WBCS Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 –
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The WBCS Prelims 2022 exam was conducted on 19th June 2021. You can check the overall level of 200 questions asked in the WBCS Prelims 2022 exam.
Level of Questions |
Easy Level |
Moderate Level |
Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of Question |
74-80 |
80-85 |
39-45 |
GeeksforGeeks had analysed that the WBCS Prelims Cut Off 2022 would be around 108. For more details, candidates can check the table given below.
Category |
Expected Cutoff |
|---|---|
General |
108 |
OBC (A/B) |
102 |
SC |
92 |
ST |
85 |
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1. The antonym of ‘Forgo’ is
(A) Claim
(B) Despise
(C) Undergo
(D) Remember
Ans: (A) Claim
2. An Obstetrician deals with
(A) Child disease
(B) Liver disease
(C) Pregnancy & Childbirth
(D) Nerve disease
Ans: (C) Pregnancy & Childbirth
3. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
He spends hours _____ the phone every day.
(A) at
(B) on
(C) with
(D) in
Ans: (B) on
4. Which one is the plural number?
(A) Index
(B) Alumni
(C) Hypothesis
(D) Analysis
Ans: (B) Alumni
5. What is the synonym of ‘Atrocity’?
(A) Solidarity
(B) Pity
(C) Cruelty
(D) Punctuality
Ans: (C) Cruelty
6. The idiomatic expression ‘A slap on the wrist’ means
(A) Short on time
(B) A very mild punishment
(C) To have a dispute
(D) To force an issue
Ans: (B) A very mild punishment
7. Fill in the blank with the correct word.
Ram and his brothers were four in _____.
(A) quantity
(B) number
(C) numbers
(D) totality
Ans: (B) number
8. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
What are you worrying _____ ?
(A) to
(B) with
(C) for
(D) about
Ans: (D) about
9. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
He works _____ an insurance company.
(A) for
(B) at
(C) in
(D) with
Ans: (C) in
10. Choose the appropriate antonym of ‘Adore’.
(A) Love
(B) Like
(C) Hate
(D) Ignore
Ans: (C) Hate
11. Insert the right preposition in the blank space:
He died _____ dengue.
(A) with
(B) from
(C) of
(D) by
Ans: (C) of
12. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
She has no control _____ her temper.
(A) on
(B) with
(C) over
(D) after
Ans: (C) over
13. Find the correctly spelt word.
(A) Reharsal
(B) Rehersal
(C) Rehearsal
(D) Rehearsel
Ans: (C) Rehearsal
14. It has been established that
(P) Einstein was
(Q) Although a great scientist
(R) weak in arithmetic
(S) right from his school days
To form a correct and meaningful sentence the proper sequence should be:
(A) (Q) (P) (R) (S)
(B) (P) (R) (S) (Q)
(C) (P) (S) (Q) (R)
(D) (Q) (P) (S) (R)
Ans: (A) (Q) (P) (R) (S)
15. Instead of ‘tolerance’ we can say
(A) bear on
(B) bear in
(C) bear with
(D) bear at
Ans: (C) bear with
16. ‘Philanthropist’ means
(A) Humanitarian
(B) Hater of man
(C) Lover of animals
(D) Lover of books
Ans: (A) Humanitarian
17. What type of sentence is ‘Do or Die’?
(A) Simple
(B) Complex
(C) Exclamatory
(D) Compound
Ans: (B) Complex
18. Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:
They finally agreed on the business deal.
(A) let the cat out of the bag
(B) see eye to eye
(C) to feel under the weather
(D) to cut a corner
Ans: (B) see eye to eye
19. “I have done my duty” ––Which tense is this?
(A) Present Indefinite
(B) Present Perfect
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Past Indefinite
Ans: (B) Present Perfect
20. Use a correct gerund in the blank space:
I like _____ pictures.
(A) painting
(B) painted
(C) to paint
(D) paint
Ans: (A) painting
21. Give the one word substitution of:
One who talks continuously
(A) Voracious
(B) Impecunious
(C) Loquacious
(D) Avaricious
Ans: (C) Loquacious
22. Give the one word substitution of:
Creature having both male and female organs
(A) Sodomite
(B) Homosexual
(C) Masochist
(D) Hermaphrodite
Ans: (D) Hermaphrodite
23. What is the most appropriate passive form of “Who has done the work?”
(A) Who has been done the work?
(B) By whom has been done the work?
(C) Whom has done the work by?
(D) By whom has the work been done?
Ans: (D) By whom has the work been done?
24. What parts of speech is the word ‘Adjective’?
(A) Pronoun
(B) Noun
(C) Adjective
(D) Adverb
Ans: (B) Noun
25. Find the synonym of ‘Covert’.
(A) Revert
(B) Secret
(C) Desert
(D) Honest
Ans: (B) Secret
26. Who has become the second Indian to score 10,000 runs in T-20 cricket?
(A) K. L. Rahul
(B) Shikhar Dhawan
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) M. S. Dhoni
Ans: (C) Rohit Sharma
27. Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?
(A) Harishena
(B) Bishakhdutta
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Shudrak
Ans: (A) Harishena
28. ‘Navjivan’ was edited by
(A) Rasbehari Basu
(B) Gandhiji
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (B) Gandhiji
29. Who is the protector of the Fundamental Rights of a citizen?
(A) Legislature
(B) Judiciary
(C) Executive
(D None of the above
Ans: (B) Judiciary
30. Fill in the gap:
3, 8, 6, 14, _____, 20
(A) 11
(B) 10
(C) 8
(D) 9
Ans: (D) 9
31. Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important organs of Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(B) Giyasuddin Balban
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
Ans: (A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
32. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges, of which the oldest range is
(A) the Siwalik Range
(B) the Lesser Himalayan Range
(C) the Great Himalayan Range
(D) the Dhaula Dhar Range
Ans: (C) the Great Himalayan Range
33. The ‘Radcliffe Line’ lies between
(A) India and China
(B) India and Bangladesh
(C) India and Bhutan
(D) India and Pakistan
Ans: (D) India and Pakistan
34. Who among the following was the Greek king of Syria mentioned in Asokan edict?
(A) Antiochus II Theos
(B) Ptolemy II
(C) Antigonus
(D) Alexander
Ans: (A) Antiochus II Theos
35. Stammering is to Speech as Deafness is to
(A) Ear
(B) Hearing
(C) Noise
(D) Commotion
Ans: (B) Hearing
36. Who among the following Viceroys repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Ripon
Ans: (D) Lord Ripon
37. If Water is called Black, Black is called Tree, Tree is called Blue, Blue is called Rain, Rain is called Pink and Pink is called Fish in a certain language, then what is the colour of sky?
(A) Blue
(B) Rain
(C) Fish
(D) Pink
Ans: (B) Rain
38. In which city, Australia will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
(A) Victoria
(B) Sydney
(C) Perth
(D) Brisbane
Ans: (A) Victoria
39. The western part of Teesta river in West Bengal is called
(A) Terai
(B) Duars
(C) Bagar
(D) Bhabar
Ans: (A) Terai
40. What is the percentage of a cloth that should be excluded from 40 metre cloth so that the remaining portion is 7 metre?
(A) 17.5
(B) 19
(C) 82.5
(D) 81
Ans: (C) 82.5
41. Who founded ‘Gadar Party’ (1913) and where?
(A) Bhagat Singh, Great Britain
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai, France
(C) Lala Hardayal, America
(D) Captain Mohan Singh, Germany
Ans: (C) Lala Hardayal, America
42. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural employment was started in the year
(A) 1959
(B) 1979
(C) 1969
(D) 1989
Ans: (D) 1989
43. ‘Seahorse’ is a
(A) Mammal
(B) Plant
(C) Fish
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C) Fish
44. A number series is given with one wrong term. Identify the wrong term given:
53 59 63 67 71
(A) 53
(B) 63
(C) 67
(D) 71
Ans: (A) 53
45. Who among the following put forward the famous Drain Theory?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (A) Dadabhai Naoroji
46. The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year
(A) 1930
(B) 1935
(C) 1947
(D) 1951
Ans: (B) 1935
47. ‘The Constitution of India is neither purely federal nor purely unitary but is a combination of both’ ––Who said so?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) D. D. Basu
(C) Dr. Ambedkar
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (B) D. D. Basu
48. If CAT and BOAT are written as XZG and YLZG respectively in a code language, how is EGG to be written?
(A) VSS
(B) URR
(C) VTT
(D) UTT
Ans: (C) VTT
49. Loktak lake is located in the state of
(A) Karnataka
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Manipur
(D) Bihar
Ans: (C) Manipur
50. Among six persons A, B, C, D, E, F, there are 3 married couples of which A, C, E are husbands; B, C, D are cousins and B is not wife of A. Then husband of B is
