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Computer Based Test Examination Held on 17 Jan, 2017
1. The UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rani-ki-Vav is located at…. .
(a) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
(b) Patan, Gujarat
(c) Konark, Odisha
(d) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
2. Complete the following series. C-3, E -5, G-7, I-9, ….
(a) K-11, M-13
(b) J-10, K-11
(c) J-11, L-13
(d) K-11, N-13
3. The Noble Prize in physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to ……….
(a) David J. Thouless
(b) Sir. J. Fraser Stoddart
(c) Yoshinori Ohsumi
(d) Bernard L. Feringa
4. A question and two statements labeled (I) and (II) are given. You have to decide which statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question.
Question
Among four friends – Arjun, Pavan, Neeraj and Sunil, who is the heaviest?
Statements
(I) Arjun and Pavan are of the same weight.
(II) Pavan weighs more than Neeraj, but less than Sunil.
Select the right option from the following.
(a) Statement I alone is sufficient.
(b) Both the statements together are needed
(c) Statement II alone is sufficient.
(d) Either I or II alone are sufficient.
5. VLSI stands for
(a) Very Large Scale Integration
(b) Village Level Systems Integrations
(c) Virtual Light System Information
(d) Verified Large System Integration
6. If ‘+’ means ‘÷’, ‘−‘ means ‘×’, ‘÷’ means ‘+’ and ‘×’ means ‘−‘ then 36 × 12 + 4 ÷ 6 + 2 – 3 = ?
(a) 1
(b) 39
(c) 40
(d) 42
7. National Tourism Award 2014-15, for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station was given to the ……. Railway station.
(a) Sawai Madhopur
(b) Madhubani
(c) Rajkot
(d) Pune
8. The median of the date 7, 21, 2, 17, 3, 13, 7, 4, 9, 7, 9 is
(a) 4
(b) 17
(c) 7
(d) 9
9. A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 22% while buying and selling fruits, by using tampered weights. His total gain in percentage is
(a) 48.5
(b) 48.84
(c) 48.25
(d) 48.75
10. What set of alphabets come next?
QPO, SRQ, UTS, WVU, …
(a) YXW
(b) XYW
(c) UWX
(d) ZXW
11. Below is a statement followed by some conclusions. Find which of the given conclusion logically follow(s) from the given statement.
Statement P > Q ≤ C ≤ B = M > D
Conclusions
(I) M > Q (II) D ≤ Q
(III) M = Q (IV) C < D
(a) Only either I or III is true.
(b) Only I is true.
(c) None is true.
(d) Only either II or IV is true.
12. The Indus valley civilization is an
(a) Copper Age Civilization
(b) Iron Age Civilization
(c) Axial Age Civilization
(d) Bronze Age Civilization
13. The volume (in cu. cm.) of a right circular cylinder with radius 7 cm and height 2 cm is :
Take π = 22/7)
(a) 308
(b) 308/21
(c) 308/7
(d) 310
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 14 and 15)
Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below it :
In a class of 100 students, 63 like apples and 76 like oranges.
14. How many of them like both apple and orange?
(a) 5
(b) 39
(c) 40
(d) 50
15. How many students like apple only?
(a) 24
(b) 37
(c) 76
(d) 39
16. The …… is the constitutional bead of Executive of the Indian Union.
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Chief Election Commissioner
(d) Chief Justice
17. Which among the following is the lowest computer storage size?
(a) 1 Gigabyte
(b) 1 Petabyte
(c) 1 Terabyte
(d) 1 Megabyte
18. Which is India’s slowest train currently?
(a) Mettupalayam-Ooty Nilgiri passenger train
(b) New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express
(c) Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express
(d) Pratapnagar-Jambusar passenger train
19. The host for Olympics games 2020 is
(a) Istanbul
(b) Doha
(c) Madrid
(d) Tokyo
20. As per the constitution of India, the retirement age of the supreme Court judges is
(a) 60 years
(b) 62 years
(c) 65 years
(d) 68 years
21. The term PC means
(a) Private Computer
(b) Personal Computer
(c) Professional Computer
(d) Personal Calculator
22. Mr Vishal buys a toy for Rs 50 and sells it for Rs 75. Find the gain percentage.
(a) 50%
(b) 55%
(c) 45%
(d) 60%
23. A woman invests Rs 200 at the start of each year at 5% compound interest per annum. How much will her investment be at the end of the 2nd year?
