NTPC UG — Test 17

01. Which of the following correctly represents the function of dietary fibre in the human diet?

02. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are separated by which water body?

03. As per the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) report, what is India's HDI value for 2023 that places it in the medium human development category?

04. Why is infrastructure referred to as a 'universal intermediate'?

05. In 1869, who is credited with publishing the first widely recognized version of the periodic table?

06. Which is the first State where India's first organic fish cluster was launched by the Central Government?

07. In the April 2025 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup, in which shooting event did Saurabh Chaudhary win a bronze medal?

08. The reservation of seats in Panchayats for SCs/STs and women comes under which Article?

09. Who has the power to give directions to the State Government to ensure compliance with Union laws?

10. Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

11. Which indigenous radar system, developed by DRDO in 2025, is designed to enhance the capabilities of the Tejas Mk1A aircraft?

12. Which two parties signed a landmark Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) in May 2025 to deepen digital and economic cooperation?

13. In April 2025, India developed two (Human Papillomavirus test) HPV testing kits for the diagnosis of which type of cancer?

14. On which date did ISRO attempt its 101 st launch, which could not be accomplished due to technical problems during its third stage?

15. In June 2025, a 'Maha Kumbhabhishekam' was performed after 270 years at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, located in which Indian State?

16. Which edition of National Voters’ Day was celebrated on 25 January 2025 to commemorate the foundation day of the Election Commission of India?

17. What does the abbreviation ASCII stand for?

18. Who is considered unemployed under the Usual Status (US) measure?

19. Which of the following tribes is mainly found in the north-eastern part of India?

20. Under guidance of which of the following organisations were the civil defence mock drills conducted under Operation Shield in Haryana in May 2025?

21. Which of the following subjects was moved from the State List to the Concurrent List by the 42 nd Amendment Act?

22. Which state leads the fiscal health index 2025 with a top score of 67.8?

23. The Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), is a key sub-scheme under ____________.

24. In which of the following Indian states is the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve located?

25. What is the maximum strength of members in a State Legislative Assembly as per the Constitution of India?

26. On 1 May 2025, the Election Commission of India has launched how many major initiatives to improve the accuracy of voter list and ease the voting process?

27. Which of the following infrastructure initiatives is associated with urban development in India?

28. In which of the following regions did Rani Avantibai Lodhi of Ramgarh raise and lead an army of four thousand against the British, who had taken over the administration of her state?

29. What is the value of one curie (Ci) in SI units of radioactivity?

30. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of tribal settlements in India?

31. Who were members of the States Reorganisation Commission formed in 1953?

32. Which natural feature divides the Lakshadweep islands into two broad parts?

33. What happens to tectonic plates at divergent boundaries?

34. Which of the following is a traditional folk painting style from Bihar?

35. In March 2025, ISRO advanced in developing which engine for LVM3?

36. Market control under Alauddin Khilji aimed mainly to ________.

37. Which of the following European powers was the first to arrive in India by sea route?

38. The 44 th Amendment (1978) removed which of the following from the list of Fundamental Rights, converting it into a mere legal right under Article 300A?

39. What does the 'Ctrl + V' shortcut key do?

40. The term gomat in the Rigveda refers to which of the following?

41. If 2 times a son's age is added to his father's age, the sum is 42 years. If 2.2 times the father's age is added to the son's age, the sum is 89 years. What is the father's age (in years)?

42. Evaluate: (-9) - (-60) ÷ (-10) + (-4) × 7

43. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 22?

44. The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 79 and the third number is 135. Find the average of the remaining two numbers.

45. Two pipes can fill a cistern, individually, in 33 minutes and 22 minutes, respectively. There is a pipe located at the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, then the empty cistern gets filled in 18 minutes. How long will the pipe at the bottom of the tank take to empty the completely filled cistern if no other pipe is then open?

46. In an election between two candidates, 80% of the registered voters cast their vote and 2% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 52% of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 1568 votes. How many voters were registered? Blackbook

47. Rishi bought some pens at the rate of ₹180/dozen. He sold them for ₹21 each. His profit percentage is ______%.

48. Sapna invested ₹21,600 on simple interest, partly at 14% per annum and partly at 4% per annum. If she earns equal interests from the two investments after 6 years, then find the sum invested at 14% per annum (in ₹).

49. The product of the LCM and HCF of two numbers is 150. The difference of the two numbers is 5. Find the numbers.

50. The length of each of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 85 cm and the length of its base is 72 cm. The area (in cm 2 ) of the triangle is:

51. Find the value of: [640 ÷ { 22 + 6 × ( 4 − 5 )}].

52. A number, when increased by 70%, gives 3570. The number is:

53. If the 6-digit number N37M01 is divisible by 11, then which of the options below can give a possible correct relation between M and N?

54. A solid cuboid with dimensions 24 cm × 16 cm × 10 cm is melted to form smaller solid cubes with sides of length 4 cm. Determine the number of cubes formed.

