BPSC Head Master 2023: TRE 2.0, Head Master, Language, General Studies and Head Master subject
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26/HM/M–2023 Booklet Series
Serial No.
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A
LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND HEAD MASTER
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PART—I
( LANGUAGE )
Directions (Q. Nos. 1 and 2) : Choose 5. Which of the following is not
the most appropriate prepositions in found in a car?
the following sentences : (A) Gear
1. The poems written by Dinkar are
(B) Accelerator
_____ the most appealing
quality. (C) Pistol
(A) for (D) More than one of the above
(B) by
(E) None of the above
(C) of
(D) More than one of the above 6. A sister’s husband is called in
(E) None of the above English as
2. What is the time _____ your (A) jija
watch?
(B) brother-in-law
(A) in
(B) by (C) maternal brother
(C) at (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
7. Which is the seventh planet
Directions (Q. Nos. 3 and 4) : Fill in from the Sun?
the blanks with suitable articles like
‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ : (A) Jupiter
3. The Sun rises in the east and (B) Uranus
sets in _____ west. (C) Neptune
(A) a (D) More than one of the above
(B) an
(C) the (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
8. If the last day of the week is
(E) None of the above
Saturday, the third day will be
4. Aurangabad is _____ less known
(A) Tuesday
city in Bihar.
(A) the (B) Sunday
(B) a (C) Monday
(C) an
(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 compound interest on 33. If the sum of the first 14 terms
R 8,000 at 15% per annum for of an arithmetic progression is
2 years and 4 months, 1050 and its first term is 10,
compounded annually would be then the 20th term of the
arithmetic progression is
(A) R 3,109
(A) 100
(B) R 4,119
(B) 150
(C) R 8,530
(C) 200
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
32. A candidate got 35% of the votes
34. The value of a gadget worth
polled and he lost to his rival
R 10,000 is depreciating at the
by 2250 votes. How many votes
rate of 10% per annum. In how
were cast if there are only two
many years will its value be
candidates for voting?
reduced to R 6,561?
(A) 4700 (A) 7 years
(B) 7500 (B) 5 years
(C) 8600 (C) 4 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
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35. If 2 men and 3 women can do 37. The ratio between the speeds of
a piece of work in 8 days and two trains is 7 : 8. If the second
3 men and 2 women in 7 days, train runs 400 km in 4 hours,
in how many days the work be then the speed of the first
done by 5 men and 4 women train is
working together?
(A) 82·5 km/hr
(A) 3 days
(B) 87·5 km/hr
(B) 4 days
(C) 92·5 km/hr
(C) 5 days
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
36. If 17th term of an arithmetic 38. The greatest number which on
progression exceeds its 10th dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves
term by 7, then the common remainders 6 and 5 respectively,
difference of the arithmetic is
progression is
(A) 121
(A) 2
(B) 123
(B) 1
(C) –1 (C) 127
(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. The decomposers of dead 43. Water enters from soil into root
organisms is/are hairs of plants due to
(A) viruses (A) atmospheric pressure
(B) bacteria (B) capillarity
(C) fungi (C) osmotic pressure
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
44. The compound which on
40. The material normally used
dissolution in water makes it
to make core of an
hard, is
electromagnet is
(A) CaCO 3
(A) soft iron
(B) MgSO 4
(B) stainless steel
(C) Ca (HCO 3 ) 2
(C) aluminium
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
45. The pollen grains in water
41. Ornithology is the study of pollinated flowers are
(A) leaves (A) light and smooth
(B) bones (B) sticky
(C) birds (C) dry
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
46. Which gland provides both
42. Chandrayaan-3 satellite was
endocrine and exocrine
launched by ISRO on
function?
(A) August 23, 2023 (A) Thyroid
(B) July 14, 2023 (B) Adrenal
(C) September 2, 2023 (C) Pancreas
(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. Which team won the FIFA 49. Oommen Chandy, former CM
Women’s World Cup, 2023 of Kerala, who died recently,
football final? remained an MLA continuously
for about 53 years from which
constituency in Kerala?
