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Wbpsc miscellaneous official paper (2019) - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    Under critical temperature, on compressing gases turn to liquid, because
    1. molecules are of finite size.
    2. molecules have random motion.
    3. molecules have intermolecular forces.
    4. molecules are spherical.
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  2. Question 2

    What type of citizenship is granted as per Indian Constitution?
    1. Single citizenship
    2. Dual citizenship
    3. Double citizenship for the province and the state
    4. Multiple citizenship
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following is used for baking fruit?
    1. Ethylene
    2. Methane
    3. Chlorine gas
    4. Isopropyl alcohol
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  4. Question 4

    Which dancer of Bengal made path breaking initiative for the inmates of the correctional homes?
    1. Alokananda Roy
    2. Mamata Shankar
    3. Sutapa Talukdar
    4. Amita Dutt
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  5. Question 5

    What was the name of the capital of Vijayanagar kingdom?
    1. Mysore
    2. Ahiole
    3. Hampi
    4. Kanchipuram
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  6. Question 6

    What is the SI unit of radioactivity?
    1. Ampere
    2. Volt
    3. Becquerel
    4. Curie
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  7. Question 7

    Who is playing the lead role in the Biopic of Jhulan Goswami?
    1. Deepika Padukone
    2. Tapasee Pannu
    3. Bipasha Basu
    4. Anushka Sharma
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  8. Question 8

    ‘Haidar’ – the Bollywood film is based on which famous English drama?
    1. Arms and the Man
    2. Pride and Prejudice
    3. War and Peace
    4. Hamlet
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  9. Question 9

    Which right below no longer falls under the Fundamental Rights in Indian Constitution?
    1. Right to Education
    2. Right to Religious Freedom
    3. Right to Equality
    4. Right to Property
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  10. Question 10

    Who is Greta Thunberg?
    1. A feminist activist from Sweden.
    2. A Swedish school girl fighting climate crisis.
    3. A Cuban singer raising voice against corruption.
    4. A Georgian school girl fighting for social justice.
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  11. Question 11

    Which prize did the novel ‘Milkman’ by Anna Burns received?
    1. Nobel Prize
    2. Pulitzer Prize
    3. Man Booker Prize
    4. Edgar Award
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  12. Question 12

    Who designed the final form of Indian National Flag?
    1. Sarojini Naidu
    2. Acharya Kripalani
    3. Pingali Venkayya
    4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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  13. Question 13

    The filtration unit of kidney is called
    1. ureter
    2. urethra
    3. neurons
    4. nephrons
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  14. Question 14

    According to the Constitution of India who is/are the ultimate sovereign?
    1. All elected representatives of the legislative assembly
    2. Prime Minister of India
    3. President of India
    4. All citizens of India
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  15. Question 15

    Who is the author of the book ‘The Trial’?
    1. Mark Twain
    2. Franz Kafka
    3. James Joyce
    4. Ernest Hemingway
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  16. Question 16

    The most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short circuiting or overloading is
    1. earthing
    2. use of fuse
    3. use of stabilizer
    4. use of electric meter
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  17. Question 17

    Among CO₂, H₂O vapour, CH₄ and CO, the most abundant Greenhouse gas is
    1. CO₂
    2. CO
    3. H₂O vapour
    4. CH₄
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  18. Question 18

    Which Article of Indian Constitution is related to ‘Abolition of Untouchability’?
    1. Article 17
    2. Article 18
    3. Article 19
    4. Article 20
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  19. Question 19

    Which of the following author has written the famous novel ‘Palamou’?
    1. Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay
    2. Sanjib Chattopadhyay
    3. Buddhadeb Basu
    4. Samaresh Bose
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  20. Question 20

    The chemical responsible for plant growth is
    1. Citric acid
    2. Chlorophyll
    3. Indole Acetic Acid
    4. Phenyl Acetic Acid
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  21. Question 21

    ‘Nibaran Chakraborti’ is a character in which novel of Rabindranath and to which profession did he belong?
    1. Novel Gora, profession Brahmin Priest
    2. Novel Ghare Baire, profession Swadeshi Agitator
    3. Novel Jogajog, profession Teacher
    4. Novel Shesher Kobita, profession Poet
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  22. Question 22

