Bihar Secondary Teacher 2023: TRE 2.0, Class 9 to 10, Fine Arts
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23/MAV/M–2023–13 Booklet Series
Serial No.
Candidate’s Roll Number
Question Booklet
A
LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND FINE ARTS
Time Allowed : 2:30 Hours Maximum Marks : 150
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questions of Language (Qualifying), Part–II contains questions of General Studies and Part–III
contains questions of Fine Arts.
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consists of Question Nos. 71 to 150. The questions and their responses are printed in English and
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PART—I
( LANGUAGE )
Directions (Q. Nos. 1 and 2) : Fill in 5. Today is Sunday. The day before
the blanks with suitable articles like yesterday was
‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ : (A) Tuesday
1. In this school, all _____ students (B) Friday
are given free education. (C) Thursday
(A) an
(D) More than one of the above
(B) a
(E) None of the above
(C) the
(D) More than one of the above
6. November comes after the
(E) None of the above
month of
2. I have a friend in Mumbai who (A) September
is _____ actress. (B) December
(A) a
(C) January
(B) an
(D) More than one of the above
(C) the
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
7. Husband’s brother is
3. Which of the following is not
(A) cousin
a river?
(A) Bay of Bengal (B) son
(B) Godavari (C) brother-in-law
(C) Ganga (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
8. Mother’s parents are
4. Which of the following is not
a part of drawing room? (A) son-in-laws
(A) Washing machine (B) maternal grandparents
(B) Chimney
(C) paternal grandparents
(C) Sofa set
(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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PART—II
( GENERAL STUDIES )
31. The cost of 5 bats and 18 balls is 34. The lengths of two sides of a
R 6,500 and the cost of 2 bats triangle are 8 cm and 9 cm, and
and 20 balls is R 4,200. What its area is 12 5 cm 2 . What is
are the costs of one bat and one the length of the third side?
ball respectively?
(A) R 850, R 125 (A) 5 cm
(B) R 630, R 115
(C) R 780, R 150 (B) 9 cm
(D) More than one of the above
(C) 7 cm
(E) None of the above
32. A shopkeeper purchases an item (D) More than one of the above
at R 615 and sells it at R 820.
What is his percentage profit? (E) None of the above
(A) 25%
(B) 33·33%
(C) 35·50% 35. There are 50 numbers. Each
number is subtracted from 53,
(D) More than one of the above
and the mean of the numbers so
(E) None of the above obtained is found to be -3 × 5.
The mean of the given numbers
33. A hacker finds that the ATM PIN is
of a person has first two digits
ranging from 3 to 8, and the
(A) 56·5
fourth digit is either 0 or 9. How
many attempts must the hacker
try in order to decode the PIN? (B) 53·5
(A) 48
(C) 49·5
(B) 24
(C) 720
(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 ratio of the ages of two 39. The Sun observation point of
brothers is 4 : 3. If the elder Aditya-L1 satellite is
brother is 6 years older than the
younger one, then their ages (in (A) L1
years) are
(B) L2
(A) 24, 18
(B) 36, 30 (C) L3
(C) 15, 9 (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
37. The value of 40. Ginger is an underground stem
and not a root because
æ 1ö æ 1ö æ 1ö æ 1ö
ç1 - ÷ ç1 - ÷ ç1 - ÷ L ç1 - ÷
è 2ø è 3ø è 4ø è nø (A) it stores food material
is (B) it has nodes and inter-
n -1 nodes
(A)
n
(C) it lacks chlorophyll
1
(B)
n (D) More than one of the above
1
(C) (E) None of the above
n +1
(D) More than one of the above
41. The focal length of a convex lens
(E) None of the above
is f L = 10 cm. On immersing in
water, it will act as a
38. The quadratic equation with
roots -1 and 4 is (A) convex lens of f L = 10 cm
(A) x 2 - 3x - 4 = 0
(B) concave lens of f L = 10 cm
2
(B) x + 3x + 3 = 0
(C) convex lens of f L > 10 cm
(C) x 2 - 4x + 1 = 0
(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. Though water is transparent to 44. The speed of an electron in the
visible light, it is not possible to orbit of the hydrogen atom in
see distant objects in fog which the ground state is
consists of fine drops of water.
