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Introducing Rukmani, Vijay said, “She is my wife’s only brother’s son’s mother.” How is Rukmani’s husband related to Vijay?

1. Brother-in-law

2. Father-in-law

3. Son

4. Father

Select the term that will come next in the following series.

2, 7, 17, 32, 52, ?

1. 77

2. 126

3. 102

4. 134

Two different positions of a dice are shown below. Which number appears on the face opposite the number ‘1’?

1. 2

2. 3

3. 5

4. 4

Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed to the right of the figure. 

Select the figure in which the given figure is embedded

Find the missing number from the below options.

6     24     96

7     28   112

13    52    ?

1. 208

2. 232

3. 116

4. 142

‘Stag’ is related to ‘Doe’ in the same wayas ‘Bull’ is related to ............

1. Vixen

2. Ox

3. Mare

4. Cow

A square paper is folded and cut as shown below. How will it appear when unfolded ?

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

Find the missing number from the below options.

50   31   9

43   11    6

42   21     ?

1. 5

2. 9

3. 6

4. 7

Select the option thatis related to the third word in the same wayas the second word is related to the first word.

Potato : Starch :: Stevia : ?

1. Salt

2. Butter

3. Sugar

4. Milk

Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they

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

Statements:

All humans are parents.

All parents are teachers.

Conclusions:

I. Some teachers are parents.

II. Some teachers are humans.

1. Either conclusion I or II follows

2. Only conclusion II follows

3. Both the conclusions follow

4. Only conclusion I follows

Vishal is three times as old as Saksham. After 8 years, he will be two times as old as Saksham. After further 8 years, what will be

Vishal’s age?

1. 48 years

2. 24 years

3. 40 years

4. 32 years

Select the terms that will replace ? in the following series

K, M, O, ?, S, U, ?, Y

1. Q, X

2. Q, W

3. P, W

4. R, W

Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and oneis different. Pick the odd oneout.

1. DWKO

2. HSYB

3. QJUF

4. GTXC

Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?

12 × 8 ÷ 36 + 3 − 6 = 102

1. + and −

2. ÷ and +

3. × and +

4. ÷ and ×

Arrange the following words in a logical and meaningful order.

1. Brass

2. Gold

3. Silver

4. Platinum

5. Iron

1. 2, 1, 5, 3, 4

2. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

3. 3, 1, 5, 2, 4

4. 5, 1, 3, 2, 4

If N = 28 and ORE = 76, then how will you code PALE?

1. 72

2. 68

3. 19

4. 76

In a code language, PAINTER is written as SCLPWGU. How will WRITER be written in the same language?

1. ZTLVGV

2. ZTLVHU

3. ZTLVHT

4. YTLVHT

Select the letter cluster that will come next in the following series.

GZI, HYJ, IXK, JWL, ?

1. KVM

2. KUM

3. JVN

4. LVM

Select the option that is related to the third numberin the same way as the second numberis related to the first number.

9 : 86 : 13 : ......

1. 175

2. 135

3. 174

4. 124

Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and oneis different. Pick the odd one out.

1. 13-234

2. 7-126

3. 11-198

4. 9-164

Choose the Venn diagram from the given options which best represents the relationship amongst the following classes:

Cup, Table, Crockery

Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd word out.

1. Earth

2. Jupiter

3. Mars

4. Metis

How many triangles are there in the following figure ?

1. 34

2. 30

3. 28

4. 32

In January, _____ was named World No.1 boxer by International Boxing Association (AIBA).

1. Mary Kom

2. Laishram Sarita Devi

3. Simranjit Kaur

4. Lovlina Borgohain

In which year did Vasco De Gama land in Calicut (Kozikode)?

1. 1498

2. 1458

3. 1472

4. 1442

Who among the following was the first president of the Republic of China?

1. Yuan Shikai

2. Hu Jintao

3. Li Xiannian

4. Yang Sangkun

Who among the following is/was the longest serving prime minister of Bangladesh?

1. Shah Azizur Rahman

2. Khaleda Zia

3. Sheikh Hasina

4. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

India of My Dreams' is a compilation of the writings and speeches of ______.

1. Jawaharlal Nehru

2. Dr Rajendra Prasad

3. Mahatma Gandhi

4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura became states under ______.

