MPSC and Government Exam Previous-Year Question Papers

The following sentence has an error in its tense. Select the sentence that corrects it.
If you had apprised me about your problem earlier, I would have allow you to go.

Select the option with the correct use of article(s).

Select the part containing an error, or select 'No error'.
The project was completed / more quicker / than expected.

Select the sentence that corrects the grammatical error.
Harmit is not innocent such as Uday.

Read the passage and select the most appropriate option for blank (1).

Many parents think of overweight children as 'cute' and cuddly. However, obesity must not be (1) ______ as a healthy sign. (2) ______ obese children grow up, they will be more prone (3) ______ health problems like high blood pressure (4) ______ diabetes. Today, overweight children are becoming a common (5) ______ in many countries.

Fill blank (1).

Read the passage and select the most appropriate option for blank (2).

Many parents think of overweight children as 'cute' and cuddly. However, obesity must not be (1) ______ as a healthy sign. (2) ______ obese children grow up, they will be more prone (3) ______ health problems like high blood pressure (4) ______ diabetes. Today, overweight children are becoming a common (5) ______ in many countries.

Fill blank (2).

Read the passage and select the most appropriate option for blank (3).

Many parents think of overweight children as 'cute' and cuddly. However, obesity must not be (1) ______ as a healthy sign. (2) ______ obese children grow up, they will be more prone (3) ______ health problems like high blood pressure (4) ______ diabetes. Today, overweight children are becoming a common (5) ______ in many countries.

Fill blank (3).

Read the passage and select the most appropriate option for blank (4).

Many parents think of overweight children as 'cute' and cuddly. However, obesity must not be (1) ______ as a healthy sign. (2) ______ obese children grow up, they will be more prone (3) ______ health problems like high blood pressure (4) ______ diabetes. Today, overweight children are becoming a common (5) ______ in many countries.

Fill blank (4).

Select the most appropriate substitute for 'a piece of cake' in the sentence.
Riding a horse was a piece of cake for him.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom 'Blowing smoke'.

Select the most appropriate antonym of 'integral' in the sentence.
It is no exaggeration to say the Hussain Sagar Lake is an integral element of Hyderabad and Hyderabad's history.

Select the most appropriate antonym of 'dogmatic' in the sentence.
His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.

Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Select the most suitable replacement for 'until he gave up his job and live' in the sentence.
He was not happy until he gave up his job and live as a fakir in the forests.

Read the passage and select the most appropriate option for blank (5).

Many parents think of overweight children as 'cute' and cuddly. However, obesity must not be (1) ______ as a healthy sign. (2) ______ obese children grow up, they will be more prone (3) ______ health problems like high blood pressure (4) ______ diabetes. Today, overweight children are becoming a common (5) ______ in many countries.

Fill blank (5).

Select the most appropriate antonym of 'bold' from the descriptive words in the sentence.
A person can be friendly, timid, clever, or fearless based on the context of the situation.

Select the incorrectly spelt word in the sentence.
'Vande Mataram', a poignant poem, is obviously and indisputebly the premier national song of India.

Select the most appropriate pair from the alternatives to fill the blanks in order.
He ______ imitate the playful movement of the ______.
Alternatives:
A. does (female deer)
B. does
C. dose

Select the most appropriate replacement for 'anger blazed of' in the sentence.
Dhruv's anger blazed of uncontrollably.

Select the most appropriate replacement for 'do not broke' in the sentence.
The company do not broke the law at any time.

Select the most appropriate word to fill the blank.
Sonu eats ______ like a rabbit.

Select the most appropriate word to replace the bracketed word and fill the blank.
His ______ stature was not a measure of his overall personality. (scrawny)

Select the most appropriate replacement for 'brave' in the sentence.
The family was saved from the burning building by the brave firefighter.

Select the most appropriate synonym of 'Respect'.

Select the most appropriate antonym of 'Shame'.

Select the word-pair with the same relationship as Modest : Humble. Consider the meanings of the words, not their numbers of letters, consonants or vowels.

What replaces the question mark if '+' and '×' are interchanged, and '-' and '÷' are interchanged?
46 × 17 + 4 ÷ 98 - 7 = ?

Which number replaces the question mark in the series?
119, 171, 223, 275, 327, ?

What replaces the question mark in the series?
4, 13, ?, 58, 94, 139, 193

What replaces the question mark if '+' and '-' are interchanged, and '×' and '÷' are interchanged?
14 + 6 × 3 ÷ 7 - 2 = ?

Assume the statements are true, even if they differ from commonly known facts. Decide which conclusions logically follow.
Statements:
Some handles are bars.
All bars are rods.
No rod is a stick.
Conclusions:
I. Some handles are rods.
II. No bar is a stick.

Select the pair following the same pattern as both given pairs.
CJM : FMP
AHL : DKO

If 15 August 2006 was a Tuesday, what day of the week was 19 February 2012?

In a certain code language, 'CERTAIN' is coded as '9643821' and 'UNCERTAIN' is coded as '964382117'. What is the code for 'U'?

Select the set whose numbers are related in the same way as the given sets. Perform operations on whole numbers; do not split numbers into their digits.
(111, 16, 7)
(167, 14, 12)

Three letter-clusters follow the same pattern. Which does not belong? The distinction is not based on the number or positions of vowels and consonants.

