WBPSC Prelims 2024 Question Paper (14-Jun-2026)

From the given options choose the word/phrase nearest in meaning to the proverb:
‘The early bird catches the worm.’

Fill in the modal auxiliaries as required:
I __________ swim. [Ability]

All the members are requested to _______ to the rules of the Association.
Choose the right word to fill in the blank.

Which of the options gives the right meaning of the following sentence?
He bit off more than he could chew.

Give one word substitution/meaning of the underlined word.
He loved wearing outlandish clothes.

An undertaker is one who

Give one word substitution/meaning of the underlined word.
The whole idea is quite preposterous.

Give one word substitution/meaning of the underlined word.
The game is afoot.

Choose the idiom that can be used to express the idea contained in the following sentence:
The candidate is sitting late into the night to prepare for the examination.

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given:
‘Affliction’

Fill in the blank with suitable Conjunction:
I want to go to the park ________ the weather is bad.

Fill in the blank with suitable Conjunction:
They are going on a vacation ________ they haven’t decided the destination.

A collection of poems or other literary works is known as:

Choose the correct word to fill in the gap in the following sentence.
Her book is a ________ to her teacher.

The phrase ‘round the corner’ is used to indicate something that is

From the given options choose the word/phrase nearest in meaning to the proverb:
‘Politeness costs little but yields much’

Fill in the modal auxiliaries as required :
_______ you be more careful in the future? [Request]

Supply the missing word in the sentence by choosing the right one from the following options.
There is a book shop close ________.

Fill in the blank with suitable Conjunction:
I will call you later ________ I am done with my chores.

Give one word substitution/meaning of the underlined word.
A humongous building was destroyed by the earthquake. The underlined word means

Choose the right word to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
Children should not forget their ________ duty towards parents.

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given:
Memorabilia refers to

From the given options choose the word/phrase nearest in meaning to the proverb:
‘Curiosity killed the cat.’

Choose from the following options the appropriate passive form of the sentence:
Napoleon made the impossible possible.

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given:
‘Underplay’

Find the odd number out:

Select the word which is different from the rest:

Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand. What does ‘dun’ (also spelled ‘doon’) signify here?

‘The Notes on Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood’ was written by

Under what authority the President of United States of America can impose tariffs?

Indian Topographical Map is published by

Finland has started a permanent deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. Where it is situated?

A persistent fall in the general price level of goods and services is known as

All X-brand cars parked here are white.
Some of them have radial tyres.
All X-brand cars manufactured after 1986 have radial tyres.
All cars are not X-brand.

Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?

The Vice President of the interim government formed in 1946 was

Who was the first Indian ruler to join the Subsidiary Alliance?

How many hymns are there in the Rigveda?

Which among the following was circulated as symbols by the rebels during the Revolt of 1857?

In an examination, a student gets 4 marks for every correct answer, 1 for every unattempted question and 0 for every wrong answer. If there are 30 questions, which of the following total scores is not attainable by a student?

India has recently launched a nationwide campaign for free HPV vaccination. The goal of this vaccination is to combat

Who became the Congress President after the resignation of Subhas Chandra Bose?

Agar-agar is derived from a/an

Mixed Economy refers to an economy where

What is the SHANTI Act, 2025?

Which of the following Indian states does not share the boundary with West Bengal?

A real gas behaves like an ideal gas at

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are separated by

Which one of the following is not the attribute/main function of NABARD?

The 2026-2027 Census of India represents a significant milestone as it is the country’s first

Which part of the Constitution of India deals with the Union Executive?

Pneumatophores are modified root and negatively geotropic. These are—

The film ‘Ek Ruka Hua Faisla’ (1986) directed by Sri Basu Chatterjee was adopted from a 1957 American film ‘12 Angry Men’. Recently it was adopted as a play in Bengali language. Which group has adopted it and what is the name of the play?

Consider the following statements:
(I) Finance Commission is a Constitutional Body.
(II) National Commission for Women is a Statutory Body.
Which option is correct?

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between the Union and the States under the Constitution of India?

