NTPC UG — Test 31

01. What does Ctrl + F help users to do?

02. Which of the following is cited as evidence for a highly centralised administration in the Indus-Sarasvati civilisation?

03. The February 2025 Technology Adoption Fund launched by IN ‑ SPACe has earmarked __________ to support private space start ‑ ups.

04. Who was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of India in February 2025?

05. Which non-constitutional body investigates corruption complaints against public servants?

06. To harden the steel, which material is required in the steel industry?

07. Who among the following won a maiden Italian Open title in May 2025 by defeating world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in Rome?

08. Which of the following is NOT a function under the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution?

09. Which of the following is considered a major challenge to human development in India?

10. In which city was the agreement signed in March 2025 to resolve the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?

11. Which among the following state lies in the south of the Great Indian Desert?

12. Where was Exercise Dharma Guardian, 2025, held?

13. Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian revolutionary politician and author was also recognised by which of the following title?

14. If we derive an expression for velocity, its dimension should be ________.

15. When referring to the conventional rod puppet shows of West Bengal, what is the name used?

16. Which valuable tree grows mainly in the western Himalayas and is used in construction?

17. Which among the following two organisations signed an Memorandum of Understanding to establish an incubation centre promoting innovation in solar energy and green hydrogen in May 2025?

18. This revolutionary freedom fighter co-founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928. Along with B K Dutt, he threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929. He was tried and executed at the age of 23, along with revolutionaries Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru. The freedom fighter is:

19. Kartik Aaryan won the Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) award at the 25 th IIFA Awards held in March 2025 at Jaipur for his performance in which of the following films?

20. The brothers Sidhu and Kanhu were the leaders of which of the following tribal uprisings?

21. In May 2025, DRDO inaugurated a new research centre focusing on which advanced technology?

22. Bhaga and Chandra streams join at which place in Himachal Pradesh forming the river Chenab?

23. Who among the following Delhi sultans accidentally died during a game of polo in the year 1210?

24. During the colonial period, the services sector accounted for only _____.

25. Which of the following processes is absent in C 4 plants?

26. How many significant figures are there in 2.308 cm?

27. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, allows juveniles aged 16-18 to be tried as adults in cases of:

28. Clean cooking fuel is essential for rural women’s health and environmental sustainability. Which scheme provides LPG connections to women in BPL households?

29. Which of the following human activities contributes the most to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels?

30. The Inter-State Council is constituted under which Article?

31. According to constitutional provisions, what is the maximum permissible size of a State Council of Ministers, including the Chief Minister?

32. Which Fundamental Right guarantees Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Movement?

33. Which of the following is the correct method to create a new folder using the File menu in Windows 7?

34. Which Indian Army officer has written the book titled ‘Ready, Relevant and Resurgent: A Blueprint for the Transformation of India’s Military’, which was unveiled by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May 2025?

35. In which year was the first metro line in India, between Esplanade and Bhowanipur in Kolkata, inaugurated—marking the beginning of metro rail services in the country?

36. Which of the following organisations developed the nanoporous multilayered polymeric membrane for high-pressure seawater desalination in May 2025?

37. Which DRDO-developed system, tested in 2025, is designed to detect and neutralise multiple types of underwater threats?

38. Which Indian airport secured a position among the top 10 hub airports in the Asia- Pacific and Middle East region in the 2024 ACI Hub Connectivity Rankings?

39. Which of the following is/are an ancient set of inscriptions, promoting moral values and governance principles and is considered one of the earliest written records in Indian history?

40. In which of the following years was the first thermal power plant of the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited commissioned?

41. A shopkeeper offers a scheme discount of 20% and an additional 5% discount if payment is made in cash. What is the total discount percentage on ₹1,000?

42. An amount of ₹638 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 2 : 5 : 4. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

43. Anaya has to reach Hyderabad which is 574 km away in 18 hours. His starting speed for 11 hours was 36 km/hr. For the next 136 km his speed was 34 km/hr. By what speed he must travel now so as to reach Hyderabad in the decided time of 18 hours?

44. A cylindrical rod has an outer curved surface area of 1100 cm 2 . If the length of the rod is 29 cm, then the outer radius (in cm) of the rod, correct to two places of decimal, is:

45. Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹1,200 at an interest rate of 4% per month for 2 months.

46. Ritik and Sanjay together invested ₹77,600 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹19,000, Sanjay's share was ₹7,600. What was the difference between their investments?

47. Blackbook

48. The cost of 19 pens and 13 pencils is ₹254. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹6 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹9, then the cost of 14 pens and 2 pencils is ₹106. What is the original cost of 12 pens and 15 pencils?

49. The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 40. In the next 10 matches, the batsman scored an average of 14 runs. Find his average runs scored (rounded off to two decimal places) in all 33 matches.

