UKPSC Group C 2011: Screening Exam
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Part-A
GENERALSTI]DIES
1. Inc&ich one of the following countries.the 'Cotton Belt' is located ?
(a) Brazil O) Unitod States of America
(c) .Australia (d) Ruscit
2, Which one of the following planes is nearest to tte Sun ? r
'6) Venus O) ttft
(c) Merqry ,,(p It ars
3. ThG higtGst tnount of salinity is fouad in
(a) Rdsea o) Dead Sea
I (p) CaspianSea
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(d) Aral Sea
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4. ,, Who qmoDg the following evolved thc cogcept of rclationshi. p between uass,and energy ?
$ (a) Einsteh O) Planck "r-'.'r
(a) Dalton ri (d) hurterfind
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t. lbe water in which hydrogen algos have been npladed by deuterium aroms is caf,d
(a) Wmsdcr o) Cold water
(c) Heavy water (d) Volatile waftr
6. Who is re.gaded ao thc Father of Plant Physiologr ?
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,(a) St€ph€r Hriles (b) Ioceph Hirteihy
! (c) S. May€i (d) WoodWad'
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(a) Ctadwick (b) Rutbprford
(c) hhr (d) Ncwton
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9. What is tte name of the layer of earttr's ffisphere which is associat€d with weather
phenomenon like the minfall ,
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(a) Stsatosph€re O) Troposphere
(c) It[esosph€re (d) bnoephere
10. Mat the vnong combination :
(a) Iarcs WaE : Steam Fngine
O) A.G. Bell : Telephone
(c) J.L. Baid : Television
(d) J. Fertins : Penicillin
11. Xer,ophthalamia is tb disease caused by deficiency of the following :
(a) Vitamin-A O) vitamh-B -tl
(c) vitamin- c (d) vitamin - K
tL Who among tbe following described prrotoplasm as thc phisical basis of lift ?
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(a) T.IL Huxley O) L,eeuwe,nhoak 'rF
(c) Rudolf Virchow (d) J'C. Bose
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13. Comon fut IIbm bxdle mills ixuscs a diser* known as
(a) Silicosis O) Byssinosis
(c) Csrer (d) Flurosis
14 Of wbat kind of rcck is granite an example ?
(a) Sedimcnuyrcck O) Ipeous rock
(c) Itfietamo,rphic rock (d) Pyrolite
15. Which of the following gases is regarded as atmospheric pollutant ?
(a) 02 I -- 'iO) 03
(c) SO2 (d) N2
15. The infcction which causes malaria is
(a) Bsctcrial o) Viral
(c) kasitic (d) Fungal
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17. Which of tte frlloringfu na a pogmming lmguage ?
(a) BASIC O) CoBOL
(c) PASCAL (d) LoTUs
lE. A bar is a kind of
(a) Reptile o) Bird
(c) Mammal (d) Atrthrcpoid
19. If the pressure on a piece of wax is increase4 the melting point of wax
(a) decr€ases (b) ircrcas€s ,t
(c) unchanges r .r (d) decreases and then ircrcascs
m. In the equitibrium state, thermodynamic probability of system is
(a) co (b) one
(c) zuro (d) minimrrm
21. Which of the following is digestive hormone ?
(a) Upase O) Pepsin
(c) Amylase (d) Gastritr ?
22. The highest peak of Usaralfiatrd is
(a) Nanda Devi (b) Chaukhamba
(c) Kamet (d) Trishul
2l.. 'SIDKLJL' is related to 7
(a) Sports o) Literature
(c) Indusnies (d) Education
24 The State Flower of Uttarakhad is rnl
(a) Brahm Kamal I o) Rose
(c) Marigold (d) Jasmine
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25. Which of the following persons sacrificed his life, tkeig!,fasting, agEimr i[4at-miniag
in'Ganga' ? ...
(a) Baba Uttarakhandi O) Swami Nigamanand
(c) Prof. G.D. Agrawal (d) Jai Dutt Vella
26. Which of the following directed the recently made film-"Bombay Talkies" ?
(a) HrishikeshMukherji
(b) Yash Chopra
(c) Taya Aktar, Anurag Kashyap, Karan lohar & Dibakar Bannerji
(d) None of these
n. The first Chief Inferation C.oomissioner of Utrarakhand was
(a) R.S. Tolia (b) P.S. Pangti
(c) N.S. Nrapchayal (d) Vip{ Nautiy.al
A. What percentage of total water available on earth, is in the form of underground water ?
(a) 0.7% O) 43%
(c) 6.s% (d) 9.1%
lr. Who was the leader of Peshawar mutiny ?
