NTA Cheat Sheet 2026

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150 questions
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  1. NTA was established in which year? β†’ 2017
  2. The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century primarily in which country? β†’ Great Britain
  3. The HCF of 36 and 48 is: β†’ 12
  4. Which of the following is a renewable energy source? β†’ Solar energy
  5. The Constitution of the United States was ratified in which year? β†’ 1788
  6. What molecule carries genetic information from the nucleus to the cytoplasm? β†’ RNA
  7. Which conic section is represented by the equation xΒ²/9 + yΒ²/4 = 1? β†’ Ellipse
  8. Which law explains why a rocket can move in space? β†’ Newton's Third Law
  9. The Gupta period in Indian history is often referred to as the 'Golden Age' primarily because of its advancements in which fields? β†’ Art, literature, science, and philosophy
  10. The LCM of 4 and 6 is: β†’ 12
  11. The water cycle process in which liquid water becomes water vapor is called: β†’ Evaporation
  12. Which process describes the division of a cell’s nucleus to produce two identical nuclei? β†’ Mitosis
  13. Which of the following is the derivative of sin(x)? β†’ cos(x)
  14. Which of the following is a NoSQL database? β†’ MongoDB
  15. The Vijayanagara Empire, one of the greatest Hindu kingdoms of medieval India, had its capital at which city? β†’ Hampi
  16. If a passage discusses the effects of climate change on polar bears, what type of text is it most likely? β†’ Informative
  17. What is the purpose of an operating system? β†’ To manage hardware resources and provide services to applications
  18. The Cold War was primarily a geopolitical tension between which two superpowers? β†’ United States and Soviet Union
  19. If f(x) = xΒ² + 3x + 2, then f(βˆ’1) is: β†’ 0
  20. Who founded the Mauryan Empire in ancient India around 321 BCE? β†’ Chandragupta Maurya
  21. Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for routing packets? β†’ Network Layer
  22. What is the primary cause of the depletion of the ozone layer? β†’ Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
  23. If in a race A finishes before B, C finishes after D, and B finishes before C, who finishes last? β†’ Cannot be determined for D
  24. The Paris Agreement (2015) primarily aims to limit global temperature rise to: β†’ 1.5–2Β°C above pre-industrial levels
  25. If logβ‚‚(32) = x, what is x? β†’ 5
  26. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from which direction? β†’ North
  27. What is the value of βˆ«β‚€ΒΉ xΒ² dx? β†’ 1/3
  28. The value of sinΒ²ΞΈ + cosΒ²ΞΈ is always equal to: β†’ 1
  29. Which organization conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in India? β†’ NTA
  30. Which element is represented by the chemical symbol 'Au'? β†’ Gold