1.

Find the next term in the series: BMO, EOQ, HQS, …

(a) LMN (b) KSU (c) SOV (d) KSW

2. In the following number series, one term is wrong. Find the wrong term.
4, 10, 22, 46, 96, 190, 382
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 96 (d) 382

3. After getting 2 successive discounts, a purse with a list price of ₹ 200 is available at ₹ 123.
If the second discount is 25%, find the first discount
(a) 20% (b) 30% (c) 25% (d)18%

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4. If the compound interest on certain sum at the rate 163% for 4 years is ₹ 2210, find the
simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same period.
(a) 1728 (b) 2582 (c) 1528 (d) 1678

5. A sum of ₹ 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times of A’s share,
4 times of B’s share and 7 times of C's share are all equal. Find the share of each.
(a) A-196, B-147, C-84 (b) A-147, B-196, C-84
(c) A-84, B-147, C-196 (d) A-192, B-147, C-88

6. Raman takes 8 hours to write a 50 page manuscript while Reena can write the same
manuscript in 6 hours. How many hours would it take them to write a 100 page manuscript,
if they work together ?
5 6
(a) 9 (b) 57 (c) 14 (d) 67

7. Consider the following diagram. In the diagram, r is radius of each circle and area of
square not covered by circles is 378 cm2. What is the value of radius r

(a) 21 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 18 cm

8. Seema rides her car at an average speed of 30 km/hr and she reaches her destination in 6
hours. Reema covers the same distance in 4 hours. If Seema increases her average speed by
10 km/hr and Reema increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what would be the difference
in their time taken to reach the destination?
(a) 40 minutes (b) 45 minutes (c) 60 minutes (d) 54 minutes

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9. For a certain month, the dates of three of the Sundays are even number. What would be
the day of 15th of that month?
(a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday

10. What is the area of the face of a clock described by its minute hand between 9 a.m. and
9.35 a.m., if the minute hand is 18 cm long?
(a) 494 (b) 459 (c) 594 (d) 593

11. A cuboidal water tank contains 216 litres of water. Its depth is 1/3 of its length and
breadth is 1/2 of 1/3 of difference between length and depth. What is the length of tank?
(a) 2 dm (b) 6 dm (c) 18 dm (d) 72 dm

12. Two trains, 130 and 110 metres long, are going in same direction. The faster train takes
one minute to pass the other completely. If they are moving in opposite direction, they pass
each other completely in 3 seconds. What is the speed of faster train ?
(a) 38 m/sec (b) 42 m/sec (c) 46 m/sec (d) 50 m/sec

13. 18 years ago, a woman was three times as old as her daughter. Now, the woman is twice
as old as her daughter. The sum of the present ages of the woman and her daughter is
(a) 54 years (b) 72 years (c) 105 years (d) 108 years

Study the table given below and answer the question numbers 14 and 15:
Department Number of Percentage Percentage
Employees of Female of Male
Accounts 50 60 40
Production 400 55 45
EDP 20 45 55
Sales 200 60 40

14. What is the ratio of number of females in EDP and Accounts departments together to
the number of males in same department together ?
(a) 39:31 (b) 31:39 (c) 40:31 (d) 39:40

15. What is the ratio of number of females in Sales department to the number of females in
Production department?
(a) 11:6 (b) 6:11 (c) 11:12 (d) 22:6

16. Which of the followings is called brain of the computer?

(a) Hard Disk (b) Central Processing Unit
(c) Memory (d) Keyboard

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17. What is the name of Super Computer developed in India ?
(a) CRAY (b) PARAM (c) The Titan (d) Sunway

18. What is the full form of VoLTE ?

(a) Voice over Long Time Evolution (b) Voice of Long Term Evolution
(c) Voice over Long Term Enabler (d) Voice over Long Term Evolution

19. Which of the following Wireless Technology can support download speed of more than
100 MBPS?
(a) 2G (b) 3G (c) 4G (d) Both 2G and 4G

20. Which of the following is not a feature of Bluetooth?

(a) Bluetooth is used for short distance data exchange between device
(b) Bluetooth uses Radio Waves.
(c) Bluetooth is WAN type of network.
(d) All are features of Bluetooth.

