Q1:

Time & Work

Medium

Ram, Shyam and Hari can complete a work in 20, 25 and 30 days, respectively.

Consider the following statements:

(A) Ram and Shyam together will complete the work in 111911\frac{1}{9} days.

(B) Shyam and Hari together will complete the work in 14 days.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 1

Q3:

Science & Technology

Easy

Which one of the following is NOT an example of "In Situ" biodiversity conservation efforts in India?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 3

Q5:

Miscellaneous

Medium

Six friends, A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing towards East. E and F are in the center, and A and B are at the ends. C is sitting on the left of A. Then match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) How many people are there to the right D?(I) F
(B) Who is sitting on the right of B?(II) D
(C) Who is immediate left of C?(III) Four
(D) How many people are there to the left of E?(IV) Two

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 5

Q6:

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

A bus passes two persons moving in the direction of the moving bus at a speed of 3 km/hr and 5 km/hr, respectively. The bus passes the first person in 10 s and the second person in 11 s. Find the speed of the bus.

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 6

Q8:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(Expressions)(Values)
(A) 1/6! + 1/7! = x/8! Find x(I) 1
(B) Evaluate: n!(n−r)!\frac{n!}{(n-r)!}, n = 6, r = 2(II) 100
(C) If ⁿC₉ = ⁿC₈, find ⁿC₁₇.(III) 64
(D) ⁶P₃ - ⁵P₂(IV) 30

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 8

Q9:

Sequence & Series

Medium

Choose the option that shall come in place of the ? in the following series:

25WV52, 23TS32, 21QP12, ?, 17KJ71

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 20 May Shift 2 GET question 9

Q10:

Science & Technology

Hard

In which year the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (DNES), under the Ministry of Energy, was upgraded into a separate Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES)?

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Q11:

Central Tendency

Medium

The age distribution of 40 children is as follows

Age (in yr.)5 - 66 - 77 - 88 - 99 - 1010 - 11
No. of children4791262

Consider the following statements in respect of the above frequency distribution.

(A) The median of the age distribution is 7 yr.

(B) 70% of the children are in the age group 6-9 yr.

(C) The modal class of the children is 8-9 yr.

Which of the above statements are true?

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Q13:

Ranking

Medium

Megha is fifth from the left end and Priya is tenth from the right end in a row of girls. If there are nine girls between Megha and Priya, how many girls are there in the rows?

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Q15:

Simple & Compound Interest

Medium

Consider the compound interest in the following cases:

(A) The compound interest on Rs 16000 at 20% per annum for 9 months, compounded quarterly is Rs. 2500

(B) The compound interest on Rs 2800 at 10% per annum for 18 months is Rs. 434.

Choose the correct statement(s):

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Q16:

2025

Easy

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Sportsperson receiving Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna AwardsDiscipline
(A) Gukesh D(I) Para-athletics
(B) Harmanpreet Singh(II) Hockey
(C) Praveen Kumar(III) Chess
(D) Manu Bhaker(IV) Shooting

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Q17:

Economy

Medium

The Goods and Services Tax Act, expected to create "One Nation, One Tax and One Market", came into effect in which year?

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Q19:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which of the following are "unicellular" organisms?

(A) Plasmodium

(B) Protoza

(C) Spirogyra

(D) Leishmania

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Q20:

Circles

Easy

The area of a sector of a circle of radius 36 cm is 72π72\pi cm². Find the length of the corresponding arc of the sector.

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Q23:

History

Medium

Arrange the following historical events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.

(A) Universities established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta

(B) Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi

(C) Supreme Court set up in Calcutta by the East India Company

(D) Asiatic Society founded by Sir William Jones

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Q26:

Linear Equation

Medium

In an examination which had 200 questions, students score 4 marks for every correct answer and lose 1 mark for every wrong answer.

A student attempted all the 200 questions and scored 200 marks. The number of questions, student answered correctly in the examination, is:

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Q28:

Probability

Medium

A basket contains 4 red, 5 blue and 3 green marbles. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?

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Q29:

Science & Technology

Medium

Who among the following discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength?

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Q30:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Easy

The monthly salary of A, B and C are in the ratio 2:3: 5. If C's monthly salary is Rs.1200 more than that of A, then B's annual salary is:

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Q31:

Clocks & Calendar

Medium

What will be the measurement of the angle made by the hands of a clock when the time is 8:40?

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Q32:

History

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Travelers to IndiaThe country they belonged to
(A) Duarte Barbosa(I) Turkey
(B) Seydi Ali Reis(II) Italy
(C) Marco Polo(III) Morocco
(D) Ibn Batuta(IV) Portugal

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Q36:

Trigonometry

Hard

At the foot of a mountain, the elevation of the summit is 45°. After ascending 2 kilometers towards the mountain, at an incline of 30°, the elevation changes to 60°. Determine the height of the mountain?

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Q37:

2025

Hard

Which of the following country entered into a treaty with Azerbaijan in 2025, ending almost 40 years of conflict?

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Q38:

Number System

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) The least number that must be subtracted from 2025 to get a number exactly divisible by 17(I) 5
(B) The least number that must be added to 105751057^{5} to get a number exactly divisible by 23(II) 2
(C) Unit digit of 615−746^{15}-7^4(III) 0
(D) Find the product of any number and the 1st whole number(IV) 1

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Q39:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which of the following will show "Tyndall Effect"?

(A) Mixture of water and milk

(B) Sunlight passing through a canopy of dense forest

(C) Solution of copper sulphate

(D) Light entering a smoke-filled room through a small hole

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Q40:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

Select a figure from the answer figures which will continue the series indicated by the five problem figures.

Problem figure:

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Q41:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

Which of the following collections of letters will look the same in the mirror?

(A) OXA8voHM

(B) TWOVIMYOU

(C) HV8SIMOT

(D) AIXW08VA

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Q42:

Blood Relations

Medium

Read the information given below carefully and answer the question that follows:

There are six members in a family, named, A, B, C, D, E, and F. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C, D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.

(A) There are only three male members in the family

(B) A has only three children

(C) A and D are both females

(D) D is a female but A is not a female

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Q43:

Science & Technology

Hard

Which among the following is India's first pico-satellite, weighing less than 1kg, developed by a consortium of seven engineering colleges of India?

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Q44:

Blood Relations

Medium

If J is the sister of K. K is the sister of L. L is the sister of M. M is the brother of N. Then which of the following statements is not necessary true?

(A) K and L are sisters.

(B) M and N are brothers.

(C) L is sister of N.

(D) J, K, L are females and M is male.

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Q45:

Polity

Medium

Which of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India provided that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total members of the Lok Sabha?

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Q46:

History

Medium

When was the state of Andhra Pradesh bifurcated into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act?

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Q48:

Profit & Loss

Medium

Profit earned by selling an article for Rs.1060 is 20% more than the loss incurred by selling the article for Rs.950. At what price should the article be sold to earn a 20% profit?

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Q49:

Science & Technology

Medium

Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate) and __________?

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Q50:

History

Hard

Arrange the following major advances in Indian Epigraphy in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.

(A) Alexander Cunningham published a set of Ashokan inscriptions

(B) James Prinsep deciphers Ashokan Brahmi

(C) First issue of Epigraphia Indica

(D) First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica

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