Bihar Secondary Teacher 2024: TRE 3.0, Class 9 to 10, English
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12/MAV/M-2024-01 Booklet Series
Candidate’s Roll Number
E Serial No.
Question Booklet
LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH
Time Allowed : 2:30 Hours Maximum Marks : 150
Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
1. This Question Booklet is divided into three Parts–Part–I, Part–II and Part–III. Part–I contains questions of
Language (Qualifying), Part–II contains questions of General Studies and Part –III contains questions of
English.
2. Part–I, Language (Qualifying) consists of Question Nos. 1 to 30. In Part–I, English Language consists of
Question Nos. E-1 to E-8 (common for all), Hindi Language consists of Question Nos. H-9 to H-30, Urdu
Language consists of Question Nos. U-9 to U-30 and Bengali Language consists of Question Nos. B-9 to B-30
(Students are required to choose the questions from any one language out of three languages). Part-II consists
of Question Nos. 31 to 70 (the questions and their responses are printed in English and Hindi versions both)
and Part–III consists of Question Nos. 71 to 150.
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PART - I
(English Language)
Directions (Q. Nos. E-1 to E-5) Read the passage E-4. When did Amitabh got recognition as a movie
given below and answer the questions that follow : star in India?
(A) 1966
Amitabh Bachchan, popularly known as big B, was (B) 1969
born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on 11 October 1942.
(C) 1973
He is an iconic actor whose career in Indian Cinema
(D) More than one of the above
has spanned four decades. His father H.R. Bachchan
(E) None of the above
was a well-known Hindi poet. (Bachchan is actually
his father’s pen name but has now become the family E-5. Which film of the following is Amitabh’s first
surname) Amitabh attended boys’ High School in film?
Allahabad, followed by Sherwood College in (A) ‘Zanjeer’
Nainital and earned a degree in science from Delhi (B) ‘Abhiman’
university. His first film was ‘Saat Hindustani’(1969). (C) ‘Saat Hindustani’
He became well-known as a movie star in 1973 (D) More than one of the above
after the success of ‘Abhimaan’ and ‘Zanjeer’ which (E) None of the above
was followed by his box office successes such as
Directions (Q. Nos. E-6 and E-7) : Fill in the blanks
‘Sholay’ ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Trishul’, ‘Don’
with suitable articles like ‘a’ ‘an’ ‘the’ :
and “Deewar’. He often played the role of an angry
young man fighting a corrupt establishment, a theme E-6. The shadow of moon fills on ______ Earth.
that had tremendous appeal in India at that time. (A) an
(B) a
E-1. Which city is the birth place of Amitabh in
(C) the
India?
(D) More than one of the above
(A) Bombay
(E) None of the above
(B) Delhi
(C) Bangalore E-7. I have always wanted to study abroad, not
(D) More than one of the above only for ____ degree but also for the
(E) None of the above experience.
E-2. How long has Amitabh Bachchan dominated (A) an
Indian Cinema? (B) a
(A) Three decades (C) the
(B) Four decades (D) More than one of the above
(C) Two decades (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above E-8. First May 2024 is Wednesday, what day of
the week would be 9th of May?
E-3. From which university did Amitabh earn his (A) Friday
degree in science? (B) Thursday
(A) Aligarh Muslim University (C) Monday
(B) Banaras Hindu University (D) More than one of the above
(C) Punjab University (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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12/MAV/M-2024-01/S-301-E 7 [P.T.O.
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PART - II
(GENERAL STUDIES)
31. A player makes 7 complete revolutions of a 3
circular path to complete a race of 2200 2
35. By what number should be divided
metres. The radius of the circular path is : 3
22 4
2
so that the quotient is ?
7 9
(A) 42 metres
2
(B) 45 metres (A)
(C) 50 metres 3
(D) More than one of the above 2
(B)
(E) None of the above 3
3
32. If the capacity of a cylindrical tank is 1848 m3 (C)
2
and the diameter of its base is 14 m, the depth
(D) More than one of the above
22 (E) None of the above
of the tank is :
7
1
(A) 8m 36. If x 5 , what is the value of x 4 14 ?
(B) 12 m x x
(C) 16 m (A) 525
(D) More than one of the above (B) 527
(C) 529
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
1 th
33. If of a number is 30, what will be 62% of 37. A bag contains 5-rupee, 2-rupee and 1-rupee
8
coins in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The total value of all
that number? the coins is N2,000. How many coins of
(A) 181.3 2-rupee are there in the bag?
(B) 178.24 (A) 200
(C) 148.8 (B) 250
(D) More than one of the above (C) 400
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
34. The salary of an officer is increased by 25%.
38. The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds
By what percent should the new salary be
its exterior angle by 108º. How many sides
decreased to restore the original salary?
does the polygon have?
(A) 25 (A) 10
(B) 22.5 (B) 9
(C) 20 (C) 8
(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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39. Zinc Oxide is normally used in the 44. Velocity of sound at 15ºC and 380mm
manufacture of pressure is 340m. sec–1. If the pressure is
(A) Paints doubled without change of temperature, the
(B) Explosives velocity of sound would become
(C) Solvents (A) 680m. sec–1
(D) More than one of the above (B) 170m. sec–1
(E) None of the above (C) 190m. sec
(D) 340m. sec–1
(E) None of the above
40. Lenz’s law is derived from the law of
conservation of
(A) Magnetism 45. If a bacterium cell divides in every 15 min,
(B) Momentum how many bacteria will be formed in 2 hours.
(C) Charge (A) 8
(D) More than one of the above (B) 16
(C) 64
(E) None of the above
(D) 256
(E) None of the above
41. Glycogen stored in liver and muscles of human
body is in form of
(A) Monosaccharide 46. Plants and animal cell differ in which of the
following structure?
(B) Polysaccharide
(A) Enzymes
(C) Protein
(B) Nuclei
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Cell wall
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
42. In which of the following blood has defective
haemoglobin?
47. According to the recent report of forbes,
(A) Haematoma
which is the strongest currency in the world?
(B) Sickle cell Anaemia
(A) Omani Rial
(C) Haemophilia (B) Kuwaiti Dinar
(D) More than one of the above (C) Bahrain Dinar
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
43. In which of the following medicine production,
ethyl alcohol can be used? 48. In which city of Maharashtra did PM
(A) Antiseptic Narendra Modi launch 8 AMRUT projects?
(B) Antipyretic (A) Kollam
(C) Anti-allergic (B) Baroda
(D) More than one of the above (C) Solapur
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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49. IIT Madras has tied up with whom to launch 54. India has acquired the right to operate the
e Mobility Simulation Lab? foreign Sittwe Port, it is in which country?
(A) Altair (A) Sri Lanka
(B) Starlink (B) Bangladesh
(C) Myanmar
(C) Farber Speciality Lab
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
55. Mangrove forest of Ganga Delta is called
50. Who won the Best Actor Award at the (A) Sunderban
Academy Awards 2024 (Oscars)? (B) Sundergarh
(A) Dwayne Johnson (C) Surendranagar
(D) More than one of the above
(B) Cillian Murphy
(E) None of the above
(C) Tom Cruise
(D) More than one of the above 56. Which river is frequently changing its course
(E) None of the above of flow in Bihar
(A) Gandak
(B) Kosi
51. Who was recently selected as the ICC (C) Punpun
Women’s T20i Cricketer of the year 2023? (D) More than one of the above
(A) Smriti Mandhana (India) (E) None of the above
(B) Nat Seiver - Brunt (England)
(C) Hayley Mathews (West Indies) 57. Plant roots gets water from soil as -
(A) Bound water
(D) More than one of the above
(B) Hygroscopic water
(E) None of the above (C) Capillary water
(D) More than one of the above
52. Who was Crowned Miss World 2024 in (E) None of the above
Mumbai?
58. How much equatorial diameter is larger than
(A) Miss Czech Kristina Pishkova
polar diameter?
(B) Miss India Sini Shetty (A) 36 km
(C) Miss Lebanon Yasmina Zaytoun (B) 43 km
(D) More than one of the above (C) 49 km
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
53. In which country will the clean Energy Investor 59. The Indian Standard Time (IST) is taken at
Forum be organised by IPEF? which longitude -
(A) France (A) 82.5º E
(B) Singapore (B) 78.5º E
(C) Spain (C) 87.5º E
(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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60. In India ‘Green revolution’ is known to credit 66. Who intervened in a dispute between the
to whom? workers and mill owners of Ahmedabad in
(A) Dr. V. Kurian 1918?
(B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Sri. S.L. Bahuguna (B) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) More than one of the above (C) Jamshedji Tata
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
61. Highest Mountain peak of India is known as
(A) Everest 67. Name the left-wing leader of Bihar Provincial
(B) Kanchenjunga Kisan Sabha who popularised this in Bihar?
