NTPC UG — Test 25

01. Which of the following physical quantities has zero dimension in mass and time?

02. In which sport did Deepika Kumari earn her 12 th individual World Cup medal at the 2025 Shanghai World Cup?

03. Which Constitutional Amendment introduced a cap on the size of the State Council of Ministers?

04. Geological Survey of India (GSI) organised a Pan-India Walkathon in March 2025 under which theme?

05. Which authority is the appellate body under the RTI Act?

06. Why are soft drink and soda water bottles sealed under high pressure in beverage industries?

07. Which of the following is the correct longitudinal extent of the Prime Meridian?

08. In which of the following years was the first British East India Company founded in India?

09. What is the primary objective of the Dx-EDGE initiative launched in 2025?

10. Which of the following architectural styles is predominantly associated with the Gateway of India in Mumbai?

11. Which Indian institution collaborated with Inria Saclay in May 2025 to develop an AI tool aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance by identifying alternative antibiotics?

12. Which body was formed by Gandhi on 24 February 1919 to oppose the Rowlatt Act?

13. The Paris Agreement is a significant agreement aimed at keeping global warming well below Celsius.

14. The Supreme Court struck down certain provisions of the Tribunals (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021. Which provision did the Court declare invalid?

15. Which of the following Indian English writers created the fictional town of Malgudi?

16. The drain of wealth theory was a major critique of colonial economic policies. Who propounded the ‘Drain of wealth theory’ in the late 19 th century?

17. In which landmark case did the Supreme Court of India impose a three-month deadline for the President to give assent to State Bills reserved under Article 201?

18. Which of the following Fundamental Rights is guaranteed under Article 25 of the Indian Constitution?

19. Which Constitutional Amendment reduced the voting age from 21 years to 18 years in India?

20. What was the primary objective of the 88 th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003?

21. Which event is considered the turning point in Gandhi’s political life, converting him from a moderate to a mass leader?

22. Which DRDO-developed missile is India's first indigenous air-launched anti-ship missile?

23. Which of the following is true about the second frigate of Project 1135.6 named ‘Tavasya’?

24. On 29 April 2025, which major facility was inaugurated at the National Centre for Sports Science and Research (NCSSR) to transform athlete rehabilitation and performance tracking in India?

25. How can you create a new folder in Windows?

26. Digital literacy is now essential for human development in the knowledge economy. Which programme was launched to promote digital literacy among rural citizens in India?

27. Which Indian artist made his debut at Cannes 2025 by showcasing a watercolour inspired by India's diversity?

28. Which of the following countries is located to the southeast of India?

29. What is the name of India's newly launched high-resolution, fully indigenous weather prediction platform in May 2025?

30. The Battle of Plassey 1757 was fought between the British forces led by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal _____.

31. Which irrigation method is considered most efficient for water conservation in agriculture?

32. Which country held federal elections after the collapse of its coalition government amid economic unrest?

33. Which site provides archaeological evidence of the earliest known urban civilisation in the Indian subcontinent with planned city structures?

34. Who among the following are eligible for the training programs under Deen Dayal Upadhyay – Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)?

35. Which Indian sprinter won both the 100 m and 200 m titles at the Indian Open Athletics 2025?

36. Human development also involves freedom, security and dignity in life. The first Human Development Report was published in which year?

37. In which year did French physicist Sadi Carnot create the Carnot engine, which uses thermodynamic principles to function as an ideal heat engine?

38. What defines land as “Culturable Wasteland” in land revenue records in India?

39. In which Indian state is Rushikonda Beach, which received the Blue Flag Beach certification in 2023, located?

40. Which keyboard shortcut allows you to select multiple specific files or folders at once?

41. Sapna invested ₹22,800 on simple interest, partly at 14% per annum and partly at 7% per annum. If she earns equal interests from the two investments after 6 years, then find the sum invested at 14% per annum (in ₹).

42. The average of first 158 even numbers is

43. X, Y and Z invested a sum in the ratio of 32 : 40 : 68, respectively. If they earned a total profit of ₹3,210 at the end of the year, what is the difference between the shares of Y and Z?

44. If the interest earned during the 2 nd year on a certain sum is ₹9,828, and the rate of interest is 12% per annum compounded annually, then the sum is:

45. What is the mode of the following data? 67, 75, 81, 70, 65, 61, 65, 84, 75, 76, 85, 89, 62, 84, 72, 74, 89, 68, 83, 60, 82, 82, 66, 77, 75

46. In an election between two candidates 87% of the registered voters cast their vote and 5% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 52% of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 1653 votes. How many voters were registered? Blackbook

47. A shopkeeper purchased an item listed at ₹1,600 after receiving two successive discounts of 35% and 5% from the wholesaler. The shopkeeper then changed the list price so as to gain 25% after allowing 5% discount. For how much did he list the item?

