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A timed full-length practice test for Section Officer 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: Section Officer · Level: Hard). 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
In which year did Britain sign a treaty formally recognising Nepal's independence?
- A) 1923 AD ✔
- B) 1816 AD
- C) 1950 AD
- D) 1947 AD
Why: The Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923 AD (1980 BS), signed during Chandra Shumsher's rule, formally recognised Nepal's independence.
How many bones are there in the body of an adult human?
- A) 206 ✔
- B) 212
- C) 196
- D) 300
Why: An adult human skeleton has 206 bones.
In which situation is the passive voice most suitable?
- A) When the doer is the most important part of the sentence
- B) When the doer is unknown, as in "My mobile was stolen." ✔
- C) When the verb is intransitive
- D) When giving a friendly personal greeting
Why: The passive is preferred when the doer is unknown, unimportant or obvious, and in formal writing.
An agency that gives advice, research and planning support to the chief executive, without giving orders to the public, is what kind of agency?
- A) Line agency
- B) Staff agency ✔
- C) Auxiliary agency
- D) Judicial agency
Why: Staff agencies think and advise; they do not command or deal directly with the public.
Successive discounts of 25% and 10% are equal to a single discount of:
- A) 35%
- B) 32.5% ✔
- C) 32%
- D) 30%
Why: 25 + 10 − (25 × 10)/100 = 35 − 2.5 = 32.5%.
Change into passive: "Someone must have stolen the bag."
- A) The bag must be stolen.
- B) The bag must have stolen.
- C) The bag must being stolen.
- D) The bag must have been stolen. ✔
Why: A modal perfect takes have been + V3 in the passive, and the vague doer someone is dropped.
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.
A fake email that pretends to be from a bank and asks for your password is an example of what?
- A) Booting
- B) Backup
- C) Compression
- D) Phishing ✔
Why: Phishing uses fake messages or websites that look trusted to steal personal details.
What is the longitudinal extent of Nepal?
- A) 78°04' E to 86°12' E
- B) 80°04' E to 90°12' E
- C) 80°04' E to 88°12' E ✔
- D) 82°04' E to 88°12' E
Why: Nepal lies between longitudes 80°04' E and 88°12' E.
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।
If WATER is coded as YCVGT, how is FIRE coded?
- A) GJSF
- B) HKTG ✔
- C) HKSG
- D) DGPC
Why: Each letter moves +2 (W to Y, A to C, T to V, E to G, R to T). So F, I, R, E become H, K, T, G.
An article bought for Rs 1,600 is sold for Rs 2,000. What is the profit percent?
- A) 25% ✔
- B) 20%
- C) 40%
- D) 24%
Why: Profit = 400; 400 / 1,600 × 100 = 25%. Profit percent is on CP, not SP.
कुन क्रियापद हलन्तसहित शुद्ध छ?
- A) गर्छन् ✔
- B) गर्छन
- C) गर्छ्न
- D) गर्छ्न्
Why: क्रियापदको अन्त्यमा व्यञ्जनान्त उच्चारण भए हलन्त लाग्छ, त्यसैले गर्छन् शुद्ध हो।
Through which treaty did the Mahakali river become Nepal's western boundary?
- A) Treaty of Betrawati
- B) Sugauli Treaty ✔
- C) Treaty of Peace and Friendship 1950
- D) Mahakali Treaty
Why: The Sugauli Treaty of 1872 BS (1816 AD) with the British East India Company fixed the Mahakali as Nepal's western boundary.
Including the present one, how many constitutions has Nepal had so far?
- A) Five
- B) Six
- C) Seven ✔
- D) Eight
Why: Nepal has had seven constitutions: 2004, 2007 (interim), 2015, 2019, 2047, 2063 (interim) and 2072 BS.
The Treaty of Thapathali of 1856 AD was signed between Nepal and which party?
- A) British East India Company
- B) Sikkim
- C) Kingdom of Awadh
- D) Tibet ✔
Why: The Treaty of Thapathali (1856 AD) ended the Nepal-Tibet war of 1855-56 and gave Nepal special privileges in Tibet.
Nepal Standard Time (UTC+5:45) is based on which meridian?