(a) Dev Singh Rawat (b) Darban Singb Negi
(c) Chandra Singb Garhwali (d) Gabbar Singh Negi
30. At which of the following places, there is a unit of BHEL @harat Heavy Electricals l,td) ?
(a) Kotdwar O) Ranibagh
(c) Veer Bhadra (d) Bhopal
31. The percentage of total land ares of Uttaralihand covered by forest is
(a) 80% : O) 65%
(c) 43% (d) ts5%
32. The twin sisters who created hisory by conquering Mt. Evercst on the same day_ and the
same time are
(a) 1r"L.a6l{nngs'hi O) Chatrdra Prabha Atwd md Harshwati
(c) Bacheodripal and Sarla Negi (d) Arunima and Madhumita Bisht
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33. tte se<bndState langiragc of Uttaralhand is ll
(a) Sanstrit O) Urdu
(c) Fnglish (d) None of the above
34 The State animnt of Ufarattaodis ri'i
(a) Sambhar o) Musk deer
(c) Neelgai (d) Elephant
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3lt Who is known as "Chanakya of Kumaun ?
(a) Badridutt Pand€y O) llarshdeo Joshi
(c) CropolDuE (d)r Kishan ChadJo6hi
36. Vyas cave is located in
(a) Badrinath o) Kedamath
(c) Yamunotri (d) GaryoEi
gl. Year 2001 was celebratal by Utalathand govemment as the
(a) Female Ctild Year O) Woman year
(c) Torism Year (d) Development year
3& What is the &nsity of population in Uttrrattand in 201 I (provisional) ?
(a) 159 : O) 169
(c) l8e (d) l9t
3e. What is tte ne'rrc of NASA's $gifoce labmmry which laoded on Mars, in 66 Ary, 2012 ?
(a) COI'LOMBIA-7 o) ATLANTIS
(c) CI,'RIOSITY (d) MARS.ODYSSEY
0. The first lady who won Booter Prize two times is
(a) HiIaryMantel O) SarcjiniNaidu
(c) Sbobha Dey (d) Taslima Nasreen
41. Whofouodcd6e'ffikty' ?
(a) styadrfrffiin'v'eroa o) I-aIa Hardayal
(c) BhikajiG'me (d) Veer Savark
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A. Which coast of India was hit by the severe cyclonic storm onfjl#Glifficr,20f;9r?, i4
(a) IGraIa coast ii O) Tamilnadu coast - . .
(c) Andhra coast' ''rr1-) r !:1 : . (d) Mumbai coast ri,
43. Under whoae Captaincy India won under - 19 crickct worlA cup iirfuli t t' i ;11,t
(a) Sandecp Sharma (b) Hanuman Vihari
(c) hashaotChopra (d) UnmuktaChand
4 Who among the folowrnq -,ryqp.+J Indao C,rana nt A;#i, bEarcr_Noida om Xt
&totfx20t2?
(a) Sebestian Vetteir o) Fernando Alonse
(c) Mart \Meber (d) kwis llamilton ; s -t.r. ;i{
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{5. Whic! of fre following diffiicfs sutrercd Aom naffal calanity in Sc,ppgiter 2f.l2,fra
(a) Chamoli (b) pithoragart
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(c) Rudmprayag (d) Tehriffiwal
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6. which of thc foltowing is the'iilt Ioalin atttete who won a silv€r Ecdsl at 6e Lodon
Paralyryic Gaocs-Il2 ?
(a) Oscar Pic{qius '6I u.Midd8; ' ;i '
(c) $urhit l(p623 (d) cideha H. Nagraje Gowda
o Which of the folgpriaj sporfiq* yr8 giycoliil4$andhi.Xbet Rftr43*,ard-?pq,? ,?f
(a) M. Marycom (b) Yogeshwar Dun
(c) Sushil Kuoar ri! (d) Gagan Narang
{& In which of thc following region of India,rgtliqris;piryofc cqrestar t trj
(c) Saurashrra - '-''--'' '' , (d) Mewar ' :'.' :
.l9. who of tte following had called the'Dams and Factmi# ffi @l€s of Mri{.ri'Inilh- ? r
(e) MaharmaGandhi -s (b) LalBahadurShiurri'
(c) Jawaharl:lNeku] ' ':' (d) B.RAmbedtar i
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50. Who amryg t[e followinglndiao4pfiSpp hps been.q_bloqen as the,QgS ap fqpador for -
