General Knowledge – WBPSC Clerkship Previous Year Question Paper

General Knowledge – Clerkship Previous Year Question Paper

Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S1)

47. Which State adopted the Three-tier Panchayati Raj system for the first time?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Bihar

(D) Karnataka

 

48. Which of the following best describes a ‘bear market’?

(A) A market in which prices are rising

(B) A market in which prices are falling

(C) A market with stagnant prices

(D) A market with high trading volumes

 

53. Jamini Roy was a famous ______.

(A) Producer

(B) Painter

(C) Dancer

(D) Actor

 

54. Numismatics is the study of –

(A) Stones and Coins

(B) Terracotta

(C) Coins

(D) Inscriptions

 

57. The concept of ‘Gig Economy’ is characterized by

(A) Full-time employment with benefits

(B) Short-term contracts or freelance work

(C) Government jobs

(D) Traditional economy

 

62. Which of the following Amendments allows a constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj system?

(A) 71st Amendment

(B) 72nd Amendment

(C) 73rd Amendment

(D) 74th Amendment

 

 

69. Which of the following sports is related to the Ezra Cup?

(A) Polo

(B) Tennis

(C) Lawn Tennis

(D) Cricket

 

75. Goods and Service Tax council (GST) of India is headed by

(A) Prime Minister

(B) Finance Minister

(C) Finance Secretary

(D) Speaker of Lok Sabha

 

76. How many Fundamental Duties are mentioned in the Indian Constitution?

(A) Five

(B) Seven

(C) Nine

(D) Eleven

 

84. Who of the following is associated with the musical instrument called Sarangi?

(A) Amjad Ali Khan

(B) V.G. Jog

(C) Buddhadeb Das Gupta

(D) Binda Khan

 

85. ‘National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill’ is associated with which Union Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(B) Ministry of Home Affairs

(C) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(D) Ministry of Science and Technology

 

86. When was FIFA founded?

(A) 1900

(B) 1904

(C) 1920

(D) 1930

 

95. Which one is the important macronutrient for the plants?

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Manganese

(C) Copper

(D) Chlorine

 

98. When one event brings about another event, it is known as;

(A) Correlation

(B) Comparison

(C) Causation

(D) Association

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S2)

32. Which of the following is the first beach in Asia to get Blue-Flag Certification?

(A) Arambol Beach, Goa

(B) Chandrabhaga Beach, Odisha

(C) Marina Beach, Tamil Nadu

(D) None of the above

 

36. In which year was the Olympic Symbol designed?

(A) 1915

(B) 1913

(C) 1920

(D) 1924

 

39. What is the term for an artwork painted directly onto a wall?

(A) Fresco

(B) Mural

(C) Graffiti

(D) Tapestry

 

45. Which day is celebrated as a ‘World Blood Donor Day’ every year?

(A) 5th June

(B) 14th June

(C) 14th July

(D) 10th September

 

47. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has the headquarters at

(A) Kenya

(B) Budapest

(C) Switzerland

(D) Rio-de-Janeiro

 

49. Bar is a unit of

(A) Force

(B) Power

(C) Work

(D) Pressure

 

51. Under the Free Movement Regime (FMR), tribes living along the border can travel up to what distance inside the other country without a visa?

(A) 5 kilometres

(B) 8 kilometres

(C) 16 kilometres

(D) 20 kilometres

 

 

52. Which day is observed as ‘World AIDS Day’?

(A) December 4

(B) December 10

(C) December 14

(D) December 1

 

56. ‘Asol Aap’ is a popular canoe race from

(A) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Manipur

(D) Himachal Pradesh

 

57. Which of the following waves has the highest frequency?

(A) Radio

(B) Infrared

(C) Microwaves

(D) Gamma-rays

 

62. Who is the founder of Facebook?

(A) Steve Jobs

(B) Mark Zuckerberg

(C) Larry Page

(D) Bill Gates

 

63. In which year the newspaper ‘Times of India’ was first published?

(A) 1875

(B) 1858 (1838)

(C) 1867

(D) 1862

 

64. Who is the famous personality known for their role in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa?

(A) Nelson Mandela

(B) Morgan Freeman

(C) Drake

(D) John F Kennedy

 

69. World Beneath His Feet is a biography of whose personality?

(A) Pullela Gopichand

(B) Nawab Pataudi

(C) Ajit Wadekar

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

 

 

71. When is the National Sports Day celebrated in India?

(A) August 21

(B) August 23

(C) August 25

(D) August 29

 

