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District Statistical Officer/Assistant Director (Preliminary) Competitive Examination
(Advt No. 38/2025)
[Held on 03.08.2025] Booklet Serial No.

Booklet Series [ 04/DSO/PT-2025(1) ) 5404569

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Question Booklet

GENERAL STUDIES
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[ Time Allowed : 2 Hours J [ Maximum Marks : 150 J

Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
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your Roll Number and encode it and write other particulars in the space provided in the
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 1. If the first four letters of a term 3. If + stands for division; x stands for
addition; - stands for multiplication;
HIPPNOWADIASM are written in + stands for subtraction, which of the

reverse order, the next five letters are following is correct?

written without changing their order (a) 46 X 6 + 4 - 5 + 3 = 74

(b) 46 - 6 + 4 X 5 + 3 = 71
and then, the remaining letters are
(c) 46 + 6 X 4 - 5 + 3 = 75.5
again written in reverse order, then
(d) 46x6-4+5 + 3=70.1
which letter is in the middle of the
(A) (d)
word?
(B) (b)
(A) 0 (C) (a)
(D) (c)
(B) W

(C) A
4. What is the value of missing number?
(D) I

2. A group of friends are sitting in an

arrangement one each at the corner of
an Octagon. All are facing the centre
Mahima is sitting diagonally opposite
(A) 9
Rama, who is on Sushma's right. Ravi
(B) 7
is next to Sushma and opposite
(C) 5
Girdhar, who is on Chandra's left.
(D) 3
Savitri is not on Mahima's right but
opposite Shalini. Who is on Shalini's
5. Out of the five digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5;
right? how many two digits number can be
formed without repetition of digits?
(A) Ravi (A) 10

(B) Mahima (B) 15

(C) 20
(C) Gridhar
(D) 12
(D) Rama

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at the unit place of n?
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(C) 32
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 11. Which among the following is not 14. Which among the following are true
about Indus Water Treaty (1960)?
among the 'rare earth metals' that is
(1) The Treaty was signed between
used in manufacturing electrical and Jawaharlal Nehru and Field
electronic components? Marshal Ayub Khan at Lahore.
(2) The Treaty allowed India to
(A) Scandium (Sc)
generate hydro-electric power
(B) Lanthanum (La) from the Chenab, Indus and
Jhelum rivers.
(C) Cerium (Ce) (3) The Permanent Indus
Commission formed shall have
(D) Radium (Ra)
one Commissioner each from
India and Pakistan.
Select the correct answer usmg the
codes given below
12. Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of
(A) (2) and (3)
wonder drug 'Ozempic' is a
(B) (1) and (3)
multinational healthcare company of
(C) All the above
which country? (D) None of the above
(A) Denmark

(B) Sweden
Along with India's Shubhanshu
(C) United States of America Shukla astronauts from which other
countries were part of Axiom-4
(D) China mission of 2025 to International Space
Station?
(1) USA

13. Whom did D. Gukesh defeat to become (2) Norway

the youngest World Chess Champion (3) Poland

in December 2024? (4) Hungary

(A) Hikaru Nakamura Select the correct answer usmg the

codes given below:
(B) Magnus Carlsen (A) (1) , (2) and (3)
(C) Ding Liren (B) (3) and (4)
(C) (1), (3) and (4)
(D) Fabiano Caruana
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 16. Who of the following was the winner of 18. The Strait of Hormuz 1s situated
Women's Singles in the French Open between which among the following
., Gulfs?
Tournament, 2025? ·
(1) Gulf of Persia
(2) Gulf of Aden
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(3) Gulf of Khambhat
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Select the correct answer usmg the
(C) Barbara Kerzikowa codes given below:
(A) (1) and (3)

(D) Coco Gauff (B) (1) and (4)

(C) (2) and (3)
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17. Which among the following countries

19. In 2024, along with Niger which other
share their borders with Ukraine? countries announced their withdrawal
from the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS)?
(1) Moldova
(1) Togo
(2) Ghana
(2) Belarus
(3) Mali