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saniation progralnme
(a) Kareena Kapoor *,
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O) Aishwarya Rai
(c) VidyaBalan (d) IlemaMalini
51. Which of the following has been awatded tte Nobel prizc 2Ol2 ii lirtdfue ?
(a) Hilary Metrtcl ' O) v.S. Naipaul
(c) Herta Muller (d) Mo yan (Guan Moye)
5a Who among'ftb follondng Wan girk rcresent€d India at thc Miss Xiorld 201Jt curtst ? ,*
(a) Ilasleen Kaur ' ,) O) Ankita Shorey
(c) Vanya Mishra (d) prachi Mishra
S4..;XIho is tho aulhor of the repeotly prbfobod looh"f'Boyond the f.iaoe Ar
Autobiogaph/'?
(a) Shashi Tharoor o) Jaswant Singh
(c) XhushwantSingh (d) Kuldeep Nayyar
54 In which of thc following cities Metro Rail S€r,t ice ryas started in 20l l ?
(a) Kolkata o) Ctennai
(c) Bengalunr (d) Hyderabad
55. The Targeued Public Distribution System was adopted from
'ri
(a) Iune l, 196 O) Iune l, 1997
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(c) June I, 1999 (d) June 1,20fi)
56. The share of industry in GDP at Factor Cost (at 200445 prices) in 201l-12 was
(a) nqtxrrt O) 29pru;tt
(c) U prrcr;nt (d) 32 percent :
gl. Who wrorc the book "Indian Economic Crisis" ?
(a) KN.R4i O) A.K 3en
(c) C.T. IQrien (d) L.C. Jain
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5& As per ?0p.Be[,!{ation C+n$s tbc sex Etio in Idie is
(a) 933 o) e4
(c) vn (d) !45
59. The share of agriculffe in India's Exports in 2010-l l, was
(a) 9.9 percent : t'
@) 10.9 pcrcent
(c) 8.0 percent (d) 7.0 perc€nt
fl). The Ptanning Conmi$iolr 6f India was set up in
(a).-.1947. : O) t952
(c) 1950 (d) l96l
61. When was uN (United Nations) fomed ?
(a) U.10.1945 o) 05.02.1y22
(c) 05.01.1950 i (d) r4.0E.r947.
6L Generally the gap betwee[ thj fwa sessiotrs of the hrliarcnt should trot be lnorE rhen
(a) Three months (b) Six months
(c) Ooe year T9o years
-;(d)
63. when was the constiurtion of India adopted by the constit.cnt Ass€nblg
(a) 26ftNovember, 1949 O) l56August, l9l9 "*
(c) 9fr December, 1946 (d) 266 January, 1950
a. The Quit India Resolution was adopted by tte Indian National Congress in :
(a) 19fi . (b) t%2
(c) 194/ (d) t%
65. Who sai{ 'Swaraj is my birth rigbt and I sha[ have it'' ?
(a) I-alal-ajpatRai O) LokmanyaTilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
6" During whose reip, did Francis Bernior viSt rriiia ? " :r."!, F'i:
(a) Akbar O) Shahjehan
(c) (d) Jabangir
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Cr. Who was the lr Tirtbartar of Jain Religion f 'r lr I!
(a) 64tam Buddha , O) Risbabh Dev
(c) Neminath (d) Mahavira I
6& Brihadrath, the last Mauryan nrler was assassitrfto*brl ,1 .
(a) Pushyamitra r (b) Brihaspatimitra
(c) Agnimlqa . (d) Bhanumitra
69. During whose reign did Fa-Hien come to India ?
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(a) Kumargupta O) Chandragupa I
(c) Chan<kagupa[ (d) Skandgupa
70. Who composed .Nuh Sipehar, ?
(a) Al-Biruni o) Amir trGusro
(c) Zauddin Barni (d) None of these
71. Which Mughal emperor adoprcd the policl ot..Sulahkul. ?
(a) Humayun O) Aft , "r
(c) Irh"ngrr (d) shahjaban
72. which natimal leadcr published the newspapers : the 'I("sari, and the .Ivrarartra,
?
(a) BipinChandraPal @) DdabhaiNaoroji -, t i
(c) BalGanpdhrTll& ' ' (d) B.R.Ambedke, , ::
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73. The 'Hindu Mahasabha' was ostablished in I9l5 on the occasion
of ,Kumbha MeIa, at
(a) Nasik (b) &ryag.'' r' '. *F
(c) Uiiain (d) Ilaridwar
74. Which work does not belong to Kalidas ?
(a) Meg[dootam o) Malv:llhgninhhri;r'
(c) Mrichhakatikani :, Li.tFi (d) Raghuvansham ''
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75. who was selectcd as the first safyagrahi by Mahatma Gaodhi to begin
the hdividual
Satyagaha in l94O ?
