71st BPSC Prelims Question Booklet
71st BPSC Prelims Question Booklet
Question Booklet
Full Length Test 1
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1. In the 70th BPSC case, students were 6. Choose the correct statement
having access to listen or watch the court 1. Chief Election commissioner (CEC)
proceedings (live streaming) through can’t be reappointed
portal and You tube, this “Right to access
2. Search committee headed by Union
court proceeding” is a fundamental Right
cabinet secretary was constituted to
under which Article of Indian constitution?
select 26th CEC SHRI Gyanesh Kumar
(a) Article 15 (b) Article 19 3. Anoop Barnwal case is related to
(c) Article 20 (d) Article 21 appointment of CEC & other EC.
(a) Only 3 (b) Only 1
2. Geeta & Natyashastra has been included
in the UNESCO Memory of world Register, (c) 1 & 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
who is credited with writing “Natyashastra”? 7. Which one of the following plays the most
dominant role in the “Fruit Production” in
(a) Ved Vyas (b) Abhinavagupta
plants?
(c) Varahmihir (d) Bharat Muni (a) Nitrogen (b) Potassium
3. In response to “Pahalgam attack”, India (c) Phosphorus (d) Calcium
launched “Operation sindoor”, but
8. Which of the following is a fundamental
Pakistan retaliated meekly with operation
physical quantity?
named as?
(a) Force (b) Speed
(a) Operation Fatah
(c) Electric Current(d) Pressure
(b) Operation Bunyan al-marsoos 9. For a body in uniform circular motion,
(c) Operation Revenge which of the following statement is correct?
(a) The magnitude of velocity keeps on
(d) Operation Kashmir
changing
4. What is the main function of the “Permutite (b) The acceleration of the body is
process” in water treatment? constant
(a) To remove bacteria from water (c) The force acting on the body is
constant
(b) To soften hard water
(d) None of these
(c) To purify drinking water
10. According to Newton’s 2nd Law of motion,
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incorrect?
5. Who has been appointed as “Chairman of
Estimate committee” for 2025-26? (a) Rate of change of linear momentum is
inversely proportional to the force
(a) Giriraj Singh (b) Chirag Paswan
acting on the body.
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friction acting on it. Identify the type of and the focus
frictional force: 18. Which gas turns lime water milky?
(a) Rolling Friction (b) Kinetic Friction (a) Oxygen (b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Static Friction (d) Sliding Friction (c) Nitrogen (d) Hydrogen
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the force of gravitation acting between Sodium in the kerosene oil?
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and the distance is halved between them, Sodium
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level is available to the next level (d) Majority Party Rule
(d) 10% of organisms are transferred to 42. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act,
the next trophic level 1976, is also known as:
(c) Article 137 (d) Article 226 (c) Fifth Schedule (d) Sixth Schedule
45. The concept of Fundamental Duties was (c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
added to the Indian Constitution by which
(d) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
Amendment Act?
(a) 44th Amendment (b) 42nd Amendment 48. Consider the following statements about
India on the eve of British conquest:
(c) 73rd Amendment (d) 86th Amendment
46. What was the main purpose of the 1. Indian economy was largely self-
Portuguese Cartaz system introduced in VXIÀFLHQW DQG YLOODJHEDVHG ZLWK
the Indian Ocean during the 16th century? minimal external trade.
(a) To regulate the movement of 2. Political fragmentation and lack of a
Portuguese ships and ensure safety strong central authority made India
against piracy. vulnerable to foreign powers.
(b) To issue naval trade licenses to Indian
Which of the above statements is/are
and foreign ships, allowing them to
trade under Portuguese control. correct?
(b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 into “Reserved” and “Transferred” subjects.
Which of the given options were treated as
(c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Transferred subjects?
(d) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
1. Agriculture 2. Land Revenue
50. Which of the following statements about
the Revolt of 1857 is factually correct? 3. Education 4. Law enforcement
(a) Rani Lakshmibai led the revolt in
Choose the correct answer from the
Lucknow and was killed while
defending the Residency options below.
(b) Mangal Pandey was hanged at (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1,3 and 4 only
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(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed 54. Which among the following newspapers is
the symbolic leader of the revolt by not related to Mahatma Gandhi?
rebels from Meerut
(a) Young India (b) Satya
(d) Nana Saheb led the revolt in Awadh
and declared himself the ruler of (c) Commonweal (d) Navjivan
Jhansi
55. The failure of the Cripps Mission is
51. Which of the following developments best
marked the beginning of modern considered as an immediate catalyst that
nationalism in India? resulted in the launch of this movement.
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structures
(b) Sugar, saltpetre, zinc and opium
(d) Invention of new alloys for coinage
(c) Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
72. During his visit to France in February
(d) Textiles, indigo, saltpetre and opium
2025, what did Prime Minister Narendra
67. According to the Pali text Matanga Jataka, Modi gift to French President Emmanuel
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following?
(a) Madhubani painting
(a) Tathagata (b) Avatar of Vishnu
(b) Dokra artwork
(c) Kshatriya (d) Chandala
(c) Tanjore painting
68. Shah-ji-ki-Dheri is a
(d) Pashmina shawl
(a) Mosque (b) Stupa
73. Which of the following statements is not
(c) Inscription (d) Tomb supported by evidence about Chola
69. Who among the following scholars referred economy or governance?
to Sanchi Stupa as a center of tree and (a) Cholas derived revenue only from
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Indian art and architecture?
(b) Chola state collected tolls and
(a) James Fergusson (b) profession-based taxes
Colin Mackenzie
(c) Royal princes sometimes governed
(c) Walter Elliot (d) H.H. Cole provinces
70. The emergence of 'Janapadas' and later (d) Chola trade reached Java and
'Mahajanapadas' in the later Vedic period Sumatra
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fall of Nadia and Lakhnauti?
(a) A shift from tribal organizations to
territorial states (a) Mithila (b) Kamrup
(b) The spread of urban centers and a (c) Sonargaon (d) Gaur
money economy
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department (diwan-i-arz) under the Delhi
(c) Malini Rajak (d) Malini Awasthi
Sultanate?
83. Which GI-tagged product from Bihar was
(a) Ariz-i-Mamalik (b) Khan-i-Jahan
prominently promoted at the International
(c) Wazir-ul-Hind (d) Mir Bakshi Buyer-Seller Meet 2025 in Patna for
enhancing its export potential?
77. Which of the following countries was NOT
a founding member of the Arab League? (a) Bhagalpuri Zardalu Mango
78. What is the per capita income of Bihar at (d) Magahi Paan
current prices for the year 2023–24, as 84. Under which scheme did the Bihar
estimated in the Bihar Economic Survey? government promote Neera extraction in
(a) 38,500 (b) 50,120 2025?
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the physiography of Bihar is/are correct? correct?
1. The Northern Plains of Bihar are part
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
of the Deccan Plateau.
2. The Chotanagpur Plateau covers the (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
southern and southwestern parts of
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separate Bihar Province after the
3. Kaimur Hills form the easternmost bifurcation of Bihar and Orissa in 1936?
extension of the Vindhyan range in
Bihar. (a) Maurice Garnier Hallett
4. The Shiwalik Hills are found in the (b) Sir James David Sifton
southern districts of Bihar.
(c) Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart
Select the correct answer:
(d) Sir Henry Wheeler
(a) 2 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 4 only 98. Match the following industries with their
correct districts in Bihar:
94. Sama-Chakeva, a folk festival celebrated
in Bihar, is mainly associated with which Industries Districts
community? A 3HWUROHXP5HÀQLQJ 1. Patna
(a) Magahi women (b) Mithila women Industry
B Rail Coach 2. Begusarai
(c) Tharu women (d) Angika women
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introduce its Gender Budget (Women’s
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Budget)?
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(a) 2007–08 (b) 2008–09
Options:
(c) 2011–12 (d) 2014–15
96. Consider the following statements (a) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
regarding the formation of Bihar as a
(b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
separate administrative unit:
1. Bihar was part of the Bengal (c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Presidency until the early 20th
(d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
century.
2. Bihar and Orissa were carved out as a 99. As per the Bihar Panchayati Raj Act, what
is the percentage of reservation for women
separate province from Bengal in 1912.
in Panchayati Raj Institutions in Bihar?
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magma or lava?
in which of the following districts?
(a) Sedimentary (b) Igneous
(a) Rohtas (b) Nawada
(c) Metamorphic (d) Fossiliferous
(c) Aurangabad (d) Bhojpur
112. Which of the following mountain ranges is (c) Italy (d) Poland
a part of the Peninsular Plateau in India? 119. On a world map, which country is located
at the intersection of the equator and the
(a) Himalayas (b) Aravalli
prime meridian?
(c) Karakoram (d) Pir Panjal
(a) Brazil
113. The largest producer of manganese ore in
(b) Ghana
India is:
(c) Indonesia
(a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh
(d) None, as no landmass exists there
(c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
(a) Prairie (b) Pampas 124. The External Benchmark Lending Rate
(EBLR) introduced by the RBI is linked to
(c) Veld (d) Steppe
which of the following?
121. Which of the following is a renewable
(a) Bank's internal cost of funds
natural resource?
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