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MKG-XXIII/GENASKl1 TIDS
i) General Ayvareness
1. Name the current President of the Indian 7. Which year was the International Solar
National Science Academy (INSA). Alliance founded?
(A) Thanju Bansal (A)2017
(B) Anil Kakodkar (B) 2018
(C) C. N. R. Rao (C) 2015
. (D) A. K: Sood (D) 2016
2. Who was the first Vice President of 8. Erode, a tiny district of Tamil Nadu is
Independent India? famous tor its
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (A) Turmeric
(B) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (B) Handloom sarees
(C) B. D. Jatti
(C) Milk production
(D) . None of the above
(D) Ginger
3. In which continent is Suriname situated ? 9. Which of the following is commonly
(A) Africa referred to as the conscience of the
(B) South America Indian Constitution?
(C) Asia (A) The Preamble
(D) Oceania . (B) Fundamental Duty
(C) The Constituent Assembly
4. Name the current Chief Justice of India. (D) Fundamental Rights and the
(A) T. S. Thakur
Directive Principles of State Policy
(B) Ranjan Gogoi
(C) Markandeya Katju 10. The current Governor of the Reserve
(D) R. F. Nariman Bank of India is
(A) Shaktikanta Das
5. The Tashkent Declaration was signed (B) Raghuram Rajan
between India and Pakistan after the
war of
(C) Urjit Patel
(D) Sajeev Sanyal
(A) 1947 (B) 1965
(C) 1971 (D) 1999
11. The fourth Anglo-Mysore War took place
in the year
6. Which of the following princely states
was not annexed under the Doctrine of
(A) 1757
Lapse? (B) 1764
(A) Satara (B) Travancore (C) 1799
(C) Nagpur (D) Avadh (D) 1802
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m 21. When did the Supreme Court of India 26.
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come into force ? (A) Bharat Initiative for Multi-sectoral
(A) 26 January 1951 Technical and' Economic
(B) 28 January 1950 Cooperation
(C) 24 January 1950 (B) Bay of Bengal Initiative for
(D) 12 January 1951 Multi-sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation
22. Who was the first person from outside (C) Bangladesh Initiative for Multi-
India to get the highest civilian award sectoral Technical and Economic
Bharat Ratna ? Cooperation
(A) Mother Teresa (D) Bruhat Initiative for Multi-
sectoral Technical and Economic
(B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Cooperation
(C) Nelson Mandela
(D) .None of the above 27. The Sarkaria Commission is related to
(A) Interstate river water disputes
23. Name the 2015 rescue operation carried (B) Quotas for Reservation
out by India in Yemen. (C) Police Reform
(A) Operation All Clear (D) Centre-State relations
(B) Operation Parakram
(C) Operation Cocoon 28.. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a
(D) Operation Raahat flagship project of
(A) USA (B) China
24. The power of the Supreme Court of (C) Russia (D) India
India to decide the disputes between the
Centre and the States falls under its 29. India sent the Indian Peace Keeping
Force in 1987 to which of the following
(A) Appellate Jurisdiction
countries?
(B) Advisory Jurisdiction
(A) Maldives
(C) Original Jurisdiction
(B) Bangladesh
(D) Consultative Jurisdiction
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka
25. Where is the Headquarters of the New
Development Bank located? 30. The Teesta river issues is between
(A) New Delhi (A) India-Nepal
(B) Moscow (B) India-Pakistan
(C) Brasilia (C) India-Bangladesh
(D) Shanghai (D) India-Sri Lanka
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MKG-XXIIVGENASKl1 TICS
31. Who was the first U.S. President to visit 36. This major crop needs moderate
India? temperature and rainfall during growing
(A) Richard Nixon season and bright sunshine during the
(B) Dwight D. Eisenhower time of harvest. Identify the crop.
(C) Barack Obama (A) Rice (B) Cotton
(C) Wheat (D) Coffee
(D) Ronald Reagan
37. What does the Government of India Act
32.' Name the Indian Airlines flight that was
of 1858 signify?
hijacked and kept in Kandhahar.
(A) Transferring the control of British
(A) IC 818
India from the East India Company
(B) IC 816
to the Crown
(C) IC 820
(B) Setting up of Supreme Court in
(D) IC 814 Calcutta
(C) Removal of the position of Viceroy
33. If a person has to travel by car from of India
Manipur to Goa, what is the minimum
(D) None of the above
number of states that the person has to
cross?
·38. Which of the following organisations is
(A) 6 (B) 5 incharge of the Logistics Performance
(C) 7 (D) 4 Index?
