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Wbpsc miscellaneous official paper (2012) shift ii - Test Set 1
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- Bhilai is situated in the state of
Question 1
- Chattisgarh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Orissa
- Andhra Pradesh
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- Name the first Indian Woman to win an Olympic medal.
Question 2
- Saina Nehwal
- Karnam Malleswari
- Sania Mirza
- P. T. Usha
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- A swimming pool can be filled by 2 pipes together in 6 hours. If the longer pipe alone takes 5 hours less than the smaller to fill the pool, the time in which the longer pipe alone would fill the pool is
Question 3
- 9 hours
- 10 hours
- 6 hours
- 8.5 hours
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- Light waves are
Question 4
- Mechanical waves
- Longitudinal waves
- Electromagnetic waves
- None of the above
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- A man won Rs.60,000/- in a state lottery. 35% of the money was taken by the Government as a tax. He actually receives
Question 5
- Rs. 38,000/-
- Rs. 38,750/-
- Rs. 39,000/-
- Rs. 38,500/-
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- Which party-led government became the first civilian government in Pakistan to last for 5 years?
Question 6
- Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
- Pakistan People’s Party
- Pakistan Qaumi Party
- Pakistan Muslim League
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- The petroleum price in India was completely deregulated according to the recommendations of which committee?
Question 7
- Kirit Parekh Committee
- Y. K. Alagh Committee
- Satish Chandra Committee
- Rakesh Mohan Committee
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- Which is the most expensive city in the world today?
Question 8
- Tokyo
- Melbourne
- Zurich
- Washington
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- Who wrote ‘A Haunted House’?
Question 9
- Bret Harte
- James Joyce
- Thomas Hardy
- Virginia Woolf
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- Westernmost district of West Bengal is
Question 10
- Bankura
- Paschim Medinipur
- Purulia
- Burdwan
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- Which country is the largest importer of Gold?
Question 11
- USA
- France
- Germany
- India
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- Which one is written by Kalidasa?
Question 12
- Kadambari
- Harsacharita
- Gitagobinda
- Raghu-Vangsha
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- Jamshedpur is located on the river
Question 13
- Damodar
- Subarnarekha
- Ajoy
- Rupnarayan
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- If X : Y = 4 : 7, the ratio of 21X + 2Y : 7X + 4Y is
Question 14
- 7 : 4
- 3 : 8
- 2 : 9
- 1 : 4
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- ‘Crime and Punishment’ was written by
Question 15
- Henry James
- Joseph Conrad
- Dostoevsky
- Boris Pasternak
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- The highest peak of the Deccan plateau is
Question 16
- Anaimudi
- Kalsubai
- Mahabaleswar
- Nilgiri
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- “Survival of the fittest” was coined by
Question 17
- Darwin
- Lamarck
- Mendel
- Viseman
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- The ratio of wages of two labours is 4 : 3. If the wages of the first be decreased by Rs. 9 and that of the second be increased by Rs. 9, the ratio of the wages will be reverse ratio as it was at first. Determine the wages of first labour.
Question 18
- Rs. 27
- Rs. 36
- Rs. 42
- Rs. 48
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- The value of \frac{1}{5} + (999 + \frac{494}{495})*99
Question 19
- 9900
- 9900
- 90000
- 99900
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- The difference of mother's age and her daughter's age is 21 years and the \frac{1}{12} part of the product of their ages is less than the mother's age by 18 years. The daughter's age is
Question 20
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 4 years
- 1 year
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- Which country is going to host the Winter Olympic Games 2014?
Question 21
- USA
- U. K.
- Russia
- Canada
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- Who composed the book ‘Aatmaghati Bangalee’?
Question 22
- Nirad C. Chowdhury
- Annadashankar Ray
- Shibnarayan Ray
- Sukanta Chowdhury
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- Shillong is located to the ________ of Garo, Khasi and Jayantiya hills.
Question 23
- South
- North
- East
- West
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- What percent of 30 is 27?
Question 24
- 90%
- 80%
- 70%
- 85%
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- The time required for Rs. 15,625/- to be Rs. 17,576/- at 4% per annum compound interest is
Question 25
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 2.5 years
- 3.5 years
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- Name the first Indian to swim across the English Channel.
