LPUIST Diploma Sample Questions 2026 | Practice Paper | LPU

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Question 1

According to Potawatomi ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, the Indigenous method of harvesting Hierochloe odorata, or sweetgrass, by snapping the plant off at the root actually _____ wild populations: it may seem counterintuitive, she says, but this method of removal allows new sweetgrass plants to repopulate the space, with an overall increase in number and vigor.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. selects
  2. originates
  3. conditions
  4. replenishes

Question 2

Social mobility depends on multiple factors. Education, income, and social capital all interact. Ignoring any one of these variables ______ oversimplifies inequality.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. ,
  2. ;
  3. therefore
  4. however

Question 3

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) examines trends in economic well-being among 25,000 people in Australia unfolding over many years. As is true of most longitudinal studies, this need for years of data collection results in high costs. By contrast, a relatively straightforward fitness study, such as one that is merely trying to identify the percentage of regular exercisers in a city who do weight training, may not need a large budget because _____.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. longitudinal methods are probably suitable for the fitness study.
  2. it would be easy for HILDA researchers to add questions to their economic well-being study.
  3. 25,000 people is more than enough for HILDA to find trends in economic well-being.
  4. none of these

Question 4

The Mission 66 initiative, which was approved by Congress in 1956, represented a major investment in the infrastructure of overburdened national ______ it prioritized physical improvements to the parks’ roads, utilities, employee housing, and visitor facilities while also establishing educational programming for the public.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. parks and
  2. parks
  3. parks;
  4. parks,

Question 5:

The archaeologist’s hypothesis was initially met with skepticism, as it challenged long-held assumptions about early human migration patterns.

As used in the text, what does “challenged” most nearly mean?

  1. tested
  2. disputed
  3. delayed
  4. replaced

Question 1

In a survey, it was found that 65% of the people would watch news on TV, 40% read in newspaper, 25% read newspaper and watched TV. What percentage of people neither watched TV nor read newspaper?

  1. 0%
  2. 5%
  3. 10%
  4. 20%

Question 2

If x stands for 'addition', ÷ stands for 'subtraction', + stands for 'multiplication' and - stands for 'division', then 20 × 8 ÷ 8 - 4 + 2 = ?

  1. 80
  2. 25
  3. 24
  4. 5

Question 3

If in a code language, COULD is written as BNTKC and MARGIN is written as LZQFHM, how will MOULDING be written in that code?

  1. CHMFINTK
  2. LNKTCHMF
  3. LNTKCHMF
  4. NITKHCMF

Question 4

Who among T, R and S is (are) to the East of P?

(i) R, who is to the West of P, is not as near to S as P, S is in the farthest East.

(ii) P is not as far away from S and T

  1. If statement (i) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (ii) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
  2. If statement (ii) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (i) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
  3. If EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the questions asked.
  4. If BOTH statements (i) and (ii) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

Question 5

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence. 1. Family 2. Community 3.Member 4.Locality 5. Country

  1. 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
  2. 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
  3. 3, 1, 4, 2, 5
  4. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2

Question 1

The relation between focal length f and radius of curvature R for a spherical mirror is

  1. f = 2R
  2. f = R/2
  3. f = R/4
  4. f = 2R

Question 2

The chlorophyll in photosynthesis is used for

  1. Absorbing light
  2. Breaking down water molecule
  3. No function
  4. Reduction of CO2

Question 3

How does common salt help in separating soap from the solution after saponification?

  1. By decreasing solubility of soap
  2. By increasing solubility of soap
  3. By decreasing density of soap
  4. By increasing density of soap

Question 4

Decibel is the unit used for

  1. speed of light
  2. intensity of heat
  3. intensity of sound
  4. radio wave frequency

Question 5

One fathom is equal to?

  1. 6 meters
  2. 6 feet
  3. 60 feet
  4. 100 cms