OSSC CGL (Prelim) - Mock Test- 2

Time – 2hr 30 min

Full Marks: 150
Each question carries 1 mark. Answer all questions.
There will be negative marking @0.25 mark for every wrong answer.

Arithmetic

1. Manoranjan started a business with Rs.21,000 and is joined afterwards by Balaram with
Rs.36,000. After how many months did Balaram join if the profits at the end of the year are
divided equally?

(A)4 (B)7 (C)6 (D)5

2. Manoj rows 40.5 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 13.5 kmph, it takes him 90 minutes
to row to a place and back. How far is the place?

(A)21 (B)25 (C)27 (D)23

3. A fraction is greater than twice its reciprocal by 7/15. What is the fraction?

(A)5/3 (B)3/5 (C)4/3 (D)3/4

4. Jagabandhu cycles from hostel to college at a speed of 20 kmph and reaches 14.5 minutes late. If
he cycles at a speed of 24 kmph and reaches early by 14.5 minutes, find the distance between
hostel and college.

(A)55 (B)57 (C)58 (D)56

5. An article is bought for Rs.27000 and sold at a loss of 20%. Find its selling price.

(A)21600 (B)24600 (C)23600 (D)22600

6. The average weight of a kabaddi team of 141 players is 91 kg. If the weight of the manager is
included, then the average increases by 1 kg. Find the weight of the manager.

(A)235 (B)231 (C)237 (D)233

7. If 22a=23b and 29b=22c, find a:b:c.

(A)22:29:23 (B)23:22:29 (C)22:23:29 (D)29:22:23

8. The difference between simple interest and compound interest at the same rate forRs.5900 for 2
years is Rs.236. Find the rate of interest.

(A)30% (B)20% (C)15% (D)25%

9. 44 male and 55 female members form a group of social workers. During their membership drive,
the equal number of males and females joined this group. How many female members does the
group have now, if the ratio of male to female is 13:14?

(A)134 (B)124 (C)144 (D)154

10. What digit will come in place of question mark in the following equation?
54.(?)9 + 567 + 5.67 = 627.26

(A)5 (B)7 (C)3 (D)9

11. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, while C and D can do the same work in 15days. In how
many days will A, B, C and D do it together?

(A)6 (B)5 (C)4 (D)3

12. A Plane travels at a speed of 580 kmph and covers a certain distance in 48 minutes. Find the
distance covered in meters.

(A)474000 (B)464000 (C)444000 (D)454000

13. Rakesh spends 15% of his monthly income on his household expenditure, 20% on books, 30% on
clothes and saves the rest. On counting, he comes to know that he has finally saved Rs.12565. Find
his monthly income.

(A)34900 (B)36900 (C)37900 (D)35900

14. Find the simple interest on Rs.10800 at 25% per annum for 6 months.

(A)1550 (B)1250 (C)1450 (D)1350

15. If 79% of a number is added to 399, then the result is the number itself. Find the number.

(A)2000 (B)1800 (C)1700 (D)1900

16. The ratio between the number of males and females in a college is 25:26. If the number of males
is increased by 20% and the number of females is increased by 30%, then what will be the new
ratio of males and females in the college?

(A)150:167 (B)169:157 (C)150:169 (D)169:152

17. What digit will come in place of question mark in the following equation?
54.(?)3 + 603 + 6.03 = 663.26

(A)6 (B)4 (C)8 (D)2

18. The average weight of 269 fertilizer bags is 69 kgs. If the weight of the box (in which the fertilizer
bags are kept) is included, the calculated average weight per fertilizer bag will increase by 0.7 kg.
What is the weight of the box? (In kg)

(A)188.3 (B)208.3 (C)178.3 (D)198.3

19. Three partners A, B and C invests a total sum of Rs.30000. At the end of the year, A gets20400
rupees, B gets 25500 rupees and C gets 30600 rupees as profit. How much amount is invested by A
and C together?

(A)22000 (B)21000 (C)23000 (D)20000

20. 13 girls can dig a pit in 390 days. If a boy is twice as efficient as a girl, then 1 girl and 6boys can dig
a similar pit in how many days?

