Bihar Secondary Teacher 2023: TRE 2.0, Class 9 to 10, Social Science
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23/MAV/M–2023–10 Booklet Series
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A
LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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consists of Question Nos. 31 to 70 and Part–III, History consists of Question Nos. H-1 to H-40,
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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
( HISTORY )
H-1. Who described for the first time H-4. In which year of his reign did
about the Harappa in 1826? Ashoka visit Bodh Gaya?
(A) Charles Masson (A) 9th
(B) Alexander Cunningham (B) 10th
(C) John Marshall (C) 11th
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-2. Which Harappan site gives the H-5. In which inscription did Ashoka
evidence of wooden carved show his faith in Tri-Ratna?
drain?
(A) Bhabru
(A) Lothal
(B) Jaugada
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Maski
(C) Ropar
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-3. Which Mauryan ruler has been H-6. What was ‘Varta’ during the
addressed as ‘Sandrocottus’ ? Mauryan period?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya (A) Officers’ visit
(B) Bindusara (B) Domestication of animal
(C) Ashoka (C) Agricultural work
(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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H-7. What was ‘Rupajiva’ during H-10. Which phase is considered as
the Mauryan period? the ‘Renaissance period’ ?
(A) Trade and commerce (A) 12th–14th centuries
(B) Domestication of animal (B) 13th–15th centuries
and agriculture
(C) 14th–16th centuries
(C) Slavery
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-8. Kautilya mentions how many H-11. Who was Michelangelo in the
types of slaves? ‘Renaissance period’?
(A) 7 (A) Religious reformer
(B) 8 (B) Dictator
(C) 9 (C) Painter
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-9. With which field was
H-12. Who was Harsha’s Chief
‘Sangrahan’ associated in the
Secretary?
Mauryan administration?
(A) Avanti
(A) Land revenue
(B) Religion (B) Bhandi
(C) Judiciary (C) Singhnad
(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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H-13. Whom did Bhaskaravarman H-16. Which Chola ruler defeated the
send to Harshavardhana as Sinhal ruler Mahendra V?
an ambassador?
(A) Aditya I
(A) Madhav Gupta
(B) Rajendra I
(B) Sharabh Ketu
(C) Rajaraja I
(C) Hansbeg
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-14. Which officer was called ‘Chat H-17. Who invented ‘Flying Shuttle’ ?
and Bhat’ during Harsha’s
(A) Arkwright
period?
(A) Revenue (B) John Kay
(B) Military (C) Abraham Darby
(C) Police (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-18. In which year did George
Stephenson start railway
H-15. Which Chola ruler got victory
between Liverpool to
over the whole ‘Dravidian State’
Manchester?
for the first time?
(A) 1826
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Vijayalaya (B) 1829
(C) Parantaka I (C) 1833
(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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H-19. Who wrote the book, The H-22. On which island was Napoleon
Wealth of Nations? Bonaparte born?
(A) David Ricardo (A) Corsica
(B) Machiavelli (B) Elba
(C) Adam Smith (C) St. Helena
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-23. Who wrote the famous book
H-20. What was ‘tithe’? named The Spirit of the Laws ?
(A) Salt tax (A) Diderot
(B) Agriculture tax (B) Rousseau
(C) Religious tax (C) Montesquieu
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-24. On which price did
H-21. Who wrote Discourse on
Qutb-ud-din Aibak purchase
Inequality (Second Discourse)?
Iltutmish?
(A) Montesquieu
(A) Fifty lakh Jitals
(B) Voltaire (B) One lakh Jitals
(C) Rousseau (C) Two lakh Jitals
(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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H-25. In which year did Iltutmish H-29. What was the last victory of
get recognition by the Caliph Akbar?
of Baghdad? (A) Gondwana
(A) 1227 (B) Gujarat
(B) 1228
(C) Asirgarh
(C) 1229
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-30. At which place did Akbar
H-26. During the reign of which construct Ibadat Khana?
Sultan was a new post ‘Naib-e-
(A) Agra
mumlikat’ created?
