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APSC JE 2026: Junior Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (Advt. 27/2025), General Studies

  • Date: 22 February 2026
  • Paper code: Advt. 27/2025
  • Language: English
  • 16 pages
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25th Shanghai Cooperation Organi-          b.   Identi$ the correct statement.
         zation (SCO) Heads of State Council
        .Summit (2025t, was held in
                                                        (A) Central Council for Research in
                                                             Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)
        (A) Beijing         (B) Tianjin                      has revived the rare Ayurvedic
                                                             manuscrip ts- D raug aratnaleara
        (C) Moscow          (D) New Delhi                    Niglwnfu and Draugannmalcara
                                                             Nighanfii
   2.   _ won the men's singles title at                (B) The Ministry of AYUSH has
        the 2025 Wimbledon Tennis                           revived the rare Ayurvedic
        Championship.                                        manuscript, Draugaratnalcara.

        (A) Jannik Sinner                               (C) National Institute of Mental
                                                             Health and      Neurosciences
        (B) Carlos Alcaraz                                   (NIMHANS) has revived the rare
                                                             manuscript Drauganamakara
        (C) Novak Djokovic                                   Nighantu.

        (D) Roger Federer                               (D) AIIMS, Delhi has revived the rare
                                                            manuscript Draugantamnltara
                                                             Nighantu.
        The theme of the tenth Governing
        Council Meeting of NITI Aayog was
                                                   6,   In        weight category, Mirabai
        (A) Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat              Chanu won gold at the 2025
            @2047                                          -
                                                        Commonwealth Weightlifting Cham-
                                                        pionship in Ahmedabad.
        (B) Atmanirbhar Bharat
        (C) Digital India
                                                        (A) 4e kg        (B) 48 kg

        (D) None of the above                           (c) 50 kg        (D) 45 kg

        The digital academy and e-learning         7. Amalsad Chikoo, which has received
        platform for tribal art and culture           the Geographical Indication (GI) tag
        launched by the Ministry of Tribal            belongs to
        Affairs is
                                                        (A) Gujarat
        (A) Janjatiya Kala Kendra
        (B) Aadi Mahotsav                               (B) Madhya Pradesh

        (C) Adi Sanskriti                               (C) Odisha
        (D) VanvasiVishwavidyalaya                      (D) Kerala


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8. The full form of NISAR, the satellite        12. SAKSHAM-3000 is a high-caPacitY
    launched by ISRO on JulY 30, 2025 is             switch-router and is develoPed bY

      (A) National Indian Satellite lbr              (A) Bharat Electronics Limited
                                                          (BEL)
           Agricultural Research
                                                     (B) Centre for DeveloPment of
      (B) NASA-ISRO SYnthetic APerture                    Telematics (C-DOT)
           Radar
                                                     (C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
      (C) New Indian Satellite for Aerial                 (HAL)
           Reconnaissance
                                                     (D) Defence Research and DeveloP-
      (D) None of the above                               ment Organisation (DRDO)

 9.   The headquarters of the United                 Match the following GrouPs with
      Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
      (UNODC) is located in                          their Regions regarding their
                                                     historical presence in ancient India :
      (A) Geneva, Switzerland                           Groups                 Regions
      (B) New York, USA                              Indo-Aryans         1. Northern and
      (C) Paris, France                                                     Central India

      (D) Vienna, Austria                          b. Dravidians         2. South India
                                                   c. Tibeto-Burrnan 3. Eastern India
10.          and      signed the India-UK
                                                      speakers              (Jharkhand
       Free Trade Agreement  (FTA) in JulY
                                                                            and Odisha)
      -2025.
      (A) Narendra Modi, Rishi Sunak                  Austro-Asiatic     4. North-East
      (B) Amit Shah, Keir Starmer                     speakers              India and
                                                                            Himalayas
      (C) Narendra Modi, Keir Starmer
      (D) RishiSunak, NirmalaSitharaman               Choose the correct answer from the
                                                      codes given below.

