax payable by an Indian national over the age of 80 years, earning an annual income up to ₹ 5,00,000? 

A. 20% 

B. 5% 

C. 0% 

D. 30% 

Answer: C. 

Q. 88 India’s ace shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medallist ………. was ranked seventh on Forbes’ list 2018 of highest-earning women sportspersons in the world. 

A. Sania Mirza 

B. Saina Nehwal 

C. Santosh Yadav 

D. PV Sindhu 

Answer: D. 

Q. 89 Who was the economist who wrote the book ‘Small is beautiful? 

A. David Ricardo 

B. Amartya Sen 

C. Karl Marx 

D. E. F. Schumacher 

Answer: D. 

Q. 90 Who wrote the book ‘The Audacity of Hope’? 

A. Bill Clinton 

B. Bill Gates 

C. George Bush 

D. Barack Obama 

Answer: D. 

Q. 91 In January 2019, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered its third small exoplanet, named HD. 21749b in the constellation 

A. Lupus 

B. Lacerta 

C. Reticulum 

D. Antlia 

Answer: C. 

Q. 92 Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme’? 

A. Vikram Sarabhai 

B. CV Raman 

C. Homi Jehangir Bhabha 

D. APJ Abdul Kalam 

Answer: C. 

Q. 93 Shivaji’s son from Saibai was named …………… 

A. Shahaji 

B. Shahu 

C. Sambhaji 

D. Bajirao 

Answer: C. 

Q. 94 Under Article ……… of the Constitution of India, the quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one- tenth of the total number of Members of the House. 

A. 102 

B. 100 

C. 103 

D. 101 

Answer: B. 

Q. 95 Calcutta became the capital of British India in …………. 

A. 1765 

B. 1727 

C. 1756 

D. 1772 

Answer: D. 

Q. 96 Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905? 

A. Sayid Ahmed Khan 

B. Annie Besant 

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

Answer: C. 

Q. 97 With which of the following games is the Deodhar Trophy associated? 

A. Hockey 

B. Football 

C. Cricket 

D. Golf 

Answer: C. 

Q. 98 In pre-independent India, the British moved the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi in ………. 

A. 1911 

B. 1913 

C. 1924 

D. 1921 

Answer: A. 

Q. 99 The ……. waterfalls in Chhattisgarh are also known as the Niagara Falls of India. 

A. Hebbe 

B. Dudhsagar 

C. Magod 

D. Chitrakoot 

Answer: D. 

Q. 100 The Nehru-Liaquat Pact was signed in ……….. 

A. 1948 

B. 1947 

C. 1949 

D. 1950 

Answer: D. 

Quantitative 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 101 A square cardboard with a side of 3 m is folded through one of its diagonal to make a triangle. The height of the triangle is: 

A. 3/√2 m 

B. 2√3 m 

C. 3√2 m 

D. 2/√3 m 

Answer: A. 

Q. 102 What percentage of ₹ 124 is ₹ 49.60? 

A. 250

B. 16

C. 123 

D. 40 

Answer: D. 

Q. 103 sin18∘ − cos72∘ is equal to: 

A. 1/2

B.

C.

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 104 The surface area of a cube is 1176 cm2. Its volume is: 

A. 3486 cm3

B. 3206 cm3

C. 2744 cm2

D. 3964 cm3 

Answer: C. 

Q. 105 A. boy is standing near a pole which is 2.7 m high and the angle of elevation is 30“. The distance of the boy from the pole is ( √3 =1.73): 

A. 4.68 m 

B. 4.63 m 

C. 4.53 m 

D. 4.42 m 

Answer: A. 

Q. 106 Find the inner surface area of four walls of a rectangular room with length 7 m breadth 5 m and height 3.5 m 

A. 168 m2 

B. 84 m2

C. 126 m2

D. 42 m2

Answer: B. 

Q. 107 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches. 

In the given pie chart. if A scored a century in matches 4 and 6, What would have been her average score? 

A. 89.7 

B. 93.4 

C. 91.2 

D. 84.5 

Answer: A

Q. 108 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities. 

In the given line graph, what was the difference in temperature between Delhi and Mumbai on the 2nd Sunday? 

A. 13 

B. 17.2 

C. 7.2 

D. 21 

Answer: C. 

Q. 109 The given bar chart shows the number of marks scored by a student in each subject in three years: 

In the given bar chart. what is the percentage increase in marks in Mathematics in 2012 compared to 2008? (round off) 

A. 89 

B. 100 

C. 95 

D. 92 

Answer: A. 

Q. 110 On dividing a number by 38, the quotient is 24 and the remainder is 13, the number is: 

A. 956 

B. 904 

C. 925 

D. 975 

Answer: C

Q. 111 A can do work in 12 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. After 5 days of working together, how much work will be left? 

A. 7/25

B. 11/36

C. 5/13

D. 5/12

Answer: B. 

Q. 112 A customer gets a discount of ₹90 which is 12%. The selling price is: 

A. ₹770 

B. ₹540 

C. ₹660 

D. ₹580 

Answer: C. 

Q. 113 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities. 

In the given line graph, when was the maximum temperature recorded in Delhi? 

A. 1st Sunday 

B. 2nd Sunday 

C. 4th Sunday 

D. 3rd Sunday 

Answer: A. 

Q. 114 If a3 b3 = 208 and a b = 8 ,then (a + b)2ab is equal to: 

A. 42 

B. 38 

C. 52 

D. 26 

Answer: D. 

Q. 115 The base of an isosceles triangle is 6 cm and its perimeter is 16 cm. Its area is: 

A. 11 cm2

B. 12 cm2 

C. 9 cm2

D. 10 cm2 

Answer: B. 

Q. 116 If the compound interest @10% p.a compounded half-yearly for 1½ years is ₹2,522. The principal amount is:

A. ₹16,000 

B. ₹15,400 

C. ₹18,500 

D. ₹20,000 

Answer: A. 

Q. 117 14−6×215÷3+3 is equal to: 

A. ¼ 

B.

C. ⅘ 

D. 6⅖ 

Answer: A. 

Q. 118 At a certain time of a day a tree 5.4 m in height casts a shadow of 9 m. If a pole casts a shadow of 13.5 m at the same time, the height of the pole is: 

A. 6.3 m 

B. 9.9 m 

C. 7.2 m 

D. 8.1 m 

Answer: D. 

