Delhi Police Head Constable Exam Mock Paper With Answer Key
1. In which year was Haryana first established as an Indian state?a. 1948
b. 1952
c. 1972
d. 1966
2. In computer parlance, what does ‘N’ in NAS and SAN stand for?
a. Neutral
b. Node
c. Network
d. Noun
3. In which year was the world’s first SMS sent?
a. 1992
b. 1974
c. 1965
d. 1985
4. Who out of the following was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008?
a. Lata Mangeshkar
b. Bismillah Khan
c. Bhimsen Joshi
d. Amartya Sen
5. In the Indian Navy, which is the next higher rank after ‘Commodore’?
a. Captain
b. Brigadier
c. Commander
d. Rear Admiral
6. Which of the following is a correct match?
1. Chambal: Narmada
2. Sone : Yamuna
3. Manas : Brahmaputra
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. Only 3
7. Namchik-Namphuk coal deposits are located in which state?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Meghalaya
c. Manipur
d. Mizoram
8. On whith river is the Tehri Dam project located?
a. Alaknanda
b. Bhagirathi
c. Dhauli Ganga
d. Mandakini
9. Based on descending order of population which of the following series is correct?
a. Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai
b. Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru
c. Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad
d. Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad
10. Amongst the southern states, which state shares boundaries with largest number of other states?
a. Only Andhra Pradesh
b. Only Karnataka
c. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
d. Tamil Nadu and Kerala
11. In these two lists of cities and rivers, which of the four sequences are correct?
A. Betul 1. Indravati
B. Jagdalpur 2. Narmada
C. Jabalpur 3. Shipra
D. Ujjain 4. Tapti
A B C D
a. 1 4 2 3
b. 4 1 2 3
C. 4 1 3 2
d. 1 4 3 2
12. The Mekong Ganga accord signed in 2000, covers which of these?
a. Joint Indo-Myanmar irrigation project
b. South-East Asian tourism project
c. Hydro-electric project between India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
d. Agreement on tourism, education, transport etc, between India and neighbouring countries to its East
13. Which of these do not match?
a. Waist Belt
b. Neck Tie
c. Wrist Wrist band
d. Shoe Shoelaces
14. What is the number of characters allowed in a ‘Tweet’ in the social media ‘Twitter’?
a. 160
b. 250
c. 140
.d. 100
15. Which is the world’s tallest building?
a. CN Tower
b. Taipei 101
c. Burj-al-Arab
d. Burj Khalifa
16. What is the width to height ratio of the Indian flag, the tricolour?
a. 2 : 3
b. 3 : 4
c. 4 : 4
d. 3 : 2
17. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ are inscribed below the ‘three lions’ in our state emblem. From which of these are the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’?
a. Bhagvad Gita
b. Rigveda
c. Mundaka Upnishad
d. Skandha Purana
18. Who started ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ in 1980?
a. Baba Amte
b. Anna Hazare
c. Chetan Bhagat
d. Kailash Satyarthi
19. In which year did Alexander (the Great) invade India?
a. AD 58
b. 327 BC
c. 69 BC
d. AD 161
20. ‘Mangalyaan’ recently reached its orbit around Mars. When was ‘Mangalyaan’ launched?
