1. A pair of socks ______ been missing from my room.

(1) has (2) have (3) is (4) are

2. I always listen to great speeches carefully so that I ______ implement them in every walk of my life.

(1) had (2) was (3) am (4) can

3. The teacher ______ completed this chapter.

(1) are (2) is (3) have (4) has

4. My mother ______ the newspaper in the morning.

(1) is reading (2) was reading (3) reads (4) will be reading

5. India is ______ country. Every Indian is ______ icon in helping the poor people.

(1) a, an (2) an, a (3) a, the (4) of, the

6. The synonym of "hard" is

(1) beautiful (2) firm (3) soft (4) weak

7. I ______ an appointment with the doctor soon.

(1) will make (2) had made (3) am making (4) was making

8. People often ______ games for sports and sports for games.

(1) mistaken (2) mistaking (3) mistake (4) mistook

9. Rahul and his friends ______ invited to the party by me.

(1) is (2) have been (3) was (4) had

10. The antonym of "opaque" is

(1) Fragile (2) Partial (3) Transparent (4) Broken

11. If you study history, you ______ that all stories of success are also stories of great failures.

(1) see (2) think (3) will find (4) know

12. Back in my native place, we ______ good internet.

(1) does not have (2) was not have (3) did not have (4) had not have

13. The police ______ arrested the thieves.

(1) has (2) have (3) is (4) are

14. Either of the foot paths ______ to Superintendent's house.

(1) lead (2) leads (3) have led (4) is led

15. I have done a ______ deal of work.

(1) big (2) great (3) huge (4) enormous

16. I never feel that I am superior ______ anyone.

(1) than (2) to (3) for (4) on

17. Radha and Rima ______ business partners.

(1) are (2) is (3) was (4) had been

18. She ______ I cannot disturb her now.

(1) has been resting (2) had been resting (3) is resting (4) was resting

19. We ______ two daughters.

(1) will have (2) has (3) have (4) having

20. Either Maya or her friend Manju ______ responsible for the picnic plan.

(1) are (2) was (3) is (4) were

21. The US dropped ______ on Hiroshima.

(1) one bomb (2) two bombs (3) three bombs (4) four bombs

22. ______ people were killed instantly after the nuclear bomb blast.

(1) Only 1,40,000 (2) More than 1,40,000 (3) Less than 1,40,000 (4) None of the above

23. Japan Confederation of A & H Bomb Sufferers is made up of the

(1) survivors of the nuclear bomb blast.

(2) dead in the nuclear bomb blast.

(3) children of the people dead in the nuclear bomb blast.

(4) relatives of the people dead in the nuclear bomb blast.

24. Japan was forced to surrender after the ______ bomb.

(1) first (2) second (3) third (4) fourth

25. Victims of the atom bomb blast in Japan continue to die of ______

(1) Cancer.

(2) Radiation-linked diseases.

(3) Both cancer and radiation linked diseases.

(4) Neither cancer nor radiation linked diseases.

26. A wire of length 17 meters is cut into two parts. With one part a square and with another part an equilateral triangle are made. If the area of the square is A Sq. meters and Perimeter is B meters such that B = 2A, then the ratio of the areas of the square and triangle is

(1) 8 : 9 (2) 16√3 : 27 (3) 12 : 13 (4) 16 : 12√3

27. If 15th August 2022 is Monday, then the date on Monday which immediately comes after 15th August 2024 is

(1) 20 (2) 17 (3) 18 (4) 19

28. If 123 more articles can be bought by spending a certain amount when the price of an article is decreased by 33⅓ %, then the number of articles one could have been bought without discount for the same amount is

(1) 369 (2) 246 (3) 123 (4) 492

29. 45( ⅔ of ⅚ + 6 − ½ × 3/7 ÷ 15/14 ) =

(1) 286 (2) 572 (3) 352 (4) 248

30. If LCM and HCF of two numbers x and y are L and H respectively, then

(1) x/H = L/y (2) xy = L + H (3) x + L = y + H (4) x^y = LH

31. The average weight of a group of men is 77.5 kgs. The average weight of a group of women is 70 kgs. The average weight of all the persons of both groups is 74 kgs. The ratio of the number of men and women in the two groups is

(1) 5 : 6 (2) 8 : 7 (3) 12 : 17 (4) 10 : 13

32. A and B enter into a partnership by investing Rs. 24,000 each. But B has borrowed his investment amount from A at the rate of 10% per annum. To look after the business, B will be paid Rs. 120 per month as salary. At the end of the year, if B's income is half of the income of A, then the total profit is

(1) 10,080 (2) 9,660 (3) 12,000 (4) 12,060

33. The wages of 3 boys are equal to the wages of 2 men. The amount of work done by 3 men is equal to the amount of work done by 5 boys. If 40 boys and 15 men worked for 8 weeks to complete a work and the total wages they got are equal to Rs.12,600 then the wages 20 boys and 20 men get to complete that work is (in rupees)

