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Q. The state operates through-
Q. The discretionary powers of a Governor is limited in-
Q. The State Election Commission conducts, controls and supervises Municipal elections under-
Q. In which state of India is there a uniform civil code?
Q. According to Article-75(3) of the Constitution of India the Council of Ministers are collectively responaible to the-
Q. If the Prime Minister of India submits his resignation to the President, it will mean the resignation of the-
Q. What is the maximum period for which the Vice President can act as the President in case of vacancy in the the President's office?
Q. Who is the constitutional head of the Indian government?
Q. Which one of the following is related to Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court-
Q. Which of the following constitutional Amendment is known as "Mini constitution"-
Q. _______ amends the Constitution.
Q. The first General Election in India and first Amendment to the Constitution was held in-
Q. Under which Article of the constitution, the President of India can declare the financial emergency-
Q. At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India?
Q. Preventive detention means-
Q. Fundamental rights can be suspended by-
Q. According to Indian constitution Right to property is-
Q. Which of the following subject is in state list-
Q. Which of the following is not a Union Territory?
Q. Cabinet system' and 'Collective responsibility' are the contributions of-
Q. The Constituion of which country is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world?
Q. To whom, "The Union Public Service Commission presents its report"-
Q. What is the term of President of Switzerland-
Q. Article 169 of the Constitution makes the provision for the abolition or creation of :  
Q. The Citizen Act 1955, prescribes the way of losing citizenship acquired under the Act prior to it under the constitution viz. :
Q. To be eligible as Vice-president a person should have completed:
Q. The concept of Procedure established by Law as incorporated in the constitution of India is borrowed from :
Q. Article 359 authorizes the president to suspend the fight to move any court for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights during :
Q. The phrase 'procedure established by the law' means
Q. In a certain code, TWINKLE is written as SVHOJKD, then how would FILTERS be written in the same code?
Q. In a certain code language, OMNIPRESENT is written as QJONPTSMDRD. How is CREDIBILITY written in that code?
Q. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, 33, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?
Q. 20, 20, 17, 17, 14, 14, 11, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?
Q. 4, 7, 26, 10, 13, 20, 16, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?
Q. Find the missing term :- 1, 9, 25, 49, 81, ?
Q. Find the missing term: 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 27, ?
Q. Find the missing term: 6, 18, 3, 21, 7, 56, ?
Q. Find out the wrong term: 46080, 3840, 384, 48, 24, 2, 1
Q. Find out the wrong term: 24576, 6144, 1536, 386, 96, 24
Q. Which term of the series 5, 10, 20, 40, ..... is 1280?
Q. 3, 4, 7, 7, 13, 13, 21, 22, 31, 34, ?
Q. 2, 3 ,8 , 27, 112, ?
Q. One term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.
1, 5, 5, 9, 7, 11, 11, 15, 12, 17
Q. One term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.
3, 10, 27, 4, 16, 64, 5, 25, 125
Q. Find the odd number / letters / word from the given alternative:
Q. Four words are given, out of which three are same in a certain way while the rest one is different. Find out the different one.
Q. Find the odd number / letters / word from the given alternative.
Q. Find the odd number / letters / word from the given alternative:
Q. Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Q. Choose the pair in which the words are differently related from the rest.
Q. Choose the pair in which the words are differently related from the rest.
Q. Choose the odd one out.
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Q. Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Q. Choose the pair in which the words are differently related from the rest.
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Q. Choose the word which is different from the rest.
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Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Stapler : Stationery
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Cool : Cold
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Proscenium : Stage
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Question : Question mark
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Misdemeanour : Felony
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Shower : Deluge
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Mace : Majesty
Q. Train : Track
Q. Silence : Noise
Q. 'Cat' is related to 'Kitten' in the same way as 'Woman' is related to:
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Acting : Theatre :: Gambling : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Book : Publisher :: Film : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Electricity : Wire :: Water : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Sorrow : Death :: Happiness : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Carbon : Diamond :: Corundum : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Mother : Child :: Cloud : ?
Q. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Editor : Newspaper
Q. Thermometer : Temperature :: Glucometer : ?
Q. Laugh : Joy :: Weep : ?
Q. ABC : ZYX :: CBA : ?
Q. Resignation : Office ::
Q. 123 : 36 :: 221 : ?
Q. Choose the pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the original pair of words.
BINDING : BOOK
Q. Choose the pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the original pair of words.
PETAL : FLOWER
Q. Tree : Forest :: Grass : ?
Q. PSQR : CFED :: JMKL : ?
Q. Which city serves as the capital of Qatar, known for its modern skyline and cultural attractions ?
Q. Which city serves as the capital of Chile, nestled between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean ?
Q. The capital of Estonia, known for its well-preserved medieval Old Town and Toompea Castle, is ?
Q. The capital of Bulgaria, known for its Orthodox cathedrals and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, is ?
Q. What is the capital of Georgia, known for its diverse architecture and Narikala Fortress ?
Q. Which city serves as the capital of Bahrain, known for its modern architecture and vibrant culture ?
Q. A man can row at a speed of 4.5 km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then, the speed of stream (in km/hr) is ?
Q. Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 108 km apart. Speed of the boat A and B in still water are 12km/hr and 15km/hr respectively. If A proceeds down and B up the stream, they will meet after ?
Q. ________ was the first Mughal emperor in India. ?
Q. Sir Thomas came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor's court ?
Q. If 5 men or 7 women can earn 5,250 per day, how much would 7 men and 13 women earn per day ?
Q. A does half as much work as B in one-third of the time taken by B. If together they take 10 days to complete a work, then the time taken by B alone to do it would have been ?
Q. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it ?
Q. A and B together can complete a work in 8 days. B alone can complete that work in 12 days. B alone worked for four days. After that how long will A alone take to complete the work ?
Q. A person started his journey in the morning. At 11 A. m. he covered 3/8 of the journey and on the same day at 4.30 p.m. he covered 5/6 of the journey. He started his journey at ?
Q. Walking at 6/7 th of his usual speed a man is 25 minutes late. His usual time to cover this distance is ?
Q. A and B run a 5 km race on around course of 400 m. If their speed are in the ratio 5 : 4, the number of times, the winner passes the other, is ?
Q. Ram travelled 1200 km by air which formed 2 5 of his trip. He travelled one-third of the trip by car and the rest by train. The distance (in km) travelled by train was ?
Q. A man travelled a distance of 80 km in 7 hrs partly on foot at the rate of 8 km per hour and partly on bicycle at 16km per hour. The distance travelled on the foot is ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : bolt from the blue ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : It took Rohan a long time to get the hang of the machine in the new factory. ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Jump on the bandwagon ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Best thing since sliced bread ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : To have a gut feeling ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Be at your wit’s end ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : To shake off ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : In my parents’ time, we mostly ate at home and family outings happened ______ . ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Sell like hot cakes ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : On the tip of my tongue ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : The sad part of the agitation is that most of the leaders are only paying lip-service to the issue. ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : As clear as a bell ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : A mountaineer has to walk the tight rope as a small slip can prove to be fatal. ?