(C) K-2 (A) Karyanand Sharma
(D) More than one of the above (B) Wadhwa Ram
(E) None of the above (C) P.C. Joshi
(D) More than one of the above
62. Indian continent was earlier part of (E) None of the above
(A) Gondwanaland
(B) Tethys 68. Muddiman Committee was appointed to
(C) Pangea report on the working of the
(D) More than one of the above (A) Dyarchy
(E) None of the above (B) Communal representation
(C) Federalism
63. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar? (D) More than one of the above
(A) Tatya Tope (E) None of the above
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Nana Saheb 69. “He was a great unifier in India who taught
(D) More than one of the above us not only bare tolerance of others but the
(E) None of the above willing acceptance of them as our friends and
comrades in common undertakings” who
64. The spiritual side of nationalism was voiced said it?
by (A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) Balgangadhar Tilak
(B) Swami Shraddhanand (C) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Swami Vivekananda (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
70. Who proceeded to organise the Provisional
65. Which newspaper propagated strong Government of Free India outside the
nationalist views during India’s freedom country?
struggle? (A) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(A) Pioneer (B) Rash Behari Bose
(B) Amrit Bazar Patrika (C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Statesman (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
(ENGLISH)
71. Which one of the following statements is true 75. The book entitled ‘Troy Book’ has been
in regard to the poem Beowulf ? written by which one of the following authors?
(A) Beowulf is a descriptive tragical poem (A) William Dunbar
(B) Geoffrey Chaucer
(B) Beowulf is an epic poem having a
(C) John Lydgate
narrative tone
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Beowulf is an argumentative poem
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 76. The characters in the Canterbury Tales are
supposed to set upon a pilgrimage to say
72. Which one of the following is an author of prayer to which one of the following martyrs?
Historia Regum Britanniae? (A) St. Thomas Becket
(A) Geoffrey of Monmouth (B) St. John
(C) St. Peter
(B) Holished
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Plutarch
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 77. The idea of ‘round table’ appears in which
one of the following works of art?
73. Which one of the following statements is true (A) The book of Marjorie Kempe
in regard to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? (B) Revelations of Divine Love
(A) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has (C) Le Morte Darthur
been written by William Langland (D) More than one of the above
(B) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is (E) None of the above
attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer
(C) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has 78. Which one of the following is a meaning of
an anonymousship yet the author might the surname ‘Hythlodaeus’?
have lived in England (A) Learned in nonsense
(D) More than one of the above (B) Enlightened in wit
(C) Imperfect in sensibility
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
74. Pandarus is a Character in which one of the
following poems?
79. Which one of the following is an author of
(A) Troilus and Criseyde Assertio Septem Sacramentorum?
(B) The Romaunt of Rose (A) Henery IV
(C) The Book of Duchess (B) Henery VIII
(D) More than one of the above (C) Henery II
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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80. Which one among the following is an author 84. Which one among the following has been
of Ralph Roister Doister? called ‘well of English undefiled’?
(A) Nicholas Udall (A) William Langland
(B) John Heywood (B) John Gower
(C) Ben Jonson (C) Geoffrey Chaucer
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
81. In which one of the following treaties, the idea
85. “And ride in triumph through Persepolis!-
of ‘Mysomousoi’ appears?
Is not brave to be a King”.
(A) Shelley’s Defence of Poetry
The above observations appear in which one
(B) Sidney’s the Defence of Poesie
of works?
(C) Dryden’s the Defence of Dramatic
(A) Tamburlaine the Great
Poetry
(B) Doctor Faustus
(D) More than one of the above
(C) The Jew of Malta
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
82. For which one of the following dramas (E) None of the above
Shakespeare utilises Thomas Lodge’s
Rosalynde, Euphues golden legacie? 86. ‘The true end of Satire is the amendment of
(A) As you like it vices by correction’.
(B) Cymbeline The above observation has been made by
(C) Measure for Measure which one of the following authors?
(D) More than one of the above (A) Alexander Pope
(E) None of the above (B) Jonathan Swift
(C) John Dryden
83. In which one of the works, the observations (D) More than one of the above
‘We are all… Comedians in religions, ‘God, (E) None of the above
who is the Author of all our tragedies, hath
written out for us, and appointed us all the
paste we are to play’ : 87. Which one among the following is an author
(A) Hakluytus Posthumus of the Rover?
(B) The history of the world (A) Aphra Behn
(C) The discovery of the Large, Rich and (B) Mary Astell
Beautiful Empire of Guiana (C) Dorothy Osborne
(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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88. ‘Millament’ is a character in which one of the 93. In which one of the following months and
following plays? years, the daily journal the spectator was
(A) Love for Love founded?
(B) The Double Dealer (A) March 1711
(C) The Way of the World (B) June 1812
(D) More than one of the above (C) April 1766
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
89. The work entitled ‘The Analysis of Beauty’
has been written by which one of the following 94. Which one of the following is an author of
authors? A Journal of the Plague Year?
(A) William Hogarth (A) Daniel Defoe
(B) Jonathan Swift (B) Samuel Johnson
(C) Horace Walpole (C) Jonathan Swift
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
90. The place of action in terms of the Battle of the 95. How many letter writers does the novel
Books is which one of the following places? Clarissa have?
