PRACTICE TEST-13

1. In a class of 25 students, 5 students scored 100 10. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 12. The
marks each, 6 got 2 marks each and the average of middle digit is twice the sum of the first and the
the rest was 20. What is the average of the marks third digit and the number will be increased by
for the whole class? 198 if its digits are reversed. Find the number.
a) 31.68 b) 30 a) 191 b) 187
c) 25 d) 30.05 c) 179 d) 183
2. Arjun got simple interest of Rs. 750 on a principal 11. If two supplementary angles differ by 44°, then
of Rs. 2,500 in 4 years. What is the rate of interest one of the angle is
per annum? a) 68° b) 72°
a) 6.5% b) 6% c) 102° d) 65°
c) 7% d) 7.5% 12. In a class, there are 60n students in which 15%
3. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 66 are girls. Each girl’s monthly fee is Rs. 250 and
and their difference is 44, what is the product of each boy’s monthly fee is 34% more than a girl.
the numbers? What is the total monthly fee of 60 students?
a) 2904 b) 726 a) Rs. 19,335 b) Rs. 18,435
c) 1210 d) 605 c) Rs. 19,345 d) rs. 19,435
4. The value of the question mark (?) in the following 13. If the volume of a sphere is numerically equal to
expression is its surface area, then its diameter is
√𝟓𝟕 × 𝟗. 𝟓 − (𝟔𝟑 × 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓) + 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟖 = ? a) 4 unit b) 2 unit
a) 15 b) 35 c) 3 unit d) 6 unit
c) 25 d) 45 14. 5 persons plan to live in a tent. If each person
5. The speed of a car is 50% more than the speed of requires 16 m2 of floor area and 100 m3 space for
a truck. If the truck travels a certain distance in air then the height of the cone of the smallest size
‘ֹT’ hours then the time taken by the car to travel tent to accommodate these persons would be
half the distance travelled by truck is a) 18.75 m b) 16 m
T T
a) b) c) 10.25 m d) 20 m
2 3
15. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 minutes. Pipe B can fill
T T the same tank in 40 minutes and Pipe C can empty
c) d)
5 4 the same tank in 60 minutes. If A, B and C are
6. Three cloths of length 7 m and 9.5 m, respectively opened together, in how much time, will the tank
have to be cut into the same length pieces of the be filled completely?
maximum size. What will be the total number of a) 20 minutes b) 15 minutes
pieces? c) 24 minutes d) 26 minutes
a) 24 b) 48 16. Which of the following is different from the
c) 96 d) 120 others?
7. The ages of Vikas and Shobhit are in the ratio of a) AF b) JN
2 : 3. After 12 years, their ages will be in the ratio c) LQ d) WB
of 11 : 15. The age of Shobhit is 17. JKP, KLQ, LMR, MNS, ?
a) 32 years b) 42 years a) NOT b) NPT
c) 48 years d) 56 years c) PNS d) MPS
8. The HCF of two numbers is 25 and the other two 18. Select the odd one out.
factors of their LCM are 12 and 17. The smaller of a) Playing b) Eating
the two number is c) Walking d) Sleeping
a) 300 b) 204 19. Choose the pair, which is different from the rest.
c) 425 d) 125 a) 36-63 b) 87-78
9. If one-fourth of one-fifth of a number is 4, then c) 35-51 d) 44-44
find its three-fourth. 20. In a certain code, ‘WHEN’ is written as ‘MVSD’
a) 24 b) 36 and ‘STAR’ is written as ‘IZGH’. How is ‘COPY’
c) 48 d) 60 written in the same code?
a) BLKX b) BKXL
c) KBLX d) BKLF

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21. Introducing Raman, Sohan said, “he is the only b) Diffused reflection
son of my father’s only son.” How is Sohan related c) Multiple reflections d) Dispersion
to Raman? 32. Rear view mirrors of cars, scooters, etc. are
a) Niece b) Father actually
c) Aunt d) Data inadequate a) concave mirrors b) convex lens
22. If * stands for ‘addition’, / stands for c) convex mirrors d) plane mirrors
‘subtraction’, + stands for ‘multiplication’ and – 33. Which one of the following is not a conductor of
stands for ‘division’, then 20 * 8 / 8 – 4 + 2 = ? electricity?
