NTPC UG — Test 11

01. On 15 May 2025, the Supreme Court of India issued an immediate direction to the Centre to set up dedicated courts to deal with which cases?

02. In the 2024 Global Innovation Index, which country was ranked as the most innovative?

03. The Queen's Stepwell in Gujarat, known officially as Rani-ki-Vav, is situated along the course of which river?

04. A mixed economy involves both private and public ownership. What was a distinctive feature of India's mixed economy model?

05. Which of the following types of cases is NOT generally taken up by Lok Adalats in India?

06. Tariff reforms were central to the liberalisation of trade. What happened to import tariffs after 1991?

07. Which of the following initiatives was launched by the National Commission for Women (NCW) on 22 May 2025 to promote AI literacy and digital safety among women, especially in rural and semi-urban areas?

08. Which of the following statements about the Gram Sabha is correct?

09. As per Deloitte, how much will AI in healthcare boost India’s GDP by 2025?

10. What was the name of stadium where India beat Bangladesh in South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship 2025?

11. Which two countries signed a historic peace treaty on 13 March 2025, ending nearly four decades of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region?

12. Which country hosted the 6 th BIMSTEC Summit in March 2025?

13. After its 1971 electoral victory, Indira Gandhi’s government amended the Constitution to remove legal obstacles to abolishing which of the following privileges?

14. The typical landform seen in the Thar Desert is:

15. Who was called the 'Grand Old Man of India' and the first Indian to demand Swaraj?

16. Which of the following types of memory is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the computer is turned off?

17. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep is a part of which island?

18. As per the ‘India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023), which Indian state has the largest forest cover (area-wise) in the country?

19. According to a Times of India report from April 2025, there have been plans to locally manufacture which tetravalent dengue vaccine under the ‘Make ‑ in ‑ India’ initiative?

20. The Harappans were first in Eurasia to grow ___.

21. What happens when you create a folder with the same name in the same location?

22. What is the significance of DRDO's successful test of the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRAShM) in 2025?

23. If the temperature of air increases, what happens to the speed of sound and the minimum distance to hear an echo?

24. Which of the following is the main objective of the Right to Information Act?

25. Which of the following is a Buddhist text containing stories related to the previous births of the Buddha?

26. What is baking soda chemically known as?

27. Harsabardhan Sahu who built a new record in the field of 49 kg (Clean and Jerk) Weightlifting category, at Khelo India Youth Games 2025 is from which state?

28. Crafted using the lost-wax technique in Mohenjo-daro, a significant city of the Indus Valley Civilisation, the prehistoric Dancing Girl figurine is primarily made of which of the following materials?

29. Which of the following is a water pollutant?

30. Which country won both the Men’s and Women’s titles at the Kabaddi World Cup 2025, held at Wolverhampton in England?

31. The 25 th Amendment curtailed the right to property by amending which Article of Indian Constitution?

32. Which of the following best defines the strategy of Passive Resistance as advocated by Extremists?

33. The first cross-country pipeline in Asia connected the Naharkatiya oilfield in Assam to which refinery?

34. What was the mascot name of Khelo India Youth Games 2025 held in Bihar in May 2025?

35. The vast network of railways that helped people meet their family and relatives was pioneered during the latter half of which of the following centuries in India?

36. The primary sector saw uneven regional development during 1947-91. Which region benefitted the most from the Green Revolution?

37. Which of the following options best describes the state of Indian industries under British rule?

38. Which of the following natural regions is known for evergreen dense forests and high biodiversity?

39. Which is the first Indian state/UT to launch the nPROUD (New Programme for Removal of Unused Drugs) project?

40. What is the dimensional formula for mechanical energy that refers to the total energy of an object due to its position and motion?

41. The marked price of an article is ₹800. It is sold at two successive discounts of 24% and 15%, respectively. Find the selling price of the article.

42. A bus travelling at 66 km/hr completes a journey in 15 hours. What should be its speed to cover the same distance in 5 hours?

43. The average of first 169 even numbers is

44. M and N start a business. M invests ₹68,000 more than N for 4 months and N invests for 7 months. M's share is ₹856 more than that of N, out of a total profit of ₹6,848. Find the capital contributed by M.

45. Rekha, Sanjay, and Poonam invest ₹1,320, ₹1,170, and ₹1,660, respectively, to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,010, then what is the share of Poonam in the profit?

46. Simplify x(9x − 8) + 7(x 2 − 3) + 18.

47. Find the value of 47 −8 ÷ 47 3 × 47 −19 .

48. Five times the present age of P exceeds the present age of Q by 29 years. After 8 years, five times Q’s age will be 17 years less than seven times P’s age at that time. What is the present age (in years) of Q?

49. A shopkeeper lists the price of a fan at 60% above its cost price and offers a 15% discount on its list price. If he earns a profit of ₹117, then what is the list price (in ₹) of the fan?

