BRAIN TEASERS LPU Talent Search Exam-2013 Question paper with solution---- Q1. Which one of the following state of India have highest urban density? 1. Maharastra 2.punjab 3. Tamil nadu 4.west Bengal ( 4 ) Q2.’SWADHAR’ is a scheme for:- 1. Unique identification 2. Self employment for males 3. Common home for senior citizens 4. Women in difficult circumstances ( 3 ) Q3.national institute for mentally handicapped is situated at:- 1. Hyderabad 2.new Delhi 3. Kolkata 4.chennai ( 1 ) Q4.rabi season is considered between:- 1. Oct to march 2.dec to may 3. Apr to sept 4.may to Oct ( 1 ) Q5.87878-7878-6666-777-33=? 1.72524 2.73354 ( 1 ) 3.75224 3.72534 Q6.the parliament of India cannot be regarded as sovereign body because:- 1. it can legislate only on subjects entrusted to the Centre by the Constitution 2. it has to operate within the limits prescribed by the Constitution 3. the Supreme Court can declare laws passed by parliament as unconstitutional if they contravene the provisions of the Constitution 4. All of the above ( 4 ) Q7. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by 1. The people 2. Lok Sabha ( 3 ) 3. Elected members of the legislative assembly 4. Elected members of the legislative council Q8. The present Lok Sabha is the 1. 13th Lok Sabha 2. 14th Lok Sabha ( 3 ) 3. 15th Lok Sabha 4. 16th Lok Sabha Q9. The members of Lok Sabha are 1. directly elected by the people ( 1 ) 2. indirectly elected 3. nominated 4. partly elected and partly nominated Q10. The minimum age required to become the prime minister of India is 1. 25 years 2. 30 years ( 1 ) 3. 40 years 4. 35 years Q11. The president can be removed from his office before the expiry of his normal term only on the recommendation of 1. the Supreme Court ( 4 ) 2. the chief justice of India 3. council of ministers 4. the two Houses of Parliament Q12. The members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by the 1. Chief minister 2. Chief justice ( 3 ) 3. Governor 4. Vice-president Q13. The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is 1. 3:5 2. 2:3 3. 2:4 4. 3:4( 2 ) Q14. The words Satyameva Jayate inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from 1.Rig-Veda 2. Satpath Brahmana 3. Mundak Upanishad 4. Ramayana ( 3 ) Q15. The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at 1.Nasik 2.Ujjain 3.Allahabad 4.Haridwar( 4 ) Q16. Madhubani, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India? 1.Uttar Pradesh 2. Rajasthan 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Bihar ( 4 ) Q17. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity 1. Ram 2. Jaganath 3. Shiva 4. Vishnu( 2 ) Q18. Mohiniattam dance from developed originally in which state? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Orissa 3. Kerala 4. Karnataka ( 3 ) Q19. The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is 1. Ramanujam 2. Rina Panigrahi 3. Raja Ramanna 4. Shakunthala Devi ( 4 ) Q20. Who is the Flying Sikh of India? 1. Mohinder Singh 2. Joginder Singh 3. Ajit Pal Singh 4. Milkha singh ( 4 ) Q21. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate compound in which central metal is 1. Copper 2. Magnesium 3.iron 4. Calcium ( 2 ) Q22. Which of the following metals forms an amalgam with other metals 1.Tin 2.Mercury 3.Lead 4.Zinc( 2 ) Q23. Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room temperature? 1.Phosphorous 2.Bromine 3.Chlorine 4.Helium ( 2 ) Q24. Which of the gas is not known as green house gas? 1.Methane 2.nitrous oxide 3.Carbon dioxide 4.Hydrogen ( 2 ) Q25. Tetraethyl lead is used as 1. Pain killer 2. Fire extinguisher ( 4 ) 3. Mosquito repellent 4.Petrol additive Q26. Which of the following is used as a lubricant? 