WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICES
(Preliminary) Examination
Practice Set
Time : 2 hours 30 minutes
Full Marks : 200
Directions (1-10) : Fill in the blanks with the suitable
word from the options:
Directions (13-15) : Give the correct antonyms from the
given alternatives:
1. W ith the passing year, the popularity of the Bollywood
stars
.
a) Vane
b) W ane
c) W aive
3. The dictator
country.
c) vivid
b) solicits
c) smothers
d) sprouts
4. The kitchen is
a) timid
c) deplete
d) complete
b) stumbled
c) trampled
d) strutted
6. Shyam is getting
day by day..
b) more strong
c) strong
d) strongest
9. A poor man
a) who
b) on
10. You behave as if you
a) are
b) will be
c) that
d) with
b) cry with pain
c) feel sick
d) show disappointment
a) allergy
b) amn esia
c) an aem ia
d) in somn ia
a) malaprop ism
b) coinage
c) vocabulary
d) neolo gism
a) peel
d) whose
d) w a s
22. No one familiar
b) fabricate c) disc lose d) perceive
a) to
c) rin se
d) scrub
24. You are
c) perplex d) fussy
the facts will doubt.
b) with
23. Our newspaper aims
by next year.
a) with
12. FINESSE
b) blatant
b) slice
Directions (22-25) : Choose the correct option and fill the
blanks:
11. CONCOCT
a) sk ill
a) abu se
21. To remove the skin of a potato or orange
Directions (11-12) : Give the correct synonyms from the
given alternatives:
a) m ask
d) evident
20. Usage of new words
a prince.
c) were
b) probable c) du e
19. Lack of enough blood
I knew, nursed the orphan.
b) whom
d) pierces my eardrum
18. I saw him make a wry face.
writing.
c) in
c) irritates me
a) certain
an accident, the train will arrive on time.
a) to
b) makes me ill
Directions (19-21) : Choose the options from below that
can be substituted for the sentence.
a) stronger
8. I devote a lot of time
a) makes me sad
17. His promotion is on the cards.
a) trudged
d) barring
d) heroic
a) concede b) accede c) advance d) dwindle
5. The boy
around the disco trying to get the
attention of the bevy of girls.
c) accepting
b) inherent c) brave
16. His voice gets on my nerves.
b) replete
b) despite
d) passio n
Directions (16-18) : Choose the correct option indicating
the meaning of the idioms in bold.
with dainty eatables.
a) b esides
c) gentle
15. RECEDE
d) vital
a) relapsed
7.
b) apathy
14. INTREPID
critic of the
all democratic instinct in the
a) smu d ges
a) erratic
d) W aif
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a
institution of ‘Sati’.
a) virulent b) virtual
13. FERVOUR
a) slow in
b) for
d) at
having million readers
c) at
d) in
wit.
b) slow of c) slow at
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25. He has been
the power of attorney..
a) invested in
b) given up
c) given to
d) invested with
36. Recently, the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) of the
Directors General/Commissioners of Customs
conducted in which state of India?
a) Goa
b) UP
c) New Delhi
d) Maharashtra
37. The Celonies king, sent a representative in India
during the reign of
a) Chandragupta I
b) Chandragupta II
26. W hich of the following pair of metal consists of the
lightest metal and the heaviest metal, respectively?
a) Li & Hg
b) Li & Os
c) Al & Os
d) Al & Hg
27. In which country the Vulnerable 20 (V20) countries
meeting held recently?
a) India
b) Peru
c) Vietnam
d) Bangladesh
c) Samudragupta
d) Skandagupta
38. W here the W estern Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet?
a) Anaimalai hills
b) Cardamom hills
c) Nilgiri hills
d) Shevaroy hills
39. The order for the suspension of the Fundamental
Rights are issued by
.
28. ‘Razmnamah’ was the title given to the Persian
translation of a Sanskrit work, at court of Akbar,
named
a) Parliament
a) Ramayana
b) Mahabharata
b) President with the approval of Parliament
c) Vedas
d) Gita
c) President on the recommendation of Supreme
Court
29. If a latitude passes through Sikkim it will also pass
through
d) President with the approval of the Council of
Ministers
a) Jammu & Kashmir b) Raj asthan
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Gujarat
40. Community Development Programme was created
to fulfil which of the following objectives?
30. In which case the Supreme Court upheld the view that
the Parliament cannot amend the basic features of
the Indian Constitution ?
a) To create scientific outlook among the rural
people
b) To solve the unemployment problem
c) To cultivate the spirit of self reliance and initiative
among rural people
d) All of these
41. The first national leader to attack the Salt Tax in Indian
Legislature was
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Pherozeshah Mehta
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) G.K. Gokhale
a) Keshavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala
b) Golaknath vs. State of Pujnab
c) AK Gopalan vs. States of Madras
d) Minerva Mills case
31. Almost same importance was given to agriculture
and industry in the
a) 1st Plan b) 2nd Plan c) 3rd Plan d) 4th Plan
32. The Vernacular Press Act 1878 was repealed by
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Curzon
42. A invested `15000 at 10% p.a. simple interest. Find the
interest earned in 1 year 6 months.
a) `2125
b) `2250
c) `3000
d) `2325
33. What is the greatest number of 3 digits which when
divided by 6, 9, 12 leaves remainder 3 in each case?
a) 903
b) 939
c) 975
d) 996
34. If in a certain code ‘DICKINSON’ is written as
357950210 and ‘DIPP’ is written as 3566, then how
can PICNIC be written in the same code?