(3) Romania (4) Burkina Faso

Select the correct answer usmg the
(4) Slovakia codes given below:
(A) (2) and (4)

Select the correct answer usmg the (B) (1) and (3)

codes given below : (C) (3) and (4)

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(A) (1), (2) and (3)

20. As per 2011 Census, what is the state

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 21. According to All India Survey on 24. Lakshadweep is made up of how many
Higher Education (AISHE) Report islands?
2021-22, highest share of foreign
(A) 30
students enrolled in high er education
in India come from which country? (B) 36
(A) Nepal (C) 37
(B) Bhutan (D) 38
(C) Afghanistan
25. 'Maitri Setu', the bridge connecting
(D) Bangladesh
Indian state of Tripura with
Bangladesh has been built over which
river?
22. With reference to National Family (A) Brahamputra
Health Survey Report (NFHS-5),
which of the following are true? (B) Gomati
(1) 90 percent of household (C) Feni
population have Aadhaar card (D) Sumli
(2) 97 percent of household have
electricity
26. Which of th e following countries is not
(3) 96 percent of households have a a member of QUAD?
bank or post office account
(4) 83 percent of households have (A) Australia
access to a toilet facility (B) India
Select the correct answer using the (C) United States of America
codes given below:
(D) United Kingdom
(A) (1), (2) and (3)
(B) Only (1)
27. Who is the author of the book 'Why
(C) (2) and (3) Bharat Matters'?
(D) All the above
(A) Shashi Tharoor
(B) J. Sai Deepak
23. What does Blue Economy refer to? (C) Vikram Sampath
(A) Economic activities r elated to (D) S. Jaishankar
oceans, seas and coasts
(B) Economy based on 28. The joint military exercise, 'Sada
manufacturing of Electronic Tanseeq', took place between India
goods and which of the following countries?
(C) Economic activities related to (A) UAE
sky
(B) Saudi Arabia
(D) Economic activities related to + • (C) Israel
production of hydrogen driven
vehicles (D) Iran

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 29. What is the name of ISRO's first solar 33. Which chemical 1s most commonly
mission? used for artificial rain?
(A) Surya 11 (A) Sodium Nitrate
(B) Aditya 11
(C) Ravi Ll (B) Silver Nitrate
(D) Bhaskar Ll
(C) Silver Iodide
30. Where was the 19th NAM Summit
held?
(D) Potassium Chlorate
(A) Egypt
(B) Belarus
(C) Uganda
(D) India
34. Which company developed India's
31. Which country filed a case in the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) J 'Akashteer' air defence system?
against Israel's actions in Palestine
calling it genocide?
(A) Bharat Dynamics Limited
(A) Rawanda
(B) Iran
(B) Bharat Electronics Limited
(C) Syria
(D) South Africa
(C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
32. Match List I with List II:
List I List II (D) Adani Defence and Aerospace

India's Evacuation Associated

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(a) Operation (1) Afghanistan \.-
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(b) Operation (2) Israel c....,
Kaveri ~
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(c) Operation (3) Sudan tO
Ajay (A) Geoffrey Hinton
(d) Operation (4) Ukraine
Devi Shakti (B) Sam Altman
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codes given below: D (C) John McCarthy
tO
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infrastructure development in India is: country's development is :
(A) Public Works (A) Reducing inequality
(B) Education
(B) Creating sustainable growth by
(C) Health sparking innovation
(D) Water Transport (C) Strengthening global
competitiveness
37. The mam focus of Smart Cities
(D) All the above
Mission in India is :
(A) Urban Poverty Alleviation
42. The data centre primarily functions
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43. Consider the following pairs:
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(D) Water Supply and Sewerage Landmark Known for
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39. Which of the following is essential for system in India
the development of a competitive to use driverless
manufacturing sector in India?
metro
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(2) Bandra-Warli- Longest sea
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(C) Water Tourism
(3) Statue of - Tallest statue
(D) Transportation Infrastructure Unity in the world
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40. Which of the following has become the
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(A) Maharastra (B) Only two pairs
(B) Rajasthan
(C) All the three pairs
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) None of the above
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.,, (1) Rapid Industrialisation on the
(1) NITI Aayog was established on
1st January 2018
0 development of basic and heavy
industries.
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Planning Commission of India (2) Quality of Life and Growth with
Social Justice.
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Institution for Transforming (3) Rapid and inclusive growth with
India Reduction of gender inequality.

