NTPC Graduate — Test 4

01. 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)

02. The mean proportional between 0.06 and 6 is:

03. Who is the current Chief Minister of Delhi as of March 2025, and from which constituency was he/she elected in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections?

04. The simplified value of 66 - 4 x (30 + 3) + 40 is:

05. The Swadeshi Movement, launched to oppose the partition of Bengal and promote Indian goods, began in which year?

06. The average of 10 observations is 40. It was realised later that an observation was misread as 34 in place of 43. Find the correct average.

07. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? LJQ NLS PNU RPW ?

08. A, B, C, D, E and F live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 6. The product of floors on which D and F live is 10. C lives immediately above E. The sum of floors on which B and D live is 11. How many people live between A and E?

09. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. All numbers are single-digit numbers. (Left) 5 $ 5 % 8 7 * 5 % & 8 @ 2 6 2 £ 3 8 1 & 5 6 (Right) How many such numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a number?

10. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation in January 2025?

11. What is the purpose of pressing Alt + Tab on the keyboard of a computer system?

12. The ratio of the market prices of gram and pea is 2 : 5, and the ratio of the quantities consumed by a family is 4 : 3. Find the ratio of the expenditure on gram to pea.

13. The average of first 13 whole numbers is:

14. In India, a city with a population of less than 10,000 and more than 5000 is classified as which type of class town?

15. In India, which of the following is a groundwater-based irrigation source?

16. Ashish has ₹1,218 with him. He divides it amongst his sons Arun and Mahesh and asks them to invest it at 10% rate of interest compounded annually. It was seen that Arun and Mahesh got same amount after 11 and 12 years, respectively. How much (in ₹) did Ashish give to Mahesh?

17. Consider a hierarchical file system. If a user attempts to delete a non-empty directory using a standard 'delete directory' command without any recursive options, what is the most likely outcome?

18. What does OCI stand for in the context of Indian citizenship?

19. Which leader presided over the 1929 Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress, where the resolution for 'Purna Swaraj' was passed?

20. One pipe can fill the tank in 9 minutes while another pipe can empty completely filled tank in 90 minutes. If both the pipes are operated together on empty tank, how long (in minutes) will it take to fill half of the tank?

21. A vendor bought lemons at 6 for ₹1. How many lemons must he sell for ₹1 to gain 100%?

22. In a certain code language, ‘GATE’ is coded as ‘4628’ and ‘TURN’ is coded as ‘3567’. What is the code for ‘T’ in the given code language?

23. The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 18 years more than 4 times the present age of the son. After 5 years, 4 times the father's age will be 8 years less than 14 times the son's age. The difference (in years) between the present ages of the father and the son is:

24. In which city of India was the Arctic Circle India Forum held on 3-4 May 2025?

25. Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 139 136 131 124 115 ? 91

26. Which of the following Urban Local Government Bodies in India was discontinued after 1992?

27. A, B, C, D, G, H, and I are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. B sits third to the left of I. G sits second to the left of H. Only I sits between A and G. C is not an immediate neighbor of B. How many people sit between D and G when counted from the right of D?

28. What is the primary function of a Notified Area Committee in India?

29. Below are given two sets of numbers. In each set of numbers, a certain mathematical operation on the first number results in the second number. Similarly, a certain mathematical operation 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 question? (NOTE – A two/three-digit number cannot be broken into individual digits for operations, e.g. if 37 is followed by 10, the operation cannot be 3+7 as a two-digit number cannot be broken into individual digits.) 14 - 15 - 20 - 40 ; 19 - 20 - 25 - 50

30. In a certain code language, ‘BLUE’ is coded as ‘4628’ and ‘LOAD’ is coded as ‘3567’. What is the code for ‘L’ in the given code language?

31. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. All numbers are single-digit numbers. (Left) @ $ & 7 7 @ 5 7 & & 4 1 9 3 $ 7 8 & 7 € € 1 (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

32. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? GKO 11, IMQ 13, KOS 15, MQU 17, ?

33. If ‘A’ stands for ‘×’, ‘B’ stands for ‘−’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’, and ‘D’ stands for ‘÷’, then the resultant of which of the following will be 9?

34. Which movement or idea is associated with the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education proposed in 1937?

35. Which kitchen process is an example of osmosis?

36. Tanveer starts from Point B and drives 2 km towards west. He then takes a right turn, drives 4 km, turns left and drives 5 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 3 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 7 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point B again (all turns are 90° turns only unless specified)?

37. 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.)

38. Raju starts from point A and drives 9 km towards the west. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 13 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.)

39. In a certain code language, ‘BRAVE’ is coded as ‘29317’ and ‘VIBER’ is coded as ‘38792’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

40. Surendra has 102 litres of Oil A and 224 litres of Oil B. He fills a number of identical containers with the two types of oil in a manner that each container has only one type of oil, and all containers are completely filled. What can be the maximum volume (in litres) of each container that Surendra uses, so that all the oil that Surendra has, of both the types, can be poured into these containers?

41. Under the Digital Agriculture Mission launched in 2024, which of the following is/are among the foundational registries of AgriStack?

42. In a multitasking operating system, what role does RAM primarily play when multiple applications are open simultaneously?

