NTPC UG — Test 48

01. Which of the following services is jointly controlled by both the Union and State Governments?

02. Which Indian leader emphasised a 'Nation First' ethos during a seminar in Lucknow in May 2025?

03. Manganese nodules are primarily found on:

04. In which of the following national parks were eight African cheetahs translocated from Namibia in September 2022?

05. Who among the following is known for popularising Bharatanatyam on the global stage?

06. A user wants to rename multiple files in a folder on Windows. What is the correct approach to do this efficiently?

07. Who launched Prismix, an AI-driven media company?

08. How is the vast distance between galaxies measured?

09. The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) report, Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029), warns that the Earth’s average temperature may rise by how much above pre-industrial levels?

10. Who launched the e-SeHAT application for accessible digital healthcare?

11. Which Amendment of the Indian Constitution added Article 39A (free legal aid)?

12. What does VLSRSAM stand for, which was successfully tested by the Indian Navy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2025?

13. In which of the following years was the town of Madrasapatnam, which later expanded and developed into modern-day Chennai, purchased by the East India Company (EIC) from local kings?

14. On May 20, 2025, the Supreme Court reinstated which requirement for candidates aspiring to become civil judges (junior division)?

15. Which pair of scientists first proposed the double-helix model for the structure of DNA?

16. Which of the following is located in the west of the Deccan Plateau?

17. Murlikant Rajaram Petkar of Maharashtra was awarded with Arjuna Award 2024 in which of the following fields?

18. Hool Diwas is celebrated on June 30 every year in India to commemorate the Santhal Hool (rebellion) of _________.

19. The indigenous inhabitants of India who were hostile, dark skinned and did not follow the Vedic system are referred to in Vedic texts as:

20. Which of the following countries does NOT share a land border with India?

21. Which of the following statements about succession in the Gupta dynasty is true?

22. Which copper-based alloy is a preferred material for making standard resistors because of its high resistivity and low temperature coefficient?

23. Which of the following gases is released when baking soda reacts with vinegar?

24. A small portion of the Singrauli Coalfield, which is located mainly in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, falls in which other State?

25. The Warli painting tradition gained international recognition, largely due to the efforts of which of the following renowned painters?

26. Infrastructure development is essential for sustaining high growth and reducing regional disparities. Which of the following sectors is NOT typically included in the core infrastructure sectors in India?

27. Who piloted Vasco da Gama’s ship to Calicut during his first successful voyage to India in 1498?

28. Which Article establishes the office of the President?

29. Which missile defence system, named Sudarshan Chakra, was used by India to intercept drones and missiles during Pakistan’s attempted strikes in May 2025?

30. Which state hosted the 7 th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games in 2025?

31. Which social activist was awarded the Rammohan Acarya Sanman 2025 for service to rural tribal communities?

32. Which organisation released the State of the World’s Children report, 2025?

33. Who is regarded as the chief architect of India’s Green Revolution?

34. Which shortcut key combination allows you to quickly switch between open applications on a Windows computer?

35. September [2024] the Atacama Desert, where construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is underway, is located in which country?

36. Which of the following Schedules deals with the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Tribes?

37. Who was named Songwriter of the Year at the 2025 Ivor Novello Awards, held at Grosvenor House, London?

38. According to Article 130 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or in such other place or places as may be appointed by:

39. At the time of independence, India's economy was predominantly:

40. What was the main focus of India’s Second Five Year Plan with respect to the economy?

41. Aryan has to reach Ahmedabad which is 977 km away in 11 hours. His starting speed for 4 hours was 39 km/hr. For the next 140 km his speed was 35 km/hr. By what speed he must travel now so as to reach Ahmedabad in the decided time of 11 hours?

42. Shahid and Mira have to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in their respective cars. Shahid is driving at 132 km/hr while Mira is driving at 60 km/hr. Find the time taken by Mira to reach Kanpur if Shahid takes 5 hours.

43. Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹1,200 at an interest rate of 3% per month in 5 months.

44. The LCM of the numbers 14.2 and 0.05 is:

45. The marked price of a ceiling fan is ₹2,500. During off season, it is sold for ₹1,360. Find the discount percentage.

46. 6 years ago, the age of a father was 40 years more than twice his son's age. After how many years, from now, will he be twice his son's age?

47. An amount of ₹456 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 16 : 14 : 8. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

48. Rupesh got an increase of 4% in his sales amount in the first year and 25% in the second year; also with this, his current sales are ₹1,35,200, what was his sales (in ₹) two years ago?

49. If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is decreased by 19% and its height is increased by 122%, then what is the percentage increase (closest integer) in its volume?

50. The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 80, and the third number is 103. Find the average of the remaining two numbers.