75. The definition of unit force is obtained from

(A) 1st Law of Motion

(B) 2nd Law of Motion

(C) 3rd Law of Motion

(D) None of the above

 

77. The ‘Blue Economy’ concept is primarily related to

(A) Agriculture

(B) Ocean resources

(C) Sky-based industries

(D) Digital technology

 

81. The 73rd Amendment of the Constitution of India is related to which among the following?

(A) Townships

(B) Panchayats

(C) Municipalities

(D) District Boards

 

82. In which year India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee received ‘Bharat Ratna’?

(A) 2018

(B) 2019

(C) 2021

(D) 2023

 

87. ‘Operation Flood’ is also popularly known as

(A) The Green Revolution

(B) The White Revolution

(C) The Blue Revolution

(D) The Yellow Revolution

 

94. ‘Ornithology’ is the study of

(A) Fish

(B) Bird

(C) Coins

(D) Ocean

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S3)

37. How many squares does a chessboard have?

(A) 65

(B) 32

(C) 64

(D) 99

 

44. Which of the following noble gases is used in the treatment of cancer?

(A) Helium

(B) Argon

(C) Krypton

(D) Radon

 

47. Attorney General for India is appointed by

(A) The President

(B) The Prime Minister

(C) The Chief Minister

(D) both Houses of Parliament

 

52. Micron is set to establish India’s first semiconductor plant in which state?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Gujarat

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Uttar Pradesh

 

53. Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin D

 

57. Which of the following is an example of Bluetooth?

(A) Wide Area Network

(B) Local Area Network

(C) Personal Area Network

(D) None of the above

 

58. What is the name of the first ‘private’ train run by the subsidiary of Indian Railways, IRCTC?

(A) Tejas Express

(B) Swarn Shatabdi

(C) Gatiman Express

(D) Duranto Express

 

59. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare an Emergency?

(A) Prime Minister

(B) President

(C) Chief Justice

(D) Parliament

 

65. In which museum is the ‘Mona Lisa’ kept?

(A) The British Museum

(B) The Louvre

(C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art

(D) The Uffizi Gallery

 

 

66. Who painted ‘The Starry Night’?

(A) Pablo Picasso

(B) Vincent Van Gogh

(C) Claude Monet

(D) Salvador Dali

 

74. Jude Felix is a famous player in which field?

(A) Volleyball

(B) Tennis

(C) Football

(D) Hockey

 

76. Which sport has the maximum number of players on either side?

(A) Rugby

(B) Water polo

(C) Baseball

(D) Soccer

 

78. Who is known as the ‘Father of Geometry’?

(A) Aristotle

(B) Euclid

(C) Pythagoras

(D) Kepler

 

81. Which of the following is the longest cell of the human body?

(A) Nerve cell

(B) Bone cell

(C) Muscle cell

(D) Blood cell

 

82. First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel —

(A) Arati Saha

(B) Arati Mukherjee

(C) Bhakti Sharma

(D) Anita Sood

 

87. In which year Sikkim became a full-fledged state of India?

(A) 1947

(B) 1965

(C) 1975

(D) 1985

 

89. CTBT is a term associated with

(A) Nuclear Weapon

(B) Central Taxes

(C) International Terrorism

(D) None of the above

 

92. The SI unit of radioactivity is

(A) Cobalt

(B) Decibel

(C) Ampere

(D) Becquerel

 

95. Which of the following is not the unit of energy?

(A) Joule

(B) Kelvin

(C) Electron-volt

(D) None of the above

 

96. Acid rain is due to increase in atmospheric concentration of

(A) Ozone and Dust

(B) CO₂ and CO

(C) SO₂ and CO

(D) SO₂ and NO₂

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2024 (S4)

32. Under which Article of the Constitution is the President’s rule promulgated in any state in India?

(A) 326

(B) 370

(C) 352

(D) 356

 

33. In which year NATO was formed?

(A) 1947

(B) 1949

(C) 1952

(D) 1960

 

37. Eric J. Hobsbawm authored the book —

(A) Pride and Prejudice

(B) Great Expectations

(C) The Age of Revolution (1789-1848)

(D) Crime and Punishment

 

38. Who wrote the book “An Era of Darkness : The British Empire in India”?

(A) Amlesh Tripathi

(B) Shashi Tharoor

(C) Hamid Ansari

(D) Bipan Chandra

 

45. When a bus starts suddenly, the passengers are pushed back. This is an example of which of the following?

(A) Newton’s First Law

(B) Newton’s Second Law

(C) Newton’s Third Law

(D) Both (B) and (C)

 

46. Which country has launched the Nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Initiative for Lymphatic Filariasis?

