WBCS MOCK TEST FOR PRELIMS

TEST ID : 04 WITH QUESTIONS

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 1. The restaurant offered toothsome foods to d. Ganealogy
the tired traveller. The synonym of the word
written in bold is 9. Act or speech for inciting the public against
a. Easy to achieve the government.
b. Bad in taste a. Riot
c. Delicious b. Scrimmage
d. Hard and stale c. Scuffle
d. Sedition
2. Among the blind , _____ one - eyed man is
king. ( Fill in the blank with appropriate article) 10. The correct synonym of BURLESQUE is
a. an a. Borrow
b. a b. Lustrous
c. the c. Caricature
d. No Article d. Candid

3. Choose the word correctly spelt : 11. The Sound of rain is called
a. Appaling a. Murmur
b. Rehearsal b. Ripple
c. Collegue c. Patter
d. bizzare d. Rustle

4. Swapan was transferred to Assam from 12. As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword
Kolkata for taking a french leave. French leave of Damocles hanging over your head at every
means moment - Sword of Damocles refers to
a. Study leave a. Adventure
b. Leave for travel to France b. Closely impending disaster
c. Leave without permission c. Courage
d. Leave for treatment d. Daring Act

5. Which of the following best expresses the 13. Pluviophile is the lover of
meaning of " LENIENT " ? a. Eclipses
a. Liberal b. Rains
b. Harsh c. Nights or darkness
c. Brutal d. Sunsets
d. Idle
14. Which of the following is incorrectly spelt :
6. A number of fish (in a net) caught at one a. Conscience
time is called b. Questionnaire
a. Shoal c. Acquiesce
b. Pack d. Supercede
c. School
d. Haul 15. "Rana is always ready to eat anyone’s salt.
( Choose the correct meaning of the bold part)
7. The 150th anniversary is known as a. to be one’s guest
a. Semicentennial b. to cook tasty dishes
b. Pentacentennial c. an infectious disease
c. Sesquicentennial d. to deceive someone
d. Millennium
16. Surya is desirous ______ money and fame.
8. The study of family ancestries and histories ( Use appropriate preposistion to fill in the
a. Ethology blank)
b. Ethnology a. to
c. Heliotherapy b. for

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 c. of 24. Fear from old memories is called
d. after a. Monophobia
b. Maieusiophobia
17. The " feminine gender " of BUCK is c. Menemophobia
a. Ewe d. Magalophobia
b. Filly
c. Roe 25. Leveret is the young one of
d. Doe a. Mare
b. Swan
18. "One who is a brilliant performer on stage c. Hare
(especially in music)" d. Ass
a. Versatile
b. Termagant 26. Jwalamukhi temple was destroyed by
c. Virtuoso a. Sultan Mahmud
d. Swashbuckler b. Alauddin Khilji
c. Feroz Shah Tughlaq
19. Which is opposite of the meaning of Adroit d. Qutubddin Aibak
a. Skillful
b. Dry 27. Which state emerged as the poorest state
c. Clumsy in India at all dimensions in the inaugural
d. Helpful national Multi-dimensional Poverty Index
(MPI) released by NITI Aayog?
20. My little cousin is ______ a movie ( Fill in a. Jharkhand
the blank with appropriate form of the verb) b. Bihar
a. watches c. Chhattishgarh
b. watched d. Odisha
c. watching
d. being watched 28. From A to Z, each letter is represented by a
number, for example A= 1, B = 2, C= 3 and so
21. Which of the following is correctly spelt : on upto Z = 26 If AEF = 312 & GHI = 1578 ,
a. Obsecuous then ADE =
b. Nunnerie a. 490
c. Circuitous b. 290
d. Grandilocuence c. 390
d. 190
22. The seer , who is sitting outside the railway
station , is nothing more than a fraud. The 29. Sharb , a kind of tax in the medieval India,
word 'Seer' written in bold means was charged upon
a. Broker a. land
b. Beggar b. Hindu temples
c. Foreteller c. irrigation
d. Hawker d. produced crop

