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1. Fill in the blank with the correct word: [A] Put off It is mainly due to Peter's lethargy that the plan [B] Put up with fell_____. [C] Put down [A] Off [D] Put across [B] Through Correct Answer: [B] put up with [C] In [D] Out 8. Fill in with appropriate prepositions. Correct Answer: [B] Through I have been ill ______Monday last. [A] Since 2. Select the pair in the following options which is set [B] From in opposition [C] On [A] Liquid - Solid [D] Of [B] Enough - Adequate Correct Answer: [A] Since [C] Entice - Lure [D] Excess - Surplus 9. Select the word which is the exact opposite of the Correct Answer: [A] Liquid - Solid given words. Commissioned 3. The word 'Pride' is also used to describe a group of [A] Started [A] Tigers [B] Closed [B] Elephants [C] Finished [C] Lions [D] Terminated [D] Hyenas Correct Answer: [D] Terminated Correct Answer: [C] Lions 10. Select the word which is the exact opposite of the 4. Select the word similar in meaning to the word given words. given. Revealed Surreptitious [A] Denied [A] Hesitation [B] Concealed [B] Secret [C] Ignored [C] Impious [D] Overlooked [D] Artless Correct Answer: [B] Concealed Correct Answer: [B] Secret 11. Select the word which is the exact opposite of the 5. The synonym of the word “anxiety” is? given words. [A] Interest Zenith [B] Eagerness [A] Acme [C] Uneasiness [B] Top [D] Grief [C] Nadir Correct Answer: [C] Uneasiness [D] Pinnacle Correct Answer: [C] Nadir 6. Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. 12. Select the word which best expresses the meaning At one's wits end of the given word. [A] A man of ability Error [B] At the last moment [A] Misadventure [C] To get puzzled [B] Misgiving [D] Undecided controversy [C] Ambiguity Correct Answer: [C] To get puzzled [D] Blunder Correct Answer: [D] Blunder 7. Fill in the blank with correct phrasal verb from the options provided below: 13. Select the word which best expresses the meaning The boss simply could not _____ his inefficiency any of the given word. more. Ken www.examprostuti.com

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WBCS 2019 PRELIMS PREMIUM TEST SERIES MOCK TEST – VIII [ID 251218] SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

[A] Ignorance Correct Answer: [B] Profound [B] Witness [C] Trial 20. Select the alternative which is the best substitute [D] Knowledge of the phrase. Correct Answer: [D] Knowledge Man behaving more likes a woman than as a man [A] Biped 14. His kin were not melted and unstrung. Choose the [B] Effeminate phrase nearest in meaning. [C] Gregarious [A] Pathetic and Lonely [D] Inalienable [B] Sad and Temperamental Correct Answer: [B] Effeminate [C] Tearful and highly emotional [D] Sorrowful and sad 21. Select the alternative which best expresses the Correct Answer: [C] Tearful and highly emotional meaning of the idiom/phrase. Barking up the wrong tree 15. Select the alternative which is the best substitute [A] Scolding the one who is innocent. of the phrase. [B] Expecting a favour from a heartless person. Words written on the tomb of a person [C] Looking in the wrong place. [A] Epigram [D] Requesting but in an arrogant manner. [B] Epitome Correct Answer: [C] Looking in the wrong place. [C] Epicure [D] Epitaph 22. Select the pair which is synonymous. Correct Answer: [D] Epitaph [A] Impolitic - Unwise [B] Operation - Inaction 16. 'Aural' means [C] Deserve - Forfeit [A] Relating to the ear [D] Partial - Total [B] Relating to the eye Correct Answer: [A] Impolitic - Unwise [C] Relating to the air [D] Relating to the water 23. A manicurist take care of Correct Answer: [A] Relating to the ear [A] Foot [B] Ear 17. Select the one which best expresses the same [C] Nails sentence in Passive/Active voice. [D] Mind I will write an essay. Correct Answer: [C] Nails [A] An essay will have been written by me. [B] An essay will be written by me. 24. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition : [C] An essay has been written by me. There is an exception______every rule [D] An essay had been written by me [A] To Correct Answer: [B] An essay will be written by me. [B] For [C] In 18. Fill in the blank with the correct word: [D] Up I settled ______Canada last year. Correct Answer: [A] To [A] At [B] In 25. Select the alternative which is the best substitute [C] Off of the words/sentence. [D] On A person highly skilled in music Correct Answer: [B] In [A] Virtuoso [B] Amateur 19. Fill in the blank with the correct word: [C] Novice I have _____ respect for his achievement. [D] Dabbler [A] Abundant Correct Answer: [A] Virtuoso [B] Profound [C] Strong 26. Sun rises the earliest in which of these [D] Unique states/UTs/regions of ? www.examprostuti.com

