About this quiz
A timed full-length practice test for Kharidar with 100 questions drawn at random from a pool of 100 covering General Knowledge, Nepali, English, Maths and IQ, Science and Technology, and Administration and Law. Every attempt gives a new mix.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 100 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Mock Test · For: Kharidar · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 100 questions with answers and explanations
What does the RTI Act say about whistleblowers?
- A) They must pay a penalty
- B) They lose their jobs automatically
- C) They must first get permission from Parliament
- D) An employee who reveals wrongdoing in good faith must not be punished or harmed ✔
Why: The Act protects employees who disclose corruption or wrongdoing in good faith.
A shopkeeper buys a fan for Rs 1,250 and wants a profit of 12%. At what price should he sell it?
- A) Rs 1,400 ✔
- B) Rs 1,262
- C) Rs 1,350
- D) Rs 1,100
Why: SP = 1,250 × 112/100 = Rs 1,400.
The fraction 3/8 is equal to what percent?
- A) 30%
- B) 37.5% ✔
- C) 35%
- D) 38.5%
Why: 3/8 × 100 = 300/8 = 37.5%.
Fill in the blank: "The boys play ___ football every evening."
- A) a
- B) the
- C) no article ✔
- D) an
Why: Names of games and sports take no article.
If BAG is coded as 10 because 2 + 1 + 7 = 10, what is the code for HEN?
- A) 25
- B) 26
- C) 27 ✔
- D) 28
Why: H = 8, E = 5, N = 14, and 8 + 5 + 14 = 27.
What is the height of Mount Everest announced jointly by Nepal and China in 2077 BS?
- A) 8,848 m
- B) 8,850 m
- C) 8,844.43 m
- D) 8,848.86 m ✔
Why: In 2077 BS (2020 AD) Nepal and China jointly announced the height of Everest as 8,848.86 m.
What is the porous belt of boulders and gravel at the foot of the Chure hills called?
- A) Bhabar ✔
- B) Doon
- C) Lekh
- D) Besi
Why: In the Bhabar belt, streams often sink underground before reappearing in the Tarai.
In which year was the Interim Government of Nepal Act promulgated?
- A) 2004 BS
- B) 2007 BS ✔
- C) 2015 BS
- D) 2063 BS
Why: The Interim Government of Nepal Act was issued in 2007 BS after the end of Rana rule.
What is the capital of the Maldives?
- A) Addu
- B) Colombo
- C) Port Louis
- D) Male ✔
Why: Male is the capital city of the Maldives.
सन्धि भनेको के हो?
- A) दुई वा बढी पदको मेलबाट नयाँ पद बन्ने प्रक्रिया
- B) नजिक आएका दुई वर्णबीच हुने ध्वनिगत मेल वा परिवर्तन ✔
- C) वाक्यका पदहरूको क्रम मिलाउने काम
- D) शब्दमा उपसर्ग मात्र जोड्ने प्रक्रिया
Why: सन्धि वर्णको मेल हो; पदको मेल भने समास हो।
Small, very fast storage places inside the CPU are called what?
- A) Hard disks
- B) Registers ✔
- C) ROM chips
- D) Pen drives
Why: Registers hold the data and instructions the CPU is using at that moment.
Change into passive with the person as subject: "Ram gave Sita a book."
- A) Sita was given a book by Ram. ✔
- B) Sita gave a book by Ram.
- C) Sita was give a book by Ram.
- D) A book was given Sita by Ram.
Why: With two objects, the person (Sita) can become the subject: was given + the other object.
What is the SI unit of force?
- A) Joule
- B) Watt
- C) Newton ✔
- D) Pascal
Why: Force is measured in newtons (N), named after Sir Isaac Newton.
Which river forms part of Nepal's eastern border with India?
- A) Kankai
- B) Kamala
- C) Mechi ✔
- D) Tamor
Why: The Mechi river flows along part of the eastern border between Nepal and India, mainly in Jhapa district.