(1) 12,285 (2) 12,730 (3) 24,570 (4) 12,570

34. Ratio of A's last year salary and current year salary is 4 : 5, whereas the ratio of the similar type of salaries of B is 2 : 3. The ratio of the last year salaries of A & B is 3 : 4. If B's present salary is Rs. 25,600, then A's last year salary is (in Rupees)

(1) 12,800 (2) 16,000 (3) 15,480 (4) 10,800

35. The ratios of the ages of two persons before 6 years and after 6 years are 3 : 8 and 7 : 12 respectively. Their present ages respectively are

(1) 10, 30 (2) 20, 35 (3) 15, 30 (4) 12, 25

36. In a cylindrical vessel of height 14 cm and radius 5 cm, seven spheres of radius 3 cm were kept. The amount of water that fills the cylindrical vessel is (in cubic cm)

(1) 308 (2) 452 (3) 336 (4) 412

37. In the given four digit number 3x57 and in the number formed by writing the digits of the given number in reverse order, the difference of the place values of x is

(1) 1000 (2) 190 (3) 90 (4) 10

38. A shopkeeper bought each packet of 12 articles for Rs.51 and sold them as a packet of 15 articles, each for Rs. 71.25. If he gets a profit of Rs.90, the number of articles he sold is

(1) 90 (2) 270 (3) 180 (4) 120

39. A is thrice efficient than B. To finish a job independently, the difference of the days they take is 60. If both of them work together and complete ⅓rd of the work and remaining work is done by B alone, the total number of days they took to complete the work is

(1) 75 (2) 70 (3) 67.5 (4) 72.5

40. The fraction equivalent to 2.5̅7̅ is

(1) 232/99 (2) 232/90 (3) 257/90 (4) 257/99

41. Two cyclists start at two points A, B which are separated by 300 meters and moves towards each other with speeds 10 kmph and 5 kmph respectively. From A one travels a distance of x meters and then both of them interchanged their speeds to 5 kmph & 10 kmph respectively. If both of them meet each other exactly at the center, then x =

(1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 75 (4) 47.5

42. Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 24 minutes. Pipe B alone can fill the same tank in 36 minutes. Pipe A alone is opened for x minutes and Pipe B alone is opened for y minutes to fill the tank in 30 minutes. Then |x − y| = (in minutes)

(1) 12 (2) 10 (3) 8 (4) 6

43. In a day the number of times both the hands of a clock coincide is

(1) 24 (2) 23 (3) 11 (4) 22

44. A train is crossing a platform of length 200 meters in 45 seconds and man standing on the platform in 25 seconds. If a man moves in the direction of the train with a speed of 2 meters per second, then the time taken by the train to cross him is

(1) 20⅚ seconds (2) 31¼ seconds (3) 33⅓ seconds (4) 19⅖ seconds

45. Certain amount is lent for 30%, 20% & 10% compound interest successively for 3 years. When the same amount is lent for simple interest at the rate equal to the average of the above mentioned percentages for three years, the difference of the compound interest and simple interest is Rs. 580. Then the principal amount is (in rupees)

(1) 5,000 (2) 6,000 (3) 6,500 (4) 5,500

46. 2( ∛(∜(11 + 5)) × 15 / ∛32 ) =

(1) 10 (2) 15 (3) 20 (4) 25

47. On a certain principal amount at the rate of 2% per quarter of an year the simple interest after 24 months is Rs. 960. Then the principal amount is

(1) Rs. 7,000 (2) Rs. 5,000 (3) Rs. 6,000 (4) Rs. 8,000

48. If (256)^2.5 × (16)^4.5 ÷ (64)^1.6 = 4^K, then 5K + 4 =

(1) 70 (2) 65 (3) 75 (4) 100

49. The marked price of an article is Rs. 800 and a customer buys it for Rs. 612 after two successive discounts. If the discount offered at the second time is 15%, then the discount offered at first is

(1) 12% (2) 11% (3) 20% (4) 10%

50. If the 5 digit number 57xy4 is divisible by 11, then number of such possible numbers is

(1) 8 (2) 9 (3) 12 (4) Infinitely many

51. Match the following lists.

List-I (Bio fortification): (A) Vitamin C (B) Mineral (C) Protein (D) Vitamin A

List-II (Available in): (I) Maize (II) Wheat (III) Pumpkin (IV) Spinach (V) Bitter gourd

The correct answer is —

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

(2) (A)-(V), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(3) (A)-(V), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

52. The force between charged particles is called

(1) Electron Magnetic Force (2) Strong Nuclear Force (3) Gravitational Force (4) Weak Nuclear Force

53. Match the following items in List-I with corresponding items in List-II and choose the correct answer.

List-I (Names of the Scientists): (A) Albert Einstein (B) C.V. Raman (C) J.J. Thomson (D) S.N. Bose

List-II (Major contribution): (I) Discovery of Electron (II) Quantum Statistics (III) Theory of Relativity (IV) Inelastic scattering of light by molecules

The correct answer is —

(1) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

54. Unburnt carbon particles cause the following problem

(1) Cardiac problems (2) Skin infection (3) Throat infection (4) Respiratory problems

55. Boiling Point of Water in Kelvin Scale is

(1) 100 (2) 273.15 (3) 0 (4) 373.15

56. Which of the following gases is released into the air by automobile exhaust ?

(1) CO (2) CO₂ (3) SO₂ (4) NO₂

57. Which type of ecological adaptations are present in plants those grow in conditions where temperature is 25°C and rainfall is less than 25 cm/year ?

