General Knowledge Sample Paper - 15

SECTION-III : GENERAL TEST (c) Keshab Chandra

(d) Swami Vivekananda (b) an output device
8. Which water bo dy separates (c) a storage device
1. The pres ent monetary system in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands? (d) a processing device
India is managed by: 16. Amalgam is an alloy in which the
(a) Andaman Sea
(a) Nationalized Banks base metal is:
(b) Bay of Bengal
(b) The State Bank of India (a) Copper (b) Zinc
(c) Ten Degree Channel
(c) The Central Finance Ministry
(d) Eleventh Degree Channel (c) Aluminium (d) Mercury
(d) The Reserve Bank of India 17. The physical method commonly
9. The neighbourhood country of
2. What is a Multinational
India which has the smallest used to purify sea water is:
Company? area is: (a) Evaporation
(a) A joint venture among more (a) Sri Lanka (b) Sedimentation
than two countries. (c) Filtration
(b) Bangladesh
(b) A company set up with foreign (d) Distillation
capital. (c) Bhutan
(d) Nepal 18. Cathode rays are:
(c) A company having operations
in many countries. 10. A common plant found in (a) Electromagnetic waves
(d) A company holding a tropical rainforest is: (b) Radiations
monopoly over the sale of a (a) Pine (c) Stream of -particles
certain commodity in several (d) Stream of electrons
(b) Eucalyptus
countries. (c) Orchid 19. The term ‘Let’ is associated with:
3. The Khil afat Movement was (d) Fir (a) Badminton (b) Chess
organized to protest against: 11. Which of the following vitamins (c) Hockey (d) Football
(a) religious interference by the 20. The oral polio vaccine was
is necessary for clotting of blood?
British discovered by:
(b) Russian Revolution (a) K (b) C
(a) Alexander Flemming
(c) dismemberment of Turkey (c) A (d) B
(b) Jonas Salk
(d) suppression of Pathans 12. When pressure is increased, the (c) Edmond Fischer
4. Which part of the Constitution boiling point of water: (d) Joseph E. Murray
of India has been described as the (a) decreases 21. The Umiam Hydel-Project dam
soul of the Constitution? (b) increases is located a few kilometres north
(a) Fundamental Rights (c) remains the same of:
(b) Directive Princples of State (d) depends on the volume of (a) Guwahati (b) Shillong
Policy vapour formed (c) Kohima (d) Imphal
(c) Preamble 13. Rainbow has: (Choose incorrect 22. The expenses of the Government
(d) Panchayats statement) of India are the highest on
5. Constituent Assembly adopted (a) red light as its outer-most account of subsidy on:
the Constitution on: colour towards sky (a) Fertilizers (b) Oil
(a) 15th August, 1947 (b) red light as its inner-most (c) LPG (d) Food
(b) 26th November, 1949 colour towards earth 23. ‘Simla Pact’ between India and
(c) 26th January, 1950 (c) violet light as its inner-most Pakistan was signed in the year:
(d) 30th January, 1948 colour towards earth (a) 1965 (b) 1971
6. The famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ (d) its curvature bent towards earth (c) 1972 (d) 2001
has been taken from: 14. A cyclist in circular motion 24. In which of the following states
(a) Rigveda should lean: are Garo and Khasi tribes
(b) Samaveda found?
(a) Forward
(c) Yajurveda
(b) Backward (a) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Atharvaveda
(c) Sideways towards the centre (b) Nagaland
7. Who was the f ounder of the
(d) Sideway away from the centre (c) Meghalaya
Rama Krishna Mission? (d) Mizoram-