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[A] Dong, Arunachal Pradesh 33. There are five girls - R, S, T, P and Q sitting in a row [B] Andaman and Nicobar Islands facing north. T is sitting exactly in the middle of the [C] Kavaratti Islands row. Q is sitting to the immediate right and immediate [D] Blue mountain, Mizoram left of P and T respectively. S is not sitting at the Correct answer: [A] Dong, Arunachal Pradesh extreme end. Who is sitting third to the left of R? [A] P 27. World Population Day is observed on [B] Q [A] 11 July [C] S [B] 5 June [D] T [C] 8 May Correct Answer: [B] Q [D] 16 October Correct Answer: [A] 11 July 34. The simple interest on a certain sum for 2 yr is Rs 120 and compound interest is Rs 129. Find the rate of 28. According to 2011 census, which of the following interest. states has the largest rural population? [A] 10% [A] Madhya Pradesh [B] 12 % [B] Maharashtra [C] 12.5% [C] Punjab [D] 15% [D] Uttar Pradesh Correct Answer: [D] 15% Correct Answer: [D] Uttar Pradesh 35. Four numbers are in the ratio of 10:12:15:18. If 29. Which of the following is an example of a non their HCF is 3, then find their LCM. cellulosic fibre? [A] 420 [A] Rayon [B] 540 [B] Jute [C] 620 [C] Liner [D] 680 [D] Nylon Correct Answer: [B] 540 Correct Answer: [D] Nylon 36. Which of the following is the richest source of 30. A particle having at least one dimension less than Vitamin C? 10-7 metre, is known as [A] Orange [A] Micro particle [B] Apple [B] Nano particle [C] Carrot [C] Macro particle [D] Amla [D] Milli particle Correct Answer: [A] Orange Correct Answer: [B] Nano particle 37. Diseases which are water borne are 31. Southern India is mostly a Deccan Plateau, which [A] Typhoid and Cholera is separated from northern plain by the______[B] Polio and Diphtheria [A] Himalayan mountains [C] Malaria and Polio [B] Vindhya mountains [D] Measles and small pox [C] Satpura hills Correct Answer: [A] Typhoid and Cholera [D] Mount Everest Correct Answer: [B] Vindhya mountains 38. Who was the founder of the secret society Abhinav Bharat? 32. Methane is emitted from which of the following [A] Naren Bhattacharji [A] Paddy fields only [B] Jatin Mukherji [B] Termitary only [C] Ganesh Savarker [C] Both from [A] and [B] [D] Damodar Chapekar [D] None of the above Correct Answer: [C] Ganesh Savarker Correct Answer: [C] Both from [A] and [B] 39. ' Mixed Economy' was envisaged for the first time in the: www.examprostuti.com

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[A] Preamble of the 1950 Constitution Correct Answer: [C] Middle Himalayas [B] First Five Year Plan [C] Bombay Plan 46. Laterite Soil (which is red in colour) is mainly [D] The Industrial policy of 1948 found in which of the Indian states: Correct Answer: [C] Bombay Plan [A] Himachal Pradesh [B] Orissa 40. When and where was the All-India Kisan Sabha [C] Punjab formed ? [D] Assam [A] 1935, Bombay Correct Answer: [B] Orissa [B] 1942, Kanpur [C] 1938, Calcutta 47. The largest continuous mangrove forest in the [D] 1936, Lucknow world is found in Correct Answer: [D] 1936, Lucknow [A] Eastern coast of USA [B] Western coast of Africa 41. As per Article 262 of Indian Constitution, disputes [C] Eastern coast of India relating to waters shall be solved by [D] Western cost of India [A] President Correct Answer: [C] Eastern coast of India [B] Supreme Court [C] States involved in dispute 48. Peninsula is [D] Parliament [A] A land surrounded by water from all the sides Correct Answer: [D] Parliament [B] A water body surrounded by land from three sides [C] A land surrounded by water from three sides 42. Which important Human Right is protected in [D] A gulf connected to large water body Article 21 of our Constitution? Correct Answer: [C] A land surrounded by water from [A] Right to Life and Liberty three sides [B] Right to Equality [C] Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression 49. Coffee contains [D] Right to Freedom of Religion [A] Coffin Correct Answer: [A] Right to Life and Liberty [B] Caffein [C] Theine 43. The three-fold enumerations, viz., federal, [D] Theobromine provincial and concurrent division of subject in the Correct Answer: [B] Caffein present Constitution follows from the scheme of the [A] Councils Act, 1891 50. Roots are poorly developed in [B] Act of 1919 [A] Saprophytes [C] Government of India Act 1935 [B] Hydrophytes [D] Act of 1909 [C] Xerophytes Correct Answer: [C] Government of India Act 1935 [D] Epiphytes Correct Answer: [B] Hydrophytes 44. The country that has the most number of time zones is 51. The Constitution provides for specific grants for [A] Russia promoting the welfare of the scheduled tribes in a [B] China state or for raising the level of administration of the [C] France scheduled areas in a state including the state of [D] USA Assam under which of the following grants? Correct Answer: [C] France [A] Statutory grant [B] Discretionary grant 45. Hills stations Darjeeling is located in which of the [C] Contingency grant following ranges of Himalayas? [D] Credit grant [A] Greater Himalayas Correct Answer: [A] Statutory grant [B] Shiwalik Himalayas [C] Middle Himalayas 52. Which state produces maximum rice in the [D] Himadri Himalayas country? www.examprostuti.com

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WBCS 2019 PRELIMS PREMIUM TEST SERIES MOCK TEST – VIII [ID 251218] SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