    Most plants absorb nitrogen in the form of
    1. proteins
    2. nitrates and nitrites
    3. urea
    4. nitrates, nitrites and urea
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  23. Question 23

    Which of the novels below is a story of a little girl?
    1. Pollyanna
    2. Rebecca
    3. Anna Karenina
    4. Jane Eyre
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  24. Question 24

    If the vapour density of a gas is 32, what is its molecular weight?
    1. 64
    2. 16
    3. 32
    4. 128
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  25. Question 25

    Which is the first enzyme to mix with food in the digestive tract of human?
    1. Pepsin
    2. Cellulase
    3. Amylase
    4. Trypsin
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  26. Question 26

    Which of the archaeological site is situated in West Bengal?
    1. Ahicchatra
    2. Sisupalgarh
    3. Bamangaon
    4. Mogolmari
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  27. Question 27

    When NaCl is dissolved in water, every Na⁺ ion is surrounded by
    1. Cl⁻ ions
    2. Na⁺ ions
    3. Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions
    4. H₂O molecules
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  28. Question 28

    Which one of the following films is an Oscar winning documentary on climate change?
    1. An Inconvenient Truth
    2. Cold Pursuit
    3. Night on Earth
    4. The River Wild
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  29. Question 29

    Which author wrote the famous novel ‘Sawa Ser Gehun’?
    1. Prem Chand
    2. Khushwant Singh
    3. Kamaleshwar
    4. Jaishankar Prasad
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  30. Question 30

    What does Article 23 of Indian Constitution proclaim?
    1. Prohibition of religious imposition
    2. Prohibition of traffic in human beings
    3. Prohibition of forest animal killings
    4. None of the above
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  31. Question 31

    When a few drops of iodine solution is added to rice water, the solution turns blue-black in colour. This indicates that rice water contains
    1. fats
    2. complex proteins
    3. starch
    4. simple proteins
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  32. Question 32

    In the Rig Veda there is mention of a battle known as
    1. Kurukshetra
    2. Ten Kings
    3. Hundred Kings
    4. Dev-Asura
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  33. Question 33

    Dart Brown’s most renowned protagonist ‘David Langdon’ is nicknamed
    1. Unicorn
    2. Squirrel
    3. Lamb
    4. Dolphin
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  34. Question 34

    Which Mughal Emperor’s tomb is situated in contemporary Pakistan?
    1. Humayun
    2. Akbar
    3. Jahangir
    4. Aurangzeb
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  35. Question 35

    Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
    1. water
    2. carbon dioxide
    3. glucose
    4. Both carbon dioxide and glucose
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  36. Question 36

    Which of the following countries does not share a land border with India?
    1. China
    2. Myanmar
    3. Afghanistan
    4. None of the above
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  37. Question 37

    Carrier of Dengue disease is
    1. Aedes Mosquito
    2. Anopheles Mosquito
    3. Culex Mosquito
    4. None of the above
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  38. Question 38

    What is the percentage of Calcium in Calcium Carbonate?
    1. 50
    2. 10
    3. 40
    4. 100
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  39. Question 39

    Which city of Indus Valley Civilization has the largest inscription?
    1. Mohenjodaro
    2. Harappa
    3. Kalibangan
    4. Dholavira
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  40. Question 40

    Which city included Hindi as the third official language to be used in its courts?
    1. Kuala Lumpur
    2. Doha
    3. Abu Dhabi
    4. Hong Kong
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  41. Question 41

    What is the original name of Lata Mangeshkar?
    1. Meena
    2. Hema
    3. Neeta
    4. Seema
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  42. Question 42

    Who is the creator of the first women detective group ‘Goenda Gondalu’ in Bengali novels?
    1. Shuklata Rao
    2. Leela Majumdar
    3. Rajani Naidu
    4. Nalini Das
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  43. Question 43

    Which country did Steffi Graf represent when she won the Gold for Women’s Singles Tennis player in Seoul Olympics 1988?
    1. Germany
    2. West Germany
    3. East Germany
    4. Poland
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  44. Question 44

    Which of the countries below share borders with maximum number of provinces of India?

