21. Name the persons who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2014.
(A) Popat Pawar and Asima Jehangir
(B) Kailash Satyarthi and Shaukat Choudhary
(C) ChandiPrasad Bhatt and Malala Yousafzai
(D) Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
22. Fifty-three percent of a number is 358 less that the square of 26. What is the value of three-fourths of 23 percent of that number ?
(A) 94.5
(B) 109.5
(C) 113
(D) 103.5
23. A clock is fast by 15 minutes in 24 hours. It is made right at 12 noon, what time will it show at 4 AM ?
(A) 4 : 10 AM
(B) 4 : 15 AM
(C) 4 : 05 AM
(D) None of the above
24. Choose the set of numbers from the four alternative sets that is similar in pattern to given set : (32, 24, 8)
(A) (26, 32, 42)
(B) (34, 24, 14)
(C) (24, 16, 0)
(D) (42, 34, 16)
25. D is brother of K, M is sister of K, R is father of D and S is mother of M. How is K related to R ?
(A) Son
(B) Daughter
(C) Son or Daughter
(D) Data is inadequate.
26. Out of four pair of words given, one pair doesn’t bear the common relationship which rest of them bear. Find the odd one out.
(A) Ice : Cold
(B) Iron : Hard
(C) Marble : Smooth
(D) Purse : Money
27. The official language of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is :
(A) Kashmiri
(B) Urdu
(C) Dongri
(D) None of the above
28. The famous queen Chand Bibi who fought courageously against Akbar belonged to which of the following kingdoms ?
(A) Berar
(B) Khandesh
(C) Bijapur
(D) Ahmednagar
29. Find out the wrong number in the series
2, 3, 12, 37, 86, 166, 288
(A) 2
(B) 166
(C) 3
(D) 86
30. The difference between 3/5 of 2/3 of a number and 2/5 of ¼ of the same number is 288. What is the number ?
(A) 960
(B) 850
(C) 895
(D) 955
31. Find the next term in the series.
Z, S, W, O, T, K, Q, G, ? , ? .
(A) N, C
(B) N, D
(C) O, C
(D) O, D
32. If 3167 is added to 4093 and the sum is divided by 145, what will be the appropriate outcome ?
(A) 50
(B) 75
(C) 60
(D) 80
33. Which ruler of Magadha was contemporary of Buddha ?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Ajat Shatru
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Mahapadma Nand
34. A watch reads 4 : 30. If the minute hand points East, in which direction will the hour hand point ?
(A) South-East
(B) North-East
(C) North-West
(D) South-West
35. Krishna Deva Raya was contemporary of :
(A)Akbar
(B) Firoz Tughlaq
(C) Babur
(D) Allauddin Khilji
36. Which Indian state is the leading producer of thorium ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Bihar
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Madhya Pradesh
37. A certain amount earns simple interest of ₹ 1,750 after 7 years. Had the interest been 2% more, how much more interest would it have earned ?
(A) ₹35
(B) ₹ 350
(C) ₹ 245
(D) Can’t be determined from the given data
38. Complete the series :
Z, A, U, F, P, ?
(A) K
(B) M
(C) N
(D) O
39. At present, the ratio between the ages of Arup and Durga is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arup’s age will be 26 years. What is the age of Durga at present ?
(A) 12 years
(B) 15 years
(C) 19 years
(D) 25 years
40. A, B and C begin to jog around a circular stadium and complete their round in 36 seconds, 48 seconds and 42 seconds respectively. After how many seconds will they be together at the starting point ?
(A) 940 seconds
(B) 540 seconds
(C) 470 seconds
(D) 1008 seconds
41. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?
12, 17, 32, 57, 92, ?
(A) 198
(B) 137
(C) 147
(D) 205
42. If 975 is written as “throw away garbage”, 528 is written as “give away smoking” and 213 is written as “smoking is harmful” in a certain code language, which digit in that code means “smoking” ?
(A) 5
(B) 3
(C) 8
(D) 2
43. Litmus is obtained from :
(A) Alga
(B) Bacterium
(C) Fungus
(D) None of the above
44. Milk contains 5% water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to 10 litres of milk to reduce this to 2% ?
(A) 5 litres
(B) 7 litres
(C) 15 litres
(D) None of the above
45. 18 men can do a piece of work in 12 days. How many men would be required to do the same work in 8 days ?
(A) 36
(B) 24
(C) 27
(D) 21
46. A shopkeeper employed a servant at a monthly salary of ₹ 1,500. In addition to it, he agreed to pay him commission of 15% on the monthly sale. How much sale should servant do if he wants his monthly income of ₹ 6,000 ?
(A) ₹ 30,000
(B) ₹ 45,000
(C) ₹ 31,500
(D) None of the above
47. A man always has
(A) teeth
(B) hands
(C) eyes
(D) heart
48. Salaries of Ravindra and Santosh are in the ratio of 2 : 3. If the salary of each one is increased by ₹ 4,000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Santosh’s present salary ?
(A) ₹ 17,000
(B) ₹ 20,000
(C) ₹ 11,333.33
(D) None of the above
49. Shyam decided to marry three years after he gets a job. He was 17 years old when he passed class 12th. He had completed his graduation course in three years and PG course in two years. He got the job exactly one year after completing the PG course. At what age, will he get married ?
(A) 27 years
(B) 28 years
(C) 26 years
(D) 25 years
50. The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers can’t represent the total number of children in the class ?
(A) 48
(B) 44
(C) 42
(D) None of the above