(A) England
(A) Chalakudy
(B) Netherlands
(B) Payyanur
(C) Spain
(D) More than one of the above (C) Pattambi
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
48. The Exorcist, the first horror
film to be nominated for a Best
Picture Oscar whose director,
William Friedkin, died recently 50. Which country was expelled the
at the age of 87, was based on United Nations Commission on
a novel of the same name the Status of Women?
written by
(A) Iraq
(A) Dean Koontz
(B) Iran
(B) William Peter Blatty
(C) Jack Ketchum (C) Kuwait
(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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51. Which woman was killed during 53. How many astronauts are to
Hijab in police custody in Iran? be sent for how many days
in the manned mission of
H1 Gaganyaan?
(A) Mahsa Amini
(A) 2 astronauts for 2 days
(B) Hina Rabbani Khar
(B) 3 astronauts for 5 days
(C) Maryam Nawaz
(C) 3 astronauts for 7 days
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
52. Who has the name of
Ni-Kshay Mitra and the National 54. Where did the Chief Minister
Ambassador of Tuberculosis-free M. K. Stalin unveiled the
India campaign? statue of Mahakavi Subramanya
Bharathiyar?
(A) Anu Malik
(A) Varanasi
(B) Deepa Malik
(B) Rameshwaram
(C) Shiba Malik (C) Chennai
(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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55. Which of the following countries 59. Millets are called miracle grains
is sharing longest border with and crops of the future. Why?
India?
(A) Drought-tolerant crops
(A) Pakistan
(B) Require few external inputs
(B) Myanmar
(C) Nutritionally comparable to
(C) Bangladesh rice and wheat
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
56. Which of the following cities
60. The share of mountains in total
is located in the North of
land area of India is
Tropic of Cancer?
(A) 30 percent
(A) Bhopal
(B) Aizawl (B) 27 percent
(C) Ranchi (C) 40 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
57. Which of the following rivers 61. Fossil fuels are examples of
has largest catchment area? which type of resources?
(A) Kalinadi (A) Renewable
(B) Ponnani (B) Biological
(C) Periyar (C) Non-renewable
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
58. Which type of climate is in
62. From where was Chandrayaan-3
eastern Bihar according to
launched?
Thornthwaite’s scheme?
(A) C2 (A) Paradeep
(B) C1 (B) Sriharikota
(C) A (C) Thumba
(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 was the ‘political guru’ of 67. Who started the Asiatic Society
Mahatma Gandhi? of Bengal in 1784?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (A) Max Muller
(B) Charles William
(B) M. G. Ranade
(C) William Jones
(C) Surendranath Banerjea (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 was the President of the
Patna Session of Indian National
64. Who decided to persuade Congress held in 1912?
Gandhiji to come to Champaran? (A) R. N. Mudholkar
(A) S. N. Sinha (B) A. C. Majumdar
(B) Raj Kumar Shukla (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Surendranath Banerjea
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
69. On the outbreak of 1942,
(E) None of the above the people proclaimed the
establishment of a National
65. The Lucknow Pact took place in Government under Siaram
Singh at
(A) 1915
(A) Patna
(B) 1916
(B) Bhagalpur
(C) 1917 (C) Champaran
(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 was the commander of
66. The Non-Cooperation Movement the British army sent against
was suspended in Kunwar Singh during the 1857
(A) 1921 Revolt?
(A) General Hewitt
(B) 1922
(B) Sir Colin Campbell
(C) 1923 (C) Sir Hugh Rose
(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
( EDUCATION AND SUBJECT RELATED QUESTIONS )
71. The basic foundations of 74. Which of the following is not a
physical, mental and personality characteristic of slow learners?
development are laid in the (A) The educational attainment
period of falls below the level of their
(A) adulthood natural abilities
(B) adolescence (B) Possess low intelligence
(C) childhood (C) Unable to keep pace with
(D) More than one of the above the normal schoolwork
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
72. According to Piaget, which of the
following factors plays an 75. A child who reads ‘dog’ as ‘God’
important role in influencing or ‘bat’ as ‘tab’ falls in which
development? category of learning disability?
