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April 27, 2019 https://www.developindiagroup.co.in/ 8756987953 Contents BPSC Prelims Question Papers General Study 2018

1. Which of the following has pH value 7? (a) hertz (b) meter/ second (a) Pure water (c) radian (b) Neutral solution (d) watt (c) Basic solution (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Acidic solution above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 5. Who discovered DNA? above (a) James Watson and Francis Crick 2. Which of the following elements does not con- (b) Gregor Mendel tain neutrons? (c) Johannsen (a) Oxygen (d) Hargovind Khorana (b) Nitrogen (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Hydrogen above (d) Copper 6. What is triglyceride? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Protein above (b) Carbohydrate

3. Angstrom is a unit of (c) Fat (d) Mineral (a) wavelength (e) None of the above More than one of the (b) energy above (c) frequency 7. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is used in moni- (d) velocity toring

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) heart above (b) liver 4. Frequency is measured in (c) pancreas

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(d) brain 12. In electrical motor

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) heat is converted into electrical energy above (b) electrical energy is converted into heat 8. Body temperature is regulated by (c) electrical energy is converted into mechanical energy (a) thalamus (d) mechanical energy is converted into elec- (b) hypothalamus trical energy (c) cerebellum (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) medulla above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 13. Human body contains above (a) about 70% water 9. Choose the correct statement. (b) 20%-30% water (a) Wavelength of red light is less than violet (c) 10%-20% water light. (d) 30%-40% water (b) Wavelength of red light is more than violet (e) None of the above/More than one of the light. above (c) Wavelength of violet light is more than green light. 14. The device to measure electric current is (d) Wavelength of violet light is more than yel- (a) voltmeter low light. (b) ammeter (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) voltameter above (d) potentiometer 10. The value of 40 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit (e) None of the above/More than one of the scale is above

(a) 104 F 15. The main component of greenhouse gases is

(b) 100 F (a) carbon dioxide (c) 102 F (b) methane nitrous oxide (d) 75 F (c) ozone (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) None of the above/More than one of the above above

11. The unit of electric power is 16. Einstein got the Nobel Prize for

(a) ampere (a) relativity (b) volt (b) Bose-Einstein condensation (c) coulomb (c) mass-energy equivalence (d) watt (d) photoelectric effect (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

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17. The powerhouse of cell is (d) China

(a) cell wall (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) mitochondrion 22. The Parliament of which of the following na- (c) ribosome tions dismissed the honorary citizenship of (d) nucleus Aung San Suu Kyi in October 2018? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) USA above (b) United Kingdom 18. AIDS is caused by (c) Norway (a) water (d) Canada (b) bacteria (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) virus above (d) fungus 23. Which of the following is not associated with (e) None of the above/More than one of the NAFTA? above (a) Great Britain 19. Which instrument is used to measure humid- (b) Canada ity? (c) Mexico (a) Hydrometer (d) USA (b) Hygrometer (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) Pyrometer (d) Lactometer 24. With which nation, India has Signed an agree- ment Mobilize four City’ in September 2018? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Sweden

20. What is the unit of pressure? (b) Germany (c) Japan (a) Newton/sq. meter (d) France (b) Newton-meter (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Newton above (d) Newton/meter 25. Where did Foreign Minister Smt. Sushma (e) None of the above/More than one of the Swaraj inaugurate ’Panini Language Labora- above tory’ in August 2018?

21. Defence Minister of India Smt. Nirmala (a) Sri Lanka Sitharaman made a three-day visit to which (b) South Africa nation in the ﬁrst week of October 2018? (c) Mauritius (a) Russia (d) Indonesia (b) Kazakhstan (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Ukraine above

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26. Which nation enacted ’Human Organ Trans- (a) Six times plantation Law’ for migrants from Indian ori- (b) Seven times gin in August 2018? (c) Eight times (a) United Kingdom (d) Nine times (b) Canada (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) USA above (d) Singapore 31. Which of the following is the correct order of (e) None of the above/More than one of the medals won by India in the 18th Asian Games, above 2018 (Jakarta)? Gold Silver Bronze Total 27. Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected as the (a) 15 21 33 69 President of which country in presidential election held in November 2017? (b) 15 32 22 69 (c) 15 30 24 69 (a) Uganda (d) 15 24 30 69 (b) Kenya (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Zimbabwe above (d) Ghana (e) None of the above/More than one of the 32. Which is the ﬁrst Indian airline company that above used biofuel as ATF in August 2018?

28. On 20th July, 2018, which nation ended (a) Jet Airways emergency after two years? (b) Vistara

(a) Iraq (c) Air India (b) Syria 8756987953(d) SpiceJet (c) Turkey (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Yemen above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 33. In June 2018, how much amount the World above Bank has approved for ’Atal Bhujal Yojana’, an ambitious scheme of India? 29. Which of the following nations declared emergency due to polio outbreakhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in in June 2018? (a) Rs.5,000 crore (a) Papua New Guinea (b) Rs.6,000 crore (b) Fiji (c) Rs.7,000 crore (c) Philippines (d) Rs.8,000 crore (d) Mali (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 34. According to the report of IIT, Kharagpur study 30. For how many times, India won the Cricket group, continuous low rainfall for how many Asia Cup on 29th September, 2018 defeating years was the cause of fall of the Indus Valley Bangladesh? Civilization?

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(a) 600 years (b) Pradhan Mantri Jan Swasthya Yojana (b) 700 years (c) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (c) 800 years (d) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (d) 900 years (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 39. In which of the following institutes was the ﬁrst Indian Railway University established in 35. According to Indian Forest Status Report re- September 2018? leased February 2018, how much area in of India is covered by forests? (a) Indian National Rail Academy-Vadodara (b) Indian Railway School Pune (a) 23.00% (c) Indian National Rail Research Institute- (b) 23-40% Mysore (c) 24.00% (d) Indian Rail Coach Institute -Kapurthala (d) 24-40% (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 40. JIMEX 2018 relates to

36. In January 2018, which Indian State allowed (a) Japan-India Joint Military Exhibition people to establish a humanitarian relation- (b) Japan-India Maritime Exercise ship with trees, i.e., brother-sister? (c) Japan-India Joint Motor vehicle Exhibi- (a) Assam tion (b) Sikkim (d) Japan-India Joint Missile Programme (c) Nagaland (e) None of the above/More than one of the 8756987953above (d) Manipur (e) None of the above/More than one of the 41. In which city/State was air pollution control above system ’VAYU’ installed in September 2018?