51. A number when increased by 100% gives 2690. The number is:

52. The product of two consecutive natural numbers is 30. The greater of the two numbers is:

53. Ishan bought some pens at the rate of ₹150/dozen. He sold them for ₹17 each. His profit percentage is ______%.

54. A sum of money triples itself at a certain rate of compound interest in 3 years. In how many years will it amount to 27 times of itself?

55. The sum of two numbers is 81 and their L.C.M. is 420. What are the two numbers?

56. The sum of two numbers is 115 and their L.C.M. is 600. What are the two numbers?

57. The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 44. 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 the 33 matches.

58. M and N started a business. M invested ₹66,000 more than N for 5 months, while N invested for 7 months. M's share is ₹205 more than that of N, out of a total profit of ₹3,895. Find the capital contributed by M.

59. A shopkeeper offers a scheme discount of 'Buy goods worth ₹6000 and get ₹1000 worth of goods free'. What is the effective discount percentage (rounded off to two decimals)?

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61. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are of lengths 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm.

62. The sum of all interior angles of a regular polygon is equal to twice the sum of all its exterior angles. The number of sides of the polygon is:

63. If the third proportional of 8 and 56 be x, then what is the value of x?

64. The LCM of the numbers 10.8 and 0.06 is:

65. In a certain code language, 'youth shirt knife' is coded as 'nv to wh' and 'shirt son night' is coded as 'ch rb to'. How is 'shirt' coded in the given code language?

66. Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. EGO : FHP WSD : XTE

67. 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. HARD - AHRD - DRAH ITEM - TIEM - METI

68. In a certain code language, 'A = B' means ‘A is the brother of B’, 'A ¥ B' means ‘A is the father of B’, 'A # B' means ‘A is the wife of B’ and 'A % B' means ‘A is the sister of B’. How is B related to S if 'B ¥ O % A = T # S'?

69. Sophie starts from Point A and drives 8 km towards south. She then takes a right turn, drives 6 km, turns left and drives 5 km. She then takes a left turn and drives 6 km. She takes a final right turn, drives 9 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.) Blackbook

70. 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 pair.)

71. Seven boxes I, J, K, L, M, N and P are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only L is kept above M. Only P is kept between M and J. Only N is kept below K. How many boxes are kept between I and N?

72. In a row of 172 students facing north, Mr. Maxi is 21 st from the right end. If Mr. Han is 61 st to the left of Mr. Maxi, what is Mr. Han's position from the left end of the line?

73. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 6 6 12 36 ? 720

74. In a certain code language, ‘ALSO’ is coded as ‘4367’ and ‘SLOT’ is coded as ‘2347’. What is the code for ‘T’ in the given code language?

75. Seven people D, E, F, G, H, I and O are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. Only one person sits between H and O when counted from the left of O. I sits third to the right of D. F sits third to the left of E. I sits to the immediate right of F. G is not an immediate neighbour of F. How many people sit between G and O when counted from the right of G? Blackbook

76. Yusif starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards North. He then takes a left turn, drives 4 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 5 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 2 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.)

77. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 92 83 74 ? 56 47 38

78. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? GNU 11, DKR 21, AHO 41, XEL 81, UBI 161, ?

79. 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 fans are lights. No fan is a bulb. Conclusions: (I) No light is an bulb. (II) No bulb is a fan.

80. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a row, facing the north. Only five people sit to the left of B. Only five people sit to the right of A. C sits to the immediate left of F but right of D. E does not sit to the right of D. How many people sit to the right of G? Blackbook

81. 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.) 96, 12 184, 23

82. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 48 69 94 123 156 ?

83. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 781 752 642 105 864 (Right) (Example: 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (Note: All operations to be done from left to right.) In how many of the given numbers is the third digit of a number a factor of the first digit as well as second digit of the same number?

84. 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 pins are bricks. All pins are rulers. Conclusions: (I) Some bricks are rulers. (II) All rulers are pins.

85. 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.) Blackbook

86. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? PHZ 3, SKC 7, VNF 15, YQI 31, BTL 63, ?

87. If 1 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit of the number 56218643, how many digits are repeated more than once in the new number formed?

88. Each of the digits in the number 7841236 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. All 119 students in a class are standing in a straight line facing north. Tika is 20 th from the right end while Vishnu is 29 th from the left end. How many people stand between Tika and Vishnu?

90. Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 2 / \ < > 2 5 $ % + 6 3 / 6 5 6 9 3 @ < & (Right) How many such numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by another number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

91. If 1 is added for each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit of the number 56218643, how many digits are repeated more than once in the new number thus formed?

92. 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.)

93. Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. FCV : KZQ ZQB : ENW

94. If 2 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 4792536, what will be the sum of all the even digits in the new number thus formed?