(A)390 (B)430 (C)410 (D) 440

21. A train takes 58 seconds to cross a bridge of length 33 m. If the same train takes 55seconds to
cross a man standing on the bridge, find the length of the train.

(A)615 (B)605 (C)625 (D)635

22. The length, breadth and height of a room in the shape of a cuboid are increased by 20%, 25% and
30% respectively. Find the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid.

(A)105% decrease (B)105% increase (C)95% increase (D)95% decrease

23. What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following question?
677/900-577/900+477/900 =?

(A)0.641111 (B)0.441111 (C)0.541111 (D)0.741111

24. A sum of money invested at simple interest becomes 3 times of itself in 25 years. How many times
will it become in 75 years’ time?

(A)5 (B)7 (C)11 (D)9

25. Abhi started a business with Rs.32,000 and is joined afterwards by Manoj withRs.48,000. After
how many months did Manoj join if the profits at the end of the year are divided equally?

(A)5 (B)4 (C)6 (D)7

26. Rice worth Rs.230 per kg and Rs.238 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:3:2. If the
mixture is worth Rs.281 per kg, find the price of the third variety per kg.

(A)341 (B)351 (C)371 (D)361

27. A box contains 12 black, 11 blue and 13 red pens. If 3 pens are picked at random, whatis the
probability that all the pens are red? (Upto two decimals)

(A)0.04 (B)0.1 (C)0.08 (D)0.06

28. Akil, Jaya, Chamu enter into a partnership. Akil contributes one-third of the whole capital while
Jaya contributes as much as the contribution of Akil and Chamu together. If the profit at the end
of the year is Rs.1,08,000, how much would Chamu receive?

(A)16000 (B)14000 (C)18000 (D)36000

29. A mobile is bought for Rs.4600 and sold at Rs.5980. Find the gain percentage.

(A)36 (B)30 (C)34 (D)32

30. A buys a pair of metal article whose market price is Rs.19000. He has to pay a sales tax of Rs.1140.
Find the rate of sales tax.

(A)7 (B)8 (C)9 (D)6

31. How much water must be added to 160 Ltr of 60% solution of acid to reduce it to a 30% solution of
acid? (In Ltr)

(A)162 (B)164 (C)160 (D)166

32. The average age of A, B and C is 75. If the average age of A and B is 73 and that of B and C is 77,
then find the age of B. (In years)

(A)79 (B)77 (C)75 (D)73

33. Three numbers are in the ratio 24:25:26. The smallest number is 1824. Find the difference
between the smallest and the largest number.

(A)132 (B)152 (C)142 (D)122

34. A sum of money invested at simple interest triples itself in 18 years. Find in how many years will it
become 19 times itself at the same rate of interest.

(A)182 (B)162 (C)152 (D)172

35. A flight covers a distance between A and B in 27 hours. If the speed of the flight is reduced by 280
km/hr, then the same distance is covered in 32 hours. Find the distance between A and B. (In km)

(A)48384 (B)47384 (C)45384 (D)46384

36. In a competitive examination, 70% candidates passed in section A, 55% in section B while 10%
failed in both the sections. If 595 students passed in both the sections, find the total number of
candidates who appeared in the competitive examination.

(A)1600 (B)1900 (C)1800 (D)1700

37. If 15600/1.95 = 8000, what is the value of 31200/19.5?

(A)1500 (B)1800 (C)1700 (D)1600

38. A five digit number is formed with the digits 7, 3, 4, 5 and 6 without repetition. Find the
probability that the number is divisible by 5.

(A)3/5 (B)1/5 (C)4/5 (D)2/5

39. The average of 9 observations was 1123. The average of the first of 4 is 1119 and that of the last 4
is 1127. What is the fifth observation?

(A)1123 (B)1323 (C)1423 (D)1223

40. Milk and water are in the ratio of 3:2 in a mixture of 210 liters. How much water should be added
so that the ratio of milk and water becomes 2:3?

(A)111 (B)105 (C)109 (D)107

41. A train travels from Delhi to Amristar at a speed of 74 km/hr and returns at a speed of 76km/hr. If
it takes 150 hours for total travel, then find the distance between Delhi and Amristar.

(A)5824 (B)5624 (C)5724 (D)5524

42. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 495 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do the same
work in 396 days. In how many days can 5 men and 5 boys do the work?

