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SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

The price of potato is decreased by 10%. If the price of potato was ₹12 per kg, the present price is-

A) ₹10.60
B) ₹10.70
C) ₹10.80
D) ₹10.90
Option C is correct: ₹10.80.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Twice of one number added to three times another number gives 21. If the difference of the numbers is 3, the numbers are —

A) 2 and 3
B) 2 and 4
C) 5 and 3
D) 6 and 3
Option D is correct: 6 and 3.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Arrange the fraction 5/9, 7/11, 3/8 in descending order.

A) 7/11, 5/9, 3/8
B) 5/9, 7/11, 3/8
C) 3/8, 5/9, 7/11
D) 7/11, 3/8, 5/9
Option A is correct: 7/11, 5/9, 3/8.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Look at the series, find out the number that should come next: 12, 11, 13, 12, 14, 13,.....

A) 15
B) 16
C) 13
D) 10
Option A is correct: 15.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

The length and breadth of a room are 8 metre and 6 metre respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and finally along a diagonal in order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat?

A) 10 metre
B) 14 metre
C) 38 metre
D) 48 metre
Option C is correct: 38 metre.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which gas is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?

A) Carbon dioxide (CO2)
B) Methane (CH4)
C) Water vapor (H2O)
D) Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Option C is correct: Water vapor (H2O).
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Smith and Ajit can complete a task in 12 days and 18 days respectively. If they work together on the task for 4 days, then the fraction of the task that will be left is

A) 2/3
B) 5/9
C) 1/3
D) 1/9
Option B is correct: 5/9.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

In what time will the simple interest be 2/5 of the principal at 8% per annum?

A) 7 years
B) 5 years
C) 8 years
D) 6 years
Option B is correct: 5 years.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

In an examination, 50% of the candidates failed in English, 40% failed in Hindi and 15% failed in both the subjects. The percentage of candidates who passed in both English and Hindi is-

A) 20%
B) 25%
C) 60%
D) 75%
Option B is correct: 25%.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

With reference to the passage provided, which of these assumptions is/are valid? 1. People always see the leisure time as a gift and use it for acquiring more material possession. 2. Use of leisure by some people produce new and original things has been the chief source of human progress.

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Option B is correct: 2 only.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. The probability that a ball drawn from the bag at random will be neither red nor black is —

A) 2/5
B) 4/5
C) 8/15
D) 3/15
Option A is correct: 2/5.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

A shopkeeper marked the price 10% more than its cost price. If he allows a discount of 20%, then find his loss percent.

A) 9%
B) 15%
C) 18%
D) 12%
Option D is correct: 12%.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Find The least number of 6-digits which is a perfect square.

A) 100489
B) 100089
C) 100480
D) 100049
Option A is correct: 100489.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Choose the odd one from the given options.

A) CE7
B) AZ27
C) CI17
D) LP 28
Option A is correct: CE7.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

A man can do a piece of work in 6 days which he can complete in 4 days when his friend helps him. His friend can complete the work alone in —

A) 12 days
B) 10 days
C) 6 days
D) 4 days
Option A is correct: 12 days.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

The median and mode for the data 17, 2, 7, 27, 25, 5, 14, 18, 10, 24, 48, 10, 8, 7, 10, 28 is —

A) 12 and 10
B) 14 and 10
C) 18 and 10
D) 10 and 10
Option D is correct: 10 and 10.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

IF HELMET is written as FMNFU, CHOCOLATE is written as

A) DIDPMPBUF
B) EIDPMPBUF
C) DIPDPMBFU
D) DIPDPMBUF
Option D is correct: DIPDPMBUF.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Matthew told his friend John, pointing to a photograph. “Her father is the only son of my mother.” The photograph shows?

A) Matthew’s niece
B) Matthew’s daughter
C) Matthew's mother
D) Matthew’s sister
Option B is correct: Matthew’s daughter.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

89% of ? + 365 = 1075.22

A) 798
B) 897
C) 898
D) 752
Option A is correct: 798.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

A plot is in the form of a square and its perimeter is 160 metres. The cost of laying grass at the rate of ₹30 per square metre is —

A) ₹42,000
B) ₹44,000
C) ₹46,000
D) ₹48,000
Option D is correct: ₹48,000.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Look at the series, find out the number that should come next: 12, 11, 13, 12, 14, 13, ....?

A) 15
B) 16
C) 13
D) 10
Option A is correct: 15.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which schedule of the Indian Constitution contains provisions related to the administration of tribal areas?

A) 5th Schedule
B) 6th Schedule
C) 7th Schedule
D) 9th Schedule
Option B is correct: 6th Schedule.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

If the roots of the equation px^2 + x + r = 0 are reciprocal to each other, then which one of the following is correct?

A) p=r
B) p=2r
C) 2p=r
D) p=4r
Option A is correct: p=r.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

The Kalkothy—Walayar Corridor is located between which two Indian states?

A) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
D) Maharashtra and Gujarat
Option C is correct: Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
SI (Excise) • 2025 • Paper-II

The Round Table Conferences were held in London to discuss-

A) Constitutional reforms in India
B) Grant of full independence to India
C) Measures to stop the Civil disobedience Movement
D) Trade agreements between Britain and India
Option A is correct: Constitutional reforms in India.