Bihar PCS 65th Pre Exam Paper 2019 (Answer Key)

Bihar PCS 65th Pre Exam Paper 2019 (Answer Key)

BPSC (Bihar Public Service Commission) Conducted the  BPSC 65^th Pre Exam 2019 on 15 October 2019. This BPSC 65th Pre Exam 2019 With Answer Key available here.

Exam – BPSC Pre (65^th) – 2019
Subject – सामान्य अध्ययन (General Studies)
Number Of Questions – 150
Paper Set – B
Date of Exam – 15 Oct, 2019

Bihar PCS 65^th Pre Exam 2019 With Answer Key

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1. Who wrote the book, Desher Κatha?
(A) Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Nivaran Chandra
(D) Murali Mohan Prasad
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

2. Who was the Editor of Searchlight newspaper in Bihar?
(A) Abdul Bari
(B) Lambodar Mukherjee
(C) Murali Mohan Prasad
(D) Ramananda Chatterjee
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

3. Who formed the “Bihar Socialist Party” in 1931?
(A) Phulan Prasad Varma
(B) Swami Yoganand
(C) Narhari Parikh
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

4. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
(A) William Adam
(B) A. O. Hume
(C) Rash Behari Bose
(D) Motilal Nehru
(2) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

5. Who said, “Swaraj is Thy araj have it? birthright and I shall have it”?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

6. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his “Knighthood” because of
(A) brutal suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement
(B) execution of Bhagat Singh
(C) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(D) Chauri Chaura Incident
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

7. Who established the Servants of India Society?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Bhagat Singh
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

8. Which revolutionaries were hanged in the “Kakori Train Robbery Case”?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla
(B) Veer Savarkar and Vasudev Chapekar
(C) Prafulla Chandra Chaki and Khudiram Bose
(D) Surya Sen and Udham Singh
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

9. Who wrote the book, India for Indians ?
(A) C. R. Das
(B) M. G. Ranade
(C) V. D. Savarkar
(D) S. N. Banerjee
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

10. ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’ was founded by
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Gandhiji
(D) Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

11. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Kasturba Gandhi
(B) Mrs. Annie Besant
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Bhakti Laxmi Desai
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

12. Who was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Satyagraha Movement?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) O. Rajagopalachari
(C) Vinoba Bhave
(D) Subhash Chandra Bosc
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

13. Who was the founder of the ‘India House’ in London?
(A) Shyamji Krishnavarma
(B) Rash Behari Bose
(C) Ramchandra
(D) Taraknath Das
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

14. Who led the Salt Satyagraha in Bhagalpur?
(A) Shri Krishna Singh
(B) Mahadev Lal Sarraf
(C) Kumar Mishra
(D) Satyanarayan
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

15. Who led the ‘Ambari Satyagraha’ in 1939 in Bihar?
(A) Rahul Sankrityayan
(B) Yadunandan Sharma
(C) Swami Sahajanand
(D) Swami Yoganand
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

16. IF

then the value of S is
(A) 125
(B) 120 + ⅓
(C) 135 + ⅓
(D) 130
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

17. Two trains, each of length 150 metres, are moving in opposite directions with equal speed of 90 km per hour. The time taken by the trains to cross each other will be
(A) 3 seconds
(B) 4.5 seconds
(C) 6 seconds
(D) 9 seconds
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

18. The number of ways in which 12 identical pens can be distributed between two students, if each student is to get at least two pens, is
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 11
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

19. If the radii of circles A and B are in the ratio 1 : 5 : 1, then the areas of the circles A and B will be in the ratio
(A) 1.5 : 1
(B) 2 : 1
(C) 2.25 : 1
(D) 2.5 : 1
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

20. One tap can fill a water tank in 3 hours and another tap can empty it in 4 hours. If the tank is one-third full and both the taps are opened together, then the time taken to fill the tank will be
(A) 8 hours
(B) 9 hours
(C) 10 hours
(D) 11 hours
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

21. The next term in the sequence 1, 3, 9, 15, 25, 35, 49, ….. will be
(A) 80
(B) 64
(C) 81
(D) 63
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

22. If x² – y² = 7 and x – y = 1, then the length of a diagonal of a rectangle with length and width respectively x cm and y cm will be
(A) 5 cm
(B) 6 cm
(C) 7 cm
(D) 8 cm
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

23. In a class of 80 students, 60% students play carrom, 45% play chess and 10% students neither play carrom nor chess. The number of students who play only chess is
(A) 36
(B) 24
(C) 12
(D) 8
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

24. If
x³ – y³ = 117/8 and x – y = 3/2 then the value of x² + xy + y² will be
(A) 1
(B) 5/8
(C) 39/4
(D) 39/8
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

25. If
then the value of x is
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

26. The study of bones is done under the branch of science called
(A) geology
(B) Serology
(C) orology
(D) Osteology
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

27. Which of the following does not have any enzyme in its cells?
(A) Lichen
(B) Virus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Algae
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

28. In which organ of the human body are the lymphocytes formed?
(A) Liver
(B) Bone marrow
(C) Spleen
(D) Pancreas
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

29. Which of the following hormones contains iodine?
(A) Testosterone
(B) Adrenaline
(C) Thyroxine
(D) Insulin
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

30. AIDS is caused by
(A) helminth
(B) bacteria
(c) fungus
(D) virus
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

31. The unit of pressure is
(A) kg/cm²
(B) kg/cm
(c) kg/mm
(D) kg/cm³
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

32. The sunlight from the sun to the earth reaches in
(A) 5 minutes
(B) 6 minutes
(C) 8 minutes
(D) 10 minutes
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

33. Which one of the following is a scalar quantity?
(A) Force
(B) Pressure
(C) Velocity
(D) Acceleration
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

34. Which one of the following quantities does not have unit?
(A) Stress
(B) Force
(C) Strain
(D) Pressure
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

35. Sound wave in air is
(A) transverse
(B) longitudinal
(C) electromagnetic
(D) polarized
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

36. The value of 50 °C in Fahrenheit scale is
(A) 104°F
(B) 122 °F
(C) 100 °F
(D) 75 °F
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

37. What is measured in hertz?
(A) Frequency
(B) Energy
(C) Heat
(D) Quality
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

38. Body temperature is regulated by
(A) medulla
(B) thalamus
(C) hypothalamus
(D) cerebellum
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

39. The device to measure electric current is
(A) voltineter
(B) ammeter
(C) voltameter
(D) potentiometer
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

40. The unit of electric power is
(A) ampere
(B) volt
(C) coulomb
(D) watt
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

41. Who is regarded as the Father of Modern Chemistry?
(A) Rutherford
(B) Einstein
(C) Lavoisier
(D) C. V. Raman
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

42. The number of electrons and neutrons in an element is 18 and 20 respectively. Its mass number is
(A) 22
(B) 2
(C) 38
(D) 20
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

43. Which of the following is also known as laughing gas?
(A) Nitric oxide
(B) Nitrous oxide
(C) Nitrogen pentoxide
(D) Nitrogen
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

44. Which of the following is not a type of element?
(A) Metals
(B) Nonmetals
(C) Gases
(D) Metalloids
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

45. The pH value of water is
(A) 4
(B) 7
(C) 12
(D) 18
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

46. The main component of greenhouse gases is
(A) carbon dioxide
(B) methane
(C) nitrous oxide
(D) ozone
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

47. Oxygen is absent in
(A) kerosene
(B) glass
(C) soil
(D) cement
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

48. Natural rubber is a polymer of
(A) isoprene
(B) styrene
(C) vinyl acetate
(D) propene
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

49. What is the formula of glucose?
(A) C₆H₂O₁₁
(B) C₆H₁₀O₅
(C) C₆H₁₂O₆
(D) C₆H₆O₆
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

50. What is the bond order of Co group?
(A) 1
(B) 2.5
(C) 3.5
(D) 3
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

51. The book, The Origin of Species was written by
(A) Linnaeus
(B) Lamarck
(C) Mendel
(D) Darwin
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

52. The interaction between algae and fungi to form lichen is called
(A) parasitism
(B) mutualism
(C) commensalism
(D) conversion
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

53. The actual location or place where an organism lives is called
(A) habitat
(B) ecosystem
(C) niche
(D) biome
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

54. Solar energy is converted into ATP in
(A) mitochondria
(B) chloroplast
(C) ribosome
(D) peroxisome
(E) None of the above/ More than one of the above

 

55. The by-product of photosynthesis is
(A) CO₂
(B) O₂
(C) energy
(D) sugar
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

56. Who was the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court who administered the path of office to Mr. Fagu Chauhan as the Governor of Bihar in July 2019?
(A) Hon. Mukesh Shah
(B) Hon. A. P. Sahi
(C) Hon. Rekha Manharlal Doshit
(D) Hon. Dipak Misra
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

57. What is the significance of “Bihar Diwas” that is celebrated on March 22 every year?
(A) On this day, the State Reorganization Commission created Bihar
(B) Bihar was carved out of United Provinces on this day in 1873
(C) To commemorate Bihar’s separation from Bengal Presidency in 1912
(D) To celebrate naming of Bihar in 12th century by Muslim rulers
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

58. Which one of the following States was never granted the Special Category Status (SCS) by the Central Government?
(A) Bihar
(B) Sikkim
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

59. Yousuf Shah Chak, the last Muslim ruler of Kashmir valley who was exiled to Bihar by the Mughal cinperor Akbar, was buried in
(A) Patliputra
(B) Rajgir
(C) Munger
(D) Nalanda
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

60. What is the tagline of Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation?
(A) Bright Bihar
(B) Hum Sabka Bihar
(C) Blissful Bihar
(D) Bihar is the Best
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

81. Where will the Summer Olympic Games be held in 2020 ?
(A) Berlin
(B) Paris
(C) Tokyo
(D) Los Angeles
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

82. UNESCO inaugurated the celebration of 2019 as the International Year of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements to celebrate completion of how many year ?
(A) 100
(B) 150
(C) 75
(D) 50
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

83. By passing “Triple Talaq Law” recently, the Parliament of India endorsed which year’s ruline of the Supreme Court of India that had made Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-Biddat) as unconsti tutional?
(A) 2011
(B) 2013
(C) 2015
(D) 2017
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

84. Where is the BRICS Summit, 2019 scheduled to be held?
(A) Brazil
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Russia
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

85. Who became the Editor of the newspaper, The Hindu, after Mukund Padmanabhan?
(A) N. Ram
(B) Siddharth Varadarajan
(C) Suresh Nambath
(D) Malini Parthasarathy
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

86. Who is considered as the creator of Modern Bihar?
(A) Sachchidananda Sinha
(B) Kumar Kalika Prasad Sinha
(C) Sir Ganesh Singh
(D) Acharya Narendra Dev
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

87. Who formed Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha?
(A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
(B) Ram Sundar Singh
(C) Ganga Sharan Sinha
(D) Ramanand Mishra
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

88. Dutch East India Company established its factory at Patna in which year?
(A) 1601
(B) 1632
(C) 1774
(D) 1651
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

89. Who established Swaraj Dal in Bihar?
(A) Shri Krishna Singh
(B) Ramlal Shah
(C) Bankim Chandra Mitra
(D) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

90. The name by which Ashoka generally referred to in his inscriptions is
(A) Chakravarti
(B) Priyadarshi
(C) Dharmadeva
(D) Dharmakirti
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

91. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?
(A) Sushruta
(B) Saumilla
(C) Shudraka
(D) Shaunaka
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

92. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
(A) Brahmi
(B) Sharada
(C) Kharosthi
(D) Nandanagari
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

93. Which one of the following ports was in use for the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
(A) Kalyan
(B) Tamralipti
(C) Broach
(D) Cambay
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

94. Mughal painting reached its zenith under
(A) Jahangir
(B) Humayun
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Akbar
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

95. In medieval India, why was Mansabdari system introduced?
(A) For revenue collection
(B) Facilitating recruitment to the army
(C) To establish religious harmony
(D) Ensuring clean administration
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

96. Who established Ashla Pradhan?
(A) Chandragupta
(B) Ashoka
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) Shivaji
(E) None of the above/MG than one of the above

97. Which Delhi Sultan built maximum number of canals?
(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Sikandar Lodi
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

98. Who used Hooghly as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal?
(A) The Dutch
(B) The French
(C) The Portuguese
(D) The British
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

99. Under whose leadership was suppression of Thugs achieved?
(A) Lord Clive
(B) Captain Sleeman
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Alexander Burnes
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

100. The Viceroy who aggressive policy Afghanistan was followed towards
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Canning
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

101. In 1930, from where Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement?
(A) Wardha
(B) Dandi
(C) Sevagram
(D) Sabarmati
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

102. The Sarabandi Campaign 1922 was led by
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Lala Lajpat Ral
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

103. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India?
(A) J. B. Kripalani
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

104. Who led the 1857 Revolt in Bihar?
(A) Babu Amar Singh
(B) Hare Krishna Singh
(C) Kunwar Singh
(D) Raja Shahzada Singh
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

105. Who led cultivators in Bihar during the Non-cooperation Movement?
(A) Swami Vidyanand
(B) Raj Kumar Shukla
(C) Shri Krishna Singh
(D) J. B. Sen
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

106. Among the following districts, which one has larger arca under dense deciduous forest cover?
(A) Paschim Champaran
(B) Gaya
(C) Kaimur
(D) Nawada
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

107. The district of Bihar which has a longer length of Ganga river is
(A) Bhagalpur
(B) Katihar
(C) Patna
(D) Begusarai
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

108. Which district of Bihar has recorded the highest density of population (per sq. km) as per the 2011 Census?
(A) Shechar
(B) Vaishali
(C) Patna
(D) Darbhanga
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

109. Which one of the following countries is the largest country without borders in terms of geographical area?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Philippines
(C) Japan
(D) Cuba
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

110. The country which has the largest north-south latitude extension of its territory is
(A) Russia
(B) Chile
(C) China
(D) Brazil
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

111. Which one of the following countries has the highest number of islands?
(A) Philippines
(B) Indonesia
(C) Maldives
(D) Cuba
(E) None of the above/ More than one of the above

 

112. Among the following countries which one is the largest producer of saffron in the world?
(A) Spain
(B) Greece
(C) New Zealand
(D) Iran
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

113. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Canada
(C) Australia
(D) France
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

114. The hills situated closer to Kanyakumari are
(A) Anaimalai Hills
(B) Nilgiri Hills
(C) Cardamom Hills
(D) Shevaroy Hills
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

115. Among the following tributaries, which one is the part of Ganga river basin?
(A) Sankh
(B) North Koel
(C) South Koel
(D) Barakar
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

116. Which one of the following hills does not have tea plantations?
(A) Kanan Devan
(B) Nilgiri
(C) Darjeeling
(D) Girnar
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

117. In India, the State with largest area under dens deciduous forest cover is
(A) Odisha
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Chhattisgarh
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

118. Coral reefs are not found which one of the follow regions?
(A) Gulf of Cambay
(B) Gulf of Mannar
(C) Gulf of Kachchh
(D) Lakshadweep and Minion Island
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

 

119. Among the following religious groups, which one has recorded the highest percentage literacy rate as per the 2011 Census?
(A) Christians
(B) Hindus
(C) Sikhs
(D) Jains
(E) None of the above/ More than one of the above

 

120. Which one of the following pairs of Tribe and State is not matched
(A) Bhils-Gujarat
(B) Gaddis-Himachal Pradesh
(C) Kotas-Tamil Nadu
(D) Todas-kerala
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

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