10 years ago the ratio of ages of Ramesh and Rajeev was 1 : 3. Five years hence this ratio will become 2 : 3. What is the ratio of their ages at present?
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Correct answer: (B) 3 : 5
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Question 2
If I walk with a speed of 5 km per hour from my house to the station, my train would have left the station 7 minutes before my arrival. But, if I walk with a speed of 6 km per hour, I will reach the station 5 minutes before the departure of my train. Accordingly, what is the distance between my house and the station?
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Correct answer: (C) 6 km
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Question 3
The average monthly income of P and Q is ₹5,050. The average monthly income of Q and R is ₹6,250 and the average monthly income of P and R is ₹5,200. The monthly income of P is
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Correct answer: (C) ₹4,000
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Question 4
If 30% of P is added to 40% of Q, it becomes 80% of Q. Accordingly, what is the percentage of Q with respect to P?
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Correct answer: (C) 75%
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Question 5
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets ₹1,000 more than D, what is B’s share?
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Correct answer: (C) ₹2,000
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Question 6
A shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% on the selling price of a watch. If he gives a discount of 6%, he will earn a profit which is ₹15 less than before. Accordingly, what is the marked selling price of that watch?
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Correct answer: (B) ₹1,500
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Question 7
Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The total of the largest and the smallest numbers is equal to the other number plus 52. Accordingly, which is the smallest number?
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Correct answer: (B) 39
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Question 8
If 2^(2n−1) = 1/8^(n−3), then the value of n is
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Correct answer: (B) 2
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Question 9
Which of the following photo-electric devices is the most suitable for digital applications?
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Correct answer: (A) Photo-voltaic cell
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Question 10
The critical mass of a fissionable material is
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Correct answer: (B) The minimum mass needed for chain reaction
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Question 11
Which of the following gases is used to force the ripening of fruits?
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Correct answer: (B) Ethylene
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Question 12
Which one of the following has zero octane number?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 13
The edible part of Litchis is
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Correct answer: (A) Aril The juicy part of a litchi that we eat is the aril, a fleshy growth that develops around the seed.
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Question 14
The physical process involved in the release of molecular oxygen from leaves is
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Correct answer: (A) Diffusion The oxygen made in photosynthesis leaves the leaf through the stomata by diffusion—gases always spread from higher to lower concentration. Transpiration releases water vapour, and osmosis concerns water.
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Question 15
The process of finding the relative location of genes on a chromosome is called
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Correct answer: (C) Gene mapping
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Question 16
Spore mother cell in bryophytes is
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Correct answer: (B) Diploid
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Question 17
In which year was NGT (National Green Tribunal) for protection of environment and forest established by the Government of India?
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Correct answer: (A) 2010
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Question 18
Which city of India started first under-water metro?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 19
Under India’s G20 Presidency, where was the Tourism Working Group Meeting held?
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Correct answer: (B) Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) Under India's G20 Presidency the Tourism Working Group Meeting was held at Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Question 20
Who among the following got the Silver Medal in the National Under-17 Girls Wrestling Championship?
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Correct answer: (B) Nirjala
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Question 21
Who won the International Booker Prize, 2022 for the novel, Tomb of Sand?
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Correct answer: (A) Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell
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Question 22
Who was the Chief Guest on India’s 74th Republic Day?
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Correct answer: (B) Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
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Question 23
In which district of Bihar, the first floating solar power plant has been built?
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Correct answer: (A) Darbhanga
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Question 24
Which of the following has got GI Tag in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (A) Maghai Paan Maghai Paan of Bihar carries a Geographical Indication tag, which marks a product as belonging to a particular place by its qualities and reputation.
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Question 25
Match List-I with List-II: List-I: a. Char, b. Kankar, c. Kayal, d. Mand. List-II: 1. Punjab plain, 2. Delta, 3. Bangar, 4. Coastal plain. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Correct answer: (B) a–2, b–3, c–4, d–1
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Question 26
Which of the following tributaries does not join Brahmaputra river from north?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 27
Likhapani glacier is located in which State of India?