. (A) World Bank
34. The Equator passes through which of (B) United National Conference on
the following countries? Trade and Development
(A) Brazil, Chad, Somalia, Malaysia (C) World Economic Forum
(B) Colombia, Gabon, Sri Lanka, (D) International Road Transport Union
Malaysia
39. Which Governor-general outlawed Sati
(C) Colombia, Democratic Republic of
in India?
the Congo, Maldives, Kiribati
(A) Lord Wellesley
(D) Peru, Democratic Republic of the
(B) Lord William Bentinck
Congo, Indonesia, Solomon Islands
(C) Lord Linthligow
(D) Lord Rippon
35. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2018
awarded to
40. Who is the Champion of the Wimbledon
(A) Smriti Mandhana and Rohan 2019 Men's singles?
Bopanna (A) Novak Djokovic
(B) M. S. Dhoni and Neeraj Chopra (B) Roger Federer
(C) S. Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli (C) Rafael Nadal
(D) None of the above (D) Andy Murry
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ii) General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability
41. In a group of five people K, Land M 45. Find the wrong number in the series.
are ambitious, M, Nand R are honest. 3,8,15,24,34,48,63
L, M and N are intelligent and K, M and (A) 15 (B) 24
R are industrious. Among these, neither
(C) 34 (0) 48
industrious nor ambitious person would
include
46. Some terms in the series are missing,
(A) K alone (B) Land R which are given in the same order as
(C) M and N (0) N alone one of the alternatives below the series.
Choose the correct alternatives.
42. If +- means x, x means +, + means - 2, 3, B, _ , 6, _, F, G, _, 5, 0, _, 8, _, H, I
and - means +- find the value of (A) C, 7, 4, E, 9
16x3+5-2+-4 (B) 0,8,6, C, 7
(A) 19 (C) E,8,7,0,9
(B) 10 (0) W, 8, 7, 1,6
(C) 9
47. Complete the analogous pair.
(0) None of these
Newspaper: Press: : Cloth : ?
43. A, B, C, 0, E, F and G are members of (A) Tailor
a family consisting of four adults and (B) Textile
three children, two of whom, F and (C) Fibre
G are girls. A and 0 are brothers and (0) Mill
A is a doctor. E is an engineer married
to one of the brothers and has two 48. 'Cat' is related to 'Kitten' in the same
children. B is married to 0 and G is their way as 'Fish' is related to
child. Who is C? (A) Fry
(A) G's brother (B) Fawn
(B) F's father (C) Fin
(C) E's daughter (0) Foal
(0) A's son
49. Which of following is the same as
44. Find the missing term in the following Wrestling, Karate, Boxing, __
series. (A) Swimming
4,8,28,80,244, ? (B) Polo
(A) 278 (B) 428 (C) Pole Vault
(C) 628 (0) 728 (0) Judo
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50. Choose the word which is least like the 55. 0.5, 0.55, 0.65, 0.8, ?
other words in the group. (A) 1
(A) Bake
(B) 0.82
(B) Peel
(C) Fry (C) 0.9
(D) Roast (D) 0.95
51. Choose the number pair which is 56. A familyhasa man,hiswife,theirfour sons
different from others. and their wives. The family of every son
(A) 16 - 64 also has 3 sons and one daughter. Find
(B) 9 - 36 out the total number of male numbers in
the whole family.
(C) 36 - 216
(D) 49 - 343 (A) 4
(B) 8
52. In a certain code, the word ROAD is (C) 12
coded as WTFI. Following the same
(D) 17
rule of coding what should be the word
for the code GJFY ?
57. Find out the wrong term in the given
(A) REAP
series.
(B) TAKE
8,13,21,32,47,63,83
(C) BEAT
(D) LATE (A) 32
(B) 21
53. If in a certain code, BAT = 23 and (C) 13
CAT = 24, then how willyou code BALL ?
(D) 47
(A) 27 (B) 28
(C) 32 (D) 120
58. Nine cricket fans are watching match in
a stadium. Seated in one row, they are
54. If in certain language 'aka peru' means J, K, L, M, N, 0, P, Q and R. L is at the
'fine cloth', 'meta lisa' means 'clear right of M and at the third place at the
water' and 'dona lisa peru' means right of N. K is at one end of the row.
'fine clear weather', which word in that
Q is seated adjacent to both 0 and P.
language means 'weather' ?
o is at the third place at the left of K.
(A) peru J is immediate next to left of O. Who is
(B) aka sitting at the centre of the row ?
