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General Knowledge – WBPSC Food SI Question Paper
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-1)
- Pragyan is associated with
(A) Missile Technology
(B) Space Research
(C) Oceanography
(D) Climate
- Dr. Meghnad Saha was a famous
(A) Mathematician
(B) Physicist
(C) Chemist
(D) Doctor
- Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose was a famous
(A) Singer
(B) Poet
(C) Scientist
(D) Politician
- BRICS relates to
(A) Group of Countries
(B) Chambers of Commerce
(C) Political Parties
(D) NGO
- World Environment Day is observed on
(A) June 4
(B) June 5
(C) April 4
(D) April 5
- Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy was a famous
(A) Doctor
(B) Chemist
(C) Physicist
(D) Mathematician
- Doctor’s Day is celebrated on
(A) July 2
(B) July 1
(C) June 4
(D) June 5
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-2)
2. APJ Abdul Kalam was a famous
(A) artist
(B) scientist
(C) chemist
(D) actor
8. The upper limit for West Bengal Student Credit Card Scheme is
(A) Rs.20 lakhs
(B) Rs.15 lakhs
(C) Rs.10 lakhs
(D) Rs.5 lakhs
19. The supreme insurance regulator of India is the
(A) IRDA
(B) PFDA
(C) CRIDA
(D) CRISIL
38. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given for
(A) Performing Arts
(B) Peace
(C) Science and Technology
(D) Social Science
40. The UNESCO Award for Kanyasree had been given to
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) West Bengal
(D) Assam
50. The Small Pox Vaccine was invented by
(A) Joseph Lister
(B) Ronald Ross
(C) Edward Jenner
(D) Jonas Salk
56. Discovery of India was the work of
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Kalidas
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Badshah Khan
66. The United Nations Day is celebrated every year on
(A) October 25
(B) October 24
(C) September 5
(D) July 4
68. The vaccine for Kala-azar was invented by
(A) Amalesh Tripathi
(B) Upendranath Brahmachari
(C) Hargobind Khorana
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
78. ONGC is involved in
(A) Space Research
(B) Medicines
(C) Oil Exploration
(D) Defence
83. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are associated with one of the following institutions:
(A) Google
(B) Apple
(C) Microsoft
(D) IBM
87. One of the following countries is not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council
(A) USA
(B) England
(C) China
(D) Japan
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-3)
RTE Act was implemented in India with effect from
(A) 1st April, 2009
(B) 1st May, 2010
(C) 1st April, 2008
(D) 1st April, 2010
The Blue Water Policy was associated with
(A) Vasco da Gama
(B) F de Almeida
(C) Albuquerque
(D) Alfonso de Souza
The best way of providing value education is through
(A) discussions on scriptural texts
(B) lectures/discourses on values
(C) seminars/symposia on values
(D) mentoring/ reflective sessions on values
Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 came into force on
(A) 17th October, 2000
(B) 9th June, 2000
(C) 1st June, 2000
(D) 1st October, 2000
District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) was started in
(A) 1990
(B) 1994
(C) 1998
(D) 1956
Epigraphy is—
(A) The study of inscriptions
(B) Graphical Map
(C) The detection of epics
(D) The study of epics
Who is regarded as the Father of Algebra?
(A) Al Khwarizmi
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Ramanujan
(D) Pythagoras
‘Ignited Minds‘ is authored by
(A) Vandana Shiva
(B) Chetan Bhagat
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Godaan was written by
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Munshi Premchand
(C) Sahajanand
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
The government established the University Grants Commission by an Act of Parliament in the year
(A) 1980
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1956
Non-conformity to social norms is called
(A) Social change
(B) Deviance
(C) Social conflict
(D) Struggle
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-4)
4. Who is the youngest mountaineer in the world and first from India to climb both Seven Summits and Volcanic Seven Summits?