Q. Find the synonym of Despondent ?
Q. Find the synonym of Timid ?
Q. Find the synonym of Ignominy ?
Q. Find the synonym of Barren ?
Q. Find the synonym of Judicious ?
Q. Find the synonym of Feign ?
Q. Find the synonym of Preferred ?
Q. Find the synonym of Revere ?
Q. Find the synonym of Remedy ?
Q. Find the synonym of Fiction ?
Q. Find the synonym of Trust ?
Q. Find the synonym of Agile ?
Q. Find the synonym of Accurate ?
Q. Find the antonym of Ominous ?
Q. Find the antonym of Feasible ?
Q. Find the antonym of Despair ?
Q. Find the antonym of Tense ?
Q. Find the antonym of Harsh ?
Q. Find the antonym of Loiter ?
Q. Find the antonym of Soggy ?
Q. Find the antonym of Irrelevant ?
Q. Find the antonym of Steep ?
Q. Find the antonym of Initiate ?
Q. Find the antonym of Extensive ?
Q. Fill in the blank: This visit will not interfere ________ our plans. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: I looked at my damaged car and ________ how much it would cost to repair it. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: ________ rivers have water throughout the year. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: I __________ blood in the hospital tomorrow. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: There was a range of __________ that kept tourists engaged during the International Film Festival in Goa. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: The method _________by the teacher is very tedious. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: The hall was spacious __________ to accommodate all the guests. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: In the wake of the recent cross-border tensions , forces have been ________ at strategic locations for immediate action, if required. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: Timers at traffic signals, that help motorists save fuel by switching off their engines while waiting, will soon be phased out due to technical ________ . ?
Q. Fill in the blank: The company __________ its first all electric car in the Indian market soon. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: If your actions are __________ what you say, no one is going to believe you. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: The strong Indian batting line-up will __________ a big worry for the visiting cricket team. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: Seema gave her teacher a beautiful ________ of pink roses on Teachers' Day. ?
Q. Fill in the blank: Man __________ a strong desire to accumulate wealth. ?
Q. Select the correctly spelt word. ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
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Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. A man borrows 21000 at 10% compound interest. How much he has to pay annually at the end of each year, to settle his loan in two years ?
Q. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on 2500 for 2 years at 4% per annum is ?
Q. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to 650 at the end of first year and 676 at the end of second year. The sum of money is ?
Q. If a sum of money compounded annually becomes 1.44 times of itself in 2 years, then the rate of interest per annum is ?
Q. A certain amount of money earns Rs. 540 as Simple Interest in 3 years. If it earns a Compound Interest of Rs. 376.20 at the same rate of interest in 2 years, find the amount (in Rupees) ?
Q. The difference between simple and compound interests on a sum of money at 4% per annum for 2 years is 8. The sum is ?
Q. Which of the following statements about the Himalayan Mountains is NOT correct ?
Q. Piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides is known as _____ ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Select the correctly spelt word ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
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Q. Select the Wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Select the correctly spelt word ?
Q. Identify the word that is incorrectly spelt ?
Q. SSC CGL 04/3/2020 ?
Q. Select the Wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Select the correctly spelt word. ?
Q. Select the correctly spelt word ?
Q. Select the Wrongly spelt word ?
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Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Select the misspelt word. ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Find the error part: He lost all his hardly earned money ?
Q. Find the error part: On the way he was bited on his toe by a poisonous snake ?
Q. Find the error part: Instead of studying in home I went to my friend’s house ?
Q. Find the error part: I won’t be here next week as I’m going to Mumbai to a conference ?
Q. Find the error part: An eight years old girl has made this beautiful painting ?
Q. Find the error part: A new research study has shown that long before they took up a strict vegetarian diet, the much loved pandas was a meat-eater ?
Q. Find the error part: Torrential rains and winds of up to 170 km per hour swept away roads, homes and bridges and knocking down power and communication lines. ?
Q. Find the error part: Jaipur, which is renown for its architecture, was founded about 300 years ago. ?
Q. Find the synonym of Repercussion ?
Q. Find the synonym of Awkward ?
Q. Find the synonym of Defer ?
Q. Find the synonym of Rowdy ?
Q. Find the synonym of Beguile ?
Q. Find the synonym of Occur ?
Q. Find the synonym of Obstacle ?
Q. Find the synonym of Inclination ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : To cost an arm and a leg ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Be the devil’s advocate ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Cool it ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Up in arms ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Suman really has _________. She moved to a new house just a month back but already has a lovely garden ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : hand in glove ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Pass the hat ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Anil and Suresh are just finding their feet in the new venture. ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : Stir up a hornet’s nest ?
