WBCS PRELIMINARY EXAM 2012 (19.02.2012)
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2012
TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES
Time allowed 2 1/2 hours
Fll marks : 200
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Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition:
1. I have no desire ______________ fame.
(A) Of (B) For (C) In (D) To
Ans- (B)
2. There is an exception ____________ every rule.
(A To (B) For (C) In (D) Up
Ans- (A)
3. 'Hpld fire' means
(A) To delay doing something (B) Catch Fire (C) Prevent fire (D) Magniy
Ans- (C)
4. Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition:
(A) Liquid - Solid (B)Enough - Adequate (C) Entice - Lure (D) Excess - Surplus
Ans- (A)
5. A 'soliloquy means
(A) Speaking to others (B) speaking to oneself (C) speaking in whispers (D) Speaking to a
friend
Ans- (B)
6. To take up the gauntlet means
(A) To accept the challenge (B) To refuse (C) To appreciate (D) To move
Ans- (A)
7. 'Thespian art' refers to
(A) The art of tragedy (B) The art of history (C) The art of story telling (D) Tribal art
Ans- (A)
8.'Cacography means
(A) Bad spelling (B) Good spelling (C) Incorrect spelling (D) None of this above
Ans-(A)
9. The meat of dear is called
(A) Mutton (B) Venison (C) Spoor (D) Tendil
Ans- (B)
10. 'Astronomy' means study of the
(A) Moon (B) stars (C) Sky (D) Sun
Ans- (B)
11. Regicide means
(A) Murder of a father (B) Murder of a king (C) Murder of a brother (D) Murder of a sister
Ans- (B)
12.'Aural' means
(A) Relating to the ear (B) Relating to the eye (C) Relating to the air (D) Relating to the water
Ans- (A)
13. Fill in the blanks with the following pairs:
I am going to Chennai ______ Monday _______ tour
(A) On, of (B) On, with (C) In, with (D) Of, on
Ans- (A)
14. Tortuous means
(A) torture (B) Tour (C) Full of twists and turns (D) Torturous
Ans- (C)
15. Replace the underlined part of the sentence by any one of the four alternatives given
below:
He changed his job and was out of frying pan o fire.
(A) Happy with the job (B) Misfit (C) Ina condition from bad to worse (D) Lucky in the choice
Ans- (C)
16. He sympathised ________ him in his bereavement.
(A) In (B) For (C) With (D) By
Ans- (C)
17. He succeeded by the dint ____________ his hard labour.
(A) Of (B) BY (C) For (D) Because
Ans-(A)
18. he tried by all means, by hook or by crook to win the case.
(A) By any means fair o foul (B) By money (C) By Man power (D) By muscle power
Ans-(A)
19. She is proficient in music but weak
(A) In study (B) At lessons (C) With study (D) On stdy
(A)
20. A manicurist takes care of
(A) Foot (B) Ear (C) Nails (D) Mind
Ans-(C)
21.Lachrymose nature means
(A) Lethargic (B) Prone to anger (C) Prone to tear (D) Energetic
Ans-(C)
22. A gourmet loves
(A) Fashion (B) Action (C) Food (D) Films
Ans-(C)
23. A clever man sweeps his family scandals under the ____________
(A) Ground (B) Floor (C) Carpet (D) Grave-stone
Ans-(C)
24. Hike in the price may mar the future of the trade world.
(A) Harness (B) Help (C) Better (D) Worsen
Ans- (D)
25. A pugilist is a
(A) Boxer (B) Swimmer (C) Athlete (D) Weight-lifter
Ans- (A)
26. Which of the following is not a unit of lenth?
(এদের ক োনটি দেদ্য ের এ
নয়?)
(A) Light year- ( আল োকবর্ষ ) (B) Micron (C) AU (D) Radian
Ans- (D)
27. Absolute zero temperature is that temperature where
পরমশূ ন্য তোপমোত্রো হ সেই তোপমোত্রো সেখোলন্
(A) Water freezes to ice - জ জলম বরলে পররণত হয়
(B) All molecules of matter come to rest - পদোলথষর অন্ু গুর র গরত স্তব্ধ হয়
(C) All matterr stay in the solid state-েমস্ত পদোথষ কঠিন্ অবস্থোয় থোলক
(D) Kinetic and potential energies of the molecules become equal to each other. অন্ুগুর র গরতশরি ও
রস্থরতশরি পরস্পলরর েমোন্ হয়।
Ans- (B)
28. Who founded the Gadar Party in San Francisco in the USA?
মোরকষ ন্ েু িরোলের েোন্ ফ্রোরিেলকোয় গদর পোর্টষ সক প্ররতষ্ঠো কলরন্?