This is so because (A) c
(B) c /2
(A) fine drops of water are
opaque to visible light (C) c /137
(D) More than one of the above
(B) most of the light is scattered
to create apparent opacity (E) None of the above
(C) light rays suffer total 45. A blackbody radiates energy at
internal reflection and so the rate of E watt per metre 2 at
unable to reach observer’s a high temperature T K. When
eyes the temperature is reduced to
T /3 K, the radiant energy
(D) More than one of the above (in watt per metre 2 ) will be
(A) E /16
(E) None of the above
(B) E /27
(C) E /81
43. Monochromatic light enters from
one medium to the other. Which (D) More than one of the above
one of the following properties
(E) None of the above
does not change?
(A) Frequency 46. The acid which can destroy the
colour of acidic KMnO 4 is
(B) Amplitude (A) CH 3COOH
(B) C 6H 8O 7
(C) Velocity
(C) CH 3CH 2COOH
(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. Who was the writer of ‘Banglar 50. Azali Assoumani, who attended
Mati, Banglar Jal’, which was the G20 Summit in New Delhi as
originally a protest song against the current Chairperson of the
the Partition of Bengal in 1905 African Union which has
by Lord Curzon, and for which become the newest member of
the West Bengal Assembly G20, is the President of which
passed a resolution as the new country in the African Union?
State Anthem recently?
(A) Kazi Nazrul Islam (A) Republic of the Congo
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Sukanta Bhattacharya (B) Gabon
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (C) Comoros
48. Who is the architect of the new (D) More than one of the above
Parliament of India building
inaugurated recently?
(E) None of the above
(A) Bimal Patel
(B) Rahul Mehrotra
(C) Yogesh Kapoor
51. When is the ‘Human Rights Day’
(D) More than one of the above
celebrated annually?
(E) None of the above
(A) 10th November
49. Which one of the following
Indian films was screened at
the 76th Cannes Film Festival (B) 10th December
in May 2023?
(A) Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy
(C) 24th October
(B) Kanu Behl’s Agra
(C) Neeraj Pandey’s Khakee (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 was the founder of ‘Indian 55. In which of the following states
National Army (INA)’? is black soil found?
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(A) Karnataka
(B) Mohan Singh
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Gujarat
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Uttarakhand
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
53. ‘ Tana Bhagat Movement’ was
related to
(E) None of the above
(A) Dalit Movement
(B) Tribal Movement
56. How many types of species of
(C) Peasant Movement flora and fauna are there in
India?
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (A) 81000 species of fauna and
47000 species of flora
54. In which State is ‘Raksha
Bandhan’ celebrated as ‘ Tree (B) 70000 species of fauna and
Safety Day’? 50000 species of flora
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(C) 50000 species of fauna and
(B) Uttar Pradesh 40000 species of flora
(C) Bihar
(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. Minerals are deposited and 60. Stalactite and stalagmite
accumulated in the strata of structures are formed by
which of the following rocks?
(A) wind action
(A) Sedimentary rocks
(B) underground water
(B) Metamorphic rocks
(C) snow action
(C) Igneous rocks
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
61. April 22 is celebrated as the
58. Which one of the following is a
leguminous crop? (A) World Earth Day
(A) Pulse (B) World Health Day
(B) Jowar (C) World Ozone Day
(C) Millet
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
62. Topographical map of India is
59. Which two of the following prepared by which organization?
extreme locations are connected
(A) The Geological Survey of
by the East-West Corridor?
India
(A) Mumbai and Nagpur
(B) The Survey of India
(B) Mumbai and Kolkata
(C) The Zoological Survey of
(C) Silchar and Porbandar India
(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 first described the Revolt of 67. Who was the President of the
1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Indian National Congress at the
Independence’? Gaya Session of 1922?
(A) V. D. Savarkar (A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) R. C. Majumdar (C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
68. Who led the peasants of Bihar
64. Which of the following events
during the Non-Cooperation
happened first?