15. The monitor of a com puter is:
(a) Sri Ramakrishna (a) an input device 25. Manipur has common boundaries
(b) Swami Shraddhananda with the group of states of
 (a) Nagaland, Assam and Mizoram 36. Arrange the given words in the
daughter of my father." How is
(b) Naga land, Meghalaya and sequence in which they occur in
the boy related to Amarjeet?
Tripura the dictionary.
(a) Nephew
(c) Meghalaya, Mizoram and i. Premanifest
(b) Maternal uncle
Tripura ii. Premalignant
(c) Son
(d) Nagal and, Mizoram and iii. Premake
(d) Cousin
Meghalaya iv. Premarital
43. Identify the diagram that best
(a) ii, iii, iv, i (b) iii, ii, i, iv
Direections (Q. 26-29): Select the represents the relationship
related word/letters/number from the (c) iv, i, ii, iii (d) i, ii, iii, iv
among the given classes.
given alternatives. 37. In a certain coded language,
Human being, Doctors,
“ MOBILE ” is written as
26. Zoology : Animals : : Virology : Postgrad uates
“ OQDKNG ” . How
?
is “RANGER ” written in that
(a) Mitochondria
coded language?
(b) Virus (a) (b)
(a) TCPIGT (b) TCPGIT
(c) Protozoa (c) TPCIGT (d) GTTCPT
(d) Bacteria 38. ln the following question, select
27. PLUMBER : REBMULP : : ? : the missing number from the
LABREV given series. (c) (d)
(a) VEBRAL (b) VERBLE
(c) VERBAL (d) VABREL 16 49 64 44. lf a mirror is placed on the line
28. Hi : Sr : : Fg : ? 36 25 6 MN, then which of the answer
(a) Hi (b) dC 38 16 ? figures is the right image of the
(c) Ut (d) Jk given figure?
29. 11 : 132 : : 12 : ? (a) 24 (b) 32 Question figure:
(a) 130 (b) 160 (c) 20 (d) 25 M
(c) 156 (d) 158 39. If “A” denotes “multiplied by”,
“C” denotes “subtracted from”,
Direections (Q. 30-32): Find out the
“D” denotes “added to” and
odd word/letters/number/number pair
“B” denotes “divided by”, then
from the given alternatives. N
76 C 54 D 210 B 3 A 15 = ?
30. (a) BC (b) IF
(a) 1072 (b) 1050 Answer figures:
(c) CL (d) GH
(c) 1830 (d) 1431
31. (a) 2714 (b) 8432
40. Which set of letters when
(c) 6742 (d) 7858 sequentially placed at the gaps (a) (b)
32. (a) 687 (b) 777 in the given letter series shall
(c) 993 (d) 745 complete it?
Direetions (Q. 33-35): A series is given j_l_jk_m_kl_
with one term missing. Choose the (a) jkljm (b) kmjjj
correct alternative from the given ones (c) (d)
(c) kmljm (d) mkjlm
that will complete the series. 41. Karan travels 20 km towards
33. 12, 24, 72, 288, ? south, and then takes a left, and 45. A piece of paper is folded and
(a) 1440 (b) 3250 punched as shown below in the
travels 35 km further. Again, he
question figures. From the given
(c) 3025 (d) 2025 takes a left and travels 20 km
answer figures, indicate how it
34. FU, GT, HS, IR, ? further. How far is he from his
will appear when unfolded.
(a) JQ (b) KO original position?
Question figures:
(c) MN (d) EF (a) 35 km (b) 25 km
35. OP, RS, VW, ? , GH (c) 30 km (d) 40 km
(a) ZA (b) AB 42. Introducing a boy, Amarjeet
(c) CD (d) GE says, "He is the son of the
 Answer figures: Question figures: given two matrices. The
columns and rows of Matrix-l
are numbered from 0 to 4 and
(a) (b) that of Matrix-ll are numbered
from 5 to 9. A letter from these
matrices can be represented
Answer figures: first by its row and next by its
(c) (d) column; for example. 'N' can
be represented by 21, 67, etc.,
46. How many triangles are there (a) and ' R' can be represented by
in the given figure? 66, 57, etc. Similarly, you have to
identify the set for the word
'GRIM'.