a. November 5, 2013
b. October 11, 2012
c. January 26, 2014
d. August 8, 2013
21. In which year did Sikkim become the 22nd State of the Indian Union?
a. 1975
b. 1958
c. 1967
d. 1971
22. After formation of Telengana on June 2, 2014, how many States are there in our country?
a. 25
b. 27
c. 29
d. 31
23. In which State of India does the population of females exceed that of males?
a. Nagaland
b. Kerala
c. Mizoram
c. Odisha
24. Srinagar, capital city of Jammu and Kashmir, is situated on the banks of which river?
a. Chenab
b. Jhelum
c. Lidder
d. Ravi
25. According to Ramayana, after abduction of Sita, which ornament of Sita did Lakshman recognise?
a. Necklace
b. Anklet
c. Earring
d. Bracelet
26. Who is the sole Indian badminton player to have won two bronze medals in World Badminton Championship?
a. P. Gopichand
b. Saina Nehwal
c. PV Sindhu
d. Syed Modi
27. What is the language spoken by the majority of population of Kerala?
a. Kannada
b. Telugu
c. Malayalam
d. Tamil
28. One Rank One Pension (OROP) approved in 2014 applies to
a. Delhi Police
b. BSF
c. Armed Forces
d. ISRO
29. Who is the author of both the books ‘Train to Pakistan’ and ‘A Suitable. Boy’?
a. Mulk Raj Anand
b. Jhumpa Lahiri
c. Vikram Seth
d. None of the above
30. Which river flows through India, but does not flow through or drain into another country?
a. Raavi
b. Brahmaputra
c. Ganges
d. Godavari
31. Which of these festivals is not celebrated every year?
a. Maha Shivratri
b. Maha Kumbh
c. Ganesh Chaturthi
d. Dussehra
32. In which year were Indian States first re-organised based on language?
a. 1952
b. 1953
c. 1956
d. 1955
33. Which is the largest Lok Sabha Constituency based on land area?
a. Ladakh
b. Barmer (Rajasthan)
c. Sikkim
d. South Goa
34. What component of blood helps most in clotting?
a. Plasma
b. Platelets
c. Serum
d. Haemoglobin
35. Which part of an internal combustion engine mixes’ petrol or gas with air?
a. Choke
b. Cylinder
c. Carburettor
d. Fuel Filter
36. Which planet of our solar system does not have a solid surface?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Venus
d. Jupiter
37. Power and energy have different units of measurement. What is the unit used for energy?
a. Watt per minute
b. Kilowatt per hour
c. Watt Hour
d. Metre
38. What is the ‘Great Barrier Reef and where is it situated?
a. Fishing port in Florida
b. French beach
c. Australian Coral mass
d. Structure to stop ships in the Panama Canal
39. What does the term ‘Snowline’ imply?
a. Altitude below which snow never falls.
b. Altitude above which snow never melts and remains year round.
c. Altitude below which snow melts in summer.
d. None of the above
40. Which of these oceans have the largest number of active volcanoes?
a. Arctic
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Pacific
41. What is the main reason for differences in duration of nights and days?
a. Rotation of Earth about its axis
b. Rotation of Earth around the Sun
c. The Earth being inclined at 66.5 degrees
d. Combination of ‘a’ and ‘c’
42. India’s permanent research station ‘Dakshin Gangotri’ is located in
a. Uttarakhand
b. Antarctica
c. Indian Ocean
d. Arctic
43. What is the length of’ one nautical mile in metres?
a. 1605
b. 1250
c. 1575
d. 1852
44. Which of these planets revolves around the Sun from East to West?
a. Earth
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Uranus
45. Which is the second largest island in the world?
a. Borneo
b. Madagascar
c. New Guinea
d. Greenland
46. Which is the heaviest living bird found in Earth?
a. Emu
b. Ostrich
c. Albatross
d. Siberian Crane
47. Which is believed to be the smallest living animal on Earth?
a. Philippine Tarsier
b. Bee hummingbird
c. Pygmy Marmoset
d. Miniature Horse
48. Approximately what percentage increase of the Earth’s land mass covered by deserts took place in last 125 years?
a. 2%
b. 5%
c. 11%
d. 25%
49. Merdeka Cup is associated with which sport?
a. Lawn Tennis
b. Table Tennis
c. Football
d. Hockey
50. Who became Goa’s new Chief Minister in November, 2014?
a. Manohar Parrikar
b. Nana Patekar
c. Francis D’souza
d. Other
51. ‘DELHI-POLICE’is coded as 8102416183230J24 18_6_ 10. Using the same code, what word does 6 2 32 18_40_2_24_38 denote?
a. CONSTABLE
b. CAPITALS
c. CANDLES
d. CONSTANT
Directions (Q. Nos. 52-55) What is the missing number denoted by ‘X’?
52. 49, 121, 169, Xa. 324
b. 289
c. 196
d. 441
53. 755, 644, X, 422
a. 866
b. 544
c. 533
d. 733
54. 5417, X, 9851, 1073
a. 3639
b. 7528
c. 5598
d. 7639
55. X, 52814, 3021, 93228
a. 32678
b. 32575
c. 36216
d. 32472
Directions (Q. Nos. 56-60) Anil, Arya,
Iti and Ira start walking from the same spot and after walking for some
time, all four come to a halt. Anil walks 50 steps exactly to the East.
Arya walks 60 steps to the North, while Ira walks 70 steps exactly due
South. If Iti walks 40 steps exactly due West, determine the following
when all have come to a halt. Assume that each persons’ steps are of
exactly equal length and use nearest whole number of steps in answering.
