Q1:

Geography

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(List of Biosphere Reserves in India)(The Indian States in which the Biosphere Reserves are located)
(A) Dibru - Saikhowa(I) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Dehang Debang(II) Assam
(C) Seshachalam(III) Meghalaya
(D) Nokrek(IV) Arunachal Pradesh

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 1

Q2:

Directions

Medium

A direction pole at a crossing indicates all the directions correctly. But due to wind, it turned in such a manner that now the North pointer is showing West. A traveler went in the wrong direction thinking that he was traveling South. In which direction did he actually travel?

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 2

Q3:

History

Hard

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Major religious developments in IndiaPeriod
(A) First Stupas(I) Sixth Century BCE
(B) Jainism, Buddhism(II) Second Century BCE onwards
(C) Later Vedic traditions(III) Third Century BCE
(D) Vaishnavism, Shaivism(IV) 1000-500 BCE

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 3

Q6:

Science & Technology

Medium

Organisms which are multicellular eukaryotes without cell walls and are heterotroph are called _________?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 6

Q8:

Progression & Series

Medium

Which of the following list of numbers forms an arithmetic progression?

(A) 1, -1,-3 -5, .......

(B) -1.2, -3.2, -5.2, -7.2, ...........

(C) -2, 2, -2, 2, -2, ........

(D) 2, 52\frac{5}{2}, 3, 72\frac{7}{2} ......

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 8

Q9:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) 75P2−75C2^{75}P_2 - ^{75}C_2(I) 504
(B) 5P5−10C3^{5}P_5 - ^{10}C_3(II) 6
(C) 16C13−8C3^{16}C_{13} - ^{8}C_3(III) 2775
(D) nP4=360^nP_4 = 360, then find n(IV) 0

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 23 May Shift 1 GET question 9

Q10:

Geography

Medium

In which of the following places do the two rivers named Bhagirathi and Alaknanda merge and take the name Ganga?

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Q11:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which among the following is the first satellite to be built by an Indian university, under the overall guidance of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

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Q14:

History

Medium

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

(A) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan

(B) The East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengali

(C) Permanent Settlement in Bengal

(D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company

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Q15:

Clocks & Calendar

Easy

How much an angular distance will be covered by the minute hand of a correct clock in a period of 1 h 45 min?

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Q16:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

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

(A) CHI0ZKDX

(B) EZKIX0ED

(C) DIOSHCX

(D) KHEXCHD

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Q17:

Triangles

Easy

The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 32 cm while its equal sides together measure 18 cm. Find the length of the other side

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Q19:

Science & Technology

Easy

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
SI UnitElectrical Parameters
(A) Volt(I) Electric Charge
(B) Coulomb(II) Resistance/Resistivity
(C) Ohm(III) Electric Current
(D) Ampere(IV) Electric Potential Difference

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Q20:

Simple & Compound Interest

Medium

The simple interest on a sum of Rs 1550 for 2 yrs is Rs 20 more than the simple interest on Rs 1450 for the same duration (the rate of interest is the same in both the cases). Find the rate of interest.

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Q21:

Blood Relations

Easy

In a joint family, there is the father, the mother, 3 married sons and one unmarried daughter. Of the sons, two have two daughters each, and one has a son. How many female members are there in the family?

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Q23:

Percentages

Medium

In an election contested by only two candidates, one candidate got 30% of the total votes cast and lost by 500 votes. Determine the total number of votes that were cast in the elections?

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Q24:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which of the following elements is NOT Diatomic?

(A) Chlorine

(B) Argon

(C) Sulphur

(D) Helium

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Q25:

Economy

Medium

The Government of India, through Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL) has set up Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) at which of the following locations with a capacity of 5.33 MMT?

(A) Padur

(B) Digboi

(C) Mangaluru

(D) Visakhapatnam

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Q27:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Medium

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

(A) The mean of 20 observations is 17. On checking, it was found that two observations were wrongly copied as 3 and 6. If the wrong observations are replaced by correct values 8 and 9, then the correct mean will be 16.4.

(B) The ratio of 43.5:254^{3.5} : 2^5 is same as 4 : 1

(C) The ratio of 1.5 : 2.5 can also be written as 3 : 5

(D) If : 2A = 3B = 4C, then, A : B : C is equal to 6 : 4 : 3

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Q29:

Economy

Hard

Read the following Statements carefully and answer the question that follows:

Statement (I): Controlling Wages is a measure to control Inflation

Statement (II): Increasing Wages is a measure to control Inflation

Statement (III): Increasing rates of interest on Bank deposits is a measure to control Inflation

Statement (IV): Increasing spending on infrastructural development is a measure to control Supply side Inflation

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Q30:

Ranking

Medium

Five boys are sitting in a row. Rahul is not adjacent to Suresh or Abhishek. Arun is not adjacent to Suresh. Rahul is on the left-hand side of Mohan, adjacent to him. Mohan is in the middle of the row. Abhishek and Rahul have two people between them. Then match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) How many boys are there to the right of Rahul?(I) Three
(B) Who is to the immediate right of Mohan?(II) Arun
(C) How many boys are there to the left of Abhishek?(III) Four
(D) Who is at the extreme left end?(IV) Suresh

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Q35:

Ranking

Medium

In a row of girls, if Rupa is Ninth from the left and Shikha is tenth from the right. On interchanging their positions, Rupa becomes sixteenth from the left. How many girls are there in the row?

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Q36:

Probability

Medium

Four people are chosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. The probability that exactly 2 of them are children is:

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Q38:

History

Medium

Arrange the following dynasties of Vijaynagara in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.

(A) Aravidu

(B) Saluvas

(C) Sangama

(D) Tuluvas

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Q39:

Science & Technology

Medium

Who among the following won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for demonstrating how the nucleotides in nucleic acids control the synthesis of proteins?

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Q41:

Number System

Medium

If x and y are negative integers, then which of the following statements is/are always true?

(A) x + y is positive integer.

(B) xy is positive integer.

(C) x-y is positive integer.

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Q42:

Geography

Medium

Which among the following is NOT a factor affecting the distribution of temperature of ocean water?

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Q43:

Trigonometry

Medium

The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m high, find the height of the building.

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Q45:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which one of the following is NOT an example of 'Ex-Situ' biodiversity conservation efforts in India?

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Q48:

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

A man traveled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 km/hr and walked back at the rate of 4 km/hr. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from the village.

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Q49:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Medium

Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the ratio becomes 12:23. Find the greater number.

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Q50:

Time & Work

Medium

4 men and 6 women can complete a job in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women take to complete the same job?

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