PARTII

GENERAL STUDIES

31. The difference between two 33. The distance between the points
numbers is 14 and the P(-4, 7) and Q(2, -5) is
difference between their squares
(A) 6 units
is 448. Find the numbers.
(B) 5 units
(A) 25, 11 (C) 7 units
(D) More than one of the above
(B) 23, 9
(E) None of the above
(C) 20, 6
34. A line intersecting a circle in two
(D) More than one of the above distinct points is called a
(A) chord
(E) None of the above (B) radius
(C) secant

(D) More than one of the above

32. Dakshaa buys number of pens
for 180. If he had bought (E) None of the above
3 more pens for the same
amount, each pen would cost 35. The value of
her 3less. How many pens did
he buy? sin 60° cos 30°-cos60° sin 30°

is
(A) 14 pens
(A) 1
(B) 12 pens
(B) 2
(C) 16 pens
(C) sin30°
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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 36. The zeros of the polynomial 39. Amphibians respire through
x-2x-3 are
(A) lungs
(A) -3, 1
(B) skin
(B) -3, -1
(C) gills
(C) 3, -1
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

40. The base of glacier melts but not

37. A lady has only 25 paisa and its top because
50paisa coins in her purse.
If she has 50 coins in all totaling (A) the base of glacier remains
P19-50, how many coins of each in warm surroundings
kind does she have?
(B) impurities are present in
(A) 23, 27 the ice at the base of glacier
(B) 22, 28
(C) pressure at the base is
(C) 24, 26 high to decrease the melting
point
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

38. The area of an equilateral

triangle is 4V3 cm2. Its 41. The part of flower which actually
forms a fruit is called
perimeter

(A) 9 cm (A) carpel

(B) 12 cm (B) corolla

(C) 16 cm (C) stamen

(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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 42. The function of saliva is to 44. If Jis joule, C is coulomb, A is
Convert ampere, then the SI unit of
potential difference is

(A) protein into amino acid (A) JC-1

(B) volt
(B) starch into maltose
(C) JA-'s-l

(C) fat into vitamin (D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above

(D) More than one of the above
45. Which of the following is not
a biodegradable material?
(E) None of the above
(A) Wood

(B) Cotton

(C) Aluminium foil

43. Heart pumps only impure blood
in the case of (D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above

(A) shark

46. The image of an object in

(B) whale a human eye is formned at

(A) retina
(C) lizard
(B) pupil
(C) iris
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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 47. Which ideology is not related 50. From the following pairs, find
with National Movement? the one which is not correctly
matched.
(A) Gandhian

(B) Moderate (A) Dr. Shanti Jain

Bihar Gaurav Gaan
(C) Communist

(D) More than one of the above (B) Abhishek Ranjan-Mount

(E) None of the above Kilimanjaro

magazine
(C) Shreeti Pandey-Lawyer
48. Who edited the
Young India?
(D) More than one of the above
(A) Mrs. Annie Besant

(B) Mahatma Gandhi (E) None of the above

(C) Motilal Nehru

(D) More than one of the above

51. Indian origin candidate,
(E) None of the above Tharman Shanmugaratnam,
recently won the election of
which country to become its
49. Who was awarded the Sahitya head of the State?
Akademi Award, 2022 in

Maithili language?
(A) Hong Kong
(A) Gajendra Sarkar, India in
21st Century
(B) Singapore
(B) Manohar Parrikar, New
India
(C) Mauritius
(C) Ajit Azad, Pen-Drive me
Prithvi
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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 52. Who defeated India's 55. Which of the following are
Praggnanandhaa in the final of joined by Panama Canal?
the Chess World Cup in August
2023?
(A) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific
(A) Hikaru Nakamura Ocean

(B) Arjun Erigaisi

(C) Magnus Carlsen (B) Pacific Ocean and Indian
Ocean
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(C) Atlantic Ocean and Yellow
Sea
53. In relation to the recently
crashed Russian spacecraft
Luna-25 on moon's surface, out (D) More than one of the above
of the 28 missions sent by the
erstwhile Soviet Union that
involved landing on the lunar (E) None of the above
surface, how many ended in
failure?

(A) 15
(B) 18 56. Which of the following is the
largest south bank tributary of
(C) 22 the river Ganga?
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (A) Kosi

54. Where is the second submarine (B) Gandak

museum built in India?

(A) Digha, West Bengal (C) Son

(B) Howrah, West Bengal
(C) Sundarban, West Bengal (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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 57. Soil formed by the process of 60. Which of
one the following
minerals is contained in
(A) denudation monozite sand?
(B) gradation
(A) Oil
(C) weathering
(B) Uranium
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Thorium
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above

58. Damodar Valley Project (E) None of the above

is
situated in which State?

(A) Bihar 61. Safe landing on the South Pole

of moon is completed on which
(B) Jharkhand and West date?
Bengal
(A) 23 August, 2023
(C) Odissa
(B) 18 August, 2023
(D) More than one of the above
(C) 15 August, 1947
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
59. Grassland, scrub, forest, (E) None of the above
wastelands
belonging both
government and private
individuals and communities 62. Standard nutritional unit is a
are called measuring unit of
(A) reserved forests (A) land fertility
(B) protected forests (B) land capability
(C) unclassified forests
(C) cropping intensity
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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 63. Who among the following 67. In which year did Muzaffarpur
influential Wahabis of Patna was Bomb Case happen?
arrested on the suspicion of (A) 1906
conspiracy against the British? (B) 1907
(A) Maulvi Mohammad Hussain (C) 1908
(B) Maulvi Ahmadullah (D) More than one of the above
(C) M. Waizul Haque (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
68. With the influence of which
(E) None of the above
movement, the people of Bihar
64. Who was the leader of the Revolt forbade to give Chaukidari Tax?
of 1857 at Patna? (A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(A) Maulvi Pir Ali Khan (B) Civil Disobedience Move
ment
(B) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
(C) Maulvi Fazl-e Haq (C) Quit India Movement
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
69. Which one of the following was
65. In 1953, a States Reorganization
associated with 'Ahrar
Commission was appointed
Movement'?
under the Chairmanship of
(A) Hasan Iman
(A) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(B) Badruddin Tayabji
(B) Sir Fazl Ali
(C) Mahmud-ul-Hasan
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
70. At which of the following places
66. At which place, the Indian Chisti Khan and Dunde Khan
National Congress Session was revolted with the impression of
held in Bihar for the first time? Ghadar Party?
(A) Gaya (A) San Francisco
(B) Bankipur (B) Vancouver
(C) Bhagalpur (C) Singapore
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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