WBCS Exe. Prelims 2019 Prev. Yr. Paper

The word 'beleaguered' means:

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the given word.
INDEFATIGABLE

Fill in with the right phrasal verb.
The detective suddenly ______ a useful clue.

Replace the underlined word with a suitable word.
The tranquillity and sanctity of the place soothed us.

Correct the following sentence and choose the right answer.
We had gone to the movies last night.

Select the right answer:
My watch is five minutes _______.

Fill in with suitable conjunction:
He advanced ________ he could.

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank:
I am sure I ________ him before.

Fill in with the right option:
I ______ him for a long time.

Which is the correct form of the given sentence:
They discussed about the matter.

Change the voice of the verb and select the correct answer:
The script is being written.

The idiomatic expression 'see eye to eye' means:

Ornithology is the study of:

Choose the correct preposition.
Ram made the most ______ his resources.

The word necrophilia means:

Convert the given sentence into an interrogative sentence:
I will meet you at the train station.

Convert this to a simple sentence.
She wanted to go on vacation, so she saved money.

Convert the given sentence into a simple sentence:
Pancakes are delicious but not without syrup.

Add a suitable prefix to form the opposite of the word:
Balance

Fill in with the appropriate word:
The jury _________ divided in their opinion.

Fill in the blank with the suitable option:
Let's meet _________ next week.

Direction: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
No sooner _________ the sun risen than the fog disappeared.

Choose the meaning of the idiom that is underlined in the given sentence.
He says he has invented a time machine, which is clearly a load of cobblers.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
He entered the hall in the ________ part of the show.

Choose the correct preposition.
He preferred classical music ______ popular numbers.

East Kolkata wetlands have been declared as a:

Bhur of the Upper Ganga Plain of India is a/an:

The West Bengal Land Reforms Act came into force in:

The Headquarters of the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) of India is located in:

Metro rail was started in Kolkata in the year:

About 80% of the coal reserves of India lie in the:

The full-fledged state of Telangana came into existence on:

Dhanekhali is famous for its:

The western part of the Teesta river basin in North Bengal is known as:

Sundarban was declared a 'World Heritage Site' primarily for its:

Jalpaiguri town is located on the banks of the:

The Rammam hydroelectric power project is located in:

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

The first railway line in West Bengal was started between:

The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following states?

The Shola forest is predominantly found in which of the following regions?

Kolleru Lake is geographically located between the deltas of which two rivers?

What is meant by the term 'Demographic Dividend'?

Which of the following districts was NOT a part of West Bengal at the exact time of the Independence of India in 1947?

As per the standard records of the Census of India 2011, the literacy rate of West Bengal is:

Which of the following Indian states shares the longest geographical boundary line with West Bengal?

The Lakshadweep island archipelago is geologically classified as a/an:

In India, which of the following categories of forest covers the largest absolute area?

Lake Manasarovar is located in which of the following mountain ranges?

The city of Shillong is geographically situated in:

Who delivered the historic quote, "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom"?

The contention that the Indian National Congress represented only a "microscopic minority" of the Indian population was maintained by:

Who among the following originally conceived the idea and name of 'Pakistan'?

Who described the proposals of the Cripps Mission as a "post-dated cheque on a crashing bank"?

The tragic Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 occurred in which city?

Who among the following British Viceroys officially annulled the Partition of Bengal?

The historical Carnatic Wars were fought between which of the following powers?

Which of the following was the first nation-wide mass political movement launched across India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi?

Surya Sen was the primary leader associated with which of the following events during the Indian freedom struggle?

Who among the following leaders led the sepoys at Kanpur during the Uprising of 1857?

The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by

The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by

The main leaders of the Swaraj Party were

Who amongst the following was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?

The Indian National Congress was founded by:

The Battle of Buxar was fought in ______.

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?

When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India?

Who built the Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri?

Malik Kafur was general of

Where did Gautama Buddha attain Enlightenment?

Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?

Who among the following succeeded Samudragupta as the next ruler of the Gupta dynasty?

The inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi scripts were deciphered by

Which among the following places have given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent?

Select the lettered pair that has some relationship as the original pair of words printed in the bold:
Poverty : Prosperity

In a certain code, BREAKTHROUGH is written as EAOUHRBRGHKT. How is DISTRIBUTION written in that code?

Observe the dots on a dice (one to six dots) in the following figures. How many dots are contained on the face opposite to that containing four dots?

Count the number of squares in the given figure:

How many triangles are there in the following figure?

