NTPC UG — Test 20

01. As per the Census of India data, the overall population density of India in 2011 was:

02. What was the name of the bilateral naval exercise held between India and Russia in the Bay of Bengal and Chennai from 28 March to 2 April 2025?

03. Which ministry releases the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 to assess the performance of states and union territories in school education?

04. Which cutting ‑ edge cancer treatment, jointly developed by IIT ‑ Bombay and Tata Memorial Centre, received DCGI clearance for Phase ‑ 1 trials in December 2024?

05. Which shortcut key combination is used to save a file quickly?

06. Which Indian organisation is organising a three-day cultural event at New York's Lincoln Center in September 2025 to showcase Indian arts and heritage?

07. Which Constitutional Amendment granted constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj system in India?

08. What is the tenure of a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member?

09. In which of the following years did Sri Aurobindo resign from his post in Baroda and move to Calcutta, where he soon became one of the leaders of the Nationalist movement?

10. The popular folk art of Phad painting is traditionally associated with which of the following Indian states?

11. What was the total number of medals won by India at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Turin, Italy?

12. Which of the following can have higher optical density but lower mass density?

13. Who among the following was proclaimed as the leader of the revolt by the rebels during the First War of Independence, 1857, against British oppression?

14. Which of the following is a common feature of Dravidian temples?

15. Which of the following Directive Principles of State Policy is stated under Article 48A of the Indian Constitution?

16. What is the percentage of urban population in India according to Census 2011?

17. Which of the following was a key feature of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir before its abrogation in 2019?

18. The Mediterranean region is best known for which type of vegetation?

19. What is the most common cause of tsunamis?

20. Which of the following Indian states has the highest elevation point in India (excluding POK)?

21. Which sector witnessed the slowest growth during the period of 1947 to 1991?

22. Which law provides for reservation in education and employment to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)?

23. What was India’s rank on the World Press Freedom Index in 2025, showing improvement from the previous year?

24. Which of the following steps correctly describes how to rename a file or folder using the File menu?

25. Which airline launched its Centre of Digital Innovation in 2025?

26. Who among the following compiled the Mrga-pasi-sastra in the 13 th century, which provided an account of beasts and birds of hunting?

27. In which of the following volumes of Akbar Nama, Akbar’s administration, household, army, the revenues and the geography of his empire is discussed by Abul Fazl?

28. The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, has developed a light- coloured turmeric variety named:

29. Which of the coastal plain is called the 'Hexadeltaic region' or the 'Gift of Six Rivers'?

30. India achieved a historic milestone by winning the presidency of which international organisation for the first time through a ballot process?

31. The UN Ocean Conference 2025 is scheduled to be held in which city?

32. Which sector dominated India’s national income before independence?

33. Miriyala Apparao, recipient of the Padma Shri (posthumous) in 2025, a pioneering figure in the field of Burrakatha (traditional storytelling), belonged to which Indian state?

34. Which of the following correctly describes India's foreign trade structure at the time of independence?

35. In humans, which blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all the body parts?

36. The Regulating Act of 1773 stipulated that a Supreme Court be established in Calcutta with one Chief Justice and _________.

37. What is the term used for a substance that reduces the rate of a chemical reaction?

38. What is one key indicator of economic development that showed consistent improvement in India post 1991?

39. Which Indian philanthropist organised a cultural extravaganza at New York's Lincoln Center in 2025?

40. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 amended which Act to address issues and challenges in the regulation and management of waqf properties?

41. The length of the base of a triangle is 2 cm more than the corresponding height. If the area of the triangle is 220 cm 3 , then find the length of the base of the triangle.

42. A number, when increased by 100%, gives 2810. The number is:

43. Train A leaves station M at 6:35 AM and reaches station N at 3:35 PM on the same day. Train B leaves station N at 8:35 AM and reaches station M at 2:35 PM on the same day. Find the time when trains A and B meet.

44. The number 476643 is divisible by which of the following?

45. What smallest number should be added to 63130 so that the sum is completely divisible by 13?

46. The LCM of the numbers 4.9 and 0.008 is:

47. If 5 times a son's age is added to his father's age, the sum is 42 years. If 2.8 times the father's age is added to the son's age, the sum is 76 years. What is the father's age (in years)?

48. The average of first 148 odd natural numbers, is:

49. 9 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days, while 4 women can do it in 9 days. In how many days can 2 women and 4 men complete this work?

50. The HCF and the LCM of two numbers are 4 and 2600, respectively. If one of the numbers is 104, find the other one.

51. Find the value of 55 −6 ÷ 55 5 × 55 −8 .

52. What sum of money (in ₹) will amount to ₹2,280 at 5% per annum simple interest in 5 years?

53. If the third proportional of 28 and 70 be x, then what is the value of x?

54. The median of the observations 6, 48, 32, 3, 37 and 18 is:

55. A laptop is marked at ₹50,000. A shopkeeper offers a festival discount of 10%, followed by an additional discount of 8% on the reduced price. What is the final selling price of the laptop?

