Group D — Test 40

01. When thrown in soil, which of the following substances will persist in the environment for a long time?

02. Three resistors of 12 Ω , 6 Ω and 4 Ω are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance is ________.

03. If a book is lying on a table and is not moving, which of the forces are balanced?

04. Which of the following is NOT a marine fish?

05. A wire made of a certain material has a resistance of 12 Ω with length l and cross- sectional area A. What will be the resistance of another wire made of the same material but with length l/3 and cross-sectional area 2A?

06. Work done by a constant force depends on which of the following?

07. Select the correct option with respect to the following statements. Statement-1: Suspension is a homogeneous mixture. Statement-2: The particles of a suspension can be seen by the naked eye. Statement-3: The solute particles settle down when a suspension is left undisturbed, that is, a suspension is unstable.

08. An object is placed 30 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. Using the mirror formula, what will be the image distance?

09. Which of the following plant tissues allows the movement of materials in both directions?

10. A straight chain of three carbon atoms having no double bond and -OH functional group at first carbon atom is named:

11. In human beings, how is the sex of a child determined?

12. Which of the polyatomic ion has ‘n’ value equal to 3?

13. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 12 m/s. What will be its velocity after 1 second? (Take g = 9.8 m/s 2 )

14. What is the chemical reaction involved in the preparation of Plaster of Paris from gypsum?

15. Which of the following is a typical physical property of non-metals?

16. Match the following nature and role of metallic oxides. Column A (Substance) Column B (Role in Reaction)

17. What is the percentage of having a male child if the sex chromosomes of the father are XY and those of the mother are XX?

18. Read the given statements and select the most appropriate option. Statement 1: Mirror formula is applicable to both concave and convex mirrors, provided the sign convention is followed. Statement 2: The validity of Mirror formula depends on the size of the object.

19. Which of the following glands add their secretions to make easier transport and to provide nutrition for sperms?

20. Which of the following is an example of complex permanent tissue?

21. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding indicator?

22. Liquids are less compressible because:

23. What term describes the rapid to and fro motion of an object that is essential for producing sound?

24. The fluid content inside the plasma membrane, which also contains many specialised cell organelles, is called:

25. What is the third proportional of 75x 2 and 30xy? 4964

26. A typist takes 40 minutes to type 4 pages. How long (in minutes) will he take to type 111 pages?

27. A speed of 126 km/hr is the same as:

28. Train P going at a speed of 72 km/hr completely passes train Q of length 393 m, going in the same direction on parallel tracks at 42 km/hr, in 1.5 minutes. How much time (in seconds) will train P take to completely cross train R of length 468 m, going at 63 km/hr in the opposite direction?

29. Smart Bazaar is offering 'Buy 2, Get 8 free' on household items. What is the net percentage discount being offered by the Smart Bazaar?

30. Two banks, A and B, offered loans at 3.5% and 7.5% per annum, respectively. Sachin borrowed an amount of ₹2,00,000 from each bank. Find the positive difference (in ₹) between the amounts of simple interest paid to the two banks by Sachin after 4 years.

31. Nisha buys a gold ring for her mother. The ring is marked at ₹88,000 and is offered with two successive discounts of 25% and Z%, respectively. After receiving both discounts, she pays ₹33,000. Find the value of Z.

32. If each of the length, breadth and height of a cuboid is doubled, its total surface area becomes ________ the original total surface area.

33. The sides of a triangle are 34 cm, 88 cm, and 78 cm. What is the length of its altitude corresponding to the side with a length of 88 cm?

34. If 5 men and 2 women can reap 48 hectares in 3 days, and if 3 men and 1 woman can reap 54 hectares in 6 days, then how many women must assist 6 men to reap 378 hectares in 14 days?

35. A, B and C can individually do a piece of work in 2 days each. How long (in days) will they take to do thrice the same work, working together? 2503

36. If x + y = 10 and xy = 24.96, then find the value of (x − y) 2 .

37. A triangular garden has vertices at coordinates A(2, 3), B(8, 11), and C(14, 7). A landscape designer wants to plant flowers covering exactly half of this triangular area. What area should be covered with flowers?

38. A cricketer has an average of 88 runs over 10 innings. If he scores 219 runs in the 11 th inning, by how many runs (rounded off to the nearest whole number) does his average score increase?

39. Prabhdeep buys 60 identical pens for ₹900. She sells 45 of them at a profit of 20% and the remaining at a loss of 40%. What is the total profit or loss percentage on the whole transaction?

40. A typist takes 40 minutes to type 2 pages. How many pages will he type in 60 minutes?

41. The arithmetic mean of the observations 61, 33, 94, 48, 36, 93, 73, 94 and 53 is:

42. The ages of Amit and Geeta are in the ratio 6: 5, and the sum of their ages is 44 years. Find Amit's age.

43. The income of Raman is ₹91,700. He saves 20% of his income. If his income increases by 19% and expenditure increases by 35%, then his savings will:

44. A shopkeeper has ₹10 and ₹5 notes totaling ₹350. If he has 45 notes in total, how many ₹10 notes does he have?

45. Raghu’s ratio of income to expenditure is 2 : 1. His income increased by 30% and expenditure decreased by 10%. If the initial expenditure was ₹35,000, find his final saving (in ₹). 6941

46. If 20% of a number is added to 72, then the result is the same number. 70% of the same number is:

47. In a pouch containing blue, yellow and orange tokens, the ratio of blue to yellow tokens was 5 : 2, while the ratio of orange to blue tokens was 11 : 18. What was the ratio of orange to yellow tokens?