Movement?
(A) Santhal Rebellion (A) Raj Kumar Shukla
(B) Rebellion of Birsa Munda (B) Swami Vidyanand
(C) Tana Bhagat Movement (C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
65. Which revolt is mentioned in 69. Who founded Hindu College at
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Calcutta in 1817?
novel, Anandamath? (A) Henry Vivian Derozio
(A) Sannyasi (B) David Hare
(B) Pagalpanthi (C) Jonathan Duncan
(C) Indigo (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 70. Who among the following said
that “Congress is to tottering to
66. When were ‘Swadeshi’ and its fall and one of my great
‘Boycott’ first adopted as forms ambitions while in India is to
of struggle in India? assist it to a peaceful demise”?
(A) Partition of Bengal (A) Dufferin
(B) Home Rule Movement (B) Minto
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement (C) Curzon
(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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PART—III
( FINE ARTS )
71. Which Mughal painter, who 75. The cloth paintings that hang
illustrated the epic of behind images in temples of
Ramayana? Nathdwara in Rajasthan is
(A) Sahibdin called
(B) Bhavanidas (A) Pichwai
(C) Govardhan
(B) Palaghata
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Warli
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
72. If Mughal art brings to mind
history painting and portraiture, (E) None of the above
Rajasthani and Pahari artists
are remembered today for 76. The last principle of Shadang,
(A) exotic paintings which refers to the application
(B) Hasya paintings and appropriate disposition of
colours, is
(C) lyrical paintings
(D) More than one of the above (A) Praman
(E) None of the above (B) Varnika Bhangam
73. Which Mughal artist, who (C) Sadrishyam
founded the Kishangarh School? (D) More than one of the above
(A) Sahibdin
(E) None of the above
(B) Govardhan
(C) Bhavanidas
77. Which famous Indian painter
(D) More than one of the above expressed their childhood
(E) None of the above memories of mysterious Indian
forest and drew landscape
74. Which famous character
paintings?
identified her with the heroine of
Nihal Chand’s paintings? (A) M. F. Hussain
(A) Radha (B) G. R. Santosh
(B) Bani Thani
(C) S. H. Raza
(C) Ragini
(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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78. In 1990, S. H. Raza moved onto 81. Which three major types of
the new idea of paintings architecture were found in the
inspired by whom? Buddhist period in India?
(A) Ancient Indian Upanishadic (A) The Stupa, the Sutradhara
philosophy and the Tantric and the Caitya
cult (B) The Stupa, the Vihara and
(B) Ancient Indian Rasas the Caitya
philosophy and the Tantric (C) The Vihara, the Stupa and
cult the Triratna
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Ancient Indian Guna-Dosh
philosophy and the (E) None of the above
progressive cult 82. Choose the odd from the
(D) More than one of the above following.
(A) Engraving
(E) None of the above
(B) Etching
79. Which famous folk paintings, (C) Designing
done by women, were taken up, (D) More than one of the above
transferring the motifs directly (E) None of the above
on to the canvas, by female
83. The effigies of Ravana during
painter Arpana Caur in her early
Dussehra is the popular form of
days?
artistic expression of
(A) Bani Thani (A) painting
(B) Pichwai (B) installation art
(C) Madhubani (C) printmaking
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
84. Studying from varied points of
80. Which Indian emperor was the view, such as tool, material,
first major patron of Buddhist form, size, proportions, positive-
art in India? negative setting and expression
is called
(A) Emperor Chandragupta
(A) mural
(B) Emperor Asoka
(B) painting
(C) Emperor Harshavardhana (C) sculpture
(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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85. Among the visual artists listed 88. Choose the correct order of
one is a printmaker, find out periods of rule in ancient Indian
who. art.