(b) Matrix -l
0 1 2 3 4
0 Q R A N B
1 W I N H L
(c) 2 E N S G O
3 N Y G O M
4 M T O F A

Matrix -ll
(a) 28 (b) 36 (d)
(c) 40 (d) 48 5 6 7 8 9
47. Which answer figure will 49. Which answer figure will 5 Z M R I Q
complete the pattern in the complete the pattern in the 6 X R N W A
question figure? question figure? 7 C S Y E U
Question figure: Question figure: 8 S N T M S
9 G B E R U
(a) 23, 57, 11, 88
(b) 32, 66, 58, 67
? (c) 95, 02, 11, 86
?
(d) 23, 11, 57, 88
Answer figures:
Answer figures 51. Badki can bake 45 cakes in 9
hours, Badki and Chutki
together can bake 80 cakes in 10
(a) (b) hours. How many cakes can
Chutki bake in 40 hours?
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 125 (b) 10
(c) 120 (d) 20
(c) (d) 50. A word is represented by only 52. Of the 5 numbers, whose average
one set of numbers as given in is 72, the first is 1/8 times the sum
48. From the given answer figures, any one of the alte rnatives. of the other 4. The first number is -
The sets of numbers given in --.
select the one in which the
(a) 60 (b) 26
question figure is hidden/ the alternatives are (c) 40 (d) 80
embedded. represented by two classes of 53. If 6/7th of 8/5th of a number is 192,
alphabets as shown in the then 3/4th of that number is ------ .
 (a) 05 (b) 77 (b) 4620 sq. cm. 1
(c) 36 (d) 80 (c) 6930 sq. cm. 2 m each. Then the rope will
2
54. The value of x for which the (d) 13860 sq. cm.
expressions 5 x + 17 and 17 x – 5 have to be cut into how many
61. If sin 4/3 = x, then the value of x pieces?
become equal is --------------. is
(a) 11/6 (b) – 11/6 (a) –2 (b) –2/3 1
(a) 20 (b) 22
(c) 6/11 (d) – 6/11 (c) 3/2 (d) 2 2
55. If a merchant offers a discount 62. When a number is increased by 2
of 30% on the list price, then he (c) 50 (d) 45
28, it becomes 107% of itself. 3
makes a loss of 16%. What % What is the number? 69. 4.48 is equal to
profit or % loss will he make if
(a) 336 (b) 420 12
he sells at a discount of 20% of (a) 3
(c) 400 (d) 252 15
the listed price?
(a) 14 % profit 63. Refer to the below data table and
answer the following question: 11
(b) 4 % loss (b) 4
(c) 26 % profit 25
Boys Girls
(d) 8 % profit 12
56. A bank offers 15% compound Medical 40 75 (c) 2
25
interest per half year. A customer Engineering 100 25
deposits ` 8800 each on 1st 12
Find the percentage of girls in (d) 4
January and 1st July of a year. 25
At the end of the year, the Engineering field.
70. Find the area of a regular
amount he would have gained by (a) 20 (b) 10.42 hexagon in sq. cm. whose side
way of interest is (c) 50 (d) 25 measures 16cm.
(a) ` 8315 (b) ` 2079 64. Five-ninth of 80% of a number (a) 345 (b) 486
is equal to 2790. What is the
(c) ` 4158 (d) ` 1039 (c) 468 3 (d) 384 3
number?
57. A triangular prism has 9 edges.
(a) 6278 (b) 6450 71. Shyam purchased a wooden
How many vertices does it have?
(c) 8275 (d) 8090 bed with 30% discount on the
(a) 8 (b) 6
65. Three-fifth of a number is 35 more labelled price and sold it with
(c) 12 (d) 10
than forty percent of that number. 40% profit on the labelled
58. The diagonal of a square equals
What is 60% of that number? price. What was his percentage
the side of an equilateral triangle.
(a) 87 (b) 105 profit on the price he bought?
If the area of the square is 12 sq
(c) 125 (d) 150 (a) 40
cm. what is the area of the
66. What is the height of an (b) 50
equilateral triangle?
equilateral triangle having side (c) 100
(a) 123 sq. cm.
'a' ? (d) 105
(b) 63 sq. cm.
(c) 122 sq. cm. 3 3 1 1
(a) a (b) 3a 72. 7  5  8  .........?
(d) 24 sq. cm. 2 4 4 2
59. The ratio of the present ages of 2 a 2
(c) a (d) (a) 19
Ranjini and Shahid is 5:4. After 13 3
3 2
years, the ratio of their ages will 67. The average age of 24 students 1
be 6:5. What is Ranjini's present (b) 21
in a class is 10 years. If the 2
age? teacher's age is included, then
(a) 52 (b) 65 average age is increased by 1. (c) 25
(c) 60 (d) 32 What is the age of teacher in
60. If the curved surface area of a 3
years? (d) 22
right circular cone is 10010 sq. (a) 35 (b) 36 4
cm. and its slant height is 91 cm, Directions (Q. 73-75): The bar graph
(c) 34 (d) 32
find its total surface area. show box offce collection (in `crores)
68. A 125 meter long rope is cut into a
(a) 27720 sq. cm. of 6 movies (A, B, C, D, E, F). Study
number of pieces having length of
the diagram and answer the following
questions.
Box Office Collection (in ` crores)