Fill in the blank: "The police ___ searching for the thief."
- A) is
- B) was
- C) has been
- D) are ✔
Why: Police is always plural, so it takes are.
Choose the sentence in which the subject and verb agree.
- A) The farmers grows rice.
- B) The farmer grow rice.
- C) The farmer grows rice. ✔
- D) The farmers is growing rice.
Why: A singular subject (the farmer) takes the singular verb grows; a plural subject would take grow.
Nepal hosted the 13th South Asian Games in which year?
- A) 2016
- B) 2010
- C) 2019 ✔
- D) 2004
Why: Nepal hosted the 13th South Asian Games in 2019 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.
राजदरबार शब्दमा उत्तरपद कुन हो?
- A) राजा
- B) राज
- C) राजाको
- D) दरबार ✔
Why: समस्त पदको पछिल्लो पद उत्तरपद हो; यहाँ दरबार उत्तरपद र राज पूर्वपद हो।
Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, lies in which district?
- A) Kapilvastu
- B) Rupandehi ✔
- C) Arghakhanchi
- D) Palpa
Why: Lumbini lies in Rupandehi district of Lumbini Province.
Rs 8,000 is increased by 10% and then the new amount is again increased by 10%. What is the final amount?
- A) Rs 9,600
- B) Rs 9,680 ✔
- C) Rs 9,800
- D) Rs 9,580
Why: 8,000 × 1.1 = 8,800; 8,800 × 1.1 = Rs 9,680 (a 21% total rise).
What is the main purpose of the Right to Information Act 2064?
- A) To control the press
- B) To fix fees for passports
- C) To make the state open, transparent and accountable to citizens ✔
- D) To register political parties
Why: The Act aims at openness and accountability by making information of public importance easy to obtain.
Normal human body temperature is 37 °C. What is it in Fahrenheit?
- A) 37 °F
- B) 310 °F
- C) 98.6 °F ✔
- D) 66.6 °F
Why: F = 9/5 × 37 + 32 = 66.6 + 32 = 98.6 °F.
When the thing becomes the subject, what is the correct passive of "The teacher taught us English."?
- A) English was teached to us by the teacher.
- B) English is taught to us by the teacher.
- C) English was taught to us by the teacher. ✔
- D) English taught to us by the teacher.
Why: When the thing is the subject, to is added before the person, and the past tense gives was taught.
Under Section 6 of the RTI Act, every public body must appoint which official?
- A) A public prosecutor
- B) An information officer ✔
- C) A chief auditor
- D) A press secretary of the Prime Minister
Why: Section 6 requires every public body to appoint an information officer to give out information.
If SEND is coded as TGQH, how is CODE coded?
- A) DPEF
- B) DQFI
- C) EQGI
- D) DQGI ✔
Why: The shift grows with position: +1, +2, +3, +4 (S to T, E to G, N to Q, D to H). So C+1 = D, O+2 = Q, D+3 = G, E+4 = I, giving DQGI.
विवाह र बिहे शब्दमा व र ब फरक हुनुको कारण के हो?
- A) दुवै आगन्तुक शब्द भएकाले
- B) विवाह तत्सम र बिहे तद्भव भएकाले ✔
- C) दुवै तत्सम शब्द भएकाले
- D) बिहे अङ्ग्रेजीबाट आएकाले
Why: तत्सममा मूलअनुसार व रहन्छ तर तद्भवमा प्रायः ब लेखिन्छ।
Fill in the blank: "___ sun rises in the east."
- A) A
- B) The ✔
- C) An
- D) No article
Why: The sun is unique, there is only one, so it takes the.
Choose the correct negative sentence in the present simple.
- A) Ram does not smoke. ✔
- B) Ram do not smokes.
- C) Ram does not smokes.
- D) Ram not smoke.
Why: In the negative of the present simple, does is followed by the base form V1.
A trader buys a TV for Rs 18,000, pays Rs 500 for transport and Rs 1,500 for repair, and sells it for Rs 22,000. What is his profit?