23. A ________ of robbers assembled together 30. The Legislative Council in a state can be
near the temple at the mid of the night. ( Fill in abolished by the Parliament on the
the blank with appropriate collective noun) recommendation of
a. hoard a. Governor
b. bevy b. President
c. gang c. State Legislative Assembly
d. jumble d. Chief Minister

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 31. Operation AAHT, recently in news , is b. 11
related to c. 12
a. Anti-cyber fraud operation d. 8
b. Human trafficking
c. Illegal trade of exotic species 39. Tabaqat i Akbari was authored by
d. Naxal combing operations a. Abul Fazl
b. Kafi Khan
32. The ragas such as "Ghora" and "Sanam" c. Khawaja Nijamuddin Ahmed
was introduced by d. Badauni
a. Tansen
b. Abul Fazal 40. Who among the following has been
c. Amir Khusrau appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner
d. Aurangzeb by the President of India with effect from 15th
May , 2022 ?
33. Quwwat Ul Islam mosque, founded by a. Sushil Chandra
Qutubuddin Aibak, was to commemorate the b. Rajiv Kumar
victory over c. Anup Chandra Pandey
a. Gujarat d. Avanindra Singh
b. Bengal
c. Delhi 41. Diwan i Ishtilqaq was a department in
d. Rajasthan Sultanate Period to look after
a. Charity and Mint
34. Kumharia Nuclear Power Plant is located in b. Finance
the Indian state of c. State laws
a. Gujarat d. Controller of boats
b. tamil Nadu
c. Jharkhand 42. Which of the following is an application of
d. Haryana quasicrystals ?
a. LASER
35. Shivkumar Sharma ,died recently, was a b. RADAR
renowned c. Non-stick frying pans
a. Kathak Dancer d. Atomic Watches
b. Santoor player
c. Classical Singer 43. "It was to be a swaraj, not for the
d. Shehnai Player capitalists but for the workers" said by
a. N. M . Joshi
36. The charger of mobile phones work as a b. N. M . Lokhande
a. Step Up transformer c. Diwan Chaman Lal
b. Step down transformer d. B. P. Wadia
c. Rectifier
d. Converter 44. Tahdhib - ul - Akhlaq was a magazine of
a. Ram Mohan Roy
37. Parvatmala scheme, announced in Union b. Syed Ahmed Khan
Budget 2022-23, aimed at improvement of c. Rashid Ahmed Gangohi
connectivity in hilly area through d. Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi
a. Helicopters
b. Mules 45. If FAITH is written as KELVI, then how will
c. Ropeways LEAVE be written ?
d. Tunnels a. IQXDF
b. QIDXF
38. No. of Fundamental Duties suggested by c. FIXDQ
Swaran Singh Committee d. QDIXF
a. 10

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 46. The first modern woollen textile industry c. Production linked Incentive Scheme
was established in d. Agreement for debt resolution
a. Amritsar
b. Budgam 54. Ushaparinayam in Sanskrit was authored
c. Kanpur by
d. Hoshiarpur a. Kalidasa
b. Dandin
47. Swami Vidyanand was associated with the c. Krishnadevaraya
peasant movement organised in d. Harishchandra
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh 55. The difference of ages of Ashok and his
c. Rajasthan uncle is 30 years. If after 7 years , the sum of
d. Punjab their age becomes 66 years, the present age of
the uncle is
48. Srirangam copper plates belong to a. 53
a. Harihara b. 49
b. Devaraya II c. 41
c. Krishnadevaraya d. 39
d. Devaraya I
56. Ukhrul grassland is found in the Indian
49. Madhura, a noted Jain poet, was in the state of
court of a. Uttarakhand
a. Devaraya I b. Rajasthan
b. Krishnadevaraya c. Manipur
c. Devaraya II d. Himachal Pradesh
d. Bukka I
57. No. of International Airports( including
50. Teerathgarh waterfalls ,located in Joint Venture Airports) in India at present ( 13
Chhattishgarh, is on the river May, 2022)
a. Jonk a. 17
b. Indravati b. 29
c. Munga Bahar or Kanger c. 35
d. Pairi d. 41

