NTPC UG — Test 46

01. Which country took over the Chairmanship of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on 1 January 2025?

02. Which Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration of Scheduled Areas in states, other than the Northeast?

03. As of April 2025, what amount of monthly pension is given to players under Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons (PDUNWFS) scheme?

04. In which year was the first cases of the disease now known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) identified?

05. Technological innovation was key to the success of the Green Revolution. The success of HYV seeds in India was contingent on which critical input?

06. Which Indian athlete broke the women’s shot put indoor national record at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships 2025?

07. What is the disintegration of rocks into smaller fragments without any change in their chemical composition called?

08. Which of the following methods is used to rename a file or folder in MS Windows?

09. Which of the following Indian players won ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2025?

10. Which Indian institution, on 15 May 2025, collaborated with Japan's Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation (SSIC) to successfully test Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G wireless technologies?

11. Which of the following factors most influences the uneven distribution of population in India?

12. Which of the following combinations of shortcut keys and functions is correctly matched?

13. Which Indian judgment laid down the concept of ‘Basic Structure’ of the Constitution?

14. Hills of Kaimur, the easternmost part of the Vindhya Range, which begins near Jabalpur districts of Madhya Pradesh, ends near which district of Bihar?

15. In which of the following years was the Central Goods and Services Tax Act enacted?

16. Which Indian Army unit represented India in VINBAX, conducted in November 2024?

17. Who was the Chief Architect behind the integration of over 560 princely states into the Indian Union?

18. Jharkhand has announced its first tiger safari in the Barwadih Western Forest Range; it is a part of which tiger reserve?

19. In which of the following cities was the 2 nd edition of Khelo India Para Games 2025 held in March 2025?

20. Who among the following is eligible to be appointed as the Chairperson of the Lokpal, as per the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013?

21. Which renewable energy source has the largest installed capacity in India as of the year 2025?

22. Which law states that a compound always contains the same elements in the same proportion by mass?

23. Which river from the following originates from the Amarkantak Plateau?

24. Who among the following joined the Planning Commission as its Vice-Chairman in March 1950?

25. The 91 st Amendment of the Indian Constitution was enacted in which year?

26. The five village committees (variyams) such as neernilai variyam and needhi variyam were a unique administrative feature of which of the following dynasties?

27. The Pallava kings adopted which title to reflect that their rule was guided by the principles of the Dharmashastras?

28. Which of the following is a major challenge for Indian cities due to rapid urbanisation?

29. What was the main characteristic of the Indian economy at the time of independence in 1947?

30. Which of the following is true about the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India?

31. What is the main objective of the Khelo India scheme?

32. The United Kingdom has signed an agreement to hand over Chagos Island to which of the following countries?

33. What does globalisation mainly mean in economic terms?

34. Who introduced the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam that was passed in the Rajya Sabha in December 2024?

35. What is the official name of Kerala’s 2025 healthcare reform initiative?

36. Which of these is a distinct feature of a statutory corporation in India?

37. Which tribal revolt in 1831-32 was led by Buddho Bhagat and targeted exploitative landlords and British officials?

38. What is the tenure duration of Justice BR Gavai as the Chief Justice of India?

39. Which reaction occurs when an alkoxide ion attacks a primary alkyl halide via SN2 mechanism?

40. Where and when is the final in ‑ flight testing of the Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE) scheduled, as part of its certification process?

41. Which of the following ratios is the greatest?

42. The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 43. In the next 10 matches, the batsman scored an average of 15 runs. Find his average runs scored (rounded off to two decimal places) in all the 33 matches.

43. Aarohi has to reach Lucknow which is 907 km away in 14 hours. His starting speed for 5 hours was 32 km/hr. For the next 81 km his speed was 27 km/hr. By what speed he must travel now so as to reach Lucknow in the decided time of 14 hours?

44. The product of two positive numbers is 2645. If the first number is five times the second number, then the sum of the two numbers is:

45. A piece of furniture is marked at 35% above its cost price. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 18% on the marked price and still earns ₹1,498 profit. What is the cost price of the furniture?

46. Find the circumference (in m) of the largest circle that can be drawn completely inside a rectangle with sides 196 m and 271 m.

47. The LCM of the numbers 2.9 and 0.031 is:

48. m 2 .

49. In an election between two candidates 96 % of the registered voters cast their vote and 10 % of the votes polled were found invalid. Winning candidate got 57 % of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 378 votes. How many voters were registered?

50. An amount of ₹785 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 19 : 3 : 18. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

51. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is one-seventh of its interior angle. How many sides does the polygon have?