Q. Idioms/ Phrases for : She felt like a fish out of water at her new job. ?
Q. Fill in the blank:Kavya picked up all the toys and put _________ in a box ?
Q. Fill in the blank:If only we ________ a light! It is depressing to wait in the dark ?
Q. Fill in the blank:__________ was present in the hall took part in the voting process ?
Q. Fill in the blank:The burning of the effigy of Ravana on Dussehra __________ the burning of all evils ?
Q. Fill in the blank:The company management is of the opinion that not wearing a suit & tie at the workplace could create a bad ________ on clients ?
Q. Fill in the blank:He had hardly gone a few kilometres __________ his car broke down ?
Q. Fill in the blank:This is one of the ________ _ remarkable cases I have handled ?
Q. Fill in the blank:We ________ Rohit for the last two months ?
Q. Fill in the blank:If I ________ that you were coming over, I would have cancelled m y programme ?
Q. Fill in the blank:Mr. Sharma may be late but I am sure Mr. Kapoor ________ be ?
Q. Fill in the blank:The doctor often made his patients __________ for long. ?
Q. If 15% of (A + B) = 25% of (A – B), then what per cent of B is equal to A ?
Q. If A’s income is 50% less than that of B’s, then B’s income is what per cent more than that of A ?
Q. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 3 : 2. If 20% of boys and 25% of girls are adults, the percentage of those students who are not adults, is ?
Q. Price of a commodity has increased by 60%. By what percent must a consumer reduce the consumption of the commodity so as not to increase the expenditurePrice of a commodity has increased by 60%. By what percent must a consumer reduce the consumption of the commodity so as not to increase the expenditure ?
Q. A sample of 50 litres of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. How much pure glycerine should be added to it so as to bring down the percentage of impurity to 5% ?
Q. An examinee has to secure 40% marks to pass an examination. He secures 180 marks and fails by an equal number of marks. The total number of marks in the examination is ?
Q. At an election there were two candidates. A candidate got 38% of votes and lost by 7200 number of votes. The total number of valid votes were ?
Q. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by 10%. Find the net increase or decrease percent ?
Q. When the price of cloth was reduced by 25%, the quantity of cloth sold increased by 20%. What was the effect on gross receipt of the shop ?
Q. If the price of sugar increases by 20%, one can buy 2 kg less for Rs. 50. What is the amount of sugar that could be bought before price hike ?
Q. An interval of 3 hours 40 minutes is wrongly estimated as 3 hours 45.5 minutes. The error percentage is ?
Q. Two bicycles were sold for 3990 each, gaining 5% on one and losing 5% on other. The gain or loss per cent on the whole transaction is ?
Q. If the ratio of cost price to selling price is 10 : 11, then the rate of per cent of profit is ?
Q. By selling a plot of land for 45,000 a person loses 10%. At what price should he sell it to gain 15% ?
Q. A shopkeeper marked the selling price of his goods in such a way that after giving a discount of 10% he gains 17%. How much percent above the cost price is the marked price ?
Q. By selling a bicycle for 2,850, a shopkeeper gains 14%. If the profit is reduced to 8%, then the selling price will be ?
Q. An item costing 840 was sold by a shopkeeper at a gain of10% and it was again sold by the new buyer at a loss of 5%. Final selling price of the item is ?
Q. Find the antonym of Fertile ?
Q. Find the antonym of Deficiency ?
Q. Find the antonym of Flexible ?
Q. Find the antonym of Morose ?
Q. Find the antonym of Coarse ?
Q. Find the antonym of Escalate ?
Q. Find the antonym of Broad ?
Q. Find the antonym of Extravagant ?
Q. Find the antonym of Destination ?
Q. Find the antonym of Accessible ?
Q. If CAB=12 and FED=30, then HIDE=____. ?
Q. If AU = 21 and EGG = 245 , then how will you code BAKE ?
Q. If CLEAN is coded as 1415123 and BLOW is coded as 2315122 , then how will JOKE be coded ?
Q. If AS=19 and BAT=40, then how will you code BREAD ?
Q. If ‘FORTUNE’ is coded as 6521347 and ‘PREY’ is coded as 8279, then how will ‘NEPTUNE’ be coded ?
Q. If ' J' coded as ' 20' and ' BAT' is coded as ' 46' then how will ' CRICKET' be coded ?
Q. A is husband of M who is sister-in-law of N, N is daughter of R and U, M is daughter-in-law of U. How A is related to U ?
