of the Republic

emerged 5. The Chief Guest was

1. The country which Day Celebration
2023
champion of the FIEA World Cup
2022 was President of
(A) the
Iran-Ebrahim Raisi
(A) England
(B) France (B) the Prime Minister of
Japan-Fumio Kishida
(C) Spain
(D) Argentina (C) the President of
Bangladesh-Mohamed
2. Visit India year 2023' was Abdul Hamid
launched in a ceremony held on
31st January 2023 by (D) the President of
(A) Shri Karti Chidambaram Egypt-Abdel Fattah E]-Sisi
(B) Shri Sumant Sinha
(C) Shri Amit Shah 6. The Geological Survey of India
has identified a potential deposit
(D) Shri G. Kishan Reddy of of lithium.

3. India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 (A) 6-2 million tonnes

was concluded on 8th February
in
(B) 5-8 million tonnes
(A) Bengaluru
(C) 5-9 million tonnes
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Guwahati (D) 61 million tonnes

(D) Jodhpur
7. How many ITs were there in
4. Purple Fest' held in Panaji from India in April 2023?
6th to 8th January 2023 was a
festival for the welfare of
(A) 26
(A) urban people
(B) 23
(B) people below poverty line
(C) people with disabilities (C) 24
(D) rural people (D) 25

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 2
 8. Who has been appointed as the 12. Which system ol governmnent is
new Chief Executive Officer also known as Westminster
model of government?
(CEO) of NITI Aayog?
(A) Manoj Kumar
(A) The Oligarchy
(B) Girish Chandra Murmu
(C) Ajay Banga (B) The Presidential system
(D) B. V. R. Subrahmanyam
(C) The Monarchy
9. The overall exports (goods and
services) growth in April (D) The Parliamentary system
January 2022-23 in India
was about

(A) 21-89% 13. On the bank of which river,

(B) 17-33% Pitru Paksha Mela is organized?
(C) 30%
(A) Falgu
(D) 8051%

(B) Ganga
10. The first State in the country to
use robotic technology to clean
all its commissioned manholes is (C) Yamuna
(A) Kerala
(D) Saraswati
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Bihar 14. Which country will host the
Asian Cup Football Tournament
11. Football legend Pele, died at the 2023?
age of 82 on 29th December
2022. He was belonged to which (A) India
country?
(A) Brazil (B) Indonesia
(B) France
(C) Qatar
(C) Argentina
(D) Japan (D) Nepal

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 4
 stone of IPRCo
15. Who was the author of he 18. The foundation Fertilizer Pla
famous book. Madhushala? Nano Urea Liquid State?
which
been laid in
(A) Kabirdas (A) Jharkhand
(B) Munshi Premchand (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Rabindranath Tagore (D) Bihar

16. Which mobile app was launched 19. Who will host the Youth 20 India
by Amit Shah for the Border Summit for environmental
Security Force in New Delhi on protection?
29th December 2022?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru University
(A) Yuva app
(B) University of Delhi
(B) DigilLocker app
(C) Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Vadodara
(C) Aarogya Setu app
(D) Al India Institute of Medical
(D) Prahari app Sciences

17. Where did the Indian Army 20. Who was awarded the Atal
conduct the Trishakari Prahar Samman Award for excellence in
training exercise in Science and Research in
joint
January 2023? December 2022?

(A) Bengaluru (A) Hari Om Srivastava

(B) Prabhu Chandra Mishra
(B) Mumbai
(C) Dr. Kanak Saha
(C) North Bengal
(D) Salim Ali
(D) Hyderabad

09/CBL/ PT-2023-01/187-B 6
21. The capital of Magadha kingdom 25. Shivaji's revenue policy Was
Was

(A) Vaishali
(A) Ryotwari
(B) Zamindari
(B) Patliputra
(C) Mirsadari
(C) Rajagriha
(D) Mahalwari
(D) Champa
22. Which one of the following is 26. Which of the following is the
correct order of the 'Ashrama
written in both prose and System?
poetry?
(A) Atharva-Veda (A) Garhasthya-’Brahmacharya
’ Vanaprastha -’ Sannyas
(B) Rig-Veda (B) Brahmacharya-Garhasthya
(C) Yajur-Veda ’ Sannyas ’ Vanaprastha
(D) Sama-Veda ,(C) BrahmacharyaGarhasthya
’ Vanaprastha -’ Sannyas
23. Who has been regarded as the (D) Brahmacharya ’ Vana
Indian Napoleon? prastha ’ Garhasthya -’
(A) Samudragupta Sannyas
(B) Chandragupta I 27. Who looted the temple of
(C) Chandragupta II Somnath in Gujarat?
(A) Tamerlane
(D) Ramagupta
(B) Muhammad Ghori
24. Which one of the following is not
correctly matched? (C) Mahmud Ghazni
Biographies Authors (D) Ahmad Shah Abdali