(a) 431
(b) 430.5
(c) 435
(d) 430
24. Which one of the following is the capital of the Union Territory Daman and Diu?
(a) Daman
(b) Diu
(c) Dabhel
(d) Bhimpore
25. Simplify : 3x(x+ 4) – x(x – 2)
(a) 2x2 + 14x
(b) 4x2 – 14x
(c) 4x2 + 14x
(d) 2x2 – 14x
26. The surface area (in sq. cm.) of a sphere with radius 3.5 cm is.
(Take π = 22/7)
(a) 154/7
(b) 154
(c) 54
(d) 54/7
27. Sathya invested money in FD. How much will he get on maturity. If Rs 14,500 is invested at 20% per annum compound interest for 6 months compounded quarterly?
(a) Rs 15,986.25
(b) Rs 15,986.5
(c) Rs 15,986.35
(d) Rs 15,986
28. … assumed the office the chairman of ISRO on January 14, 2015.
(a) Dr. K. Radhakrishan
(b) Dr. Krishnaswamy Kastrirangan
(c) Shri G. Madhavan Nair
(d) Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar
29. Find out the two signs to be interchanged for making the following equation correct.
5 + 3 × 8 – 12 ÷ 4= 3
(a) + and −
(b) + and ÷
(c) − and ÷
(d) − and ×
30. Simplify : (2.25)1/2
(a) 1.5
(b) 15
(c) 1.6
(d) 2/3
31. In a class test, a student scored 9 marks out of 25 marks. The student’s marks expressed as a percentage a
(a) 30
(b) 36
(c) 35
(d) 25
32. Select the combination of numbers so that letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful English word.
V A R S T E
1 2 3 4 5 6
(a) 231645
(b) 452316
(c) 425316
(d) 213654
33. ‘Manikarnika’ was the original name of which one of the following freedom fighter?
(a) Madam Cama
(b) Kittur Chennamma
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Rani Lakshmibai
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 34-36)
Read the statements given below and answer the question that follow :
(i) There are five friends.
(ii) They are standing in a two facing North.
(iii) Jai is to the immediate right of Ashok.
(iv) Pranesh is the only one between Bala and Subash.
(v) Subash is between Jai and Pranesh.
34. Who are standing next to each other?
(a) Subash and Bala
(b) Jai and Subash
(c) Ashok and Subash
(d) Ashok and Pranesh
35. Who is standing to the right of Pranesh?
(a) Jai
(b) Bala
(c) Subash
(d) Ashok
36. Who is the middle?
(a) Pranesh
(b) Subash
(c) Jai
(d) Ashok
37. Which of the following sports persons is NOT correctly matched with their respective discipline?
(a) Jitu Rai : Shooting
(b) Deepa Karmakar : Gymnastics
(c) P. V. Sindhu : Badminton
(d) Sakshi Malik : Boxing
38. Blood pressure : Cholesterol : : … : …
(a) Chlorophyll : Plant
(b) Hemoglobin : Blood
(c) Diabetic : Carbohydrates
(d) Blood Sugar : Blood Urea
39. If cot x = 5/12, then 
(a) 173/13
(b) 77/13
(c) 75/13
(d) 17/13
40. The slogan of World Environment Day 2016 was :
(a) Raise Your Voice, Not The Sea Level
(b) Go Wild for Life
(c) One Earth, One Family
(d) A tree for Peace
41. Below is a statement followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statement to be true even in if it seems to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statement.
Statement
Adversity makes a man wise.
Conclusions
(I) The poor are wise.
(II) Men learn from bitter experiences
(a) Only Conclusion I follows
(b) Either Conclusion I or II follows.
(c) Only Conclusion I follows.
(d) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
42. Heat : Cold : : … : …
(a) Large : Big
(b) Thin : Thick
(c) Tall : High
(d) Male : Child
43. … is a new programme launched in 2016 by the Ministry of science and Technology to empower farmer.