(a) C-Rajgqalachari o) Valabhbhai Pa&l
(c) J.B. Kdpalani (d) Viaoba Bhave
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76 Which one of the following rivers is the right side tributary of Ginga ? ; ,i 1 I
(a) Yamuna (b) RamGanga
(c) Gonti (d) chaghra
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n. In which one of the following $*oc of India is pir panjal Range located.?,,.
(a) Mechalaya O) Arunachal pradesh
(c) Uuarakhand (d) Iamm. u and Kashmir
7t" Which one of the following indue,pies locatcd in Saharanpur is the oldpst ?
(a) Fcrtilizer (b) Coton Textile
(c) \[oollenTextile (d) paper
7'9. The Konkan Railway Tlack passes through the mountoin range of
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(a) Himadri O) Sah/o&i .n
(c) Shiwatik (d) Neelgiri
t0. lVhich one of the following statemeats is not tnre according to Census 20l I ?
(a) India rccouns for 2O% of the World population
O) Population of India igrl2l crores -1 .
(c) The increase in populuion is by 17 .&% filr,mgthe &cile 2fi1-21tt
(d) The highest density of population is in Delhi.
tl. Seismograph is used fo rcasuring
(a) Humidity itr atmospherc o) Atmo$cric,go.smae
(c) tuthquake (d) Minimum and maximud
n Whm among t[ese places the Srin will rise the earliest ?
(a) New Yort 6 ,,' O) Hong Kong
(c) NewDelhi (d) Tokyo
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E3. Which one of the following couffiies b mt a renher of SAARC ?r,sf:
(a) Maldives (b) Pakistatr t- '
(c) Afgtanistatr (d) Irar
t4 Which one of the following.uibd rsi ;Igtu' fq Elrlt€r ?
(a) Eskimos o) Masai
(c) Busbman (d) Pipv
t5. In which climare of the wor{d wintdiafuihll iB the ilisdnctive characteristic ?
(a) Savanaa O) Mediterranean
(c) Monsmn (d) Equatorial
tG Which is the leading country in the Automobile in&rstry of the wodd ?
(a) GErnatry '': G) Frarce
(c) Iapan (d) Canada
tl, Of which couatry is 'Juba' the capital ?
(a) Sorthsudan o) Syna
(c) Iordon (d) Ira[
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E& Which one of the following dams in India is loc{r€d on Mahmadi rlver ?
(a) Kosi (b) Hirahd
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(c) Nagarjun (d) Bhatra
t9. Which one of thc following de.serts is the lrgest in thc world ?
(a) Afiacama 5;'
O) Gobi
- / (d) Thar
(c) sahara
90. El Nino is relared to
(a) Climatc (b) Vegaadon
(c) Soil (d) Cultivation
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Partd'
GENERAL APTITT]DE TEST
91. Find the missing number in the following figure :
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(a) t6 .o) e
(c) 85 (d) tt2
yL The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to s€cond is 2:3 and that of the
second to the third is 5:8. Then the second number is
(a) 20 O) 30 ' I' ,/,
(c) 48 (d) s8
93. A man 66s 1pq7 a boat at 5 tm/hr h still watcr. If vetocity of the current is I kD/hr and it
takes him I hour to row to a place anp co.poe back, how far is the place ?
(a) 3.6 km o) 3.0 tm
(c) 2.5 km (d) 24fu
%. The height of a certain pole is 30 fect. Grease is ap,pted to the pole. A monkey afiemgts to
the next second. I
tfr. pole. It clim'bs 3 feet every second but slips down 2 feet in
"ri.u
When will the monkey reach the tq of the pole ?
(a) 27 seconds O) 55 seconds
(c) 56 seconds (d) 60 segonds
95. The sum of four nunbers is lfi). The average of firtt, second and fourth is 24. Difference
of the third and first is 10 and the folrth urdber excccds 6c E@d by 4. Or
of thp ':
numbers is ',\ ,t'
(a) 2l O) 3l ,.i i;-. . r
(c) ?S (d) 25
96. 1p1 5= (l,r,y,r+y) where l<r < y <r + y then the difference betrrcen the fo and"
the median of S is
(a) ll2 o) 113
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(c) tl4 (d) u5
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v, Ajay and Vijay, two ftiends live at the or a road. Ajay takes. 20 minutes 1o go
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t ;G;;;;;'--'*-o e.iuv't n*t"' If thev start
to vijav's house whereas
"'"n what time
exactly at 9:00 a.m. ftom their respective houses to go to each other's house, at
approximately they will meet on the way ? r : f
(a) 9:15 am (b) 9:(D a.m
(c) 9:05 a.m (d) 9:l1am
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9E. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in E rlays, wlile 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how maqr days will l0 wompn complete it ?