Q. 119 Three partners A, B, and C, share profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 4: 7. If the profit for the year before charging 30% tax is ₹1,10,166 what is B’s share of profit after tax? 

A. ₹22,033.20 

B. ₹24,673.10 

C. ₹31,476 

D. ₹9,442.80 

Answer: A. 

Q. 120 The shadow of a tower. when the angle of elevation of the sun is 60∘ is found to be 15 in shorter than when it is 45. The height of the tower is: 

A. 26.5 m 

B. 35.5 m 

C. 41.5 m 

D. 20.5 m 

Answer: B. 

Q. 121 ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is the diameter of the circle circumscribing it and angle ADC = 1420. Then angle BAC is equal to: 

A. 600

B. 400 

C. 520 

D. 500 

Answer: C. 

Q. 122 One tap can fill a tank in 3 hours and a leak can empty the tank in 5 hours. If the tap and the leak (which was half closed) were left open. How long will it take for the tank to fill? 

A. 42/7 hours 

B. 7½ hours 

C. 5⅓ hours 

D. 6⅔ hours 

Answer: A. 

Q. 123 converted to percentage is: 64/25

A. 25.6 

B. 256 

C. 0.256 

D. 2.56 

Answer: B. 

Q. 124 Pipe A can fill a cistern in 4 hours and another pipe B is installed. Both the pipes together fill the cistern in 2 1/2hours. How long will it take for B alone to fill the cistern? 

A. 6 2/3 hours 

B. 5 hours 

C. 5 1/6 hours 

D. 6 3/8 hours 

Answer: A. 

Q. 125 If the cost price of 4 chairs is equal to the selling price of 3 chairs, then the profit or loss percentage is: 

A. 6 2/3 hours 

B. 20% 

C. 16 2/3% 

D. 25% 

Answer: A. 

Q. 126 A, B and C start walking together from a point. Their steps measure 42 cm, 56 cm, and 64 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance they should walk so that each takes an exact number of steps? 

A. 13.44 m 

B. 14.06 m 

C. 14.58 m 

D. 15.60 m 

Answer: A. 

Q. 127 The students of a class donated ₹3,481 towards the relief fund. Each student donated an amount equal to the number of students in the class. The number of students in the class is: 

A. 49 

B. 59 

C. 61 

D. 51 

Answer: B. 

Q. 128 The average of all prime numbers between 21 and 50 is(round off to one decimal number): 

A. 32.9 

B. 35.9 

C. 33.7 

D. 34.8 

Answer: B. 

Q. 129 The area of a parallelogram is 338 m2. If its altitude is twice the corresponding base, its base is: 

A. 13 

B. 14 

C. 28 

D. 26 

Answer: A. 

Q. 130 A bought 38 kg rice @ ₹54.50/kg, 45 kg rice @ ₹62/kg and 55 kg rice @ ₹48/kg. He sold the mixture @ ₹65/kg. His profit or loss percentage is: 

A. Loss 1.04 

B. Profit 16.8 

C. Loss 1.7 

D. Profit 19.6 

Answer: D. 

Q. 131 The product of HCF and LCM of two numbers is 3321. If one of the numbers is 369, the HCF of the numbers is: 

A.

B. 21 

C.

D. 27 

Answer: C. 

Q. 132 A and B can finish work together in 30 days. B and C can finish the same work together in 24 days and A and C can finish the work together in 40 days. If all three work together, how long will it take them to complete the work? 

A. 15 days 

B. 10 days 

C. 20 days 

D. 5 days 

Answer: C. 

Q. 133 In what time will a sum double itself at 8% p.a simple interest? 

A. 5 years 

B. 6 years 

C. 8 years 

D. 12.5 years 

Answer: D. 

Q. 134 If x − 1 /x= 3√2 , then x2 + 1 / x2is equal to: 

A. 52 

B. 56 

C. 20 

D. 46 

Answer: C. 

Q. 135 The number 45789 is divisible by which of the single-digit numbers: 

A. Only by 9 

B. Only by 3 and 9 

C. Only by 3 

D. Only by 3 and 7 

Answer: C. 

Q. 136 (24 ÷ 6 − 2) + (3 × 2 + 4) is equal to: 

A. 24 

B. 16 

C. 20 

D. 12 

Answer: D. 

Q. 137 If 5cosθ − 12sinθ = 0 ,the value of (2 sinθ+cosθ)/ (cosθ−sinθ) is: 

A. 1 75/119

B. 3 1/7

C.2 34/35

D. 3 2/3

Answer: B. 

Q. 138 The given bar chart shows a number of marks scored by a strident in each subject in three years: 

In the given bar chart, if the number of marks in Social Studies in the year 2012 is 13% of the school strength, the number of students is: 

A. 400 

B. 540 

C. 500 

D. 580 

Answer: C. 

Q. 139 PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with center O, from a point P outside the circle. A and B are points on the circle. If ∠OAB = 35∘, then ∠APB is equal to: 

A. 35∘ 

B. 70∘ 

C. 25∘ 

D. 20∘ 

Answer: B. 

Q. 140 The given bar chart shows a number of marks scored by a student in each subject in three years: 

In the given bar-chart, in which subject was the lowest marks scored in 2010? 

A. Social studies 

B. Mathematics 

C. English 

D. Science 

Answer: C. 

Q. 141 A train travels at a speed of 76 km/h. If it crosses a pole in 36 seconds. the length of the train is: 

A. 720 m 

B. 675 m 

C. 760 m 

D. 630 m 

Answer: C. 

Q. 142 A saves 12% of her income. If she spends ₹2,16,128, her total income is: 

A. ₹2,42,063 

B. ₹2,45,600 

C. ₹2,48,000 

D. ₹2,43,560 

Answer: B. 

Q. 143 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches. 

In the given pie chart, what is the increase or decrease in score in match 4 as compared to match 2? 

A. +27 

B. -27 

C. -60 

D. +60 

Answer: D. 

Q. 144 The line graph shows the temperature on four Sundays of three cities.

In the given line graph, what was the average temperature on the 3rd Sunday in all the three cities? (rounded to first decimal) 

A. 24 

B. 23 

C. 19.7 

D. 25.4 

Answer: C. 

Q. 145 If an airplane covers a distance of 980 km in 35 minutes, then what time it will take to cover a distance of 1470 km. 

A. 12hour 

B. 181 hours 

C. 78 hour 

D. 1⅙ hours 

Answer: C. 

Q. 146 If (2x − 5) 3 + (x + 2) 3 + (3x − 9) 3 = (2x—5)(3x—9)(3x + 6) , then what is the value of x

A.

B.

C. 18 

D.

Answer: B. 

Q. 147 The average height of 12 students of a class is 132.5 cm. If one more strident joins. the average height becomes 131.2 cm. the height of the new student is: 

A. 112.7 cm 

B. 122.3 cm 

C. 115.6 cm 

D. 128.5 cm 

Answer: C. 

Q. 148 The liquid in a container is sufficient to paint an area of 11.28 m2 . How many boxes of dimensions 30 cm × 25 cm × 12 cm can be painted with the liquid in this container? 

A. 40 

B. 24 

C. 32 

D. 12 

Answer:

Q. 149 The given pie chart shows runs scored by A in 6 matches. 

In the given pie chart. What are the average runs scored in all matches? (rounded off) 

A. 85 

B. 90 

C. 88 

D. 84 

Answer: D

Q. 150 Find the weight of a solid cylinder of height 35 cm and radius 14 cm if the material of the cylinder weighs 8 gm/cm3

A. 172.48 kg 

B. 160 kg 

C. 177.44 kg 

D. 166 kg 

Answer: A. 

 

English 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 151 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. It’s Greek to me 

A. incomprehensible 

B. incredible 

C. intangible 

D. inevitable 

Answer: A. 

Q. 152 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a person who advocates complete political or social change 

A. fanatic 

B. hero 

C. radical 

D. leader 

Answer: C. 

Q. 153 Select the antonym of the given word. RESTRICTED. 

A. banned 

B. barred 

C. unmanned 

D. unbounded 

Answer: D. 

Q. 154 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 

Though paper has been the dominant medium for print, the British parliament had managed valiantly to hold back the paper tide for over half a millennium. 

A. to hold back the paper tide 

B. Though paper has been 

C. Parliament had managed 

D. the dominant medium for print 

Answer: C. 

Q. 155 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. In 2016, after some unseemly back-and-forth to the Commons and Lords, it was decided that Acts of Parliament should no longer be printed on calfskin. 

A. should no longer be printed on calfskin 

B. after some unseemly back-and-forth 

C. it was decided 

D. to the Commons and Lords 

Answer: D. 

Q. 156 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

It makes no difference to overall health whether you lose weight slow or quick, according to new research by York University. 

A. No substitution required 

B. whether you lose weight slow or quickly 

C. whether you lose weight slowly or quickly 

D. whether you lose weight slowly or quick 

Answer: C. 

Q. 157 Select the synonym of the given word.

CONTRAVENE 

A. brake 

B. broach 

C. flaunt 

D. breech 

Answer: D. 

Q. 158 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. For years Indians looking for meaty ………….. have been stuck with the ……. soya nuggets. 

A. substitutes; ubiquitous 

B. alternates; global 

C. Substitutes: regional 

D. alternative; zonal 

Answer: A. 

Q. 159 Select the synonym of the given word. LYRICAL 

A. brilliant 

B. musical 

C. prosaic 

D. overwhelming 

Answer: B. 

Q. 160 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present 

A. bouquet 

B. cluster 

C. wreath 

D. bunch 

Answer: A. 

Q. 161 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

We really need to look at interventions that focus on long-term weight management that can achieve sustained weight loss at the recommended one to two pounds per week. 

A. that focus on long-term 

B. No substitution required 

C. that focus with long-term 

D. whom focus on long-term 

Answer: A. 

 

Instructions 

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Passage: 

Sedentary lifestyles are killing us — we need to build activity into our everyday lives, not just leave it for the gym. Google searches relating to physical fitness peak in January. Many people even trawl the web to find out about “desk exercises” and “workouts on the go” in case they are too busy to use their new gym memberships. 

Our relationship with exercise is complicated. Reports from the UK and the US show it is something we persistently struggle with. As the new year rolls around, we anticipate having the drive to behave differently and become regular exercisers, even in the knowledge that we will probably fail to do so. Why do we want to exercise? What do we expect it to do for us? We all know we are supposed to be exercising, but hundreds of millions of us can’t face actually doing it. It is just possible that the problem lies at the heart of the idea of exercise itself. 

Exercise is movement of the muscles and limbs for a specific outcome, usually to enhance physical fitness. As such, for most of us, it is an optional addition to the working day — yet another item on a long list of responsibilities alongside the fulfilment of parental duties or earning money to put food on the table. But because the principal beneficiaries of exercises are we ourselves, it is one of the easiest chores to Shirk. At the end of the working day, millions of us prefer to indulge in sedentary leisure activities instead of what we all think is good for us: a workout. 

Fitness crazes are like diets: if any of them worked, there wouldn’t be so many. CrossFit, the intensely physical, communal workout incorporating free weights, squats, pull-ups and so forth, is still less than 20 years old. Spin classes — vigorous group workouts on stationary bikes — have only been around for about 30. Aerobics was a craze about a decade before that, although many of its high energy routines had already been around for a while. Before that, there was the jogging revolution, which began in the US in the early 19605. The Joggers Manual, published in 1963 by the Oregon Heart Foundation, was a leaflet of about 200 words that sought to address the postwar panic about sedentary lifestyles by encouraging an accessible form of physical activity, explaining that “jogging is a bit more than a walk”. The jogging boom took a few years to get traction, hitting its stride in the mid- to late-80s, but it remains one of the most popular forms of exercise, now also in groups. 

The exercise craze that dominated the 19505 was, oddly, not even an exercise. The vibrating exercise belt promised users could achieve effortless weight loss by having their midriffs violently jiggled. It didn’t work, but you can still find similar machines available for purchase today. 

Q. 162 Why do most people make exercise their last priority? 

A. It does not help in earning their livelihood. 

B. It is an added responsibility besides looking after the family. 

C. The main beneficiaries of exercise are people themselves. 

D. They prefer to indulge in sedentary leisure activities. 

Answer: C. 

Q. 163 Which of the following does not classify as an exercise? 

A. High-energy Aerobics routines 

B. Using midriff vibrating belt 

C. Workouts on stationary bikes 

D. Squats and pull-ups 

Answer: B. 

Q. 164 Why do Google searches related to physical fitness peak in January? 

A. It is the time to renew gym membership.

B. It is a common new year resolution. 

C. In the new year people want to look slim and trim. 

D. The cold weather encourages people to exercise. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 165 The sentence — “Exercise is movement of the muscles and limbs for a specific outcome, usually to enhance physical fitness” 

A. defines exercise 

B. devalues exercise 

C. defends exercise 

D. describes exercise 

Answer: A. 

Q. 166 Which expression means the same as ‘an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.’ 

A. Mania 

B. Fad 

C. Phase 

D. Obsession 

Answer: B. 

 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 167 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. admiration 

B. adroit 

C. administration 

D. adreneline 

Answer: D. 

Q. 168 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a person who has unnatural anxiety about one ’s own health typically involving imagined symptoms of illness. 

A. nymphomaniac 

B. hypochondriac 

C. neurotic 

D. psychotic 

Answer: B. 

Q. 169 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. to give someone the cold shoulder 

A. ignore or show indifference 

B. deny someone comforting clothes 

C. serve cold meat to someone 

D. bury someone in freezing cold 

Answer: A. 

Q. 170 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. ingratitude 

B. ingredeints 

C. indigenous 

D. engraving 

Answer: B. 

Q. 171 Select the antonym of the given word. COMPROMISE 

A. dissent 

B. agreement 

C. disturbance 

D. treaty 

Answer: A. 

Q. 172 Select the synonym of the given word. MEMOIR 

A. diary 

B. episode 

C. anecdote 

D. story 

Answer: A. 

Q. 173 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. The Natural History of Selborne, records the importance of the earthworm to soil and describes an England unspoiled by the Industrial Revolution. 

A. describe an England 

B. unspoiled by the Industrial Revolution 

C. records the importance 

D. of the earthworm to soil 

Answer: A. 

Q. 174 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. It seems that authors’ creativity is not restricted to their work and happily overflows into their names too. 

A. happily overflows 

B. authors’ creativity 

C. into their names too 

D. restrict to their work 

Answer: D. 

Q. 175 Select the synonym of the given word. EXASPERATING 

A. exhausting 

B. saddening 

C. exalting 

D. flustrating 

Answer: D. 

Q. 176 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. put one’s cards on the table 

A. to be able to continue 

B. to be honest 

C. to accept defeat 

D. to deal a game of cards 

Answer: B. 

Q. 177 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Telemedicine is the delivery of clinical services across …….. and IT devices. It’s a subset of a wider ………… care originally developed for doctors to be able to ………. patients living in rural and remote areas. 

A. telephone; virtual; diagrose 

B. telephones: actual; discharge 

C. telecoms; virtual; treat 

D. telecom; visual; admit 

Answer: C. 

Q. 178 Select the synonym of the given word. ENIGMATIC. 

A. inquisitive 

B. resolute 

C. purgative 

D. mysterious 

Answer: D. 

Q. 179 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. to send back a criminal or an unwanted person to the country of his/her origin. 

A. excavate 

B. exile 

C. export 

D. extradite 

Answer: D. 

Q. 180 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. be the Devil’s advocate 

A. to present a counter argument just for the sake of it 

B. to present an argument in favor of a well-known evil man 

C. to represent an accused in a murder trial 

D. to represent the devil as an advocate in witch trials 

Answer: A. 

Instructions 

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Passage: 

A. massive fire in Chennai destroyed 184 cars ………….. (1) to a private cab aggregator. ………….. (2) blaze is suspected to have been triggered ……………. (3) tall dried grass caught fire flom a discarded ……………. (4) cigarette butt, said rescue services ………………. (5) . 

Q. 181 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1. 

A. belonged 

B. belongs 

C. were belonging 

D. belonging 

Answer: D

Q. 182 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2. 

A. One 

B. The 

C. Some 

D. A. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 183 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3. 

A. of 

B. until 

C. after 

D. by 

Answer: C. 

Q. 184 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4. 

A. smoking 

B. lighting 

C. firing 

D. smouldering 

Answer: D

Q. 185 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5. 

A. special 

B. victim 

C. official 

D. culprit 

Answer: C. 

Instructions For the following questions answer them individually 

Q. 186 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

A. simple life of freedom and happiness is one of the more difficult things to achieve. 

A. No substitution required 

B. one of the most difficult things to achieve. 

C. one of the most difficult things to achieve. 

D. one of the more difficult things to achieve. 

Answer: B. 

Q. 187 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. get a taste of your own medicine 

A. be given the medicine meant for others 

B. be treated by the same doctor 

C. be given the same treatment that you have given to others 

D. make, taste and take medicines for others 

Answer: C. 

Q. 188 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. existensial 

B. ecstatic 

C. extortion 

D. extensive 

Answer: A. 

Q. 189 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. At the back of the eye there are light-sensitive ………… which connect to a small patch of brain tissue. They also ………… to areas of the brain that ………… mood and alertness. 

A. cells; link; adjust 

B. cells; join; adjust 

C. cells; link; regulate 

D. muscle; link; regulate 

Answer: C. 

Q. 190 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

I sometimes pass a delivery man wheeling a large handcart of Japanese food. The cart bears a striking message: ‘Creating a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity.’ 

A. No substitution required 

B. Creating a world whereas everyone believes in their own authenticity 

C. Been created a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity 

D. Created a world where everyone believes in their own authenticity 

Answer: A. 

Q. 191 Select the antonym of the given word. PERPETRATE 

A. prevent 

B. commit 

C. react 

D. perpetuate 

Answer: A. 

Q. 192 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. People flom ……… societies go to bed and wake up several hours earlier than people in ……….. countries do and seem to sleep better than the ……….. 

A. traditional; developed; later 

B. modern ; developed; latter 

C. modern; undeveloped; later 

D. traditional; developed; latter 

Answer: D. 

Q. 193 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. exclamation 

B. eccentricity 

C. exscitement 

D. expenditure 

Answer: C. 

Q. 194 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required. 

Just as technology has changed the way we shop, book a taxi, hold business meetings, and even find a parking spot, so too is it transforming the way we access healthcare, wherever we are in the world. 

A. so too was it transforming the way we accessed healthcare 

B. No substitution required 

C. so too is it transforming the way we access healthcare 

D. so too had it transformed the way we access healthcare 

Answer: C. 

Q. 195 Select the antonym of the given word. RECOVERED. 

A. lost 

B. last 

C. latest 

D. leased 

Answer: A. 

Q. 196 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Even on an overcast winter’s day, it is at least 10 times ……….. outside than in a standard office. By ………… to work and getting outdoors at lunchtime, we can begin to reconnect with the light. 

A. brightest; walking 

B. brighter; walking 

C. brighter; walk 

D. bright; walk 

Answer: B. 

Q. 197 Select the wrongly spelt word. 

A. furios 

B. frenzied 

C. freeze 

D. fractional 

Answer: A. 

Q. 198 Select the antonym of the given word. THREATEN 

A. criticize 

B. compete 

C. coax 

D. commend 

Answer: D. 

Q. 199 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. a table or flat surface where offerings are made to a deity 

A. sanctorum 

B. pew 

C. altar 

D. stone 

Answer: C. 

Q. 200 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error. To be interested in the changing seasons is a happy state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. 

A. To be interested 

B. a happy state of mind 

C. hopelessly in love with spring 

D. in the changing seasons 

Answer: B

Latest Current Affairs 29 January 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS
29 January 2021

NATIONAL NEWS:

 

A) Delhi Police issue notice to 20 more farmer leaders. 

The Delhi Police on Thursday issued notices to 20 more farmer leaders for defying terms and conditions agreed upon for the tractor rally. DCP (Headquarters) Chimoy Biswal confirmed that notices had been sent to farmer leaders who met with the police for the rally. In the letter, the leaders have been asked to explain why legal action should not be taken against them and other members of their organisations. They have been told to file a reply within three days. The letter further said that despite agreeing to the mutually decided terms and conditions for the rally, the farmer leaders acted in an irresponsible manner on January 26. Militant elements occupied the stage and delivered provocative speeches right from the early hours of the day. Meanwhile, the Ghaziabad administration has given an ultimatum to protesting farmers to vacate U.P. Gate by January 28 midnight or face forcible removal, officials said. Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey has communicated to the protesters camping at the U.P. Gate at Delhi border to vacate the spot by tonight or the administration will remove them, a district official said.

B) AIKS raises questions on police narrative, hints at conspiracy. 

Reacting to allegations that farmer organisations are responsible the violent turn of events on Republic Day, one of the protesting unions, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) put out a series of tweets raising questions about the government’s version of what transpired on the day of the tractor rally. The turn of events on Republic Day points clearly to the complicity of the BJP Gov. & @DelhiPolice in aiding & abetting the disruptors. The following questions have to be answered: The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee which isn’t part of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was allowed permission behind the stage of SKM & wasn’t surrounded by barricades while the SKM mobilisation was heavily barricaded. What is their relationship with the police and the BJP Gov?? asked AIKS. In subsequent tweets, it went on to ask, Why did police go against the route plan agreed with the SKM leadership and allow an alternative route to the KMSC which was allowed to reach up to the Red Fort? Why did police resort to brutal unprovoked lathi-charge on the [tracgtor] Parade from Palwal at Sikari after it peacefully crossed 15 km while the mutually agreed route was to cover 45 km? Why the police that resorted to brutal lathi-charge on peaceful protestors from Palwal made no effort to stop the group from reaching Red Fort? And finally, There have also been many instances of farmers handing over agent provocateurs to the police including on 26 Jan 2021 & the anti-social elements who claimed to have come with the intention to shoot farmers’ leaders. What is the police action on them?

C) 16 Opposition parties to boycott President’s joint address to Parliament. 

Leaders of 16 Opposition parties, in a joint statement on Thursday, announced their decision to boycott President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament on Friday over the Union government’s undemocratic attitude towards the farmers. The Budget session will get underway on Friday and President Kovind will address the first sitting this year of both Houses. But Opposition leaders have set the tone for a stormy session by announcing their decision to skip the Presidential address over the Centre’s refusal to repeal the three farm laws and its handling of the farmer agitation. These leaders also asserted that an impartial investigation will reveal the Central Government’s nefarious role in orchestrating those events. The Prime Minister and the BJP Government remain arrogant, adamant and undemocratic in their response. Shocked by this insensitivity of the Government, we, the following opposition political parties, reaffirming the collective demand for the repeal of the Anti Farmer Laws and in solidarity with the Indian Farmers, have decided to boycott the President’s address to both the Houses of Parliament on Friday, January 29, 2021, read the joint statement, signed by senior Opposition leaders. The signatories include representatives from the Congress, NCP, Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena, National Conference, DMK, Samajwadi Party, RJD, CPI, and CPI-M. The BSP, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, YSR Congress, Biju Janata Dal and AAP have not signed the joint the statement even though some of them had protested against the farm laws during their passage in Parliament last September. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi appealed to opposition leaders to desist from their proposed boycott of the President Ram Nath Kovind’s joint address.

D) Stopping hate on TV as essential as police lathis, barricades to prevent riots: Supreme Court. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday said stopping hate on television was as essential for law and order as arming policemen with lathis and putting up barricades to prevent the spread of violence and riots. Control over certain kind of news which agitate people to violence and riots is a law and order problem. Preventing it is as powerful as putting up barricades. Preventing instigation is as important as providing lathis to policemen, Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde, heading a three-judge Bench, addressed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre. The CJI said the court, by government control, did not mean to curb free speech on TV. People can take any tone on TV as long as they don’t incite violence, hatred, communal riots. We are interested only with people instigating and inciting violence and riots. These are situations which cause loss of lives and property. That is what we are worried about, Chief Justice Bobde explained.

E) One more Bombay High Court POCSO fiasco. 

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a man holding the hands of a minor girl and opening the zip of his trouser does not fall under the purview of ‘sexual assault’ or ‘aggravated sexual assault’ of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The observation was made by a single judge Bench of Justice Pushpa Ganediwala on January 15 while passing an order on an appeal filed by a 50-year-old man challenging a Sessions court’s order convicting him of sexually assaulting and molesting a five-year-old girl. The convict, Libnus Kujur, was in October 2020 convicted under sections 354-A (1)(i) (outraging modesty) and 448 (house trespass) of the IPC, and sections 8 (sexual assault), 10 (aggravated sexual assault) and 12 (sexual harassment) of the POCSO Act. He was sentenced to five years in jail. In her judgment, Justice Ganediwala noted that while the prosecution has established that the accused entered the house of the victim with an intention to outrage her modesty or sexually harass her, it has not been able to prove the charge of ‘sexual assault’ or ‘aggravated sexual assault’. This ruling is reminiscent of another verdict, delivered on January 19, also by a single judge, Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court. It had acquitted a man charged under the POCSO Act, ruling that mere touching or pressing of a clothed body of a child, without skin to skin contact, did not amount to sexual assault. Subsequently, the Supreme Court stayed this verdict.

F) Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments. 

The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stood at 1,07,13,640 with the death toll at 1,54, 031. The government on Thursday said a fifth of the districts in the country had reported no new cases for a week. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 immunisation campaign has covered 2.4 million people. India has successfully contained the pandemic, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, noting that fewer than 12,000 cases were reported in the past 24 hours. He said 146 of India’s 718 districts have had no new cases for a week and 18 districts for two weeks. India has flattened its Covid-19 graph, Dr. Vardhan added. With infections falling, the government said that from February 1, it would lift curbs on the use of public swimming pools, allow cinema halls and theatres to seat more than 50% of capacity, and let all types of exhibition halls to operate.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

A) New Zealand, Vietnam top Covid-19 performance index; India 86 from 98 countries. 

New Zealand and Vietnam were ranked the best-performing countries in their response to the pandemic, according to a Covid-19 performance index put together by the Lowy Institute, an Australian think-tank, which sought to assess the impact of geography, political systems, and economic development in assessing outcomes. The index, which was based on six different indicators, including confirmed cases, deaths per million people, and the scale of testing, sought to gauge the relative performance of countries, and assessed 98 countries in the 36 weeks that followed their hundredth case. India ranked 86th out of 98 countries, while the United States placed 94, and Brazil at the bottom of the index. New Zealand and Vietnam led the list, followed by Taiwan, Thailand and Cyprus in the top five. Sri Lanka was the best performing nation in South Asia, ranking 10, while the Maldives was at 25, Pakistan at 69, Nepal at 70, and Bangladesh at 84.

B) Biden reverses Trump decision on H-1B for spouses. 

A week after his inauguration, US President Joe Biden has withdrawn a Trump-era rule rescinding work authorisation for H4 visa holders, who are spouses of those possessing H-1B work visas, with majority of them being highly-skilled Indian women. An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. The H4 visa is normally issued to those who have already started the process of seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident status in the US. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on Monday said the rule titled, ‘Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses from the Class of Aliens Eligible for Employment Authorisation’, was being withdrawn. Spouses of Indian professionals on H-1B visas, mostly women, are the biggest beneficiaries of the Obama-era rule that gave employment authorisation cards.

Latest Current Affairs 28 January 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS
28 January 2021

NATIONAL NEWS:

 

A) Farmer unions blame violence on ‘conspiracy’; cancel Budget Day march to Parliament. 

Farmers’ unions have blamed Tuesday’s violence on a conspiracy hatched with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) and anti-social elements such as Deep Sidhu. They claimed that the incidents on Republic Day had exposed the anti-farmer forces and vowed to continue a peaceful protest. After an emergency meeting under the chairmanship of veteran Punjab leader Balbir Singh Rajewal, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said they had discussed the violent incidents in New Delhi and concluded that the Union Govt. has been severely shaken by this peasant agitation. Therefore, a dirty conspiracy was hatched with Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and others against the peaceful struggle of other farmer organisations. After the Republic Day parade plans were made, anti-social elements like Deep Sidhu and others, including the KMSC, attempted to torpedo the farmers’ agitation, the SKM said. The farm unions condemned the violence, the government, the KSMC, and the anti-social elements who tried to damage the struggle. The organisations resolved not to allow the government and other forces inimical to the peaceful movement to break this struggle. Yesterday’s events exposed and isolated the anti-farmer forces clearly, said the SKM statement. The SKM claimed that the KMSC was not part of the organisations which jointly undertook the struggle, noting that the Punjab union had set up its own separate protest site with a separate stage at the Singhu border within 15 days of the start of the agitation. Although the KMSC is part of the negotiations with the Centre along with the other unions, SKM leaders emphasised that this was only because the government had invited the rogue Punjab union. Meanwhile, union leaders announced that they have cancelled the scheduled march to Parliament on Budget Day, February 1. Instead, they now plan to hold ‘jan sabhas’ across the country on January 30, Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary.

B) Delhi Police detain 200, name key farmer leaders in FIRs. 

The Delhi Police have detained 200 people in connection with the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day, officials said on Wednesday. Police said they are likely to detain and question more people in connection with Tuesday’s violence in the national capital. Tens of thousands of farmers broke barriers on Tuesday to storm the national capital and highlight their demands. The Delhi Police has also registered 22 FIRs so far in connection with the violence that left over 300 policemen injured. More than 35 farmer leaders have been named in the FIRs, including Rakesh Tikait, Darshan Pal Singh, Rajinder Singh, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Buta Singh Burjgil, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, and Yogendra Yadav. Interestingly, Deep Sidhu, the man widely believed to be behind the incitement that led to the violence at Red Fort on Tuesday, has not been named in any FIR. Sidhu was an election agent for Sunny Deol, a BJP MP. He has been photographed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and has been a campaigner for the BJP.

C) Three TV journalists booked in U.P. for showing students ‘shivering in cold’ during govt function. Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district have booked three television journalists on charges of airing a baseless news report of children of a government school shivering in cold in knickers and cotton shirts during a drill at a public function on January 24. The event was part of a government function held at the Eco Park in Kanpur Dehat on the occasion of U.P. Foundation Day. Minister for Technology Ajit Singh Pal, MLAs and officials were present. The FIR was lodged at the Akbarpur police station on a complaint of Sunil Dutt, district basic education officer. Dutt accused the three journalists of publishing baseless and misleading reports and videos that suggested that pupils were made to shiver in cold while performing drills and yoga. Children perform at a Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day function attended by State Minister Ajit Singh Pal at Kanpur Dehat district on January 24, 2021. Three journalists have been booked by the district police for airing news report showing children of a government school shivering in cold during the event. The three, working for a local TV channel, have been identified as Mohit Kashyap, Amit Singh and Yaseen Ali. The three were not even present at the event, officials said. Visuals of the event shows pupils performing drills apparently in summer uniform and holding toy guns. The FIR accused the journalists of suggesting that the officials were busy while the children shivered in cold. In the complainant, Dutt said the pupils were made to take off their winter-wear only while performing yoga and exercise, and that subsequently they wore their warm clothes. Yoga and physical exercise could not be carried out in winter clothes and required loose clothing, he pointed out.

D) Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court POCSO order. 

The Supreme Court has stayed a controversial Bombay High Court verdict, which acquitted a man found guilty of assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) on the grounds that he groped his victim over her clothes and there was no ‘skin-to-skin’ contact between them. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Wednesday took cognisance instantaneously after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal made a special mention in court, saying the High Court decision would set a very dangerous precedent and cripple the intention of POCSO to punish sexual offenders. On January 19, a single judge of the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench created a furore after he acquitted a man under POCSO Act and held that an act against a minor would amount to groping or sexual assault only if there was skin-to-skin contact. The High Court had concluded that mere touching or pressing of a clothed body of a child did not amount to sexual assault. Venugopal said that in the future, because of the order, an accused could claim innocence under POCSO by arguing that the child he assaulted was clothed and there was no direct physical skin-to-skin contact between them. The Bench issued notice to the accused and to the State of Maharashtra after registering a case on the basis of Venugopal’s mentioning.

E) No protection from arrest for makers of ‘Tandav’

The Supreme Court today declined to pass an order to protect the makers and artists of Amazon Prime’s ‘Tandav’ web series from arrest even as it agreed to examine their plea to club the FIRs registered against them in various States on the charge of hurting Hindu religious sentiments. A three-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked them to approach the concerned lower courts for interim relief, including bail. The court also rejected their plea to quash the FIRs. The court did not appear convinced when the makers and artists explained that the web series was a political satire and urged the court to protect their freedom of artistic speech and expression. Justice M.R. Shah, on the Bench, said free speech is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions. One of the actors, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, described to the court that he had enacted a character whose dialogues in the series had no connection whatsoever to his own individual beliefs. You cannot play the role of a character which hurts the religious sentiments of others, Justice Shah responded.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

A) Iran says Israel is waging a psychological war. 

A top Iranian official on Wednesday said Israel was waging a psychological war after the Jewish state’s Army said new offensive options were being drawn up in case they were needed against the Islamic republic. Mahmoud Vaezi, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff, also vowed that his country was ready and willing to defend itself. They have no intention of going to war, but they are serious about defending the country, he said. Israel, a close U.S. ally, accuses Iran of seeking to build a nuclear bomb, a charge Tehran denies. Israel’s military chief General Aviv Kochavi said on Tuesday he had ordered new plans be drawn up this year to counter Iran’s nuclear capabilities, in case political leaders decided to target the country. The power to initiate them lies with the political echelon, Gen. Kochavi stressed. However, the offensive options need to be prepared, ready and on the table. Mr. Vaezi shot back on Wednesday, accusing Israel of conducting a psychological war. Iran’s recent military manoeuvres, testing missiles and drones, Mr. Vaezi added, showed that our armed forces are trained to defend Iran. Gen. Kochavi’s remarks came nearly a week after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, who has signalled he wants to return to dialogue with Iran.

B) Pak. plans to hold Senate polls through open vote. Pakistan Cabinet has decided to table a Bill in Parliament to amend the Constitution for holding the Senate elections through open vote. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The government wants the (Senate) polls to be held in a transparent manner and without horse-trading. This is why we want Senate polls to be held through an open ballot, Information Minister Shibli Faraz told the media after the meeting. He said that in the past, money was used in Senate elections and votes were bought making the House election a mockery. The Minister asked what was the use of an upper house in which people come through purchasing of votes. Mr. Faraz also said that people opposing the proposed move are forgetting that their own party had demanded open ballot in the past. The government will present a constitutional amendment Bill in the Parliament so that Senate polls are held through open ballot, he said.

Latest Current Affairs 27 January 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS
27 January 2021

NATIONAL NEWS:

 

A) Farmers’ protests take a violent turn on Republic Day. 

Tens of thousands of farmers atop tractors broke barriers, clashed with police, and entered the city from various points to reach the Red Fort on Republic Day. One young man was seen hoisting a yellow triangular flag at the Red Fort’s flagpole – the centrepiece of the country’s Independence Day celebrations. The flag was the ‘Nishan Sahib’, a symbol of Sikh religion seen at all Gurdwara complexes. One farmer, Navdeep Singh Hundal, 26, died amid the clashes in central Delhi. While the police claimed that he died when his tractor overturned, some farmers alleged that he was killed in police firing and have begun a sit-in protest. Farmer union leaders, who have been spearheading the two-month protest at the national capital’s border points to demand a repeal of the farm laws, disowned the protesters who deviated from the route approved by the police. Earlier in the day, a clash broke out between police and protesting farmers after the latter reached ITO and tried to push towards Lutyen’s Delhi, and the police responded with a lathi charge and use of tear gas shells against them. The farmers, who began their march from different border points much before the time allotted to them for their tractor rally, reached ITO in Central Delhi despite the police denying them permission for it. The Delhi Police had given permission for a tractor parade on selected routes only, and with the proviso that the rally takes place after the official Republic Day parade on Rajpath concluded. However, chaos ensued as the farmers decided to head towards central Delhi in the morning itself. Notwithstanding the violence and chaos in the capital on Republic Day, the Centre is inclined to continue talks with the agitating farmer leaders, a top government source told. 

B) India’s heritage, military might on display at Rajpath. 

