JEE Main Sample Paper B.Planning by NTA

Sample Questions for Section on PLANNING
Question will broadly cover the following

• General Awareness regarding development issues, government programs/schemes etc.
• Comprehension, critical thinking and analytical skills, graphs, charts and map reading skills, simple
statistics
• CBSE class X Social Sciences
• This section will also include a written passage
• All questions will be MCQs

1. Following pie chart gives a percentage distribution of time spent on various activities in the last 30
days. What would be the number of hours spent travelling in a month?

a) 22 hrs

b) 30 hrs

c) 18 hrs

d) 35 hrs.

2. What is the full form of UTM ?

a) Universal Transverse Mercator
b) United Travel Mechanism
c) Universal Target Machine
d) Universal Transverse Machine

3. Symbols on a map that represent physical features on surface of Earth are classified as:

a) legend
b) grid
c) key
d) scale

4. In which year was the Earth Summit held?

a) 1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1994

5. Find the median of given values ( 2,4,3,2,9,75,29 )

a) 2
b) 4
c) 9
d) 5

6. In the given diagram If the person has to move from A1 to H in which direction will she be moving?

H P
P.S P

M A1

a) North

b) Northwest

c) South

d) Southeast

7. What is wrong with the logic of the following statement? "How can you believe his testimony? He is a
convicted felon!"
a) The fact that the person testifying was convicted of a crime does not mean he is lying.
b) A convicted felon cannot testify in court.
c) The person speaking has a bias against criminals.
d) The person speaking obviously did not attend law school.

8. Which of the organization amongst the options given below manages solid waste in city:
a) Municipal corporation/committee/municipality
b) Public Works Department
c) Development Authority
d) Town and Country Planning Organisation

9. Which of the following programmes is related to development of heritage cities
a) HRIDAY
b) Digital India
c) Make in India
d) Skill India

10. Which of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilisation is located on the banks of river Indus in Larkan
District of Pakistan?
a) Harappa
b) Mohenjodaro
c) Mehrgarh
d) Suktagendor

11. Match Group I with Group II

I. Shimla Cantonment
II. Mhow Hill Town
III. Kochi Port Town

12. A hundred students in a college were asked to pick their preference for one of three subjects:
journalism, sociology, and literature. Each of them picked one of the three subjects. Half of them
picked literature, more than a quarter picked sociology and at least one picked journalism. Which of
the following statement is true:

a) Forty nine students picked sociology.
b) At least 75 of them picked either sociology or literature
c) Only one student picked Journalism
d) Journalism is more popular than sociology