(A) The British Museum (A) Six
(B) St. James’s Library (B) Three
(C) Bodleian Library (C) Four
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
91. Which one of the following is an alternative
96. ‘A School for Scandal’ has been written by
title to Gulliver’s Travels?
which one of the following dramatists?
(A) Travels into Several Remote Nations
(A) Richard Cumberland
of the world
(B) Sheridan
(B) Voyages : Ancient and Modern
(C) Oliver Goldsmith
(C) Voyages Across the Atlantic
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
92. ‘Whatever is, is right’ is an observation that 97. ‘Prefaces, Biographical and critical’ is the
appears in which one of the following works other title for which one of the following works
of art? of art ?
(A) An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (A) Lives of the Poets
(B) The Rape of the Lock (B) Love’s Labour’s Lost
(C) An Essay on Man (C) The Life of Samuel Johnson
(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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98. In which one of the following works of art, 103. Which one of the following novels deals with
the ideas such as human happiness and social the social and industrial problems of mid -
well-being have been expounded? Victorian England?
(A) Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (A) Hard Times
(B) Adventures of Caleb Williams (B) Oliver Twist
(C) The Wrongs of Woman (C) A Tale of Two Cities
(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. The Castle of Otranto belongs to which one 104. In which one of the following poems, the idea
of the following genres of fictional writings? of war is most expressive?
(A) Romantic (A) Murder in the Cathedral
(B) Classical (B) The Waste Land
(C) Gothic (C) The Eder Statesman
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
100. In regards to Frankenstein, which one of the 105. In which one of the following novels,
following statements is true? aesthetical theory has been expounded?
(A) Frankenstein is a proto-science fiction (A) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(B) Frankenstein is a horror fiction (B) Dubliners
(C) Frankenstein is a science fiction (C) Animal Forum
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
101. Which one of the following poems is inspired The questions 106 - 125 are based on
by Peterloo Massacre? comprehension of the passages. Answer the
(A) The Mask of Anarchy questions that follow each of the passages:
(B) Queen Mab
Among the relics of the Indus civilization are found
(C) The Revolt of Islam
the figures which are the prototype of Siva,
(D) More than one of the above
suggesting that he who explores his inward nature
(E) None of the above
and integrates it is the ideal man. This image has
102. Which one among the following poets had a haunted the spiritual landscape of this country from
recourse to Lemprière’s Classical Dictionary? those early times till today. The Upanishads require
(A) Percy Bysshe Shelley us to acquire Brahma - Vidya or atma - Vidya .
(B) John Keats The Katha Upanishad says that man is turned
(C) William Wordsworth
outward by his senses so looses contact with
(D) More than one of the above
himself. He has lost his way. His soul has become
(E) None of the above
immersed in outer things, in power and possessions.
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It must turn round, avrtta - caksuh, to find its right 109. Which one of the following is the true meaning
of reality?
direction and discover the meaning of reality it has
(A) a knowledge of inward self only
lost. The Jina is one who conquers his self. He is the (B) a true integration of outward and inward
Mahāviŕa, one who has battled with his inward selves
nature and triumphed over it. The Buddha asks us (C) a knowledge of outward self only
to seek enlightenment, bodhi. These different Vedic (D) More than one of the above
ideals ask us to change our unregenerate nature, to (E) None of the above
replace avidya , ignorance, by Vidya Wisdom. 110. Who is the Buddha or Mahavira according
to the passage?
106. Which one of the following is the most (A) One who has conquered the senses
appropriate meaning of the term Siva? (B) One who hasn’t conquered the senses
(C) One who has conquered the outward
(A) Supreme consciousness that is
senses only
integrated
(D) More than one of the above
(B) Unconsciousness that is active (E) None of the above
(C) Ordinary consciousness that is
apparent The fundamental concept of Indian religious life may
first be briefly indicated. The goal of life is
(D) More than one of the above communion with the Supreme. It is a life of realization,
(E) None of the above agnosis, an inner intuitive vision of God, when man
achieves absolute freedom and escapes from the
blind servitude to ordinary experience. It is subtle
107. Which one of the following is nearest in interwovenness with the realities of the spiritual
meaning to the terms brahma-vidya and atma- world. It is not knowledge or the recognition of
vidya? universal ideas through a dialectical process or
(A) World that is changing and temporary analysis of empirical data. It is analogous to Plato’s
(B) Experience that is timeless and external vision of an irrestible harmony with the deepest reality
of the world inspired and sustained by the spiritual
(C) Life that begins and ends in us. Intellectual recognition and spiritual realization
(D) More than one of the above are different. We can free ourselves from the
shackles of the body and in a split second we can
(E) None of the above
see the truth and be overcome by it. We see God
so intensely that the soul is more certain and more
108. In what way, according to the passage, one possessed by the sight of God than the bodily eye
may be in a position to know oneself ? by the light of day.
