Section Officer 2074 Pretest Questions and Answer

1. Which city is located at the confluence of river Euphrates and Tigris? Correct Answer: Baghdad 2.How much is the difference between the standard time of Nepal and Maldives? Correct Answer: 45 minutes 3. Where is Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO Heritage Site located? Correct Answer: Australia 4. On the basis of area, which of the following is the right order of the countries from the larger to the smaller? Correct Answer: China, India, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia 5. Which of the following subject is related with 'Big Bang Theory'? Correct Answer: Origin of Universe 6. Consider the following series: 11:20, 11:40, 12:20, ?, 14:40, 16:20 Which of the following is the missing time in the series given above? Correct Answer: 13:20 7. 8:28::27,? Correct Answer: 65 8. Which of the following is the like set of numbers (21,51,15)? Correct Answer: 21,91,35 9. In the following question two statements are given; the first one is called 'Assertion' and another is called 'Reason'. Regarding the statement given in the question choose the right answer. Assertion (A): Though Venus is relatively farther from the Sun than Mercury, it is hotter than Mercury. Reason (R): Due to excessive amount of Carbon-dioxide available in the atmosphere of the Venus, green house effect has caused this. Correct Answer: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A) 10. A does a work in 8 days, B does the same work in 12 days. In how many days they together will do the same work? Correct Answer: 24/5 11. The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers is M. If the next 3 odd numbers are are also included, what is the new average? Correct Answer: Increases by 3 12. Find out the missing number from the following diagram: Correct Answer: 34 13. Which of the following war was ended without an active interference or arbitration of United Nations? Correct Answer: Peru-Ecuador War 14. How many districts are there where one representative is elected from each district through the first past the post electoral system for the House of Representatives of Federal Parliament of Nepal? Correct Answer: 35 15. Indus Valley Civilization, which is also known as....... Correct Answer: Civilization of Harappa 16. Matching Group I with Group II, which of the following is correct? Group I Group II a) Napoleon 1) Uncle Ho b) Bismark 2) Wizard of the North c) Ho Chi Minh 3) Man of Destiny d) Sir Walter Scott 4) Man of Blood and Iron Correct Answer: a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 17. Which order of the ruling of the Gorkha's Kings of 'Shah' dynasty is correct? Correct Answer: Drabya Shah, Purandar Shah, Chhatra Shah, Ram Shah 18. Consider the following subjects: a) Right to freedom b) King can not collect tax without permission of the Parliament c) Women can get voting rights Which of the above subjects are mentioned in 'Magna Carta'? Correct Answer: a and b 19. Three hundred passengers are traveling in white, red, and black cars. Each of these cars is carrying 12, 9, and 6 passengers respectively. If the number of white and red cars is equal and there is only black car, what is the total number of cars? Correct Answer: 29 20. In a family, the age of father, mother, son and grandson are A, B, C, and D respectively. Given that A-B=3, B+C=78, C+D=33 and the average age of the family is 34 years. What is the difference between the age of father and son? Correct Answer: 25 years 21. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 1. PADMA, KARIM, RESHMA, SHANTA and TANKA are five friends. 2. KARIM is elder to TANKA. 3. RESHMA is younger to PADMA. 4. PADMA is younger to TANKA. 5. SHANTA is elder to PADMA. Which among the following is the youngest? a) PADMA b) KARIM c) RESHMA d) SHANTA Correct Answer: RESHMA 22. Consider the following square: U V 46 45 43 W X Y Z Some numbers are missing in the above square. In order to transform it into a 'Magic Square', which numbers should come in the place of U, V, W, X, Y, and Z respectively? Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code U V W X Y Z a) 44 40 41 39 47 42 b) 44 39 41 40 47 42 c) 42 39 40 47 41 44 d) 42 40 39 41 47 44 Correct Answer: b) U=44, V=39, W=41, X=40, Y=47, Z=42 23. There are three pillars X, Y, and Z of different heights. Three ants P, Q and R start to climb on those pillars simultaneously. In one chance, P climbs on X by 6 cm but slips down 1 cm. Q climbs on Y by 7 cm but slips down 3 cm. R climbs on Z by 6.5 cm, but slips down 2 cm. If each of them requires 20 chances to reach the top of the pillars, what are the heights of the tallest and shortest pillars respectively? Correct Answer: 101 cm, 83 cm 24. According to the Constitution of Nepal, "Telecommunication" is listed under the.... Correct Answer: List of Federal Power 25. Choose the statement which is NOT correct among