East Kolkata Wetland has been declared as

Which Buddhist text provides an account of the 16 Mahajanpadas of the 6th century B.C.?

What is the efficiency of currently available commercial solar cells?

In West Bengal, silk industry is famous in

Which of the following animals is natural reservoir of Nipah viruses?

Which one of the following is not the anti-inflationary measure in India?

Which currency is known as ‘vehicle currency’?

Who introduced the Ryotwari settlement in Madras?

Sex Ratio in a population is defined as

The script of Santhal language is

Consider the following pairs:



Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Parallel governments during the 1942 Movement were formed in

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Who among the following abolished the pilgrimage tax ?

Which of the following is matched incorrectly?

Who opposed the burning of foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

What is the study and analysis of Coins known as ?

How many members should at least be there in a Club so that it is guaranteed that at least two members have the same month of birth?

Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of god (Dharti Aba) ?

Congress Democratic Party was founded by—

Which Fundamental Rights cannot be suspended during a National Emergency under Article 359?

During whose reign Malik Muhaamad Jaisi completed poem Padmavat ?

Water available for plants within the soil is

Which element although situated outside the Radioactive series, has radioactive isotope ?

The editor of the journal ‘Karmayogin’ was

Public Interest Litigation is primarily associated with which concept?

“Having four equal sides is a necessary condition for a quadrilateral to be a square, but it is not sufficient.”
This means:

What is the Full Form of BRICS? How many Members are there in BRICS?

India has officially set its net-zero Carbon Emission target for the year ________.

Jarwas live in

If Punam, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of $10\%$ on one goat and suffers a loss of $10\%$ on the other—

The leader of the Tana Bhagat movement was

Which of the following is not a UNESCO world heritage site?

Who drafted the Congress Enquiry Committee Report on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

A group of $630$ children seated in rows for a group photo session. Each row contains three less children than the row in front of it. Which one of the following number of rows is not possible?

The Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal) was established in which year?

Synapsis occurs during

The retreating South-West Monsoon brings rain in which part of India?

Select the shape which is different from the rest:

If APPLES is written as BORJHP, then how shall BANANA be written as?

Which out of the following letters should replace the question mark in the series?
A, D, G, J, M, ?

Which of the following elements is a semiconductor?

Two cars start towards each other, from two places A and B which are at a distance of $160\text{km}$. They start at the same time 8:10 AM. If the speeds of the cars are $50\text{km/h}$ and $30\text{km/h}$ respectively, they will meet each other at

Which of the following is a reason that driving rapid growth of data centers in India?

Wind Energy Project was set up in West Bengal at

Golden Quadrilateral is a

Which particular bonding exists in ${\text{H}}_2\text{O}$ and $\text{HF}$ but does not exist in ${\text{H}}_2\text{S}$?

The difference between Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product is

Babur’s famous autobiography ‘Baburnama’ was translated in Persian by

Who among the following persons wrote a biography of Mahatma Gandhi?

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won ‘International Booker Prize’ for ‘Heart Lamp’ in 2025 while David Szalay has won the Booker Prize in 2025 for his novel ‘Flesh’. What is the difference between the two prizes?

Which of the following statements correctly describes the status of ‘Right to Privacy’ in India?

The leader of the kherwar or Safa Hor movement was

Homage was paid to Thiruvalluvar. Who was he? Why is he famous for?

The leader of the Reang uprising in Tripura (1942-43) was

Which of the following cities was not founded by Firoz Tughlaq?

A body covers half the distance with a speed of $10\text{m/s}$ and the remaining half with a speed of $40\text{m/s}$. Then the average speed of the body over the entire journey

Find the next number in the series:
2, 6, 12, 20, ?

Which period in India is known as Plan Holiday?

On a per hectare basis which of the following forests will hold maximum amount of carbon?

Who among the following paid his soldiers in cash ?

In which ancient Scripture was the phrase “Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya” originally mentioned?

A person walks 500 m North-East, then 1 km South, turns right to walk another 1 km. Then he walks 500 m South-West and in the end, walks 1 km towards North. Where will he be at the end with respect to the starting position?