[A] West Bengal [B] Uttar Pradesh 59. Concerning Indian history, who among the [C] Madhya Pradesh following represents one of the past Buddhas or [D] Maharashtra Manushi Buddha? Correct Answer: [A] West Bengal [A] Shakyamuni [B] Rishabhdeva 53. Index 'Residex' is associated with- [C] Maitreya [A] Share Price [D] Dipankara [B] Mutual Fund Price Correct Answer: [D] Dipankara [C] Price Inflation Index [D] Land Price 60. Which country is India's Largest Trade partner? Correct Answer: [D] Land Price [A] UAE [B] USA 54. Which rural sector is not included in 'Bharat [C] China Nirman Yojana'? [D] Mauritius [A] Irrigation Correct Answer: [C] China [B] Water supply [C] Education 61. Who is the author of the book 'In Maharana [D] Telephone Pratap: The Invincible Warrior'? Correct Answer: [C] Education [A] Historian [B] Historian Rima Hooja 55. A shopkeeper marked 50% more price than cost [C] Historian Irfan Habib price of the article. If he allows 30% discount to his [D] Historian customers, then his profit per cent is Correct Answer: [B] Historian Rima Hooja [A] 20% [B] 15% 62. The author of Kitab - ul -Hind is [C] 10% [A] Babur [D] 5% [B] Al- Biruni Correct Answer: [D] 5% [C] Abul Fazl [D] Abdul Razzaq 56. 4 men or 6 women or 10 children can paint a Correct Answer: [B] Al- Biruni house in 5 days. The painting is given to a couple and Explanation: Al Biruni is the author of the book their 5 sons. They finish the job in Kitab-ul-Hind. [A] 11/60 days Do you know? [B] 60/11 days Mahmudof Ghazni was interested in finding out more [C] 61/11 days about the people he conquered, and entrusted a [D] 56/5 days scholar named Al-Baruni to write an account of Indian Correct Answer: [B] 60/11 days subcontinent. And so Al-Baruni wrote Kitab-ul Hind.

57. Sum of first 15 multiple of 21 is 63. The Harappans procured materials for craft [A] 2025 production from various places. Match the material [B] 2520 and the place from which they were sourced: [C] 1250 1.Lapis Lazuli a.Southern Aravali, North [D] 1775 Correct Answer: [B] 2520 2.Carnelian b.Khetri, Rajasthan 3.Steatite c.Shortughai, Afghanistan 58. Durgapur Steel Plant was constructed with the 4. Metal d.Bharuch, Gujarat assistance given by [A] 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d [A] Britain [B] 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b [B] USA [C] 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c [C] France [D] 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b [D] Germany Correct Answer: [B] 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b Correct Answer: [A] Britain www.examprostuti.com

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70. What is the base year of consumer price index in 64. With reference to the Vedic text, the term india? ‘Satamana’ refers to: [A] 2004 [A] A Group of Ministers [B] 2012 [B] Coins [C] 2015 [C] An Assembly of village elders [D] 2017 [D] Weapons Correct Answer: [B] 2012 Correct Answer: [B] Coins 71. Several localised rebellions had occurred before 65. Ulatbansi is a language of poetry. Poems written in the Revolt of 1857. Which of the following is the it follow a style in which everyday meanings are correct ascending chronological order of the events? inverted. Ulatbansi is a distinct contribution of which 1.Santhal Rebellion Bhakti poet? 2.Kol Uprising [A] Surdas 3.Barrackpore Mutiny [B] Mirabai 4.Vellore Mutiny [C] Kabir [A] 3-4-2-1 [D] Tukaram [B] 2-4-3-1 Correct Answer: [C] Kabir [C] 2-3-1-4 [D] 4-3-2-1 66. The total mass of all the organisms of a given type Correct Answer: [D] 4-3-2-1 and/or in a given area is called [A] Biome 72. Which of the following was given the name [B] Biomass Damin-i-koh? [C] Biomarer [A] Land of Santhals [D] Biosensor [B] Land of Tribals Correct Answer: [B] Biomass [C] Land of Farmers [D] Land of Britishers 67. Which following are the products of glycolysis? Correct Answer: [A] Land of Santhals

[A] CO2 [B] NADH2 73. The phrase ‘Breakwaters in the storm’ in the [C] ATP context of modern Indian history has been used for:

[D] ATP & NADH2 [A] Modern educated Indian intelligentsia Correct Answer: [D] ATP & NADH2 [B] Landlords and Moneylenders [C] Princely States 68. What is the percentage of urban population in [D] The Upper castes and the Conservatives India and West Bengal respectively as per census Correct answer: [C] Princely States 2011? [A] 31.16% and 31.87% 74. In the context of Modern Indian history, the [B] 28.16% and 30.63% famous ‘Younghusband expedition’ is related to which [C] 30.5% and 29.5% of the following incident? [D] 30.27% and 32.87% [A] Indo-Bhutan settlement of 1865 Correct Answer: [A] 31.16% and 31.87% [B] The Second Anglo-Afghan war [C] The British invasion of Tibet 69. Which of the following fixed the four percent [D] Annexation of Assam ‘duars’ inflation target in India with tolerance level of +/-2 Correct Answer: [C] The British invasion of Tibet percent for the period 2016 to 2021? [A] Reserve Bank of India 75. Which of the following statement correctly defines [B] Government of India ‘Under-employment’? [C] NITI Aayog [A] A situation when a group of population is not [D] Fourteen Finance Commission adequately represented in the labour force. Correct Answer: [B] Government of India [B] A situation when workers are underpaid due to slowdown of the economy.

