WBPSC: Miscellaneous Preli Exam -2007 (Eng Ver)
1. Which of the following Indian Police Service Officer has recently announced voluntary retirement ?
(a) K.N. Misra (b) Ashok Pradarshni (c) Kiran Bedi (d) Badal Das
2. The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth is :
(a) Don McKinnon (b) Kamalesh Sharma (c) Avinash Chander (d) Vijay Kelkar
3. Who is the famous South Indian Musician and saint, who was an exponent of Karnatic music ?
(a) Tyagaraja (b) B. Subramanium A (c) R. Ramachandran (d) P. Venkataraman
4. Which of the following is electrovalent ?
(a) Oxygen molecule (b) Sodium chloride (c) Water (d) Ammonia
5. Kuchipudi is a dance from :
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
6. The famous Ilbert Bill Controversy arose during the tenure of :
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Ripon
7. Neutrons in an atom :
(a) Are equal to the number of electrons and protons
(b) Revolve about the nucleus in fixed orbit
(c) Contribute to nuclear charge
(d) Vary in number with different isotope
8. Which dance is in a form of dance drama in Kerala and is usually performed in the open and lasts the whole night ?
(a) Mohiniattam (b) Kathakali (c) Ottam Thullal (d) Kuchipudi
9. The circulation of blood in closed circulatory system was discovery by :
(a) Fransic Darwin (b) William Harvey (c) G. Mendel (d) Hippocrates
10. The Chief Minister of Kerala is :
(a) H.D. Kumaraswamy (b) M. Karunanidhi (c) A.K. Anthony (d) V.S. Achuthanandah
11. The Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court suspended last year by President Musharraf was :
(a) Shaukat Aziz (b) Anees Fahim (c) Ifthikar Chaudhury (d) Farooq Leghari
12. The value of [tex]\frac{{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}}}{{\frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4}}}[/tex]
(a) 2 (b) [tex]{3 \over 2}[/tex] (c) [tex]{4 \over 13}[/tex] (d) [tex]3{6 \over 13}[/tex]
13. Who is the eminent Marathi screen play writer and journalist, who received the K.K. Birla Foundation's Saraswati Samman Award for his play 'Kanyadan' ?
(a) Girish Karnad (b) Vijay Tendulkar (c) Anna Shahib (d) Neelu Phule
14. 'Subsidiary Alliance' system was introduced by :
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Hatings (d) Lord Wellesley
15. The present ages of three persons are in proportions 4 : 7 : 9 . Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years)
(a) 20, 35, 45 (b) 8, 20, 28 (c) 16,28, 36 (d) 20, 36, 46
16. A vendor losses the selling price of 4 oranges on selling 36 oranges. Her loss percent is :
(a) 10% (b) [tex]11{1 \over 9}[/tex] % (c) [tex]12{1 \over 2}[/tex] % (d) None of the above
17. Which of the following occupy 22.4 litres at N.T.P. ?
(a) 17 gms NH3 (b) 22 gms CO2 (c) 1.7 gms NH3 (d) 4.4 gms CO2
18. Who is the eminent Bengali dramatist who wrote "Abong Indrajit " ?
(a) Manoj Mitra (b) Prapto Mitra (c) Badal Sarkar (d) Mohit Chattopadhya
19. X got 30% concession on the labelled price of an article and sold it for Rs. 8750 with 25% profit on the price she bought. What was the labelled price ?
(a) Rs.16,000 (b) Rs.12,000 (c) Rs. 10,000 (d) None of above
20. Which of the following countries has recently been suspended from the Commonwelth ?
(a) Pakistan (b) South Africa (c) India (d) Sri Lanka
21. Who launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 ?
(a) Frontier Gandhi (b) Surendranath Banerjee (c) Woomesh Chandra Banerjee (d) None of the above
22. The birth place of which of the following English writers in Mumbai will be converted into a museum dedicated to him ?
(a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Robert Browning (c) Jim Corbett (d) William Blake
23. In a school 10% of the boys are same in number as [tex] \frac {1} {4}[/tex] th of the girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in that shool ?
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 3
24. What will be the final temperature when 80 calories of heat is taken out from 1 gm of water at 0°C ?
(a) -1 °C (b) -80°C (c) 1 °C (d) 0°C
25. The following is not a member of the European Union :
(a) Turkey (b) Cyprus (c) Slovakia (d) Ireland
26. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in :
(a) 6 hrs. (b) [tex] 6 \frac {2} {3}[/tex]hrs (c) 5 hrs (d) [tex] 7 \frac {1}{2}[/tex]hrs
27. Whe was ' Purna Swaraj ' day first celebrated ?
(a) 15th August, 1947 (b) 15th August, 1930 (c) 26th January, 1950 (d) 26th January, 1930
28. A dog takes 4 leaps for evry 5 leaps of a hare but 3 leaps of a dog are equal to 4 leaps of the hare. Compare their speeds in terms of ratio of their speed.