How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed by rearranging CKIK, using each given letter occurrence exactly once?

In a code language:
A + B means A is the son of B.
A - B means A is the brother of B.
A × B means A is the wife of B.
A ÷ B means A is the father of B.
How is P related to T in P × Q - R + S ÷ T?

What replaces the question mark if '+' and '-' are interchanged, and '×' and '÷' are interchanged?
91 × 7 + 27 - 7 ÷ 13 = ?

105 is related to 15, and 154 is related to 22, by the same rule. To which number is 189 related? Operate on whole numbers; do not split them into digits.

In a language, 'this is music' is written as 'Ta Bu Ka', and 'who touched this' is written as 'Pi Ka Bi'. How is 'this' written?

What replaces the question mark in the series based on English alphabetical order?
CKS, LRC, ?, DFW, MMG

What replaces the question mark in the series based on English alphabetical order?
LDP, GHO, BLN, WPM, ?

A man can row at 18 km/h in still water. For the same distance, rowing upstream takes twice as long as rowing downstream. Find the speed of the stream.

If the number 1234567y is divisible by 11, where y is a digit, what is y?

A and B can complete a piece of work in 9 days and 15 days respectively. How long will they take working together at those rates?

If cot A = 7, evaluate (5 cos A + 4 sin A)/(cos³ A + 7 sin³ A + 6 sin A).

If the selling price of 100 pens equals the cost price of 140 pens, find the profit percentage.

If A : B = 3 : 7 and B : C = 2 : 5, find A : B : C.

P pays Q ₹150 using 50 coins in denominations of ₹2, ₹5 and ₹10. The numbers of ₹2 and ₹5 coins are in the ratio 5 : 2. How many ₹10 coins are used?

A sum doubles in 7 years at simple interest. In how many years from the start will it become four times the original sum at the same rate?

A roller has radius 49 cm and length 200 cm. It makes 700 complete revolutions to cover and level a playground once. Find the area of the playground, using π = 22/7.

Simplify: (36 ÷ 6) ÷ 3 + (18 ÷ 9) × 4 - (12 ÷ 6) × (5 ÷ 2).

In an election between two candidates A and B, A received 33% of the votes cast and lost by 55,522 votes. Find the number of votes received by B.

A shopkeeper gives a 10% discount and still earns a 10% profit. The marked price is how many times the cost price, correct to two decimal places?

The observed ages of children are given below. Find the difference between the mean and mode of their ages.
Age (years) : Number of children
6 : 8
7 : 3
8 : 7
9 : 2
10 : 20

In triangle ABC, AB = 6 units, BC = 8 units and AC = 10 units. M lies on AC with BM = 5 units. Triangle BMD is similar to triangle ABC, with BM/AB = BD/AC. Find BD.

Two circles have radii 6 cm and 3 cm. The segment of a transverse common tangent between its points of contact is 8 cm long. Find the distance between the centres.

In what ratio should pulses costing ₹60 per kg and ₹75 per kg, respectively, be mixed to obtain a mixture worth ₹65 per kg?

The Veddas, traditionally associated with forest-dwelling hunter-gatherer communities, are indigenous to which country?

Which folk narrative musical tradition is based on the Mahabharata, with Bhima portrayed as its hero?

Which term was used for land gifted to Brahmins during the Chola period?

In an isosceles triangle, the angle between the equal sides is 40°. The internal bisectors of the other two angles meet at I. What is the angle at I between the rays towards those two vertices?

If the price of an article rises by 35%, by what percentage must consumption be reduced to keep expenditure unchanged?

The cost price of an item increases from ₹2,500 to ₹3,000. Find the percentage increase.

Find the circumference of a circle with area 154 m². Use π = 22/7.

Which State's Migration Tracking System for seasonal migrant beneficiaries of child-development services was reported in 2022 as the first of its kind in India?

In the standard comparison with monopolistic competition, the demand curve facing a monopolist is:

How can information and communication technology (ICT) improve the openness of electronic land records?

Which of these Articles requires the constitutional amendment procedure under Article 368 for amendment, rather than an ordinary parliamentary law of the kind permitted under Articles 2, 3 or 169?

Who formulated the Drain of Wealth argument that British rule was transferring India's wealth to Britain?

India's health-care system is broadly organised into how many levels of care?

In which year did Indian archers first participate in the Olympic Games?

Which language is known as the Italian of the East?

The Indian festival of Holi is associated with which season?

To whom is the Natyashastra traditionally attributed?

Under IFAB Law 2, what is the permitted circumference of a standard football?

In field hockey, what is the action of pushing the ball so that it rises off the ground called?

In MS Word, which alignment places text vertically at the bottom of a table cell or text box?

Which statement is NOT associated with the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 in the standard account of India's planning strategy?

Which of the following planets does NOT have a ring system?

Seeking a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court to enforce a Fundamental Right falls under the right to:

In 2022, the National Green Tribunal asked which Ministry to constitute a three-member committee to formulate safeguards and guidelines for State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities?

Who was sworn in as Central Vigilance Commissioner on 29 May 2023?

Who is known as the Father of Carnatic Music?

What is the method of separating soluble solids in a mixture by dissolving them in a suitable hot solvent and then slowly cooling the solution?