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Nepal

(C) India

(D) China

 

52. What does the Persian word shah mat / checkmate mean?

(A) King is alone

(B) King is hopeless

(C) King needs help

(D) King is dead

 

53. Which of the following elements is not found in human body?

(A) Copper

(B) Zinc

(C) Iodine

(D) Lead

 

54. Find out the odd one:

(A) Neil Armstrong

(B) Edmund Hillary

(C) Yuri Gagarin

(D) Sunita Williams

 

59. The Hindi film ‘Padman‘ released in 2018 was inspired by the true life story of

(A) Arunachalam Muruganantham

(B) R. Balki

(C) Akshay Kumar

(D) Bindeshwar Pathak

 

63. NASA launched the Lucy Spacecraft to observe which celestial body?

(A) Moon

(B) Jupiter

(C) Asteroids

(D) Meteors

 

64. Which country is the ‘country of origin’ of taekwondo?

(A) Korea

(B) China

(C) Japan

(D) Philippines

 

65. ‘The Hornbill Festival’ is celebrated in which State?

(A) Manipur

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Nagaland

(D) Mizoram

 

68. Which is the scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

(A) Galvanometer

(B) Fathometer

(C) Barometer

(D) Altimeter

 

 

70. Which country is considered the founding member of FIFA?

(A) France

(B) Belgium

(C) Netherlands

(D) Switzerland

 

72. Who was the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics?

(A) Jhulan Goswami

(B) Dipa Karmakar

(C) Mithali Raj

(D) Geeta Phogat

 

73. Who has been re-elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha?

(A) Jagdeep Dhankar

(B) Om Birla

(C) Harivansh Narayan Singh

(D) Sumitra Mahajan

 

75. Children’s Film Society of India was established in

(A) 1955

(B) 1956

(C) 1990

(D) 1959

 

84. The pH value of human blood is

(A) 7.4

(B) 8.3

(C) 6.8

(D) 7

 

85. Which of the following states does not have Veto power in the U.N. Security Council?

(A) United States of America

(B) United Kingdom

(C) Canada

(D) France

 

86. Full form of PETA, an organisation working against the abusive treatment of animals is

(A) People, Environment and Treating Animals

(B) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

(C) People for Environment and Treatment of Animals

(D) Panel for Environment and Treatment of Animals

 

88. Who gave the equations of motion for the first time?

(A) Bernhard Nobel

(B) Issac Newton

(C) C.V. Raman

(D) Einstein

 

89. ‘Kalamkari’ painting refers to

(A) a hand-painted cotton textile in South India.

(B) a handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North-East India.

(C) a block-painted woollen cloth in Western Himalayan region of India.

(D) a hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North Western India.

 

92. The SI unit of the work function of a metal used in the photoelectric effect is

(A) Joule (J)

(B) Newton (N)

(C) Pascal (Pa)

(D) Hertz (Hz)

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S1)

2. The India-Bangladesh Border is guarded on the Indian side by

(A) The Indian Army

(B) Border Security Force(BSF)

(C) CRPF

(D) Indo-Tibetan Border Police

 

8. Who among the following persons is a Boxer?

(A) Dibyendu Barua

(B) Chand Ram

(C) Manju Rani

(D) Dipa Karmakar

 

9. Jaideep Mukherjee represented India in

(A) Tennis

(B) Badminton

(C) Cricket

(D) Football

 

11. Which one of the following items is sought to be banned for protection of environment?

(A) Jute bags

(B) Plastic bags

(C) Paper bags

(D) Cloth bags

 

17. Lionel Messi hails from

(A) Brazil

(B) Argentina

(C) Bolivia

(D) Portugal

 

22. The 2016 Olympic games were held in

(A) London

(B) Rio-de-Janeiro

(C) Moscow

(D) Mexico City

 

23. How many seats are there in Lok Sabha?

(A) 540

(B) 543

(C) 545

(D) 550

25. The UN Human Rights Commission has its headquarters in

(A) Geneva

(B) Washington

(C) Paris

(D) London

 

26. Before becoming the President of India Pranab Mukherjee never held the post of

(A) Defence Minister

(B) Finance Minister

(C) Minister for Railways

(D) Minister for External Affairs

 