(A) Reduced leaf lamina (B) Deep rooted root system (C) Thin cuticle (D) Well developed mechanical tissue (E) Root pockets present (F) Well developed aerenchyma (G) Single layered epidermis

(1) (B), (F), (G) (2) (D), (E), (G) (3) (A), (B), (D) (4) (A), (C), (E)

58. By consuming in large quantities, which of the following alcohol causes blindness and even death ?

(1) Ethanol (2) Methanol (3) Propanol (4) Butanol

59. Match the following lists.

List I (Ministers): (A) Dr. Virendra Kumar (B) Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey (C) Dr. Jitendra Singh (D) Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

List II (Portfolio): (I) Heavy Industries (II) Social Justice and empowerment (III) Science and Technology (IV) External Affairs

The correct answer —

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

60. Match the following lists.

List I: (A) Chandrayan (B) Mangalyan (C) Astrosat

List II: (I) India's first lunar probe (II) India's first inter planetary mission (III) India's first space observatory

The correct answer is —

(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III)

(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II)

(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III)

61. Which gas leaked during Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984 ?

(1) Methane (2) Ethane (3) Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) (4) Ethyl Alcohol

62. The mosquito repellent used at the home in the form of a coil, liquid etc. is

(1) Sedative (2) Pesticide (3) Insecticide (4) Fertilizer

63. What happens to the chemical constituents in leaves before leaf falls ?

(1) 'Ca' is mobilized to other parts of the plant

(2) 'S' is always transported to other plant parts in organic form

(3) 'P' is mobilized to younger parts of the plant through phloem or xylem

(4) 'N₂' in the form of amino acids is carried to other plant parts through xylem

64. In which of the following cities is the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) located ?

(1) Chandigarh (2) Bangalore (3) Chennai (4) Hyderabad

65. How many pillars were identified under Digital India Program ?

(1) 3 (2) 9 (3) 11 (4) 5

66. Match the following lists.

List-I (A mineral component of): (A) Ferredoxin (B) Plastocyanin (C) Middle lamellae (D) Chlorophyll

List-II (Mineral function): (I) Redox reactions (II) Maintains ribosome structure (III) Stabilizes protein structure (IV) Formation of mitotic spindle

The correct answer is —

(1) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

67. An electron moving in a straight line enters into a non-zero magnetic field and goes undeviated. The angle between the direction of its motion and magnetic field is

(1) 0° (2) 30° (3) 45° (4) 90°

68. Which of the following compound is present in bacterial cell, plant cell and also in animal cell ?

(1) Cellulose (2) Histones (3) Non-histone proteins (4) Phospholids

69. Which of the following contains CFC ?

(1) Varnish (2) Wall paint (3) Refrigerant (4) Aerated drink

70. World energy needs are rising mainly due to

(1) Deforestation (2) Increasing population and industrialization (3) Inflation (4) Natural calamities

71. Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by the

(1) Health Minister (2) Finance Minister (3) Home Minister (4) Prime Minister

72. The Constituents of German Silver (Alloy) are

(1) Cu, Ag and Zn (2) Ag, Ni and Fe (3) Fe, Au and Ni (4) Cu, Zn and Ni

73. Which of the following fields does not have the Nobel Prize ?

(1) Economics (2) Literature (3) Physics (4) Mathematics

74. The escape velocity on the surface of the earth is

(1) 9.8 km/s (2) 11.2 km/s (3) 19.6 km/s (4) 4.9 km/s

75. Which of the following is an operating system ?

(1) Oracle (2) Java (3) Win runner (4) Linux

76. Which of the following has 5 time zones ?

(1) Canada (2) Sweden (3) India (4) China

77. India's rank in the World Competitiveness Index 2022 is

(1) 43 (2) 37 (3) 40 (4) 39

78. Smallpox is caused by ______.

(1) Ebola virus (2) Variola virus (3) Herpes Simplex virus (4) Influenza virus

79. The Venn diagram represents Drivers of motor vehicles, Drivers of 3 wheelers, drivers of 4 wheelers, Drivers of the school van

This question is diagram-based — it asks which of four Venn diagrams correctly represents the given sets. The diagrams cannot be reproduced as text.

