Group D — Test 4

01. What happens when a pendulum bob swings from its mean position to extreme position?

02. Which of the following correctly explains why gases can be compressed easily compared to solids and liquids?

03. Why does growth in plants occur only in specific regions?

04. Ethanol on heating at 443 K in excess concentrated sulphuric acid gives ethene. The chemical change taking place is:

05. Archimedes' principle states that when a body is immersed in a fluid, it experiences ___________.

06. What is the effective diameter of the circular outline of a spherical lens called?

07. Which of the following is a process in which absorbed substances from alimentary canal is transported to different organs where they are used to build complex substances?

08. Which of the following is a characteristic property of a material?

09. Which of the following statements is true according to Thomson's Model of Atom?

10. Which of the following sexually transmitted diseases is caused by a bacterium?

11. A bullet of small mass and high velocity can penetrate a target deeper than a heavy stone thrown at the same speed because:

12. Which of the following metals is purified by distillation?

13. Which of the following statements best explains why hormonal contraceptive pills can have side effects?

14. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

15. Which of the following is/are NOT consequence(s) of large dams?

16. The plant cell wall is primarily composed of:

17. What is the product formed when ethene reacts with bromine?

18. In reproductive health, the aim of contraception is _________.

19. A poultry farmer wants birds that consume less feed, tolerate high heat, and produce quality chicks. Which strategy should he follow?

20. In the context of carbon compounds, what characterises a 'branched chain' structure?

21. Select the correct option regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason. Assertion: Sound waves are non-mechanical waves. Reason: Sound waves require a material medium for their propagation.

22. Two resistors of 15 Ω and 5 Ω are connected in series with a 12 V battery. How much current will flow in the circuit?

23. Consider a ray of light travelling obliquely from air into a glass slab. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? (i) The angle of incidence is smaller than the angle of refraction. (ii) The angle of incidence is greater than the angle of emergence. (iii) The speed of light decreases as the light ray enters from air to glass. (iv) The incident ray and the emergent ray are parallel to each other.

24. Which of the following equations of motion is independent of the final velocity of a particle?

25. Which of the following correctly identifies an element that DOES NOT exist as a molecule in nature?

26. The price of fuel decreases by 20%, 30% and 20% in three successive months but increases by 40% in the fourth month. What is the percentage increase/decrease in the price of fuel in the fourth month as compared to its original price?

27. A trader buys 80 pens at ₹8 each. He sells 60 of them at ₹12 each and the remaining at a 25% loss. What is the overall profit or loss?

28. A can complete a piece of work in 77 days. B is 75% less efficient than A. C is 40% more efficient than B. If B and C work together for 30 days, A alone will complete the remaining work in:

29. A and B working together can do a piece of work in 4 days. B alone can do the same work in 8 days. How long (in days) will A alone take to do double the work?

30. P is any point inside the rectangle ABCD. If PA = 79 cm, PB = 61 cm and PC = 17 cm, then the length of PD (in cm) is equal to:

31. Two trains are moving in opposite directions at speeds of 100 km/hr and 140 km/hr. The length of one train is 490 m. The time taken by them to cross each other is 22 seconds. The length (in m) of the other train, rounded off to 2 decimal places, is:

32. A metal rod is divided into three parts, A, B and C. The lengths of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 8, and the lengths of C and B are in the ratio 10 : 18. If the difference between the lengths of A and C is 48 cm, determine the total length (in cm) of the metal rod.

33. In a bag containing red, green and pink tokens, the ratio of red to green tokens was 9 : 6, while the ratio of pink to red tokens was 18 : 16. What was the ratio of green to pink tokens? 5287

34. If the ratio of the present ages of Parul and her mother is 5 : 13 and the product of their ages is 585, find the ratio of their ages after 9 years.

35. The marked price of a bench is ₹374, which is 22% above the cost price. If the profit percentage is 13%, find the discount percentage (rounded off to two decimal places).