(A) C
(B) E
(C) A
(D) F
Ans: (B) E
51. Who won the Women’s Badminton Singles title at Swiss Open, 2022?
(A) Saina Nehwal
(B) P. V. Sindhu
(C) Carolina Marin
(D) B. Ongbamrungphan
Ans: (B) P. V. Sindhu
52. Who is the current Chief of the Army Staff of India?
(A) General Upendra Dwivedi
(B) General Manoj Pande
(C) General Rana Pratap Kalita
(D) General Surinder Singh Mahal
Ans: (B) General Manoj Pande
53. Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
(C) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
(D) None of them
Ans: (B) Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
54. Who was elected the President of India for the second time?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
(C) V. V. Giri
(D) Sankar Dayal Sharma
Ans: (A) Rajendra Prasad
55. Which among the following refers to ‘unpaid labour’?
(A) Shulka
(B) Udranga
(C) Bali
(D) Bisthi
Ans: (D) Bisthi
56. Which among the following is present in refrigerator?
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Methane
(C) Helium
(D) Chlorofluorocarbon
Ans: (D) Chlorofluorocarbon
57. Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl?
(A) Khasru
(B) Selim
(C) Azimushhan
(D) Khurram
Ans: (B) Selim
58. Choose the correct chronological order of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate:
(A) Lodi, Ilbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji
(B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
(C) Tughluq, Khilji, Lodi, Ilbari Turks
(D) Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks
Ans: (B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
59. Which one of the following animals is not ‘warm-blooded’?
(A) Hen
(B) Tiger
(C) Bat
(D) Toad
Ans: (D) Toad
60. Members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by
(A) the President of India
(B) the Prime Minister of India
(C) the Governor of the State
(D) None of them
Ans: (C) the Governor of the State
61. The Poona Pact took place in the year
(A) 1857
(B) 1932
(C) 1935
(D) 1942
Ans: (B) 1932
62. ‘Ornithology’ is the science of
(A) Bird
(B) Reptile
(C) Amphibia
(D) Mammal
Ans: (A) Bird
63. Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates?
(A) Bijapur
(B) Berar
(C) Ahmednagar
(D) Golkonda
Ans: (A) Bijapur
64. Who is the director of the film ‘The Kashmir Files’?
(A) Farhan Akhtar
(B) Karan Johar
(C) Vivek Agnihotri
(D) Anurag Kashyap
Ans: (C) Vivek Agnihotri
65. acme : mace : : alga : ?
(A) glaa
(B) gaal
(C) laga
(D) gala
Ans: (D) gala
66. The Vice-President of India is
(A) directly elected by the people.
(B) nominated by the President.
(C) elected by the members of the state legislatures.
(D) elected by an electoral college constituted by members of the two House of the Parliament.
Ans: (D) elected by an electoral college constituted by members of the two House of the Parliament.
67. Bills other than money bills are introduced for being passed by the Parliament in
(A) Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha
(C) any House of the Parliament
(D) joint session of both the Houses of the Parliament
Ans: (C) any House of the Parliament
68. Earliest fossil remains of archaic Homo sapiens has been found in
(A) Siwalik hills
(B) Narmada valley
(C) Nallamalai hills
(D) Chotanagpur Plateau
Ans: (B) Narmada valley
69. Which of the following is chiefly present in LPG?
(A) Methane
(B) Ethane
(C) Propane
(D) Butane
Ans: (D) Butane
70. The quorum requirements in the Rajya Sabha is
(A) 25
(B) 50
(C) 100
(D) 126
Ans: (A) 25
71. In a family there are six members A, B, C, D, E, F. A and B are married couple. D is only son of C. A is father of E, who is granddaughter of F, whose husband has died and C is brother of A. How many male members are in the family?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 2
Ans: (A) 3
72. Andaman & Nicobar islands are separated by
(A) Nine degree Channel
(B) Ten degree Channel
(C) Eight degree Channel
(D) Seven degree Channel
Ans: (B) Ten degree Channel
73. Which of the following dynasties was designated as ‘Balhar’ by the Arab travellers?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Chola
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Pandya
Ans: (C) Rashtrakuta
74. Fill in the blank :
Satyajit Ray’s ______ birth anniversary is being celebrated this year, 2022.
(A) 100th
(B) 102nd
(C) 101st
(D) 103rd
Ans: (C) 101st
75. Earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent comes from
(A) Utnur
(B) Burzahom
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Bagor
Ans: (C) Mehrgarh
76. Which state is known as the Molassis basin?
(A) Bihar
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Mizoram
(D) Assam
Ans: (C) Mizoram
77. Koel is a tributary of
(A) Son
(B) Chambal
(C) Yamuna
(D) Ganga
Ans: (A) Son
78. Who was felicitated by Aurobindo Ghosh as ‘the Prophet of Great Political Creed’?
(A) Brahmabandhab Upadhyay
(B) Ashwini Kumar Dutta
(C) Rashbehari Bose
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (D) Bipin Chandra Pal
79. Which of the following constitutional amendments gives a constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions?
(A) 72nd
(B) 73rd
(C) 74th
(D) 75th
Ans: (B) 73rd
80. Who painted the image of Bharat Mata?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Abanindranath Tagore
(C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (B) Abanindranath Tagore
81. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is
(A) a member of the Ruling Party
(B) a member of the Opposition Party
(C) Union Finance Minister
(D) Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Ans: (B) a member of the Opposition Party
82. Any money bill can not be introduced in the Parliament without the consent of the
(A) Prime Minister of India
(B) Speaker of the Parliament
(C) President of India
(D) Union Finance Minister
Ans: (C) President of India
83. ‘Pongol’ is the main festival of
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (A) Tamilnadu
84. In a camp there was food for 190 days of 4000 men. After 30 days 800 men left. Remaining men will spend the remaining food
in how many days?
(A) 250 days
(B) 230 days
(C) 200 days
(D) 170 days
Ans: (C) 200 days
85. Match List-I with List-II
List-I List-II
(a) Moriyas 1. Pippalivana
(b) Videhas 2. Mithila
(c) Licchavis 3. Vaishali
(d) Mallas 4. Kapilavastu
Which of the above is/are not properly
matched?
(A) (a-1), (b-2), (c-3)
(B) (d-4)
(C) (c-3), (d-4)
(D) All of the above
Ans: (B) (d-4)
86. Match the following:
(a) Kot Diji 1. Luigi Pio Tessitori
(b) Harappa 2. F.A. Khan. G.S.Ghurye
(c) Kalibangan 3. Daya Ram Sahani
(d) Mohenjodaro 4. Rakhal Das Bandyopadhyay
(A) (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4)
(B) (a-1), (b-3), (c-2), (d-4)
(C) (a-4), (b-1), (c-2), (d-3)
(D) (a-3), (b-2), (c-4), (d-1)
Ans: (A) (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4)
87. A fruit seller after purchasing a basket of mangoes saw that some fruits are rotten. He incurred a loss of 5% after selling the rest of
the mangoes at Rs. 2,280. How much money did he spend in purchasing a basket of mangoes?
(A) Rs. 3,000
(B) Rs. 4,000
(C) Rs. 2,400
(D) Rs. 2,500
Ans: (C) Rs. 2,400
88. Who among the following Indians won solitary gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships, 2022?
(A) Bajrang Punia
(B) Deepak Punia
(C) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
(D) Gourav Baliyan
Ans: (C) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
89. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
(A) 1931
(B) 1930
(C) 1932
(D) 1929
Ans: (A) 1931
90. Which of the following districts of West Bengal has the highest child sex ratio in 2011?
(A) Darjeeling
(B) Howrah
(C) Kolkata
(D) Malda
Ans: (A) Darjeeling
91. Pure water freezes at a temperature—
(A) 47° F
(B) 32° F
(C) 0° F
(D) 19° F
Ans: (B) 32° F
92. The age of father is twice that of elder son. Ten years hence, the age of the father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years, find the age of the father.