1. North Eastern Retention (Reconstruction) Act, 1971

2. North Eastern Republic of India Act, 1972

3. North Eastern Region New State Act, 1972

4. North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971

Name the woman of Indian origin who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo in

the year 2006.

1. Kiran Majumdar Shaw

2. Kalpana Morparia

3. Indra Nooyi

4. Chanda Kochhar

As per Mankiw's Principles of Economics, the standard of living of a country depends on the country's ______.

1. nominal wages

2. government policy

3. ability to produce goods and services

4. average wages

Identify the unit of measuring intensity of sound.

1. Decibels

2. Knots

3. Candela

4. Ampere

Which instrument is used to measure the intensity of light produced by an unknown source

in terms of a standard source?

1. Dynamometer

2. Calipers

3. Photometer

4. Ammeter

Daringbadi hill station is located in the Indian state of ______.

1. Maharashtra

2. Kerala

3. West Bengal

4. Odisha

In which year did the Patharughat Peasant Uprising against the tax policies of British take

place in Assam?

1. 1873

2. 1862

3. 1885

4. 1894

Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?

1. E M S Namboodiripad

2. Pattom A Thanu Pillai

3. R Shankar

4. C Achutha Menon

Which Indian state launched the PRANAM Commission to protect parents of government

employees?

1. Assam

2. Haryana

3. Maharashtra

4. Punjab

Who discovered the first vaccine for smallpox?

1. Louis Pasteur

2. John Hunter

3. Alexander Fleming

4. Edward Jenner

The 'Diphu Pass' which is the tri-junction between India, Myanmar and China is on this

Border Line?

1. Durand Line

2. Radcliffe Line

3. McMahon Line

4. Palk Strait

Which of the following is the third highest waterfall in India?

1. Nohkalikai falls

2. Courtallam Falls

3. Suruli Falls

4. Agaya Gangai

In January 2019, _____ became the first Indian state to implement 10% reservation for the

economically weaker sections.

1. Tripura

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Gujarat

4. Odisha

When the output is equal to zero, the variable cost is ______.

1. constant

2. zero

3. minimum

4. maximum

Kandyan Dance' is a typical dance form practiced in ______.

1. Nepal

2. Sri Lanka

3. India

4. Bhutan

Which Indian archer won the gold medal in the women's recurve event at the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup?

1. Bombayla Devi Laishram

2. Chekrovolu Swuro

3. Deepika Kumari

4. Dola Banerjee

The Indian badminton player who won the Canadian Open Women's Doubles title in 2015 along with Ashwini Ponnappa was

_____.

1. P V Sindhu

2. P C Tulasi

3. Saina Nehwal

4. Jwala Gutta

Which of the following is the chemical name of baking soda?

1. Sulphate

2. Sodium carbonate

3. Sodium hydrogen carbonate

4. Calcium hydroxide

Kazi Nazrul Islam is the national poet of ______.

1. Indonesia

2. Pakistan

3. Afghanistan

4. Bangladesh

According to _____, pressure is equal to the force divided by the area on which it acts.

1. Hooke's Law

2. Newton's Law

3. Pascal's Law

4. Stefan-Boltzmann Law

An article is sold for Rs1,680 after two successive discounts of 20% and 16%. What is the marked price of the article?

1. Rs2,400

2. Rs2,500

3. Rs2,200

4. Rs2,300

If  is equal to

 ABC PRQ and PQ = 4 cm, QR = 7 cm and PR = 8 cm. If ar( ABC) : ar( PQR) = 1 : 4, then AC is equal to:

1. 2 cm

2. 3.7 cm

3. 4 cm

4. 1 cm

If a : b = 2 : 3 and c : b = 5 : 6, then a : b : c is equal to:

1. 10 : 15 : 18

2. 6 : 9 : 16

3. 4 : 6 : 5

4. 6 : 9 : 12

The table below indicates the percentage of students and the ratio of boys and girls in the various streams of a college. (Total students = 2600)

In which stream, is the difference in the percentage of boys and girls minimum?

1. ME

2. ME

3. ME

4. ME

A train without stoppage travels with an average speed of 72 km/h and with stoppage,it travels with an average speed of 60

km/h. For how many minutes doesthe train stop on an average per hour?

1. 10

2. 6

3. 12

4. 8

The value of   is equal to:   

1. 