(a) National Crop Insurance Scheme
(b) Biotech-KISAN
(c) KISAN Technology
(d) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna
44. Find the fourth proportional to 2, 4 and 8.
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 16
(d) 18
45. Which one of the following books was written by Dr. Abdul Kalam?
(a) Rebooting India
(b) Imagining India
(c) Untouchable
(d) The Life Tree
46. Compute : 4992 ÷ 624 – 10
(a) 
(b) −2
(c) 2
(d) 
47. Which one of the following Indian states does not contain a portion of the Thar desert?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Haryana
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Punjab
48. The presence of free … in a substance makes it a conductor of electricity.
(a) positrons
(b) protons
(c) electrons
(d) neutrons
49. Vinod borrowed Rs 9000 at 5% per annum compound interest. The compound interest compounded annually for 2 yrs.
(a) Rs 922.5
(b) Rs 9921.5
(c) Rs 921.5
(d) Rs 9922.5
50. Dev sold a bus for Rs 2210 with a loss of 15%. At what price should be bus be sold to get a profit of 15%?
(a) Rs 2980
(b) Rs 3000
(c) Rs 2970
(d) Rs 2990
51. The Marine Gondwana Fossil Park is located in :
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat
52. Nita Ambani became the first Indian woman to join the ….. as an Individual member.
(a) International Olympic Committee
(b) International Paralympics Committee
(c) International Federation of Association of Foot ball (FIFA)
(d) Indian Olympic Association
53. Bending of light at the boundary between two media is the effect of ….
(a) Scattering
(b) Reflection
(c) Refraction
(d) Diffusion
54. Fill in the blank, 11, 10, …, 100, 1001, 1000, 10001 …
(a) 110
(b) 101
(c) 100
(d) 111
55. Freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged for the murder of
(a) J. P. Saunders
(b) Reginald Dyer
(c) John Simon
(d) James A. Scott
56. Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows(s) from the given statements.
Statements
Some Editors are Actors. All the Actors are Writers.
Conclusions
(I) Some Editors are Writers
(II) No Actor is Editor
(a) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
(b) Only Conclusion II follow.
(c) Only Conclusion I follow.
(d) Either Conclusion I nor II follows.
57. Seismologists Do NOT predict where major earth quakes are likely to occur based on
(a) the movement of the plates in the Earth
(b) the location of fault zones
(c) the positions of planets
(d) the history of earthquakes in the region
58. Kishlay travelled equal distances at speeds of 10 km/hr. 30 km/h and 2 km/h and took a total time of 38 min. Find the total distance in km.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4
59. … assumed office of the lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on 29th May, 2016.
(a) Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
(b) Shri. Najeeb Jung
(c) Shri. Farooq Khan
(d) Dr. Kiran Bedi
60. In February 2016, ……. was added as India’s 49th Tiger Reserve.
(a) Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Rajali Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand
(c) Bor Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
(d) Orang Tiger Reserve, Assam
61. If which is called Black, Black is called Red, Red is called Yellow, Yellow, is called Green, Green is called Blue, Blue, is called Violet and Violet is called Orange. What would be the colour of human blood?
(a) Green
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Yellow
62. If A is the brother of the son of B’s son, how is A related to B?
(a) Grandson
(b) Brother
(c) Son
(d) Father
63. Who among the following has served as the Finance Minister of India?
(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) K. R. Narayanan
(c) Shankar Dyal Sharma
(d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
64. Find the incorrect statement in regard to food.
(a) It is an inorganic substance
(b) It undergoes chemical reactions
(c) It is an organic substance
(d) It provides energy
65. If in a certain code TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT, how would STUDENT be written in the same code?
(a) UWVFGPV
(b) UWVGFPV
(c) UVWFGPV
(d) UVWFPGV
66. There are a total of 200 students in a school, of which 7/1th are boys. Find the number of girls in the school.
(a) 80
(b) 60
(c) 40
(d) 120
67. If the product of two numbers is 4941 and their LCM is 81, then their HCF is :
(a) 60
(b) 59
(c) 35
(d) 61
68. The value of (0.3)2 ÷ 100 = ?
(a) 0.09
(b) 0.0009
(c) 0.009
(d) 0.9
69. Find the HCF of 865 and 2595.
(a) 25
(b) 2595
(c) 865
(d) 5
70. The National Song of India, ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed in …. language.
(a) Pali
(b) Urdu
(c) Hindi
(d) Sanskrit
71. The mean of first 50 natural number is :
(a) 26.5
(b) 25.5
(c) 26
(d) 25
72. State Bank of India recently launched ‘SBI Exclusif. It is …. product.
(a) Wealth Management
(b) Loan
(c) Mutual Fund
(d) Insurance
73. Correct expression of 
(the bar indicates repeating decimal).
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
74. Cadaver refers to …
(a) a clinically alive human being
(b) a dead human body used for anatomy
(c) a live human being used for trial
(d) resurrected human body
75. According to the survey conducted by IRCTC in 2016, which of the following stations was NOT in the list of top 10 ranking for the cleanest stations in India.
