NTPC UG — Test 9

01. Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?

02. Which of the following US biotech companies opened a $200 million tech and innovation hub in 2025?

03. Which method used in metallurgy specifically describes the formation of metal oxides by heating carbonate ores?

04. Which of the following options best describes the purpose of the Red Data Book?

05. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the 23 rd Law Commission of India in April 2025?

06. Which of the following Amendments clarified that the President must act in accordance with the advice of the Council of Ministers?

07. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides for the composition of Municipalities?

08. How are the one-third reserved seats for women distributed across different categories in local bodies?

09. A computer system mainly includes which three components?

10. The Shaka dynasty in India was founded by _____.

11. Puja Tomar, the first Indian woman to achieve a victory in a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) fight in 2024, participates in which sport?

12. In May 2025, which Indian AI healthcare startup announced plans to go public within two years, aiming to expand its diagnostic tools for conditions like tuberculosis and stroke?

13. Which of the following conducted India’s inaugural Agentic AI Hackathon in 2025?

14. On the occasion of Republic Day 2025, the president of India conferred how many Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2024?

15. The BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 was held in which city?

16. Which of the following states recorded the second-highest population density in 2011 as per the Census of India?

17. Which sector was given top priority under the Second Five-Year Plan of India (1956-61)?

18. According to the Citizenship Act, how many years must a person ordinarily reside in India to apply for citizenship by naturalisation under general conditions?

19. In which of the following Indian cities was the Prarthana Samaj, which believed in the spiritual equality of all castes, founded in the 19 th century?

20. Which of the following devices is primarily used to convert digital signals into sound for audio output?

21. Which two chemists are credited with developing the law of mass action in 1864, which states that the concentration of the reactants determines how quickly a chemical change occurs?

22. Which exercise did INS Shivalik complete just before joining RIMPAC in June 2024?

23. Globalisation influenced consumer choices in India. Which trend reflects the impact of globalisation on Indian consumers?

24. In March 2025, the Lok Sabha passed the Bills of Lading Bill, modernising how many years of old colonial shipping law?

25. Which of the following is NOT a principle of Jainism?

26. Who among the following was the renowned poet-saint of the Bhakti movement known for composing dohas (couplets)?

27. What makes basic rules in the Constitution effective?

28. Who has written the book ‘Parliament: Powers, Functions & Privileges; A Comparative Constitutional Perspective’, launched by the former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar in January 2025?

29. Which military operation was launched to integrate Hyderabad into India in 1948?

30. Which island nation lies to the south of the Lakshadweep Islands?

31. Which Indian Prime Minister is closely associated with initiating the 1991 LPG reforms?

32. The location of cement plants is mainly governed by the availability of:

33. Agricultural credit has grown significantly since liberalisation, though distribution remains uneven. Which institution is the apex body for rural credit in India?

34. Which country served as the host for the 2025 Asian Winter Games?

35. Which of the following rivers is a peninsular river and flows eastward?

36. Hema Malini, who was appointed Member of Committee on the Empowerment of Women in April 2025, represents which parliamentary constituency?

37. Which of the following countries launched Operation Brahma for the earthquake in Myanmar?

38. What was the Congress leaders' approach to achieving limited self-government in the early years?

39. Who addressed the opening session of the 24 th edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi in March 2025?

40. What type of rainfall occurs when air is forced to rise over a mountain barrier?

41. Find the value of [290 ÷ {27 + 5 × (2 − 7)}].

42. Manoj, Swati and Rahul invested ₹1,020, ₹1,440 and ₹1,230, respectively to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,260, what is Rahul's share of the profit?

43. If the third proportional of 54 and 18 is x, then what is the value of x?

44. The population of a district is 364000, out of which 178000 are males. 63% of the population is literate. If 63% males are literate, then what percentage of females are literate?

45. The perimeter of a square is 248 m. Its area (in m 2 ) is:

46. If 2 times a mother's present age is 27 years more than 9 times her daughter's present age, and 6 times the daughter's present age is 9 years less than the mother's present age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of the mother and the daughter?

47. I bought two frocks for ₹1,200. I sold the first one at a loss of 10% and the second at a gain of 15%. If, on the whole I made neither a loss nor a gain, find the cost price (in ₹) of the first frock.

48. The LCM of 3 3 × 8 2 × 14, 3 2 × 14 2 × 19 and 8 3 × 14 2 × 19 2 is:

49. Find the surface area of a cuboid with length 8 cm, breadth 5 cm and height 3 cm.

50. A store sells a printer priced at ₹32,000, offering a trade discount of 9%. What is the discount amount?

51. The average weight of Vipul, Mohan, and Mohammad is 46 kg. If the average weight of Vipul and Mohan is 36 kg and that of Mohan and Mohammad is 43 kg, then the weight of Mohan (in kg) is:

52. A jacket is marked at ₹8,000. The shopkeeper offers a 30% discount on the marked price. After the discount, a 12% sales tax is added on the discounted price. What is the final price of the jacket?

