Group D — Test 44

01. What makes cartilage more flexible than bone in the human body?

02. Each succeeding member of the homologous series of alkane differs from the previous one by a unit that consists of:

03. If the frequency of a sound wave increases but its speed remains constant, then its wavelength will:

04. What happens to a stone tied to a string and moving in a circular path when the string is suddenly released?

05. Which of the following is a converging lens?

06. The potential energy acquired by a balloon when we press it (changing its shape), or by a spring inside a toy car when wound, is possessed by virtue of the object's ____________.

07. Which component(s) of blood is/are mainly responsible for transporting food, carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes?

08. When an acid reacts with a base, which of the following is/are always formed, regardless of the specific acid or base used?

09. Which of the following is an example of a combination reaction?

10. Which particle did JJ Thomson discover?

11. The reaction between CaO and H 2 O is highly exothermic and produces Ca(OH) 2 . This is an example of:

12. A battery of 12 V is connected in series with resistors of 1 Ω , 2 Ω , 3 Ω , 4 Ω and 10 Ω , respectively. How much current would flow through the 10 Ω resistor?

13. The thalamus (receptacle) in flowers performs which of the following functions?

14. Which of the following statements correctly describes image formation by a convex mirror?

15. What is the primary reason ores are enriched prior to the extraction of metals?

16. Which of the following plants can have buds in the margins of leaves?

17. A biologist cuts a hydra into two unequal parts. One part has a fully formed bud. What is most likely to happen to the bud?

18. How many grams of sodium carbonate are produced when 112 g of sodium hydroxide reacts with 44 g of carbon dioxide, resulting in 18 g of water?

19. Which of the following rules can be used to determine the direction of magnetic field due to a current carrying circular loop?

20. A wooden block has a mass of 6 kg and its size is 40 cm × 30 cm × 20 cm. It is placed on a table resting on its 30 cm × 20 cm side. If g = 10 m/s 2 , what is the pressure it puts on the table?

21. A car moves with uniform speed along a straight road. Its distance–time graph is:

22. Read the given statements and select the most appropriate option. Statements: A: Coal and petroleum were formed from the degradation of bio-mass. B: They are exhaustible resources.

23. In which of the following parts of the human body do the epithelial cells have cilia?

24. What is the primary function of the dendrites in a neuron?

25. Which of the following activities best demonstrates that there is a force of attraction between particles of matter?

26. The income of Raman is ₹83,000. He saves 16% of his income. If his income increases by 22% and expenditure increases by 25%, then his savings will:

27. If the third proportional of 9 and 51 be x, then what is the value of x?

28. A and B working together can complete a piece of work in 2 days. B alone can complete the same work in 4 days. How long (in days) will A alone take to complete double the work? 2523

29. If the LCM of two numbers is 192 and their HCF is 32. If the first number is 64, find the second number. 3197

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31. The average of 13 numbers is 7. If each number is multiplied by 2, then what will the new average be?

32. The sides of a triangle are 35 cm, 21 cm and 28 cm. What is the length of its altitude corresponding to the side with length of 21 cm?

33. The area of a right-angled triangle is three-fourths of the area of a rhombus, whose one diagonal is 48 cm long. The sides containing the right angle of the triangle are 36 cm and 64 cm. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.

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36. A dealer makes a profit of 50% even after giving a 25% discount on the advertised price of a bike. If he makes a profit of ₹1,290 on the sale of the bike, what is the advertised price (in ₹)?

37. A rectangle has a perimeter of 64 cm. If its length is 8 cm more than its width, find the width of the rectangle.

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39. If an item marked at ₹3,392 is sold for ₹1,696, then what is the discount percentage?

40. ₹1,071 is to be divided among three persons M, N and T. If the shares of M and N are in the ratio 3 : 9 and that of N and T are in the ratio 6 : 9, what is the share (in ₹) of N?

41. 1315

42. What is the mode of the following data? 5, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 6, 7, 11, 10, 5, 7, 6, 8, 6, 9, 10, 6

43. The ages of three siblings are x, 25, and 2x + 8 years, arranged in ascending order. The total ages of the youngest and the eldest is double the age of the third sibling. What is the age (in years) of the eldest?

44. Two trains, 136 metres and 144 metres in length are running in opposite directions. The first runs at the rate of 65 km/hr and the second at the rate of 79 km/hr. How long will they take to cross each other? 3629

45. If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is decreased by 17% and its height is increased by 138%, then what is the percentage increase (rounded off to the closest integer) in its volume?

46. Two banks, A and B, offered loans at 3.5% and 7.5% per annum, respectively. Ajay borrowed an amount of ₹2,40,000 from each bank. Find the positive difference (in ₹) between the amounts of simple interest paid to the two banks by Ajay after 4 years.

47. In a certain code language, ‘hen hat house’ is coded as ‘zu ef lh’ and ‘lime hen rat’ is coded as ‘lh wf cm’. How is ‘hen’ coded in that language?