(A)210 (B)220 (C)200 (D)190

43. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs.6090 in 3 years and to Rs.6720 in 4years. Find
the sum.

(A)4200 (B)4100 (C)4400 (D)4300

44. Salaries of R and S are in the ratio 4:5. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.4200, the new ratio
becomes 13:15. What is the original salary of S?

(A)8200 (B)8800 (C)8400 (D)8600

45. 0.255 x 0.0337 is equal to:

(A)0.0085975 (B)0.0085955 (C)0.0085915 (D)0.0085935

Data Interpretation

Question:

Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years:

Item of Expenditure
Year Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98
1. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this
period?

(A)₹ 32.43 lakhs (B)₹ 33.72 lakhs (C)₹ 34.18 lakhs (D)₹ 36.66 lakhs

2. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what
percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

(A)0.1% (B)0.5% (C)1% (D)1.25%

3. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?

(A)₹ 544.44 lakhs (B)₹ 501.11 lakhs (C)₹ 446.46 lakhs (D)₹ 478.87 lakhs

4. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total
expenditure in 2002?

(A)62% (B)66% (C)69% (D)71%

5. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on
Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?

(A)4:7 (B)10:13 (C)15:18 (D)5:8

Question:

A soft drink company prepares drinks of three different flavors - X, Y and Z. The production of
three flavors over a period of six years has been expressed in the bar graph provided below. Study
the graph and answer the questions based on it.

Production of Three Different Flavors X, Y and Z by a Company over the years (in lakh bottles)
6. For which of the following years the percentage of rise/fall in production from the previous year is
the maximum for the flavor Y?

(A)1996 (B)1997 (C)1998 (D)1999

7. For which flavor was the average annual production maximum in the given period?

(A)X only (B)Y only (C)Z only (D)X and Y

8. What was the approximate decline in the production of flavor Z in 2000 as compared to the
production in 1998?

(A)50% (B)42% (C)33% (D)25%

9. The total production of flavour Z in 1997 and 1998 is what percentage of the total production of
flavour X in 1995 and 1996?
(A) 96.67% (B) 102.25% (C) 115.57% (D)133.33%

10. What is the difference between the average production of flavor X in 1995, 1996 and 1997 and the
average production of flavor Y in 1998, 1999 and 2000?

(A)50,000 bottles (B)80,000 bottles (C)2,40,000 bottles (D)5,00,000 bottles

Question:

The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in
publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and answer the questions based on it.

Various expenditures (In Percentage) Incurred in Publishing A Book:

11. What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty?

(A)15 (B)24 C)54 (D)48

12. Which two expenditures together have a central angle of 108º?

(A)Printing Cost and Transportation Cost (B)Binding Cost and Paper Cost

(C)Royalty and Promotion Cost (D)Binding Cost and Paper Cost

13. If the difference between the two expenditures are represented by 18º in the pie-chart, then
these expenditures possibly are :

(A)Binding Cost and Promotion Cost (B)Paper Cost and Royalty

(C)Binding Cost and Printing Post (D)Paper Cost and Printing Cost

14. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by :

(A)5% (B)33.333% (C)20% (D)25%

15. If for an edition of the book, the cost of paper is Rs. 56250, then find the promotion cost for this
edition.
(A)Rs. 20,000 (B)Rs. 22,500 (C)Rs. 25,500 (D)Rs. 28,125

16. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then
what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the book?

(A)Rs. 36 (B)Rs. 37.50 (C)Rs. 42 (D)Rs. 44.25

17. Among T, V, B, E and C, who is the third from the top when arranged in the descending order of
their weights?

Statements: I. B is heavier than T and C and is less heavy than V who is not the heaviest.

II. C is heavier than only T.

(A)I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

(B)II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

(C)Either I or II is sufficient

(D)Neither I nor II is sufficient

18. Which word in the code language means 'flower'?

Statements: I. 'de fu la pane' means 'rose flower is beautiful' and 'la quiz' means 'beautiful tree'.

II. 'de la chin' means 'red rose flower' and 'pa chin' means 'red tea'.

(A)I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

(B)II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

(C)Either I or II is sufficient

(D)Neither I nor II is sufficient

19. How many students in a class play football?

Statements: I. Only boys play football.