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    1. Bangladesh
    2. Pakistan
    3. Nepal
    4. Bhutan
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  45. Question 45

    Hemis National Park is situated in
    1. Shimla
    2. Darjeeling
    3. Guwahati
    4. Ladakh
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  46. Question 46

    Among Na⁺, Fe²⁺, Co³⁺ and Zn²⁺ which is/are not transition metal ions?
    1. Na⁺ and Co³⁺
    2. Fe²⁺ and Co³⁺
    3. Fe²⁺ and Zn²⁺
    4. Na⁺ and Zn²⁺
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  47. Question 47

    The author of the famous biographical writing, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’, Anne Frank belonged to which nationality?
    1. Polish
    2. Dutch
    3. Australian
    4. German
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  48. Question 48

    Which river enters India from Numcha Barwa?
    1. Ganga
    2. Yamuna
    3. Brahmaputra
    4. Jalangi
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  49. Question 49

    Who is the current Number One player in Men’s Lawn Tennis?
    1. Roger Federer
    2. Novak Djokovic
    3. Rafael Nadal
    4. Alexander Zverev
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  50. Question 50

    Which musical instrument of Central Asia resembles Indian instrument Sarod?
    1. Sitor
    2. Rabab
    3. Ghijak
    4. Chang
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  51. Question 51

    From which part of Myanmar do the Rohingyas originally belong to?
    1. Rakhine
    2. Kachin
    3. Chin
    4. None of the above
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  52. Question 52

    The Solar energy results from the
    1. Chemical reactions between H and He atoms.
    2. Fusion reactions of H and He atoms.
    3. Fission reactions of He atoms.
    4. Electrochemical reactions of H atoms.
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  53. Question 53

    In stainless steel, iron is mixed with
    1. Ni and Cr
    2. Cu and Cr
    3. Ni and Cu
    4. Cu and Zn
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  54. Question 54

    Which Bollywood film has been chosen as the official entry for Oscar in 2020?
    1. Gully Boy
    2. Sand Ki Aankh
    3. Sky Is Pink
    4. Kabir Singh
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  55. Question 55

    Which film director’s centenary is being observed this year (2020)?
    1. Mrinal Ghatak
    2. Mrinal Sen
    3. Satyajit Roy
    4. Utpal Dutt
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  56. Question 56

    ‘Toba Tek Singh’ is a story about which historic reality?
    1. Partition
    2. Revolt of 1857
    3. Non-cooperation movement
    4. Revolutionary movement
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  57. Question 57

    Which state is set to conduct a dedicated state-level Adalat for LGBT community?
    1. Telangana
    2. Kerala
    3. Gujarat
    4. Maharashtra
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  58. Question 58

    Electrical wires are coated with an insulating material. Generally, the material used is
    1. Sulfur
    2. Graphite
    3. PVC
    4. All of the above
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  59. Question 59

    Gotipua dance is from which province of India?
    1. Odisha
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Kerala
    4. Andhra Pradesh
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  60. Question 60

    Which novel of Amitabh Ghosh is written about Burma?
    1. Shadow Lines
    2. Glass Palace
    3. Hungry Tides
    4. Countdown
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  61. Question 61

    Which one of the following is the ultimate evil character in 'Harry Potter' series?
    1. Dudley Dursley
    2. Lord Voldemort
    3. Severus Snape
    4. None of them
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  62. Question 62

    Which of the following water body is not attached to any sea?
    1. Aral Sea
    2. Black Sea
    3. Mediterranean Sea
    4. Red Sea
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  63. Question 63

    Moplah movement was essentially a

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    1. Tribal movement
    2. Peasant movement
    3. Communal movement
    4. Revolutionary movement
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  64. Question 64

    Pandit Birju Maharaj had choreographed for which film below?
    1. Jhanak Jhanak Payel Baje
    2. Umrao Jaan
    3. Mughal-e-Azam
    4. Shatranj Ke Khiladi
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  65. Question 65

