Bihar Upper Primary Teacher 2024: TRE 3.0, Class 6 to 8, Mathematics and Science
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Serial No.
Booklet Series
I
11/MIV/M–2024 –05
Candidate’s Roll Number
I
Question Booklet
LANGUAGE, General Studies and
mATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
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 Mathematics and Science.
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 and Part – III consists of Question Nos. 71 to 150. The questions
and their responses are printed in English and Hindi versions both of Part – II and Part – III.
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PART – I
( English Language )
Directions (Q. Nos. E-1 to E-5) : Read the E-3. The author here talks about
passage given below and answer the questions (A) Lotus flower
that follow. (B) Lily flower
Be like a flower. One must try to become like (C) Rose flower
a flower : open, frank, equal, generous and (D) More than one of the above
kind. So you know what it means ? A flower (E) None of the above
is open to all that surrounds it : nature, light, E-4. The refined qualities of a flower are
the rays of the sun, the wind etc. It exerts a (A) Generosity and kindness
spontaneous influence on all that is around (B) Frankness and honesty
it. It radiates joy and beauty. It is frank. It (C) Fragrance and beauty
hides nothing of its beauty lets its fragrance (D) More than one of the above
flow frankly out of itself. What is within (E) None of the above
and what is in its depths, it lets it come out
so that everyone can see it. It is equal : it E-5. A flower is open to all because
has no preferences. Everyone can enjoy its (A) It radiates joy
beauty and its perfume without rivalry. It is (B) It spreads its beauty to all
equal and the same for everybody. There is (C) It influences all
no difference or anything whatsoever. Then (D) More than one of the above
generous without reserve or restriction, it (E) None of the above
gives away the mysterious beauty and the
very own perfume of nature. It sacrifices Directions (Q. Nos. E-6 and E-7) : Fill in
itself entirely for our pleasure, even its life the blanks with suitable articles like ‘a’, ‘an’
sacrifices to express this beauty and the and ‘the’ :
secret of the things gathered within itself. E-6. He saw ________ elephant at the Zoo.
And then, kind : it has such a tenderness, (A) an
it is so sweet, so close to us, so loving. (B) the
Its presence fills us with joy. It is always (C) a
cheerful and happy. Happy is he who can (D) More than one of the above
exchange his qualities with real qualities of (E) None of the above
the flowers.
E-7. _______ good education is important.
E-1. A spontaneous influence means (A) An
(A) A slow influence (B) The
(B) A quicker influence (C) A
(C) Naturally created influence (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
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E-2. A flower is compared E-8. If 21 March is Wednesday, what will
(A) With human beings be 25th March ?
(B) With girls (A) Friday
(C) With all living things (B) Sunday
(D) More than one of the above (C) Thursday
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(E) None of the above
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( Urdu Language )
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( Bengali Language )
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PART – II
( General Studies )
31. If x4 + y4 = 17 and x + y = 1, then the 34. In how many years will ` 7,500 double
at 8% simple interest ?
value of x2y2 – 2xy is
(A) 12.5 years
(A) 8
(B) 12 (B) 16 years
(C) 4 (C) 10 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
35. Subhashchandra Bose was President
32. Which of the following oxides is
of Indian National Congress in the
soluble in water ?
year/s
(A) CaO (A) 1938
(B) FeO (B) 1939
(C) ZnO (C) 1937
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
33. Where has the Gharial Breeding 36. Which city was recently declared as
Center been established in India ? the tourism capital of the Country by
the government of Nepal ?
(A) Sundarbans (W.B.)
(A) Kathmandu
(B) Corbett (Uttarakhand)
(B) Pokhara
(C) Morena (M.P.)
(C) Lumbini
(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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37. The formation of Simon Commission 39. Where are more favorable conditions
found in India for tidal and wave
was announced on
energy production ?