(A) Lala Hardayal (B) Ajit Singh (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) P. Mitra
Ans-(A)
29. Literacy rate of West Bengal in 2001 Census is
পরিমবলের রশক্ষোর হোর ২০০১ এর সেিোে অন্ুেোয়ী হলে
(A) 57% (B) 75% (C) 64-84% (D) 60-70%
Ans- (C)
30. An object moving with constant speed on a horizontal surface will not haveএকর্ট বস্তু অন্ুভুরমক তল েমদ্রুরতলত গমন্ কলর। তলব বস্তুর্টর চ োর েময় রন্লচর সকোন্ রোরশর্ট থোকলব ন্ো?
(A) Veocity - সবগ
(B) Momentum - ভরলবগ
(C) Kinetic energy - গরতশরি
(D) Accleration - ত্বরণ
Ans- (D)
31. Who recently resigned from the Prime Minister-ship of Greece?
সক েম্প্ররত গ্রীলের প্রধোন্মন্ত্রীর পদ তযোগ কলরলেন্?
(A) Lucas Papadons
(B) George Pepandreon
(C) Petsalnikos
(D) Markel
Ans- (B)
32. Who made an attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge in 1912?
১৯১২ েোল র্ষ হোরর্ষলের উপর সক আক্রমন্ চোর লয়রেল ন্?
(A) Rashbihari Bose
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Khudiram Bose
(D) Ajit Singh
33.Name the author of the book 'India Wins Freedom'?
'ইরিয়ো' উইন্ে রফ্রর্ম' গ্রন্থর্টর রচরয়তো সক?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Sarder BallavBhai Patel
(C) Gobind Ballav Pant
(D) None of this above
34. Which surface is a good absorber of heat?
সকোন্ ত র্ট তোলপর উত্তম সশোর্ক?
(A) white rough surface -েোদো অমেৃ ণ ত
(B) Black rough surface- কোল ো অমেৃ ণ ত
(C) White smooth surface - েোদো মেৃ ণ ত
(D) Black smooth surface - কোল ো মেৃ ণ ত
Ans- (B)
35. 1st UN Agency which has appointed Pallesine as full member
রোেপু লের সকোন্ েংস্থো প্রথম পযোল স্তোইন্লক পূ ণষ েদেয রহলেলব রন্েু ি কলরলে?
(A) WHO (B) UNESCO (C) UNDO (D) UPU
Ans- (B)
36. The Act of 1919 is known as
(A) Rowlatt Act (B) Morley Minto Act (C) Mont Ford Act (D) Simon Act
Ans- (A)
37.Female literacy rate of West Bengal in 2001 Census
পরিমবলের ন্োরী-রশক্ষোর হোর ২০০১ এর সেিোে অন্ুেোয়ী হলে
(A) 64.5% (B) 53.67% (C) 43.8% (D) 50.5%
Ans- (B)
38. Where will Commonwealth Games 2018 be held?
২০১৮ েোল র কমন্ওলয় থ ক্রীয়ো সকোথোয় অন্ুরষ্ঠত হলব?
(A) Hambanota (Sri Lanka) (B) Gold Coast (Australia) (C) New Delhi (D) St. Kits
Ans- (B)
39. Name the first Indian State which established "Lokayukta'?
ভোরলতর সকোন্ রোজয প্রথম স োকোয়ুি রন্লয়োগ কলরলে?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Andhra Padesh (C) Bihar (D) Kerala
Ans40. Which incident forced Mahatma Gandhi to call for the suspension of the Non-Cooperation
movement in 1922?
(A) Mob violence in Chaurichaura (B) Jalianwalabag massacre (C) Chittagong Armoury
Raid (D) Foundation of the Swarajya Party
Ans- (A)
41. The Constitution of which one of the following countries play a prominent role?
(A) US Constitution (B) French Constitution (C) Indian Constitution (D) British Consitution
Ans- (D)
42. A clear piece of glass immersed in glycerol cant not be seen separately because in the
comparison to the refractive index of glycerol, the refractive index of glass is
(A) Greater (B) Lesser (C) Nearly equal (D) This does not depend on refractive index
Ans- (C)
43. According to 2001 Census lowest literacy rate in India is found in
(A) Rajasthan (B) Jharkhand (C) Bihar (D) MAdhya Pradesh
Ans- (C)
44. With which country did Bangladesh sign a deal on 2nd November, 2011 to build its 1st
Nuclear Power Plant?