(A) Reinforcement
(A) Dyspraxia
(B) Language
(B) Dysgraphia
(C) Experience with the
(C) Dysphasia
physical world
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
73. Schools are social institutions 76. To inculcate protection and
because they consolidation of democracy
through education is one of the
(A) preserve and instill in
objectives of
future generations the
knowledge, ideas, and (A) Kothari Education Commis-
customs of our culture sion (1964–66)
(B) suggest ways and means of (B) National Policy of Education
social progress (1986)
(C) are established by the (C) National Knowledge
society Commission (2007)
(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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77. Who advocated, “We do not want 81. Insightful theory of learning is
mass production but we want given by
production for the masses”?
(A) Thorndike
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Kohler
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) J. Krishnamurti (C) Gardener
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
78. Epistemology is the branch of
82. Which of the following
Philosophy which deals with the
statements regarding internal
theories of
forces of motivation is true?
(A) knowledge
(A) They are more important to
(B) reality
understand than external
(C) existence forces of motivation
(D) More than one of the above
(B) They are less important to
(E) None of the above understand than external
forces of motivation
79. Which one of the following
categories of Fundamental (C) They are as important as
Rights incorporates ‘abolition of external forces of motivation
untouchability’? (D) More than one of the above
(A) Right to Religion
(E) None of the above
(B) Right to Freedom
(C) Right to Equality
83. The best way to react to wrong
(D) More than one of the above answer given by a student is
(E) None of the above
(A) to scold him for not having
learnt lesson
80. Religion acts as a great barrier
in social change because (B) to ignore the wrong answer
and pass on to the next
(A) it depends on social
question
gatherings
(B) it is based on faith (C) to explain why the answer
is wrong
(C) it preaches values
(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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84. The sequence of steps of lesson 87. Which of the following is the
planning is compilation of information
maintained in the school for the
1. Presentation
student?
2. Setting of general objectives
(A) Authentic record
3. Introduction
(B) Cumulative record
4. Homework
(C) Anecdotal record
5. Recapitulation
(D) More than one of the above
Give your answer from the
following options : (E) None of the above
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(B) 2, 3, 1, 4, 5 88. According to Article _____ of the
Constitution, Hindi written in
(C) 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 Devanagari script is the official
(D) More than one of the above language of India.
(E) None of the above (A) 343
(B) 345
85. A situation where a group of
(C) 351
people meet to generate few
ideas around a specific area of (D) More than one of the above
interest is known as
(E) None of the above
(A) brainstorming
(B) indoctrination 89. Which of the following is not the
(C) simulated teaching characteristic of Philosophy?
(D) More than one of the above (A) Philosophy is discipline
based on experience,
(E) None of the above
speculation and logic, not
empirical one
86. The process of being fair to men
(B) Philosophy is subjective and
and women is also termed as
not objective discipline
(A) gender sensitivity
(C) Philosophy is not related to
(B) gender equity logical analysis of ultimate
(C) gender awareness reality of the universe
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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90. Democracy as an ideology is 93. The essence of Pavlov’s classical
based on the principle that conditioning is
(A) response generalization
(A) the individual must be
willing to sacrifice his life (B) stimulus substitution
for the protection of the (C) behaviour modification
country (D) More than one of the above
(B) country is more important (E) None of the above
than the individual
94. A child first learnt to fear its
(C) integrity of the individual is mother, then its aunt, and now
worth protecting at any cost it fears any women. This is an
example of
(D) More than one of the above
(A) transfer of learning
(E) None of the above (B) stimulus generalization
(C) response set
91. The term ‘vicarious reinforce- (D) More than one of the above
ment’ is related with (E) None of the above
(A) Skinner 95. Which of the following is known
(B) Hull as the ‘Magna Carta’ of modern
Indian education?