37. Which district achieved the ﬁrst position as (a) Chennai per ’Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2018? (b) Amritsar (c) Delhi (a) Gaya-Bihar https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(d) Varanasi (b) TuticorinTamil Nadu (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Satara-Maharashtra above (d) Meerut-UP 42. Under which of the following, Shri Nitish Chief (e) None of the above/More than one of the Minister Umar launched more than 750 devel- above opment schemes at Khagaria and Begusarai 38. Which scheme was recognized as world’s districts on 6th January, 2018? largest insurance scheme launched in India in (a) Vikas Yatra September 2018? (b) Vikas Survekshan Yatra (a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (c) Nav-Srijan Yojana, 2018

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(d) Vikas Samiksha Yatra (d) Katihar (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

43. In which city, Deputy Chief Minister Shri 47. In which airport, NDMA conducted a mock Sushil Modi inaugurated Bihar’s ﬁrst ’Start- drill based on CBRN emergency in April 2018? up Hub’ on 16th March, 2018? (a) IGI - New Delhi

(a) Motihari (b) LNJP - Patna (c) CSI - Mumbai (b) Munger (d) DABH - Indore (c) Patna (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Arrah above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 48. According to a report, what is the rank of above Patna city among 20 cities as per availability of 44. On 22nd March, 2018 who unveiled the book, 4G signals between December 2017 to Febru- Neel Ke Dhabbe on the occasion of 106th Bi- ary 2018? har Day in Patna? (a) First (a) Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu (b) Second (b) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi (c) Nineteenth (c) Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh (d) Twentieth (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Speaker Smt. Mahajan Sumitra above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 49. In which city of Bihar, Sulabh International 8756987953launched cheapest drinking water project ’Su- 45. The capacity of India’s most powerful electric labh Jal? locomotive engine made in Madhepura Loco- (a) Patna motive Factory is (b) Bhagalpur (a) 9000 HP (c) Darbhanga (b) 10000 HP (d) Purnea (c) 11000 HP https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) 12000 HP above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 50. Which of the following is not true about Bi- above har’s Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana?

46. On 10th April, 2018, Prime Minister Shri (a) Proposed annual expenditure for the Narendra Modi addressed ’Swachhagrahis Na- scheme is Rs.7,221 crore tional Convention’ in (b) Education, Health and Social Welfare trio departments ran the scheme (a) Motihari (c) Every girl child will receive total (b) Patna Rs.60,000 from her birth to graduation (c) Kishanganj level education

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(d) At the time of a girl child’s birth, her fam- (e) None of the above/More than one of the ily receives Rs.2,000 above

(e) None of the above/More than one of the 55. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded above a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and re- 51. The earliest evidence of animal domestication quested Devapala through his ambassador to and agriculture in India has come from grant five villages for its maintenance, was (a) Dharanindra (a) Anjira (b) Sangramadhananjaya (b) Damb Sadat (c) Balaputradeva (c) Kili Gul Muhammad (d) Chudamanivarmana (d) Mehrgarh (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 56. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea? 52. After the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha, the first Buddhist council was held at (a) Ctesias (b) Pliny (a) Rajgriha (Rajgir) (c) Ptolemy (b) Gaya (d) Strabo (c) Pataliputra (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Vaishali above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 57. The earliest description Bakhtiyar Khilji’s in- above vasion Bihar is in 53. Who among the following first issued gold 8756987953(a) Tarikh-i Hind coins on a large scale? (b) Tabaqat-i Nasiri (a) Pushyamitra Shunga (c) Taj-ul Maasir (b) Menander (d) Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi (c) Vima Kadphises (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Gautamiputra Satakarni above (e) None of the above/Morehttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in than one of the 58. Which Sultan demanded half the crops on above land after measurement as revenue?

54. Who among the following was the ﬁrst to ex- (a) Iltutmish plain that the rotation of the earth on its own (b) Balban axis accounts for the daily rising and setting (c) Ala-ud-din Khilji of the sun? (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq (a) Aryabhata (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Bhaskara above

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(a) Suhrawardi Silsilah (c) Salimullah (b) Rishi Silsilah (d) M. A. Jinnah (c) Chisti Silsilah (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Firdausi Silsilah above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 64. Who wrote the book, Poverty and un-British above Rule in India?

60. Who among the following rulers ”divided his (a) R. C. Dutt troops into units of two hundred, two hundred (b) Dadabhai Naoroji ﬁfty and ﬁve hundred (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (a) Bahlul Lodi (d) Lajpat Rai (b) Sikandar Shah (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Sher Shah above

(d) Islam Shah 65. When were the rights of the tenants on land (e) None of the above/More than one of the in Bengal and Bihar recognized by the Bengal above Tenancy Act?

61. Who stated that ﬁve thousand to twenty thou- (a) 1868 sand men worked for forty years to build the (b) 1881 palace of forty pillars at Allahabad in Akbar’s (c) 1885 time? (d) 1893 (a) Manucci (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Tavernier above (c) William Finch 66.8756987953 When did Bihar become a separate province in (d) Abdul Hamid Lahori India? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) 1897 above (b) 1905 62. Which Sultan was reputed to be ’Akbar of (c) 1907 Kashmir’? (d) 1912 https://www.developindiagroup.co.in (a) Sultan Shamsuddin Shah (e) None of the above / More than one of the (b) Sultan Qutbuddin above

(c) Sultan Sikandar 67. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran? (d) Sultan Zainul Abidin (a) Rajendra Prasad (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Raj Kumar Shukla above (c) Mazharul Huq 63. Who began the Faraizi Movement? (d) Krishna Sahay (a) Haji Shariatullah (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Syed Ahmed above

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68. Who raised the Flag of Independence at the (c) Madagascar Congress Session of 1929? (d) Sumatra (a) Maulana Muhammad Ali (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Vallabhbhai Patel 73. In which of the following areas, Mediterranean climate does not prevail? (d) Subhas Chandra Bose (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Central Chile above (b) Cape Town (c) Adelaide 69. When was the Bihar Socialist Party formed? (d) Pampas (a) 1921 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 1927 above (c) 1931 74. The country, which is the largest silk producer (d) 1934 in the world, is

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) India above (b) China 70. Who among the following was the leader of the (c) Brazil ﬁrst Congress Ministry in Bihar? (d) Japan (a) Anugrah Narayan Sinha (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Abdul Bari above (c) Jayaprakash Narayan 75. Which one among the following countries of (d) Shri Krishna Sinha 8756987953the world, excel United States of America, is the largest crude oil producer? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Russia (b) China 71. Which one of the following is a landlocked country? (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Canada (a) Belgium (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Hungary https://www.developindiagroup.co.in above (c) Rumania 76. Which one of the following is not a part of the (d) Ukraine Meghalaya Plateau? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Bhuban Hills above (b) Garo Hills 72. Which one among the following is the largest (c) Khasi Hills island in area? (d) Jaintia Hills (a) Borneo (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Great Britain above