Which one of the following is not located in West Bengal?

Which one among the following is not Sunrise Sectors in India?

A body covers half the distance with a speed of $20\text{m/s}$ and the other half with $30\text{m/s}$. The average speed of the body during the whole journey is

Formula of the Chloride of an element $M$ is ${\text{MCl}}_4$ and its Molecular weight is $154$ ($\text{Cl}=35.5$). The molecular weight of its oxide is

The average marks obtained by the boys and girls in a class are 52 and 42 respectively. If the average marks of all students in that class is 50, then the percentage of boys present in the class is

Who was sent by the Indian National Congress to represent its views at the Versailles Conference in 1919?

Mass of atom is determined by

Consider the following pairs:
$$\begin{array}{ll}\text{District}& \text{Trees found in natural habitat}\\ \text{(I) Bankura}& \text{Sal}\\ \text{(II) South 24 Parganas}& \text{Sundari}\\ \text{(III) Coochbehar}& \text{Pine}\\ \text{(IV) Purba Medinipur}& \text{Baobab}\end{array}$$

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Which of the following carries oxygenated blood?

Who was first selected by Gandhiji for his ‘Individual Satyagraha’ movement?

The most abundant enzyme in the living world is _________.

Which one of the following is included in secondary sector from the standpoint of sources of national income?

While a car in moving on a straight road, a GPS map is showing North in the bottom right hand corner. In which direction will it be travelling after it turns $90^{\circ }$ to left?

Ginger is a stem because

“If a person is highly educated, then he earns well.”
— Then which of the following options is necessarily correct?

With reference to Cyclone which of the following statements is/are correct?
(I) The formation of a cyclone is caused by difference in air pressure.
(II) Most of the cyclones develop over warm ocean waters in the tropical regions.
(III) The Eye of the Cyclone has dense cloud cover and the lowest temperature.
Select the answer using the codes given below:

Identify the incorrect statement about ongoing Ukraine-Russia War:

“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course”, — Graham Greene.
Which one of the following is a manufacturer of Fountain Pens?

Which of the following cities is located closest to the Tropic of Cancer?

Which amendment made written advice of Cabinet mandatory for Emergency declaration?

Dependency Ratio of a country is

Which of the following elements, available adequately in India, can be used to produce the nuclear power?

Who among the following presided over the first Buddhist Council?

Which incident prompted the appointment of the Hunter Committee?

Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conferences?

A planet of mass $m$ is revolving around the sun in a circle of radius $r$. What is the work done by the gravitational force $F$ in moving the planet over half the circumference of the circle?

Why antibiotics are not prescribed to kill viral infections?

The name ‘Operation Polo’ referred to the military operation to integrate which princely state within the Indian Union ?

The year 2026 has been declared by the United Nations as the year of:

The tax imposed on import and export of commodity is known as

Joint Forest Management is primarily a partnership between

The length of a rectangle is decreased by 20% while the breadth is increased by 20%. Then the area of the rectangle will

In an enclosure, there are crows as well as cows. If there are 30 heads and 100 legs, what is the ratio of the cows to crows?

Kartiki Gonsalves & Guneet Monga won ‘Oscar’ In 2023 for Best Documentary (Short Subject). What was the name of the documentary film?

Who among the following called Irwin and Gandhi ‘The Two Mahatmas’?

Resistance of a uniform metal wire of length $1\text{m}$ and cross-sectional area $1{\text{cm}}^2$ is $10\Omega$. Resistivity of the wire is

Jaldapara National Park is located in

As per agreement with a bank, a businessman had to refund a loan in some equal installments without interest. After paying 18 installments he found that 60% of his loan was refunded. How many installments were there in the agreement?

Which three African countries have withdrew themselves from the International Criminal Court?

Which American Province has officially declared ‘Diwali’ as a State holiday?

Who played the role of a mediator leading to the signing of the Gandhi–lrwin Pact?

Who was the Governor-General of Bengal when the Asiatic Society was founded ?