(B) Delhi
(A) Bahram Shah
(B) Alauddin Masud Shah (C) Fatehpur Sikri
(C) Nasiruddin Mahmud (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-31. Who was the Mughal ruler at
the time of the Battle of
H-27. On which duty was Balban
Plassey?
appointed for the first time?
(A) Shah Alam II
(A) Amir-i-Shikar
(B) Akbar II
(B) Amir-i-Hajib
(C) Khassa-Dar (C) Alamgir II
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-28. Which Sultan of Delhi H-32. At the time of the Battle of
constructed his tomb during Buxar, who was the Governor
his lifetime? of Bengal?
(A) Iltutmish (A) Holwell
(B) Balban (B) Vansittart
(C) Alauddin Khilji (C) Clive
(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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H-33. Who was incharge of the H-37. In which year did the
English Company at Patna at Muzaffarpur Bomb Case
the time of the Buxar War? happen?
(A) Ellis (A) 1907
(B) Holwell (B) 1908
(C) Verelst (C) 1909
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-34. Who led the Revolt of 1857 at H-38. How many volunteers were
Faizabad (Ayodhya)? accompanied Gandhiji in the
(A) Khan Bahadur Dandi March?
(A) 98
(B) Liaquat Ali
(B) 78
(C) Maulvi Ahmadullah
(C) 87
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
H-35. Who was the Viceroy of India
at the time of foundation of the H-39. At which place was Ghadar
Indian National Congress? Party founded?
(A) Dufferin (A) Berlin
(B) Ripon (B) San Francisco
(C) Curzon (C) Atlanta
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
H-36. In which year was the Indian H-40. On which date was the
National Congress divided/split Constituent Assembly held its
for the first time? First Session?
(A) 1905 (A) 5th December, 1946
(B) 1907 (B) 9th December, 1946
(C) 1909 (C) 14th December, 1946
(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
( GEOGRAPHY )
G-1. In which year was the Inter- G-4. In which year was the National
national Earth Summit held? Wildlife Protection Act imple-
mented?
(A) 1991
(A) 1971
(B) 1992 (B) 1972
(C) 1973
(C) 1994
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above G-5. Which tree is worshipped by
the Mundas and the Santhals
of Chota Nagpur region?
G-2. Who authored the book, Small
(A) Mango
Is Beautiful ?
(B) Tamarind
(A) Michael (C) Mahua
(B) Schumacher (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(C) David
G-6. What percentage of area of
(D) More than one of the above India is covered with plateau?
(E) None of the above (A) 27
(B) 37
(C) 43
G-3. In which year was the Border
(D) More than one of the above
Roads Organisation (BRO)
established? (E) None of the above
(A) 1960 G-7. What is the total geographical
area of India?
(B) 1965 (A) 3·18 million sq. km
(C) 1967 (B) 3·28 million sq. km
(C) 3·38 million sq. km
(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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G-8. What is the desired percentage G-11. Lepcha folk song belongs to
of forest cover in India which part of the country?
according to the National
Forest Policy of 1952? (A) Northern Ladakh
(A) 67% (B) Northern Himachal
(B) 33% (C) Northern Darjeeling
(C) 55%
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
G-12. In which State is Bandhavgarh
G-9. Which type of soil has higher National Park situated?
concentration of Kanker
nodules? (A) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Khadar (B) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Bangar (C) Rajasthan
(C) Laterite
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
G-13. Which State of India has the
G-10. If the top soil is washed away, largest forest cover by area?
what is it called?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(A) Gully erosion
(B) Sikkim
(B) Sheet erosion
(C) Badland erosion (C) Madhya Pradesh
(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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G-14. Which of the following conser- G-17. Which among the following
vation strategies does not rivers creates estuary?
directly involve community 1. Mahi
participation? 2. Tapti
(A) Joint forest management 3. Pennar
4. Narmada
(B) Beej Bachao Andolan Select the correct answer.