- A) Rs 4,000
- B) Rs 3,500
- C) Rs 2,000 ✔
- D) Rs 2,500
Why: CP = 18,000 + 500 + 1,500 = 20,000; profit = 22,000 − 20,000 = Rs 2,000.
If information cannot be given immediately, within how many days must it be provided?
- A) 7 days
- B) 15 days ✔
- C) 35 days
- D) 60 days
Why: The information officer must provide it within 15 days of the application.
Who was the first British Resident in Kathmandu after the Sugauli Treaty?
- A) Edward Gardner ✔
- B) Brian Hodgson
- C) Captain Kinloch
- D) David Ochterlony
Why: The treaty allowed a British Resident in Kathmandu, and Edward Gardner was the first to hold the post.
सु र आगत मिलेर बन्ने स्वागत शब्दमा कुन सन्धि छ?
- A) गुण
- B) अयादि
- C) दीर्घ
- D) यण् ✔
Why: उ पछि भिन्न स्वर आ आएकाले उ व् मा बदलिएको छ, यो यण् सन्धि हो।
Which was Nepal's first hydropower plant, commissioned in 1968 BS (1911 AD)?
- A) Sundarijal
- B) Panauti
- C) Trishuli
- D) Pharping ✔
Why: Pharping Hydropower Station, with a capacity of 500 kW, was the first hydropower plant of Nepal.
The Constitution of Nepal 2072 is counted as Nepal's which constitution?
- A) Fifth
- B) Sixth
- C) Seventh ✔
- D) Eighth
Why: It follows the constitutions of 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2047 and 2063 BS, making it the seventh.
पनि, अनि, फेरि, पछि जस्ता अव्ययको अन्त्यमा कस्तो इ लेखिन्छ?
- A) ह्रस्व इ ✔
- B) दीर्घ ई
- C) कहिले ह्रस्व कहिले दीर्घ
- D) इ नलेखी ए लेखिन्छ
Why: यस्ता अव्ययको अन्त्यमा ह्रस्व इ लेख्ने नियम छ।
A mobile set is sold for Rs 2,875 at a profit of 15%. What was its cost price?
- A) Rs 2,443.75
- B) Rs 2,600
- C) Rs 2,750
- D) Rs 2,500 ✔
Why: CP = 2,875 × 100/115 = Rs 2,500. (Taking 15% off the SP gives the wrong answer.)
Which was the first peak above 8,000 m in the world to be climbed?
- A) Annapurna I ✔
- B) Mount Everest
- C) Kangchenjunga
- D) Dhaulagiri
Why: A French expedition with Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed Annapurna I in 1950, the first 8,000 m peak ever climbed.
On Rs 10,000 at 10% per annum compounded yearly, what is the interest for the second year only?
- A) Rs 1,000
- B) Rs 2,100
- C) Rs 1,210
- D) Rs 1,100 ✔
Why: After year 1 the sum is 11,000; interest for year 2 = 11,000 × 10/100 = Rs 1,100.
Which of the following provinces does NOT share a border with China?
- A) Koshi
- B) Gandaki
- C) Karnali
- D) Madhesh ✔
Why: Madhesh Province lies wholly in the Tarai and borders only India; Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali all touch the border with Tibet (China).
Which of the following has long been one of Nepal's major export products?
- A) Hand-knotted woollen carpets ✔
- B) Crude petroleum
- C) Motor vehicles
- D) Steel ships
Why: Woollen carpets, along with pashmina and readymade garments, have long been among Nepal's major exports.
Fill in the blank: "Mathematics ___ my favourite subject."
- A) is ✔
- B) are
- C) were
- D) have been
Why: Subjects like mathematics, physics and economics end in s but take a singular verb.
Who was the mother who gave birth to Gautam Buddha?