52. The number of prime numbers lying between 397 and 407, both included, is:

53. Evaluate 24 2 .

54. The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 80 and the third number is 105. Find the average of the remaining two numbers.

55. Simplify: x(3x - 8) + 3(x 2 -5) + 11

56. Two times the present age of P exceeds the present age of Q by 15 years. After 9 years, twice Q’s age will be 14 years less than twice P’s age at that time. What is the present age (in years) of Q?

57. David bought some sharpeners at the rate of ₹150 a dozen. He sold them for ₹43 each. His profit percentage is ______%.

58. A number when increased by 80% gives 2880. The number is:

59. Ishaan and Meghna have to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in their respective cars. Ishaan is driving at 147 km/hr while Meghna is driving at 42 km/hr. Find the time taken by Meghna to reach Kanpur if Ishaan takes 8 hours.

60. Anshuman and Kunal together invested ₹70,400 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹12,000, Kunal's share was ₹1,800. What was the difference between their investments?

61. The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 4 and 208 respectively. If one of the numbers is 52, find the other one.

62. The number 938315 is divisible by which of the following?

63. The marked price of a vehicle is ₹6,48,200. It is sold after allowing three successive discounts of 6%, 5% and 4%. Find its selling price. (Rounded off to nearest rupee)

64. Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹3,000 as a sum borrowed at 8% per year rate of interest for 6 years.

65. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? WTX SPT OLP KHL ?

66. 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.)

67. In a certain code language, ‘RACK’ is coded as ‘3192’ and ‘JACK’ is coded as ‘1326’. What is the code for ‘J’ in the given code language?

68. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? CHR HMW MRB RWG ?

69. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a row, facing the north. No one sits to the right of G. Only four people sit between E and F. C sits fifth from the right end of the row. B sits to the immediate right of A but left of E. How many people sit to the right of D? Blackbook

70. In a certain code language, 'mud depth urn' is coded as 'qz bd aa' and 'rain dog mud' is coded as 'bd gl kn'. How is 'mud' coded in the given code language?

71. In a certain code language, A $ B means ‘A is the daughter of B’ A + B means ‘A is the brother of B’ A @ B means ‘A is the wife of B’ A ÷ B means ‘A is the father of B’ Based on the above, how is E related to N if ‘E $ F @ G ÷ M + N’?

72. Manoj starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards north. He then takes a right turn, drives 6 km, turns right and drives 3 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 5 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 6 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.)

73. 90 people are standing in a row facing north. Mr. Leu is 16 th from the right end, while Mr. Sanga is 39 th from the left end. How many people are there between Mr. Leu and Mr. Sanga?

74. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 691 692 690 691 689 690 688 ?

75. Each of the digits in the number 1593486 is arranged in the ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits that are third from the left and third from the right in the new number thus formed?

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. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 35 44 55 68 83 ?

78. FHNR is related to MMSY in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, HBHT is related to OGMA. To which of the given options is CQWO related, following the same logic?

79. 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. SOLD - OSLD - DOSL BAKE - ABKE - EABK

80. 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 stars are rectangles. All cones are rectangles. Conclusions: (I): Some stars are cones. (II): Some rectangles are cones.

81. Pratik starts from Point A and drives 10 km towards the north. He then takes a right turn and drives 8 km, then turns right and drives 17 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 10 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 7 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.) Blackbook

82. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 17 ÷ 3 + 49 × 7 − 13 = ?

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

84. 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 @ 1 £ 3 * 4 7 + $ 9 % 6 2 & 8 Ω # (Right) If all the number are dropped from the series, which of the following will be sixth from the right?

85. 43 people are standing in a row facing north. Kumar is 29 th from the left end while Mohana is 9 th from the right end. How many people are there between Kumar and Mohana?

86. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 18 B 3 D 112 A 16 C 6 = ? Blackbook

87. Six friends, B, C, D, E, F and N, are sitting in a straight line, facing north. No one sits to the right of D. Only two people sit between D and B. Only one person sits between E and C. F sits third to the right of E. How many people sit between N and F?

88. Each of the digits in the number 7812345 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?

89. 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: No watch is a bow. No bow is a tie. Conclusions: (I) No watch is a tie. (II) No bow is a watch.

90. Seven boxes, A, B, C, D, M, N and O, are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only three boxes are kept below D. Only two boxes are kept between D and O. Only A is kept above M. C is kept at some place below B and at some place above N. Which box is kept at the second position from the bottom?

91. 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.) Blackbook

92. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 14 26 49 81 124 ?

93. In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain 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.) 25, 100 21, 84

94. WFJU is related to YILX in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, ERRG is related to GUTJ. To which of the given options is KAXP related, following the same logic?