51. The Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland seen 58. Who is the director of the film Aparajito (
in the news , is located in the country The Undefeated : The making of a
a. Afghanistan masterpiece) ?
b. North Korea a. Kaushik Ganguly
c. Sri Lanka b. Srijit Mukherjee
d. Iraq c. Anik Dutta
d. Raja Chanda
52. The total length of Golden Quadrilateral is
a. 6120 km 59. Which Government Institute launched JIVA
b. 5846 km programme ?
c. 5432 km a. NABARD
d. 7549 km b. RBI
c. SEBI
53. The term " Pre-packs" , often seen in news d. CACP
, is related to
a. Social Security Scheme for small 60. Vajrasuchi was authored by
traders a. Asvaghosha
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 c. Vasa 68. Which person of Indian origin has been
d. Nagarjuna appointed as the first Chief Technology Officer
of CIA ?
61. Who among the following authored a. Arvind Krishna
Nemipuran ? b. Nand Moolchandani
a. Amoghvarsha c. Shantanu Naray
b. Jinasena d. Nikesh Arora
c. Gunavarma
d. Panna 69. Perini dance originated during the reign of
a. Satvahanas
62. Mahananda Corridor is located in the b. Kakatiyas
district of c. Palas
a. Siliguri d. Saishunagas
b. South Dinajpur
c. Murshidabad 70. Mushroom Rock is found in the Indian
d. North Dinajpur state of
a. Andhra Pradesh
63. "It is high time that the British People were b. Kerala
made to realize that the fight that was c. Rajasthan
commenced in 1920 is a fight to the finish, d. Arunachal Pradesh
whether it lasts one month or one year or
many months or many years " was the remark 71. According to Economic Survey 2021-22 ,
made by the identified strategic sectors under New
a. Subhas Chandra Bose Public Sector Enterprise Policy 2021 include
b. Mahatma Gandhi a. Atomic Energy, Space & Defense
c. Motilal Tejawat b. Power, Petrolium, Coal and other
d. Md. Ali Jinnah minerals
c. Banking , Insurance & Privatisation of
64. Who among the founded Mahakali Air India
Pathshala in Calcutta ? d. All of the above
a. Nanibala Devi
b. Mataji Tapaswini 72. Gyanvapi Mosque is located in
c. Ashalata Sen a. Uttar Pradesh
d. Anandibhai Bhagat b. New Delhi
c. Kerala
65. Goriganga river originates from d. Andhra Pradesh
a. Kumaon Himalayas
b. Punjab Himalayas 73. The Player (Men) has won the 2021 FIDE
c. Kashmir Himalayas World Rapid Chess Championship ?
d. Nepal Himalayas a. Magnus Carlsen
b. Vishwanathan Anand
66. Naksh - e - Fariyadi, Dast - e - Saba and c. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Zindan Nama were the poetry collection of d. Garry Kasparov
a. Rani Kamalapati
b. Faiz Ahmed Faiz 74. The Vokkaliga Sangha , which launched an
c. Maharani Zindan Kaur anti-brahmin movement, was established in
d. Abdur Rahim Mysore in the year
a. 1911
67. Pitridayita was authored by b. 1931
a. Halayudh c. 1905
b. Chakrapani Datta d. 1942
c. Sureshwar
d. Aniruddh Bhatta

