Q1. Who is currently the Chairman of IMF ?
A. Christine Lagarde
B. Kristalina Georgieva
C. Jean Claude Juncker
D. Donald Tusk
Q2. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30th January
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950
Q3. S-400 missiles are being acquired from
A. Sweden
B. UK
C. Russia
D. USA
Q4. Balakot is in
A. India’s north-east
B. Pakistan’s north-west
C. Afghanistan
D. Iran-Afghanistan border
Q5. Jaideep Mukherjee represented India in
A. Tennis
B. Badminton
C. Cricket
D. Football
Q6. The first Asian games were held in
A. Jakarta
B. New Delhi
C. Colombo
D. Bangkok
Q7. Which one of the following is not a Union Territory ?
A. Chandigarh
B. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C. Puducherry
D. Tripura
Q8. President Donald Trump succeeded
A. Bill Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. Colin Powel
D. George Bush Jr.
Q9. Which one of the following items is sought to be banned for protection of environment ?
A. Jute bags
B. Plastic bags
C. Paper bags
D. Cloth bags
Q10. The India-Bangladesh Border is guarded on the Indian side by
A. The Indian Army
B. Border Security Forces (BSF)
C. CRPF
D. Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Q11. How many districts are there in West Bengal ?
A. 21
B. 19
C. 24
D. 22
Q12. Who among the following persons was not a famous sculptor ?
A. Jogen Chowdhury
B. Nandalal Bose
C. Ramkinkar Baij
D. Tarasankar Bandhopadhyay
Q13. Khudiram Bose was hanged in
A. Medinipur
B. Dum Dum Central Jail
C. Muzaffarpur
D. Presidency Jail, Kolkata
Q14. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019 ?
A. Peter Handke
B. Bob Dylan
C. Olga Tokarczuk
D. Salman Rushdie
Q15. The 2016 Olympic games were held in
A. London
B. Rio-de-Janeiro
C. Moscow
D. Mexico city
Q16. Which one of the following rivers does not flow across the India-Bangladesh border ?
A. The Ganges
B. Teesta
C. Atrayec
D. Damodar
Q17. Fiji is in
A. the Asia-Pacific region
B. the North Atlantic region
C. North Africa
D. South America
Q18. Who won the World Championship in Badminton (women’s single) in 2019 ?
A. Sania Mirza
B. Saina Nehwal
C. P. V. Sindhu
D. Nozomi Okuhara
Q19. Except Hong Kong, how many other Special Administrative Regions (SARs) are there in China ?
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. None of the above
Q20. Who is the author of the book `The Third Pillar’ ?
A. Amartya Sen
B. Padma Desai
C. Raghuram Rajan
D. Jagdish Bhagwati
Q21. Greta Thunberg is
A. an Actor
B. a Tennis player
C. an Environmental activist
D. a Human Rights activist
Q22. Which one of the following is not an independent state?
A. Australia
B. Scotland
C. Belgium
D. Spain
Q23. Who is the present President of France?
A. Nicolas Sarkozy
B. Jean Monnet
C. Emmanuel Macron
D. Francois Hollande
Q24. Where does the Dalai Lama live ?
A. Mussoarie
B. Rumtek Monastery
C. Tawang
D. Mcleodganj, Dharmashala
Q25. Mahatma Gandhi had first started his non-violent non-cooperation movement in
A. UK
B. South Africa
C. India
D. Zimbabwe
Q26. Before becoming the president of India Pranab Mukherjee never held the post of
A. Defence Minister
B. Finance Minister
C. Minister for Railways
D. Minister for External Affairs
Q27. Vidyasagar’s birth place ‘Birsingha’ village is in
A. Hooghly district
B. Nadia district
C. West Medinipur district
D. Howrah district
Q28. How many seats are there in Lok Sabha?
A. 540
B. 543
C. 545
D. 550
Q29. Gautam Buddha was born in
A. KapilaVastu
B. Sarnath
C. Bodh Gaya
D. Lumbini
Q30. The Howdy Modi programme was held in
A. Los Angeles
B. New York
C. Houston
D. Washington
Q31. Which one of the following states is not a Member of SAARC ?
A. Bangladesh
B. Myanmar
C. Sri Lanka
D. Nepal
Q32. The Rafale deal relates to the acquisition of
A. helicopters
B. fighter planes
C. submarines
D. long range missiles
Q33. The Magsaysay Award (2019) in Journalism was given to
A. Swapan Dasgupta
B. Raveesh Kumar
C. Arnab Goswami
D. Ravindra Kumar
Q34. The UN Human Rights Commission has its headquarters in
A. Geneva
B. Washington
C. Paris
D. London
Q35. Lionel Messi hails from
A. Brazil
B. Argentina
C. Bolivia
D. Portugal
Q36. Which of the following team won the Cricket World Cup in 2019 ?
A. South Africa
B. England
C. New Zealand
D. India
Q37. Who among the following persons is a Boxer?