(A) Harshacharita Banabhatta 28. How many types of marriages

(B) Ballalcharita Anand are described in Smirti texts?
Bhatt
(A) 10
(C) Buddhacharita Asvaghosha (B) 4
(D) Kumarpala c) 6
charita Sandhyakar
Nandi (D) 8

09/CBL/ PT-2023-01/187-B
 preachings raised ..
29. Who was Bhogapati? 33. Whose
status of lower castes and
society?
(A) The In-charge of Roval women in the
Palace (A) Chand Bardai
(B) The Governor of
(B) Chaitanya
Territorial Unit
Vaishya (C) Ramananda
(C) The Governor of a
(D) The Police Officer (D) Agastya
Vallev
30. Who was called Kshetraj Putra' 34. In which site of the Indus
in ancient India? Civilization an idol of bronze
dancer' is found?
(A) A son born of Niyog System
(A) Kalibangan
(B) A son born of Anuloma
Vivah (B) Harappa
(C) A son born of Pratiloma (C) Mohenjo-Daro
Vivah
(D) A son born of Gandharva (D) Chahunjo-Daro
Vivah
35. Who described Akbar as the

31. Who used to control the markets noblest king that ever ruled in
India?
during Alauddin Khilji?
(A) Sujan Rai Khatri
(A) Wazir -i-mandi

(B) Amir-i-mandi (B) Stanley Lane-Poole

(C) Shahna-i-mandi (C) Abdul Qadir Badayuni
(D) Malik-i-mandi
(D) Mutamid Khan

32. In which of the following rock 36. With which religion, maximum
edicts, Ashoka says about the cave paintings of Ajanta are
concerned?
respect of other religion too?
(A) 12th (A) Ajivika

(B) 6th (B) Buddhism

(C) 10th (C) Jainism

(D) 11th (D) Hinduism

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 10
 love-poems
41. By which name Sultan
translated
37. Who wrote manyKrishna? Firoz Shah Tughlug Persian)
dedicated to Lord Sanskrit works into
(A) Bhushan (A) Fatwa-fJahandari

(B) Abdur Rahim (B) Dalayal-i-Firozshahi

(C) Tulsidas (C) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi
(D) Raskhan
(D) Futuhat-i-Firozshahi

38. Which is considered as the

Indian School of Civil Services
Oldest 42. The age for the reduced from
Philosophy? examination was
21 years to 19 years in
(A) Mimansa
(A) 1878
(B) Nyaya
(B) 1875
(C) Sankhya
(C) 1876
(D) Yoga
(D) 1877
39. "The Revolt of 1857 was a
Hindu-Muslim conspiracy." Who
said this? 43. Which of the following is not
correctly matched?
(A) Sir John Seeley Translators
Books
(B) Sir James Outram into Persian

(C) Sir John Lawrence (A) Lilawati Abul Fazl

(D) L. E. R. Rees (B) The Maha

bharata Nagib Khan
40. Anushilan Samiti was founded
by the (C) The
Ramayana Abdul Qadir
(A) Revolutionaries Badayuni and
Shaikh Sultan
(B) Moderates
(D) The Atharva
(C) Extremists Haji Ibrahim
Veda
(D) Swarajists Sirhindi

09/CBL/T-2023-01/187-B 12
 Mahatma Gandhi decided to
44. The resolution of comnplete 47. Dandi March on
start the
ndependence' was passed by in
the at Lahore
Congress 1931
(A) 11 March,
(A) 1930
1930
(B) 11 March,
(B) 1928
1930
(C) 1927 (C) 10 March,

(D) 1929 (D) 12 March, 1930

45. Who passed the Local Self

Government Act in 1882? 48. Who wrote, India Wins Freedom?

