Question Paper and Answer Sheet of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)-PT Exam which was held on 17/04/2011

Solved Question Paper of BPSC-PT
7. Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same latitude,
Exam held on 17/04/2011
but their climate difference is due to

(A) the difference in their altitudes
1. In which country is 'Takla Makan' desert situated?
(B) their distance from sea
(A) Kazakhstan
(C) snowfall in Shimla
(B) Turkmenistan
(D) pollution in Amritsar
(C) Uzbekistan
Answer: A
(D) China
Answer: D
8. Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at
(A) Jharia
2. Which strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean?
(B) Jamshedpur
(A) Bab-el-Mandeb
(C) Ranchi
(B) Hormuz
(D) Lohardaga
(C) Bosporus
(D) Malacca
Answer: A
Answer: A
9. Major source of oceanic salinity is
(A) rivers
3. Where is 'Ninety East Ridge' situated?
(B) land
(A) Pacific Ocean
(C) wind
(B) Indian Ocean
(D) ash from volcanoes
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Arctic Ocean
10. The large States of India in the order of area are
(A) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
Answer: B
(B) Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
4. Which of the following is not a capital city?
(C) Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
(A) Canberra
(D) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
(B) Sydney
Answer: A
(C) Wellington
(D) Riyadh
11. Bihar is the -- largest State of India according to
Census 2001.
Answer: B
(A) second
5. The highest coal-producing country in the world is
(B) third
(A) India
(C) fourth
(B) USA
(D) fifth
(C) China
Answer: B
(D) Russia
12. The highest wheat-producing State of India is
Answer: C
(A) Haryana
6. Folding is the result of
(B) Punjab
(A) epeirogenetic force
(C) Bihar
(8) Coriolis force
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) orogenetic force
Answer: D
(D) exogenetic force
13. TISCO plant is located near
Answer: C
(A) Patna
(B) Darbhanga
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(C) Dhanbad
19. North Bihar is famous for
(D) Tatanagar
(A) agricultural prosperity
(B) heavy industries
Answer: D
(C) flood
14. Which States in India are the largest producers of
(D) famine
sugarcane?
Answer: C
(A) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
20. Which one is not located on National Highway-2
(C) Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir
(NH-2)?
(D) Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
(A) Aurangabad
(B) Sasaram
Answer: A
(C) Mohania
15. Which of the following States has the largest
(D) Patna
number of people belonging to Scheduled Caste?
Answer: D
(A) Bihar
(B) West Bengal
21. Congress passed the 'Swaraj' resolution in the year
(C) Uttar Pradesh
1905. The purpose of the resolution was
(D) Punja
(A) right to make a constitution for themselves but it was
not done
Answer: C
(B) to secure self-rule
16. According to 2001 Census, what is the total
(C) responsible government
population of Bihar?
(D) self-government
(A) 82998509
Answer: B
(B) 76210007
(C) 96878627
22. The Provincial were constituted Act of
(D) 80176197
Governments under the
(A) 1935
Answer: A
(B) 1932
17. The East Central Railway zone headquarters is
(C) 1936
located at
(D) 1947
(A) Patna
Answer: A
(B) Hajipur
(C) M uzaffarpur
23. The Indian comprises of Constitution
(D) Katihar
(A) 395 Articles, 22 Parts and 12 Schedules
(B) 371 Articles, 21 Parts and 11 Schedules
Answer: B
(C) 372 Articles, 20 Parts and 7 Schedules
18. Where is Industries Commissioner Office of Bihar
(D) 381 Articles, 23 Parts and 8 Schedules
situated?
Answer: A
(A) Patna
(B) Gaya
24. The Rajya Sabha consists of
(C) Hajipur
(A) 280 members of which 20 members are nominated
(D) Muzaffarpur
by the President of India
(B) 275 members of which 18 members are nominated
Answer: A
by the President of India
(C) 250 members of which 12 members are nominated
by the President of India
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(D) 252 members of which 12 members are nominated
(C) President
by the President of India
(D) Vice-President
Answer: C
30. 'National Emergency' may be declared by the
President of India in line with
25. January 26 was selected as the date for the
(A) Article 352
inauguration of the Constitution, because
(B) Article 370
(A) the Congress had observed it as the Independence
(C) Article 371
Day in 1930
(D) Article 395
(B) on that day the Quit India Movement was started in
1942
Answer: C
(C) it was considered to be an auspicious day
31. Of the following statements, which one is not
(D) None of the above
correct?