Q. Pointing to a picture of Rajiv, a lady Neena said, ' 'His sister's father is the only son of my father-in-law.'' How is Neena related to Rajiv ?
Q. ' A + B' means ' A is the sister of B' 'A - B' means ' A is the daughter of B' 'A × B' means ' A is the brother of B' 'A ÷ B' means ' A is the husband of B' If V + U ×Q - T ÷ R + P × S, then how is P related to V ?
Q. Jay is husband of Geetanjali who is sister of Deepali. Deepali is daughter of Vijay. Sarita is mother-in-law of Rohit. Harish Chander is the father of Jay and Sarita is the wife of Vijay. Vijay and Sarita have only two daughters. How is Rohit related to Vijay ?
Q. Pointing to Rehan, Rukhsana said, "His paternal grandfather's daughter-in-law is my daughter's paternal grandmother". How is Rukhsana related to Rehan ?
Q. ‘A % B’ means ’A is the sister of B’. ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the father of B’. ‘A ! B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’. If P ! H + Q % M + T % K ! J, then how is Q related to J ?
Q. Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. 2264 : 7241 :: 3129 : ___ ?
Q. Select the number-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given number-pair. 216 : 343 ?
Q. Select the wrongly spelt word ?
Q. Find the antonym of Assist ?
Q. Which of the following rivers is the fifth largest river and the largest west flowing river ?
Q. Which of the following cities does NOT lie on the path of river Ganga ?
Q. The mouth of which of the following rivers lies to the north of the Tropic of Cancer ?
Q. Where is the Baglihar Dam located ?
Q. Which river originates from Tibet and enters India through Arunachal Pradesh ?
Q. The kaveri river rises in ?
Q. In Tibet, the Brahmaputra river is known as ?
Q. Which is the largest river island in the world ?
Q. Which of the following is the longest river of peninsular India ?
Q. Which of the following rivers has its origin in Mahabaleshwar ?
Q. Which river has tributaries by the name of Dri, Mathun, Talon, Eme, Ahi, Emra and Awa ?
Q. Which of the following is the Perennial River System of India ?
Q. Which of the following rivers is NOT a tributary of the Godavari River ?
Q. Which of the following rivers of Bangladesh is also known as Barak River ?
Q. Which of the following landforms does NOT depict the youthful Stage of rivers ?
Q. Which process leads to the formation of river deltas ?
Q. ___________ is the largest river island in the world ?
Q. Majuli, the largest river island in the world is located in ?
Q. Baglihar Dam is constructed on which river ?
Q. What was the name of the mega-ocean that surrounded the single continental mass before the continental drift as described by Alfred Wegener ?
Q. Which of the following plates has the slowest rate of movement at less than 2.5 cm/year ?
Q. In the context of plate tectonics, which of the following statements is NOT correct ?
Q. Which instrument records the waves reaching the surface during an earthquake ?
Q. India is divided into how many earthquake zones (seismic zones) ?
Q. The ____ Channel separates the Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands ?
Q. A chain of islands closely scattered in a body of water is called ?
Q. Name the sea that separates Asia and Africa with countries such as Egypt and Sudan on the African side and Saudi Arabia on the Asian side. ?
Q. ________ strait separates the islands of Java (east) and Sumatra ?
Q. Tsunami is caused by _______ ?
Q. Which of the following Indian Islands lies in the Bay of Bengal ?
Q. The Channel Tunnel is the name of an undersea tunnel connecting ?