(A) 50 years
(B) 55 years
(C) 60 years
(D) 70 years
Ans: (A) 50 years
93. Which one of the following dam is not meant for irrigation?
(A) Bhavani Sagar
(B) Sivasamudram
(C) Krishnaraja Sagar
(D) Bhakra Nangal
Ans: (B) Sivasamudram
94. The next term in the sequence 4, 10, 22, 46 is
(A) 56
(B) 66
(C) 94
(D) 92
Ans: (C) 94
95. Who among the Mughal Emperors/Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Dara Sukoh
Ans: (D) Dara Sukoh
96. Who founded Servants of India Society?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(C) Gokhale
(D) B. G. Tilak
Ans: (C) Gokhale
97. The Act that gave enormous powers to the British Government to repress political activities was
(A) Arms Act
(B) Vernacular Press Act
(C) Rowlatt Act
(D) Act III of 1882
Ans: (C) Rowlatt Act
98. Which metal is present in haemoglobin?
(A) Iron
(B) Zinc
(C) Magnesium
(D) Copper
Ans: (A) Iron
99. SEBI stands for the
(A) State Earnings Board of India
(B) Securities and Exchange Bank of India
(C) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(D) State Exchange Bank of India
Ans: (C) Securities and Exchange Board of India
100. Arrange the list of foreign travellers in chronological order :
(a) Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
(b) Itsing
(c) Fa Tsien
(d) Megasthenes
(A) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(B) (a), (d), (b), (c)
(C) (d), (c), (a), (b)
(D) (d), (c), (b), (a)
Ans: (C) (d), (c), (a), (b)
101. Who was the founder of ‘Anushilan Samity’?
(A) Ashwini Kumar Dutta
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
(D) Pramathanath Mitra
Ans: (D) Pramathanath Mitra
102. Kumari river is a tributary of
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Damodar
(C) Kansabati
(D) Ajoy
Ans: (C) Kansabati
103. The ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is
(A) the President
(B) the Vice-President
(C) the Prime Minister
(D) None of them
Ans: (B) the Vice-President
104. The earlier name of WTO was
(A) UNCTAD
(B) GATT
(C) UNIDO
(D) OECD
Ans: (B) GATT
105. In a chess tournament each of six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played in the tournament?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 30