48. In a certain code language, ‘VALE’ is coded as ‘6318’ and ‘OVAL’ is coded as ‘3761’.What is the code for ‘O’ in the given code language? 1637

49. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 7 B 6 C 3 D 24 A 4 = ?

50. IK 6 is related to KF −10 in a certain way. In the same way, GI 8 is related to ID −8. To which of the given options is RT 12 related, following the same logic?

51. Seven boxes, A, B, C, D, I, J, and K, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Only two boxes are kept between A and C. Only B is kept above K. No box is kept below

52. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? SAT OWP KSL GOH ?

53. Refer to the following series and answer the question that follows (all numbers are single digit numbers only). Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 2 8 2 2 9 9 9 4 6 4 9 7 9 6 5 1 8 6 6 1 6 6 2 7 5 2 7 (Right) How many such even numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by an odd number and also immediately followed by an odd number? 15351

54. In a certain code language, A ? B means ‘A is the daughter of B’, A = B means ‘A is the son of B’, A @ B means ‘A is the father of B’ and A √ B means ‘A is the sister of B’. How is C related to L if 'C = D @ E √ F ? L'?

55. In a certain code language, ‘store what matters’ is coded as ‘bf yt xc’ and ‘don't store it’ is coded as ‘hd ip xc’. How is ‘store’ coded in the given language? (All codes are two-letter codes)

56. 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.) (16, 256, 16) (9, 81, 9)

57. Six animals, Bear, Fox, Giraffe, Lion, Panda and Tiger, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Fox is an immediate neighbour of both Tiger and Bear. Tiger is sitting second to the left of Lion. Giraffe is sitting second to the left of Panda. Who is sitting between Lion and Tiger, when counted from the left of Lion?

58. Refer to the following number series and answer the question that follows (all numbers are single-digit numbers only). Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 4 8 2 8 2 3 8 3 1 3 9 1 7 3 9 7 6 2 6 6 6 8 2 (Right) How many such even numbers are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an even number and also immediately followed by an odd number?

59. 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 foxes are cats. No cat is a bear. Conclusions: (I): No fox is a bear. (II): Some bears are cats.

60. Hiten ranked 39 th from the top and 24 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

61. 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.)

62. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 3 6 11 18 ?

63. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 5 D 4 C 40 B 3 A 1 = ?

64. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 321 323 327 333 341 ?

65. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 741 753 789 761 745 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) What will be the resultant if the second digit of the second highest number is added to the third digit of the lowest number?

66. EFJL is related to HKMQ in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, QZVF is related to TEYK. To which of the given options is ZOEU related, following the same logic?

67. Riya starts from point A and drives 34 km towards south. She then takes a right turn, drives 46 km, turns right and drives 51 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 67 km. She takes a final right turn, drives 17 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.)

68. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. C sits second to the left of E. A sits second to the right of D. F is on the immediate right of A. Who is sitting on the immediate right of B?

69. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 22 − 13 ÷ 21 × 39 + 48 = ?

70. 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.)

71. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? DRA120, OCL102, ZNW84, KYH66, ?

72. Refer to the given series and answer the question that follows (all numbers are single digit numbers only). Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 3 6 5 4 1 2 5 8 9 7 4 5 6 (Right) How many such odd digits are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an even digit and also immediately followed by an odd digit?

73. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 351 335 319 303 287 ?

74. Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. MKD : IJG PTF : LSI

75. 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 statement(s). Statements: All books are pens. Some pens are erasers. Conclusions: (I) All erasers are pens. (II) Some books are erasers. 11673

76. M, N, O, P, W, X and Y are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. W sits third to the left of O. X sits second to the left of Y. O is the immediate neighbour of both N and X. P is not an immediate neighbour of W. How many people sit between M and X when counted from the right of M?

77. Mr. Akai starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards south. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km, turns left and drives 21 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 18 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 12 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)

78. Saweety Boora, the Indian World Championships gold medalist and Arjuna Award recipient in 2025, is associated with which sport?

79. Which global cybersecurity company collaborated with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to launch the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector in April 2025?

80. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index 2025, which country topped the index released in May 2025?

81. Which religious communities are covered under Karnataka’s ₹50,000 incentive scheme for mass marriages in July 2025?

82. What is the name of India's automated Air Defence Control and Reporting System, designed to detect, track, and neutralise enemy aircraft, drones, and missiles in May 2025?

83. As per Union Budget 2025–26, how much corpus has been allocated to the Ministry of Science and Technology to finance private-sector-led research, development, and innovation?

84. In April 2025, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their Spring Meetings in which U.S. city?

85. with what distance?

86. Which Indian beach hosted the amphibious landing phase of Tiger Triumph 2025?

87. Which country won the most medals at the 2025 World Athletics Championships?

88. As of June 2025, who among the following is NOT the Chief Minister of any state in India?

89. According to Envstats India 2025, what was the inland fish production in 2023-24?

90. Which of the following states has become the first in India to use face recognition linked to Aadhaar for ration delivery in July 2025?

91. Which of the following countries is the venue for the 2025 Esports World Cup?

92. How many years of service is the IMD celebrating in 2025?

93. What long-term wireless milestone did IIT Hyderabad and Japan’s SSIC achieve as of May 2025?

94. As per the India Justice Report, 2025, which is the only state in India to meet all three (SC, ST and OBC) quotas in both the police and judiciary?

95. The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 mandates the representation of how many Muslim women on Waqf boards?

96. Who was appointed as Chairperson of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC‑PM) in June 2025?

97. Which of the following is India's rank among the most polluted countries of the world as of IQ Air Report 2024?