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poverty by creating conditions of
is the Prime Minister of India 0 an expanding economy
Q
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Which of the following is the correct
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(D) Statements (1), (2) and (3) (C) (3)-(1)-(2)-(4)

(D) (4)-(2)-(1)-(3)

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NITI Aayog?
47. Which of the following 1s not an
(1) To formulate credible plans at objective of the Twelfth five-year plan?
the village level
(A) Zero Fiscal Deficit by 2015
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up gradation and capacity
building for implementation of (C) Faster Growth
programmes and initiatives (D) Inclusive Growth

(3) Partnerships with National and

International think tanks
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48. What was the target growth rate of
reference to above :
the tenth five year plan?
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(A) 6%
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(C) (1) and (3) only (C) 8%
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about NITI Aayog.
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objectives
(C) Zinc Reserve
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(D) Iron Reserve
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correct?
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the planning significant growth m
commission. recent years.
Reason [R]: This shift reflects a Reason [R] : Infrastructure
move towards a more Q development, agriculture
dynamic and and human development
adaptable approach to are playing positive roles.
economic planning in Select the correct answer from the
a globalized world. following codes:
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(A) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] [R] 1s the correct explanation
is the correct explanation of [A] of [A].

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of [A] of [A].

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(D) [A] is true but [R] is false.

55. What is the maximum capital subsidy

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percentage offered for investments
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(A) Zardalu Mango Tourism Policy 2023?
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C (B) 10%
(C) Tussar Silk
Q (C) 25%
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 56. From which source did the Indian 60. Which of the following Articles
Constitution borrow the prov1s10n was not inserted by the
related to the election of Rajya Sabha 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act
members? of 1976?
(A) British Constitution (A) Article 38
(B) Canadian Constitution (B) Article 39
(C) South African Constitution (C) Article 39A
(D) Government of India Act, 1935 (D) Article 43A

61. The Constitution of India confers the

57. Who among the following was not a power of judicial review on:
member of the Drafting Committee of (A) Supreme Court only
the Constituent Assembly?
(B) Both Supreme Court and High
(A) Syed Mohammad Saadullah
Courts
(B) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(C) All the courts
(C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
(D) None of the above
(D) V.T. Krishnamachari

62. The power to establish a common High

58. In the first Cabinet of independent ::j'I Court for two or more states 1s
India, who held the portfolio of Q mentioned under which Article of the
Commerce? Constitution of India?
(A) Dr. John Mathai
(A) Article 229
(B) Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee m (B) Article 230
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ~
LQ (C) Article 231
(D) C.H. Bhabha --tji
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59. A citizen of Canada residing in India 63. Who among the following was elected
cannot claim the right to: unopposed to the position of
(A) Equality before the law Vice President of India?
-
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expression
(B) Kocheril Raman Narayanan
(C) Freedom of religion
(C) Mohammad Hidayatullah _
(D) Protection against arrest and
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in the order of precedence in India? special provisions for Manipur under
(A) Chief Justice of India which Article?
(B) Governor of a State (within (A) Article 371A
his/her State)
(B) Article 371B
(C) Former President
(D) Deputy Prime Minister (C) Article 371C

(D) Article 371D

65. The removal of the Speaker of the
Lok Sabha requires:
(A) Simple majority C
C. 69. Which of the following is the correct
(B) Effective majority l
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(C) Absolute majority
0 related to local government?
(D) Special majority ~
::> (1) Balwant Mehta Committee
66. Which of the following statements are
(2) GVK Rao Committee
correct?
(1) Calling Attention Motion is an (3) Ashok Mehta Committee
Indian innovation.
(4) Thungon Committee
(2) Calling Attention Motion is not
mentioned m the Rules of Choose the correct option:
Procedure.
(A) Only (1) (A) (2), (4), (1), (3)
(B) Only (2)
(B) (3), (1), (4), (2)
(C) Both (1) and (2)
(D) None of the above (C) (4), (2), (3), (1)

(D) (1), (3), (2), (4)

67. Which of the following statements are
correct regarding the Estimates
Committee of the Parliament?
Who among the following was not a
(1) The Estimates Committee was
constituted on the member of the Constituent Assembly
recommendation of the John of India?
Mathai Committee.
(A) Sucheta Kripalani
(2) The Rajya Sabha has no
representation in this committee. (B) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(A) Only (1)
(B) Only (2) (C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(C) Both (1) and (2) (D) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) None of the above

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established? about Bhaga Jatin is correct?
(A) He led the Bardoli Satyagraha in
(A) 1868 1928
(B) 1785 (B) He was associated with the
Jugantar revolutionary group
(C) 1659 and died fighting British forces
at Balasore in 1915
(D) 1793
(C) He was the first Indian to
become President of the Indian
National Congress
72. Who was the leader of the Indian j) (D) He launched the Khilafat
Rebellion of 1857 from Jagdishpur, t:) Movement in Bengal
Bihar? . "'"' 76. Badruddin Tyabji is known for which
(A) Kunwar Singh of the following contributions during
the Indian National Movement?
(B) Devi Singh
(A) He was the founder of the
(C) Kadam Singh forward Bloc
(B) He was the first Muslim
(D) Chittur Singh
President of the Indian National
Congress and worked actively for
Hindu-Muslim unity
73. Which among the following was the (C) He launched the Aligarh
most important centre of manufacture Movement for Muslim
educational upliftment
of salt Peter during the early colonial
(D) He presided over the Lahore
rule? Session of the INC m 1929,
where Poorna Swaraj was
(A) Awadh
declared
(B) Bengal
m
\
(C) Bihar L. 77. Arrange chronologically the following
Famine Commissions
(D) Orissa 0 (a) McDonnell
'tji
LC (b) Strachey
(c) Lyell
74. The Permanent Settlement was (d) Campbell
introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis Select the correct answer from the
1n: codes given below:
(A) Bengal and Bihar (A) (c), (a), (d), (b)

(B) Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (B) (b), (c), (a), (d)
(C) (d), (b), (c), (a)
(C) Bengal, Bihar and Madras
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is not true?
List I List II

(A) Annie Besant of the Madras (Real Name) (Popular Name)

Theosophical society asserted
that m ancient times Hindu (a) Mulshankar • (1) Ramakrishna
women were educated and Cl
Paramahamsa "
moved freely in society
(b) Narendra (2) Bhagini
(B) The Arya Samaj of North India
strongly supported the cause of Nath Datta Nivedita
female education
(c) Gadadhar (3) Swami Dayanand

(C) The Hunter Commission Report Chattopadhyay Saraswati

of 1882 recommended more
(d) Margaret (4) Swami
liberal grants-in-aid for girls'
schools than for boys and special Elizabeth Noble Vivekanand
scholai:-ships and prizes for girls .-!:)
lQ Choose the correct answer from the

(D) Dhondo Keshav Karvewas :> options given below :

against the education of - ~
Q (A) (a)-(1), (b)-(2), (c)-(3), (d)-(4)
high-caste Hindu widows
(B) (a)-(2), (b)-(1), (c)-(4), (d)-(3)

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

79. 'When the two-nation theory was
(D) (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(2), (d)-(1)
gaining momentum, who taunted the
Morley-Minto reforms by saying that
the real originator of Pakistan was not
Iqbal or Jinnah but Minto"? 81. The 'Spanish Flu' first reached to
which city of India in 1918?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(A) Calcutta I