2. 8

3. 

4. 6

If the six digit number 4x573y is divisible by 72 then the value of (x + y) is:

1. 4

2. 6

3. 8

4. 9

In ABC, AD is a median and is a point on AD such that AP : PD = 3 : 4. Then ar( BPD) : ar( ABC)is equal to:

1. 2 : 7

2. 4 : 7

3. 2 : 5

4. 1 : 3

Ina circle with centre O, AB is the diameter and CD is a chord such that ABCD is a trapezium. If  BAC = , then CAD is equal

1. 18^o

2. 72^o

3. 36^o

4. 54^o

Ina class of 40 students, 45% are girls and the remaining are boys.If the average of the girls’ marks is 54 and that of the boys is 46, what is the average of the whole class?

1. 49.6

2. 49.7 

3. 49.8

4. 49.5 

The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on Rs x at 7.5% per annum for 2 years is Rs 45. What is the

value of x?

1. 9,000

2. 7,000

3. 10,000

4. 8,000

Two articles are sold for Rs5,104 each. On one, the seller gains 16% and onthe other, he loses 12%. Whatis his overall gain

percent, nearest to two decimal places?

1. 0.10%

2. 0.08%

3. 0.12%

4. 0.14%

Two chords AB and CD of a circle when produced, meet at a point P outside the circle. If AB = 6 cm, PB = 5 cm, PD = 4 cm, then

CD is equalto:

1. 7.5 cm

2. 8.25 cm

3. 9.75 cm

4. 7.75 cm

The radii of the two circular faces of the frustum of a cone are 5 cm and 4 cm.If the height of the frustum is 21 cm, what is it volume in cm³ ? 

1. 902

2. 638

3. 1056

4. 1342

If (a+b) = 6 and ab  =   , then  is equal to: 

1. 120

2. 190

3. 220

4. 150

A is 40% more efficient than B and C is 20% less efficient than B. Working together, they can complete a task in 20 hours. In how

many hours will A alone complete 35% of that task?

1. 14

2. 15

3. 13

4. 16

The table below indicates the percentage of students and the ratio of boys and girls in the various streams of a college. (Total

students = 2600)

If the data about the number of girls enrolled in the various streams is represented by a pie-chart, what is the central angle of the

sector representing the number of girls in the ME stream, to the nearest whole degree?

1. 72^o

2. 70^o

3. 74^o

4. 68^o

 If a + b + c = 6 and ab + bc + ca = 4, then a³ +b³+c³ is equal to:

1. 154

2. 144

3. 148

4. 160

The price of sugar is increased by 17%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 8% only. By what percent should he

decrease his consumption, nearest to one decimal place?

1. 7.9%

2. 8.1%

3. 8.3%

4. 7.7%

If , then  is equal to: 

1. 54

2. 62

3. 66

4. 40

The value of: 7.2 + (8.4 ÷ 0.12 × 0.2) − 5 × 180 ÷ 3 + 3

1. -275.8

2. -75.8

3. 21.2

4. -175.8

If , then is equal to

1. 20^o

2. 35^o

3. 25^o

4. 30^o

The table below indicates the percentage of students and the ratio of boys and girls in the various streams of a college. (Total students = 2600)

What is the ratio of boys and girls in the college? 

1. 1 : 1 

2. 6 : 7

3. 5 : 6

4. 7 : 8

The table below indicates the percentage of students and the ratio of boys and girls in the various streams of a college. (Total students = 2600)

What is the ratio of students studying in CS and IT?

1. 12 : 13

2. 6 : 7

3. 9 : 11 

4. 11 : 13

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,

select No improvement.

The big farmers with deepest tubewells still have water, but many others face a water crisis.

1. in deep tubewells

2. No improvement

3. through deepest tubewells

4. with deeper tubewells

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

A place for storing guns and military equipment

1. aviary

2. archive

3. arsenal

4. apiary

Select the correctly spelt word.

1. afliction

2. exhibition

3. tution

4. voilation

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

CRUCIAL

1. imperative

2. pivotal

3. critical

4. trivial

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. But the rest of the students were rushing past her for a break, like she didn't exist.

