Past Year Questions

Consider the following statements: Sorting of data can be done in MS Excel. Duplicates in data cannot be removed in MS Excel. Which of the above statements is/are true?

Figures 1 to 5 are views of a cube. From the options given below, choose the sixth view of the cube in the series.

The figures shown below depict four mechanisms made using links and hinges, where the small circles represent hinges. Which of the options will allow relative motions between the links?

The 25th Indian State to achieve statehood was ________.

Identify the correct mechanism that enlarges the blue fish to red when traced with the blue dot.

Who is the woman depicted in this painting by Raja Ravi Varma?

The image in the box given below shows a 3D object. Only one of the options shows the same object from a different view. Identify it.

A tourist is shooting photographs of an ancient building from four locations A, B, C and D marked by x. The tourist is using only one camera without changing its magnification. Identify the location(s) in the floor plan which will result in the given photograph.

Goethe said, 'Doubt grows with knowledge'. From this perspective, who would a knowledgeable person be?

The numbers in the hexagon groups are arranged in a particular order. Find the number which would replace the question mark.

Four spheres start revolving clockwise in concentric circles from their initial positions as shown below. Yellow travels at 2 m/sec, green at 4 m/sec, red at 2 m/sec and blue at 4 m/sec. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?

The word 'HOME' was printed on a circular disc and a smaller disc from the center was cut and removed from it. Later, another disc was cut from the smaller disc in the same manner. Find the correct set of discs, if the discs were rotated.

A square paper is folded and cut as shown below. The paper is then used as a template to spray-paint a white wall with black paint. Which pattern would be created using this template?

A can do a piece of work in 20 days, while A and B together can do it in 12 days and A, B and C all together can do it in 10 days. In how many days will the work be done if they work for a day in the pattern (A, A and B, A and C, A, .....)?

On a race track shown below choose the correct starting configuration. The athletes are not allowed to change the tracks. Each grid is 2 m x 2 m.

Which is the appropriate option that can replace the question mark to complete the series?

Which option matches the order of the paintings shown?

Kavita is holding a lit torch below her face as she narrates a ghost story to her friends in a dark room. Which option shows the lighting correctly?

The image below shows a product designed by Raymond Loewy. Identify the product.

The image shows different views of a cube made out of panels with cut-outs. Which option can be folded to make the given cube?

Two numbers are in the ratio 5:6. If 20 is added to each of them, the ratio becomes 7:8. The numbers are

Which colours are tints and shade of one colour?

Which of these paintings is/are by Paul Klee?

Three views of a stack of sugar cubes are shown below. What is the MINIMUM number of cubes that are required to produce this stack?

Which one of the diagrams DOES NOT represent any of the relationships given below?

Shown in the optional images (1), (2), (3), (4) are regular polygons. Which among the two polygons given below will fill the Figure X?

How many times do the hands of a clock make a right angle with each other during 24 hours?

The white part in the shoe sole shown left represents the embossed / raised area. Find out the right footprint of the shoe from the given options.

How many matching pairs of shoes (both left and right shoe) are present in the image below?

The image shows distribution of marks secured by 2500 students of a particular district in four subjects (English, Maths, Hindi, Science shown as bell curves). Which of the statements must be TRUE?

Consider a scenario in India in the year 2000: Women from several nomadic tribes are in danger of having complicated pregnancies. At times, they have little or no knowledge of pregnancy or childbirth related ailments, interventions and government schemes. The problem is worsened by the fact that women's literacy within these communities is low and since they keep moving from place to place, access to electricity is low. An NGO decides to address this problem and hopes to improve maternal health in this community through information dissemination. Which of the following could be effective in communicating this information to this community?

Identify the total number of differences in the images shown below.

Choose the most appropriate water image of the given object (X).

In the question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Which conclusions logically follow?

Shown below are the 2 views of a cube. If face P is opposite to 1, Q is opposite to 2 and R is opposite to 3, which option can be folded to make the cube?

Shown below are three tubes P, Q and R with coloured marbles. Each tube can hold a maximum of 5 marbles. Only one marble can be transferred in a move. What is the minimum number of moves required to transfer the red marble from tube 'P' to the bottom of tube 'R'?

P and Q are printed patterns where the white portion of both the patterns is transparent. If Q is overlapped on P, what will be the resultant image?

Shown is a quadrant that is mirrored first on x-axis and then on y-axis. Identify the correct complete figure from the given options.

Four students were given a task to design a stencil for the word 'pedagogy' for spray painting. Shown in the options are designs of each student that are to be cut into stencils for painting. Identify the design that will NOT work as a stencil to paint the given word?

Which option is the odd one out? WOW MADAM / CIVIC ROTATOR / SOLO LEVEL / NOON SAGAS

Shown below is a cross-section of two different trees of same species and age but found in different locations. Based on the image, which of the statement(s) is/are TRUE.

Shown on the left is an image printed on a transparent sheet. If this sheet is folded along the dotted line, then which option will be the resultant view?

Shown below are three types of interlocking rods. There are total 12 rods, of which 6 are type A, 2 are type B and 4 are type C respectively. What is the maximum length that can be achieved by connecting the rods appropriately?

In a given version of chess, no piece can capture another piece. Instead, each piece is on a mission. In the scenario shown in the figure on the left, the knight is on a mission to the diagonally opposite square marked by X. Assuming that no other piece moves, what is the minimum number of moves it will take the knight to reach there? (Note: In chess, the knight moves as shown in the figure on the right. The knight cannot land on any square that has a pawn, but can jump over it.)

A sphere, a cylinder and a cone, with equal heights are resting on a surface along a straight line. If the source of light is fixed and the light rays are parallel, which of the options show(s) the shadows correctly?

Two friends, one on a bike and the other in a car, arrive together at a parking lot. The chance that the one in the car will find a parking space is 0.1, and the one on the bike not finding a parking space is 0.1. What is the probability that only one of them finds a parking space?

Due to fall in rate of interest from 12% to 10.5% p.a. simple interest a money lender's income diminishes by Rs. 900. Find the capital.

Shown on the left is a pattern printed by repeated use of a single printing block. Which of the printing blocks shown on the right can be used to print the pattern?

Shown below are the key frames of a character lifting a sack. Which option will replace the question mark?

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate modal: "It's going to be grander than the Great Gatsby's Party. Oh, I insist, you ________ come."