11.   In the recently concluded cricket               (A) a        bcd
      Test series between India and South                  1       243
      Africa played in India, the outcome
      of the series was                               (B) a        bcd
                                                           1       234
      (A) India-O, South Africa-2
                                                      (c) a        bcd
      (B) India-l, South Africa-2                          1       432
       (C) India-O, South Africa-1                    (D) a        bcd
       (D) India-O, South Africa-3                         1       324


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L4. The organizatisn of society during               Select the correct answer using the
      the Ahom rule was known as                       codes given below.
      (A) Paik or Khel system                         H a     b         c    d
      (B) Tewalsystem
                                                          L 2           3    4
                                                      (-B)a b           c    d
      (C) Dewalsystem                                     4   g         2    1
      (D) Got system                                  (C) a   b         c    d
                                                          1324
  15. The Ahom king who first attempted               (D) a   b         c    d
      to establish cultural contacts with                 4   2         3    I
        Delhi and Hindu rulers of India was
        (A) Gadadhar Singha
                                                  18. The lirst urbanization in India is
        (B) Rudra Singha                              associated with
        (C) Jayadvaj Singha
                                                      B) Mahajanapadas
        (D) Siva Singha                               (B) Mauryan Empire
                                                      (c) Harappan (Indus) civilization
  16. which of the following is not
      correcfly matched?                              (D) Gupta Age
      (A) The Jaintia Rebellion-
                                 186H3            19. The Indian National congress was
      (B) The Phulaguri Uprising-1861                 founded in
       (C) The Patharughat Movement-
                              18e8                    (A) 191e          (B) 19os
       (D) The Assam Riots-1893-94                    (C) l8SZ          (D) r88S

 17. Match List-I with List-II :
             List-r                  List_n 20' In#;T:",r"3o**t""ro' was
           (Euents)                 (years)
   a. Jallianwala Bagh            1. 1919             H it only proposed economic
       Massacre                                           refor:rls
   b. Non-cooperation 2. l92o                         (B) it was set up by Gandhi
       Movement
   c. Salt Satyagraha 3. 1930                         (C) it supported Independence
   d. Quit India Movement 4. 1942                    (D) it had no [ndian member


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2L. Which one of the following                      29. IdentiS the correct statement
    statements is not correct?                          regarding Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

      (A) The lirst Session of the Assam                (A) Tilak popularized the term
          Association was held at                           'Swaraj'.
          Dibrugarh in 1905.                            (B) Tilak was the founder of the
      (B) Ghanashyam Barua was its                          Indian National Army'
          first General Secretary.                      (C) Tilak led the Non_violent Civil
                                                            Disobedience Movement'
      (c) The Assam Association wanted
          to uplift the common lives of                 1p) Tilak was a Moderate leader
          people in Assam.                                  who avoided confrontation with
                                                            the British'
      (D) The Association also represented
           mainly the interests of the rising
           middle class.                            24. The major aim of the Salt
                                                        Satyagraha was

 22. Match the Leaders with the                         (A) complete Independence
      Movements they are most associated
      with :                                            (B) breaking the Salt law and
                                                            boycotting British salt
         List-I             List-r
       (Leaders)          (Mouements)                   (C) formation of a new Government
a.' Mahatma Gandhi 1. Home Rule                         (D) abolition of Zamindari system
                                                        ,r\r
                          Movement
b. Subhas Chandra 2. Extreme                        25. The famous book, India Wins
    Bose                  Nationalism                   Freedom is the autobiography of
c. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. INA and
                          Forward Bloc                  (A) Bipin Chandra Pal
d. Annie Besant 4. Civil                                (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
                          Disobedience
                          Movement                      (C) Maulana Abul Iklam Azad
     Select the correct answer using the                (D) Lala Lajpat Rai
      codes given below.
      (Ala    b         c       d
          |   2         3       .4                  26. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang
                                                        visited Kamrupa during the reign of
      (B) a   b         c        d
          4321                                          (A) Bhaskaravarman
      (C) abcd/RlFrlraoqrtarra                          (B) Bhagadatta
          1      3      2       4
      (D) a      b      c       d                       (C) Naraka
          4      2      3                               (o) salastambha
                                '

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27. Where is        the Export Promotion               In which district of Assam, a
       Industrial Park situated in Assam?               semiconductor plant is being set up
       (A) Bamunimaidam                                 in partnership with one of the
                                                        subsidiary companies of the Tata
       (B) Amingaon                                     Group?
       (C) Chaygaon                                     (A) Morigaon
       (D) Haibargaon'                                  (B) Nagaon
       The Plastic Park situated at                     (C) Kamrup (Rural)
       Gelapukhuri is in which district of              (D) Sonitpur
       Assam?

       (A) Golaghat        (B) Dibrugarh          33.   SEED, an initiative under the
       (C) Tinsukia        (D) Dhemaji                  Department of Science and
                                                        Technolory, Government of India,
                                                        stands for
       The 'Make in India'initiative (20l4l
       targets increasing manufacturing                 (A) Science for Equity Empower-
       sector's share in GDP to what                        ment and Development
       percentage by 2025?
                                                        (B) Scientific Enquiry for Equitable
       (A) t6o/o           (B) 20%                          Development

       (c) 25o/o           (D) 30%                      (C) Scientific Evaluation for
                                                            Equitable Development
 30.   As a part of the 1991 reform                     (D) Science for the Earth, Equity
       measures, which Committee                            and Development
       recommended disinvestment in
       PSUs?
                                                  34. INSPIRE is a flagship programme of
       (A) NarasimhamCommittee                        the Department of Science and
       (B) Abid Hussain Committee                     Technolory to attract young talents
                                                      to science. Which of the following is
       (C) Rangara.ian Committee                      not an objective of INSPIRE?
       (D) Bimaf Jalan Committee                      (A) To build the required critical
                                                           human resource pool for
 31. Which of the following is a key                        strengthening science and
     component of the 'Digital India'                       technologr in the country
     initiatives?
                                                        (B) To expand science and techno-
       (A) Enhancing physical infra-                        logr system in the country
            structure
                                                        (C) To upgrade R & D base of the
       (B) Promoting traditional industries                 country
       (C) Providing digital infrastructure             (D) To generate recruitment oppor-
            as a utility to every citizen
                                                            tunities for the poor youth of
       (D) Increasing agriculture                           the country


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g5. Which institute has developed a              38. Which organization has launched
    next-generation device that produces             the Agricultural Monitoring and
    green hydrogen using only solar                          Detection (AMED) API for
                                                     PYt
                                                     Indian farmers?
    energr?
                                                     (A) Google
      (A) Indian Institute of Science,               (B) Indian Council of Agricultural
           Bengaluru                                     Research (ICAR)

      (B) centre for Nano and soft Matter            (c) Food and Agricultural organi-
                                                          zation (FAo)
          sciences, Bengaluru
                                                     (D) Ministry of Agriculture
      (C) National Physics Laboratory,
           New Delhi                             99. Which phase of            agricultural
      (D) rndian rnstitute or     rechnolory, il:lHl?;t""r"T;f"T"'J"1"y"Jl:
           Bombay                                    fike IoT and AI?
                                                     (A) Agriculture l'0
36. which institute has developed a                  (B) Agriculture 2'o
    bamboo-polymer composite as an                   (c) Agriculture 3'o
    eco-friendly alternative to plastic in           (D) Agriculture 4'0
      vehicle interiors?

      (A)IlT,Guwahati40.Nametheinstitutewhichdeveloped
                                        venom maps to predict the venom
      (B) IIT, Delhi                                 characteristics of Russell,s viper.
                                                     (A) University of Mumbai
      (C) IIT, Ahmedabad                             (B) AIIMS, Delhi
      (D) IIT, Bombay                                (c) Indian Institute of science,
                                                          Bengaluru
                                                     (D) IIT'' Delhi
97. which institute of India has
    developed Al-powered robot for               41. Which body is responsible for the
    border surveillance?                             devolution of taxes between Centre
                                                         states in India?
      (A) IIT, Madra"                                'nd
                                                     (A) NITI Aayog
      (B) IIT, Bombay                                (B) Finance Commission
      (C) . nT, Delhi
                                                     (c) Reserve Bank of India
                                                     (D) Ministry of Finance, the
      (D) IIT, Guwahati                                   Government of India



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42. Consider the following statements and              In which case did the Supreme
     identify the lnconect statement(s) :               Court of India concede the right of
      (a) The 42nd Amendment Act                        the Parliament to amend the Consti-
          (19761 is known as 'Mini                      tution but denied it the right to
           Constitution'.                               amend the basic structure of the
                                                        Constitution?
      (b) The 42nd, Amendment Act
           (L9761 added six new Directive               (A) Golai<nath Case
           Principles to the original list.             (B) Uma Devi Case
      (c) The 42nd Amendment Act                        (C) Kesavananda Bharati Case
           {1976l' transferred live subjects            (D) None of the above
           to Concurrent List from the
           State list.
      (d) The 42nd Amendment Act                        Identify the lncotrect statement
                                                        connected to the President of India.
           (19761 temporarily curtailed the
          judicial review power of High                 (A) President is considered as an
           Court.                                           integral part of the Indian
                                                            Parliament.
      Choose the correct aiswer from the
      codes given below.                                (B) He is a member of the
                                                            Parliament.
      (A) (a) only
                                                        (C) He summons and prorogues
      (B) (b) only                                          the meetings of the Union
      (C) (b) and (c) only                                  Parliament.
      (D) (b) and (d) only                              (D) No bill passed by the Indian
                                                            Parliament can become an Act
 43. Who among the following is/are not                     without his assent.
     appointed by the President of India?
     (A) Governors of the States                   47. Consider the following statements :
      (B) Chief Justice and'Judges of the              (a) Habeas colpus literally means a
          High Courts                                      demand to produce the body.
      (C) Vice President                               (b) Mandamus is a command to act
                                                           lawfully, and to desist from
      (D) Chief Justice and Judges of the                  perpetrating an unlawful act.
          Supreme Court of India
                                                       (c) Writ of prohibition is issued
44.   Which of the following State                         against the administrative
                                                            agencies.
      Governors enjoys special powers
      with regard to the administration of             Which of the above statements is/
      tribal areas?                                    are correct?
      (A) odisha                                       (A) (a) only
      (B) Madhya Pradesh                               (B) (b) only
      (C) Bihar                                        (c) (c) only
      (D) Assam                                        (D) (b) and (c) only


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Consider the following statements :       51. The Constitution of India names our
                                                    country as
      (a) The first meeting of the
           Constituent AssemblY was held             (A) Hindustan
           on 11 December 1946.                      (B) Bharat
      (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad was                    (C) India, that is Bharat
          elected as its Permanent                   (D) Bharatvarsha
           Chairman.
      (c) On 13 December L946, the                   The Constitution of India was
           Constituent Assembly adoPted              adopted by
           an Objective Resolution.
                                                     (A) the Constituent AssemblY
      Which of the above statements is/              (B) the Governor General of India
      are correct?
                                                     (C) the Parliament of India
      (A) (a) only                                   (D) the British Parliament
      (B) (b) only
      (C) (a) and (c) only         1
                                                53. Which of the following is not true
                                                    about our Constitution?
      (D) (a), (b) and (c)                           (A) A written Constitution
                                                     (B) Federal form of Government
49. As per the Indian Constitution, who              (C) Parliamentary form of Govern-
    is the Supreme Commander of the                      ment
    Armed Forces in India?
                                                     (D) Dual Citizenship
      (A) The Minister of Defence, India
      (B) The Prime Minister of India           54. Which of the following Indian States
                                                    does nothave Sixth Schedule areas?
      (C) The Chief of Defence Staff of
            India
                                                     (A) Meghalaya (B) Tripura
                                                     (C) Nagaland (D) Mizoram
      (D) The President of India
                                                55. As per the Constitution of India, who
50. The Lok Sabha has the supremacy                 has the power to frame laws on the
    in which of the following matters?              subjects mentioned in the Union List
                                                    of Schedule 7?
       (A) Railway Budget
                                                     (A) The Rajya Sabha
       (B) Defence Budget
                                                     (B) The Lok Sabha
       (C) Foreign Affairs                           (C) The Parliament
       (D) Financial Bill                            (D) The Legislative Council