a) 24 b) 25 a) Distilled water b) Vinegar
c) 64 d) 8 c) Lime juice d) Salt water
23. The hospital is to the west of the college while my 34. Which of the following is a possible condition for
house is to the north of the college. The bus stop is the working of a moving iron galvanometer with
to the south of the hospital. If the distance of the reference to earth’s magnetic field?
bus stop from the hospital is equal to the distance a) Earth’s magnetic field is strong than that of the
of the hospital from the college, in which direction galvanometer magnet.
is the bus stop with respect to the college? b) Earth’s magnetic field is weaker than that of the
a) North b) South galvanometer magnet.
c) South-west d) North-east c) Both earth and the galvanometer magnet have
24. 22, 30, 42, 58, ? weaker magnetic field.
a) 50 b) 62 d) Both earth and the galvanometer magnet have
c) 30 d) 78 stronger magnetic fields.
25. How many lines can be drawn through 18 points 35. Which of the following is related to the Ampereֹ’s
on a circle? law?
a) 121 b) 324 a) Electric field and charge
c) 204 d) 153 b) Electric field and current
26. How many 4-digit numbers (without repetition of c) Magnetic field and charge
digits) can be formed by using the digits o, 1, 2, 3, d) Magnetic field and current
4, 5, 6 and 7? 36. Match the terms with their correct units in the
a) 1680 b) 1470 following table :
c) 750 d) 1820 List-I List-II
Directions (Q. 27-29) : In the following questions, A) Electric field 1. Tesla
choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word B) Magnetic flux density 2. Volt/meter
and mark it in the answer sheet. C) Current density 3. amp/meter2
27. Abundance D) Magnetic field strength 4. amp/meter
a) Exactly b) Below a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 b) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
c) Presence d) Lack c) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
28. Elementary 37. The capacitance of a spherical conductor depends
a) Midst b) Advanced on the __________
c) Amid d) Afraid a) charge on the sphere
29. Affirmative b) radius of the sphere
a) Negative b) Brave c) voltage across the sphere
c) Before d) Subtract d) electric field in the sphere
30. Which among the given answer images will 38. Which of the following can be used to find the
complete the question image? total charge inside a sphere?
a) Charge density × Volume of the sphere
b) Charge density × Radius of the sphere
c) Charge density × Surface area of the sphere
d) Charge density × Electric field of the sphere
39. Two equal forces acting on a particle have a
resultant force equal to the magnitude of either
one of the forces applied. If the angle between the
forces is , then cos  is equal to _________.
1
a) 1 b)
2
1
c) – d) 2
2
40. Who is the author of Anandamath?
a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
31. Which characteristic of sound helps the doctor b) Surendranath Banerjee
hear the sound of patient’s heartbeat in c) Rabindranath Tagore
stethoscope? d) Harish Chandra Mukherji
a) Total internal reflection

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41. The Constituent Assembly of India was set up in 56. The creator of Pinyin writing system that uses
a) 1945 b) 1946 Romanised Chinese writing passed away in
c) 1947 d) 1949 January 2017. Who was he?
42. Brahmo Samaj was founded in a) a) Yuen Ren Chao b) Zhou Youguang
a) 1810 b) 1812 c) Wang Li d) Changpei Luo
c) 1815 d) 1828 57. Where is the worldֹ’s largest volcano situated?
43. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was a) Indonesia b) USA
held on c) Iceland d) Japan
a) 26 November 1950 b) 26 November 1946 58. Where is the mountain gorilla found?
c) 13 December 1946 d) 13 December 1950 a) Rwanda
44. Quality of population depends upon _________. b) Democratic Republic of Congo
a) literacy rate b) health of people c) Uganda d) All of these
c) skill formation d) All of these 59. Where is the Mahabodhi Temple situated?