    Dasht-e-Margo, also known as ‘Desert of Death’ is related to which country?
    1. Saudi Arabia
    2. Kazakhstan
    3. Iraq
    4. Afghanistan
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  66. Question 66

    Which following artist had taken the responsibility of designing the lay out of the first Indian Constitution?
    1. Jamini Roy
    2. Nandalal Bose
    3. Amrita Shergil
    4. Ganesh Pyne
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  67. Question 67

    Number of spinal nerves in human are
    1. 11 pairs
    2. 27 pairs
    3. 32 pairs
    4. 31 pairs
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  68. Question 68

    Who is the creator of the famous Bengali cartoon series ‘Nante-Fonte’?
    1. Narayan Gangopadhyay
    2. Narayan Debnath
    3. Narayan Sanyal
    4. Narayan Shikdar
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  69. Question 69

    Under which Prime Minister, in which year was the voting age in India Constitution was amended by reducing from 21 to 18?
    1. Indira Gandhi, 1981
    2. Rajiv Gandhi, 1989
    3. Narsimha Rao, 1992
    4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 1998
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  70. Question 70

    Which of the following is not part of the Himalayas?
    1. Shivalik
    2. Sajhyadri
    3. Himadri
    4. Himachal
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  71. Question 71

    Which quantity remains constant in parallel connection of resistance?
    1. Electric current flow rate
    2. Potential difference
    3. Amount of electricity
    4. Both the potential difference and amount of electricity
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  72. Question 72

    Generally, non-metals do not conduct electricity. Which of the following conducts electricity?
    1. Diamond
    2. Graphite
    3. Sulfur
    4. Fullerene
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  73. Question 73

    Who was the first person from independent India to win a medal in the Summer Olympics?
    1. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
    2. Karam Malleswari
    3. Leander Paes
    4. Abhinav Bindra
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  74. Question 74

    Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar used a reference from which Vedic source to justify his widow remarriage movement?
    1. Oiteriya Brahman
    2. Toitiriya Samhita
    3. Satapatha Brahman
    4. Parasar Samhita
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  75. Question 75

    From which Sufi Dargah of Delhi a group of singers sang playback for Bollywood?
    1. Hazrat Nizamuddin
    2. Bagh-e-Bedil
    3. Chirag-i-Delhi
    4. Matka Peer Dargah
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  76. Question 76

    The L.C.M. of two numbers is 60. The numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. The sum of the numbers is
    1. 25
    2. 35
    3. 40
    4. 45
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  77. Question 77

    If the length of a certain rectangle is decreased by 4cm and the width is increased by 3cm, a square with the same area as the original rectangle would result. The perimeter of the original rectangle was
    1. 48cm
    2. 60cm
    3. 50cm
    4. 75cm
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  78. Question 78

    If \frac{2x}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{x}{1 - x}}} = 1, then the value of X is
    1. 2
    2. \frac{2}{3}
    3. \frac{1}{3}
    4. \frac{3}{2}
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  79. Question 79

    Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio A : B.
    1. 2 : 3
    2. 1 : 1
    3. 3 : 4
    4. 4 : 3
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  80. Question 80

    The population of a town increases by 5% annually. If its population in 2001 was 1,10,250, what was it in 1999?
    1. 1,00,000
    2. 1,08,000
    3. 1,10,000
    4. 1,20,000
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  81. Question 81

    A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and an average of 240 visitors on other days of the week. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with Sunday is
    1. 250
    2. 276
    3. 280
    4. 285
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  82. Question 82

    In an examination a student was asked to find \frac{5}{16} of a number. By mistake, he found \frac{5}{6} of that number. If his answer was 150 more than the correct answer, then the number is
    1. 288
    2. 188
    3. 280
    4. 278
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  83. Question 83

    In the new budget, the price of kerosene oil rose by 25%. By how much must a person reduce his consumption so that his expenditure on it does not increase?
    1. 25%
    2. 20%
    3. 30%
    4. 35%
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  84. Question 84