- A) 82°30' E
- B) 85°00' E
- C) 87°15' E
- D) 86°15' E ✔
Why: Nepal Standard Time is based on the 86°15' E meridian, which passes near Gaurishankar; 86.25 x 4 minutes equals 5 hours 45 minutes.
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.
The People's Movement of 2062/63 BS lasted for how many days?
- A) 7 days
- B) 26 days
- C) 19 days ✔
- D) 49 days
Why: The second People's Movement lasted 19 days and ended when King Gyanendra reinstated the House of Representatives on 2063 Baisakh 11.
सामाजिक शब्दको सही निर्माण कुन हो?
- A) सामा + जिक
- B) सम् + आजिक
- C) सामाज + इक
- D) समाज + इक ✔
Why: समाजमा इक प्रत्यय लाग्दा पहिलो स्वरमा वृद्धि भएर सामाजिक बन्छ।
The Rules made under the Right to Information Act were made in which year?
- A) 2065 BS ✔
- B) 2063 BS
- C) 2070 BS
- D) 2072 BS
Why: The Right to Information Rules were made in 2065 BS.
Which district of Nepal borders both China (Tibet) and the Indian state of Sikkim?
- A) Ilam
- B) Taplejung ✔
- C) Panchthar
- D) Sankhuwasabha
Why: Taplejung, in the north-east corner of Nepal, touches Tibet to the north and Sikkim to the east.
Fill in the blank: "The price of vegetables ___ gone up."
- A) has ✔
- B) have
- C) are
- D) were
Why: Words between the subject and verb do not change agreement; the subject is price, which is singular.
The second Constituent Assembly election was held on which date?
- A) 2064 Chaitra 28
- B) 2068 Jestha 14
- C) 2070 Mangsir 4 ✔
- D) 2074 Mangsir 10
Why: After the first Constituent Assembly was dissolved without a constitution, the second one was elected on 2070 Mangsir 4 (19 November 2013).
Who became Nepal's first democratically elected Prime Minister after the general election of 2015 BS?
- A) B.P. Koirala ✔
- B) Matrika Prasad Koirala
- C) Tanka Prasad Acharya
- D) Subarna Shumsher
Why: After the Nepali Congress won the 2015 BS general election, B.P. Koirala became the first democratically elected Prime Minister in 2016 BS (1959 AD).
तलका मध्ये अधि उपसर्ग भएको शब्द कुन हो?
- A) उपचार
- B) अनुवाद
- C) परिश्रम
- D) अधिकार ✔
Why: अधिकारमा अधि, उपचारमा उप, अनुवादमा अनु र परिश्रममा परि उपसर्ग छ।
What must the information officer do if the requested information is not held by that body?
- A) Destroy the application
- B) Charge a double fee
- C) Send the applicant to court
- D) Inform the applicant of that fact ✔
Why: The officer must tell the applicant that the information is not held by that body.
At 12.5% per annum simple interest, in how many years will a sum double itself?
- A) 12.5 years
- B) 10 years
- C) 8 years ✔
- D) 16 years
Why: T = (2 − 1) × 100/12.5 = 8 years.
The appointment of the Prime Minister is provided for in which article of the Constitution of Nepal?
- A) Article 70
- B) Article 76 ✔
- C) Article 84
- D) Article 129
Why: Article 76 sets out how the President appoints the Prime Minister and forms the Council of Ministers.
Nepal was declared a federal democratic republic on 2065 Jestha 15 by which body?
- A) The Interim Legislature-Parliament
- B) The President
- C) The Supreme Court
- D) The first meeting of the first Constituent Assembly ✔
Why: The first meeting of the first Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy and declared Nepal a federal democratic republic on 2065 Jestha 15 (28 May 2008).
The Muluki Ain, Nepal's first national legal code, was introduced in 1910 BS by whom?
- A) Prithvi Narayan Shah
- B) Jung Bahadur Rana ✔
- C) Bhimsen Thapa
- D) Chandra Shumsher
Why: Jung Bahadur Rana introduced the Muluki Ain in 1910 BS (1854 AD).
नमस्ते शब्दमा कुन सन्धि छ?
- A) अयादि
- B) विसर्ग ✔
- C) यण्
- D) दीर्घ
Why: नमः र ते मिल्दा विसर्ग त अघि स् मा बदलिएको छ, त्यसैले विसर्ग सन्धि हो।
What is the difference between a compiler and an interpreter?