Choose the best alternative as the answer:
A camera always has

Choose the best alternative as the answer:
A river always has

Find the missing number (?) in the following mathematical pattern:

A man has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcels. If he packs $3$, $4$, $5$ or $6$ in a parcel, he is left with one; if he packs $7$ in a parcel, none is left over. What is the number of boxes he may have to pack?

Arrange the following items from general to particular:
(i) Animal
(ii) Feline
(iii) Leopard
(iv) Mammal
(v) Vertebrate
(vi) Cat

Arrange the following in a meaningful sequence:
(i) Consultation
(ii) Illness
(iii) Doctor
(iv) Treatment
(v) Recovery

Which of the following interchanges of numbers would make the given equation correct?
$$8\times 20÷3+9-5=38$$

If $A>B$, $B>C$ and $C>D$, then which of the following conclusions is definitely wrong?

If '$<$ ' means 'minus', '$>$ ' means 'plus', '$=$ ' means 'multiplied by' and '$/$ ' means 'divided by', then what would be the value of $27>81/9<6$?

How many $3$ s are there in the following sequence which are neither preceded by $6$ nor immediately followed by $9$?
$$\text{9 3 6 6 3 9 5 9 3 7 8 9 1 6 3 9 6 3 9}$$

In the following series, how many such odd numbers are there which are divisible by $3$ or $5$, then followed by odd numbers, and then also followed by even numbers?
$$\text{12, 19, 21, 3, 25, 18, 35, 20, 22, 21, 45, 46, 47, 48, 9, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56}$$

Given the arrangement:
$$\delta =\beta \text{ F 2 * K S 7 5 \# \$ P L V S @ M U E 6 }\uparrow \text{ Q G }\text{c◯}\text{ 9 3 \& T Y }\pounds$$

How many such letters are there in the arrangement each of which is either immediately preceded by a symbol or immediately followed by a number, but not both?

How many meaningful words can be made by changing only the consonants in the word MEAN so that each of the consonants is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, by using each letter only once in each word?

If the first and third letters in the word NECESSARY were interchanged, also the fourth and the sixth letters, and the seventh and the ninth letters, which of the following would be the seventh letter from the left?

Arrange the following words according to dictionary arrangement:
(i) Epitaxy
(ii) Episode
(iii) Epigene
(iv) Epitome
(v) Epilogue

A result of a survey of 1000 persons with respect to their knowledge of Hindi (H), English (E) and Sanskrit (S) is given below:



What is the ratio of those who know all the three languages to those who do not know Sanskrit?

The sum of the incomes of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of the incomes of A and C is the same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the incomes of B and D. Whose income is the highest?

If ROME is written as MORE, then DARE is written as

Choose the odd one:

Igloos ∶ Canada ∶∶ Rondavels ∶ ?

The right to vote and to be elected in India is a:

In the Constitution of India, promotion of international peace and security is included in the:

What will follow if a Money Bill is substantially amended by the Rajya Sabha?

The ideal of a 'Welfare State' in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its:

The fundamental object of the 'Panchayati Raj' system is to ensure which among the following?

The power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court of India is vested in:

With reference to Hausla 2018, consider the following statements:
1. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
2. It provides a platform for children living in Child Care Institutions (CCIs) to showcase their skills.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In the 'Ease of Doing Business Report 2019' released by the World Bank, India secured the:

In the Indian banking system, the acronym PCA stands for:

Consider the following statements about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP):
1. It is an economic cooperation for China-led free trade.
2. It is a counter-cooperation for the America-led Trans-Pacific Partnership.
3. In the countries involved in this cooperation, Indian professionals will have a job market.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Mark the correct date and year in which the Indian Constitution came into being:

According to the Constitution of India, it is the duty of the President to present which of the following on the desk of the Parliament?
1. Recommendations of the Union Finance Commission.
2. Report of the Public Accounts Committee.
3. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
4. Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following organisations released the 'Agricultural Marketing and Farm Friendly Reforms Index'?

Who was one of the prominent advocates of a 'United Sovereign Bengal'?

Which Article of the Constitution of India guarantees to all citizens the freedom of speech and expression?

In the context of the Indian economy and central banking, what does the abbreviation 'ECF' stand for?

Which Schedule of the Constitution of India distributes legislative powers between the Union and the States?

The Eighty-sixth ($86\text{th}$) Amendment Act of the Constitution of India altered a Directive Principle of State Policy to provide for:

The District Judges in an Indian state are officially appointed by the:

The official process for the Impeachment of the President of India can be initiated in:

Consider the following statements regarding the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts:
1. It consists of not more than $25$ members of the Lok Sabha.
2. It examines public expenditure not only from a legal and formal point of view to discover technical irregularities but also from the point of view of economy, prudence, wisdom, and propriety.
3. It examines the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment is enjoyed by which of the following constitutional authorities in India?