the following: a) The parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year of 1707 AD. b) 'MY SPIRIT' is the name of autobiography of Adolf Hitler. c) The first newspaper in the world was started by China. d) Before Independence, Ukraine was part of USSR. Correct Answer: d) Before Independence, Ukraine was part of USSR. 26. Which among the following had used the phrase 'collective bargaining' for the first time? a) Franklin D. Roosevelt b) Robert Owen c) Samuel Gompers and Friedrich Engel d) Sidney and Beatrice Webb Correct Answer: d) Sidney and Beatrice Webb 27. Four soldiers - P, Q, R and S need to cross a bridge. A maximum of two person can cross it at a time. It is night and they just have one lamp. Persons that cross the bridge must carry the lamp to find the way. A pair must walk together at the speed of the slower person. After crossing the bridge, the person having faster speed in the pair will return with the lamp each time to accompany another person in the group. Finally the lamp has to be returned at the original place and the person who returns the lamp has to cross the bridge again without lamp. To cross the bridge, the time taken by them is as follows: P: 1 minutes, Q: 3 minutes, R: 7 minutes, S: 10 minutes, What is the total minimum time required by all the soldiers to cross the bridge? Correct Answer: 24 minutes 28. Whether the following statements are right or wrong? a) Mustang and Eastern Rukum are the districts of having no municipality. b) There are largest number of local levels in Morang district. c) In Nepal, there are two districts having no Rural Municipality. d) There are 11 Metropolitan in Nepal. Options: a) a and b are right, c and d are wrong. b) a and c are right, b and d are wrong. c) b and c are right, a and d are wrong. d) a and d are right, b and c are wrong. Correct Answer: b) a and c are right, b and d are wrong 29. Consider the following statements: a) First of all the Interim Constitution of Nepal 2063 abolished the law for capital punishment. b) Accountability, Responsibility, Transparency, People-oriented and Participation are major foundations of Good Governance. c) The Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 15th December. d) According to the Constitution of Nepal, all languages spoken as the mother tongues in Nepal are the languages of the nation. Which of the above statement(s) is(are) true? a) b, c and d only b) a, b and c only c) b and c only d) b and d only Correct Answer: d) b and d only 30. Match Group I with Group II and select the correct answer. Group I Group II a. Member of the Constitutional Council 1. Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal b. Member of the National Defense Council 2. Attorney General c. Member of the Judicial Service Commission 3. Lawyer appointed by the President upon the recommendation of Prime Minister d. Member of the Judicial Council 4. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Correct Answer: a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3 31. Match the following: Match the potential areas (List I) realized by Government of Nepal for the establishment of industrial estates with their concerned list List II. List I List II a) Mayurdhap 1) Gorkha b) Chyanglitar 2) Rupendehi c) Motipur 3) Surkhet d) Laxmipur 4) Makawanpur e) Satakhani 5) Dang Correct Answer: a-4, b-1, c-2, d-5, e-3 32. The material purchased and their rate of a school is given below: S.N. Material Purchased Per Unit Rate Quantity Discount 1 Air Conditioner Rs.30,000 1 5% 2 Computer Rs.42,000 1 7% 3 Desk and Chair Rs.900 27 - 4 Backpack Rs.700 27 - 5 Whiteboard Rs.1600 1 - 6 Calculator Rs.150 25 - To purchase the materials of the serial number 3 and 6, how much budget should the school have spent? Correct Answer: Rs.28,050 The pie-chart shows the percentage of literate and illiterate male and female in a place. Study the diagram and answer the following questions: 33. If the total number is 35,000 then the difference between the numbers of literate male and literate female is Correct Answer: 3500 34. If the difference between the two categories of people is represented by by 36 degree in the diagram, then these categories are: Correct Answer: Literate Male and Literate Female Directions: for the following 2(two) items consider the information given below: The following table shows the number of student admitted under various categories to different programs in a college: Category Intermediate Bachelors Masters M.Phil Ph.D Open 200 100 50 100 180 Women 54 27 18 27 49 Others 45 23 12 22 41 Total 299 150 80 149 270 35. What is the percentage of student admitted to the master program in all the three categories? Correct Answer: 8.44% 36. What is the percentage of Ph.D students (open category) in the total number of students? Correct Answer: 18.99% 37. On the basis of the quantity of the production, of the crops in Nepal from more to less, which of the following order is correct? Correct Answer: Paddy, Maize, Millet, Wheat 38. With reference to the "Trans-Pacific Partnership" find out the whether the following statements are right or wrong? 