- A) A compiler is hardware and an interpreter is software
- B) A compiler translates the whole program at once; an interpreter translates line by line ✔
- C) An interpreter translates the whole program at once; a compiler works line by line
- D) There is no difference
Why: A compiler translates the whole program in one go, while an interpreter translates and runs it one line at a time.
लेखक शब्द कसरी बनेको हो?
- A) लिख् + अक, तत्सम कृत् प्रत्यय ✔
- B) लेख + क, तद्धित प्रत्यय
- C) ले + खक, उपसर्ग
- D) लेख् + आइ, नेपाली कृत् प्रत्यय
Why: लिख् धातुमा अक प्रत्यय लाग्दा मूल स्वर बदलिएर लेखक बन्छ, यो तत्सम कृत् प्रत्यय हो।
तलका मध्ये तद्धित प्रत्ययबाट बनेको शब्द कुन हो?
- A) पढाइ
- B) लेखक
- C) घुमक्कड
- D) नेपाली ✔
Why: नेपाल नाममा ई लागेर नेपाली बनेको छ, बाँकी तीन धातुमा प्रत्यय लागेका कृदन्त हुन्।
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.
In which year did Jung Bahadur Rana visit Britain, becoming the first Nepali ruler to travel to Europe?
- A) 1846 AD
- B) 1857 AD
- C) 1923 AD
- D) 1850 AD ✔
Why: Jung Bahadur Rana visited Britain and France in 1850 AD (1906 BS).
SAARC was established in 1985 at a summit held in which city?
- A) Dhaka ✔
- B) Kathmandu
- C) New Delhi
- D) Colombo
Why: SAARC was founded at the Dhaka summit in December 1985; its secretariat was later set up in Kathmandu.
The election of the first Constituent Assembly, with 601 members, was held on which date?
- A) 2064 Chaitra 28 ✔
- B) 2063 Mangsir 5
- C) 2065 Jestha 15
- D) 2070 Mangsir 4
Why: The first Constituent Assembly election was held on 2064 Chaitra 28 (10 April 2008).
बुद्धिमान् शब्दमा कुन प्रत्यय लागेको छ?
- A) मान् ✔
- B) वान्
- C) ता
- D) इक
Why: बुद्धि + मान् = बुद्धिमान्, मान् तत्सम तद्धित प्रत्यय हो।
Who is widely called the father of the computer?
- A) Charles Babbage ✔
- B) Alan Turing
- C) Blaise Pascal
- D) John von Neumann
Why: Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine, which had the main ideas of a modern computer.
Which Rana Prime Minister signed the 1950 Nepal-India Treaty of Peace and Friendship on behalf of Nepal?
- A) Padma Shumsher
- B) Juddha Shumsher
- C) Mohan Shumsher ✔
- D) Chandra Shumsher
Why: The treaty was signed by Rana Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher for Nepal.
Which of the following is a web browser, not a search engine?
- A) Google Search
- B) Mozilla Firefox ✔
- C) Bing
- D) Yahoo Search
Why: Firefox is a browser used to open web pages; the others are search services.
Find the next term: 5, 15, 45, 135, ?
- A) 270
- B) 225
- C) 405 ✔
- D) 145
Why: Each term is multiplied by 3: 135 × 3 = 405.
What is the maximum number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the federal Council of Ministers?
- A) 21
- B) 30
- C) 35
- D) 25 ✔
Why: The constitution limits the federal Council of Ministers to 25 members including the Prime Minister.
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.
चन्द्रमुख (चन्द्रमाजस्तो मुख) मा पदहरूबीच कस्तो सम्बन्ध छ?
- A) सङ्ख्या र समूहको
- B) उपमान र उपमेयको ✔
- C) र संयोजकको
- D) अपादान विभक्तिको
Why: मुखलाई चन्द्रमासँग तुलना गरिएको छ, त्यसैले उपमा बुझाउने कर्मधारय हो।
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.
On how many sides is Nepal bordered by India?
- A) One (south only)
- B) Three (east, south and west) ✔
- C) Two (south and west)
- D) Four
Why: India surrounds Nepal on the east, south and west, while China (Tibet) lies to the north.
