NTPC UG — Test 41

01. Colonial economic policies created a skewed distribution of income and wealth in Indian society. Which of the following is a key indicator of income inequality in colonial India?

02. Which state notified the Tsarap Chu Conservation Reserve under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 to protect high-altitude biodiversity in 2025?

03. Who is the author of the book ‘The History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event: From Athens 1896 to Paris 2024’, launched at New Delhi World Book Fair, 2025?

04. Which of the following is NOT a part of chemical weathering?

05. Which movie received the Best Picture honour at the 97 th Academy Awards in 2025?

06. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

07. Which of the following terms describe a change in the DNA sequence resulting in changes in the genotype and the phenotype of an organism?

08. In May 2025, which Indian Chief Minister announced naming a medical college after Ahilyabai Holkar in 2025?

09. The Tendulkar Committee revised India's methodology for measuring poverty. As per the Tendulkar Committee, which criterion is considered to measure poverty?

10. Optical fibres work on the principle of ____________. 0

11. Which of the following dynasties was NOT involved in the struggle for the control of the 1 prosperous city of Kannauj in northern India?

12. Which of the following languages was granted classical status by the Government of 2 India in 2005, following Tamil?

13. Which type of land is most suitable for agriculture in India? 3

14. Rohilla chief, Najib-ud-Daula, played a key role in the ____. 4

15. Which of the following is NOT a mode of acquiring Indian citizenship under the 5 Citizenship Act, 1955?

16. In 2025, which State Government launched the 'RISE' app for digital monitoring of child 6 vaccinations, enhancing training for health workers to improve immunisation coverage?

17. Which major initiative was highlighted by the New Delhi government to mark its first 7 100 days in office, as detailed in the report titled 'Kaam Karne Wali Sarkar: 100 Din Seva Ke'?

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19. What is the total number of inhabited islands in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as of 9 May 2025?

20. Which of the following organisations inaugurated the Quantum Technology Research 0 Centre (QTRC) at Metcalfe House, Delhi, in May 2025?

21. Which river originates from the Amarkantak Plateau in Madhya Pradesh and flows 1 westward?

22. In which of the following years was the Aajeevika - Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna- 2 National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India?

23. Which Windows feature helps to quickly locate a specific file in a large folder? 3

24. The Vadhavan Port is under development all-weather Greenfield deep draft major port 4 in ____________.

25. What is the primary function of the Taskbar in Windows7? 5

26. Where was the headquarters of the Home Rule League founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak 6 located?

27. Which of the following best reflects Judicial Activism? 7

28. Vijender Gupta, who became the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly in 2025, is the MLA 8 from which of the following constituencies?

29. Which of the following organisations launched the Fiscal Health Index for India in 9 2025?

30. The foreign exchange crisis forced India to seek external support. Which institution 0 provided India a loan during the 1991 crisis?

31. Who among the following is the appointing authority of District Judges in India? 1

32. Biogas plants are most commonly used in which sector in rural India? 2

33. What is the main function of sclerenchyma, a plant tissue composed of dead cells with 3 extremely thick lignified walls?

34. What is the purpose of the High Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HEAUV) 4 developed by DRDO’s Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL)?

35. Which of the following is the primary objective of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 5 2005?

36. What was the ultimate promise made by Bhagirath Majhi to the Santhals if they 6 followed his teachings?

37. Who was honoured with the Rammohan Mission Purashkar 2025 for emphasising 7 ISRO's role in national security?

38. Which statement best describes a key feature of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)? 8

39. The partition of Bengal officially came into force in the year _______. 9

40. Gitanjali, a famous collection of poems, was originally written in which of the following 0 languages?

41. A company offers a scheme discount of 'buy 5 get 3 free' offer on shirts. Find the discount percentage.

42. Sapna invested ₹22,500 on simple interest, partly at 7% per annum and partly at 5% per annum. If she earns equal interests from the two investments after 3 years, then find the sum invested at 7% per annum (in ₹).

43. A bus travelling at 99 km/hr completes a journey in 20 hours. What should its speed be to cover the same distance in 12 hours?

44. Mahita is painting the four walls of her study room, which is shaped like a cube with a side length of 18.5 feet. What is the total area she needs to paint (in square feet)?

45. Find the mean proportional between 26 and 104.

46. Successive discounts of 5% and 40% are equivalent to a single discount of:

47. The average weight of a family of five members whose weights are 40 kg, 49 kg, 56 kg, 75 kg and 36 kg is:

48. Ravi started a business by investing ₹50,000. After six months, Raju joined him and 0 invested an amount of ₹1,00,000. In one year since Ravi invested, they earned a profit of ₹63,000. What is Raju’s share of the profit?

49. The income of Raman is ₹44,200. He saves 31% of his income. If his income increases 1 by 22% and expenditure increases by 50%, then his savings will:

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51. A shopkeeper lists the price of a fan at 50% above its cost price and offers a 30% 3 discount on its list price. If he earns a profit of ₹86, then what is the list price (in ₹) of the fan?

52. If the shape of a water pipe is a rectangle with dimensions 5 m and 3 m and if water runs out of it at the speed of 36 km/hr, then what is the volume (in m 3 ) of the water that 4 passed through the pipe in 12 minutes?

53. The product of two consecutive natural numbers is 240. The greater of the two numbers 5 is:

54. In △ ABC, BD ⟂ AC at D and ∠ DBC = 72°. E is a point on BC such that ∠ CAE = 56°. What 6 is the measure of ∠ AEB?

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56. Kushal and Brijesh together invested ₹75,100 in a business. At the end of the year, out 9 of a total profit of ₹16,000, Brijesh's share was ₹4,400. What was the difference between their investments?

57. What smallest number should be added to 15335 so that the sum is completely divisible 0 by 79?

58. 8 years ago, the age of a father was 21 years more than twice his son's age. After how 1 many years, from now, will he be twice his son's age?

59. If the 6-digit number N46M66 is divisible by 11, then which of the options below can 2 give a possible correct relation between M and N?

60. The average weight of Ketan, Tushar and Salil is 46 kg. If the average weight of Ketan 3 and Tushar is 36 kg and that of Tushar and Salil is 44 kg, then the weight of Tushar (in kg) is:

61. The LCM of the numbers 10.8 and 0.06 is: 5

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63. I bought two toy guns for ₹1,200. I sold the first one at a loss of 9% and the second at a 7 gain of 16%. If, on the whole I made neither a loss nor a gain, find the cost price (in ₹) of the first toy gun.

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65. The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 3 and 276 respectively. If one of the 9 numbers is 69, find the other one.

66. Train A leaves station M at 6:30 AM and reaches station N at 3:30 PM on the same day. 0 Train B leaves station N at 8:30 AM and reaches station M at 1:30 PM on the same day. Find the time when trains A and B meet.

67. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? IGE 16, LJH 21, OMK 26, RPN 31, ?

68. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? LOH19 MPI27 NQJ35 ORK43 ? Blackbook

69. 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.)

70. 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.)

71. DREAM is related to IWJFR in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, FILED is related to KNQJI. To which of the given options is BLOWN related, following the same logic?

72. Each of the digits in the number 5368794 is arranged in the ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits that are first from the left and first from the right in the new number thus formed?

73. In a certain code language, ‘MUGS’ is coded as ‘4627’ and ‘UNIT’ is coded as ‘1375’. What is the code for ‘U’ in the given code language?

74. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 4 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 6854376, what will be difference between the highest and lowest digits in the new number thus formed?

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) % 9 % 2 7 5 & $ * 5 © 6 1 1 * € 4 # 1 7 3 @ (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

76. A, B, C, D, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. 0 Only two people sit between D and A, when counted from the left of A. Q sits third to the left of S. R sits to the immediate right of S. R sits second to the left of D. B is not an immediate neighbour of Q. Who sits third to the right of C?

77. 1 students are there in the class?

78. Seven boxes G, H, I, J, K, L and S are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the 2 same order. Only three boxes are kept below S. Only two boxes are kept between S and L. Only G is kept below J. H is kept at some place below K and at some place above J. I is kept above K. How many boxes are kept between K and J?

79. In a certain code language, ‘SAID’ is coded as ‘3517’ and ‘AERO’ is coded as ‘2146’. 3 What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

80. Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information 4 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 statement(s). Blackbook Statements: Some Circular Saws are Trowels. Some Trowels are Power Saws. Conclusions: I: Some Circular Saws are Power Saws. II: No Circular Saws are Power Saws.

81. In the following triads, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following 5 a certain logic. Select from the given options, the one which follows the same logic. TOES - SETO - TEOS CLAP - PACL - CALP

82. Mr. Bravo starts from Point A and drives 1 km towards the west. He then takes a left 6 turn, drives 2 km, turns left and drives 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 7 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 4 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.)

83. In a certain code language, 7 'A = B' means ‘A is the mother of B’, 'A $ B' means ‘A is the brother of B’, 'A @ B' means ‘A is the wife of B’ and 'A * B' means ‘A is the father of B’. How is W related to R if W $ A @ C * D = R?

84. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information 8 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: All soaps are gels. All soaps are conditioners. Conclusions: (I) Some gels are conditioners. (II) All conditioners are soaps.

85. In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain 9 mathematical operations to the first number. Select the pair in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following pairs. (Note: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g., 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) 12, 146 8, 66

86. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. 0 All numbers are single-digit. Counting to be done from left to right. (Left) & 3 Ω 9 # 1 * 2 + % 4 6 @ 8 $ 7 £ 5 (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another number?

87. In the following triad, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a 1 certain logic. Select from the given options, the one which follows the same logic. BLOW - WLBO - LOBW LEAF - FELA - EALF

88. A, B, C, D, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. B 2 sits third to the left of Q. R sits second to the left of S. Q is an immediate neighbour of both A and R. C is not an immediate neighbour of B. How many people sit between D and R, when counted from the right of D? Blackbook

89. If 1 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 3 5237648, how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

90. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 4 13 29 55 113 223 ?

91. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘×’ 5 are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 42 ÷ 11 + 3 × 18 − 2 = ?

92. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 6 789 799 800 810 811 821 822 ?

93. Kasish starts from Point A and drives 10 km towards south. She then takes a left turn, 7 drives 6 km, turns left and drives 11 km. She then takes a left turn and drives 7 km. She takes a final left turn, drives 1 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

94. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 8 31 32 34 38 46 ?

95. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs 9 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 pair.)

96. Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one over the other but not necessarily in 0 the same order. Only two boxes are kept between E and B. Only A is kept above C. No box is kept below B. G is kept at some place below F but at some place above D. How many boxes are kept below F?