Biogas is formed through

(a) Fermentation
(b) Reduction
(c) Aerobic respiration
(d) Oxidation

Hepatitis is a disease of the

(a) Kidney
(b) Liver
(c) Heart
(d) Eyes

Slow and uniform cooling of hot iron in its metallurgy is known as

(a) chilling
(b) annealing
(c) quenching
(d) tempering

The largest part of our brain is

(a) Hypothalamous
(b) Medulla oblongata
(c) Cerebellum
(d) Cerebrum

Distant objects can be seen with the help of ?

(a) Spectroscope
(b) Telescope
(c) Microscope
(d) Cronometer

Two gaseous molecules can react only when they have same ______
(a) Energy
(b) Entropy
(c) Free Energy
(d) Orientation/ steric factor
Brown ring test is used for the detection of ______
(a) Sulphate
(b) Chlorate
(c) Phosphate
(d) Nitrate

The element involved with blood clotting is

(a) Iron
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Sodium
(d) Calcium

A hinged door is an example of

(a) First order lever
(b) Third order lever
(c) Cantilever
(d) Second order lever

A person suffering from long sightedness wears spectacles having

(a) Convex lenses
(b) Concave convex lens
(c) Lenses with negative power
(d) Concave lenses
You can also refer the following SPI Aurangabad Model Papers for practice –

quation of the line passing through (-2,5) and parallel to x=2 is ____
(a) Y=2
(b) X=-2E
(c) Y=5
(d) X=5

A chord of circle of radius 10 cm is 12 cm long. Then the distance of this chord

from the centre of the circle is ____.
(a) 6 cm
(b) 5 cm
(c) 8 cm
(d) 9 cm
The radius of sphere whose surface area is 5544 sq.cm is _____
(a) 21 cm
(b) 7.5 cm
(c) 42 cm
(d) 63 cm

The lengths of sides of a triangle are in the radio 5:5:6 and its perimeter is 32
cm. Its area is
(a) 60 sq. cm
(b) 48 sq. cm
(c) 64 sq. cm
(d) 52 sq. cm

If the diameter of right circular cone is 14 cm and its volume is 308 cubic cm,
then its height is
(a) 8 cm
(b) 10 cm
(c) 6 cm
(d) 12 cm

The arithmetic mean of first two digit natural number is 13

(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 12
(d) 11

A book seller has 48 English, 72 Kannada and 96 Hindi story books which are
to be packed in boxes. If each box has the same no. of books of the same
language, then the number of boxes required is
(a) 4
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 3

Which term of the sequence 106, 100, 94, ……. is the first negative term?
(a) 15th term
(b) 20th term
(c) 19th term
(d) 17th term

In a circle of radius 7 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 36 degree at the centre.

Then the perimeter of the minor sector is
(a) 18.4 cm
(b) 17 cm
(c) 16.4 cm
(d) 18 cm

2 cubes each of side 3 cm are joined end to end. Total surface area of
resulting cuboid is
(a) 27 sq.cm
(b) 45 sq.cm
(c) 54 sq.cm
(d) 90 sq.cm

You can also refer the following SPI Aurangabad Model Papers for practice –

A coin is tossed three times. The probability of obtaining a head each time is
_______
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/8
(c) 7/8
(d) 3/8

Two dice are numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 1,1,2,2,3,3 respectively. They are thrown
simultaneously and the sum of the numbers on them is noted. What is the
probability of getting the sum as 5?
(a) 1/6
(b) 5/36
(c) 1/9
(d) 1/12

If 17th term of an AP exceeds the 13th term by 15, then the common
difference is _____
(a) 2.75
(b) 3.75
(c) 3.25
(d) 3.50

Which of the following is not a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion?

(a) 13/3125
(b) 1/7
(c) 64/455
(d) 14/11

Ans – (a)

If the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are five-sixth of the unequal side and
unequal side is 12 units. The area of the isosceles triangle is
(a) 60 sq units
(b) 36 sq units
(c) 24 sq units
(d) 48 sq units

If the multiples of 2 and 3 are written till each sequence completes 100 terms.
How many of the terms in the above sequences will be identical?
(a) 31
(b) 32
(c) 30
(d) 33

The probability of getting a bad egg from a lot of 400 eggs is 0.035, then the
number of bad eggs in the lot is _____
(a) 13
(b) 17
(c) 14
(d) 15

The LCM of 120, 105 and 150 is

(a) 2400
(b) 1800
(c) 8400
(d) 4200

The largest number which divides 650 and 1170 is

(a) 210
(b) 170
(c) 130
(d) 65

The radius of a cone is ‗a‘ cm and its height is twice the radius. If the cone is
converted into the shape of a cylinder of same radius, then the height(in cm)
of the cylinder in terms of ‗a‘ is
(a) 2a
(b) 3a
(c) 2a/3
(d) 3a/2