Directions (43): In the following figure given numbers
indicate Indian, Leaders and Singers. Study the figure
carefully. Which region among them denotes Indian leaders
who are not singers, indicate that number.
Indians
a) 650757 b) 657057 c) 657507 d) 560757
35. W hich one of the following is a matching pair of a
body feature and the animal possessing it ?
1
6
2
4
3
Leaders
5
7
a) Ventral heart – Scorpion
b) Post-anal tail– Octopus
Singers
c) Ventral Central nervous system– Leech
d) Pharyngeal gill
Chamaeleon
slits
absent
in
embryo–
a) 2
b) 3
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44. A clock goes slow in summer because the length of
the pendulum
.
Directions (52): Find the odd word from the alternatives.
52. Carrot, Cabbage, Potato, Ginger, Beeroot
a) Increases therefore time period increases
b) Increases therefore time period decreases
c) Decreases therefore time period increases
45. The first-ever BRICS Ministerial meeting on Migration
recently held in
.
b) New Delhi
c) Sochi
d) Mumbai
b) Carrot
c) Potato
d) Beetroot
53. W hat is common between parrot, platypus and
kangaroo ?
d) Decreases therefore time period decreases
a) Beizing
a) Cabbage
a) Ovoparity
b) Homoiothermy
c) Toothless jaws
d) Functional post–anal tail
46. The script of which has not been used in the Mauryan
inscriptions is
a) Prakrit
b) Devanagari
c) Aramic
d) Greek
54. To boost sporting activities in Jammu & Kashmir how
much amount has been sanctioned by the Union
Sports Ministry recently?
47. If there were no Himalayan ranges, what would have
been the most likely geographical impact on India?
ii) In do-Gang a p lain w ould be devoid of su ch
extensive alluvial soils.
iii) The pattern of monsoon would be different from
what it is at present.
c) i and iii
d) i, ii and iii
c) ` 240 crore
d) ` 230 crore
a) Sanjay Belathipura
b) Ajit Kesakambalina
c) Makhali Gosala
d) Purana Kassapa
56. The wettest place in India Mawsynram is located in
Codes:
b) ii and iii
b) ` 250 crore
55. W hich orthodox teacher of the sixth century B.C. gave
importance on ‘nyati’ or fate, that control the cosmic
Principle?
i) Much of the country would experience the cold
waves from Siberia.
a) Only i
a) ` 200 crore
a) Khasi hills
b) Garo hills
c) Jaintia hills
d) Mikir hills
57. India as a secular state means
48. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right ?
a) Godless State
a) Right to Property
b) Sympathetic towards all religions
b) Right to Freedom
c) Against all religions
c) Right to equality
d) Neutral to all religions
d) Right to Constitutional remedies
58. Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced in which
year?
49. Programes against poverty during the eight plan
were
a) IRDP, JRY, EAS
b) Water Supply, housing
c) NRY, SJSRY
d) All of these
a) 1990-91
b) 1995-96
c) 1998-99
d) 1000-01
59. The Congress split into moderates and extremists in
the session at
50. The Indian states that were annexed by invoking the
Doctrine of Lapse included
a) Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar
a) Surat
b) Lucknow
b) Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara
c) Ahmedabad
d) Madras
60. By selling an article for `1080, a trader makes a profit of
20%. Find the cost price.
c) Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore
d) Jhansi, Satara and Mysore
51. The ratio of the present ages of P and Q is 5:4. Which of
the following cannot be the ratio of their ages 10 years
hence?
a) 6:5
b) 7:6
.
c) 17:14
a) `840
b) `960
c) `750
d) `900
Directions (61): Find the odd letters pair from the
alternatives.
d) 13:10
61. a) vwqp
b) yxmn
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62. The escape velocity from the earth's surface is
a) 7.92 km/sec
b) 2.38 km/sec
c) 11.2 m/sec
d) 11.2 km/sec
.
Directions (70): Find the odd number pair from the
alternatives.
63. Under which fund, NABARD sanctioned loan to Gujarat
for irrigation projects, recently ?
a) SIDBI
b) SIDF
c) RIDF
d) NHB
64. W h ich o f the follo win gs was n ot the effect of
Nadirsha’s invasion in India?
a) It caused an irreparable damage to the Prestige
of the Mughal empire.
b) It exposed the Mughals to interference by the
Marathas and Europeans.
c) It ruined the finance and the economic life of the
empire.
d) It destroyed the initiative of the nobles and they
retired rom active life.