(A) Sankho Chaudhary (A) Maurya, Gupta, Kushana,
Sunga
(B) Dhanraj Bhagat
(B) Maurya, Sunga, Kushana,
(C) Jyoti Bhatt
Gupta
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Sunga, Gupta, Maurya,
(E) None of the above Kushana
(D) More than one of the above
86. Which Indian art gallery is
(E) None of the above
devoted to collecting and
maintaining significant works of
modern Indian art? 89. Match List–I with List–II :
(A) Lalit Kala Akademy Gallery List—I List—II
a. National Centre 1. Delhi
(B) All India Fine Arts and for Performing
Crafts Gallery Arts (NCPA)
(C) National Gallery of Modern b. Bharat Bhavan 2. Ahmedabad
Art c. Garhi Workshop 3. Mumbai
d. Hussain-Doshi 4. Shantiniketan
(D) More than one of the above Gufa
(E) None of the above e. Kala Bhavan 5. Bhopal
Select the correct answer using
87. Which of the following centres of the codes given below.
artistic activity was important
(A) a b c d e
during the Kushan period in
1 3 4 2 5
India?
(B) a b c d e
(A) Mathura
3 5 1 2 4
(B) Sanchi
(C) a b c d e
(C) Gandhara 4 1 2 5 3
(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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90. Arrange the following Rasas of 93. Cubism is a great art movement
Indian aesthetics chronologically in the field of visual art. Choose
from the earliest to the last. the artist who is called the
(a) Hasya Rasa father of cubism.
(A) Juan Gris
(b) Shringar Rasa
(B) Pablo Picasso
(c) Veer Rasa
(C) Georges Braque
(d) Karuna Rasa (D) More than one of the above
(e) Raudra Rasa (E) None of the above
Select the correct answer using
94. Any artistic design repeated and
the codes given below.
produced inter-connections and
(A) b, d, c, a, e obvious directional movements
(B) c, a, d, e, b are called
(A) movement
(C) b, a, d, e, c
(B) rhythm
(D) More than one of the above
(C) pattern
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
91. When lines enclose a space,
then they create 95. The word ‘chiaroscuro’ is an
(A) form important term in visual art
used for
(B) shape
(A) tone and volume
(C) contour
(B) line and rhythm
(D) More than one of the above (C) light and shade
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
92. The most of the seals discovered
from Indus Valley Civilization 96. A copper Buddha found at
are carrying under which Sultanganj, is the only large
technique? piece of metal sculpture
surviving from which period?
(A) Intaglio technique
(A) Gupta
(B) Emboss technique
(B) Sunga
(C) Lost-wax technique (C) Kushana
(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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97. The six limbs of Indian Arts 100. Abanindranath Tagore studied
(Sadang) are dealing with which the Mughal and Rajput Schools
of the following aspects? of painting under the guidance
of
(A) Proportion
(A) Ananda Coomaraswamy
(B) Expression
(C) Representation (B) E. B. Havell
(D) More than one of the above (C) Rabindranath Tagore
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
98. The major painting series for the
Razmnama was commenced in
1582 under the supervision of 101. When was Delhi Silpi Chakra
which Mughal painter? Group founded?
(A) Basawan (A) 25 March, 1948
(B) Abdus Samad
(B) 25 March, 1949
(C) Daswanth
(C) 25 March, 1950
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
99. In Jahangir period, illustrated
manuscripts gave way to 102. Sewak Ram was the well-
self-contained, decorated established artist of which style
albums of miniature paintings of painting?
are called
(A) Kalighat
(A) Furaqqas
(B) Mewar Style
(B) Muraqqas
(C) Pietra Dura (C) Patna Kalam
(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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103. The covering of the many 106. Masulipatnam was the great
varieties of creative expression, centre of the traditional art of
such as painting, sculpture, which style?
poetry, music, dance and
architecture are called (A) Kalamkari
(A) kala arts (B) Warli
(B) visual arts (C) Pichwai
(C) junk arts (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
107. Which Mughal painter, a colorist
104. Who created a large body of
by preference was given the title
paintings, drawings, water
Nadir-uz-Zaman by the
colours and oleographs on the
sovereign?
lines of the British academic
tradition? (A) Abul Hasan
(A) Ananda Coomaraswamy (B) Ustad Mansur
(B) E. B. Havell
(C) Abdus Samad
(C) Raja Ravi Verma
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
105. Which Mughal emperor claims 108. The most prominent decoration
to have discovered so many work that had been a feature of
different master artworks that Mughal architecture since the
he could trace each painter’s time of Jahangir was
stroke in the artwork?
