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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2020

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1. He solved the ___________ problem. 16. Use the correct expression :

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Ans. (B) hard I _________ the patient will die.
2. Add a suitable prefix to ‘Embark’. Ans. (D) am afraid
Ans. (A) Disembark 17. The idiomatic expression ‘pull yourself together’—

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3. Use the right preposition.
Ans. (D) calm down by oneself
He deals ________ cosmetic goods.
18. The word ‘Analogous’ means
Ans. (C) in
4. Fill in the blank with right option. Ans. (C) comparable

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He cannot cope ________ this pressure. 19. Never __________ upon the marginalized. Fill in with
the right phrasal verb.

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Ans. (B) with
5. ‘Impassioned’ means Ans. (B) look down
Ans. (A) Ardent 20. The word ‘Genocide’ means
6. What is the time ___________ your watch? Ans. (A) Racial killing
Ans. (A) by 21. Tick the correct option :
7. Convert the given sentence into an interrogative
_________ are still tortured in remote villages.
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sentence and see below for the correct option :
“Honesty is the best policy” Ans. (C) Daughters-in-law
Ans. (B) Is not honesty the best policy? 22. Correct passive form of the following sentence ‘Orange
8. He will reach home ________ at evening. tastes sour’ is :
Ans. (B) late Ans. (C) Orange is sour when tasted.
[Note : In the question ‘at’ should be ‘in the’] 23. The correct antonym of ‘Lecherous’ is
9. Which complex form is correct for the following Ans. (D) Chaste
sentence?
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24. Select the correct option :

‘Everyone is happy during Christmas celebration.’
Ans. (A) When Christmas celebrations occur everyone I was sure I __________ meet him.
is happy. Ans. (A) would
[Note : In option (A) ‘celebrations’ should be 25. Find the appropriate synonym for the word ‘Climactic’.
‘celebration’] Ans. (A) Culminating
10. Use the appropriate preposition in the sentence : 26. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University
We sat _________ the shade of the tree. came into existence?
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Ans. (C) in
Ans. (D) Wood’s Despatch
11. Babies __________ when they are hungry.
27. Who led the Bardoli Movement?
Ans. (D) cry
12. It is nine o’clock in Darjeeling in the morning and Ans. (A) Vallabhbhai Patel
_________. 28. How many Indian States have touched the border of
Ans. (B) it is snowing West Bengal?
13. Select the correct option : Ans. (C) 5
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I need a ________ note.
Ans. (B) five-hundred rupee
14. We _________ our dinner last night.
Fill in the blank with the right verb form.
Ans. (B) took
15. Choose the correct indirect statement.
He said, “grass is green.”
Ans. (A) He told that grass is green.
[Note : In option (A) told should be said]
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29. Somasila Dam is located in which Indian State?
Ans. (C) Andhra Pradesh
30. The difference between GDP at market prices and GDP
at factor cost is
Note : Correct answer should be Net Indirect Taxes.
31. Identify the vector quantity from the following :
Ans. (B) Angular momentum
32. Potassium permanganate is used to purify water as it is
Ans. (B) oxidizing
 33. Kiru Hydroelectric power project is situated in 52. The first non-Congress government at the Center was
Ans. (C) Jammu and Kashmir led by
34. What is the meaning of ‘Ghadar’? Ans. (B) Morarji Desai
Ans. (A) Revolt 53. Find the odd one out :
35. In which year West Dinajpur district of West Bengal Ans. (D) Philosophy
was divided into two districts namely North Dinajpur 54. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’?
and South Dinajpur? Ans. (B) A. O. Hume

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Ans. (C) 1992 55. Literal meaning of ‘Lokpal’ is
Ans. (A) Caretaker of the people
36. The slogan ‘Garibi Hatao’ is coined by
56. Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
Ans. (A) Indira Gandhi

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Ans. (C) J. A. Hickey
37. What were the two assemblies during the early vedic
period? 57. Who was known as the creator of modern Hindi
literature?
Ans. (D) Both (A) and (B)
Ans. (D) Harishchandra

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38. The Icon of Golden Jubilee Award by IFFA, 2019, was
conferred on the actor 58. D is taller than C and E. A is not as tall as E. C is taller than