In which country did Subhas Chandra Bose eastablish the ‘Azad Hind Radia’ broadcasting station ?

A landmark verdict was delivered by a Seven-Judge Constitution Bench headed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India on the sub-categorization of Scheduled Castes on August 1, 2024. In this judgment (State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh), the Supreme Court explicitly reviewed and overruled which of its own previous significant landmark litigations?

The Indian revolutionary leader associated with the battle of Buribalam in September 1915 was

Which of the following is not part of Israel’s native multi-layered missile defense system?

Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes Untouchability?

Which ruler ordered the construction of the Grand Trunk Road (Royal Road) spanning from East Bengal to Peshawar, historically also known as Sadak-e-Azam?

Which of the following social and political leaders strongly opposed the passage of the ‘Age of Consent Bill’ in 1891?

Which of the following broad classifications of insurance is primarily related to protecting against the loss of property, assets, and material wealth?

The founder and principal leader of the Khaksar movement was

If $14\text{g}$ of ${\text{N}}_2$ gas has '$n$ ' number of molecules, how many molecules are present in $46\text{g}$ of ${\text{NO}}_2$ gas?

Who wrote the book ‘Gandhi versus Lenin’ published in 1921?

Toto, a primitive and isolated tribal group, is primarily found in which district of West Bengal?

The two famous Vaishnava scholars and brothers, Roop Goswami and Sanatan Goswami, held high administrative posts in the court of which Bengal Sultan?

Which of the following mountain peaks does not geographically belong to the main Himalayan Range?

The leader of the Eka movement (Unity Movement) in Awadh ($1921\text{–}1922$) was

Which of the following apes is/are genetically closest to modern humans (Homo sapiens) sharing approximately $98.7\%$ of their DNA sequence alignment?

Given the simultaneous linear equations $2x-3y=-12$ and $\frac{x}{y}=\frac{3}{4}$, what are the values of $x$ and $y$?

Which organization or initiative launched the ‘Never Alone’ AI (Artificial Intelligence) companion app designed to address emotional well-being and mental health support?

Krishna Raja Sagar dam (Karnataka) and Mettur dam (Tamil Nadu) are both built across which major river?

How does a non-green (colored) leaf synthesize food?

Among the following indices, which one is not used for the construction of the United Nations' Human Development Index (HDI)?

Who among the following presented the famous Kohinoor diamond to Emperor Shah Jahan?

Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seals?

The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919 was popularly known as the:

Running at a speed of $60\text{km/h}$, a train passed through a $1.5\text{km}$ long tunnel in $2\text{minutes}$. What is the length of the train?

Which of the following is not a problem of the unorganized sector?

Which of the following officers of the Azad Hind Fauj (INA) did not face the famous Red Fort Trials?

The boundary tectonic fault between the Greater and the Lesser Himalaya is known as the:

Which of the below mentioned Indo-Greek rulers issued coins bearing the figures of Krishna and Balarama?

A photon of frequency $50\text{Hz}$ possesses _________ $\text{J}$ energy. (where $h$ is Planck's constant and $c$ is the speed of light in vacuum)

Which country became the first major power to officially accept a Taliban-appointed ambassador, effectively granting diplomatic recognition to their government in Afghanistan?

Which of the following is a primary growth-inhibiting hormone in plants?

Which of the following words cannot be formed using the letters of the word 'RABBIT'?

Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State shall cease to be citizens of India?

Who founded the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), and what is its primary focus?

A clerk is given 3 letters written in a language unknown to her. She is also given an envelope with an address corresponding to each letter written in the same language. If the clerk puts the letters in the envelopes, in how many ways can she do it so that none of the 3 envelopes contains the letter with the correct address?

In April 2026, which two permanent members of the UN Security Council exercised their veto powers to block a resolution concerning maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz?

Which among the following Gupta rulers is credited with successfully defeating the invading Hunas?

Which football club won the first edition of the newly expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup held in 2025?

Which of the following towns is located on the bank of the Karola River?

The Indian Sangita Samaj was founded by: