NTPC UG — Test 8

01. Identify whether the given statements are correct or incorrect with respect to INDRA 2025. Statement 1: It is a bilateral naval exercise between India and South Africa. Statement 2: The 14 th edition of this exercise included a wide range of activities and structured drills designed to enhance interoperability towards countering common maritime threats.

02. What does the abbreviation 'SRAM' stand for in computer memory?

03. Which agency developed the Vikram 3201 and Kalpana 3201 microprocessors for space applications in 2025?

04. The 'Special Food Grain Production Programme (SFPP) on Pulses' was implemented during the year ______.

05. Which of the following is a preventive measure for nuclear disasters?

06. Which Article provides for the formation of Ward Committees in Municipal areas?

07. What was the name of the Indian contender at the 72 nd edition of the Miss World, 2025, pageant, held in Telangana?

08. According to IQAir's World Air Quality Report released in March 2025, which place in Meghalaya is the most polluted globally?

09. In 2025, the Indian government approved the setup of which numbered launch pad at Sriharikota?

10. Rural infrastructure development is crucial to improve connectivity and access to markets and services. Which scheme focuses on providing all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations?

11. Which of the following Directive Principles of State Policy is provided under Article 43A of the Indian Constitution?

12. Which medical term describes an eating disorder in which energy expenditure is restricted below requirements, leading to significant weight loss?

13. Which Indian athlete won gold in the women's high jump at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships?

14. Which of the following statements about the Peninsular Plateau of India is NOT correct?

15. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee represented Calcutta University in the Bengal Legislative Council during _________.

16. Which of the following Acts marked the beginning of British parliamentary control over the East India Company?

17. Which Indian State contributes the most to commercial floriculture cultivation, accounting for more than 20% of the country's total production in FY 2024?

18. What significant change did the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) implement in 2025 regarding derivatives trading?

19. Where was Gandhi's method of Satyagraha first evolved and later fully developed as a freedom struggle tool in India?

20. The first systematisation of the Jain canonical literature took place at ____.

21. The Lion Capital located at Sarnath, which is adopted as the national emblem of the Republic of India, was erected by which of the following Mauryan kings?

22. The Golden Temple, which is situated in Amritsar, Punjab, is alternatively known as _____.

23. What is the total worth of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) announced in the Union Budget 2025–26 to encourage innovative urban development?

24. Recipient of President's Medal For Distinguished Service (PSM) on the occasion of Republic Day 2025, Shri Deepak Kumar Kedia belongs to which of the following organisations?

25. Which geographical feature separates India from Sri Lanka?

26. Article 19 of the Indian Constitution guarantees six freedoms. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

27. What is the rank of the services sector in terms of the top recipient of FDI equity in FY 2024-25, as per the data of Ministry of Commerce and Industry?

28. As of March 14, 2024, which of the following is the world's highest railway bridge?

29. Who among the following became the first Indian chess player to qualify for the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 through the second leg of the Champions Chess Tour?

30. What was the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Kamla Nehru Memorial Trust's land allotment in Uttar Pradesh?

31. Who, in 1816, modified Newton's formula for the speed of sound to take into account adiabatic compression in air?

32. Which of the following is classified as micronutrients?

33. According to the exercise brief published by PIB, from 10–23 March 2025, Exercise Khanjar ‑ XII, the Joint Special Forces Drill between India and Kyrgyzstan focused primarily on:

34. Under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Lok Adalats have no jurisdiction to settle which of the following cases?

35. The Chagos Archipelago, recently in the news, is a disputed territory between which two countries?

36. Who initiated the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)?

37. Which of the following Indian states has all three types of physical divisions – plateau, plains, and coastal plains?

38. The Right to Public Services legislation was first introduced by which Indian state?

39. The initial form of Odissi dance was performed by women serving in temples. What was their traditional designation?

40. Which of the following is considered a poor file management practice on a computer system?

41. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 14?

42. The average of first 155 even numbers is

43. Zeeshan travels 294 km at 42 km/hr, the next 210 km at 30 km/hr and the next 330 km at 66 km/hr. What is his average speed (in km/hr) for the whole journey? (Round off your answer to two decimal places)

44. An item marked for ₹39,250 is sold at ₹32,499 after allowing two successive discounts of x% and 10%. Find the value of x.

45. The HCF and the LCM of two numbers are 6 and 264, respectively. If one of the numbers is 66, find the other one.

46. Find the value of: 26 −19 ÷ 26 18 × 26 3

47. The population of a district is 368000, out of which 220000 are males. 62% of the population is literate. If 62% males are literate, then what percentage of females are literate?

48. If 20% of first number is equal to four-fifths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

49. A bus travelling at 48 km/hr completes a journey in 9 hours. What should be its speed to cover the same distance in 12 hours?

50. The marks scored by 10 students are given below. 13, 20, 15, 13, 19, 12, 12, 11, 13, 10 The mode of the given data is:

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52. Find the surface area of a sphere whose diameter is equal to 14 cm.

