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RAL KNOWLEDGE
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Full Marks - 100

Time - Three hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks
for the questions.
Candidates are required to give their answers in
their own words as far as practicable.
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Four options are given against each of the
following questions. Select the best / correct
option from among the four options and write it
in the answer script. One example is given :
Example : The Independence Day in India is
celebrated on

(a) the l5th August eyery year

(b) the 26th January, every year
(c) the 2nd October, every year

(d) None of the above.

Answer : (a) the l5th August, every year.

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1 Neermatral Palace in Melaghar was built by

(a) Matraraja Radhakishore Manikya

(b) Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya

(c) Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manrkya

(d) Matraraja KalYan ManikYa

2 Who was the first Governor of Tripura ?

(a) Siddheswar Prasad (b) D' N' Sahay

(c) B. K. Nehru (d) Sultan Singh

3 The Howrah river originates from

(a) Baramura hills (b) Atharumuara hills

(c) Jampui hills (d) None of the above

4 Garia Puja is performed in the month of

(a) Pous Chaina

(c) Baisakh (d) Shraban

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of
(a) Khowai (b) Muhuri
(c) Gomati (d) Manu

7. The National Game of India is

(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Tennis (d) Cricket

8. Dadasaheb Phalke Award is associated wittl

(a) Sports (b) Cinema

(c) Literature (d) None of these

9. Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located at

(a) Tarapur (b) Hyderabad

(c) Sriharikota (d) Chandipur

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 10. "swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it." Who
gave this slogan ?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Mahauna Gandhi

(c) Rash Behari Bose

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

ll. The Sardar Sarovar Dam of Narmada river is in

which State ?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

O) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Rajasttmn

12. Jim Corbett National Park is famous for

(a) Bird sanctury

(b) Tiger sanctuary

(c) Deer sanctuary

(d) None of the above

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 13. Which country of the following is not properly
matched ?

Country Capital

(a) Pakistan Islamabad

(b ) Israel Jerusalem

(c) Germany Bonn

(d) Australia Canberra

14. Which is considered as oldest civilization of the

world ?

(a) Mesopotamian civilization

(b) Egrptian civilization

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(c) Iraq (d) Esrpt

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16. The headqaurters of United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (JNESCO)
is situated in
(a) New York (b) Paris

(c) The Hague (d) London

17" World Environment Day is observed on

(a) l0th December

(b) 5th June

(c) 5th September
(d) 7th June

18. Of the three components of an atom, the smallest

mass is

(a) Proton

(b) Neutron

(c) Electron

(d) All the components have equal mass.

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matched ?

Vitamin Disease

(a) Vitamin A Night blindness

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(b) Vitamin B Beriberi

(c) Vitamin D Deformalities in bone

(d) Vitamin K Scurvey

20. Which of the following colours is not seen in a

rainbow ?

(a) Yelllow (b) Green

(c) Red (d) Brown

21. Unit for measurement of noise is

{a) Decibel (b) Centimeter

(c) D5me (d) None of these

22. "Dengue" fever is caused by

(a) Fungr O) Bacteria

(c) Virus (d) Protozoa

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Rs.50. At what price should he sell the article to
gzn 20o/o?

(a) Rs. 500 O) Rs. 540

(c) Rs. 560 (d) None of these

24. ln at examination 65% of the total exarninees

passed. If the number of failures is 420, the total
number of examinees is:

(a) s00 o) 1200

(c) 1000 (d) 1625

If 38+5b
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(c)5:2 (d)5:3

26. Find out odd word:

(a) X-ray (b) Telephone

(c) Computer (d) Television

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t, 4,9, 16,25?
(a) 30 (b) 3r
(c) 32 (d) 36

28. Who is the authorof the book'War and Peace" ?

(a) Leo Tolstoy (b) John Milton

(c) Charles Dickens (d) Graham Greene

29. "T\e Idea of Justice" is written by

(a) KuldipNayar (b) Mulkraj Anand

(c) Amartya Sen (d) None of them

- 30. "India 2020 : AVision for the New Millennium"

is wriuen by
(a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

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3 l. Garjee Belonia railway line in Tripura was
inaugurated on
(a) lOth February, 2019
(b) 9th FebruarY, 2019
(c) llth February, 2019

(d) l2th February, 2019

32. Who is the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court ?

(a) Justice DeePak GuPta

(b) Justice S. TalaPatra

(c) Justice SanjaY Karol

(d) None of them

33. From which community the President of India can

nominate two members of Parliament in Lok
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Sabha ?