21. Which of the followings is not a network device?

(a) RJ45 (b) MAC Address (c) Routers (d) Modem

22. What is the full form of CD-ROM?

(a) Compatible Read Only Memory (b) Compact Data Read Only Memory
(c) Compact Disk Read Only Memory (d) Compatible Disk Read Only Memory

23. Arrange the following units of memory in ascending order according to their sizes.
MB, TB, KB, GB
(a) MB, TB, KB, GB (b) KB, MB, GB, TB
(c) TB, KB, GB, MB (d) KB, MB, TB, GB

24. Which of the followings is not true about Geo-fence?

(a) Geo-fence is a virtual perimeter around physical location.
(b) Geo-fence is used in providing Location Based Service.
(c) Geo-fence is a virtual radius around physical location.
(d) Geo-fence App requires location permission in mobile.

25. What is the full form of BCC in email ?

(a) Blind Computer Communication (b) Blind Computer Copy
(c) Blind Carbon Communication (d) Blind Carbon Copy

26. A Relational Database Management package manages data in more than one files at
once. It organizes these files as _______
(a) Tables (b) Columns (c) Files (d) Database

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27. Which of the following is not advantage of database approach?
(a) Data in database is inconsistent (b) Elimination of data redundancy
(c) Ability to associate related data (d) Increased security of data

28. What is the purpose of CTRL+R in MS-WORD?

(a) This command re-opens the last closed document.
(b) This command re-prints the last printed document.
(c) This command is used to redo the changes made since last save.
(d) This command right aligns the selected paragraph.

29. Which of the following short-key is used in MS-Word to open save-as dialog box?
(a) F8 (b) F+12 (c) F10 (d) F12

30. During printing of document, Gutter margin is added to

(a) Left margin (b) Right margin
(c) Binding side (d) Both left and right margin

31. Spreadsheets are created in which of the followings software ?

(a) MS-Word (b) LibreOffice Calc
(c) MS-PowerPoint (d) LibreOffice Impress

32. Which symbol is used in MS-Excel to start formula ?

(a) = (b) + (c) ( (d) @

33. Suppose active cell in spreadsheet is J10. What will be the active cell, if you press Enter
key?
(a) J11 (b) K10 (c) J10 (d) J09

34. Which of the following is defined by Handout Master?

(a) Slide formatting (b) Slide transition
(c) Layout of handout (d) Layout of slide

35. Which of the followings provides means of printing out features notes with a miniature
slide on printed page ?
(a) Slide with animation (b) Outline view
(c) Notes page (d) Audience handout

36. In the following series, find the missing terms.

J2Z, K4X, I7V, ?, H16R, M22P
(a) I11T (b) L11S (c) L11T (d) L12S

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37. In a certain code, KAVERI is written as VAKIRE. How is PUNJAB written in that code ?
(a) JABPUN (b) NUPBAJ (c) NUPABJ (d) NPUABJ

38. If, in a code, MIND becomes KGLB and ARGUE becomes YPESC, what will DIAGRAM be in
that code?
(a) BGYEPYK (b) BGYPEYK (c) GLPEYPB (d) BKBGYLK

39. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Raman, "I am the only daughter of this lady and
her son is your maternal uncle". How is speaker related to Raman's father ?
(a) Sister-in-law (b) Daughter (c) Sister (d) Wife

Read the following information and answer the question numbers 40 and 41.
A is father of C; but C is not his son.
E is daughter of C; F is the spouse of A.
B is brother of C; D is the son of B.
G is spouse of B; H is the father of G.

40. Who is son of F ?

(a) C (b) D (c) B (d) E

41. Who is the grandmother of D?

(a) A (b) C (c) F (d) H

42. Menu: Food : Catalogue:?

(a) Rack (b) Newspaper (c) Library (d) Books

43. Raman starts from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 30 metres, he
turned towards right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and after moving distance
of 10 metre, turned to his left and walked 40 metres. He now turns to direction to the left
and walks 5 metres. Finally, he turns to his left and starts walking. In which direction is he
walking now ?
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West

44. A person, being asked what time it was, answered "The hours of the day which remain
are equal to one-fifth of those which have passed" ? What was time?
(a) 8 P.M. (b) 7 P.M. (c) 9 P.M. (d) 4 A.M.