250
200
200
150
150
100
100 70
50
50 30
0
A B C D E F
Movies
73. Which movie grossed the second
highest box office collections?
(a) E (b) C
(c) B (d) D
74. By what percentage the
collections of movie D were
lower than that of movie B?
(a) 66.7% (b) 40%
(c) 20% (d) 60%
75. Collection of movie C is equal
to the combined collections of
which movies?
(a) F, A and D (b) B, D and F
(c) B and D (d) A, B and F
 Answers with Explanations

SECTION-III : GENERAL TEST

1. (d) The Reserve Bank of India 17. (d) Distillation is commonly used 29. (c) As,
announces the Monetary Policy for every to purify sea water. 11  132  11 × 11 + 11
financial year and presents periodic 18. (d) Cathode rays are stream or Similarly,
review of the same from time to time. beam of electrons. 12  d 156 12 × 12 + 12
Finally, the missing number is 156.
2. (c) A Multinational Company is a 19. (a) Badminton: Angled Drive
30. (a)
company having operations in many Serve, Bird, Deuce, Fault, Forehand
countries and having production or Smash, Let, Lob, Love, Net Shots, B C I F C L G H
2 3 9 6 3 12 7 8
service facilities outside the country of Smash.
its origin. 20. (b) Jonas Salk discovered the oral 2+3=5 9+6=15 3+12=15 7+8=15
3. (c) In support of the Khilafat polio vaccine.  The odd letter pair is BC.
movement Gandiji inaugurated the Non-
21. (b) Umiam Hydel: Project is 31. (d)
Cooperation campaign on August 1,
located 14 km from Shillong, Meghalaya. 2714  2 × 7 = 14
1920.
22. (d) Food 8432  8 × 4 = 32
4. (c) Preamble to the Constitution 6742  6 × 7 = 42
is soul of the Constitution. 23. (c) ‘Simla Pact’ between India
5. (b) Constituent Assembly adopted and Pakistan was signed on July 2, 1972. 7858  7 × 8 = 56 58
the Constitution on November 26, 1949. 24. (c) Garo and Khasi tribes are So, the odd number is 7858.
From this date the provisions relating to found in Meghalaya. 32 . (d) 687, 777 and 993 are
citizenship, elections, provisional 25. (a) Manipur has common divisible by 3, and 745 is not divisible
parliament, temporary and transitional boundaries with Nagaland,Mizoram and by 3. So, 745 is the odd number.
provisions were given immediate effect. Assam. 33. (a)
6. (a) The famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ 26. (b) As animals are related to 12 24 72 288 1440
has been taken from Rig Veda. Rig Veda zoology, similarly virus will be related
consists of 1017 hymns and is divided ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5
to virology. The missing term is 1440.
into 10 mandals.
7. (d) Swami Vivekananda founded 27. (a) As 34. (a) The series is:
P L U MB E R R E B M U L P +1 +1 +1 +1
the Ramakrishna Mission in Belur in F G H I J
1897. U –1
T –1
S –1
R –1
Q
8. (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Finally, the missing term is JQ.
are separated by Ten Degree Channel.
9. (c) 35. (b) The series is:
Country Area +3 +4 +5 +6
G
Opposite letters O R V A
Sri Lanka : 65,610 sq. km Similarly, +3 +4 +5 +6
P S W B H
Bangladesh : 144, 000 sq. km
V E R B AL LA B R E V
Bhutan : 47,00 sq. km Finally the missing term is AB.
Nepal : 140,800 sq. km 36. (b) According to the dictionary,
10. (c) Orchid, mahogany rosewood, the arrangement of words is as
cinchona etc. are found in Tropical follows:
Rainforest. (iii) Premake, (ii) Premalignant, (i)