48. L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. M sits second to the left of P. N sits second to the right of Q. O is on the immediate left of M. Who is sitting on the immediate right of L?

49. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. B sits third to the left of D. A sits second to the left of G. D is the immediate neighbour of both C and

50. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 14,22,38,62,94 ?

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

52. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 328 330 320 324 314 320 ?

53. Town D is to the south of Town E. Town F is to the east of Town D. Town G is to the north of Town F. Town H is to the west of Town G. Town E is to the north-east of Town H. What is the position of Town G with respect to Town E?

54. 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 rugs are mats. All mats are blankets. All blankets are quilts. Conclusions: (I): All rugs are quilts. (II): Some quilts are mats.

55. 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 is the letter-cluster pair 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.)

56. 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’ ‘A √ B’ means ‘ A is the sister of B’ Based on the above, how is C related to L if 'C ? D √ E = F @ L'?

57. TM 13 is related to WR 16 in a certain way. In the same way, MF 18 is related to PK 21. To which of the given options is QJ 26 related, following the same logic?

58. If 2 is added to each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3427165, which of the following digits will be third from the left in the new number thus formed?

59. Jhanvi ranked 14 th from the top and 6 th from the bottom in her class. How many students are there in the class?

60. Parvesh ranked 12 th from the top and 38 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in the class?

61. 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) 1 5 4 6 4 5 4 8 1 9 8 3 4 (Right) How many such even digits are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an even digit and also immediately followed by an odd digit?

62. If ‘+’ means ‘−’, ‘−’ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷’ means ‘+’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 52 − 14 ÷ 169 + 456 × 12 = ?

63. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 1874356, then what will be the sum of the digits that are second from the left and second from the right?

64. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 717 707 710 700 703 ?

65. Anita starts from Point A and drives 6 km towards the south. She then takes a left turn, drives 8 km, turns left and drives 10 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 2 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 4 km. She takes a final right turn, drives 4 km and stops at Point D. How far(shortest distance) and in which direction is Point D with respect from Point A? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

66. 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.)

67. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? HO22 JQ31 LS40 NU49 ?

68. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DKQ GNT JQW MTZ ?

69. 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) 4 7 5 1 3 2 9 1 6 9 7 4 6 2 8 1 3 8 8 8 4 7 3 7 7 9 1 (Right) How many such odd numbers are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an odd number and also immediately followed by an even number?

70. In a certain code language, 'XANJ' is coded as '98' and 'VLQG' is coded as '116'. What is the code for 'ZRHU' in that language?

71. PXTR is related to UCYW in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, KANS is related to PFSX. To which of the given options is LFKO related, following the same logic?

72. 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 its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (15, 75, 5) (12, 36, 3)

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

74. XO 16 is related to ZS 10 in a certain way. In the same way, IF 9 is related to KJ 3. To which of the given options is OP 19 related, following the same logic?

75. 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: Some pens are copies. All copies are erasers. Conclusion (I) : Some pens are erasers. Conclusion (II) : All erasers are copies.

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

77. Which of the following cities hosted the first Climate Week in May 2025?

78. In which year did Smriti Mandhana become the fastest Indian woman to reach 4,000 ODI runs?

79. Where was the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries’ (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave held in October 2025?

80. Indian exports to US faced a 50% US tariff starting 27 August 2025, for buying discounted oil from ______.

81. Who were the judges of the special bench that ordered an immediate ban on manual scavenging and sewer cleaning in metropolitan cities in early 2025?

82. In which of the following places was the regional workshop on 'Sangathan, Swasthya, Samriddhi: Women Collective’s Action on Food, Nutrition, Health and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,' held from 22 nd to 23 rd July 2025?

83. Which of the following is the oldest bird sanctuary in India?

84. Which of the following was the focus of the National Workshop held at Gujarat University, organised by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in July 2025?

85. Satellite Technology Day 2025 honoured which of the following anniversaries of Aryabhata, the first indigenously built Indian satellite?

86. Which award did Armando Colaco receive in January 2025?

87. In June 2025, the World Bank approved a ₹3,700 crore loan for lake rejuvenation in which of the following cities of India to aid flood resilience?

88. Who won the 2025 French Open men’s singles title?

89. What is the enhanced credit limit under the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loans as per the Union Budget, 2025–26?

90. What is the height of the Chenab Rail Bridge above the riverbed?

91. The National Vaccination Day in India is observed on 16 March every year to commemorate the first administration of which vaccine in India?

92. Who became the fastest cricketer to score 2000 T20I runs in 2025?

93. What honourarium did the P C Chandra Puraskaar include?

94. Which Indian cricketer was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in June 2025?

95. Which of the following municipal corporations has issued India's first certified green municipal bond in April 2025?

96. In June 2025, the Ministry of Coal achieved a historic milestone with the allocation of its _________.