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QUESTION PAPER NO. ………………………………

MCA LATERAL ENTRY

ENTRANCE TEST 2015 - (GROUP -D)

Roll No :

Maximum Marks -150 Time Limit:. 90 Minutes

Important Instructions :

1. This question booklet contains total 150 questions. Answer all the

questions.

2. Each question has four options (a), (b), (c) and (d), out of which on is

correct.

3. The candidate is required to darken completely correct option in the

OMR answer sheet supplied separately.

4. Answer will get cancelled if it is not answered or two or more answers

are given.

5. There will be no negative marking.

6. Rough work may be done in this question booklet itself.

7. Submit the entrance test paper along with OMR answer sheet to the

invigilator otherwise the candidate will be considered absent.

8. Maintain discipline during the examination.

Signature of the Invigilator Signature of the Candidate

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MCA LATERAL ENTRY

ENTRANCE TEST - 2015

(GROUP-D)

Fill in the blanks : (1-5) 1. What _______ when I called ?

A. was you doing B. was you do C. were you doing D. you were doing

2. What _______ your favourite food as a child? A. will B. were C. would D. is

3. I will speak _____ Sushma when I see her.

A. on B. at C. to D. of

4. I have a big room with a window that opens _______ the sea.

A. onto B. from C. to D. over

5. She is very affectionate_______ her children.

A. upon B. with C. over D. towards

Change of Voice : (6-10) 6. My father has solved this matter.

A. This matter have been solved by my father. B. This matter is solved by my father. C. This matter has been solved by my father. D. This matter had been solved by my father.

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7. Rohit makes tea. A. Tea is made by Rohit. B. Tea is made by the Rohit. C. Tea was made by Rohit. D. Tea has made by Rohit.

8. Someone has stolen his book.

A. His book is been stolen. B. His book has been stolen. C. His book is stolen. D. His book has stolen.

9. The police caught the culprit.

A. The culprit were caught be the police. B. The culprit was caught be the police. C. The culprit caught be the police. D. The culprit had caught be the police.

10. The farmer was ploughing the fields.

A. The fields was being ploughed by the farmer. B. The fields were ploughed by the farmer. C. The fields were being ploughed by the farmer. D. The fields were being ploughed by farmer.

11. Find correct spelling.

A. Acquainttance B. Acqquaintance C. Accquaintance D. Acquaintance

12. Find correct spelling.

A. Pneumania B. Pniumonia C. Pneumonia D. Nemonia

13. Find correct spelling.

A. Obsoliete B. Obsoletie C. Obsolete D. Obsolite

Correct the sentence with underlined words: (14-16)

14. People are waiting for the train at platform for long. A. were waiting B. have been waiting C. has waiting D. have waiting

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15. Mr. Suresh teaches very well, isn’t it ? A. didn’t he B. wasn’t he C. if not he D. doesn’t he

16. He was asking my opinion for the film.

A. opinion on B. opinion about C. opinion with D. opinion of

17. Synonym of NUISANCE

A. Recent B. Smear C. Trouble D. Help

18. Synonym of REVERENCE

A. Respect B. Dismay C. Equal D. Reference

Narrate the following: (19-20)

19. She said, "You were missing from the picnic". A. She told me that I had been missing from the picnic. B. She told me that I has been missing from the picnic. C. She told me that I were missing from the picnic. D. She told me that I had been missed from the picnic.

20. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

A. He said that Honesty was the best policy. B. He said that Honesty would be the best policy. C. He said that Honesty will be the best policy. D. He said that Honesty is the best policy.

21. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the

present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

A. 14 Years B. 19 Years C. 33 Years D. 38 Years

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22. A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has?

A. 45 B. 60 C. 75 D. 90

23. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work?

A. 10 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15

24. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?

A. 24 B. 27 C. 40 D. 42

25. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, is:

A. 80º B. 75º C. 60º D. 105º

26. Which one of the following is not a prime number? A. 31 B. 61 C. 71 D. 91

27. The difference of the squares of two consecutive even integers is divisible by which of the following integers ?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 7

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28. If a and b are odd numbers, then which of the following is even ?

A. a + b B. a + b + 1 C. ab D. ab + 2

29. (51 + 52 + 53 + ... + 100) = ?

A. 2525 B. 2975 C. 3225 D. 3775

30. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient

and 5 times the remainder. If the remainder is 46, what is the dividend ?

A. 4236 B. 4306 C. 4336 D. 5336

31. On dividing a number by 56, we get 29 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 8, what will be the remainder ?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

32. It is being given that (232 + 1) is completely divisible by

a whole number. Which of the following numbers is completely divisible by this number?

