Skip to main content

Chapter 4

General Knowledge and Reasoning

PU Entrance past exam questions

Past questions and answers

13 questions set from this chapter. Most repeated first.

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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 −2,−2,−3-2,-2,-3 repeating: 42,40,38,35,33,31,2842,40,38,35,33,31,28. The next two differences are −2,−2-2,-2, giving 2626 and 2424.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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).

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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).

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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).

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

The average normal body temperature of a normal person is (a) 81.1∘C81.1^\circ C (b) 36.9∘C36.9^\circ C (c) 36.9∘F36.9^\circ F (d) 98.6∘C98.6^\circ C

Answer

(b) 36.9∘C36.9^\circ C

Normal body temperature is about 36.9∘C36.9^\circ C, which equals 98.4∘F98.4^\circ F (roughly 98.6∘F98.6^\circ F).

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

  • 2079 · 1 mark

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.

Answer checked by Claude Sonnet · Oct 21, 2026

Test yourself · 2 MCQs

Loading…

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.