II. There are forty boys and thirty girls in the class.

(A)I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

(B)II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

(C)Either I or II is sufficient

(D)Neither I nor II is sufficient

20. Who is C's partner in a game of cards involving four players A, B, C and D?

Statements: I. D is sitting opposite to A.

II. B is sitting right of A and left of D.

(A)I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

(B)II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

(C)Either I or II is sufficient

(D)Neither I nor II is sufficient

21. On a T.V. channel, four serials A, B, C and D were screened, one on each day, on four consecutive
days but not necessarily in that order. On which day was the serial C screened?

Statements: I. The first serial was screened on 23rd, Tuesday and was followed by serial D.

II. Serial A was not screened on 25th and one serial was screened between serials A
and B.

(A)I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

(B)II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient

(C)Either I or II is sufficient

(D)Neither I nor II is sufficient

 Q. The marks obtained by 273 examinees are shown by the frequency polygon. Given that mean
marks is 59.5. Study the frequency polygon and answer the given questions.

22. The number of examinees getting more than average marks is

(A) 72 (B) 105 (C) 152 (D) 164

23. Percentage of the students who get above 80% marks is

(A) 9.81 (B) 10.53 (C) 11.28 (D) 11.72

24. Percentage of the students who got marks above 60% and below 80% is
(A) 43.95 (B) 48.39 (C) 51.06 (D) 56.84

25. If 40 is the pass marks, percentage of students failed is

(A) 14.56 (B) 15.84 (C) 16.11 (D) 17.25

Q. The following graph shows production (in thousands) of two types (P and Q) of vehicles by a
factory over the years 2009 to 2014. Study the graph and answer the given questions.
26. In how many of the given years, was the production of Type P vehicles of the company more than
the average production of this type vehicles in the given years?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5

27. Approximate percentage decrease in production of Type Q vehicles from 2010 to 2011 is

(A)10.1 (B) 16.7 (C) 14.3 (D) 12.5

28. The total production of Type P vehicles in the years 2009 and 2011 is what percent of total
production of Type Q vehicles in 2010 and 2014?
(A) 75 (B) 69.25 (C) 80 (D) 81.25

29. The ratio of total production of Type P vehicles to total production of type Q vehicles over the
years is
(A) 48 : 41 (B) 5 : 8 (C) 8 : 5 (D) 41 : 48

30. The production of Type Q vehicles in 2010 was approximately what percent of Type P vehicles in
2014?
(A) 60 (B) 45.5 (C) 54.5 (D) 75

Reasoning

1. In a certain code language, ‘CHILD’ is written as ‘IMOQJ’. How will ‘BABE’ be written in the same
language?

(A)HFHJ (B)FGFK (C)FFGJ (D)HFGJ

2. If ‘FRANCE’ is coded as ‘NCEFRA’ and ‘CANADA’ is coded as ‘ADACAN’, then how will you code
‘MEDICINE’?

(A)CNIEMEDI (B)CINEDEMI (C)CINEMEDI (D) CINEDEIM

Q. Study the following arrangements of numbers, symbols and letters carefully, follow the
instructions and answer the questions.

8KL5IRT82%U*1SV^WNMZ27$F!B¥0
3. After eliminating all the alphabet from the series which will be the 10th element from the left
side?
(A) T (B) % (C) $ (D)7

4. If all the digits in the series are multiplied with 3 and then all numbers added, the resultant is?

(A) 101 (B) 100 (C)90 (D)99

5. In a certain code language, ‘col tip mot’ means ‘singing is appreciable’, ‘mot baj min’ means ‘
dancing is good’ and ‘tip nop baj’ means ‘singing and dancing’. Which of the following means
‘good’ in that code language?

(A)mot (B)min (C)baj (D)tip

6. If ‘wall’ is called ‘window’, ‘window’ is called ‘door’, ‘door’ is called ‘floor’, ‘floor’ is called ‘roof’
and ‘roof’ is called ‘ventilator’, then what does a ‘person’ stand on?

(A)roof (B)floor (C)ventilator (D) door

Directions (Q. Nos. 7-8) In each of the following questions, a word has been given, followed by four
other words. One of which can be formed by using the letters from the given word. Find that word.