A. (216 + 1) B. (216 - 1) C. (7 x 223) D. (296 + 1)

33. How many of the following numbers are divisible by

132 ? 264, 396, 462, 792, 968, 2178, 5184, 6336

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

34. The sum of first 45 natural numbers is:

A. 1035 B. 1280 C. 2070 D. 2140

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35. Which of the following is a prime number ? A. 33 B. 81 C. 93 D. 97

36. A boy multiplied 987 by a certain number and obtained

559981 as his answer. If in the answer both 9 are wrong and the other digits are correct, then the correct answer would be:

A. 553681 B. 555181 C. 555681 D. 556581

37. If the number 5 * 2 is divisible by 6, then * = ?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 7

38. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays

and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:

A. 250 B. 276 C. 280 D. 285

39. In how many ways can the letters of the word

'LEADER' be arranged? A. 72 B. 144 C. 360 D. 720

40. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26

years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?

A. 23 Years B. 24 Years C. 25 Years D. 26 Years

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41. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there?

A. 159 B. 194 C. 205 D. 209

42. 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?

A. 6.25 B. 6.5 C. 6.75 D. 7

43. The series is: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number

should come next? A. 4.2 B. 4.4 C. 4.7 D. 5.1

44. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate of interest?

A. 3% B. 4% C. 5% D. 6%

45. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

A. 2% B. 5% C. 8% D. 10%

46. The series is : 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number

should come next? A. 7 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13

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47. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:

A. Rs. 45 B. Rs. 50 C. Rs. 55 D. Rs. 60

48. The series is : U32, V29, __, X23, Y20, ... What

number should fill the blank? A. W26 B. W17 C. Z17 D. Z26

49. The average age of husband, wife and their child 3

years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:

A. 35 Years B. 40 Years C. 45 Years D. 50 Years

50. (xn - an) is completely divisible by (x - a), when

A. n is any natural number B. n is an even natural number C. n is and odd natural number D. n is prime

51. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and

soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is ?

A. 70 B. 75 C. 80 D. 85

52. In a chess tournament each of six players will play

every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament?

A. 12 B. 15 C. 30 D. 36

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53. Anagha cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake?

A. 240 gm B. 220 gm C. 225 gm D. 250 gm

54. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got

right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ?

A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 18

55. A certain number of horses and an equal number of

men are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses' back while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is 70, how many horses are there ?

A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14

56. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would

kill 4 mice in how many days ? A. 4 day B. 10 day C. 40 day D. 100 day

57. I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4

in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ?

A. 25 B. 37 C. 54 D. 65

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58. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son is :

A. 12 B. 15 C. 18 D. 20

59. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read English

while 3 of them read none of these two. How many of them read French and English both ?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

60. The number of boys in a class is three times the number

of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class ?

A. 48 B. 44 C. 42 D. 40

61. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His

brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?

A. Sister B. Aunt C. Grandmother D. Daughter

62. A man pointing to a photograph says. "The lady in the

photograph is my nephew’s maternal grandmother." How is the lady in the photograph related to the man’s sister who has no other sister?

A. Mother-in-law B. Cousin C. Sister-in-law D. Mother

63. A woman walking with a boy meets another woman and

on being asked about her relationship with the boy, she says, "My maternal uncle and his maternal uncle's maternal uncle are brothers." How is the boy related to the woman ?

A. Husband B. Brother-in-law C. Son D. Grandson

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64. A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man related to the woman?

A. Uncle B. Grandson C. Cousin D. Son

65. There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table.

If A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed below A and D is placed above E, then which of the following books touches the surface of the table ?

A. C B. B C. A D. E

66. A told B,"The girl I met yesterday was the youngest

daughter of the brother–in–law of my friend’s mother." How is the girl related to A's friend?

A. Niece B. Cousin C. Friend D. Daughter

67. F is the brother of A, C is the daughter of A, K is the sister

of F and G is the brother of C then who is the uncle of G? A. A B. C C. K D. None of the above

68. Pointing out to a girl a man said "My uncle is the uncle of

this girl's uncle". How is the man related to that girl ? A. Cousin B. Brother C. Father-in-law D. Father

69. A is the mother of B and C. If D is the husband of C. What

is A to D. A. Mother B. Sister C. Aunt D. Mother-in-law

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70. A man said to a lady, "Your mother's husband's sister is my aunt." How is the lady related to the man?