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77. The Pass, which is situated at the highest ele- 81. After Independence, in which year were the In- vation, is dian States reorganized on the linguistic ba- sis? (a) Zoji La (a) 1947 (b) Rohtang (b) 1951 (c) Nathu La (c) 1956 (d) Khyber (d) 2000 (e) None of the above / More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 78. Karewas soils, which are useful for cultivation 82. Which one among the following States of India of Zafran (a local variety of saffron), are found is called ”Sugar Bowl”? in (a) Uttar Pradesh (a) Kashmir Himalaya (b) Maharashtra (b) Garhwal Himalaya (c) Bihar (c) Nepal Himalaya (d) Haryana (d) Eastern Himalaya (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 83. In which one of the following minerals, India 79. As per 2011 Census, the urban population leads in production in the world? percentage to total population of India was (a) Sheet mica about (b) Copper (a) 21 8756987953(c) Gypsum (b) 31 (d) Iron ore (c) 36 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (d) 40 (e) None of the above/More than one of the 84. Bihar as an Indian State was formed in above (a) 1911 80. In Government of India’shttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in NITI Aayog, which is (b) 1912 an economic policy-making think tank, what (c) 1936 is the full form of NITI ? (d) 2000 (a) National Internal Trade Information (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) National Institution for Transforming In- dia 85. Which one of the following parts of Bihar is (c) National Integrated Treaty Institute geologically older in age relatively? (d) National Intellectual Training Institute (a) Rohtas Plateau (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) North-Western Hills above (c) Kharagpur Hills

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(d) North Ganga Plains (a) Oil refinery (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Forest-based industry above (c) Sand-mining industry 86. By how many districts of Bihar was Patna dis- (d) Agro-based industry trict bounded till July 2018? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a)7 above (b)8 91. A Judge of the Supreme Court may resign his (c)9 office by writing to (d) 10 (a) the President (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) the Prime Minister above (c) the Law Minister 87. Most of the area in Bihar is covered by (d) the Attorney General of India (a) mountainous soil (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) alluvial soil (c) regur soil 92. Who was the first Chairman of the Backward (d) terai soil Classes Commission? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Jagjivan Ram above (b) Kaka Saheb Kalelkar 88. Among the States of India, Bihar’s rank in (c) B. D. Sharma terms of lowest literacy rate (2011 Census) is (d) B. R. Ambedkar (a) first 8756987953(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) second above (c) third 93. The Chairman of the State Public Service (d) fourth Commission is appointed by (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) the Chairman of the Union Public Service above Commission 89. What is the rank ofhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in Bihar in terms of produc- (b) the President of India tion of jute among the States of India? (c) the Governor of the State (a) First (d) the Chief Minister (b) Second (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Third above (d) Fourth 94. In order to be chosen a member of the Lok (e) None of the above/More than one of the Sabha, a person must not be less than the age above of

90. Which type of industries has potentials and (a) 18 years prospects in Bihar? (b) 21 years

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(c) 25 years (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) 30 years above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 99. In which year did the State Jharkhand come above into existence?

95. The Governor of a State is appointed by (a) 1998

(a) the Prime Minister (b) 1999 (b) the Chief Justice of India (c) 2000 (c) the President (d) 2001 (d) the Chief Justice of the High Court (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 100. In which one of the following years was Sarkaria Commission, which was empowered 96. In which Article of the Constitution of India to recommend changes in Centre-State rela- was the provision for reservation of scheduled tions, submitted its report? castes in the Lok Sabha made? (a) 1983 (a) Article 330 (b) 1984 (b) Article 331 (c) 1985 (c) Article 332 (d) 1987 (d) Article 333 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 101. Under which one of the following Articles is the 97. The President 8756987953 formation of Finance Commission laid down? (a) is not a part of the Parliament (a) Article 280 (b) is a part of the Parliament (b) Article 269 (c) is a part of the Parliament and sits in the (c) Article 268 Parliament (d) Article 265 (d) can vote in the Parliament https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

98. Which one of the following Articles directs the 102. The Attorney General of India is appointed by State Governments to organize the Panchay- (a) the Law Minister ats? (b) the President of India (a) Article 33 (c) the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b) Article 40 (d) the Prime Minister (c) Article 48 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Article 50 above

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103. During Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which one of (a) 60.0 percent the following average annual growth rate tar- (b) 63.0 percent gets was envisaged for agriculture and allied (c) 65.5 percent sector? (d) 68.5 percent (a) 3.0 percent (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 3.5 percent above (c) 4.0 percent 108. Who among the following has given the idea (d) 4.5 percent of Self-Help Groups as an effective tool for poverty alleviation? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Amartya Sen (b) Md. Yunus 104. The Government policy Make in India’ aims at (c) S. Chakravarti (a) removal of bureaucratic sloth (d) Venkaiah Naidu (b) elimination of red tapism (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) reduction in cost of manufacturing above

(d) making the competitive product 109. At present, who is the Governor of the Reserve (e) None of the above/More than one of the Bank of India? above (a) Urjit Patel 105. Which one of the following is not an initiative (b) Raghuram Rajan for industrial development? (c) Shanta Kumar

(a) Make in India (d) Lalita D. Gupte (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Ease of Doing Business 8756987953 above (c) Start-up India 110. Which one of the following is the pathway to (d) Digital India increase productivity in agriculture? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Efﬁcient irrigation above (b) Quality seeds 106. PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Ar- (c) Use of pesticides eas) model was advocatedhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in by (d) Use of fertilizers (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Manmohan Singh above

(c) Lal Krishna Advani 111. Which one of the following is the objective of (d) Rajiv Gandhi MGNREGA? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) To build assets above (b) To encourage micro irrigation

107. As per Census 2011, the female literacy rate (c) Water management in India was (d) To enhance rural income

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

112. Which one of the following was not included 116. What is the sex ratio in Bihar State as per the in the intended objectives of the Union Bud- Census of India, 2011? get, 2017-18? (a) 893 (a) Transform India (b) 916 (c) 918 (b) Clean India (d) 925 (c) Educate India (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Energize India above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 117. ”Bihar Economics Survey’, for the ﬁrst time, above was published for the ﬁnancial year

113. Which one of the following most appropriately (a) 2004-05 describes the nature of Green Revolution of (b) 2006-07 late sixties of 20th century? (c) 2008-09 (a) Intensive cultivation of green vegetable (d) 2009-10 (b) Intensive agriculture district programme (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) High-yielding varieties programme (d) Seed-Fertilizer-Water technology 118. In Bihar, during April-June 2018, which sector attracted the highest FDI equity inﬂow? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Service sector (b) Steel industry 114. Who among the following is the CEO of the 8756987953(c) Processing industry in agriculture NITI Aayog? (d) Cement industry (a) Amitabh Kant (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) S. S. Mundra above (c) Cyrus Mistry 119. What is the percentage of population in Bihar State employed in agriculture sector in 2017- (d) Soumya Kanti Ghosh 18? (e) None of the above/Morehttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in than one of the above (a) 65 (b) 67 115. Which one of the following States has the high- (c) 68 est density of population according to the Cen- (d) 70 sus of India, 2011? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Kerala above

