WBSSC 1st SLST Question Paper – 2026
1. During whose reign did the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India?
(A) Chandragupta II
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Kanishka
(D) Samudragupta
2. Which district of West Bengal is famous for Baluchari Saree?
(A) Birbhum
(B) Bankura
(C) Nadia
(D) Murshidabad
3. Who was the first President of India?
(A) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
4. Who is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal in an individual event?
(A) Neeraj Chopra
(B) Abhinav Bindra
(C) P. V. Sindhu
(D) Leander Paes
6. What is the process of starting a computer called?
(A) Shutdown
(B) Hibernate
(C) Booting
(D) Logging
7. What is the process of moving from one page to another on a Website called?
(A) Uploading
(B) Downloading
(C) Navigating
(D) Browsing
11. What type of forest is the Sundarbans?
(A) Deciduous
(B) Evergreen
(C) Mangrove
(D) Dry Forest
12. By which amendment was the Panchayati Raj System given constitutional status?
(A) 41st
(B) 52nd
(C) 73rd
(D) 94th
17. In which year did Shantiniketan receive the UNESCO ‘World Heritage’ tag?
(A) 2021
(B) 2022
(C) 2023
(D) 2025
20. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
(A) 1920
(B) 1930
(C) 1942
(D) 1947
24. ‘Bhanusingha‘ is the pen-name of :
(A) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
(B) Sunil Gangopadhyay
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Manik Bandyopadhyay
25. Who created the first map of India?
(A) Robert Clive
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) James Rennell
(D) Thomas Babington Macaulay
26. Which type of file is ‘.docx’ an extension?
(A) MS Excel
(B) MS Word
(C) MS PowerPoint
(D) JPEG
27. Who became the youngest ever World Chess Champion in 2024?
(A) Viswanathan Anand
(B) Koneru Humpy
(C) R. Praggnanandhaa
(D) D. Gukesh
28. What is the minimum voting age in India?
(A) 21 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 25 years
(D) 16 years
33. What is the full form of CPU in a computer?
(A) Central Processing Unit
(B) Computer Personal Unit
(C) Control Processing Unit
(D) Common Print Unit
34. The ‘Tusu Festival‘, celebrated primarily in districts like Purulia in January, is associated with which cultural event?
(A) Harvest season
(B) Arrival of spring
(C) Boat racing
(D) Rain-making ritual
35. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(C) President
(D) Governor
36. Who is known as the ‘Dhing Express‘?
(A) P. T. Usha
(B) Hima Das
(C) Dutee Chand
(D) Anju Bobby George
38. In which field is the ‘Arjuna Award‘ conferred?
(A) Literature
(B) Science
(C) Sports
(D) Social Work