(C) Bandura (A) Education Commission
(1966)
(D) More than one of the above
(B) National Policy (1986)
(E) None of the above (C) Wood’s Dispatch (1854)
(D) More than one of the above
92. Which of the following types of (E) None of the above
learning comes after multiple
discrimination in the Gagne’s 96. The science that deals with the
hierarchy of learning? things which are beyond
physical appearance is known
(A) Learning of Concepts as
(B) Verbal Association Learning (A) Nanotechnology
(B) Parapsychology
(C) Learning of Principles
(C) Metaphysics
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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97. Let p ³ 5 be a prime. Then 100. The period T and radius R of the
(A) fp ´ fp has at least five circular orbit of a planet about
subgroups of order p the Sun are related by
(B) every subgroup of fp ´ fp is (Note : M s is the mass of the
of the form H1 ´ H 2 , where Sun, G is gravitational constant)
H1, H 2 are subgroups of fp æ 4p 2 ö 3
(A) T 2 = çç ÷÷ R
(C) every subgroup of fp ´ fp is è GM s ø
an ideal of the ring fp ´ fp
æ 4p 2 ö 2
(D) More than one of the above (B) T 3 = çç ÷÷ R
(E) None of the above è GM s ø
98. Let p be a prime number and N p æ 4p 2 ö 3
(C) T = çç ÷÷ R
be the number of pairs of è GM s ø
positive integers (x, y ) such that (D) More than one of the above
1 1 1
+ = (E) None of the above
x y p4
101. A conducting rod of length l is
Which among the following is
moving with a constant velocity
possible values of N p ? r
v in a magnetic field. A potential
(A) 0
difference appears across the
(B) 4 two ends, if
(C) 9 (A) rod length is parallel to v
r
(D) More than one of the above r
(B) v is parallel to B
r
(E) None of the above r
(C) rod length is parallel to B
99. Let the general integral of the (D) More than one of the above
partial differential equation
(E) None of the above
¶z ¶z
(2xy - 1) + (z - 2x 2 ) = 2 (x - yz )
¶x ¶y 102. A light bulb and an open coil
inductor are connected to an
be given by F (u, v ) = 0, where
a.c. source in series through a
F : r 2 ® r is a continuously
switch. The switch is closed and
differentiable function. (r is after some time, an iron rod is
the set of all real numbers inserted into the interior of the
and r 2 = { (x, y ) : x, y Î r} ) Then coil inductor. As the iron rod is
which of the following is true? inserted, the glow of the light
(A) u = x 2 + y 2 + z, v = xz + y bulb
(A) decreases
(B) u = x 2 + y 2 - z, v = xz - y
(B) increases
(C) u = x 2 - y 2 + z, v = yz + x (C) is unchanged
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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103. According to Maxwell-Boltzmann 106. Genetic recombination and first
law of distribution, average indication of sexuality in
kinetic energy is bacteria was discovered by
1 (A) Lederberg and Tatum
(A) kT
2
(B) Griffith
(B) kT per mol
(C) Wollman
3 (D) More than one of the above
(C) kT per mol
2
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
107. The diseases produced by
(E) None of the above
fungus Ustilago are known as
‘smuts’ because
104. Transition metals are often
(A) the affected hosts become
paramagnetic owing to
completely black
(A) high MP and BP
(B) they produce sooty masses
(B) the presence of vacant of spores
orbitals
(C) their mycelium is black
(C) the presence of unpaired
electrons (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
108. The 80s ribosomes are present
in
105. Ascorbic acid is a
(A) eukaryotic cells
(A) protein
(B) vitamin (B) prokaryotic cells
(C) carbohydrate (C) bacterial cells
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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109. Identify the hormone that 112. Which data structure is used
causes the smooth uterine for implementing a Last-In-
muscle to contract during First-Out (LIFO) behavior?
animal parturition, which is
released by the pituitary gland. (A) Queue
(A) Vasopressin (B) Dequeue
(B) Oxytocin (C) Tree
(C) Prolactin (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. Through which technique, the
110. If the sequence of bases in speed imbalance between
DNA is TACCGACCA, then the ‘memory access’ and CPU
sequence of codons on the operation can be reduced?
transcript will be
(A) Memory interleaving
(A) ATGGCTGGT
(B) Cache memory
(B) AUGGCUGGU
(C) Reducing the size of
(C) AUGGACUAA
memory
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
111. Whose experiments cracked
the DNA and discovered 114. The Boolean expression
unequivocally that a genetic X = (A + B )(C + D ) represents
code is ‘triplet’?