A. Sister B. Daughter C. Mother D. Grand Daughter

71. A, I, P, V, A, E, ?

A. E B. F C. G D. H

72. A, B, N, C, D, O, E, F, P, ?, ?, ?

A. G, H, I B. G, H, J C. G, H, Q D. J, K, L

73. U, B, I, P, W, ?

A. D B. F C. Q D. Z

74. SHG, RIF, QJE, PKD, ?

A. OLE B. OLC C. NMC D. NLB

75. G, H, J, M, ?, V

A. Q B. T C. O D. R

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A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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77.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

78.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

79.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

80.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

81. 201, 202, 204, 207, …

A. 210 B. 205 C. 211 D. 208

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82. The 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, … A. 14 B. 15 C. 13 D. 16

83. 2, 6, 18, 54, …

A. 108 B. 162 C. 148 D. 216

84. 1000, 200, 40, …

A. 15 B. 20 C. 8 D. 10

85. 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, …

A. 15 B. 14 C. 23 D. 21

86. If TRANSFER is coded as RTNAFSRE, then ELEPHANT

would be coded as A. LEPEHATN B. LEPEAHTN C. LEEPAHTN D. LEPEAHNT

87. If FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK, how is CANDLE written in

that code ? A. EDRIRL B. DCQHQK C. ESJFME D. FYOBOC

88. If in a certain language, GAMBLE is coded as FBLCKF,

how is FLOWER coded in that code? A. HNQYGT B. GMPVDS C. GKPVFQ D. EMNXDS

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89. If in a certain language, MACHINE is coded as LBB1HOD, which word would be coded as SLTMFNB?

A. TMUNGOC B. TMUNGMC C. TKULGMC D. RMSNEOA

90. If ROBUST is coded as QNATRS in a certain language,

which word would be coded as ZXCMP? A. AYDNQ B. AWDLQ C. BZEOR D. YYBNO

91. If banana is apple, apple is grapes, grapes is mango,

mango is nuts, nuts is guava, which of the following is a yellow fruit ?

A. Mango B. Guava C. Apple D. Nuts

92. If wall is called window, window is called door, door is called

floor, floor is called roof and roof is called ventilator, what will a person stand on ?

A. Wall B. Roof C. Floor D. Window

93. If clock is called television, television is called radio, radio is

called oven, oven is called grinder and grinder is called iron, in what will a lady bake ?

A. Radio B. Oven C. Grinder D. Iron

94. If orange is called butter, butter is called soap, soap is called

ink, ink is called honey and honey is called orange, Which of the following is used for washing clothes ?

A. Honey B. Butter C. Orange D. Ink

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95. If ‘paper’ is called ‘eraser’, eraser is called ‘bag’, ‘bag’ is called ‘scale’, scale is called ‘pencil’ and pencil is called ‘paper’, what will a person write with?

A. Pencil B. Scale C. Eraser D. Paper

96. A train covers a distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed of

48kmph on an average. The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40min will be:

A. 45 min B. 60 min C. 55 min /h D. 70 min

97. In covering a distance of 30 km, A takes 2 hours more than

B. If A doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than B. A's speed is:

A. 5 km/h B. 8 km/h C. 10 km/h D. 15 km/h

98. A man can cover a distance in 1hr 24min by covering 2/3 of

the distance at 4 km/h and the rest at 5km/h. The total distance is:

A. 5 km B. 6 km C. 7 km D. 8 km

99. Two persons starting from the same place walk at a rate of

5kmph and 5.5kmph respectively. What time will they take to be 8.5km apart, if they walk in the same direction?

A. 17 B. 22 C. 25 D. 12

100. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is

his speed in km per hour? A. 3.6 B. 7.2 C. 8.4 D. 10

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101. CD-ROM is a A. Semiconductor memory B. Memory register C. Magnetic memory D. None of above

102. The first electronic computer in the world was A. UNIVAC B. EDVAC C. ENIAC D. All of above

103. The digital computer was developed primarily in A. USSR B. USA C. Japan D. UK

104. Properly arranged data is called A. Field B. Words C. Information D. File

105. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of A. Genetics B. Control and communication C. Molecular biology D. Biochemistry

106. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called

A. Machine language B. Application software C. System program D. All of above

107. The proper definition of a modern digital computer is A. An electronic automated machine that can solve problems involving words and numbers B. A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket calculator C. Any machine that can perform mathematical operations D. A machine that works on binary code

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108. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called A. Sorting B. Classifying C. Reproducing D. Summarizing

109. An integrated circuit is A. A complicated circuit B. An integrating device C. Much costlier than a single transistor D. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip

110. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?

A. Control unit and registers B. Registers and main memory C. Control Unit and ALU D. ALU and bus

111. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/n

A. RGB monitor B. Plotter C. Ink-jet printer D. Laser printer

112. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

A. Laser printer B. Ink jet printer C. Plotter D. Dot matrix printer

113. Who invented the microprocessor? A. Marcian E Huff B. Herman H Goldstein C. Joseph Jacquard D. None of above

114. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

A. To produce result B. To compare numbers C. To control flow of information D. To do math’s works

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115. A hybrid computer A. Resembles digital computer B. Resembles analog computer C. Resembles both a digital and analog computer D. None of the above

116. Which of the following is true? A. Fields are composed of bytes B. Records are composed of fields C. Fields are composed of characters D. All of above

117. In analog computer A. Input is first converted to digital form B. Input is never converted to digital form C. Output is displayed in digital form D. None of above

118. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?