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37. If the total surface area of a cylinder is 4 times the area of two circular faces, and the volume of the cylinder is 192 π cm 3 , then the height of the cylinder is:

38. If an item marked at ₹594 is sold for ₹155, then what is the discount percentage? (Round off your answer to two decimal places).

39. What would be the annual interest accrued on a deposit of ₹95,950 in a bank that pays a 9% per annum rate of simple interest?

40. If 20% of a number is added to 96, then the result is the same number. 75% of the same number is:

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42. The average age of 35 students of a class is 46 years. If the age of the teacher is also included, the average age of the whole group becomes 47 years. The age (in years) of the teacher is:

43. A camp has provisions for 48 persons for 12 days. In how many days will the same provisions finish off if the strength of the camp is increased to 72 persons?

44. The price of a shirt is first increased by 18% and then decreased by 18%. What is the overall percentage decrease in its price?

45. A class of 100 students took a Physics test. 37 students had an average score of 84. The other students had an average score of 96. What is the average score (rounded off to one decimal place) of the whole class?

46. The ratio of two numbers is 2 : 3 and their HCF is 6. Find their LCM.

47. Simplify: (2x + 3)(x − 5) − (x − 2)(3x + 4)

48. The ratio of the speeds of two trucks is 7 : 3. The time taken by the faster truck to cover a distance of 147 km is 7 hours less than the other. Find the speed of the slower truck.

49. A field in the shape of a trapezium has parallel sides of 60 m and 77 m. The non-parallel sides are 25 m and 26 m. What is the area of the field?

50. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘×’ are interchanged? 850 + 34 × 15 − 12 ÷ 400 = ?

51. Seven people, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only six people sit to the right of C. Only four people sit to the left of B. D sits to the left of A but right of B. F sits second to the right of G. How many people sit to the right of E? 4

52. 60 people are standing in a row facing north. Shivani is 40 th from the right end while Sneha is 26 th from the left end. How many people are there between Shivani and Sneha?

53. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All Tractors are Motorcycles. Some Motorcycles are Minivans. No Minivans are Hovercrafts. Conclusion (I):Some Hovercrafts are Motorcycles Conclusion (II): Some Minivans are Tractors

54. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding to/subtracting from/multiplying with 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (22, 66, 61) (35, 105, 100) 6783

55. In a certain code language, ‘OVAL’ is coded as ‘6729’ and ‘LEVO’ is coded as ‘7946’. What is the code for ‘E’ in the given code language? 1634

56. In a certain code language, ‘steak equal thing’ is coded as 'wb vl yn' and ‘thing yard house’ is coded as ‘vl za ha’. How is ‘thing’ coded in the given language?

57. Piya starts from point A and drives 33 km towards south. She then takes a right turn, drives 45 km, turns right and drives 41 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 56 km. She takes a final right turn, drives 8 km and stops at point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she drive in order to reach point A again? (Note: All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

58. In the following triads, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a certain logic. Select from the given options, the one which follows the same logic. WASH - HSWA - WSAH CORE - ERCO - CROE

59. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. F sits second to the right of B. A sits third to the left of F. C is the immediate neighbour of E and A. G is not an immediate neighbour of B. How many people sit between D and E when counted from the left of D?

60. In a code language, A + B means ‘A is the sister of B’ A - B means ‘A is the father of B’ A * B means ‘A is the brother of B’ A ÷ B means ‘A is the mother of B’ Based on the above, how is P related to E if ‘P - T * C + D ÷ E’?

61. Leander starts from Point A and drives 6 km towards east. He then takes a left turn, drives 4 km, turns left and drives 3 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 3 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 3 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90 degrees turns only unless specified)

62. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which letter-cluster pair DOES NOT belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

63. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) ? * + ? \ & 3 # 9 % 4 1 6 * @ 5 4 8 8 $ \ (Right) How many such numbers are there, each of which is immediately preceded by another number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

64. Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question. Counting to be done from left to right only. All numbers are single-digit numbers. (Left) © @ 7 € $ 5 $ & * & 7 5 2 $ 8 $ © 7 © 4 6 £ (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

65. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? VDE97, BJK74, HPQ51, NVW28, ?