(b) Haryana 120. What was the economic growth rate of the (c) Bihar State of Bihar during the year 2016-17? (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) 6-3 percent

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(b) 7.3 percent (b) the peasant wanting to grow indigo but (c) 8.3 percent being forced not to (c) the peasant not wanting to stow indigo (d) 9.3 percent but being forced to grow at a price that (e) None of the above/More than one of the was unacceptable above (d) a protest movement that ccarried an 121. Which of the following was not a reason for indigo-coloured ﬂag making the sepoys of the East India Company (e) None of the above/More than one of the rebellious? above

(a) The efforts of the officers of the Company 125. The immediate cause of Deccan Riots of 1875 to spread Christianity (a) the shadow of a famine (b) The order to the sepoys to travel on ships (b) high interest rates charged by Mahajans (c) The stoppage of Bhatta (c) high land revenue rates (d) The inefficiency of the officers (d) protest against imposition of religious re- forms (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 122. About Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, 126. Rajani Palme Dutt said, ”They both fought and it was said that his empire extended from collaborated with imperialism.” Which politi- (a) Chandni Chowk to Palam cal grouping was he referring to? (b) Delhi to Bihar (a) The Indian National Congress (c) Peshawar to Bihar (b) The Communist Party of India (d) Peshawar to Varanasi 8756987953(c) The Swaraj Party (d) Hindustan Socialist Republican Associa- (e) None of the above/More than one of the tion above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 123. Who among the following did not rebel against above the British East India Company’s control over 127. Which of the following was not a ’nationalist’ them? newspaper? (a) Raja of Vizianagaram https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(a) The Hindu (b) Nizam of Hyderabad (b) Bengalee (c) Polygar of Tamil Nadu (c) The Mahratta (d) Dewan Velu Thampi of Travancore (d) The Times of India (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 128. Identify the correct combination from the op- 124. The Indigo Rebellion was about tions given below for Prarthana Samaj, Young (a) the peasant not wanting to grow indigo India, Lokhitvadi, Satyashodhak Samaj, but being forced to Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha.

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(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh,Atmaram Pan- (e) None of the above/More than one of the durang, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, above Jyotiba Phule, Naoroji Furdonji 131. How old was Bhagat Singh when he threw a (b) Atmaram Pandurang, Mohandas Karamc- bomb in the assembly in protest against the hand Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Jy- government? otiba Phule, Naoroji Furdonji (c) Atmaram Pandurang,Jyotiba Phule, Mo- (a) 21 years handas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari (b) A little more than 21 years Deshmukh, Naoroji Furdonji (c) 25 years (d) Naoroji Furdonji, Atmaram Pandurang, (d) A little more than 25 years Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Jyotiba Phule (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 132. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in the context of which Gandhian Satyagraha? 129. From the options given below, ﬁnd the correct combination of the names of Editors of the na- (a) Swadeshi Satyagraha tionalist newspapers The Hindu, Kesari, Ben- (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha galee, Hindustani, Sudharak : (c) Bardoli Satyagraha (a) Surendra Nath Banerjea, G. Subramania (d) Individual Satyagraha Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania Iyer, Surendra Nath Banerjea, Ganga 133. Where did Kunwar Singh join the Rebellion of Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale 87569879531857 against the British? (c) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar (a) Arrah Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Kr- ishna Gokhale, Surendra Nath Banerjea (b) Patna (d) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar (c) Bettiah Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjea, Ganga (d) Varanasi Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/Morehttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in than one of the above above 134. In which territory did tribals rebel against the 130. Bal Gangadhar Tilak came to be known as British? ’Lokmanya Tilak’ when (a) Bihar (a) he became a popular teacher (b) Punjab (b) he started a popular newspaper (c) Sindh (c) the government accused him in the Rand Murder Case (d) Kathiawar (d) he started the Shivaji and Ganpati festi- (e) None of the above/More than one of the vals above

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135. ”So always with the assent and often to the (d) Malba dictates of the Chamber of Commerce, the (e) None of the above/More than one of the Government of India is carried on, and this is above the ’White Man’s Burden’. Who said this? 139. The elected Government of Bihar resigned in (a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee February 1938 for which reason? (b) Mahatma Gandhi (a) The participation of India in war (c) Sachchidananda Sinha (b) Satyagraha against the British at the call (d) Rajendra Prasad of Gandhi (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) High taxes being imposed by the British above (d) For the release of political prisoners 136. Which of the following was the ﬁrst Satyagraha (e) None of the above/More than one of the of Mahatma Gandhi in India? above

(a) Ahmedabad 140. Who was connected with the Bihar Kisan (b) Bardoli Sabha?

(c) Champaran (a) Swami Sahajananda (d) Individual (b) Karyananda Sharma (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Rahul Sankrityayan above (d) Yadunandan Sharma 137. Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement urged (e) None of the above/More than one of the people to avoid alcohol. This resulted in a se- above rious loss of revenue for the government. The 141. The length of the longest pole that can be government of a province circulated a list of 8756987953placed in a room 12 meters long, 9 meters prominent individuals who drank alcohol as wide and 8 meters high is a device to persuade people to start drinking again. Name the province. (a) 864 meters

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) 10 meters (b) Bihar (c) 17 meters (d) 43 meters (c) Bombay https://www.developindiagroup.co.in (d) Gujarat (e) None of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 142. A train of length 150 meters, moving towards above north direction at a speed of 144 km/hr, can cross a 250 meters long bridge in 138. During Salt Satyagraha, in Bihar, in addition to making salt, the people chose to oppose the (a) 20 seconds government by opposing which tax? (b) 100 seconds (a) Chowkidari (c) 45 seconds (b) Haathi (d) 10 seconds (c) Development (e) 28 seconds

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143. How many prime numbers are there between (e) None of the above 1 and 50? 147. If x + (1/y) = 1 and y + (1/z) = 1, then the value (a) 17 of z + (1/x) is (b) 15 (a) x-y (c) 14 (b)1 (d) 16 (c) Not known/Not countable (e) None of the above (d)2 144. If x = −2/3, then 9x2 − 3x − 11 is equal to (e) None of the above

(a) -13 148. The average age of 4 sisters is 7 years. If we (b) 13 add the age of mother, then the average in- creases by 6 years. Find the age of the mother. (c) -5 (d) -17 (a) 46 years (e) 17 (b) 39 years (c) 37 years 145. In an examination, every candidate took Hindi or History or both. 66% took Hindi and 59% (d) 47 years took History. The total number of candidates (e) 57 years was 3000. How many candidates took both Hindi and History? 149. If 3(x+8) = 27(2x+1), then the value of x is

