2015 ~ QUESTION WITH ANSWER

1. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below : The crowd felt stupefied by the lecture.

a. Engulfed

b. Entertained

c. Enthused

d. Encouraged

2. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below : The silence of the children was sinister.

a. Catnap

b. Cacophony

c. Coarse

d. Cruelty

3. 'Book' may be used with

a. Trousers

b. Insects

c. Ticket

d. Painting

4. Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below : Genre

a. A grand tour

b. A specific category

c. A chauffeur

d. A long List

5. Put in a correct Participle in the blank space: Mary _________, we were freed from anxiety.

a. Having arrived

b. Rolling

c. Tattered

d. Being arrived

6. There was a ____ on the midnight train. (Insert correct phrasal verb)

a. Hold up

b. Hold in

c. Hold

d. Hold out

7. Insert correct adverb phrase in the blank space: Do this in a short time, in a _________ manner.

a. Former

b. Swift

c. Brave

d. Unwise

8. Insert proper preposition in the sentence: Here is the watch ________ you asked _________.

a. which, for

b. that, for

c. for, from

d. this, for

9. Insert proper preposition in the sentence: He hinted ______ some loss treasure.

a. Of

b. For

c. With

d. At

10. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below: The singer was not in voice. (in proper singing condition)

a. Lost voice

b. To sing well

c. Had a cough

d. Sang well

11. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below : No one dare call in question this honesty.

(a) Honesty of purpose

(b) Test

(d) Challenge

12. 'Approval' may be expressed by the following Interjection :

(a) Ha–!

(b) Hush !

(d) Hurrah !

13. A person on the verge of death of an illness is :

(a) Seriously ill

(b) Terminally ill

(d) None of the above

14. An endocrinologist deals with :

(a) Teeth

(b) Glands

(d) Heart

15. A stoic person can:

(a) Entice

(b) Endure

(d) Enable

16. Fill in the blank with the correct word: _________ his illness, he attended the function.

(a) Inspite

(b) Due

(d) Despite

17. Fill in the blank with the correct word : The stream was ________ by the waterfall.

(a) Fed

(b) Fed up

(d) Fuelled

18. Fill in the blank with the correct word: A _______ Star was seen in the sky.

(a) Strengthening

(b) Shooting

(d) Staring

19. 'Puts one in mind' means

(a) Resolved

(b) Decided

(d) Received

20. 'Hand and glove' means

(a) Arrogance

(b) Enemy

(d) Intimate terms

21. Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space : Mother says you _____ to go to the market at once.

(a) Have

(b) Are

(d) Will

22. Fill in the space with an Infinitive: ________ _________ fault is easy

(a) to begin

(b) to bury

(d) to find

23. Fill in the blank with the correct word : You had better _____ permission.

(a) Want

(b) Ask

(d) Order

24. Fill in the relative pronoun the blank space below: Who ____ saw her did not pity her?

(a) What

(b) Which

(d) Such

25. Fill in the relative pronoun the blank space below: The sun, ____ rays give life to the earth, was regarded by the ancients as a god.

(a) That

(b) Whose

(d) Whom

26. Cerebral Malaria is caused by

(a) Plasmodium vivax

(b) Plasmodium malariae

(d) None of the above

27. Hydraulic press is based on

(a) ARchimedes' law

(b) Pascal's law

(d) Bernouli's law

28. If there were not atomsphere, the earth would have been

(a) Silightly hot

(b) Slightly cold

(d) Very cold

29. The difference in time between Kolkata and London is

(a) Kolkata is more than 5 hours ahead

(b) Kolkata is more than 3 hours ahead

(d) Kolkata is 10 hours behind

30. When did the Jalianwalabagh Massacre take place?

(a) 13th April, 1919

(b) 15th August, 1921

(d) 25th September, 1925

31. The solar cooker works on the same principle as

(a) Bolometer

(b) Pyrometer
(c) Greenhouse

(d) Galvanometer

32. The real name of Gulzar, the noted poet and lyricist, is

(a) Sampooran Singh Kalra

(b) Sadanand Singh Kalia

(d) Probodh Chandra Bhatia

33. The capital of West Bengal is located close to the

(a) Equator

(b) Tropic of Cancer

(d) Arctic circle

34. The credit co-operative institution at the village level is called –

(a) Primary Agriculture Credit Society

(b) Rural Agricultural Credit Society

(d) Rural Bank

35. 2014 Nobel award in Physics is associated with the invention of which type of LED?