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A. D is not as tall as B. Then, who is the 2nd tallest person?
Ans. (C) Rajnikanth
Ans. (C) D
39. Kakrapar Atomic Centre is located near which city in
India? 59. What number should come next in the sequence 6, 11,
21, 36, 56, ________?
Ans. (C) Surat
Ans. (B) 81
40. John, Aries, and Joseph are brothers with different ages.
Given that : 60. The river on which Tilpara Barrage is located?
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(i) Aries is the oldest. Ans. (D) Mayurakshi
(ii) Joseph is not the oldest. 61. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
(iii) John is not the youngest. Ans. (B) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Who is the youngest? 62. Chumbi Valley is on boundary of
Ans. (C) Joseph Ans. (A) Sikkim–Bhutan
41. Which can bind O2 molecules? 63. Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India
by Finance Minister
Ans. (A) Red blood cells
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Ans. (A) Arun Jaitley

42. Which among the following was the single biggest
item of import to the Vijayanagar empire? 64. The scale used for measuring the intensity of the
earthquake is
Ans. (C) Horses
Ans. (C) Richter scale
43. Who was the founder of the Jamia Milia Islamia?
65. In the logo of Lokpal, vigilance is represented by
Ans. (B) Muhammad Ali
Ans. (B) Ashoke Chakra
44. If you were running a race and you passed the person
in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? 66. Who was the Governor General during the annulment
of ‘Sati’?
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Ans. (B) 2nd

Ans. (A) Lord Bentinck
45. ISRO launched Cartosat-3 recently from
67. National Institute of Disaster Management or NIDM was
Ans. (A) Sriharikota
previously named as :
46. When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
Ans. (A) National Centre of Disaster Management
Ans. (B) 1191 A.D.
68. Consider the following statements with reference to the
47. The Chairperson of Rajya Sabha is
National Hydrology project.
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Ans. (B) Vice President of India

1. It was launched in 2016 with the assistance of World
48. Teachers’ Day is observed every year in India on Bank.
Ans. (A) September, 5 2. It provides for establishment of National Water
49. L.P.G. is a mixture of Informatics Centre (NWIC).
Ans. (B) propane and butane 3. Its objective is to improve the extent, quality and
50. The English established their first factory in India at accessibility of water resources information.
Ans. (B) Surat Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
51. What is the name of the Lake between Godavari and Ans. (C) 1, 2 and 3
Krishna deltaic region?
69. Plants receive nutrients from
Ans. (A) Kolleru Lake
Ans. (C) soil
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 70. Under whose Governor Generalship the Railways were 88. Numbers are placed in the figure below on the basis
introduced in India ? of some rules. Find the correct alternative to replace
Ans. (D) Lord Dalhousie the question mark.
71. ‘Neel-Darpan’ by Dina Bandhu Mitra portrays the 5 9 14 20
plight of
9 17 27 ?
Ans. (B) Indigo Planters
72. What was the date of “Queens’ proclamation”? Ans. (C) 39

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Ans. (A) 1st November, 1858 89. In reference to Mughal period’s revenue collection
73. Which of the following is a correct statement about system, ‘Zabti’ means
Ans. (D) 1/3rd of total yield
Indus Valley civilization ?
90. Head Count Ratio (HCR) is widely used in India as a

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Ans. (C) Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in measure of
the Kutchh region of Gujarat. Ans. (A) Poverty
74. Who established the Atomic Energy Commission 91. The Cabinet Mission came to India in the year
(AEC) of India in 1948 ? Ans. (A) 1946
92. The speed of an ant is 75 cm/sec. The ant travels in a

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Ans. (D) Homi Bhabha
day is
75. The commander of Alauddin Khilji’s forces during his

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Ans. (A) 64800 m/day
Deccan campaigns was 93. Identify the correct pairs for Northern Hemisphere.
Ans. (C) Malik Kafur 1. Winter Solstice –– December 22nd
76. Fit India Movement, launched in August 2019 by 2. Autumn Equinox –– September 23rd
3. Summer Solstice –– June 21st
Ans. (C) Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
4. Spring Equinox –– March 21st
77. Who founded the Khuda-i-Khidmatgar party ? Choose the correct answer from the given code :
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Ans. (B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Ans. (D) All are correctly matched
78. First Indian product to get G.I Tag is 94. Find the odd one out :
Ans. (C) 81
Ans. (B) Darjeeling Tea
95. Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named
79. The present Finance Minister of India– Ans. (A) Fermi
Ans. (B) Nirmala Sitaraman [Note : In Bengali version question the correct
80. The distinct letters of the word EXTRAORDINARY answer should be (B) xÄy‚ßþTÉ›– „þyîû’ “Atomic size”
are arranged in alphabetic order. Then the letter in the éôé~îû xíÅ þ£œ òþ™yîû›y’!î„þ xy„þyîûóÐ]
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fifth position from left is 96. Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Seringapatnam?
Ans. (A) N Ans. (B) Tipu Sultan
[Note : In bengali version question, the answer 97. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves
should be option (C) – I, because the term, ‘distinct’ Ans. (B) capillary action
is missing.] 98. ‘Chancellor’ of the State-run Universities in West
81. Which one is a fertilizer? Bengal is
Ans. (A) Governor of the State
Ans. (D) NaNO3 99. Which tribal language has been given official status in
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82. Which among the following great revolutionaries was
the brain behind the ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’?
Ans. (C) Surya Sen
83. The severe cyclonic storm that struck West Bengal in
2019 was
Ans. (B) Bulbul
84. Arundhoti Swarna Yojana by Assam Govt. starting
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West Bengal and regarded endangered by UNESCO?
Ans. (B) Kurukh language
100. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were
introduced by
Ans. (A) Sher Shah
101. Who wrote ‘The Indian war of Independence’ ?
Ans. (C) Vinayak Damodar Sabharkar

102. The number in each circle in the number pyramid is

from 1st January 2020 aims to
the sum of the two numbers just below it. Few of the
Ans. (B) encourage brides to register their marriage. numbers in a number pyramid are filled in. Find the
85. What was the Act III, 1872 ? number in the position marked “?”
Ans. (A) Social Reform Act 59
86. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
Ans. (A) Alauddin Khilji
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87. Literacy rate in West Bengal census 2011 –
Ans. (D) 77% 9 ?

Ans. (B) 5

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 103. The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T in their order 117. Choose the two correct numbers in the ‘ ’ marked
are substituted by nine integers 1 to 9 but not in that places of the multiplication below.
order. 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P and 7 9
T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3. What is ×5
the integer assigned to N ? 3 3 9 45
Ans. (D) 6 Ans. (B) 6, 8
104. Fill in the number grid with the numbers listed. Which 118. Demonitisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes
of the numbers won’t fit ? was announced on

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Ans. (A) 8th November, 2016
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‘Dandi March’ of Mahatma Gandhi ?

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Ans. (C) Civil Disobedience movement
120. Speed of sound is the maximum in
137, 173, 301, 731, 770
Ans. (D) solids
Ans. (B) 173

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121. The Constitution of India was adopted by
105. Six persons are seated around a hexagonal table. Anup

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is seated opposite Belal, who is between Chirag and Ans. (C) Indian Constituent Assembly
Derek. Anup is between Ela and Farook. Ela is to the 122. Nationalisation of 14 Commercial Banks took place in
left of Derek. Which of the following pairs is facing Ans. (A) 1969
each other ? 123. Two positions of a dice are shown. Find the number of
Ans. (C) Chirag and Ela the dots on the face opposite the face bearing 3 dots.
106. Consider the following statements regarding ‘Queen
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Pineapple’.
1. It is the state fruit of Nagaland.
2. It had received Geographical Indication (GI) tag in Ans. (D) 5
2015. 124. Light from the sun reaches us in nearly
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Ans. (B) 8 minutes
Ans. (B) 2 only
125. Last Census of Indian Population was held in the year
107. International Day of the Tropics is observed every year on
Ans. (C) 2011
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Ans. Correct answer should be 29th June.

108. What was meant by ‘Kherwari Hul’ ? 126. Inflation in India is
Ans. (C) Santhal movement Ans. (B) Single-digit > 0
109. Highest Tobacco producing state in India – 127. Hydrogen bomb is based on
Ans. (B) Andhra Pradesh Ans. (B) nuclear fusion
110. Which region is called the granary of South India ? 128. A caterpillar crawls up a pole 75 inches high, starting
Ans. (B) Thanjavur from the ground. Each day it crawls up 5 inches and
each night it slides down 4 inches. When will it first
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111. Who was elected as President of the All India Khilafat

reach the top of the pole?
Conference (23rd November, 1919) ?
Ans. (B) The 71st day
Ans. (A) Mahatma Gandhi
112. Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the 129. Going 50m to the south of her house, Radhika turns
age of left and goes another 20 m. Then turning to the north,
she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In
Ans. (D) fossils which direction is she walking now ?
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113. According to Indian Constitution, the State Legislatures

Ans. (C) North West
elect the
130. In which Congress the demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’ was
Ans. (B) Members of Rajya Sabha
placed ?
114. ‘Non-performing Assets’(NPA) of Indian Commercial
Ans. (A) Lahore Congress
Banks are
Ans. (B) Loans not repaid within stipulated time 131. The four principles of ‘FACT Check Module’ are
115. Which of the followings clearly define ‘Mitakshara’? Ans. (B) Find, assess, create and target
Ans. (B) A treatiac on ancient hindu law of inheritance. 132. Bikaner Canal is taken off from the river
116. Who was the founder of the Tattabodhini Sabha ? Ans. (C) Satluj
Ans. (A) Debendranath Tagore

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 133. The Supreme Court of India upheld that RTI was 152. The ‘FACT Check Module’ aims to
applicable to the Ans. (D) protect the Indian Government from fake news.
Ans. (C) Office of the CJI also. 153. Indian Constitution was prepared by
Ans. (C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
134. What comes next in the sequence 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63,
______ ? 154. The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics is
Ans. (B) Professor Amartya Kumar Sen
Ans. (A) 127 155. In which Act yearly Rs. 1 lakh was allotted for the
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education of Indians?
Ans. (C) Corps of signals and confederation of Indian Ans. (A) 1813 Charter Renewal Act
Industry (C.I.I.) 156. A is C’s son. C and Q are sisters. Z is Q’s mother. P is
136. PCMA (2006) is the abbreviated version of son of Z. How is P related to A?

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Ans. (A) Prohibition of Child Marriage Act Ans. (B) Maternal uncle
137. ‘Farmers suicide’ in India is viewed as an outcome of 157. In 2006 NIDM was established. Which one of the
following is correct?
Ans. (A) Agricultural Distress
Ans. (B) True

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138. Who among the following historians has written the
158. Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse Knighthood?
book entitled ‘The wonder that was India’?

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Ans. (B) In protest of Jallianwalabagh massacre
Ans. (A) A. L. Basham
159. The smallest composite number is
139. Who founded the Forward Bloc?
Ans. (C) 4
Ans. (A) Subhaschandra Bose 160. In which year was India’s first cotton textile industry
140. Graphite, carbon and diamonds are set up in Ghusuri near Kolkata?
Ans. (D) allotropes Ans. (A) 1818
141. The Contribution of Service Sector in India’s GDP is
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161. Which of the following is the first beach in Asia to get
Ans. (B) 50% Blue-Flag certification?
142. The largest producer of milk in the world is Ans. (B) Chandrabhaga beach, Odisha
Ans. (A) India 162. When the Hindu College was founded?
143. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared? Ans. (B) 1817 A. D.
Ans. (A) Sanjiboni 163. The sum of all the internal angles of a hexagon is
144. Fill in the word grid with the words listed. Which word Ans. (A) 720°
164. NATGRID will start by
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won’t fit?
Ans. (A) 31st December, 2020
165. 2162/3 ÷ (p2/9)–3/2 = 2x 3y pz, the values of x, y, z are
Ans. (A) x = 2, y = –1, z = 3
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166. When was the Madras State officially renamed as Tamil
Nadu?
FATE, FLAT, FORT, ROLE, TILL Ans. (A) 14 January, 1969
Ans. (B) FLAT 167. ‘Indian Constitution’ is adopted by the Constituent
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145. The 100 Rupee Currency Note in India is signed by Assembly on

Ans. (A) Governor, Reserve Bank of India Ans. (C) 26th November, 1949
146. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangini’? 168. When Indian Rupee gets depreciated vis-a-vis U.S. dollar,
it usually makes our
Ans. (B) Kalhana
Ans. (A) Exports Cheaper and Imports Costlier
147. ‘Gangani’ region of West Bengal has which type of soil?
169. The Governor of West Bengal is
Ans. (C) Laterite Soil
Ans. (D) Jagdeep Dhankar
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148. Unemployment in India is concentrated in 170. In a particular month of some year, there are three
Ans. (B) Unorganised Sector Mondays which have even dates. On which day of the
149. Let x1, x2, _____, x100 be 100 numbers such that week does the 15th of that month fall?
xi + xi+1 = 100 for all i. If x10 = 1, then the value of x1 is Ans. (D) Sunday
Ans. (B) 99 171. Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work
150. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic college? connected with which of the following phenomenon
Ans. (B) Lala Hansraj of radiation?
151. In writing the numbers from 10 to 100, how many Ans. (A) Scattering
times is the digit 7 used? 172. Natural radioactivity was discovered by
Ans. (B) 19 Ans. (C) Henri Becquerel

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first introduced in the country
Ans. (D) Pakistan
174. Excess fluoride in drinking water causes
Ans. (C) Fluorosis
175. Superconductors are substances which
187. Port Blair is located on which island?
Ans. (C) The South Andaman
188. Who was Birjis Kader?
Ans. (B) The Nawab of Oudh
189. Below given are certain statements about a river:
1. It rises on Ranchi plateau in Jharkhand.

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Ans. (A) conduct electricity at lower temperature. 2. It passes through the northern part of Betla National
[Because –– The critical temperature for Park.
superconductor is the temperature at which the 3. It is a tributary of Son River.

electrical resistivity of a metal drops to zero. Above
this temperature superconductor will behave
normally. When the critical temperature is reached
the resistance suddenly drops to zero and material
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Identify the river based on the information given above:
Ans. (A) North Koel River
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behaves as superconductor.] Ans. (A) nitrogen

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176. Who authored ‘The Spirit of Islam’? 191. In which year Salt Satyagraha took place?
Ans. (C) Sayyid Amir Ali Ans. (B) 1930
177. The Human Development Index (HDI) is published 192. In a knock-out tournament – i.e., a tournament in which
by the the winner in any match moves to the next round and
the loser gets eliminated – there are 22 participants.
Ans. (B) UNDP Then the total number of matches to be played is
178. Who founded Indian Women’s University?
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Ans. (B) 21
Ans. (B) Dhondo Keshab Karve 193. Rank of West Bengal in India with reference to total
179. The greenhouse gas that is a product of the combustion population, vide 2011 census report is
of fossil fuels is Ans. (B) Fourth
Ans. (A) CO2 194. Which among the following Viceroys was associated
180. Boghazkoi is important because with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?
Ans. (C) Lord Ripon
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Ans. (C) inscription found here mention the names of

Vedic Gods and Goddesses. 195. Select from the following rice-producing districts in
181. Which city is located along Mula-Mutha River from West Bengal in ascending order:
the following? Ans. (B) Murshidabad, Medinipur, East Barddhaman
Ans. (B) Pune 196. ‘Economic Reform’ measures in India was formally
introduced in
182. In which of the following years Akbar built Ibadatkhana?
Ans. (A) July, 1991
Ans. (A) 1575 A.D.
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197. In a row ‘A’ is in the 11th position from the left and
183. Which city in Gujarat is widely known as ship breaking ‘B’ is in the 10th position from the right. If ‘A’ and ‘B’
yard? interchange, then ‘A’ becomes 18th from the left. How
Ans. (B) Alang many persons are there in the row other than ‘A’ and
‘B’?
184. Samvidhan Divas or Constitution Day is celebrated in
India on Ans. (C) 25
198. When the first Independence Day was celebrated in
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Ans. (D) 26th November

India?
185. Which among the following places has given the earliest
evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent? Ans. (A) 26th January, 1930
Ans. (B) Mehergarh 199. TV remote control uses
186. India celebrated / will celebrate its 70th Constitution Ans. (A) Infrared frequency
Day in 200. What number should come next in the sequence
Ans. (D) 2019 6, 18, 72, 360, 2160, _____?
Ans. (D) 15120

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