NTPC UG — Test 12

01. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) holders are:

02. Which of these was NOT a cause of popular resentment against British rule before 1857?

03. Who made history as the first woman, the youngest person, and the first African to be elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2025?

04. The title Devaputra, used by the Kushana rulers, implies which of the following?

05. The 'Montreal Protocol' was signed to control the emission of _____.

06. In Indian State governments, to whom is the State Council of Ministers collectively responsible?

07. The Wahabi Movement was started by Syed Ahmad, of _____.

08. Which of the following organisations collaborated with the Indian Navy for the VLSRSAM launch in March 2025?

09. In March 2025, ________ became the 28 th legislature to join the National e-Vidhan Application platform.

10. Which Indian state shares its border with China, Nepal and Bhutan?

11. Who among the following was appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in May 2025?

12. Which of these is a part of solid waste management infrastructure?

13. Which revolutionary along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the Central Assembly in 1929?

14. Privatisation under the 1991 reforms primarily involved:

15. Which tool in Windows helps one manage and organize files and folders?

16. What was the main aim of TRYSEM (Training for Rural Youth for Self-Employment)?

17. The Red Fort in Delhi was constructed during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors?

18. Which of the following parts of the plant is primarily responsible for sexual reproduction in angiosperms?

19. Which initiative is intended to encourage domestic manufacturing and attract foreign investment?

20. As of July 2025, how many Indian States have a bicameral legislature (i.e. both, a Legislative Assembly and a Legislative Council)?

21. The Eleventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution relates to which of the following?

22. Who among the following wrote the novel Godaan, which is considered a classic of modern Hindi literature?

23. The Hazira–Vijaipur–Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline is mainly used to transport:

24. Which Gupta emperor was known as the 'Napoleon of India' due to his military conquests and strategic warfare?

25. Which of the following schemes aims to empower adolescent girls?

26. Who is the director of the film 'Laapataa Ladies', which won Best Picture at the 2025 IIFA Awards?

27. What happens when you delete a file or folder using the Delete key?

28. Which postulate of Dalton’s atomic theory reflects the Law of Conservation of Mass?

29. Which country led the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report by closing over 90% of its gender gap?

30. What key principle did the Supreme Court emphasise in the 2024 Property Owners Association v State of Maharashtra case?

31. Padma Vibhushan awardee of 2025, Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is a famous musician of which instrument?

32. Which of the following represents the longitudinal extent of India?

33. In April 2025, which startup, selected by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), has launched the world’s first platform — QShield — that enables seamless cryptography management?

34. Which of the following pairs of neighbouring countries are landlocked and share only land borders with India?

35. Which of the following indigenously developed underwater naval mines was successfully tested by DRDO and the Indian Navy in May 2025?

36. What was the main aim of IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme) ?

37. Which Ministry co-organised the 9 th edition of the Global Technology Summit (GTS) with Carnegie India in April 2025 in New Delhi?

38. Which Amendment extended the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the legislatures for another 10 years till 2030?

39. Although a colloid appears homogeneous, it is actually a __________.

40. The new Indian Ports Bill 2025 seeks to repeal which Indian Act?

41. The LCM of the numbers 6.3 and 0.07 is:

42. Which of the following numbers divides 386937355?

43. The average price of three items of furniture is ₹5,325. If their prices are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7, the price of the cheapest item (in ₹) is:

44. Evaluate 145 2 .

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46. What is the equivalent single discount for successive discounts of 20% and 10%?

47. Find the value of [682 ÷ {20 + 2 × (5 − 4)}].

48. A man driving a car at a speed of 54 km/hr crosses a bridge in 1.7 minutes. Find the length of the bridge.

49. Find the simple interest (in ₹) if a sum of ₹400 is borrowed for 5.5 years at 4% per annum rate of interest.

50. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 11 and 330, respectively. If one of the numbers is 110, find the other one.

51. Two cubes of edge 5 cm are joined to form a cuboid. Find the total surface area of the cuboid.

52. A company earns a profit (in ₹) that is distributed among the company's three partners in the ratio of 5 : 8 : 17. If the difference between the smallest and the largest shares is ₹78,106, the total profit (in ₹) of the company is:

53. The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 40. In the next 10 matches, the batsman scored an average of 16 runs. Find his average runs scored (rounded off to two decimals) in all the 33 matches.

54. The cost of 6 pens and 19 pencils is ₹275. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹7 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹7, then the cost of 15 pens and 4 pencils is ₹132. What is the original cost of 6 pens and 2 pencils?

55. M and N start a business. M invests ₹79,000 more than N for 7 months and N invests for 6 months. M's share is ₹745 more than that of N, out of a total profit of ₹6,705. Find the capital contributed by M.