53. A number when increased by 100% gives 2700. The number is:

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

55. M and N start a business. M invests ₹70,000 more than N for 3 months and N invests for 5 months. M's share is ₹288 more than that of N, out of a total profit of ₹4,896. Find the capital contributed by M.

56. The average weight (in kg) of a family of five members whose weights are 40 kg, 49 kg, 56 kg, 73 kg and 39 kg is:

57. Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹4,000 at 6.75% per annum rate of interest deposited on 23 February 2024 and withdrawn on 24 April 2024.

58. What smallest number should be added to 81661 so that the sum is completely divisible by 73?

59. Which of the following numbers divide 726179?

60. Train A leaves station M at 8:05 a.m. and reaches station N at 3:05 p.m. on the same day. Train B leaves station N at 10:05 a.m. and reaches station M at 3:05 p.m. on the same day. Find the time when Trains A and B meet.

61. The product of two consecutive positive natural numbers is 272. The greater of the two numbers is:

62. A man driving a car at a speed of 75 km/hr crosses a bridge in 1.4 minutes. Find the length of the bridge.

63. Which of the following numbers divides 15,99,16,901?

64. 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. SAIN - ANIS - NIAS COIN - ONIC - NIOC

65. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. B sits second to the right of A. G sits second to the right of B. C is the immediate neighbour of E and G. D sits second to the right of E. How many people sit between F and E when counted from the left of E?

66. If + means ‘subtraction’, − means ‘division’, ÷ means ‘multiplication’, × means ‘addition’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 49 − 1 × 480 + 40 ÷ 6 = ?

67. In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain mathematical operation(s) to the first number. Select the number-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 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.) 9, 108 16, 192

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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Blackbook Statements: Some marks are tattoo. No tattoo is a painting. Conclusions: (I) : Some marks are painting. (II) : Some tattoo are mark.

69. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 7 10 16 28 52 ?

70. Seven people, I, J, K, L, M, N and O, are sitting in a row, facing north. No one sits to the right of K. Only three people sit between K and J. Only two people sit between J and I. L sits third to the left of O. M sits to the immediate right of O. How many people sit between N and I?

71. In a row of people all facing north, Mukul is 5 th from the right end. Alok is 10 th from the right end. Alok is exactly between Mukul and Rohan. If Rohan is 6 th from the left end of the line, how many people are there in the row?

72. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? WXA UWB SVC QUD OTE ?

73. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 981 982 986 995 1011 ?

74. 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

75. 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 sharks are salmons. Some salmons are tunas. Conclusions: I. Some sharks are tunas. II. No tunas are sharks.

76. BSWK is related to GXTH in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, LCQE is related to QHNB. To which of the given options is VMKY related, following the same logic?

77. Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only B is kept above C. Only two boxes are kept between C and A. Only E is kept below F. G is not kept immediately above A. How many boxes are kept below A?

78. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 316 288 262 238 216 ?

79. If 1 is added to each even digit of the number 85624179, find the sum of the digits that are repeated more than once in the new number thus formed.

80. 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

81. ORJN is related to ILDH in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, MPHL is related to GJBF. To which of the given options is TWOS related, following the same logic?

82. In a certain code language, '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?

83. In a row of 49 students facing north, Amir is 22 nd from the right end. If Tarun is 23 rd to the left of Amir, what is Tarun's position from the left end of the line?

84. If 1 is added to each odd digit and 4 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 6854376, which of the following digits will be third from the right?

85. In a certain code language, ‘TALK’ is coded as ‘5327’ and ‘LINE’ is coded as ‘6143’. What is the code for ‘L’ in the given code language?

86. B starts from Point A and drives 16 km towards the south. He then takes a right turn and drives 12 km, then turns right and drives 19 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 21 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 3 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

87. If ‘P’ stands for ‘×’, ‘Q’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘R’ stands for ‘−’ and ‘S’ stands for ‘+’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? (63 P 2) R (24 P 3) S (98 Q 2) R (48 Q 3) R 3 = ?

88. Sukesh starts from Point Y and drives 25 km towards south. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km. He then turns right and drives 5 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 7 km and stops 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.)

89. Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 9 8 6 1 & & 2 ^ ^ $ $ > 5 ^ 6 ^ 4 & # 6 @ (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another symbol?

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 pair.)

91. Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? FIB27 GJC38 HKD49 ILE60 ?

92. In a certain code language, ‘DRUM’ is coded as ‘2194’ and ‘CURD’ is coded as ‘4592’. What is the code for ‘C’ in the given code language?

93. This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 716 893 279 546 182 (Right) (Example: 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) If the given numbers are rearranged in descending order, what is the third digit of the fourth number from the left extreme end?