(A) Khambhat bay
(A) 8th November 1928 (B) Ganga river
(C) Gulf of Kutch
(B) 8th November 1929 (D) Mannar bay
(E) None of the above
(C) 8th December 1927
2
−
40. The value of (0.03125) 5
is
(D) More than one of the above (A) 6
(B) 9
(E) None of the above (C) 4
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
38. Which of the following represents
non-ohmic resistance ? 41. Under the Government of India
Act 1935, who was the first elected
(A) Nichrome Chairman of Bihar Legislative
Council ?
(B) Copper (A) Rajiv Ranjan Sinha
(B) Rai Bahadur Satish Chandra
(C) Torch Bulb
(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
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42. The Ministry of Science and 44. What is India’s position in the world
Technology recently announced a on the basis of per capita water
new set of National Awards in the availability per year ?
field of Science, Technology and
(A) 123rd
Innovation known as ‘Rashtriya
Vigyan Puraskar’, for which the (B) 133rd
award ceremony for all categories of
(C) 140th
awards will be held every year on
(D) 100th
(A) 11th May – National Technology (E) None of the above
Day
3x
(B) 23rd August – National Space Day 45.
1
If = 0.008, then the value of
5
(C) 28th February – National Science (0.25)x is
Day (A) 1.0
(B) 4.0
(D) More than one of the above
(C) 0.25
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
43. Who threw harmless bombs in the
46. Bihar Diwas is celebrated on
Central Legislative Assembly ? ___________ to
(A) On March 22 to commemorate
(A) Batukeshwar Dutt its separation form the Bengal
Presidency
(B) Jatin Das (B) On March 22 to commemorate
its separation form the Calcutta
Presidency
(C) Chandrashekhar Azad
(C) On March 22 to commemorate
its separation form the Mughal
(D) More than one of the above
Presidency
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
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47. Who was conferred the Dadasaheb 50. In which year was the African
Phalke Award 2023 for lifetime Convention for the Conservation of
contribution to cinema ? Natural Resources held ?
(A) Dilip Kumar (Posthumously) (A) 1968
(B) Asha Parekh (B) 1990
(C) Waheeda Rehman (C) 1980
(D) More than one of the above (D) 1960
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
48. Which of the following is true ?
51. Which one of the following is not a
31 17 59 43
(A) < < < colloid ?
36 18 60 45
(A) Blood
31 17 43 59
(B) < < <
36 18 45 60
(B) Vinegar
17 31 43 59
(C) < < < (C) Smoke
18 36 45 60
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
49. Store house of malarial parasite in 52. What is manganese used for ?
our body is
(A) Photography industry
(A) Spleen
(B) Matchbox industry
(B) Stomach
(C) Liver (C) Battery production
(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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53. Which of the following organs control 56. For what purpose is water used the
body balance ? most in India ?
(A) Ribs (A) Industries
(B) Cerebellum (B) Domestic
(C) Ear (C) Irrigation
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
54. Which of the following is true about 57. Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was
respiration ? formed in the year
(A) Energy is released and stored in (A) 1932
form of ADP
(B) 1934
(B) Energy is not released at all
(C) 1930
(C) Energy is released and stored in
(D) More than one of the above
form of ATP
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
58. The ratio of two numbers is 14 : 25.
If the difference between them is 264,
55. Asiatic Society of Bengal was then the smaller of the two numbers is
founded by
(A) 317
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) 336
(B) Sir William Bentinck
(C) 282
(C) Sir James Todd
(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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59. Ghatshila of Jharkhand is famous 62. Lamps used in street lighting are
for which mineral production ? connected in
(A) Series
(A) Bauxite
(B) Both series and parallel
(B) Mica
(C) Parallel
(C) Copper
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
63. Which Country in the world became
the first to enshrine right to abortion
60. Where is the UN Climate Change in its Constitution ?
Conference 2024 scheduled to be
held in November 2024 ? (A) France
(A) Baku-Azerbaijan (B) Denmark
(B) Dubai-UAE (C) United States
(C) Sharmel-Sheikh-Egypt (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
64. Famous for his role during 26/11
Mumbai terrorist attacks,
61. Which river makes boundary between Dr. Sadanand Date was appointed
India and Nepal ? as Chief of which one of the following
forces in March 2024 ?