7. RECOMMENDATION

(A)COMMUNICATE (B) REMINDER (C) MEDICO (D) MEDIATES

8. CONSTANTINOPLE

(A) CONTINUE (B) CONSCIENCE (C) CONSTANCE (D) CONTENT

9. Kaviraj starts moving towards South from his house P. He walks some distance and then turns to
his left. He, again takes left turn after certain distance and continues moving. He takes a final
turn rightward to reach a point M. Which direction does he move after the final turn?

(A)SOUTH (B) NORTH (C) WEST (D) EAST

10. One morning after Sunrise, Sita and Gita were standing at CRPF Square in Bhubaneswar with their
back towards each other. Sita’s shadow fell exactly towards her right hand side. Which direction
was Gita facing?

(A)EAST (B) WEST (C) NORTH (D) SOUTH

11. The time in a clock is quarter past twelve. If the hour hand points to the East, which is the
direction opposite to the minute hand?

(A)SOUTH-WEST (B) SOUTH (C) WEST (D) NORTH

12. In a clock at 12: 30 hour needle is in North direction while minute needle is in South direction. In
which direction would be minute needle at 12: 45?

(A)NORTH-WEST (B) SOUTH-EAST (C) WEST (D) EAST

Q. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:

Ten persons namely Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Parul, Dinesh, Sheema, Anil, Dharam, Dolly and Sheela go
for a magic show and they all sit on a single row of seats numbered 1 to 10. There are three couples
in the group. Each couple has only one child, the child always sits next to its mother. A family (father,
mother and child) always sit together. Sheela, Dolly, Parul, and Sheema are females whereas Litesh,
Pawan, Nitu, Dinesh and Dharam are males.
 I. Dinesh sits on seat number 6 which is immediately next (forward or backward direction)
to Nitu’s mother’s seat.
II. Sheela sits on a seat whose number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube.
III. Dharam is Dolly’s father and they both sit on prime numbered seats.
IV. Litesh, the bachelor sits next to Pawan.
V. The children are Nitu, Dolly and Dinesh.

13. Who is Dinesh’s mother, if the person sitting two places away from the person sitting immediately
next to Nitu is Parul?

(A) SHEEMA (B) SHEELA (C) PARUL (D) CANNOT BE DETERMINED

14. Who is sitting five places to the left of the person who is sitting two places to the left of Dharam’s
wife?

(A) LITESH (B) PAWAN (C) NITU (D) CANNOT BE DETERMINED

15. What is Anil’s seat number?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 10

Q. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

I. ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the father of Q’.

II. ‘P − Q’ means ‘P is the wife of Q’.
III. ‘P × Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’.
IV. ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is the daughter of Q’.

16. If A ÷ C + D + B, which of the following statements is true?

(A) A is the daughter of B (B) B is the aunt of A

(C) A is the aunt of B (D) A is the mother of B

17. If A − C + B, then which of the following statements is true?

(A) A is the daughter of B (B) b is the aunt of A

(C) A is the mother of B (D) A is the aunt of B

18. Richa is a strange liar. She lies on six days of the week but on the seventh day she always tells the
truth.
She made the following statement on three successive days.
Day 1 I lie on Monday and Tuesday.
Day 2 Today, its Thursday, Saturday or Sunday.
Day 3 I lie on Wednesday and Friday.

Q. On which day Richa tells the truth?

(A)SUNDAY (B) TUESDAY (C) FRIDAY (D) SATURDAY

19. A statement is given followed by four alternative arguments. Select the alternative which is most
appropriate.
Statements: Is it necessary that education should be job oriented?

Arguments:
(I) Yes, the aim of education is to prepare a person for earning.
(II) Yes, an educated person should stand on his own feet after completion of education.
(III) No, education should be for the sake of knowledge only.
(IV) No, one may take up agriculture where education is not necessary.

Answer :

(A) Only I and II arguments are strong.

(B) Only III and IV arguments are strong.
(C) Only I argument is strong.
(D) Only I and III arguments are strong.

20. From the given alternative words, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the
given word: ‘MULTIPLICATION’

(A) MUTUAL (B) LIMITATION (C) APPLICATION (D) NOTION

21. Suresh’s sister is the wife of Ram. Ram is Rani’s brother. Ram’s father is Madhur. Sheetal is Ram’s
grandmother. Rema is Sheetal’s daughter-in-law. Rohit is Rani’s brother’s son. Who is Rohit to
Suresh?

(A) BROTHER-IN-LAW (B) SON (C) BROTHER (D) NEPHEW

22. A two-member committee comprising of one male and one female member is to be constituted
out of five males and three females. Amongst the females, Ms. A refuses to be a member of the
committee in which Mr. B is taken as the member. In how many different ways can the committee
be constituted?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14

23. A clock gains five minutes every hour. What will be the angle traversed by the second hand in one
minute?

(A) 360° (B) 360.5° (C) 390° (D) 380°

Directions: In each of the following questions select the related letters/word/number from the given
alternatives.

24. CFIL : ORUX :: DGJM : ?

(A) HJLN (B) NQST (C) PSVY (D) RTVX

25. BEHK : YVSP :: DGJM : ?

(A) JGDA (B) ROLI (C) WTQN (D) ZWTQ

26. 24 : 60 :: 120 : ?

(A) 160 (B) 220 (C) 300 (D) 108

27. Insert the missing character in the following figure.

(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 20 (D) 21

28. Examine the following three figures in which the numbers follow a specific pattern.

The missing number (?) in the third figure above is :

(A)7 (B) 16 (C) 21 (D) 28

29. Which one of the figures shown below occupies the blank space (?) in the matrix given above?

Choose the right answer:

30. Which one of the figures shown below occupies the blank space (?) in the matrix given above?

31. Which figure from answer figures will continue the series of problem figures?

32. Which figure from answer figures will replace the question mark (?) from the problem figures?

33. The priest told the devotee, ‘The temple bell rings at regular interval of 45 min’. The last bell had
rung five minutes ago. The next bell is due to be rung at 7: 45 am. At what time did the priest give
this information to the devotee?

(A)7: 40 AM (B) 7: 05 AM (C) 6: 55 AM (D) NONE OF THESE

34. At ISBT, Baramunda, bus leaves for Cuttack after every 40 min. A enquiry clerk gave the
information to the passenger that last bus had left 10 min ago and next bus will leave at 10: 45
am for Cuttack. At what time did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passengers?

(A)10: 15 AM (B) 9: 55 AM (C) 10: 25 AM (D) 10: 35 AM

35. There are five books A, B, C, D and E. Book C lies above D, book E is below A, D is above A, B is
below E. Which is at the bottom?

(A) B (B) E (C) A (D) C

36. Geeta is smarter than Sita but not as smart as Rita, then

(A) Sita is not as smart as Geeta (B) Sita is smarter than Rita

(C) Rita is not as smart as Geeta (D) Geeta is smarter than Rita

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1. NASA has launched the CAPSTONE Mission to which of the following?

(A) Moon (B) Mars (C) Venus (D) Jupiter

2. Who has become the second woman to win the Fields Medal, which is referred as the Nobel Of
Mathematics?

(A) Jennifer Doudna (B) Esther Duflo (C) Maryna Viazovska (D) Olga Tokarczuk

3. “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life” is the autobiography of whom among
the following?

(A) Abhinav Bindra (B) Mahesh Bhupathi (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Viswanathan Anand

4. Shinzo Abe, who passed away in July 2022, was former Prime Minister of which country?

(A) China (B) Japan (C) Indonesia (D) Taiwan

5. Indian Army conducted the 4th Joint Military Exercise “AL NAJAH-IV” with Army of which country?

(A) Jordan (B) Oman (C) Israel (D) Egypt

6. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has passed a resolution to recognize which of the
following as Human Right?

(A) Internet Access (B) Healthy Environment

(C) Safe Transportation (D) None of the above
7. India’s first earthquake memorial has been built at which place?

(A) Bhuj (B) Pokhran (C) Nainital (D) Ladakh

8. Kazakhstan has renamed its Capital to which of the following?

(A) Astana (B) Almaty (C) Aktobe (D) Aktau

9. Who has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India?

(A) R Venkataramani (B) L Nageswar Rao (C) BVR Subrahmanyam (D) M N Bhandari

10. Who is the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

(A) Charles M. Rice B) David Julius (C) Ardem Patapoutian (D) Svante Pääbo

11. What was the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2022?

(A) 20th (B) 40th (C) 60th (D) 80th

12. 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC
(COP27) was hosted by which country?

(A) Kenya (B) Egypt (C) Israel (D) Turkey

13. Which of the following has been chosen as mascot for Paris Olympics 2024?

(A) Ascot cap (B) Boudoir cap (C) Chilote cap (D) Phrygian cap

14. Which Odia book won the Best Book on Cinema Award at the 68th National Film Awards 2022?

(A) Odia Cinema & Odias in Cinema (B) Kali Paine Kalira Cinema
(C) Odia Cinema Ra Itihasa (D) None of the above

15. Which of the following place from Odisha has been designated as a Ramsar site?

(A) Gahirmatha (B) San Ghagra (C) Satkosia Gorge (D) Hadgarh

16. In October 2022, which airport has received license from DGCA to start flight operation under
UDAN Scheme?

(A) Nuagaon (B) Lanjigarh (C) Jeypore (D) Utkela

17. In October 2022, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched which of the following programme?

(A) Football for All (B) Football for State

(C) Football for Villages (D) Football for Communities

18. Which of the following topped in the State Ranking Index for National Food Security Act (NFSA)
2022?

(A) Odisha (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
 Computer Awareness

1. ______ is a free and open-source operating system.

(A) MAC (B)GNU / Linux (C)Android (D) Windows

2. Booting instructions are stored inside :

(A) Floppy dish (B) ROM (C) RAM (D) Operating System

3. What is the binary representation of decimal number 92 ?

(A) 1100001 (B)1011100 (C) 1011110 (D)1011001

4. What is the full form of HTTP”?

(A) Hyper Technical Text Protocol (B) High Transfrer Text Performance
(C) Hyper Test and Transfrer Programme (D)Hypertest Transfer Protocol

5. Which key is used to spell-check and grammar check?

(A) F1 (B) F9 (C) F2 (D)F7

6. Third generation computers used _____.

(A) VLSI Technique (B) Transistors (C) Vacuum Tubes (D) Integrated Circuits

7. Which of the following is considered to be the first supercomputers of India?

(A) SAHASRA T (B) SAGA 220 (C) PARAM YUVA II (D) PARAM 8000

8. USB Pendrive is which type of storage device?

(A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Tertiary (D) None of the above

9. The standard internet protocol is :

(A) TCP/IP (B) UDP (C) FTP (D) www

10. Where is RAM located?

(A) Expansion Board (B) External Drive (C) Mother Board (D) All of above

11. Full form of URL is?

(A) Uniform Resource Locator (B) Uniform Resource Link

(C) Uniform Registered Link (D) Unified Resource Link
12. Which operations are performed by RAM?

(A) Read (B) Write (C) Read and Write (D) Depends on computer

13. BIOS is used for?

(A) Updating system information on network (B) Loading operating system

(C) It helps in routing (D) It take inputs from keywords and other devices
14. An electronic path, that sends signals from one part of computer to another is ?

(A) Logic Gate (B) Modem (C)Bus (D)Serial Port

15. Word processing, spreadsheet, and photo-editing are examples of:

(A) Application software. (B) System software.

(C) Operating system software. (D)Platform software.

16. The total set of interlinked hypertext documents worldwide is-

(A) HTTP (B) Browser (C) WWW (D) B2B

17. The main directory of a disk is called the.........directory.

(A) ROOT (B) SUB (C) FOLDER (D) NETWORK

18. A.........is a collection of data that is stored electronically as a series of records in a table.

(A) SPREADSHEET (B) PRESENTATION (C) DATABASE (D) WEB PAGE

19. What is the intersection of a column and a row on a worksheet called?

(A) COLUMN (B) VALUE (C) ADDRESS (D) CELL

20. Documents converted to......can be published to the Web.

(A) DOC FILE (B) HTTP (C) MACHINE LANGUAGE (D) HTML

21. Which of the following is not a source of the virus entering your system?

(A) USB drive (B) Email (C) Hard DisK (D) All of the above

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