28. The first Asian games were held in

(A) Jakarta

(B) New Delhi

(C) Colombo

(D) Bangkok

 

30. Who is the author of the book ‘The Third Pillar’?

(A) Amartya Sen

(B) Padma Desai

(C) Raghuram Rajan

(D) Jagdish Bhagwati

 

33. Where does the Dalai Lama live?

(A) Mussoorie

(B) Rumtek Moanstery

(C) Tawang

(D) Mcleodganj, Dharamshala

 

39. Who among the following persons was not a famous sculptor?

(A) Jogen Chowdhury

(B) Nandalal Bose

(C) Ramkinkar Baij

(D) Tarasankar Bandhopadhyay

 

40. Greta Thunberg is

(A) an Actor

(B) a Tennis player

(C) an Environmental activist

(D) a Human Rights activist

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S2)

4. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature?

(A) Toni Morrison

(B) Gabriela Mistral

(C) Arundhati Roy

(D) Olga Tokarczuk

 

5. Who is currently the Foreign Minister of India?

(A) Ajit Doval

(B) Rajnath Singh

(C) Vijay Gokhale

(D) S. Jaishankar

 

6. Who among the following was not a hockey player?

(A) Dhan Chand

(B) Milkha Singh

(C) Sardar Singh

(D) Sandeep Singh

 

10. In which of the following states the head of India’s diplomatic mission is designated ‘High

Commissioner’?

(A) USA

(B) UK

(C) Germany

(D) Russia

 

11. Keshav Maharaj is a cricketer who plays for

(A) West Indies

(B) England

(C) South Africa

(D) India

 

12. India’s ‘Look East‘ policy was launched by

(A) Narasimha Rao

(B) Atal Behari Vajpayee

(C) Manmohan Singh

(D) Narendra Modi

 

15. Usain Bolt is a

(A) Long distance runner

(B) Swimmer

(C) Basketball player

(D) Archer

18. In which year did India host the Commonwealth Games?

(A) 1990

(B) 2010

(C) 2014

(D) 2018

 

22. Which one of the following does not cause global warming?

(A) Burning of fossil fuels

(B) Petrol Cars

(C) Solar energy

(D) Deforestation

 

23. Who among the following Nobel Laureates did not have any significant connection with Kolkata?

(A) Mother Teresa

(B) H. G. Khorana

(C) C. V. Raman

(D) Avijit Binayak Bandyopadhyay

 

25. Who was the first Chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission?

(A) Homi Bhaba

(B) Vikram Sarabhai

(C) R. Chidambaram

(D) H. N. Sethna

 

30. The ISRO has its Headquarters in

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bengaluru

(C) Ahmedabad

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

 

34. The Governor of an Indian State is appointed by

(A) Prime Minister of India

(B) Home Minister

(C) President of India

(D) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

 

35. The book ‘Asani Sanket’ was written by

(A) Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyaya

(B) Manik Bandyopadhyaya

(C) Samaresh Bose

(D) Sirshendu Mukhopadhyaya

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S1)

62. The ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha is:

(A) President 

(B) Vice-President

(C) Prime Minister

(D) Speaker

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S2)

64. What is meant by ‘Green Bench‘?

(A) Colour of the judge’s bench

(B) New Judges

(C) Property outside the division bench

(D) The judges who deals on matters related to environment

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2007

3. The Tibetans mark ‘uprising day‘ as

(A) 10th March

(B) 12th January

(C) 15th August

(D) 20th May

 

7. The Bangla Band that defines its music as ‘urban folk’ is :

(A) Chandrabindoo

(B) Bhoomi

(C) Fossils

(D) Lakhichhara

 

23. Green Park stadium is in :

(A) Chennai

(B) Mumbai

(C) Mohali

(D) Kanpur

 

31. Cooch-Behar Trophy is given in :

(A) Chess

(B) Bridge

(C) Cricket

(D) Football

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2006

5. Wimbledon known for lawn tennis courts, is in

(A) Washington D.C.

(B) Paris

(C) Rome

(D) London

 

13. In which of the following fields Kumar Gandharva earned distinction?

(A) Dance

(B) Literature

(C) Music

(D) Cinema

 

16. Sunita Williams is a

(A) Tennis player

(B) Novelist

(C) Politician

(D) NASA Scientist

 

19. The day Tsunami hit Tamil Nadu and Andaman Islands

(A) 15th August, 2004

(B) 11th September, 2004

(C) 26th December, 2004

(D) 26th January, 2005

 

21. Who is not a tabla player?

(A) Zakir Hussain

(B) Bikram Ghosh

(C) Shiv Kumar Sharma

(D) Alla Rakha

 

30. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground is situated at

(A) Delhi

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Lucknow

(D) Mumbai

38. Which of the following Akademies is responsible for development of dance, drama and music in India?

(A) Sangeet Natak Akademi

(B) Lalit Kala Akademi

(C) Sahitya Akademi

(D) National School of Drama

 

41. The Constitution of India came into force on

(A) 26.01.1950

(B) 15.08.1947

(C) 26.11.1949

(D) 15.06.1952

 

44. The first Bangladeshi citizen who won the Nobel Prize in 2006 is

(A) Khaleda Zia

(B) Md. Yunus

(C) Sheikh Hasina

(D) Taslima Nasrin

 

46. Medha Patkar is famous for

(A) Anti dowry Movement

(B) Tebhaga Movement

(C) Chipko Movement

(D) Narmada Bachao Andolan

 

55. The meaning of the three words of the Olympic Motto, “Citus, Altius, Fortius” are respectively

(A) Faster, Stronger, Higher

(B) Faster, Higher, Stronger

(C) Stronger, Faster, Higher

(D) Stronger, Higher, Faster

 

66. Match the List 1 respectively with the List 2 :

            List 1                                 List 2

(a) Vishwanathan Anand           1. Tennis

(b) Yasin Merchant                    2. Cricket

(c) Sania Mirza                          3. Snooker

(d) Vijay Merchant                     4. Chess

(A) 1, 3, 2, 4

(B) 4, 3, 1, 2

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 4, 2, 1, 3

69. The meaning of SEZ is

(A) Special Economic Zone

(B) South East Zone

(C) Small Economic Zone

(D) None of the above

 

71. Who is the author of the disputed book ‘Dwikhandito’?

(A) Sunil Gangopadhyay

(B) Suchitra Bhattacharya

(C) Taslima Nasrin

(D) Salman Rushdie

 

80. Which one is the title of the Oscar winning film?

(A) Gandhi

(B) Titanic

(C) A Beautiful Mind

(D) Million Dollar Baby

 

91. With which game is the “Double Fault” associated?

(A) Lawn Tennis

(B) Football

(C) Cricket

(D) Hockey

 

96. The Director of the film ‘Netaji: The Forgotten Hero’ is

(A) Rituparna Ghosh

(B) Shyam Benegal

(C) Mani Ratnam

(D) Aparna Sen

 

100. Who wrote “Pather Dabi‘?

(A) Bankim Chandra

(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

(C) Rabindranath

(D) Banaphul

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2005

4. Like his father Timir Baran, Indranil Bhattacharjee played which instrument?

(A) Tabla

(B) Piano

(C) Flute

(D) Sarod

 

18. Who directed the memorable picture “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”?

(A) David Lean

(B) Spielberg

(C) Hitchcock

(D) Vittorio D’ Sica

 

20. Pulak Bandopadhyay, a noted Bengali lyricist died unfortunately. What was the reason of his death?

(A) Long suffered disease

(B) Accident by car

(C) Fire burnt

(D) Committing suicide

 

31. Fill in the blank in Jibanananda’s Poem ‘Banalata Sen’:

“Chul tar kabekar andhakar ______ nisha”

(A) Ujjainir

(B) Bidishar

(C) Banglar

(D) Shrabostir

 

33. With which game the Afgan Cup is associated?

(A) Volleyball

(B) Table Tennis

(C) Hockey

(D) Bridge

 

39. The President of India can declare

(A) National emergency

(B) Constitutional Emergency

(C) Financial Emergency

(D) All of the above

40. A book “Praner Rahsaya Sandhane Bijnan” was given Rabindra Puraskar. Who is the writer?

(A) Aparajita Basu

(B) Joy Goswami

(C) Amar Mitra

(D) Hiren Chattopadhyay

 

41. Sarada Krishnamurthy was given a new name Kavita Krishnamurthy as a playback singer, by whom?

(A) Hemanta Kumar

(B) Rahul Dev Burman

(C) Ravi Shankar

(D) Anu Malik

 

46. The Supreme Court of India has been granted the power of Judicial Review, a feature which was borrowed from the Constitution of

(A) United Kingdom

(B) United States of America

(C) Switzerland

(D) France

 

49. Who is called “Wizard of Hockey“?

(A) Harjinder Singh

(B) Dhyan Chand

(C) Gurbax Singh

(D) Leslie Claudius

 

80. The first woman Air Marshall of the Indian Air Force was

(A) Ms. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

(B) Ms. Kiran Mazumder Shaw

(C) Ms. Anju Bobby George

(D) Ms. Soma Biswas

 

81. Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not?

(A) The President

(B) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(C) The Vice President

(D) The Finance Minister

82. Who is ‘Kalkut’ in Bengali literature?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Pramatha Chowdhury

(C) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

(D) Samaresh Basu

 

90. Before expiry of the term, the President of India can be removed from office by

(A) The Prime Minister

(B) The Vice President

(C) The Chief Justice

(D) Impeachment by Parliament

 

92. For which game the Uber Cup is given?

(A) Boat racing

(B) Hockey

(C) Football

(D) Badminton

 

97. Who is called ‘Black Pearl‘ in football game?

(A) Maradona

(B) Pele

(C) Gullit

(D) Becken Bauer

 

99. The golden jubilee of the Asia-Africa conference in Bandung took place in

(A) Madagascar

(B) Indonesia

(C) Tanzania

(D) Comoros

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2004

1. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right ?

(A) Right against Exploitation

(B) Equal Pay for Equal Work

(C) Equality Before Law

(D) Right to Freedom of Religion

 

2. Who was not a member of Cabinet Mission?

(A) Pathic Lawrence

(B) John Simon

(C) Stafford Cripps

(D) A.V. Alexander

 

9. The earlier plays of Nandikar were directed by

(A) Rudra Prasad Sengupta

(B) Ajitesh Bandopadhyay

(C) Arun Mukhopadhyay

(D) Manoj Mitra

 

26. Panchayati Raj is organised at the

(A) Village level

(B) Village and Block level

(C) Village, Block and District level

(D) Village, Block, District and State level

 

29. Who is the artist of ‘Katha-Amrita-Saman‘?

(A) Shaonli Mitra

(B) Tripti Mitra

(C) Swatilekha Mitra

(D) Teejan Bai

 

42. The subject matter of the recently published report of Kelkar Committee is

(A) Agricultural Debit

(B) Share Market Scam

(C) Tax System of India

(D) Foreign Trade

45. Who wrote ‘Jara Brishtite Bhijechilo‘?

(A) Jaydev Basu

(B) Ratneswar Hazra

(C) Joy Goswami

(D) Belal Choudhuri

 

52. As a result of outsourcing of services from the U.S.A. to India

(A) Indian industries are benefitted

(B) Employment in India is increasing

(C) Scope for Research and Development in India is increasing

(D) Pace of industrialization in USA is decreasing

 

58. The first Indian woman to conquer Mt. Everest is

(A) Dicky Dolma

(B) Bachendri Pal

(C) Santosh Yadav

(D) Sudipta Sengupta

 

60. Who is the first Indian Chess player who defeated a World Champion?

(A) Dibyendu Barua

(B) Sultan Khan

(C) Surya Sekhar Ganguly

(D) Vishwanathan Anand

 

62. ‘Parshuram’ is the pen-name of

(A) Samaresh Basu

(B) Rajsekhar Basu

(C) Girindra Sekhar Basu

(D) Buddhadev Basu

 

68. The film ‘Charulata’ directed by Satyajit Ray is based on the story

(A) Ghare Baire

(B) Nashtaneer

(C) Chokher Bali

(D) Chaturanga

69. Lord Hanuman is symbolised with which sports?

(A) Boxing

(B) Wrestling

(C) Rugby

(D) Archery

 

80. The name of the spacecraft which landed very near the planet Saturn is

(A) Genesis

(B) Voyager 2

(C) Cassini Huygen

(D) Pioneer 2

 

81. Which of the following courts is responsible for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights?

(A) Supreme Court

(B) High Court

(C) District Court

(D) Both (A) and (B) above

 

88. The Indian Constitution declares India a Secular State. This means that

(A) religious worship is not allowed

(B) religions are patronised by the State

(C) the State regards religion as a private affair of the citizen and does not discriminate on this basis

(D) none of the above

 

90. For which game is the ‘Indira Gandhi Gold Cup’ being awarded?

(A) Women’s hockey

(B) Women’s football

(C) Women’s basketball

(D) Women’s badminton

 

93. India’s rank in HDI is

(As of 2021-22)

(A) 115

(B) 129

(C) 132

(D) 81