List of top Questions asked in Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test

The perimeter of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. The perimeter of a third square whose area is equal to the difference of the areas of the two squares is :

A dealer sold three-fourth of his articles at a gain of 20% and the remaining at cost price. What is the gain earned by him in the whole transaction?

Mr. Jones gave 40% of the money he had to his wife. He also gave 20% of the remaining amount to each of his three sons. Half of the amount now left was spent on miscellaneous items and the remaining amount of 12,000 was deposited in the bank. What amount of money did Mr. Jones have initially?

The average of 25 results is 18. The average of the first twelve of them is 14 and that of the last twelve is 17. What is the thirteenth result?

The pie chart provided below gives the distribution of land in a village under various food crops. Which combination of three crops contribute to 50% of the total area under the food crops ? 

The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of total expenditure of a company under various expense heads during 2003.

What is the ratio of the total expenditure on infrastructure and transport to the total expenditure on taxes and interest on loans?

The sum of the squares of three consecutive odd numbers is 2531. The numbers are :

A sum of money amounts to Rs. 6690 after 3 years and Rs.10,035 after 6 years on compound interest. The sum is :

A student got twice as many questions wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 questions in all, how many did he answer correctly ?
Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word given below. FERVOUR

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined phrase. "Nowadays, on TV channels, reality shows are becoming the order of the day."

Fill in the blank with the best suitable expression. Geetha’s friends _______ her as her parents were poor.

Different parts of a sentence are given in a jumbled order. These parts are numbered.
Choose the answer from the options given to form a meaningful sentence. I the parents
1. when they were in France
III. to their children
IV. could not teach
V. Hindi
Different parts of a sentence are given in a jumbled order. These parts are numbered. Choose the answer from the options given to form a meaningful sentence.
I. advanced technologies
II. in medical research
III. are revolutionizing
IV. how we fight diseases

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option given below and complete the sentence.
I dont like to go to ___________ dentist regularly.

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate option given below : Its ________ restaurant in the town.

Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct from the options given below.
Choose the passive form of the sentence "They will demolish the entire block." from the options given below.
Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct from the options given below.
Choose the correct one-word substitute for: An unconventional style of living.
There are four parts to the sentence marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one of the four alternatives given below as the most logical sequence of the parts to form a correct sentence.
\textit{If you have to do minor home repairs / you can save money / yourself / the time and the skills.}

Select the most appropriate form of word/phrase from the alternatives given and complete the sentence. The baby kept on crying while it __________

Who is the author of Othello?

Choose the word with the correct spelling from the given options.
Which of the following work is written by Charles Dickens?