(A) two ORs ANDed together
(A) Hershey and Chase
(B) two ANDs ORed together
(B) Nirenberg and Matthaei
(C) Beadle and Tatum (C) a 4-input AND gate
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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115. “The only man (Bismarck) who 118. Igneous rocks are formed from
could juggle with five balls of
which at least two were always (A) compression and heating of
in air.” Who said it? existing rocks
(B) accumulation of organic
(A) Garibaldi
matter
(B) German emperor, (C) solidification of magma or
Kaiser William–I lava
(C) D. M. Ketelbey (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
119. Which of the following is a
correct statement about India?
116. Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta (A) India has total geographical
throws light on the reign of area of 3·187 million square
kilometer.
(A) Ashoka
(B) It is the 6th largest country
(B) Bindusara of the world.
(C) Chandragupta Maurya (C) India has a coastline of
6700 km in mainland.
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
117. The Indian sepoys fired and 120. What is the total length of
attacked their officers in which the Golden Quadrilateral, the
part of Bihar? highway network connecting
four major cities in India?
(A) Santhal Pargana
(A) 4552 km
(B) Muzaffarpur
(B) 5846 km
(C) Gonda
(C) 7538 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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121. Who said, “Children pass 124. Which school of thought has
through the various stages of established ‘power’ as the axis of
moral development which are political science?
age-related”?
(A) Paris school
(A) Piaget (B) Chicago school
(B) Kohlberg (C) Cambridge school
(C) Erickson (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
125. Kautilya has explained the four
branches of knowledge in which
122. Which one is the second stage of of the following series?
memory process?
(A) Anvikshiki–Varta–Trai–
(A) Storage Dandniti
(B) Trai–Varta–Anvikshiki–
(B) Sensory input
Dandniti
(C) Encoding
(C) Varta–Trai–Dandniti–
(D) More than one of the above Anvikshiki
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
123. Who considered emotional
intelligence ‘as the ability to 126. The Sixth Schedule of the Indian
monitor one’s own and other’s Constitution makes special
emotions, to discriminate them, administrative provisions with
and to use the information to regards to the tribal areas of
guide one’s thinking and (A) Assam, Rajasthan, Tripura
actions’? and Bihar
(A) Goleman (B) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura
and Mizoram
(B) Salovey and Mayer
(C) Bihar, Odisha, Mizoram
(C) Baron and West Bengal
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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127. If the percentage change in 130. Which one of the following,
demand is –7·5%, and the based on the belief of sanctity of
percentage change in price is habit and obedience to a person,
5%, then price elasticity of has a position of divisional
demand shall be power?
(A) 1·5 (A) Feudal power
(B) 0 (B) Traditional authority
(C) 2·5 (C) Miraculous authority
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
128. The Mudra loans for Bihar 131. National Scheduled Tribe
increased in 2019–20 by Commission was formed
through which of the following
(A) R 9,531·12 crores Constitutional Amendments?
(B) R 9,513·12 crores (A) 89th
(C) R 9,561·12 crores (B) 90th
(D) More than one of the above (C) 91st
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
129. The other name of macro-
economics is 132. Who is the author of the book,
Kinship Organization in India ?
(A) income and employment
theory (A) Irawati Karve
(B) price theory (B) G. S. Ghurye
(C) distribution theory (C) M. N. Srinivas
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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133. Which gland controls basal 136. Accounting equation means
metabolic rate (BMR)?
(A) Capital – Liabilities = Profit
(A) Thyroid
(B) Assets = Equities
(B) Pancreas (C) Current Assets +
Current Liabilities =
(C) Testes Long-term Liabilities
(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. Repairing incurred before using
134. The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan a second hand motor car
(NBA) goals universal toilet purchased recently is a
coverage by the year
(A) revenue expenditure
(A) 2020
(B) deferred revenue expenditure
(B) 2022 (C) capital expenditure
(C) 2024 (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. x and y are sharing Profits and
Losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They
admit z as a partner and give
135. ‘Cold sterilization’ refers to the him 2/10th share of the profits.