Kechana Kalan, regarded as the lowest point of Nepal, lies in which district?
- A) Jhapa ✔
- B) Morang
- C) Sunsari
- D) Saptari
Why: Kechana Kalan in Jhapa district, in the south-east of Nepal, is the country's lowest point.
In which hemispheres does Nepal lie?
- A) Northern and Western
- B) Southern and Eastern
- C) Northern and Eastern ✔
- D) Southern and Western
Why: Nepal lies north of the Equator and east of the Prime Meridian, so it is in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
Which of the following was NOT one of the four martyrs executed by the Ranas in 1997 BS?
- A) Shukraraj Shastri
- B) Dharmabhakta Mathema
- C) Tanka Prasad Acharya ✔
- D) Dashrath Chand
Why: The four martyrs were Shukraraj Shastri, Dharmabhakta Mathema, Gangalal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand; Praja Parishad founder Tanka Prasad Acharya was sentenced to life imprisonment instead.
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.
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.
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।
Which is the correct form of "The exam will held next week."?
- A) The exam will be hold next week.
- B) The exam will being held next week.
- C) The exam will been held next week.
- D) The exam will be held next week. ✔
Why: Will, like other modals, is followed by be + V3 in the passive.
Nepal became a member of the United Nations in which year?
- A) 1950 AD
- B) 1955 AD ✔
- C) 1961 AD
- D) 1971 AD
Why: Nepal joined the United Nations on 14 December 1955 (2012 BS).
King Mahendra dismissed the elected government and took direct control on which date?
- A) 2015 Falgun 7
- B) 2017 Poush 1 ✔
- C) 2019 Poush 1
- D) 2036 Jestha 10
Why: On 2017 Poush 1 King Mahendra dismissed B.P. Koirala's government, which led to the partyless Panchayat system.
On which date was democracy declared in Nepal after the revolution of 2007 BS?
- A) 2007 Chaitra 26
- B) 2007 Falgun 7 ✔
- C) 2007 Poush 1
- D) 2007 Jestha 15
Why: King Tribhuvan declared the end of Rana rule and the start of democracy on 2007 Falgun 7, now marked as Democracy Day.
Apart from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court can have at most how many other justices?
- A) 14
- B) 20 ✔
- C) 25
- D) 18
Why: The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and up to 20 other justices.
What is the position of the letter R in the English alphabet?
- A) 17
- B) 19
- C) 18 ✔
- D) 9
Why: Counting from A = 1 (or from O = 15 using EJOTY), R is the 18th letter. Its reverse position is 9.
Which Indian state does NOT share a border with Nepal?
- A) Himachal Pradesh ✔
- B) Uttarakhand
- C) Sikkim
- D) West Bengal
Why: Nepal borders five Indian states: Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand; Himachal Pradesh does not touch Nepal.
Which blood group is called the universal donor?
- A) AB positive
- B) O negative ✔
- C) A positive
- D) B negative
Why: O negative red cells can be given to people of any group in an emergency.
Fill in the blank: "The committee ___ taken its decision."
- A) has ✔
- B) have
- C) are
- D) were
Why: A collective noun acting as one unit takes a singular verb; "its decision" also shows a single unit.
Find the compound interest on Rs 20,000 for 1 year at 8% per annum, compounded half-yearly.
- A) Rs 1,600
- B) Rs 1,664
- C) Rs 1,632 ✔
- D) Rs 21,632
Why: Rate per half-year = 4%, periods = 2. A = 20,000 × 1.04 × 1.04 = 21,632; CI = Rs 1,632.
नायक शब्दको सन्धि विच्छेद कुन हो?
- A) ना + यक
- B) नाय + अक
- C) नै + अक ✔
- D) ने + अक
Why: ऐ पछि अ आउँदा अयादि सन्धिमा आय् हुन्छ, त्यसैले नै + अक = नायक।
Nepal's first constitution, the Government of Nepal Act 2004 BS, was issued by which Rana Prime Minister?
- A) Mohan Shumsher
- B) Juddha Shumsher
- C) Padma Shumsher ✔
- D) Bir Shumsher
Why: Padma Shumsher issued the Government of Nepal Act in 2004 BS (1948 AD), Nepal's first written constitution.
Which of the following is included in the definition of a public body under the RTI Act?
