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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Amitabh Bachchan was born at Allahabad, now Prayagraj. It is not among the options—Bombay, Delhi and Bengaluru—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) Four decades
The passage says Amitabh Bachchan held his sway over Indian cinema for four decades.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Amitabh Bachchan took his science degree from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. All three universities given are wrong, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (C) 1973
The passage says it was ‘Zanjeer’, released in 1973, that brought Amitabh Bachchan recognition as a film star.
Correct answer: (C) ‘Saat Hindustani’
Amitabh Bachchan's first film was ‘Saat Hindustani’ (1969). ‘Zanjeer’ and ‘Abhimaan’ both came in 1973.
Correct answer: (C) the
Unique things such as the Earth, the Sun and the Moon take the definite article—‘the Earth’.
Correct answer: (B) a
‘Degree’ begins with the consonant sound /d/, and the sentence speaks of one unspecified degree, so it takes ‘a’.
Correct answer: (B) Thursday
1 May is a Wednesday, so 8 May is a Wednesday too—exactly a week later. The next day, 9 May, is therefore a Thursday.
Correct answer: (C) When he came into contact with the Arya Samaj
By the passage the change in Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil's life came when he met the Arya Samaj; from there grew his wish to do something for his country and his faith.
Correct answer: (A) By looting the government treasury
The passage says Bismil raised money for revolutionary work by looting the government treasury—the act that became famous as the Kakori conspiracy.
Correct answer: (C) Because his actions shook British rule
The passage calls Bismil a great revolutionary because his actions shook British rule—he gave up everything for the country's freedom and held to his purpose to the end.
Correct answer: (B) जग
In ‘सजग’ the ‘स’ is a prefix and the root word is ‘जग’, to wake. So सजग means awakened, that is, alert.
Correct answer: (A) गुलामता
‘स्वतंत्रता’ means being under one's own authority, and its opposite is ‘गुलामता’ or ‘परतंत्रता’. ‘लोकतंत्र’ and ‘प्रजातंत्र’ are forms of government, not opposites.
Correct answer: (B) दीर्घायु
The single word for one who lives a long life is ‘दीर्घायु’. ‘अल्पायु’ means just the opposite—short-lived.
Correct answer: (B) Because humans are intelligent and imaginative
The passage holds human life superior because a human being is intelligent and can imagine—the qualities that set people apart from other creatures.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The passage says a person's thoughts must be lofty and sound in order to progress. All three options say the opposite, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Intellectual and practical
The passage says real simplicity is not a matter of dress but of thought and conduct together; outward show has nothing to do with it.
Correct answer: (C) अवनति
‘उन्नति’ means rising, so its exact opposite is ‘अवनति’, a falling away. ‘प्रोन्नति’ and ‘पदोन्नति’ are close in sense to उन्नति, not against it.
Correct answer: (A) Karmadharaya compound
‘महात्मा’, formed from ‘महान है जो आत्मा’, is a karmadharaya compound: one member is the adjective and the other the noun it describes.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The letters of ‘प्रत्येक’ separate as प् + र् + अ + त् + य् + ए + क्. Note that the printed options here look the same as one another, which is why the Commission accepted more than one.
Correct answer: (C) महौजस्वी
In वृद्धि संधि an ‘अ/आ’ followed by ‘ओ/औ’ becomes ‘औ’. महा + ओजस्वी = महौजस्वी is exactly that.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
‘अद्वितीय’ is the correct spelling. The printed options here look the same as one another, so more than one was taken as correct.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
A common noun stands for a whole class. Sister, minister and weaver each name a class rather than one particular person, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) राकेश
‘राकेश’ means lord of the night, that is, the moon. ‘सारंग’ carries many meanings and ‘आदित्य’ is a synonym for the sun.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
‘स्थिर’ means unmoving. Both ‘चंचल’ (restless) and ‘अस्थिर’ (unsteady) carry the opposite sense, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (B) One litre
‘One litre’ states how much milk, so it is a quantitative adjective. ‘I’ is a pronoun and ‘milk’ a noun.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
‘कृष्णार्पण’ expands to ‘कृष्ण को अर्पण’, with the object marker dropped—that is a tatpurusha compound. Tatpurusha is not among the options, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) मितभाषी
The single word for ‘one who speaks little’ is ‘मितभाषी’. ‘वाचाल’ means one who talks too much and ‘मिष्टभाषी’ one who speaks sweetly.