(a) Blue

(b) Green

(d) Yellow

36. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global gender Gap Report 2014?

(a) 113

(b) 114

(d) 116

37. West Bengal gets most of its rainfall from

(a) South West Monsoon

(b) Bay of Bengal branch of Indian Monsoon

(d) Arabian Sea branch of Indian Monsoon

38. Who was the founder Commander of the Indian National Army (INA)?

(a) Rashbihari Bose

(b) Capt. Mohan Singh

(d) None of the above

39. Which of the following gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

(a) Chikungunia virus

(b) Lassa fever

(d) Ebola virus

40. Who was appointed the new Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board on 28th October, 2014 for a three year term?

(a) Jawhar Sircar

(b) Bimal Julka

(d) Mrinal Pande

41. Indian Standard Time is calculated along a line of longitude passing through

(a) 82°30' E passing through Allahabad

(b) 80°30' E passing through Delhi

(d) 84°00' E passing through Nasik

42. Peasant farming means –

(a) The tenant cultivates the land

(b) The cultivator is the land owner

(d) None of the above

43. LED stands for

(a) Light emitting device

(b) Light emitting diode

(d) Light emitting dots

44. Who says the founder of the 'Indian Independence League'?

(a) Krishna Verma

(b) Rashbihari Bose

(d) None of the above

45. The Justice Mukkul Mudgal Committee that submitted its final report to the Supreme Court in November, 2014 had been constituted to conduct inquiry into –

(a) Trafficking related matters

(b) Allegations of corruption in IPL matches

(d) Charges of sexual harassment of women at workplace

46. When a ball is taken from the equator to the pole of the earth

(a) Its mass increases

(b) Both its mass and weight change

(d) Its weight decreases

47. Cotton is best grown on black lava soils called

(a) Regur

(b) Lateritic soils

(d) Rangamati

48. The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was given by

(a) Md. Iqbal

(b) Bhagat Singh

(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

49. Mg²⁺ is isoelectronic with

a. Ca²⁺

b. Na²⁺

c. Zn²⁺

d. Cu⁺

50. One morning after sunrise Bikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their back towards each other. Bikram's shadow fell exactly towards left-hand side. Which direction Shailesh was facing?

(a) East

(b) West

(d) South

51. Topographical sheets are produced by the Survey of India office with headquarters at

(a) Mussorie

(b) Shimla

(d) Naini Tal

52. NABARD is association with

(a) Industrial development

(b) Urban development

(d) Development of railways

53. If COUNTRY is coded in certain way as EMWLVPA, ELECTORATE will be coded in the same manner as

(a) CJCEFOPYWC

(b) CJGEROTYVG

(d) GJGAVMTYVC

54. 'Pencil' is to 'Write' as 'Knife' is to

(a) Injure

(b) Peel

(d) Attack

55. Hybridization of C2 and C3 of

1 2 3 4 5

CH₃ – CH – C = CH – CH₃ are

(a) sp sp³

(b) sp² sp

(d) sp sp

56. The kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant, that started commercial production in 2014 is located in –

