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and 2016
General Study

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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 me-
chanical 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
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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

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(c) USA above
(d) Singapore

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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,

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above 2018 (Jakarta)? Gold Silver Bronze Total
27. Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected as the
(a) 15 21 33 69

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President of which country in presidential
election held in November 2017? (b) 15 32 22 69

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(c) 15 30 24 69
(a) Uganda
(d) 15 24 30 69
(b) Kenya
nd (e) None of the above/More than one of the

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

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(c) Air India

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(a) Iraq
(b) Syria (d) SpiceJet
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(c) Turkey (e) None of the above/More than one of the

(d) Yemen above
s:/

(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
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ambitious scheme of India?

29. Which of the following nations declared emer-
ht

gency due to polio outbreak 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

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above 39. In which of the following institutes was the
first Indian Railway University established in

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35. According to Indian Forest Status Report re-
September 2018?
leased February 2018, how much area in of

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India is covered by forests? (a) Indian National Rail Academy-Vadodara
(b) Indian Railway School Pune
(a) 23.00%

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(c) Indian National Rail Research Institute-
(b) 23-40%
Mysore

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(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 nd above

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pi
above
40. JIMEX 2018 relates to
elo

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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
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ship with trees, i.e., brother-sister?

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(c) Japan-India Joint Motor vehicle Exhibi-

(a) Assam
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tion
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(b) Sikkim (d) Japan-India Joint Missile Programme

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

above
(d) Manipur
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(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?
s:/

37. Which district achieved the first position as (a) Chennai

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per ’Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2018? (b) Amritsar

(c) Delhi
ht

(a) Gaya-Bihar
(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
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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?

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up Hub’ on 16th March, 2018? (a) IGI - New Delhi
(b) LNJP - Patna

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(a) Motihari
(c) CSI - Mumbai
(b) Munger

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(d) DABH - Indore
(c) Patna
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(d) Arrah

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

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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- nd ary 2018?

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har Day in Patna?
pi
(a) First
(b) Second
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(a) Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu

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(b) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi (c) Nineteenth
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(c) Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh (d) Twentieth

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(d) Speaker Smt. Mahajan Sumitra

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above
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above 49. In which city of Bihar, Sulabh International

launched cheapest drinking water project ’Su-
45. The capacity of India’s most powerful electric
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labh Jal?
locomotive engine made in Madhepura Loco-
(a) Patna
motive Factory is
s:/

(b) Bhagalpur
(a) 9000 HP (c) Darbhanga
tp

(b) 10000 HP (d) Purnea

ht

(c) 11000 HP (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
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(d) At the time of a girl child’s birth, her fam-
ily receives Rs.2,000
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above
51. The earliest evidence of animal domestication
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above
55. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded
a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and re-
quested Devapala through his ambassador to

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and agriculture in India has come from grant five villages for its maintenance, was

(a) Dharanindra

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(a) Anjira
(b) Sangramadhananjaya
(b) Damb Sadat
(c) Balaputradeva

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(c) Kili Gul Muhammad
(d) Chudamanivarmana
(d) Mehrgarh

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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

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above
56. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea?
52. After the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha,
the first Buddhist council was held at nd (a) Ctesias

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(b) Pliny
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(a) Rajgriha (Rajgir)
(c) Ptolemy
elo

(b) Gaya
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(d) Strabo
(c) Pataliputra
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(d) Vaishali above

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.d

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

57. The earliest description Bakhtiyar Khilji’s in-
above
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vasion Bihar is in
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53. Who among the following first issued gold

(a) Tarikh-i Hind
coins on a large scale?
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(b) Tabaqat-i Nasiri

(a) Pushyamitra Shunga (c) Taj-ul Maasir
s:/

(b) Menander (d) Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi

(c) Vima Kadphises (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(d) Gautamiputra Satakarni above

ht

(e) None of the above/More 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
(c) Brahmagupta 59. Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria belonged to which
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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

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above Rule in India?

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60. Who among the following rulers ”divided his (a) R. C. Dutt
troops into units of two hundred, two hundred (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

up
fifty and five hundred
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(a) Bahlul Lodi (d) Lajpat Rai

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(b) Sikandar Shah (e) None of the above/More than one of the

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(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 nd in Bengal and Bihar recognized by the Bengal

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above Tenancy Act?
pi
(a) 1868
elo

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61. Who stated that five thousand to twenty thou-
sand men worked for forty years to build the (b) 1881
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palace of forty pillars at Allahabad in Akbar’s

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(c) 1885
time?
(d) 1893
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(a) Manucci
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(b) Tavernier above

(c) William Finch
66. When did Bihar become a separate province in
/w

(d) Abdul Hamid Lahori India?