80. Which of the following is a finer sedimentary material ?

(1) Gravel (2) Sand (3) Slate (4) Clay

81. Who discovered rock art sites at Bhimbetka ?

(1) A.C.L. Carlleye (2) V.S. Wakankar (3) H.D. Sankalia (4) M.L.K. Murthy

82. The First attempt of entering Indian territory was made in 711 A.D. by the Arabs. Who was the Caliph at that time ?

(1) Al-Hajaj (2) Al-Walid (3) Al-Bakar (4) Al-Qadir

83. Identify the Asafjahi ruler who ceded Kadapa, Kurnool, Bellari and Anantapur to East India Company.

(1) Nizam-ul-Mulk (2) Nizam-Ali-Khan (3) Sikander-Jha (4) Afzal-ud-daula

84. Select the one of the alternatives, which is different from the other three alternatives.

(1) DHLP (2) EIMQ (3) LPTX (4) AEIO

85. ______ ship was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

(1) INS Vikrant (2) INS Parakram (3) INS Rainbow (4) INS Gomati

86. Which one of the pairs is not correctly matched ? (Artist – Dance Form)

(1) Kunchu Kurup – Kathakali

(2) Rukmini Devi – Bharatanatyam

(3) Kelucharan Mahapatra – Manipuri

(4) Birju Maharaj – Kathak

87. ______ leads in sugar exports in the world.

(1) India (2) Brazil (3) Egypt (4) Thailand

88. Which one of the following is the largest site of Indus valley (Harappa) civilization ?

(1) Mohenjo-Daro (2) Harappa (3) Dholavira (4) Kalibangan

89. Which of the following mountains are formed due to stress ?

(1) Himalayas (2) Black forest (3) Vosges (4) Mt. Cotopaxi

90. Identify the States, whose integration with Indian union became a serious problem.

(1) Bhopal, Travancore, Bikaneer

(2) Hyderabad, Junagadh, Kashmir

(3) Hyderabad, Junagadh, Nawanagar

(4) Kashmir, Hyderabad, Mysore

91. Who received 57th Jnanpith Award ?

(1) Nilmani Phookan Jr (2) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (3) Damodar Mauzo (4) Amitav Ghosh

92. Who was the author of "Shiva Yoga Saram" a famous book of Kakatiya age ?

(1) Vidyanatha (2) Jayapasenani (3) Kolanu Ganapatideva (4) Baddenna

93. Two entities are given to the left of :: and these are related in some way. One entity and '?' are given to the right of :: . Select a suitable alternative to replace '?' so as to keep the analogy.

PEN : 35 :: RAN : ?

(1) 35 (2) 32 (3) 33 (4) 36

94. Select the suitable alternative to replace the blank space to complete the following series.

B19N, E14P, ____ , K7T, N5V

(1) H10R (2) J10S (3) I9P (4) H9R

95. Three different views of a cube having the labels A, B, C, D, E, F on its faces are given below. If this cube is unfolded, it looks like

This question is diagram-based — three views of a labelled cube are given, and the four options are unfolded nets. The diagrams cannot be reproduced as text.

96. On which day Lok Sabha accepted the separate Telangana State Bill ?

(1) 16th February, 2014 (2) 18th March, 2014 (3) 18th February, 2014 (4) 20th February, 2014

97. Arrange the following in Chronological order

(a) Second Carnatic war (b) Battle of Buxar (c) Third Anglo-Mysore war (d) First Anglo-Maratha war

(1) (a), (b), (c), (d) (2) (a), (c), (b), (d) (3) (a), (b), (d), (c) (4) (b), (a), (c), (d)

98. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I (Texts): (a) Kesavasuta (b) Adipurana (c) Durgeshnandini (d) Pancali Sabdam

List-II (Languages): (i) Bengali (ii) Tamil (iii) Marathi (iv) Kannada

The correct answer is —

(1) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

(2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(3) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

99. Kartarpur Sahib corridor connects Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with ______ in India.

(1) Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur (2) Golden temple in Amritsar (3) Nankana Sahib (4) Wagah

100. A person starts at a point A and travelled 13 meters towards North-East and then travelled 12 meters towards South and from there again travelled 13 meters towards North-East. From there he travelled a distance of 10 meters towards West and reached the final position B. Then the direction of A from B and distance of B from A are respectively

(1) South and 12 meters (2) North and 12 meters (3) South-East and 15 meters (4) North-West and 15 meters

101. Which state is the largest producer of Chilli in India ?

(1) Karnataka (2) Gujarat (3) Kerala (4) Andhra Pradesh

102. Identify the Inscription of Kakatiyas which describes the declaration of Sovereign Power in the year 1163 CE by Rudradeva.

(1) Anumakonda Thousand Temple Pillar epigraph (2) Bayyam Tank epigraph (3) Warangal fort epigraph (4) Srisailam epigraph

103. Where did the 'Mahboob-Shahi Mills' founded in 1884 located ?

(1) Hyderabad (2) Gulbarga (3) Nanded (4) Warangal

104. Select the suitable alternative to replace '?' which completes the following series.

2, 4, 7, 12, 19, 30, ?