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[C] A situation when labour market is unable to [D] Fundamental Rights provide jobs for everyone who wants one. Correct Answer: [C] Preamble [D] A situation when the marginal productivity of some workers is zero. 82. In which of the following states was the world's Correct Answer: [D] A situation when the marginal first International Centre for Forensics launched? productivity of some workers is zero. [A] Maharashtra [B] West Bengal 76. Regarding the International Monetary Fund, which [C] Tamil Nadu of the following statement is correct? [D] Gujarat [A] It can grant loan to any country. Correct Answer: [D] Gujarat [B] It can grant loan to only developed countries. [C] It grants loans only to member states. 83. Sound waves in air are [D] It can grant loan to the central bank of a country [A] Transverse Correct Answer: [C] It grants loans only to member [B] Longitudinal states. [C] Electromagnetic [D] Polarized 77. In national income calculation, the sum total of Correct Answer: [B] Longitudinal gross value added of all the firms in the economy is known as 84. An object moving with a constant speed on a [A] National Disposable Income horizontal surface will not have: [B] Gross National Product [A] Velocity [C] Gross Domestic Product [B] Momentum [D] National Income [C] Kinetic energy Correct Answer: [C] Gross Domestic Product [D] Acceleration Correct Answer: [D] Acceleration 78. The Global Financial Stability Report is released by: [A] IMF 85. Which of the following district of West Bengal has [B] World Bank the lowest female literacy rate as per 2011 census? [C] UNCTAD [A] North 24 Parganas [D] WTO [B] Malda Correct Answer: [A] IMF [C] Purulia [D] North Dinajpur 79. ' Dialogue', is often seen in the news in the Correct Answer: [C] Purulia context of affairs between India and [A] BRICS 86. Which of the following states of the has the [B] SAARC longest coastline? [C] ASEAN [A] Maharashtra [D] UNEP [B] Andhra Pradesh Correct Answer: [C] ASEAN [C] Kerala [D] Gujarat 80. India's first National Sports University is going to Correct Answer: [D] Gujarat be set up in which of the following state? [A] Punjab 87. The Rajya Sabha can withold its consent in case of [B] Haryana money bills the maximum period of : [C] Karnataka [A] 3 weeks [D] Manipur [B] 6 months Correct Answer: [D] Manipur [C] 10 days [D] 14 days 81. The moral compass for India‟s governance Correct Answer: [D] 14 days structure is provided by the [A] Schedule IX 88. Which of the following institutions is regarded as [B] Fundamental Duties the 'balancing wheel' of fiscal federalism in India? [C] Preamble [A] Comptroller and Auditor General of India www.examprostuti.com

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[B] Estimates Committee Correct Answer: [B] Seven [C] NITI Aayog [D] Finance Commission 95. Correct Answer: [D] Finance Commission Statements: All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves. 89. Which among the following can declare an Conclusions: I. All branch are leaves election void if a disqualified candidate is elected to II. Some leaves are branches the Parliament? III. All flowers are branches [A] High court IV. All leaves are branches. [B] Election Commission of India Give Answer: [C] President [A] Only III ans Iv follow [D] Speaker [B] All follow Correct Answer: [A] High court [C] Only I and II Follow [D] None follows 90. Which of the following book was not written by Correct Answer: [C] Only I and II Follow Amir Khusrau? [A] Nur Sipihr 96. If A, B and C are natural numbers, then the [B] Insha Mashru number of different solutions of the equation [C] Ashiq A+B+C=6 are: [D] Miftah ul Futuh [A] 3 Correct Answer: [B] Insha Mashru [B] 7 [C] 10 91. Who became the first Chief Justice of India when [D] 12 the Supreme Court of India was inaugurated on Correct Answer: [B] 7 January 28, 1950 ? [A] Dilip Bose 97. Two alloys are made by gold and copper in the [B] Hiralal J. Kania ratio of 7:2 and 7:11 respectively. Same quantity of [C] S.P. Mukherji both alloys are mixed and third alloy is made. In this [D] Nandlal Bose third alloy, ratio between gold and copper is Correct Answer: [B] Hiralal J. Kania [A] 7:5 [B] 7:12 92. Who was the secretary of state for India at the [C] 14:13 time of the foundation of ? [D] 2:11 [A] Lord Morely Correct Answer: [A] 7:5 [B] Lord Elgin [C] Lord Cross 98. Eight Schedule not recognizes which following [D] Lord Hamilton languages? Correct Answer: [C] Lord Cross [A] English [B] Sanskrit 93. Which of the following states has recently [C] Kashmiri declared 'queen pineapple' as the state fruit? [D] Santali [A] Meghalaya Correct Answer: [A] English [B] Jammu & Kashmir [C] Maharashtra 99. In which of the following countries did Prime [D] Tripura Minister Modi start 'Ramayana Circuit' on May 11, Correct Answer: [D] Tripura 2018? [A] Sri Lanka 94. India shares its land boundary with how many [B] Nepal sovereign countries? [C] Indonesia [A] Six [D] Myanmar [B] Seven Correct Answer: [B] Nepal [C] Eight [D] Nine www.examprostuti.com

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100. According to Asian Development Bank's report 105. Select the related word from the given most of the outward international migrants in 2017 alternatives. were from which country? Ampere : Electric current : : Fathom : ? [A] China [A] Depth of Water [B] Myanmar [B] Frequency [C] India [C] Sound level [D] Pakistan [D] Work or energy Correct Answer:[C] India Correct Answer: [A] Depth of Water