43. What is the purpose of the ‘One Nation, One Permit’ scheme proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways?

44. Who administered the agrahara lands during the post-Gupta period?

45. Find the surface area of a sphere whose diameter is equal to 112 cm.

46. Find the duration (in years) in which ₹1,200 will amount to ₹2,220 at a rate of 20% per annum simple interest.

47. What is the Gram Sabha in the context of the Panchayati Raj system in India?

48. What is the primary contributor to the sour taste in foods like lemons, vinegar and yoghurt?

49. Free legal aid is part of which part of the Indian Constitution?

50. Who among the following has been appointed as the Comptroller General of India in November 2024?

51. GV 14 is related to LS 5 in a certain way. In the same way, HQ 5 is related to MN -4. To which of the given options is MG 0 related, following the same logic?

52. Which of the following best explains why uracil is used in RNA instead of thymine?

53. The marked price of a bed is ₹1,600, which is 25% above the cost price. It is sold at a discount of 16% on the marked price. Find the profit percentage.

54. Each of the digits in the number 8569142 is arranged in the descending order from left to right. The position(s) of how many digits will remain unchanged in the new number thus formed as compared to that in the original number?

55. F is the brother of G. G is the wife of H. H is the son of I. I is the wife of J. How is F related to J?

56. Which Indian English poet’s first poetry collection titled 'The Striders', published in 1966, received a Poetry Book recommendation?

57. Let AB and CD be two parallel lines and PQ be a transversal such that PQ intersects AB at the point R and CD at the point S, respectively. If ∠ BRP = (2x + 13)° and ∠ DSP = (3x − 22)°, then find ∠ CSP.

58. How much international bandwidth does Airtel's 2Africa Pearls 2025 undersea cable landing system add?

59. According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, how many Indians are estimated to have escaped multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21?

60. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 910 316 525 204 303 (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?

61. RWKA is related to TULZ in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, VSMY is related to XQNX. To which of the given options is ZOOW related, following the same logic?

62. M, N, O, P, Y and Z live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 6. O lives on floor numbered 4. Only two people live between O and P. Only M lives between O and N. Y lives immediately below O. Who lives on floor numbered 2?

63. Manjit’s salary is ₹10,000 per month. He spends ₹6,000 on house rent and ₹3,000 on 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.

64. When using the 'Replace' function (Ctrl + H) in MS PowerPoint, which of the following options allows users to replace only whole words and not parts of words?

65. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 41?

66. decreased by 7 m. If the length is decreased by 5 m and breadth is increased by 8 m, then its area increases by 33 m 2 . What is the perimeter of the original rectangle (in m)?

67. When and where is the second part of the Fifth Session (INC-5.2) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution scheduled to take place?

68. On selling a wardrobe at ₹3,437, the value of gain is 75% more than the value of loss incurred on selling it at ₹3,338. In order to gain 50%, find the selling price (in ₹).

69. Seven people, I, J, K, L, O, P and Q are sitting in a row, facing north. Only J sits to the left of Q. Only four people sit between J and I. Only O sits between P and K and P is not an immediate neighbour of I. Who sits at the extreme right end of the row?

70. Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two sets of pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. ZIL : ARO GRZ : TIA

71. Which of the following is NOT a feature of subsistence farming?

72. students are there in his class?

73. Who among the following won the 2024 Booker Prize, and what is the title of the winning novel?

74. Pipe A can fill a tank in 18 minutes, while pipe B can empty the completely filled tank in 27 minutes. Initially, pipe A is opened and after 6 minutes pipe B is also opened. In how much time (in minutes) will the remaining tank be filled completely?

75. 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 crabs are ties. Some ties are hooves. Some hooves are vents. Conclusions: (I): Some vents are crabs. (II): Some hooves are crabs.

76. Which of the following is not a surrounding feature of the Thar Desert?

77. 2% of 50% of a number is what percentage of that number?

78. Who among the following was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July 2024?

79. In December 2024, PM Modi made a historic visit to which Gulf country, marking the first such visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 43 years?

80. What is the difference between dragging text with the mouse (left-click) and Ctrl + dragging text in MS Word 365?

81. If '−' means '÷', '÷' means '×', '×' means '+' and '+' means '−', then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 1568 − 16 + 4 ÷ 5 × 22 = ?

82. Which among the following significant changes was introduced in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025?

83. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 52 ÷ 15 − 189 × 9 + 117 = ?

84. 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 :: ? # : RND :: QRX : %

85. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 801 800 797 792 785 ?

86. The mode of the observations 4, 3, 8, 7, 3, 7, 3, 1, 1, 3, 8, 3, 3, 5 and 3 is:

87. Whom did Chandragupta II marry after defeating the Saka king?

88. The mode and median of a data set is 89.7 and 32, respectively. What is the mean of the data set? (Use empirical formula.)

89. What is the title of the first poetry collection by Nissim Ezekiel, one of the most celebrated poets in Indian English Literature?

90. Which initiative was launched on 25 September 2014 to facilitate investment, foster innovation, build best in class infrastructure and make India a hub for manufacturing, design and innovation?

91. As per the NFHS-5 (2019-21), what is the approximate percentage of households in India with access to improved sanitation facilities?

92. What is the main goal of the PM Gati Shakti initiative?