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1. The reason why lipstick and nail-polish are removed before surgery is:
(A) Surgery becomes easier
(B) Surgery becomes more successful
(C) Psychological benefits to the patient
(D) Cyanosis is checked
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✅ Answer: (D) Cyanosis is checked
2. In which organ does the maximum absorption of Iron take place?
(A) Stomach
(B) Small Intestine
(C) Colon
(D) Liver
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✅ Answer: (B) Small Intestine
3. World’s first White Tiger Safari is set to come up in which state of India?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Kerala
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
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✅ Answer: (C) Madhya Pradesh
4. If gut motility is increased then:
(A) Drug absorption is decreased
(B) Drug absorption is increased
(C) Drug absorption is not affected
(D) Nothing definite can be said
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✅ Answer: (A) Drug absorption is decreased
5. Which of the following is not a symptom of depression?
(A) Loss of interest in daily activities
(B) Delusion of guilt
(C) Suicidal ideas
(D) Delusion of grandiosity
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✅ Answer: (D) Delusion of grandiosity
6. The permanent stopping of the menstrual cycle in women is called:
(A) Menopause
(B) Menarche
(C) Dismenorrhea
(D) Amenorrhea
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✅ Answer: (A) Menopause
7. Out of the “chemical forces” or bonds listed below, the strongest one is ______.
(A) Van der waal’s
(B) Dipole
(C) Covalent
(D) Hydrophobic
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✅ Answer: (C) Covalent
8. After menopause in women the chances of her developing osteoporosis increase because of:
(A) Decrease in oestrogen levels
(B) Increase in oestrogen levels
(C) Decrease in LH levels
(D) Decrease in FSH levels
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✅ Answer: (A) Decrease in oestrogen levels
9. The process of taking food into the digestive system is:
(A) Ingestion
(B) Propulsion
(C) Digestion
(D) Elimination
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✅ Answer: (A) Ingestion
11. The speed of a boat along the stream is 12 km/hr and against the stream is 8 km/hr. The time taken by the boat to sail 24 km in still water is:
(A) 2 hours
(B) 2.4 hours
(C) 3 hours
(D) 1.2 hours
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✅ Answer: (B) 2.4 hours
12. A man started walking with his back towards the Sun. After sometime, he turned left, then he turned right and then towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?
(A) North or South
(B) East or West
(C) North or West
(D) South or West
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✅ Answer: (A) North or South
13. Out of four numbers, the average of first 3 is 15 and the average of the last 3 is 16. If the last number is 19, the first number is:
(A) 19
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 18
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✅ Answer: (C) 16
14. The commonest cause of maternal morbidity in India is:
(A) Anaemia
(B) Haemorrhage
(C) Abortion
(D) Sepsis
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✅ Answer: (A) Anaemia
15. Different seasons are formed because:
(A) Sun is moving around the Earth
(B) Earth is moving around the Sun
(C) Earth rotates on its own axis
(D) None of these
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✅ Answer: (B) Earth is moving around the Sun
16. Entomology is the science that studies:
(A) behaviour of human beings
(B) insects
(C) behaviour of ants
(D) formation of rocks
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✅ Answer: (B) insects
17. The ‘p’ wave on the electrocardiogram corresponds to:
(A) atrial depolarization
(B) atrial repolarization
(C) ventrical depolarization
(D) ventrical repolarization
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✅ Answer: (A) atrial depolarization
18. According to World Health Organisation, “low birth weight” means a weight of less than:
(A) 2.8 Kgs
(B) 2.7 Kgs
(C) 2.5 Kgs
(D) 2.3 Kgs
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✅ Answer: (C) 2.5 Kgs
19. If the cost price of 10 chairs is equal to the selling price of 16 chairs, then the loss percent is:
(A) 37.5%
(B) 20%
(C) 9.6%
(D) 17.5%
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✅ Answer: (A) 37.5%
20. Lavani is a:
(A) Marathi Folk song
(B) Musical Instrument
(C) Indian Language
(D) None of these
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✅ Answer: (A) Marathi Folk song
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21. The abolition of “Sati” by government regulation was at the time of:
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Amherst
(D) Lord Bentinck
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✅ Answer: (D) Lord Bentinck
22. Repeated urination while sleeping, even after five years of age is called:
(A) Eneuresis
(B) Tic
(C) Stuttering
(D) Encopresis
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✅ Answer: (A) Eneuresis
23. Commonest cause of neonatal morbidity in India is:
(A) Diarrhoeal diseases
(B) Birth injuries
(C) Congenital anomalies
(D) Prematurity and low birth weight
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✅ Answer: (D) Prematurity and low birth weight
24. CAD stands for:
(A) Computer Aided Design
(B) Computer Algorithm for Design
(C) Computer Applications for Design
(D) None of these
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✅ Answer: (A) Computer Aided Design