Question 26
- Arati Saha
- Brojen Das
- Abhijit Rao
- Mihir Sen
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- ‘Godfather’ was written by
Question 27
- V. S. Naipal
- Gunter Grass
- Mario Puzo
- Erich Segal
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- A temperature of 300°C corresponds to an absolute temperature in kelvin unit of
Question 28
- 27
- –27
- 523
- 573
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- A bag contains Rs. 325 in the form of 1 rupee, 25 paisa and 50 paisa coins. The no. of coins are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The number of 1 rupee coin is
Question 29
- 100
- 120
- 150
- 130
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- How long is a Half Marathon?
Question 30
- 25 Km
- 24 Km
- 27 Km
- None of the above
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- Unit of frequency is
Question 31
- kg – m
- Sec.
- Hertz
- Cm/Sec²
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- Which Mughal ruler was known as ‘Zinda Pir’ (Living Saint)?
Question 32
- Akbar
- Shah Jahan
- Jahangir
- Aurangzeb
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- Who won the World Chess Championship in 2012?
Question 33
- Vishwanathan Anand
- Gary Kasparov
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Anatoly Karpov
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- There are 40 members in a sports club of a school. The ratio of the number of boys to girls is 3 : 1. The number of girls to be added to the club to make the ratio of boys to girls 3 : 2 is
Question 34
- 12
- 10
- 15
- 20
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- Who was the director of ‘Aparajito’?
Question 35
- Sandip Ray
- Satyajit Ray
- Sukumar Ray
- Tapan Sinha
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- Name the country that has won the Olympic Gold Medal in Football three times.
Question 36
- Brazil
- Hungary
- Italy
- Germany
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- In an Examination 17% of the candidates fail in Bengali and 18% in English. If 5% fail in both Bengali and English, the percentage of those who pass in both the subjects is
Question 37
- 50%
- 60%
- 70%
- 65%
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- Haemoglobin is
Question 38
- a copper compound
- a cobalt compound
- a magnesium compound
- an iron compound
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- The ratio of the monthly incomes of two persons is 7 : 4 and their expenditures is 5 : 2. Each of them saves Rs. 2,000/- per month. Their monthly incomes
Question 39
- Rs. 8000/-, Rs. 4000/-
- Rs. 7000/-, Rs. 4000/-
- Rs. 7500/-, Rs. 4500/-
- Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 2000/-
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- Who is the first Indian to drive a Formula One Car?
Question 40
- Paramjit Singh
- Sebastian Vettel
- Narayan Karthikeyan
- None of the above
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- Name the telescope from NASA that recently discovered 26 new planets.
Question 41
- Galileo Telescope
- Copernicus Telescope
- Kepler Telescope
- Bose Telescope
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- Shakira is associated with
Question 42
- Sports
- Pop Music
- Politics
- Social Service
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- Pressure Cooker works on the principle
Question 43
- Boiling point increases with the increase of pressure
- Boiling point decreases with the increase of pressure
- Boiling point increases with the decrease of pressure
- None of the above
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- Rs.145 is divided among A, B, C so that \frac{1}{2} of A’s share, \frac{2}{3} of B’s share and \frac{3}{4} of C’s share are equal. A’s share will be
Question 44
- Rs. 60
- Rs. 70
- Rs. 65
- Rs. 75
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- Rs. 9,000/- were divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been 20 more persons, each would have got Rs. 160 less. The original number of persons
Question 45
- 20
- 25
- 30
- 40
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- Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
Question 46
- Momentum
- Mass
- Weight
- Force
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- A train travels a distance of 300 Km. at a constant speed. If the speed of the train is increased by 5 Km. an hour, the journey would have taken 2 hours less. The speed of the train will be
Question 47
- 30 Km./h
- 25 Km./h
- 20 Km./h
- 35 Km./h
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- Who is the founder of Facebook?
Question 48
- Bill Gates
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Steve Jobs
- Narayan Murti
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- ‘Agunpakhi’ is written by
Question 49
- Hasan Azizul Haque
- Jahanara Imam
- Debesh Roy
- Sankha Ghosh
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- ‘Shylock’ character is created by
Question 50
- P. B. Shelley
- John Milton
- Shakespeare
- Byron
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- The composer of ‘Paradise Regained’ is
Question 51
- Wordsworth
- Coleridge
- Shakespeare
- Milton
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- A sum lent on simple interest becomes Rs.2520/- in 2 years and Rs.2700/- in 5 years. The principal sum is
Question 52
- Rs. 2400/-
- Rs. 2000/-
- Rs. 2500/-
- Rs. 2600/-
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- Kala Kshetram is a Centre of dance and Performing Arts established by
Question 53
- Rukmini Devi
- Sonal Man Singh
- Sutapa Talukdar
- Birju Maharaj
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- The Governor-General who decided in favour of Western Education in India
Question 54
- Lord Cornwallis
- Lord William Bentinck
- Lord Ripon
- Lord Curzon
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- Enzymes are organic compounds of protein category which
Question 55
- act as catalysts in life processes
- help in the mechanism of supply of oxygen in blood
- help to regulate the manner and rate of use of glucose in body
- help in heredity maintenance
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- The disease transmitted by blood
Question 56
- Cholera
- Tuberculosis
- AIDS
- Polio
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- By selling a plot of land for Rs.4,50,000/-, a person loses 10%. To gain 15%, the selling price will be
Question 57
- Rs. 5,00,000/-
- Rs. 5,25,000/-
- Rs. 6,00,000/-
- Rs. 5,75,000/-
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- Soaps are
Question 58
- sodium and potassium salts of higher fatty acids
- sodium salts of sulphonic acids
- high molecular mass alcohols
- mixtures of glycerol and phenol
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- Firoja Begum is associated with
Question 59
- Acting
- Nazrul-Geeti
- Social Service
- Politics
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- Which of the following does not match?
Question 60
- Mohiniattam – Kerala
- Chhou – Purulia
- Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh
- Dandiya – Rajasthan
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- Which Parliamentary Committee considers matters of procedure and conduct of business?
Question 61
- The Rules Committee
- Business Advisory Committee
- Ad Hoc Committees
- Financial Committees
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- ‘Arogya Niketan’ is composed by
Question 62
- Tarashankar Bandyopadhyaya
- Kalidas Nag
- Gokul Nag
- Subodh Ghosh
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- Which of the following is an ore of aluminium?
Question 63
- Haematite
- Dolomite
- Bauxite
- Carnalite
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- Night blindness is due to the lack of which vitamin?
Question 64
- A
- B
- C
- K
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- The Supreme Court consists of
Question 65
- One Chief Justice and 18 other Judges
- One Chief Justice and 25 other Judges
- One Chief Justice and 26 other Judges
- One Chief Justice and 30 other Judges
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- How many times is chlorine gas heavier than air?
Question 66
- 1.27
- 2.50
- 3.81
- 5.0
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- Who was the General of Sher Shah?
Question 67
- Brahmajit Gaur
- Dilir Khan
- Shayestha Khan
- Jai Singh
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- The value of a car is Rs.3,00,000/- at present. If the value depreciates 10% in the first year, 8% in the 2nd year and 5% in the 3rd year, the depreciated value after 3 years will be
Question 68
- Rs. 2,00,000/-
- Rs. 2,35,000/-
- Rs. 2,40,000/-
- Rs. 2,35,980/-
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- Article 309 empowers Parliament and State Legislatures
Question 69
- To regulate the recruitment and conditions of service of the Public Services of the Union and the States respectively
- To deal with powers and duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General
- To deal with Indian Foreign Service
- To regulate Income-Tax Officers (Class I) Service
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- A man donated 4% of his income to a charity and deposited 10% of the rest in a bank. He now has Rs.10,800/-. His income is
Question 70
- Rs. 12,500/-
- Rs. 18,500/-
- Rs. 12,000/-
- Rs. 10,900/-
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- Who bestowed command of the Indian National Army (I.N.A.) on Subhas Chandra Bose who renamed it Azad Hind Fauz?
Question 71
- Captain Mohan Singh
- Rashbehari Bose
- Shah Nawaz Khan
- Lakshmi Bai
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- When chlorine reacts with excess of ammonia the products are
Question 72
- NH₄Cl, NCl₃
- NH₄Cl, N₂
- NCl₃, HCl
- N₂, HCl
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- When can ordinances be issued by the President?
