Chapter 4
General Knowledge and Reasoning
PU Entrance past exam questions
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13 questions set from this chapter. Most repeated first.
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Determine the missing terms in the sequence: 42, 40, 38, 35, 33, 31, 28, ______, ______
(a) 25, 22
(b) 25, 23
(c) 26, 24
(d) 26, 22
Answer
(c) 26, 24
The differences are repeating: . The next two differences are , giving and .
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The.....of private limited companies is in the hands of its directors.
(a) Managers
(b) Administrators
(c) Department
(d) Management
Answer
(d) Management
In a private limited company, the management is in the hands of its directors.
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Light :Sun :heat:......?
(a) Electricity
(b) Moon
(c) Fire
(d) Star
Answer
(c) Fire
The Sun gives light, and fire gives heat in the same way (source and its characteristic product).
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who built Rani Pokhari?
(a) Pratap malla
(b) Prithvi Narayan Shah
(c) Mandev
(d) Jayasthiti Malla
Answer
(a) Pratap Malla
Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu was built by King Pratap Malla in memory of his son Chakravartendra.
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Which of the following is a meaningful sequence?
(a) Child, Adolescent, Adult, Old, Infant
(b) Adult, Adolescent, Old, Infant, Child
(c) Old, Adult, Adolescent, Child, Infant
(d) Infant, Child, Adult, Old, Adolescent
Answer
(c) Old, Adult, Adolescent, Child, Infant
This is the only option in a consistent order (descending age, from old to infant). The other options mix the stages of life.
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The first computer introduced in Nepal was
(a) IBM1400
(b) IBM1401
(c) IBM1402
(d) IBM 1403
Answer
(b) IBM1401
Nepal's first computer was an IBM 1401, brought in 1971 (2028 BS) for the census.
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BRISTLE: BRUSH,......?
(a) Arm: leg
(b) Stage: curtain
(c) Recline: chair
(d) Key: piano
Answer
(d) Key : piano
A bristle is a part of a brush, and a key is a part of a piano (part-to-whole relation).
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Which natural disaster causes more deaths than any other?
(a) Volcano
(b) Fire
(c) Flooding
(d) Earthquakes
Answer
(c) Flooding
Floods are generally cited as the natural disaster that causes the most deaths worldwide, because they affect large populations repeatedly.
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In which of the following areas do international environmental treaties exist?
(a) Fisheries
(b) Whaling
(c) Ocean pollution
(d) All of these
Answer
(d) All of these
International treaties exist on fisheries, whaling (International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling) and ocean pollution (e.g. MARPOL).
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The average normal body temperature of a normal person is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
(b)
Normal body temperature is about , which equals (roughly ).
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Malaria is a disease which effects the.....
(a) Heart
(b) Lungs
(c) Spleen
(d) Kidney
Answer
(c) Spleen
Malaria parasites infect red blood cells and the liver, and cause enlargement of the spleen.
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Which of the following vitamins promotes healthy functioning of eyes in human beings ?
(a) Vit B
(b) VitC
(c) Vit A
(d) VitD
Answer
(c) Vit A
Vitamin A is essential for healthy vision; its deficiency causes night blindness.
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The first highway in Nepal is
(a) Tribhuwan Highway
(b) Mahendra Highway
(c) Prithivi Highway
(d) B.P Highway
Answer
(a) Tribhuwan Highway
The Tribhuvan Rajpath (Tribhuwan Highway), linking Kathmandu with Raxaul in India, was Nepal's first highway, opened in 1956.
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Questions from PU BIT/BCA Entrance Examination 2079 (Faculty of Science and Technology, Purbanchal University) (Purbanchal University BIT/BCA entrance examination 2079). Answers are written for this site; check them against your class notes.