(a) Minority community

(b) Parsi community

(c) Anglolndian communitY

(d) Buddhist community

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 34. For contribution in Art-Music-Flute, Shri Thanga
Darlong of Tripura has received the award

(a) Padma Shri 2019

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(d) Bharat Ratna 2019

35. How many police posts are reserved for women

in Tripura ?

(a) l2o/o

(b) 15%

(c) l0%
(d) 8%

36. First National Sports University in India is going

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37. To increase the financial and
of the l0 Autonomous Councils in the Sixth
Region' the
Schedule areas of the North-Eastern
the
Government of India had infioduced

(a) l24th Constitutional Amendment Bill

(b) 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill

(c) l26th Constitutional Amendment Bill

(d) None of the above

38. Which of the following Indian States

will host
the 2022 National Games ?

(a) Manipur 0) Assam

(c) Meghalaya (d)Alnachal Pradesh

will
39. India's second Film and Television Institute
be set uP in which State ?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Mizoram

(c) Assam (d) TriPura

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 40. Who is the Chief Minister of Assam ?

(a) Taruq Gogoi

(b) Sarbananda Sonowal

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(c) Profirlla Kumar Mahanta
(d) Himanta Biswa Sarma

41. Name the scheme launched by the Union Human

Resources Development Ministry, recently with
an aim to provide industy apprenticeship oppr-
tunities to the fresh graduates

(a) SSA o) SHREYAS

(c) RMSA (d) None of these

42. Which of the following State received the first

pt:r?s in the National Water Award Ceremony
under the cafegory best State in resource
manageme,lrt ?

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Olympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the 10m Air
Pistol catgory ?

(a) Manu Bhaker

O) Apurvi Chandela

(c) Saurabh Chaudhury

(d) None of them

44. r0[rho
among the following received Bharat Ratna
Award 2Ol9 ?

(a) M. S. Dhoni
(b) Mary Kom
(c) Pranab Mukherjee

(d) Amitabh Bachctran

45. Who is the Govemor of the Reserve Bank of

India ?

(a) Urjit Patel O) Raghuram Rajan

(c) Shaktikanta Das (d) Bimal Jalan

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(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala

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Women's DaY ?

(a) Women in the changing world of work :

Planet 50-50 is 2030'

(b) Think equal, build smart, innovate for

change.

(c) Time is now : Rural and Urban activities

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49. Who is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh ?

(a) Sheikh Hasina Wazed

(b) Khaleda Zia

(c) Mohmmad Hassan Mehmood

(d) None of them

50. When was the first World Braille day observed ?

(a) 5th lanuary, 2019 (b)2ndlanuary,2019

(c) 3rd lanuary, 2019 (d) 4th January' 2019

PART - II

Write one paragraph on each of the following

within sixty (60) words only. Each question
carries five (5) ma*s. Answer may be written
either in English or in Bengali and in no other
language. It must not be partly in English and
partly in Bengali. The instuction should be
followed scrupulouslY. 5x4:20

51. (i) l50th Birth Anniversery of Mahatrna Gandhi'

Or

(ii) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019.

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52. (i) Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016

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(ii) Railway Transporation System in Tripura.
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following. Word limit is compulsory. Answer may
be writtsn in English or in Bengali and not in
any other language(s). It must not be partly in
English and partly in Bengali. This instuction
should be followed scrupulously. l9x2:20

55. Right to Education.

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Role of Social Media.

57. Write the duties and responsibilities of a

Stenographer.

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