Group D — Test 58

01. In the reaction between aqueous sodium sulphate and aqueous barium chloride, which compound forms the white precipitate?

02. The sign convention for focal length of a concave lens _________.

03. What is the benefit of seed dispersal in plants?

04. During evaporation, when the average kinetic energy of molecules decreases, what is the effect on temperature?

05. In a parallel combination of resistors, which of the following quantities remains the same across all the resistors?

06. A person ignores regular vehicle maintenance. Which of the following is most likely to happen?

07. Which of the following events directly triggers the process of menstruation?

08. Which of the following is a correct property of solids?

09. A woman using a copper-T complains of abdominal pain and discomfort. What is the likely reason?

10. Which of the following is true for mixtures but NOT for compounds?

11. According to Newton’s Second Law of Motion, force is given by the relation F = ma. If a body’s velocity changes from u (initial velocity) to v (final velocity) in time t, which of the following expressions correctly gives the force acting on the body?

12. A passenger in a moving bus falls forward when the bus suddenly stops. This is due to which of the following?

13. Which type of connective tissue connects muscles to bones?

14. What is the main function of bile in human digestion?

15. Which method is commonly used for extracting moderately reactive metals such as iron from their ores?

16. When an object is placed at the principal focus of a convex lens, the image is formed:

17. Which of the following correctly describes parenchyma, a simple permanent tissue?

18. Consider the following statements and select the correct option. Statement A: Sugarcane juice can be fermented to give alcohol (ethanol). Statement B: Alcohol is added to petrol because it is a cleaner fuel.

19. What happens to the gravitational force between two objects if both of their masses are doubled?

20. Four resistors of 5 Ω , 15 Ω , 20 Ω and 40 Ω are connected in series. The equivalent resistance is ______.

21. Which of the following represents a straight chain hydrocarbon?

22. energy of an object?

23. What are the main products formed when ethanol burns completely in air?

24. Which of the following statements is true about movement in the plant 'Touch me not'?

25. An ultrasonic wave has a frequency of 33 kHz. What will be the wavelength of this wave, if its speed is 330 m/s?

26. Two trains are running in opposite directions at speeds of 72 km/hr and 108 km/hr, respectively. The length of the first train is 150 m, and the length of the second train is 200 m. How much time will they take to cross each other?

27. The number of prime numbers between 472 and 486 is:

28. Ajay, Maya and Mohan started a business in partnership investing in the ratio of 11 : 16 : 6, respectively. At the end of the year, they earned a profit of ₹69,300, which is 70% of their total investment. How much did Maya invest (in ₹)?

29. A running track consists of two straight parallel segments, each 120 m long, connected at both ends by semicircular arcs. The inner perimeter of the track is 504 m. If the track has a uniform width of 18 m throughout, find the outer perimeter (in m, rounded off to the nearest tens) of the track.

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31. A money box contains only ₹2 coins and ₹5 coins. There are 20 coins in total, and their combined value is ₹70. How many ₹2 coins are there?

32. Kiran spends 65% of his income. If he saves ₹42,000, then his income (in ₹) is:

33. A retailer offers the following discount schemes for buyers on an article. Which scheme will be the LEAST beneficial to the customer? i. A discount of 48%. ii. A discount of 31% followed by a discount of 44%. iii. Successive discounts of 32% and 21%.

34. An agent sells a pressure cooker with a marked price of ₹8,460 at a discount of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹) of the pressure cooker?

35. P and Q together can fill a cistern with water in 9 hours. If P alone can fill the cistern with water in 12 hours, then in how many hours will Q alone fill one-fourth of the same cistern with water?

36. The arithmetic mean of the observations 94, 59, 46, 34, 15, 55, 89, 98 and 68 is:

37. Due to a water crisis, 40% of the initial population left the village and 35% of the remaining left the town to pursue a job. If presently 2340 people inhabit the village, what is the ratio of initial population to present population?

38. A can complete a piece of work in 24 days, B in 18 days and C in 36 days. All of them started working together. After working for 4 days, A left the work. B and C continued, but B left 3 days before the completion of the work. How long (in days) did the work last?

39. In a quadrilateral IJKL, ∠ I = 36° and ∠ J = 44°. The bisectors of ∠ K and ∠ L meet at Z. What is the measure of ∠ LZK?

40. Mohan is twice as old as Suresh. Four years ago, the sum of their ages was 40. What is the present age of Suresh?

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42. A shopkeeper buys a bag for ₹850 and sells it for ₹1,020. Find his profit percentage.

43. The monthly incomes of two friends Rupesh and Manjit, are in the ratio 5 : 8, respectively, and each of them saves ₹84,000 every month. If the ratio of their monthly expenditure is 1 : 3, find the monthly income of Rupesh (in ₹).

44. The amount on a sum of ₹8,800 at 10% per annum compound interest, compounded annually, in 2 years will be:

45. ₹6,129 is divided among P, Q and R in such a way that if ₹71, ₹38 and ₹20 is deducted from their respective shares, they have money in the ratio 14:3:8. Find the difference between the original shares of Q and R.

46. 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/subtracting/multiplying to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (5, 3, 16) (7, 2, 15)

47. 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.)

48. 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: Some pens are combs. All shirts are tails. All combs are shirts. Conclusions: (I) Some tails are combs. (II) Some shirts are pens.

49. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 119 110 102 95 ? 84 80

50. Mudit starts from Point Y and drives 92 km towards South. He then takes a left turn, drives 59 km, turns left and drives 38 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 28 km. He then turns left, drives 54 km to stop at Point Z. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point Y again? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

51. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? ASE KCO UMY EWI ?

52. If ‘P’ stands for ‘×’, ‘Q’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘R’ stands for ‘-’ and ‘S’ stands for ‘+’, what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 3 P 9 R (14 Q 2) P 6 S 80 Q 5 S 4 P 10 = ?

53. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. B sits third to the right of A. E sits to the immediate left of D. D is not an immediate neighbour of A. F sits to the immediate right of C. The position of how many persons will remain unchanged if all persons are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise direction starting from A (including A)?

54. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ?

55. Six people, A, B, C, D, E and F, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only two people sit to the left of F. Only one person sits between D and E. F sits to the immediate left of D. A sits to the immediate right of C. B sits third to the right of A. Who sits at the extreme left end of the line?

56. 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: Some Mercuries are Venuses. All Venuses are Earths. No Earth is Mars. Conclusions: (I) Some Mercuries are Earths. (II) No Venus is Mars.

57. Seven boxes, L, M, N, O, Q, R and S, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. L is kept immediately above O. Only M is kept below R. N is kept immediately above Q. Only two boxes are kept above L. How many boxes are kept between S and N?

58. Seven people, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only five people sit between D and B. C sits to the immediate left of B. Only one person sits between C and

59. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 4 ÷ 2 + 15 × 5 − 8 = ? + 5

60. In a certain code language, ‘trust brings peace’ is coded as ‘tg dx pm’ and ‘find trust within’ is coded as ‘pm av wj’. How is ‘trust’ coded in that language?

61. Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. GAN : KVR OQV : SLZ

62. 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 letter-cluster 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. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 324 526 249 267 185 (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 third digit of the highest number is added to the second digit of the lowest number?

64. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 0 5 15 30 ? 75

65. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? LR21 MS30 NT39 OU48 ?

66. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 59 ÷ 11 + 833 × 7 − 24 = ?

67. In a car park, vehicle A is to the west of vehicle B. Vehicle C is to the east of vehicle B. Vehicle D is to the north of vehicle B. Vehicle E is to the south of vehicle C. Vehicle F is to the north of vehicle C. What is the position of vehicle E with respect to vehicle A?

68. In a certain code language, ‘A x B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’, ‘A – B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’, ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the father of B’ and ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the son of B’. How is L related to Q if ‘L + M − N x P ÷ Q’?

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

70. 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. DUAL – ULDA – ADUL RATE – AERT – TRAE

71. LMQR is related to VWAB in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, IJNO is related to STXY. To which of the given options is HIMN related, following the same logic?

72. In a certain code language, ‘video oak bell’ is coded as ' of br mw' and ‘hair bell dew’ is coded as ‘br ui ee’. How is ‘bell’ coded in the given language?

73. Seven boxes A, B, C, D, M, N and O are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. B is kept second from the bottom. Only three boxes are kept between B and

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

75. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 6 3 3 £ * 9 € £ € $ 9 @ 7 4 5 # 9 2 1 £ 7 5 (Right) How many such symbols are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

76. In 2025, the maiden flight-tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) were conducted off the coast of which of the following states of India?

77. Where did the RBI relocate its Andhra Pradesh Regional Office in June 2025?

78. In November 2025, the Supreme Court of India held that every arrested individual must be provided with the written grounds of arrest in which language?

79. In 2025, which organisation reintroduced the SPREE initiative and launched the Amnesty Scheme – 2025 to expand social security coverage for workers?

80. In the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships held in Gumi, South Korea, Tejaswin Shankar made history by becoming the first Indian to win two medals in which specific athletics event?

81. For which novel did David Szalay receive the Booker Prize in 2025?

82. At which event was the ENDOVEDA platform for efficient endoscopy reporting unveiled in July 2025?

83. In March 2025, the Parliament passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill. It amended the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and _________.

84. Who was conferred the Padma Shri in 2025 for revitalising Kani shawl weaving in the field of Art and Literature?

85. Which organisation expressed serious concerns about the potential escape of Ebola samples in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo?

86. Which former Olympic swimmer was elected as the first female and African President of the IOC in March 2025?

87. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is seeking to collaborate with the European Space Agency (ESA) on which of the following missions to track and study the Apophis asteroid, which is slated to make a close encounter with Earth in 2029?

88. Which former RBI Governor became PM’s Principal Secretary, signaling strong economic emphasis in February 2025?

89. What new title did the Amendment give to the Waqf Act, 1995?

90. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), in October 2025, severe cyclonic storm "Montha" crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast between which two locations?

91. Which of the following teams was the runner-up of the 18 th Edition of the Indian Premier League in 2025?

92. Which of the following sectors is given special focus under the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme launched in 2025?

93. In which of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is India on track or maintaining SDG achievement, as per the Sustainable Development Report 2025?

94. Which Indian cricketer became only the second wicketkeeper in Test history to score centuries in both innings during the first Test against England at Headingley in June 2025?

95. According to the Sustainable Development Report, 2025, what is India's rank on the SDG Index and what is its approximate score?