101. The procedure of renaming of the state can be 106. Select the odd letters from the given initiated by alternatives: [A] The parliament [A] BOH [B] The State Legislature [B] ERK [C] Both [A] and [B] [C] HUQ [D] None of the above [D] KXQ Correct Answer: [C] Both [A] and [B] Correct Answer: [C] HUQ

102. India's territorial limit extends into the sea from 107. Which one set of letters when sequentially its coastline upto placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall [A] 12 nautical miles complete it? [B] 220 nautical miles e f g _ _ e f f _ g h h e _ e f f _ g g g h _ h [C] 112 nautical miles [A] eghhfe [D] None of the above [B] ghhhh Correct Answer: [A] 12 nautical miles [C] hegefh [D] hgefhe 103. You are most likely to come across Lushai and Correct Answer: [C] hegefh Lepcha tribes while travelling in [A] Tripura and Sikkim respectively 108. This state is the largest provider of natural [B] Kohima and Shyok respectively rubber and black pepper to Indian markets. It is [C] Dehradun and Zaskar respectively largely an agrarian economy. The state is- [D] Mizoram and Sikkim respectively [A] Andhra Pradesh Correct Answer: [D] Mizoram and Sikkim respectively [B] Kerala [C] Karnataka 104. How many triangles are there in the given figure? [D] Odisha Correct Answer: [B] Kerala

109. Lingustic minorities in India are decided on [A] State wise basis [B] National basis [C] Both [A] and [B] [D] None of the above Correct Answer: [A] State wise basis

110. Which of these regions, if you connect then with line segments in a map, would tend towerds creating

[A] 20 an equilateral triangle? [B] 22 [A] Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai [C] 28 [B] Bhopal, Bhubneshwar and Hyderabad [D] 32 [C] Jaipur, Bhopal and Lucknow Correct Answer: [B] 22 [D] Gandhinagar, Mumbai, Hyderabad Correct Answer: [C] Jaipur, Bhopal and Lucknow

111. What is often referred to as the 'Third Pole'? www.examprostuti.com

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[A] The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region Correct Answer: [A] President [B] Polynesia [C] Alps mountain range 116. Which act regulates the functioning of the CBI? [D] Southern hill ranges, India [A] Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Correct Answer: [A] The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region [B] Lokpal Act [C] TADA act 112. Justice J.S. Verma Committee recently seen in [D] None of the above news concerns Correct Answer: [A] Delhi Special Police Establishment [A] Appraisal of Judges Act [B] Constitution reforms [C] Right to Information Act 117. The material used for safety from nuclear [D] Sexual harassment at workplaces radiation is Correct Answer: [D] Sexual harassment at workplaces [A] Copper [B] Platinum 113. The correct order of these Himalayan ranges [C] Iron from North to South is- [D] Lead 1. Pir Panjal Correct Answer: [D] Lead 2. Zaskar 3. Karakoram 118. The image formed by a plane mirror is — 4. Shiwalik [A] Real and erect Select the correct answer using the codes below. [B] Virtual and inverted [A] 3214 [C] Virtual and erect [B] 2314 [D] Real and inverted [C] 2143 Correct Answer: [C] Virtual and erect [D] 1234 Correct Answer: [A] 3214 119. Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2018 was conferred to. 114. In the medieval India, ‘Jizya’ means [A] National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) [A] Land revenue [B] World Health Organization (WHO) [B] Silver coin [C] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) [C] Tax levied on non Muslims [D] Indian Institute of Science (IISc) [D] Tax on houses Correct Answer: [C] Centre for Science and Correct Answer: [C] Tax levied on non Muslims Environment (CSE) Jizya was tax levied on non-Muslims and non followers of Islam. In India, Islamic ruler Qutb-ud-din 120. What is India’s position on global RTI Rating? Aibak imposed jizya on non-Muslims first time which [A] 1st was called called kharaj-o-jizya. [B] 5th Do you know? [C] 4th Jizya was abolished by the third Mughal emperor [D] 6th , in 1564. It was finally abolished in 1579. Correct Answer: [D] 6th However, Aurangzeb, the sixth emperor, re- introduced and levied jizya on nonMuslims in 1679. 121. Who among the following have been selected as His goal was to promote Islam and weaken the Hindu winner for Noble Peace Prize 2018? religion. [A] James P. Alison and Paul Romer [B] Gorge Smith and Tasuku Honjo 115. Who establishes the Inter-State Council to [C] Francis Arnold and Greg Winter investigate and discuss subject of common interest [D] Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad between the Centre and the states? Correct Answer:[D] Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad [A] President [B] Parliament 122. Human Capital Index (HCI) is released by [C] Governors of states concerned [A] United Nations [D] State Legislative Assemblies concerned [B] World Economic Forum [C] World Bank www.examprostuti.com

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[D] IMF [C] The sun facing side of a geo-synchronous satellite Correct Answer: [C] World Bank [D] The theory that links classical and sub-atomic mechanics 123. Which of the following is not a quantitative Correct Answer: [A] The basic unit of quantum restriction under the power of central bank? information [A] Bank rate policy [B] Open market operations 130. On the south-western coasts of India, you are [C] Cash reserve ratio most likely to come across which of these forests? [D] Margin requirements [A] Tropical deciduous forests Correct Answer: [D] Margin requirements [B] Mangrove forests [C] Tropical rainforests 124. In a code, if 27-21=39, 41-31=45 and 34-12=37 [D] Montane forests then 33-22 is Correct Answer: [C] Tropical rainforests [A] 11 [B] 54 131. Voting share in the UN General Assembly are [C] 55 distributed between members on the basis of [D] 46 [A] Population Correct Answer: [D] 46 [B] Economic Size [C] Contribution to UN 125. If 5 x 6 = 1815, 4 x 7=2112 and 6 x 9 = 2718, then [D] All members have equal vote 7 x 7 =? Correct Answer: [D] All members have equal vote [A] 1221 [B] 2121 132. Which among the following is NOT a subsidiary of [C] 2821 RBI? [D] 2327 [A] National Housing Bank Correct Answer: [B] 2121 [B] National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development 126. The diagonals of a rhombus are of lengths 24 cm [C] Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private and 32 cm. Length of the side of rhombus (in cm) is Limited [A] 16 [D] Small Industries Development Bank of India [B] 20 Correct Answer: [D] Small Industries Development [C] 24 Bank of India [D] 30 Correct Answer: [B] 20 133. Which of the following is a water-borne disease? [A] AIDS 127. Which of the following is not an indirect tax? [B] Dengue [A] Wealth tax [C] Influenza [B] Custom duties [D] Cholera [C] Excise duties Correct Answer: [D] Cholera [D] Sales tax Correct Answer: [A] Wealth tax 134. Who was the father of Operation Flood? [A] Dr. 128. HOPE Probe project, concerned with discover on [B] Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Mars, has been initiated by [C] Dr. [A] Russia [D] Dr. William Gande [B] USA Correct Answer: [C] Dr. Verghese Kurien [C] UAE The "Operation flood" was the largest integrated dairy [D] China development programme of the world. It was started Correct Answer: [C] UAE by National dairy development board in 1970.

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[B] Isobaths lines [C] Isohyets lines 141. Who has been appointed new Chairman of [D] Isobar lines Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)? Correct Answer: [C] Isohyets lines [A] Manu Aahuja [B] Shekhar Basu 136. Which of the following bacteria is responsible for [C] Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas the formation of curd? [D] J L Malhotra [A] Lycopodium Correct Answer: [C] Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas [B] Yeast Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, the renowned nuclear [C] Lacto bacillus scientist, has been appointed as the new Secretary of [D] Fungus Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), and Chairman of Correct Answer: [C] Lacto bacillus Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) till May 3, 2021. He succeeded Shekhar Basu. 137. GST Council is chaired by [A] Chairman of Finance commission 142. When was the Federation of Indian Chambers of [B] Prime Ministrer Commerce and Industry (FICCI) founded ? [C] Union Finance Minister [A] 1925 [D] Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog [B] 1926 Correct Answer: [C] Union Finance Minister [C] 1927 [D] 1928 138. Which of the following was crowned the FIFA Correct Answer: [C] 1927 Best Football Player of the year award? [A] Mohamed Salah 143. Which of the following districts has least [B] Sergio Ramos population density in West Bengal, as per census 2011 [C] Luca Modric ? [D] Cristiano Ronaldo [A] Darjeeling Correct Answer: [C] Luca Modric [B] Purulia The Best FIFA Women's Player - Marta (Brazil). [C] Jalpaiguri [D] Paschim Medinipur 139. Who among the following has been elected as Correct Answer: [B] Purulia the President of the Maldives? [A] Mohamed Nasheed 144. Which of the following is not an “Open Source [B] Abdul Ibrahim Operating system”? [C] Yameen Abdullah Salih [A] Ubuntu [D] Ibrahim Mohamed Solih [B] Android Correct Answer: [D] Ibrahim Mohamed Solih [C] Mac OS The current president is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, [D] Linux elected in 2018 by a vast majority of 58.4%, defeating Correct Answer: [C] Mac OS former President Abdulla Yameen. 145. In computer terminology, what is the full form of 140. Which state was ranked first in the 'Ease of Living FTP? Index 2018' of launched by the Housing and [A] Final Transfer Position Development Ministry? [B] File Transfer Position [A] Odisha [C] File Transfer Packet [B] Karnataka [D] File Transfer Protocol [C] Andhra Pradesh Correct Answer: [D] File Transfer Protocol [D] Maharasthra Correct Answer: [C] Andhra Pradesh 146. What is an exothermic reaction? Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts among States [A] Reaction in which heat is released in terms of “Ease of Living Index” rankings launched [B] Reaction in which heat is absorbed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs [C] Reaction in which neither heat is released nor (MoHUA). It was followed by Odisha and Madhya absorbed Pradesh. [D] None of these www.examprostuti.com

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Correct Answer: [A] Reaction in which heat is released [D] B R Ambedkar Correct Answer: [A] Gopal Baba Walangkar 147. The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by was held at – 153. Who made the 'Deepavali Declaration' and [A] Belgaum when? [B] Faizpur [A] Lord Irwin in 1929 [C] Allahabad [B] Lord Linlithgow in 1940 [D] Karachi [C] Gandhi in 1930 Correct Answer: [A] Belgaum [D] Subhas Bose in 1941 Gandhiji was the president of the Congress only on Correct Answer: [A] Lord Irwin in 1929 one occasion and the session was held in Belgaum 154. Who among the following was the founder of the organisation - Indian Home Rule Society (India House), 148. With reference to economic history of medieval London established in 1904? India, the term ‘Takkavi’ refers to [A] Veer Savarkar [A] Land assigned to officials [B] Tarak Nath Das [B] Agricultural loan [C] Shyamji Verma [C] Rest house [D] Lala Hardayal [D] Token currency Correct Answer: [C] Shyamji Krishna Verma Correct Answer: [B] Agricultural loan Shyamji Krishna Verma, an Indian revolutionary fighter, was the founder of Indian Home Rule Society, 149. In most of the accounts, Ashoka has been India House and The Indian Sociologist in London. referred to as ‘Devanampiya Piyadassi’.In which source does the name ‘Ashok’ find its mention? 155. Who among the following Arab scholars studied [A] Major Rock edict Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi ? [B] Minor Rock edict [A] Alberuni [C] Indica [B] Amir Khusrau [D] The name is given by Historians [C] Al’bidari Correct Answer: [B] Minor Rock edict [D] Al’Masher Correct Answer: [A] Alberuni 150. Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by 156. What is the common name of CaOCl2? [A] Captain Mohan Singh [A] Baking Powder [B] Rash Behari Bose [B] Baking Soda [C] Subhash Chandra Bose [C] Bleaching Powder [D] [D] Washing Soda Correct Answer: [A] Captain Mohan Singh Correct Answer: [C] Bleaching Powder The Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by Capt Mohan Singh in Singapore in September 1942 157. Bronze image of ‘Dancing Girl’ is very famous from Indus Valley Civilisation. Which technique was 151. Who is the author of the book 'Brief Answers to used to make bronze images during that time? the Big Questions'? [A] Clay mould Technique [A] Arindam Ghosh [B] Metal carving technique [B] Raghunath Anant Mashelkar [C] Lost Wax technique [C] Stephen Hawking [D] Metal quenching technique [D] Donna Strickland Correct Answer: [C] Lost Wax technique Correct Answer: [C] Stephen Hawking Explanation: Bronze casting was a widespread practice during the Indus Valley Civilization, 152. Who was the first important leader of the particularly at Harappa. Bronze statues were made by untouchable Mahars? the “lost wax technique”. [A] Gopal Baba Walangkar [B] Jyotiba Phule 158. Which of the following is the largest rural [C] Gopal Hari Deshmukh employment programme in India? www.examprostuti.com

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[A] MNREGA 165. Select the correct alternative from the given ones [B] TRYSEM that will complete the series: [C] Work for food 31, 32, 33, 30, 35, 28, 37, ? [D] Skill Development Program [A] 26 Correct Answer: [A] MNREGA [B] 29 [C] 39 159. Who is the author of the book 'Milkman'? [D] 41 [A] Anna Burns Correct Answer: [C] 39 [B] Esi Edugyan [C] Richard Powers 166. Ten colleagues meet at a party. Each one shakes [D] Benyamin hand with each of the other one. The number of Correct Answer: [A] Anna Burns possible handshakes is [A] 110 160. Akbar abolished Jazya in [B] 100 [A] 1563 [C] 90 [B] 1564 [D] 50 [C] 1568 Correct Answer: [C] 90 [D] 1571 Correct Answer: [B] 1564 167. Which of the following Physical divisions is made of lava? 161. Palghat is situated between - [A] The Great plain [A] Nilgiri and Anamalai [B] Himalayan Mountain [B] karnataka and Maharashtra [C] The Deccan trap [C] Karnataka and Tamil Nadu [D] Coastal regions [D] Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats Correct Answer: [C] The Deccan trap Correct Answer: [A] Nilgiri and Anamalai 168. Who had given out the political message or 'India 162. Which of the following river is known as Inland for the Indians’? River? [A] P A Charlu [A] Savermati [B] Dayananda Saraswati [B] Luni [C] [C] Son [D] Swami Vivekananda [D] Tapti Correct Answer: [B] Dayananda Saraswati Correct Answer: [B] Luni 169. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took 163. In certain code, PAN is written as 31 and PAR is place in the year written as 35, then in this code PAT is written as [A] 1857 [A] 30 [B] 1959 [B] 37 [C] 1946 [C] 38 [D] 1947 [D] 39 Correct Answer: [C] 1946 Correct Answer: [B] 37 170. Who has been called the 'Heroine' of the 1942 164. Select the correct alternative from the given ones Quit India Movement? that will complete the series: [A] BCF, CDG, DEH, ? [B] Sucheta Kripalarti [A] EFI [C] [B] EFG [D] [C] DFI Correct Answer: [D] Aruna Asaf Ali [D] EGI Correct Answer: [A] EFI 171. In which year was Burma separated from India? [A] 1863 [B] 1902 www.examprostuti.com

