Global Academy for Technical Education (GATE)

ऱोक सेवा आयोग

नेपाऱ इञ्जिननयररङ्ग सेवा नसनिऱ समूह अन्तगगत जनरऱ, हाइवे , हाइड्रोपावर, इररगेशन, स्याननटरी र एयरपोटग
उपसमूहहरुको राजपत्राङ्कित तृतीय श्रे णी पदहरुको खुऱा प्रनतयोनगतात्मक परीऺाको
नमुना प्रश्नपत्र – ०५
२०८०–०६–०६
पत्रः प्रथम
समयः१घण्टा ३० नमनेट पूणागिः१००
General Awareness and Ability Test (50×1 = 50 Marks)

Multiple choice Questions

1. What is the percentage of female headed households in Nepal as per National census
2021A.D.______?
(a) 25.2 % (b) 31.55 % (c) 26.9 % (d) 31.55 %
2. How many districts of Nepal have bordered only with India?
(a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 25
3. Where is the Shivalik Range situated _______?
(a) Terai region (b) between Terai and inner Terai region
(c) Himalayan region (d) between inner Terai and Himalayan region
4. In which district the Jagadulla Lake is located on?
(a) Mugu (b) Dolpa (c) Humla (d) Jumla
5. What is the recognized name for the priest of Jirel Community residing mostly in Dolakha and some in
Ramechhap district?
(a) Pandit (b) Pemba (c) Naksho (d) Lahaso
6. According to National Census - 2078 BS, how many languages are spoken in Nepal?
(a) 123 (b) 129 (c) 124 (d) 125
7. Who was the Nepalese Commander in the battle of Jitgadhi?
(a) Jayanta Rana (b) Ujri Singh Thapa
(c) Lakhan Thpaa (d) Rana Bahadur Thapa
8. First referendum in Nepal was held in _____
(a) 2037, Baishakh 20 (b) 2036, Jestha 10 (c) 2016, Jestha 13 (d) 2036, Magh 19
9. What would be the percentage of population living under poverty line at the end of the15th plan?
(a) 18.7% (b) 20.0% (c) 19.0% (d) 9.5%
10. How many targets have been set by sustainable development goals to eliminate all kinds of poverty
and hunger by 2030 A.D._____?
(a) 165 (b) 166 (c) 168 (d) 169
11. The First test tube baby of the world is _______
(a) Louise Joy Brown (b) Dennis Ritchie
(c) Joseph Giblin (d) Alan Emtage
12. Which of the following country has offered Financial Assistance to Nepal for the first time?
(a) England (b) America (c) India (d) China
13. Which country does the ninth general of UNO Mr. Antonio Guterres belong?
(a) South Korea (b) Poland (c) Norway (d) Portugal
14. According to the present constitution of Nepal, Nepal is a ________
(a) Federal democratic People's Republic country (b) federal democratic country
(c) Federal democratic republican state (d) democratic republic state
15. Which provision of the Constitution of Nepal cannot be enforced through Court _____?
(a) Fundamental rights and duties (b) directives principles and state policy
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 (c) Provision regarding Citizenship (d) federal financial procedure
16. Which one is not the merit of presidential Governance system _____?
(a) Political Stability is its greater virtue
(b) Head of the state is directly accountable to people
(c) Legislature parliament is free from government making process
(d) Excessive authority in executive can make the executive authoritarian
17. According to Civil Service Act-2049, the tenure of the Chief Secretary of Nepal is ________
(a) 5 years (b) 3 years (c) 4 years (d) 2 years
18. Every government offices should have spokesperson is provisioned in? (PSC: 2079 BS)
(a) Good governance act-2064 (b) Right to information act-2064
(c) Local government operation act -2074 (d) Civil service act-2049
19. Which district doesn’t belong to Backward Area?
(a) Accham (b) Rukum (c) Kalikot (d) Jumla
20. 'It all depends on the variables of a situation' best describes the
(a) Classical approach (b) human relations approach
(c) System approach (d) Contingency approach
21. Studying the future and arranging the means for dealing with it is part of process of
(a) Organizing (b) Commanding (c) Controlling (d) Planning
22. As the provisional of present constitution of Nepal, when was federal budget of Nepal presented on?
(a) Ashadh, 30 (b) Jestha, 15 (c) Sharwan, 01 (d) Sharwan, 15
23. When was office of financial comptroller general office (FCGO) established for the first time in
Nepal ______?
(a) 2038 B.S. (b) 2008 B.S. (c) 2032 B.S. (d) 2016 B.S.
24. Who was recently awarded with ISA award?
(a) Dr. Bhagwan Korala (b) Dr. Sanduk Ruit
(c) Dr. Govinda K.C. (d) Dr. Mahabir Pun
25. Which country won the FIFA women's world cup-2023?
(a) England (b) Spain (c) USA (d) Brazil
26. Complete analogous pair
Tile: Mosaic: : Knot : ?
(a) Embroidery (b) Abacus (c) Macramé (d) Easle
27. In following alphabet series, one term missing as shown by question mark. Choose missing term from
options.
A, C, F, H, ? , M
(a) L (b) K (c) J (d) I
28. In a certain code language, if the word REGISTRATION is coded as TSIGERNOITAR, then how is
the word ACCURATE coded in that language?
(a) UCCAETAR (b) UACCET AR (c) UCACETAR (d) UCCATEAR
29. In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by one.
What is his new rank from end?
(a) 25th (b) 26th (c) 27th (d) 28th
30. A child is looking his father. He went 90 meters in the east before turning to his right. He went 20
meters before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncial's place 30 meters from this
point. His father was not there. From there, he went 100 meters to his north before meeting his father
in a street. How fair son meet his father from the starting point?
(a) 80 meters (b) 100 Meters (c) 140 Meters (d) 260 meters
31. What term comes next in the series? nd, iy,dt, yo, tj, ---------
(a) mp (b) nq (c) of (d) oe
32. Assertion (A): Increase in carbon dioxide would melt polar ice.
Reason (R): Global temperature would rise.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

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 (c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
33. Statements:
The old order changed yielding place to new.
Conclusions:
I. Change is the law of nature.
II. Discard old ideas because they are old.
(a) Only conclusion I follow (b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Either I or II follows (d) Neither I nor II follows
34. 8: 28 :: 27: ?
(a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 64 (d) 65
35. Consider the following series:
11:20, 11:40, 12:20, ? , 14:40, 16:20
Which one of the following is the missing time in the series given above?
(a) 13:00 (b) 13:20 (c) 13:40 (d) 14:00
36. NET : 13227 : : YAM : ?
(a) 22614 (b) 25614 (c) 25113 (d) 14520
37. What number should come next?
8, 6, 9, 23, 87, …
(a) 174 (b) 226 (c) 324 (d) 429
38. If a packet containing a dozen glasses is dropped, which of the following cannot be the ratio of
broken glasses to unbroken glasses?
(a) 3:1 (b)6:1 (c) 5:7 (d)1:5
39. A sold a watch to B at 20% loss, B sold it to C at 10% profit and C sold it to D at 15% loss. If D paid
Rs. 1870 for that watch, how much did A pay for it ?
(a) Rs.2300 (b) Rs.2400 (c) Rs.2500 (d) Rs. 2600
40. A does a work in 8 days and B does the same work in 12 days. In how many days they together will
do the same work?
(a)18/5 (b) 12/5 (c) 10 (d) 24/5
41. A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10
men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning,
how many passengers entered the bus?
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 45
42. Arrange the words given in a meaningful sequence:
1. Elephant 2. Cat 3. Mosquito 4. Tiger 5. Whale
(a) 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 (b) 3, 2, 4, 1, 5 (c) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 (d) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
43. Identify the figure that completes the pattern.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
44. Complete the given matrix.

Choose the correct answer option:

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 (a) (b) (c) (d)
45. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the question mark (?).
Problem Figures : Answer Figures :

(1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
46. Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) can be formed from the pieces given in figure (X).

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

47. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Lion, Dog and Snake?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

48. Find the total number of circles in the figure given below

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

49. The six faces of a dice have been marked with alphabets A, B, C, D, E and F respectively. This dice
is rolled down three times. The three positions are shown as:

I II III
Find the alphabet opposite A.
(a) C (b) D (c) E (d) F

50. Choose the correct mirror image of given figure X.

X (a) (b) (c) (d)

51. Principal planes are subjected to
(a) normal stresses only (b) tangential stresses only
(c) normal stresses as well as tangential stresses (d) none of these.
52. In plastic analysis, the shape factor for a circular section, is
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.6 (c) 1.7 (d) 1.75
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53. A truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if
(a) m = 2j – 3 (b) j = 2m – 3 (c) m = 3j – 2 (d) j = 3m  2
54. The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear stress of a circular beam, is
2 4 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 4
55. The maximum deflection due to a uniformly distributed load W/unit length over entire span of a
cantilever of length L and of flexural rigidly EI, is
3 4 4 4
(a) WL /3EI (b) WL /4EI (c) WL /8EI (d) WL /12EI
56. In chain surveying tie lines are primarily provided
(a) to check the accuracy of the survey (b) to take offsets for detail survey
(c) to avoid long offsets from chain lines (d) to increase the number of chain lines.
57. The limiting length of an offset does not depend upon
(a) accuracy of the work (b) method of setting out perpendiculars
(c) scale of plotting (d) indefinite features to be surveyed
58. In quadrantal bearing system, back bearing of a line may be obtained from its forward bearing, by
(a) adding 180°, if the given bearing is less than 180°
(b) subtracting 180°, if the given bearing, is more than 180°
(c) changing the cardinal points, i.e. substituting N for S and E for W and vice-versa
(d) none of these.
59. Accuracy of 'fix' by two point problem, is
(a) bad (b) good (c) not reliable (d) unique
60. While viewing through a level telescope and moving the eye slightly, a relative movement occurs
between the image of the levelling staff and the cross hairs. The instrument is
(a) correctly focused (b) not correctly focused
(c) said to have parallax (d) free from parallax
61. A length of an Engineer’s chain is:
(a) 50 meter (b) 50 feet (c) 100 meter (d) 100 feet
62. A 15 cm theodolite means:
(a) a length of the telescope is 15 cm (b) diameter of lower plate is 15 cm
(c) height of standards is 15 cm (d) radius of upper place is 15 cm
63. If the furnace is provided with insufficient fuel at low temperatures, the type of pig iron produced, is
called
(a) Bessemer pig (b) Grey or foundry pig
(c) White or forge pig (d) Mottled pig
64. Stainless steel contains
(a) 18% of chromium and 8% nickel (b) 8% of chromium and 18% of nickel
(c) 12% of chromium and 36% of nickel (d) 36% of chromium and 12% of nickel
65. Pick up the polymineralic rock from the following:
(a) Quartz sand (b) Pure gypsum (c) Magnesite (d) Granite
66. The initial setting time of lime-pozzolana, is
(a) 30 minutes (b) 60 minutes (c) 90 minutes (d) 120 minutes
67. Due to attack of dry rot, the timber
(a) cracks (b) shrinks
(c) reduces to powder (d) none of these
68. The active earth pressure of a soil is proportional to (where φ is the angle of friction of the soil)
2 2
(a) tan (45° - φ) (b) tan (45° + φ/2) (c) tan (45° - φ/2) (d) tan (45° + φ)
69. The percentage of voids in cement is approximately:
(a) 25% (b) 35% (c) 40% (d) 50%
70. The ratio of various ingredients (cement, sand, and aggreagates) in concrete of grade M20, is:
(a) 1:2: 4 (b) 1:3:6 (c) 1 : 1 : 5 : 3 (d) 1:1:2
71. The entrained air in concrete:
(a) increase strength (b) decrease strength
(c) decreases the workability (d) increase the workability

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72. If 1500 g of water is required to have a cement paste 1875 g of normal consistency, the percentage of
water is,
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 30% (d) 35%
73. After casting, an ordinary cement concrete _______on drying.
(a) expands (b) mix (c) shrinks (d) none of these.
74. Chemical weathering occurs because of
(a) oxidation (b) carbonation (c) hydration (d) all of the above
75. The ratio of weight of water to the total weight of the soil is known as
(a) water content (b) degree of saturation (c) saturated density (d) none
76. Textural classification is merely based on
(a) grain size (b) plasticity index
(c) shape of particles (d) consistency limits
77. In the field, sand can be distinguished from silt by
(a) shaking test (b) dilatancy test (c) dispersion test (d) rolling test
78. To attain the required shape of the tunnel section, we use :
(a) easers (b) trimmers (c) cut holes (d) chisels
79. PERT means
(a) Program Evaluation and Review Technique
(b) Pertinent Programming Related to a Project
(c) Performance, Evaluation, Rating and Time
(d) None of the above.
80. Use of dummies is required for
(a) grammatical purpose only (c) logical purpose only
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above
81. The time by which the completion of an activity can be delayed without affecting the start of
succeeding activities is called
(a) total float (b) interfering float (c) independent float (d) free float
82. The main disadvantage of line organization is
(a) rigid structure (b) extraordinary delay in communication
(c) top level executions over work (d) all of the above
83. The authority to approve the evaluation criteria lies on
(a) office-in-charge (b) department head
(c) concerned secretary (d) concerned ministry
84. Quality control is done by using the method of:
(a) supervision of work (b) post construction audit
(c) project management audit (d) none of the above
85. Basic action involved in sheep foot rolling is
(a) kneading (b) pressing (c) tamping (d) vibration
86. The unit of measurement for concrete work in RCC is:
(a) cu.m. (b) sq.m. (c) meter (d) sq.cm.
87. Detail specifications of a particular projects give:
(a) qualities of materials (b) execution and workmanship of work
(c) both a and b (d) none of the above
88. Which of the following is not a part of estimating norms for rate analysis?
(a) labour cost (b) material cost (c) equipment cost (d) taxes
89. The salvation value of the property generally taken as……… of the cost of property.
(a) 6-10% (b) 8-10% (c) 6-15% (d) 6-20%
90. The running bill is also known as
(a) final bill (b) interim bill (c) both (d) none
91. All the axonometric projections are single plane……….projections.
(a) orthographic (b) perspective (c) isometric (d) oblique
92. Lettering is done on drawing to make it
(a) more fantastic (b) more informative (c) more expensive (d) all

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 93. The ratioof thin to thick line in a drawing should not be less than:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1:3 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:5
94. Which of the following scale is largest one?
(a) 1cm = 50 m (b) 1:4200 (c) RF=1/30000 (d) 1cm=50km
95. The benefit cost ratio is:
(a) directly proportional to discount rate (b) inversely proportional to discount rate
(c) is not related with discount rate (d) superior to all other methods
96. If the percentage fall in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage rise in price charged then:
(a) the revenue will rise (b) the revenue will fall
(c) the revenue will remain constant (d) none of the above
97. For the selection of any project which one is mostly used?
(a) benefit cost ratio (b) internal rate of return
(c) net present value (d) average worth method
98. Ethics is the science which deals with the
(a) rightness of professional (b) wrongness of professional
(c) both (d) none
99. The tenure of registrar of Nepal Engineering Council is
(a) 2 years (b) 3 years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years
100. Seismic design of buildings in Nepal is elaborated in
(a) NBC 105 (b) NBC 205 (c) NBC 104 (d) NBC 204

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