A. Dibyendu Barua
B. Chand Ram
C. Manju Rani
D. Dipa Karmakar
Q38. Which one of the following states of India has lost its special status due to abolition of Article 370 ?
A. Manipur
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Nagaland
D. Sikkim
Q39. The Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 had taken place in
A. Christ Church
B. Colombo
C. Bradford
D. Jerusalem
Q40. The battle of Plassey was fought in
A. 1757
B. 1758
C. 1857
D. 1858
Q41. A boat can be rowed 9 km. upstream or 18km. downstream in a period of 3 hrs. What is the speed of the boat in still water in km/hr ?
A. 4 km/hr
B. 4.5 km/hr
C. 3 km/hr
D. 3.5 km/hr
Q42. Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 9 hours and 12 hours respectively. If both pipes are in operation, the tank will be filled in
A. 36/7 hours
B. 37/7 hours
C. 38/7 hours
D. 5 hours
Q43. Sum of three consecutive even integers is 54. Find the least among them.
A. 18
B. 15
C. 20
D. 16
Q44. The ratio of the ages of A, B and C is 5 : 8 : 9. If the sum of the ages of A and C be 56 years, then the age of B is
A. 20 years
B. 32 years
C. 36 years
D. 40 years
Q45. If 50% of P = 25% of Q, then P = x% of Q. Find x = ?
A. 0.5
B. 2
C. 50
D. 0.005
Q46. A can do 1/3 of a work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B can do the work ?
A. 31/4 days
B. 75/8 days
C. 44/5 days
D. 10 days
Q47. Find the amount on Rs. 10,000 for 3 years at 10% compound interest, interest being payable annually.
A. Rs. 12,340
B. Rs. 13,210
C. Rs. 13,320
D. Rs. 13,310
Q48. A fruit seller bought 11 apples for Rs. 10 and sold 10 apples for Rs. 11. How much profit or loss did he make?
A. 20% loss
B. 21% loss
C. 20% profit
D. 21% profit
Q49. Find the smallest number which when divided by 57, 76 and 190, leaves the remainder 1 in each case.
A. 1140
B. 1141
C. 1150
D. 1151
Q50. The ratio of two numbers is 10 : 7 and their difference is 105. The sum of the numbers is
A. 595
B. 805
C. 1190
D. 1610
Q51. A sum of money becomes 27 times of itself in 3 years at compound interest. The rate of interest per annum is
A. 100%
B. 150%
C. 75%
D. 200%
Q52. The simplified value ofÂ
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Q53. If 579 * 2 be divisible by 11, the * mark digit is
A. 3
B. 7
C. 9
D. 11
Q54. 2/3 rd of a number is 26. Find out 25% of that number.
A. 9.25
B. 9.35
C. 9:55
D. 9.75
Q55. A, B, C can do a piece of work in 6, 12 and 24 days respectively. They all together will complete the work in
A. 31/4 days
B. 75/8 days
C. 35/4 days
D. 24/7 days
Q56. A certain principal amounts to Rs. 560 in 3 years and Rs. 600 in 5 years. Determine the rate of interest per annum.
A. 2%
B. 4%
C. 6%
D. 8%
Q57. The simple interest on Rs. 500 for 6 years at 5% per annum is
A. Rs. 250
B. Rs. 150
C. Rs. 140
D. Rs. 120
Q58. If the ratio of cost price and selling price of an article be 10 : 11, what is the profit per cent ?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 20%
Q59. A certain number when divided by 175 leaves a remainder 132. When the same number is divided by 25, the remainder is
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Q60. = ?
A. 0.03
B. 0.42
C. 0.003
D. 0.3
Q61. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 and their LCM is 315, their product is
A. 2358
B. 2538
C. 2835
D. 2853
Q62. A alone can do a piece of work in 12 days.B, who is 60% more efficient than A, will finish the work in
A. 15/2 days
B. 25/4 days
C. 8 days
D. 6 days
Q63. The value of is
A. 2.03
B. 2.1
C. 2.11
D. 2.13
Q64. A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?
A. 36 kmph
B. 45 kmph
C. 48 kmph
D. 50 kmph
Q65. If , then the * mark place is
A. 2/3
B. 3/2
C. 16/9
D. 15/7
Q66. If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 4 : 5, C : D = 3 : 7, then the ratio of A : B : C : D is
A. 8 : 12 : 15 : 35
B. 8 : 15 : 12 :35
C. 12 : 8 : 15 : 35
D. 12 : 8 : 35 : 15
Q67. 0.2 + 0.2 – 0.2 / 0.2 × (0.2 × 0.2), on simplification is
A. 0.04
B. 0.2
C. 1
D. 0.36
Q68. Successive discount of 10% and 30% are equivalent to a single discount of ______
A. 33%
B. 37%
C. 40%
D. 47%
Q69. 150 gm of sugar solution has 20% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 25% in the solution?
A. 10 gms
B. 35 gms
C. 40 gms
D. 45 gms
Q70. In a 200 m. race, A runs at 5 km/hr. A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 seconds. Find the speed of B in metre per second.