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[C] 1937 178. Norman Borlaug was given Nobel Prize in Which [D] 1947 field? Correct Answer: [C] 1937 [A] Agriculture [B] Economics 172. Who completed the Qutub Minar? [C] Peace [A] Rajiya [D] Medicine [B] Qutub-ud-din-Aibak Correct Answer: [C] Peace [C] Iltutmish [D] Babar 179. Which among the following metal is used for Correct Answer: [C] Iltutmish galvanization? [A] Zine 173. Which among the following Viceroys was [B] Copper associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’? [C] Iron [A] Lord Curzon [D] Silver [B] Lord Lytton Correct Answer: [A] Zine [C] Lord Ripon [D] Lord Hardinge 180. The Northeast Frontier Railway is headquartered Correct Answer: [C] Lord Ripon in [A] Samrala 174. Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the [B] Shillong President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by [C] Maligaon defeating Gandhiji’s candidate : [D] Rangpur [A] Dr. Correct Answer: [C] Maligaon [B] J.B.Kriplani [C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya 181. Neel-Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the [D] Nellie Sengupta plight of : Correct Answer: [C] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya [A] Bengali Artisans [B] Indigo Planters 175. Which one of the following is a bad Thermal [C] Landless Labourers Conductor? [D] All of the above [A] Aluminium Correct Answer: [B] Indigo Planters [B] Copper [C] Glass 182. Who among the following said that “The Rowlatt [D] Silver Act is a Preventive Murder“? Correct Answer: [C] Glass [A] Mahatma Gandhi [B] 176. With which of the following body organ is 'pace- [C] Edwin Samuel Montagu maker' associated? [D] Jawaha Lal Nehru [A] Liver Correct Answer: [C] Edwin Samuel Montagu [B] Brain [C] Heart 183. Who among the following is also known as [D] Lungs “Gandhi of Bihar”? Correct Answer: [B] Brain [A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad [B] Babu Kunwar Singh 177. According to the last India State of Forest Report, [C] Jayaprakash Narayan what percentage of total geographical area of the [D] Sheel Bhadra Yag country is under forest? Correct Answer : [A] Dr. Rajendra Prasad [A] 20.34 [C] 21.54 184. If a moving body turns its speed to 1.5 times, [D] 22.34 what will be the impact on its kinetic energy? [B] 23.54 [A] Will become 1.5 times Correct Answer: [C] 21.54 [B] Will become 3 times [C] Will become 2.25 times www.examprostuti.com

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[D] Will become 6 times [B] Second law Correct Answer: [C] Will become 2.25 times [C] Third law [D] First and third law 185. Which of the following is a chemical change? Correct Answer:[C] Third law [A] Boiling of Water [B] Tearing of Newspaper 192. If x, y and z are positive integers such that x:y=1:2 [C] Cooking a vegetable and y:z=3:5. then which one of the following will be [D] Freezing water into ice possible value of 5x-3y+z? Correct Answer: [C] Cooking a vegetable [A] 180 [B] 190 186. The Space Centre is located in [C] 196 ______[D] 200 [A] Madhya Pradesh Correct Answer: [C] 196 [B] Andhra Pradesh [C] Himachal Pradesh 193. If 10% of (X+Y) = 40% of (X-Y), then X:Y is equal to [D] None of above [A] 3:5 Correct Answer: [B] Andhra Pradesh [B] 5:3 [C] 7:5 187. What is the SI unit of Force? [D] 5:7 [A] Pascal Correct Answer: [B] 5:3 [B] Boyle [C] Newton [D] Watt 194. If 'P 3 Q' means 'P is daughter of Q', 'P 5 Q' Correct Answer: [C] Newton means 'P is father of Q', 'P 7 Q' means 'P is mother of Q' and 'P 9 Q' means 'P is sister of Q', then how is J 188. VIBGYOR (Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow related to K in J 3 L 9 N 3 O 5 K? Orange Red) are the rainbow colours in which of the [A] Mother following order? [B] Wife [A] Increasing wavelength [C] Niece [B] Decreasing wavelength [D] Daughter [C] Increasing polarization Correct Answer: [C] Niece [D] Increasing Speed Correct Answer: [A] Increasing wavelength 195. In the following question, from the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be 189. There is no provision for the impeachment of the formed using the letters of the given word. [A] Vice President SUSPENSEFULNESS [B] Chief Justices of High and Supreme Courts [A] SENSE [C] Governor [B] FUELS [D] President [C] USEFUL Correct Answer: [C] Governor [D] FULLNESS Correct Answer: [D] FULLNESS 190. To whom does the Public Accounts Committee submits its report? 196. In the following question, correct the equation by [A] Chairman of Rajya Sabha interchanging two signs. [B] President of India 9 x 3 + 8 ÷ 4 – 7 = 28 [C] Speaker of Lok Sabha [A] x and - [D] Union Finance Minister [B] + and - Correct Answer: [C] Speaker of Lok Sabha [C] ÷ and + [D] x and ÷ 191. A person who is pulling a bucket filled with water Correct Answer: [D] x and ÷ falls behind with the sudden break of the rope. Which of the following laws of Newton comes into action? 197. What is the approximate height of a [A] First Law Geostationary satellite ? www.examprostuti.com

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199. Which of the following states have emerged as top performing states in NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals(SDG) India index 2018? [A] Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh [B] Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu [C] Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Assam [D] Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh Correct Answer: [B] Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

200. Which one of the following tribal assemblies is considered as the oldest of all? [A] Sabha [B] Samiti [C] Vidata [D] Gana Correct Answer: [C] Vidata Do you know? Sabha, samiti, Vidhata, Gana – Tribal or the clan based assemblies. Sabha and samiti were most important. Vidhati – Oldest assembly, Both men and women were a part of it. Sabha – An assembly of Brahmans, both men and women Samiti – Assembly of Villagers, both men and women.

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