45. What is the common name of the chemical a) Patna b) Varanasi
compound Calcium Sulphate? c) Taxila d) Bodh Gaya
a) Caustic Soda b) Potash Alum 60. Which among the following statements is correct?
c) Quick Lime d) Plaster of Paris a) The point where the whole mass of the body is
46. Which of the following is not a layer of the assumed to act is centroid.
atmosphere? b) The point where the whole area is assumed to act
a) Troposphere b) Stratosphere is the centre of gravity.
c) Lithosphere d) Thermosphere c) Sometimes the centroid and the centre of gravity
47. The temperature falls towards the poles due to are the same.
a) heavy snowfalls in polar regions d) The centroid and the centre of gravity are always
b) polar regions being largely nearby the sea cost the same.
c) polar regions being lower than the equatorial 61. Which of the following statements is correct?
region a) All metals are good conductors of electricity.
d) the intensity of insolation varying from the b) All metals are solid at room temperature.
equator towards polar regions c) All metals have a metallic luster or shrine.
48. What is the base year for WPI? d) All metals react with air to form metal oxides.
a) 2005-06 b) 2011-12 62. Most synthetic fibres catch fire easily. Which of
c) 2013-14 d) 2004-05 the following is a fire resistant fibre?
49. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram a) PET b) Nylon
Yojana, each MP has to develop three villages by c) Melamine d) Polyester
a) 2017 b) 2018 63. The inner surfaces of food cans are coated with tin
c) 2019 d) 2020 and not with zinc because
50. Speaker of Lok Sabha is elected by? a) zinc is costlier than tin
a) Simple majority b) Two-third majority b) zinc is more reactive than tin
c) Unanimously d) None of these c) zinc has a higher melting point than tin
51. Which article contains the provision of national d) zinc is less reactive than tin
emergency? 64. Metal which is highly reactive and is kept in
a) Article 352 b) Article 356 kerosene oil is
c) Article 360 d) Article 342 a) Copper b) Zinc
52. Who has appointed the CEO of Tata Consultancy c) Calcium d) Sodium
Services (TCS)? 65. Which of the following gases has the highest
a) Ajoy Kumar Misra b) N. Chandrasekaran concentration in the atmosphere after nitrogen?
c) Rajesh Gopinathan d) Guenter Butschek a) Oxygen b) Nitrogen
53. Who was awarded with 52nd Jnanpith Award in c) Argon d) Carbon dioxide
April 2017? 66. Which of the following isotopes of uranium is
a) Reghuveer Chaudhari b) Sankha Ghosh fissile?
c) Kedarnath Singh d) Bhalachandra Nemade a) U-238 b) U-235
54. According to a recent report released by c) Both U-238 and U-235
International Labour Organization, the number d) None of the above
of unemployed people in India in 2018 would be 67. Which of the following has fertile atoms?
a) 21 million b) 20 million a) Pu-239 b) U-238
c) 15 million d) 18 million c) U-235 d) U-239
55. Which book won the 2016 Hindu Literary Prize? 68. Rhizobium bacteria living in the root nodules of
a) Flood of Fire b) Seahorse leguminous plants help the plant by
c) Jinnah Often Came to Our House a) absorbing water from soil for the plant
d) When the River Sleeps b) fixing gaseous nitrogen into soluble nitrogen salts
c) synthesizing proteins for the plant
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69. The minerals required in the right amount for 1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b)
proper functioning of muscles are 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d)
a) iron and calcium b) sodium and potassium 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (c)
c) iodine and fluorine d) iron and iodine 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)
70. The ratio between the lengths of the small 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (d) 25. (d)
intestine and large intestine in the human body is 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (b)
a) 8 : 1 b) 4 : 1 31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (d)
c) 1 : 5 d) 1 : 8 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (a)
71. The dietary fibres are 41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (d)
a) also called roughage 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (a)
b) made up of cellulose and proteins
51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (c)
c) made up of collagen fibres
56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (d) 60. (c)
d) made up of proteins
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (d) 65. (a)
72. The heaviest animal on earth lives in
a) mountains b) deserts 66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (b) 70. (b)
c) oceans d) temperate forests 71. (a) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (d)
73. Which of the following statements is correct about
the ecosystem?
a) It supports only biotic elements.
b) It supports only abiotic elements.
c) It is the relation between plant and animal
kingdoms.
d) It is the interaction between organisms and their
relations with the surroundings.
74. Which one of the following fishes is a surface
feeder?
a) Rohus b) Mrigals
c) Common carps d) Catlas
75. Animal husbandry is the scientific management of
A. animal breeding B. culture of animals
C. animal livestock D. rearing of animals
a) (A), (B) and (C) b) (B), (C) and (D)
c) (A), (B) and (D) d) (A), (C) and (D)

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