(D) 72
Ans: (B) 15
106. Which of the following is an aquatic fern?
(A) Adiantum
(B) Dryopteris
(C) Salvinia
(D) Equisetum
Ans: (C) Salvinia
107. ‘Peaty’ soils of Kerala is known as
(A) Reh
(B) Kari
(C) Kallar
(D) Thur
Ans: (B) Kari
108. In a certain code KOLKATA is coded as 11151211012001. How will BENGAL be coded?
(A) 020514070112
(B) 020514210111
(C) 020521250110
(D) 020514200112
Ans: (A) 020514070112
109. West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (WBIDC) was established in
(A) 1967
(B) 1981
(C) 1977
(D) 1983
Ans: (A) 1967
110. Which would come in place of ‘?’ in the given series?
ACE, FGH, ?, PON
(A) KKK
(B) JKI
(C) HJH
(D) IKL
Ans: (A) KKK
111. Which part of human eye has the maximum refractive index?
(A) Aqueous humour
(B) Vitreous humour
(C) Lens
(D) Cornea
Ans: (D) Cornea
112. Who is the present Chairman of UPSC?
(A) Manoj Soni
(B) Arvind Saxena
(C) Vinay Mittal
(D) P. K. Joshi
Ans: (A) Manoj Soni
113. In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to ‘Sati’?
(A) Asokan inscription of Girnar
(B) Aihole inscription
(C) Eran inscription
(D) Damodarpur inscription
Ans: (C) Eran inscription
114. What is the chromosome number in human ovum?
(A) 36
(B) 46
(C) 48
(D) None of the above
Ans: (D) None of the above
115. Which country recently replaced Russia in the UN Human Rights Council?
(A) Poland
(B) Czech Republic
(C) Syria
(D) Chile
Ans: (B) Czech Republic
116. The first transgenic crop was
(A) Tobacco
(B) Cotton
(C) Pea
(D) Rice
Ans: (A) Tobacco
117. Which quantity is increased in step-down transformer?
(A) Voltage
(B) Current
(C) Wattage
(D) Frequency
Ans: (B) Current
118. The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called
(A) Mahabhinishkraman
(B) Dharmachakra Pravartana
(C) Dhammaghos
(D) Mahaparinirvana
Ans: (B) Dharmachakra Pravartana
119. Who ridiculed Gandhi as ‘seditious fakir’?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Ramsay MacDonald
(C) Lord Irwin
(D) Cripps
Ans: (A) Winston Churchill
120. O2- is isoelectronic with
(A) F–
(B) Cl–
(C) Li+
(D) K+
Ans: (A) F–
121. In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. How many cows are there?
(A) 7
(B) 12
(C) 5
(D) 10
Ans: (A) 7
122. Who was recently appointed as the Ambassador of India in U.S.?
(A) Varsh Vardhan Singh
(B) Jai Shankar
(C) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
(D) Vijay Gokhale
Ans: (C) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
123. Xiomara Castro has become the first ever female President of which nation?
(A) Cuba
(B) Honduras
(C) Mexico
(D) Colombia
Ans: (B) Honduras
124. Who used ‘Tulghumah’ as a military tactic for the first time in India?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Babur
(4) Akbar
Ans: (C) Babur
125. The vitamin which helps in clotting of blood is
(A) A
(B) D
(C) B
(D) K
Ans: (D) K
126. Which one of the following animals is known as a ‘living fossil’?
(A) Perpatus
(B) Amoeba
(C) Prawn
(D) Apple snail
Ans: (A) Perpatus
127. Which of the following taxes is within the Jurisdiction of the Central Government?
(A) Corporation Tax
(B) Professional Tax
(C) Land Revenue
(D) Excise on alcoholic liquors
Ans: (A) Corporation Tax
128. Who is the first Law Officer of the Government of India?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Union Law Minister
(C) Attorney General of India
(D) Law Secretary
Ans: (C) Attorney General of India
129. The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted in the
(A) Lahore session
(B) Congress session at Nagpur
(C) Gujarat Congress
(D) Second Round Table Conference
Ans: (B) Congress session at Nagpur
130. Who enunciated his famous formula that ‘Swaraj’ must be for the ‘masses’ and not for the ‘classes’ alone?
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Gandhiji
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) C.R. Das
Ans: (D) C.R. Das
131. Who built Buland Darwaza?
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzib
Ans: (B) Akbar
132. Viktor Orban has registered a fourth consecutive win in which nation’s General Election?
(A) Armenia
(B) Sweden
(C) Switzerland
(D) Hungary
Ans: (D) Hungary
133. The Kasai and Keleghai rivers join to form
(A) the Rupnarayan river
(B) the Haldi river
(C) the Subarnarekha river
(D) the Damodar river
Ans: (B) the Haldi river
134. Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: (C) Mahatma Gandhi
135. A particle is moving in a uniform circular motion with constant speed V along a circle of radius r. The acceleration of the particle is
(A) Zero
(B) V/r
(C) V/r2
(D) V2/r
Ans: (D) V2/r
136. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Tripura?
(A) Manik Saha
(B) Jishnu Dev
(C) Narendra Chandra Debbarma
(D) Ratan Lal Nath
Ans: (A) Manik Saha
137. The Sariska Tiger Sanctuary is located at
(A) Bharatpur
(B) Alwar
(C) Darrah
(D) Puskar
Ans: (B) Alwar
138. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) NH-2–Delhi-Kolkata
(B) NH-35–Barasat-Bangoan
(C) NH-41–Kolaghat-Haldia
(D) NH-34–Sevak-Gangtok
Ans: (D) NH-34–Sevak-Gangtok
139. Legendary musician Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who passed away recently, is associated with which of the following instruments?
(A) Sitar
(B) Flute
(C) Sarod
(D) Santoor
Ans: (D) Santoor
140. Ram Prasad Bismil’s name is associated with
(A) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(B) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(C) Alipur Bomb Case
(D) Meerat Conspiracy Case
Ans: (A) Kakori Conspiracy Case
141. Which country hosted the 5th BIMSTEC Summit in March, 2022?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Japan
(D) South Korea
Ans: (A) Sri Lanka
142. The Self-respect Movement was founded by
(A) Ambedkar
(B) Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naicker
(C) Dinkarrao Javalkar
(D) Keshavrao Jedhe
Ans: (B) Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naicker
143. If the sequence of alphabets is reversed, which of the following will be the 14th letter ?
(A) N
(B) L
(C) O
(D) M
Ans: (D) M
144. Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?
(A) Dadoda Pandurang
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Radha Kanta Deb
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen
Ans: (B) Debendranath Tagore
145. Under which article of the Constitution the President can take over the administration of a State in his own hand?
(A) Article 352
(B) Article 356
(C) Article 351
(D) Article 350
Ans: (B) Article 356
146. If CABLE is coded as XYZOV, the YZXP is code of
(A) BABY
(B) BACK
(C) CELL
(D) BELL
Ans: (B) BACK
147. ‘Curie’ is unit of
(A) Radioactivity
(B) Temperature
(C) Heat
(D) Energy
Ans: (A) Radioactivity
148. Bronze is an alloy of
(A) Copper and Zinc
(B) Tin and Zinc
(C) Copper and Tin
(D) Iron and Zinc
Ans: (C) Copper and Tin
149. Who won the best Director Award at Oscars, 2022?
(A) Patty Jenkins
(B) Ava Duvernay
(C) Sofia Coppola
(D) Jane Campion
Ans: (D) Jane Campion
150. Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeva’s time?