(C) meta (A) I (B) J
(D) dona (C) 0 (D) Q
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59. Garima is taller than Sarita but not taller 63. Kashish goes 30 metres North, then
than Reena. Reena and Tanya are of turns right and walks 40 metres, then
the same height. Garima is shorter than again turns right and walks 20 metres,
Anu. Amongst all the girls, who is the then again turns right and walks
shortest?
40 metres. How many metres is he from
(A) Anu his original position?
(8) Reena and Tanya
(A) 0
(C) Garima
(0) Sarita (8) 10
(C) 20
60. Five men A, B, C, D and E read a (0) 40
newspaper. The one who reads first
gives it to C. The one who reads last had
taken from A. E was not the first or last to 64. Ravi wants to go to University. He starts
read. There were two readers between from his home which is in the East and
8 and A. Who read the newspaper last? comes to a crossing. The road to the
(A) A (8) 8 left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is
(C) C (0) 0 the hospital. In which direction is the
University?
61. There are five parents P, Q, R, Sand T. (A) North
One is football player. P and S are (8) South
unmarried ladies and do not participate
(C) East
in any game. None of the ladies plays
chess or football. There is a married (0) West
couple in which T is the husband. Q is
the brother of R and is neither a chess
65. Study the diagram below and identify
player nor a hockey player. Who is the
the region representing youth who are
football player?
employed but not educated.
(A) P (8) Q
(C) R (0) S
YOuth~3 Educated
4 6
62. Choose the missing term out of the 7
Employed
given alternatives.
bedf?hj?1 (A) 4 only
(A) in
(8) 5,6
(8) m i
(C) i m (C) 1,4,7
(0) j m (0) 4, 7
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73. A bus for Delhi leaves every thirty 77. Choose the conclusion which logically
minutes from a bus stand. An enquiry follows from the given statement.
clerk told a passenger that the bus Statement : Many creative persons
had already left ten minutes ago and become artists.
the next bus will leave at 9.35 a.m. At Conclusions :
what time did the enquiry clerk give this (A) A creative person will certainly
information to the passenger? become an artist.
(A) 9.10 a.m. (8) It is not possible to become an artist
(8) 8.55 a.m. without creativity.
(C) A high level of creativity is needed
(C) 9.08 a.m. to become an artist.
(D) 9.15a.m. (D) Some artists are creative persons.
74. 17: 52 : : 1 : ? 78. If in a code MASTER is written as
(A) 5 SAMRET, then how CARROT is written
in the same code?
(8) 4
(A) RACTOR
(C) 3
(D) 51
(8) RCATRO
(C) RCATOR
If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need (D) ARMTOR
75.
alterations in the sleeves and every
4 out of 5 need it in the body, how many 79. What will come in place of '?' in the given
alterations will be required for 60 shirts? series?
(A) 214 1,4,2,3,2, ?
(8) 123 (A) 2
(8) 5
(C) 133
(C) 3
(D) 143
(D) 4
76. AG : !O : : EK : ?
80. Choose out the odd one.
(A) PV
(A) Oil
(8) MS (8) Paste
(C) LR (C) Cement
(D) SY (D) Glue
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iii) Arithmetical and Numerical Ability
81. If 2 sine - 1 = 0 then sece + tans = 85. 6 boys and 6 girls sit in a row at random.
The probability that all the girls sit
(A)
2
1 (8) J3 together is
(C) 2 (0) 0 1
(A) 432
82. The number of numbers between 99 and 12
1000 having 7 in the unit's place is (8) 431
(A) 100
1
(8) 90 (C) 132
(C) 45
(0) None of these (0) None of these
83. In an examination, a student has to 86. Solution of the differential equation
answer 4 questions out of 5 questions; tany dy = sin(x + y) + sin(x - y) is
questions 1 and 2 are compulsory. dx
The number of ways student can make
(A) cosecy - 2sinx + c 0 =
choices is (8) cosy + 2cosx =c
(A) 15 (C) secy + 2cosx = c
(8) 30 (0) None of these
(C) 3
(0) None of these 87. A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents,
8 great grandparents and so on.