25. The ______ membranes surround the lungs.
(A) pericardial
(B) mediastinal
(C) pleural
(D) peritoneal
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✅ Answer: (C) pleural
26. The guardian of the Indian Constitution is the:
(A) Supreme Court of India
(B) High Court
(C) President of India
(D) Prime Minister of India
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✅ Answer: (A) Supreme Court of India
27. In a certain code ‘253’ means “books are old”, ‘546’ means “man is old” and ‘378’ means “buy good books”. What stands for “are” in that code?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
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✅ Answer: (A) 2
28. When are the chances of acute endometritis developing in a woman?
(A) after menopause
(B) after menarche
(C) after abortion or childbirth
(D) in childhood
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✅ Answer: (C) after abortion or childbirth
29. Which of the following types of dances is essentially a solo dance?
(A) Kuchipudi
(B) Manipuri
(C) Kathak
(D) Mohiniattam
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✅ Answer: (D) Mohiniattam
30. An agent which kills pathogenic bacteria is called:
(A) Asepsis
(B) Disinfectant
(C) Fomite
(D) Bacteriostat
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✅ Answer: (B) Disinfectant
31. If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son, how is X related to Y?
(A) Son
(B) Brother
(C) Cousin
(D) Grandson
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✅ Answer: (D) Grandson
32. Which of the following vitamins is soluble in water?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin D
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✅ Answer: (B) Vitamin C
33. Which of the following is a main side effect of an Intra-Uterine Device?
(A) Vaginal Bleeding
(B) Pelvic Inflammatory disease
(C) Uterine perforation
(D) Ectopic pregnancy
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✅ Answer: (B) Pelvic Inflammatory disease
34. The average age of a husband and wife is 23 years at the beginning of their marriage. After five years they have a one year old child. The average age of the family of three, when their child was born is:
(A) 23 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 24 years
(D) 20 years
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✅ Answer: (B) 18 years
35. Which of the following are the fastest, biggest and most expensive computers?
(A) Personal Computers
(B) Super computers
(C) Laptops
(D) Notebook PCs
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✅ Answer: (B) Super computers
36. Select the pair which has the same relationship as the pair Iodine : Goitre.
(A) Mango : Anaemia
(B) Insulin : Diabetes
(C) Hormones : Cancer
(D) Fat : Obesity
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✅ Answer: (B) Insulin : Diabetes
37. Find the next number in the series: 11, 16, 23, 32, 43, ______?
(A) 56
(B) 55
(C) 57
(D) 54
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✅ Answer: (A) 56
38. The device primarily used to provide a hard copy is the:
(A) Hard Disk
(B) CPU
(C) Printer
(D) Card Reader
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✅ Answer: (C) Printer
39. Out of the following, which medicines are used for intestinal evacuation?
(A) Catharites
(B) Carminatives
(C) Astringents
(D) Antimycotics
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✅ Answer: (A) Catharites
40. Which complication of IV infusion can cause pulmonary edema or heart failure?
(A) Infiltration
(B) Circulatory overload
(C) Infection
(D) Pyrogenic reactions
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✅ Answer: (B) Circulatory overload