1) It is an agreement among all the Pacific Rim Countries except China and Russia. 2) It is a strategic alliance for the purpose of maritime security only, Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2 are wrong 39. Considering the date of operation, which order is correct among the following commercial banks in Nepal? a. Global IME Bank Ltd. b. Bank of Kathmandu Ltd. c. Nabil Bank Ltd. d. Lumbini Bank Ltd. Correct Answer: c-b-d-a 40. What is the average annual growth rate of non-agricultural sector targeted to achieve in the fourteenth plan? Correct Answer: 8.4% 41. Consider the four age pyramids given below namely 1, 2, 3 and 4 representing four different places: Which one indicates the declining population? Correct Answer: 3 42. According to 10th Industrial Census 2069 B.S. which district has the largest number of industries? Correct Answer: Rupandehi 43. Which term comes next in the series? nd, ly, yo, tj, .... Correct Answer: oe 44. In a certain code language, DIAMOND is written VQYMKLV. How is FEMALE written in that code? Correct Answer: TUMYNU 45. Dentiform:Tooth::Dendriform:? Correct Answer: Tree 46. In the following two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements: Statements: All the parrots are apples. Some mosquitoes are parrots. Conclusions: I. Some mosquitoes are apples. II. All apples are parrots. Correct Answer: Only (I) conclusion follows 47. Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue. There are five persons between A and B and eight persons between B and C. If there are three persons ahead of C and twenty-one persons behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue. Correct Answer: 28 48. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following? action, effort, worth, (?), ourself a) cheer b) idea c) reef d) rampant Correct Answer: c) reef 49. What is 'Kikiki Huna'? Correct Answer: Insect 50. As per the census 2068, which district has the lowest household size? a) Manang b) Dolpa c) Kaski d) Mustang Correct Answer: Kaski 51. Which one of the following is not correct? a) Growth is quantitative and value neutral b) Development means a qualitative change which is always value positive c) Both Growth and Development refer to change over a period of time d) Positive growth and development refer to change over a period of time Correct Answer: c) Both Growth and Development refer to change over a period of time 52. Who is the first Nepali who received the Global-500 Award? Correct Answer: Dr. Krishna Kumar Pandey 53. Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Bhutan is known as the country of the thunderstorms. 2. The thunderstorm producing clouds are known as cumulonimbus. 3. There are 3 types to a thunderstorm. 4. A two day international seminar on thunderstorms was organized in Kathmandu in 2016. Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 4 Correct 54. Who is the founding President of 'Green Cross International'? Correct Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev 55. To which disease is Anti Retro Viral Therapy associated? Correct Answer: AIDS 56. What is Dry Ice? Correct Answer: Solid Carbondioxide Syntactic Ability Questions 57. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom "to cry wolf" Correct Answer: To give false alarm 58. "To put one hand to plough" means... Correct Answer: To take difficult task 59. You should not confide ...... stranger. Correct Answer: in 60. ........ she is clever, she often makes mistake. a) Despite b) Since c) Although d) Yet Correct Answer: Although 61. The Prime Minister of People's Republic of China called ...... the Prime Minister of Nepal. a) in b) out c) on d) at Correct Answer: on 62. Which is the correct passive version of the sentence: He said, "Hari passed his examination." a) He told us that Hari has passed his examination. b) He said Hari will pass his examination. c) He said that Hari had passed his examination. d) He said that Hari would have passed his examination. Correct Answer: He said that Hari had passed his examination. 63. Supply the correct article in the blank space in the following sentence: 'Mt. Everest is ..... highest mountain in the world' Correct Answer: the 64. Which of the following is correct? a) He lived in Kathmandu since 1990. b) He has been living in Kathmandu since 1990. c) He lives in Kathmandu since 1990. d) Since 1990 he lived in Kathmandu. Correct Answer: He has been living in Kathmandu since 1990. 