MockTest-3 W.B.C.S. Preliminary MockTest

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Choose the right alternative: A fly-by-night company
Operates only at night
Sends Cargo by plane only
Is interested only in the quick profits
Operates from no fixed place
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In a Hobson's choice situation one:
must accept what is offered as there is no alternative
Can freely choose from many alternative
Must Choose only in consultation with other members of the group he/she belongs to
Can do any of the above
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The idiosyncrasies of a professor must not include
Eccentricities
Flaws
Oddities
Typicalities
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A soporific speech would tend to
Put one to sleep
Stimulate action
Appeal primarily to emotions
Be incomprehensible
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Fill in the blanks choosing the right word/alternative: A barber shaves; a gardener
Binds
Reaps
Gleans
Prunes
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A homophone for the word "whole" will be
Hole
Roll
Wholesome
Whale
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One who moves from one place to go to live or work in another is called a migrant. But a vagrant is a person
without a valid passport
who goes to live in exile
without a settled home or regular work
who asks for political asylum
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An interpreter is involved with the task of
Inscription
Transcription
Translation
Transformation
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A market where old and used goods are sold is called a
Share market
Black market
Grey market
Flea Market
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Someone having a weak memory is said to have mind / memory like a
Sieve
Soap
Screw
Stream
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Scarcely had it stopped raining when I started to my college. (Detect error, if any)
Scarcely had it stop raining
when I started
to my college
No error
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Being a rainy day we did not go out. (Detect error, if any)
Being a rainy day
we did not
go out
No error
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Find the correctly spelt word
Jealous
Jelous
Jealus
Jeallus
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The synonym for- SOLITARY is
Quiet
Lonely
Lost
Idle
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The antonym for FLIPPANT is
shallow
successful
serious
strong
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Choose the best alternative: My younger brother is good _______ Mathematics.
at
into
on
with
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Does he resemble ________ ?
to his father
with his father
his father
of his father
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I asked him for some paper, but he _______ .
had not
has not
had none
has none
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A geometrical figure with eight sides (one word substitution)
Polygon
Hexagon
Octagon
Pentagon
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"To injure one's reputation" means
to defame
to ridicule
to injure
to agitate
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The expression- Rebellion against lawful authority- may be substituted by -
Mutiny
Coup
Revolution
Dissidence
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(For Ques. No. 22 - 25) Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase (quoted) as your answer.
I "took exception" to his remarks and left the meeting.
objected
suggested
heard
excused
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Please "hold your tongue" in this matter, otherwise you will repent.
protest
be silent
defend
give advice
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The construction remains unfinished and the workers have "let the grass grow under their feet".
grown grass all over the lawn
gone on a luxury tour
delay doing the work
demended more benefits
25/100
The police "smelt the rat" behind the death of the girl.
got very much confused
identified the cause of death
suspected that something is fishy
jumped to the conclusion
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During the period of South-West monsoon, Tamil Nadu remains dry because :
the winds do not reach this area
there are no mountains in this area
it lies in the rain-shadow area
the temperature is too high to let the winds cool down
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The recently discovered field with oil potential in Krishna Godavari Basin is called
Ravva Offshore Block
Golkunda Block
Bombay High
Telengana Block
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Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called:
Playa Lake
Meteoric Lake
Ox-Bow Lake
Crater Lake
29/100
Which is the first state in India to enact the Food Security Act?
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Tamilnadu
Bihar
30/100
Which one among the following states is smallest in area?
Gujarat
Tamilnadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
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Which country is the largest producer of raw jute?
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
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Kundankulam Project is located in which state ?
Telangana
Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
33/100
The highest plateau of India is the:
Chota Nagpur
Malwa
Ladakh
Deccan
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Through which states does the river Chambal flow?
MP, Gujarat, UP
UP, MP, Rajasthan
Gujarat, MP, UP, Bihar
Rajasthan, MP, Bihar
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Indravati, Pranhita and Sabari are important tributaries of which of these rivers?
Ganga
Godavari
Cauveri
Krishna
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The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occur on ___________
20th May
21st June
20th July
21st August
37/100
Which among the following is the oldest mountain series in India?
Satpura
Nilgiri
Aravalli
Himalaya
38/100
Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?
Srilanka
Myanmar
Indonesia
Malaysia
39/100
Jharkhand does not share boundary with
West Bengal
Orissa
Chhattishgarh
Madhya Pradesh
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The largest population of scheduled tribe is in
Himachal Pradesh
Madhyapradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
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The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
Madhyapradesh
West Bengal
Orissa
Rajasthan
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Lakshadweep is a group of ....... islands.
22
25
32
35
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The Northern part of west coast is known as
Konkan coast
Coromandal coast
Malabar coast
None of these
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Siwaliks are
to the north of Himadri
foothills of Himalayan ranges
in Meghalaya
the plateau between Pamirs and Myanmar
45/100
To which group do the tribals of central and sounthern India belong
Proto-Astroloids
Negritos
Mongoloids
Brachycephals
46/100
Which of the following towns is located at the easternmost?
Bokaro
Jamshedpur
Patna
Ranchi
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What seperates Daman and Diu?
Narmada River
Gulf of Khambat
Gir Hills
Tapti River
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In which state is the Guru Shikhar peak located?
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Madhyapradesh
Maharastra
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In India how many states share the coastline?
7
8
9
10
50/100
The Highest peak in south India is
Doda Betta
Makurti
Anaimudi
None of these
51/100
The most important Sufi shrine in India is at
Pandua
Bidar
Ajmer
Shahjahanabad
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Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
Delhi
Jaipur
Agra
Amarkot
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The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in
Agra
Phargana
Samakhand
Kabul
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Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year—
1508
1608
1510
1610
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‘Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to the ruler
Iltutmish
Balban
Raziya
Qutub-ud-din Aibak
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The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
Helebidu
Humpi
Chandragiri
Kondavidu
57/100
Who among the following was an illiterate?
Akbar
Jahangir
Shahjahan
Aurangzeb
58/100
The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
Kitabul Bayan
Sirr-i-Akbar
Mayma-ul-Bahrain
Al-Fihrist
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Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of—
Chittor
Pune
Purandar
Torna
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Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
Babur
Akbar
Humayun
Shershah
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The Sangam text Tolkappiyam is a work on
Astronomy
Grammar
Music
Medicine
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Evidence of mixed cropping is seen from which site of Indus Civilization?
Dholavira
Kalibangan
Lothal
Dholavira
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Which one of the following describes best the concept of Nirvana in Buddhism?
The extinction of the flame of desire
The complete annihilation of self
A state of bliss and rest
A mental state beyond all comprehension
64/100
Who has complimented Samudragupta as the ‘Indian Napoleon’?
V.A. Smith
R.N. Dandekar
R.C. Majumdar
Dayaram Sahani
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Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash ?
Alauddin Khilji
Iltutmish
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Feroj Tughlaq
66/100
Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition:
The French
The Portuguese
The Dutch
The English
67/100
Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ?
Sarnath
Rajgriha
Kapilavastu
Bodh-Gaya
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What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ?
Mahaparinivansutta
Brahmajalasutta
Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
Kachchayanagottasutta
69/100
The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
Mahadaji Sindhia
Tukoji Holkar
Narayan Rao
Balaji Janardan Bhanu
70/100
The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the
Pallavas
Cholas
Chalukyas
Satavahanas
71/100
Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India?
Bihar
Rajasthan
Karnataka
Assam
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Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establishment is wrongly matched ?
Calcutta - Job Charnock
Pondicherry - Francis Martin
Ahmedabad - Ahmad Shah I
Madras - Gen. Watson
73/100
Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas in the reign of
Babur
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Jahangir
74/100
The original founder of the Manuscripts and Editor of Kautilya's Arthashastra was
Srikanta Shastri
Srinivasa lyangar
R. Shamashastri
William Jones
75/100
Who built the famous Shiva temple at Ellora ?
Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
Gupta King Samudra Gupta
Chalukyan King Pulikeshi II
Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna I
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When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
Vinoba Bhave
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Abbas Tyabji
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
77/100
Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from :
Tuoreau
Ruskin
Confucius
Tolstoy
78/100
What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
Attacking the caste system
Led an anti-landlord and anti-mahajan upsurge in Satara
Separate representation for untouchables
79/100
When was first telegraph line started in India ?
1851
1875
1884
1900
80/100
The 19th Century re-awakening in India was confined to the
Priestly class
Upper middle class
Rich peasantry
Urban landlords
81/100
Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century ?
Portuguese
Dutch
The house of Jagat Seth
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
82/100
Who spoke : “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and free- dom” ?
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Rajagopalachari
83/100
Place chronologically the following treaties : (a) Treaty of Amritsar (b) Treaty of Bassein (c) Treaty of Seringapatam (d) Treaty of Salbai
(a), (c), (b), (d)
(d), (c), (a), (b)
(d), (c), (b), (a)
(b), (a), (d), (c)
84/100
The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was—
Lord Curzon
Lord Macaulay
Lord Bentinck
Lord Hastings
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‘Permanent Settlement’, the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by
Lord Curzon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Hastings
Lord Cornwallis
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The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
Osamania University
Jamia-Milia Muslim University
Baraktullah University
Aligarh Muslim University
87/100
Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through :
Ahimsa (Non-violence)
Dharma (Religion)
Karma (Service)
Dhyana (Meditation)
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With which ‘Movement’, the following were/are associated? List-I: a. Vinoba Bhave b. Medha Patkar c. Sunderlal Bahuguna d. Jaya Prakash Narayan List-II: 1. ‘Chipko’ 2. ‘Sampurna Kranti’ 3. ‘Narmada Bachao’ 4. ‘Bhoodan’
a – 4, c – 1, b – 2, d – 3
a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2
b – 3, c – 1, a – 2, d – 4
d – 2, a – 4, b – 1, c – 2
89/100
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during
his imprisonment in 1908
Home Rule Movement
Revoelutionary Movement
Swadeshi Movement
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Sarvodaya stands for
Total revolution
Non-cooperation
Upliftment of all
Non-violence
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Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century?
Prarthana Samaj
Brahmo Samaj
Arya Samaj
Rama Krishna Mission
92/100
Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress ?
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Badruddin Tyabji
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Abul Kalam Azad
93/100
Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of
1943
1944
1945
1946
94/100
In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
Surat
Bombay
Calcutta
Lucknow
95/100
Name the important French possession in India.
Goa
Pondicherry
Daman
Coching
96/100
Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
Abolition of machinery
Establishment of village industries
Adoption of non-violence
Trusteeship theory
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Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under :
Government of India Act of 1919
Indian Councils Act of 1909
Government of India Act of 1935
Indian Independence Act of 1947
98/100
Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Maulana Azad
Rajendra Prasad
99/100
In which of the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced?
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
North-West Provinces and Punjab
Madras and Bombay
Bengal and Bihar
100/100
What was not true about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?
He founded the Mohamma dan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh
He was a leader of the Muslim League
He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement
He opposed the Indian National Congress
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