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) Bombay

(C) Govind Ballabh Pant (C) Lahore

(D) Poona
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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Act. 1891 consider the following
statement: j) prominently associated with the
0
(1) It was Behramji Malabari, a Q Champaran Satyagraha (1917) in
Parsi reformer from Bombay,
who advocated for this :> Bihar marking Mahatma Gandhi's
legislation. .
Q first active involvement m Indian J
(2) The Act was supported by
the extremist wing led by mass movements?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Which of the above statements is/are (A) Rajendra Prasad
correct?
(B) JayaprakashNarayan
(A) Only (2)
(B) Neither (1) nor (2) (C) Shri Krishna Sinha
(C) Only (1)
(D) Both (1) and (2) (D) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
CT)
c.o
Q
83. With reference to Indian history, ~
consider the following statements: '.:)
(1) The Dutch established their Q
factories warehouses on the east
coast on lands granted to them 85. Which of the following events marked
by Gajapati rulers.
the formal launch of the
(2) Alfonso de Albuquerque captured
Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. Non-Cooperation Movement by the
(3) The English East India Company Indian National Congress?
established a factory at Madras
on a plot of land leased from a
representative of the (A) J allianwala Bagh Massacre .
Vijayanagara empire.
(B) Chauri Chaura Incident
Which of the statements given above
are correct? j.) &

(A) (1) and (2) only "°

lQ
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1920
(B) (2) and (3) only 0
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 86. Which of the following inscriptions of 90. Consider the following statements
Samudragupta describe him as a regarding Sher Shah's administration:
'Param Bhagavat'? I. Sher Shah's empire was divided
into forty seven sarkars. Chief
(A) Allahabad Pillar Inscription Shiqdar (law and order) and
Chief Munsif Gudge) were the
(B) Eran Pillar Inscription
two officers m charge of the
(C) Bhitri Inscription administration in each sarkar.

(D) Mahrauli Inscription II. Each sarkar was divided into

several parganas.
Which of the following statement(s)
87. Which one of the following 1s an is/are correct?
example of rock cut temple (A) Only I
architecture? (B) Only II

(A) Kailasanath Temple at Kanchi (C) Both I and II

(D) Neither I nor II
(B) Rajaraja Temple of Thanjavur

(C) Jagannatha Temple of Puri

(D) Kailasha Temple of Ellora

91. Which among the following is not true
about the Mughal Mansabdari
:::r system?
88. The Kalinga war is described in which
Q (A) They were paid in cash, as well
Rock-Edict of Ashoka?
as, jagirs.
(A) Rock Edict XIII (B) They had to maintain armed
forces.
(B) Rock Edict XI
(C) They could not be transferred.
(C) Rock Edict IX
(D) They could be given conditional
(D) Rock Edict XII or mashrut mansab.

89. Which of the following sites has

yielded a short inscription written in 92. Who among the following catered to
Harappan script with huge alphabets? the needs of the Royal household
during the Mughal period?
(A) Banawali
(A) Diwan-i-Khalsa
(B) Kalibangan (B) Wakil-i-Mutalaq
(C) Mohenjo-daro (C) Mir Saman
(D) Dholavira (D) Mir Bakshi

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 93. Which is not associated with Balban? 97. When Bhakhtiyar Khalji attacked
Tirhut in 1202-03 during his invasion
(A) Chahalgani Turks
of Bengal, what was the outcome for
(B) Blood and Iron Policy its ruler Raja Narshimhadeva?
(C) Mamaluk dynasty (A) He was killed in battle

(D) Transfer of capital (B) He was imprisoned and exiled

(C) He agreed to pay tribute and his
territory was restored to him
94. Which of the following newspapers
made vigorous denunciation of the (D) His kingdom was permanently
Indigo planters and supported th e case annexed by Khalji
-
jJ
of cultivators during 'Indigo riots'?
l 98. The Bihar Youth League was
(A) Hurkaru
established in 1928 during a session of
(B) Hindu Patriot the Bihari Youth Conference h eld at
which of th e following places?
(C) Friend of India
(A) Arrah
(D) Hindustan
(B) Muzaffarpur

95. Whose 'open letters' of the Indian (C) Patna

economy to Lord Curzon forced the (D) .Motihari
British Indian government to publish
an official rebuttal and also initiate
99. Which of the following pairs of leaders
reformatory economic measures? were responsible for organising the
(A) M.G. Ranade Kisan Sabba in Munger in 1922?

