NTPC Graduate — Test 25

01. The Digital India initiative, launched in 2015, marked a significant step in India’s post- reform development trajectory. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of the Digital India initiative?

02. Which Constitutional provision directs the State to ensure that justice is not denied to any citizen due to economic or other disabilities?

03. In a certain code language, ‘BEST’ is coded as ‘4568’ and ‘STAB’ is coded as ‘8965’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

04. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘–’ are interchanged, and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 34 + 43 − 17 ÷ 121 × 11 = ?

05. In which year did the Government of India introduce Securities Transaction Tax (STT) to reduce the complexities involved in the taxation of securities transactions, promote fair trading, and prevent market manipulation?

06. Considering the fundamental operations of a computer, what is the immediate effect of pressing the Tab key within a command-line interface (CLI) or terminal?

07. A train P going at the speed of 58 km/hr completely passes train Q of length 238 m, going in the same direction on parallel tracks, at 27 km/hr, in 7.5 minutes. How much time (in seconds) will P take to cross completely train R of length 123 m, going at 38 km/hr in the opposite direction?

08. Which of the following statements about the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF), launched in 2024, is/are correct? NMNF aims to reach 1 crore farmers and cover 7.5 lakh ha. Model Demonstration Farms will be set up only at Agricultural Universities. Natural Farming practices aim to reduce dependency on externally purchased inputs. It is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.

09. What was the breakdown of India's medals in the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025?

10. Which of the following tribal uprising leaders was/were NOT executed during the revolt but deported to another country?

11. 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 :: ? # : MRN :: HMI : %

12. Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. GB-IE-LN KF-MI-PR Railway News Room

13. A shop earns ₹500, ₹600, ₹450, ₹550, and ₹400 over five days. What is the average earning per day?

14. Two numbers are respectively 47% and 25% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:

15. Barun starts from Point A and drives 8 km towards West. He then takes a left turn, drives 9 km, turns left and drives 12 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 13 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 4 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.)

16. Karuna, Jyoti, Shiv, Ram, Puran, Om and Luv are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Shiv sits third to the left of Luv. Karuna sits second to the left of Shiv. Jyoti sits third to the right of Puran. Ram sits second to the right of Jyoti. Ram is not an immediate neighbour of Shiv. Who sits to the immediate left of Ram?

17. Two sets of numbers are given below. In each set of numbers, certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number results in the second number. Similarly, certain mathematical operation(s) on the second number results in the third number and so on. Which of the given options follows the same set of operations as in the given 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.) 13 - 26 - 30 - 60; 5 - 10 - 14 - 28

18. 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 lions are tigers. Some tigers are leopard. No leopard is giraffe. Conclusions: (I) Some leopards are lions. (II) Some giraffe can be tigers.

19. Amit bought 51 books at ₹1,120 per book from one shop and 49 books at ₹900 per book from another. What is the average price (in ₹) he paid per book?

20. 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 Thursday. Exactly 4 people have their exams between U and Q, neither of whom has an exam on Sunday. T has an exam immediately before S. R does not have an exam on Friday. U does not have an exam after S. How many people have exams after Q?

21. The cost of 3 pens and 12 notebooks is ₹195. The cost of 7 notebooks exceeds the cost of 4 pens by ₹39. What is the cost of 12 pens and 6 notebooks?

22. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 190 735 494 761 781 (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 highest number is subtracted from the second digit of the lowest number?

23. The Eastern Peripheral Expressway is built to decongest traffic in _____.

24. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? SM13 QK25 OI37 MG49 ?

25. According to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, how many Scheduled Tribes are notified under Article 342 of the Constitution of India as of December 2022?

26. Which of the following materials has been mainly used for building the Jahangiri Mahal in Agra Fort?

27. During the third leg of Navika Sagar Parikrama II, which significant milestone did INSV Tarini achieve in January 2025?

28. Which of the following actions is performed when the Ctrl + V shortcut is used in most computer applications?

29. Who among the following received the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2025 for his contribution to music?

30. In April 2025, who was appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

31. What will come in the place of the question mark ‘(?)’ in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 43 ÷ 9 − 988 × 2 + 11 = ?

32. F is the husband of G. G is the mother of H. H is the wife of I. I is the father of J. How is F related to J?

33. Seven boxes, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are kept one above the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only C is kept above B. Only two boxes are kept between B and F. Only E is kept below A. G is not kept immediately above F. How many boxes are kept above G?

34. 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.)

35. 2025. Which movement was he primarily associated with?

36. A person saves 20% of his income. If his expenditure is ₹960, then his income (in ₹) is:

37. Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. YOD WNF UMH SLJ ?

38. Evaluate: 37 - [37 - {37 - (37 - 37 × 2)}]

39. ‘Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin’ was written by:

40. Anand has ₹1,617 with him. He divided it amongst his sons Anil and Ashok and asked them to invest it at 10% rate of interest per annum, compounded annually. It was seen that Anil and Ashok got same amount after 12 and 13 years, respectively. How much (in ₹) did Anand give to Anil?

41. Which organisation collaborated with ISRO in developing the Vikram 3201 and Kalpana 3201 microprocessors?

42. In a certain code language, ‘MANY’ is coded as ‘5391’ and ‘ARCS’ is coded as ‘2458’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

43. Why is a voltmeter connected in parallel in a circuit?

44. the reduced quadratic equation.

45. How does the parliamentary system ensure a “responsible government”?

46. In a circle of radius 10.5 cm, if the angle of a sector is , then the perimeter of the sector is (in cm): (Take )

47. On simple interest, a certain sum of money amounts to ₹1,750 in 2 years and to ₹3,000 in 4 years. Find the rate of interest per annum.

48. Seven friends, F, G, H, I, O, P and Q, are sitting in a row facing north. Only two people sit between I and G. Only H sits to the right of F. Only one person sits between G and F. O sits at some place to the right of P but at some place to the left of Q. Who sits third from the right end of the line?

49. Which Chinese traveler mentions a Maitraka ruler named Shiladitya?

50. Keshav gets a 4% increase in his sale amount in the first year and a 20% increase in the second year, and with that his present sale is ₹1,56,000. What was his sale (in ₹) two years ago?

51. For a regular polygon, the sum of the interior angles is 300% more than the sum of its exterior angles. Each interior angle of the polygon measures x°. What is the value of x?

52. 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 :: ? # : CRX :: ELU : %

53. Find the circumference (in m) of the largest circle that can be inscribed in a rectangle whose dimensions are given as 114 m and 63 m.

54. cm, then the radius (in cm) of the rod, correct to two places of decimal, is:

55. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 176 168 159 149 138 ? 113

56. The caloric theory replaced which older theory of heat and combustion?

57. The Shivalik Hills, forming the outermost part of the Himalayan ranges, extend across which Indian states?

58. The Draft Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, was notified by which Ministry of India in April 2025?

59. What type of vegetation is predominantly found in the Thar Desert?

60. The distance between the easternmost and westernmost points of India is approximately:

61. The greatest number that divides 93 and 190 leaving remainders 5 and 3, respectively, is:

62. Which of the following best describes the impact of human genome sequencing?

63. 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. R has the exam on Tuesday. Only two people have exams between U and R. Q has the exam immediately before V but not on Wednesday. S has the exam immediately before T. How many people have exams between Q and P ?

64. Kanav starts from point A and drives 11 km towards the east. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km, turns left and drives 13 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 12 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.)

65. A vendor sells oranges at ₹29 each and incurs a loss of 75%. If he wants to make a profit of 75%, at what price (in ₹) should he sell each orange?

66. Which city will host the Web Summit 2025 from 10 to 13 November?

67. The NK Singh Committee, which was formed in 2016, was associated with which of the following?

68. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 862 860 856 850 842 ?

69. Which airport was named the World's Best Airport in 2025 by Skytrax?

70. A shopkeeper marked his goods at X% above their cost price and sold them at a discount of 60%. If he gained 84% profit, then find the value of X.

71. On the MS PowerPoint 2019 home screen, which option or section should you click to start a new blank presentation when the 'Start Screen' is enabled?

72. If the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesaler gains 15%, and the retailer gains 28%, then find the cost of production of a table (in ₹), whose retail price for the customer is ₹75,900. (NOTE: Manufacturer sells to wholesaler, wholesaler sells to retailer and retailer sells to customers.)

73. The Milindapanho is a:

74. 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) 8 & 1 9 5 £ $ 6 8 $ # 8 & @ * 5 $ # * 5 $ 9 (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

75. In a certain code language, ‘FAIR’ is coded as ‘9357’ and ‘ROSE’ is coded as ‘8632’. What is the code for R’ in the given code language?

76. Which of the following is an example of a mixed cell reference in MS Excel?

77. Which Article of the Constitution of India provides directives to the state for taking steps to raise the standard of living?

78. If 2 is added to each odd digit and 3 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 7516438, what will be the difference between the greatest and smallest digits in the new number thus formed?

79. Which of the following communities was NOT included for fast-track citizenship under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019?

80. What is the median of the following data? 61, 55, 18, 49, 52, 80, 60, 33, 54, 56, 28

81. Which of the following is the keyboard shortcut to save an MS Excel workbook?

82. What was the main issue debated during the 1905 Banaras Session of the INC, right after the announcement of Bengal’s partition?

83. 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.)

84. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 657 435 578 659 619 (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 highest number is added to the third digit of the lowest number?

85. Which of the following is the new criteria for becoming a small enterprise in the definition of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that was announced in Union Budget 2025-26?

86. Which Constitutional Amendment explicitly inserted the term 'Cabinet' into the Indian Constitution in the context of Article 352?

87. 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 :: ? # : EIC :: QLZ : %

88. What was the slogan of the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Convention (COP16) initially held in 2024?

89. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 47?

90. What will come in the place of the question mark ‘(?)’ in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 175 ÷ 5 + 213 × 3 − 75 = ?

91. Two taps can fill a cistern in 2 hours and 64 hours, respectively. A third tap can empty it in 2 hours. How long (in hours) will it take to fill half of the empty cistern, if all of them are opened together?

92. Which of the following is a 'Tata Vadya'?