B. She slowly pushed open the library door and took a seat at one of the tables in the corner.

C. And today, Jessica really felt like maybe she didn't exist.

D. When the bell rang for lunch, Jessica took her lunch box and started moving towards the library.

1. BDCA

2. DACB

3. DBCA

4. CADB

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The ship sailed smoothly owing to ______ winds.

1. tempestuous

2. favourable

3. turbulent

4. boisterous

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. Then, they spread as the unmined coal starts burning with oxygen drawn from pores and mine shafts.

B. An entire township- Jharia is to be relocated because of the uncontrollable underground fires.

C. These fires start mostly from burning trash close to coal pits.

D. This is a grave threat as poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide rise up from underground fires.

1. CDAB

2. BDAC

3. BCAD

4. DCAB

Select the correctly spelt word.

1. desperete

2. desparate

3. disparat

4. desperate

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

TACITURN

1. reticent

2. phlegmatic

3. placid

4. talkative

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

The length of a male swallow's tail reveal his attractiveness for a female swallow.

1. a female swallow

2. a male swallow's tail reveal

3. The length of

4. his attractiveness for

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

MAMMOTH

1. miniscule

2. magnificent

3. gigantic

4. perilous

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

The boss is going to blow his top when he discovers the blatant mistake in the balance sheet.

1. attack fiercely

2. be very embarrassed

3. be very angry

4. dismiss from job

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Heavy taxes have been imposed on luxury items by the government.

1. The government is imposing heavy taxes on luxury items.

2. The government has imposed heavy taxes on luxury items.

3. The government imposed heavy taxes on luxury items.

4. The government had imposed heavy taxes on luxury items.

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

My father dissuaded me to try for a job as he wanted me to pursue higher studies.

1. My father dissuaded me

2. to pursue higher studies

3. to try for a job

4. as he wanted me

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

A mountaineer has to walk the tight rope as a small slip can prove to be fatal.

1. be very cautious

2. be very nervous

3. be an expert

4. be well trained

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,

select No improvement.

Some agitating miners allegation that there is no emergency measures inside the mines.

1. No improvement

2. miners alleged that there were

3. miners' allege that there is

4. miner's allegation that there are

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

A place where fruit trees are grown

1. orchard

2. garden

3. plantation

4. farm

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

She never trusted anyone.

1. No one was ever trusted by her

2. Anyone is not trusted by her.

3. Her trust was never for anyone.

4. She was never trusted by anyone.

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

COVETOUS

1. benevolent

2. mercenary

3. avaricious

4. acquisitive

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

A ______ speech is certainly more effective than one which is verbose.

1. laconic

2. sullen

3. lengthy

4. surly

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 blank.
Comprehension:
Ironically, the dams that were constructed to (1)______ floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir. The (2)______
of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated- the flood situation (3)______ Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods (4)______
not only life and property but also caused soil erosion. Sedimentation (5)______ the plains of silt, a natural fertilizer.

Question:

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

1. dominate

2. resist

3. reduce

4. control

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 blank.
Comprehension:
Ironically, the dams that were constructed to (1)______ floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir. The (2)______
of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated- the flood situation (3)______ Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods (4)______
not only life and property but also caused soil erosion. Sedimentation (5)______ the plains of silt, a natural fertilizer.

Question:

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

1. restraint

2. liberation

3. collection

4. release

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 blank.
Comprehension:
Ironically, the dams that were constructed to (1)______ floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir. The (2)______
of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated- the flood situation (3)______ Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods (4)______
not only life and property but also caused soil erosion. Sedimentation (5)______ the plains of silt, a natural fertilizer.

Question:

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

1. along

2. among

3. through

4. In

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 blank.
Comprehension:
Ironically, the dams that were constructed to (1)______ floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir. The (2)______
of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated- the flood situation (3)______ Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods (4)______
not only life and property but also caused soil erosion. Sedimentation (5)______ the plains of silt, a natural fertilizer.

Question:

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

1. devastated

2. plundered

3. smashed

4. devoured

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 blank.
Comprehension:
Ironically, the dams that were constructed to (1)______ floods have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir. The (2)______
of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated- the flood situation (3)______ Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods (4)______
not only life and property but also caused soil erosion. Sedimentation (5)______ the plains of silt, a natural fertilizer.

Question:

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

1. deprived

2. destroyed

3. disabled

4. distributed