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

(a) 1897
above
(b) 1905
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62. Which Sultan was reputed to be ’Akbar of

(c) 1907
Kashmir’?
ht

(d) 1912
(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?
(a) Maulana Muhammad Ali
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Sumatra
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above
73. In which of the following areas, Mediterranean

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climate does not prevail?
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Central Chile
above (b) Cape Town

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(c) Adelaide
69. When was the Bihar Socialist Party formed?
(d) Pampas

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(a) 1921
(e) None of the above/More than one of the

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(b) 1927 above
(c) 1931
74. The country, which is the largest silk producer
(d) 1934
nd in the world, is

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(a) India
above
(b) China
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70. Who among the following was the leader of the (c) Brazil
first Congress Ministry in Bihar?
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(d) Japan
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(a) Anugrah Narayan Sinha (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(b) Abdul Bari above

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(c) Jayaprakash Narayan 75. Which one among the following countries of
(d) Shri Krishna Sinha the world, excel United States of America, is
/w

the largest crude oil producer?

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above (a) Russia
s:/

(b) China
71. Which one of the following is a landlocked
(c) Saudi Arabia
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country?
(d) Canada
ht

(a) Belgium
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) Hungary
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
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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

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(c) 1956
(d) Khyber
(d) 2000

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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

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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

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is called ”Sugar Bowl”?
in

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(a) Uttar Pradesh
(a) Kashmir Himalaya
(b) Maharashtra
(b) Garhwal Himalaya
(c) Nepal Himalaya
nd (c) Bihar
(d) Haryana

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(d) Eastern Himalaya (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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79 above
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above
83. In which one of the following minerals, India
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79. As per 2011 Census, the urban population leads in production in the world?
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percentage to total population of India was (a) Sheet mica

about
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(b) Copper
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(a) 21 (c) Gypsum

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(b) 31 (d) Iron ore

(c) 36 (e) None of the above/More than one of the
s:/

above
(d) 40
(e) None of the above/More than one of the 84. Bihar as an Indian State was formed in
tp

above (a) 1911

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80. In Government of India’s 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

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(b) 8 91. A Judge of the Supreme Court may resign his
(c) 9 office by writing to

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(d) 10 (a) the President
(e) None of the above/More than one of the

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(b) the Prime Minister
above
(c) the Law Minister

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87. Most of the area in Bihar is covered by (d) the Attorney General of India
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) mountainous soil
(b) alluvial soil
nd above

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(c) regur soil 92. Who was the first Chairman of the Backward
elo

(d) terai soil

79 Classes Commission?

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Jagjivan Ram
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above (b) Kaka Saheb Kalelkar

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88. Among the States of India, Bihar’s rank in (c) B. D. Sharma

terms of lowest literacy rate (2011 Census) is
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(d) B. R. Ambedkar
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(a) first (e) None of the above/More than one of the

above
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(b) second
(c) third 93. The Chairman of the State Public Service
s:/

(d) fourth Commission is appointed by

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) the Chairman of the Union Public Service
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above Commission
ht

89. What is the rank of 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

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(a) the Prime Minister (b) 1999

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(b) the Chief Justice of India (c) 2000

(c) the President (d) 2001

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(d) the Chief Justice of the High Court (e) None of the above/More than one of the

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

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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
castes in the Lok Sabha made?
ndtions, submitted its report?

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(a) 1983
(a) Article 330
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(b) Article 331
(c) 1985
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(c) Article 332

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(d) 1987
(d) Article 333
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
above
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101. Under which one of the following Articles is the

97. The President
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formation of Finance Commission laid down?

(a) is not a part of the Parliament
(a) Article 280
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(b) is a part of the Parliament

(b) Article 269
(c) is a part of the Parliament and sits in the
tp

(c) Article 268

Parliament
(d) Article 265
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(d) can vote in the Parliament

(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
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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

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(b) 3.5 percent above

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(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?

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above (a) Amartya Sen

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(b) Md. Yunus
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(c) S. Chakravarti
(a) removal of bureaucratic sloth
(d) Venkaiah Naidu
(b) elimination of red tapism
(c) reduction in cost of manufacturing
nd (e) None of the above/More than one of the
above

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

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(d) Lalita D. Gupte

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(a) Make in India

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) Ease of Doing Business
above
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(c) Start-up India

110. Which one of the following is the pathway to
(d) Digital India
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increase productivity in agriculture?

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) Efficient irrigation
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above
(b) Quality seeds
ht

106. PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Ar-

(c) Use of pesticides
eas) model was advocated 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
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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

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(a) Transform India (b) 916
(c) 918

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(b) Clean India
(d) 925
(c) Educate India

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(d) Energize India above

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(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

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113. Which one of the following most appropriately (a) 2004-05
describes the nature of Green Revolution of
late sixties of 20th century? nd (b) 2006-07
(c) 2008-09

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(a) Intensive cultivation of green vegetable (d) 2009-10
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(b) Intensive agriculture district programme
above
(c) High-yielding varieties programme
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(d) Seed-Fertilizer-Water technology 118. In Bihar, during April-June 2018, which sec-
tor attracted the highest FDI equity inflow?
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

(a) Service sector
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above
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(b) Steel industry

114. Who among the following is the CEO of the
(c) Processing industry in agriculture
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NITI Aayog?
(d) Cement industry
(a) Amitabh Kant (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(b) S. S. Mundra above

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(c) Cyrus Mistry 119. What is the percentage of population in Bihar

State employed in agriculture sector in 2017-
ht

(d) Soumya Kanti Ghosh

18?
(e) None of the above/More 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

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121. Which of the following was not a reason for indigo-coloured flag

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making the sepoys of the East India Company (e) None of the above/More than one of the
rebellious? above

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(a) The efforts of the officers of the Company 125. The immediate cause of Deccan Riots of 1875
to spread Christianity

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(a) the shadow of a famine
(b) The order to the sepoys to travel on ships (b) high interest rates charged by Mahajans

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(c) The stoppage of Bhatta (c) high land revenue rates
(d) The inefficiency of the officers (d) protest against imposition of religious re-

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

nd forms

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
above
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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-
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(a) Chandni Chowk to Palam cal grouping was he referring to?

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(b) Delhi to Bihar (a) The Indian National Congress

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(c) Peshawar to Bihar (b) The Communist Party of India

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(d) Peshawar to Varanasi (c) The Swaraj Party

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(d) Hindustan Socialist Republican Associa-

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
tion
above
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(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
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127. Which of the following was not a ’nationalist’

them?
newspaper?
ht

(a) Raja of Vizianagaram

(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

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(c) Atmaram Pandurang,Jyotiba Phule, Mo- (a) 21 years

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handas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari (b) A little more than 21 years
Deshmukh, Naoroji Furdonji (c) 25 years

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(d) Naoroji Furdonji, Atmaram Pandurang,
(d) A little more than 25 years
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal

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Hari Deshmukh, Jyotiba Phule (e) None of the above/More than one of the
above

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above 132. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in
the context of which Gandhian Satyagraha?
nd
129. From the options given below, find the correct
combination of the names of Editors of the na- (a) Swadeshi Satyagraha

53
pi
tionalist newspapers The Hindu, Kesari, Ben-
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
galee, Hindustani, Sudharak :
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(c) Bardoli Satyagraha
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjea, G. Subramania
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(d) Individual Satyagraha
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Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad

Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania
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Iyer, Surendra Nath Banerjea, Ganga 133. Where did Kunwar Singh join the Rebellion of
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Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale 1857 against the British?

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(c) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar

(a) Arrah
Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Kr-
ishna Gokhale, Surendra Nath Banerjea (b) Patna
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(d) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar (c) Bettiah

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Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjea, Ganga (d) Varanasi

Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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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
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?

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(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) The participation of India in war
(c) Sachchidananda Sinha

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(b) Satyagraha against the British at the call
(d) Rajendra Prasad of Gandhi

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(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

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136. Which of the following was the first Satyagraha (e) None of the above/More than one of the

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of Mahatma Gandhi in India? above
(a) Ahmedabad 140. Who was connected with the Bihar Kisan
(b) Bardoli nd Sabha?

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(c) Champaran (a) Swami Sahajananda
(d) Individual
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Rahul Sankrityayan
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above
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(d) Yadunandan Sharma

137. Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement urged
56

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

.d

people to avoid alcohol. This resulted in a se- above

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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
placed in a room 12 meters long, 9 meters
prominent individuals who drank alcohol as
/w

wide and 8 meters high is

a device to persuade people to start drinking
again. Name the province.
s:/

(a) 864 meters

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) 10 meters

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(b) Bihar (c) 17 meters

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(c) Bombay (d) 43 meters

(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
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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

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(b) 1
(d) 16
(c) Not known/Not countable

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(e) None of the above
(d) 2
144. If x = −2/3, then 9x2 − 3x − 11 is equal to

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(e) None of the above

(a) -13 148. The average age of 4 sisters is 7 years. If we

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(b) 13 add the age of mother, then the average in-

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creases by 6 years. Find the age of the mother.
(c) -5
(d) -17 (a) 46 years
(e) 17 nd (b) 39 years

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(c) 37 years
145. In an examination, every candidate took Hindi
elo

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or History or both. 66% took Hindi and 59% (d) 47 years
took History. The total number of candidates (e) 57 years
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was 3000. How many candidates took both

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Hindi and History? 149. If 3(x+8) = 27(2x+1) , then the value of x is

56
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(a) 500 (a) 9

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(b) 750 (b) 1

(c) 542 (c) - 1
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(d) 738 (d) 10

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(e) 830 (e) -10

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146. If x = [(0.00001225)]/(0.00005329)]1/2 , then value 150. If S = n=1 2n + 12 , then S is


tp

of x is
(a) 55 12
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(a) 35/73 (b) 56

(b) 525/933 (c) 111
(c) 205/403 (d) 115
(d) 135/233 (e) 110 12

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General Study 2017

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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?
nd and one of my great ambitions while in India
is to assist it to a peaceful demise. Who wrote

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(a) Namdar Khan
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it?
(b) Babu Kunwar Singh
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(a) Lord Lytton
(c) Birsa Munda
(b) Lord Dufferin
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(d) Shankar Shah

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(c) Lord Curzon

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(d) Lord Minto

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

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2. Birsa was captured, while asleep, on: above

(a) 1 February, 1900
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5. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention to-

(b) 2 February, 1900 wards the exploitation of the peasants by the
European Indigo planters?
s:/

(c) 3 February, 1900

(d) 4 February , 1900 (a) Baba Ram Chandra
tp

(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Raja Kumar Shukla
ht

above (c) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati

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

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(a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(b) M.P.T.Acharya
(b) Baikunth Shukla

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(c) V.D.Savarkar (c) Sheel Bhadra Yajee
(d) Udham Singh (d) Ram Narain Prasad

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

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above above

12. Who is regarded as The Mother of Indian Rev-

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8. Who was the Prime Minister of England when
the Montague-Chelmsford Act was passed in olution?
1919?

(a) Lloyd George

nd (a) Mrs.Annie Besant
(b) Snehlata Wadekar

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(c) Sarojini Naidu
(b) George Hamilton
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(c) Sir Samuel Hoare
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(d) Lord Salisbury

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above
(e) None of the above/More than one of the 13. Which journal was not associated with the rev-
56
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above olutionary activities?

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

(b) Braj Kishore 14. First Indian elected to the British House of
tp

(c) Jai Prakash Naryana Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who con-
tested on the ticket of ;
ht

(d) Sri Krishna Sinha

(a) Liberal Party
(e) None of the above/More 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:
(c) Bhulabhai Desai (a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Sardar Patel (b) Civil Disobedience Movement

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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

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planned by: (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) Surya Sen
above
(b) Chandan Dutta

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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

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(d) Jatin Das profit is what percent of B’s net profit.
(e) None of the above/More than one of the

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(a) 118.8
above
(b) 180.0
17. The Cabinet Mission came to India in:
nd (c) 306.25

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(a) February 1942 (d) 304.5
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(b) March 1942 (e) None of the above/More than one of the
elo

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above
(c) April 1942
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(d) May 1942 22. If SURGICAL STRIKE is coded as 13979313-

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129925, then METROTRAIN is coded as

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
56
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above (a) 15295-29195

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(b) 45296-29195
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18. A leader of Bihar who left his lucrative practice

during NonCooperation Movement was: (c) 45295-29194
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(d) 15296-29195
(a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
s:/

(b) Rajendra Prasad

above
(c) Sahajanand Saraswati
23. x is a consecutive whole number and the first
tp

(d) Raj Kumar Shukla four values of expression x3 + 3y -3 are 7, 20,

ht

(e) None of the above/More than one of the 45, 88, then the fifth value is
above
(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

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25. The dearness-allowance of a person with basic 29. In the following pie-chart, the various expen-
ditures of an industry are presented. Total

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salary Rs.7700 is increased to 132to 22
expenditure on raw material is Rs.30 lac. If
(a) Rs.74.00 labour expenditure is increased by 5expenses

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(b) Rs.77.00 be reduced to maintain the profit?

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(c) Rs.385.00 (a) 5.9
(d) Rs.369.00 (b) 12.86

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) 6.43
above

26. Inspect the following figure and find the re-

nd (d) 6.21
(e) None of the above/More than one of the

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gion which represents the government em- above
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ployee who live in own house and compulsorily

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30. In the bottom of a water tank, there are two
graduate. drains A and B. If only A is open, it takes 30
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(a) EGHD minutes to empty a full tank and if only B is

open, it takes 20 minutes. If for 10 minutes
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(b) BED
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both drains are open, then B is closed, how

(c) BHG
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much time it takes to empty a full tank?

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(d) HGI
(a) 18 minutes
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(b) 15 minutes
above
(c) 17 minutes
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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
tp

greater than, then which of the following rela-

above
tion is true?
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31. Which of the following pairs is not correctly

(a) 12 2 + 3 8 x 1 ¿ 12
matched?
(b) 11 x 2 4 2 + 1 = 11
(a) Vitamin B1 Oranges
(c) 7 2 x 5 5 + 2 = 7
(b) Vitamin D Cod-liver oil
(d) 5 x 6 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

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

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cells? (d) Aspirin

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

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(b) Hormone

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38. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
(c) RNA
Ans using the codes given below the lists:
(d) DNA
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
nd List-
I[Applications]
List-
II[Substances]

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above Aspartame Synthetic rubber
Freon Anti-histamine
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34. Which of the following vitamins is known as
Neoprene Artificial Sweet-
ergocalciferol?
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(a) Vitamin D2 Benadryl Refrigerant

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(b) Vitamin D3 (a) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2

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(c) Vitamin B12 (b) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

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(d) Vitamin B6 (c) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

(d) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

above (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
35. Which of the following pairs is not correctly
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(a) Retinol Xerophthalmia (a) Fat

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(b) Vitamin
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(c) Carbohydrate
(c) Cyanocobalamin Anaemia
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(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
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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

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(a) Methane
(c) Lung
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(d) Kidney
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46. Which of the following vitamins is used as an

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antidote to anticoagulant poisons?

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42. Soap removes grease by (a) Vitamin A
(a) Coagulation (b) Vitamin D

(b) Adsorption nd (c) Vitamin E

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(d) Vitamin K
(c) Emulsification
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
(a) Free iodine
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43. Which of the following hormones play a role in

release of milk from mammary glands? (b) Calcium iodide
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(c) Magnesium iodide

(a) Adrenaline
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(b) Thyroxine
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(c) Progesterone above
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(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
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above acid, H2SO4. Sulfuric acid is a strong acid.

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Which of the following is present in maximum

44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
in 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

.in
50. Which of the following radio isotopes is used (b) SO2 emissions mitigation

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in the treatment of blood cancer [leukemia]? (c) reduction in Uranium production
(d) Greenhouse gases emissions mitigation
(a) Iodine 131

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) Sodium-24
above

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(c) Phosphorus-32
55. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was won by
(d) Cobalt-60

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(a) Alice Munro
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above (b) Svetlana Alexievich

51. The elected US President Donald Trump was

nd (c) Bob Dylan

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pi
(d) Angus Deaton
the Presidential Nominee of the
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
elo

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(a) Democratic Party above
98
(b) Republican Party 56. Which country has the largest reserves of oil?
ev

(c) Libertarian Party

(a) United States
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(d) Green Party

(b) China
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (c) Russia

above
(d) Venezuela
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52. The Iran-Pakistan Gas pipeline is also called (e) None of the above/More than one of the
as above
s:/

(a) Friendship pipeline 57. Who is the new Secretary General of the
United Nations?
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(b) Future pipeline

(c) Peace pipeline (a) Matthew Rycroft
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(d) Unity pipeline (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

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59. Which State has been declared Indias first (b) Bihar

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Open Defecation Free State? (c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha
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64. What is the fiscal deficit target of India for the

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(d) Sikkim financial year 2016-17?
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) 3.9
above
nd (b) 3.5

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60. Which of the following is the newest member
pi
(c) 4.9
of the Eurozone?
(d) 4.5
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(b) Croatia
(c) Bulgaria 65. The 2016 joint military exercise Maitree has
56
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(d) Cyprus been conducted between India and which of

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the following countries?

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
above (a) Indonesia
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(b) Thailand
61. The head of state of the United Kingdom is
(c) Malaysia
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(a) Queen Elizabeth I (d) Maldives

(b) Queen Elizabeth II
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

(c) Queen Elizabeth III above
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(d) Queen Elizabeth 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

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(c) Municipal Bonds (d) Bihar

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above

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above 72. In Rio Olympics 2016 which country finished

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launched by the Indian Railways to avoid train (a) United States
accidents? (b) China

(a) Tri-Safety nd (c) Great Britain

(d) Russia

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(b) Tri-Netra
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(c) Tri-Network
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(d) Tri-Veil
73. The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in
98
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

above (a) Argentina
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(b) Germany
69. Which committee has been constituted by the
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(c) Qatar
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Government of India to boost cashless trans-

action? (d) Russia
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

(a) Nachiket More Committee
above
(b) Shanta Kumar Committee
s:/

74. As per Census 2011, what is the rank of Bihar

(c) H.R.Khan Committee State in terms of population in the country?
tp

(d) Neeraj Kumar Gupta Committee

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

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

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(b) India (e) None of the above/More than one of the
above
(c) South Korea

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(d) China 81. Which among the following Harappan site ter-
racotta of plough was found?

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

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77. Who has been conferred with the 2015 gyan- (b) Banawali
pith Award? (c) Kalibangan

(a) Pannalal Patel

nd (d) Lothal

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) Umashankar Joshi
above
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(c) Raghuveer Chaudhari

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82. Kalingas King Kharvel was associated with:
(d) Rama Jain
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (a) Mahameghvahana dynasty
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above (b) Chedi dynasty

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(c) Satvahana dynasty

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78. The book Six Machine: I Dont Like Cricket .

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I Love It is the autobiography of which crick- (d) Rath-Bhojak dynasty

eter? (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
(a) Yuvraj Singh
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(b) Chris Gayle 83. Chinese traveler Sungyun was came to India
in:
(c) Virendra Sehwag
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(d) AB de Villiers (a) 515 D to 520 AD

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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) 525 AD to 529AD
above (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

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above
(b) Bihar

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90. Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Congress was founded in
(c) Gujarat
:
(d) TamilNadu

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(a) 1936 AD
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) 1939 AD
above

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(c) 1942 AD
86. Diwan-E-Arj department was associated with

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(d) 1945 AD
:
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) Royal Correspondence
(b) Foreign
nd above

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91. Which among the following year Santhal revolt
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(c) defence was occurred?
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(d) finance (a) 1831 32 AD
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above (c) 1851 52 AD

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(a) Alauddin Hasan

(b) Feroz Shah 92. Which among the following year Surendra
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Nath Banerjee was eliminated from Indian

(c) Mahmud Gaonwa
Civil Services?
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(d) Asaf Khan

(a) 1874 AD
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(b) 1877 AD
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above
(c) 1885 AD
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88. Which among the following Kings reign Per-

(d) 1892 AD
sian traveller Abdurrajjak 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

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(c) Lord Meyo (b) Bodhraj

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(d) Lord Dufferin (c) Paramala

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

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above

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95. .Who was the founder of Karnata dynasty?
100. Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by :

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(a) Nanyadev
(a) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(b) Narsimhadev
(b) Qutubddin Aibak
(c) Vijaydev
nd (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

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(d) Haridev (d) Alauddin Khalji
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (e) None of the above/More than one of the
elo

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above above
98

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

(a) Malik Ibrahim (a) Australia

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(b) India
(b) Iltumish
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(c) Egypt
(c) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(d) North Africa
(d) Ali Mardan Khalji
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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
s:/

above
102. Which of the following activities is performed
97. Who was the last King of Karnata dynasty? at Coolgardi?
tp

(a) Harisimha (a) Coal mining

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(b) Ramsimha (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

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Ghats join the Western Ghats ?
(b) Pampas

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(a) Palani Hills
(c) Veld
(b) Anaimudi Hills
(d) Steppes

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(c) Nilgiri Hills
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(d) Shervoroy Hills

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

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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 nd dustry is located?

