UPSSSC PET 2026 Practice Set: 20 Timed Questions with Answers

How to use this set

This is a short practice set for the UPSSSC PET 2026, which is held on 25, 30 October and 1 November 2026. It has 20 questions, covering the main subject areas reported in the exam summaries. Use it as a timed drill, not as a full mock. A full PET mock is 100 questions in 2 hours.

Set a timer for 25 minutes (about 1 minute 15 seconds per question). Mark each answer as you go. Keep a note of questions you guessed, because the guesses matter as much as the wrong answers under the 0.25 negative marking rule.

Start the set

Q1. A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs 480 and makes a profit of 20 percent. What is the cost price of the article?

A) Rs 384 B) Rs 400 C) Rs 420 D) Rs 576

Q2. The average of five numbers is 28. If one number is removed, the average becomes 26. What is the removed number?

A) 30 B) 36 C) 38 D) 40

Q3. Find the next number in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

A) 40 B) 42 C) 44 D) 48

Q4. A train 120 metres long crosses a pole in 6 seconds. What is its speed in km/h?

A) 54 B) 60 C) 72 D) 80

Q5. If the word CLOCK is written as DMPDL, how is TABLE written in the same code?

A) UBCMF B) UBCMG C) SZAKD D) UBCLF

Q6. Pointing to a man, a woman says, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the man?

A) Sister B) Aunt C) Mother D) Grandmother

Q7. Choose the correct word to fill the blank: The committee has ___ its report to the government.

A) submit B) submitted C) submitting D) submits

Q8. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to "ABUNDANT".

A) Plentiful B) Scarce C) Vast D) Rich

Q9. Which of the following is a chemical change?

A) Melting of ice B) Dissolving sugar in water C) Burning of paper D) Stretching of a rubber band

Q10. Which part of the human body is mainly responsible for filtering blood and producing urine?

A) Liver B) Lungs C) Kidneys D) Heart

Q11. Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) B. R. Ambedkar C) Sardar Patel D) Rajendra Prasad

Q12. Which is the longest river that flows entirely within India?

A) Ganga B) Godavari C) Narmada D) Brahmaputra

Q13. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Constitutional Remedies?

A) Article 14 B) Article 21 C) Article 32 D) Article 370

Q14. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?

A) 1920 B) 1930 C) 1942 D) 1947

Q15. The sum of two numbers is 50 and their difference is 10. What is the larger number?

A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 40

Q16. A bar chart shows sales of 40 units in January, 55 in February and 65 in March. What is the average monthly sales for these three months?

A) 50 B) 53.33 C) 55 D) 60

Q17. Choose the correctly spelt word.

A) Accomodate B) Accommodate C) Acommodate D) Acomodate

Q18. Which of these is a unit of electric resistance?

A) Ampere B) Volt C) Ohm D) Watt

Q19. If A is the brother of B, and B is the sister of C, and C is the father of D, how is A related to D?

A) Uncle B) Father C) Grandfather D) Brother

Q20. Which Indian state has the largest population in the 2011 Census?

A) Maharashtra B) Bihar C) Uttar Pradesh D) West Bengal

Answer key and explanations

Q1. Answer: B (Rs 400). Selling price = 120 percent of cost. So cost = 480 × 100 ÷ 120 = Rs 400.

Q2. Answer: B (36). Total of five numbers = 5 × 28 = 140. Total of four numbers = 4 × 26 = 104. Removed number = 140 − 104 = 36.

Q3. Answer: B (42). The differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. The next difference is 12, so 30 + 12 = 42.

Q4. Answer: C (72 km/h). Speed = 120 m ÷ 6 s = 20 m/s. Convert: 20 × 18 ÷ 5 = 72 km/h.

Q5. Answer: A (UBCMF). In CLOCK, each letter moves forward by one: C→D, L→M, O→P, C→D, K→L. So DMPDL. Apply the same shift to TABLE: T→U, A→B, B→C, L→M, E→F. So UBCMF.

Q6. Answer: C (Mother). The woman's mother has only one daughter, which is the woman herself. The man's mother is that only daughter, so the man's mother is the woman.

Q7. Answer: B (submitted). The present perfect "has" needs the past participle, so "submitted".

Q8. Answer: B (Scarce). "Abundant" means existing in large quantity. The opposite is "scarce".

Q9. Answer: C (Burning of paper). Burning produces new substances (ash, gases) and is a chemical change. Melting, dissolving and stretching are physical changes.

Q10. Answer: C (Kidneys). The kidneys filter blood and produce urine.

Q11. Answer: B (B. R. Ambedkar). Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly.

Q12. Answer: B (Godavari). The Godavari, at about 1,465 km, is the longest river lying entirely within India. The Ganga and Brahmaputra flow into neighbouring countries, and the Narmada, though entirely Indian, is shorter.

Q13. Answer: C (Article 32). Article 32 gives the right to move the Supreme Court for enforcement of fundamental rights, which is called the Right to Constitutional Remedies.

Q14. Answer: C (1942). The Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942.

Q15. Answer: C (30). Let the numbers be x (larger) and y. x + y = 50 and x − y = 10. Adding gives 2x = 60, so x = 30.

Q16. Answer: B (53.33). Total = 40 + 55 + 65 = 160. Average = 160 ÷ 3 = 53.33.

Q17. Answer: B (Accommodate). It has two c's and two m's.

Q18. Answer: C (Ohm). The ohm is the SI unit of electrical resistance.

Q19. Answer: A (Uncle). A is B's brother. C is B's sister, so C and B are siblings. C is D's father. So D's father's brother is A, which makes A D's uncle.

Q20. Answer: C (Uttar Pradesh). Uttar Pradesh had the largest population in the 2011 Census.

After the set

Score yourself. A quick reading of your score:

• Under 10: Revise the basics of arithmetic and English grammar first.
• 10 to 14: You are close. Focus on the subjects where you guessed most.
• 15 or more: Good start. Take a full 100-question paper next, in 2 hours.

Track each mistake by topic. Repeat the weakest topic daily for four days. For the full topic list, see the PET syllabus. For the exam dates and admit card status, see the PET exam post.

Sources

Questions were written for this practice set and checked against standard school-level references. They are not taken from any official UPSSSC paper. Confirm the official pattern on upsssc.gov.in.