56. Distance between Ira and Anil (in number of steps)a. 86
b. 72
c. 130
d. 93
57. Distance between Arya and Ira (in number of steps)
a. 93
b. 130
c. 86
d. 72
58. Distance between Iti and Arya (in number of steps)
a. 86
b. 92
c. 72
d. 130
59. When all have halted, which two out of the four are at the closest distance to each other
a. Arya and Iti
b. Arya and Ira
c. Iti and Anil
d. Iti and Ira
60. When all have halted, which two out of the four are at the farthest distance from each other
a. Arya and Anil
b. Arya and Ira
c. Iti and Arya
d. Ira and Iti
Directions (Q. Nos. 61-63) ‘A’ and ‘B’
are two railway stations connected by straight tracks to station ‘C’.
Trains to A and B start at the same time from station C. There are not
no halts en route.
61. Even though distance from B to C is
three fourths of that from A to C, the train from C to A travelling at
72 km/h reaches A exactly when the train from C reaches B. What is the
speed of train travelling from C to B in km/h?a. 64
b. 60
c. 54
d. 96
62. If time taken by the above train from C to A to complete its journey is 45 min and assuming that A is exactly South of C, and B is exactly East of C, what is distance in km of the train to A from that »f train to B, thirty minutes after departure from C?
a. 45
b. 52
c. 36
d. Incomplete data
63. What would be speed (in km/h) of train to B travel to enable completion of its journey in half the time it travels in questions 61 and 62?
a. 96
b. 84
c. 108
d. 120
Directions (Q. Nos. 64-67) Two runners A’ and ‘B’ start from the same spot on a circular track and run at a constant and uniform speed in opposite directions. A runs at 94.2m per min. Take Pi = 3.14
64. If ‘A’ completes a circuit of the track in 40 min, what is the radius of the track in metres?
a. 500
b. 550
c. 600
d. 400
65. What is B’s speed (in km/h) if the completes two circuits of the track in 90 min?
a. About 5
b. About 4
c. About 6
d. None of these
66. After how many minutes will A and B be exactly a quarter circle apart?
a. About 7
b. About 5.5
c. About 8
d. None of these
67. After how many minutes will A and B’s position subtend an angle of 180°?
a. About 7
b. About 5.5
c. About 8
d. None of these
68. In an election A, B and C were the only three candidates. ‘C’ won the election securing 61.8% votes. ‘A’ secured by only 1910 votes which was the least number of votes, but which were half of those secured by ‘B’. How many votes did ‘C’ secure?
a. 9270
b. 6720
c. 9488
d. 8999
69. Seema’s present age, which is less than 20 yr, is one fourth that of her father. After how many years will Seema’s age be exactly two thirds that of her father?
a. 100
b. 37
c. 46
d. None of these
70. Ravi’s friend gave him an interest free loan of ? 12500 on the condition that Ravi would return that amount after 3 yr. Ravi spent a part of the loaned amount and to put the balance amount in a bank deposit earning 7.75% compound interest. If he was able to return exact amount owed after 3 years. How much money did Ravi I spend? Banks pay interest only in whole number of rupees.
a. 2000
b. 1500
c. 2500
d. None of these
71. In numbers given below, the 1st and 3rd digits are interchanged. Then 2nd and 4th digits are also interchanged. Which of the original series of numbers will be’ second lowest after both interchanges?
2678, 2439, 3939, 2719
a. 2439
b. 3939
c. 2719
d. 2678
72. ‘A’ and ‘B’ are brother and sister respectively. ‘C’ is ‘A’s father and ‘D’ is C’s sister. ‘E; is D’s mother. How is ‘B’ related to ‘E’?
a. Grand-daughter
b. Great grand-daughter
c. Aunt
d. Daughter
73. ‘A’ is younger than ‘B’, but older than ‘C’. ‘D’ is younger than ‘E’, but older than ‘F’. If ‘C’ is older than ‘E’, who is the eldest among the six?
a. C
b. D
c. B
d. E
74. India’s Independence Day was celebrated on Friday in 2014. On what day of the week will Independence Day fall in 2016?
a. Sunday
b. Wednesday
c. Friday
d. Monday
Directions (Q. Nos. 75-79) A, B, C, D,
E, F and G are members of a club. Each likes to go to the club on
different days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but not necessarily in this order). Each
has a car made by a different manufacturer (Maruti, Ford, Honda, Toyota,
Tata, Mahindra and Volkswagen, but not necessarily in this order). C
likes to go to the club Tata or Volkswagen. E does not like to go to the
club on Monday and has a Toyota. The one who likes to go to the club on
Friday has a Honda. The one who has a Mahindra likes to go to the club
on Tuesday. D likes to go to the club on Saturday and does not have a
Tata car. G has a Ford. F likes to go to the club on Thursday while B
does not have a Mahindra. Check the correct answer in following
questions.