- A) Yashodhara
- B) Mayadevi ✔
- C) Prajapati Gautami
- D) Kaushalyavati
Why: Siddhartha Gautam was born to Queen Mayadevi and King Shuddhodana; Prajapati Gautami was his stepmother who raised him, and Yashodhara was his wife.
Who appoints the Chairperson and members of the PSC?
- A) The Prime Minister on the advice of the Cabinet
- B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives
- C) The President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council ✔
- D) The Chief Justice
Why: Under Article 242 the President appoints them on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council.
A network of computers inside one office building is called what?
- A) WAN
- B) LAN ✔
- C) MAN
- D) The internet
Why: A Local Area Network covers a small area such as a room, office or building.
Malware that locks a victim's files and demands money to unlock them is called what?
- A) Spyware
- B) Ransomware ✔
- C) Trojan horse
- D) Firewall
Why: Ransomware encrypts files and asks for a ransom payment.
According to the constitution, what is the official language of Nepal?
- A) Nepali in Roman script
- B) Nepali and English
- C) Nepali in Devanagari script ✔
- D) Nepali and Maithili
Why: The constitution makes the Nepali language in Devanagari script the official language of Nepal; provinces may add other languages spoken by a majority there.
Which is the second largest religion in Nepal by number of followers according to Census 2078?
- A) Islam
- B) Kirat
- C) Christianity
- D) Buddhism ✔
Why: Hinduism is followed by the majority, and Buddhism is the second largest religion in Nepal.
Under which Act does Nepal Rastra Bank operate at present, replacing its original 2012 BS Act?
- A) Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2063
- B) Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2058 ✔
- C) Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2048
- D) Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2072
Why: Nepal Rastra Bank now works under the Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2058 BS (2002 AD), which replaced the Nepal Rastra Bank Act 2012 and gave the bank greater autonomy.
क वर्गको व्यञ्जन अगाडि तत्सम शब्दमा कुन पञ्चम वर्ण लेखिन्छ?
- A) ङ ✔
- B) ञ
- C) ण
- D) म
Why: क वर्गको पञ्चम वर्ण ङ हो, जस्तै अङ्क, अङ्ग, शङ्ख।
तत्सम शब्दमा कुन वर्ण अगाडि नासिक्य ध्वनि आउँदा शिरबिन्दु लेखिन्छ?
- A) क र ग
- B) च र ज
- C) स र ह ✔
- D) प र ब
Why: य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह अगाडि शिरबिन्दु लेखिन्छ, जस्तै संसार, सिंह।
Malaria is caused by which kind of organism?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Protozoa ✔
- D) Fungus
Why: Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.
Goitre is caused by lack of which mineral in the diet?
- A) Iron
- B) Calcium
- C) Sodium
- D) Iodine ✔
Why: The thyroid needs iodine to make thyroxine; lack of iodine causes goitre.
What does the term GIGO mean in computing?
- A) Good Input Gives Output
- B) Graphic Input Graphic Output
- C) General Input General Output
- D) Garbage In, Garbage Out ✔
Why: GIGO means that if wrong data is entered, the computer will give wrong results.
In which year did Nepal become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
- A) 2004 AD ✔
- B) 1995 AD
- C) 2001 AD
- D) 2011 AD
Why: Nepal joined the WTO on 23 April 2004 AD.
Who proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949?
- A) Mao Zedong ✔
- B) Sun Yat-sen
- C) Chiang Kai-shek
- D) Deng Xiaoping
Why: Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949.
तलका मध्ये कुन विकल्पका दुवै शब्द शुद्ध छन्?
- A) हामि र तिमि
- B) छोरि र बहिनि
- C) हामी र छोरी ✔
- D) तिमि र छोरी
Why: सर्वनाम र स्त्रीलिङ्गी नामको अन्त्यमा दीर्घ ई लेखिन्छ, त्यसैले हामी र छोरी शुद्ध हुन्।
Without the recommendation of the PSC, which of the following cannot be made?