53. 6 men can complete a piece of work in 9 days, while 6 women can do it in 6 days. In how many days can 2 women and 3 men complete this work?

54. If 2 times Mary's present age is 27 years more than 5 times Dia's present age, and 7 times Dia's present age is 9 years less than Mary's present age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of Mary and Dia?

55. The number of prime numbers lying between 430 and 438, both included, is:

56. The product of two consecutive positive natural numbers is 812. The greater of the two numbers is:

57. In △ ABC, BD ⟂ AC at D and ∠ DBC = 25°. E is a point on BC such that ∠ CAE = 80°. What is the measure of ∠ AEB?

58. Priya, Deepak, and Simran invest ₹1,370, ₹1,500, and ₹1,230, respectively, to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,010, then what is the share of Simran in the profit?

59. 93 light bulbs were purchased for ₹93, and 19 light bulbs broke in transit. The trader sold the remaining light bulbs at ₹1.40 each. Find his profit.

60. Sapna invested ₹20,400 on simple interest, partly at the rate of 14% per annum and partly at the rate of 11% per annum. If she earns equal interests from the two investments after 9 years, then find the sum invested at the rate of 14% per annum (in ₹).

61. A shopkeeper lists the price of a fan at 25% above its cost price and offers a 16% discount on its list price. If he earns a profit of ₹140, then what is the list price (in ₹) of the fan?

62. Salman and Vivek together invested ₹45,200 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹16,000, Vivek's share was ₹6,400. What was the difference between their investments?

63. In a certain code language, 'A = B' means ‘A is the wife of B’, 'A ¥ B' means ‘A is the father of B’, 'A # B' means ‘ A is the brother of B’ and 'A % B' means ‘A is the son of B’. How is S related to P if 'S ¥ Y # R = U % P'?

64. 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.)

65. EGLU is related to IKOX in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, UWXG is related to YAAJ. To which of the given options is GIGP related, following the same logic?

66. In a certain code language, ‘GIRL’ is coded as ‘5317’ and ‘INKS’ is coded as ‘2146’. What is the code for ‘I’ in the given code language?

67. Nikhil ranked 18 th from the top and 36 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

68. 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: All lions are tigers. No lion is a cat. Conclusions (I): Some cats are lions. Conclusions (II): Some tigers are lions.

69. Niku ranked 24 th from the top and 13 th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

70. Each of the digits in the number 6243514 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number?

71. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 450 455 461 466 472 477 483 ?

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. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? HMI 3, JOK 6, LQM 9, NSO 12, ?

74. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 384 673 543 236 741 (Right) (Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) Blackbook (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) If 2 is added to the first digit of every number, in how many numbers will the first digit be exactly divisible by the second digit?

75. In a certain code language, ‘SAID’ is coded as ‘6175’ and ‘DIMS’ is coded as ‘7691’. What is the code for ‘M’ in the given code language?

76. H, I, J, K, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. U sits fourth to the left of V. H sits fourth to the right of J. Only two people sit between V and J when counted from the left of V. K is not an immediate neighbour of H or V. I is not an immediate neighbour of K. Who sits third to the right of W?

77. Govind starts from Point Y and drives 12 km towards west. He then turns right and drives 37 km, takes a left turn, drives 18 km, turns left and drives 63 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 19 km. He takes a right turn, drives 35 km, turns left, drives 32 km, then turns left and drives 9 km to stop at Point Z. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point Y again? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

78. Town J is to the west of town M. Town N is to the south of Town M. Town K is to the west of Town N. Town L is to the south of town N. What is the position of town L with respect to town K?

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. MINK - IKNM - KNIM PLOT - LTOP - TOLP

80. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘÷’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘+’ are interchanged? 15 + 7 ÷ 7 × 48 − 2 + 23 × 4 = ?

81. Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statement(s) 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). Statements: Some guns are roses. All roses are bats. Conclusions: (I) Some guns are bats. (II) All bats are roses.

82. Six people, E, F, G, H, I and P, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only two people sit to the left of P. Only two people sit between P and E. Only one person sits between E and H. Only I sits between P and G. How many people sit between F and I?

83. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? GBD IDF KFH MHJ ?

84. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 18 58 47 145 134 ?

85. Seven boxes T, U, V, W, X, Y and D are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. T is kept immediately above D. U is kept immediately above W. Only V is kept above Y. Only one box are kept between V and T. Only two boxes are kept between Y and X. How many boxes are kept between W and V?

86. 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 Blackbook 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.) 108, 54 78, 39

87. GBNS is related to EYPV in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, CVRY is related to ASTB. To which of the following is YPVE related, following the same logic?

88. 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.)

89. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘×’ are interchanged, and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 42 − 7 × 12 + 3 ÷ 13 = ?

90. Each of the digits in the number 2436857 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits which are third from the left and second from the right in the new number thus formed?

91. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 679 680 684 693 709 ?

92. Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question that follow. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) ? 7 3 ? 2 5 3 ^ # + * @ 2 7 # & 5 2 * # 2 (Right) Blackbook How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a number?