56. I bought two shirts for ₹1,200. I sold the first one at a loss of 7% and the second at a gain of 28%. If, on the whole I made neither a loss nor a gain, find the cost price (in ₹) of the first shirt.

57. ₹37,600 were divided among A, B and C such that 4 times of A = 6 times of B = 7 times of C. Find the share of A.

58. A, B and C invested a sum in the ratio of 72 : 12 : 36, respectively. If they earned a total profit of ₹3,560 at the end of year, what is the difference between the shares of B and C?

59. A shopkeeper marked a toy car at ₹850 and sold it by allowing 15% discount, thereby gaining 25%. Find the cost price of the toy car.

60. The income of Raman is ₹44,000. He saves 18.5% of his income. If his income increases by 17% and expenditure increases by 40%, then his savings will:

61. A man goes to Lucknow from Kanpur at a speed of 15 km/hr and returns to Kanpur at speed of 30 km/hr, through the same route. What is his average speed (in km/hr) of the entire journey?

62. The product of two positive numbers is 1805. If the first number is five times the second number, then the sum of the two numbers is:

63. If the volume of the cuboid is 440 cm 3 and the area of its base is 88 cm 2 , the height of the cuboid is:

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’. Blackbook How is Q related to D if ‘Q ÷ E + R – C x D’?

65. Seven boxes A, B, C, D, K, L and O are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only four boxes are kept between B and D. Only C is kept above B. Only two boxes are kept between L and O. A is kept immediately above K. O is not kept immediately above A. Which box is kept fourth from the top?

66. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 44 D 9 B 6 C 52 A 4 = ?

67. AGPV is related to DKSZ in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, MWBL is related to PAEP. To which of the given options is VIKX related, following the same logic?

68. In a certain code language, ‘BALD’ is coded as ‘6184’ and ‘LAMB’ is coded as ‘4136’. What is the code for ‘M’ in the given code language?

69. 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 bears are ants. No bear is a horse. Conclusions: (I) No ant is a horse. (II) No horse is a bear.

70. Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only B is kept above C. Exactly two boxes are kept between G and F. E is kept immediately above A. No box is kept below F. How many boxes are kept above D?

71. 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.)

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. Navjyot ranked 15 th from the bottom and 19 th from the top in his class. How many students are there in his class?

74. 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. PACK – AKCP – KCAP FOLD – ODLF – DLOF

75. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? IVP 16 HQM 5 GLJ -6 ? EBD -28 Blackbook

76. 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 & * 4 6 % @ 7 $ & 1 # Ω 3 @ 8 * £ 5 9 (Right) How many such symbols are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another number?

77. In a certain code language, ‘keep it fun’ is coded as ‘tr cj ly’ and ‘lets have fun’ is coded as ‘mg ly ev’. How is ‘fun’ coded in the given language?

78. 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 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (92, 6, 552) (98, 5, 490)

79. 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.)

80. Shivam starts from point X and drives 12 km towards the east. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns right and drives 5 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 2 km. He then takes a right turn, drives 7 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 10 km. He then takes a final right turn and drives 10 km and stops at point Z. How far and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach point X again? (All turns are 90 Blackbook degrees unless specified)

81. H, I, J, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. P sits third to the left of Q. R sits second to the left of S. Q is an immediate neighbour of both I and R. H is not an immediate neighbour of P. How many people sit between J and R when counted from the right of J?

82. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘÷’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘+’ are interchanged? 45 + 5 ÷ 5 × 6 − 3 + 24 × 9 ÷ 3 × 2 = ?

83. Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 174 152 134 120 110 ?

84. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? VOR TMP RKN PIL ?

85. Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. PGS : LBO HWK : DRG

86. If + means −, − means ×, × means ÷ and ÷ means +, then what will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 26 + 14 − 2 ÷ 56 × 7 = ? Blackbook

87. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 12 13 15 19 27 ?

88. 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 game are ludo. All ludo are drum. Conclusions (I): Some drum are ludo. Conclusions (II): All game are drum.

89. Seven people, T, U, V, W, X, Y and D, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. Only two people sit between X and U when counted from the right of X. Only three people sit between Y and W when counted from the right of W. U sits to the immediate right of W. D sits to the immediate right of T. Who sits fourth to the right of V?

90. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 93 108 131 162 201 ?

91. Each of the digits in the number 8234619 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?

92. Manish started from Point A and travelled 8 km towards the north. He then turned right and travelled 7 km. Then, he turned right and travelled 5 km. He then took a right and travelled 7 km and stopped at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive to reach Point A? (All turns are 90-degree turns only.) Blackbook

93. 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) 5 ^ * # 0 2 4 @ % 9 $ % 3 > @ 7 & * (Right) If all the numbers are dropped from the series, which of the following will be sixth from the left?