Q1:

Permutation & Combination

Medium

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 1

Q2:

Geography

Easy

Which of the following are the correct statements regarding the coffee?

A. Coffee is a tropical plantation crop.

B. There are three varieties of coffee: arabica, robusta, and liberica.

C. Coffee is cultivated in the highlands of Western Ghats in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

D. India produced 28% of total coffee in the world.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 2

Q3:

Sequence & Series

Easy

From the given series, which is the Arithmetic Progression (AP)?

A. 7, 18, 29, 40, ...

B. 3, 13, 23, 33, ...

C. 3, -8, -3, 18, ...

D. 2, -2, -6, -10, ...

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 3

Q4:

Geography

Easy

On reaching the Namcha Barwa (7757 m), which river takes a 'U' turn and enters India in Arunachal Pradesh through a gaurge and here it is called the Dihang ?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 4

Q5:

Number System

Easy

The difference between the two numbers is 1365. When the larger number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the reminder is 15. Find the smallest number?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 5

Q6:

Simple & Compound Interest

Easy

Ravi borrowed Rs. 36000 from Akash at a simple interest of 8% per annum for a period of 4 years. Calculate the amount to be returned by Ravi to Akash after 4 years?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 6

Q7:

Miscellaneous

Medium

In the following question, a set of figures carrying certain characters is given. Assuming that the characters in each set follow a similar pattern, find the missing character in the given question.

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 7

Q8:

Visual Reasoning

Hard

In given equilateral triangle figure, find out which of the answer figures (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) complete the figure matrix?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 GET question 8

Q10:

Clocks & Calendar

Hard

How many times are the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at right angles during their motion from 1.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.?

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Q11:

Polity

Easy

Which ministry is primarily responsible for the administration of the Companies Act, 2013?

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Q13:

Profit & Loss

Easy

A shopkeeper sells a mobile phone for Rs. 8107 and makes a profit of 21%. Find the cost of the mobile phone.

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Q14:

2024

Medium

Which one of the following pairs of Arjuna awardees 2024 is wrongly matched with their disciplines?

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Q15:

Culture & Literature

Medium

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q16:

2024

Medium

India is collaborating with which one of the following neighboring country for the "Digital Drukyul" initiative by providing financial support for an optical fiber backbone?

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Q18:

Time, Speed & Distance

Easy

Walking at a speed of 5 km per hour, a man covers a certain distance in 3 hours. If he covers the same distance once by car at a speed of 30 km per hour and once by cycle at a speed of 15 km per hour, what will be the time taken by him?

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Q19:

Coding & Decoding

Medium

In certain code languages, "lu ja ka hu" means "we provide study material, "fa ka la ju" means "we score maximum selection", "la fu ja ju" means "study score the selection" and "Ju lu na fu" means "selection of the material". Then:

What is the code of "material" in this code language?

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Q21:

Science & Technology

Easy

Which one of the following was India's first indigenous, experimental communication satellite launched in 1981?

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Q22:

Solids

Medium

Consider the surface area of the following solids.

A. A cube of edge 4 cm.

B. A cylinder with a diameter of base 14 cm and height 35 cm.

C. A hemisphere with 28 cm diameter.

D. A sphere with a radius of 7 cm.

Arrange the above in decreasing order and choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q23:

Geography

Easy

The manganese belt in Balaghat-Chhindwara-Nimar-Mandla and Jhabua districts is located in which state in India?

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Q24:

Time & Work

Easy

A completes a work in 7 days. B completes the same work in 9 days. What will be the time taken in completing the same work if both A & B work together?

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Q25:

Science & Technology

Easy

Who among the following gave the law: "The potential difference across the ends of a resistor is directly proportional to the current through it, provided its temperature remains the same".

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Q27:

History

Medium

Put the following travelers to India who left accounts in a chronological order from the earliest to last.

A. Duarte Barbosa from Portugal

B. Antonio Monserrate from Spain

C. Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin from Russia

D. Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni from Uzbekistan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q28:

Ranking

Easy

If the numbers from 1 to 49 which are exactly divisible by 3 are arranged in ascending order, the minimum number being on top, which would come in eighth place from the bottom?

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Q29:

Percentages

Easy

Express each of the following as a decimal:

A. 8 %

B. 22 %

C. 14\frac{1}{4} %

D. 0.05 %

Arrange the above in decreasing order and choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q31:

Blood Relations

Medium

Pointing to the photograph of a boy, Vinod said, " His father's mother, Sushma, is my wife's sister's mother". How is Sushma related to Vinod?

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Q32:

Miscellaneous

Medium

Study the following information and answer the question that follows:

i. Six friends; A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting along the sides of a hexagonal table for playing a game, (not necessarily in the same order).

ii. F, who is sitting exactly opposite to A, is to the immediate right of B.

iii. D is between A and B and is exactly opposite to C.

Who are the people sitting next to A?

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Q33:

Science & Technology

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Insrtruments)LIST-II (Measurements)
A.OdometerI.Wind
B.Screw gaugeII.Thickness
C.SeismographIII.Speed
D.AnemometerIV.Earthquake

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q34:

Directions

Medium

I am facing east. I turn 100° in the clockwise direction and then 155° in the anticlockwise direction. which direction I am facing now?

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Q35:

Science & Technology

Easy

Which one of the following processes takes place in the cytoplasm?

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Q36:

Trigonometry

Medium

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point is 30°. When the observer moves 50 meter closer, the angle becomes 60°. Find the height of the tower.

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Q38:

History

Easy

Which of the following visitors to India/thinkers wrongly matched with place of his origin?

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Q40:

Polity

Easy

Which of the following are the union territories of India?

A. Ladakh

B. Lakshadweep

C. Nagaland

D. Jammu & Kashmir

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q41:

Science & Technology

Medium

Who among the following is a renowned botanist and plant cytologist, often referred to as the first woman botanist of India?

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Q42:

Visual Reasoning

Hard

Select a figure from amongst answer figures which will continue the same series as established by the five problem figure (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

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Q43:

Visual Reasoning

Hard

In the given question, figure (X) is embedded in any one of the four alternatives figures (1), (2), (3) and (4). Find the correct option which contains the figure (X) as its part.

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Q45:

Culture & Literature

Medium

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Books)LIST-II (Authors)
A.Waiting for GodotI.Urvashi Butalia
B.The WastelandII.Samuel Beckett
C.The Other Side of SilenceIII.Marshall McLuhan
D.The Medium is the MessageIV.T.S. Eliot

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q46:

Geography

Easy

Around 3rd January each year, when the Earth is closest to the Sun and tidal ranges are much greater, with unusually high and low tides, it is called _______________?

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Q47:

Circles

Medium

If point P(4, 2) lies on the circle having centre O(-1, 1), and C is the circumference of the circle, then value of 49C249C^2, is:

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Q48:

Sequence & Series

Medium

In the following question, an alphanumeric series is given as

5FU, 9IS, 13LQ, ?, 21RM

Choose the missing term (?) out of the given alternatives.

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Q49:

Polity

Easy

Which one of the following writs is issued when the court finds that a particular office holder is not performing their legal duties and thereby infringing on an individual?

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Q50:

History

Medium

Put the following historical events in chronological order from the earliest to last.

A. Sepoys mutiny started in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri and Etah.

B. Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley in Awadh.

C. Rani Jhansi killed in battle.

D. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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