(a) 500 (a)9 (b) 750 (b)1 (c) 542 8756987953(c)-1 (d) 738 (d) 10 (e) 830 (e) -10

1/2 P10 1 146. If x = [(0.00001225)]/(0.00005329)] , then value 150. If S = n=1 2n + 2 , then S is

of x is 1 (a) 55 2 (a) 35/73 https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(b) 56 (b) 525/933 (c) 111 (c) 205/403 (d) 115 1 (d) 135/233 (e) 110 2

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1. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar 4. In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall during the Revolt of 1857? and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise. Who wrote (a) Namdar Khan it? (b) Babu Kunwar Singh (a) Lord Lytton (c) Birsa Munda (b) Lord Dufferin (d) Shankar Shah (c) Lord Curzon (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Lord Minto above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 2. Birsa was captured, while asleep, on: above 8756987953 (a) 1 February, 1900 5. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention to- (b) 2 February, 1900 wards the exploitation of the peasants by the European Indigo planters? (c) 3 February, 1900 (d) 4 February , 1900 (a) Baba Ram Chandra (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Raja Kumar Shukla above (c) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati https://www.developindiagroup.co.in 3. The Muslims, if contented and satisﬁed, would (d) Sri Krishna Sinha become the greatest bulwark of British power (e) None of the above/More than one of the in India. Who wrote it? above

(a) Herbert Risley 6. Who was elected the ﬁrst President of All India Kisan Sabha at Lucknow in 1936? (b) Lord Lytton (c) W.W.Hunter (a) N.G.Ranbga (d) H.N.Brailsford (b) E.M.S.Namboodri pad (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati above (d) Acharya Narendra Dev

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

7. Sir Michael ODwyer was shot dead on 13th 11. Who joined Subhas Chandra Bose to found March 1940 in London by: All India Forward Bloc and actively associated with the INA movement? (a) Madal Lal Dhingra (a) Jai Prakash Narayan (b) M.P.T.Acharya (b) Baikunth Shukla (c) V.D.Savarkar (c) Sheel Bhadra Yajee (d) Udham Singh (d) Ram Narain Prasad (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

8. Who was the Prime Minister of England when 12. Who is regarded as The Mother of Indian Rev- the Montague-Chelmsford Act was passed in olution? 1919? (a) Mrs.Annie Besant

(a) Lloyd George (b) Snehlata Wadekar (c) Sarojini Naidu (b) George Hamilton (d) Madam Bhikhaji Rustam Cama (c) Sir Samuel Hoare (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Lord Salisbury above

(e) None of the above/More than one of the 13. Which journal was not associated with the rev- above olutionary activities?

9. Who left Patna College with just 20 days re- (a) Sandhya maining for his examination during the Non- 8756987953(b) Yugantar Cooperation Movement? (c) Ghadr (a) Rajendra Prasad (d) Young India

(b) Braj Kishore 14. First Indian elected to the British House of (c) Jai Prakash Naryana Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who con- tested on the ticket of ; (d) Sri Krishna Sinha (a) Liberal Party (e) None of the above/Morehttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in than one of the above (b) Labour Party (c) Conservative Party 10. Who became champion of socialism and (d) Communist Party wanted to overthrow of British rule, Princely (e) None of the above/More than one of the states, Landlordism and Capitalism in 1933? above (a) Rajendra Prasad 15. Swaraj Party was formed following the failure (b) Jawaharlal Nehru of:

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(c) Rowlatt Bill Satyagraha 20. Who organised the Khudai Khidmatgar in (d) Champaran Satyagraha 1929? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Abdul Gaffar Khan above (b) Ali Brothers

16. The Chittagong Armoury Raid had been (c) Ansari Brothers planned by: (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Surya Sen above (b) Chandan Dutta 21. A, B, C, Invested 20 lac rupees in a business (c) Vidhan Ghosh in the ratio 7 : 2 : 1. The total profit is 20net (d) Jatin Das profit is what percent of B’s net profit. (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) 118.8 above (b) 180.0 17. The Cabinet Mission came to India in: (c) 306.25 (a) February 1942 (d) 304.5 (b) March 1942 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) April 1942 (d) May 1942 22. If SURGICAL STRIKE is coded as 13979313- 129925, then METROTRAIN is coded as (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) 15295-29195 (b) 45296-29195 18. A leader of Bihar who left his lucrative practice during NonCooperation Movement was: 8756987953(c) 45295-29194 (d) 15296-29195 (a) Jai Prakash Narayan (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Rajendra Prasad above (c) Sahajanand Saraswati 23. x is a consecutive whole number and the first (d) Raj Kumar Shukla four values of expression x3 + 3y -3 are 7, 20, (e) None of the above/More than one of the 45, 88, then the fifth value is above https://www.developindiagroup.co.in (a) 137 19. The precursor of Indian National Congress (b) 155 was: (c) 158 (a) British Indian Association (d) 143 (b) Indian Association (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) The Indian National Union (d) Indian League 24. In the series of numbers and alphabets A26H, C24F, G20B, the next term is (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) M13D

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(b) O11C (b) 218 (c) M12B (c) 229 (d) M14E (d) 228 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

25. The dearness-allowance of a person with basic 29. In the following pie-chart, the various expen- salary Rs.7700 is increased to 132to 22 ditures of an industry are presented. Total expenditure on raw material is Rs.30 lac. If (a) Rs.74.00 labour expenditure is increased by 5expenses (b) Rs.77.00 be reduced to maintain the proﬁt?

(c) Rs.385.00 (a) 5.9 (d) Rs.369.00 (b) 12.86 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) 6.43 above (d) 6.21 26. Inspect the following figure and find the re- (e) None of the above/More than one of the gion which represents the government em- above ployee who live in own house and compulsorily 30. In the bottom of a water tank, there are two graduate. drains A and B. If only A is open, it takes 30 (a) EGHD minutes to empty a full tank and if only B is open, it takes 20 minutes. If for 10 minutes (b) BED both drains are open, then B is closed, how (c) BHG much time it takes to empty a full tank? (d) HGI 8756987953(a) 18 minutes (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 15 minutes above (c) 17 minutes 27. If sign +, represents multiplication, x addition, (d) 20 minutes division, difference ¿ equal and = represents (e) None of the above/More than one of the greater than, then which of the following rela- above tion is true? 31. Which of the following pairs is not correctly (a) 12 2 + 3 8 x 1https://www.developindiagroup.co.in ¿ 12 matched? (b) 11 x 2 4 2 + 1 = 11 (a) Vitamin B1 Oranges (c)7 2x5 5+2=7 (b) Vitamin D Cod-liver oil (d)5x6 3 3+1¿4 (c) Vitamin E Wheat germ oil (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Vitamin K Alfalfa above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 28. How many times the digit 9 occurs in the num- above bers from 100 to 999. 32. Teflon is a polymer of which of the following (a) 280 monomers?

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(a) Tetraﬂuoroethylene (d) Melamine and formaldehyde (b) Vinyl chloride (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) Chloroprene (d) Acetylene dichloride 37. Which one of the following is an antibiotic drug? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Quinine

33. Which of the following is responsible for con- (b) Sulphaguanidine trolling hereditary characters of the living (c) Chloramphenicol cells? (d) Aspirin

(a) Enzyme (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) Hormone 38. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (c) RNA Ans using the codes given below the lists: (d) DNA List- List- (e) None of the above/More than one of the I[Applications] II[Substances] above Aspartame Synthetic rubber Freon Anti-histamine 34. Which of the following vitamins is known as Neoprene Artiﬁcial Sweet- ergocalciferol? ener (a) Vitamin D2 Benadryl Refrigerant (b) Vitamin D3 (a) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2 (c) Vitamin B12 (b) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 (d) Vitamin B6 8756987953(c) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4 above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 35. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 39. Insulin is

(a) Retinol Xerophthalmia (a) Fat (b) Vitamin (b) Tocopherol Beriberihttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in (c) Carbohydrate (c) Cyanocobalamin Anaemia (d) Protein (d) Ergocalciferol Rickets (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 40. The gas used in the manufacture of Vanaspati 36. Bakelite is formed by the condensation of Ghee from Vanaspati Oil is

(a) Urea and formaldehyde (a) Hydrogen (b) Phenol and formaldehyde (b) Oxygen (c) Phenol and acetaldehyde (c) Nitrogen

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(d) Carbon dioxide (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 45. In human body, Vitamin A is stored in

41. LPG used as domestic fuel chieﬂy contains (a) Liver (b) Skin (a) Methane (c) Lung (b) Propane (d) Kidney (c) Ethylene (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Butane above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 46. Which of the following vitamins is used as an above antidote to anticoagulant poisons?

42. Soap removes grease by (a) Vitamin A (a) Coagulation (b) Vitamin D (b) Adsorption (c) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin K (c) Emulsiﬁcation (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Osmosis above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 47. Iodised salt contains (a) Free iodine 43. Which of the following hormones play a role in release of milk from mammary glands? (b) Calcium iodide (c) Magnesium iodide (a) Adrenaline 8756987953(d) Potassium iodide (b) Thyroxine (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Progesterone above

(d) Oxytocin 48. When sulfur dioxide is released into the air it (e) None of the above/More than one of the reacts with water and oxygen to form sulfuric above acid, H2SO4. Sulfuric acid is a strong acid. Which of the following is present in maximum 44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct https://www.developindiagroup.co.inin acid rain? Ans using the codes given below the lists: List- I a) Skin Cancer b) Noise Pollution c) Global (a) HCl warming d) Ozone Hole List-II 1. Chloroﬂu- (b) H2NO3 orocarbons 2. Ultraviolet light 3. Decibel 4. (c) H2SO4 Carbon dioxide (d) H2CO3 (a) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1 above (c) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4 49. God Particle is (d) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 (a) Neutrino

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(b) Higgs Boson (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Meson above (d) Positron 54. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change deals with (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Reduction in fossil fuel usage

50. Which of the following radio isotopes is used (b) SO2 emissions mitigation in the treatment of blood cancer [leukemia]? (c) reduction in Uranium production (d) Greenhouse gases emissions mitigation (a) Iodine 131 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Sodium-24 above (c) Phosphorus-32 55. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by (d) Cobalt-60 (a) Alice Munro (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (b) Svetlana Alexievich (c) Bob Dylan 51. The elected US President Donald Trump was (d) Angus Deaton the Presidential Nominee of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Democratic Party above

(b) Republican Party 56. Which country has the largest reserves of oil? (c) Libertarian Party (a) United States (d) Green Party (b) China (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Russia above 8756987953(d) Venezuela 52. The Iran-Pakistan Gas pipeline is also called (e) None of the above/More than one of the as above

(a) Friendship pipeline 57. Who is the new Secretary General of the (b) Future pipeline United Nations? (c) Peace pipeline (a) Matthew Rycroft (d) Unity pipeline https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(b) Anibal Cavaco Silva (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Antonio Guterres above (d) Vitaly Churkin (e) None of the above/More than one of the 53. What is the Indias rank in the 2016 Sustain- above able Development Goal Index? 58. Which of the following countries has recently (a) 110th joined the Hague Code of Conduct [HCOC] , (b) 88th a global initiative to prevent ballistic missile (c) 63rd proliferation? (d) 129th (a) Palestine

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(b) Israel (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) India above (d) Iran 63. Indias ﬁrst textile university will be set up in which of the following states ? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Madhya Pradesh

59. Which State has been declared Indias first (b) Bihar Open Defecation Free State? (c) Gujarat (d) Odisha (a) Bihar (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Assam above (c) Himachal Pradesh 64. What is the fiscal deficit target of India for the (d) Sikkim financial year 2016-17? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) 3.9 above (b) 3.5 60. Which of the following is the newest member (c) 4.9 of the Eurozone? (d) 4.5 (a) Lithuania (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Croatia above (c) Bulgaria 65. The 2016 joint military exercise Maitree has (d) Cyprus been conducted between India and which of the following countries? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 8756987953(a) Indonesia (b) Thailand 61. The head of state of the United Kingdom is (c) Malaysia (a) Queen Elizabeth I (d) Maldives (b) Queen Elizabeth II (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Queen Elizabeth III above

(d) Queen Elizabethhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in IV 66. The nation-wise breastfeeding programme (e) None of the above/More than one of the MAA has been launched by which Union Min- above istry?

62. Indias ﬁrst and Asias longest cycle highway (a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been opened in which State of India? (b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Ministry of Women and Child Develop- (a) Uttar Pradesh ment (b) Andhra Pradesh (d) Ministry of AYUSH (c) Bihar (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Assam above

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67. Which of the following is a bond through 71. Indias ﬁrst Laser Interferometer Gravitational- which Indian entities can raise money from Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set foreign markets in rupees, and not in foreign up in which State? currency? (a) Uttar Pradesh (a) Corporate Bonds (b) Maharashtra (b) Masala Bonds (c) Andhra Pradesh (c) Municipal Bonds (d) Bihar (d) Zero-coupon Bonds (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 72. In Rio Olympics 2016 which country ﬁnished at the top of the table with gold medals? 68. Which train safety system has recently been launched by the Indian Railways to avoid train (a) United States accidents? (b) China

(a) Tri-Safety (c) Great Britain (d) Russia (b) Tri-Netra (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Tri-Network above (d) Tri-Veil 73. The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Argentina (b) Germany 69. Which committee has been constituted by the (c) Qatar Government of India to boost cashless trans- action? 8756987953(d) Russia (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Nachiket More Committee above (b) Shanta Kumar Committee 74. As per Census 2011, what is the rank of Bihar (c) H.R.Khan Committee State in terms of population in the country? (d) Neeraj Kumar Gupta Committee (a)I (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b)II above https://www.developindiagroup.co.in (c) III 70. .Which country has won the 2016 Davis Cup (d)IV Tennis Tournament? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Argentina above (b) Switzerland 75. Which country has won the 2016 Kabaddi (c) Serbia World Cup? (d) Croatia (a) Srilanka (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Iran above (c) India