65. W hich o f th e follo wing pairs is n o t co rrec tly
matched?
: Tertiary Fold Mountain
b) Deccan Trap
: Volcanic Fissure Eruption
c) (117, 81)
d) (186, 14)
71. Mixture of which one of the following pair of gases
is the cause of occurance of most of the explosions
in mines?
a) H 2 & O 2
b) O 2 & C2H2
c) CH 4 & air
d) CO 2 & CH 4
72. Valfajr is a smart torpedo system design and develop
by which country?
a) Japan
b) China
c) Iran
d) Pakistan
73. W hich of the following statements is true about
Shivaji?
a) Intolerance towards non-Hindus
b) Pune was his capital
c) He welded Marathas into a nation.
74. T he H im alayan rang e is very ric h in sp ec ies
diversity. W hich one among the following is the most
appropriate reason for this phenomenon?
c) W estern Ghats : Paleozoic Fold Mountains
: P re-c am brian
mountains
b) (441, 72)
d) He did’nt believe in guerilla war.
a) Himalayas
d) Aravalli
70. a) (324, 18)
relic t
a) It receives a high rainfall that supports luxuriant
vegetative growth.
66. In order to be elected as the President of India, an
individual must complete
.
b) It is a confluence of different bio-geographical
zones.
a) 45 years of age
b) 30 years of age
c) 35 years of age
d) 20 years of age
c) E xo tic an d in vasive sp ec ies have b een
introduced riot in this region.
d) It has less human interference.
67. Petro dollar means
75. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
a) Money earned by selling petroleum products
b) US Dollar in Gulf countries
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Money owned by oil rich countries invested in
USA
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) None of these
76. Terms of trade can be defined as
a) Unilateral trade agreement between countries
68. W hich of the following was a Communist journal of
M.N. Roy ?
b) the excess of imports over exports
a) Kishan Sabha
b) The W orker
c) The relationship between prices of exports and
prices of imports
c) Vanguard
d) Anushilan
d) None of these
69. The income of A and B are in the ratio 1:2. The ratio of
expenditure and savings of B is 1:2. For A the savings
are `1000 more than his expenditure. What is the income
of B?
77. The Gandhi - Irwin Pact proclaimed the suspension
of
a) Dandi March
b) Non Cooperation Movement
a) `6000
b) `3000
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) `12000
d) Cannot be determined
d) None of these
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78. Travelling at
86. The office of the Secretary of State for India was created
by the
5
th of his usual speed a man is 10 minutes
6
a) Morley - Minto Reforms, 1908
late. What is the usual time he takes to cover the same
distance.
a) 50 minutes
b) 30 minutes
c) 60 minutes
d) 70 minutes
b) Montague- Chelmsford Reforms
c) Indian Councils Act, 1861
d) Government of India Act, 1858
87. P can complete a job in 60 days. Q is 25% less efficient
than P. Find the time in which Q can complete it?
79. Arrange the colours of the rainbow (in the reverse
order) (from the top edge) –
Red, Orange, ...........
i.
Blue
iv. Green
c) 90
d) 100
88. CEG, JLN, QSU, ...?....
v. Violet
a) iii, iv, i, ii, v
b) iv, iii, ii, v, i
c) v, iii, iv, ii, i
d) ii, iv, iii, i, v
a) QQS
c) HJL
d) XZB
a) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny.
b) Stem cells are specialized cells.
c) There is no evidence of the existence of gills during
embryogenesis of mammals.
a) They all belong to the same phylum.
b) They all have jointed paired appendages.
d) All plant and animal cells are totipotent.
c) They all possess dorsal heart.
d) None of them is aquatic.
81. W ho among the following topped the list of “BestPerforming CEOs in the World’?
a) Lars Rabien Sorenson
b) Ajaypal Banga
90. In which country is located Peninsula Valdes, an
important and significant natural habitats for the insitu conservation of several threatened species of
outstanding universal value?
a) Chile
b) Argentina
c) Peru
d) Mexico
91. Babur was born in 1483 at
c) Jeff Bezos
d) Satya Nadella
82. W ho is said to have crossed the Vindhyas and
became the torchbearer of Aryan culture to the south
of Vindhyas?
a) Farghana
b) Kabul
c) Samarqand
d) Tashkent
92. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
using the code given below.
List I (Water falls)
a) Yayati
b) Sudas
c) Agasthya
d) Viswamitra
83. W hich of the following statement is not true?
a) Penganga is a tributary of the Godavari.
i) Subarnarekha river
B) Gersoppa falls
ii) Kaveri river
C) Dasam falls
iii) Narmada river
D) Shivasamudram falls iv) Sharavathi river
c) Narmada rises from Amarkantak region.
d) Nizam sagar is situated on the Manjira river.
84. Definitions of Panchayets are found in Article
a) 243
b) 244
c) 245
d) 246
.