- A) A private family home
- B) A foreign embassy in Kathmandu
- C) A privately owned shop with no public funds
- D) A registered political party ✔
Why: The Act's broad definition of public body includes political parties registered under law.
For how many years did the Rana family rule Nepal?
- A) 104 years ✔
- B) 90 years
- C) 110 years
- D) 125 years
Why: Rana rule lasted 104 years, from the Kot Parva of 1903 BS to the revolution of 2007 BS.
When was the Right to Information Act 2064 authenticated?
- A) 1 Asar 2064 BS
- B) 23 Magh 2064 BS
- C) 3 Asoj 2064 BS
- D) 5 Shrawan 2064 BS ✔
Why: The RTI Act was authenticated on 5 Shrawan 2064 BS, in July 2007.
Fill in the blank: "Neither the students nor the teacher ___ responsible."
- A) are
- B) were
- C) have been
- D) is ✔
Why: With neither ... nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, which is the singular "the teacher".
Which passive sentence uses the correct verb form?
- A) The letter was wrote by Ram.
- B) The letter was writing by Ram.
- C) The letter was written by Ram. ✔
- D) The letter written was by Ram.
Why: The passive needs the past participle V3 (written), not the past form V2 (wrote).
The Treaty of Sugauli, which ended the Anglo-Nepal War, was ratified in which year?
- A) 1814 AD
- B) 1816 AD ✔
- C) 1823 AD
- D) 1846 AD
Why: The Treaty of Sugauli was ratified in 1816 AD (1872 BS), and Nepal lost large territories to the East India Company.
Which letter is the opposite partner of H (A pairs with Z, B with Y, and so on)?
- A) R
- B) T
- C) Q
- D) S ✔
Why: H is at position 8; its partner is at 27 − 8 = 19, which is S.
How many members of the National Assembly are nominated by the President?
- A) 3 ✔
- B) 5
- C) 8
- D) 1
Why: The President nominates 3 members, including at least one woman, on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.
Rs 6,250 amounts to Rs 7,290 in 2 years at compound interest, compounded yearly. What is the rate per annum?
- A) 10%
- B) 9%
- C) 8% ✔
- D) 8.5%
Why: (1 + R/100)² = 7,290/6,250 = 1.1664 = 1.08 × 1.08, so R = 8%.
Find the wrong term in the series: 2, 6, 18, 54, 160, 486
- A) 160 ✔
- B) 18
- C) 54
- D) 486
Why: Each term should be × 3: 54 × 3 = 162, not 160. Then 162 × 3 = 486 fits.
What is the term of office of a member of the National Assembly?
- A) 6 years ✔
- B) 5 years
- C) 4 years
- D) 7 years
Why: National Assembly members serve 6 years, and one-third of the members retire every two years.
Which kind of writing uses the passive voice often?
- A) Formal notices and official rules ✔
- B) Text messages to friends
- C) Personal diaries only
- D) Children's rhymes
Why: Notices, reports and rules are formal, so they often use the passive, for example "Mobile phones are not allowed in the exam hall."
Which of the following is NOT a constitutional body under the Constitution of Nepal?
- A) Election Commission
- B) National Human Rights Commission
- C) Nepal Rastra Bank ✔
- D) National Women Commission
Why: Nepal Rastra Bank is the central bank established by its own Act, not a constitutional commission.
Change into passive: "We must protect forests."
- A) Forests must protected.
- B) Forests must be protect.
- C) Forests must be protected. ✔
- D) Forests must being protected.
Why: In the passive a modal is followed by be + V3; the vague doer "we" may be dropped.
A complaint box placed in an office is a tool of which practice?
- A) Grievance management ✔
- B) Consensus building
- C) Budget preparation
- D) Recruitment
Why: The complaint box is a tool of grievance management, which every office must maintain under the Act.
Change into passive: "Gita did not sign the form."
- A) The form was not signed by Gita. ✔
- B) The form did not signed by Gita.
- C) The form is not signed by Gita.
- D) The form was not sign by Gita.
Why: Past simple negative passive is was/were + not + V3.
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.
What is the term of office of the Auditor General of Nepal?
- A) 5 years
- B) 6 years ✔
- C) 4 years
- D) 7 years
Why: The Auditor General is appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council for a term of 6 years.
