Exam Prostuti WBCS 2019 PRELIMS PREMIUM TEST SERIES MOCK TEST – VIII [ID 251218] SOLVED QUESTION PAPER 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 Exam Prostuti 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 India? www.examprostuti.com Exam Prostuti WBCS 2019 PRELIMS PREMIUM TEST SERIES MOCK TEST – VIII [ID 251218] SOLVED QUESTION PAPER [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 Exam Prostuti WBCS 2019 PRELIMS PREMIUM TEST SERIES MOCK TEST – VIII [ID 251218] SOLVED QUESTION PAPER [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.