1. Graphite 2.silica 3. Iron oxide 4.Diamond ( 1 ) Q27. The property of a substance to absorb moisture from the air on exposure is called 1. Osmosis 2. Deliquescence 3. Efflorescence 4. Desiccation ( 2 ) Q28. When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is formed 1. without any change in the weight of the nail 2. with decrease in the weight of the nail 3. with increase in the weight of the nail 4. without any change in colour or weight of the nail ( 3 ) Q29. Heavy water is 1.D2O 2.ph7 3.H2O(rain)4.Tritium oxide( 1 ) Q30. The chemical (ethyl mercaptan) added to the otherwise odourless LPG cooking gas for imparting a detectable smell to the gas is a compound of 1. Bromine 2.Fluorine 3. chlorine 4.sulphur ( 4 ) Q31.Birth date of Swami Vivekananda 1.12 Jan 1863 2.12 Jan 1864 3.11 jan 1863 3.11 jan 1864 ( 1 ) Q32.Entire world is celebrating¬¬¬ _ birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda 1.150th 2.149th 3.125th 4.175th ( 1 ) Q33.Birth place of Shaheed Bhagat Singh 1. Banga (Lallyalpur) 2.banga (Lahore) 3. Banga (Ludhiana) 4.banga (Amritsar) ( 1 ) Q34.Age at which The Legend (Bhagat Singh) sacrificed his life for Motherland 1.24 2.21 3.22 4.25 ( 1 ) Q35. Which day is celebrated as Science day? 1.5th Sept 2.14th Nov 3.28th Feb. 4.4th mar( 3 ) Q36.Babu is weak………English 1.at 2.by 3.for 4.with ( 1 ) Q37.Many people like my plan. Will you ……it? 1. agree with 2.agree to 3. agree 4.agree about ( 2 ) Q38.I…..my grandparents once in two weeks 1.am visiting 2.will visit 3.visiting 4.visit ( 4 ) Q39.Extreme old age when behaves like a fool 1. Imbecility 2.Senility 3. Dotage 4.supannuation (2 ) Q40.That which cannot be corrected 1. Unintelligible 2.Indelible 3.Illegible 4.Incorrigible ( 4 ) choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words(Q41-Q42) Q41.ENORMOUS 1. Soft 2.Average 3.Tiny 4.Weak ( 3 ) Q42.EXODUS 1. Influx 2.Coming 3.Return 4.Restore ( 1 ) Choose the word which best expresses the SAME meaning (Q43-Q44) Q43.CORPULENT 1. Lean 2.Gaunt 3.Emaciated 4.Obese ( 4 ) Q44.AUGUST 1.Common 2.Radical 3.Dignified 4.Petty( 3 ) What number should come next? Q45. Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... 1.7 2.10 3.12 4.13 ( 2 ) Q46. Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), .. 1.(1/3) 2.(1/8) 3.(2/8) 4.(1/16) ( 2 ) Q47. 28 25 5 21 18 5 14 1.11 5 2. 10 7 3.11 8 4.10 5( 1 ) Q48. 8 11 21 15 18 21 22 1.25 18 2.25 21 3.25 29 4.24 25 ( 2 ) Q49. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is : 1.1/4 2 .1/10 3.7/15 4.8/15 ( 4 ) Q50.The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child? 1.4yr 2.8yr 3.10yr 4.none ( 1 ) Q51. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60º and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is: 1.2.3m 2.4.6m 3.7.8m 4.9.2m ( 4 ) Q52. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is: 1.Rs 650 2.Rs 690 3.Rs698 4.Rs700 ( 3 ) Q53. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? 1. 6.25 2. 6.5 3. 6.75 4. 7 ( 1 ) Q54. The cube root of .000216 is: 1. .6 2. .06 3. 77 4. 87 ( 2 ) Q55. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue? 1.10/21 2.11/21 3.2/7 4.5/7 ( 1 ) Q56. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number is: 1.35 2.36 3.45 4. 54 ( 4 ) Q57. Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named 1.fermi 2.angstrom 3.newton 4.tesla ( 1 ) Q58. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly 1.2 m 2.4 m 3.8 m 4.16m ( 3 ) Q59. If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted upon by the same force for the same time, then the both bodies acquire the same 1.velocity 2.momentum 3.accelaration 4.kinetic energy ( 2 ) Q60. Sound waves in air are 1.transverse 2.longitudinal 3.electromagnetic 4.polarised ( 2 ) Q61. On a rainy day, small oil films on water show brilliant colours. This is due to 1.disperson 2.interference 3.diffraction 4.polarisation ( 2 ) Q62. Moment of inertia is 1.vector 2.scalar 3.phasor 4.tensor( 4 ) Q63. Sound travels at the fastest speed in 1.steel 2.water 3.air 4.vaccum( 1 ) Q64. Light travels at the fastest speed in 1.glass 2.water 3.H2 gas 4.vaccum( 4 ) Q65. Light Emitting Diodes (LED) is used in fancy electronic devices such as toys emit 1.X rays 2.UV light 3.visible light 4.radio wave ( 3 ) Q66. Natural radioactivity was discovered by 1. Marie Curie 2. Ernest Rutherford 3. Henry Baquerel 4. Enrico Fermi ( 3 ) Q67. One nanometer is equal to 1. 