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 75. Arrange chronologically the highest forest 80. Shah Jahan spent his last days in captivity
covering states of India ( area wise) from in
highest to lowest : 1. Odisha ; 2. Madhya a. Taj Mahal
Pradesh ; 3. Maharashtra ; 4. Chhattisgarh ; 5. b. Panch Mahal
Arunachal Pradesh c. Mussaman Burj
a. 3 > 2 > 1 > 5 > 4 d. Sheesh Mahal
b. 4 > 2 > 3 > 1 > 5
c. 2 > 5 > 4 > 1 > 3 81. Sweet Revolution is associated with
d. 3 > 5 > 4 > 1 > 3 a. Sweets prepared from milk
b. Promotion and development of
76. The matter related with Goods and scientific beekeeping
Services Tax Council can be amended through c. Holistic development of production of
a. Special Majority of Parliament sweets in Eastern states of India
b. Special Majority of Parliament and d. Organic farming of sweet potato in
Consent of States North - eastern states of India
c. Simple Majority of half of the
legislatures of the state 82. The famine during the reign of Shah Jahan
d. Simple Majority of Parliament was reflected in the account of
a. Manucci
77. NEAT 3.0 is launched by the Ministry of b. Peter Mundy
a. Women & Family Welfare c. Tavernier
b. Education d. John Fryer
c. Petrolium
d. External Affairs 83. Who among the following divided the
himalayas into four divisions, namely, Western
78. Arrange the tributaries of Indus in terms of himalayas, Kumaon himalayas, Nepal and
their length in Indian territory (from the Assam himalayas ?
longest to the shortest): 1. Ravi 2. Chenab 3. a. Prof. S. P. Chatterjee
Sutlej 4. . Beas b. D. N. Wadia
a. Sutlej - Chenab -Beas - Ravi c. Sir S. Burrard
b. Sutlej - Beas - Chenab - Ravi d. Thornthwaite
c. Sutlej - Chenab - Ravi - Beas
d. Chenab - Sutlej - Ravi - Beas 84. Elisabeth Borne was sworn in as the new
female Prime Minister of
79. There were 50 faculty members a. Australia
comprising 30 males and the rest females. No b. France
male faculty member knew music, but many of c. Italy
the female faculty members did. The Head of d. Germany
the institution invited six faculty members to a
tea party by draw of lots. At the party , it was 85. In a circular table, eight persons - H , I , J, K
discovered that no member knew music. The , L , M, N & O are sitting. M is third to the right
conclusion is that of J & second to the left of K. H is at immediate
a. The party comprised males only left of I. O is at immediate right of K. L is third
b. The party comprised only those to the left of N. Who among the following are
female who did not know music neighbours of M ?
c. The party comprised both male and a. K, I
female members b. L, I
d. Gender composition of the party c. H, I
cannot be determined d. H, L

86. "If a person is elected to both the Houses

of Parliament, he must intimate within how
many days in which House he desires to

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 serve ?" 94. Marmagao Port is located at the entrance
a. 180 days of the river
b. 30 days a. Mandovi
c. 14 days b. Terekhol
d. 10 days c. Zuvari
d. Mapusa
87. The type of extinguisher used to control
the fire emitting from electrical contact 95. The statue of Gomateswara at
a. Water type Shravanabelagola was built by
b. Foam Type Chandragupta Maurya
c. Powder type Bhadrabahu
d. Gas type Sthulavadra
Chamundaraya
88. Jail fever is commonly known as
a. Typhoid fever 96. ‘Pledge Movement’ , launched by the
b. Dengue fever Indian Social Conference, aimed to inspire
c. Malaria fever people to take a pledge against
d. Typhus Fever a. British Rule
b. Brahminism
89.Which of the following is not digested in c. Child marriage
the human body ? d. Sati System
a. Starch
b. Casein 97. The HQ of South Central Railway is
c. Cellulose a. Kolkata
d. None of these b. Bhubaneswar
c. Secunderabad
90. In the case of Rajyasabha , the question of d. Hubli
disqualification is decided by
a. Chief Justice of Supreme Court 98. “Avanisimha” (Lion of the Earth) was the
b. Speaker title of
c. Chairman of Rajyasabha a. Mahendravarman I
d. President b. Simhavishnu
c. Mahamalla
91. How many meaningful English words can d. Narasimhavarman I
be made with the letters VLEI using each letter
only once in each word ? 99. No. of islands in the Arabian Sea
a. None a. 31
b. Four b. 51
c. Three c. 43
d. More than three d. 65