    A batsman scored 98 runs which included 4 boundaries and 6 sixes. What per cent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
    1. 47%
    2. 46%
    3. 47\frac{46}{49}\%
    4. 46\frac{46}{49}\%
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  85. Question 85

    A train 100 meters long takes 6 seconds to cross a man walking at 5 kmph in a direction opposite to that of the train. The speed of the train is
    1. 40 kmph
    2. 45 kmph
    3. 50 kmph
    4. 55 kmph
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  86. Question 86

    The ratio of the annual incomes of A and B is 5 : 4 and the ratio of their annual expenditures is 3 : 2. If at the end of the year, each saves Rs. 1600, then the annual income of A is
    1. Rs. 3400
    2. Rs. 3600
    3. Rs. 4000
    4. Rs. 4400
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  87. Question 87

    The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. The gain per cent after allowing a discount of 12% is
    1. 37.5%
    2. 48%
    3. 50.5%
    4. 52%
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  88. Question 88

    The value of \frac{\left(0.362\right)^3 - \left(0.1\right)^3}{\left(0.362\right)^2 + 0.0362 + \left(0.1\right)^2} is
    1. 0.352
    2. 0.262
    3. 0.361
    4. 0.252
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  89. Question 89

    A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?
    1. 30 days
    2. 40 days
    3. 60 days
    4. 70 days
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  90. Question 90

    A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 5 years. It will amount to eight times itself at the same rate of compound interest in
    1. 7 years
    2. 10 years
    3. 15 years
    4. 20 years
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  91. Question 91

    The speed of a boat in still water is 10kmph. If it can travel 26km downstream and 14km upstream in the same time, then the speed of the stream is
    1. 2 kmph
    2. 2.5 kmph
    3. 3 kmph
    4. 4 kmph
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  92. Question 92

    The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 6. The ratio among the times taken by them to travel the same distance is
    1. 5 : 4 : 6
    2. 6 : 4 : 5
    3. 10 : 12 : 15
    4. 12 : 15 : 10
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  93. Question 93

    If the compound interest on a certain sum of money at 16\frac{2}{3}\% per annum for 3 years is Rs. 1270, then the simple interest per annum on the same sum at the same rate and for the same period is
    1. Rs. 1080
    2. Rs. 2100
    3. Rs. 2160
    4. None of the above
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  94. Question 94

    By how much does \frac{6}{7/ 8} exceed \frac{6/ 7}{8}?
    1. 6\frac{1}{8}
    2. 6\frac{3}{4}
    3. 7\frac{3}{4}
    4. 7\frac{5}{6}
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  95. Question 95

    Two numbers are less than a third number by 40% and 55% respectively. How much per cent is the second number less than the first?
    1. 30%
    2. 20%
    3. 15%
    4. 25%
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  96. Question 96

    A man invested \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{4} and remainder of his capital at the rate of 7%, 8% and 10% annual simple interest respectively. If his annual income is Rs. 561, the capital invested is
    1. Rs. 5400
    2. Rs. 6000
    3. Rs. 6600
    4. Rs. 7200
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  97. Question 97

    Profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1600 is 20% more than the loss incurred by selling the article for Rs. 950. At what price should the article be sold to earn 20% profit?
    1. Rs. 980
    2. Rs. 1080
    3. Rs. 1800
    4. Rs. 1200
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  98. Question 98

    Ajay got married 6 years ago. His present age is \frac{5}{4} times his age at the time of his marriage. Ajay’s sister was 5 years younger to him at the time of his marriage. The present age of Ajay’s sister is
    1. 25 years
    2. 26 years
    3. 30 years
    4. 35 years
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  99. Question 99

    The distance between two stations A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 A.M. and travels towards B at 60 kmph. Another train starts from B at 9 A.M. and travels towards A at 75kmph. At what time do they meet?
    1. 10 A.M.
    2. 10 : 30 A.M.
    3. 11 A.M.
    4. 11 : 30 A.M.
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  100. Question 100

    The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 1,62,000, what was its value 2 years ago?
    1. Rs. 1,60,000
    2. Rs. 2,05,000
    3. Rs. 2,00,000
    4. None of the above
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