Bir Hospital in Kathmandu was established by which Rana Prime Minister?
- A) Jung Bahadur Rana
- B) Bir Shumsher ✔
- C) Chandra Shumsher
- D) Padma Shumsher
Why: Bir Shumsher established Bir Hospital in 1946 BS (1889 AD), and it is named after him.
अव्ययीभाव समासको मुख्य पहिचान कुन हो?
- A) दुवै पद प्रधान हुन्छन्
- B) पूर्वपद सङ्ख्यावाचक हुन्छ
- C) तेस्रो अर्थ प्रधान हुन्छ
- D) पूर्वपद अव्यय र प्रधान हुन्छ ✔
Why: अव्ययीभावमा पूर्वपद अव्यय हुन्छ, त्यसको अर्थ प्रधान हुन्छ र पूरै पद अव्ययजस्तै प्रयोग हुन्छ।
What did the second amendment of the constitution in 2077 BS change?
- A) It updated the coat of arms with Nepal's new political map ✔
- B) It changed the number of provinces
- C) It changed the national anthem
- D) It increased the number of seats in the House of Representatives
Why: The second amendment in 2077 BS revised the map in the coat of arms to include Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani.
Integrated Circuits (ICs) were the main technology of which generation of computers?
- A) Second
- B) Third ✔
- C) Fourth
- D) Fifth
Why: The third generation used ICs, which placed many transistors on one small chip.
Nepal's latitudinal extent covers approximately how many degrees?
- A) About 4 degrees ✔
- B) About 2 degrees
- C) About 8 degrees
- D) About 10 degrees
Why: From 26°22' N to 30°27' N is a span of 4°05', or about 4 degrees of latitude.
In POSDCORB, what does the letter S stand for?
- A) Supervising
- B) Strategy
- C) Staffing ✔
- D) Spending
Why: S stands for Staffing, which means recruiting, training and keeping suitable personnel.
At least what share of the members elected from each party represented in the Federal Parliament must be women?
- A) One-fourth
- B) One-third ✔
- C) One-half
- D) One-fifth
Why: The constitution requires at least one-third of the members elected from each party represented in the Federal Parliament to be women.
A chair is sold for Rs 1,710 at a loss of 10%. What was its cost price?
- A) Rs 1,900 ✔
- B) Rs 1,881
- C) Rs 1,800
- D) Rs 1,539
Why: CP = 1,710 × 100/90 = Rs 1,900.
Goods are marked 20% above cost price and then sold at a 20% discount. What is the result?
- A) 4% loss ✔
- B) No profit, no loss
- C) 4% profit
- D) 2% loss
Why: Net = 20 − 20 − (20 × 20)/100 = −4, a loss of 4%. Check: 100 to 120 to 96.
Which is a basic purpose of Nepal's Electronic Transactions Act, 2063?
- A) To fix the price of computers
- B) To give legal recognition to electronic records and digital signatures ✔
- C) To ban use of the internet in offices
- D) To register political parties
Why: The Act recognizes electronic records and digital signatures and also defines computer-related offences, with an Information Technology Tribunal to hear cases.
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.
Which part of the CPU performs addition and compares two values?
- A) Control Unit
- B) Cache
- C) Arithmetic Logic Unit ✔
- D) Motherboard
Why: The ALU does arithmetic work such as addition and logical work such as comparison.
Find the simple interest on Rs 6,400 at 12% per annum for 2 years 3 months.
- A) Rs 1,536
- B) Rs 1,600
- C) Rs 1,792
- D) Rs 1,728 ✔
Why: T = 2 + 3/12 = 2.25 years; SI = 6,400 × 2.25 × 12/100 = Rs 1,728.
The Gorkhapatra newspaper was started during the rule of which Rana Prime Minister?
- A) Bir Shumsher
- B) Chandra Shumsher
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Dev Shumsher ✔
Why: Dev Shumsher started the Gorkhapatra in 1958 BS (1901 AD) during his short time in office.
The Public Service Commission (Lok Sewa Aayog) of Nepal was established in which year?
- A) 2015 BS
- B) 2019 BS
- C) 2008 BS ✔
- D) 2047 BS
Why: The Public Service Commission was established on Asar 1, 2008 BS (1951 AD).