(A) Lord Dufferin (A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Lord Mayo (B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) Lord Lytton

(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Lord Ripon
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

46. Which one of the following is

not correctly matched?
49. Who founded the Asiatic
Ruler Wife Society' in 1784?
(A) Akbar Ruqaiya
Sultan Begum (A) Wiliam Wedderburn

(B) Iltutmish Shah Turkan (B) William Jones

(C) Humayun Gulbadan (C) James Mill

Bano Begum
(D) Sher Shah Lad Malika (D) John Prinsep

09/CBL/ PT-2023-01/187-B 14
 Which of the following Rig-Ved:
50. Which of the following 19 not 53. not mentioned in
Gods is
correctly matched? Boghazkoi' inscription?
Organization Year of
foundation
(A) Agni
1864
(A) Veda Samaj
(B) Indra
B) Rahnumai
Mazdyasnan Sabha 1851
(C) Varuna

(C) Scientific Society 1860

(D) Mitra
(D) Ramakrishna
Mission 1897
54. Who became the Sultan of Delhi
after the death of Balban?
51. Who among the following is the
author of Gita Rahasya? (A) Jalal-ud-in Khalji

(A) Madan Mohan Malaviya

(B) Razia Begum
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bughra Khan
(C) Aurovinda Ghose
(D) Kaikobad
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

55. Who was Panini?

52. Who founded the Sharada
Sadan?
(A) Palmist
(A) Savitribai Phule
(B) Mathematician
(B) Ramabai
(C) Grammarian
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Geologist
(D) Sarojini Naidu

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 16
 below are twO staternents
is 59, Given labelled as Assertion (A
56. Intensity of earthquake the one is
of Rcason (R) :
measured by which and other as
following? Assertion (A)
(A) Multimeter standing on a
A person
(B) Barometer rotating stage, suddenly
stage by
(C) Hydrometer slows down the
spreading his arms,
(D) Seismograph
and Reason (R) :
57. Match List-I with List-II arns of a
select the correct answer
using By spreading
its morment of
the Lists:
the codes given below
person,
inertia increases and angu
List-II lar velocity decreases.
List-I
a. Stethoscope 1. For hearing heart
beat Select the correct answer.

b. Sphygmo 2. For measuring

manometer intensity of light (A) Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
both are false
C. Lux meter 3. For measuring
blood pressure
4. For measuring
(B) Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
d. Thermometer both are correct
temperature
Codes : (C) Assertion (A) is correct but
(A) a b Reason (R) is false
1 4 2 3

b C d
(D) Assertion (A) is false but
(B) a
1 3 2 4 Reason (R) is correct
(C) a b d
1 2 3 4
60. Geostationary satellite
(D) a b
3 2 4
(A) Height depends on mass of
which of the satellite
58. In following
processes, solar energy being
converted into chemical energy? (B) orbits at any height
(A) Power supply (C) orbits at constant height
(B) Burning
(C) LASER (D) does not orbit, remains
(D) Photosynthesis stationary

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 18
 insulin is to
61. From the given below List-I and 64. Function of
List-, which of the following sugar
(A) decrease the blood
One is not correctly matched?
blood vessels
(B) contract the
List-I List-I
(A) TFT : Monitor (C) increase the hearing
capacity
(B) Printer Output device
(D) increase the blood augar
(C) Mouse Memory device
65. What are the main components
(D) Pen drive Data storage of soldering iron?
device
(A) Cu + Sn
62. What is Kyoto protocol? (B) Pb + Sn

(A) An international agreement (C) Pb + Zn

to reduce the acidic rain
(D) Cu+ Al
(B) An international agreement
that aimed to reduce the 66. Match List-I with List-II and
emission of greenhouse select the corTect answer using
gases in atmosphere the codes given below the Lists:
(C) An international agreement List-I List -II
to reduce the air pollution
a. Mercury 1. Semiconductor
(D) An international agreement b. Silicon 2. Manometer
to start the use of nuclear c. Sodium chloride 3. Salt
energy d. Nichrome 4. Resistance wire
Codes :
63. Which one of the following is the d
smallest and fastest computer, (A) a b
2 3 4
that works like brain?
(B) a C
(A) IBM chip 3 1 2 4

(B) Param-10000 (C) a b d

2 3 4
(C) Quantum Computer
(D) a b C d
(D) Supercomputer 1 2 3 4

09/CBL/ PT-2023-01/187-B 20
 The full form of DDT is
67. Which of the following metals 1s 70.
necessary to be kept in kerosene
Trichloro Ethane
oil?
(A) Dioxide

(A) Silver Diphenyl Toluene

(B) Dichloro
(B) Gold (C) Dichloro Diphenyl trË
chloro ethane
(C) Sodium
Trichloro
(D) Dichloro Diphenyl
(D) Chromium methane

68. Which of the following sugars is 71. Match List-I with List- and
found in maximum quantity in select the correct answer using
honey? the codes given below the Lists :
List-I List II
(A) Lactose a. Vitamin C 1. Scurvy
b. Vitamin D 2. Beri beri
(B) Sucrose
c. Vitamin B 3. Rickets
d. Vitamin A 4. Night blindness
(C) Fructose

Codes :
(D) Maltose

(A) a b d
1 4 3
69. Silkworm rearing is known as
(B) a b
(A) Apiculture 1 2 3 4

(B) Sericulture b
(C) a C

1 3 2 4
(C) Horticulture
(D) a b C d
(D) Floriculture 2 3 1 4

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 22
 Non-stick cooking utensils are
T Which among the following 1s 76.
coated with
measured by an odometer?

(A) Velocity (A) polystyrene

(B) Pressure
(B) PVC
(C) Height
(D) Distance (C) teflon

(D) black paint

73. Water at 4° centigrade has
(A) zero surface area

B) minimum density 77. Washing soda is the common

name for
(C) maximum density
(A) sodium bicarbonate
D) no density

74. Which of the following gases is (B) calcium bicarbonate

not known as greenhouse gas?
(C) calcium carbonate
(A) Carbon dioxide

(B) Nitrous oxide (D) sodium carbonate

(C) Methane

(D) Hydrogen 78. Heavy water is

75. Electric bulb filament is made of (A) tritium oxide

(A) tungsten
(B) pH7
(B) aluminium
(C) rainwater
(C) lead
(D) copper (D) deuterium oxide

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 24
 is produced by the
79. Proteins are detected by 83. Solar energy
process of
(A) biuret test
(A) fission
(B) DNP test
(C) Benedict's test (B) explosion
(D) Molisch's test (C) contraction

80. Where is the image of an object (D) fusion

formed in human eye?
(A) Retina
84. Which of the following isotopes
(B) Cornea treatment of
is used for the
thyroid?
(C) Iris
(D) Pupil (A) C-14

(B) I-313
81. Hydrogen bomb is based on the
principle of
(C) Co-60
(A) frequency
(D) P-32
(B) nuclear fusion

(C) nuclear explosion

85. Which one of the following is not
(D) nuclear fission
a true fruit?

82. Sound waves travel fastest in (A) Plum

(A) vacuum
(B) Apple
(B) solids
(C) Grape
(C) liquid
(D) gases (D) Date

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 26
 amongst the
a
flows through
one
86. The Tropic of Cancer' does not 90. Which
following rivers
pass through
rift valley?
(A) Tripura
(A) Tapti
(B) Rajasthan (B) Mahanadi
(C) Orissa/Odisha (C) Tungabhadra
(D) Chhattisgarh (D) Krishna

87. Which one of the following is an the following States

important Pass on the Ladakh 91. In which of
Lake' situated?
is Loktak
Range?
(A) Rajasthan
(A) Zoji La
(B) Kerala
(B) Khardung La
(C) Uttarakhand
(C) Fotu La
(D) Manipur
(D) Banihal

92. Which one of the following is the

88. Which one of the following peaks place of confluence of the river
of the Himalaya Mountain is not Alakananda and the river
in India? Bhagirathi?
(A) Kamet (A) Deva Prayag
(B) Kanchenjunga (B) Vishnu Prayag
(C) Nanda Devi (C) Karna Prayag
(D) Dhaulagiri (D) Rudra Prayag

89. The highest peak in the Eastern 93. The Wainganga and Painganga
Ghats is are the tributaries of

(A) Cachar Hills (A) river Narmada

(B) Anaimudi (B) river Godavari

(C) Doddabetta (C) river Mahanadi

(D) Mahendragiri (D) river Krishna

09/CBL/PT-2023-01/187-B 28
 the Hoogiy
nucleus of
94. Which one of the following is not 98. Industrial
The Region is
Correctly matched?
States Konnagar
Mines Kolkata
(A)
(A) Bailadila Chhattingarh
- Rishra
(B) Dantewada -Madhya (B) Kolkata
Pradesh
(C) Kolkata -Howrah
Karnataka
(C) Sandur
(D) Noamundi Jharkhand Medinipur
(D) Kolkata
95. Which one of the following
States is a leading producer of of
the Head Office
cotton in India? 99. Where is
North Central Railways
(A) Rajasthan situated?
(B) Maharashtra
(A) Gorakhpur
(C) Gujarat
(D) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Jabalpur
96. Which one of the following
(C) Hajipur
States is the largest producer of
mica in India?
(D) Prayagraj
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Jharkhand 100. Which one of the following is
(D) Andhra Pradesh
related to geothermal energy?

97. Which one of the following ports (A) Municipal waste

is a land-locked harbour?
(B) Tide
(A) Tuticorin
(B) Mumbai (C) Wind
(C) Visakhapatnam
(D) Hot spring
(D) Ennore

30
09/CBL/ PT-2023-01/187-B