10-6m 2. 10-8m 3. 10-9m 4. 10-5m( 3 ) Q68. The most electronegative element among the following is 1.Na 2.K 3.O 4.F ( 4 ) Q69. The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called 1. smelting 2. Roasting 3. calcinations 4. froth floatation ( 1 ) Q70. The main buffer system of the human blood is 1. H2CO3 - HCO3 2. H2CO3 - CO32- 3. CH3COOH - CH3COO- 4. NH2CONH2 - NH2CONH+ ( 1 ) Q71. The mass of P4O10 that will be obtained from the reaction of 1.33 gram of P4 and 5.07 of oxygen is 1.2.05 gram 2. 3.05 gram 3. 4.05 gram 4. 5.05gram ( 2 ) Q72. The inherited traits of an organism are controlled by 1. RNA molecules 2 . nucleotides 3. DNA molecules 4. Enzymes ( 3 ) Q73. The luster of a metal is due to 1.its high density 2. its high polishing 3. its chemical inertness 4. presence of free electrons ( 4 ) Q74. The oil used in the froth floatation process is 1. coconut oil 2. olive oil 3. kerosene oil 4. pine oil ( 4 ) Q75. For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded? 1. Physics and Chemistry ( 4 ) 2. Physiology or Medicine 3. Literature, Peace and Economics 4. All of the above Q76. Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country? 1.USA 2fiji. 3.INDIA 4.UK ( 2 ) Q77. For purifying drinking water alum is used 1.for coagulation of mud particles 2. to kill bacteria 3. to remove salts 4. to remove gases ( 1 ) Q78. When is the World Population Day Observed? 1may 2.4oct 3.10jul 4.11dec ( 4 ) Q79. 26 28 31 35 ? 1.41 2.45 3.40 4.42 ( 3 ) Q80. Outer covering of virus made up of protein is 1.capsid 2.coat 3.virion 4.viroid ( 1 ) Q81. Most abundant tissues of our body are 1. muscular 2.connective 3.epithelial 4.nervous ( 1 ) Q82. Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called 1.halophytes 2.hydrophytes 3.mesophytes 4.xerophytes ( 3 ) Q83. Myopia is connected with 1.ear 2.eyes 3.lungs 4.none ( 2 ) Q84. Pyorrhoea is a disease of the 1.nose 2.gums 3.lungs 4.neck ( 2 ) In these series, you will be looking at both the letter pattern and the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.Q85-87. Q85. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL 1.CMN 2.UJI 3.VIJ 4.IJT ( 3 ) Q86. B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D 1. B2C2D 2. BC3D 3. B2C3D 4. BCD7 ( 2 ) Q87. FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____ 1. JAK 2.HAL 3.HAK 4.JAI ( 1 ) Each question has an underlined word followed by four answer choices. You will choose the word that is a necessary part of the underlined word.Q88-Q90 Q88. Harvest 1.autumn 2. Stockpile 3.tractor 4.crop ( 4 ) Q89. Language 1.tongue 2. Slang 3. writing 4. Words ( 4 ) Q90.School 1. student 2. report card 3. test 4. Learning ( 1 ) Q91. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in...? 1.1928 2.1932 3.1938 4.1942 ( 1 ) Q92. In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race? 1.1955 2.1956 3.1957 4.1958 ( 1 ) Q93. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in...? 1.1951 2.1963 3.1971 4.1982 ( 1 ) Q94. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1999? 1. Australia 2. South Africa 3. Pakistan 4. England ( 1 ) Q95.Who won the ASIA cup(cricket) 2012? 1.INDIA 2.SRI LANKA 3.PAKISTAN 4.AFGANISTAN ( 1 ) Q96. Yashchopra who was recently died is associated with 1.Music 2.Industrilist 3.Film industry 4.Sports ( 3 ) Q97.Biggest source of tax in Indian economy 1. Toll tax 2. Income Tax 3. Service tax 4. Liquor Tax ( 4 ) Q98. Who has been awarded the first lifetime Achievement Award for his/her contribution in the field of Cinema? 1. Ashok Kumar 2. Hou Hsio-hsein( 1 ) 3. Akiro Burosova 4. Bernardo Burtolucci Q99. The first Indian to receive Noble Prize in Literature was 1.Mother Teresa 2. Rabindranath Tagore 3.C. V. Raman 4. Sarojini Naidu ( 2 ) Q100. Who invented param supercomputer ? 1.Dr Vijay P. Bhatkar 2. D. Y. Patil ( 1 ) 3. Konrad Zuse 4. P. Subhramanyam
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