11. (a) Vitamin K is necessary for Opposite letters Premanifest, (iv) Prema rgal.
clotting of blood. It was discovered by 28. (c) As 37. (a) As M O B I L E
Dam and Doisy of United States in 1935.
H i S r +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
12. (b) When pressure is increased, 8 9 : 19 18
the boiling point of water increases. At O Q D K N G
16 bar, the boiling point of water is 200°C. +1 –1 Similarly,
13. (b) Red colour appears on the Similarly, R A N G E R
upper side of a rainbow and violet colour F g U t +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
on the lower side. 6 7 : 21 20
T C P I G T
14. (c) A cyclist in circular motion
+1 –1 Final ly, RANGER is written as
should lean sideways towards the centre.
Finally, the missing term is Ut. TCPIGT.
15. (b) A monitor is first and foremost
an output device because it displays
information already held in the computer.
16. (d) Mercury forms an amalgam
(alloy) with various metals.
 38. (c) As
Finally, the right mirror image of 51. (c) Number of cases Badki can
16 + 36 + 38 = 90 45
bake in l hours = = 5
and 9
the given image is Number of cases Badki and Chutki
 49 + 25 + 16 = 90
can bake in 1 hours
Similarly, 45. (b) A piece of paper is folded 80
  64 + 6 + ? = 90 and punched. When unfolded, it will = =8
10
appear as given below:
 70 + ? = 90 Number of cases Chutki can bake in1
hour = 8 – 5 = 3
 ? = (90 – 70) = 20
Number of cases Chutki can bake in
Finally, the missing number is 20. 40 hours = 3 × 40 = 120 cakes
39. (a) Given expression: 46. (b) 52. (c) Total sum of 5 numbers
76 C 54 D 210 B 3 A 15 A = 5 × 72 = 360
Let the first number be x.
After changing the signs:
Sum of 4 numbers = 360 – x
= 76 – 54 + 210 ÷ 3 × 15 H B According of the question:
I
= 76 – 54 + 70 × 15
1
= 76 – 54 + 1050 G J C  x=  360 – x
L 8
= 1126 – 105 0 = 1072  9x = 360
K
40. (c) The series is: F D  x = 40
Hence, the first number is 40.
j k l m / jk l /m/ j k l m
53. (a) Let the number be x
E
 The set of letters 'kmljm' Then,
The triangles are as given below:
completes the series.
AIH; AIB; AHB; CJB; x 6 8
41. (a) CJD; CBD; EKD; EKF;   = 192
7 5
Start End N EDF; GLF; GLH; GFH;
HLM; IMH; BIM; BJM; 192  35 24
W E x=
20 km 20 km DKM; DJM; FKM; FLM; 6  8 = 6 × 35 = 140
35 km S MBH; MBD; MFD; MFH;
Finally, Karan is 35 km away from HFD; HBD; BHF; BDF; 3 3
HGM; HMA; BMC; BAM; of x = × 140 = 3 × 35 =
his original position. 4 4
42. (a) According to the statement DCM; DME; FEM; FMG; 105
of Amarjeet, the boy is the nephew of Thus, there are 36 triangles. 54. (a) According to the question:
Amarjeet. 47 . (a) Answer figure (a) will
5x + 17 = 17x – 5
43. (b) Doctors are human beings complete the pattern of the question figure.
48. (c) 17x – 5x = 17 + 5
and postgraduates also. So, the diagram
that represents the given relationship is 49. (a) Answer figure (a) will 12x = 2 2
as follows: complete the pattern of the given
22 11
question figure. x= =
50. (a) 12 6
55. (b) Let the marked price be x.
G = 23 , 32, 95
 100 – 30  70 x
R = 01, 57 , 66, 98 S.P. = x   =
 100  100
M
I = 11 , 58 We know that
M = 34,40, 56, 88  C.P. – Loss = S.P.
Finally, we get the set of words 16
44. (c)  Loss = C.P. ×
GRIM as 23, 57, 11, 88. 100
N
 16 Area of equilateral triangle: 63. (a) Total number of students
 C.P .– C.P. × = S.P..
100 = (25 + 100) = 125
3 2