Question 73
- When Parliament is not in session
- During emergency
- When Parliament is in session
- None of the above
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- Durgapur is situated on the river
Question 74
- Ajoy
- Kangsabati
- Mayurakshi
- Damodar
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- Which disease-causing germ is borne by Anopheles Mosquito?
Question 75
- Dengue
- Encephalitis
- Malaria
- Filaria
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- Insulin is secreted from
Question 76
- Kidney
- Pituitary gland
- Pancreas
- Thyroid
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- Article 14 of the Constitution of India ensures ________
Question 77
- Equality before the law and equal protection of the laws
- Right to freedom
- Right to religion
- Right to constitutional remedies
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- Where do you see stomata in lotus leaf?
Question 78
- Only upper surface of leaf
- Only lower surface of leaf
- Both lower and upper surface of leaf
- None of the above
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- Subarnarekha is a river of the district of
Question 79
- Bankura
- Paschim Medinipur
- Purba Medinipur
- Purulia
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- The Muslim Brotherhood is the political organisation of which country?
Question 80
- Tunisia
- Egypt
- Libya
- Saudi Arabia
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- Right to Freedom is ensured in the Indian Constitution under Article ________
Question 81
- 23
- 25
- 18
- 19
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- Which of the following radiations have the maximum penetrating power?
Question 82
- α-rays
- β-rays
- γ-rays
- Light rays
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- Syed Mustafa Siraj has created this detective character
Question 83
- Kakababu
- Colonel
- Kikira
- Bhaduri-mosai
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- Kilo-Watt-Hour is the unit of
Question 84
- Power
- Force
- Energy
- Momentum
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- Ram and Shyam together can complete a work in 6 days. If each worked alone, it would take Shyam 5 days less than Ram. Ram can complete the work alone in
Question 85
- 10 days
- 15 days
- 20 days
- 8 days
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- The play ‘Ruddhasangit’ is based on the life of
Question 86
- Shyamal Mitra
- Hemanta Mukherjee
- Purnadas Baul
- Debabrata Biswas
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- Name the country that lost 30 Footballers and Officials in an aircrash in 1993.
Question 87
- Russia
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Somalia
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- The outside dimensions of a bordered table cloth are 16 cm and 14 cm. If the area of the table cloth excluding the border is 120 cm², the width of the border is
Question 88
- 3 cm
- 2 cm
- 1.5 cm
- 2.5 cm
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- Name the Pakistani female education activist who became a victim of the Taliban recently.
Question 89
- Hina Rabbani Khar
- Malala Yousafzai
- Benazir Yousafzai
- Attia Bano Qamar
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- 33 bighas of land can be ploughed by 15 ploughs in 11 days. In how many days 22 bighas of land will be ploughed by 10 ploughs?
Question 90
- 10
- 11
- 15
- 8
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- Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with the title of ‘The Parrot of Hindustan’.
Question 91
- Ziauddin Barani
- Utbi
- Alberuni
- Amir Khusru
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- The cost price of 15 articles is equal to the selling price of 12 articles. The profit percent is
Question 92
- 20%
- 15%
- 30%
- 25%
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- Naini Tal lake is situated in the state of
Question 93
- Uttar Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- Jammu and Kashmir
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- The metal first discovered by man is
Question 94
- iron
- copper
- aluminium
- gold
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- Who wrote “Nil Darpan”?
Question 95
- Madhusudan Dutta
- Dinabandhu Mitra
- Harish Chandra Mukherjee
- Kali Prasanna Singha
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- The difference between the simple and compound interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 5% per annum is Rs.61/-. The sum is
Question 96
- Rs. 8,000/-
- Rs. 9,000/-
- Rs. 8,500/-
- Rs. 9,100/-
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- Which of the following pairs is isoelectronic?
Question 97
- N₂, CO
- NO, CO
- CO, CN⁻
- O₂, CN⁻
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- A man sells two watches at Rs.99/- each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he losses 10%. His loss or gain percent on the whole transaction is
Question 98
- Loss 1%
- Loss 5%
- Profit 1%
- Profit 5%
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- Which one of these is a sanctuary?
Question 99
- Corbett
- Gorumara
- Sunderban
- Mudhumalai
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- In which year Kashmir was acceded to India?
Question 100
- 1947 A.D.
- 1948 A.D.
- 1949 A.D.
- 1950 A.D.
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