A. 48/19 m/sec
B. 24/19 m/sec
C. 32/19 m/sec
D. 60/19 m/sec
Q71. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank:
The examiner could not understand the candidate’s handwriting because it was ________
A. distinct
B. shining
C. stylish
D. illegible
Q72. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition from the list below:
He was successful _________ completing the job within four days.
A. on
B. in
C. with
D. of
Q73. Find from below the word that means a plant that grows in hot-dry regions covered in spines but without leaves:
A. Creeper
B. Cactus
C. Eucalyptus
D. Sugarcane
Q74. Replace the underlined verb with the most appropriate phrasal verbs
He decided to visit him at his home.
A. Call for
B. Call on
C. Call up
D. Call off
Q75. Change from Passive to Active Voice, choosing from the options below:
The crazy girl was laughed at.
A. They laughed at the crazy girl.
B. At the crazy girl they laughed.
C. They were laughed at by the crazy girl.
D. The crazy girl laughed at them
Q76. Replace the missing word with the right word from the options below:
All _________ Alok were present during the meeting.
A. except
B. expect
C. exceed
D. accept
Q77. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition listed below:
The tired hawker sat ________ the tree.
A. up
B. in
C. from
D. under
Q78. Find from below the word that means ‘Enormous’.
A. Famous
B. Normal
C. Incongruous
D. Huge
Q79. Replace the missing word with the right word from the options below:
The man was so _________ that he believed that God Himself had drunk the milk offered.
A. credible
B. creditable
C. credulous
D. incredible
Q80. Choose the correct spelling from the options below:
A. Hyphanated
B. Hyphennated
C. Hyphannated
D. Hyphenated
Q81. Find the word which has the same meaning as ‘Commence’,
A. Announce
B. Commend
C. Begin
D. Comment
Q82. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition from the list below:
The policeman seized him ________ his arm and led him away.
A. by
B. with
C. at
D. on
Q83. Choose from the following the correct indirect form of the sentence given:
He said to me, ‘I have never seen such a brilliant boy in my life’.
A. That I have never seen such a brilliant boy in my life, he said to me.
B. Such a brilliant boy was never seen in my life, he told me.
C. The boy was so brilliant that he had never seen the like of him.
D. He told me that he had never seen such a brilliant boy in his life.
Q84. Replace the underlined word with the right alternative from the options given:
The time allowed for the work should have been adequate.
A. indefinite
B. subsequent
C. efficient
D. sufficient
Q85. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the list below:
Neither Lata nor Sujata _________ present in class on 14th October.
A. were
B. are
C. was
D. have been
Q86. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition from the list below:
Sita and Meera quarreled ________ themselves.
A. among
B. between
C. with
D. for
Q87. Complete the idiom by choosing the right word from the options given below:
When Deepak could not solve the problem he decided to give _______
A. off
B. up
C. out
D. back
Q88. Choose the correct form of the verb from the options given below:
He rushed to the hospital after he ________ the news.
A. has heard
B. has been heard
C. has been hearing
D. had heard
Q89. Choose from the list below the most appropriate word to fill in the blank:
A ________ is a person who gets things secretly and illegally into or out of a country.
A. importer
B. criminal
C. smuggler
D. exporter
Q90. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition given below:
Ram was good ________ Chemistry.
A. at
B. with
C. about
D. over
Q91. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition from the list below:
Rita’s mother did not approve __________ her returning home so late at night.
A. for
B. on
C. to
D. of
Q92. Find out from the given words the opposite of ‘Attack’.
A. fight
B. return
C. defend
D. pounce
Q93. Complete the idiom by choosing the right word from the options given below:
His old shoes have stood him in good _________ in his travels.
A. stead
B. years
C. price
D. manner
Q94. Choose the correct spelling from the options below:
A. Exaggerate
B. Exagarate
C. Exaggarate
D. Exagerate
Q95. Complete the idiom by choosing the right word from the options given below:
The old lady was murdered in cold ________
A. ice
B. water
C. blood
D. milk
Q96. Change from Active to Passive Voice, choosing from the options below:
The boys are flying kites in the sky.
A. Kites are flying in the sky by the boys.
B. In the sky, kites are flown by the boys.
C. Kites are being flown by the boys in the sky.
D. The flying of kites in the sky is done by the boys.
Q97. He was too preoccupied _________ his studies to think of other matters.
A. with
B. in
C. at
D. on
Q98. Change the following statement into an interrogative sentence:
You have had your dinner.
A. Had you have your dinner?
B. Have you had your dinner?
C. What about your dinner, did you have it?
D. Did you have your dinner?
Q99. Find from below the word that means “Essential’:
A. Unimportant
B. Irrelevant
C. Essence
D. Vital
Q100. Find out the appropriate word, that be fits the underlined part of the sentence:
The handkerchief was turned into a bird by the magician.
A. stuffed
B. put
C. transformed
D. puffed
