Past Year Questions

MENDACIOUS

There are a host of HTTP codes which communicate different server messages: 404 for 'not found', 403 for 'forbidden' and so on. Recently there has been a proposal to assign a code for 'censored/censorship' in honour of the author Ray Bradbury. What is the proposed code?

Given below are three statements, based on which some conclusions have been drawn. If the statements are TRUE, which of the conclusions can be said to be TRUE? Statement 1: Visuals can either be abstract or non-abstract. Statement 2: All logos are abstract visuals. Statement 3: All photographs are non-abstract visuals.

What is the maximum number of stars that can be packed inside the blue colour boundary including the one that is shown in the image below? The stars can be scaled but should not overlap. At least 4 points of every star should touch the blue colour boundary.

Residents of planet Earthella are planning to abandon it and fly to planet Marsella because of an acute water crisis. They may choose any of the flight paths connecting Earthella to Marsella through a set of intermediate refuelling stations. How many unique flight paths can be charted out if paths cannot retrace any segment that they have already traversed or revisit any station (including Earthella)?

Match the graphs with the corresponding animations.

The bold lines correspond to four different paths P, Q, R and S. What is the length of the longest path? The length of each side of the square grids is 7 units. Use 22/7 as the value for π.

Which of the options will replace the question mark? (A sequence of symbol groups: each group contains a ring-with-brackets shape, a circle, and an arrowhead in varying sizes and positions)

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?

Shown in the box are the orthographic views of a 3D object. Which option represents that object?

A short interview is being planned for live TV as described below: "We start with establishing the interview space, then close-up of the interviewer who introduces the interviewee. As the interview continues we shift between both of them as the questions are answered. After three questions, we end the interview showing both of them in the frame and then close with showing the interview space." For filming it, four cameras 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been placed as seen in the image below. From the options given, choose the sequence that was most closely followed.

Which of the options represent(s) correctly the opened up surfaces of the solid shown?

The following image shows a set of letters in different fonts. Which of the options is the word formed by letters of the same font?

The following images show cave paintings from India. Which of the options is correct?

Two views of a solid object are shown. Count the number of surfaces.

Which option is the basic building block for the pattern made on the left?

Which collection when arranged correctly will result in the silhouette of the pen shown below?

Imagine a pentagon shaped building. The walls of the building are sides of the pentagon, and there is a watchtower at each vertex. Each watchtower can have guards who can watch two walls connected to the watchtower. What is the minimum number of guards required if each wall needs to be watched by at least 3 guards?

An opaque circular disc is parallel to the table top. A beam of sunlight casts its shadow on the table top as shown in the figure. Which of the options represents the shape of the shadow as seen in the top view of the table?

An animation of four planets orbiting around the sun is shown below. Based on this animation, which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? [This question contains an animated GIF image.]

The options show four ways of attempting to write the word "universe" in a mix of lower-case and upper-case letters. Which of the option(s) is/are correctly read as "universe"?

An irregular solid is cut into seven pieces as shown. The pieces are neither rotated nor scaled, but are kept in a random sequence. Find the correct sequence to get the smooth form. The sequence should be written from left to right.

Each of the shapes is associated with one or more alphabets. Identify the alphabet(s) for the last shape.

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Which of the following statements is correct?

A smaller square of 5 cm is placed inside a bigger square such that all 4 corners of the smaller square are touching the sides of the bigger square. If the smallest distance between the corners of the two squares is 3 cm, what is the area of the bigger square in sq. cm that falls outside smaller one?

As used near the end of the passage, which is the best synonym for futile?

How many tree trunks are there in the given figure?

Count the number of spelling mistakes in the given passage.

A set of six patterns is shown in the figure. Choose the option which corresponds to the set.

Shown on the left is the development of a cube. Which of the options can be created when the shown development is folded?

Choose the option that comes next in the pattern sequence given below.

Which of these is an example of traditional embroidery from Punjab?

Consider the configuration in the given figure. If rotating and flipping are not allowed and pieces given in an option need not be placed in the given sequence, which combination would complete maximum number of horizontal black rows?

A folding fan shown in the image is made of bamboo and paper painted on one side. Which option is the closest representation of the same fan in the folded position? (dotted lines indicate the folds)

Fill in the blank with the correct word: ________ broke out when the news was announced.

Shown below are two views of the same object. How many surfaces does the object contain?

Count the number of triangles in the image below.

On the left is a photograph. Which option(s) is/are part(s) of that photograph?

Tile X was used to create a pattern which is seamless (without gaps), when arranged as shown in Y. Which of the tiles from the options will create a seamless pattern?

Read the following lines from a poem: 'Lad Bazaar gallis. Thin and crooked. / On the prime prized precincts / Sat sleeves rolled Ali / Sipping sweet suleimani / Props ready, goods ready / Theatre of give and take'. What profession could be attributed to Ali?

In pigment colors, if Green is Blue, Yellow is Green, Blue is White and Red is Yellow, what is the complementary color of White and Green?

The ancient rock-cut caves of Karla and Bhaja are situated here. Identify the place.

Perspective view of an object is shown below. The object is rotated 180 degrees around y-axis (when viewed from a point on the positive y-axis towards the origin) and then similarly rotated 180 degrees around z-axis. Which of the following perspective view options will be the result of the rotations? Assume positive x and y axes point in the direction of the viewer.

Look carefully at the sentence shown below. It is written in a specific font. Choose the letter which belongs to the same font family.

According to the passage, which of the following provides an accurate order of the places Paine lived during his lifetime?

Which of the options will replace the question mark in the given sequence?

One of the pots does not belong to the group of pots shown below. What is the number written on that pot?

A total of 200 people were surveyed for newspaper readership. It was found that 100 people read publication X, 120 people read publication Y and 50 people do not read either X or Y. What is the total number of people who read either publication X or publication Y but not both?

ChatGPT is an extremely popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from OpenAI. Which of the following options is the correct symbol/logo of ChatGPT?