65. Who is the author of "The Universe in a Nutshell"? Correct Answer: Stephan Hawking 66. Where is the Headquarters of International Renewable Energy Agency? Correct Answer: Abu Dhabi 67. In the following question, two statements are given. The first one is called 'Assertion' and another is called 'Reason'. Regarding the statements given on the questions. Choose the right answer: Assertion (A): There is no vaccine for AIDS. Reason (B): The AIDS virus changes its genetic code. Correct Answer: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are right and the Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A). 68. Consider the following statements. 1) An air bubble in water will act like a concave lens.\ 2) In human, urea is formed in liver. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2 69. Supernova is also known as ..... Correct Answer: A dying star 70. Which of the following meeting (round) was not influential in establishing the World Trade Organization? a) Doha Round b) Uruguay Round c) GATT Round d) TIDP Round Correct Answer: TIDP Round 71. 'The state of being physically healthy' means: a) strength b) joy c) the state of being handsome d) fitness Correct Answer: d) fitness 72. A person officially chosen by an organization to investigate a problem and report on it is known as: a) reporter b) journalist c) rapporteur d) judge Correct Answer: c) rapporteur 73. Which of the following word mean would mean "to deal successfully though with a difficulty"? a) to surmount b) to succeed c) to resolve d) to defeat Correct Answer: a) to surmount 74. The word for "too closely linked to be separated" is known as: a) attraction b) friendly c) inextricable d) inseparable Correct Answer: c) inextricable 75. What do you understand by "blue blooded"? a) extraordinary b) an expensive c) from a royal or noble family d) impossible Correct Answer: c) from a royal or noble family 76. What is the synonym of 'delusion'? a) exclusion b) imagination c) hallucination d) fire band Correct Answer: c) hallucination 77. Which of the following words describe an imaginative way of describe something: a) fictional b) illusory c) miraculous d) metaphorical Correct Answer: a) fictional 78. As of October 2017, there are ....... member states as the parties on UN Convention Against Corruption. a) 180 b) 181 c) 182 d) 183 Correct Answer: d) 183 79. When did the International Labour Organization receive the Nobel Peace Prize? a) 1970 AD b) 1969 AD c) 1972 AD d) 1973 AD Correct Answer: b) 1969 AD 80. With reference to a grouping of countries known as BRICS consider the following statements: 1) The first summit of BRICS was held in the Rio de Janeiro in 2009. 2) The seventh BRICS summit was held in the Russian City of UFA in 2015. 3) South Africa was the last to join the BRICS grouping. Which of the above mentioned statements, is/are correct? Correct Answer: 2 and 3 only 81. Consider the following countries: 1) France 2) Norway 3) Russia 4) United Kingdom 5) United States of America Which of the above countries are the members of the 'Arctic Council'? Correct Answer: 2, 3 and 5 only 82. Which of the following fields is related with RIBA International prize? a) Literature b) Sports c) Engineering d) Music Correct Answer: d) Music 83. The complex process of liver transplantation has been successfully handled in Nepal recently. Who is the person who has got transplanted liver for the first time in Nepal? Correct Answer: Balbir Lageju Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. Admiration of great men, both of our own time and of the past, is a valuable emotion and stimulus to useful activity. To young men of vigor and enterprise, the achievements of predecessors are an encouragement and a proof of what is possible to achieve. But if this good effect is to result from admiration. It is necessary that the men who are admired should be regarded as something that is possible to equal by means of sufficient exertion, not as something outside our capacity. It is possible to use the great men of the past as an excuse for laziness, by assuming that what they thought was perfect for all time and need never be re-examined. This attitude is defended by those who adopt it, who call it 'reverence' and condemn all modern initiative as disrespectful. 'Reverence' in this sense has been a misfortune to the human race. One of the outstanding examples of the harm done by excessive reverence is the influence of Aristotle. For a brief period, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when the West rediscovered him through contact with the Arabs, his writings acted as an intellectual stimulus. But very soon he became canon of orthodoxy, and no advance could be made except by showing the falsehood of what he had said. Galileo could not induce professors of astronomy to look through his telescope at Jupiter's moons, because they knew from Aristotle that Jupiter has no moons. Throughout Galileo's life he was as much criticized for disagreeing with Aristotle as for his supposed conflict with the scriptures. Two centuries later, when Darwin published Origin of Species he was met by dogmatic assertion of Aristotle's doctrine that each species was separately created. In logic and aesthetics his influence has been, and still is, exceedingly pernicious. Questions 84. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the central idea of the first paragraph? a) Great men guide young men. b) Admiration of the past and present great men provides emotional vigor to young and energetic men of today. c) Young men can learn from the achievements of the great men. d) Achievements of men of past are stimulating to a men of present. Correct Answer: c) Young men can learn from the achievements of the great men. 85. Showing reverence to the great men also implies that......... a) the young men tend to be lazy. b) the great men were unquestionable and perfect. c) the good effect on young men is the result of admiring great men. d) the men who are admired are always great. Correct Answer: b) the great men were unquestionable and perfect. 86. Which of the following statements is NOT true? a) Admiration of the great men of the past may lead to disrespect the modern initiatives. b) Aristotle provided Intellectual stimulus to reverence. c) To show reverence to the great men is orthodoxy. d) Excessive reverence is bad. Correct Answer: a) Admiration of the great men of the past may lead to disrespect the modern initiatives. 87. Aristotle and Galileo were different in...... a) matters of belief b) scientific outlook c) views about moon in Jupiter d) understanding the solar system Correct Answer: d) understanding the solar system 88. Darwin's origin of species was in contrast with Aristotle's doctrine in..... a) matters of evolution b) the way each species was created. c) the way they explained things d) the times they were born and lived. Correct Answer: b) the way each species was created. 89. Which one of the following is the official Mascot for 2018 FIFA World Cup? a) Fuleco b) Zakumi c) Footix d) Zabivaka Correct Answer: d) Zabivaka 90. Match the following players who have taken part on behalf of Nepal in 31st Summer Olympics with the games and choose the correct answer from the options: Player Games a) Hari Lamsal and Saraswati Bhattarai 1) Swimming b) Phufulhamu Kshetri 2) Judo c) Sirish Gurung and Gaurika Singh 3) Taekwondo d) Nisha Rawal 4) Athletics e) Jit Bahadur Thapa 5) Archery Correct Answer: b) a-5, b-2, c-1, d-3, e-4 91. Consider the following Nobel Prize winners: 1) Barry Barish 2) Jeffrey C. Hall 3) Kip S. Throne 4) Reiner Weiss 5) Richard Henderson Who among the above won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017? Correct Answer: 1, 3 and 4 92. Match Group I with Group II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: Group I Group II a) Al sabab 1) France b) Boko haram 2) Iraq c) Charlie Hebdo 3) Nigeria d) Islamic State 4) Somalia Code a b c d A) 1 2 3 4 B) 2 1 4 3 C) 3 4 2 1 D) 4 3 1 2 Correct Answer: D) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 93. Matching Group I with Group II, which of the following is correct? Group I Group II a) Madman Theory 1) Xi Jin Ping b) Put America First Policy 2) O Henry c) Belt and Road 3) Donald Trump d) Banana Republic 4) Richard Nixon Options a) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3 b) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-1 c) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 d) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1 Correct Answer: c) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 94. According to World Economic Report, 2017, which are five biggest economies (countries) of the world? a) USA, China, India, Japan, Germany b) USA, China, India, Japan, France c) USA, China, India, Japan, United Kingdom d) USA, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom Correct Answer: d) USA, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom 95. Examine the following sticks pattern and answer the items that follows: If the sticks pattern continues, how many sticks are needed in the 12th stage? a) 50 b) 66 c) 72 d) None of the above Correct Answer: a) 50 96. Consider the following figure: What is the number of rectangles which are not squares in the above figure? (Given that abcd is is a square and e,f,g,h are mid points of its sides) a) 18 b) 16 c) 14 d) 21 Correct Answer: b) 16 97. In a dinner party, both fish and meat were served. Some took only fish and some only meat. There were some vegetarians who did not accept either. The rest accepted both fish and meat. Which of the following diagrams correctly reflects the this situation? Correct Answer: A 98. Consider the following group of figures: Which of the following figure belongs in neither group? Correct Answer: B 99. Which number is on the face opposite 4, if the four different positions of the dice are as shown in the figures given below: a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 Correct Answer: d) 1 100. Consider the following matrix. Correct Answer: A