A
B
C
D
a)
i
ii
iii
iv
b)
ii
i
iv
iii
c)
iii
iv
i
ii
d)
iv
iii
ii
i
93. The Supreme Court is composed of a Chief Justice
and Judges not more than
.
85. Lead bank scheme was introduced in which year?
c) 1969
List II (Rivers)
A) Kapildhara falls
b) Ghaggar’s water is utilised in the India Gandhi
Canal.
b) 1968
b) TVX
89. Which one of the following statement is correct ?
80. What is true about Nereis, Scorpion, Cockroach and
Silver fish ?
a) 1960
b) 80
Direction (88): A series is given, with one term missing.
Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will
complete the series.
ii. Indigo
iii. Yellow
a) 75
d) 1972
a) 9
b) 10
c) 20
d) 30
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94. A self generating economy means
103. The food corporation of India was established in
which year?
a) a self sufficient economy
b) an economy which need not be a self sufficient
economy
c) in which the rate of investment need not be
increased
a) 1965
d) None of these
95. The Indian National Congress adopted the resolution
of Poorna Swaraj (complete independence) at its
session held at
a) Calcutta
b) Allahabad
c) Karachi
d) Lahore
y
2
b) 2y
c) y
d)
25
b) 175 m
14
7
63
21
×
56
28 35
?
a) 25
c) 300 m
d) 200 m
b) 30
c) 42
d) 49
a) The vapour pressure of the liquid is zero
3
b) The vapour pressure of the liquid is standard
pressure
13
31
d) Jute mills
107. The normal boiling point of a liquid is the temperature
at which
.
43
6
b) Tea plantation
c) Railways
Direction (106): Find the number in place of ? in the table
given below:
3y
2
8
?
d) 1951
105. A train crosses an electric pole in 12 seconds and a 200
m long platform in 20 seconds. What is the length of
the train?
Direction (97): Find the missing number from the given
responses.
97. 7
c) 1960
a) Coal mining
a) 150 m
96. If ' x ' men can make ' y ' units in ' z ' days how many
units can ' z ' men make in ' x ' days.
a)
b) 1950
104. After 1853, a very large amount of the British capital
was invested in
21
c) The density of the liquid is unity
4
d) The vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the
atmospheric pressure
5
a) 56
b) 57
c) 58
108. The Sendai framework is a global blueprint for
d) 59
98. W hich of the following is also called stranger gas?
a) Ar
b) Ne
c) Xe
b) Biodiversity preservation
d) N2O
c) Disaster reduction
99. Jioji Konrote, has been elected as President of which
country?
a) Fiji
b) Cuba
c) Belarus
d) Ghana
d) Bioterrorism mitigation
109. W ho believed to have completed the construction of
Qutab Minar near Mehrauli?
a) Ala-ud-din Khalji
100. W ho is the most anthropomorphically represented
God in the Vedic Pantheon?
a) Varun
b) Indra
c) Agni
.
a) W ildlife conservation
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia Sulana
d) Vishnu
d) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
101. Luchnow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, is
located on the bank of the river
110. W ith reference to soil conservation, consider the
following practies.
a) Yamuna
b) Gomti
i) Crop rotation
ii) Sand fences
c) Ganga
d) Ram Ganga
iii) Terracing
iv) W ind breaks
102. The Duty of the Union to protect States against internal
disturbances is mentioned in Article
.
W hich of the above are considered appropriate
methods for soil conservation in India?
a) 145
b) 255
a) i, ii and iii
b) ii and iv
c) 300
d) 355
c) i, ii and iv
d) All of these
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111. Total no. of Union Territories in India is
a) 8
b) 6
c) 7
d) 9
.
119. Arrange the following states in a descending order
of density of population (census 2011) and select
the correct answer using the code given below.
112. Sunrise industries means
i) Uttar Pradesh
ii) Bihar
iii) Kerala
iv) W est Bengal
a) small scale industries
a) iv, i, ii and iii
b) ii, iv, iii and i
b) industries having good employment potential
c) iii, iv, i and ii
d) i, iii, iv and ii
c) industries which improve the exports of the
country
120. Ad-velorem tax imposed on
a) in proportion to the estimated value of the goods
d) industries which are well developed and which
have ample scope for further development
b) in proportion to the quantity of goods
c) in levied at the time of selling and purchasing
113. The Home Rule Movement in India was started by
d) For advertising
a) S.N. Banerjee and W.C. Banerjee
121. The importance of Gandhiji's Non-Cooperation
Movement was that
b) Annie Besant and Gokhale
a) It showed the ability and the willingness of the
people in general to endure.
c) Mahatma Gandhi and Motilal Nehru
d) Annie Besant and Tilak
b) It was a great movement on a large scale.