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Correct answer: (A) Arunachal Pradesh
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Question 28
Magadha and Anga plains are parts of
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Correct answer: (B) Middle Ganga plain
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Question 29
Which of the following pairs of waterfalls and rivers is not correctly matched?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 30
Arrange the following seaports of India from north to south: 1. Kakinada, 2. Machilipatnam, 3. Nagapattinam, 4. Visakhapatnam. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Correct answer: (B) 4, 1, 2, 3
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Question 31
The Agreement of Kosi Irrigation and Hydroelectricity Plan in 1954 was signed between which two countries?
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Correct answer: (C) India and Nepal
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Question 32
In which climatic division does Bihar fall as per R. L. Singh’s classification scheme?
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Correct answer: (B) Subhumid transitional
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Question 33
In which Session of the Indian National Congress was the resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’ adopted?
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Correct answer: (B) Lahore Session, 1929
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Question 34
What was an initial objective of ‘Kuka Movement’ in Punjab?
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Correct answer: (A) To purify the Sikh religion
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Question 35
Who described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Independence’?
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Correct answer: (A) V. D. Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in his book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’, called the revolt India's first war of independence. R. C. Majumdar disagreed with that view.
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Question 36
Where was the first instance of organized non-cooperation in the history of Indian peasantry held?
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Correct answer: (A) Bihar and Bengal
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Question 37
Which portfolio did Dr. Rajendra Prasad hold during the Interim Government of 1946?
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Correct answer: (C) Food and Agriculture
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Question 38
Who among the following particularly urged Gandhiji to visit Champaran to witness the miseries of the Ryots?
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Correct answer: (B) Rajkumar Shukla
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Question 39
The ‘Day of Deliverance’ was observed by the Muslim League on which date?
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Correct answer: (A) 22nd December, 1939
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Question 40
Who laid the foundation stone of National College and Bihar Vidyapeeth?
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Correct answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi The foundation stone of the National College and of Bihar Vidyapeeth was laid by Mahatma Gandhi—both were national institutions of education set up during the Non-Cooperation Movement.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 41
(Passage for Questions 41–65: It is a cold December night in a remote village. An old storyteller sits by the hearth-fire with students home for the winter holidays. Granny is unusually subdued, older-looking and agitated. She tells them of a peculiar wind that blows through the village on a certain night, seeming to come from the graveyard and sounding like a hymn; tonight is that night. The youngsters are skeptical, but she says they have forgotten how to listen to the voice of the earth and wind. They listen and hear a low hum, then an eerie sound. The storyteller says it is the anniversary of a dreadful Sunday when army atrocities took place in the village. The wind whirls past the house, briefly seeming to hover above it, then moves away, leaving an uncanny lilt. The old woman says it was Apenyo’s last song and hums a tune. She seems transformed, more alive and animated. A young girl asks whose last song it was. The storyteller looks at the group as if seeing them for the first time, then invites them to listen to the story of Apenyo. On a cold December night, she gathers the young around the hearth to tell of Black Sunday, when a young, beautiful singer sang her last song as another Naga village wept for its ravaged and ruined children. Extract from ‘The Last Song’ in These Hills Called Home, by Temsula Ao, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 31–33. Why was the grandmother listless that night?
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Correct answer: (C) She was anxious
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Question 42
How best can one describe the character of the storyteller?
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Correct answer: (B) Cheerful and lively old lady
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Question 43
What does the term ‘hearth-fire’ indicate?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 44
What was so special about ‘that night’?
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Correct answer: (B) It was that fateful night when a peculiar wind blew
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Question 45
What is the trajectory that the song takes in the story?
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Correct answer: (A) The song arises from the graveyard filling the whole village and disappears beyond human habitation
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Question 46
Why do listeners gather to hear stories at night in remote villages upon the hills of North-East India?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 47
Pick out a synonym for the word ‘rebuke’ from the extract.
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Correct answer: (A) Chastised
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Question 48
Which word in the story indicates supernatural elements?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 49
Describe the look on the storyteller’s face when they all clearly hear the tune of the song.