(a) GANDHIDHAM – Western Railway
(b) BEAS – Northern Railway
(c) RARTAPGARH – Northern Railway
(d) NASIK ROAD – Central Railway
76. If A stands for ‘add’. B stands for subtract C stands for divide and D stands for ‘Multiply’, then what is the value of (7 D 3) B 6 A 5 (20 C 20)?
(a) 0
(b) 10
(c) 22
(d) 20
77. A container has two holes. The Ist hole alone empties the container in 15 min. and 2nd hole alone empties the container in 10 minutes. If water leaks out at a constant rate how long (in minutes) does it take if both the holes together empty the container?
(a) 6
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/7
(d) 7
78. A question and two statements labeled (I) and (II) are given. You have to decide which statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question.
Question
On which day of the week will Vimal celebrate his birthday.
Statements
(I) It is in February and 21st of February is a Tuesday.
(II) It is one the last day of the month
Select the right option from the following.
(a) Both the statements together are sufficient.
(b) Statement II alone is sufficient.
(c) Data insufficient
(d) Statement I alone is sufficient.
79. What is 15% of 82?
(a) 12
(b) 12.3
(c) 12.75
(d) 12.5
80. Two school vans start from a house at an interval of 8 min and travel with a speed of 25 km/hr. With how much speed (km/hr.) school a woman coming from the opposite direction towards the house travel, to meet the vans at an interval of 4 min?
(a) 25
(b) 27
(c) 26
(d) 24
81. A family consists of a grandmother, father, mother and their four sons with their respective wives. Further, each son has a daughter and two sons. How many females are there in all?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 9
(d) 10
82. If ROSE is coded as 6821 CHAIR is coded as 73456. What will be the code for SEARCH?
(a) 216473
(b) 217463
(c) 214763
(d) 214673
83. The commercial and marketing arm of ISRO is :
(a) Antrix Corporation Limited
(b) ISRO Satellite Corporation
(c) ISRO Marketing Corporation Limited
(d) Space Applications Centre
84. The cash difference between the selling price of an article at a profit of 8% and 12% is Rs 3. The ratio of two selling prices is :
(a) 27 : 28
(b) 27 : 29
(c) 29 : 31
(d) 27 : 31
85. Amrit is twice as good a painter as Kushal and together they finish a piece of work in 6 days. In how many days will Kushal alone finish the work?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 24
(d) 18
86. 16 men buil a model in 35 days. How many days would it take for 25 men?
(a) 22.2
(b) 22.1
(c) 22
(d) 22.4
87. Who among the following was awarded the Ashok Chakra (Posthumous) by President Pranab Mukherjee on the eve of independence Day 2016?
(a) Lt. Col. Niranjan Ek
(b) Neeraj Kumar Singh
(c) Lt. Navdeep Singh
(d) Havildar Hangpan Dada
88. … lake is suspected to have developed due to impact of a large meteorite on Deccan Basaltic rocks of cretaceous age.
(a) Lonar
(b) Venna
(c) Rankala
(d) Ambazari
89. Which of the following is NOT true in regard to Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
(a) It will replace luxury tax.
(b) It is a direct tax
(c) It will replace multiple taxes on a product or service
(d) It is an indirect tax
90. …… was a cargo vessel flagged off by the Minister of shipping in Ganga at Varanasi on 12th August, 2016.
(a) MV Joy Basudev
(b) MV Vishva Uday
(c) MV Jindal Kamakshi
(d) MSC India
91. Eyes ; Tears : : …. : …..
(a) Sea : Water
(b) Volcano : Lava
(c) Heart : Artery
(d) Hunger : Bread
92. Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given statements.
Statements
Some pearls are green. Some gems are ornaments.
Conclusions
(I) Some gems are pearls.
(II) Some ornaments are gems.
(a) Only Conclusion I follows.
(b) Either Conclusion I or II follows.
(c) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
(d) Only Conclusion II follows.
93. Which one of the following is a fairly good conductor of electricity?
(a) Mica
(b) Bakelite
(c) Graphite
(d) Dry air
94. Fill in the blank?
U, 0, I, …, A
(a) S
(b) G
(c) B
(d) E
95. The Arjuna Awardee for 2016 in the discipline of Football was :
(a) Subrata Paul
(b) Deepak Kumar Mondal
(c) Soumyajit Ghosh
(d) Suni Chhetri.