(1) 43 (2) 39 (3) 35 (4) 45

105. What is the vaccine given usually to children in the age group of 5 to 15 ?

(1) Malaria (2) Measles-Rubella (3) Intravenous Polio Vaccine (4) Diphtheria

106. Which one of the following statements is not correct about growth of English Education in India ?

(1) The 1813 Charter Act allocated Rs 1,00,000 (one lakh) towards promoting the knowledge of modern sciences and improvement of literature.

(2) Babington Macaulay issued his famous minute on English Education on 2nd February 1835.

(3) The famous Woods Dispatch of 1854 was another important step in the development of Education in India.

(4) In 1864 Hunter Committee was appointed to review the growth of Higher Education in India.

107. Who is the first woman combat pilot in Indian Army ?

(1) Captain Abhilasha Barak (2) Captain Shashikala (3) Captain Vinodini Sharma (4) Captain Vir Bala

108. In a code language 'fortune favour the brave' is written as '5e 3e 6r 7e'; 'Ram is brave leader' is written as '3m 2s 5e 6d'; 'Leader favour the follower' is written as '8r 3e 6r 6d'; 'favour the Ram' is written as '3m 3e 6r'. In the same language 'Ram is fortune leader' is coded as :

(1) 6d 7e 2s 3m (2) 6r 7e 3e 3m (3) 6r 8r 3e 6d (4) 6d 7e 3m 8r

109. P.K. Sinha recently stepped down from which position ?

(1) Economic Affairs Secretary (2) Principal Advisor to Prime Minister (3) Education Secretary (4) NITI Aayog CEO

110. In which year does 'Ramji Gond' Revolted against Nizam of Hyderabad ?

(1) 1854 (2) 1855 (3) 1860 (4) 1862

111. Navneet Kaur, the player in recent news is associated with

(1) Football (2) Hockey (3) Wrestling (4) Tennis

112. Which place in Telangana Region became a prominent Military Camp during Kalyani Chalukyas ?

(1) Patancheru (2) Kalyani (3) Vemulawada (4) Sanigaram

113. Which among the following is India's deepest landlocked and protected port ?

(1) Chennai (2) Kandla (3) Paradeep (4) Vishakhapatnam

114. On which line does the date change by exactly one day when it is crossed ?

(1) Equator (2) Prime meridian (3) International Date Line (4) Tropic of cancer

115. Let A = B ≠ C = D ≤ E < F. Which of the following is correct ?

(1) A > C (2) D > B (3) A > C ⇒ D > B (4) D > B ⇒ A < C

116. Which of the following states or Union Territories is home to the Pir Panjal range ?

(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Uttarakhand (4) Jammu & Kashmir

117. Who appoints the Supreme Court judges ?

(1) Prime Minister (2) Attorney General (3) Vice President (4) President

118. A recent mega merger of a bank and a non-banking finance company involved ______.

(1) HDFC and HDFC bank (2) DHFL and HDFC bank (3) IDFC and ICICI bank (4) Indiabulls and SBI

119. Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize winner for feature photography, worked for

(1) AFP (2) Reuters (3) TASS (4) Xinhua

120. M is son of A, R is daughter of V, S is sister of M and R. B is married to S and K is son of B. M is only brother of S and R. L is daughter of R. Then L is related to A as

(1) Daughter-in-law (2) Daughter (3) Grand daughter (4) Aunt

121. According to a popular view of scholars in which diamond mine does the World famous 'Kohinoor Diamond' found ?

(1) Kollur (2) Samarlakota (3) Vajrakarur (4) Kolar

122. Who among the following persons wrote "Nitisara" in Sanskrit?

(1) King Rudradeva (2) Jayapa Senani (3) Manavalli Ramakrishna (4) None of the above

123. In a certain code language if GAME = 30, RAT = 42, then GREAT will be equal to

(1) 46 (2) 64 (3) 59 (4) 56

124. How many schedules are there in the Indian Constitution ?

(1) 12 (2) 10 (3) 11 (4) 9

125. Identify the Velama ruler who has shifted the capital city from a Amanagallu to Rachakonda.

(1) Singama Nayaka-I (2) Betha Nayaka (3) Anapota Nayaka-I (4) Kumara Singama Nayaka

126. Select the suitable alternative to replace '?' in the following so as to keep the analogy as is there in the two sets of numbers given left to '?' mark

7 : 49 : 56 :: 5 : 25 : 30 :: ?

