WBPSC Prelims 2016

Fill in the blank with an appropriate participle. Weather ________, there will be a garden party at Government House tomorrow.

Fill in the blank with a suitable word. This is the ________ Post Office to my house.

Fill in the blank with a suitable word. I can't walk any ________.

'Mellifluous' means:

Fill in the blank with appropriate participle. The ________ door awakened the dog.

The expression 'to take stock of' means:

Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition. The crew were ________ the ship for a month.

Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space: She ________ sit for hours listening to the wireless.

Fill in the blank with an infinitive: ________ is worth ambition.

Fill in the blank with relative pronoun. He is here, ________ is fortunate.

Edmund Burke had a wonderful gift of the gab. Gift of the gab means:

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below: People responded to the leader's speech with shouts of ecstasy.

Put in a correct participle in the blank space. The sea ________, we went for sail.

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: Quintessential

In a moment of hurry, the files have been ________ by Hamilton. (Insert correct phrasal verb)

Insert proper preposition in the sentence. I prevailed ________ him to join our group.

An ophthalmologist deals with

Memorabilia refers to

Choose an expression similar in meaning to the word underlined below: Imbroglio

Fill in the blank with the correct word or expression: He talked to his horse ________ the horse could understand his grief.

Choose an expression similar in meaning to the underlined word. A misanthrope is a person who

Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below: There's no love lost between them.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below: The appearance of the stranger was forbidding.

Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below: The belief in witchcraft is losing ground.

'Surprise' may be expressed by the following interjection:

Who introduced the Duh-Aspah Sih-Aspah system?

What is the length of international boundary with Bangladesh shared by West Bengal in Km.

How many Finance Commissions have submitted Reports so far?

In its which session did the Indian National Congress pass the Social Democratic Resolution?

Who has won the 2015 the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in the engineering category?

The English set up their first factory on Indian soil in 1621 at

During whose Governor-Generalship, Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) was introduced?

The longest river of Western West Bengal is

2015 Mailer Prize for Life time Achievement Prize recognising freedom of creativity has been conferred upon which of the following author?

What is the digit in the unit place of (232)^33?

How many ways a captain and a vice-captain can be selected from a team of 11 players?

A clock strikes once at 1o'clock, twice at 2 o'clock, ........, twelve times at 12o'clock. How many times will the bell strike in course of 2 days?

The number of subjects enumerated in the concurrent list for purpose of Legislation is

Which two Indian Cities for the first time have been designated as members of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network (UCCN)?

Ranjit Singh was a leader of the

Singalila National park located in which of the districts of West Bengal?

Who wrote the book- 'Drain of Wealth'?

MOU has been recently signed among Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of MSME for establishing a Technology Centre at which place?

“The Constitution of India is neither purely federal nor purely unitary but is a combination of both”—who said so?

Tipu's final defeat came at the hands of

Which IT company has won 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for innovation in Internet of Things (IOT)?

Any money bill cannot be introduced in the Parliament without the consent of the

The tropic of Cancer passes through which district of West Bengal?

Pakistan has successfully test-fired the medium range Shaheen-III ballistic missile. What is the launch mode of Shaheen-III?

Water rises up a capillary tube because of

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the first two Indian territories liberated in 1944 under Provisional Govt. of Azad Hind renamed as —————.

Which of the following taxes is within the jurisdiction of the Central Government?

The image formed by a plane mirror is

On December 10, 2015 Human Rights Day was observed with which theme?

What was the number of the Princely States in India at the time of Partition?

Largest tobacco producer district of West Bengal is

The energy radiated by the Sun is because of

What is not true about New Suez Canal Project?

Servants of India Society was founded by

When and under whom was the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) officially organized?

X-rays are

Which is not a fact of Paris Agreement on climate change in December, 2015?

Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?

Which Article of the Constitution of India defines the name and the territory of India?

With increase in temperature the resistance of a pure semiconductor

In which year the 'Great Escape' of Subhas Chandra Bose to Germany take place?

Who organised the 'Council of Barabhais'?

Which part of the Constitution deals with citizenship?

Which among the following is called 'Laughing Gas' popularly?

Which one is incorrect about Actor Dilip Kumar?

Hind Mazdoor Sangh was founded by

What was the direct cause of the rise of Extremism in the Indian National Movement?

Which of the following is not a conservative force?

The term PVC used in the plastic industry stands for

The largest area under wasteland in India is in:

There are 15 chairs in a row. Positions of P is at the middle, Q is at 12th position counting from the right. How many chairs are there in between P and Q?