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45. Given the following words:
Sound, Socks, Shock, Snooker, Sharp
Which word comes in the middle after sorting?
Sound, Socks, Shock, Snooker, Sharp
(a) Sound (b) Socks (c) Shock (d)Snooker

46. Assume that today is Friday. What will be the day after 73 days ?
(a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Friday

47. Which is the odd term in the following series ?

64, 71, 80, 91, 104, 119, 135, 155
(a) 71 (b) 80 (c) 104 (d) 135

48. Raman and Dhaman are standing in a row of persons. Raman is 12 th from left side and
Dhaman is 18th from right side of the row. If they interchange their position, Raman
becomes 25th from left. How many total persons are there in row?
(a) 40 (b) 41 (c) 42 (d) 43

49. In a queue, Seema is 10th from the front while Reema is 25th from behind and Mamta is
just in the middle of the two. If there be 50 persons in the queue, what position does
Mamta occupy from the front ?
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 15 (d) 29

50. Which of the following year will have same calendar as that of year 2020 ?
(a) 2027 (b) 2025 (c) 2024 (d) 2026

51. Complete the following sentence by selecting best alternative from options
She could not ______ the thought of ______ the election to her bitter rival.
(a) bear, loosing (b) bear, losing
(c) lose, bearing (d) loss, bearing

52. Which of the following is most nearly opposite word of PRECEPT ?

(a) Mandate (b) Organization (c) Maximum (d) Disorganization

53. Given the following sentence

Hardly had he seen her aunt then he stopped fighting.
There is mistake in above sentence. Which of the following is correct one ?
(a) Hardly had he seen her aunt when he stopped fighting.
(b) Hardly had he seen her aunt than he stopped fighting.
(c) Hardly had he saw her aunt then he stopped fighting.
(d) Hardly had he seen her aunt, he stopped fighting.

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54. Re-arrange following parts in proper sequence to obtain a correct sentence:
1. Held on all India basis
2. Appear in the Punjab Police Examination
3. Every year many students from
4. All over the country
(a) 3,4,2, 1 (b) 3,4,1,2 (c) 4,3,2,1 (d) 1,4,2,3

55. In the following sentence, replace the adverb with a noun:

He watched the girl carefully.
(a) He watched her with care. (b) With care he watched her.
(c) He watched the girl with great care. (d) Care was taken while watching her.

56. Change the following sentence to indirect form:

Mohit said, "Hello, you are here!"
(a) Mohit is surprised to see him here. (b) Mohit was surprised to see you there.
(c) Mohit was amazed to see you there. (d) Mohit was surprised to see him there.

57. What is the meaning of idiom given in the following sentence?

We should guard against our green-eyed friends.
(a) Rich (b) Jealous (c) Happy (d) Sad

58. Which of the followings is appropriately spelled?

(a) Acquatance (b) Acquaintence (c) Acquaintance (d) Acquantance

59. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

He doesn't agree _______ his friend about politics.
(a) with (b) on (c) to d) for

60. What is the passive voice sentence of the following ?

They declared him a culprit.
(a) A culprit was declared him by them. (b) He was declared a culprit by them.
(c) He was declared by them a culprit. (d) A culprit was declared by them.

61. ਪੰ ਜਾਬੀ ਧੁਨੀਆਂ ਕ ੰ ਨੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਹੁੰ ਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

62. ‘ਬਹੁਤ ਚੰ ਗੀ’ ਹੇਠ ਕਿਖੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਕ ਿੱ ਚੋਂ ੀ ਹੈ?

(a) ਕ ਕਰ੍ਆ (b) ਗੁਣ ਾਚ ਕ ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ
(c) ਪੜਨਾਂ (d) ਸੰ ਕਖਆ ਾਚ ਕ ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ

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63. ਭਾ ਾਚ ਨਾਂ ਚੁਣ।ੋ
(a) ਅਸੀਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ (b) ਗਮੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ (c) ਸੈਨਾ ਸਰੇਣੀ (d) ਰ੍ੰ ਗਾ ਰ੍ੰ ਗ

64. ੋਈ ਗੀਤ ਗਾ ਕਰ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਥਨ ਕ ਿੱ ਚ ਰ੍ਤੇ ਗਏ ਪੜਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਕ ਸਮ ਦਿੱ ਸੋ।

(a) ਅਕਨਸਚੇ ਾਚ ਪੜਨਾਂ (b) ਸੰ ਬੰ ਧ ਾਚ ਪੜਨਾਂ
(c) ਪਰਸ਼ਨ ਾਚ ਪੜਨਾਂ (d) ਕਨਿੱਜ ਾਚ ਪੜਨਾਂ

65. ਪੜਨਾਂ ੀ ਕ ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ ਚੁਣ।ੋ

(a) ੌ ਣ (b) ੁੜੀ (c) ਓਹ (d) ਪੰ ਜ ਮੀਿ

66. ਗੁਰ੍ਮੁਖੀ ਕਿਿੱਪੀ ਕ ਗੜੇ ਗੁਰ੍ੂ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਸ਼ੁਰ੍ੂ ੀਤੀ?