(A) Gandak
(A) Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF)
(B) Kosi
(B) Enforcement Directorate (ED)
(C) Kali
(C) Border Security Force (BSF)
(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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65. A room is 8 meters long, 6 meters wide 68. Which one of the following is not
and 10 meters high, then the length among the four pilots who have been
of the longest pole that can be placed trained to become astronauts for the
in the room is ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission to space
planned for 2024-25 ?
(A) 12 meters
(A) Group Captain Ajit Krishnan
(B) 12 6 meters
(B) Wing Commander Subhanshu
(C) 10 2 meters Shukla
(C) Group Captain P.B. Nair
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
66. National Library of India started its 69. Subramaniam and Naidu donate
journey with the opening of some money in a relief fund. The
amount paid by Naidu is ` 125 more
(A) Calcutta Public Library in than that of Subramaniam. If the
March 1837 total money paid by them is ` 975,
then the amount of money donated
(B) Calcutta Public Library in by Subramaniam is
March 1838
(A) ` 425
(C) Calcutta Public Library in (B) ` 385
March 1836
(C) ` 575
(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. What was the electoral symbol
67. Plants appear to bend towards light
due to that was restored to Imran Khan’s
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party by a
(A) Concentration of auxins at root tip
ruling of the Peshawar High Court
(B) Concentration of auxins at shoot against the decision of the Country’s
tip election commission in January 2024 ?
(C) Diffusion of auxins towards (A) Crescent Moon
shady side of shoot (B) Cricket ‘Ball’
(C) Cricket ‘ Bat’
(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
( MATHEMATICS )
71. The sum of the exponents of the prime 73. If 11 times the 11th term of an A.P. is
factors in the prime factorisation of equal to 7 times its 7th term, then its
196 is
18th term will be
(A) 2 (A) 11
(B) 18
(B) 4
(C) 0
(C) 6
(D) 7
(D) 1 (E) None of these
(E) None of these
74. If point p(x, y) is equidistant from
A(5, 1) and B(–1, 5), then
72. If α and β are the roots of the (A) x = 5y
2
quadratic equation 4x + 3x + 7 = 0,
1 1 (B) 3x = 2y
then + =
α β
(C) 2x = 3y
(D) 5x = y
7
(A)
3 (E) None of these
3 75. The shadow of a tower is equal to
(B)
7
its height at 10.45 a.m. The sun’s
altitude is
−3
(C) (A) 45°
7
(B) 60°
7
(D) −
3 (C) 90°
(D) 30°
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
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76. The radii of bases of a cylinder and a 79. If a number x is chosen from the
cone are in the ratio 3 : 4 and their number 1, 2, 3 and a number y is
selected from the numbers 1, 4, 9
heights are in the ratio 2 : 3. The ratio
then p(xy < 9) is
between the volume of cylinder to that
of cone is (A) 9 5
(A) 7 : 8
(B) 2
3
(B) 5 : 7
(C) 1
9
(C) 7 : 5
(D) 7
(D) 8 : 9 9
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
77. The length of the hypotenuse of an 80. The sum and product of the roots of the
isosceles right triangle whose one side equation 2x2 – 5x + 4 = 0 are in ratio
is 4 2 cm is
(A) 5 : 4
(A) 7 cm (B) 10 : 4
(B) 8 2 cm
(C) 10 : 7
(C) 12 2 cm
(D) 5 : 2
(D) 12 cm
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
81. In an equilateral triangle ABC, AD
78. A sum of Rs. 10,000 is borrowed by
perpendicular to BC, then which of
Akshit for 2 years at an interest of
the following is true ?
10% compounded annually. Find the
compound interest and amount he (A) 4 AB2 = 3 AD2
has to pay at the end of 2 years.