Answer: A
(A) Supreme Court was constituted in 1950
(B) Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal in the
26. The Public Accounts Committee submits its report
country
to
(C) Supreme Court can hear from any High
(A) the Comptroller and Auditor General
Court/Tribunals except from Court-martial
(B) the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(D) Supreme Court can hear from any High Court/
(C) the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Tribunals as well as from Court-martial
(D) the President of India
Answer: D
Answer: B
32. Who is the constitutional head of the State
27. Of the following statements, which one is not
Governments?
correct?
(A) Chief Minister
(A) The Rajya Sabha is powerless in money matter
(B) Governor
(B) Money Bills originate in the Rajya Sabha
(C) Speaker
(C) The Rajya Sabha has to pass Bills within 14 days after
(D) High Court Judge
they are passed by the Lok Sabha
(D) The Rajya Sabha may pass or return the Money Bill
Answer: B
with some recommendations to the Lok Sabha
33. Commercial sources of energy purely consist of
Answer: B
(A) power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
(B) coal, oil, firewood, vegetable waste and agricultural
28. Which of the following rights conferred by the
waste
Constitution of India is also available to non-citizens?
(C) power, coal, animal dung and firewood
(A) Right to constitutional remedies
(D) coal, gas, oil and firewood
(B) Freedom to speech
(C) Freedom to move and settle in any part of the
Answer: A
country
34. In India, per capita consumption of energy in 1994
(D) Freedom to acquire property
was
Answer: A
(A) 300 kg of oil equivalent
(B) 360 kg of oil equivalent
29. Who is the head of the National Defence
(C) 243 kg of oil equivalent
Committee?
(D) 343 kg of oil equivalent
(A) Home Minister
(B) Prime Minister
Answer: A
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35. When did the first oil crisis/ energy crisis occur in
40. Consider the following problems being faced by the
India?
Indian Coal Industry :
(A) During 1950's and 1960's
I. Poor quali ty of coal and bottlenecks m the coal
(B) During 1930's and 1940's
movement
(C) During 1990's and 2000's
II. Low utilisation capacity of washeries
(D) During 1970's and 1980's
III. Growing dependence on the import of coking coal
IV. Administered prices
Answer: D
Which of the above are correct?
36. Consider the following reasons for financial sickness
(A) II, III and IV
of State Electricity Boards (SEBs) in India:
(B) I, II, III and IV
I. Sale of power to agricultural and domestic consumers
(C) I, III and IV
below the cost of production
(D) I, II and III
II. Transmission and distribution losses are very high
Answer: B
III. Lack of commercial autonomy for SEBs
IV. State Governments have implemented social subsidy
41. Name the committee which was set up by the NDC
policies through SEBs
in 1957 for the reorganisation of CDP and NES, which
suggested a three tier system of rural local government
37. Which of the above are correct?
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(A) I, II and III
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(B) I, II, III and IV
(C) Maharashtra Committee on Democratic
(C) I, III and IV
Decentralisation
(D) II, III and IV
(D) Rural-Urban Relationship Committee
37. Which type of economy does India have?
Answer: A
(A) Socialist
(B) Gandhian
42. Ashok Mehta recommended
(C) Mixed
(A) three-tier government of Panchayati Raj Committee
(D) Free
(B) two-tier government of Panchayati Raj
(C) single-tier government of Panchayati Raj
Answer: C
(D) multiple-tier government of Panchayati Raj
38. When was 'Speed Post Service' launched by the
Answer: B
Indian Postal Department as competition to the
'Courier Service'?
43. Consider the following about the 'Rolling Plan':
(A) 1988
I. A plan for the current year which includes the annual
(B) 1987
budget
(C) 1989
II. A plan for a fixed number of years, say 3, 4 or 5
(D) 1986
III. It is revised every year as per requirements of the
economy
Answer: D
IV. A perspective plan for 10, 15 or 20 years
39. We witnessed the first telephones in India in which
Which of the above are correct?
year?
(A) I and II
(A) 1951
(B) I and III
(B) 1981
(C) II and III
(C) 1851
(D) I, II, III and IV
(D) 1861
Answer: B
Answer: D
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44. In which year was the 'Planning Commission' set up
(B) Five, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur
in India?
and Patna
(A) 1950
(c) Seven, viz., Adityapur, Darbhanga, Ranchi and
(B) 1947
Bokaro, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhojpur
(C) 1948
(d) Four, viz., Adityapur, Bhojpur and Muzaffarpur,
(D) 1951
Khagaria
Answer: A
50. In Bihar, name the scheme which aims at building
up infrastructural facilities of high standard, required
45. Patna International Airport is directly connected
for establishment of 'Export oriented Units'
with
(A) Integrated Infrastructural Development (IID)
(A) Kathmandu (Nepal), New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,
(B) Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP)
Lucknow, Varanasi and Ranchi
(C) Concept of Build-Operate- Transfer (BOT)
(B) Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Dhaka
(D) Software/Hardware Technology Park (STP /HTP)
(C) Islamabad, Dhaka and Bengaluru
(D) Washington, Dhaka and Chennai
51. "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it." Who
said?
Answer: A
(A) M. K. Gandhi
46. In Bihar, air services are provided by
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(A) only Indian Airlines
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) only Sahara Airlines
(D) Bhagat Singh
(C) only Royal Nepal Airlines
Answer: C
(D) Indian Airlines, Sahara Airlines and Royal Nepal
Airlines
52. The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in the
year
Answer: D
(A) 1880
47. For Bihar, in 1993-94, the Planning Commission
(B) 1881
estimated that percentage of below poverty line (BPL)
(C) 1882
was
(D) 1883
(A) 55
Answer: D
(B) 65
(C) 45
53. How many representatives took part in the First
(D) 35
Session of the Indian National Congress?
(A) 52
48. In Bihar, though 'Zamindari' was statutorily
(B) 62
abolished In 1952, the social base of land control
(C) 72
remained in the grip of
(D) 82
(A) Middle Caste Hindus
(B) Scheduled Caste Hindus
Answer: C
(C) Dominant Caste Hindus
54. The first Indian Governor General of Independent
(D) Scheduled Tribe Hindus
India was
Answer: C
(A) Raja Gopalachari
(B) Surinder Nath
49. Bihar State (before separation) had how many
(C) Rajendra Prasad
'Industrial Area Development Authorities'?
(D) B. R. Ambedkar
(A) Six, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Patna, Ranchi, Darbhanga
and Muzaffarpur
Answer: A
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55. When was the National Council of Education
61. Who is associated with 'Abhinav Bharat'?
established?
(A) V. D. Savarkar
(A) 15th August, 1903
(B) C. R. Das
(B) 15th August, 1904
(C) B. G. Tilak
(C) 15th August, 1905
(D) S. C. Bose
(D) 15th August, 1906
Answer: A
Answer: D
62. 'Do or Die' is associated with the following
56. The Non-Cooperation Movement was started in
movement
(A) 1918
(A) Dandi
(B) 1920
(B) Non-Cooperation
(C) 1921
(C) Khilafat
(D) 1922
(D) Quit India
Answer: B
Answer: D
57. The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis
63. With whose efforts was Second Bihar Provincial
of
Congress Session held?
(A) the Indian Independence Act, 1947
(A) G. K. Gokhale
(B) the Indian Councils Act, 1909
(B) Shri Deepnarayan Singh
(C) the Government of India Act, 1919
(C) Shri Krishna
(D) the Government of India Act, 1935
(D) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: C
Answer: B
58. Who is popularly known as 'Sher-e-Punjab,?
64. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian
(A) Rajguru
National Congress held?
(B) Bhagat Singh
(A) Bhagalpur
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Patna
(D) Udham Singh
(C) Ranchi
(D) Bankipur
Answer: C
65. The 16th Session of Bihari Students' Conference at
59. Gandhi-Irwin Pact took place in
Hazaribag took place in
(A) 1930
(A) 1921
(B) 1931
(B) 1922
(C) 1932
(C) 1923
(D) 1933
(D) 1924
Answer: B
Answer: A
60. Which Round Table Conference held in 1932?
66. The editor of 'Bihari', a leading newspaper of Bihar,
(A) First
was
(B) Second
(A) Babu G. Prasad
(C) Third
(B) Babu Ram Prasad
(D) Fourth
(C) Babu Gopal Prasad
Answer: C
(D) Babu Maheshwar Prasad
Answer: D
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67. Raj Kumar Shukla was resident of the village
73. The median of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 is
(A) Murli Bharhawa
(A) 8
(B) Murli Bheet
(B) 9
(C) Murli Dheer
(C)10
(D) Murli Kher
(D)11
Answer: A
Answer: B
68. Shri Nivaranchandra Dasgupta belonged to
74. The inverse of the matrix is
(A) Patna
(B)
(B) Purulia
(C)
(C) Hazipur
(D)
(D) Meenapur
Answer: C
Answer: B
75. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 12 cm.
69. Kunwar Singh was the King of
Then the area swept by the minute hand in one minute
(A) Hamirpur
will be
(B) Dheerpur
(A) 22·12 cm2
(C) Jagdishpur
(B) 23·10 cm2
(D) Rampur
(C) 24·12 cm2
(D) None of the above
Answer:C
Answer: D
70. Lord Sinha had resigned in 1921 from the post of
Governor of
76. A player completes 2200-metre race in any circular
(A) Bihar-Orissa
path with 7 revolutions. Then the radius of the circular
(B) Bengal
path is ( 1t = ~2)
(C) Punjab
(A) 30 metres
(D) Madras
(B) 40 metres
(C) 50 metres
Answer: A
(D) 60 metres
71. The value of x - [y - {z - (x - y - z)}j is
Answer: C
(A) x+ y+z
(B) x - y-z
77. The coordinates of the mid- point on joining the
(C) 1
points P (4, 6) and Q (- 4, 8) will be
(D) °
(A) (2, 7)
(B) (7, 2)
Answer: C
(C) (7, 0)
72. If the function f : I --? R, f(x) = log x then the value of
(D) (0, 7)
f(x) + f(y) is
Answer: D
(A) f(xy)
(B) f(x+ y)
78. The solution of the differential equation
(C) f (x/y)
d2 d
(d) f(y/x)
-----.l:L - 3-.1{ + 2y = e5x
dx2 dx
Answer: C
is
A) y = C eX + C e2x + ~e5x
1 2 12
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B) Y = C e-x + C e2x + ~e5X
(B) parenchyma tissue (C) meristems
1 2 12
(D) xylem tissue
C) y = C eX + C e-2x + ~ e5x
Answer: C
1 2 12
85. Which component of plants receives stimulus for
79. In triangle PQR if L.P = 1200 and PQ = PR, then L. Q
flowering?
and L.R will be respectively
(A) 60°, 30°
(A) Stems
(B) 30°, 40°
(B) Branches
(C) 30°, 30°
(C) Leaves
(D) 20°, 40°
(D) Roots
Answer: C
86. Minerals are
(A) liquids
80. The value of is
(B) inorganic solids(C) gases
lim X→0
(D) All of the above
(A) 0
Answer: C
(B) loge ~ b
87. Development of the natural systems is described as
(C) log - ea
(A)~nction of the systems
(D) a- b
(B) evolution of the systems
Answer: B
(C) self-sustained process of the systems
(D) None of the above
81. The visible range of solar radiation is
(A) 100-400 nm (B) 400-700 nm (C) 740-10000 nm (D)
Answer: C
None of the above
88. Genetics deals with
Answer: B
(A) Mendel's laws
82. Plants which grow on saline soils are
(B) organic evolution
(A) xerophytes
(C) DNA structure
(B) hydrophytes
(D) heredity and variations
(C) halophytes
Answer: C
(D) succulents
89. Mendel's principles of inheri- tance are based on
Answer: C
(A) vegetative reproduction (B) asexual reproduction (C)
sexual reproduction
83. Environment is a composite state of
(D) All of the above
(A) biotic factors
(B) physiographic factors (C) abiotic factors
Answer: C
(D) All of the above
90. Embryo is found in
Answer: D
(A) flowers
84. Water is conducted in vascular plants by
(B) leaves
(A) phloem tissue
(C) seeds
(D) buds
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Answer: C
Answer: C
91. What soil particles are present in loamy soils?
98. Table salt (NaCI) is a product of
(A) Sand particles(B) Clay particles (C) Silt particles
(A) weak acid and weak base
(D) All types of particles
(B) strong acid and strong base
(C) weak acid and strong base
Answer: D
(D) strong acid and weak base
92. A single type of atom is found in
99. Sexual reproduction causes genetic variation
(A) compounds of minerals
because of
(B) mixture of minerals
(A) blending of genes
(C) native elements
(B) chromosomal changes
(D) None of the above
(C) Shuffling of genes
(D) All of the above
Answer: C
Answer: D
93. Soil water available to plants is maximum in
(A) clayey soil (8) silty soil (C) sandy soil (D) loamy soil
100. Average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is
(A) 25 ppt (8) 35 ppt (C) 45 ppt (D) 55 ppt
Answer: C
Answer: C
94. Capillaries are most effective in (A) clayey soil
(8) silty soil
101. Who among the following is the winner of the
(C) sandy soil
Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and
(D) loamy soil
Reconciliation, 2009?
(A) Yukia Amano
Answer: C
(B) Aung San Suu Kyi
(C) Bill Gates
95. Photosynthesis occurs in
(D) Hillary Clinton
(A) nucleus
Answer: B
(b) mitochondria
102. 'Durand Cup' is associated with the game of
(C) chloroplast
(A) football
(D) peroxisome
(B) polo
(C) cricket
Answer: C
(D) hockey
96. Continents have drifted apart because of
Answer: A
(A) volcanic eruptions (8) tectonic activities
(C) folding and faulting of rocks (D) All of the above
103. For which word, the letter 'G' has been used in '2G
Spectrum'?
Answer: C
(A) Global
(B) Government
97. Which of the following do not belong to solar
(C) Generation
system?
(D) Google
(A) Asteroids
(8) Comets
Answer: C
(C) Planets
(D) Nebulae
104. Former Central Minister for Communication and
Information Technology, Mr. A. Raja belongs to which
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of the following parties?
109. Which party-wise performance is correct for Bihar
(A) Congress
Assembly Elections, 2010 in comparison to the
(B) BJP
elections of 2005?
(C) Communist Party of India
JDU BJP RJD WP CONG OTHERS
(D) DMK
(A) +40 +25 -30 -10 -7 -19
(B) +25 +34 -20 -5 -3 -11
Answer: D
(C) +27 +36 -32 -7 -5 -19
105. Which one of the following numbered Rajdhani
(D) + 17 +46 -15 -10 -10 -10
trains covers the longest distance?
Answer: C
(A) 12429 Bangalore City Junction
(B) 12431 Trivandrum Central
110. Till 2010, which State Governments have provided
(C) 12433 Chennai Central
50 percent reservation for women in local bodies?
(D) 12435 Dibrugarh Town
(A) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
(B) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh
Answer: B
(C) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala
106. What is the minimum age of a person whose
(D) Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
photographing, fingerprinting and iris mapping will be
Answer: B
done for the Census of 2011?
111. 'AVAHAN', the Indian segment of 'Bill and Melinda
(A) 12 years
Gates Foundation', is engaged in the prevention of
(B) 15 years
(A) dengue
(C) 18 years
(B) polio
(D) 21 years
(C) HIV / AIDS
Answer: B
(D) filariasis
107. The Union Cabinet, on August 2010, decided to
Answer: C
form institutes like the All India Institute of Medical
112. A recently held underwater meeting has drawn
Sciences (AIIMS) in which six States?
attention world over. The meeting was held by
(A) Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa,
(A) Some Somali pirates to make a new strategy for
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
capturing ships for ransom
(B) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana,
(B) Some environmental scientists for promoting
Kerala, Gujarat
awareness for saving water
(C) Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra
(C) some activists environmental awareness for
Pradesh, Maharashtra
promoting against air pollution
(D) Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu
(D) The cabinet of a country to highlight the threat of
and Kashmir, Assam
rising sea level for any country
Answer: A
Answer: D
108. Which was reported the richest party according to
113. Which one of the following cities is not located on
the 'National Election Watch' on August 2010?
the bank of river Ganga?
(A) BSP
(A) Fatehpur
(B) BJP
(B) Bhagalpur
(C) Socialist Party
(C) Uttarkashi
(D) Congress
(D) Kanpur
Answer: D
Answer: C
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