If CABLE is coded as XZYOV, a possibility code of YZXP is

Which Article of the Constitution of India states that no citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them?

Which metal is present in chlorophyll?

Rice cultivation is associated with the Harappan site of

Nagaland mountains are becoming increasingly barren mountains, mainly due to:

'Swaraj Party' took part in the election in

Who started the newspaper Shom Prakash?

A short day plant has a critical day length of 14 hours. It will flower when the day length is

For his model of industrial location, Weber makes use of:

Who is considered as the father of Indian Archaeology?

Which Article of the Constitution of India desires the organization of village panchayats?

A pure red flower bearing plant is crossed with a pure white flower and the F1 plant bears pink flowers. This is an example of

The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in

In a family, there are six members A,B,C,D,E,F. A and B are married couple. D is the only son of C. A is father of E, who is grand daughter of F, whose husband has died and C is brother of A. How many male members are there in the family?

According to Buddhism the cause of all sorrows is

Which one of the following states in India has higher percentage of tank irrigation?

Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with securing for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India?

Gynobasic style is present in which family?

Who was the Congress President when India became free?

The ratio of the radius of two circles is 5:4. What is the ratio of their areas?

Growth rate of population during 1911-21, as West Bengal experienced, is:

A carcinoma is a cancer originating from

The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India was

The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and their expenditures are in the ratio 5:3. If each saves Rs.1,000, then B's income is

Which sector is estimated highest with respect to FDI during 2014-2015 in India?

Which one of the following mountains has two dissimilar types of vegetation on its two slopes?

A muscle that is consciously controlled

Stafford Cripps was a member of the

The Amarkantaka Hill is the source of two rivers flowing in two different directions (West and East). They are

There are 100 questions in a question paper, each carrying 2 marks. But there is a negative marking. 1 mark is deducted for each question answered incorrectly. A student answering all the questions got 80 marks. The number of questions correctly answered by him is

Which of the following gives an account of Balban period?

Darwin and Wallace were both strongly influenced by the book “An Essay on the Principle of Population” written by

The gross fiscal deficit in 2014-15 as per cent to G.D.P. of India?

Who committed the murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1907?

Shillong plateau is also known as 'Meghalaya'. It was named by

Grub is the larva of

Which King founded the Vikramasila University?

In a certain code KOLKATA is coded as 11151211012001. How BENGAL is coded?

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?

Target tissue of insulin is

If 17^200 is divided by 18, the remainder is

Xerophytic vegetation is a characteristic feature of

Who were the participants in the tripartite struggle in northern India from the 8th to the 10th Century?

According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same

The Planning Commission of India had introduced the decentralised planning in the country for the first time in India during ____ Five Year Plan.

In which of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

The biggest ship-building yard of India is

Who replaced Sujatha Singh as India's Foreign Secretary?

India's earliest contact with Islam came through

The next term in the sequence 4, 10, 22, 46, ........ is

India took Annual Plans from

The Union Government has introduced Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to facilitate the fast track setting up of new nuclear projects in the country. The Bill seeks to amend the

Which of the following states has least population density, as per census 2011?

The first Muslim incursions on Deccan occurred during the reign of

How many 9's are sandwiched between 6 and 7 in 696996676979669779667?

GAIL (India) Limited in the last week of November, 2015 launched which portal for monitoring the pipeline Right of Use (ROU) through Space Technology?

During first five year Plan the national income was increased by ____.

Highest urbanised state, as per census 2011, is

In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?

Union Cabinet in the year 2015 approved the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between India and United Kingdom in which sector?

The remains of the Vijayanagar empire can be found in

Which one of the following began with Dandi March?

A sum of money kept in a bank amounts to Rs. 1,240 in 4 years and Rs. 1,600 in 10 years at simple interest. Find the sum.

NITI Aayog is set up by

Who of the following became a member of the Din-i-Ilahi?

Who is appointed as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Which of the following states has recorded negative population growth during 2001-11?

Who characterised the partition of India as “a surrender of nationalism in favour of communalism”?

If 3 mangoes are sold for the cost price of Rs.4, the profit is

National Development Council was set up in

World Consumer Rights day is on

Which of the following rivers of India, is older than the Himalayas?

The official language of the Mughal empire was

Which religious reform movements of the following influenced nationalism in India?

India's total export of IT, ITES and BPO services grew by how much in 2014-15, according to RBI data?

A number X lies between 0 and 1. Which of the following is true?