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

57. In the 2001 census, Madhya Pradesh has been bifurcated into

(a) Narmada Valley and Chhattisgarh

(b) Madhya Pradesh and Narmada Valley

(d) Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha

58. If the rural landlord also supplies rural credit to the tenants, it is called

(a) Feudalism

(b) Semi-feudalism

(d) Capitalist farming

59. When and where was the 'Gadar Party' founded?

(a) America, 1913

(b) England, 1917

(d) Scotland, 1925

60. Which of the following was a Buddhist genealogical text?

(a) Suttapitaka

(b) Vinayapitaka

(d) Dipavansa

61. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Annie Besant

(b) Vijayluxmi Pandit

(d) Aruna Asaf Ali

62. Satellites provide information about

(a) Forest and vegetative cover

(b) Rivers and their course

(d) All of the above

63. In which layer of the atmosphere does ozone act as a UV radiation shield?

(a) Troposphere

(b) Thermosphere

(d) Mesosphere

64. Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization?

(a) Harappa

(b) Lothal

(d) Surkotada

65. Industrial credit is available from

(a) IDBI

(b) IFCI

(d) All of the above

66. Theory of Plate Tectonics explains

(a) Formation of Mountains

(b) Sea floor spreading

(d) All of the above

67. How many grams of NaOH are needed to make 100ml. of a o.5 M solution of NaoH? (Atomic weight : Na = 23, o = 16, H = 1)

(a) 2

(b) 20

(d) 1

68. Who was the main inspirator of the Young Bengla Movement?

(a) Rammohan Ray

(b) Derozio

(d) David Hare

69. In an examination Raj got more marks than Moti but not as many as Meena. Meena got more marks than Ganesh and Rupali. Ganesh got less marks than Moti but his marks are not the lowest in the group. Who is second in the descending order of marks?

(a) Meena

(b) Rupali

(d) None of the above

70. Chemically Aspirin is :

(a) Acetyl salicylic acid

(b) Sodium salicylate

(d) Ethyl salicylate

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1. Choose the sentence which has no error.

A. He was ousted to power

B. He was ousted from power

C. He was ousted against power

D. He was ousted for power

2. Choose a word opposite in meaning to the word – Incorrigible

A. reformable

B. changeable

C. reachable

D. teachable

3. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A. Deestrous

B. Dexterous

C. Decxtrous

D. Dextrous

Read the Paragraph and answer the following four questions

BAHARU shyamsunder Public Library (town) is celebrating its centenary with a three day cultural programme and seminar starting from 20 April. Hemanta Mukherjee and poet Shakti Chattopadhyay were born in Baharu village in the Southern fringes. It is amazing to note that Hemanta Mukherjee had organized a solo programme on 10 April, 1946 at the Calcutta University Institute Hall to raise funds for the library. He along with Chattopadhyay were felicitated in 1989 when the library was celebrating its platinum jubilee. The library has an impressive stock of 20 books and periodicals. There are 574 members. The organizers regretted that the number of students and youths using the library is fast vanishing. There is a tendency among the youths to read books on the net and the habit of reading books is going fast due to their busy schedule. There was a time when on an average 120 books were issued per day and the number has gone down handsomely. A drive has been launched to create awareness among children and youths to develop the habit of going to the library.

4. The quoted passage emphasizes that

A.People do not visit libraries quite ofen

B. people are othetwise busy

C. good readers abound

D. the habit of reading books at libraries is fast dwindling

5. In a ‘solo’ programme there is

A. only two performers

B. only One performer

C. a group performers

D. number of performers is unlimited

6. 'Centenary’ refers to

A. the 100th anniversary of an event

B. The 75^th anniversary of an event

C. the anniversary of an event

D. the 50^th anniversary of an event

7. 'Regret' is the opposite of

A. rejoice

B. deprecate

C. join again

D. mourn

8. The college students have vitiated the atmosphere. 'VITIATED' means

A. spoiled

B. purified

C. improved

D. purged

9. Fill in the blank with the correct option : “He gave me good advice_____ helping me with money."

A. Beside

B. besides

C. Beside”s

D. by

10. The synonym of 'APATHETIC' is

A. phlegmatic

B. garrulous

C. mystic

D. pantheist

11. Find out which part of the following sentence has an error:

A. Mahatma Gandhi taught us

B. that one should respect

C. the religious of others

D. as much as his own.

Read the Paragraph and answer the following four questions:

Melbourne: Scientists have developed a new low-cost way to save rare animals and plants from poachers-by using ma s. Researchers from the University of Queensland used a mathematical model to outwit poachers in Africa s Greater Virunga Landscape-one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth, with 13 protected areas covering 13,800 sq km. By studying the poachers incursion patterns and prioritizing patrols, the model could improve protection of endangered animals and plants where they most need it, while minimizing patrol and conservation costs, said Richard Fuller of the University. The great thing about this approach is that it can be

applied anywhere, Fuller said. Our study in central Africa showed that patrols are usually carried out near patrol stations where rangers are based, and therefore they aren t very effective at stopping illegal hunting beyond a few kilometers, he said. The team studied which areas had the most illegal poaching and logging, the impact on wildlife, and the cost of patrolling the threatened areas, James Watson, another member of the research team, said the researchers included all the information in a mathematical model that prioritized the location of patrols. For example, since the poachers know well where the patrol bases are, patrollers should target more remote areas-a hot spot for illegal poachers- by extending their patrols, Watson said. The study showed that this reduced the cost of meeting all conservation targets in the landscape by as 63%. By providing a big-picture view of the entire landscape, the model enabled us to maximize conservation efforts on a limited budget, Watson said. Fuller said that apart from deterring poaching, the approach could also be used to prevent disturbance of threatened species due to human activity.

12. The mathematical model' referred to in the extract suggests

A. To target remote areas away from patrol bases

B. To prioritize patrols

C. To use mathematical skill

D. To punish poachers

13. Synonym of outwit

A. Outsource

B. Fraud

C. Protect

D. Outsmart

14. This mathematical model approach, if adopted, will

A. Lessen the cost of meeting all conservation targets

B. Increase Govt. expense

C. Incur moderate expense

D. Neither increase nor decrease Govt. expenditure

15. Here poacher means a person who

A. Cooks

B. Illegally hunts animals

C. Waits near the opponent team's goal

D. Does something in dishonest way

16. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition given below: The success of the mission is contingent_______ the reception it gets from the public

A. with

B. on

C. of

D. over

17. People speculate when they consider a situation and assume something to be true based on inconclusive evidence. Which situation below is the best example of Speculation?

A. Francine decides that it would be appropriate to wear jeans to her new office on Friday after reading about "Casual Fridays" in her employee handbook.

B. Mary spends thirty minutes sitting in traffic and wishes that she took the train instead of driving.

C. After consulting several guidebooks and her travel agent, Jennifer feels confident that the hotel she has chosen is first-rate.

D. When Emily opens the door in tears, Theo guesses that she's had a death in her family.

18.” One of them who was wild, unruly, given to lying and quarrelsome-----". Select the ending without error, from the responses given.

A. break out on one occasion so violently that i was exasperated.

B. has broken out on one occasion so violently that i was exasperated.

C. broke out on one occasion so violently so that i was exasperated.

D. D. broke out on one occasion so was exasperated. violently that i was exasperated

19. Substitute the given words with a single word meaning the same, choosing from the alternatives given. An obsessive urge to steal:

A. thief

B.kleptomania

C. insanity

D. misfit

20. Choose the sentence that has the adjective correctly placed:

A. Those people at the counter are too kind to refuse.

B. Those are too kind people at the counter to refuse.

C. Too kind people are those at the counter to refuse.

D. At the counter are those too kind people to refuse.

21. He is generally believed to have died of poison (rewrite using noun clause) select the correct answer from the alternatives given.

