WBCS (Executive) 2019 Prelims Previous Year 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.

Replaced 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

Bhur of Upper Ganga Plain of India is

West Bengal Land Reform Act came into force is

Head Quarter of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation of India is located in

Metro rail was started in Kolkata in

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

The full-fledged state of Telengana came into existence on

Dhanekhali is famous for

Western part of Tista river is known as

Sundarban is declared as 'World Heritage Site' for

Jalpaiguri town is located in the bank of

Rammam hydroelectric power project is located in

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

First railway line was started in West Bengal between

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

The Shola forest is found in:

Kolleru lake is located between:

What is Demographic Dividend?

Which of the following district was not in West Bengal at the time of Independence of India?

Literacy rate of West Bengal is:

Mention the name of the state which has larger boundary with West Bengal among the following states of India:

Lakshadeep is a:

In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

Manasorovar lake lies in:

Shilong is situated in:

"At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom," was said by:

The Indian National congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India. The contention was maintained by:

Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?

Who commented that Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?

Jallianwala Bagh massacre occured in:

Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?

Between whom Carnatic Wars were fought?

The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was:

Surya Sen was associated with which of the event during the Indian freedom struggle?

Who among the following, led the sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising?

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 figures shown in image_146f63.png. How many dots are contained on the face opposite to that containing four dots?

Count the number of squares in the figure corresponding to Q.79 in image_146f63.png.

How many triangles are there in the figure corresponding to Q.80 in image_146f63.png?

Choose the best alternative as the answer for the statement from Q.81 in image_146f63.png:
"A camera always has"

Choose the best alternative as the answer for the statement from Q.82 in image_146f63.png:
"A river always has"

Find the missing number in the pattern shown in:

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 3s 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?
$$\text{12, 19, 21, 3, 25, 18, 35, 20, 22, 21, 45, 46, 47, 48, 9, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56}$$

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

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 survey of 1000 persons with respect to their knowledge of Hindi (H), English (E) and Sanskrit (S) yields the following standard data values:



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 out:

Igloos : Canada :: Rondavels : ?

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 Monetary Bill is substantially amended by the Rajya Sabha?

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

The fundamental object of '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 latest 'Ease of Doing Business Report 2019' released by the World Bank, India has secured

PCA stands for

Consider the following statements about Regional Comprehensive Economic Programme (RCEP).
1. It is an economic cooperation for the 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 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 Union Finance Commission.
2. Report of the Public Accounts Committee.
3. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
4. Report of the National Scheduled Caste Commission.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

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

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

What is ECF?

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

The eighty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India altered a Directive Principle of the Constitution to provide-

District Judge in a state are appointed by the

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 the 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?

Power to grant pardons are enjoyed by which of the following constitutional authorities?

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

The Panchayati Raj system of India has:

Which of the following Amendments of the Indian Constitution is related to reservation of SC's and ST's and representation of Anglo Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Assembly?

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

The arithmetic mean of the numbers 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22 is increased by 1, if 15 is replaced by:

The number of spinal nerves in human body are:

A bomb is dropped at a point from a moving aeroplane. The pilot observes that:

Which of the following is used in beauty parlours for hair setting?

Which of the following fertilizers has more nitrogen content?

Good absorbers of heat are:

Ventilators are provided at the top of the room:

Voice of your friend can be recognized by its …….?

Light year is:

Twinkling of stars is on account of:

Select the one having $\text{pH}<7$.

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

Which one among the following is the main ingredient in cement?

Brass is a mixture of:

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

Evaluate the given expression:
$$4\frac{3}{8}÷9\frac{3}{4}$$

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

ECG records

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 Literature in 2018?

What is the venue of the forthcoming G 20 Summit?

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

Who is the author of Flood of Fire?

Who is the newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF?

Who is the Indian Ambassador to China?

Who is the President of IMF?

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?