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56.   Which of the following is/are                59.   Consider the following statements :
       essential characteristic(s) of the                 (a) BrahMos is a         supersonic
       basic structure of the Indian                          medium range missile.
       Constitution?
       (A) Supremacy of the Constitution                  (b) BrahMos is a cruise missile
                                                              that can be launched only from
       (B) Parliamentary Sovereignty                          land.
       (C) Federal Character of          the              (c) BrahMos is manufactured in
           Constitution                                       Hyderabad by BrahMos Aero-
       (D) Both (A) and (C)                                   space.
                                                          (d) BrahMos Aerospace is a joint
 57. Consider the following statements                        venture between India and
     regarding Compressed Natural Gas                         Israel.
     (cNG) :
                                                          Which of the above statements is/
     (a) The CNG does not produce any                     are not correct?
            greenhouse gas.
                                                          (A) (a) only
       (b) The CNG is used in vehicles due                (B) (b) only
           to high autoignition tempera-
            ture.                                         (C) (b) and (c) only
       Choose the lncon'ect statement                     (D) (b) and (d) only
       from the codes given below :
                                                          The headquarters of International
       (A) (a) only                                       Renewable Enerry Agency (IRENA) is
       (B) (b) only                                       located at
       (C) Both (a) and (b)                               (A) Abu Dhabi (B) Dubai
       (D) Neither (a) nor (b)                            (C) Geneva (D) New York
       Consider the following statements :          6L. Which of the following Indian States
                                                        have a boundary with Bangladesh?
       (a) Tejas is a Light Combat Aircraft             (a) Assam (b) Tripura
            (LCA).
                                                        (c) Meghalaya (d) Mizoram
       (b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
            (HAL) produces Tejas.                       Select the correct answer from the
                                                        codes given below.
       (c) Tejas is capable of mid-air
           refuelling.                                  (A) (a) and (b) only
       (d) Tejas is a multi-role jet fighter            (B) (a), (b) and (c) only
           and is powered by single                     (C) (a) and (c) only
            engine.
                                                        (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
       Which of the above statements are
       correct?                                     62. Durand Line is the border between
       (A) (a) and (b) only                             (A) India and Pakistan
       (B) (a), (b) and (c) only                        (B) Pakistan and Afghanistan
       (C) (a), (c) and (d) only                        (C) Iran and Afghanistan
       (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)                        (D) Iran and Iraq


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63. Consider the following statements                 67. The Southern tip of the Peninsular
    and select the correct statement(s)                   Plateau is formed by the meeting of
    from the codes given below :                          which two hill ranges?
      (a) Mercury is the hottest planet in                  (A) Western Ghats and Cardamom
          the solar system due to its                           Hills
           proximity to the Sun.                            (B) Eastern Ghats and Nilgiri Hills
      (b) Recent probes to Venus have                       (C) Western Ghats and Eastern
          found traces of water on the                          Ghats
           planet.
                                                            (D) Satpura and Vindhya
      (A) (a) only
      (B) (b) only                                    68.   ONGC's Palatana Power Project is
      (C) Both (a) and (b)                                  located in