Article 280 of the Indian Constitution lays down the provisions for the establishment of the:

The Panchayati Raj System structurally established in India by the $73\text{rd}$ Amendment Act features how many tiers?

Which of the following Amendments of the Indian Constitution extended the reservation of seats for SCs and STs and the special representation for Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies up to the year 2010?

An arc of length $121\text{cm}$ subtends an angle of $77^{\circ }$ at the centre of a circle. The radius of the circle is:

The arithmetic mean of the six numbers $9$, $12$, $15$, $18$, $20$, and $22$ is increased by $1$ if the number $15$ is replaced by which of the following numbers?

The total number of spinal nerves present in the human body is:

A bomb is released from a moving aeroplane flying horizontally at a uniform speed. Neglecting air resistance, what path does the bomb appear to follow according to the pilot?

Which of the following elements or elemental chemical compounds is commonly utilized in beauty parlors for the purpose of chemical hair setting?

Which of the following chemical fertilizers has the highest percentage of nitrogen content by mass?

According to the fundamental principles of thermal radiation (Kirchhoff's Law), good absorbers of heat are:

Ventilators are systematically provided near the roof or top of a room because:

The specific characteristic of a sound wave that enables you to instantly recognize the distinct voice of your friend is its:

A 'Light-year' is scientifically defined as:

The physiological phenomenon of the twinkling of stars observed from Earth is primarily on account of:

Select the chemical fluid or substance from the options below that has a $\text{pH}<7$:

To protect against tooth decay, we are advised to brush our teeth regularly. The chemical nature of the toothpaste commonly used is:

Which one among the following raw components constitutes the main, highest-percentage ingredient in commercial cement manufacturing?

Brass is a commercial metallic alloy consisting of a solid mixture of:

The percentage increase in the surface area of a cube when each side doubled is

Simplify the given fractional division: $\frac{4}{3}÷\frac{8}{9}$

Two cars, passing each other at high speed, are in danger of sideswiping because

The food that gives more calories per unit mass of food is

An Electrocardiogram (ECG) records which of the following?

Bio gas consists of

Noise pollution is created if sound is in excess to

If a person is addicted to alcohol, the liver gets damaged because it

At magnetic poles, the angle of dip is

The Constitution Bill (123rd Amendment), 2017 deals with

Which section of the Indian Penal Code deals with adultery?

Who won the Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role in 2018?

Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction/Literature in 2018?

What was the venue of the 14th G20 Summit held in 2019?

Executive power of the state is bestowed on the Governor by which article of the Indian Constitution?

Who is the author of the novel 'Flood of Fire'?

Who was appointed as the youngest-ever UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in late 2018?

Who served as the Indian Ambassador to China from 2019 to 2021?

Who served as the Managing Director (President) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2011 to 2019?

Who is the President of Maldives?

Who was the Prime Minister of Israel during the Munich Massacre?

Who is the Secretary of State of U.S.A. in January 2019?

Who will continue as the Emperor of Japan till April 2019?

Who is the President of South Korea?

Who was Sikkim's last sovereign king?

When did President Trump sign 'Asia Reassurance Initiative Act' into law?

Where is Vansda National Park Located?

What is the currency of Iran?

Which date is marked as the World Day for War Orphans?

Who was the dissenting Judge in the Apex Court's Sabarimala verdict?

Who is the leader of AIMIM?

Which province of India is the first to have complete organic farming?

Who among the following never became the President of United States of America?

Who was honoured with 54th Jnanpith Award?

Who founded the 'All India Harijan Samaj' in 1932?

Who is the founder of the Ghadar Party?

Where was the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) formed?

The famous INA trials took place at the Red Fort, Delhi in __________.

Where did the congress working committee first accept the idea of Quit India Movement?

Which leader died on the day the Non-cooperation movement was launched in 1920?

At which session of the Indian National Congress was 'Vande Mataram' sung for the first time?

When was the Non-cooperation movement suspended?

The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by

Who set up the Indian Independence League?

The provision for separate electorate for Hindus and Muslims was made in

In which session did the Indian National Congress declare Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) to be its goal?

Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

The famous Pakistan resolution was passed at

Which Act was known as 'Black-Bill'?

Who once remarked - 'Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician.'?

The Khilafat movement was started by

Who said - 'The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish'?

Which day was declared as the Direct Action Day by the Muslim League?

6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with

Which battle established the political supremacy of the British rule in India?

Kuka movement is associated with which of the following states?

The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by

The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year

Which of the following movements immediately followed the partition of Bengal?