(B) G.V. Joshi (A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

and Mohammad Zubair
(C) R.C. Dutt
(B) Sri Krishna Singh and
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai Mohammad Zubair
(C) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
96. Which of the following is not correct and Sri Krishna Singh
matched? (D) Mohammad Zubair and Rajendra
(A) Azad Muslim Prasad
- Allah
Conference Bakhsh
(B) Khaksar Party - Allama 100. Who held the position of President of
the Bihar Provincial Congress
Mashriki
Committee during the year 1928-29?
(C) Krishak Praja - Abdul Haqq (A) Anugrah Narayan Singh
Party
(B) Sri Krishna Singh
(D) Khudai - Abdul Gaffar
(C) Braj Kishore Prasad
Khidmatgar Khan
(D) Rajendra Prasad

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associated with production of coal?
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(d) Mahanadi (4) Sheonath

.,
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(D) Sutlej
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classification which of the following 106. Which river drains into Arabian sea?
types of climate is found in India?
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(B)

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correct answer from the code given
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List I List II
(A) Mid Continental Belt
(Waterfall) (Location)
(a) Dudhsagar (1) Karnataka (B) Atlantic Belt

(b) Barkana (2) Odisha

(C) Indian Oceanic - Belt
(c) Khandadhar (3) Himachal
Pradesh OJ (D) Circum Pacific Belt
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(B) (a)-(1), (b)-(2), (c)-(3), (d)-(4)
world is:
(C) (a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)-(1)
(D) (a)-(3), (b)-(2), (c)-(4), (d)-(1) (A) Tropical region

(B) Polar region

109. In which area of the world; the

(C) Temperate region
leaching process is very intensive and
quick?
(D) Ocean
(A) Moist tropical region
(B) Cold temperate region
(C) Dry tropical region
113. The top two leading Tin producing
(D) Mid latitude region "tj
lQ countries in the world are:

(A) Peru and Bolivia

110. In the world, Viticulture, horticulture,
sericulture are well developed in the:
(B) Bolivia, Brazil
(A) Monsoon region
(C) China and Indonesia
(B) Tropical highlands
(C) Mediterranean region (D) Malaysia and Russia
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(A) True peneplain located in
(B) Uplifted peneplain
(C) Downwarped peneplain (A) Munger

(D) Incipient peneplain

(B) West Champaran

(C) East Champaran

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does not shares its borders with (C) Gandak
Nepal?
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(C) Araria ~

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fertilisers and pesticides passing into germination?
water bodies are the examples of
(A) Moisture
(A) Negative and positive pollution
(B) Oxygen
(B) Positive and negative pollution
(C) Temperature
(C) Positive and positive pollution
(D) Minerals
(D) Negative and negative pollution

127. The pH value of human blood is

122. Among following one 1s not a green
house gas, that is (A) 7.35 to 7.45

(A) Nitrogen Oxide (B) 6.5 to 7.00

(B) CFCs (C) 7.5 to 7.8

(C) SO 2 (D) 5.9 to 6.4

(D) Methane
128. Colour blind and Haemophilia
diseases of human being are due to
123. Which part of the plant 1s never
grazzed by grazing animals? (A) Dominant genes present on
Y chromosome
(A) Root
(B) Dominant genes present on
(B) Stem X chromosome
(C) Bark (C) Recessive genes present on
(D) Wood Y chromosome
(D) Recessive genes present on
X chromosome
124. Which cells of our body can not respire
anaerobically?
(A) Mature RBC l 129. Ishihara test is associated with

