NTPC Graduate — Test 24

01. The Battle of Kalinga was fought in which year after Ashoka embraced Buddhism?

02. 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? 19 B 4 D 7 B 8 C 32 D 11 B 2 = ?

03. Shanu walks to his office 5 km away from home. In the morning, he covers the distance in 1 hour whereas, while returning home in the evening, he takes 30 more minutes to cover the same distance. Find his average speed (in km/hr) during the two-way journey.

04. A seller marks their goods 28% above the cost price. On customer demand, they offer a 25% reduction on the bills. What percentage of profit or loss does the seller make?

05. In a certain code language, ‘ROME’ is coded as ‘7245’ and ‘TURN’ is coded as ‘5689’. What is the code for ‘R’ in the given code language?

06. In MS PowerPoint, which of the following keys must be pressed to start a new line while typing inside a text box?

07. Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. CX-GB-KF GB-KF-OJ

08. On simple interest, a certain sum of money amounts to ₹1,300 in 2 years and to ₹2,100 in 4 years. Find the rate of interest per annum.

09. After which battle did Ashoka embrace Buddhism?

10. What is the Forty-Second Amendment of the Indian Constitution commonly known as?

11. Sachin bought 51 books at ₹1,120 per book from one shop and 49 books at ₹905 per book from another. What is the average price (in ₹) he paid per book?

12. Afferent neurons in the peripheral nervous system are responsible for which of the following?

13. The cost of 4 pens and 3 notebooks is ₹277. The cost of 16 notebooks exceeds the cost of 12 pens by ₹144. What is the cost of 19 pens and 15 notebooks?

14. A man covers distances of 1980 km, 1306 km, and 540 km at the speed of 12 km/hr, x km/hr, and 36 km/hr, respectively. If his average speed for the whole journey is 14 km/hr, then what is the value of x?

15. Where did Anahat Singh win the women's squash title in 2025?

16. Pankaj, Meera, and Ashok invest ₹41,000, ₹39,000, and ₹84,000 respectively to start a business. At the end of the year, the total profit earned is ₹49,200. 29% of the total profit earned is given to charity and the rest is divided among them in the ratio of their investments. What will be the share of Ashok (in ₹)?

17. Where will the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2025 take place from 25–27 April 2025?

18. In a certain code language, ‘ROPE’ is coded as ‘5391’ and ‘OILY’ is coded as ‘2458’. What is the code for ‘O’ in the given code language?

19. The number of diagonals in a regular octagon is:

20. Which of the following letter-clusters should replace # and % so that the pattern and relationship followed between the letter-cluster pair on the left side of :: is the same as that on the right side of :: ? # : LIN :: DAF : %

21. Find a single discount (rounded up to two decimal places) equal to three consecutive discounts of 13%, 20% and 4%.

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

23. In 2024, the Government of India replaced the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 by enacting a new law to modernise the telecom sector. What is the name of this new legislation?

24. Two taps can fill a cistern in 4 hours and 32 hours, respectively. A third tap can empty it in 4 hours. How long (in hours) will it take to fill one-fourth of the empty cistern, if all of them are opened together?

25. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 6753412, what will be the sum of the digits which are second from the left and second from the right in the new number thus formed?

26. 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.)

27. If ‘+’ means ‘subtraction’, ‘−’ means ‘multiplication’, ‘×’ means ‘division’ and ‘÷’ means ‘addition’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 96 × 6 − 8 ÷ 71 + 26 = ?

28. Which of the following acts reduced the number of directors of East India Company?

29. Which of the following states is landlocked and does not touch any international boundary?

30. 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 cats are owls. Some owls are rats. No rat is bat. Conclusions: (I) Some rats are cats. (II) Some bats can be cats.

31. The shorter side of a rectangle is 15 cm less than the longer side. The numerical value of its area is equal to 5 times the numerical value of its perimeter. What is the length (in cm) of its longer side?

32. According to the Supreme Court ruling in 'The State of Madhya Pradesh vs Balveer Singh' (24 February 2025) case, which of the following statements is correct regarding 'child witnesses'?

33. The median of the observations 31, 40, 74, 47, 14, 44, 46, 29, 36, 97 and 87 is:

34. following?

35. Which of the following letter-clusters should replace # and % so that the pattern and relationship followed between the letter-cluster pair on the left side of :: is the same as that on the right side of :: ? # : DTF :: URQ : %

36. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? UNP SLN QJL OHJ ?

37. Which of the following classical dance forms' music belongs to the Carnatic system?

38. Which landmark case first established the principle of judicial review in constitutional law?

39. In the 'Suresh v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police case (March 2025)', what did the Supreme Court rule regarding ‘dying declarations’?

40. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 273 224 180 141 107 ?

41. Which of the following documents are NOT required under CAA 2019 to apply for Indian citizenship?

42. Anant Nag received the Padma Bhushan in 2025 for his work in which of the following fields?

43. Amit had invested same amount of sums at simple as well as compound interest, compounded annually. The time period of investment for both the sums was 2 years and rate of interest too was the same, 4% per annum. At the end, he found a difference of ₹43 in both the interests received. What were the sums (in ₹) invested?

44. If the median of a data is 80.32 less than its mode, then the median of the data exceeds its mean by _____. (Use empirical formula)

45. The diameter of the base and slant height of a right circular cone are 30 cm and 113 cm, respectively. Find the volume (in cm 3 ) of the given cone.

46. What type of combustion occurs when we bring a burning matchstick near a gas stove in the kitchen and turn on the knob of the gas stove?

47. Which keyboard shortcut opens the Windows 11 OS Settings menu to change system settings?

48. Banking reforms were part of the 1991 economic reforms. Which of the following committees recommended banking sector liberalisation in 1991?

49. Income of Amit in 2019 was ₹22,000. He gets an increment of 10% every year. What was his income (in ₹) in 2021?

50. What is the significance of the 'root directory' in a hierarchical file system structure?

51. Which of the following best reflects the change in sector importance in India over time?

52. What is a good way to keep your files organized on a computer?

53. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A sits third to the right of F. C sits second to the left of G. G is not an immediate neighbour of F. D sits to the immediate right of E. What is the position of C with respect to A?

54. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DJP GMS JPV MSY ?

55. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Peninsular Plateau’s major divisions?

56. Which of the following is NOT a change of the new Income Tax bill introduced in the Parliament during February 2025?

57. Which organisation warned that the global economic growth could slow to 2.3% in 2025 due to trade tensions?

58. If a : b :: b : c; c = 4a and b = 10, find the positive value of c.

59. A water tank can be filled in 40 minutes by using 43 pipes of the same capacity. In how many minutes (rounded off to two decimal places) will the water tank be filled if we use 9 pipes of the same capacity as above?

60. The ratio of 76 hours to 7 days is:

61. Each of P, Q, R, S, T, U and V has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. V has an exam on Tuesday. Exactly 2 people have an exam between V and P. S has an exam immediately before T, and Q has an exam immediately after R. Only 1 person has an exam between T and R How many people have an exam before S?

62. SS 14 is related to WP −4 in a certain way. In the same way, CE 10 is related to GB −8. To which of the given options is QG 1 related, following the same logic?

63. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 951 474 717 497 127 (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 first digit of the highest number is subtracted from the third digit of the lowest number?

64. Shivam’s salary is ₹12,000 per month. He spends ₹4,000 on house rent and ₹1,500 on Railway News Room bills, and the rest of the amount is his monthly savings. Find his savings (in ₹) in a year, if in the month of his birthday, he spent all his monthly savings on birthday celebrations.

65. In which year did Mendeleev publish the periodic table?

66. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 5214637, how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

67. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground which is 27.6 m away from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 45°. Find the height of the tower.

68. k?

69. Which of the following is considered an offense under the co-operative society laws?

70. In April 2025, the DRDO and the Indian Army successfully conducted four flight-tests of which missile system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island?

71. Which of the following folk music forms is based on the tales of Mahabharata?

72. F is the brother of G. G is the husband of H. H is the daughter of I. I is the husband of J. How is F related to J?

73. The Alipore Bomb Case of 1908 is associated with which Indian revolutionary?

74. Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 9 : 7, and their LCM is 6930. Their HCF is:

75. Sachdev starts from Point A and drives 11 km towards West. He then takes a right turn, drives 9 km, turns right and drives 13 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 14 km. He takes a final right 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° turns only, unless specified.)

76. According to the Economic Survey 2022-23 (data of 2021), what percentage of India's population resides in rural areas?

77. 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.) (15, −6, 3) (43, 582, 25)

78. What was the main demand of the Home Rule Movement?

79. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (NOTE: All numbers are single digit numbers only.) (Left) # © 2 @ @ * 1 1 $ & € 1 £ 2 # 3 1 7 7 6 3 € (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a number?

80. Who founded the Prarthana Samaj?

81. Each of P, Q, R, S, T, U and V has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Only five people have exams between T and Q. U has an exam on Thursday. S has an exam immediately after Q. R has an exam immediately after P. How many people have exams between V and T?

82. 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.)

83. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 917 782 549 557 539 (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 first digit of the highest number is added to the second digit of the lowest number?

84. P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have an exam on different days of the week starting on Monday Railway News Room and ending on Sunday. Q has an exam on Wednesday. Exactly 4 people have an exam between T and U, neither of whom has an exam on Monday. R has an exam immediately before S and V has an exam immediately after S. P has an exam immediately before T. How many people have an exam between P and R?

85. A group of numbers and symbols is coded using letter codes as per the codes given below and the conditions that follow. Study the given codes and conditions and answer the question that follows. Note: If none of the conditions apply, then codes for the respective number/symbol are to be followed directly as given in the table. Numb 6 % 8 5 $ & 3 @ # 7 + 4 9 6 er/sym bol Code S E A J L F W Q D P R B U T Conditions: If the first element is a symbol and the last a number, the codes for these two (the first and the last elements) are to be interchanged. If the first element is an odd number and the last an even number, the first and last elements are to be coded as ©. If both second and third elements are perfect squares, the third element is to be coded as the code for the second element. What will be the code for the following group? @ 4 8 5

86. Where is Rohtang Pass located?

87. Which of the following banks has reported a significant rise in its net short position in the forward book, which expanded to $77.5 billion by the end of January 2025, up from $67.9 billion in December 2024?

88. A runner covers 5 km, 8 km, 6 km, 7 km, and 9 km in five races. What is the average distance covered per race?

89. What happens if you delete a file from a USB flash drive in Windows OS?

90. Which major tourism fair was held in Berlin from 4 to 6 March 2025?

91. Post 1991 economic reforms, India engaged more actively in global trade agreements. Which organisation did India join in 1995 to boost global trade integration?

92. The value of 891 × 909 is:

93. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 852 850 846 840 832 ?

94. Manav starts from point A and drives 10 km towards the east. He then takes a right turn, drives 9 km, turns right and drives 12 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 13 km. He takes a final right 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.)

95. What is the name of the point where India, China and Myanmar meet?