(a) ਗੁਰ੍ੂ ਅੰ ਗਦ ਜੀ (b) ਗੁਰ੍ੂ ਗੋਕਬੰ ਦ ਕਸੰ ਘ ਜੀ (c) ਗੁਰ੍ੂ ਅਰ੍ਜਨ ਦੇ ਜੀ (d) ਗੁਰ੍ੂ ਹਕਰ੍ਰ੍ਾਇ ਜੀ

67. ਸੁਚਤ
ੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਨਾਰ੍ਥ ੀ ਹੈ?
(a) ਸਜਿੱ ਗ (b) ਉਜਿੱ ਡ (c) ਸਿੱ ਖਣਾ (d) ਸਰ੍ਿ

68. ਕਜਨਹਾਂ ਸਬਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਿੱ ਗੇ ਹੋਰ੍ ਨਾ ੰ ਕਡਆਂ ਜਾ ਸ ,ੇ ਉਨਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕ ਕਹੰ ਦੇ ਹਨ?
(a) ਰ੍ਕਚਤ ਸ਼ਬਦ (b) ਯੋਕਗ ਸ਼ਬਦ (c) ਮੂਿ ਸ਼ਬਦ (d) ਕਿਆ ਸ਼ਬਦ

69. ਤੀ ੀਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਤੀਮੀ ਕ ਸ ਉਪ ਬੋਿੀ ਕ ਿੱ ਚ ਬੋਕਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ?

(a) ਮਾਝੀ (b) ਮਿ ਈ (c) ਦੁਆਬੀ (d) ਪੁਆਧੀ

70. ਕ ਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਰ੍ਖਤ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਨਾਰ੍ਥੀ ਹੈ?

(a) ਫੁਿੱ ਿ (b) ਫਿ (c) ਕਬਰ੍ਖ (d) ਟਕਹਣੀ

71. Maharaja Narendra Singh succeeded which of the following Maharaja ?

(a) Raja Karam Singh (b) Raja Bhupinder Singh
(c) Raja Rajinder Singh (d) Raja Randhir Singh

72. Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam received Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, for which of following
book in 1982?
(a) Kagaj te Canvas (b) Pinjar (c) Nagmani (d) Rasidi Ticket

73. Which city is known as 'Sifti Da Ghar?

(a) Ludhiana (b) Jalandhar (c) Anandpur Sahib (d) Amritsar

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74. How many Rajya Sabha members are selected from Punjab state ?
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 6

75. Who was first Governor of Punjab ?

(a) Bansi Lal (b) Gopi Chand
(c) Chandu Lal Trivedi (d) Giani Zail Singh

76. Arrange the following districts of Punjab on the basis of population as per 2011 census in
ascending order:
Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar
(a) Ludhiana, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar
(b) Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana
(c) Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana
(d) Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur

77. Which is the name of the scheme that was launched in 2020 in Punjab to honour cops
for work extraordinarily?
(a) Appreciate and Commend (b) Commend and Appreciate
(c) Appreciate, Commend and Honour (d) Cop of the year

78. What was the theme of Punjab's tableau in the Republic Day Parade, 2019 at
New Delhi ?
(a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (b) Sangat and Pangat
(c) 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
(d) Maharaja Ranjit Singh

79. Kila Raipur in Punjab is famous for which of the following events ?
(a) Kila Raipur Rural Olympics (b) Garment manufacturing
(c) Shoe manufacturing (d) Sports Goods Manufacturing

80. Who among the following had drafted the "Declaration of Independence" pledge in
1930 ?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) C.R. Das (d) Mahatma Gandhi