114. The cost of three erasers, five sharpners and seven
pens is `49. The cost of 5 erasers, eight sharpners and
eleven pens is `78. Find the cost of an eraser, sharpner
and pen?
a) `8
b) `9
c) `10
d) Cannot be determined
115. Find the number of triangles in the diagram given
below:
c) Non-violence was employed for the first time as
an effective weapon of mass movement.
d) None of these
122. Sushma has a dentist appointment at 7:20 in the
evening. While entering the dentist’s office, she saw
reflection of the wall clock. The hands of clock read
4:40. She knew that this being the reflection of the
clock, the time she read is not the correct time. Then,
a) She is 20 minutes late
b) She is 20 minutes before time
c) She is on time
d) None of these
123. “Foolish Seedling” disease of rice led to the discovery
of
.
a) IA A
b) G A
c) A B A
d) 2, 4 – D
124. Recently, which state has banned Ketoprofen drug to
save vulture population?
a) 32
b) 31
c) 30
d) 29
116. Ruby & sapphires are chemically
a) SiO 2
b) Al2O3
c) Pb3O4
d) Boron
117. The prestigious J C Daniel award is conferred annually
in recognition of an individual’s outstanding
achievements and contributions to which film industry?
a) Gujarati
b) Malayalam
c) Kannada
d) Tamil
b) Shahj ahan
c) Aurangzeb
d) Shah Alam II
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Telangana
125. W hich one of the following terms is not associated
with Mughals?
a) D a m
b) Jajir
c) Jital
d) Mansab
126. According to 2011 which one of the following states
of India has the highest decadal growth rate of
population?
118. Moti Masjid in Agra was built during the reign of
a) Humayun
a) Maharashtra
a) Mizoram
b) Meghalaya
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Assam
127. In which year IDBI was delinked from RBI?
a) 1964
b) 1965
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128. W ho among the following was the leader of the
moderates ?
139. W hich region of India was ruled by Sultan Zain-ulAbidin?
a) B.G. Tilak
a) Delhi
b) C.F. Andrews
c) Annie Besant
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
129. How many times in a day are the hands of a clock
pointing opposite to each other?
a) 20
b) 4
c) 24
b) Scattering of light by dust particles in the path of
the light
b) Nicobar islands
c) Spiti valley
d) Lakshadweep islands
a) downward sloping
b) horizontal
d) Vertical
d) None of these
a) 1889
b) 1914
c) 1899
d) 1900
143. Complete the series given below:
c) Brownian movement of the dust
15, 30, 45, 90, 135, 270, ?
d) Electrical properties of dust particles
131. The Sampoor thermal power project is a joint venture
involving Sri Lanka and which country?
a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) China
d) Japan
a) 320
a) Benaras
b) Allahabad
c) Sarnath
d) Puruspur
b) 340
c) 400
d) 405
144. Passage cells are thin- walled cells found in :
a) central region of style through which the pollen
tube grows towards the ovary
b) endodermis of roots facilitating rapid transport of
water from cortex to pericycle
132. The capital of Kanishka was
c) phloem elements that serve as entry points for
substances for transport to other plant parts
133. W hich one of the following is the correct sequence
of langauges spoken in India?
d) testa of seed to enable emergence of growing
embryonic axis during seed germination
a) Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi
145. In context to latest astronomical findings, what is KIC
8462852?
b) Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi
c) Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali
d) Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
134. Too much money chasing for few goods refers as
a) runway inflation
b) demand pull inflation
c) devaluation
d) recession
a) Asteroid
b) Star
c) Comet
d) Meteorite
146. The first battle of Tarain took place between
a) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
b) Alaud-din Khilji and Prithviraj Chauhan
135. Who wrote the book ‘Anandamath’?
c) Mahmud of Ghazni and Prithviraj Chauhan
a) Tilak
b) Savarkar
c) Aurobindo
d) None of these
d) Muhammad Shah and Prithviraj Chauhan
147. Match the following List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the code given below.
136. Zephyr : Gale :: Trickle : ?
c) Gusset
a) Nilgiri hills
142. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year
a) Shining particles emanating from projector
b) Gust
c) Kash mir d) O rissa
141. W hat is the shape of a supply curve?
d) 22
130. The shining particles in the path of beam from a
projector in cinema hall is due to
.
a) Torrent
b) Assam
140. In which of the following places is the Shompen
Tribe in found?
d) Decay
List I (Plants of renewable energy)
137. W ho discovered heavy water?
a) Hertz
b) H.C. Urey
c) Mendel
d) Pristley
138. Who is the chairman of the panel constituted to push
mega innovation projects?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Muppandal (Tamil Nadu)
Manikaran (Himachal Pradesh)
Gulf of Khambat (Gujarat)
Vizhinjam (Kerala)
A
B
C
D
a) K M Chandrashekar
a)
iii
ii
i
iv
b) P Shankar
b)
ii
iii
iv
i
c) Arvind Panagariya
c)
i
iv
iii
ii
d) K Subramanium.
d)
iv
i
ii
iii
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148. W hich one of the following institution estimate
National income?
158. W hat is the modern name of Nairanjana, where
Buddha took a bath before getting ‘Nirvana’?
a) Son
a) CSO
d) Luni
159. On which one of the following rivers is the Tehri
Hydropower complex located?
b) RBI
c) Planning Commission
d) Finance Commission
149. Who among the following was a prominent officer of
the Azad Hind Fauj ?
a) Shah Nawaz Khan
a) Alkananda
b) Mandakini
c) Dhauliganga
d) Bhagirathi
160. Luckhnow Pact of 1916 is significant in the history of
Indian National Movement because
a) Both the groups of Congress men settled their
disputes
b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) It ended separate electorates for Hindus and
Muslims.
d) DR. M.A. Ansari
c) It decide India's non participating in World W ar I.
150. Complete the letter series given below:
d) None of these
Z,A,U,F,P,?
a) K
b) Gandak c) Sarayu
b) M
c) N
d) O
151. The first acceptor of electrons from an excited
chlorophyll molecule of Photosystem-II is
.
a) Quinone
b) Cytochrome
c) Iron-sulphur protein
d) Ferredoxin
152. Who received the Golden Boot award for scoring the
most goals in Europe’s domestic leagues last
season?
a) Cristiano Ronaldo
b) Lionel Messi
c) Luis Suarez
d) Gareth Bale
153. In medieval In dia, M an sabd ari system was
introduced mainly for
161. The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin
scale is
.
a) 280
b) 290
c) 310
d) 340
162. Ravindra Jain, who passed away recently, was a
famous
.
a) Musician
b) Author
c) Environmentalist
d) Actor
163. In which edict did Ashoka refer to himself as the
‘King of Magadha’, a title which he used only on one
occation?
a) Bhabru edict
b) Maski edict
c) Barbara cave edict
d) Gujrat edict
164. Following are the characteristics of an area in India.
a) Making recruitment to the army
i) Hot and humid climate
b) Facilitating revenue collection
ii) Annual rainfall 200 cm
c) Ensuring religious harmony
iii) Hill slopes upto an altitude of 1100 m
d) Effecting clean administration
iv) Annual range of temperature 15ºC to 30ºC
W hich one among the following crops are you most
likely to find in this area?
154. W hich one of the following has been recognised as
the store house of the best metallurgical coal in
India?
a) Singrauli
b) Korba
c) Jharia
d) Talcher
a) Mustard b) Tea
b) C.R. Das
c) Jatin Das
d) Chandrashekhar Azad
b) C 2H 4, C 2H 2 and C 6H6
c) CO, O 2 and N 2
d) CO 2, C 2H 8, N 2
b) Federal Government at Centre
c) Interim Indian Government at Centre
d) None of these
166. All enzymes of TCA cycle are located in the
mitochondrial matrix except one which is located in
inner mitochondrial membranes in eukaryotes and in
cytosol in prokaryotes. This enzyme is
.
156. Name the heat producing gases in coal gas?
a) H 2, CO and CH 4
d) Pepper
a) Unitary Government at Centre
155. Which of the following revolutionary leaders organised
an attack on the armoury of Chittagong ?
a) Surya Sen
c) Cotton
165. W hat was the chief characteristic of Government of
India Act, 1935 ?
157. Apart from India and US, which country is participating
in 2015 Malabar bilateral navy exercise?
a) Succinate dehydrogenase
b) Lactate dehydrogenase
a) South Korea
b) Japan
c) Isocitrate dehydrogenase
c) North Korea
d) Singapore
d) Malate dehydrogenase
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167. W hich one of the following has won the Golden
Peacock Global Award for Sustainability (GPGAS)
2015?
176. If you walk towards a plane mirror at a speed of 10
cm/s at what speed does your image approach you?
a) 5 cm/s
a) Reliance
b) Tata Steel
b) 10 cm/s
c) Infosys
d) Airtel
c) 20 m/s
d) Information inadequate
168. W ho wrote the book ‘Kumarsambhaba’?
a) Kalid as b) Dandin c) Bhasa
177. On which day Indian Constitution Day will be
observed?
d) Bhatti
169. Match List-I with Lis- II :
List I (Rivers)
List II (Dams)
A) Kaveri
i) Almatti
B) Krishna
ii) Mettur
C) Narmada
iii) Gandhi Sagar
D) Cham bal
iv) Sardar Sarovar
a) November 26
b) October 26
c) December 26
d) January26
178. Samudragupta’s achievements are eulogised in the
a) Kalinga edict
b) Allahabad Prasasti
c) India
d) None of these
179. W hich of the statements given below is/are correct?
A
B
C
D
a)
i
iv
ii
iii
b)
ii
i
iii
iv
c)
ii
i
iv
iii
ii) The Karewas soil region of Kashmir valley is
known for saffron cultivation.
d)
i
iii
iv
ii
a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii
i) Structurally, Meghalaya plateau is an extended
part of the Peninsular Plateau.
170. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya
Samaj.