(1) 4 : 16 : 64 (2) 3 : 9 : 12 (3) 8 : 16 : 24 (4) 5 : 30 : 35

127. Which one of the language-culture groups represent the oldest speech family of India ?

(1) Aryan (2) Dravidian (3) Austric (4) Sino-Tibeten

128. Identify the wrong pair. (Newspaper – Persons)

(1) Amrit Bazar Patrika – Motilal Ghosh

(2) Bengalee – Surendranath Benerjee

(3) Yugantar – Arabindo Ghosh

(4) Sandhya – Brahmabandhav Upadhyay

129. "Dakshinapatapathi" was title of Satavahana King

(1) Satakarni I (2) Pulomavi II (3) Gautamiputra Satakarni (4) Yagna sree satakarni

130. Gandhiji was not associated with one of the following news papers

(1) Navajeevan (2) Satyagrahi (3) Harijan (4) Young India

131. Who was the First Indian to have dissected a dead body in modern time ?

(1) U.N. Brahmachari (2) U.N. Dutt (3) K.N. Das (4) Madusudan Gupta

132. The group of seven (G7) held its 47th summit in

(1) England (2) Washington (3) Oslo (4) Cuba

133. In which Qutub Shahi Sultan court Addanki Gangadhara Kavi was in

(1) Ibrahim-Quli-Qutubshah (2) Muhammad-Quli-Qutubshah (3) Muhammad-Qutubshah (4) Abdullah Qutubshah

134. What is the old name of Secunderabad ?

(1) Mohalla (2) Lashkar (3) Patnam (4) Dewdi

135. Who married "Rudrabhattarika" the daughter of Saka King Rudrasena ?

(1) Santamula I (2) Maharipiutra Virapurushadatta (3) Ehuvala Santamula (4) Rudrapurusha Datta

136. Which state of India first implemented the Right to Information Act (RTI) ?

(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Telangana (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Bihar

137. Which Qutub Shahi Sultan was murdered in the year 1543 CE by his own son Jamsheed ?

(1) Sultan Quli Qutub-ul-Mulk (2) Ibrahim-Quli (3) Muhammad-Quli (4) Taneshah

138. The famous 'Siddeshwara Temple' centered at Hanumakonda was constructed by

(1) Rudradeva I (2) Prola Raja I (3) Rudramadevi (4) Achitendra

139. Identify the Shankarachrya's four headquarters of monasteries.

(1) Kanchi, Sringeri, Dwaraka and Puri

(2) Puri, Badrinarayana, Kanchi and Sringeri

(3) Puri, Kanchi, Sringeri and Dwaraka

(4) Dwaraka, Badrinarayana, Sringeri, and Puri

140. Elysee Palace is the official residence of the President of

(1) United Kingdom (2) Srilanka (3) France (4) Singapore

141. Pointing to a photograph covered with a curtain a man said to his brother-in-law that "she is mother of my father's daughter". Then the person in the photograph is related to brother-in-law of that man as

(1) Mother-in-law (2) Daughter-in-law (3) Sister (4) Mother

142. In the below series select the suitable number and letter from the alternatives to replace the two blank spaces.

Z, X, 22, 20, R, P, 14, 12, J, ____, ____

(1) H, F (2) 8, 6 (3) H, 6 (4) 8, F

143. Which of the following is in the Island of Andaman & Nicobar ?

(1) Guindy National Park (2) Kaziranga National Park (3) Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (4) Bison National Park

144. Buddhavanam, a Buddhist heritage theme park, was inaugurated recently at ______.

(1) Hyderabad (2) Bhuvanagiri (3) Nagarjunakonda (4) Sarangapur

145. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(1) Muchiri – Port of Chera Kingdom

(2) Madurai – Capital of Pandya Kingdom

(3) Korkai – Capital of Chera Kingdom

(4) Uraiyur – Capital of early Cholas

146. Identify the place where famous Jain scholar "Rishbanatha" lived after escaping the torture of Eastern Chalukyan King Raja Raja Narendra in Telangana.

(1) Warangal (2) Hanumakonda (3) Patancheru (4) Kotilingala

147. From the given alternatives, select the one which is different from the other three alternatives.

(1) 49 (2) 81 (3) 25 (4) 64

148. The Council of Ministers of Government of India is controlled by ______.

(1) Rajya Sabha only (2) Lok Sabha only (3) Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (4) None of the above

149. Nikhat Jareen won a Goldmedal at the 2022 IBS Women's World Boxing championship in

(1) Antalya (2) Tokyo (3) Poland (4) Turkey

150. Which Commission was appointed by the British Government to enquire in to Indian expenditure ?

(1) Welby Commission (2) Andrews Commission (3) Elliot Commission (4) Strachy Commission

151. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (Associations – Reformers)

(1) Atmiya Sabha – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(2) Dharma Sabha – Prasanna Kumar Tagore

(3) Tatvabodhini Sabha – Devendranath Tagore

(4) Goodwill Fraternity – Keshava Chandrasen

152. Which one of the following statement is not correct regarding Delhi Sultanate ?

(1) Alauddin Khilji separated religion from politics.

(2) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq imposed a ban on 'Sati' condemning it as an unfair practice.

(3) Firozshah Tughlaq imposed 'Jizya' even on Brahmans.

(4) Sikinder Lodi exempted the collection of Jizya on Hindus.