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(d) China 80. .What was the theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics (e) None of the above/More than one of the ? above (a) Peace for inner soul 76. Which countrys women Badminton team has (b) World peace and Environment won the 2016 Uber Cup Tournament? (c) Nothing can be achieved without peace

(a) Thailand (d) Live sports , live freedom (b) India (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (c) South Korea (d) China 81. Which among the following Harappan site ter- racotta of plough was found? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Dholavira

77. Who has been conferred with the 2015 gyan- (b) Banawali pith Award? (c) Kalibangan (d) Lothal (a) Pannalal Patel (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Umashankar Joshi above (c) Raghuveer Chaudhari 82. Kalingas King Kharvel was associated with: (d) Rama Jain (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Mahameghvahana dynasty above (b) Chedi dynasty

78. The book Six Machine: I Dont Like Cricket . (c) Satvahana dynasty (d) Rath-Bhojak dynasty I Love It is the autobiography of which crick- 8756987953 eter? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Yuvraj Singh (b) Chris Gayle 83. Chinese traveler Sungyun was came to India in: (c) Virendra Sehwag (d) AB de Villiers (a) 515 D to 520 AD (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 525 AD to 529AD above https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(c) 545AD to 552 AD

79. Who is the ﬁrst Indian to win two Paralympic (d) 592 AD to 597AD Gold Medals? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Devendra Jhajharia 84. Which type of land was called Aprahat? (b) Deepa Malik (c) Mariyappan Thangavelu (a) Without cultivated forest land (d) Varun Singh Bhati (b) Irrigated land (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Dense forest land above (d) Cultivated land

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Akbar above (b) Jehangir 85. Which among the following state Odantipur (c) Shahjahan Education Centre was situated? (d) Aurangzeb (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Bengal above (b) Bihar 90. Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Congress was founded in (c) Gujarat : (d) TamilNadu (a) 1936 AD (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 1939 AD above (c) 1942 AD 86. Diwan-E-Arj department was associated with (d) 1945 AD : (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Royal Correspondence above

(b) Foreign 91. Which among the following year Santhal revolt (c) defence was occurred?

(d) ﬁnance (a) 1831 32 AD (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 1844 46 AD above (c) 1851 52 AD 87. Who was the founder of Bahamani Kingdom? (d) 1855 56 AD (e) None of the above (a) Alauddin Hasan (b) Feroz Shah 92.8756987953 Which among the following year Surendra Nath Banerjee was eliminated from Indian (c) Mahmud Gaonwa Civil Services? (d) Asaf Khan (a) 1874 AD (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 1877 AD above (c) 1885 AD 88. Which among the following Kings reign Per- (d) 1892 AD sian traveller Abdurrajjakhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in came to India? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Dev Rai I above

(b) Krishna Dev Rai I 93. Who is known as father of Dyarchy? (c) Dev Rai II (a) Lord Clive (d) Krishna Rai II (b) Hector Munaro (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Lord Macaulay above (d) Sir Leonil Cartis 89. Jaswant and Dasawan famous painters were (e) None of the above/More than one of the courtier of Mughal emperor: above

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94. Which among the following viceroy period the (d) Haribrahmadeva title of Rai Bahadur and Khan Bahadur were (e) None of the above/More than one of the began to conferred to Indian? above

(a) Lord Ripon 99. .The author of Udwant Prakash is

(b) Lord Lytton (a) Mauli Kavi (c) Lord Meyo (b) Bodhraj (d) Lord Dufferin (c) Paramala (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Vidyapati above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 95. .Who was the founder of Karnata dynasty? 100. Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by : (a) Nanyadev (a) Bakhtiyar Khalji (b) Narsimhadev (b) Qutubddin Aibak (c) Vijaydev (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (d) Haridev (d) Alauddin Khalji (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

96. Who was the ﬁrst Muslim Conqueror of Bihar? 101. The Great Victorian Desert is located at

(a) Malik Ibrahim (a) Australia (b) India (b) Iltumish (c) Egypt (c) Bakhtiyar Khalji 8756987953(d) North Africa (d) Ali Mardan Khalji (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 102. Which of the following activities is performed 97. Who was the last King of Karnata dynasty? at Coolgardi?

(a) Harisimha (a) Coal mining (b) Ramsimha https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(b) Copper mining (c) Matisimha (c) Gold mining (d) Forestry (d) Shyamsimha (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 103. What is Particulate matter ? 98. The author of Rajaniti Ratnakara is (a) Solid residue (a) Chandesvara (b) Air pollutant (b) Vidyapati (c) Water pollutant (c) Jyotiresvara (d) Soil pollutant

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) North-Eastern India above (d) North India

104. What is the name of mid latitude grass land in (e) None of the above/More than one of the South America? above 108. At which of the following hills the Eastern (a) Prairie Ghats join the Western Ghats ? (b) Pampas (a) Palani Hills (c) Veld (b) Anaimudi Hills (d) Steppes (c) Nilgiri Hills (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Shervoroy Hills above (e) None of the above/More than one of the 105. Match the following places with industries and above select the correct Ans using the code given be- 109. At which of the following places the Copper In- low : Place Industry dustry is located? 1. Bengaluru i. Iron Steel (a) Tarapur 2. Korba ii. Copper (b) Titagarh 3. Jamhedpur iii. Aircraft (c) Ranchi 4. Malajkhand iv. Aluminium (d) Khetri (a) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 above

(c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 110. What is the Golden Quadrilateral ? (d) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 8756987953(a) Rail lines joining metros (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Major Air Routes above (c) National Highway Project 106. Which of the following seas has the highest av- (d) Gold Trade Routes erage salinity? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Black Sea (b) Yellow Sea https://www.developindiagroup.co.in111. Which of the following Iron ores is mined at Bailadila? (c) Mediterranean Sea (a) Haematite (d) Dead Sea (b) Siderite (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Limonite above (d) Magnetite 107. The Dravadian races are mainly conﬁned at (e) None of the above/More than one of the which of the following parts of India? above

(a) South India 112. The only state which produces saffron in India (b) North-Western India is

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(a) Himachal Pradesh (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Assam above (c) Jammu Kashmir 117. Which of the following is a silk textile produc- (d) Meghalaya ing centre in Bihar?