180. W hat was the name of the periodical published by
Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa ?
b) Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar.
c) Dr. Annie Besant was a theosophist
d) The international headquarter of the Theosophical
Society is in Madras.
b) U
c) C
d) C l
172. W hich mobile-based app has recently launched to
inform people about all Indian customs rules?
d) Navjivan
a) 620 nm
b) 640 nm
c) 680 nm
d) 720 nm
182. Who is the new chairman of Confederation of Indian
Textile Industries (CITI)?
a) Customs Traveler Guide-India
b) Customer Customs Guide-India
b) Indian Opinion
c) India Gazette
181. The wavelength of light absorbed by Pr form of
phytochrome is
.
171. W hich of the following has no natural isotopes?
a) Na
a) Afrikaner
a) J. Thulasidharan
b) Naishadh Parikh
c) Binoy Job
d) Mukund Choudhary
183. The ancient works of Charak and Susruta deals with
c) Custom Guide-India
d) Traveler Customs Guide-India
173. W hich Harappan site’s name gives the meaning of
‘the mound of dead’?
a) la w
b) medicine
c) polity and economy
d) architecture
184. Canal irrigation is most important in the northern
plains of India because
a) Harappa
b) Kalibangan
a) the soil is porous
c) Amri
d) Lothal
b) the level of underground water is high
174. W hich one o f the following Nation al Highways
passes through Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh and
Odisha?
a) NH - 4
b) NH - 5
c) NH - 6
d) NH - 7
c) the sources of canals are perennial rivers
d) the region is densely populated
185. Which of the following was edited by Raja Rammohan
Roy ?
175. The title of Governor - General was changed to that of
Viceroy in the year
a) Tuhfatul Muwahiddim
b) Kiratarjuniya
a) 1905 A.D.
b) 1917 A.D.
c) Mother India
c) 1858 A.D.
d) 1885 A.D.
d) Brahma Samhita
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186.  rays is
195. Who among the following first propounded the idea of
basic education?
a) flow of a positively charged particles
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) electro magnetic wave
b) Dayanand Saraswati
c) flow of a negatively charged particles
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) None of these
187. W hich Indian cyclist has become first-ever Indian to
won five medals at the 2015 Taiwan Cup?
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
196. Opening of floral buds into flowers, is type of
a) Manorma Devi
b) Sunita Devi
a) Autonomic movement of growth
c) Deborah Herold
d) Anjana
b) Autonomic movement of locomotion
188. The common feature between Shivaji and Baji Rao I
that ensured their successed in battles was
a) Hindu Padpadshahi
c) Autonomic movement of variation
d) Paratonic movement of growth
197. W hich northeast state is famous for Black rice; well
known for its pleasant nutty flavour?
b) Support from Hindu Rajas
c) Guerrilla warfare
a) Arunachal Pradesh
d) organized and trained army
b) Sikkim
189. W hich one of the following districts of W est Bengal
is traversed by the Tropic of cancer?
a) Murshidabad
b) Nadia
c) Maldah
d) North 24 Parganas
c) Manipur
d) Mizoram
198. W ho was the successor of Hussain Shah?
a) Nasirud-din Mahmud Shah
190. W hom did Mahatma Gandhi describe as pure as
crystal, as brave as a lion and the most perfect man in
the political field ?
a) B.G. Tilak
b) C.R. Das
c) Motilal Nehru
d) G.K. Gokhale
191. Hydrogen bomb involves the principle of
a) Nuclear fission
b) Nuclear fusion
c) Newton's law
d) Coulomb's law
b) Azam Shah
c) Nasrat Shah
d) Iliyas Shah
199. The Damo dar Valley Multipurpose Proj ect was
designed after
.
a) Tennessee Valley Project of USA
b) Lena Project of USSA
c) Amazon River Valley Project
192. W hich country has won 2015 W omen’s European
Volleyball Championship?
a) Russia
b) USA
c) China
d) Japan
d) Hwang Ho River Valley Project of China
200. W hat did Gandhiji do to practise the ideals of truth
and non-violence in 1916 ?
193. T he ‘ Rath a temp les’ o f M ah ab alip uram w ere
constructed the reign of
a) He started an all-India Satyagraha.
b) He founded Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
a) Pulakeshin II
b) Narasingha Varman II
c) He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth.
c) Raja Raja
d) Rajendra Chola
d) He joined the Indian National Congress.
194. In W est B en gal therm al p ow er statio n un der
National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd is located
at
a) Mejia
b) Kolaghat
c) Farakka
d) Santaldihi
.
