Group D — Test 98

01. Which change in a flower signals that fertilisation has occurred?

02. A child is born with one X chromosome from the mother and one Y chromosome from the father. Which statement accurately describes the consequence of this chromosomal combination?

03. According to Bohr’s model of the atom, in which orbits can electrons revolve around the nucleus?

04. The principal focus of a concave mirror is the point where:

05. Unsaturated hydrocarbons usually produce:

06. A ray passing through which of the following parts of a lens emerges undeviated?

07. What does it mean when magnetic field lines are drawn closer together in a diagram?

08. Please select the correct option for the assertion-reason statement. Assertion: The ceiling conference halls are made curved. Reason: Curved ceilings help the sound to spread evenly in the hall.

09. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between mass and inertia?

10. A car's velocity-time graph is a straight line parallel to the x-axis at 40 km/h. What will the area enclosed between the graph and the time axis from t = 0 to t = 3 hours represent?

11. Two planets have the same radius. Planet A has twice the mass of Planet B. What is the ratio of acceleration due to gravity on Planet A to that on Planet B?

12. Which process best explains how water droplets form on the outer surface of a cold glass during a hot day?

13. When a person touches a hot object, there is a delay in the muscle response. Which part of the nervous tissue is directly responsible for carrying the nerve impulse to the muscle to bring about a quick movement?

14. Which metal is placed highest in the reactivity series?

15. Which of the following statements about work is FALSE?

16. The magnetic field due to a solenoid carrying 'I' current is 'B'. What will be the magnetic field due to this solenoid, when the current flowing through the solenoid is halved? (Keeping all the other parameters the same)

17. What does a blue, non-luminous flame indicate when a hydrocarbon is burnt?

18. What do ‘check dams’ refer to?

19. What is the role of peristaltic movements in the human digestive system?

20. Select the statement regarding the cytoplasm of a cell that is INCORRECT.

21. Which of the following is an advantage of sexual reproduction in plants?

22. The Chipko Movement that took place in the Garhwal Himalayas in 1974 is an example of:

23. Which property of carbon allows it to form a large number of compounds by bonding with itself and other elements?

24. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding 'changes of state of matter'?

25. Refer to the two statements given below and select the correct option. Statement A: Bleaching powder is produced by the action of chlorine on dry slaked lime. Statement B: Its chemical formula is CaOCl ₂ .

26. (2³)² ÷ 2 ⁴

27. A shopkeeper offers the following four schemes.

28. A car travelling at a speed of 42 km/hour can complete a journey in 12 hours. How long will it take to travel the same distance at 63 km/hour? 3798

29. An item is sold for ₹660 after allowing a discount of 20% on its marked price. Find the marked price of the item.

30. A cylindrical water tank has a base radius of 7 m and a height of 10 m. Water is filled into the tank at a constant rate. After filling the tank completely, 5% of the water leaks out due to a crack at the bottom. The remaining water is transferred into another cylindrical tank whose base radius is 5 m. Find the height of water in the second tank.

31. 10 skilled persons can complete a work in 8 days and 10 semi-skilled persons take 12 days to complete the work. How many days will 4 skilled persons and 6 semi-skilled persons together take to complete the work?

32. The average of 6.5, 10.7, 20.2 and a is 18. The value of a is:

33. Let a, b, α and β be prime numbers. n is the number of ordered pairs of a and b where 2< a < b < 50 and b-a=2. Also, α and β are the least and the greatest prime numbers less than 50. What is the value of n( α + β )?

34. A car's price is reduced by 10% in the first year and then increased by 10% in the second year. If the car's initial price was ₹25,000, what is its final price after both changes?

35. A man walks 684 m in 19 minutes, 1078 m in 22 minutes and 2198 m in 31 minutes. His average speed (in m/min) for the whole journey is: 3104

36. The amount on a sum of ₹2,800 at the rate of 5% per annum compound interest, compounded annually, in 2 years will be:

37. How many diagonals can be there in a regular polygon with 37 sides?

38. The population of a village was 10500. In a year with the increase in population of males by 10% and that of females by 15%, the population of the village becomes 11,718. What was the difference in the number of males and females in the village initially?

39. Find the HCF of 148, 172, and 198.

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41. One pipe can fill a tank in 2 minutes, while another pipe can empty the completely filled tank in 4 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together when the tank is empty, how many minutes will it take to fill one-half of the tank?

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43. ₹12,405 is divided among P, Q, and R in such a way that if ₹53, ₹88, and ₹76 be deducted from their respective shares, they have money in the ratio 15 : 20 : 9. Find the difference between Q’s and R’s original shares.

44. then sells it to a customer at 10% profit. Find the selling price of the toy.

45. The average of the squares of the first 5 natural numbers is:

46. Which number should replace both the question marks in the following equation?

47. ZCIS is related to WAMU in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TINV is related to QGRX. To which of the following is ODLK related to, following the same logic?

48. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? IJG 19 HIF 15 GHE 11 FGD 7 ? 6928

49. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 42 48 57 69 84 ?

50. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, then what will come in place of question mark (?) in the following equation? 76 A 4 C 18 B 9 D 12 B 2 C 180 A 2 D 15 B 3 C 151 = ?

51. In a certain code language, ‘storms shake trees’ is coded as ‘fo ej va’ and ‘hide from storms’ is coded as ‘va ur qh’. How is ‘storms’ coded in the given language?

52. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘x’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘-’, what will come in place of question mark ‘?’ in the following equation? 49 A 7 C 8 B 9 D 5 = ?

53. In a certain code language, ‘ships cross seas’ is coded as ‘qn ed jy’ and ‘spot the ships’ is coded as ‘jy is tk’. How is ‘ships’ coded in the given language?

54. Rajat ranked 34th from the top and 25th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

55. Manoj starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards south. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 10 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 2 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 degree turns only, unless specified.)

56. Pragya ranked 18th from the bottom and 14th from the top in her class. How many students are there in her class?

57. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 439 745 327 652 532 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) NOTE - All operations to be done from left to right. If 2 is added to the first digit of every number, in how many numbers will the first digit be exactly divisible by the second digit? 15148

58. 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.) 3 - 6 - 18 5 - 8 - 40 1421

59. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 193 183 173 163 153 ?

60. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? GSN 14, EQL 23, COJ 32, AMH 41, ? 9645

61. Based on the alphabetical order, three of the following four are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one 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)

62. Mr. Trombitas starts from Point A and drives 26 km towards east. He then takes a right turn, drives 18 km, turns right and drives 34 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 39 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 8 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-degree turns only, unless specified.) 12

63. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 91 92 94 98 106 ?

64. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which conclusion/s logically follow/s from the given statements. Statements: All horses are ants. Some horses are donkeys. No donkey is a bull. Conclusion (I) : Some ants are donkeys. Conclusion (II) : No bull is a donkey.

65. A, B, C, D, N, O and P are sitting in a straight line, facing the north. Only five people sit between B and O. D sits to the immediate left of O. Only one person sits between D and N. C sits at some place to the left of P but at some place to the right of A. Who sits third from the left end of the line?

66. FSZI is related to AWWK in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, HMRD is related to CQOF. To which of the following is VMYF related, following the same logic?

67. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. C sits second to the right of D. Only one person sits between B and C. F is the immediate neighbour of G and B. A sits third to the left of G. How many people sit between E and B when counted from the left of B?

68. Read the given statement(s) 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 dusters are wipers. All wipers are buckets. Conclusion (I): No bucket is a duster Conclusion (II): Some buckets are dusters

69. 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.) 10031

70. SWYM is related to JNPD in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, IMOC is related to ZDFT. To which of the following options is HLNB related, following the same logic?

71. Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (All numbers are single-digit numbers only.) (Left) 3 6 @ 4 5 6 # 2 9 4 = 3 1 9 4 5 % 3 6 8 7 & 1 7 * 8 (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by an odd number and also immediately followed by an even number?

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

73. In a certain code language, A+ B means ‘A is the sister of B’ A # B means ‘A is the brother of B’ A × B means ‘A is the wife of B’ A @ B means ‘ A is the father of B’ Based on the above, how is L related to R if ‘L@O+V×E#R’?

74. Seven people, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in a straight row, facing north. Only three people sit to the left of M. M sits third to the left of N. Q sits fourth to the left of R. P is not an immediate neighbour of M. L sits second to the right of P. Who sits to the immediate right of M?

75. Which two numbers should be interchanged to make the following equation correct? (45 ÷ 9) + (2 × 3 × 5) ÷ 6 + 4 × 7 − 15 = 31 (Note: The entire number should be interchanged and not individual digits of a given number.)

76. Refer to the following letter series and answer the question. (Left) W M T R B L A D N K Y F Q O G C E Z X U H V (Right) How many consonants are there between the letter’s "A" and "Y" in the given series? 5699

77. Who hosted the 51st G7 Summit in 2025?

78. What is the name of India's first AI teacher?

79. On July 3, 2025, which global body approved India’s first Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC), marking a major achievement in animal health?

80. In the Union Budget, 2025–26, the Government of India announced a comprehensive multi-sectoral 'Rural Prosperity and Resilience' programme that aims ______________.

81. At the Paris Diamond League in June 2025, which athlete set a meet record of 48.81 s in the women’s 400 m?

82. Who received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 71st National Film Awards in 2025?

83. Which among the following small finance banks was granted in-principle approval in August 2025 to become a Universal Bank?

84. In June 2025, which Indian pair clinched the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich?

85. Who among the following won the player of the match in the finals of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025?

86. In which year was the Bill to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005 passed by the Parliament?

87. In November 2025, which Indian state approved the Polygamy Prohibition Bill, 2025?

88. In World Cup 2024 Player of the Match in the Final ICC T20 match was awarded to________.

89. In October 2025, which of the following regulatory authorities restricted the commercial use of the term 'ORS' in beverages?

90. Which city was reported among the top 10 most polluted cities in the world on December 28, 2025?

91. As announced in November 2025, IN-SPACe and SIDBI signed an agreement to operationalise a ₹1,000 crore venture capital fund for which sector?

92. Which romance novel by creator Prajakta Koli debuted in January 2025?

93. What was India’s overall score in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for the year 2024 released in February 2025?

94. In November 2025, who among the following took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time?

95. In August 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed which individual as an ex- officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee, ahead of the October policy meeting?

96. Which of the following countries hosted the 8th International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly in October 2025?