- A) A temporary daily-wage contract
- B) Transfer of a minister
- C) Appointment of an ambassador
- D) A permanent appointment to a pensionable civil service post ✔
Why: No permanent appointment to a pensionable civil service post may be made without the PSC recommendation.
Fill in the blank: "What ___ beautiful view of Machhapuchhre!"
- A) the
- B) an
- C) a ✔
- D) no article
Why: Exclamations with what use a or an, and beautiful begins with a consonant sound.
In computer memory, one kilobyte (KB) is traditionally taken as how many bytes?
- A) 100 bytes
- B) 1024 bytes ✔
- C) 512 bytes
- D) 2048 bytes
Why: In computer memory, 1 KB is equal to 1024 bytes (2 to the power 10).
A rice cooker marked Rs 2,400 is sold for Rs 2,040. What is the discount percent?
- A) 18%
- B) 12%
- C) 15% ✔
- D) 17.6%
Why: Discount = 360; 360 / 2,400 × 100 = 15%. Discount percent is on MP.
उत्थान र उत्कर्ष शब्दमा कुन उपसर्ग छ?
- A) उत् ✔
- B) उप
- C) अति
- D) अभि
Why: उत् उपसर्गले माथि वा उन्नत भन्ने अर्थ दिन्छ।
Which noun can NOT take a or an?
- A) advice ✔
- B) umbrella
- C) village
- D) orange
Why: A and an go only with singular countable nouns; advice is uncountable, so we say some advice or a piece of advice.
Which province of Nepal is the largest by area?
- A) Koshi
- B) Bagmati
- C) Karnali ✔
- D) Lumbini
Why: Karnali Province is the largest of the seven provinces by area.
Which of the following is NOT a prime number?
- A) 41
- B) 43
- C) 47
- D) 51 ✔
Why: 51 = 3 × 17, so it has more than two factors. 41, 43 and 47 are primes.
A's income is 20% more than B's income. By what percent is B's income less than A's?
- A) 16 2/3% ✔
- B) 18%
- C) 20%
- D) 25%
Why: B is less than A by 20/(100 + 20) × 100 = 20/120 × 100 = 16 2/3%.
Who invented dynamite?
- A) Henry Ford
- B) Marie Curie
- C) Rudolf Diesel
- D) Alfred Nobel ✔
Why: Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867; the Nobel Prizes were later set up from his fortune.
Fill in the blank: "Ram and Sita ___ cousins."
- A) are ✔
- B) is
- C) was
- D) has been
Why: Two subjects joined by and usually take a plural verb.
What is the length of a cricket pitch?
- A) 20 yards
- B) 24 yards
- C) 22 yards ✔
- D) 25 yards
Why: A cricket pitch is 22 yards long between the two sets of stumps.
Which deity is mainly worshipped during the Chhath festival?
- A) Lord Shiva
- B) The Sun God (Surya) ✔
- C) Goddess Laxmi
- D) Lord Indra
Why: Chhath, widely celebrated in the Terai and Mithila region, is dedicated to the Sun God, who is offered prayers at sunset and sunrise.
At what age does the office of a PSC Chairperson or member become vacant?
- A) 65 years ✔
- B) 58 years
- C) 60 years
- D) 70 years
Why: The office becomes vacant when the holder reaches 65 years of age.
Why does a sharp knife cut better than a blunt one?
- A) It is heavier
- B) It has more mass
- C) It has less friction with air
- D) It puts the force on a smaller area, giving more pressure ✔
Why: Pressure = force ÷ area, so a thin edge produces greater pressure for the same force.
अनुनासिक उच्चारण हुने कुन तद्भव शब्द चन्द्रबिन्दुसहित शुद्ध लेखिएको छ?
- A) आखा
- B) गाउँ ✔
- C) ठाउ
- D) बास (बाँसको अर्थमा)
Why: अनुनासिक स्वर भएका तद्भव शब्दमा चन्द्रबिन्दु लाग्छ, जस्तै गाउँ, आँखा, ठाउँ, बाँस।
At 13 percent VAT, how much does a customer pay for an item priced Rs 5,000 before VAT?
- A) Rs 5,130
- B) Rs 5,650 ✔
- C) Rs 5,600
- D) Rs 6,300
Why: VAT = 5,000 × 13/100 = 650; amount = 5,000 + 650 = Rs 5,650.
A rainbow is formed mainly because of which process?
- A) Dispersion of sunlight by raindrops ✔
- B) Reflection from clouds only
- C) Absorption of light by air
- D) Echo of light
Why: Raindrops split white sunlight into seven colours through refraction and reflection, which is dispersion.
A sum earns Rs 2,700 as simple interest in 3 years at 12% per annum. What is the sum?
- A) Rs 9,720
- B) Rs 6,750
- C) Rs 8,100
- D) Rs 7,500 ✔
Why: P = 2,700 × 100/(3 × 12) = 270,000/36 = Rs 7,500.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four great martyrs of Nepal?
- A) Shukraraj Shastri
- B) Dharma Bhakta Mathema
- C) Motiram Bhatta ✔
- D) Gangalal Shrestha
Why: The four great martyrs are Shukraraj Shastri, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Gangalal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand; Motiram Bhatta was a poet.
For which of the following does the PSC conduct only the written examination?
- A) Federal civil service posts
- B) Posts of judges of the Supreme Court
- C) Members of the Provincial Assembly
- D) Posts in the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force ✔
Why: The PSC holds written examinations for the security services, while the rest of their selection follows their own laws.
Which bird is the national bird of Nepal?
- A) Kalij pheasant
- B) Peacock
- C) Danphe (Himalayan Monal) ✔
- D) Sarus crane
Why: The Danphe, or Himalayan Monal, is the national bird of Nepal.
The Kot Parva of 1903 BS was triggered by the murder of which person?
- A) Bhimsen Thapa
- B) Mathbar Singh Thapa
- C) Gagan Singh Bhandari ✔
- D) Fateh Jung Shah
Why: The killing of Gagan Singh Bhandari, a favourite of Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi, led to the Kot massacre, after which Jung Bahadur rose to power.
Which of the following is secondary memory?
- A) Solid State Drive (SSD) ✔
- B) Register
- C) RAM
- D) Cache
Why: An SSD stores data permanently in large amounts, which is the role of secondary memory.
Tamu Lhosar is the new year festival of which community?
- A) Sherpa
- B) Tamang
- C) Thakali
- D) Gurung ✔
Why: Tamu Lhosar is celebrated by the Gurung (Tamu) community on Poush 15.
Nepal is bordered by India on how many sides?
- A) Three: east, south and west ✔
- B) Only one: south
- C) Two: south and west
- D) Four sides
Why: India surrounds Nepal on the east, south and west, while China lies to the north.
Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination of movements?
- A) Cerebrum
- B) Medulla oblongata
- C) Spinal cord
- D) Cerebellum ✔
Why: The cerebellum keeps the body balanced and coordinates movements.
What is the working unit of the kidney?
- A) Neuron
- B) Nephron ✔
- C) Alveolus
- D) Villus
Why: Each kidney has many nephrons that filter blood and form urine.
In India the Mahakali river is called by which name?
- A) Ghaghara
- B) Sharda ✔
- C) Yamuna
- D) Gandak
Why: The Mahakali is known as the Sharda (Sarda) in India.
Phewa Lake is located in which district?
- A) Kaski ✔
- B) Tanahun
- C) Syangja
- D) Lamjung
Why: Phewa Lake lies in Pokhara, Kaski district, together with other valley lakes such as Begnas and Rupa.
The Birgunj border crossing in Parsa faces which Indian town?
- A) Raxaul ✔
- B) Jogbani
- C) Sonauli
- D) Rupaidiha
Why: Birgunj faces Raxaul in Bihar.
दशानन शब्द द्विगु नभई बहुव्रीहि किन मानिन्छ?
- A) यसको पूर्वपद अव्यय भएकाले
- B) यसमा दुवै पद प्रधान भएकाले
- C) यसमा को विभक्ति लोप भएकाले
- D) सङ्ख्या भए पनि समूह नबुझाई रावणलाई बुझाउने भएकाले ✔
Why: दशाननले दस मुख भएको रावण भन्ने तेस्रो अर्थ दिन्छ, त्यसैले बहुव्रीहि हो।
At least what share of PSC members must come from people with twenty or more years of government service?
- A) Fifty percent ✔
- B) Twenty five percent
- C) One third
- D) Seventy five percent
Why: At least fifty percent of members must have served in government for twenty years or more.
Which treaty, signed in 1919, formally ended the First World War with Germany?
- A) Treaty of Paris
- B) Treaty of Westphalia
- C) Treaty of Tordesillas
- D) Treaty of Versailles ✔
Why: The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 between the Allied Powers and Germany.
Which language is the second most spoken mother tongue in Nepal according to Census 2078?
- A) Bhojpuri
- B) Maithili ✔
- C) Tamang
- D) Nepal Bhasa (Newari)
Why: Maithili is the second most spoken mother tongue after Nepali.
पढाइ र मोटाइ दुवैमा आइ प्रत्यय छ। कुन भनाइ ठीक हो?
- A) दुवैमा कृत् प्रत्यय छ
- B) पढाइमा कृत् र मोटाइमा तद्धित प्रत्यय छ ✔
- C) पढाइमा तद्धित र मोटाइमा कृत् प्रत्यय छ
- D) दुवैमा तद्धित प्रत्यय छ
Why: पढ् धातु भएकाले पढाइ कृदन्त हो, मोटो विशेषण भएकाले मोटाइ तद्धितान्त हो।
On which date was the Public Service Commission of Nepal established?
- A) 1 Asar 2008 BS ✔
- B) 1 Baisakh 2007 BS
- C) 3 Asoj 2072 BS
- D) 15 Jestha 2015 BS
Why: The Lok Sewa Aayog was set up on 1 Asar 2008 BS, which falls in June 1951 AD.
Winter rainfall in western Nepal is mainly caused by which weather system?
- A) Bay of Bengal monsoon
- B) Tropical cyclones
- C) Western disturbances ✔
- D) Sea breeze
Why: Western disturbances coming from the west bring winter rain and snow, mostly to western Nepal.
Where does the Bagmati river begin?
- A) Gosaikunda
- B) Phulchoki
- C) Baghdwar in Shivapuri ✔
- D) Chandragiri
Why: The Bagmati rises at Baghdwar in the Shivapuri hills north of Kathmandu.
Which was the first college of Nepal?
- A) Tri-Chandra College ✔
- B) Durbar High School
- C) Padma Kanya College
- D) Amrit Science College
Why: Tri-Chandra College, established in 1975 BS (1918 AD) by Chandra Shamsher, is the first college of Nepal.
Shuklaphanta National Park, known for its herds of swamp deer, lies in which district?
- A) Kailali
- B) Bardiya
- C) Kanchanpur ✔
- D) Dadeldhura
Why: Shuklaphanta National Park lies in Kanchanpur district and is famous for the swamp deer (barasingha).
The theory of relativity was given by whom?
- A) Niels Bohr
- B) Albert Einstein ✔
- C) Max Planck
- D) Isaac Newton
Why: Albert Einstein published the special theory of relativity in 1905 and the general theory in 1915.
Find 18% of Rs 3,500.
- A) Rs 630 ✔
- B) Rs 580
- C) Rs 650
- D) Rs 540
Why: 18/100 × 3,500 = 18 × 35 = Rs 630.
Which clue words most clearly call for the past simple tense?
- A) just, already, yet
- B) now, currently
- C) by the time, before
- D) yesterday, ago, last year ✔
Why: Words showing a definite finished past time take the past simple.