84. While shuffling a pack of 52 playing The number of ancestors during the
cards, 2 are accidently dropped. The 10 generations preceding his own is
probability that the missing cards are of (A) 2046
different colours is
(8) 2048
29
(A) 52 (C) 1023
(0) None of these
(8) 1
2
88. If 7 times 7th term of an A.P. is equal to
26 11 times its 11th term then 18th term of
(C) 51
the A.P. is
27 (A) 18 (8) 0
(0) 51 (C) 100 (0) 180
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97. A train overtakes 2 persons who are 100. Two years ago, a man's age was three
wal~ing at 2 kmph and 4 kmph speed times the square of his son's age. After
respectively and passes them in 9 sec. 3 years, his age will be four times his
and 10 sec. respectively. The length of son's age. The present age of son is
the train will be
(A) 4 years
(A) 50 m
(8) 5 years
(8) 88 m (C) 15 years
55 (0) None of these
(C) -m
9
(0) None of these
4X-S ( b )2X-S
101. If ( ~ ) = a then x =
98. 4 men or 12 women can do a job in
5 days by working 8 hours per day. The
(A) 0
number of days required for 2 men and I
4 women to complete the same job if
(8) 5
they work for 10 hours per day is 3
(A) 8 days
7
(8) 4.8 days (C) 3
(C) 4 days
(0) None of these (0) None of these
1 ~ 1
99. A book seller bought 228 books at an 102. If 35; = 7Y = 52 then x - y =
average price of Rs. 8.50 per book of
which 80 books he bought at Rs. 7.50 1
(A) z (8)
each and 84 books at Rs. 10.50 each. z
The price of the remaining books per 2
unit is (C) z (0) 0
(A) RS.7.125
103. Which of the following is not a group?
(8) RS.7
(C) RS.7.5 (A) (IR,+) (8) (Z, +)
(0) None of these (C) (Q, +) (0) (N, +)
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112. A solid spherical ball of iron with radius 116. An electronics shopkeeper sold a
6 cm is melted and recasted into 3 solid calculator at a profit of 5% instead of
spherical balls. The radii of the two balls a loss of 5% and got Rs. 11 more. The
are 3 cm and 4 cm respectively. The cost price of the calculator is
diameter of the third ball is (A) Rs. 101
(A) 5 cm (B) 10 cm (B) Rs. 111
(C) 12 cm (0) 15 cm (C) Rs. 110
(0) None of these
c
113. In the figure 1(!jB where 0 is the
117. In an election, the winning candidate got
48000 votes which is 60% of his total
votes. The total number of votes he got
centre of the circle, find IACB was
(A) 80000 (B) 60000
(A) 60°
(C) 100000 (0) None of these
(B) 30°
(C) 90°
118. Mr. Shyam bought a walkman for
(0) 120° Rs. 1,800. If it depreciates at the rate
of 15% per annum, cost of it after
3 years is
114. Ifm =xcosA+ y sin A, n =xsinA-ycosA
then x2 + y2 = (A) 1,100.425 (B) 1,105.425
(A) 1 (C) 1,000.425 (0) None of these
(B) m2 - n2
(C) m2 + n2 119. If the product of 2 numbers is 216 and
their LCM is 36, then their HCF is
(0) None of these
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 9 (0) None of these
115. A boy, 1.6 m tall is 20 m away from
a tower and observes the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower to be 120. Rs. 6,400 was divided equally among
45°. Then the height of tower is x persons. Had this money been divided
equally among x + 14 persons, each
(A) 21.6 metre
would have got Rs. 28 less. The value
(B) 20 metre xis
(C) 19.4 metre (A) 50 (B) 100
(0) None of these (C) 25 (0) None of these
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V) English Language and Comprehension
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Choose appropriate idiom to fill and complete 166. 'Do not insult the poor'. ,
the sentences: (A) The poor are not be insulted
(8) Let the poor not be insulted
161. Your remarks during the discussion
added _ (C) Let the poor must not be insulted
(D) None of the above
(A) Salt and pepper
(8) All and sundry
(C) Fuel to the fire Select the part of the sentence which has an
(D) Spick and span error.
162. There was a great in the 167. She is both intelligent as well as
office at the announcement of salary hardworking.
deduction. (A) She is both
(A) leaps and bounds (8) Intelligent as well as
(8) hue and cry (C) Hardworking
(C) null and void (D) No error
(D) hit the nail on the head
Direction for question 168 : Read each
sentence to find out whether there is any error
Select the participle from the following
in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the
sentences:
sentence the option of that part is the answer.
163. Closing the door, he went out.
168. I (A) / have been wondering (8) /whether
(A) closing (8) the door
you will be (C) / free this evening (D).
(C) he went (D) out
164. Having lost his way, he began to cry. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition.
(A) lost (8) his way
169. Please, don't try to meddle _
(C) having (D) began
my affairs.
. Change the voice of the following sentences: (A) for (8) with
(C) at (D) on
165. 'They believe there will be a war soon'.
