Reasoning:
NHPC trainees engineers 2011 exam will also have 30 questions on reasoning. Some model questions are given below:
1. Four of the following five pairs have same relation between their elements as in the case of the pair UNDERWAY: 39412576 and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(A) WARDEN: 572419
(B) DERANU: 412793
(C) NEDA YO : 924763
(D) ENDWAR: 194572
(E) URADYE: 327461
2. Which of the following pairs has similar relationship as Run : Race?
(A) Party: Dance (B) Study: Book (C) Lecture: Study (D) Enjoy: Journey (E) None of these
3. Four of the following five pairs have same relation between their elements and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(A) PLENTY: LEPTYN
(B) COWARD: OWCRAD (C) ALWINS: LWANIS (D) EXAMIN: XAEIMN (E) LOCATE: OCLTAE
4. 'Apparel' is related to 'Cloth' in the same way as 'Footwear' is related to-
(A) Cobbler (B) Shoes (C) Sandals (D) Leather E) Material
5. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group?
(A) Brass (B) Iron (C) Aluminium (D) Zinc
(E) Copper
6. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group?
(A) Corn (B) Olive (C) Onion (D) Sesame (E) Mustard
7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(A) Jump (B) Walk (C) Swim (D) Run (E) Listen
8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(A) 6S (B) 17 (C) 197 (D) 3S (E) 14S
9. What should come next in the following letter sequence?
MMPMPTMPTRMPTRWMPTRWKMPI
(A) P (B) R (C) K (D) W (E) None of these
10. What should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following letter sequence?
PERPENDICULAR ERPENDICULA RPENDICUL ?
(A) PENDIC (B) ENDIC (C) ENDICU (D) PENDICUL (E) None of these
11. What will come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following sequence?
SEQUENTIAL EQUENTIAL EQUENTI ? QUEN
(A) QUENTI (B) QUENT (C) UENTI (D) EQUENT (E) None of these
12. If W means White, Y means Yellow, B means Black, G means Green, R means Red, which of the following will come next in the sequence given below? WWYWYBWYBGWYBG RWWYWYBWYB
(A) Red (B) White (C) Green (D) Yellow (E) None of these
Answers: 1,c, 2. b, 3.a, 4. d, 5. a, 6. c, 7. e, 8. d, 9. e. 10.e, 11. a, 12. c
General Awareness :
There would be 30 questions on General Awareness in NHPC 2011 trainees engineer exam. Some model questions are given below
1. Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus people?
(1) Tin (2) Copper (3) Iron (4) Lead
2. The Brahmanas are books that deal with .
(1) the Bhakti theory (2) ritualism (3) yoga ' (4) meditation
3. Buddha preached his first sermonat
(1) Lumbini (2) Samath (3) Sanchi (4) Gaya
4. Who was govemor-general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
(1) Dalhousie (2) Canning (3) Curzon (4) Lawrence
5. Which of the following princely states was not annexed by the British?
(1) Sind (2) Gwalior (3) Awadh (4) Satara
6. The British received· permission to establish their company in India from
(1) Akbar (2) Jahangir (3) Shah Jahan (4) Aurangzeb
7. How many times did Jawahar Lal Nehru become the president of Indian National Congress?
(1)2 (2)3 (3) 4 (4) 5
8. Individual Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in·
(1) 1942 (2) 1940 (3) 1945 (4) 1947
9. Who gave Vallabh Bhai Patel the title of'Sardar'?
(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) M.K. Gandhi (3) JL Nehru (4) M.A. Jinnah
10. The rate of rotation of the earth on its axis is highest on
(1) January 3 (2) December 22 (3) July 4 (4) It never changes
11. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
(1) stratosphere (2) troposphere (3) tropopause (4) ionosphere
12. Name the instrument used for measuring humidity.
(1) barometer (2) thermometer (3) hygrometer (4) hydrometer
13. Which of the following is not a planetary wind? .
(1) easterlies (2) westerlies' (3) drainage wind (4) trade winds .
14. Blizzards are characteristic of__ region.
(1) equatorial (2) tropical (3) antarctic (4) temperate
15. Who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
(1) N.D. KaInpte (2) Prithviraj Chavan (3) H.N. Singh (4) None of these
16. Who was the heroine of the 1942. Quit India movement? .
(1) Dr. Annie Besant (2) Sucheta Kriplani (3) Arona Asal Ali (4) Sarojini Naidu
17. The crust layer of the earth is also called
(1) Sial (2) Sima (3) Moho (4) Nife
18. Plains formed in limestone regions are called.
(1) karst plains (2) floods plains . (3) pene plains (4) alluvial plains
19. Which is an organic rock?
(1) Marble (2) Coal (3) Granite (4) Slate
20. For the enforcement of Funda-mental Rights, the courts can issue
(1) a decree (2) an ordinance (3) a writ (4) a notification
21. What is the maximum age for election to the office of the President?
(1) 65 (2) 70 (3) 75 (4) No limit
22. The final authority to make a proclamation of emergency rests with
(1) the Parliament (2) the president (3) Council of Ministers (4) the Prime Ministers
23. The Minimum age at which a person can be appointed prime Minister of India is
(1) 21 years (2) 25 years (3) 30 years (4) 35 years
24. A devastating tsunami rocked which of the following countries in March 2011 killing thousands?
(1) Congo (2) Japan (3) Fukushima (4) Ireland
25. The maximum duration of the zero hour in Lok Sabha can be
(1) 30 minutes (2) one hour (3) unspecified (4).two hours
Answers:
1.(3) 2.(2) 3.(2) 4. (2) 5.(2) 6.(2) 7.(2) 8.(2) 9.(2) 10.(4) 11.(2) 12.(3) 13.(3) 14.(3) 15.(2) 16.(4) 17 (1) 18.(1) 19.(2) 20. (3) 21.(4)' 22.(2) 23. 2, 24. 2 25. 3
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