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1. (b)
26. (b)
51. (d)
76. (c)
101. (b)
126. (b)
151. (a)
176. (b)
2. (a)
27. (b)
52. (a)
77. (c)
102. (d)
127. (c)
152. (a)
177. (a)
3. (c)
28. (b)
53. (b)
78. (a)
103. (a)
128. (d)
153. (d)
178. (b)
4. (b)
29. (b)
54. (a)
79. (a)
104. (c)
129. (c)
154. (c)
179. (c)
5. (d)
30. (a)
55. (c)
80. (c)
105. (c)
130. (b)
155. (a)
180. (b)
6. (a)
31. (c)
56. (a)
81. (a)
106. (d)
131. (a)
156. (a)
181. (c)
7. (d)
32. (b)
57. (d)
82. (c)
107. (a)
132. (d)
157. (b)
182. (b)
8. (a)
33. (c)
58. (c)
83. (b)
108. (c)
133. (b)
158. (d)
183. (b)
9. (b)
34. (b)
59. (a)
84. (a)
109. (b)
134. (b)
159. (d)
184. (c)
10. (c)
35. (c)
60. (d)
85. (c)
110. (c)
135. (d)
160. (b)
185. (a)
11. (b)
36. (a)
61. (a)
86. (d)
111. (c)
136. (a)
161. (c)
186. (b)
12. (a)
37. (c)
62. (d)
87. (b)
112. (b)
137. (b)
162. (a)
187. (c)
13. (b)
38. (c)
63. (c)
88. (d)
113. (d)
138. (c)
163. (a)
188. (c)
14. (a)
39. (b)
64. (d)
89. (a)
114. (b)
139. (c)
164. (b)
189. (b)
15. (c)
40. (d)
65. (c)
90. (b)
115. (a)
140. (b)
165. (b)
190. (d)
16. (c)
41. (d)
66. (c)
91. (a)
116. (b)
141. (d)
166. (a)
191. (b)
17. (b)
42. (b)
67. (a)
92. (c)
117. (b)
142. (a)
167. (b)
192. (a)
18. (d)
43. (a)
68. (c)
93. (d)
118. (b)
143. (d)
168. (a)
193. (b)
19. (c)
44. (a)
69. (d)
94. (a)
119. (b)
144. (b)
169. (c)
194. (c)
20. (d)
45. (c)
70. (a)
95. (d)
120. (a)
145. (a)
170. (b)
195. (c)
21. (a)
46. (b)
71. (c)
96. (c)
121. (c)
146. (a)
171. (a)
196. (a)
22. (b)
47. (d)
72. (c)
97. (b)
122. (c)
147 . (b)
172. (a)
197. (c)
23. (c)
48. (a)
73. (c)
98. (c)
123. (b)
148. (a)
173. (d)
198. (c)
24. (b)
49. (a)
74. (a)
99. (a)
124. (b)
149. (a)
174. (c)
199. (a)
25. (d)
50. (b)
75. (d)
100. (b)
125. (c)
150. (a)
175. (c)
200. (b)
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W BCS (Preliminary) Answer, 2016
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
MATHEMATICS
96. (c)
115. (a)
A
M1 D1 M 2 D2

W1
W2
Ans.  y
D
114. (b) 3E  5S  7 P  49    1
5E  8S  11P  78     2 
E = Erasers
S = Sharpners
P = Pen
E
G H I
O
J
N K
L
M
B
C
F
There are three similar triangles. Count the
number of triangles in any one of these three
triangles, multiply it by 3 and add other triangles.
10 E  16S  22P    9 E  15S  21P 
  78  2    49  3 
E  S  P  156  147  9
A
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
34. (b)
D I C K I N S O N
3 5 7 9 5 0 2 1 0
D I P P
3 5 6 6
Therefore,
P I C N I C
D
G
H
I
E
The triangles are :  ADG ;  AGH ;  AHI ;
6 5 7 0 5 7
43. (a) The number ‘2’ indicates Indian leaders who
are not singers.
52. (a) ‘Cabbage’ is odd because rest are grown in
under ground.
61. (a) v w q p, y x m n, g f k l, c b r s
 AIE ;
G,
J
L
N,
Q S
U,
X
Z
 ADI ;
 ADE ;
 AGI ;
 AGE ;  AHE .
Therefore, there are 30 such triangles.
Other triangles :
+1
–1
–1
+1
–1
+1
–1
+1
70. (a) First number is the square of second number.
79. (a) Reverse order of the rainbow colours –
Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet i.e. iii, iv, i, ii, v.
88. (d)
C E
 ADH ;
B
+2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2
97. (b) As, 8 × 3 + 1 = 25
3 × 4 + 1 = 13
4 × 5 + 1 = 21
5 × 6 + 1 = 31
6 × 7 + 1 = 43
Same as, ? = 7 × 8 + 1 = 57
106. (d) 7 × 2 = 14
7 × 3 = 21
7 × 4 = 28
7 × 5 = 35
7 × 7 = 49
7 × 8 = 56
7 × 9 = 63
 DEF ;  ABC
Now, total number of triangles = 32
122. (c) The reflection of wall clock shows 4:40. The
actual time was 7:20. Therefore, Sushma was
on time.
129. (c) The two hands are in opposite direction once in
each hour. Therefore, hands of clock in 24 hours
are in opposite direction 24 times.
136. (a) Gale is more intense than Zephyr. Similarly,
torrent is more intense than Trickle.
143. (d) 15+15 = 30
30 + 15 = 45
45 + 45 = 90
90 + 45 = 135
135 + 135 = 270
270  135  405
150. (a)
Z
A
Pairs of opposite letters
U
P
F
K
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