A. He believed that the person generally dide of poison.

B. that he has died of poison everyone generally believes

C. it is generally believed that he dided of poison.

D. Generally he has believed to have dide of poison

Read the paragraph and answer the following four question:

Midnapore: IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) has offered telemedicine assistance to the state government nutrition project in Jangalmahal. IIT-Kgp s agriculture and food engineering department will advice doctors, nurses and other staff of the upcoming nutrition rehabilitation centers in Jangalmahal, where malnourished children will be fed two meals daily. Children of six months to five years will be covered under the project. Two doctors from the department, Professor VC Ghosh and Analava Mitra, will give child-specific advice. They will offer their advice to the staff at the centers on what to feed each child after getting idea of his or her particular ailment. Doctors and nurses at the hospitals where these centers will come up will contact us. We will advise them over the telephone on how to solve each child s nutritional problem. Parents of the children can also contact us for such advice. We will also ask the parents to maintain kitchen gardens around their homes and tell them what specific vegetables and low-cost nutritional plants they should grow for their kids nutrition and better health said Prof. Ghosh. The nutrition rehabilitation centers will come up on the premises of block and rural hospitals in 11 backward Jangalmahal blocks of West Midnapore district. My department will construct the buildings that will house nutrition rehabilitation centers within the premises of rural and block hospitals."

22.The nutrition rehabilitation centre will be located at

A. the premises of rural and block hospitals.

B. the premises of rural and block hospitals of eleven backward jangalmahal blocks of west midnapore dist

C. the premises of respective panchayets

D. at SSKM, Kolkata

23. A 'child-specific advice' refers to

A. advice by doctors as per the requirement of a particular child

B. advice by doctors for children of the specified age-group in general

C. advice by the staff of the centre

D. advice to children by Profs. V.C. Ghosh and A.Mitra

24. Kitchen gardens as mentioned in the paragraph will be helpful for

A. its proximity to the household

B. there's no carrying cost

C. it would take care of the kid's nutrition and better health

D. beautification

25. The State Govt's nutrition project will be assisted by IIT-Kgp's

A. agriculture and food engineering department

B. telemedicine department

C. Information & technology dept.

D. rehabilitation centre

26. Fill in the blank : The song is prelude _____ the main function

A. to

B. of

C. for

D. about

Read the Paragraph and answer the following four questions :

London: Britain has unveiled the world s largest aircraft- a 300 foot long monster which is part plane, airship and a helicopter and it s capable of flying non-stop for three weeks without refueling. It is kept at the 100-year-old Cardington in Bedfordshire-the only hangar big enough to accommodate it, the ship HAV304, is 70% more environmentally friendly than a cargo plane and doesn't need a runway to take off. The £60 million new airship is about 60 feet longer than the biggest airliners-the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Plans are to include two hovercraft vehicles to the bottom so that the plane can land safely even on water. Capable of carrying 50 passengers on board, the company developing it says it is expected to transport 50 tonnes of freight. Once completed for flight later in this year; the aircraft will be even bigger-390 feet long, 196 feet wide and 115 feet high-making it taller than London's iconic clock tower the Big Ben. It has been created by Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd (HAV). The plane has had a test flight on American skies. Originally developed for the US military,the helium-filled hybrid Airlander project was scrapped owing to budget cuts. The British company now developing it believes the aircraft will change air travel forever because of the low levels of fuel use and noise pollution.

27. More research needed in this area of developing airships because

A. should be energy efficient

B. less noisy

C. both (i) & (ii)

D. it is economic

28. Big Ben, London's iconic clock tower is

A. 115 ft high

B. less than 115 ft high

C. 390 ft high

D. 196 ft high

29. The biggest airliners now in vogue are

A. the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8

B. Emirates 102 and Indigo 2543

C. Air Asia 192 and Qatar Airways 206

D. British Airways

30. The new airship will be able to land safely on water

A. as it is helium-filled hybrid Airlander

B. in present condition

C. when one hovercraft type vehicle will be attached

D. when two hovercraft type vehicles will be attached to the bottom

31. Fill up the blanks with the correct form of verbs + prepositions the alternatives provided. Choose the correct one. Vikram's father__________ paying the bill.

A. insisting on

B. insisted to

C.insisted for

D. insisted on

32Find out from the following words which one is spelt correctly:

A. fascilitate

B. fecilatate

C. facilitate

D. facilitate

33Choose the response which gives the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase `To get one s bacie

up'

A. to make someone angry or stubborn B. to run away from

C. to get back at D. to sit straight

34'A swan song' means

A. a melodious song B. the dying song

C. person's last composition, performance etc. D. disharmonious display

35Pick out the correctly spelt word:

A. Seeze B. Siege

C. Sige D. Seege

36. Choose the sentence which is free from error.

A. The child is sensitive to cold. B. The child is sensible to cold.

C. The child is secluded to cold. D. The child is sentinced to cold.

37What does 'Utopian Scheme' stand for ?

A. practical B. not practical

C. old rule D. false scheme

38.give the antonym of the word in capital. There is AFFINITY between the French and Spanish

languages.

A. similarity B. compatibility

C. discrepancy D. resemblance

39. It is the scarcity of a thing that makes it treasured.(Rewrite using Adjective form of "scarcity") Select the correct answer from the alternatives given.

A. when a thing is scarce,it becomes treasured

B. A thing is treasured if it is scarcely found.

C. We should treasur a thing that is scarcely found

D. To treasure a thing it must be scarce.

40. Substitute the given word meaning with a single word choosing from the alternatives given. Complete loss of memory:

A. forgetfulness

B. amnesia

C. absentmindedness

D. blank

41. The mountain air coming from the north has proved salubrious for the people settled here. The meaning of 'SALUBRIOUS' is

A. pleasant B. wholesome

C. toxic D. virulent

42.You are at home in arithmetic. Correct the error from the following alternatives:

A. You are at home in arithmetic. B. You are at home in arithmetic

subject.

C. You are at home in arithmetic. D. You are at home for arimetic.

43.Fill in the blank : Your story is devoid truth

A. from B. to

C. of D. behind

44.Choose the correct form of verb from the alternatives provided and fill up the blanks. This accomplishment_____ all the previous effort of the football team.

A. overlooks B. transcends

C. surprises D. succeeds

45.Select the most appropriate article/preposition to fill in the bank: We should be mentally prepared to ponder ---- the subject of capital punishment.

A. About

B. Over

C. On

D. With

46.Choose the answer that best expresses the meaning of the given sentence. Mary said to Robert, "Let him come, then we shall see".

A. Mary said Robert if he came we shall see him.

B. Mary told Robert that if he comes they shall see.

C. Mary told Robert that they would see him when

D. Mary told Robert to allow him to ho. comes. come and then they would see.

47.Choose the correct spelling :

A. Conscientous

B. Conscientious

C. Conscentious

D. Conscentous

48.Choose the sentence which is correct in all respect.

A. Drinking is prejudicial too health.

B. Drinking is prejudicial for health.

C. Drinking is prejudicial to health.

D. Drinking is prejudicial against health.

49.Find out the correctly spelt word from the following words

A. deffiance

B acquiesee

C. embezle

D. embarras

50.In question replace word/words in " " with an idiomatic expression/phrase from the given alternatives. I hope you will not "feel bad" if I point out your weak points.

A. take to heart

B. take in

C. give way

D. fall through

51.Choose the odd out of these :

A. flawless

B. immaculate

C. complete

D. impeccable

52.Choose the right phrasal verb from the alternatives given below to replace the word in capitals: The whole project FAILED for want of funds.

A. fell away

B. fell out

C. fell on

D. fell through

53.Fill in the blanks choosing correctly from the alternatives given. Unless measures are taken corruption cannot be controlled.

A. careful

B. vindictive

C. sudden

D. punitive

54.Find out from the following words which one is spelt correctly:

A.conglomerate

B. conglomrnerate

C. conglowmerate

D. congloumerate

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