A. Bandwidth B. Raster scan rage C. Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution D. Screen size

119. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is

A. Editing B. Writing C. Formatting D. All of above

120. Which of the following is a secondary memory device? A. Keyboard B. Disk C. ALU D. All of the above

121. Which of the following is called low level languages? A. Machine language B. Assembly language C. Both of the above D. None of above

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122. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as

A. Super computer B. Mini computer C. Micro computer D. Macro computer

123. The translator program used in assembly language is called A. Compiler B. Interpreter C. Assembler D. Translator

124. A computer program that converts an entire program into

machine language is called a/an A. Interpreter B. Simulator C. Compiler D. Commander

125. The silicon chips used for data processing are called A. RAM chips B. ROM chips C. Micro processors D. PROM chips

126. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called

A. Semiconductor memory B. Registers C. Hard disks D. Magnetic disk

127. Which of the following memories needs refreshing? A. SRAM B. DRAM C. ROM D. All of above

128. Which is considered a direct entry input device? A. Optical scanner B. Mouse and digitizer C. Light pen D. All of the above

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129. In which language is source program written? A. English B. Symbolic C. High level D. Temporary

130. The translator program used in assembly language is called A. Compiler B. Interpreter C. Assembler D. Translator

131. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

A. Which is used by one person only B. Which is assigned one and only one task C. Which uses one kind of software D. Which is meant for application software

132. The term gigabyte refers to A. 1024 bytes B. 1024 kilobytes C. 1024 megabytes D. 1024 gigabyte

133. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?

A. OCR B. OMR C. MICR D. All of above

134. Who became the 25th Chief of the Indian Army on May 31,

2012? A. J.J. Singh B. Bikram Singh C. V.K. Singh D. Dalbir Singh Suhag

135. Microsoft has recently tied up with which telecom company for

enabling the telco's 34 million data users to purchases apps

and pay for them through monthly bills or prepaid balances? A. Idea B. Airtel C. Aircel D. Vodafone

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136. Who among the following on 13 January 2015 took charge as the first vice-chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog?

A. V. K. Saraswat B. Bibek Debroy C. Sindhushree Khullar D. Arvind Panagariya

137. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has recently flagged

off the first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based two trains from Rewari station in which state?

A. Bihar B. Jammu and Kashmir C. Haryana D. Gujarat

138. BCCI on 5 February 2015 has cleared which Indian left-arm

spinner to play in first-class games with immediate effect, after his bowling action is found to be permissible?

A. Pragyan Ojha B. Axar Patel C. Ravindra Jadeja D. Ravichandran Ashwin

139. Which Bank on 5 February 2015 raised Rs 9,880 crore in the

largest share sale in the secondary market by a private entity to overseas and domestic investors?

A. ICICI Bank B. HDFC C. Kotak Mahindra Bank D. SBI

140. Which city has become India's first fully WiFi-enabled metro

city on 5 February 2015? A. Chennai B. Mumbai C. Kolkata D. Delhi

141. Bank of Maharashtra has recently launched its new mobile

banking app named? A. MahaBank B. MahaFreedom C. OnlineMaha D. MahaMobile

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142. Name the Indian-American who was recently sworn-in as the U.S. Surgeon-General?

A. Raja Rajeswari B. Vivek Murthy C. John Davis D. Krishna Krishnakumar

143. Microsoft on 29 April 2015 announced its next Web

Browser’s name as? A. Edge B. Invent C. Micro Explo D. Pluto

144. A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck

which neighboring country of India on 25 April 2015? A. Bhutan B. Bangladesh C. Nepal D. China

145. International Labour Day is observed on?

A. May 1 B. April 29 C. April 3 D. May 2

146. Which Indian has recently acquired a stake in Xiaomi

Technology, the No. 3 global smartphone maker? A. Bharti Mittal B. Mukesh Ambani C. Azim Premji D. Ratan Tata

147. World Press Freedom Day is observed on?

A. May 1 B. May 2 C. May 3 D. May 4

148. Who presented the 62nd National Film Awards on 3 May

2015 at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi? A. Narendra Modi B. Pranab Mukherjee C. Arun Jaitley D. Hamid Ansari

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149. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 April 2015 successfully tested an indigenous cryogenic engine from its propulsion complex at Mahendragiri which state?

A. Andhra Pradesh B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Tamil Nadu

150. For how many times, a person can become President of

India? A. No Limit B. Once C. Twice D. Thrice

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