      (D) Neither (a) nor (b)                               (A) Meghalaya (B) Assam
                                                            (C) Tripura (D) Kerala
      The largest river of all the west-
      flowing rivers of the Peninsular India          69. The 'Indira Point', India's southern-
      is                                                  most tip is located in
      (A) Tapti           (B) Narmada                       (A) Car Nicobar island
      (C) Krishna         (D) Kaveri                        (B) Little Andaman island
                                                            (C) Great Nicobar island
      Uranium is found in which of the                      (D) Middle Andaman island
      following rocks?
      (A) Sedimentary rocks                                 Identify the pair that correctly
      (B) Igneous rocks                                     matches a southern tributary with
                                                            its State of origin.
      (C) Metamorphic rocks                                 (A) Kopili-MeghalayaHills
      (D) Basalt rocks
                                                            (B) Dhansiri-Arunachal Pradesh
                            Indian oflicial                 (C) Digaru (Umtru)-Nagaland
66.   According to
      geography descriptions, the Thar                      (D) Bhogdoi-Manipur
      Desert is split into 'Great Desert'and
      'Little Desert'. Identiff the river that        71. The geographical area of Assam is
      marks the boundary between these
      two by its course.                                    (A) 72ooo sq. km
       (A) Luni river                                       (B) 78438 sq. km
       (B) Sabartrrati river
       (C) Ghaggar river                                    (C) 83500 sq. km
       (D) Indus river                                      (D) 69210 sq. km


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72. Which of the following is not a                 76. Folk dance 'Veeragase'is symbolic of
     topographical division of Assam?
                                                           (A) celebration of harvest moon
       (A) Brahmaputra valley
                                                           (B) rituals for peace treaties
       (B) Surma valley
                                                           (C) heroism and valour of
       (C) Assam ranges                                        Veerabhadra during mytho-
       (D) Shillong plateau                                     logical conflict

 79. Which of the following districts of                   (D) fertility workshop
     Assam has/have boundary with
       Bhutan?                                       ?7. The Karnataka 'Puj? Kunitha' folk
                                                         dance is traditionally performed to
       (a) Kokrajhar (b) Udalguri                        propitiate
       (c) Sonitpur (d) Bongaigaon                         (A) sea deities
       Select the correct answer from the                  (B) harvest deities only
       codes given below.
       (A) (a) only                                        (C) Goddess Shakti
       (B) (a) and (b) only                                (D) village ancestors
       (C) (a), (b) and (c) only                           The 'Feast of Merit' among Naga
       (D) (a), (b) and (d) only                           Communities functions historically
                                                           to
 74. The Paa Saa festival of Arunachal
     Pradesh primarily celebrates
                                                           (A) celebrate victory in war
       (A) traditional Tai Khamti dance                    (B) confer social status and honour
                                                                upon the host
       (B) preparation.of a traditional fish
            dish                                           (C) raise funds for festivals
       (C) harvest rituals of the Tai                      (D) mark the New Year
            Khamti
       (D) bamboo handicraft making                  ?9.   Name the month in               which
                                                           Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati is
       The Tribal and Folk Art Scheme                      celebrated.
       under the South Central Zone                        (A) April         (B) May
       Cultural Centre (SCZCC) supports
       which of the following among its                    (C) June          (D) July
       participating States?
       (A) Only classical musicians                  80. Which of the following dance forms
       (B) Preserwation and promotion of                 is associated with the tea gardens of
                                                           Assam?
            tribal folk art forms including
            performances, festivals, costumes              (A) Bihu dance
            and musical instruments
                                                           (B) Jhumur dance
       (C) Building new theatres only
                                                           (C) Sattriya dance
       (D) Only visual arts, not dance or
            music                                          (D) Chhau dance


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81. What is 'Thuria'?                                85. If A is the brother of B, B is the
    (A) It is a design worn as an                         sister of C and C is the father of D,
        earring by ancient Assamese                       how is D related to A?
            women.                                        (A) Father
      (B) It is a special dish prepared                   (B) Brother
          during the celebration of Bihu
          in ancient time.                                (C) Cousin
      (C) It is a traditional cloth worn by               (D) Nephew/Niece
          male Bihu dancers.
      (D) It is a form of traditional folk           86. A I kilometre long train is running
          muSic sung during festivals.                    at a speed of 60 km per hour. It is
                                                          passing through a tunnel which is
                                                          1000 metres long. How much time
A2. The Cultural Mapping of Art and                       will the train take to come out of the
    Ethnicity of Assam Project aims                       tunnel completely?
      primarily to
      (A) create a tourism brochure of                    (A) 1 minute (B) 2 minutes
           ethnic outfits                                 (C) 5 minutes (D) 29 minutes
      (B) :documentation   and scientifi-
           cally preserve dft, traditions            a7. Find the next number in the series      :

