Q1:

Science & Technology

Easy

Who among the following is an Indian scientist considered to be the father of research laboratories and who served as the first director-general of CSIR and the first chairman of UGC?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 1

Q3:

Economy

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Sustainable Development Goals)LIST-II (Description)
A. Goal 12I. Life Below Water
B. Goal 13II. Life on Land
C. Goal 14III. Responsible Consumption and Production
D. Goal 15IV. Climate Action

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 3

Q4:

Trigonometry

Easy

From a point 60 m away from the foot of a building, the angle of elevation of the top of the building is 30°. What is the height of the building?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 4

Q5:

Central Tendency

Easy

Heights (in cm) of 15 students are:

142, 145, 148, 150, 152, 155, 148, 150, 150, 152, 155, 148, 150, 152, 148.

What is the median height of the students?

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 5

Q6:

Profit & Loss

Medium

A shopkeeper sells an article at a 10% profit. If the cost price had been ₹ 200 less and the selling price remains the same, his profit would have been 20%. What is the actual cost price of the article?

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 6

Q11:

Simple & Compound Interest

Medium

A bank lends money at 12% per annum on simple interest. A customer borrows ₹ 50,000 for 9 months and repays after receiving a 5% rebate on total interest amount. What effective annual interest rate did he pay?

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Q12:

History

Easy

Identify the correct order of succession of the early Mughal Emperors.

A. Akbar

B. Humayun

C. Babur

D. Jahangir

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Q13:

Probability

Easy

Two dices are thrown together. The probability of the sum of the numbers being 8 is:

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Q17:

Geography

Hard

Which of the following biosphere reserves is the eleventh bioreserve included in the UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves?

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Q19:

Culture & Literature

Hard

Which of the following works contains a chapter named Barahmasa which consists enduring climatic description of the 12 months of the year?

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Q20:

2024

Easy

Keir Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as prime minister of the United Kingdom on which of the following dates?

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Q21:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

Which of the following options, when placed at sign of interrogation (?), shall complete the given pattern?

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Q22:

History

Medium

Which of the following historical events are correctly matched with their time period?

A. Accession of Chandragupta Maurya - 321 BCE

B. Reign of Asoka- 272/268-231 BCE

C. End of the Mauryan Empire - 500-400 BCE

D. Earliest inscriptional evidence of land grants by Satavahana rulers - 200-100 BCE

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Q23:

Directions

Medium

A woman is facing west. She turns 225° in the clockwise direction and then turns 90° in the counterclockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?

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Q25:

Time & Work

Medium

A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A and C worked together for 2 days and then A was replaced by B. In how many days, altogether, was the work completed?

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Q26:

Blood Relations

Hard

X $ Y means X is the son of Y

X * Y means X is the wife of Y

X @ Y means X is the daughter of Y

Y % X means X is the grand daughter of Y

Which of the following shows that E and K are siblings?

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Q28:

Culture & Literature

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Books)LIST-II (Author)
A. Wuthering HeightsI. Khalil Gibran
B. The Broken WingsII. Emily Bronte
C. The Hungry TideIII. Shashi Tharoor
D. The Great Indian NovelIV. Amitav Ghosh

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q35:

Science & Technology

Easy

Arrange the following organs of the human alimentary canal in the correct order of food passage.

A. Oesophagus

B. Stomach

C. Mouth

D. Intestine

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q36:

Economy

Medium

Which of the following Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) has been declared as Maharatana by the Government of India?

Answer options
Option 3,4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 GET question 36

Q38:

Ranking

Medium

In a row of children facing North, Pankaj is 8th from the right end. Prakash, who is 15th from the left end is 6th to the left of Pankaj. How many children are there in the row?

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Q40:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

Select that combination of part (A), (B), (C) and (D) which can fit into each other to form an equilateral triangle.

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Q42:

Geography

Medium

Which of the following states shares a border with Bhutan?

A. Sikkim

B. Meghalaya

C. Arunachal Pradesh

D. West Bengal

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Q43:

Miscellaneous

Medium

Six friends, A, E, H, M, R and S are seated about a round table. Every chair is equidistant from adjacent chairs. R is seated opposite to E. A is seated second to left of H. S is seated immediate left of E.

Which of the following statements is correct as per the information given above?

A. E is the immediate neighbour of M.

B. H is seated opposite to M.

C. H is not seated next to S.

D. A is seated next to R.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q44:

Odd One Out

Medium

In the following question, four options are given. Out of these, three are alike in a particular way, but the remaining one is different. Find the odd one out.

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Q45:

Visual Reasoning

Medium

The Figure (X) given below is followed by four alternatives (1), (2), (3) and (4) such that Figure (X) is embedded in one of them. Trace out the alternative figure which contains Figure (X) as its part.

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Q46:

Linear Equation

Medium

Which one of the following pair of linear equations is/are inconsistent?

A. x − y = 6, x − y = 13

B. 2x − 10y = 15, 7x − 35y =25

C. x − y = 15, 5x - 5y = 75

D. 7x − 9y − 3 = 0, 14x − 18y − 8 = 0

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q49:

Science & Technology

Easy

Who among the following played a crucial role in understanding electromagnetism when he accidentally discovered that a compass needle got deflected when an electric current passed through a metallic wire placed nearby?

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Q50:

Geography

Easy

Which of the following is also known as 'slash and burn' agriculture'?

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