66. Refer to the following series and answer the question (all numbers are single-digit numbers only). (Left) 2 8 1 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 6 1 (Right) How many such odd numbers are there (from left to right) which are immediately followed by an even number?

67. Each of the digits in the number 1732596 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position(s) of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number?

68. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All flowers are plants. Some plants are trees. Conclusions: (I) Some trees are flowers. (II) All flowers are trees.

69. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 510 511 500 501 491 492 ? 3903

70. HN 9 is related to LK −3 in a certain way. In the same way, NY 4 is related to RV −8. To which of the given options is OU 13 related, following the same logic?

71. Seven people B, C, D, I, J, K and L are sitting in a straight line facing north. No one sits to the left of K. Only four people sit between K and J. L sits second to the left of J. D sits to the immediate left of B. C is not an immediate neighbour of L. How many people sit between L and C? 7075

72. Yogesh ranked 34 th from the top and 38 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

73. Refer to the following series and answer the question (all numbers are single-digit numbers only). (Left) 9 1 6 3 7 4 1 8 5 9 2 (Right) How many such even numbers are there (from left to right), which are immediately followed by an even number?

74. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 12 ? 29 39 50 62 3819

75. Select the triad which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. PI-MF-KN SL-PI-NQ

76. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 36 41 51 66 86 ?

77. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the letter-cluster that DOES NOT belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

78. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DWV LED TML BUT ?

79. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’ , ‘B’ stands for ‘x’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘-‘ , what will come in place of the question mark ‘?’ in the following equation? 25 C 15 A 3 D 9 B 3 = ?

80. Who set the world record for the farthest distance swum in 48 hours (female) in a 25 m pool, covering an astonishing 149.02 km (92.59 miles) in just 2 days?

81. In July 2025, which investigative authority unearthed over ₹24 crore in unaccounted assets in Karnataka?

82. Who announced the ₹50,000 mass marriage incentive scheme for minorities in the Karnataka 2025–26 state budget?

83. In March 2025, under which of the following schemes did the government identify 100 coastal fishermen villages to be developed into Climate‑Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages?

84. What is the name of the initiative launched by Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in June 2025, which is aimed at strengthening the delivery of tribal welfare schemes by training and inspiring a new generation of dedicated implementers?

85. According to the World Happiness Report, 2025, released in March 2025, which of the following countries ranked as the happiest country in the world?

86. Which team was honoured as “Team of the Year” at the Laureus World Sports Awards in April 2025?

87. Which border check-post of India and Pakistan was closed by the Government of India, following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025?

88. Who received the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in May 2025?

89. What is the new domain to which all banks must migrate by October 31, 2025, as per the directive of the Reserve Bank of India?

90. In 2025, where has India’s first zoo-based wildlife bio bank been established?

91. When was the Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training (RESET) Programme officially launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports?

92. As informed by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on 1 January 2025, India’s biotechnology sector has experienced extraordinary growth, skyrocketing from a $10 billion industry in 2014 to over _____ in 2024.

93. According to the StartupBlink Global Startup Ecosystem Index, 2025, which Indian city is top ranked among the world’s top startup cities in 2025?

94. As notified in June 2025, which among the following launched India’s first-of-its-kind premium financing solution tailored for corporate insurance?

95. In 2025, the World Hindi Day was celebrated in India on which date?

96. In 2025, a state-of-the-art automated healthcare machine, a self-service digital health kiosk for basic testing and diagnostics, was installed at Lucknow. What is it called?

97. Which team was the runner-up in the 2025 Kalinga Super Cup?

98. What is the name of the Mega Disaster Management Drill conducted in the Delhi–NCR (National Capital Region) from 29 July to 1 August 2025?

99. Who became the 52 nd Chief Justice of India on 14 May 2025?