(A) Nusrat Shah
(B) Fatheh Shah
(C) Husein Shah Sharqi
(D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
Ans: (D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
151. The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is 64. Greatest of them is
(A) 67
(B) 65
(C) 71
(D) 69
Ans: (D) 69
152. The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at
(A) Cardamom Hills
(B) Palani Hills
(C) Nilgiri Hills
(D) Annamalai Hills
Ans: (C) Nilgiri Hills
153. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year
(A) 1919
(B) 1918
(C) 1920
(D) 1921
Ans: (A) 1919
154. P is wife of Q and mother of R. R is granddaughter of W. S is grandmother of T and mother of Q. Which of the following is true?
(A) R is sister of T.
(B) R is brother of T.
(C) Q is daughter of S.
(D) None of the above
Ans: (A) R is sister of T.
155. Which former Prime Minister was conferred with Netaji Award, 2022 by the Netaji Research Bureau?
(A) Barack Obama
(B) Shinjo Abe
(C) Theresa May
(D) Fumio Kishida
Ans: (B) Shinjo Abe
156. There are 15 chairs in a row. Position of P is at the middle. Q is at 12th position counting from the right. How many chairs are in between P and Q?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 2
(D) 3
Ans: (D) 3
157. Lata Mangeskar was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year–
(A) 2000
(B) 2003
(C) 2001
(D) 2005
Ans: (C) 2001
158. Which of the following are the right bank tributaries to Ganga?
(A) Yamuna, Chambal and Son
(B) Yamuna, Son, and Damodar
(C) Yamuna, Gandak and Son
(D) Yamuna, Chambal and Damodar
Ans: (B) Yamuna, Son, and Damodar
159. Which of the following isotopes is used in dating archaeological findings?
(A) 235U92
(B) 14C6
(C) 3H1
(D) 18O8
Ans: (B) 14C6
160. Who pioneered ‘Rakhi Bandhan’ festival during partition of Bengal?
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Pramathanath Mitra
(D) Pulin Behari Das
Ans: (B) Rabindranath Tagore
161. ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose
(A) Polio Virus
(B) AIDS antibodies
(C) Tuberculosis
(D) Cancer
Ans: (B) AIDS antibodies
162. Who was known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(A) Badruddin Tyabji
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (D) Dadabhai Naoroji
163. Who is the Guardian of the Public Purse in India?
(A) The President of India
(B) The Union Finance Minister
(C) The Comptroller & Auditor General of India
(D) The Public Accounts Committee
Ans: (C) The Comptroller & Auditor General of India
164. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in May, 2022?
(A) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(B) D.M. Jayaratne
(C) Ranil Wickremesinghe
(D) Sirimaro Bandaranaike
Ans: (C) Ranil Wickremesinghe
165. Which of the following pair do not match?
(A) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid
(B) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal
(C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
(D) Gaur – Bara Sona Masjid
Ans: (C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
166. The radioactive element used in heart pacemakers is
(A) Uranium
(B) Deuterium
(C) Plutonium
(D) Radium
Ans: (C) Plutonium
167. Phytophthora palmivora is a
(A) bio-pesticide
(B) bio-insecticide
(C) mycoherbicide
(D) first bio-herbicide
Ans: (D) first bio-herbicide
168. Which one of the following states, Dulhasti Hydroelectric power project is located?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
Ans: (B) Jammu & Kashmir
169. Notuburu iron ore mines are located in
(A)Singhbhum District
(B) Mayurbhanj District
(C) Baster District
(D)Durg District
Ans: (A)Singhbhum District
170. Which of the following fractions is greater than 3/4 and less than 5/6?
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 4/5
(D) 9/10
Ans: (C) 4/5
171. Where was Chauri Chaura?
(A) Patna
(B) Bhagalpur
(C) Gaya
(D) Gorakhpur
Ans: (D) Gorakhpur
172. Alakananda and Bhagirathi rivers make confluence at
(A) Dev Prayag
(B) Karna Prayag
(C) Rudra Prayag
(D) Vishnu Prayag
Ans: (A) Dev Prayag
173. As of 2022, which country is the biggest opium producer?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Nepal
Ans: (C) Afghanistan
174. The fourth term of the following alphabet series —
ZXYW, VTUS, RPQO, ______, JHIG
(A) LNKM
(B) NLKM
(C) NLMK
(D) LNMK
Ans: (C) NLMK
175. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2021 in the English language category?