(a) 35 o) ,t0
(c) 45 (q)= 50
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99 A sum of money was divided equally aEong a certain number of persotrs' Hitrthoetbeen
pach
six more, each would bave receivOd a rryee less and had there been four lesq 'would
The of money and number of men are
bave received a rupee more than he did' sum
(a) <0n'u o) r 150;30 .
(c) t 160,20 (d) ? I'10, 10
lfl). If side of a square is increased by 20%, then percentage iacrease in its arelyi! te
(a) llflo (b)- 3t%
(c) M% (d) 48%
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101. A pump can fill a t'nk with water in 2 hours. Because of a leakage, it took
2j hours to fill
the taot The le{kage can drain a[ the waler of thc
r?nf jr
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(a) af nours O) T hours
(d) 14 hours i L
(c) 8 hours
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f@. 'Redtiag' is rchlal to 'Knowledge' in tlic same way 'Wort' is relard to
(a) Money o) Employm€nt
(c) Experience (d) Labour
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l()9). What amouutof imney invested at 6% pcr anium would reoeive siDpldlmtof ?'18d-
over lt years ?
(a) ? 1500 o) { 2000
(c) ( 1800 (d) ( 1850
110. FiEd the smallest number which when dividcd by 5, 7 and 9 then remainilirs arc l, 2 and
3, respectively.
(a) 315 O) 312
(c) 156 (d) 150
111. Out of 1500 shrdcnts, 5z) surdied Hitrdi, 335 sEdid sanskit, 425 studied Histtry, 100
studied both Hindi and History, lEo studied both Hiodi and Seshit, 150 sodied tott
sanslrit and History and 28 strdied all the threo eubine. The number of students who
studied oDly Hindi is
(a) 2N O) 332
(c) 2E2 (d) 268
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lI!. When the cost of petroleum increascs by qX, a Eran redrces his annual cogrumpion Uy
20%.11:rc increase in his annual expenditure on petroleum is
(a) zWo @) t2%
(c) t6% (d) fi%
113. A rectangle whose area is 180 sq.ft. has its sides, respectively, ,liriinished by 7 ft. and 4 ft.
so as to bccorrr a square. The length of the side of the square is
(a) 3 fcet Q) E feet
(c) l0 feet (d) l2fer;t
llrf The length of thc &idgq which a trah 130 mctlcs long ad travdliDg at.l5 lo/hr,spodt
can cross in 30 seconds is
(a) 200m o) 225m
(c) 245m (d) 250 m
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f$. RaE|Dranlts Eirt€€ilh&o@the-pp,andfc-ty-ni{h,ffm theboEoEiq?}flass' Howmaqy,,.
shdents arc th€re in the class ?
(a) 63 o)il
(c) 65 (d) 6
116. .A' walks 10 metres in aont and 10 metres to the riShl Then, ever-y tlnq qlltrs to Fis
left'
point ?
he walks 5, 14 and 18 metres, respectively. How far is he now from tis siarting
(a) 3 metres (b) 4 metres
(c) 5 metres (d) 7 metles
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u?. sixffiendsA,B,C,D,EadFaresiUing.inacirclcfacin$teeemrc.Ehlo&leftof
Cir betreen,A aod B, Fis bctwceo EgndA. Who b'to the dghttof C ?
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(a) A O) B - '''
(c) D (d) E
llt Anange the grven words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the. most appropriate
sequence from the { t"T.,l:,:.i:
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l. Income 2. status 3. Eduoalio
4. Well-being 5. Job
(a) r,3,2,5,4 (b) r,2,,s,3,4
(c) 3,1,5,2,4 (d) 3,s,1,2,4
,if,e of the father will
age of a father is twice rhat of the elder son. Ten years lqnce the age
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be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the
two sons is 15 yeas'
the age of the father is
(a) 50 years O) 55 Years
(c) 60years (d) 70 Years
tirnes one
120. The number of boys in a class is two morE fhan thrpe the auFhe,qof Sf$..\lpch
in the class ?
of the following numbers cannot rcpresent the otal number of children
(a) 50 (b) 6
(c) 4 (d) 42
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