preservation of food by The new profit-sharing ratio
will be
(A) dehydration
(A) 12 : 8 : 5
(B) radiation
(B) 6 : 4 : 4
(C) refrigeration
(C) 3 : 2 : 2
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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139. What measures has the 142. ‘Dundubhi’ is classified as
government taken to solve the
problem of finance and (A) Ghana Vadya
marketing in the small-scale
sector? (B) Sushir Vadya
(A) Setting up of Small
Industries Development (C) Avanadha Vadya
Bank of India (SIDBI)
(B) Providing credit guarantee (D) More than one of the above
scheme for MSMEs
(C) Launching of Prime (E) None of the above
Minister’s Employment
Generation Programme
(PMEGP)
143. Tabla is tuned for accompani-
(D) More than one of the above
ment on
(E) None of the above
140. What is the Export Promotion (A) Nishad Swar
Capital Goods (EPCGs) scheme?
(A) A scheme that allows (B) Shadaj Swar
exporters to import capital
goods at zero duty (C) Rishabh Swar
(B) A scheme that provides
financial assistance to (D) More than one of the above
exporters for marketing
their products in foreign (E) None of the above
countries
(C) A scheme that provides
subsidies to exporters for
144. How many Dhatus of Prabandha
setting up new production
have been accepted?
facilities in foreign
countries
(D) More than one of the above (A) 1
(E) None of the above
(B) 2
141. PSEs are organizations owned by
(A) joint Hindu family (C) 4
(B) government
(C) foreign companies (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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145. Esse est percipi is the doctrine of 148. Which principle of general
management advocates that
(A) Russell “Employee turnover should be
minimized to maintain
(B) Hobbes
organizational efficiency”?
(C) Berkeley (A) Stability of personnel
(B) Remuneration of employees
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Equity
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
146. Sankhya theory of Satkaryavada 149. Which of the following
says statements does not highlight
(A) the effect is fully different the relationship between
from the cause planning and controlling?
(A) Planning and controlling
(B) there is an invariable are separable twins of
relation between the cause management.
and the effect (B) Planning without controlling
is meaningless, controlling
(C) the effect is pre-existed in
without planning is blind.
the cause in a latent form
(C) Planning is prescriptive,
(D) More than one of the above controlling is evaluative.
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
147. Religious fundamentalism looks 150. Stock Exchange works as a
for mechanism for valuation of
securities through the forces of
(A) literal interpretation of demand and supply. Identify the
religion related functions performed by
the stock exchanges.
(B) liberal interpretation of
(A) Providing liquidity and
religion
marketability to existing
(C) rigid interpretation of securities
religion (B) Safety of transaction
(C) Pricing of security
(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 : 07.12.2023 , 1st Sitting
FINAL ANSWER KEY : LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND HEADMASTER
SERIES - A
1 C 31 A 61 C 91 C 121 B
2 B 32 B 62 B 92 A 122 A
3 C 33 C 63 E 93 B 123 A
4 B 34 C 64 B 94 B 124 B
5 C 35 B 65 B 95 Delete 125 E
6 B 36 B 66 B 96 C 126 B
7 B 37 B 67 C 97 A 127 A
8 A 38 C 68 A 98 C 128 A
9 A 39 D 69 B 99 A 129 A
10 A 40 A 70 E 100 A 130 B
11 B 41 C 71 C 101 E 131 A
12 B 42 B 72 C 102 A 132 A
13 A 43 C 73 Delete 103 E 133 A
14 A 44 C 74 E 104 C 134 B
15 A 45 C 75 D 105 B 135 B
16 C 46 C 76 A 106 A 136 B
17 B 47 C 77 B 107 B 137 C
18 C 48 B 78 A 108 A 138 A
19 B 49 E 79 C 109 B 139 D
20 C 50 B 80 B 110 B 140 A
21 B 51 A 81 B 111 B 141 B
22 E 52 B 82 C 112 E 142 C
23 E 53 E 83 C 113 D 143 B
24 E 54 A 84 C 114 A 144 C
25 C 55 C 85 A 115 B 145 C
26 A 56 B 86 B 116 C 146 C
27 B 57 B 87 B 117 A 147 A
28 C 58 A 88 A 118 C 148 A
29 B 59 D 89 C 119 E 149 A
30 E 60 A 90 C 120 B 150 CPage 1 of 48
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