92.?, 66, 198, 594 - Which number will 100. Barah copper plate inscription belonged
complete the series ? to
a. 11 a. Shershah
b. 21 b. Mihirbhoja
c. 22 c. Mahendrapala
d. 34 d. Yashpala

93. Kyarda doon is located in 101. The resolution for the removal of the
a. Uttarakhand Speaker of Loksabha should be given advance
b. Himachal Pradesh notice of
c. Jammu & Kashmir a. 30 days
d. Ladakh b. 15 days

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 c. 21 days 110. E-100 pilot project was related to the
d. 14 days production and distribution of
a. Jatropha
102. Deenbandhu newspaper was started by b. Ethanol
a. N. M. Lokhande c. Ethane
b. Lala Lajpat Rai d. Electric Vehicle
c. Bipin Chaandra Pal
d. Aurobindo Ghosh 111. The first desalination plant was set up in
the Indian State of
103. The World Food Price Index is released by a. Gujarat
a. FAO b. Maharashtra
b. UNEA c. Tamil Nadu
c. IMF d. Andhra Pradesh
d. WTO
112. Obra Thermal Power Station is located in
104. Which team clinched Italian Cup 2022 ? a. Bihar
a. Juventus b. Madhya Pradesh
b. Inter Milan c. Uttar Pradesh
c. A.C. Milan d. Rajasthan
d. S.S.C. Napoli
113. The least number which when diminished
105. The International Finance Corporation ( by 5 is divisible by each of 21, 28, 36 , 45 is
IFC) was set up in the year a. 425
a. 1948 b. 1260
b. 1956 c. 1265
c. 1965 d. 1259
d. 1989
114. Glucose : Carbohydrates :: Soyabean : ?
106. The declaration related with the a. Proteins
establishment of BRICS was b. Vitamins
a. Nairobi c. Minerals
b. Fortaleza d. Fibre
c. Buenos Aires
d. Singapore 115. Who among the following was not
associated with the " Plassey Conspiracy " ?
107. Shiladitya was the title of a. Rai Durlabh
a. Sashanka b. Jagat Seths
b. Harshavardhana c. Sarfaraz Khan
c. Pulakeshi II d. Amir Chand
d. Pulakeshi I
116. I Sea PONDY 2022 was the first ever
108. The founder of the Chola dynasty was beach festival was celebrated in
a. Aditya I a. Goa
b. Vijayalaya b. Odisha
c. Parantaka I c. Puducherry
d. Uttama Chola d. Kerala

109. Jayamkonda Chola was the title assumed 117. Sulphur dioxide smog is also known as
by a. Kolkata Smog
a. Rajraja b. London Smog
b. Rajadhiraja c. Paris Smog
c. Rajendra II d. Bhopal Smog
d. Kollutung I

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 118. If you substract 1/2 from a number and 126. FL - 2027 , recently in news, is the variety
multiply the result by 1/2, you get 1/8. What is of
the number ? a. Onion
a. 01-Apr b. Jute
b. 03-Apr c. Potato
c. 01-May d. Tomato
d. 01-Feb
127. Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the
119. DESH - Stack is an online platform new Prime Minister of A
associated with the field Investment a. lbania
a. Skill Development b. Austria
b. GST c. Australia
c. Poverty d. New Zeland
d. Alleviation
128. Policy of Proud Reserve was associated
120. "The Kashmir Files" is directed by with
a. Anurag Kashyap a. Lawrence
b. Farhan Akhtar b. Lytton
c. Anupam Kher c. Hastings
d. Vivek Agnihotri d. Bentinck

121. The Union Public Service Commission is 129. Election of Rajya Sabha members is
mentioned in the part borrowed from the constitution of
a. XII a. Japan
b. XV b. South Africa
c. XIV c. Germany
d. XVI d. United Kingdom