The diameters of two cones are equal. If their slant heights are in the ratio 5:2,
then the ratio of curved surface areas of the cones is
(a) 25:4
(b) 2:5
(c) 5:2
(d) 4:5

The perimeter of both square and rectangle are each equal to 40m and the
difference between the areas is 25 sq.meter. What is the area of the rectangle?
(a) 85 sq meter
(b) 95 sq meter
(c) 65 sq meter
(d) 75 sq meter

um of the length, breadth and height of a cuboid is 21 cm and length of

diagonal is 13 cm, then the surface area of the cuboid is
(a) 372 sq.cm
(b) 272 sq.cm
(c) 610 sq.cm
(d) 190 sq.cm
 ‗O‘ is the centre of the circle. Chord AB=Chord CD. OL and OM are
perpendiculars to AB and CD respectively. If OL=2cm, then OM=—
(a) 1 cm
(b) 2 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 3 cm

The ratio between the total surface area and the curved surface area of a right
circular cylinder is 5:2. Then the ratio between the radius and the height is
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 5 : 1
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 2 : 1

The length of the box is twice its breadth and half its height. If the volume is
216 cubmic cm, then its breadth is
(a) 1.5 cm
(b) 3.0 cm
(c) 2.0 cm
(d) 2.5 cm

The three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram are (1,2), (4,3), (6,6). The co-
ordinates of the fourth vertex are
(a) (3,2)
(b) (5,3)
(c) (2,3)
(d) (3,5)

If Sin B = 5/13, then Cot B is

(a) 12/5
(b) 5/14
(c) 13/12
(d) 14/13

The difference between the circumference and the diameter of a circle is 30

cm. The area of the circle is
(a) 120 sq.cm
(b) 154 sq.cm
(c) 132 sq.cm
(d) 215 sa.cm

A toy is in the shape of a cone surmounted by a hemisphere. The height of the

toy is 7 cm and the diameter is 6 cm. The slant height of the toy is
(a) 4.5 cm
(b) 5 cm
(c) 4.8 cm
(d) 5.5 cm

A wire in the form of a circle of radius 28 cm is bent into a square. The side of
the square formed is
(a) 44 cm
(b) 30 cm
(c) 40 cm
(d) 50 cm

If the ratio between Sin A and Cos A is 1 : 2, then Tan A=?

(a) 1/2
(b) 2
(c) 1/3
(d) 3

The equation of line passing through (2,3) and parallel to x-axis is __________
(a) y=3
(b) x=2
(c) x=-2
(d) y=-3

Points (-1,0) and (2,2) are the extremities of a diagonal of a parallelogram. If

the third vertex is (4,-1), then the coordinates of the fourth vertex are
(a) (1,-3)
(b) (-2,-4)
(c) (-2,1)
(d) (-3,3)
From 5 AM to 5PM the number of times angle betweeen the hands of a clock
is zero degree is ______
(a) 11
(b) 13
(c) 12
(d) 2

If two fair dice are rolled once, then the probability of obtaining the same
number on both the dice is ________
(a) 5/6
(b) 1/36
(c) 5/36
(d) 1/6

If the diagonal of a square is increased by 35%, then find the percentage

increase in the are of the square.
(a) 43.72%
(b) 74.52%
(c) 82.25%
(d) 58.20%

If the LCM of 306 and x is 22338 & HCF of y and 657 is 9. Then x+y=?
(a) 2482
(b) 351
(c) 693
(d) 963

Rahul is one-third of his aunt‘s age. Fifteen years from now, he will be half her
age. What was his aunt‘s age 5 years back?
(a) 35 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 45 years

The probability of getting a number from the numbers 1,2,3, ……,25 which is
divisible by only one and itself is
(a) 8/25
(b) 1/5
(c) 2/5
(d) 9/25

The largest number which divides the numbers 120,224 and 256 is
(a) 6
(b) 16
(c) 8
(d) 12

The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with sides 4
m x 2.8 m is
(a) 24.64 sq. meter
(b) 12.57 sq. meter
(c) 6.16 sq. meter
(d) 9.62 sq. meter

The diameter of the base of a circular cone is equal to 6 cm and its slant
height is 5 cm. Find the area of the axial section of the cone?
(a) 14 sq.cm
(b) 18 sq.cm
(c) 6 sq.cm
(d) 12 sq. cm

The difference between the outer and the inner surface areas of a cylinderical
metallic pipe 7 cm long is 44 sq.cm. If the pipe is made of 88 cubic cm, then its
inner diameter is
(a) 5 cm
(b) 6 cm
(c) 3 cm
(d) 1.5 cm

In two concentric circles of radii 4cm and 5cm with centre ‗O‘, OA is the radius
of the smaller circle. If P and Q are the points on the larger circle such that PQ
is perpendicular to OA at A, then the length of PQ is _____
(a) 8 cm
(b) 12 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) 6 cm

If the line 4x+5y=40 cuts the x axis at A and y axis at B, then the area of
triangle AOD (in sq. units) is
(a) 40
(b) 25
(c) 35
(d) 20

A card is drawn from a pack of well shuffled 52 playing cards. The probability
that the card is black and queen is
(a) 7/13
(b) 1/9
(c) 1/26
(d) 1/13

ABCD is rectangle. If AB+BC=14cm and AC+BD=20cm, then the length BC of

the rectangle is
(a) 5 cm
(b) 8 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 9 cm

In a binomial distribution, the mean is 4 and variance is 3. What will be its

mode?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 6

The number of ways in which the letters of the word ―DELHI‖ be arranged so
that the letters E and H occupy only even places is ______
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 6
The value of Sin25.Sin65 – Cos25. Cos65 is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 3

The mean of 5 numbers is 399 and if one number is excluded the mean of the
remaining numbers becomes 398, then the excluded number is
(a) 403
(b) 350
(c) 399
(d) 423

The co-ordinates of the foot of the perpendicular from (-6,2) on the x axis is
______
(a) (2,0)
(b) (0,2)
(c) (-6,0)
(d) (0,-6)

The perimter of a sector of angle 30 degree of a circle with radius 21 cm is

(a) 60cm
(b) 53cm
(c) 32cm
(d) 42 cm

There were total 25 questions under the Numerical Ability Test in SSC MTS
Exam 2019. Chapterwise no. of questions asked in the exam are given below-
Simplification – 3
Profit and Loss – 3
Compound Interstest – 1
Time and Work – 2
Statistics –
Average – 2
LCM & HCF – 1
Time and Distance – 1
Area of Triangle – 1
Ratio & Proportion – 2
Simple Interest – 1
Volume of Cone and Cylinder – 1
Inscribed Circle (area) -1
Bar Graph – 2
Discount – 1
Number Series – 1
Boat and Stream – 1

A man can finish a piece of work in 15 days. A woman can complete the same
work in 10 days. Both work together for 5 days, then the man leaves. How
many days will be taken by the worman to finish the remaining work?
(a) 5/2
(b) 4/3
(c) 8/3
(d) 5/3

The cost of price o two articles in the same. One article among them is sold at
a profit of 15% and the other is sold at a profit of 12%. If the difference
between their selling prices is Rs. 18, what is the cost price of each article?
(a) Rs. 570
(b) Rs. 690
(c) Rs. 400
(d) Rs. 600

The monthly incomes of Mohit and Prakash are in the ratio 2 : 3. Their monthly
expenditure are in the ratio 3 : 5. If each saves Rs. 5000 per month, then what
is the sum of monthly incomes of Mohit and Prakash?
(a) Rs. 40000
(b) Rs. 50000
(c) Rs. 60000
(d) Rs. 42000

What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm?
(a) 72 sq.cm
(b) 108 sq.cm
(c) 84 sqcm
(d) 42 sqcm

What is the area of the largest square which can be inscribed ina circle of
radius 14 cm?
(a) 392 sq cm
(b) 484 sq cm
(c) 196 sq cm
(d) 784 sq cm

A bus covers first 200 km of a journey in 4 hours and the next 600 km in 6
hours. What is the average speed of the bus for the whole journey?
(a) 100 km/hr
(b) 90 km/hr
(c) 60 km/hr
(d) 80 km/hr

The ratio of two whole numbers is 5 : 7. Which of the following can be their
sum ?
(a) 54
(b) 60
(c) 46
(d) 68

A certain sum invested on compound interest (compounded annually) grows

to Rs. 5040 in three years. If the rate of interest is 20% for the first year, 40%
for the second and 50% for the third year, then what is the sum?
(a) Rs. 1210
(b) Rs. 2566
(c) Rs. 1800
(d) Rs. 2000

Samrat alone can complete a work in 10 days and Virat alone can complete
the same work in 40 days. If they are working on alternate days with Samrat
starting the work, then in how many days will the total work be completed?
(a) 14 days
(b) 16 days
(c) 8 days
(d) 12 days

What is the least common multiple of all even nubmers between 5 and 13?
(a) 120
(b) 90
(c) 180
(d) 60

Average of 12 numbers is 48. If each number is increased by 11, then what will
be the new average ?
(a) 13
(b) 58
(c) 64
(d) 59