(B) Brain cells 0 (A) Kidney function

(C) Muscle cells -tj< (B) Colour Vision Test
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(D) Newly formed RBCs (C) Liver Function Test
(D) Prostrate Gland Test
125. Which one of the following 1s a
modified stem? 130. Pathogenic bacteria secrets
(A) Pneumatophores of Mangroove (A)
D Antigen
plants
~ (B) Antibiotic
(B) Cactus (Opuntea) Phylloclade 0
(C) ~ (C) Antibodies
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(A) Zn (Zinc) chains of the community ecology are
Nectons. Which does not include?
(B) Cu (Copper)
(C) Ag (Silver) (A) J elly Fish
(D) Lead (B) Sharks
(C) Cuttle Fish
132. The Matchstic tips are loaded with (D) Lobesters
(A) White Phosphorus
(B) Red Phosphorus 137. Which of the following element is not
found in DNA and RNA?
(C) Phosphorus Trichloride
(D) Phosphorus Pentaoxides (A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
133. The "Royal Water" which can dissolve (C) Sulphur
Gold and Platinum is made up of a
(D) Phosphorus
mixture of
(A) 1 : 3 mixture of cone. HN03 and 138. 10% law of flow of energy m the
HCl ecosystem was proposed by
(B) 3 : 1 mixture of cone. HN0 3 and (A) Lindman
HCl
(B) Carl Mobius
(C) 1 : 3 mixture of cone. H 2 SO 4 and
(C) Tanstey
HCl
(D) Vent hoff
(D) 3 : 1 : 1 mixture of HN0 3 ; HCl;
H 2S04
139. Horn bill is a quarterly magazine
published by the Bombay Natural
134. Which variety of coal can be used to History Society (BNHS). It 1s
recognise the traces of plant material concerned with
from which it is formed? (A) Study of tribes
(A) Bituminous
(B) Study of wild life and
(B) Lignite environment
(C) Anthracite (C) Study of adaptive behavior of sea
(D) Peat cost animals
(D) Study of cultivation method of
135. Which of the following has maximum crops
contribution in Green house effect in
the atmosphere?
140. How many biodiversity hotspots are
(A) Carbon dioxide l found in India?
~ (A) 4
(B) Carbon mono oxides
0 (B) 8
(C) Sulphur di oxide ~
LO (C) 12
(D) Nitrous oxide
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~ ~ "Cf"{ -q~ %1 f.11:;r -ij B ~ ~
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cfil ~ -ij ~ %?
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(C)
(D)
Ag(~)
ft - (B)
(C)
ffl
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(A) ~ lhl%1Hi
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through? old written document?
(A) Gas
(A) X Rays
(B) Liquid
(C) Solid (B) /J Rays
(D) Vacuum (C) r Rays
(D) IR Rays
142. Which one of the following is used to
determine the age of human fossil? 147. What is the function of microphone? It
(A) Water content of the soil converts
(B) Softness of the soil
(A) Electromagnetic waves to sound
(C) Density Determination of the soil signals
(D) Radio Carbon dating 0" (B) Sound signals to electromagnetic
~ waves
143. What will happen if a running fridge Q (C) Sound signals to Electric signals
door is opened in a room? (D) Electric signals to sound signals
(A) Room temperature will rise
(B) Room temperature will fall
~ 148. Which force 1s responsible for
(C) Room temperature will not be separation of cream from the churned
affected milk?
(D) Room temperature first will go :)
(A) Centripetal force
up and later on will go down :::l'-4
lQ (B) Centrifugal force
(C) Gravitational force
144. If the gravity of a fluid is made zero
then what will not be there? (D) Cohesive force
(A) Surface tension
(
en
(B) Pressure L: 149. Which specific waves are used m
(C) Viscocity SONAR?
(D) Upward thrust 0
~ (A) Audible Sound Waves
1C (B) Radio Waves
145. In the winter, we get warmer by using (C) Infrasonic Waves
two blankets instead of one; why?
(D) Ultrasonic Waves
(A) Two blankets compress the air
between the body and blanket
(B) Two • blankets are thicker, so 150. Neutron was discovered by
generate more the heat (A) Rutherford
(C) Two blankets enclose air which
(B) Chadwick
does not allow the cold to
penetrate (C) Hahn and Strassman
(D) None of the above (D) Millikan
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146. ~ ~ ~f<llclZil
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cWf *m~ t ?
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