81. Which of the following is highest point of India ?

(a) Kanchenjunga (b) Siachen (c) Rohtang (d) Shimla

82. Which among the following is the cause of winter rains in Northern India?
(a) Receding monsoons (b) Normal monsoons
(c) Western disturbances (d) Trade winds

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83. Which is the first golden jubilee film of India ?
(a) Pundalik (b) Raja Harishchandra
(c) Shankaracharya (d) Sant Tukaram

84. Who was the Chairman of Committee to Review Working of the Constitution (CRWC)
which was constituted in 2000 ?
(a) Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy (b) Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah
(c) Justice R.S. Sarkaria (d) Justice Kottappally Punnaya

85. When were the first general elections held ?

(a) 1951-1952 (b) 1949-1950 (c) 1947-1948 (d) 1953-1954

86. Which of the following anti-satellite missile is tested by India on 27 March, 2019?
(a) Mission Antriksh (b) Mission Gagan
(c) Mission Shakti (d) Mission Destruction

87. When did Simon Commission visit India ?

(a) 1926 (b) 1929 (c) 1928 (d) 1927

88. On which date "National Consumer Rights Day" is observed ?

(a) 24 December (b) 24 January (c) 24 February (d) 24 March

89. Which is the largest Indian Museum?

(a) Nizam's Museum (b) Salar Jung Museum
(c) AP state Archaeology Museum (d) Indian Museum Kolkata

90. Full form of NITI Aayog is

(a) National Institute for Transforming India (b) National Institution for Transforming India
(c) National Institute for Transmitting India (d) National Institution for Transmitting India

91. The Article 51A of Constitution of India is related to Fundamental Duties of which of the
followings?
(a) Persons engaged in private sectors (b) Persons engaged in public sectors
(c) Persons engaged in both private and public sectors
(d) Citizen of India

92. What can be maximum interval between two sessions of each house of Parliament of
India ?
(a) 6 months (b) 5 months (c) 4 months (d) 12 months

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93. The President of India can remove Chief Election Commission of India if
(a) the Prime Minister recommends (b) the Vice President recommends
(c) the Cabinet recommends.
(d) the resolution is passed in both the houses of Parliament

94. Who is the First Law Officer in India?

(a) Chief Justice of India (b) Solicitor General of India
(c) Attorney General of India (d) Law Minister

95. Which of the following agency is entrusted with the responsibility to ensure a uniform
policy on accounting and audit in the government sector as a whole in India ?
(a) Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(b) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(c) The Controller General of Accounts
(d) The Ministry of Finance, Government of India

96. On the basis of recommendation of _________, Punjab was formed as unilingual state
for Punjabi speaking people.
(a) Dhar Commission (b) Kothari Commission
(c) Radha Krishnan Commission (d) Shah Commission

97. Himachal Pradesh became _________ state of India.

(a) 19th (b) 20th (c) 18th (d) 16th

98. Which of the following is Apex body in Panchayati Raj system ?

(a) Zila Parishad (b) Panchayat Samiti (c) Gram sabha (d) Gram Panchayat

99. Which Prime Minister had coined the term, 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Deve Gowda (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

100. How many total number of members can be nominated by the President of India to
both the houses of Parliament ?
(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 14 (d) 1

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 ANSWER KEYS
Q.No. Ans Q.No. Ans Q.No. Ans Q.No. Ans Q.No. Ans
1. B 21. B 41. C 61. A 81. A
2. C 22. C 42. D 62. B 82. C
3. D 23. B 43. A 63. B 83. D
4. A 24. C 44. A 64. A 84. B
5. A 25. D 45. D 65. A,C 85. A
6. D 26. A 46. B 66. A 86. C
7. A 27. A 47. D 67. A 87. C
8. D 28. D 48. C 68. C 88. A
9. C 29. D 49. B 69. B,D 89. D
10. C 30. C 50. * 70. C 90. B
11. C 31. B 51. B 71. A 91. D
12. B 32. A 52. D 72. A 92. A
13. D 33. A 53. A 73. D 93. D
14. A 34. C 54. A 74. C 94. C
15. A,B 35. D 55. C 75. C 95. B
16. B 36. C 56. D 76. * 96. D
17. B 37. B 57. B 77. A 97. C
18. D 38. A 58. C 78. A 98. A
19. C 39. D 59. A 79. A 99. D
20. C 40. C 60. B 80. D 100. C

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