50. If the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 140°, then the number of its diagonals will be:

51. 2 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days, while 4 women can do it in 6 days. In how many days can 6 women and 9 men complete this work?

52. In an election between two candidates, 96% of the registered voters cast their vote and 15% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 80% of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 1224 votes. How many voters were registered?

53. The average of three numbers is 20. If two of them are 18 and 28, the third number is:

54. Find the mean proportional between 18 and 32.

55. The HCF and the LCM of two numbers are 24 and 288, respectively. If one of the numbers is 72, find the other one.

56. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 24?

57. If 2 times Mary’s present age is 20 years more than 6 times Diya's present age, and 5 times Diya's present age is 6 years less than Mary's present age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of Mary and Diya?

58. If the marked price of a book is ₹900, then find the selling price of the book after getting discount of 13%.

59. A number when increased by 100% gives 2730. The number is:

60. If the length, breadth and height of a room are 10.5 m, 8.5 m and 11 m, respectively, then what is the area (in m 2 ) of the four walls of the room?

61. Ritesh and Gauri have to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in their respective cars. Ritesh is driving at 150 km/hr while Gauri is driving at 60 km/hr. Find the time taken by Gauri to reach Kanpur if Ritesh takes 8 hours.

62. The LCM of 2 3 × 7 2 × 12, 2 2 × 12 2 × 18 and 7 3 × 12 2 × 18 2 is:

63. If the 6-digit number N73M10 is divisible by 11, then which of the options below can give a possible correct relation between M and N?

64. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? KFU-15 IIQ-22 ? EOI-42 CRE-55

65. 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.)

66. Seven boxes, A, B, C, D, K, L and O, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Only D is kept above C. Only L is kept between C and B. Only A is kept below K. How many boxes are kept between O and A?

67. Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. FEI−HGK YXB−AZD

68. If 1 is subtracted from each odd digit of the number 86071452 and then the digits are arranged in ascending order, find the sum of the digits, which are repeated more than once in the new number formed.

69. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 32 + 4 × 2 − 6 ÷ 9 = ?

70. In a certain code language, ‘music is therapy’ is written as ‘ak bj jo’ and ‘stop the music’ is coded as ‘tu mt jo’. How is ‘music’ coded in the given language?

71. In a row of 163 students facing north, Mr. Maxi is 89 th from the left end. If Mr. Han is 2 nd to the right of Mr. Maxi, what is Mr. Han's position from the right end of the line?

72. 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 A and D. Only F is kept above A. Only two boxes are kept between B and C. E is kept immediately above G. C is not kept immediately above E. How many boxes are kept above E?

73. 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. Blackbook Statements: Some trees are plants. Some plants are graphs. Conclusions: (I): Some trees are graphs. (II): All graphs are plants.

74. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3851764, what will be the sum of the digits that are second from the left and second from the right?

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

76. Seven people, I, J, K, L, U, V and W are sitting in a row, facing north. Only three people sit to the left of V. Only I sits to the right of U. Only three people sit between U and W. 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?

77. If 1 is subtracted from each even digit of the number 36719542, then what will be the product of digits that are repeated more than once in the new number formed?

78. Seven people, B, C, D, E, F, G and L, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. Only three people sit between B and F when counted from the left of B. Only three people sit between D and E when counted from the right of E. G sits to the immediate right of D. C is an immediate neighbour of E as well as F. Who sits to the second to the left of L? Blackbook

79. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 256 987 325 489 723 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) What will be the resultant if the second digit of the highest number is added to the third digit of the lowest number?

80. MKOJ is related to SQUP in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, KIMH is related to QOSN. To which of the following is HFJE related, following the same logic?

81. Alexander starts from Point A and drives 12 km towards the south. He then takes a left turn and drives 4 km, then turns left and drives 17 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 9 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 5 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and in which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified.)

82. 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.)

83. Geeta starts from Point P and drives 6 km towards south. Then, she takes a right turn, drives 8 km, turns right again and drives 10 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 12 km. Then, she takes a left turn and drives 2 km; she takes a left turn again and drives 4 km and stops at Point Q. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she drive in order to reach Point P again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only, Blackbook unless specified.)

84. 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.)

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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements : All beds are pillows. Some beds are curtains. Conclusions: (I) Some pillows are curtains. (II) Some curtains are beds.

86. 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. DIMS - SIDM - IMDS COLT - TOCL - OLCT

87. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DKS ELT FMU GNV ?

88. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 4 12 28 52 84 ?

89. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 14 16 20 28 44 ?

90. 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.) (46, 41, 26) (77, 72, 57)

91. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 33 , 34 , 36 , 40 , 48 , ?

92. In a certain code language, ‘always on time’ is written as ‘aj tj tr’ and ‘time is precious’ is coded as ‘lo tr mo’. How is ‘time’ coded in the given language?

93. A is the brother of H. H is the father of R. R is the daughter of M. G is the father of M. How is A related to M?