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WBPSC Miscellaneous 2024 Previous-Year Questions

WBPSC Miscellaneous Preliminary

WBPSC Miscellaneous Preliminary 2024 Paper previous-year questions

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Question 12024

Amal and Bimal start a business with Rs. 500 for 9 months and an amount of money for 6 months respectively. If the total profit is of Rs. 69 and that of Bimal is of Rs. 46. Then what was the investment of Bimal at the starting of the business?

  1. Rs. 1,200
  2. Rs. 1,500
  3. Rs. 750
  4. Rs. 1,000
Answer: BRs. 1,500
Question 22024

Who among the following artists did not belong to the ‘Bengal School of Art’?

  1. Nandalal Bose
  2. Raja Ravi Varma
  3. Abanindranath Tagore
  4. Sunayani Devi
Answer: BRaja Ravi Varma
Question 32024

Who was the author of the book ‘From Volga to Ganga’?

  1. Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
  2. Ruskin Bond
  3. Jerome. K. Jerome
  4. Rahul Sankrityayan
Answer: DRahul Sankrityayan
Question 42024

Last Governor General of British India and first viceroy of British India was

  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Curzon
  4. Lord Mountbatten
Answer: ALord Canning
Question 52024

Which one among the following books was authored by Franz Kafka?

  1. Psychology in Everyday Life
  2. The Mother
  3. The Old Man and the Sea
  4. The Metamorphosis
Answer: DThe Metamorphosis
Question 62024

First President of India who died while in office—

  1. V. V. Giri
  2. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
  3. Jakir Hussain
  4. Neelam S. Reddy
Answer: CJakir Hussain
Question 72024

Name the organ responsible for purification of blood.

  1. Pancreas
  2. Intestines
  3. Kidney
  4. Stomach
Answer: CKidney
Question 82024

Who wrote the national anthems of two countries?

  1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Kazi Nazrul Islam
  4. Mohammad Iqbal
Answer: BRabindranath Tagore
Question 92024

How many times does 7/11 occur from 1 to 7?

  1. 7
  2. 13
  3. 9
  4. 11
Answer: C9
Question 102024

“I have a dream”— Name the civil rights leader.

  1. Rosa Parks
  2. Martin Luther King JR.
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Desmond Tutu
Answer: BMartin Luther King JR.
Question 112024

Summation of unit place and ten place digits of a number is 9. After interchanging the digits the difference between the earlier and present numbers is 9. What is the number?

  1. 72
  2. 18
  3. 54
  4. 63
Answer: C54
Question 122024

Mita and Arun started a business with Rs. 700 and Rs. 900 respectively. After 4 months when Mita invested Rs. 500 more, then Arun withdrew Rs. 300. If at the end of the year total profit is Rs. 1,720 then what are profits of both Mita and Arun?

  1. Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 720
  2. Rs. 980 and Rs. 740
  3. Rs. 900 and Rs. 820
  4. None of the above
Answer: DNone of the above
Question 132024

Find out the odd one.

  1. Khyber
  2. Bolan
  3. Gomal
  4. Gomukh
Answer: DGomukh
Question 142024

Give an example of Biological Disaster.

  1. 1984: Bhopal Gas Tragedy
  2. 2004: Tsunami
  3. 2009: Aila
  4. 2020: Covid
Answer: D2020: Covid
Question 152024

Haldia Port, is a part on the river bank of the confluence of the rivers

  1. Haldi river and Hooghly river
  2. Haldi river and Rupnarayan river
  3. Haldi river and Keleghai river
  4. Haldi river and Shilabati river
Answer: AHaldi river and Hooghly river
Question 162024

Who among the following Prime Ministers of India was the longest serving Prime Minister?

  1. Indira Gandhi
  2. Rajiv Gandhi
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Manmohan Singh
Answer: CJawaharlal Nehru
Question 172024

Who remarked, “I am revolution and I destroyed the revolution”?

  1. Otto von Bismarck
  2. Napoleon Bonaparte
  3. Benito Mussolini
  4. Adolf Hitler
Answer: BNapoleon Bonaparte
Question 182024

Which of the following organisms is not classified as an amphibian?

  1. Crocodile
  2. Newt
  3. Salamander
  4. Frog
Answer: ACrocodile
Question 192024

Sardar Sarovar Dam has been built over the

  1. Tista river
  2. Narmada river
  3. Torsha river
  4. Brahmaputra river
Answer: BNarmada river
Question 202024

Name the first newspaper in India.

  1. Bengal Gazette
  2. Samvad Kaumudi
  3. Mirat-ul-Akbar
  4. Hindoo Patriot
Answer: ABengal Gazette
Question 212024

Pittsburgh of India is

  1. Chotanagpur Plateau
  2. Deccan
  3. Keonjhar
  4. Jamshedpur
Answer: DJamshedpur
Question 222024

Add up the natural numbers from 1 to 100 and what is the value of the addition?

  1. 5020
  2. 5050
  3. 5025
  4. None of the above
Answer: B5050
Question 232024

Who is known as father of Indian Space Programme?

  1. S. Somnath
  2. Satish Dhawan
  3. Vikram Sarabhai
  4. K. Radhakrishnan
Answer: CVikram Sarabhai
Question 242024

What is 171 as a natural number?

  1. Prime
  2. Even
  3. Irrational
  4. Composite
Answer: DComposite
Question 252024

What is the highest gallantry award of the Indian Army?

  1. Paramvir Chakra
  2. Ashoka Chakra
  3. Mahavir Chakra
  4. Vir Chakra
Answer: AParamvir Chakra
Question 262024

Who among the following ancient Indian rulers protected his principality from Hun invasion?

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Skandagupta
  3. Ashoka
  4. Kanishka
Answer: BSkandagupta
Question 272024

Where is Rann of Kutch in India?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Gujarat
  4. Telengana
Answer: CGujarat
Question 282024

Choose the correct one (Use division algorithm):

  1. 24 = 2.11 + 2
  2. 24 = 2.10 + 4
  3. 24 = 2.12 + 0
  4. 24 = 2.9 + 6
Answer: C24 = 2.12 + 0
Question 292024

India’s first paper mill was built at

  1. Calcutta
  2. Serampore
  3. Naihati
  4. Asansol
Answer: BSerampore
Question 302024

Suppose 12 oranges are distributed in 5 baskets then

  1. there are 3 oranges in 2 baskets each and 2 oranges in 3 baskets each.
  2. 2 oranges in 3 baskets each, 1 orange in 2 baskets each and 4 oranges in one basket.
  3. 2 oranges in 4 baskets each and 4 oranges in one basket.
  4. None of the above
AnswerOfficially treated as a bonus question
Question 312024

What will be the angle between the hands of a clock when the time is at 9:15 a.m.?

  1. 100°
  2. 115°
  3. 360°
  4. 180°
Answer: D180°
Question 322024

Nikola Tesla invented what kind of electricity?

  1. AC
  2. DC
  3. Static
  4. Ball lightening
Answer: AAC
Question 332024

Who was the first woman to win a Noble Prize and remains the only person to win Noble Prize in two different scientific fields?

  1. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
  2. Barbara McClintock
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Rosalind Franklin
Answer: CMarie Curie
Question 342024

Who was the founder of Ajivika Sect?

  1. Mahavira
  2. Goshala Makkhaliputta
  3. Ajitanath
  4. Sumatinatha
Answer: BGoshala Makkhaliputta
Question 352024

Who is the British author known for the “Harry Potter” series of Novels?

  1. Agatha Christie
  2. J. K. Rowling
  3. J. R. R. Tolkien
  4. C. Dickens
Answer: BJ. K. Rowling
Question 362024

Which one among the following cell-organs are present only in plant cells?

  1. Nucleus
  2. Mitochondria
  3. Golgi Apparatus
  4. Plastids
AnswerOfficially treated as a bonus question
Question 372024

Which of the following is a water-borne disease?

  1. Tuberculosis
  2. Typhoid
  3. Malaria
  4. Diphtheria
Answer: BTyphoid
Question 382024

What is the desert soil called?

  1. Aridisols
  2. Andisols
  3. Histosols
  4. Mollisols
Answer: AAridisols
Question 392024

Country without airport—

  1. Monaco
  2. San Marino
  3. Andorra
  4. All of the above
Answer: DAll of the above
Question 402024

A medicine wholesaler allows a discount of 20% to his customer and still gains 15% on cost. If the maximum retail price is Rs. 550 then what is the purchase price of the medicine?

  1. Rs. 440
  2. Rs. 374
  3. Rs. 380
  4. None of the above
Answer: DNone of the above
Question 412024

If the product of three positive continued proportional numbers is 343. Then what is the median proportional of the first and third?

  1. 7
  2. 13
  3. 11
  4. 9
Answer: A7
Question 422024

Which gas is most abundant in earth’s atmosphere?

  1. Oxygen
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Nitrogen
  4. Neon
Answer: CNitrogen
Question 432024

August movement was started in India in the year

  1. 1942
  2. 1920
  3. 1930
  4. 1946
Answer: A1942
Question 442024

Study of insects is called

  1. Emetology
  2. Entomology
  3. Astrology
  4. Geology
Answer: BEntomology
Question 452024

Complete the pattern: 5, 7, 8; 6, 8, 12; 7, 9, ?

  1. 21
  2. 16
  3. 36
  4. 9
Answer: B16
Question 462024

Who introduced Mansabdari System?

  1. Sher Shah
  2. Akbar
  3. Murshid Quli Khan
  4. Mahmud Gawan
Answer: BAkbar
Question 472024

Name the device used to measure wind speed.

  1. Anemometer
  2. Barometer
  3. Manometer
  4. Thermometer
Answer: AAnemometer
Question 482024

The Great Barrier Reef is located in

  1. Austria
  2. Antigua
  3. Australia
  4. Andaman
Answer: CAustralia
Question 492024

Rs. 100 is divided in such a way between A and B such that the rupees of A : the rupees of B = 9 : 11. What are the amount of rupees of A and B?

  1. Rs. 35 and Rs. 65
  2. Rs. 45 and Rs. 55
  3. Rs. 43 and Rs. 57
  4. Rs. 39 and Rs. 61
Answer: BRs. 45 and Rs. 55
Question 502024

Loktak lake is in

  1. Manipur
  2. Nagaland
  3. Mizoram
  4. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: AManipur
Question 512024

Highest part of Southern plateau in India—

  1. Anaimudi
  2. Tibetan plateau
  3. Satpura
  4. Eastern ghats
Answer: AAnaimudi
Question 522024

From which least number if one subtracted 1, the difference is divisible by 12, 16 and 28?

  1. 336
  2. 335
  3. 672
  4. 337
Answer: D337
Question 532024

First Bank in India listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—

  1. SBI
  2. ICICI
  3. Deutsche
  4. HDFC
Answer: BICICI
Question 542024

What is the main goal of Rare Disease Day?

  1. Fund raising for research
  2. Improving access to health care
  3. Raising awareness among general public and their impact on patients’ life
  4. Providing support for individuals affected by rare disease
Answer: CRaising awareness among general public and their impact on patients’ life
Question 552024

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is a famous Indian

  1. Hockey Player
  2. Table Tennis Player
  3. Chess Player
  4. Volleyball Player
Answer: CChess Player
Question 562024

A can complete a work in 9 days when B can complete the same work in 6 days. They can complete the work in 3 days if C joins them. How many days will C take if C is told to complete the work alone?

  1. In 15 days
  2. In 12 days
  3. In 21 days
  4. In 18 days
Answer: DIn 18 days
Question 572024

What is the motto of the Indian Air Force?

  1. Touch the sky with glory
  2. Courage and Sacrifice
  3. Service before self
  4. Strength in unity
Answer: ATouch the sky with glory
Question 582024

What number system is often used in computing and programming?

  1. Binary
  2. Hexadecimal
  3. Octal
  4. Decimal
Answer: ABinary
Question 592024

What is the name of the tropical cyclone originated in South China Sea?

  1. Willy Willy
  2. Hurricane
  3. Typhoons
  4. Tornado
Answer: CTyphoons
Question 602024

Who was the last Viceroy and last Governor-General of India?

  1. Lord Wavell and Lord Mountbatten
  2. Lord Linlithgow and Lord Wavell
  3. Lord Mayo and Lord Wavell
  4. Lord Mountbatten and C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: DLord Mountbatten and C. Rajagopalachari
Question 612024

Amazon basin of Brazil is situated in which climatic region?

  1. Hot desert climatic region
  2. Monsoon climatic region
  3. Equatorial climatic region
  4. None of the above
Answer: CEquatorial climatic region
Question 622024

In the fashion of ‘as many rows as saplings’ it is to be found that 6 saplings are redundant to plant 127 saplings in a garden. How many rows are in the garden?

  1. 13
  2. 15
  3. 11
  4. 7
Answer: C11
Question 632024

The headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft are located at

  1. New York
  2. Seattle
  3. Los Angeles
  4. Chicago
AnswerOfficially treated as a bonus question
Question 642024

First woman to climb Mt. Everest—

  1. Bachendri Pal
  2. Sudipta Sengupta
  3. Junko Tabei
  4. Melissa Arnot
Answer: CJunko Tabei
Question 652024

The ratio of the collection of story books of Rabi and Madhu is 2 : 3 respectively. After purchasing of 6 new books by Madhu the ratio of their books would be 1 : 3. How many books did they have earlier?

  1. 2, 4
  2. 4, 6
  3. 4, 8
  4. None of the above
Answer: B4, 6
Question 662024

Who among the following never presided a Session of Indian National Congress?

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Answer: CBal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 672024

Who was the Prime Minister of India, when the ‘Look East Policy’ of India formulated?

  1. I. K. Gujral
  2. H. D. Deve Gowda
  3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  4. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Answer: DP. V. Narasimha Rao
Question 682024

Who is the author of the book ‘Man Makes Himself’?

  1. A. L. Basham
  2. Romila Thapar
  3. V. Gordon Childe
  4. D. D. Kosambi
Answer: CV. Gordon Childe
Question 692024

Chhuti Khan, Governor of Chittagong during medieval period ordered his court poet to translate :—

  1. Quran
  2. Zend Avesta
  3. Mahabharat
  4. Bible
Answer: CMahabharat
Question 702024

In Bronze, Copper is mixed with

  1. Tin
  2. Iron
  3. Silver
  4. Gold
Answer: ATin
Question 712024

Who is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

  1. Bessie Coleman
  2. Amelia Earhart
  3. Valentina Tereshkova
  4. Sally Ride
Answer: BAmelia Earhart
Question 722024

Which one is the root vegetable?

  1. Cauliflower
  2. Cucumber
  3. Gourd
  4. Carrot
Answer: DCarrot
Question 732024

Who was the first British Chief Justice of Supreme Court during British period?

  1. Sir Robert Chambers
  2. Sir Edward Hyde
  3. Sir Henry Russell
  4. Sir Elijah Impey
Answer: DSir Elijah Impey
Question 742024

Who said, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?

  1. J. J. Rousseau
  2. Montesquieu
  3. Diderot
  4. J. P. Sartre
Answer: AJ. J. Rousseau
Question 752024

Ratio of two numbers is 5 : 13. If gcd of the numbers is 11, then what are the numbers?

  1. 110, 286
  2. 55, 143
  3. 25, 65
  4. 165, 294
Answer: B55, 143
Question 762024

Who took the title of ‘Sakalauttarapathanatha’?

  1. Sasanka
  2. Harshavardhan
  3. Laxamanasena
  4. Dharmapala
Answer: BHarshavardhan
Question 772024

How much time shall a train of length 80 meter take to cross a 120 meter long platform when the train assumed the speed of 72 km/hr?

  1. 12 seconds
  2. 18 seconds
  3. 14 seconds
  4. 10 seconds
Answer: D10 seconds
Question 782024

Two trains start their journeys with velocities of 60 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively in opposite directions from two different stations 120 km apart. The train of higher velocity is stopped after 40 min of its departure. When will the other meet the first one?

  1. At 160 minutes
  2. At 130 minutes
  3. At 140 minutes
  4. None of the above
Answer: AAt 160 minutes
Question 792024

The First National Park of India is

  1. Kanha National Park
  2. Rajaji National Park
  3. Jim Corbett National Park
  4. Nanda Devi National Park
Answer: CJim Corbett National Park
Question 802024

Choose the correct one:

  1. Sum of two irrational numbers is an irrational.
  2. Sum of two irrational numbers is always a rational.
  3. Sum of two irrational numbers is not always an irrational.
  4. None of the above
Answer: CSum of two irrational numbers is not always an irrational.
Question 812024

What is ‘Dharmachakra Pravartana’?

  1. In Buddhism, it is a state of enlightenment.
  2. Death of Lord Buddha.
  3. After going enlightenment, Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath.
  4. All of the above
Answer: CAfter going enlightenment, Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath.
Question 822024

Who wrote ‘Ramcharit’?

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Krittibas Ojha
  3. Haridas
  4. Sandhyakar Nandi
Answer: DSandhyakar Nandi
Question 832024

If 12th January of 2024 was Friday, then what will be the 7th June of 2025?

  1. Monday
  2. Thursday
  3. Saturday
  4. None of the above
Answer: CSaturday
Question 842024

Identify the correct match:

  1. May 7 : World Health Day
  2. May 17 : World Telecommunication Day
  3. June 5 : World Ocean Day
  4. June 11 : World Day Against Child Labour
Answer: BMay 17 : World Telecommunication Day
Question 852024

12th Fail movie is based on the life event of which IPS officer?

  1. Manoj Kumar Sharma
  2. R. K. Handa
  3. Nazrul Islam
  4. Kiran Bedi
Answer: AManoj Kumar Sharma
Question 862024

Who among the following was not a member Cabinet Mission?

  1. Pathik Lawrence
  2. John Simon
  3. Sir Stafford Cripps
  4. A. V. Alexander
Answer: BJohn Simon
Question 872024

Who was the first woman Chief Minister of India?

  1. Pratibha Patil
  2. Padmaja Naidu
  3. Sucheta Kripalani
  4. Amrit Kaur
Answer: CSucheta Kripalani
Question 882024

Which of the following is not a metal?

  1. Mercury
  2. Zinc
  3. Sulphur
  4. Copper
Answer: CSulphur
Question 892024

Name the Sultan who banned hoarding of essential commodities in India.

  1. Iltutmish
  2. Balban
  3. Alauddin Khalji
  4. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: CAlauddin Khalji
Question 902024

What would be the selling price of broiler chicken per kg if he wants to profit 20% when Ramen purchases the broiler Rs. 115 per kg?

  1. Rs. 132
  2. Rs. 136
  3. Rs. 138
  4. None of the above
Answer: CRs. 138
Question 912024

Tansen was a famous musician, in the court of

  1. Akbar
  2. Ballala Sena
  3. Hussain Shah
  4. Devapala
Answer: AAkbar
Question 922024

Highest dam in India—

  1. Tehri Dam
  2. Bhakra Nangal Dam
  3. Hirakud Dam
  4. Sardar Sarovar Dam
Answer: ATehri Dam
Question 932024

First Bank in India to introduce Talking ATM for disabled persons—

  1. SBI
  2. PNB
  3. Union Bank of India
  4. ICICI
Answer: CUnion Bank of India
Question 942024

When will it be double if some capital was invested at the rate of 6¼%?

  1. In 12 years
  2. In 9 years
  3. In 16 years
  4. In 8 years
Answer: CIn 16 years
Question 952024

A rational number is

  1. expressible in a recessing decimal.
  2. not expressible in a recessing decimal.
  3. always expressible in a recessing decimal.
  4. None of the above
Answer: Aexpressible in a recessing decimal.
Question 962024

Who planted “Tree of Liberty” in Mysore?

  1. Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar
  2. Krishnaraja Wadiyar
  3. Tipu Sultan
  4. Hyder Ali
Answer: CTipu Sultan
Question 972024

Which one is correct? The Nagarjuna Sagar Sri Sailam in Andhra Pradesh is the

  1. smallest Tiger Reserve in India.
  2. biggest Tiger Reserve in India.
  3. the first Tiger Reserve in India.
  4. the newest Tiger Reserve in India.
Answer: Bbiggest Tiger Reserve in India.
Question 982024

“Sabe munise paja mama”—Who said?

  1. Lord Rishabha
  2. Emperor Ashoka
  3. Goutamiputra Satakarni
  4. Suparshvanath
Answer: BEmperor Ashoka
Question 992024

Carrier of Malaria disease is

  1. Aedes Mosquito
  2. Culex Mosquito
  3. Anopheles Mosquito
  4. Asian tiger Mosquito
Answer: CAnopheles Mosquito
Question 1002024

Which is the chemical formula of salt?

  1. NaCl
  2. CaCO3
  3. Na3PO4
  4. Na2CO3
Answer: ANaCl

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