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 96-99)
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :]
Raw Cotton Procurement prices of a Spinning Mill.
96. The absolute p rice increase of which two year is the same?
(a) 2003 – 2004 and 2004 – 2005
(b) 2001 – 2002 and 2003- 2004
(c) 2001 – 2002 and 2002 – 2003
(d) 2000 – 2001 and 2001 -2002
97. What is the maximum increase in procurement prices in any two consecutive years (in percentage)?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 12%
(d) 11%
98. What is the average yearly increases in raw cotton procurement prices for the Spinning Mill from 1999 to 2007 ?
(a) 7.32
(b) 7.05
(c) 6.57
(d) 6.52
99. The prices in 2006-2007 is approximately what per cent of prices in 1999-2000?
(a) 132
(b) 158
(c) 144
(d) 150
100. Which is the correct ascending order of the given numbers?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
101. The number of sides of regular polygon whose interior angles are each 150° is
(a) 15
(b) 13
(c) 12
(d) 14
102. Deksha borrowed Rs 575 at 5% per annum simple interest. What amount (in rupees) will she pay to clear her debt after 4 years?
(a) 690
(b) 151
(c) 960
(d) 115
103. Divide Rs 130 in the ratio 3 : 6 : 8 : 9. The rupees in the respective ratios are given by
(a) 15, 30, 41 and 44
(b) 15, 30, 40 and 45
(c) 15, 30, 39 and 46
(d) 15, 31, 39 and 45
104. The ratio of the height of image to the height of object is known as
(a) Lateral inversion
(b) Mirror formula
(c) First law of reflection
(d) Linear magnification
105. ‘El Nino’ refers to a temperature anomaly in the …… ocean.
(a) Indian
(b) Pacific
(c) Southern
(d) Atlantic
106. A telephone bills costs Rs 11 for 2 minutes 30 seconds. What is the cost (in rupees) for 3 minutes 20 seconds? (Round up to one decimal.)
(a) 14.6
(b) 14.5
(c) 14.7
(d) 14.8
107. India’s first Auto Bio-CNG plant was inaugurated of Pune in August 2016 by the Union Ministers.
(a) Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari
(b) Nitin Gadkari and Manohar Parrikar
(c) Suresh Prabhu and Nitin Gadkari
(d) Manohar Parrikar and Venkaiah Naidu
108. What number comes next in the series?
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …
(a) 11
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 15
109. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the tenure of … as Chairman, Railway Board, by two years with effect from Ist August 2016.
(a) S. K. Roy
(b) Arunendra Kumar
(c) Deepak Gupta
(d) A. K. Mittal
110. Sparrow : Seed :: Silkworm : ?
(a) Maple
(b) Pine
(c) Mulberry
(d) Silk
111. Which of the following forts was called the “Troy of the East’ by the British?
(a) Golconda Fort
(b) Gingee Fort
(c) Agra Fort
(d) Amer Fort
112. Two numbers are in ratio 8 : 9 and their HCF is 56. Their LCM is
(a) 432
(b) 54
(c) 48
(d) 423
113. Bhanu takes a total of 6 hours 50 minutes in walking a distance and running back to same place where she started. She could walk both ways in 8 hours 30 minutes. The time taken by her to run both ways is
(a) 5 hrs 35 min
(b) 5 hrs 15 min
(c) 5 hrs 10 min
(d) 5 hrs 45 min
114. Python is
(a) a programming language
(b) an operating system
(c) an application program
(d) a complier
115. … won the best actress award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016.
(a) Deepika Padukone
(b) Sonam Kapoor
(c) Rituparna Sengupta
(d) Radhika Apte
116. Water: Ocean :: Snow : ?
(a) Mountain
(b) Glacier
(c) Hail
(d) Peaks
117. Raja’s mother is the only daughter of Nandhini’s father. How is Nandhini’s husband related to Raja?
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Uncle
(d) Grandfather
118. The Harappan Civilization flourished around 2500 BC in what we call today.
(a) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(b) Western India and Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan and Western India
(d) Indian and China
119. With reference to computing, an ‘Applet’ is … .
(a) A Java application
(b) Computer Virus
(c) A firefall
(d) A cookie
120. The President of the Indian Olympic Association.
N. Ramachandran, was awarded the Olympic order for his outstanding services to ….. .
(a) Athletics
(b) The Olympic movement
(c) Hockey
(d) Football
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