55. A pair of shoes is sold by a retailer at a 20% discount on the marked price, but the retailer still makes a 28% profit on the cost price. What is the ratio of the marked price to the cost price of the shoes?

56. The number 769501 is divisible by which of the following?

57. The sum of the squares of two consecutive even natural numbers is 2740. The sum of the numbers is:

58. Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose length and breadth are 5 cm and 8 cm.

59. An article is sold at a profit of 54%. If the cost price is increased by ₹75 and the selling price is reduced by ₹66, then the profit would be 40.8%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?

60. A dealer marks his goods at 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 45%. What would be his loss percentage?

61. If 69% of first number is equal to four-fifths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

62. Neha, Rajat and Avinash invested ₹1,210, ₹1,650 and ₹1,300, respectively to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,200, what is Avinash's share of the profit?

63. A man walks to a viewpoint and returns to the starting point by his car maintaining constant speed and thus, takes a total time of 4 hours 15 minutes. He would have gained 4 hours by driving both ways. How long would it have taken for him to walk both ways with the same walking speed?

64. In covering a distance of 96 km, Anmol takes 6 hours more than Nikhil. If Anmol doubles his speed, then he would take 2 hours less than Nikhil. Anmol's speed is:

65. The average of first 168 even numbers is

66. ₹73,500 were divided among A, B and C such that 6 times the share of A = 9 times the share of B = 2 times the share of C. Find the share of A.

67. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? FDS 43 HGO 32 JJK 21 ? NPC -1

68. In the following triads, 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. SOAL - ASOL - LAOS MUGS - GMUS - SGUM

69. 1 is subtracted from each even digit of the number 95423671. Find the number of digits that are repeated more than once in the new number formed.

70. A, B, C, D, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. Only two people sit between A and R, when counted from the right of A. Only two people sit between R and D. Only three people sit between A and B. C sits to the immediate left of Q. Who sits third to the left of S?

71. 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 lakes are ponds. All ponds are rivers. Conclusions: (I): All lakes are rivers. (II): All rivers are ponds.

72. If 2 is added to each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 72518643, then what will be the difference between the first and the last digit in the number thus formed?

73. YUWT is related to UQSP in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, OKMJ is related to KGIF. To which of the following is LHJG related, following the same logic?

74. 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.)

75. RBNH is related to KUGA in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, PZLF is related to ISEY. To which of the given options is UEQK related, following the same logic?

76. 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.) (28, 336, 4) (19, 285, 5)

77. Satwik starts from Point A and drives 7 km towards east. He then takes a left turn, drives 4 km, turns right and drives 6 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 4 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 3 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.)

78. Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a straight line, facing north. Q is an immediate neighbour of S and T. U sits to the immediate right of R. P sits third to the left of T. Neither S nor T sit on any of the extreme ends. Who sits at the extreme left end?

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 conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All games are levers. All levers are drums. Conclusions: (I) Some drums are levers. (II) All games are drums.

80. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 2 12 32 62 102 ?

81. If ‘I’ stands for ‘+’, ‘J’ stands for ‘×’, ‘K’ stands for ‘÷’ and ‘L’ stands for ‘−’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 29 I (23 J 5) L 23 J 10 I (420 K 4) I 89 = ? Blackbook

82. 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.)

83. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? CNQ EPS GRU ITW ?

84. In a certain code language, ‘YOUR’ is coded as ‘2467’ and ‘OPEN’ is coded as ‘1536’. What is the code for ‘O’ in that language?

85. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 15, 30, 60, 120, ?, 480

86. Seven boxes F, G, H, I, K, L and O are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only two boxes are kept between O and K. Only G is kept above L. No box is kept below K. F is kept at some place below H but at some place above I. Which box is kept third above I?

87. Hitesh starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards East. He then takes a left turn, drives 4 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 6 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° turns only unless specified.) Blackbook

88. 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.)

89. In a row of 111 persons facing north, Mukesh is 19 th from the left end. What is his position from the right end?

90. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 817 708 290 322 720 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) If all the numbers are arranged in descending order, the position(s) of how many numbers will remain unchanged?

91. A is the mother of G. G is the mother of D. D is the son of H. R is the father of H. How is A related to R?

92. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 3 3 4 6 9 ?

93. In a certain code language, ‘HUGE’ is coded as ‘4627’ and ‘GIRL’ is coded as ‘1365’. What is the code for ‘G’ in the given code language?

94. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 427 615 253 961 743 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) If all the numbers are arranged in ascending order, the position(s) of how many numbers will remain unchanged?

95. Each of the digits in the number 4385612 is arranged in the ascending order from left to right. The position(s) of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number?

96. Seven boxes F, G, H, M, N, O and P are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order.Only three boxes are kept above G. Only one box is kept between F and G. Only three boxes are kept between F and N. N is kept at some place above G. O is kept immediately below N. M is kept at one of the places above P. H is not kept immediately above or below F. Which box is kept at the lowermost position?