(a) Dog's speed : hare's speed = 15 : 16
(b) Dog's Speed : hare's speed = 16 : 15
(c) Dog's speed : hare's speed = 3 : 5
(d) Dog's speed : hare's speed = 5 : 3
29. Which of ithe following Organisations has set the target of reducing Greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the year 2050 ?
(a) United Nations (b) UNDP (c) G-8 (d) SAARC
30. Which of the following countries has recently signed the Kyoto Protocol ?
(a) India (b) USA (c) China (d) Australia
31. In the alkane series methane is followed by :
(a) Propane (b) Butane (c) Benzene (d) Ethane
32. Which of the following States has the largest size of population ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra
33. Who was the Men's national senior billiard champion in 2007 ?
(a) Pankaj Advani (b) Ashok Shandilya (c) Abhijeet Gupta (d) None of the above
34. Which State is regarded as the land of five rivers ?
(a) Gujarat (b) Assam (c) Chattisgarh (d) Punjab
35. The ratio of the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is :
(a) 70 km/hr (b) 75 km/hr (c) 84 km/hr (d) 87.5 km/hr
36. How long does a train 110 metre long runing at the speed of 72 km/ hr take to cross a bridge 132 metres in length ?
(a) 9.8 sec (b) 12.1 sec (c) 12.42 sec (d) 14.3 sec
37. The most populous city of India in 2001 is :
(a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai
38. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water ?
(a) 40 mins (b) 1 hr (c) 1 hr 12 mins (d) 1 hr 30 mins
39. China's national game is :
(a) Footaball (b) Hockey (c) Polo (d) Table Tennis
40. The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India is :
(a) V. N. Kaul (b) V. K. Joshi (c) D. K. Sikri (d) V. Rai
41. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is :
(a) 29 years (b) 19 years, (c) 49 years (d) 39 years
42. The largest rice producing State in India is :
(a) West Bengal (b) Punjab (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Haryana
43. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk costing Rs. 12 per litre to obtain a mixture worth Rs. 8 per litre ?
(a) l : 2 (b) 2: 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
44. Organic compound used for welding and artificially ripening of fruits is :
(a) CH4 (b) C2H6 (c) C2H2 (d) C2H4
45. The term 'Penhold Grip' is associated with :
(a) Tennis (b) Rowing (c) Table Tennis (d) Hockey
46. A train starts with the speed of 70 km / hr with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 km / hr. In how many hours will it cover 345 kms ?
(a) [tex]2 \frac {1}{4}[/tex] hrs (b) 4 hrs 5 mins (c) [tex]4 \frac {1}{2}[/tex] hrs (d) None of above
47. The oldest oil field in India is :
(a) Moran (b) Makum (c) Digboi (d) Dibrugarh
48. Rolland Garros is associated with
(a) Badminton (b) Football (c) Tennis (d) Rowing
49. The diagonal of a square is [tex] 4 \sqrt {2}[/tex] cm. The diagonal of another square whose area is double that of the first square, is :
(a) 8 cm (b) [tex] 8 \sqrt {2}[/tex] cm. (c) [tex] 4 \sqrt {2}[/tex] cm. (d) 16 cm
50. The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by :
(a) The Governor of the State (b) The President of India (c) The Chief Ministers of the States (d) The Chief Justice of Supreme Court
51. Keenan stadium is located at :
(a) Jamshedpur (b) Cuttack (c) Patna (d) Ranchi
52. When the temperature of a metal rises, its electrical resistance :
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Does not change (d) None of the above
53. The difference between simple and compound interest @10% per annum on a sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years is :
(a) Rs. 31 (b) Rs. 32.10 (c) Rs. 40.40 (d) Rs. 64.10
54. The edges of a cuboid are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and its surface area is 88 cm2 . The volume of the cuboid is :
(a) 24 cm3 (b) 48 cm3 (c) 64 cm3 (d) 120 cm3
55. The maximum length of a pencil that can be kept in a rectangular box of dimensions [tex]8cm \times 6cm \times 2cm[/tex], is :
(a) [tex]2 \sqrt {13}[/tex] cm. (b) [tex] 2 \sqrt {14}[/tex] cm. (c) [tex]2 \sqrt {26}[/tex] cm. (d) [tex]10 \sqrt {2}[/tex] cm.
56. The Sunfeast Open Tournament (2007) was won by :
(a) Vania King (b) Sania Mirza (c) Mariya Korytheseva (d) Maria Kirilenko
57. The 'Tattvabodhini Sabha' was founded by :
(a) H.V. Derozio (b) Rammohan Roy (c) Debendranath Takhur (d) Swami Vivekananda
58. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of a watch be together ?
(a) 45 min past 9 (b) 50 min past 9 (c) [tex]49 \frac {1}{11}[/tex] min past 9 (d) [tex]48 \frac {2}{11}[/tex] min past 9
59. In rabbit, the digestion of cellulose takes place in :
(a) Rectum (b) Ileum (c) Colon (d) Caecum
60. The Chief Election Commissioners is :
(a) Elected by the Parliament (b) Appointed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (c) Appointed by the President (d) Nominated by the Prime Minister
61. Production of heat due to flow of electric current through a conductor is given by :
(a) Joule effect (b) Joule-Thomason effect (c) Seebeck effect (d) Peltier effect
62. Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of :
(a) Kathak (b) Bharat Natyam (c) Playing Violin (d) Vocal Music
63. Which of the following elements is essential for animals but not in plants ?
(a) Potassium (b) Phosphorus (c) Calcium (d) Iodine
64. Who edited 'Harijan' Patrika ?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Bipin Pal
65. Aqua regia is a mixture of :
(a) One part HNO3 and three parts HCl (b) Three parts HNO3 and one part HCl (c) One part H2SO4 and three parts HCl (d) Three parts H2SO4 and one part HCl
66. If [tex] \frac {3}{5}[/tex] th of a cistern is filled in 1 minute, how much more time will be required to fill the rest of it ?
(a) 40 sec (b) 30 sec (c) 36 sec (d) 24 sec
67. Ustad Amzad Ali Khan is an exponent of :
(a) Santoor (b) Sarod (c) Violin (d) Tabla
68. A number was divided successively in order by 4, 5 and 6. The remainders were respectively 2, 3 and 4. The number is :
(a) 214 (b) 476 (c) 954 (d) 1908
69. A.C. is used in homes because :
(a) It is safe (b) It is easily reproducible (c) It is cheap (d) It is economical in transmission
70. Generally who are the members of the Gram Sabha ?
(a) All the heads of families of the respective villages
(b) All the voters in the respective village
(c) All adult males in the villages
(d) Nominated members
71. Anhydrous CaO may be used to dry :
(a) H2S gas (b) NH3 (c) CO2 gas (d) HCl gas
72. A two digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the number, then the number is reserved. The number is
(a) 18 (b) 42 (c) 81 (d) 24
73. Author of the novel "Madame Bovary" is :
(a) Emil Zola (b) Flaubert (c) Kafka (d) Victor Hugo
74. In a camp, 95 men had provisions for 200 days. After 5 days, 30 men left the camp. For how many days will the remaining food last now ?
(a) 180 (b) 285 (c) [tex]139 \frac {16}{19}[/tex] (d) 28.5
75. The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 5 : 4 and the ratio of their expenditure is 3 : 2 If at the end of each year, each saves Rs. 1600, then the income of A is :
(a) Rs. 3400 (b) 3600 (c) 4000 (d) 4400
76. The only Sultan of Delhi who exempted his subjects from nearly 24 taxes was :
(a) Mubarak Shah Khalji (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (c) Firoz Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi
77. A force of 5 N acts on a body for 0.2 sees. The change in momentum of the body is :
(a) 1 kg ms-l (b) 0.1 kg ms-1 (c) 10 kg ms-1 (d) The given data is insufficient
78. We find " Indir Thakrun " in :
(a) Aranyak (b) Pather Panchali (c) Ichamati (d) Devajan
79. In bacteria, which of the following photosynthesis is present ?
(a) PS I (b) PS II (c) Both PS I and PS II (d) None of the above
80. The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising the :
(a) Members of the Loke Sabha only
(b) Members of the Rajya Sabha only
(c) Elected Members of both Houses of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States
(d) Members of both Houses
81. Given that the absolute refractive indices of water and glass are [tex] \frac {4}{3}[/tex] and [tex] \frac {3}{2}[/tex] respectively. What is the refracrtive index of glass with reference to water ?
