We’ll be back soon!

Select the correctly spelt word. 

1. Simulteneous

2. Simultaneous

3. Simultanous

4. Simultenaous

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pull someone’s legs

1. To make someone angry

2. To protect someone

3. To wish someone luck

4. To tease someone

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Expository

1. Dubious

2. Temperamental

3. Obligatory

4. Illustrative

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Other South African cities only / had one venue for staging exhibitions or / internationals events at highly standard.

1. No error

2. had one venue for staging exhibitions or

3. internationals events at highly standard

4. Other South African cities only

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

His successful as a lawyer / grew so fast that he soon had / enough money to buy a house.

1. enough money to buy a house

2. grew so fast that he soon had

3. No error

4. His successful as a lawyer

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He certainly failed to console the new king.

1. Gratify

2. Agitate

3. Coordinate

4. Satiate

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A state of perfect balance

1. Medieval

2. Irrelevant

3. Extempore

4. Equilibrium

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the

error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

My sister called me for my lunch hours to tell me that she was getting married.

1. No error

2. My sister called me for my

3. was getting married

4. lunch hours to tell me that she

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I ______ home before she arrived.

1. had left

2. left

3. has left

4. have left

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Please don’t ______ anyone that I came to your birthday party.

1. say

2. told

3. said

4. tell

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

A sustained decline in Chinese consumption would be even more ______ than the current US-China trade dispute.

1. worrying

2. mobilising

3. delaying

4. imagining

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who produces beautiful handwriting

1. Philosopher

2. Calligrapher

3. stenographer

4. Typographer

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

I tried to tell him to think of the good times, that every cloud has a silver lining.

1. Every difficult situation has a hopeful aspect to it

2. Doing something with thoroughness and passion

3. Treat people the same way as you want to be treated

4. Don’t cry over what has happened as it cannot be fixed

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Seclude

1. socialize

2. Blink

3. Isolate

4. Confine

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Admirable

1. Reasonable

2. Practical

3. Tolerant

4. Blameworthy

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No

improvement required'.

The enemies have cross the border, treading the soil on which they are to be conquered.

1. have crossing

2. No improvement required

3. have crossed

4. has crossed

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Consumers are not ready to purchase this citrus fruit at such a ______ price.

1. highest

2. higher

3. high

4. highly

Select the correctly spelt word.

1. Intreview

2. Interview

3. Interveiw

4. Intrvew

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Sparkling

1. Muffled

2. Dismal

3. Unexciting

4. Gleaming

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The first printed ______ of this book came in 193c:

1. excretion

2. insertion

3. edition

4. addition

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. is

2. has

3. are

4. have

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. one

2. a

3. the

4. an

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. upon

2. on

3. In

4. at

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. refused

2. issued

3. denied

4. chased

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. repairing

2. healing

3. removing

4. praying

Select the option that is related to the fifth word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word and the fourth

word is related to the third word.

Vehicle : Car :: Food : Pizza :: Crockery : ?

1. Table

2. Stove

3. Plate

4. Language

In a certain code language, 'PAR' is coded as ‘35' and 'GAT' is coded as ‘28'. How will 'FOM' be coded in that language?

1. 34

2. 32

3. 33

4. 35

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statement I: An IT employee working in XYZ company has two children.

Statement II: No other employee in XYZ has two children.

Conclusion I: Every employee in the company has at least one child.

Conclusion II: Some of the employees have more than two children.

1. Only conclusion I follows.

2. Neither conclusion I nor II follow.

3. Only conclusion II follows.

4. Both conclusions I and II follow.

Select the option in which the pair of letter-clusters share the same relationship as that shared by the given letter-clusters.

RS : IH

1. TM : GN

2. BX : CY

3. RS : IT

4. AJ : ZK

Six friends, Kushal, Keshav, Kishan, Kamal, Kanan and Kishore, are of different heights. Keshav is taller than only three other

friends. Kishore is taller than Kamal only. Kishan is shorter than Kushal only.Who is the third shortest among all the friends?

1. Kanan

2. Kishore

3. Kushal

4. Keshav

Five men O1, O2, O3, O4 and O5 are sitting around a circular table facing opposite to the centre (not necessarily in the same

order). Only one man is sitting between O4 and O5 in clockwise direction. Only one man is sitting between O3 and O4 in

clockwise direction. O1 is sitting to the immediate left of Oc:

Who is sitting third from the left of O2?

1. O4

2. O5

3. O1

4. O3

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

72, 66, 63, 57, 54, 48, ?

1. 39

2. 58

3. 43

4. 45

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statements:

Some peas are pineapples.

No pineapple is a broccoli.

All broccolis are potatoes.

Conclusions:

I. Some peas being potatoes is a possibility.

II. All pineapples being potatoes is a possibility.

1. Only conclusion I follows

2. Both conclusions I and II follow

3. Only conclusion II follows

4. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.

(36, 2, 3)(108, 6, 3)

1. (48, 4, 2)

2. (28, 4, 2)

3. (120, 5, 5)

4. (102, 3, 6)

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following

figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

In a certain code language, '254' means 'You are intelligent', '153' means 'Nikhil is intelligent', '398' means 'Naina and Nikhil', then

what is the code for 'is' in the same code language?

1. 1

2. 5

3. 3

4. 8

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

864, 432, 216, 108,?

1. 54

2. 36

3. 72

4. 12

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series

In a certain code language, ‘pinch of salt grey’ is written as ‘ab tr # kp’, ‘grey colour is black’ is written as ‘# jm bk if’ and ‘colour

are of track’ is written as ‘gt if ab fr’. How will ‘grey of’ be written in that language?

1. ab if

2. gt fr

3. ab #

4. gt #

Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

GA, MU, SO, ?, EC

1. ZI

2. ZJ

3. YJ

4. YI

By interchanging the two signs ÷ and + and two numbers 9 and 12 (NOT digits), which of the following equations will NOT be

correct?

I. 12 × 2 − 72 + 9 ÷ 57 = 69

II. 169 + 13 × 12 ÷ 3 − 9 = 108

1. Neither I nor II

2. Only II

3. Only I

4. Both I and II

What will be the value of the following expression, if ‘+’ and ‘×’ are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?

8 × 10 + 3−5 ÷ 6 =?

1. 12

2. 6

3. 8

4. 4

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the given pattern.

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the ma1111er in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following

figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is OT allowed).

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the

fourth number is related to the third number.

25 : 125 :: 32 : 160 :: 73 : ?

1. 383

2. 365

3. 195

4. 173

In a certain code language, 'SEAT' is written as '2' and 'CHARGE' is written as '4'. How will 'ONLINE' be written in that language?

1. 5

2. 3

3. 2

4. 6

Select the option that is related to the fifth letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first lettercluster and the fourth letter-cluster is related to the third letter-cluster.

CET : ZBQ :: KVO : HSL :: QRS : ?

1. NOS

2. NPS

3. NOP

4. NPO

The length of each diagonal of a rectangle is 50 cm. If its breadth is 14 cm, then what will be the area of the rectangle?

1. 784

2. 672

3. 832

4. 716

Ajay, Priti, Rakesh, Mehak, Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in a row facing north. Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in the centre. Ajay

and Priti are at the ends. Rakesh is sitting to the immediate left of Ajay.Who is sitting to the immediate right of Priti?

1. Mehak

2. Rakesh

3. Saloni

4. Yogesh

G₁ can do a piece of work alone in 20 days, G₂  can do the same piece of work alone in 40 days, while G₃ can do it alone in 60

days. They worked together and completed the work. If the combined share received by G₁ and G₂  is Rs2,700, then what is the

total amount received by all ihe 3 workers taken together?

1. Rs3,3oo

2. Rs3,600

3. Rs3,000

4. Rs3,900

The following table shows the amount (in ~ '000) received by a store-owner by selling 5 different brands of milk during a given

month.

The price per litre of milk of all the brands is Rs40 per litre. How many litres of milk, of all the brands taken together, were sold

by the store during that month?

1. 7200 litres

2. 8100 litres

3. 7500 litres

4. 7800 litres

After 4 years, Ramesh's age will be 50% more than what his age was 16 years ago. What is his present age?

1. 52 years

2. 46 years

3. 54 years

4. 56 years

The value   of  of  is:

1. 36

2. 39

3. 31

4. 33

A train covers a ce1tain distance at a speed of 80 km/h in 6 hours. Find the speed of the train for covering the same distance in

5 hours.

1. 88 kn/h

2. 90 kn/h

3. 86 kn/h

4. 96 kn/h

At a ce1tain rate simple interest per annum, a cenain sum amounts to Rs24,000 in 7 years and to Rs32,000 in 12 years. What is

the ra te of simple interest paid per annum?

1. 12.5%

2. 25%

3. 20%

4. 15%

A man rows from A to B (upstream) and B to A ( downstream) in 12 hours. The distance between A and B is 240 km. The rime

taken by the man to row 6 km downstream is identical to the tin1e taken by him to row 4 km upstream. What is the speed of the

stream?

1. 50/3 km/h

2. 35/3 km/h

3. 46/3 km/h

4. 25/3 km/h

In a week, the average temperamre of Sunday and Monday is 37.2^oC . The average temperature of Tuesday and Wednesday is

39.4^oC. Find the temperamre on Sunday if the average temperanue of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is 38.1^oC

1. 38.9^oC

2. 39 ^oC

3. 39.1^oC

4. 38.8^oC

Geeta bought a bag for Rs1,000 and spent Rs3OO on fixing the defects in the bag. Later, she sold it for Rs1,508. What is the

percentage of profit that Geeta earned through the sale?

1. 18%

2. 14%

3. 12%

4. 16%

The average of D₁ and D₂ is 40. The average of D₂ and D₃ is 45. The average of D₁ and D₃ is 55. What is the value of D₃ ?

1. 45

2. 55

3. 50

4. 60

A square of side p is taken. A rectangle is cut out from this square such that the length of one side of the rectangle is equal to

half of the length of one side of the square and the length of another side of the rectangle is equal to  of the length of the first

side of the rectangle. What is the area of the po11 io11 of the square that remained after the rectangle is cut out?      

What is the single discount that is equivalent to two successive discounts of 12.5% and 20%?

1. 28%

2. 27.5%

3. 30%

4. 31.5%

The selling price of a book is Rs 855. If the loss incurred through the sale is 10%, then what is the nominal amount of loss

incurred?

1. Rs95

2. Rs85

3. Rs85.5

4. Rs90.5

In what time does a sum of money amount to twice of itself at the simple interest of 25% per annum?

1. 10 years

2. 4 years

3. 8 years

4. 2 years

Mayank spend 35% of his monthly income on household items, 25% on electronic items, and 7% on medicines. He saves the

remaining amount of Rs11,550. What is Mayank's monthly income (in Rs)?

1. Rs35,000

2. Rs33,000

3. Rs40,000

4. Rs38,000

What is the average of 24, 42, 76, 44 and 54?

1. 48

2. 46

3. 43

4. 45

What is the value of   of ?

1. 46

2. 40

3. 54

4. 50

In a class of 1500 students, the percentage of girls is 30%. If 80% of the boys failed the examination, find t he number of boys

who passed in the examination.

1. 630

2. 210

3. 550

4. 840

Study the given bar-graph and answer the question that follows.

The bar-graph shows the population of six countries (in millions) in 20 IO and 2020.

In the USA, by what approximate percentage did the population increase by 2020 over its population in 2010?

1. 16.66%

2. 26.5%

3. 18.57%

4. 23.08%

How much air can be held in a closed cubical box, each of whose edges is 12 metres long?

1. 1872 cubic metres

2. 1728 cubic metres

3. 1278 cubic metres

4. 1827 cubic metres

If 3 : X :: 12 : 20, then what is the value of x?

1. 8

2. 10

3. 6

4. 5

The following pie-cha1t shows the sales in a restaurant in a day, in percentage terms.

If the total number of items sold in a day is 100, then what is the central angle made by the sector giving data about the sale of

'Sandwich' in the pie-cha1t?

1. 20^o

2. 72^o

3. 45^o

4. 90^o

What is the smallest perfect square number that is divisible by both 10 and 15?

1. 900

2. 360

3. 1800

4. 1200

Kajal can do a piece of work alone in 24 days, while Neha can do the same work alone in 40 days. Kajal started the work alone,

and then after 12 days, Neha jo ined her till the completion of the work. How long did the work take to be completed since Kajal

started to work on it?         

1.  days

2.  days

3.  days

4.  days

_______________ is commonly known as imperfect fungi because only the asexual or vegetative phases of these fungi are known.

1. Basidiomycetes

2. Ascomycetes

3. Phycomycetes

4. Deuteromycetes

When Alivardi Khan died in 1756, ______ became the nawab of Bengal.

1. Siraj-ud-daulah

2. Murshed Quli Khan

3. Mir Jafar

4. Mir Qasim

Which of the following countries had a higher average population density than India in 2020 as per Food and Agriculture

Organization and World Bank population estimates?

1. China

2. Bangladesh

3. Sri Lanka

4. Russia

Which of the following is a rabi crop?

1. Groundnut

2. Maize

3. Paddy

4. Gram

Which of the following pair of ‘Name of Ruler - Empire’ is correctly matched?

I. Mahapadma Nanda - Magadha Empire

II. Ajatasattu - Maurya Empire

1. Only I

2. Both I and II

3. Neither I nor II

4. Only II

____________, popularly known as Punjab Kesari took his last breath on November 17th, 1928

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2. Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Dadabhai Naoroji

4. Swami Vivekananda

How many types of igneous rocks are there?

1. Four

2. Six

3. Two

4. Five

In which state of India is the Gulbarga Fort situated?

1. Assam

2. Karnataka

3. Himachal Pradesh

4. Uttar Pradesh

Which of the following formulas is correct for Gross Value Added?

1. Gross Value Added = Gross Domestic Product - Subsidies + Taxes

2. Gross Value Added = Gross National Product - Subsidies + Taxes

3. Gross Value Added = Gross Domestic Product + Subsidies - Taxes

4. Gross Value Added = Gross National Product + Subsidies - Taxes

_____________ is broadly divided into Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

1. Himalayan mountains

2. Northern plains

3. Central highlands

4. Deccan plateau

Which Constitutional Amendment Act included Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution?

1. Thirty-second Amendment Act

2. Forty-second Amendment Act

3. Twenty-second Amendment Act

4. Fifty-second Amendment Act

Shovana Narayan is associated with which classical dance of India?

1. Kathak

2. Mohiniyattam

3. Sattriya

4. Bharatnatyam

Queen Rudramadevi belonged to which dynasty of India?

1. Kakatiya

2. Chola

3. Chera

4. Chalukya

In which state of India is the Moatsu festival celebrated every year?

1. Tamil Nadu

2. Nagaland

3. Karnataka

4. Jharkhand

Guru Bipin Singh received ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’ in the year 1966. He was a teacher of _______ dance.

1. Bharatanatyam

2. Odissi

3. Kathak

4. Manipuri

Smart cities and Academia Towards Action and Research (SAAR) scheme was launched by the ______.

1. Ministry of Culture

2. Ministry of External Affairs

3. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

4. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Which Indian Olympian is associated with golf?

1. Neeraj Chopra

2. Abhinav Bindra

3. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

4. Aditi Ashok

______ is used to get rid of indigestion.

1. Antiseptic

2. Analgesic

3. Antacid

4. Antibiotic

The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is known as __________.

1. adolescent population

2. age composition

3. occupational structure

4. migration

Which of the following terms is NOT associated with hockey?

1. Scoop

2. Flick

3. Run out

4. Hit

The SI unit of work is ______.

1. Hertz

2. Pascal

3. Joule

4. Decibel

Which of the following persons was conferred with the 57th Jnanpith Award?

1. Krishna Sobti

2. Damodar Mauzo

3. Kedarnath Singh

4. Amitav Ghosh

‘Waiting for a Visa’ is a 20-page autobiography written by _____________.

1. Ram Mohan Roy

2. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

3. Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Mahatma Gandhi

AR Rahman won the Grammy Awards for which movie?

1. Lagaan

2. Dil Se

3. Slumdog Millionaire

4. Roja

Which of the following Constitutional Amendment incorporated Dadra, Nagar and Haveli in the Union of India as a Union

Territory?

1. 10th

2. 14th

3. 12th

4. 19th