(A) By looking round and within 111. Which one of the following is nearest in
(B) By looking outward meaning to the word ‘Communion’?
(A) a relationship only
(C) By luxury and comfort
(B) an intimate relationship
(D) More than one of the above (C) a familiarity
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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112. Which one of the following is a result of the The Divine is both in us and out of us. God is neither
act of Communion having been successfully completely transcendent nor completely immanent.
established? To bring about his double aspect, contradictory
(A) It leads to the vision of deepest reality accounts are given. He is divine darkness as well as
(B) It introduces us to the transitory ‘unencompassed light’. The philosophers with their
experience passion for unity emphasize the immanent aspect,
that there is no barrier dividing man from the real.
(C) It is indescribable in nature The unity of man and God is the fundamental thesis
(D) More than one of the above of the great philosophic tradition which has come
(E) None of the above down to us from the Upanishads and Plato, Aristotle,
Plotinus,
Samkara, Spinoza, Bradley and a host of
113. Which one of the following is the most others are witness to it.
appropriate meaning of the word empirical?
(A) That which is related to thought 116. Which one of the following best expresses
(B) That which is related to experience the idea of ‘transcendent’?
(C) That which is related to logic and (A) contained in the ordinary experience
reasoning (B) extending beyond the limits of all
(D) More than one of the above possible experience and knowledge
(C) ability to be one and all with everyday
(E) None of the above
experience
(D) More than one of the above
114. Which one of the following best explains the
(E) None of the above
observation ‘Intellectual recognition’ of
spiritual?
117. Which one of the following is nearest in
(A) Something which is based on logic and meaning to the word, ‘Immanent’?
reasoning with body being the basis
(A) being within the limits of possible
(B) Something which is based on experience and knowledge
experience with soul being the basis (B) being outside ordinary experience
(C) Something which is based on cause and (C) being born into logic and reason
effect relationship
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
118. What does the term ‘unity’ mean according
115. Which one of the following is nearest in meaning to the passage?
to the phraseology ‘Split second’? (A) God and man have become one and
(A) Immediately all
(B) Imminently (B) God and man are distinct
(C) Conspicuously (C) God is transcendent whereas man is just
(D) More than one of the above a material entity
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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119. The great philosophical tradition of the world 122. Which one of the following is a characteristic
begins with which one of the following of Indian tradition?
philosophical compositions? (A) Ideas are built around profit and loss
(A) Upanishads
(B) Ideas are contained in the innate
(B) Dialogues
experience
(C) Metaphysics
(C) Ideas are born into the thought which
(D) More than one of the above
is a fact
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
120. Which one of the following is an explanation (E) None of the above
of the term ‘Divine’?
(A) The Ultimate reality that is within 123. In which one of the following ways, the ‘real’
(B) The apparent experience that is outside is capable of being known?
(C) The sensuous apprehension of thought (A) by utilizing the power contained deeper
(D) More than one of the above than the mind
(E) None of the above
(B) by inferring just through certain
examples
The famous dialogue between the Indian philosopher
and Socrates suggests that for the whole Western (C) by comparing one with the other
tradition man is essentially a rational being, one who (D) More than one of the above
can think logically and act in a utilitarian manner. (E) None of the above
The Western mind lays great stress on science, logic
and humanism. Hindu thinkers, as a class, hold with
great conviction that we possess a power more 124. Which one of the following is the best meaning
interior than intellect by which we become aware of of the phraseology ‘Speculative intellect’ :
the real in its intimate individuality, and not merely in (A) dull reflection on the basis of logic and
its superficial or discernible aspects. For the Hindus, reason
a system of philosophy is an insight, a darsana. It is (B) uncertainty in terms of factual analysis
the vision of truth and not a matter of logical argument
(C) to take to be true on the basis of
and proof. They believe that the mind can be freed
by gradual training from the influences of speculative insufficient evidence
intellect as well as post impressions, and that it can (D) More than one of the above
unite itself with the object whose nature is then fully (E) None of the above
manifested. They contend that we can control
destiny by the power of truth. Knowledge means
125. Which one of the following statements is
power. The lack of this knowledge is root of all
true?
trouble. Vidya is Mok sha : avidya is samsara .
(A) Vidya and Avidya are similar to intuition
121. Which one of the following is a characteristic and intellect
of Western tradition? (B) Vidya and Avidya are at loggerheads
(A) Man must analyse every experience in hence do not complement each other
terms of the facts
(C) Vidya and Avidya are related to
(B) Man must be capable of sensuously
comprehension of an experience
apprehending the thought
(C) Man must become dogmatic (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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The questions 126 - 150 are based on English 130. ‘A triangle whose three sides are equal is
Grammar. called an equilateral triangle’ is an example of
which one of the following classes?
126. Which one of the following is a correct (A) Relative pronoun
meaning of the word brethren? (B) Interrogative pronoun
(A) Sons of the same mother (C) Exclamatory pronoun
(B) Children of the same parents (D) More than one of the above
(C) Members of the same society (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
131. ‘He laughed a hearty laugh’ is an example of
(E) None of the above which one of the following?
(A) Prepositional verb
127. The utterance, ‘He became his own cook’ is (B) Retained object
an example of which one of the following (C) Cognate noun
grammatical categories? (D) More than one of the above
(A) Distributive adjective (E) None of the above
(B) Interrogative adjective
132. ‘Such a thing was never thought of’ is an
(C) Emphasizing adjective
example of which one of the following classes?
(D) More than one of the above
(A) Passive prepositional verb
(E) None of the above (B) Active prepositional verb
(C) Active intransitive verb
128. Which one of the following words stands for (D) More than one of the above
the evening prayers? (E) None of the above
(A) Vesper
133. ‘He died poor’ is an example of which one of
(B) Hymn
he following categories?
(C) Ecclesiastical song (A) Imperative mood
(D) More than one of the above (B) Indicative mood
(E) None of the above (C) Subjunctive mood
(D) More than one of the above
129. ‘A half holiday is better than none’ is an (E) None of the above
example which one of the following parts of
speech? 134. ‘I had rather take this than that’ is an example
of which one of the following classes?
(A) Proper adjectives
(A) Infinitive
(B) Descriptive adjectives
(B) Gerund
(C) Quantitative adjectives (C) Participle
(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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135. Which one of the following would best fill in 139. He came and sat _____ me.
the blanks in the following observations? Which one of the following would best fill in
‘Let _____ be _____. We cannot undo the the blank in the above observation?
past. (A) besides
(A) old, old (B) beside
(B) time, time
(C) by
(C) bygone, bygone
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
136. Which one of the following would best fill in 140. ‘She threw the letter ______ the fire’.
the blanks in the observation given below? Which one of the following would best fill in
‘The Sun _____ _____, they set off’ the blank on the above observation?
(A) having, risen (A) in
(B) having, rose (B) into
(C) having been, risen (C) between
(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. ‘I rely on the wall being built immediately’ 141. Which one of the following prepositions shall
In the above utterance, which one of the go with the following observation?
following grammatical categories is at work? Send _____ a doctor.
(A) Noun in the genitive case (A) for
(B) Gerundive use of participle (B) to
(C) Participle (C) in
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
138. ‘He did this ______, and you have done it 142. ‘Wrestle ______ an adversary’.
______’.
Which one of the following prepositions shall
Which one of the following would best fill in go with the blank above?
the blanks?
(A) by
(A) already, ago
(B) at
(B) now, then
(C) with
(C) before, since
(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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143. ‘He started early because he might not be late’. 147. Which one of the following is a meaning of
Which one of the following is a correct form the phrase ‘Once for all’?
of the above? (A) When a thing is done it is done forever
(A) He started early in order that he might (B) When a thing is done it is to be
not be late reviewed
(B) He started early in that he might not be
late (C) When a thing is done, it must always
be done
(C) He started early in as much as he might
not be late (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
148. Which one of the following would best explain
144. ‘I would _____ have the picture ______ then the meaning of the phrase ‘Out-and-out’?
the pen’.
(A) disproportionately
Which one of the following would best fill in
the blanks? (B) thoroughly
(A) finally, and (C) illusory
(B) rather, than (D) More than one of the above
(C) simply, yet (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
149. Which one of the following would best explain
the meaning of the word ‘Proscribe’?
145. ‘A person who is indifferent to pleasure or
pain’ (A) to condemn
Which one of the following would best explain (B) to glorify
the above? (C) to sum up
(A) stoic
(D) More than one of the above
(B) recluse
(E) None of the above
(C) invincible
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 150. Which one of the following explains the
meaning of the phrase ‘Through and through’?
146. ‘Incapable of being altered or recalled’. (A) incomplete in nature
Which one of the following would best explain (B) thoroughness
the above?
