Q1:

Number System

Medium

Consider the following statements

(A) The difference between the place values of 9 and 5 in the number 639457 is 4.

(B) The number π is an irrational number.

(C) The sum of all the prime numbers from 1 to 20 is 67.

(D) The difference between the face values of 5 and 3 in number 475839 is 2.

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 14 May Shift 1 GET question 1

Q2:

Time, Speed & Distance

Medium

A car covers a certain distance in 7 hours with a uniform speed. The same distance could have been covered in 6 hours if the speed of the car was increased by 10 Km/h. What is the distance covered?

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2025: 14 May Shift 1 GET question 2

Q5:

Directions

Medium

Maheep started to move in the direction of the East. After moving 17 m, he turned to his left twice and moved 12 m each time. How far is he from starting point?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 14 May Shift 1 GET question 5

Q12:

Time & Work

Medium

A, B and C can do some work in 40 days. A and C together can do twice as much work as B alone. Find the time taken by B to do the whole work.

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Q13:

2025

Hard

When was NASA's Space X Crew-10 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to bring back stranded astronauts, Nick Hague, Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore?

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Q14:

Solids

Easy

Match the given areas of various solid objects with their respective formulae:

List IList II
Area of solid objectFormula
(A) Lateral surface area of a cylinder(I) πrr2+h2\pi r\sqrt{r^2 + h^2}
(B) Total surface area of a hemisphere(II) 4πr24\pi r^2
(C) Lateral surface area of a cone(III) 2πrh2\pi rh
(D) Surface area of a sphere(IV) 3πr23\pi r^2

(Where, r = radius of the solid shape (or base) and h = height of the solid shape.)

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Q15:

Geography

Easy

The Grand Canyon, carved out by the Colorado River and the most spectacular gorge in the world, is located in which state of the United States of America?

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Q16:

Permutation & Combination

Easy

There is a match between two teams. Each team has a total of 15 players. After the match, all the players of one team shake hands with all the players of the other team. What is the number of possible hand shakes?

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Q17:

Quadrilaterals

Medium

A wire is looped in the form of a circle of diameter 70 cm. It is bent again into a square form. What will be the approximate length of the diagonal of the largest possible square? (Assume π=22/7\pi = 22/7)

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Q18:

Polity

Medium

Which of the following subjects is NOT included in the State List?

(A) Post and Telegraph

(B) Banking

(C) Education

(D) Trade and Commerce

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Q19:

Science & Technology

Easy

The 'Digital India Programme', to ensure digital services, digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridge the digital divide, was launched by the Government of India in which year?

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Q22:

History

Medium

Arrange the following in chronological order, beginning with the earliest.

(A) Early Buddhist texts including the Tripitaka

(B) Charaka and Sushruta

(C) Ashtadhyayi of Panini

(D) Natyashastra of Bharata

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Q28:

Trigonometry

Medium

An observer 2 m tall is 243\sqrt{3} m away from a building. The angle of elevation of the top of the building as seen by him is 30°. What is the height of the building?

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Q30:

Geography

Medium

"Jhumming" in the north-eastern states of India is an example of ______________?

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Q31:

Progression & Series

Medium

The sum of n terms of the series 1+1.5+2+2.5+3+...1 + 1.5 + 2 + 2.5 + 3 + ... is?

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Q33:

Miscellaneous

Medium

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circular table facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. S is not a neighbor of Q and V. P is a neighbor of Q and R. U, who is second to the right of S, is the neighbor of T and V. Which of the following must be true?

(A) V is not seated next to Q.

(B) T is sitting third to the left of Q.

(C) R is sitting third to the right of V.

(D) R and S are not neighbors.

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Q34:

2025

Medium

India's first Archaeological Experimental Museum building is being built in which of the following place?

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Q35:

Ranking

Medium

Study the following five numbers and answer the question given below:

135 269 667 581 783

What will be the last digit (unit place) of the second-largest number when they are arranged in ascending order after reversing the positions of the digits within each number?

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Q36:

Central Tendency

Medium

The mode and median of a set of 7 observations are 22.72 and 49.28, respectively. If each of the largest 3 observations of the set is increased by 4, then the median of the new set?

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Q37:

History

Medium

Arrange the following events of India's independence struggle in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent one.

(A) Khilafat Movement

(B) Home Rule Movement

(C) Chauri Chaura Incident

(D) Swadeshi Movement

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Q38:

Culture & Literature

Medium

Which of the following books are correctly matched with their authors?

(A) Humayun Nama - Gulbadan Begum

(B) Akbar Nama - Abul Fazl

(C) Badshah Nama - Abdul Hamid Lahori

(D) Alamgir Nama - Muhammad Waris

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Q39:

Science & Technology

Medium

Who among the following Indian Scientists made contributions to the field of quantum mechanics?

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Q40:

Probability

Medium

Two candidates, X and Y appeared in an interview for two vacancies for the same post. The probabilities of their selection are 1/4 and 1/7, respectively. What is the probability that one of them will be selected?

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Q42:

Culture & Literature

Medium

Which of the following dance forms of India is wrongly matched with the state of its origination?

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Q44:

Science & Technology

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Names of SatellitesApplication
(A) EOS-04(I) Communication
(B) GSAT-29(II) Experimental
(C) GAGAN(III) Navigation
(D) INS-1A(IV) Earth Observation

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Q45:

Culture & Literature

Medium

Which of the following authors is wrongly matched with their books?

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Q46:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

Choose the letters whose water images are identical to the letter itself.

(A) k

(B) z

(C) x

(D) o

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Q48:

Blood Relations

Easy

Pointing towards a woman, Ajeet said, "She is the mother of my children's father." How is the man related to the woman?

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Q49:

Linear Equation

Medium

Two water pipelines are represented by the equations kx+3y+1=0kx + 3y +1 = 0 and 2x+y+3=02x + y + 3 = 0. For what value of k, the pipelines cross each other?

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Q50:

Polity

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Name of WritReason for issue
(A) Mandamus(I) Issued when the court finds that a person is holding office but is not entitled to hold that office
(B) Prohibition(II) Issued when the court finds that a particular office holder is not doing legal duty
(C) Quo Warranto(III) Issued by a higher court when a lower court has considered a case beyond its jurisdiction
(D) Certiorari(IV) Court orders a lower court to transfer a matter pending before it for review by the higher court

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