153. Identify the wrong pair. (Teachers – Sect that follow different paths)

(1) Purana Kassapa – Sceptics

(2) Pakuda Katyayana – Anuvadins

(3) Makkhali Gosala – Ajivikas

(4) Ajita Kesakamblin – Charvaka

154. India is a Sovereign Socialist ______ country.

(1) Secular (2) Democratic (3) Republic (4) All the above

155. Identify the capital city of Rastrakutas

(1) Badami (2) Vengi (3) Pattadakal (4) Manyakheta

156. In a certain code, table is ball, ball is glass, glass is chair, chair is computer, computer is pencil and pencil is book. Then according to this code language the instrument to draw figures is

(1) Pencil (2) Table (3) Computer (4) Book

157. Identify the duration of the months for the 'Kharif Cropping Season in India'

(1) October – March (2) April – June (3) June – September (4) None of the above

158. The environment clearance granted by the Union Ministry of Environment is for ______ years.

(1) 10 (2) 8 (3) 5 (4) 3

159. Identify the Stretch for which the National Waterway 1 of India (NW 1) was setup

(1) Allahabad – Haldia stretch (2) Sadiya – Dhubri stretch (3) Kottapuram – Kollam stretch (4) None of the above

160. Who described Sarvai Papanna's revolt as "Robin-hood-like" event ?

(1) Barbara & Thomas Metcalf (2) Irvin & Munroe (3) Richards & Cohen (4) Sherwani & Yazdani

161. A₁, A₂, A₃, A₄, A₅, A₆, A₇ and A₈ are sitting around a circular table facing the direction opposite to that of the Centre. A₈ is fourth to the left of A₂ and second to the right of A₆. A₁ is third to the left of A₃, who is not an immediate neighbour of A₆. A₇ is second to the left of A₁. A₄ is second to the right of A₅. The person fifth to the left of A₆ is

(1) A₄ (2) A₂ (3) A₅ (4) A₃

162. Which of the following is the largest plateau in India ?

(1) Malwa plateau (2) Vindhyachal plateau (3) Deccan plateau (4) Chota Nagpur plateau

163. Where is the International Court of Justice located ?

(1) New York city (2) Hague (3) Geneva (4) Hyderabad

164. Which of the following statements is not correct about Arthasastra ?

(1) It opens with the auspicious symbol of 'om'.

(2) A pandit of Tanjore district handed over manuscript of Arthasastra to R. Shamasastry, the librarian of Mysore Government oriental library in 1905.

(3) It does not contain any reference to Mauryas, their empire, Chandragupta or Pataliputra.

(4) It consists of 16 books (Adhikaranas).

165. Two entities are given to the left of :: and these are related in some way. One entity and '?' are given to the right of :: . Select a suitable alternative to replace '?' so as to keep the analogy.

FLAME : UOZNV :: BRING : ?

(1) YIRMT (2) YIQOS (3) YJRNU (4) YJQMS

166. The number of triangles that can be identified from the figure given below is

This question is diagram-based — it asks how many triangles appear in a given figure. The figure cannot be reproduced as text.

(1) 12 (2) 16 (3) 17 (4) 20

167. Chandragupta II is the son of

(1) Samudragupta and Dattadevi (2) Samudragupta and Kumaradevi (3) Samudragupta and Dhruvadevi (4) Samudragupta and Prabhavatidevi

168. When was the First Industrial Policy of India launched ?

(1) 1951 (2) 1965 (3) 1948 (4) 1981

169. Match the following.

(Freedom Fighters): (a) Jayanarayan Vyas (b) K. C. Reddy (c) Premnath Bazaz (d) Ramananda Tirtha

(Native States): (i) Kashmir (ii) Hyderabad (iii) Mysore (iv) Jodhpur

The correct answer is —

(1) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

(2) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

(3) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)

(4) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

170. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Jinnah, the Muslim League Leader ?

(1) Jinnah played a very important role in the conclusion of Lucknow pact in 1916.

(2) In 1929, Jinnah formulated fourteen points and made it clear that it was only on its basis the unity between the Hindus and Muslims would be possible in future.

(3) He has nothing to do with the inception of Muslim league in 1906.

(4) Under the leadership of Jinnah the All India Muslim league passed a resolution at Lahore for the separate nation for Muslims in 1944.

171. Which of the following is not a function of Parliament ?

(1) Distribution of revenues between the Union and the States

(2) Distribution of Legislative powers

(3) Disputes relating to Water

(4) Coordination between States

172. The Farman of founding the Osmania University was issued by Osman-Ali-Khan on

(1) 24th April, 1917 (2) 26th April, 1917 (3) 29th August, 1917 (4) 17th Sep., 1918

173. The Luni river, which originates in the pushkar valley of the Aravalli range, ends in which among the following ?

(1) As a tributary to Sabarmati (2) Rann of Kutch (3) Arabian sea (4) Mt. Abu

174. In a row n number of boys are sitting facing north. A boy X is twenty second from the left and another boy Y is thirty three from the right. A boy Z is third to right of X and sixth to the left of Y in that row. Then n =

(1) 65 (2) 64 (3) 62 (4) 63

175. Using this notation

A⊕B means A ÷ B; A⊖B means A + B; A⊗B means A − B; A⊕B means A × B; A⊘B means B^A

(57 ⊕ 3 ⊖ 6 ⊗ 9 ⊕ 3) ⊘ 2 =

(1) 1⊕4 (2) 1⊘4 (3) 1⊕4 (4) 4⊗1

This question uses five custom circled operator symbols that are near-identical in print; options (1) and (3) could not be reliably told apart during transcription, so treat the options here as unverified.

176. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy located ?

(1) Mussoorie (2) Nagpur (3) Hyderabad (4) Chandigarh

177. Which of the following is the cold desert of India ?

(1) Thar Desert (2) Ladakh Desert (3) Rann of Kutch Desert (4) Jaisalmer Desert

178. Which of the following is an example of extrusive Igneous rock ?

(1) Coal (2) Graphite (3) Fossils (4) Basalt

179. Where were "Roman Coins" found in Telangana ?

(1) Nustulapur (2) Medak (3) Nalgonda (4) Adilabad

180. The total sanctioned strength of the Rajya Sabha is ______ members.

(1) 210 (2) 230 (3) 250 (4) 280

181. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of countries from

(1) Europe and North America (2) Europe (3) Europe and South America (4) Baltic States

182. Which Prime Minister of India launched the MGNREGA ?

(1) Rajeev Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru (3) Man Mohan Singh (4) Deve Gowda

183. Two entities are given to the left of :: and these are related in some way. One entity and '?' are given to the right of :: . Select a suitable alternative to replace '?' so as to keep the analogy.

CIL : BIG :: DAY : ?

(1) BAT (2) CAT (3) EAT (4) PAY

184. Equality before law is part of ______.

(1) Right to Freedom (2) Right against Exploitation (3) Right to Equality (4) Right to Constitutional Remedies

185. "Communal harmony could not be permanently established in our country so long as highly distorted versions of history were taught in her schools and colleges, through the history text books." Who among the following said this ?

(1) Ravindranath Tagore (2) Mahatma Gandhi (3) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (4) Jawaharlal Nehru

186. What is not a characteristic of Indian Economy ?

(1) Low per capita income (2) Excessive dependence on Agriculture (3) High rate of population growth (4) High per capita income

187. Identify the Buddhist work which referred about "ASMAKA" Janapada ?

(1) Vinaya Pitaka (2) Sutta Pitaka (3) AbhiDhamma Pitaka (4) Anguttara Nikaya

188. Which Qutub Shahi General donated 'Sreekurmam' village to Lord Sreekurmanatha ?

(1) Amit Kumar (2) Ashwa Rao (3) Manikchand (4) Raman Rao

189. Select the one from the following alternatives which is different from the other three alternatives.

(1) Fly (2) Walk (3) Run (4) Static

190. Ghughua Fossil Park is located in

(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Rajasthan (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh

191. In a certain code language 'DOMAIN' is written as 'ALJXFK'. Then in the same code language 'RATION' is coded as

(1) OXQFLK (2) OXPELK (3) KLFQXO (4) KLEPXO

192. Ukai dam is situated across which of the following rivers ?

(1) Tapi (2) Narmada (3) Kaveri (4) Chambal

193. Which Velama Royal Family Women constructed the "Nagasamudram Tank" ?

(1) Nagamallika (2) Nagaladevi (3) Nagambika (4) Nagasree

194. Which one of the statements is not correct about revolutionaries of Bengal ?

(1) The first swadeshi dacoity to raise funds was organized in Chittagong in 1906.

(2) A bomb manufacturing centre was setup at Maniktala in Calcutta.

(3) Maniktala bomb conspiracy case accused Aurobindo Ghosh and his brother Barindra Kumar Ghosh were arrested.

(4) C.R. Das was defense counsel for Aurobindo Ghosh.

195. The word (may not have any meaning) to be filled in the blank space in the following series is

A, CD, GHI, ____ , UVWXY, EFGHIJ

(1) LMNO (2) KLMN (3) NOPQ (4) MNOP

196. India signed an agreement to sell Brahmos supersonic cruise missile to ______ recently.

(1) Ukraine (2) Srilanka (3) Philippines (4) Myanmar

197. The recently restored 200-year-old heritage building in Osmania University College for women was originally a ______.

(1) British Residency (2) Nizam's guest house (3) Military headquarters (4) Royal polo grounds

198. Which of the following statements is not correct about reign of Akbar ?

(1) Raja Todarmal, a Rajput noble became Akbar's revenue minister.

(2) Raja Birbal, a Brahmin rose to high position and became Diwan.

(3) Raja Mansingh, brother-in-law of Akbar was made the commander of the military forces.

(4) Promoulgation of a new religious philosophy called the Din-I-Illahi in 1582 by Akbar.

199. Who constructed the "Bhimeshwara Temple" at Vemulawada ?

(1) Baddega (2) Arikesari-I (3) Yuddhamalla-I (4) Yuddhamalla-II

200. What is Metaverse ?

(1) Video Game (2) Piece of puzzle (3) Virtual World for people's interaction (4) Low Connectivity