(A) Muraqqas
(A) Emperor Akbar
(B) Muqarnas
(B) Emperor Jahangir
(C) Pietra Dura
(C) Emperor Shah Jahan
(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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109. Who was the inventor of the 112. The basic material of all types of
photography? pottery is
(A) George Eastman (A) plaster of Paris
(B) Fox Talbot (B) sand
(C) Daguerre (C) clay
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
110. The greatest master of engraving 113. What types of arts are found in
in the 16th century was Badami Caves?
(A) Thomas Bewick (A) Statues
(B) Albrecht Dürer (B) Drawing pictures
(C) Peter Paul Rubens (C) Mural paintings
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
111. The various forms of 114. The wall paintings found in the
communication that carry Cave of Sittanavasal resemble
advertising are known as the which style of wall paintings?
(A) media (A) Badami style
(B) production (B) Ajanta style
(C) press designer (C) Ellora style
(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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115. The famous painter, Mola Ram 118. Where the Pop art was very
belongs to which Pahari style of much accepted?
painting?
(A) Italy
(A) Kangra style
(B) USA
(B) Garhwal style
(C) UK
(C) Guler style
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
119. Trinale is an International
116. The white clay, also called Contemporary Art Exhibition
kaolin, is used for making of organized in every
(A) furniture
(A) two years
(B) porcelain
(B) three years
(C) armature
(C) four years
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
117. Which type of artwork from
clays was fired at higher 120. Which one is the famous painter
temperatures for much harder? of Pahari style?
(A) Porcelain (A) Nainsukh
(B) Earthenware (B) Govardhan
(C) Stoneware (C) Vichitra
(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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121. The form of art in which optical 124. During whose reign was the
illusions are created called? great temple at Brihadeshwara
in Thanjavur built?
(A) Kinetic art
(A) Cholas
(B) Pop art
(B) Pandyas
(C) Op art
(C) Rashtrakutas
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
122. An art that has imagery of folk
art, emphasizes form and 125. The first Indian School of Art
expression and often looks was started at
child-like, is called
(A) Mumbai
(A) primitive art
(B) Bangalore
(B) printmaking
(C) Madras
(C) Art Deco
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
123. Representing three-dimensional 126. To which period does the seated
form and space on a flat surface image of Buddha found from
is called Katra (Mathura) belong?
(A) composition (A) Sunga
(B) element (B) Kushana
(C) perspective (C) Gupta
(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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127. Dhvani Siddhant of Indian 130. 1930’s Op art derived from the
aesthetic was propounded by constructivist practices of the
(A) Anand Vardhan (A) Bauhaus School
(B) Bharata Muni
(B) Royal Academy
(C) Varahamihira
(C) Roy Lichtenstein School
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
128. Which of the following two
names are related?
131. In the ‘Bullfight’ series, Picasso
(A) M. F. Hussain and Madhuri
used
Dixit
(B) Abanindranath Tagore and (A) offset lithography
J. Swaminathan
(B) soft ground
(C) Kala Bhavan and Nandalal
Bose (C) relief etching
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
129. Choose the sequence in
chronological orders.
132. ‘Master of Colours’, choose the
(A) Revivalist, Progressive, name of the great artist.
Patta painting, Abstraction
(A) Henri Rousseau
(B) Patta painting, Revivalist,
Abstraction, Progressive (B) Raoul Dufy
(C) Patta painting, Revivalist, (C) Henri Matisse
Progressive, Abstraction
(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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133. The ‘Fountain’ Dadaism 136. Lothal and Kalibangan both are
installation work done by
(A) situated in Gujarat
(A) Tristan Tzara
(B) pre-Mauryan sites
(B) Marcel Duchamp
(C) Harappan sites
(C) Raoul Hausmann
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
137. Name the famous European
134. Post-impressionism art coined painter who depicted invariably
by long neck of female figures.
(A) Louise Leroy (A) Picasso
(B) Roger Fry (B) Modigliani
(C) Charles Baudelaire (C) Max Ernst
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
135. Evidence of earliest rock-cut 138. William Blake represents to
architecture was found at which phase of art?
(A) Ajanta Caves (A) Romanticism
(B) Lomas Rishi Caves (B) Impressionism
(C) Kailashnath Temple, Ellora (C) Surrealism
(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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139. Three-dimensional art is known 142. Gothic cathedrals, monuments
as and tombs are decorated with
the use of
(A) Plastic Art
(A) murals
(B) Sculpture Art
(B) paintings
(C) Pictorial Art
(C) sculptures
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
140. Name the painter of “Jallianwala
Bagh—Symbol of Urge for 143. The ‘Sistine Chapel’ at the
Freedom”. Vatican is the finest work
created by which artist?
(A) F. N. Souza
(A) Tintoretto
(B) K. S. Kulkarni
(B) Michelangelo
(C) Pran Nath Mago
(C) Raphael Sanzio
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
141. Which art gradually replaced the 144. In the later 16th century, a more
Romanesque style from the mid- dramatic and emotional style of
12th century? painting is known as
(A) Baroque art (A) surrealism
(B) Gothic art (B) romanticism
(C) Roman art (C) mannerism
(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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145. Dadaism gave way to a more 148. The technique, in which the
sober movement is known as design is scratched onto a metal
plate and then eaten away with
(A) cubism acid is called
(B) surrealism (A) carving
(C) futurism (B) engraving
(D) More than one of the above (C) etching
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
146. In the United States, Alexander
Calder created a new form of
sculpture with hanging 149. The method of shaping
constructions is called sculptures by pouring molten
metal, into a mould is known as
(A) recycle art
(A) cire-perdue
(B) mobiles art
(B) casting
(C) trash art
(C) encaustic
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
147. Who among the following artists 150. Which of the following methods
used a technique of pouring or of using perspective and
dribbling paint onto a canvas as foreshortening to make the
a means of expressing his viewer think the scene depicted
subconscious creative impulses? is real?
(A) Mark Rothko (A) Illumination
(B) Willem de Kooning (B) Illusionism
(C) Jackson Pollock (C) Impasto
(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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Bihar Public Service Commission
School Teacher Written (Objective) Competitive Examination (Advt. No. 27/2023)
Examination Date : 08.12.2023
FINAL ANSWER KEY : LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND FINE ARTS
SERIES - A
1 C 31 A 61 A 91 B 121 C
2 B 32 B 62 B 92 A 122 A
3 A 33 C 63 A 93 D 123 C
4 D 34 C 64 A 94 C 124 A
5 B 35 A 65 A 95 C 125 C
6 E 36 A 66 A 96 A 126 B
7 C 37 B 67 A 97 D 127 A
8 B 38 A 68 B 98 D 128 D
9 B 39 A 69 B 99 B 129 C
10 C 40 B 70 C 100 B 130 A
11 A 41 C 71 A 101 B 131 A
12 A 42 B 72 C 102 C 132 C
13 C 43 A 73 C 103 A 133 B
14 B 44 C 74 D 104 C 134 B
15 D 45 C 75 A 105 B 135 B
16 D 46 B 76 B 106 A 136 C
17 B 47 B 77 C 107 A 137 B
18 C 48 A 78 A 108 C 138 A
19 D 49 D 79 C 109 C 139 D
20 D 50 C 80 B 110 B 140 C
21 B 51 B 81 B 111 A 141 B
22 D 52 B 82 C 112 C 142 D
23 E 53 B 83 B 113 D 143 B
24 A 54 C 84 D 114 B 144 C
25 A 55 D 85 C 115 B 145 B
26 C 56 A 86 C 116 B 146 B
27 B 57 A 87 D 117 D 147 C
28 A 58 A 88 B 118 B 148 C
29 D 59 C 89 B 119 B 149 D
30 A 60 B 90 C 120 A 150 BPage 1 of 48
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