(a) [tex] \frac {2}{3}[/tex] (b) [tex] \frac {8}{9}[/tex] (c) [tex] \frac {9}{8}[/tex] (d) [tex] \frac {3}{4}[/tex]
82. At which part of the tongue are the taste buds for sweet taste located ?
(a) Tip (b) Back (c) Sides (d) Middle
83. "Hans Christian Andersen" was bona in :
(a) Poland (b) Russia (c) Denmark (d) Germany
84. Half of 1 percent is equal to :
(a) 0.005 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.02 (d) 0.2
85. What is the smallest number by which 3600 be divided to make it a perfect cube ?
(a) 9 (b) 450 (c) 50 (d) 300
86. " Geeta-Govindam " by Kabi Joydev was written in :
(a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Maithili (d) Apabhramsa
87. The proposed site for private port in West Bengal is :
(a) Falta (b) Kakdwip (c) Kulpi (d) Sagar Island
88. The native land of "Jim Corbett" is:
(a) England (b) India (c) Germany (4) France
89. The fuel in a nuclear ractor is :
(a) Graphite (b) Heavy water (c) Cadmium (d) Uranium
90. To whom is the Council of Ministers collectively responsible ?
(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (c) The Lok Sabh (d) The Rajya Sabha
91. Iris is the anterior part of :
(a) Retina (b) Choroid (c) Sclera (d) Cornea
92. Editor of the Magazine " Sambad-Pravakar " was :
(a) Debendra Nath Thakur (b) Akshoy Kumar Dutta (c) Pearychand Mitra (d) Iswar Chandra Gupta
93. Which city is called Gateway of India ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
94. One of the famous tragedies of Shakeshpeare is :
(a) The Merchant of Venice (b) Macbeth (c) The Tempest (d) As you like it
95. Vitamin K is necessary for blood clotting because it plays a vital , role in the synthesis of :
(a) Thromboplastin (b) Fibrinogen (e) Prothrombin (d) All of the above
96. Water equivalent of body is measured in :
(a) Degrees centrigrade (b) Calories (c) Grams (d) Dyens
97. Which book is written by Satyendra Nath Dutta ?
(a) Agnibina (b) Kuhu-O-Keka (c) Sagar-Theke-Fera (d) Trijama
98. Name the Indian play-wright , actor and director, recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1972), Kamala Devi Award 71, Homi Bhaba Fellowship for creative work and Bharatiya Jnanpith Award (1999) :
(a) Shekhar Kapur (b) Amol Palekar (c) Girish Karnad (c) Kamal Hasan
99. Density of population is highest in which State of India ?
(a) West Bengal (b) Maharashtra (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh
100. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution ?
(a) 360 (b) 368 (c) 390 (d) 348
| 1.(c) | 2.(a) | 3.(b) | 4.(b) | 5.(d) | 6.(d) | 7.(d) | 8.(b) | 9.(b) | 10.(d) | 11.(c) |
12.(a) |
13.(a) | 14.(d) | 15.(c) |
| 6.(b) | 17.(a) | 18.(c) | 19.(c) | 20.(a) | 21.(d) | 22.(a) | 23.(b) | 24.(d) | 25.(a) | 26.(d) | 27.(d) | 28.(b) | 29.(c) | 30.(b) |
| 31.(d) | 32.(a) | 33.(a) | 34.(d) | 35.(d) | 36.(b) | 37.(d) | 38.(c) | 39.(d) | 40.(d) | 41.(d) | 42.(a) | 43.(b) | 44.(c) | 45.(c) |
| 46.(c) | 47.(c) | 48.(b) | 49.(a) | 50.(b) | 51.(a) | 52.(a) | 53.(d) | 54.(b) | 55.(c) | 56.(c) | 57.(c) | 58.(c) | 59.(d) | 60.(c) |
| 61.(a) | 62.(d) | 63,(4) | 64.(b) | 65.(a) | 66.(a) | 67.(b) | 68.(a) | 69.(b) | 70.(d) | 71.(b) | 72.(d) | 73.(b) | 74.(b) | 75.(c) |
| 76.(C) | 77.(a) | 78.(b) | 79.(a) | 80.(c) | 81 .(c) | 82.(a) | 83.(c) | 84.(a) | 85.(b) | 86.(b) | 87.(c) | 88.(b) | 89.(d) | 90.(c) |
| 91.(a) | 92.(d) | 93.(C) | 94.(b) | 95.(a) | 96.(c) | 97.(b) | 98.(c) | 99.(a) | 100.(b) |