(C) Demarcation of wildlife (A) 1 and 2
sanctuaries (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
G-18. Over which river is Sardar
G-15. What percentage of electricity Sarovar Dam built?
is contributed by hydroelectric (A) Krishna
power projects in India? (B) Narmada
(A) 32 (C) Cauveri
(D) More than one of the above
(B) 36 (E) None of the above
(C) 22 G-19. In which State of India, rain-
(D) More than one of the above water is known as Palar Pani?
(A) Haryana
(E) None of the above (B) Punjab
(C) Rajasthan
G-16. What per capita per day (D) More than one of the above
potable drinking water supply (E) None of the above
is needed according to the Jal
G-20. Which State in India has made
Jeevan Mission of India?
rooftop rainwater harvesting
(A) 85 L structure compulsory to all the
houses?
(B) 65 L
(A) Tamil Nadu
(C) 55 L (B) Kerala
(C) Goa
(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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G-21. In which country is ‘slash and G-24. Which State of India produced
burn’ agriculture known as the largest amount of groundnut
Milpa? in 2019–20?
(A) Congo (A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Mexico (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Venezuela (C) Gujarat
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
G-25. What percentage of concen-
G-22. Who initiated the movement of tration of iron is there in
Bloodless Revolution? magnetite ore?
(A) Shakuntala Bai (A) 67
(B) Vinoba Bhave (B) 70
(C) Jason Reddy (C) 74
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
G-26. In which State is Ratnagiri
G-23. In sugarcane production in the
District Iron Ore Deposit
world, the rank of India is
located?
(A) 4th
(A) Goa
(B) 3rd (B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) 2nd (C) Maharashtra
(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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G-27. In which State is Ankleshwar G-30. Under which type of sector
Oil Field located? does BHEL (Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited) come?
(A) Gujarat (A) Public
(B) Private
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Joint
(C) Rajasthan (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
G-31. In which year was the
(E) None of the above
first successful textile mill
established in Mumbai?
(A) 1854
G-28. Where is the Geothermal Plant
of Parvati Valley located? (B) 1864
(C) 1874
(A) Jammu & Kashmir (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(B) Ladakh
G-32. Where is Bhadravathi Iron and
(C) Himachal Pradesh
Steel Plant located?
(D) More than one of the above (A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(E) None of the above (C) Tamil Nadu
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
G-29. Which is non-metallic mineral?
G-33. Which plateau of India has
(A) Iron
the highest concentration of
iron and steel industries?
(B) Manganese
(A) Chota Nagpur Plateau
(C) Mica (B) Meghalaya Plateau
(C) Marwar Plateau
(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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G-34. The height of stratosphere is G-37. Out of the following, which
one is named as the National
(A) 25 km Waterway 1?
(A) Sadiya–Dhubri
(B) 50 km
(B) Allahabad–Haldia
(C) 75 km (C) Kottapuram–Kollam
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above G-38. In how many zones is Indian
Railways reorganized?
(A) 8
G-35. The length of Atal Tunnel is (B) 12
(C) 16
(A) 9·02 km
(D) More than one of the above
(B) 9·8 km (E) None of the above
(C) 10·08 km G-39. Name the first crude oil
pipeline transport network of
(D) More than one of the above India.
(A) Hazira–Vijaipur
(E) None of the above (B) Assam–Kanpur
(C) Guwahati–Siliguri
(D) More than one of the above
G-36. Which is the biggest port of
India? (E) None of the above
G-40. In which place was the first
(A) Hubli
jute mill set up in India in
1855?
(B) Mumbai
(A) Hubli
(C) Coimbatore (B) Sasaram
(C) Rishra
(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
( ECONOMICS )
E-1. India’s per capita net national E-4. According to NFHS-5 survey,
income (at current prices) in which State of India was
the year 2022–23 was maximum multi-dimensionally
(A) R 1,62,000 poor?
(B) R 1,70,000 (A) Uttar Pradesh
(C) R 1,72,000
(B) Bihar
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Jharkhand
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
E-2. Which of the following concepts
of unemployment estimate has (E) None of the above
developed by the NSSO in India?