(A) China (B) Russia (C) India (D) France
Ans- (B)
45. When a positive charged conductor is earthed then
(A) Electron flow from the conductor to earth
(B) Proton flow from the conductor to the earth
(C) Electron flow from the earth to the conductor
(D) Proton flow from the earth to the conductor
Ans- (A)
46. In which Congress session was the demand for complete independence first made?
(A) Nagpur (B) Amritasar (C) Lahore (D) Calcutta
Ans- (C)
47. In India the sex ratio according to 2001 Census is
(A) 933 females/ 100 males (B) 927 females/ 100 males (C) 898 females/ 100 males (D) 800
females/ 100 males
Ans-(A)
48. Calculate the shielding suffered by valence electron in fluorine
(A) 5.20 (B) 4.80 (C) 5.80 (D) 4.85
Ans49. A clock strikes once at 1 O'clock, twice at 2 O'clock....... twelve times at 12 O'clock. How
many times will the bell be struck in course of 2 days?
(A) 78 (B) 264 (C) 312 (D) 144
Ans- (C)
50.Who raised the slogan 'Long Live Revolution' in the Central Legislative Assembly, Delhi?
(A) Bhagat Sing (B) Rashbihari Bose (C) M.N Roy (D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans- (A)
51.What is the proper connotation of the term 'secularism'?
(A) The State is the patron of all religions
(B) In the state affairs of the Governance and formulation of State Policies the State is not guided
by religious considerations
(C) The State should promote dominant religion
(D) None of this above
Ans- (B)
52. The ratio of the radii of two circles is 5:4 . What is the ratio of their areas?
(A) 5:4 (B) 25:16 (C) 6:7 (D) 9:13
Ans- (B)
53. A profit of 25 % is made by selling an article for Rs. 30. If the article sold for Rs. 33.60, the
profit would have been
(A) 30% (B) 35% (C) 40% (D) 45%
Ans- (C)
54. Gold has extraordinary high density than silver. the reason is
(A) Higher mass number of gold
(B) Higher atomic number of gold
(C) High screening effect
(D) Lanthanide contraction
Ans-(D)
55.CTBT is a term associated with
(A) Nuclear Weapon (B) Central Taxes (C) International Terrorism (D) None of the above
Ans- (A)
56. Who led the Muslim deputation at Shimla in 1906?
(A) Sali,ullah (B) Aga Khan (C) Muhammad Ali (D) Saukat Ali
Ans- (B)
57. Which incident in colonial history of India marks the first war of independence?
(A) The peasant uprising at Chaurichara (B) The Naval Mutiny of 1946 (C) Chittagong Armoury
Raid (D) Sepoy Mutiny in 1957
Ans- (D)
58. Which of the following waves is used for telecommunication?
(A) Infra red rays (B) Ultra violet rays (C) Micro waves (D) X-rays
Ans- (C)
59. In which ancient text do you find the earliest reference to the Varma System?
(A) Manu Samhita (B) Rigveda (C) Atharva Veda (D) Satapatha Brahmana
Ans- (B)
60. East Kolkata Wetlands has been declared as a
(A) World Heritage Site (B) Ramsar site (C) Biodiversity site (D) None of this above
Ans- (B)
61. Name the workers organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi
(A) Indian National Trade Union Congress (B) Majoor Mahajan (C) A.I.T.U.C (D) Workers
Welfare League
Ans- (B)
62. How many gms of a dibasic acid (mol wt 200) should be present in 100 ml of its aqueous
solution to give 0.1 (N) strength?
(A) 2 gm (B) 1 gm (C) 10 GM (D) 20 gm
Ans63. Who composed the Allahbad Prasasti of Sumudragupta?
(A) Kalhana (B) Bilhana (C) Banabhatta (D) Harisena
Ans- (D)
64. A high birth rate is associated with
(A) A high female literacy rate
(B) A low female literacy rate
(C) A high male literacy rate
(D) none of this
Ans- (B)
65.Who was the founder of Anushilan Samiti?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Barin Ghosh
(C) Barrister Pramatha Nath Mitra
(D) Chittaranjan Das
Ans- (C)
66. The expression of average speed of gaseous molecule is
(A) √3RT/M (B) √2RT/M (C) √ 8RT/ πM (D) √ 8KT/ πM
Ans-
67.Sundarbans' has been cited as a World Heritage site due its
(A) Tiger reserves (B) Sundari trees (C) Mangrove trees (D) Biodiversity
Ans- (C)
68. The salary of Anup is 30% more than that of Barun. Find by what precentage is the salary of
Barun less than that of Anup?
