NTPC UG — Test 52

01. Which of the following Indian Coast Guard Ships participated in NAVDEX 2025, strengthening India-UAE maritime cooperation?

02. The __________ of the Indian Constitution protects laws from being challenged in courts under judicial review.

03. In May 2025, India assumed the chairmanship of which regional organisation focused on productivity enhancement?

04. The Planning Commission was the apex body responsible for formulating Five-Year Plans. In which year was the Planning Commission of India established?

05. Which city became the capital of Vatsaraja during the expansion of the Gurjara- Pratihara dynasty?

06. Which of the following is true for Read-Only Memory (ROM)?

07. Which institution celebrated the Rashtriya Boudhik Sampada Mahotsav (RBSM) on 29 May 2025?

08. The Desert National Park of Rajasthan is located in which districts of the state?

09. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution specifically deal with the establishment of Tribunals for administrative and other matters?

10. The recipient of the Padma Shri in 2025, Hriday Narayan Dikshit, who is a renowned thinker, philosopher, politician and social worker, belongs to which Indian state?

11. Who predicted the existence of a new particle, now known as the neutrino, in 1931, using the conservation laws of energy and momentum for β-decay?

12. Which movement marked Mahatma Gandhi’s entry into all-India politics?

13. How many Amrit Stations were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 May 2025?

14. Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Green Revolution in India?

15. Which of the following states is known for its tribal settlement of the Gond community?

16. In which venue was the World Health Summit (WHS) Regional Meeting 2025 hosted for the first time in India?

17. What is the primary objective of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025?

18. Which Indian female shooter won a silver medal in the women's skeet event at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025?

19. In which Swiss city was the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in January 2025?

20. Which of the following statements about the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is correct?

21. What is the main cause of different seasons on the Earth?

22. Which policy was adopted by the British in the post-1857 revolt in India due to distrust of Hindu-Muslim unity?

23. What is the name of India's indigenous counter-drone system tested in May 2025?

24. Unique Land Parcel Identiﬁcation Number (ULPIN), part of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP), is a unique identiﬁcation number of how many digits accorded based on the longitude and latitude coordinates of the land parcel?

25. Which of the following Indian startups was selected to develop the country's first indigenous large language model under the India AI Mission April 2025?

26. Which biochemist received the Nobel Prize in 1958 for his work on the structure of proteins, especially insulin?

27. Which plateau is NOT a part of the Patland series?

28. Pazhassi Raja was a freedom fighter from the state of modern-day ___________.

29. What is the mandated time for the Public Information Officer (PIO) to provide information?

30. In which year was the PM JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan-Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) scheme launched?

31. In December 2024, India's Defense Ministry signed a contract with HAL for the procurement of how many Su-30MKI aircraft?

32. Which Constitutional Amendment granted constitutional status to Co-operative Societies in India?

33. Babar, the first Mughal ruler, was related to two of the biggest conquerors of the medieval world. If he was related to the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on his maternal side, who was he related to from his paternal side?

34. The element with atomic number 21 is ______.

35. Who among the following was the first Indian athlete to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

36. Vedantam Prahlada Sarma, born in Andhra Pradesh in 1923, was initiated into which of the following Indian classical dance forms?

37. In which Schedule are the forms of oath and affirmation for various constitutional offices specified?

38. To adjust the screen resolution or change the desktop background in Windows, which of the following would a user typically access?

39. Which two state governments held official-level talks in Guwahati in April 2025 to resolve the long-standing inter-state border dispute?

40. Which index combines life expectancy, education and per capita income to measure a country’s human development?

41. Eight times the present age of P exceeds the present age of Q by 12 years. After 8 years, three times Q’s age will be 28 years less than eight times P’s age at that time. What is the present age (in years) of Q?

42. The perimeter of a square is 160 m. Its area (in m 2 ) is:

43. The income of Raman is ₹41,400. He saves 24% of his income. If his income increases by 22% and expenditure increases by 25%, then his savings will:

44. M and N start a business. M invests ₹43,000 more than N for 6 months and N invests for 7 months. M's share is ₹472 more than that of N, out of a total profit of ₹3,304. Find the capital contributed by M.

45. Mahesh bought some sharpeners at the rate of ₹150 a dozen. He sold them for ₹21 each. His profit percentage is ______%.

46. The cost of 13 pens and 3 pencils is ₹152. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹1 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹7, then the cost of 18 pens and 3 pencils is ₹165. What is the original cost of 12 pens and 11 pencils?

47. The number 740705 is divisible by which of the following?

48. A jacket is marked at ₹2,400. If it is sold at a 20% discount, what is the selling price?

49. A sum of ₹10,00,000 is invested in a bank at 11% interest per annum compounded annually. On maturity, the amount payable becomes ₹13,67,631. Find the time period of the investment.

50. The marked price of an article is ₹280. A discount of 12.5% is allowed on the marked price and a profit of 40% is made. The cost price of the article is:

51. Vikram, Komal and Rishi invested ₹1,540, ₹1,760 and ₹1,170, respectively to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,490, what is Rishi's share of the profit?

52. The LCM of 5 3 × 9 2 × 14, 5 2 × 14 2 × 19 and 9 3 × 14 2 × 19 2 is:

53. Find the value of: [147 ÷ {29 + 2 × ( 4 − 8 )}].

54. The average weight of a family of five members whose weights are 40 kg, 49 kg, 56 kg, 73 kg and 37 kg is:

55. Find the value of 69 −4 ÷ 69 10 × 69 −17 .

56. The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 40. 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 33 matches.

57. What sum of money (in ₹) will amount to ₹2,280 at 5% per annum simple interest in 4 years?

58. The sum of two numbers is 40 and their L.C.M. is 351. What are the two numbers?

59. Which of the following ratios is the greatest?

60. A number, when increased by 80%, gives 2430. The number is:

61. The number of prime numbers lying between 402 and 409, both included, is:

62. Wasim travels 234 km at 78 km/hr, the next 441 km at 49 km/hr and the next 488 km at 61 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr) for the whole journey?

63. A man goes to Indore from Bhopal at a speed of 6 km/hr and returns to Bhopal at speed of 12 km/hr, through the same route. What is his average speed (in km/hr) of the entire journey?

64. In a certain code language, ‘FORM’ is coded as ‘4629’ and ‘RISE’ is coded as ‘1395’. What is the code for ‘R’ in the given code language?

65. Anshul ranked 38 th from the top and 34 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

66. 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: Some plants are trees. Some trees are grasses. Conclusions: (I) Some plants are grasses. (II) Some trees are plants.

67. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3174658, then how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

68. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? A25D E36H I49L M64P ?

69. Read the given statement(s) 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 statement(s). Blackbook Statements: No Police Officers are Pilots. All Pilots are Soldiers. Conclusions: I. No Soldiers are Police Officers. II. Some Police Officers are Soldiers.

70. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? WDK 84, BIP 79, GNU 74, LSZ 69, QXE 64, ?

71. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if ‘÷’ and ‘ ×’ are interchanged and ‘+’ and ‘ − ’ are interchanged? 38 − 8 ÷ 2 + 16 × 8 = ?

72. 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.)

73. Seven boxes C, D, E, M, N, O and P are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. O is kept second from the bottom. Only three boxes are kept between O and E. P is kept at one of the positions below O. Only M is kept between E and D. C is kept at one of the positions above E. How many boxes are kept between P and C?

74. CFJP is related to FINT in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, ORZF is related to RUDJ. To which of the given options is XALR related, following the same logic?

75. Each of the digits in the number 36719542 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?

76. 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.) (5, 12, 7) (22, 30, 8)

77. Seven people, F, G, H, I, J, K and R, are sitting in a row facing North. Only two people sit between H and R. Only F sits to the right of J. Only one person sits between R and J. G sits at some place to the right of I but at some place to the left of K. Who sits third from the right end of the line?

78. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 10 13 19 28 40 ?

79. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 271 216 172 139 117 ?

80. Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 2 @ 2 # * 0 8 μ π 3 σ 1 δ 6 9 $ 4 & 9 β 9 (Right) Blackbook How many such symbols are there, which are immediately preceded by a perfect square number and also immediately followed by a perfect square number?

81. A, B, C, D, J, K and L are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. Only one person sits between A and L when counted from the left of L. K sits third to the right of J. C sits third to the left of B. K sits to the immediate right of C. D is not an immediate neighbour of C. How many people sit between D and L when counted from the right of D?

82. RBNE is related to VXRA in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, ZTVW is related to DPZS. To which of the following is HLDO related, following the same logic?

83. Manish starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards east. He then takes a right turn, drives 2 km, turns right and drives 4 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 11 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 5 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.)

84. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘÷’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘+’ are interchanged? 93 × 9 ÷ 9 − 3 × 8 + 23 × 6 ÷ 3 − 3 × 2 = ?

85. TG 21 is related to OE 4 in a certain way. In the same way, LE 18 is related to GC 1. To which of the following is RT 26 related, following the same logic?

86. Karan ranked 27 th from the top and 16 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

87. R is the brother of C. C is the sister of A. A is the father of G. G is the son of H. How is R related to H?

88. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 90 87 83 78 72 ?

89. Person X starts from point A and drives 5 km towards the south. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns right and drives 5 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 7 km. He then takes a right turn, drives 10 km. He then takes a final right turn and drives 1 km and stops at point B. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach point A again? (All turns are 90 degrees unless specified)

90. 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.)

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.)

92. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 285 106 346 349 408 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) Blackbook What will be the resultant if the third digit of the highest number is added to the third digit of the lowest number?

93. In a certain code language, ‘NOPE’ is coded as ‘6712’ and ‘NOTE’ is coded as ‘2178. What is the code for ‘T’ in the given code language?