41. Which artery supplies oxygenated blood to the stomach?
(A) Carotid artery
(B) Gastric artery
(C) Celiac artery
(D) Cephalic artery
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✅ Answer: (C) Celiac artery
42. Psychoanalytic Therapy was developed by:
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) Jacobson
(C) Franklin
(D) Aristotle
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✅ Answer: (A) Sigmund Freud
43. A sailor goes 12 km downstream in 48 minutes and returns in 1 hr and 20 minutes. The speed of the sailor in still water is:
(A) 12 km/hr
(B) 12.5 km/hr
(C) 13 km/hr
(D) 15 km/hr
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✅ Answer: (A) 12 km/hr
44. Name the Indian participant in Miss World 2014 competition.
(A) Vanya Mishra
(B) Priyanka Chopra
(C) Koyal Rana
(D) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
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✅ Answer: (C) Koyal Rana
45. Vitamin B1 is also known as:
(A) Niacin
(B) Thiamine
(C) Riboflavin
(D) Pyridoxin
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✅ Answer: (B) Thiamine
46. A train running at a speed of 30 metres/sec crosses a platform 600 metres long in 30 seconds. The length of the train is:
(A) 120 metres
(B) 150 metres
(C) 200 metres
(D) 300 metres
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✅ Answer: (D) 300 metres
47. Data (information) is stored in computers in the form of:
(A) Files
(B) Directories
(C) Floppies
(D) Matter
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✅ Answer: (A) Files
48. In which state is the Tehri Hydro-electric project located?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Uttaranchal
(D) Bihar
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✅ Answer: (C) Uttaranchal
49. What is the main reason for angina pectoris?
(A) Neurological disease
(B) Gastric disease
(C) Respiratory disease
(D) Cardiac disease
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✅ Answer: (D) Cardiac disease
50. In a certain code, if BHOPAL is written as EERMDI, then how will POWDER be written in the same code?
(A) SLZAHO
(B) SRZGHU
(C) NMUBCP
(D) NRUGCU
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✅ Answer: (B) SRZGHU
51. Which is the best test for detecting Liver dysfunction?
(A) Serum albumin
(B) Serum bilirubin
(C) SGPT
(D) Prothombin time
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✅ Answer: (C) SGPT
52. What should be the temperature of water used for cold sponging?
(A) 98° F
(B) 105° F
(C) 70° F
(D) 0°F
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✅ Answer: (A) 98° F
53. Barack Obama will become the ______ President of America to participate in India’s Republic Day celebrations on Jan 26, 2015.
(A) Second
(B) First
(C) Third
(D) None of these
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✅ Answer: (B) First
54. Which nutrient is not found in eggs?
(A) Carbohydrate and Vitamin-C
(B) Protein and calcium
(C) Fat and Vitamin-D
(D) Protein and Iron
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✅ Answer: (A) Carbohydrate and Vitamin-C
55. Atmospheric pressure is important in the process of ______.
(A) Blood Flow
(B) Micturition
(C) Reproduction
(D) Breathing
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✅ Answer: (D) Breathing
56. Who will take over as Director of the Intelligence Bureau in India from Jan 1, 2015 onwards?
(A) Arun Majumdar
(B) Nehchal Sandhu
(C) Syed Asif Ibrahim
(D) Dineshwar Sharma
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✅ Answer: (D) Dineshwar Sharma
57. The goal of management of Glaucoma is:
(A) Only to increase the inflow of aqueous humor
(B) Only to increase the outflow of aqueous humor
(C) Only to increase the production of aqueous humor
(D) All of these
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✅ Answer: (B) Only to increase the outflow of aqueous humor