(A) Usual status unemploy- E-5. What was the percentage
ment proportion of multi-dimensional
(B) Current weekly status rural poverty in India in
unemployment 2019–21?
(C) Current daily status (A) 19·28 percent
unemployment
(B) 32·59 percent
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (C) 5·27 percent
(D) More than one of the above
E-3. Which one of the following
poverty alleviation programmes (E) None of the above
was started in earlier phase in
India?
E-6. What is the cause of improve-
(A) Integrated Rural Develop- ment in multi-dimensional
ment Programme poverty in India?
(B) Mahatma Gandhi National
(A) Improvement in nutrition
Rural Employment Guar-
antee Scheme (B) Sanitations
(C) Swarna Jayanti Gram (C) Cooking fuel
Swarozgar Yojana
(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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E-7. Which of the following sectors E-10. What do you understand by
contributed maximum in Gross cropping intensity?
State Domestic Production in
Bihar in 2021–22? (A) Raising of a number of
crops from the same field
(A) Primary sector during one agricultural
(B) Secondary sector year
(C) Tertiary sector (B) A number of crops from
the many fields
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (C) One crop from the different
fields
E-8. What was the Credit-Deposit (D) More than one of the above
ratio of Bihar in 2021–22?
(E) None of the above
(A) 41·2 percent
(B) 44·2 percent
E-11. The growth rate of Bihar in
(C) 72·1 percent 2021–22 was
(D) More than one of the above (A) 8·68 percent
(E) None of the above
(B) 11·43 percent
E-9. Which of the following is (C) 10·98 percent
related to human development
(D) More than one of the above
in Bihar?
(A) Expenditure on health (E) None of the above
and education increases
11 times and 8 times
E-12. What was the estimated
respectively in 16 years
population of Bihar in 2022?
(B) Life expectancy in Bihar is
69·5 years (A) 10·49 crore
(C) Institutional delivery (B) 11·49 crore
increased from 22 percent
(C) 12·49 crore
to 76·6 percent
(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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E-13. Increase in the level of output E-16. Which one of the following is
of the economy is achieved not near money?
through
(A) Bond
(A) greater employment
opportunity in the economy (B) Debenture
(B) employing better technology (C) Demand deposit of banks
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
E-17. “Money is a basis of store of
E-14. What was the productivity of value.” This function of money
millet per hectare in Bihar in is
2021–22?
(A) primary function
(A) 5148 kilograms per
hectare (B) secondary function
(B) 5098 kilograms per (C) contingent function
hectare
(D) More than one of the above
(C) 5245 kilograms per
hectare (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above E-18. Which of the following is
correct?
E-15. Less employment of females in (A) Money is the backbone of
comparison to males is an capitalistic system
indication of
(B) Money is a means of
(A) economic backwardness capital formation
(B) social backwardness (C) Money is a link between
(C) Both (A) and (B) present and future
(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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E-19. In which of the following years E-23. When is ‘World Consumer Day’
the Banking Regulation Act observed?
enacted in India? (A) 15th February
(A) 1935 (B) 15th March
(B) 1947 (C) 15th January
(C) 1949 (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
E-24. How many tier system
E-20. The first step in the direction of envisages the Consumer
globalization was Protection Act, 2019 to redress
(A) movement of capital consumer disputes?
(B) trade in goods and services (A) One-tier
(C) flow of finance (B) Two-tier
(D) More than one of the above (C) Three-tier
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
E-21. What was the main purpose of
‘Washington Consensus’? E-25. Which of the following is not a
(A) To control State economy cooperative principle?
(B) Privatization and liberal- (A) Democratic control
ization of the State-owned (B) Right to vote
companies (C) Self-help through mutual
(C) To promote government help
intervention (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
E-26. Which of the following is lower
E-22. Investments on skills, expertise level of agricultural credit
and knowledge of people in a societies in India?
nation is referred to as (A) Primary Agricultural Credit
(A) capital formation Societies
(B) human capital formation (B) Central Cooperative Bank
(C) financial capital formation (C) State Cooperative Bank
(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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E-27. When was the Human Rights E-31. Which of the following
Commission established? statements is not correct?
(A) 1944 (A) 1950 to 1990 decade
(B) 1945 was less comparatively
(C) 1946 industrial.
(D) More than one of the above (B) Growth rate decreased in
(E) None of the above 1980 decade.
(C) Service sector’s growth
E-28. Which of the following provides promoted agricultural and
refinance facilities to cooperative industrial sectors.
banks in India?
(D) More than one of the above
(A) The Reserve Bank of India
(B) NABARD (E) None of the above
(C) The Central Bank of India
E-32. Which services have grown
(D) More than one of the above
rapidly in Indian economy after
(E) None of the above 1991?
E-29. When was the Human Rights (A) Business services
Conservation Act passed in (B) Communication services
India?
(C) Banking services
(A) 18th December, 1993
(B) 18th December, 1992 (D) More than one of the above
(C) 18th December, 1994 (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above E-33. What is the main reason for
rapid services growth in the
E-30. Which of the following United Indian economy in recent
Nations Conferences accepted years?
human rights for rights of
(A) Splintering
women?
(B) Demand-side impetus to
(A) Beijing-Vienna
growth
(B) Beijing-Moscow
(C) Role of policy liberalization
(C) Vienna-New York
(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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E-34. Which sector has the highest E-38. Find the odd one out among
contribution in gross domestic the following.
product in 2021?
(A) State Bank of India
(A) Primary sector
(B) Secondary sector (B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Tertiary sector (C) Reserve Bank of 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
E-35. Bihar Finance Minister, Vijay
Chaudhary presented a budget
of how many rupees for E-39. Commercial Banks normally do
2023–24? not pay any interest on
(A) R 2,60,500 (crore)
(A) demand deposits
(B) R 2,70,500 (crore)
(C) R 2,61,885·40 (crore) (B) short-term deposits
(D) More than one of the above (C) time deposits
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
E-36. What was the place of India
(E) None of the above
in foreign direct investment
according to the World
Investment Report, 2022? E-40. The RBI needs to control the
(A) Sixth supply of credit in an economy
(B) Seventh because
(C) Eighth (A) credit is not a good sign of
(D) More than one of the above a healthy economy
(E) None of the above
(B) credit may expose bank
E-37. Which of the following is not customers to unnecessary
a label of automated teller risks
machine (ATM)? (C) uncontrolled increase in
(A) Brown label ATM credit may prove
(B) White label ATM inflationary
(C) Bank-owned ATM
(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
( POLITICAL SCIENCE )
P-1. Which country attained P-4. Who presided over the first
independence from White meeting of the Constituent
minority rule in 1980? Assembly?
(A) Zimbabwe (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Belgium (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Fizi (C) Sachchidananda Sinha
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
P-5. India is a Democratic Republic
P-2. Which is not a valid argument because the Constitution of
against democracy? India has provided for
(A) It leads to instability (A) an elected President
(B) It leads to corruption (B) an Adult Franchise
(C) It causes delay (C) an elected Parliament
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
P-6. Powers shared among different
P-3. Which country does not follow
organs of the government is
Universal Adult Franchise?
known as
(A) Estonia
(A) division of powers
(B) Fizi (B) separation of powers
(C) Saudi Arabia (C) decentralization of powers
(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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P-7. The National Human Rights P-10. The minimum age to become
Commission the member of the Gram Sabha
is
(A) is a statutory body
(A) 21 years
(B) was established in 1993
(B) 18 years
(C) is a multimembered body
(C) 25 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
P-8. Who called the Right to P-11. The term of the Council of
Constitutional Remedies the States is
‘heart and soul’ of our
Constitution? (A) 5 years
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) 6 years
(B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (C) It is a permanent chamber
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
P-12. Which Constitutional Amend-
ment Act provides for
33 percent reservation of seats
P-9. In which year, Sri Lanka
for women in the Lok Sabha
emerged as an independent
and in the State Legislative
country?