(A) Amulya Sen
(B) Bachendri Pal
(C) Basanta Singh Roy
(D) Satyarup Siddhanta
27. Who writes story of another person’s life—
(A) Historian
(B) Biographer
(C) Chronicler
(D) Penman
33. Crocodile Tears meaning
(A) Tears from animals
(B) Painful expression
(C) False tear
(D) None of the above
38. Who was awarded the first Noble Prize in India?
(A) Mother Teresa
(B) C. V. Raman
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Amartya Sen
(A) February 8
(B) March 8
(C) April 8
(D) December 8
60. Forest conservation can arrest
(A) soil erosion
(B) pollution
(C) flood
(D) All of the above
64. Which state is the largest producer of sugarcane in India?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Tamil Nadu
65. India’s first Remote Sensing Satellite—
(A) P6
(B) P4
(C) IRS 1A
(D) CARTOSAT
66. Which city of West Bengal is known as gateway to N. E. India?
(A) Jalpaiguri
(B) Alipurduar
(C) Siliguri
(D) Coochbehar
81. Hiroshima Day is observed every year on
(A) 4th August
(B) 5th August
(C) 6th August
(D) 12th August
82. For agricultural and rural development, Apex Bank is
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) NABARD
(D) Bank of India
86. Which state was previously known as NEFA?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
87. Who invented computer?
(A) Otto Hahn
(B) Niels Bohr
(C) Howard Eitkin
(D) Charles Babbage
92. A dwelling in which soldiers live
(A) Camps
(B) Barracks
(C) Tents
(D) Fort
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-5)
- Who wrote ‘The End of History‘?
(A) Michel Foucault
(B) Francis Fukuyama
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) E. H. Carr
- In which year National Human Rights Commission of India was established?
(A) 1990
(B) 1993
(C) 1947
(D) 2000
- Who among the following won Ramon Magsaysay Award?
(A) Ashapurna Devi
(B) Anita Agnihotri
(C) Mahasweta Devi
(D) Bani Basu
- Salim Ali is a famous
(A) Entomologist
(B) Ornithologist
(C) Virologist
(D) Archaeologist
- Who is the author of the Book ‘Wings of Fire’? Wings of Fire is the autobiography of
(A) Salman Rushdie
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Shashi Tharoor
- In which one of the following states is Rawatbhata Nuclear Energy Plant located?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
- Baba Amte is associated with which movement in India?
(A) Save Ganga movement
(B) Save Narmada movement
(C) Chipko movement
(D) Tebhaga movement
- Who is the author of the book ‘Silent Spring‘?
(A) Rachel Carson
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Adam Smith
(D) None of them
- The Information Technology Act in India was passed in
(A) 1990
(B) 2000
(C) 2010
(D) 2005
(A) 22nd December
(B) 1st May
(C) 6th February
(D) 5th June
- Jhumpa Lahiri is a famous
(A) Dancer
(B) Author
(C) Actress
(D) Athlete
- Maqbool Fida Husain was a famous Indian
(A) Singer
(B) Artist
(C) Author
(D) Journalist
- In which field Arjuna award is given?
(A) For outstanding performance in sports and games.
(B) For social service.
(C) For brilliant achievement in science and technology.
(D) For brilliant performance in literature
- Headquarters of the United Nations is in
(A) New York
(B) Washington
(C) London
(D) Paris
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-6)
- Headquarters of South-Eastern Railway Zone—
(A) Bhubaneswar
(B) Visakhapatnam
(C) Kolkata
(D) Coimbatore
- National Aquatic Championships is a tournament held in which sports?
(A) Archery
(B) Kho-Kho
(C) Wrestling
(D) Swimming
- Who had won an Olympics gold medal for India in shooting?
(A) Jaspal Rana
(B) Rajyavardhan Rathore
(C) Manu Bhaker
(D) Abhinav Bindra
- What is the full form of SAI?
(A) Sports Association of India
(B) Sports Archery of India
(C) Sports Authority of India
(D) None of the above
- Who among the following is the author of the famous novel City of Joy?
(A) Larry Collins
(B) Dominique Lapierre
(C) Rudyard Kipling
(D) Mark Tully
- How many kilometres comprise of a marathon run?
(A) 42
(B) 25
(C) 36
(D) 18
- P V Sindhu is a champion Indian player in which sports?
(A) Basketball
(B) Table Tennis
(C) Badminton
(D) Tennis
- Which one of the following countries is NOT a permanent member of UN Security Council?
(A) France
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) United Kingdom
- Who amongst the following male international cricketer have NOT scored a double hundred in a one day international?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) M. S. Dhoni
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) Shubman Gill
- Under which one of the following rivers has India’s first underwater metro rail tunnel been constructed?
(A) Yamuna
(B) Ganga
(C) Hooghly
(D) Gomti
- What is the full form of IPL in cricket?
(A) Indian Playing league
(B) Indian Position League
(C) Indian Passion League
(D) Indian Premier League
- The theme of India’s G20 presidency ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam‘ or One Earth-One Family is inspired from
(A) Maha Purana
(B) Maha Upanishad
(C) Rig Veda
(D) Smriti
- Shortest National Highway in India-
(A) NH 548
(B) NH 8
(C) NH 44
(D) NH 3
- Freestyle is NOT an event in which of the following sports?
(A) Swimming
(B) Wrestling
(C) Archery
(D) Skiing
Food SI Question Paper – 2019
2. Which organ of UNO is considered as World Parliament?
(A) General Assembly
(B) Security Council
(C) International Court of Justice
(D) Trusteeship Council
16. ‘My Life’ is an autobiography of
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Bill Clinton
(D) Hillary Clinton
29. The famous painting ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’ was prepared by
(A) Mahendranath Singh
(B) Nand Kishore Sharma
(C) Sivnandan Nautiyal
(D) Raj Kapoor
35. 2020 Olympics will be held in
(A) Japan
(B) London
(C) Germany
(D) Rome
40. Amnesty International is a
(A) Human Rights Group
(B) UN agency to fight global terrorism
(C) Refugee Camps in Croatia
(D) Branch of the World Bank
43. In which field Pulitzer Award is given?
(A) Science and Technology
(B) Literature and Journalism
(C) International Understanding
(D) Environmental Studies
44. Which one of the following is the oldest Grand Slam in the World?
(A) Wimbledon
(B) French Open
(C) Australian Open
(D) US Open
45. The first woman to scale Mount Everest was
(A) Arati Saha
(B) Asha Agarwal
(C) Bachendri Pal
(D) Rita Faria
50. First non-citizen to receive Bharat Ratna was
(A) Nelson Mandela
(B) Abraham Lincoln
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Mother Teresa
Food SI Question Paper – 2014
57. The celebrated novel ‘Godfather’ was authored by
(A) Harold Robins
(B) John Milton
(C) Victor Hugo
(D) Mario Puzo
62. The extinct animal used in the logo of WWF is
(A) Tiger
(B) Giant Panda
(C) Dodo
(D) Rhinoceros
67. The first woman Prime Minister in the world is-
(A) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(B) Magaret Thatcher
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Begum Khaleda Zia
76. State in which few govern the many
(A) Monarchy
(B) Oligarchy
(C) Plutocracy
(D) Autocracy
80. The name of the Indian Cricketer who took ten wickets in one innings of a Test Cricket
match (for men)
(A) B.S.Bedi
(B) Chandrasekhar
(C) Kapil Dev
(D) Anil Kumble
86. ‘Pulitzer Prize’ is awarded for outstanding work in the field of
(A) Environmental Studies
(B) Science and Technology
(C) International Understanding
(D) Literature and Journalism
87. The Eminent Sitar-player Pandit Ravi Shankar was the disciple of
(A) Baba Alauddin Khan
(B) Enayat Khan
(C) Ali Akbar Khan
(D) Vilayat Khan
92. The name of the famous film director who was the brother of author Mahasweta Devi is
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Ritwik Ghatak
(C) Tapan Singh
(D) Ajay Kar
106. Milkha Singh achieved in 1960 Olympics in Athletics
(A) Fourth in 400m final
(B) Second in 400m final
(C) Eighth in 50km walk
(D) Seventh in 800m final
108. London Olympics gold medallist ‘Usain Bolt’ hails from
(A) Jamaica
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Mali
(D) South Africa
109. Letters M R in M R Shop stands for
(A) Modified Ration
(B) Maximum Ration
(C) Minimum Ration
(D) Marginal Ration
112. Choose the correct synonym for EMBEZZLE
(A) Misappropriate
(B) Balance
(C) Remunerate
(D) Clear
114. The first Indian to receive an Oscar for Music direction is
(A) K. L. Saigal
(B) Pankaj Kumar Mollick
(C) Salil Chowdhury
(D) A. R. Rahman
118. The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is
(A) Limba Ram
(B) Leander Paes
(C) Vishwanathan Anand
(D) Kapil Dev
125. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
(A) Rongali Bihu
(B) Onam
(C) Pongal
(D) Navratri
128. “sa-re-ga-ma-pa-dha-ni-sa”-among these tones the relation between the frequencies of the first and second “sa”
(A) Frequency of the 1st = 2 x frequency of the 2nd
(B) Frequency of the 1st = frequency of the 2nd
(C) Frequency of the 2nd = 3 x frequency of the 1st
(D) Frequency of the 2nd = 2 x frequency of the 1st
129. ‘The Republic’ was written by
(A) Plato
(B) James Mill
(C) Jeremy Bentham
(D) Machiavelli
131. The director of the film ‘Life of Pi’ is
(A) Spielberg
(B) Ang Lee
(C) Michael Hanke
(D) Robert De Niro
135. The world famous athlete Usain Bolt is from
(A) Kenya
(B) Uruguay
(C) Jamaica
(D) United Kingdom
140. One who possess many talents
(A) Versatile
(B) Nubile
(C) Exceptional
(D) Talented
141. The name of ‘Leslie Claudius’ is associated with the game of
(A) Football
(B) Cricket
(C) Lawn Tennis
(D) Hockey
143. Which one of the following is not an input device of a computer?
(A) Keyboard
(B) Joystick
(C) Printer
(D) Optical Character Reader
148. ‘Yen’ is the official currency of the country of –
(A) China
(B) North Korea
(C) Thailand
(D) Japan
Food SI Question Paper – 2006
3. Which one is World Tourism Day ?
(A) 27 September
(B) 24 October
(C) 15 November
(D) 31 December
7. Which of the following is related to D. T. H. (Direct To Home) ?
(A) Television
(B) Telephone (Land)
(C) Mobile phone
(D) Internet
13. The headquarter of International Olympic Committee is located in
(A) Switzerland
(B) London
(C) Moscow
(D) New York
17. Commonwealth Games is held after a gap of how many years ?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
23. The novel “Boatman of the Padma” (Padma Nadir Majhi) is written by
(A) Manik Bandopadhyay
(B) Tara Sankar Bandopadhyay
(C) Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay
(D) Bibhutibhusan Mukhopadhyay
27. Hariprasad Chourasia is famous for playing which instrument ?
(A) Tabla
(B) Sarod
(C) Flute
(D) Sitar
33. Oscar is conferred in which field ?
(A) Literature
(B) Science
(C) Sports
(D) Movies
44. Who is the Chairperson of National Commission for Women ?
(A) Purnima Advani
(B) Girija Vyas
(C) Amrita Patel
(D) Brinda Karat
61. ‘Agha Khan Cup‘ is awarded in which sport ?
(A) Football
(B) Cricket
(C) Badminton
(D) Hockey
64. ‘Grand Slam‘ is associated with which of the following sports ?
(A) Table Tennis
(B) Chess
(C) Football
(D) Bridge
71. The first drama written by Madhusudan Dutta
(A) Sharmistha
(B) Krishnakumari
(C) Padmavati
(D) Mayakanon
74. The poet of the poem “Banalata Sen” is
(A) Joy Goswami
(B) Bishnu Dey
(C) Shanka Ghosh
(D) Jibanananda Das
81. Begum Akhtar is famous in which of the following fields ?
(A) Music
(B) Dance
(C) Politics
(D) Painting
84. Who is known as the “Nightingale of India” is
(A) Lata Mangeshkar
(B) Asha Bhonsle
(C) Vijayalaxmi Pandit
(D) Sarojini Naidu
85. A major nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is
(A) Meenambakkam
(B) Kalpakkam
(C) Thanjavur
(D) Coimbatore
95. Which of the following is AIDS Day ?
(A) 9 December
(B) 1 December
(C) 30 November
(D) 24 October