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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error appropriate latter (a, b, c) If a sentence is free from error, your answer is (d).Question : You can eat (a)/ as much as you like (b)/ at the newly lunch bar. (c)/ No error (d) |
| A. | a |
| B. | b |
| C. | c |
| D. | d |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
A swimmer swims from a point A against a current for 5 min and then swims backwards in favour of the current for next 5 min. and comes to the point B. If AB = 100 m. then the speed of the current (in km/h) is : |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 0.6 |
| C. | 0.4 |
| D. | 0.2 |
| Answer» C. 0.4 | |
| 3. |
A person bought two bicycles for Rs.1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would get Rs.5 more. The difference in the cost price of the two bicycles was : |
| A. | Rs. 25 |
| B. | Rs.75 |
| C. | Rs.50 |
| D. | Rs.40 |
| Answer» D. Rs.40 | |
| 4. |
The marked price of a watch was Rs.720. A man bought the same for Rs.550.80 after getting 2 successive discounts, the 1st being 10%. What was the 2nd discount ? |
| A. | 18% |
| B. | 12% |
| C. | 14% |
| D. | 15% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged now, so that the work may finish in time ? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 50 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 56 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
A sum of money is sufficient to pay A's wages for 21 days and B's wages for 28 days. The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for: |
| A. | 24 1/2 days |
| B. | 12 days |
| C. | 12 1/4 days |
| D. | 14 days |
| Answer» C. 12 1/4 days | |
| 7. |
The radius of the circumcircle of a right angled triangle is 15 cm and the radius of its inscribed circle is 6 cm. Find the sides of the triangle. |
| A. | 30, 24, 25 |
| B. | 24, 36, 30 |
| C. | 30, 40, 41 |
| D. | 18, 24, 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. A circle through B touching AC at the middle point intersects AB at P. Then AP : AB is : |
| A. | 3 : 5 |
| B. | 1 : 4 |
| C. | 4 : 1 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» C. 4 : 1 | |
| 9. |
The price of sugar having gone down by 10%, a consumer can buy 5 kg. more sugar for Rs.270. The difference between the original and reduced price per kg. is : |
| A. | 62 paise |
| B. | 60 paise |
| C. | 75 paise |
| D. | 53 paise |
| Answer» C. 75 paise | |
| 10. |
The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25%', a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is : |
| A. | 54.6% |
| B. | 45% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 51.4% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
If a * b = a + b + a / b, then the value of 12 * 4 is : |
| A. | 48 |
| B. | 19 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 21 |
| Answer» C. 20 | |
| 12. |
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 min, respectively. If both are opened together and at the end of 3 min, the first is closed. How much longer will the cistern take to fill ? |
| A. | 8 1/4 min. |
| B. | 8 3/4 min. |
| C. | 5 min. |
| D. | 8 1/2 min. |
| Answer» B. 8 3/4 min. | |
| 13. |
The curved surface area and the total surface area of a cylinder are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the total surface area of the right cylinder is 616 cm^2 , then its volume is . |
| A. | 1632 cm ^3 |
| B. | 1078 cm^3 |
| C. | 1232 cm^3 |
| D. | 1848 cm^3 |
| Answer» C. 1232 cm^3 | |
| 14. |
A person observed that he required 30 s time to cross a circular ground along its diameter than to cover it one along the boundary. If his speed was 30 m/min, the the radius of the circular ground is ( take r 22/7 ) |
| A. | 10.5 m |
| B. | 3.5 m |
| C. | 5.5 |
| D. | 7.5 m |
| Answer» C. 5.5 | |
| 15. |
A, B and C walk 1 km. in 5 min, 8 min, and 10 min, respectively. C starts walking from a point, at a certain time, B starts from the same point 1 min. later and A starts from the same point 2 min. later than C. Then, A meet B and C at times |
| A. | 2 min, 3 min |
| B. | 4/3 min. 3 min |
| C. | 2 min, 5/3 min |
| D. | 1 min, 2 min |
| Answer» D. 1 min, 2 min | |
| 16. |
The value of a machine depreciates every year at the rate of 10% on its value at the beginning of that year. If the current value of the machine is Rs.729, then its worth 3 yr ago was : |
| A. | Rs.947.10 |
| B. | Rs.800 |
| C. | Rs.1000 |
| D. | Rs.750.87 |
| Answer» D. Rs.750.87 | |
| 17. |
Two circles of same radius 5 cm, intersect each other at A and B. If AB = 8, then the distance between the centres is : |
| A. | 10 cm |
| B. | 4 cm |
| C. | 6 cm |
| D. | 8 cm |
| Answer» D. 8 cm | |
| 18. |
Find the maximum number of trees which can be planted 20 m apart on the two sides of a straight road 1760 m long. |
| A. | 174 |
| B. | 176 |
| C. | 180 |
| D. | 178 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
If a, b and c are non-zero, a+1/b = 1 and b+ 1/c = 1 then the value of abc is : |
| A. | - 3 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | -1 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» D. 3 | |
| 20. |
The average age of 14 girls and their teacher's age is 15 yr. If the teacher's age is excluded, then the average reduces by 1. What is the teacher's age ? |
| A. | 29 yr. |
| B. | 35 yr |
| C. | 32 yr |
| D. | 30 yr |
| Answer» B. 35 yr | |
| 21. |
A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C and D in the ratio 1/3: 1/4 : 1/5 ; 1/6. What is the minimum number of pens that the person should have ? |
| A. | 75 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 57 |
| D. | 65 |
| Answer» D. 65 | |
| 22. |
If the median drawn on the base of a triangle is half its base, then the triangle will be : |
| A. | Obtuse angled |
| B. | equilateral |
| C. | right angled |
| D. | acute angled |
| Answer» D. acute angled | |
| 23. |
The cost of manufacture of an article was Rs.900. The trader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of 10%. The marked price should be : |