 C.P. ×
84
=
70 x =
4

 2 6  Number of girls in engineering = 25
100 100
25×100
3 % of girls in engineering =
70 x 100 5 =  24 = 6 3 sq. cm. 125
C.P. =  =` x 4
100 84 6 = 20%
59. (b) Let present ages of Ranjini 64. (a) Let the number be x
100– 20 x and Shahid be 5x and 4x.
New C.P. = According to the question: 5 80  x
100 Then,  = 2790
80 x 4 5 x 13 6 9 100
= =` x  =
100 5 4 x 13 5 9 10
 x = 2790 × ×
5 4x   25x + 65 = 24x + 78 5 8
Loss = (S.P. – C.P.) =  6 x – 5   x = (78 – 65) = 13
   6277.5  6278
Present age of Ranjini = 5 × 13 65. (b) Let the number be x.
(25x –24 x) x = 65 years
= =` 3 40
30 30 60. (d) Curved surface area (C.S.A) Then,  x=  x  35
5 100
= rl
x 3x 2 x
 100 x  6  100 22  – = 35
30  10010 = × r × 91 = 22r × 13 5 5
Loss % = 5 = 30  5  x 7
x x
6 10010 5005 455  = 35
 r = 22  13 = 11 13 = = 35 5
100 13 x = 175
= = 4% Total suface area = rl + r2
25 60
56. (c) 22 Hence, 60% of 175 = 175 ×
100
 15 
2
8800  30 1 = 10010 + ×35×35
A = 8800  1  7 = 105
 + 100  2
 100  = 10010 + 110 × 35 66. (a) Let height of an equilateral
 23 
2
= 10010 + 3850 triangle be h.
= 8800   + 88 × 15 = 13860 sq. cm
 20  a 
2

529  – 4  Now, h = a2   
2
= 8800 × + 1320 61. (c) x = sin  
400  3 
= 22 × 529 + 1320  4    2 a2 3
= 11638 + 1320 = ` 12958 = – sin   = – sin     = a – = a
 3   3 4 2
Interest earned = 12958 – 8800 A
= ` 4158  3
= sin = sin 60º =
57. (b) There are six vertices at the 3 2
top the and bottom. 62. (c) Let the number be x
58. (b) Side of square = Thus, according to the question: a a
12 = 2 3
Then, 107 h
2 2  x + 28 = x
 2 3   2 3  = d2 100
107 a/2
2 3  x – x = 28 B D a C
100
 12 + 12 = d2 67. (a) Total age of 24 students
2 3
107x –100x
 = 28 = 24 × 10 = 240
 d2 = 24 100
 7x = 28 × 100 Including the age of teacher
, total age
 d= 26 (teacher + students) = 25 × 11 = 275
Side of equilateral triangle is equal 28  100
 x= = 400 Age of teacher = 275 – 240 = 35
to diagonal (d) 7
years
 68. (c) Required number of pieces
71. (c) Let labelled price be `100
125 3 1 1
= = 50 Then cost price of a wooden bed = 72. (b) 7 5 8
2.5 4 4 2
(100 – 30)
100  = ` 70 3 1 1 
69. (d) The given number can be 100 = (7 + 5 + 8)     
4 4 2 
448 And selling price of a wooden bed =
written as 4.48 = 1 1
100 100 140 = 20 + 1= 21
` = ` 140 2 2
12 100 73. (b) The second highest grossing
= 4
25 Hence, required percentage profit of movie = C
70. (d) Area of regular hexagon a wooden bed: 74. (b) Required percentage

3 3 S.P.–C.P. 50 30
= (side)2 =  100 =  100 = 40%
2 C.P. 50
75. (b) Collection of Movie C =
3 3 140 – 70
=  (16)2 =  100 = 100% 150
2 70 Total collection of Movies B, D and
=
F = 50 + 30 + 70 = 150
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