56. A book seller gives a 4% discount on the marked price and gives one book free during vacation for buying every pack of 15 books of the same cost, and thus gains 35%. By what percentage is the marked price higher than the cost price?

57. What smallest number should be added to 16809 so that the sum is completely divisible by 41?

58. Find the mean proportional between 19 and 76.

59. The population of a district is 362000, out of which 181000 are males. 47% of the population is literate. If 35% males are literate, then what percentage of females are literate?

60. 83 mirrors were purchased for ₹83, and 22 mirrors broke in transit. The trader sold the remaining mirrors at ₹3.60 each. Find his profit.

61. Rishi travels 198 km at 66 km/hr, the next 584 km at 73 km/hr and the next 656 km at 82 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr) for the whole journey? (Round off your answer to two decimal places)

62. If 2 times the mother's age is 26 years more than 4 times her daughter's age, and 3 times the daughter's age is 7 years less than the mother's age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of the mother and the daughter?

63. The sides of a triangle are 28 cm, 45 cm, and 53 cm. What is its area? (in cm 2 )

64. In a certain code language, A + B means ‘A is the son of B’, A – B means ‘A is the sister of B’, A x B means ‘A is the wife of B’ and A ÷ B means ‘A is the father of B’. How is Q related to D if ‘Q ÷ E – R x C + D’?

65. HOLN is related to XGBF in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TIXH is related to JANZ. To which of the given options is PKTJ related, following the same logic?

66. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 126 257 352 984 751 (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 in the third digit of each number, how many numbers thus formed will be odd numbers?

67. In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain mathematical operations to the first number. 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 Blackbook 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.) 37, 62 52, 77

68. 1 is subtracted from each even digit of the number 95423671 and then the digits are arranged in ascending order from left to right. Find the sum of the digits that are second from the left and third from the right.

69. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 442 530 626 730 842 ?

70. Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. HTO : DWK XHE : TKA

71. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 28 + 125 × 5 − 12 ÷ 3 = ?

72. 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.)

73. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 934 924 925 915 916 906 ? 897

74. 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 bottles are ludo. All ludo are dancer. Conclusions: (I): Some dancers are ludo. (II): All bottles are dancers.

75. Harini starts from Point Y and drives 7 km towards the south. She then takes a left turn, drives 14 km. She then turns left and drives 7 km. She takes a final left turn, drives 18 km and stops at Point Z. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she drive in order to reach Point Y again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified)

76. Seven boxes F, G, H, I, K, L, and O are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only three boxes are kept below H. Only two boxes are kept between H and O. Only L is kept above G. F is kept at some place below I and at some place above K. Which box is kept at second position from the bottom?

77. L, M, N, O, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. Only one person sits between Q and S when counted from the right of Q. Only one person sits between S and N. Only one person sits between Q and R. Only two people sit between L and N. Only one person sits between O and R. Who sits third to the right of M?

78. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 2 % / < 9 $ / % 6 * 4 5 8 # ? > 2 2 + 2 \ (Right) Blackbook How many such symbols are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another symbol?

79. 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 forests are hills. Some hills are deserts. Conclusions: (I): All hills are forests. (II): Some deserts are hills.

80. 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.)

81. Shekhar ranked 7 th from the top and 38 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

82. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 8317456, what will be the sum of the digits that are second from the left and second from the right?

83. In a certain code language, ‘BEST’ is coded as ‘3527’ and ‘EARN’ is coded as ‘1246’. What is the code for ‘E’ in the given code language?

84. WPKD is related to TNHB in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, KHYV is related to HFVT. To which of the given options is BBPP related, following the same logic?

85. Raghunandan walks 325 m towards the west to reach a cloth showroom. Then he turns to the right and walks 220 m straight to reach the fitness centre. Again, he turns to the right and walks for 200 m straight. Then, he turns to the right again and walks for 220 m. How far is he from the starting point?( All turns are 90-degree turns only, unless specified.)

86. Eight people, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z, are sitting in a straight line. All are facing towards the north. S sits third from the extreme left end of the line. W is an immediate neighbour of V. Only U sits between S and W. Z is sitting at the extreme right end of the line. T is an immediate neighbour of both Y and S. How many people sit to the right of W?

87. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? NUB 63, JQX 54, FMT 45, BIP 36, XEL 27, ?

88. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 26 × 2 − 21 + 7 ÷ 4 = ?

89. 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.) Blackbook

90. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? IUP -1 MRN -3 ? ULJ -27 YIH -81

91. In a certain code language, ‘MAZE’ is coded as ‘3527’ and ‘AIDS’ is coded as ‘2416’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

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

93. What should come in place of the question (?) in the given series? 53 70 91 116 145 ?