| A. | Rs.1000 |
| B. | Rs.1500 |
| C. | Rs.1250 |
| D. | Rs.1200 |
| Answer» D. Rs.1200 | |
| 24. |
A, B, C and D purchase a gift worth Rs.60. A pays 1/2 of what others are paying, B pays 1/3rd of what others are paying and C pays 1/4th of what others are paying. What is the amount paid by D ? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
The value of (tan 1° tan 2° tan 3° ......tam 89°) is : |
| A. | undefined |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 89 |
| Answer» D. 89 | |
| 26. |
Mohan gets 3 marks for each correct sum and loses 2 marks for each wrong sum. He attempts 30 sums and obtains 40 marks. The number of sums solved correctly is : |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Three sides of a triangular field are of length 15 m, 20 m and 25 m long, respectively. Find the cost of sowing seeds in the field at the rate of Rs.5/- per sw m. |
| A. | 750 |
| B. | 150 |
| C. | 300 |
| D. | 600 |
| Answer» B. 150 | |
| 28. |
Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923 ? |
| A. | MK Gandhi |
| B. | GK Gokhale |
| C. | BG Tilak |
| D. | Chittaranjan Das |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
In which part of the Indian Constitution, the fundamental duties are enshrinted |
| A. | V |
| B. | IV |
| C. | IV A |
| D. | IV B |
| Answer» C. IV A | |
| 30. |
If the lengths of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6 and the in radius of the triangle is 3 cm, then the altitude of the triangle corresponding to the largest side as base is : |
| A. | 10 cm |
| B. | 8 cm |
| C. | 7.5 cm |
| D. | 6 cm |
| Answer» D. 6 cm | |
| 31. |
In dicots, the pollen grains possess: |
| A. | four germ pores |
| B. | one germ pore |
| C. | two germ pores |
| D. | three germ pores |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled within : |
| A. | 1 months |
| B. | 3 months |
| C. | 6 months |
| D. | 12 months |
| Answer» D. 12 months | |
| 33. |
The 'One Straw Revolutionwas written by : |
| A. | Norman Borlaug |
| B. | Masanobu Fukuoka |
| C. | Richael Carlson |
| D. | MS Swaminathan |
| Answer» C. Richael Carlson | |
| 34. |
Diamonds are priced higher than water because : |
| A. | their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water |
| B. | consumers do not buy them at lower price |
| C. | they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic powers |
| D. | their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of water |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
What type of information system would be recognised by digital circuits ? |
| A. | Only roman system |
| B. | Hexadecimal system |
| C. | Binary system |
| D. | Both hexadecimal and binary system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The natural disaster in which carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known as : |
| A. | glacial |
| B. | liminic |
| C. | lacaustrine |
| D. | fluvial |
| Answer» C. lacaustrine | |
| 37. |
Blood group was discovered by: |
| A. | Pavlov |
| B. | Alexander Fleming |
| C. | William Harvey |
| D. | Landsteiner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The most powerful woman in business in India as rated by the Fortune for the year 2012 is : |
| A. | Anjali Bansal |
| B. | Chanda Kochhar |
| C. | Prabha Parmeswaran |
| D. | Debjani Ghosh |
| Answer» C. Prabha Parmeswaran | |
| 39. |
Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by : |
| A. | hydrocarbon |
| B. | nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide |
| C. | carbon monoxide |
| D. | carbon dioxide |
| Answer» C. carbon monoxide | |
| 40. |
Aung San Suu Kyi is a native to : |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Tibet |
| C. | China |
| D. | Myanmar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Identify the odd term amongst the following groups. |
| A. | Microwaves |
| B. | Coaxial cable |
| C. | Optical fibre |
| D. | Twisted pair wire |
| Answer» B. Coaxial cable | |
| 42. |
Multi-purpose river valley projects are theNew temples of Modern IndiaThe above statement is made by: |
| A. | Rajiv Gandhi |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Motilal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» C. Motilal Nehru | |
| 43. |
First Hindu-American to enter in the US House of Representative as senator is : |
| A. | Ami Bera |
| B. | Tulsi Gabbard |
| C. | Sunita Williams |
| D. | Jyoti Sengupta |
| Answer» C. Sunita Williams | |
| 44. |
'Functional Finance is associated with : |
| A. | adams |
| B. | Abba P Lerner |
| C. | Adolph Wogner |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» C. Adolph Wogner | |
| 45. |
Acceptance Noise Pollution Levelin India range between: |
| A. | 70--------100db |
| B. | 10--------15 db |
| C. | 16---------35 db |
| D. | 40---------45 db |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is an impact printer ? |
| A. | Laser Printer |
| B. | Daisy Wheel printer |
| C. | inkjet printer |
| D. | Bubble-jet printer |
| Answer» C. inkjet printer | |
| 47. |
From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malviya take loans for financingThe Hindustan Times ? |
| A. | Bank of Baroda |
| B. | State Bank of India |
| C. | Punjab National Bank |
| D. | Bank of Maharashtra |
| Answer» D. Bank of Maharashtra | |
| 48. |
What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ? |
| A. | Kachchayanagottasutta |
| B. | Mahaparinirvansutta |
| C. | Brahmajalasutta |
| D. | Dhammachakkapaathanasutta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Externality theory is the basic theory of which of the following branch of Economics ? |
| A. | International Economics |
| B. | Macro Economics |
| C. | Environomics |
| D. | Fiscal Economics |
| Answer» D. Fiscal Economics | |
| 50. |
The hormone used as an oral contraceptive is : |
| A. | testosterone |
| B. | aldesterone |
| C. | cortisone |
| D. | progesterone |
| Answer» E. | |