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1. Bengaluru i. Iron Steel (a) Tarapur
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2. Korba ii. Copper
(b) Titagarh
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3. Jamhedpur iii. Aircraft

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(c) Ranchi
4. Malajkhand iv. Aluminium
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(d) Khetri
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(a) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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(b) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 above

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(c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 110. What is the Golden Quadrilateral ?
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(d) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

(a) Rail lines joining metros
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Major Air Routes
above
(c) National Highway Project
s:/

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
tp

above
(a) Black Sea
ht

(b) Yellow Sea 111. 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

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(a) Motipur
above
(b) Bajari

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113. At which of the following towns the Alaknanda (c) Bhagalpur
and the Bhagirathi combines to form River
(d) Dalmianagar

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Ganga?
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) Haridwar

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above
(b) Rishikesh

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118. At which of the following places Bharat Wagon
(c) Rudraprayag
and Engineering Co.Ltd. is situated?
(d) Devprayag

114. Which of the landforms occupy the North-

nd (a) Madhepura

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(b) Jamalpur
Western parts of Bihar State?
elo

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(a) Someshwar Hilly Range
(d) Mokama
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(b) Kaimur Plateau
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

(c) Nawada Hilly Region
above
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(d) Rajgir Hilly Region

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119. Which of the following National Highways con-

87

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

nect Chhapara and Gopalganj?
above
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115. River Tel is a tributary of which of the follow- (a) National Highway No.77
ing rivers ? (b) National Highway No.84
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(a) Bagmati (c) National Highway No.85

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(b) Ghaghara (d) National Highway No.80

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

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above
(d) Kamla
(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

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(c) Article 21 of the Constitution
(a) I, II and III

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(b) I and II (d) Article 25 of the Constitution

(c) II and III (e) None of the above/More than one of the

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(d) I, II and IV
(e) None of the above/More than one of the 126. Choose the fundamental rights available to In-

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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
nd
Life and Liberty

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(b) To meet unforeseen expenditure (a) I and III
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(c) Appropriating funds pending passing of (b) I and IV
elo

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budget
(c) II and IV
(d) Budget
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(d) II and III

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

(e) None of the above
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above
127. A Panchayat Samiti at the block level in India
ww

123. Constitution Day of India is celebrated on

87

is only a/an
(a) 26th October
(a) Advisory Body
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(b) 26th November

(b) Consultative Committee
(c) 26th January
s:/

(c) Co-ordinating and Supervisory Authority

(d) 15th August
(d) Administrative Authority
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the

above (e) None of the above/More than one of the
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above
124. Which officer of the 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

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(c) I-c, II-a, III-b above

(d) I-c, II-b, III-a
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
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134. Which one of the following measures is not
likely to aid in improving India‘s Balance of
Payment position ?

up
above
(a) Promotion of Import Substitution Policy
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Constitutional Amendment. (b) Devaluation of rupee

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(c) Imposition of higher tariff on imports
(a) Simple
(d) Levying of higher duties on exports
(b) Two-third
(c) Three-fourth nd (e) None of the above/More than one of the
above

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(d) Two-third plus ratification by half of all
135. Service tax was introduced in India on the rec-
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states
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ommendation of :
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
98
(a) Kelkar Committee
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above
(b) Raja J. Challiah Committee
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131. The expression Socialist was introduced in

.d

(c) Manmohan Singh Committee

the Preamble of Indian Constitution by which
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(d) Yashwant Sinha Committee

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amendment ?
(e) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) 42nd amendment above
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(b) 44th Amendment

136. As per Census 2011, which state has the low-
s:/

(c) 46th Amendment 74th Amendment est sex-ratio ?

(d) None of the above/More than one of the
(a) Punjab
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(b) Haryana
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132. President of India exercises his powers (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
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(e) None of the above/More than one of the (b) Maharashtra

above (c) Gujarat
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above
(a) Jute
(b) Groundnut
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(a) Stamp duties
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(b) Mahalanobis Model 145. Bank rate means
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above
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(a) Fish Production
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 ?
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(a) 20 kWh
(b) Poverty
(b) 187 kWh
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(c) 161 kWh

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(b) 3587 kms

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(c) 4595 kms (c) Poverty Attenuation
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