50. Evaluate: −12 − {−8 × (6 − 12) + 30 ÷ (−6)}

51. The population of a district is 328000, out of which 164000 are males. 24% of the population is literate. If 34% males are literate, then what percentage of females are literate?

52. Daksh travels 200 km at 50 km/hr, the next 252 km at 42 km/hr and the next 204 km at 51 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr) for the whole journey? (Round off your answer to two decimal places)

53. Find the simple interest (in ₹) if a sum of ₹400 is borrowed for 5.5 years at 12% per annum rate of interest.

54. The average weight (in kg) of a family of five members whose weights are 40 kg, 49 kg, 56 kg, 74 kg and 35 kg is:

55. Which of the following numbers divides 6,30,605?

56. The LCM of 3 3 × 8 2 × 13, 3 2 × 13 2 × 16 and 8 3 × 13 2 × 16 2 is:

57. Veer bought some sharpeners at the rate of ₹180/dozen. He sold them for ₹23 each. His profit percentage is ______% (rounded off to two decimal places).

58. If the 6-digit number N75M52 is divisible by 11, then which of the options below can give a possible correct relation between M and N?

59. A number, when decreased by 6%, gives 3760. The number is:

60. The perimeter of a square is 76 m. Its area (in m 2 ) is:

61. The number 253118139 is divisible by which of the following?

62. If the third proportional of 9 and 60 be x, then what is the value of x?

63. A shopkeeper offers the following three schemes. Which scheme has the maximum discount percent? I. Two successive discounts of 15% and 20%. II. Buy 4 get 2 free. III. Buy 6 get 4 free

64. Simplify: (cos 4 A −sin 4 A + 1) cosec 2 A

65. A sum of money triples itself at a certain rate of compound interest in 11 years. In how many years will it amount to 27 times of itself?

66. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with side 13 cm?

67. The product of two consecutive natural numbers is 552. The greater of the two numbers is:

68. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 17 ÷ 5 − 25 + 42 × 7 = ? Blackbook

69. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? YQT VNQ SKN PHK ?

70. 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 sparrows are owls. No sparrow is a parrot. Conclusions: (I) : No owl is a parrot. (II) : No parrot is a sparrow.

71. Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. HJS : JNV ACJ : CGM

72. A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Only two people sit between A and G when counted from the right of A. Only two people sit between G and C. Only three people sit between A and F. E sits to the immediate left of D. How many people sit between C and E when counted from the right of C?

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

74. Varun ranked 34 th from the top and 11 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

75. In a certain code language, ‘FATE’ is coded as ‘3257’ and ‘AIDS’ is coded as ‘6142’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

76. Manoj starts from point E and drives 4 km towards west. He then takes a left turn and drives 5 km. He takes a right turn and drives 2 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 2 km. He takes another left turn and drives 3 km. He again takes a left turn and drives 2 km. He takes a final right turn and drives 3 km to reach a point D. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach point E again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless otherwise specified.)

77. Town Q is to the east of Town P. Town R is to the south of Town Q. Town S is to the east of Town R. Town T is to the south of Town S. Town U is to the east of Town T. What is the position of Town U with respect to Town Q?

78. 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 pair.)

79. Each of the digits in the number 81674293 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. Which of the following digits will be fourth from the left?

80. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? QNK WTQ CZW IFC ?

81. In the following triad, 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. SONG - OSNG - GNOS DAWN - ADWN - NWAD

82. Seven people, I, J, K, L, M, N and O, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only three people sit between M and J. O sits to the immediate left of J. No one sits to the right of I. Only two people sit between I and O. N sits to the immediate right of L. How many people sit between K and N?

83. SACU is related to ZHJB in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, UCEW is related to BJLD. To which of the following is PXZR related, following the same logic?

84. In a certain code language, ‘am with you’ is coded as ‘mp rk tp’ and ‘go with him’ is coded as ‘rk lo wt’. How is ‘with’ coded in the given language?

85. 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 to/subtracting from/multiplying with 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and Blackbook 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (112, 104, 96) (136, 128, 120)

86. A is the father of H. H is the father of G. G is the son of E. F is the father of E. How is A related to F?

87. Piyush ranked 35 th from the top and 18 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

88. If ‘+’ means ‘subtraction’, ‘−’ means ‘multiplication’, ‘×’ means ‘division’ and ‘÷’ means ‘addition’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 9 − 5 + 82 × 2 ÷ 17 = ?

89. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. All numbers are single-digit numbers. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 5 # % 2 ^ @ 3 & 1 $ 7 Ω 5 % # 6 * 1 9 (Right) How many symbols in the series are immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a number?

90. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 801 800 792 765 701 ?

91. 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. Blackbook Statements: All globes are ball. All globes are map. Conclusions: (I) : Some balls are map. (II) : All map are globe.

92. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 40 , 48 , 58 , 66 , 76 , ?

93. 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.)

94. 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.)

95. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 101 110 121 134 149 ?

96. Each of the digits in the number 8731245 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position(s) of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number?

97. Mr. Into ranked 96 th from the top and 31 st from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?