Question : Which Article of the Indian Constitution lays the condition that the President, once elected, shall not be a member of the either House of Parliament or state legislature?

Option 1: Article 62

Option 2: Article 59

Option 3: Article 80

Option 4: Article 79

Question : Who was the President of India when Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister?

Option 1: Giani Zail Singh

Option 2: R Venkataraman

Option 3: Shankar Dayal Sharma

Option 4: N Sanjiva Reddy

Question : The monthly salary of a person was INR 75,000. He used to spend on Family Expenses (E), Taxes (T), and Charity (C), and the rest was his savings. E was 60% of the income, T was 20% of E and C was 15% of T. When his salary was raised by 40%, he maintained the percentage level of E, but T became 30% of E and C became 20% of T. The ratio of the savings of his earlier salary to that of his present salary is:

Option 1: 655 : 644

Option 2: 325 : 337

Option 3: 644 : 655

Option 4: 337 : 325

Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – operations on 13 such as adding /subtracting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
(27, 21, 16)
(24, 33, 19)

Option 1: (25, 21, 13)

Option 2: (36, 15, 17)

Option 3: (42, 18, 21)

Option 4: (32, 14, 7)

Question : Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at ____.

Option 1: Varanasi

Option 2: Allahabad

Option 3: Ujjain

Option 4: Mathura

Question : Direction: Following is the pie chart showing the result of the survey among 119060 people concerning tobacco. Study the pie diagram and answer the following question.

The number of people preferring bidi is:

Option 1: 29,790

Option 2: 29,765

Option 3: 11,906

Option 4: 59,530

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Rabindranath Tagore founded a small school at Santiniketan in 1901 and Kala Bhavan, an art school, in 1919, which became a part of the Visvabharati University founded in 1921. Located in an (2)________ village some distance from the city of Calcutta, Kala Bhavan presented an alternative methodology of art training in which studio-based practice was (3)________ in favour of learning through observation and living as a part of nature. The natural surroundings, with the (4)________ of bare red earth dotted with trees, the colours of the changing seasons, and the animals and birds (5)________ inspiration to students.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

Option 1: groomed

Option 2: refused

Option 3: provided

Option 4: agreed

Question : Directions: Four letter clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd letter cluster.

Option 1: GCKD

Option 2: UQYR

Option 3: XOTP

Option 4: NJRK

Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with blanks that are to be filled in with appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.

He reads ___________ that are __________ to his profession.

Option 1: weeklies, appropriate

Option 2: papers, apparent

Option 3: periodicals, pertinent

Option 4: magazines, acceptable

Question : In 1950-51, what percentage of the GDP of India was contributed by the industrial sector?

Option 1: 22 per cent

Option 2: 28 per cent

Option 3: 13 per cent

Option 4: 16 per cent