48. Find the value of: 47 −11 ÷ 47 16 × 47 −10

49. Two successive discounts of 65% and 24% are equivalent to a single discount of _____.

50. A number when increased by 100% gives 2740. The number is:

51. If 38% of first number is equal to two-sevenths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

52. In △ ABC, BD ⟂ AC at D and ∠ DBC = 65°. E is a point on BC such that ∠ CAE = 48°. What is the measure of ∠ AEB?

53. Find the curved surface area of a sphere whose radius is 2.8 cm.

54. The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 3 and 672, respectively. If one of the numbers is 96, find the other one.

55. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd natural numbers is 34. The sum of the numbers is:

56. Train A leaves station M at 6:45 AM and reaches station N at 3:45 PM on the same day. Train B leaves station N at 8:45 AM and reaches station M at 2:45 PM on the same day. Find the time when trains A and B meet.

57. The number 966181 is divisible by which of the following?

58. A man driving a car at a speed of 72 km/hr crosses a bridge in 4.9 minutes. Find the length of the bridge.

59. Four times the present age of P exceeds the present age of Q by 19 years. After 7 years, twice the age of Q will be 47 years less than seven times the age of P at that time. What is the present age of Q (in years)?

60. The largest six digit number which when divided by 3, 5, 7 and 9 leaves remainders 1, 3, 5 and 7, respectively, is:

61. Given that 54 0.2 = x, 54 0.47 = y and x z = y 3 , then the value of z is close to:

62. A hollow spherical shell is made of a metal of density 7 g/cm 3 . Its internal and external radii are 1 cm and 2 cm, respectively. What is the weight (in grams) of the shell?

63. Shan bought some sharpeners at the rate of ₹150 a dozen. He sold them for ₹19 each. His profit percentage is ______%.

64. Ritik and Sanjay together invested ₹62,400 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹15,600, Sanjay's share was ₹1,900. What was the difference between their investments?

65. BGSN is related to XLOS in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TQKX is related to PVGC. To which of the given options is LACH related, following the same logic?

66. Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. WUP : YYS OPU : QTX

67. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? WIX 15 TKV 12 QMT 9 NOR 6 ? Blackbook

68. Each of the digits in the number 7312648 is arranged in the ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits that are second from the left and second from the right in the new number thus formed?

69. In a row of people all facing North, Nima is 17 th from the left end. Dina is 27 th from the left end. Dina is exactly between Nima and Uma. If Uma is 13 th from the right end of the line, how many people are there in the row?

70. If 1 is subtracted from each even digit of the number 36719542, find the sum of the digits that are repeated more than once in the new number formed.

71. If 1 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 6274385, which of the following digits will be third from the right in the new number thus formed?

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. 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.) (32, 497, 23) (20, −19, 1)

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 conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All crows are sparrows. No crow is a pigeon. Conclusions (I): No sparrow is a pigeon. Conclusions (II): Some pigeons are crows.

75. In a certain code language, ‘DUAL’ is coded as ‘4629’ and ‘ARCS’ is coded as ‘1435’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

76. 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.)

77. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? EBF 11, JGK 17, OLP 23, TQU 29, ?

78. In a certain code language, ‘LACE’ is coded as ‘5689’ and ‘LEAK’ is coded as ‘5786’. What is the code for ‘K’ in that language?

79. 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.)

80. Shruti starts from point A and runs 2 km west. She then takes a left turn and runs 1 km. She takes a left turn again and runs 7 km. She then takes a final left turn and runs 1 km to reach a point B. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she run in order to reach point A again? (All turns are 90 degrees turns only unless specified.)

81. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 318 263 213 168 128 ?

82. A is the brother of H. H is the mother of R. R is the son of M. G is the mother of M. How is A related to M?

83. AWER is related to HDLY in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, CYGT is related to JFNA. To which of the given options is XTBO related, following the same logic?

84. Town Q is to the south of Town R. Town S is to the east of Town R. Town T is to the north of Town S. Town U is to the east of Town T. Town V is to the north-east of Town U. What is the position of Town V with respect to Town Q?

85. 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 mansions are flats. All flats are buildings. Conclusions: (I) Some flats are mansions. (II) All buildings are mansions.

86. In a row of 42 people facing north, Soma is 17 th from the right end. If Amit sits 9 th to the left of Soma, what is Amit’s position from the left end of the line?

87. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 10, 30, 90, 270, ?, 2430

88. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a row, facing the north. Only three people sit to the left of D. B sits third to the left of D. F sits to the right of A but left of D. E sits to the right of C but left of G. How many people sit to the right of F?

89. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘×’ are interchanged? 80 × 16 − 2 ÷ 12 + 4 = ?

90. In a row of 46 people facing the north, Lalita sits 17 th from the left end. If only 15 people sit to the right of Damini, then how many people sit between Damini and Lalita?

91. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) € 5 & % 2 7 5 & % 7 8 @ 9 5 $ & # $ @ 2 9 © (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

92. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 9 @ # 8 £ 4 & $ 7 2 * 5 Ω % 6 1 % & 3 (Right) How many such symbols are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another number?

93. Seven people, I, J, K, L, M, N and O, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only three people sit to the left of M. Only I sits to the right of O. Only three people sit between O and N. J sits at some place to the left of K but at some place to the right of L. How many people sit between L and K?

94. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 103, 1000, 9970, 99670, 996670, ?