Correct answer: (C) To turn away
‘आँखें फेर लेना’ means to turn indifferent, to break off relations. ‘आँखें चुराना’ is to avoid someone, and ‘आँखों में धूल झोंकना’ is to deceive.
Correct answer: (B) निर्
In ‘निरपराध’ the root word is ‘अपराध’ and the prefix before it is ‘निर्’, meaning without—so the word means free of offence.
Correct answer: (C) 50 metres
Seven rounds covered 2200 metres, so one round—the circumference—is 2200 ÷ 7 metres. From circumference = 2πr, 2 × (22/7) × r = 2200/7, giving r = 50 metres.
Correct answer: (B) 12 m
The base diameter is 14 metres, so the radius is 7 metres. The volume of a cylinder is πr²h, so 1848 = (22/7) × 49 × h = 154h, giving a depth of h = 12 metres.
Correct answer: (C) 148.8
One-eighth of the number is 30, so the number is 30 × 8 = 240. Then 62% of 240 = 240 × 62/100 = 148·8.
Correct answer: (C) 20
Take the salary as 100; a 25% rise makes it 125. To come back to the old level it must fall by 25, which on the new salary of 125 is (25 ÷ 125) × 100 = 20%.
Correct answer: (B) −2/3
(−2/3)⁻³ = (−3/2)³ = −27/8 and (4/9)⁻² = (9/4)² = 81/16. The divisor is dividend ÷ quotient = (−27/8) ÷ (81/16) = (−27/8) × (16/81) = −2/3.
Correct answer: (B) 527
Squaring x + 1/x = 5 gives x² + 1/x² = 25 − 2 = 23. Squaring that in turn gives x⁴ + 1/x⁴ = 23² − 2 = 529 − 2 = 527.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Take the numbers of coins as 2x, 3x and 4x. The total value = 5(2x) + 2(3x) + 1(4x) = 10x + 6x + 4x = 20x, which is ₹2,000, so x = 100. The 2-rupee coins are therefore 3x = 300, which is not among the options.
Correct answer: (A) 10
An interior and an exterior angle add to 180°, and here their difference is 108°. Solving the two gives an interior angle of 144° and an exterior of 36°. The number of sides is 360° ÷ 36° = 10.
Correct answer: (A) Paints
Zinc oxide is a white powder used as a white pigment in paints. It is also called Chinese white.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Lenz's law says the induced current flows in the direction that opposes its own cause—it follows from the conservation of energy. Energy is not among the options, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) Polysaccharide
Glycogen is a chain built of many glucose units, so it is a polysaccharide. Carbohydrate is stored in the liver and muscles in that form.
Correct answer: (B) Sickle cell anaemia
In sickle cell anaemia the haemoglobin is faulty in structure, which makes the red blood cells take a sickle shape. In haemophilia the blood does not clot, and a haematoma is a collection of blood.
Correct answer: (A) Antiseptic
Ethyl alcohol denatures the proteins of micro-organisms, so it is used as an antiseptic for cleaning wounds and skin.
Correct answer: (D) 340 m s⁻¹
The speed of sound depends on the temperature and the nature of the medium, not on the pressure—raising the pressure raises the density in the same proportion and the speed is unchanged. So at the same temperature it stays 340 m s⁻¹.
Correct answer: (D) 256
Two hours hold eight intervals of 15 minutes, and the cell doubles at each. So the number of bacteria is 2⁸ = 256.
Correct answer: (C) Cell wall
A plant cell is enclosed in a rigid cell wall of cellulose, which an animal cell does not have. Both kinds of cell have a nucleus and enzymes.
Correct answer: (B) Kuwaiti Dinar
By the recent Forbes report the Kuwaiti Dinar is the world's strongest currency, exchanging for more of any other unit than any rival.
Correct answer: (C) Solapur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched eight projects of the AMRUT scheme at Solapur in Maharashtra.
Correct answer: (A) Altair
IIT Madras tied up with the software company Altair to set up an e-Mobility Simulation Lab.
Correct answer: (B) Cillian Murphy
The Best Actor award at the 2024 Oscars went to Cillian Murphy for ‘Oppenheimer’.