59. Abnormal communication between the urinary and genital tract is called Genetic Urinary______.
(A) Fistula
(B) Tumour
(C) Atresia
(D) Prolapse
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✅ Answer: (A) Fistula
60. Of the following, which is the most common site for metastasis in lung cancer?
(A) Kidney
(B) Stomach
(C) Liver
(D) Spleen
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✅ Answer: (C) Liver
61. If the IQ of a child is 45, in which category of Mental Retardation will he be categorised?
(A) Mild mental retardation
(B) Moderate mental retardation
(C) Severe mental retardation
(D) Profound mental retardation
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✅ Answer: (B) Moderate mental retardation
62. Most drugs have a molecular weight between:
(A) 1 – 10
(B) 10 – 100
(C) 250 – 350
(D) Greater than 500
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✅ Answer: (C) 250 – 350
63. Still-birth rate includes babies dead after:
(A) 20 weeks
(B) 24 weeks
(C) 28 weeks
(D) 32 weeks
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✅ Answer: (C) 28 weeks
64. Five words are given below. Four of them are similar. Choose the word which is not similar to the remaining words: Paper, Wool, Wood, Plastic, Leather
(A) Paper
(B) Wool
(C) Wood
(D) Plastic
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✅ Answer: (D) Plastic
66. Hallucination is caused by:
(A) Gastro-intestinal disorder
(B) Mental illness
(C) Disorder of reproductive organs
(D) Infectious disease
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✅ Answer: (B) Mental illness
67. The main function of kidney is to:
(A) eliminate oxygen
(B) regulate fluid balance and removing waste products
(C) metabolise vitamins
(D) eliminate carbon dioxide
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✅ Answer: (B) regulate fluid balance and removing waste products
68. Find the missing term: PART: TRAP::POTS: ?_
(A) TOPS
(B) OPTS
(C) STOP
(D) SPOT
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✅ Answer: (C) STOP
69. Which valve prevents backward flow of blood into the left atrium?
(A) Aortic valve
(B) Pulmonary valve
(C) Tricuspid valve
(D) Mitral valve
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✅ Answer: (D) Mitral valve
70. Five words are given below. Four of them are similar. Choose the word which is not similar to the remaining words: Ink, Paper, Pencil, Pen, Sharpener
(A) Ink
(B) Paper
(C) Pencil
(D) Sharpner
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✅ Answer: (B) Paper
71. When two numbers are separately divided by 33 the remainders are 21 and 28 respectively. If the sum of the two numbers is divided by 33 the remainder will be:
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
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✅ Answer: (D) 16
73. Which of these is an example of a neurotransmitter?
(A) Only Dopamine
(B) Only Norepinephrine
(C) Only Acetylcholine
(D) All of these
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✅ Answer: (D) All of these
75. Which of the following is not found in urine?
(A) Only glucose
(B) Only protein
(C) Only Red blood cells
(D) All of the above
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✅ Answer: (D) All of the above
76. The central point in Ashoka’s dharma was:
(A) royalty to kings
(B) peace and non-violence
(C) respect to elders
(D) religious toleration
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✅ Answer: (B) peace and non-violence
77. The Aligarh Muslim University was founded by:
(A) Dr. Saifuddin Kichlu
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Maulana Mohammad Ali
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✅ Answer: (B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
78. A and B can do a job in 72 days. B and C can do the same job in 120 days, and A and C can do the same job in 90 days. In how many days will all the three take to complete the job?
(A) 80 days
(B) 100 days
(C) 60 days
(D) 150 days
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✅ Answer: (C) 60 days
79. Which of the following is significantly different between human and cow’s milk?
(A) Proteins and Fat
(B) Proteins and sugar
(C) Proteins and Lactose
(D) Minerals
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✅ Answer: (B) Proteins and sugar
80. Select the pair which has the same relationship as the pair ‘Spider: Web.
(A) Ink: Pen
(B) Poet: Poetry
(C) Cock: Hen
(D) Teacher: Student
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✅ Answer: (B) Poet: Poetry
81. Kalyani is the mother in law of Veena, who is sister-in-law of Ashok. Dheeraj is the father of Sandeep, the only brother of Ashok. How is Kalyani related to Ashok?