(A) It is believed that there will be a war 170. You are sadly mistaken your
soon calculations.
(8) War is believed to be soon (A) in
(C) It was believed that there would be (8) for
war soon (C) off
(D) None of the above (D) through
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Select suitable question tag for the following Choose the synonyms of the word in capital.
sentences:
177. MOURNED
171. They are working overtime, _ (A) Upset (8) Grieved
(A) are they? . (8) aren't they? (C) Angry (D) Calculated
(C) do they? (D) don't they?
178. FATAL
172. The train arrived on time, _
(A) Acceptable (8) Gladly
(A) do it ? (8) don't it ?
(C) Deadly (D) Defied
(C) did it ? (D) didn't it ?
Identify the grammatically wrong sentence and
Fill in the blanks with suitable words in the mark that option as answer.
following passage using appropriate words
from the option.
179. (A) Each man and each woman have a
'One day a (173) fellow was sitting vote
(174) a walnut tree, and his eyes
(8) Either Prathap or Pradeep has
fell on a (175) pumpkin growing
done this mischief
nearby.
(C) Every officer and every soldier has
173. (A) satisfied (8) dissatisfied to be ready to sacrifice his/her life
for the country
(C) cheerful (D) happy
(D) None of these
174. (A) under (8) above
(C) across (D) beyond 180. (A) No sooner did the tiger appear than
he shot it down
175. (A) small (8) dry (8) Scarcely I had reached the station
(C) huge (D) broken when the train steamed out
(C) He is not so bad as you say
Rearrange the following words to a sensible (D) He is both scholarly and cultured
sentence.
'more than are films studies important'. Fill in the blank with appropriate modal.
176. (A) Films are important more than 181. it rain, there will be no picnic
studies today.
(8) Studies are important more than
(A) Can
films
(C) Studies are more important than (8) Should
films (C) Could
(D) None of the above (0) May
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Select a word or phrase from the given options Select indirect object from the following
to complete the sentence. sentence.
182. The victorious army through 187. He made coffee for all of us.
the conquered city.
(A) he made
(A) loitered (8) marched (8) for
(C) strayed (0) pulled (C) coffee
(0) all of us
Choose the antonym of the word in capital from
the given options.
Add question tag.
183. HOLLOW
188. Mary will be here soon, _
(A) Solid (8) Empty
(C) .Heal (0) Flow
(A) will she?
(8) is she?
(C) will not she?
Add suitable question tag for the following.
(0) won't she?
184. The Goddess stood before me ?
189. I am late, _
(A) do she? (8) didn't she?
(A) am I ?
(C) did she? (0) had she?
(8) are I ?
(C) am not I?
Choose correct verb which agrees with the (0) aren't I ?
subject.
185. Neither Gopal nor Suresh our Fill in the blank with appropriate phrasal verb.
meetings.
(A) attends 190. It is impossible for me to with
(8) has attend this work.
(C) attend (A) call off (8) carry on
(0) have attend (C) carry up (0) carry in
186. He his teacher while he was Select the wrongly spelt word.
going to the market.
(A) was meeting 191. (A) noxious
(8) met (8) neutral
(C) has met (C) nebulas
(0) is meeting (0) natural
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Choose the synonym of the word in capital. Fill in the blank with appropriate wotd from
the options.
192. VAGRANT
(A) brave (8) vagabond 197. He has great for his
(C) healthy (0) conquer younger brother.
(A) affection (8) effation
Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition. (C) effection (0) affectation
193. Louis was charge of a Choose correct verb which agrees with the
park of animals. subject.
(A) in (8) by
(C) on (0) through 198. Krishnamurthy or Narayan will
___ the food.
Select the appropriate option for the underlined
(A) serve (8) served
word in the question from the given options.
(C) serves (0) serving
194. She waved her hands in a lively
fashion. Fill in the blank from the given choices and
(A) pronoun (8) adjective mark that option as the answer.
(C) verb (0) adverb
199. She has a headache but he has got
___ appendicitis.
Select the passive form of the given sentence.
(A) an (8) a
195. Sita loves Savitri. (C) no article (D) the
(A) Savitri was loved by Sita
(8) Savitri is loved by Sita Direction for question 200 : Select the word/
(C) Savitri has loved by Sita group of words which is most opposite in
(0) Savitri has been loved by Sita meaning to the word/group of words.
196. Who did this? 200. DIMINISH
(A) This was done by whom? (A) reduce
(8) This had been done by whom? (8) augment
(C) This is done by whom? (C) lessen
(D) 8y whom was this done? (0) swell up
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