Q1:

Ranking

Medium

In a row of 40 girls, when Purnima was shifted to her left by 4 places, her number from the left end of the row became 10. What was the position of Swati from the right end of the row if Swati was three places to the right of Purnima's original position?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 1

Q2:

Sequence & Series

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(Pattern Series)(Missing Term)
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(A) 43, 64, 96, 139, 193, ?(I) 200
(B) 137, 148, 161, 176, 193, ?(II) 291
(C) 307, 303, 299, 295, ?(III) 212
(D) 8, 32, 72, 128, ?(IV) 258

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 2

Q3:

Blood Relations

Medium

Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Sujata said, "Her son's father is the son-in-law of my mother." How is Sujata related to the lady?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 3

Q4:

History

Medium

Which of the following statements are correct viz-a-viz Ain-I Akbari?

(A) It was completed in 15981598 after having gone through five revisions.

(B) It is a chronicle written by Abdul Hamid Lahori.

(C) It is a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire.

(D) It was part of a larger project of History writing commissioned by Akbar.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 4

Q5:

Profit & Loss

Medium

The owner of a garment shop labelled his articles at 25% above the cost-price. Due to a slump in the market, his cost price was reduced by 5% but he keeps the marked price same. He thus offers a discount of 8%, due to which the sales increase by 25%. Calculate the change in owner's profit?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 5

Q6:

Solids

Medium

Consider the following statements:

I. If the height of a cylinder is doubled, the area of the curved surface is doubled.

II. If the radius of a hemispherical solid is doubled, its total surface area becomes fourfold.

Which of the above statement(s) is / are true:

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 6

Q7:

Miscellaneous

Medium

Six hockey players: H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 and H6 are sitting in a row facing north (not necessarily in the same order). There are three players between H4 and H2. H4 is not at any of the end. Only three players are between H1 and H5. H3 is towards the left of H6. H1 is at one of the ends. H2 is towards the right of H4. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 7

Q8:

Culture & Literature

Hard

Put the following Ramon Magsaysay awardees in chronological order of receiving awards?

(A) Tadashi Hattori

(B) Miriam Coronel Ferrer

(C) Firdausi Qadri

(D) Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 GET question 8

Q10:

Culture & Literature

Hard

MAtch List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
BooksAuthors
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(A) Material Culture and Social Formation in Early India(I) D.N. Jha
(B) Inscriptions of Ashoka(II) D.C. Sircar
(C) Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas(III) R.S. Sharma
(D) Early India: A Concise History(IV) Romila Thapar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q11:

Science & Technology

Easy

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Natural SourcesAcids
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(A) Tamarind(I) Oxalic acid
(B) Tomato(II) Methanoic acid
(C) Ant sting(III) Citric acid
(D) Lemon(IV) Tartaric acid

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q15:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

The number of ways a committee consisting of 3 men and 1 women can be formed from 5 men and 3 women, is _________ .

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Q16:

Probability

Easy

A man and his wife appeared for an interview for the two vacancies. If the probability of husband's selection is 13\frac{1}{3} and the probability of wife's selection is 15\frac{1}{5}, then the probability that none of them will be selected?

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Q18:

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Medium

In a school bus, there are 54 students, the ratio of boys to girls is 5:4. If 3 boys leave the bus at their stop, the ratio of boys to girls would be ?

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Q23:

Progression & Series

Medium

If each term of a geometric progression (GP) is positive and is the sum of two preceding terms, then the common ratio of the GP is:

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Q24:

Simple & Compound Interest

Medium

Mr. X invested one fourth of his capital at 8%, one third at 7% and the remaining part at 10%. If his annual simple interest on this investment is Rs 510, then the total capital invested by Mr. X is?

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Q25:

Science & Technology

Medium

Which among the following statements is incorrect about organic farming?

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Q26:

Analogy

Easy

There is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of :: and one word is given on another side of :: while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relationship with this word as the given pair has.

Pesticide : Crop :: Antiseptic :?

Choose the best alternative from the following?

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Q27:

Profit & Loss

Medium

A shopkeeper buys 500500 m of electronic wire at 5050 paise per m. He sold 5050 % of the wire at a profit of 55 %. At what percent should the shopkeeper sell the remaining wire so as to gain 1010% on the whole transaction?