           and cultures of Assam's ethnic                      22, 21, 19, 16, 12, .?..
            groups
      (C) export tribal           handicrafts             (A) 10            (B) e
            globally
      (D) promote one lingua franca                       (c) 8             (D) 7
            among all tribes in Assam
                                                     88. On selling 17 balls at( 72O, there is
83. Ankia /Vaaf was written by                           a loss equal to the cost price of
                                                          5 balls. The cost price of a ball is
    (O Srimanta Sankardev
    (B) Madhavdev                                         (A) il s0         (B) r 60
    (C) Srimanta Sankardev and                            (c) t 6s          (D) r s5
            Madhavdev
      (D) Srimanta Sankardev and                     89. Paw : Cat :: Hoof : ?
            Madhava Kandali
                                                         (A) Ttger       (B) Horse
84. Introducing a man, Mukul said, oHis                  (C) Elephant (D) Wolf
      wife is the only daughter of my wife".
      How is Mukul related to the man?
                                                     90. When we multiply the first 5 prime
      (A) Father                                          numbers, we get
      (B) Grandfather
                                                          (A) 232e          (B) 2310
      (C) Father-in-law
      (D) Son-in-law                                      (c) 2L3o          (D) 2317

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91. A student scored the following marks           96. In a certain code ALPACA is written
     in five of six subjects :                           as ACAPLA. How will ANIMAL be
                                                         written in that code?
            91, 86, 81,79 and 92
       The average of his/her marks in six
                                                         (A) LAMTNA       (B) ALAMTN
       subjects is 85. How many marks did                (c) Lq,MNr.A     (D) AAMLTN
       he/she receive in the sixth subject?
       (A) 83             (B) 85                    97. Prabir starts for his oflice every
                                                         morning at 9:15 a.m. and reaches
       (c) 81             (D) 88                         there at 9:55 a.m. On Wednesday,
                                                         he started five minutes later than
 92.   In the first 10 overs of a cricket                the time he started on Friday. Three
       match, the run rate was only 3.20.                days out of five days in the week he
       What should be the run rate in the                started late out of which Friday was
       remaining 40 overs to reach the                   one of.the days. On how many days
       target of 3O2 runs?
                                                         he started in time?
       (A) 6.2s           (B) 6.s0
                                                         (A) Two days (B) Three days
       (c) 6.75           (D) 7.oo
                                                         (C) Four days (D) One day
 93. A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He
     then calls B and they together finish         98. If the day .before yesterday was
     the remaining work in 3 days. How                   Thursday, when will Sunday be?
     many days B alone would take to do
     the whole work?                                     (A) Tomorrow
       (A) 29 days (B) 34Yz days                     ,   (B) Day after tomorrow
       (C) 3672 days (D) 37Yz days                       (C) Today
 94. Find the next number in the series.                 (D) None of the above
           2,6, 12,20, 30, .?..                    99, Metal is related to CONDUCTIQN in
                                                         the same manner in which Plastic is
       (A) 38        (B) 40                              related to
       (c) 42        (D) 44                              (A) TNDUCTTON
 95.   Sudeshna is richer than Rima                      (B) INFLAMMATION
       whereas Ananta is richer than Priya.
       Amal is as rich as Rima. Shyama is                (c) TNSULATTON
       richer than Sudeshna. Which of the                (D) PETROCHEMTCALS
       following statements is correct
       according to the above propositions?
                                                   1OO. A is the father of B and C. B is the
       (A) Rima is poorer than Priya.                   son of A but C is not the son of A.
       (B) Priya is richer than Amal.                   What is C's relation with A?
       (C) Amal is poorer than Sudeshna.                 (A) Daughter (B) Son
       (D) Ananta is richer than Rima.                   (C) Niece    (D) Nephew

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