(A) Mother-in-law
(B) Mother
(C) Aunt
(D) Wife
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✅ Answer: (B) Mother
82. The characteristic of enantiomers is:
(A) only that they are chemically identical
(B) only that they are mirror images of each other
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these
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✅ Answer: (C) both (A) and (B)
83. A is the brother of B. B is the son of C. D is C’s father. Then, what is A of D?
(A) Brother
(B) Grandson
(C) Son
(D) Grandfather
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✅ Answer: (B) Grandson
84. In a certain code language, ‘479’ means “fruit is sweet”, ‘248’ means “very sweet voice” and ‘637’ means “eat fruit daily”. Which digit stands for “is” in that language?
(A) 4
(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) 8
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✅ Answer: (C) 9
85. A computer program which translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called ______.
(A) CPU
(B) Compiler
(C) Simulator
(D) Interpreter
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✅ Answer: (D) Interpreter
86. 3 men or 5 women can do a job in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women working together take to complete the job?
(A) 4 days
(B) 5 days
(C) 6 days
(D) 7 days
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✅ Answer: (A) 4 days
87. Select the pair which has the same relationship as the pair Birds : Wings.
(A) Whale : Water
(B) Dog : Lungs
(C) Car : Wheel
(D) Pen : Paper
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✅ Answer: (C) Car : Wheel
88. 8th April 1930 is well known in history of India because this date is associated with:
(A) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Quit India Movement
(C) Partition of Bengal
(D) Partition of India
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✅ Answer: (A) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
89. In a certain code, APRIL is written as BQSJM. What is the word whose code is HSFFO?
(A) INDIA
(B) GREAT
(C) TREES
(D) GREEN
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✅ Answer: (D) GREEN
90. Select the letter-series which follows the rule: “Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series doubles every time”.
(A) ADIPY
(B) BDGLU
(C) EGJOF
(D) GJNSY
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✅ Answer: (A) ADIPY
91. The rate of drug absorption is greatest in the ______.
(A) large intestine
(B) stomach
(C) gall bladder
(D) small intestine
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✅ Answer: (D) small intestine
92. A 150 metre long train crosses a 500 metre long bridge in 30 seconds. What time will it take to cross a platform 370 metre long?
(A) 36 seconds
(B) 30 seconds
(C) 24 seconds
(D) 18 seconds
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✅ Answer: (C) 24 seconds
93. Find the next number in the series: 885, 870, 855, 840, ______?
(A) 835
(B) 855
(C) 825
(D) 815
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✅ Answer: (C) 825
94. Select the letter-series which follows the rule: “Number of letters skipped in reverse order in between adjacent letters in the series is constant”.
(A) SPMJG
(B) SPNLJ
(C) SQOLJ
(D) WUTRQ
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✅ Answer: (A) SPMJG
95. Find the next term in the series: A3B, C7D, E11F, G15H, ______?
(A) I20J
(B) I19K
(C) J19K
(D) I19J
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✅ Answer: (D) I19J
96. A is 40 metres south-west of B, C is 40 metres south-east of B, then C is in which direction from A?
(A) South
(B) West
(C) East
(D) North-East
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✅ Answer: (C) East
97. The destruction of alveolar walls is called:
(A) Emphyma
(B) Bronchitis
(C) Emphysema
(D) Lung abcess
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✅ Answer: (C) Emphysema
98. Which division of the nervous system initiates a response known as fight or flight?
(A) The parasympathetic nervous system
(B) The sympathetic nervous system
(C) The somatic nervous system
(D) None of these
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✅ Answer: (B) The sympathetic nervous system
99. An energy consuming process by which cells of the human body absorb molecules (such as proteins) by engulfing them is called ______.
(A) lipid diffusion
(B) aqueous diffusion
(C) exocytosis
(D) endocytosis
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✅ Answer: (D) endocytosis
100. Which colour of light has the longest wavelength?
(A) Violet
(B) Blue
(C) Red
(D) Green
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✅ Answer: (C) Red
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