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Q28:

Culture & Literature

Easy

Which of the following musicians belong to Carnatic music?

(A) Girija Devi

(B) Thyagaraja

(C) M.S.Subbulaxmi

(D) Muthuswami Dikshitar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q30:

Miscellaneous

Medium

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully.

Assuming that the given information in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements.

Statements:

(A) All roads are vehicles.

(B) Some vehicles are trees.

Conclusions:

I. All trees are roads.

II. All vehicles are trees.

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Q31:

Time & Work

Hard

'A' can build up a structure in 8 days and 'B' can break it in 3 days. 'A' worked building for 4 days and then 'B' joined and start breaking while 'A' kept building for another 2 days. In how many days will 'A' alone build up the remaining part of the structure?

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Q34:

Solids

Medium

Which of the following statements are true?

(A) If the diagonal of a cube is 636\sqrt{3} cm, then its volume and surface area are equal.

(B) If a rectangular block having dimensions 6 cm x 12 cm x 15 cm is cut into an exact number of equal cubes, then the least possible number of such cubes is 27.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q35:

Polity

Medium

The Fundamental Duties of Citizens were incorporated into the Constitution of India by which of the following amendments?

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Q36:

Culture & Literature

Easy

Annual Festival of Letters 20252025 of Sahitya Akademi was held between:

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Q37:

Sequence & Series

Medium

Choose the missing term in the following alphanumeric series from the given alternatives:

2A11, 4D13, 12G17, ______, 240M31

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Q38:

History

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Dandi March(I) Muzaffar Ahmed
(B) Chittagong Armoury Case(II) Surya Sen
(C) Kanpur Conspiracy Case(III) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Home Rule Movement(IV) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q40:

History

Medium

Put the following historical events in chronological order.

(A) Jallianwala Bagh massacre

(B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(C) 'Purna Swaraj' accepted as Congress goal at Lahore.

(D) Peasant movements in Kheda (Gujarat) and Workers' movement in Allahabad.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q41:

Science & Technology

Medium

The sounds of different people can easily be identified even without having seen them. Identify the characteristics of the sound wave and the factor on which it depends.

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Q42:

Central Tendency

Medium

The average of 3939 numbers is 1717. Each number is multiplied by 1212 and then 1616 is added to each number. Finally, each number thus formed is divided by 1111.

Determine the average of the new sets of numbers thus formed ?

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Q44:

Directions

Medium

Mr. X starts walking towards the West. After walking 70 m, then he turns to the left and walks 35 m straight. If he now turns left again and walks 30 m, and then he turns to the left and walks a distance of 35 m. How far will he be from the starting point finally ?

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Q45:

Polity

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) SPEAKER(I) ELECTED BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE
(B) VICE-PRESIDENT(II) ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LOK SABHA
(C) MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT(III) ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE
(D) PRESIDENT(IV) ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q46:

Science & Technology

Medium

Who among the following discovered wireless communication and was named 'father of Radio Science'?

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Q47:

Solids

Medium

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

(A) 72 kmph = 20 m/s

(B) 25 m/s = 80 kmph

(C) Total Surface area of a Cube of edge length aa is 6a26a^2

(D) Volume of a Cube of edge length aa is a3a^3

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q48:

Geography

Medium

The Los Glaciers National Park, with rugged towering mountains and numerous glacial lakes, is located in which of the following countries?

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Q49:

Clocks & Calendar

Medium

Between 6 pm and 7 pm, the minute hand of a clock will be ahead of the hour hand by 3 minutes at:

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Q50:

Miscellaneous

Medium

(A). The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a lighthouse are 60∘60^\circ and 45∘45^\circ towards the east. If the ships are 300300 meter apart, the height of the lighthouse is 150(3+3)150(3+\sqrt{3})

(B). If the surface area of a cube is 726 m2726 \text{ m}^2, then its volume shall be 1331 m31331 \text{ m}^3

(C) If the ratio of diameters of two spheres is 3:53:5, then the ratio of their surface area shall be 9:259:25

Determine as to which of the statements given above are correct :

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