(A) 26.12% (B) 21.23% (C) 23.07% (D) 27.03%
Ans-(C)
69. Proteins are detected by
(A) Molisch's test (B) Biuret test (C) DNP test (D) benedict's test
Ans- (B)
70. Who was the Kaivartta Chief who rebelled against the Pala ruler Mahipala II of Bengal?
(A) Dhekata (B) Gandhata (C) Divya (D) Mayuraddhvaja
Ans-
71. Where the Azad Hind Fauj was first established?
(A) Tokyo (B) Rangoon (C) Singapore (D) Bangkok
72. Which one of the following is a thermoplastic polyer?
(A) Rubber (B) NYlon 6-6 (C) PVC (D) Bakelite
73 Hindu law inheritance is responsible for
(A) Low productivity of land (B) Non-application of scientific mode of farming (C) Non-avaliability
of navigational facilities (D) Subdivision and fragmentation of land holdings
74. The outh eastern part of the bengal selta is undergoing
(A) Subsidence (B) Emergence (C) Progradation (D) None of the above
75.The 'Teory of National Selection' was proposed by
(A) J.B>S haldene (B) G.J Mendel (C) A.I Oparin (D) C.R Darwin
76. Who among the Gupta rules was known as "Lichchavidauhitra'?
(A) Samudragupta (B) Chandragupta II (C) Kumaragupta (D) Skandagupta
77. Indigo Revolt was regularly highlighted in
(A) Hindoo Patriot (B) Times of India (C) Stateman (D) Englishman
78.Which group of the society is worst affected by continuous inflationary price rise?
(A) Trade and merchants (B) The innvestors class (C) Self-employed group (D) Fixed income
group
79. A captain and vice-captain are to be chosen out of a team having 11 players. How many
ways are there to do this?
(A) 99 (B) 110 (C) 90 (D) 22
80. The presence of pnematophore (breathing root) is found in
(A) Mangrove plants (B) Epiphytic plants (C) Hydrophytic plants (D) Insectivores plants
81. The Khalimpur Copper Plate informs us about the military exploits of the Pala ruler
(A) Devapale (B) Rampala (C) Dharmapala (D) Mahipala I
82. The first remote sensing satellite from India was
(A) P6 (B) P4 (C) IRS 1A (D) CARTOSAT
Ans- (C)
83. Define the folllowing fnctions: f(x,y)=(x+y)/2, g(x,y )= x² - y² and h(x,y) = (x-y)/2, which of
the following has a value 0.25 for x=0 and y = 0.5?
(A) f(x,y) (B) g(x,y) (C) f(x,y) (D) f(x,y) + g (x,y)
84.The enzyme 'DNA gyrase' is associated with the function of
(A) Proctein syntheses (B) DNA replication (C) Lipid biosynthesis (D) DNA damage
85. Who was the authorof the book 'Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi'?
(A) Abul Fazl (B) Minhaj-us-Siraj (C) Ziauddin Barani (D) Al Biruni
86.Who said "Swaraj is my birthright"?
(A) bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Bipin Chandra Pal (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Mahatma Gandhi
87. What is capital?
(A) Money is capital (B) Machineries andbulding constitute capital (C) Capital is produced
means of production (D) None of the above
88. Xylem tissue ismainly concerned with the
(A) Photosynthesis of plants (B) transport of water and mineral nutrient in plants (C) Storage of
prepared foods in plants (D) Transport of enzymes in plants
89. Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate ?
(A) Alauddin Alam Sham (B) Ibrahim Lodi (C) Bahhlul Lodi (D) Sikander Lodi
90. Who was the leader of the Khuda-i-Khidmadgar?
(A) M.A. Jinnah (B0 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (C) A.K. Azad (D0 Muhammed Ali
91.Which of th following facto is most important for future industrial devlopment of India?
(A) Maintenance of industrial peace
(B) Creation of adequate infrastructural facilities
(C) Huge investment is to be undertaken by the investor class
(D) None of this above
92. Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to meadure
(A) Depth of water (B) Position of oceanic mineral (C) Latitudes and longitude (D)
Circumference of the globe
93. The plant body is not 'differentiated' into root, stem and leaves' in
(A) Pteridophytes (B) Angiosperms (C) Gymnosperms (D) Algae
94. Who was Babur's main adversary in the battle of Khanwa ?
(A) Mahmud Lodi (B) Himu (C) Pana Sanga (D) None of them
95. Aerial photograph are studied with the help of
(A) Microscope (B) Stereoscope (C) Parallax bar (D) Theodolite
96. The Krishak Praja Party in Bengal was establised by
(A) A.K Fazlul Huq (B) muzaffar Ahmed (C) Abdul Halim (D) Humayun