75. Who likes to go to the club on Tuesday?a. A
b. B
c. D
d. Insufficient data
76. Who has a Honda car?
a. A
b. B
c. F
d. C
77. Who likes to go to the club on Sunday?
a. A
b. C
c. F
d. E
78. Who has a Tata car?
a. B
b. A
c. F
d. D
79. If paired preference of day each likes to go the club and car owned, which is correct?
a. F-Thursday-Mahindra
b. C-Wednesday-Ford
c. D-Saturday-Toyota
d. None of the above
80. Multiplying two numbers yields 8091. If difference between the two numbers is 6, what is the lower number?
a. 87
b. 92
c. 83
d. 81
81. ‘A’ and ‘B’ finish a task in 6 days when they work together. If ‘A’ takes 10 days to complete the same task while working alone, then how many days will ‘B’ take to finish the task working alone?
a. 16
b. 12
c. 15
d. 21
82. Two trains of length 121 and 99 metres are travelling in opposite directions on parallel tracks. If speed of the two trains is 54 and 36 km/h respectively, how many seconds will the trains take to just cross each other?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 9.5
d. 8.8
83. Three sides of a triangle are 16, 18 and 22 m. What is area enclosed (in nearest square metre)?
a. 137
b. 143
c. 147
d. 144
84. In which State in the Rihand Dam Project situated?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
85. A piece of ice is floating in a glass of water. When it fully melts, level of water will
a. rise
b. fall
c. remain same
d. first rise, then fall
86. Who is the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century?
a. Tendulkar
b. Sehwag
c. Rahul Dravid
d. Sunil Gavaskar
87. Who designed the new symbol of the Indian Rupee?
a. RK Mohan
b. D. Uday Kumar
c. Aditya Kashyap
d. Rajan Singhania
88. Where is Kaziranga National Park located?
a. Odisha
b. Gujarat
c. Rajasthan
d. Asom
89. In which medium does sound travel fastest?
a. Air
b. Water
c. Wood
d. Steel
90. What is the SI unit for measurement of temperature
a. Degrees Celsius
b. Metre
c. Litre
d. Kilometre
91. On an average, earthquakes exceeding magnitude 9 on the Richter scale occur how often on Earth?
a. Every year
b. Every 5 to 10 years
c. Every 20 to 30 years
d. Once in 50 years
92. What is the maximum and minimum temperature (in whole Degrees Celsius) ever recorded on Earth?
a. + 31, -62
b. + 61, -100
c. + 58, – 88
d. + 59, – 51
93. Who headed a Committee constituted in 1977 to review Panchayati Raj?
a. Balwant Rai Mehta
b. Ashok Mehta
c. GB Pant
d. Jagjivan Ram
94. Which was the longest airliner passenger flight as of 2014 between?
a. Sydney to Dallas
b. Delhi to Chicago
c. Los Angeles to Melbourne
d. Singapore to New York
95. Who has been “appointed Vice Chancellor to re-establish the ancient Indian University at Nalanda?
a. Montek Ahluwalia
b. Amartya Sen
c. Rajan Raghuram
d. Najib Jung
96. What are IC chips used in computers mainly made out of?
a. Chromium
b. Silicon
c. Glass
d. Copper
97. Who is the world’s first elected female Head of State?
a. Go.lda Meir
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
d. Margaret Thatcher
98. Who is the author poem ‘Gita Govind’?
a. Jaya Chandra
b. Jaideva
c. Jai Singh
d. Jayanta
99. Where is the world’s largest forest mass situated?
a. Russia
b. America
c. Brazil
d. Canada
100. Which is the largest lake in the world?
a. Baikal, Russia
b. Huron, Canada
c. Caspian Sea
d. Superior, America
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