India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday across the country, albeit in a muted manner, due to the pandemic. Delhi Police advised people to watch the live telecast of Republic Day parade at home due to Covid-19 protocols. Invitees attending the parade at Rajpath had to comply with the Covid-19 advisory that included temperature check, use of sanitiser, mask, and social distancing. The Camel Contingent of Border Security Force take part at Republic Parade. The Camel Contingent of Border Security Force take part at Republic Parade. This time, there was no chief guest at the Republic Day parade. Additionally, the route of the marching contingent ended at the India Gate C-Hexagon instead of at the Red Fort. The parade culminated in a single Rafale aircraft flying at a speed of 900km/hr. This year also marked the first time that the newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft featured in India’s Republic Day fly past as it carried out the ‘Brahmastra’ formation by itself, and participated in the ‘Eklavya’ formation with four other fighter jets.

C) Padma awards for 2021 announced; late Col. Santosh Babu bestowed Maha Vir Chakra. 

Late singer and music composer S.P. Balasubramaniam, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan have been conferred India’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan. In the annual national honours list, singer K.S Chithra, former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, and Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are among the 10 recipients of the Padma Bhushan. The Padma Bhushan will be conferred posthumously to former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel, and Shia cleric Kalbe Sadiq. Colonel B Santhosh Babu, Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment, who was in Galwan as part of Operation Snow Leopard, and lost his life along with 19 others in the violent clash with China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) in June last year, has been posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), the country’s second highest war time gallantry award. Five other personnel deployed in Galwan have been awarded the Vir Chakra four of them posthumously. The Vir Chakra is the third highest war time gallantry award. Babu’s father said he was not 100% satisfied with the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously awarded to his son. More than 900 police and central armed police force (CAPF) personnel received medals, including 207 gallantry medals, on the eve of Republic Day. Assistant Sub Inspector Mohan Lal of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who was killed in the suicide attack in Pulwama on February 14, 2019, was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) posthumously. None of the 21 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel who faced Chinese aggression and thwarted incursions in various sectors in Eastern Ladakh last year in April-May received any medal this year. ITBP had recommended gallantry medals for the 21 personnel in August last year.

D) Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking transfer of petitions against U.P. anti-conversion law. 

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea to transfer to the court all petitions filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the new law that criminalises inter-faith marriages, Live Law reported. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde took exception to the request, and asserted that no constitutional court should be taken lightly. If the Allahabad High Court is going to decide the cases, why should we interfere? the top court asked. People are making light of High Courts these days. The High Court is a constitutional court.

E) Ayodhya mosque construction starts. 

The formal construction of the Dhannipur Mosque Project was launched on Republic Day with the unfurling of the tricolour, singing of the National Anthem, and the planting of saplings of various trees, including tamarind, mango, neem and guava at the five-acre plot in Dhannipur village here. The plot was allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government on the directions of the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit. The soil testing procedure for the structure has also been initiated. The members of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), which is overseeing the construction, assembled at the place at 8:30 am. After a brief Republic Day ceremony, conducted in the presence of police personnel, IICF chief trustee Zufar Faruqi planted the first sapling, a tamarind tree, to mark the symbolic and low-key start of the project in the one-third area of the plot that will be developed as a green patch. IICF chief trustee Zufar Faruqi planted a sapling, followed by other members to mark the symbolic and low-key start of the Dhannipur Mosque Project. IICF chief trustee Zufar Faruqi planted a sapling, followed by other members to mark the symbolic and low-key start of the Dhannipur Mosque Project. The project would comprise three parts: a mosque based on a modern design and a solar panel roof; a multi-specialty 200-bed hospital and community kitchen; and an Indo Islamic Cultural Research Centre, consisting of a library, underground museum and publication house. The project is estimated to cost around ₹100-110 crore, which would be collected through charity but without any door to door fund-raising, Hussain said. Incidentally, the organisers did not invite any of the former litigants or persons associated with the Babri Masjid case to the event. 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

A) Biden reimposes ban on travellers from Europe, adds South Africa to restricted list.

Reversing his predecessor Donald Trump’s policy, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday reimposed a ban on travellers from Europe and Brazil. The White House also barred travelers from South Africa from entering the U.S. due to the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus in that country. The President is taking these steps on the advice of his COVID-19 and medical team, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily press briefing. President Biden has decided to maintain the restrictions previously in place for the European Schengen area, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Brazil, Psaki said. The U.S. government has said that it will require airline passengers entering the country to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights. With the pandemic worsening and more contagious variants spreading, this isn’t the time to lift restrictions on international travel, Psaki said. And in light of the contagious variant B1351, South Africa has been added to the restricted list, she said. Additionally, beginning January 26, international travellers to the United States must provide proof of a negative test within three days of travel to airlines prior to departure, she added. This applies regardless of citizenship, she asserted.

B) Dutch police detain over 180 in third night of curfew.

Dutch police detained more than 180 people in a third night of unrest in cities across the Netherlands, where roaming groups of rioters set fires, threw rocks and looted stores in violence triggered by a night curfew aimed at curbing the coronavirus. The first curfew since the Second World War followed a warning by the National Institute for Health (RIVM) over a new wave of infections due to the British variant of the virus, and was imposed on Saturday despite weeks of declines in new infections. They have had riots in the past, but it’s rare to have this for several nights across the entire country, said National Police spokeswoman Suzanne van de Graaf. It’s not only in known problem areas, but much more widespread. Riot police with shields and batons were called out in more than 10 cities, many of which had issued emergency ordnance to provide officers with greater powers to conduct searches. Police scuffled with rioters in several cities late into the night, chasing them down narrow streets with vans or on foot as helicopters hovered overhead. In the capital Amsterdam, groups of youths threw fireworks, broke store windows and attacked a police truck, but were broken up by massive police presence. Ten police were injured in Rotterdam, where 60 rioters were detained overnight after widespread looting and destruction in the city centre, a police spokeswoman said. Supermarkets in the port city were emptied, while rubbish bins and vehicles were set ablaze. Two photographers were hurt after being targeted by rockthrowing gangs, police said. The Dutch government said it will not back down on its curfew. They don’t capitulate to people who smash shop windows. That is not the case, Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra was quoted as saying by Dutch news agency ANP.

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