Assemblies?
(A) 1949
(A) 106th
(B) 1956 (B) 128th
(C) 1946 (C) 73rd
(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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P-13. In which year was Electors P-17. The Indian Parliament
Photo Identity Card introduced comprises of
in India?
(A) the Lok Sabha and the
(A) 1991 President
(B) 1989 (B) the Lok Sabha and the
(C) 2004 Rajya Sabha
(D) More than one of the above (C) the President, the Lok
(E) None of the above Sabha and the Rajya
Sabha
P-14. In the division of legislative
(D) More than one of the above
powers between the Union and
the States, the Union is more (E) None of the above
powerful because
(A) it has more number of P-18. The tenure of the Indian Prime
powers Minister is
(B) it has important powers (A) till the pleasure of the
(C) it has residuary powers President
(D) More than one of the above (B) so long as he/she enjoys
(E) None of the above the support of the majority
of the Lok Sabha members
P-15. Bharatiya Janata Party was
founded in (C) indefinite
(A) 1951 (D) More than one of the above
(B) 1980 (E) None of the above
(C) 1998
(D) More than one of the above P-19. Which Article of the Indian
(E) None of the above Constitution provides that ‘the
superintendence, direction and
P-16. In India, the most important control of elections to be vested
factor affecting voting in an Election Commission’ ?
behaviour is (A) 324
(A) language
(B) 289
(B) religion
(C) 329
(C) caste
(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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P-20. Which of the following group of P-24. In a federal setup, there must
States have more than 40 Lok be
Sabha Constituencies each? (A) Written Constitution
(A) Uttar Pradesh, (B) Rigid Constitution
Maharashtra, Bihar
(C) Supremacy of the
(B) Uttar Pradesh, Constitution
Maharashtra, West Bengal
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Uttar Pradesh,
(E) None of the above
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
(D) More than one of the above P-25. In India, the Council of
(E) None of the above Ministers includes
(A) Cabinet Ministers
P-21. The Right to Information Act
was passed by the Indian (B) Ministers of State
Parliament in the year (C) Deputy Ministers
(A) 2009 (D) More than one of the above
(B) 1986 (E) None of the above
(C) 2005
P-26. The Eleventh Schedule of the
(D) More than one of the above
Constitution relating to the
(E) None of the above Panchayati Raj contains
P-22. Gram Panchayat is accountable (A) 29 Subjects
to which of the following? (B) 18 Subjects
(A) Panchayat Samiti (C) 33 Subjects
(B) Zilla Parishad (D) More than one of the above
(C) Block Development Officer (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
P-27. Who is the current Chairman
(E) None of the above
of the National Human Rights
P-23. Justice M. M. Punchhi Commission?
Commission is related to (A) Justice Ranganath Mishra
(A) Electoral Reforms (B) Justice J. S. Verma
(B) Union-State Relations (C) Justice Arun Kumar
(C) Local Self-Government Mishra
(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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P-28. When election is held before P-31. In India, the voting age
the expiry of the normal term of was reduced from 21 years to
the legislature, it is called 18 years by which one of
the following Constitutional
(A) Mid-term Election
Amendment Acts?
(B) By-Election (A) 61st
(C) General Election (B) 65th
(C) 74th
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
P-32. The Election Commission of
P-29. A democratic government is a India
better government because
(A) is an autonomous body
(A) it is more accountable (B) is a constitutional body
(C) was established on 25th
(B) it improves the quality of
January, 1950
decision making
(D) More than one of the above
(C) it enhances the dignity of (E) None of the above
citizens
P-33. Originally, how many
(D) More than one of the above
Fundamental Rights were
(E) None of the above recognized by the Indian
Constitution?
P-30. Which of the following is a false (A) Six
statement about the Mandal (B) Seven
Commission? (C) Ten
(D) More than one of the above
(A) It was headed by B. P.
Mandal. (E) None of the above
(B) It presented its report in P-34. The function of the political
1980. party is
(A) to mobilize public opinion
(C) Its recommendations were
implemented in 1990. (B) to provide policy options
(C) to capture political power
(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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P-35. The State religion of India is P-38. Who appoints the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court in India?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Buddhism (A) The Prime Minister
(C) Jainism (B) The Cabinet
(D) More than one of the above (C) The President of India
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
P-36. Which of the following (E) None of the above
freedoms is not available to an
Indian citizen under the
Constitution? P-39. In modern times which country
was the first to give women
(A) Freedom of Speech and voting rights?
Expression
(A) England
(B) Freedom to form Asso-
ciations and Unions (B) New Zealand
(C) Freedom to reside in any
(C) United States of America
part of the country
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
P-37. The slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’
was given by the Congress P-40. Which one of the following is
Party in which of the following not a Regional Political Party?
Lok Sabha elections?
(A) National Conference
(A) 1977
(B) Indian National Lok Dal
(B) 1967
(C) Haryana Vikas Party
(C) 1971
(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 SOCIAL SCIENCE
SERIES - A
1 C 41 C H-11 C G-11 C
2 B 42 B H-12 B G-12 B
3 A 43 A H-13 C G-13 C
4 D 44 C H-14 C G-14 C
5 B 45 C H-15 A G-15 C
6 E 46 B H-16 D G-16 C
7 C 47 B H-17 B G-17 A
8 B 48 A H-18 E G-18 B
9 B 49 D H-19 C G-19 C
10 C 50 C H-20 C G-20 A
11 A 51 B H-21 C G-21 B
12 A 52 B H-22 A G-22 B
13 C 53 B H-23 C G-23 C
14 B 54 C H-24 B G-24 C
15 D 55 D H-25 C G-25 B
16 D 56 A H-26 A G-26 C
17 B 57 A H-27 C G-27 A
18 C 58 A H-28 A G-28 C
19 D 59 C H-29 C G-29 C
20 D 60 B H-30 C G-30 A
21 B 61 A H-31 C G-31 A
22 D 62 B H-32 B G-32 B
23 E 63 A H-33 A G-33 A
24 A 64 A H-34 C G-34 B
25 A 65 A H-35 A G-35 A
26 C 66 A H-36 B G-36 B
27 B 67 A H-37 B G-37 B
28 A 68 B H-38 B G-38 C
29 D 69 B H-39 B G-39 E
30 A 70 C H-40 B G-40 C
31 A H-1 A G-1 B E-1 C
32 B H-2 B G-2 B E-2 D
33 C H-3 A G-3 A E-3 A
34 C H-4 B G-4 B E-4 B
35 A H-5 A G-5 C E-5 A
36 A H-6 D G-6 A E-6 D
37 B H-7 E G-7 B E-7 C
38 A H-8 C G-8 B E-8 B
39 A H-9 A G-9 B E-9 D
40 B H-10 C G-10 B E-10 A
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-2- E-11 C E-29 A P-7 D P-25 D E-12 C E-30 A P-8 B P-26 A E-13 C E-31 B P-9 E P-27 C E-14 A E-32 B P-10 B P-28 A E-15 C E-33 D P-11 C P-29 D E-16 C E-34 C P-12 A P-30 E E-17 B E-35 C P-13 E P-31 A E-18 D E-36 B P-14 D P-32 D E-19 C E-37 D P-15 B P-33 B E-20 D E-38 C P-16 C P-34 D E-21 B E-39 A P-17 C P-35 E E-22 B E-40 C P-18 B P-36 E E-23 B P-1 A P-19 A P-37 C E-24 C P-2 E P-20 B P-38 C E-25 B P-3 D P-21 C P-39 B E-26 A P-4 C P-22 E P-40 C E-27 B P-5 A P-23 B E-28 B P-6 B P-24 D
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Source: Bihar Public Service Commission. Question paper published by Bihar Public Service Commission.