(C) dull and drab
(A) Indestructible
(D) More than one of the above
(B) Indispensable
(C) Irrevocable (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
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Bihar Public Service Commission
Exam Date- 21-07-2024
Advt. No. 22/2024, English, Class 9-10
Final Answer key
SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER
Remarks
E KEY F KEY G KEY H KEY
E-1 E E-4 E E-3 E E-4 E
E-2 B E-5 B E-4 C E-5 A
E-3 E E-6 E E-5 E E-1 E
E-4 C E-7 A E-1 B E-2 C
E-5 C E-8 A E-2 B E-3 C
E-6 C E-1 A E-7 B E-7 C
E-7 B E-2 B E-8 C E-6 A
E-8 B E-3 B E-6 C E-8 A
H-9 C H-15 A H-19 B H-16 C
H-10 A H-16 C H-20 A H-17 B
H-11 C H-17 A H-21 B H-18 C
H-12 B H-18 B H-22 C H-19 A
H-13 E H-19 E H-23 E H-20 E
H-14 B H-20 B H-24 C H-21 A
H-15 B H-21 B H-25 C H-22 A
H-16 E H-22 E H-26 E H-23 E
H-17 A H-23 C H-27 A H-24 B
H-18 C H-24 A H-28 B H-25 C
H-19 A H-25 C H-29 A H-26 B
H-20 C H-26 A H-30 B H-27 C
H-21 C H-27 A H-9 B H-28 C
H-22 B H-28 B H-10 C H-29 A
H-23 D H-29 D H-11 D H-30 D
H-24 D H-30 D H-12 D H-9 D
H-25 D H-9 D H-13 D H-10 D
H-26 B H-10 B H-14 C H-11 A
H-27 B H-11 B H-15 C H-12 A
H-28 A H-12 C H-16 A H-13 B
H-29 C H-13 A H-17 B H-14 C
H-30 B H-14 B H-18 C H-15 A
U-9 B U-15 B U-19 C U-16 A
U-10 A U-16 C U-20 A U-17 B
U-11 C U-17 A U-21 B U-18 C
U-12 C U-18 A U-22 B U-19 C
U-13 A U-19 C U-23 A U-20 B
U-14 B U-20 B U-24 C U-21 A
U-15 B U-21 B U-25 C U-22 A
U-16 A U-22 C U-26 A U-23 B
U-17 A U-23 C U-27 A U-24 B
U-18 A U-24 C U-28 A U-25 B
U-19 DELETED U-25 DELETED U-29 DELETED U-26 DELETED
U-20 B U-26 B U-30 C U-27 A
U-21 C U-27 A U-9 B U-28 C
U-22 B U-28 B U-10 C U-29 A
U-23 A U-29 C U-11 A U-30 B
U-24 B U-30 B U-12 C U-9 A
U-25 B U-9 B U-13 C U-10 A
U-26 A U-10 C U-14 A U-11 B
U-27 C U-11 A U-15 B U-12 C
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SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER
Remarks
E KEY F KEY G KEY H KEY
As per firozul lughat (famous
urdu dictionary), the "Tedhi
Kheer" is said as Zarbul Masal
but Zarbul Masal is an Arabic
word and in urdu it is also said
U-28 D U-12 D U-16 D U-13 D " Kahawat". Hence Zarbul
Masal & Kahawat are
synonyms. So Answer in option
A & B both are correct,
therefore the correct answer is
option " D".
U-29 B U-13 B U-17 C U-14 A
U-30 C U-14 A U-18 B U-15 C
B-9 E B-25 E B-28 E B-21 E
B-10 B B-26 B B-29 C B-22 A
B-11 B B-27 B B-30 C B-23 A
B-12 C B-28 A B-9 B B-24 C
B-13 D B-29 D B-10 D B-25 D
B-14 C B-30 A B-11 B B-26 C
B-15 B B-9 B B-12 C B-27 A
B-16 A B-10 C B-13 A B-28 B
B-17 D B-11 D B-14 D B-29 D
B-18 B B-12 B B-15 C B-30 A
B-19 C B-13 A B-16 B B-9 C
B-20 B B-14 B B-17 C B-10 A
B-21 A B-15 C B-18 A B-11 B
B-22 A B-16 C B-19 A B-12 B
B-23 A B-17 C B-20 A B-13 B
B-24 B B-18 B B-21 C B-14 A
B-25 C B-19 A B-22 B B-15 C
B-26 A B-20 C B-23 A B-16 B
B-27 A B-21 C B-24 A B-17 B
B-28 C B-22 A B-25 B B-18 C
B-29 E B-23 E B-26 E B-19 E
B-30 A B-24 C B-27 A B-20 B
31 C 51 A 41 B 61 C
32 B 52 B 42 C 62 A
33 C 53 A 43 B 63 C
34 C 54 A 44 B 64 C
35 B 55 B 45 C 65 A
36 B 56 B 46 C 66 A
37 E 57 E 47 E 67 E
38 A 58 C 48 A 68 B
39 A 59 C 49 A 69 B
40 E 60 E 50 E 70 E
41 B 61 B 51 C 31 A
42 B 62 B 52 C 32 A
43 A 63 C 53 A 33 B
44 D 64 D 54 D 34 D
45 D 65 D 55 D 35 D
46 C 66 A 56 B 36 C
47 B 67 B 57 C 37 A
48 C 68 A 58 B 38 C
49 A 69 C 59 A 39 B
50 B 70 B 60 C 40 A
51 C 31 A 61 B 41 C
52 A 32 C 62 A 42 B
53 B 33 B 63 C 43 A
54 C 34 A 64 B 44 C
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SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER
Remarks
E KEY F KEY G KEY H KEY
55 A 35 C 65 A 45 B
56 B 36 B 66 C 46 A
57 C 37 A 67 B 47 C
58 B 38 B 68 C 48 A
59 A 39 C 69 A 49 B
60 B 40 B 70 C 50 A
61 C 41 A 31 B 51 C
62 DELETED 42 DELETED 32 DELETED 52 DELETED
63 B 43 B 33 C 53 A
64 C 44 A 34 B 54 C
65 B 45 B 35 C 55 A
66 B 46 B 36 C 56 A
67 A 47 C 37 A 57 B
68 A 48 C 38 A 58 B
69 E 49 E 39 E 59 E
70 B 50 B 40 C 60 A
71 B 126 B 121 C 141 A
72 A 127 C 122 A 142 B
73 C 128 A 123 B 143 C
74 A 129 C 124 A 144 B
75 C 130 A 125 B 145 C
76 A 131 C 126 A 146 B
77 C 132 A 127 B 147 C
78 A 133 C 128 A 148 B
79 B 134 B 129 C 149 A
80 A 135 C 130 A 150 B
81 B 136 B 131 C 71 A
82 A 137 C 132 A 72 B
83 B 138 B 133 C 73 A
84 C 139 A 134 B 74 C
85 A 140 C 135 A 75 B
86 C 141 A 136 B 76 C
87 A 142 C 137 A 77 B
88 C 143 A 138 B 78 C
89 A 144 C 139 A 79 B
90 B 145 B 140 C 80 A
91 A 146 C 141 A 81 B
92 C 147 A 142 B 82 C
93 A 148 C 143 A 83 B
94 A 149 C 144 A 84 B
95 C 150 A 145 B 85 C
96 B 71 B 146 C 86 A
97 A 72 C 147 A 87 B
98 A 73 C 148 A 88 B
99 C 74 A 149 B 89 C
100 A 75 C 150 A 90 B
101 A 76 C 71 A 91 B
102 B 77 B 72 C 92 A
103 A 78 C 73 A 93 B
104 B 79 B 74 C 94 A
105 A 80 C 75 A 95 B
106 A 81 C 76 A 96 B
107 B 82 B 77 C 97 A
108 A 83 C 78 A 98 B
109 B 84 B 79 C 99 A
110 A 85 C 80 A 100 B
111 B 86 B 81 C 101 A
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SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER SET- ANSWER
Remarks
E KEY F KEY G KEY H KEY
112 A 87 C 82 A 102 B
113 B 88 B 83 C 103 A
114 A 89 C 84 A 104 B
115 A 90 C 85 A 105 B
116 B 91 B 86 C 106 A
117 A 92 C 87 A 107 B
118 A 93 C 88 A 108 B
119 A 94 C 89 A 109 B
120 A 95 C 90 A 110 B
121 A 96 C 91 A 111 B
122 B 97 B 92 C 112 A
123 A 98 C 93 A 113 B
124 C 99 A 94 B 114 C
125 A 100 C 95 A 115 B
126 C 101 A 96 B 116 C
127 C 102 A 97 B 117 C
128 A 103 C 98 A 118 B
129 C 104 A 99 B 119 C
130 A 105 C 100 A 120 B
131 C 106 A 101 B 121 C
132 A 107 C 102 A 122 B
133 B 108 B 103 C 123 A
134 A 109 C 104 A 124 B
135 C 110 A 105 B 125 C
136 A 111 C 106 A 126 B
137 B 112 B 107 C 127 A
138 C 113 A 108 B 128 C
139 B 114 B 109 C 129 A
Since the verb 'threw'
denotes a movement/ action
towards the interior hence
140 B 115 B 110 C 130 A
the use of 'into' is more
appropriate in the given
context.
141 A 116 C 111 A 131 B
142 C 117 A 112 B 132 C
143 A 118 C 113 A 133 B
144 DELETED 119 DELETED 114 DELETED 134 DELETED
145 A 120 C 115 A 135 B
146 C 121 A 116 B 136 C
147 A 122 C 117 A 137 B
148 B 123 B 118 C 138 A
149 A 124 C 119 A 139 B
150 B 125 B 120 C 140 A
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