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Motipur above (b) Bajari 113. At which of the following towns the Alaknanda (c) Bhagalpur and the Bhagirathi combines to form River (d) Dalmianagar Ganga? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Haridwar above (b) Rishikesh 118. At which of the following places Bharat Wagon (c) Rudraprayag and Engineering Co.Ltd. is situated? (d) Devprayag (a) Madhepura 114. Which of the landforms occupy the North- (b) Jamalpur Western parts of Bihar State? (c) Harnat (a) Someshwar Hilly Range (d) Mokama (b) Kaimur Plateau (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Nawada Hilly Region above (d) Rajgir Hilly Region 119. Which of the following National Highways con- (e) None of the above/More than one of the nect Chhapara and Gopalganj? above 8756987953 115. River Tel is a tributary of which of the follow- (a) National Highway No.77 ing rivers ? (b) National Highway No.84

(a) Bagmati (c) National Highway No.85 (b) Ghaghara (d) National Highway No.80 (c) Gandak (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (d) Kamla https://www.developindiagroup.co.in (e) None of the above/More than one of the 120. Which of the following districts record highest above growth of population during 2001-11?

116. Which of the following canal systems irrigate (a) Kishanganj areas of Bihar? (b) Araria (a) Upper Ganga Canal (c) Madhepura (b) Triveni Canal (d) Khagdia (c) Sharda Canal (e) None of the above/More than one of the (d) Eastern Yamuna Canal above

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121. Which of the following is/are listed among the 125. The Supreme Court has held that hoisting the Directive Principles in Part-IV of the Constitu- National Flag a top the private buildings is a tion of India? I. Equal Pay for Equal Work II. fundamental right o every citizen under : Uniform Civil Code III. Small family norm IV. (a) Article 14 of the Constitution Education through mother tongue at primary level (b) Article 19 (1) (A) of the Constitution (c) Article 21 of the Constitution (a) I, II and III (b) I and II (d) Article 25 of the Constitution (c) II and III (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (d) I, II and IV (e) None of the above/More than one of the 126. Choose the fundamental rights available to In- above dian Citizen but not to aliens : I. Freedom of Speech and Expression II. Equality Before the 122. Vote on Account is meant for Law III. Eight of Minorities IV. Protection of (a) Vote on the report of CAG Life and Liberty (b) To meet unforeseen expenditure (a) I and III (c) Appropriating funds pending passing of (b) I and IV budget (c) II and IV (d) Budget (d) II and III (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above above 127. A Panchayat Samiti at the block level in India 123. Constitution Day of India is celebrated on is only a/an (a) 26th October 8756987953 (a) Advisory Body (b) 26th November (b) Consultative Committee (c) 26th January (c) Co-ordinating and Supervisory Authority (d) 15th August (d) Administrative Authority (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (e) None of the above/More than one of the above 124. Which ofﬁcer of thehttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in Government of India has the right to take part in the proceedings of Par- 128. A seat of M.P. can be declared vacant if he ab- liament of India even though he is not a mem- sents himself from the house for a continuous ber? period of

(a) Vice-President (a) Six months (b) Attorney General of India (b) Two months (c) Comptroller and Auditor General (c) Three months (d) Election Commissioner (d) One year (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

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129. Match the following : List I I. Union List II. (a) World Trade Organisation State list III. Concurrent list List II a. 97 en- (b) World Bank Group tries b. 47 entries c. 66 entries (c) United Nations (a) I- a, II-b, III-c (d) European Nations (b) I-a, II-c, III-b (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) I-c, II-a, III-b above (d) I-c, II-b, III-a 134. Which one of the following measures is not likely to aid in improving India‘s Balance of (e) None of the above/More than one of the Payment position ? above (a) Promotion of Import Substitution Policy 130. Creation of a new state requires a majority for Constitutional Amendment. (b) Devaluation of rupee (c) Imposition of higher tariff on imports (a) Simple (d) Levying of higher duties on exports (b) Two-third (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Three-fourth above (d) Two-third plus ratification by half of all 135. Service tax was introduced in India on the rec- states ommendation of : (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Kelkar Committee above (b) Raja J. Challiah Committee 131. The expression Socialist was introduced in (c) Manmohan Singh Committee the Preamble of Indian Constitution by which amendment ? (d) Yashwant Sinha Committee 8756987953(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) 42nd amendment above (b) 44th Amendment 136. As per Census 2011, which state has the low- (c) 46th Amendment 74th Amendment est sex-ratio ? (d) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Punjab above (b) Haryana 132. President of India exercises his powers https://www.developindiagroup.co.in(c) Uttar Pradesh (a) either directly or through officers subor- (d) Bihar dinate to him (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) through Ministers above (c) through Prime Minister 137. The economist who for the first time scientifi- (d) through Cabinet cally determined National Income in India : (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) D.R. Gadgil above (b) V.K.R.V. Rao

133. The Ease of Doing Business Index is prepared (c) Manmohan Singh and published by (d) Y.V.Alagh

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Maharashtra above (c) Gujarat 138. The percentage of decadal growth of popula- (d) West-Bengal tion during 2001-2011 as per Census 2011 is (e) None of the above/More than one of the : above

(a) 21.54 143. Which district in Bihar is poorest according to (b) 17.64 per capita income criteria ? (c) 15.89 (a) Begusarai (d) 19.21 (b) Madhepura (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Supaul above (d) Sheohar

139. Which of the following is not a cash crop ? (e) None of the above/More than one of the above (a) Jute 144. Which of the following Tax is levied by Union (b) Groundnut and collected and appropriated by States ? (c) Jowar (a) Stamp duties (d) Sugarcane (b) Passenger & Goods Tax (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Estate Duty above (d) Taxes on Newspapers 140. First Five Year Plan of India was based on the (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Harrod Domar Model above (b) Mahalanobis Model 145.8756987953 Bank rate means (c) Dadabhai Naroji Model (a) Interest rate charged by moneylenders (d) J.L. Nehru Model (b) Interest rate charged by Scheduled Banks (e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Rate of proﬁt of banking institution above (d) Ofﬁcial rate of interest charged by Central 141. Black revolution is related to the Bank (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Fish Productionhttps://www.developindiagroup.co.in above (b) Coal production 146. In Bihar, which sector recorded highest (c) Crude oil production growth during 2005-06 to 2014-15 ? (d) Mustard production (a) Agriculture (e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Banking above (c) Registered Manufacturing 142. Which Indian state has the largest number of (d) Transport Cotton Textiles Mills ? (e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Madhya Pradesh above

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147. SUPUR project in Bihar relates to : 149. Per capita energy consumption in the state of Bihar is : (a) Health (a) 20 kWh (b) Poverty (b) 187 kWh (c) Banking (c) 161 kWh (d) Municipal Finances (d) 145 kWh (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above 148. Total length of National Highways in Bihar is : 150. JEEVIKA is an initiative of Bihar Govt for :

(a) 3410 kms (a) Employment Generation (b) 3587 kms (b) Financial Inclusion (c) 4595 kms (c) Poverty Attenuation (d) 4707 kms (d) Public Distribution (e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the above above

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