(A) Namita Gokhale
(B) Khalid Hossain
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) Kiran Gaurav
Ans: (A) Namita Gokhale
176. Who among the following was associated with the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: (B) Vallabhbhai Patel
177. When was the ‘Carlyle Circular’ issued?
(A) 1905
(B) 1901
(C) 1902
(D) 1906
Ans: (A) 1905
178. Which will come next to —
B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, ?
(A) I58Q
(B) I57R
(C) J57Q
(D) J58Q
Ans: (D) J58Q
179. On which date the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
(A) August 15, 1947
(B) November 26, 1949
(C) January 26, 1950
(D) August 15, 1950
Ans: (B) November 26, 1949
180. ‘Loringa’ mangrove is located in
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Odisha
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (D) Andhra Pradesh
181. Which of the following countries won the Thomas Cup International Badminton Championship, 2022?
(A) Indonesia
(B) India
(C) Malaysia
(D) China
Ans: (B) India
182. Fermentation ability of Yeast is due to
(A) Amylase
(B) Zymase
(C) Invertase
(D) Galactase
Ans: (B) Zymase
183. Who has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Air India?
(A) Campbell Wilson
(B) Ajay Singh
(C) Alan Joyce
(D) Maen Razougi
Ans: (A) Campbell Wilson
184. Mettur dam is built on _____ river.
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Krishna
(D) Cauvery
Ans: (D) Cauvery
185. The name of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is associated with
(A) First Five -Year Plan
(B) Second Five -Year Plan
(C) Third Five -Year Plan
(D) Fourth Five -Year Plan
Ans: (B) Second Five -Year Plan
186. Which Indian Architect has been conferred the prestigious Royal Gold Medal, 2022?
(A) Balkrishna Doshi
(B) Sheila Sri Prakash
(C) Brinda Samaya
(D) Hafeez Contractor
Ans: (A) Balkrishna Doshi
187. Who was the author of ‘The Philosophy of the Bomb’?
(A) Bhagwati Charan Vohra
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Yashpal
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (A) Bhagwati Charan Vohra
188. The ‘powerhouse’ of cell is
(A) Nucleus
(B) Lysosome
(C) Mitochondria
(D) DNA
Ans: (C) Mitochondria
189. The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was
(A) Samudra Gupta
(B) Chandra Gupta-I
(C) Kumara Gupta
(D) Chandra Gupta -II
Ans: (D) Chandra Gupta -II
190. The radiation carrying maximum energy —
(A) UV rays
(B) Gamma rays
(C) X-rays
(D) IR rays
Ans: (B) Gamma rays
191. What is the minimum age required bya citizen to be qualified for being a member of the Lok Sabha?
(A) 21
(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 35
Ans: (B) 25
192. Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
(A) Strabo
(B) Ptolemy
(C) Megasthenes
(D) Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
Ans: (C) Megasthenes
193. For the purpose of legislation, education is enlisted in the
(A) Union List
(B) State List
(C) Concurrent List
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C) Concurrent List
194. How many districts are there in West Bengal?
(A) 20
(B) 19
(C) 23
(D) 25
Ans: (C) 23
195. Who wrote Humayunnamah?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Humayun
(C) Birbal
(D) Abul Fazl
Ans: (A) Gulbadan Begum
196. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(A) Sanjiv Kumar
(B) Rajiv Kumar
(C) Rajiv Mehta
(D) Sushil Mehta
Ans: (B) Rajiv Kumar
197. Which one of the following is the highest peak of South Bengal?
(A) Sandakphu
(B) Gorgaburu
(C) Pareshnath
(D) Biharinath
Ans: (B) Gorgaburu
198. Which Chola king was known as Arumolivarman before his coronation?
(A) Vira Rajendra
(B) Rajaraja I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) None of them
Ans: (B) Rajaraja I
199. The Advocate General of a State is appointed by
(A) the Chief Minister
(B) the State Legislature
(C) the Governor
(D) the State Law Minister
Ans: (C) the Governor
200. Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?
(A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
(B) N. G. Ranga
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Jaya Prakash Narayan
Ans: (A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati