Sample Question paper for DAT
Q1. Which colour of a flame represents the highest temperature?
(A) Blood Red (B) Deep Blue
(C) Golden Yellow (D) White
Q2. Which one of the following is this image associated with?
(A) Unified Sequential Buffer
(B) Universal Serial Buffer
(C) Universal Serial Bus
(D) Unicode Sequential Bus
Q3. Which of the following is not yet a UNESCO World Heritage Site in India?
(A) Great Living Chola Temples, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
(B) Sunderban National Park, West Bengal
(C) River Island of Majuli, Midstream of Brahmaputra, Assam
(D) Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
Q4. What would be the best choice for a window to keep the outside heat away?
(A) Single-pane glass.
(B) Double-pane glass without a gap in between.
(C) Double-pane glass with water filled in between.
(D) Double-pane glass with air in between.
Q5. Identify the organization which uses the given symbol.
(A) Panda Rescue Initiative
(B) Forest Research Institute
(C) World Wide Fund for Nature
(D) People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
Q6. Which of the following is the correct breathing pattern?
(A) As you breathe in, the chest expands first and then the stomach.
(B) As you breathe in, the stomach seems to expand first and then the chest.
(C) Only the chest expands.
(D) Only the stomach expands.
Q7. Which Indian state is referred to as the “Spice Garden of India”?
(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
Q8. The grey area marked in the given map of India is the river basin of an important river of the
country.
Identify the river.
(A) Krishna River
(B) Tapi River
(C) Godavari River
(D) Mahanadi River
Q9. Which is the correct arrangement of the names of Governors of the RBI from 2016, in
chronologically reverse order.
1. Raghuram Rajan 2. Y V Reddy 3. Urjit R Patel 4. D Subbarao 5. Bimal Jalan
(A) 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 (B) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
(C) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2 (D) 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
Q10. Which of the following pairs of devices had the same inventor?
Q11. Which is the only planet in the Solar System that is not named after any mythological God?
(A) Venus (B) Earth
(C) Jupiter (D) Mercury
Q12. Telangana is the youngest state in the Republic of India and was established on 2nd June 2014.
Which of the following was the youngest state in India before that?
(A) Chattisgarh (B) Uttarakhand
(C) Jharkhand (D) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.13 Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic Medal?
(A) Saina Nehwal (B) MC Mary Kom
(C) Karnam Malleshwari (D) Sakshi Malik
Q14 Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921 for
(A) The equation E = MC2 (B) The Photoelectric Effect
(C) The Special Theory of Relativity (D) Quantum Mechanics
Q15. If
Blue is Red is Yellow is Purple is Green is
Q16. The leaves of plants are green in colour due to the presence of ………….
(A) Chloride. (B) Chlorophyll.
(C) Hydrocarbon. (D) Sulphide.
Q17. Decipher the name of the month hidden in the image of the rebus below:
(A) June
(B) October
(C) July
(D) May
Q.18 Fill in the blank space below to yield a true sentence. In this sentence there are neither more
nor less than.....................three-letter words.
(A) five (B) Four
(C) Two (D) Three
Q.19 In the following figure, find the number of rectangles and hexagons respectively:
(A) 30, 5
(B) 32, 3
(C) 28, 5
(D) 30, 3
Q20. How can you add a sense of depth in the following image?
(A)By overlapping one bowl on another.
(B) By scaling down one bowl.
(C) By thickening the outline of one bowl.
(D) All these
Q.21 . How many surfaces are there in the given three dimensional figure? The surface that is
not visible in the figure is flat.
(A) 12
(B) 11
(C) 10
(D) 9
Q22. How can you give the viewer an idea about the relative size of the book in the
following image?
(A) By adding shadow.
(B) By adding texture.
(C) By adding eye level and vanishing point.
(D) By adding a human figure appropriately in the image.
Q.23 Count the number of cubes in the given image.
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 14
Q.24 Directions: Study the images below to answer questions 60 to 63.
Q25. Which image represents “Times they are changing”?
Q26 Which image represents “Passage of Time”?
Q27. Which image represents “Time stands still”?
Q28. Which image represents “Time is money”?
Q.29 Identify from the pose of hands depicted below, the shadows of the animal it may cast on
the wall:
(A) Wolf, Rabbit, Fox, Bull (B) Rabbit, Crow, Swan, Bull
(C) Wolf, Bat, Bull, Swan (D) Crow, Swan, Fox, Bull
Q.30 If there was zero gravity on earth, draw yourself in your living room along with the things you
would like to anchor?
Q.31 Create a poster advertisement to promote tourism as part of the ‘Incredible India’
Q. 32 Draw a woman holding a child, crying in her arms, with appropriate details including the background.
Your drawing should be in black and white only (Do not use any colour).
Q 33.
Q. 34 Find the mirror image of the image given below.
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Q.35 Sam sent a message to his girlfriend, and asked her to meet under .
Q.36 Which one of these containers will hold most water?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Q.37 Which would be an inappropriate logo for a vegan company?
a)* b) c) d)
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Q. 38 There was a robbery at night at a nearby bank. The eyewitness saw a green car under the
yellow light. Which of the following cars do you think was used in the robbery?
Q. 39 Essay writing contest was held at a reputed university. The teacher suspected one of the
students to have written the essay at home instead of in the class. Which of the following
students has copied?
a) b) c) d)
*
Q.40 Find the odd one out.
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a)
b)
c) *
d) FOUR
Q. 41 Below given composition is made out of one number or letter from Roman script in
repetition form. Identify the number or letter?
a) S
b) 5*
c) P
d) 2
Q 42 All the shapes are different, yet they are connected because of .
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e) Proximity*
f) Repetition
g) Similarity
h) All of the above
Q 43 This set of images primarily shows
i) Scale*
j) Shape
k) Position
l) Emphasis
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Q. 44 Which is the next in sequence?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q. 45 How many fonts (type styles) have been used in the image below?
4 5 6 7
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Q. 46. Which of the following shapes can be formed from this sheet?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Q. 47 3D drawing is derived by keeping focus on
m) Depth and Space*
n) Drawing and Perspective
o) Image and Balance
p) Balance and Symmetry
Q. 48 The hidden word in the visual given below is .
q) Race
r) Texture
s) Burger*
t) Bread
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Q. 49 Identify the Object made out of the pieces in the picture below?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2. Q. 50 Which one is the correct unfolded diagram of the object given below?
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