(B) 3 AB2 = 4 AD2
(A) 12200, 2100
(B) 12200, 2200 (C) 3 AB2 = 2 AD2
(C) 12100, 2200
(D) 2 AB2 = 3 AD2
(D) 12100, 2100
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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82. If the difference between the 85. If P is a prime number, then LCM of
circumference and radius of a circle P, P2 and P3 is
is 37cm, then using π = 22 , the
7 (A) P2
circumference of circle is
(B) P3
(A) 44
(B) 14 (C) P6
(C) 7 (D) P
(D) 154
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
86. The area of the circle that can be
83. If ∆ ABC is right angled at C, then inscribed in a square of side 10 cm is
the value of cos (A+B) is
(A) 30π cm2
(A) 1
1 (B) 150π cm2
(B) 2
(C) 3 (C) 25π cm2
2
(D) 0 (D) 100π cm2
(E) None of these (E) None of these
84 In a throw of two dice, the probability 87. The area of a sector of a circle with
of getting a sum of 10 is radius 6 cm if the angle of the sector
is 60°
(A) 136 (A) 152/7
(B) 16 (B) 132/7
(C) 1 (C) 122/7
4
(D) 1 (D) 142/7
12
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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88. (n+1)2 – 1 is divisible by 8, if n is 91. Sides of two similar triangles are in
the ratio 4 : 9. Areas of these triangles
(A) an even integer are in the ratio
(B) a natural number
(A) 4 : 9
(C) an integer
(B) 81 : 16
(D) an odd integer
(C) 16 : 81
(E) None of these
(D) 2 : 3
89. If radii of two concentric circles are (E) None of these
4 cm and 5 cm, then the length of each
chord of one circle which is tangent to 92. If the points A(1, 2), b(0, 0) and
the other circle is C(a, b) are collinear, then
(A) 6 cm (A) a = 2b
(B) 9 cm (B) 2a = b
(C) 1 cm (C) a = –b
(D) 3 cm (D) a = b
(E) None of these (E) None of these
90. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial 93. Find the market price of 5% Rs. 100
x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is share when a person gets a dividend
of Rs. 65 by investing Rs. 1,430.
(A) –10
(A) 130
(B) 5
(B) 120
(C) –5
(C) 160
(D) 10
(D) 150
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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94. If the perimeter of a circle is equal 97. If the mean of first n natural numbers
to that of a square, then the ratio of is 3n , then the value of n is
5
their area is
(A) 4
(A) 14 : 11 (B) 5
(B) 7 : 22 (C) 6
(D) 3
(C) 11 : 14
(E) None of these
(D) 22 : 7
98. A solid right circular cone is cut into
(E) None of these
two parts at the middle of its height
by a plane parallel to its base. The
95. If (m)n = 32 where m and n are positive ratio of the volume of smaller cone to
mn
integers, then the value of (n) is the whole cone is
(A) 25 (A) 1 : 4
10
(B) 5
(B) 1 : 6
25
(C) 5
(C) 1 : 8
(D) 32
(D) 1 : 2
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
99. A company declares 8 percent dividend
96. The graph of y = f(x), where f(x) is
to the shareholders. If a man receives
a quadratic polynomial meets the
Rs. 2,840 as his dividend, find the
x-axis at A(–2, 0) and B(–3, 0), then
the expression for f(x) is nominal value of his shares.
(A) x2 – 5x + 6 (A) 33500
(B) x2 + 5x – 6 (B) 37500
(C) x2 – 5x – 6 (C) 38500
(D) x2 + 5x + 6 (D) 36500
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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103. A tank is made of the shape of
100. sin (45° + θ) – cos (45° – θ) is equal to
a cylinder with a hemispherical
(A) 0 depression at one end. The height of
the cylinder is 1.45 m and radius is
(B) sin θ 30 cm. The total surface area of the
tank is
(C) 1
(A) 3.3 m2
(D) 2 cosec θ
(B) 30.3 m2
(E) None of these (C) 3300 m2
(D) 30 m2
101. If the line segment is divided in the
(E) None of these
ratio 3 : 7, then how many parts does
it contain while constructing the point
of division ? 104. If n is a natural number, then 6n – 5n
always ends with
(A) 7
(A) 3
(B) 4
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 3 (C) 7
(E) None of these (D) 1
(E) None of these
102. If PA and PB are tangents to the circle
with centre O such that angle APB = 50°,
105. The pair of equation x = a and y = b
then angle OAB =
graphically representing lines which
(A) 30° are
(A) Intersecting at (b, a)
(B) 40°
(B) Parallel
(C) 50°
(C) Intersecting at (0, 0)
(D) 25°
(D) Coincident
(E) None of these
(E) None of these
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106. In a cricket match, a batsman hits the 108. For a given data with 50 observations,
boundary 8 times out of 40 balls he the ‘less than ogive’ and the
plays. Find the probability that he did ‘more than ogive’ intersect at (15.5, 20).
not hit the boundary.
The median of the data is
(A) 20
(A) 1
5 (B) 50
(C) 15.5
(B) 5
4 (D) 4.5
(E) None of these
(C) 5
109. The probability that non-leap year
has 53 sundays is
(D) 4
5 (A) 5
7
(B) 6
(E) None of these 7
(C) 17
(D) 2
7
107. If tan A = cot (30° + A), then A =
(E) None of these
(A) 30° 110. From the top of a cliff 25 m high, the
angle of elevation of a tower is found
to be equal to the angle of depression
(B) 135°
of the foot of the tower. The height of
the tower is
(C) 60° (A) 50 m
(B) 75 m
(D) 45° (C) 100 m
(D) 25 m
(E) None of these (E) None of these
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( SCIENCE )
111. The force required to maintain an 115. A car covers a distance of 200 km in
object at a constant velocity is 4 hours. What is its average speed ?
(A) Frictional force (A) 100 km/h
(B) Net force (B) 25 km/h
(C) Gravitational force (C) 50 km/h
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
112. Which of the following is an 116. The breakdown of pyruvate to give
unsaturated hydrocarbon ? carbon dioxide, water and energy
takes place in
(A) Methane
(A) Chloroplast
(B) Ethane
(B) Mitochondria
(C) Ethene
(C) Cytoplasm
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
113. The membrane surrounding the cell
117. Which subatomic particle has
is called
negligible mass ?
(A) Cell wall (A) Proton
(B) Plasma membrane (B) Neutron
(C) Cytoplasm (C) Electron
(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. The speed of sound is maximum in
114. The study of the inheritance of traits
which of the following ?
in humans is called
(A) Water
(A) Herpetology
(B) Paleontology (B) Steel
(C) Heredity (C) Air
(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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119. Food cans are coated with tin and 122. Butanone is a four-carbon
not with zinc because compound with the functional group
(A) zinc has a higher melting point (A) Aldehyde
than tin
(B) Ketone
(B) zinc is more reactive than tin
(C) Carboxylic acid
(C) zinc is costlier than tin
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
120. What happens to the gravitational 123. What is the function of meristematic
force between two objects if the tissue in plants ?
distance between them is doubled ? (A) Protection
(A) It becomes one-fourth
(B) Growth
(B) It becomes half
(C) Support
(C) It quadruples
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
121. Which of the following are
124. What is the work to be done to
environment-friendly practices ?
increase the velocity of a car from
(A) Switching off unnecessary lights 30 km h–1 to 60 km h–1 if the mass
and fans of the car is 1500 kg ?
(B) Walking to school instead of
(A) 156250 J
getting your mother to drop you
on her scooter (B) 156650 J
(C) Carrying cloth bags to put (C) 800 J
purchases in while shopping
(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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125. Lichens are sensitive to which air 129. Which of the following constitutes a
pollutant? food chain ?
(A) Carbon monoxide
(A) Grass, goat and human
(B) Methane
(C) Sulphur dioxide (B) Goat, cow and elephant
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Grass, wheat and mango
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
126. In which of the following sphere,
weather phenomenon occurs ? (E) None of the above
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere 130. The magnetic field lines around a
straight current carrying conductor
(C) Ionosphere
are
(D) More than one of the above
(A) Ellipses
(E) None of the above
(B) Parallel lines
127. The gap between two neurons is
(C) Concentric circles
called as
(D) More than one of the above
(A) synapse
(B) axon (E) None of the above
(C) dendrite
(D) More than one of the above 131. What happens when dilute
hydrochloric acid is added to iron
(E) None of the above
fillings ?
128. Which of the following represents the
(A) Chlorine gas and iron hydroxide
correct electronic configuration of
are produced
nitrogen ?
(B) No reaction takes place
(A) 2, 8, 7
(C) Hydrogen gas and iron chloride
(B) 2, 8, 5
are produced
(C) 2, 5
(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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132. The kidneys in human beings are a 135. The phenomenon due to which the
part of the system for sky appears blue is
(A) excretion (A) Dispersion
(B) respiration (B) Reflection
(C) nutrition (C) Scattering
(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. Starting from a stationary position,
133. Which of the following terms does Rahul pedals his bicycle to attain a
not represent electrical power in a velocity of 6 ms–1 in 30 s. Then he
circuit ? applies brakes such that the velocity
of the bicycle comes down to 4 ms–1 in
(A) IR2 the next 5 s. Calculate the acceleration
of the bicycle in both the cases.
(B) VI
(A) 0.2 ms–2 and – 0.4 ms–2
(C) I2R
(B) 1.5 ms–2 and 4 ms–2
(D) More than one of the above (C) 0.8 ms–2 and – 0.6 ms–2
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
134. Which of the following is not a
137. Which of the following statements
characteristic of solids ?
about permanent tissues is correct ?
(A) Ability to flow easily (A) They are only found in young
plants
(B) Molecules closely packed
(B) They are capable of rapid cell
(C) Definite shape division
(C) They lose the ability to divide
(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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138. Which of the following is a 141. What is the process of changing a
characteristic property of acids ? substance directly from solid to gas
called ?
(A) Have a pH greater than 7
(A) Evaporation
(B) Turn blue litmus paper red
(B) Sublimation
(C) Turn red litmus paper blue
(C) Melting
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
139. According to Newton’s second law of
142. The anther contains
motion, the acceleration of an object
is directly proportional to the (A) ovules
(A) Force acting on the object (B) pollen grains
(B) Inverse of the mass of the object (C) sepals
(C) Mass of the object (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
143. What is the common name of
140. Which of the following is a plant
calcium hydroxide ?
hormone ?
(A) Baking soda
(A) Gibberellin
(B) Lime water
(B) Cytokinin
(C) Slaked lime
(C) Auxin
(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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144. Who discovered the cell for the first 148. What happens when light enters a
time ? glass slab from air ?
(A) Anton van Leeuwenhoek (A) It bends away from the normal
(B) Rudolf Virchow
(B) It undergoes total internal
(C) Robert Hooke reflection
(D) More than one of the above
(C) It bends towards the normal
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
145. The SI unit of work is (E) None of the above
(A) Newton
(B) Watt 149. Which of the following methods is
(C) Joule suitable for preventing an iron frying
pan from rusting ?
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (A) Applying paint
(B) Applying a coating of zinc
146. Which of the following is not a
physical change ? (C) Applying grease
(A) Burning of coal
(D) More than one of the above
(B) Dissolving salt in water
(E) None of the above
(C) Melting of ice
(D) More than one of the above
150. The acceleration due to gravity
(E) None of the above
on the surface of the earth is
approximately
147. Which of the following is not a vector
borne disease ? (A) 10 m/s2
(A) Dengue
(B) 6.4 m/s2
(B) Tuberculosis
(C) 9.8 m/s2
(C) Malaria
(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
Class -6-8, Subject - Language, General Studies and Mathematics & Science
Final Answer Key
D.O.E- 19.07.2024
Question No. Set-I Set-J Set-K Set-L
E-1 C D D D
E-2 A D B D
E-3 D B D B
E-4 D D A C
E-5 D C D D
E-6 A A D B
E-7 D C A D
E-8 B D C A
H-9 B A B C
H-10 B B C A
H-11 B A B C
H-12 C A C A
H-13 C B C A
H-14 A B C A
H-15 B A A B
H-16 C C A A
H-17 B C C C
H-18 A A B B
H-19 B A D B
H-20 C D A B
H-21 C C C A
H-22 C A A A
H-23 D C C B
H-24 C B A C
H-25 B C B A
H-26 B A B C
H-27 A B C D
H-28 A A B C
H-29 A B C C
H-30 B B B A
U-9 A A C B
U-10 A C C B
U-11 B C A A
U-12 B C A A
U-13 A A A B
U-14 B C B D
U-15 D B C E
U-16 A A E C
U-17 C E D B
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U-18 E D A A U-19 B C C C U-20 B A E A U-21 D E A A U-22 B E B B U-23 B A E E U-24 D D C A U-25 A B D E U-26 E E C D U-27 E A E A U-28 B A D A U-29 C A C D U-30 E D C E B-9 B B C D B-10 B D B A B-11 C A D A B-12 B A C C B-13 D A C A B-14 A B B B B-15 A B A A B-16 C C C C B-17 C A A C B-18 B C B B B-19 B A C C B-20 A A C A B-21 A A C A B-22 A C B A B-23 B A A A B-24 B C C B B-25 B B C C B-26 A B A B B-27 B C B A B-28 B A A B B-29 C C C A B-30 C A A B 31 A B C C 32 A C B C 33 C C A A 34 A D B C 35 D B B A 36 B A B C 37 E B D D 38 C A A C 39 A C A C 40 C C E B 41 A B B B
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42 B C B D 43 A B B C 44 B B B A 45 C D C A 46 A B A C 47 C B A C 48 B E B A 49 A C B A 50 A D A B 51 B E C B 52 D A A C 53 C C D B 54 C B A E 55 A C B D 56 C A A B 57 B E B B 58 B B B E 59 C D C B 60 A B C C 61 C B C C 62 C C E E 63 A B A C 64 E B D B 65 C B B C 66 C C B B 67 C A E C 68 E C B D 69 A B B C 70 C A A B 71 B D C E 72 C A E D 73 C D C E 74 B C E D 75 A E A C 76 E A C D 77 E D C C 78 E B B B 79 E C B B 80 A D D C 81 B B B A 82 A D A E 83 D A C D 84 D E A B 85 B D B C 86 C A E C 87 B D D A
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88 A E E B 89 A E B A 90 A A E D 91 C C E B 92 B D B D 93 E A D D 94 A E A E 95 B A D C 96 D A B B 97 B B C D 98 C B A B 99 E C B C 100 A B D B 101 C D D D 102 D E A E 103 A E E E 104 D B B A 105 E D A A 106 D C D A 107 A B A D 108 C C B E 109 C D B D 110 A B D C 111 E C B B 112 C B B A 113 B B C D 114 C B E A 115 C C A A 116 B A A C 117 C A B C 118 B B C B 119 B C D A 120 A A B C 121 D B A B 122 B C C E 123 B C B C 124 A A B B 125 C B C C 126 A D B C 127 A B A A 128 C B B C 129 A B B C 130 C C A B 131 C D B C 132 A A C C 133 A A B A
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134 A C B D 135 C A C C 136 A A A C 137 C E C C 138 B B C C 139 D A D B 140 D B B B 141 B A B B 142 B B C A 143 C D D A 144 C B A D 145 C B A B 146 A B C A 147 B C B B 148 C C C A 149 B A A C 150 C C A A
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