122. The sect "Ahl-i-Quran" ( People of the 130.Which state is the champion of the 12th
Quran" ) was founded in Punjab by Hockey India Senior Women National
a. Maulana Shibli Numani Championship 2022?
b. Abdullah Chakralavi a. Jharkhand
c. Ahmad Riza Khan b. Odisha
d. Syed Nazir Husain c. Kerala
d. West Bengal
123. Miftah - ul - Futuh was authored by
a. Abu Bakr 131. Central Water and Power Research
b. Al Beruni Station is located in
c. Amir Khusrau a. Kolkata
d. Hasan Nizami b. Lucknow
c. Bhopal
124. Sagar Parikrama was inaugurated by the d. Khadakwasla
Ministry of
a. Tourism 132. Among the six persons, A, B, C, D, E, F ,
b. Railway Shipping there are three married couples of which A, C,
c. Fisheries, Animal E are husbands. B, C , D are cousins. B is not
d. Husbandry and Dairying the wife of A. The husband of B is
a. A
125. Rukmavati river empties in b. C
a. Bay of Bengal c. E
b. Rann of Kachchh d. F
c. Arabian Sea
d. Indian Ocean

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 133. Bubonic plague infects a person's blood 141. The first Anglo-Mysore ended with the
a. circulation system treaty of
b. lymphatic system a. Travancore
c. respiratory system b. Madras
d. digestive system c. Mangalore
d. Seringapatnam
134. According to the Treaty of Salbai ( 1782),
Salsette remained under the possession of 142. The average of first 10 even numbers is
a. Potuguese a. 10
b. Marathas b. 5.5
c. French c. 11
d. English d. 12.5

135. Stem rust , a disease of wheat , is caused 143. Find the odd one from the given
by alternatives:
a. Bacteria a. Science
b. Fungus b. Eutopia
c. Virus c. Quite
d. Protozoa d. Brown

136. Which of the following is popularly known 144. The unit of Surface Tension in the CGS
as the Defection case ? system is
a. "Kumar Padma Prasad Case" a. N/m
b. I.R. Coelho Case b. Kg/cm
c. Kihoto Hollohon Case c. Dynes/cm
d. Indira Nehru Gandhi case d. Dynes/m

137. Which of the following nations is not a 145. The Treaty of Surat ( 1775) was signed
member of QUAD ? between the English and
a. USA a. Mahadji Scindia
b. Japan b. Raghunath Rao
c. China c. Baji Rao II
d. India d. Yaswant Rao Holkar

138. Satara was annexed through 'Doctrine of 146. The time period of geostationary satellite
Lapse' in the year is
a. 1853 a. 8 hours
b. 1851 b. 12 hours
c. 1848 c. 24 hours
d. 1854 d. 36 hours

139. "The Hardest Place" is authored by 147. The Mach Number for hypersonic sound
a. Wesley Morgan is above
b. Sagarika Ghose a. 2
c. Ruskin Bond b. 3
d. Chetan Sharma c. 4
d. 5
140. Mir Qasim shifted the capital from
Murshidabad to 148. The first match factory in India was
a. Dhaka a. MMCI
b. Munger b. WIMCO
c. Calcutta c. AMF
d. Patna d. AMCI

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 149. The Treaty of Lhasa was signed in the 156. The largest tax contributor in Gross Tax
year Revenue in the budget estimate of 2021- 22 ?
a. 1904 a. Goods and Services Tax
b. 1905 b. Corporation Tax
c. 1906 c. Custom Duties
d. 1907 d. Union Taxes Duties

150. Who has become the new Lieutenant 157. Who , as the President of Muslim League
Governor of Delhi ? in Allahabad session , reiterated the separate
a. Anil Bajilal electorates for the Muslims as an important
b. Arjun Singh safeguard for their minority political interest ?
c. Biplab Deb a. Md. Ali Jinnah
d. Vinai Kumar Saxena b. Aga Khan
c. Hakim Azmal Khan
151. Who among the following was not a d. Sir Muhammad Iqbal
President of the Indian National Congress ?
a. George Yule 158. Jayati is the granddaughter of Rabi who is
b. Henry Cotton married to Latika. Ram is the brother -in - law
c. C. F. Andrews of Rabi who has two daughters but no son.
d. Alfred Webb Ritwik is the cousin of Rana and brother of
Jayati. Sayantan & Joy are the sons - in - law of
152. Which of the following is not included Latika. Joy is married to Ira and they have two
under core industries of India ? daughters and one son. Sayantan has one
a. Crude Oil daughter and one son. Jayati and Aditi are the
b. Coal daughters of Ira. Ram is unmarried. How is Ira
c. Mica related to Ritwik ?
d. Steel a. Aunt
b. Mother
153. A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell c. Daughter
his products at cost price but uses false d. Sister
weights and gains 11 1/9 %. For a weight of
1kg , he uses the weight of 159. 25 : 37 :: 49 : ______ ( Fill in the blank
a. 875 grams with correct alternative)
b. 900 grams a. 36
c. 950 grams b. 63
d. 850 grams c. 64
d. 65
154. The term " Additive manufacturing" is
related to the 160. The President of India is empowered to
a. Cloud Computing constitute a GST council mentioned in the
b. 3D painting article
c. Supercomputing a. 279 - A
d. Artificial Intelligence b. 280
c. 281
155. Monkey Pox is caused by d. 282
a. Virus
b. Protozoa 161. The Battle of Sabbraon was the decisive
c. Bacteria battle between the
d. Fungi a. British and Marathas
b. Sikhs
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 162. Isobars are 169. Which organisation was set up in 1927 to
a. Same mass number but represent the interest of Industrial
differentatomic number industrialists ?
b. Same number of neutrons a. ASSOCHAM
butdifferent mass number b. FICCI
c. Same difference between number of c. CII
protons & neutrons d. Bengal Chamber of Commerce
d. Same mass number and atomic
number 170. Who presided over the Madras session of
INC(1887) ?
163. Lokpal can consist of no. of members a. P. Ananda Charlu
a. 3 members b. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. 5 members c. Badruddin Tyabji
c. 8 members d. W. Wedderburn
d. 11 members
171. The first metro city to release People's
164. With reference to India, Kuchaman , Biodiversity Register( PBR) is
Sargol , Khatu, Didwana are the names of a. Delhi
a. Mountain passes b. Chennai
b. Saline lakes c. Kolkata
c. Ramsar sites d. Mumbai
d. Glaciers
172. If BOOK is coded as 34 then EAT is will be
165. "What began as a fight for religion , coded as
ended as a war of independence" , in the a. 26
context of Sepoy Mutiny , it was said by b. 62
a. V. D. Savarkar c. 101
b. Disraeli d. 16
c. S. N. Sen
d. T. R. Holmes 173. Shatapatren , a Marathi weekly, was
written by
166. Which of the following States/ Union a. Jyotiba Phule
Territories has the highest percentage of b. Karsondas Mulji G. H.
forest area to the total geographical area ? c. Deshmukh
a. Arunachal Pradesh d. Balshastri Jambhelkar
b. Lakshadweep
c. Nagaland 174. First Woman to become the Combat
d. Mizoram Aviator in the Indian Army
a. Captain Abhilasha Barak
167. Bartaman Bharat was the literary work of b. Avani Chaturbedi
a. Rabindranath Tagore c. Varuna Singh
b. S. N. Banerjee d. Kangana Singh
c. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d. Swami Vivekananda 175. Arrange the given words in sequence as
they occur in the dictionary : 1. Spruce 2.
168. Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission Spume 3. Spree 4. Spurt 5. Sprawl
(1927) was appointed during the tenure of a. 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5
a. Willingdon b. 1, 5, 3 , 4, 2
b. Irwin c. 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
c. Wavell d. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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 176. The motto of UNO is 184. Geetanjali Sree is awarded with the
a. It's Your World International Booker Prize for the novel
b. Life for All a. Chronicles of the Lost Daughters
c. Peace b. Tomb of Sand
d. No War c. A House without Windows
d. Whispering in the Dark
177. Under "Karmasathi Scheme" of Govt. of
WB , how many unemployed youth will be 185. In a row of 40 students, R is 5th from the
provided soft loans and subsidies? right end and there are 10 students between R
a. 1 lakh and D. What is the position of D from the left
b. 2 Lakh end?
c. 3 lakh a. 26th
d. 4 lakh b. 25th
c. 24th
178. Hyperion is the name of one of the d. Data Inadequate
moons of
a. Venus 186. The acceleration of consumer prices
b. Jupiter triggered by the increase in the price of
c. Saturn products linked to the transition to a carbon
d. Uranus free economy is known as
a. Sustainable Inflation
179. Nai Roshni , a central sector scheme, is a b. Green Inflation
development programme for c. Zero Emission Inflation
a. Minority Women d. Carbon free Inflation
b. Rural Youths
c. Urban Youths 187. The word " Decacorn" and " Hectocorn " ,
d. Labourers from Unorganised sectors often seen in news, is related with
a. New Supercomputers
180. Kidney : Nephrology :: Brain : ? b. Anti-drone Missiles
a. Cardiology c. Type of startups
b. Physiology d. New Variant of Covid-19 virus
c. Anatomy
d. Neurology 188. Arrange the following in a meaningful
sequence : 1. Country 2. Continent 3. Earth 4.
181. 37, 10, 79, 16, 48 , ? District 5. State
a. 22 a. 3,2,5,4,1
b. 24 b. 3,2,1,4,5
c. 32 c. 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
d. 12 d. 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5

182. Boita Bandana Festival is celebrated in 189. Murali Sreeshankar is associated with the
the Indian state of sports
a. Uttarakhand a. Long Jump
b. Odisha b. Weightlifting
c. Punjab c. Swimming
d. Jharkhand d. Boxing

183. The elimination of toxic nitrogenous 190. Mettur Dam is constructed on the river
waste and excess water in man by the process a. Krishna
a. Sweating b. Godavari
b. Reproduction c. Kaveri
c. Excretion d. Ghatprabha
d. Evaporation

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 191. Nirmal has a few sweets to be distributed. 197. In a garrison , there was food 1000
If Rabi keeps 2, 3 & 4 in a pack, Rabi is left with soldiers for one month. After 10 days , 1000
1 sweet. If Rabi keeps 5 in a pack, Rabi is left more soldiers joined. How long would the
with none. What is the minimum number of soldiers able to carry on with the remaining
sweets Rabi has to pack and distribute ? food ? 25 days 15 days 10 days 15 days
a. 39 198 Which of the following diseases can be
b. 26 transmitted from one person to another
c. 25 through tattooing ?
d. 41 a. Hemophilia
b. Chikungunya
192. The minimum vision of human eye is c. Hepapitis B
a. 20 mm d. Yellow Fever
b. 23 mm
c. 25 cm 199. Purple Revolution is associated with
d. 25 mm a. Onion
b. Maize
193. In an office , General Manager reached c. Cotton
the office 10 minutes before 12. 30 . The d. Lavender
President came to the office 20 minutes after
the General Manager came which is after 30 200. German Silver consists of the metals
minutes of a scheduled meeting . The exact a. Al, Mg, Cr
time of the meeting was b. Cu, Zn, Ni
a. 12.1 c. Cu, Sn, Fe
b. 11.5 d. Sn, Pb
c. 13.45
d. 15.32

194. The first country to legalize

cryptocurrencies
a. Greece
b. El Salvador
c. Bolivia
d. Turkey

195. In the first 10 overs of a cricket match ,

the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the
run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the
the target of 282 runs ?
a. 5.25
b. 6.25
c. 7.55
d. 5

196. Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale is a type of

a. UV radiation measuring scale
b. Artificial Intelligence
c. Fake Currency Detector
d. Fake Deed Detector

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