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SBP/22 DONOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO. 2021 TEST BOOKLET TEST BOOKLET SERIES GENERAL STUDIES Time allowed: 2 Full marks: 200 Answer all the hours questions. Questions are of equal value. C 221307 Serial No. Roll No.: 040969s Signature of the Candidate: Ritwi Bera INSTRUCTiONS Candidates should read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions: 1. This booklet consists of 40 pages including this front page, containing 200 Page Nos. and Test Booklet series on each page and bring at once to thequestions. Verify the any discrepancy. Invigilator's notice 2. Answers will have be to given in the Special Answer-Sheet supplied for the purpose. 3. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer-Sheet in response to various items in the Test Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer-Sheet as per instructions sent to you in the Admit Card. Do not fold the Answer-Sheet as this will result in error in your marks. 4. All questions are of multiple-choice answer-type. You will find four probable answers (A), (B), (C) and (D) against each question. Find out which of the four answers the best. Now darken the circle appears to be correct or corresponding to the letter of the selected answer in the Answer-Sheet with Black Ball Point Pen as per instructions Admit Card and in the Answer-Sheet. printed on the reverse of the 5. One and only one circle is to be fully blackened for answer. Any spot in any other circle (multiple circle) or in wrong circle will be considered as wrong answer. 6. There will be negative marking for wrong answers. mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. 7. There are blank pages at the end of this Booklet for Rough Work. 8. The Svecial Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination Hall. You are permitted to take away the used Test Booklet after completion of the examination. 22778 Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-2 the correct word. 1. The antonym of 'Forgo' is 7. Fill in the blank with Ram and his brothers were four in (A) Claim (B) Despise (A) quantity WB) number (C) Undergo D) Remember (C) numbers (D) totality 2. An Obstetrician deals with 8. Fillin the blank with the appropriate option: (A) Child disease What are you worrying. (B) Liver disease (A) to KC) Pregnancy & child birth (B) with (D) Nerve disease C) for D about 3. Fillin the blank with the appropriate option: 9. Fillintheblank with the appropriate option: Hespends hours the phoneeveryday. He works an insurance company. (A)at A) for VB)on (B) at (C)with (C) in D) in (D) with 10. Choosethe appropriate antonymof Adore'. 4. Which one is the plural number? (A) Index (A) Love B) Alumni (B) Like VE) Hate (C) Hypothesis (D) Ignore (D) Analysis 11. Insert the right preposition in the blank Space: 5. What is the synonym of Atrocity'? He died dengue. (A) Solidarity (A) with (B) Pity (B) from C) Cruety Ue) of (D) Punctuality (D) by 6. The idiomatic expression 'A slap on the 12. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option: wrist means She has no control. her temper. (A) Short on time (A) on (B) A very mild punishment (B) with (C) To have a dispute ey over (D) To force an issue (D) after  C-3 SBP/22 13. Find the correctly spelt word. 19. "I have done my duty."-Which tense is (A) Reharsal this? B Rehersal (A) Present Indefinite C) Rehearsal UB Present Perfect (D) Rehearsel (C) Past Perfect (D) Past Indefinite 14. It has been established that 20. Use a correct gerund in the blank space: (P) Einstein was like pictures. Q)although a great scientist (R) weak in arithmetic A painting (B) painted (S) right from his school days (C) to paint To form a correct and meaningful sentence, (D) paint the proper sequence should be: 21. Give the one word substitution of: A) OP) (R) (S) (B) (P) (R) (S) (Q) One who talks continuously C) P) (s) (Q) (R) (A) Voracious (D) ( P ) (S) (R) (B) Impecunious Ue Loquacious 15. Instead of 'tolefance' we can say (D) Avaricious (A) bear on 22. Give the one word substitution of: (B) bear in Creature having both male and female C) bear with organs (D) bear at (A) Sodomite (B) Homosexual 16. Philanthropist' means C) Masochist A Humanitarian (D) Hermaphrodite (B) Hater of man 23. What is the most appropriate passive form (C) Lover of animals of "Who has done the work?"? (D) Lover of books (A) Who has been done the work? (B) By whom has been done the work? 17. What type of sentence is Do or Die'? (C) Whom has done the work by? (A) Simple LÐ By whom has the work been done? (B) Complex 24. What parts of speech is the word Adjective'? (C)Exclamatory (A) Pronoun B) Compound (B) Noun 18. Replace the underlined portion with an Le) Adjective idiom from the list below: (D) Adverb They finally agreed on thebusiness deal. 25. Find the synonym of Covert'. (A) let the cat out of the bag (A) Revert B) see eye to eye (B) Secret (C) to feel under the weather C) Desert (D) to cut a corner (D) Honest Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-4 26. Who has become the second Indian to score 26. B-20 faP fSI STUA 10,000 3 10,000 runs in T-20 cricket? (A) KLRahul (A) 4| (B) Shikhar Dhawan (B) 1931 (C) Rohit Sharma (C) CatfRE*af D) MSDhoni 27. Whois the composerof Allahabad Prasasti? 27. R a 7 2VA A5ÍTOT T? KA) Harishena (A) N (B) Bishakhdutta (B) t 7 (C) Kalidasa (C)MPM D) Shudrak (D) 28. Navjivan' was edited by 28. T -93 T A P K (A) Rasbehari Basu (A) 3PHRU (B) Gandhiji (B) (C) Lala Hardayal (C) 1 ZATAT (D) Aurobindo Ghosh (D) a f T CATN Fundamental 29. Who is the protector of the Rights ofa citizen? (A) 9R RE1 (A) Legislature (B) f5TA fau1 B Judiciary (C) fR1 (C) Executive D) None of the above 30. Fill in the gap: 30. 3 20 3,8,6, 14,. 20 3,8,6, 14,. (A) 11 (A) 11 (B) 10 (B) 10 (C) 8 C)8 D) 9 (D) 9  C-5 SBP/22 31. Who among the following Sultans organized lqta, army, currency and other most 31. 7T EI21, PTa1, 7T1 T important organs of Delhi Sultanate? (A) Shamsuddin lltutmish (B) Giyasuddin Balban (A) p r T e f (C) Muhammad bin Tughlug (B) fRI 79 (D) Alauddin Khilji (D) T far 32. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold 32. RATR D AVT (S ) ranges, of which the oldest range is A) the Siwalik Range (B) the Lesser Himalayan Range (A) fTR Horaf C) the Great Himalayan Range (D) the Dhaula Dhar Range (8) ARATT TU (C) RAfTTe (D) HUrafa 33. The 'Radcliffe Line' lies between (A) India and China B India and Bangladesh (C) India and Bhutan (B) TRT7t ,(D) Indiaand Pakistan (D) U 34. Who among the following was the Greek 34. tAATH ORE PAHafas ai king of Syria mentioned in Asokan edict? (A) Antiochus II Theos (A) *UTGITA II fNE (B) Ptolemy II (B) Tra II (C) Antigonus (C) JiroCAM D) Alexander (D) TTUN 35. Stammering is to Speech as Deafness is to 35. Stammering : Speech 1 , Deafness: ? (A) Ear (A) Ear B) Hearing (B) Hearing C) Noise (C) Noise (D) Commotion (D) Commotion Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-6 36. Who among the 36. AfaT TRTAN T 1878 T following Viceroys repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? 'gaRAII HAT (Vernacular Press Act) atfoa (A) Lord Lytton (B) Lord Curzon (A) T6 G C) Lord Dufferin (B) 7T r B) Lord Ripon (C) TE URf3 (D) 7 fa 37. If Water is called Black, Black is called 37. PA I Water- Black, Black-F Tree, Tree is called Blue, Blue is called Rain, Rain TTree, Tree-c Blue, Blue- Rain, Rain- is called Pink and Pink is called Fish in a certain language, then what is the colour of sky? Pink, PinkAFish 'colour of the sky'- (A) Blue (A) Blue B) Rain (B) Rain C) Fish (D) Pink C) Fish (D) Pink 38. In which city, Australia will host the 2026 38. ETAA KPA *A 2026 TIUTA ASTITR Commonwealth Games? (A) Victoria (A) FtARI (B) Sydney (B) Mu (C) Perth D) Brisbane (C) (D) faMA 39. The western part of Teesta river in West Bengal is called (A) HR (A) Terai (B) B ) Duars (C) 1 C) Bagar (D) Bhabar (D) UA 40. What is the percentage of a cloth that should 40. 40 ADTA PAAYA 1UP P6 7 M be excluded from 40 metre cloth so that the 7 1ADIH y i 9 TA? remaining portion is 7 metre? (A) 17:5 (A) 17-5 (B) 19 (B)19 C ) 82-5 C)82:5 (D) 81 (D) 81  C-7 SBP/22 41. Who founded Gadar Party' (1913) and 41. , 9 1 177 1" (1913) aroi a ? where? (A) 5 P, cad acb (A) Bhagat Singh, Great Britain (B) Lafa Lajpat Rai, France (B) 77T TR, F e Lala Hardayal, America (C)T AT, TATR (D) Captain Mohan Singh, Germany 42. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural 42. a KZT 2 a ATT employment was started in the year (A) 1959 ig (A) 1959 FIA (B) 1979 (C) 1969 (B) 1979 T (D) 1989 (C) 1969 T (D) 1989 i T 43. 'Seahorse' is a 43. CTTyt 4PG (A) Mammal (A) T R (B) Plant (B) CT C) Fish (C) I (D) None of the above 44. A number series is given with one wrong term.Identify the wrong term given: 53 59 63 67 71 53 59 63 67 71 (A) 53 (A) 53 B 63 (B) 63 C) 67 (C) 67 (D) 71 (D) 71 45. Who among the following put forward the famous Drain Theory? A Dadabhai Naoroji (A) IMR 1 9 (B) Surendranath Banerjea (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (B) suAN UT (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) ( i g a (tita (D) 1 5P14 foo Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-8 46. The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year (A) 1930 (A) 1930 (B) 1935 (B) 1935 (C) 1947 (C) 1947 (D) 1951 (D) 1951 47. The Constitution of India is neither purely 47. 1654 7RA JA1 T} T, federal nor purely unitary but is a combination of both'. Who said so? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) D.D. Basu (A) 0R=|T GRF (C) Dr. Ambedkar (B) fu.fG. 1 D) Rajendra Prasad (C) TCR7P (D) TCT aPM 48. If CAT and BOAT are written as XZG and 48. CAT 9R BOAT 7RPCa XZG 47R YLZG respectively in a code language, how is YLZG 3I, DT EGG TA EGG to be written? (A) VSS (A) VSS (B) URR (B) URR C) VTT C) VTT D) UTT (D) UTT 49. Loktak lake is located in the state of (A) Karnataka (A) D (B)Arunachal Pradesh C) Manipur (B)F15iac7 D) Bihar (C) 1 (D) R 50. Among six persons A, B, C, D, E, F, there 50. A, B, C, D, E, F - 6 3 U S TII 36 are 3 married couples ofwhich A, C, Eare husbands; faifR i IT, TOT AI A, C, E zT TA B, C, D are cousins and B is not wife of A. Then B, C, D a a yGé siR-AAI B, A-43 7 husband of B is (A) C (A) C B E (B) E C) A C) A D) F (D) F  C-9 SBP/22 51. Who won the Women's Badminton Singles 51. 2022-47 ero R g UO title at Swiss Open, 2022? (A) Saina Nehwal (A) 7-I RTT (B) P.V. Sindhu (C) Carolina Marin (B) f. s. (D) B. Omgbamrungphan (D) A. sqgATF-7P 52. Who is the current Chief of the Army Staff 52. 70AtGO 5P í oRT ? of India? (A) CTCA7 TIu fA (A) General Upendra Dwivedi (B) General Manoj Pande (C) General Rana Pratap Kalita C) CCAT 11eE1 P6 (D) General Surinder Singh Mahal (D) CICFT 7 R TRT 53. Who was the first Indian Governor General 53. SA 4T UAA (ACT of free India? (A) Rajendra Prasad (A) T T 2 7 B Chakraborty Rajagopalachari (B) barq ATttbiN (C) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (D) None of them (C) 7 3n1re (D) s RL 54. Who was elected the President of India for the second time? (A) Rajendra Prasad (A) CTY 2PI7 (B) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (B) i 31410 (C) V.V. Giri (C) fe.fe. f (D) Sankar Dayal Sharma (D) 437T1 55. Which among the following refers to unpaid labour? (A) Shulka (A) (B) Udranga (B) Gr (C) Bali (D) Bisthi (C) a1 (D) a Please Turn Over  SBP/22 C-10 56. Which among the 56. RTTTRCE (CAEPTCADA) FETRDAT IT following is present in refrigerator? (A) P URUTRU (A) Carbon dioxide (B) Methane (B) C (C) Helium C) RTI D) Chlorofluorocarbon (D) CTIATA 57. Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl? (A) Khasru (B) Selim (A) 7F (C) Azimushhan (B) D) Khurram (C)f A (D) 58. Choose the correct the following chronological order of dynasties of Delhi Sultanate: (A) Lodi, IIbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji (B) IIbari Turks, Khilji, (A) R, rR Y, ,R Tughluq, Lodi C)Tughluq, Khilji, Lodi, Ilbari Turks (B) A R, Ra, yaT, F D) Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks (C)P, fRas, FiR, f yf (D) R, iR, PR, TS 59. Which one of the warm-blooded ? following animals is not 59. CATT TA G Gr13' ayE I ? (A) Hen (A) af (B) Tiger (B) (C) Bat (C) B Toad (D) Te 60. Members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by (A) the President of India (B) the Prime Minister of India (A) UO 8 S e the Governor of the State (B) 9 241 (D) None of them (C) 1T1  C-11 SBP/22 61. The Poona Pact took place in the year 61. 5 7T ZP RA? (A) 1857 (A) 1857 (B) 1932 (B) 1932 C) 1935 C) 1935 (D) 1942 (D) 1942 62. Ornithology' is the science of 62. Ornithology' UA) Bird (A) F (B) Reptile (B) 77 R7 R C) Amphibia D) Mammal (D) f E RE 63. Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates? (A) fa (A) Bijapur (B) A (B) Berar (C) A A I C) Ahmednagar (D) ( T A (D) Golkonda 64. Whois the director of the film "The Kashmir Files? (A) FI1RA UDN (A) Farhan Akhtar (B) 1 CRA (B) Karan Johar C) ufAR C) Vivek Agnihotri (D) 31) WDAnurag Kashyap ? 65. acme mace: :alga: ? 65. acme mace :: alga: (A) glaa (A) glaa (B) gaal (B) gaal C) laga C) laga D) gala D) gala Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-12 66. The Vice-President of India is 66. STO1 TABA (A) directly elected by the people. (A) i T | UTOIA TIfbe z| (B) nominated by the President. C) elected by the nmembers of the (B) aAT I state legislatures. (D) elected by an electoral college constituted by members of the two (D) i1itTOA G PCP Houses of the Parliament. 67. Bills other than money bills are introduced for being passed by the Parliament in (A) Lok Sabha (B) Rajya Sabha (A) A C) any House of the Parliament (B) a O D) joint session of both the Houses of the Parliament 68. Earliest fossil remains of archaic 68. Homo sapiens has been found in RERE KAA TARIT ASA RIAI UABITAS (A) Siwalik hills (B) Narmada valley (A) fa1a Y (C) Nallamalai hills (B) a t GU D) Chotanagpur Plateau (C)ATHTATRRTY (D) A1S193 HTE 69. Which of the following is chiefly present in 69. LPG? LPG- aTM K5CA A NTT (A) Methane (B) Ethane (A) Hce C) Propane (B) (D) Butane C) attot (D) fED 70. The quorum Sabha is requirements in the Rajya 70. a9JHUNAAN TJON POLTAA Tqo (A) 25 (B) 50 (A) 25 (C) 100 (B) 50 (D) 126 (C) 100 (D) 126  C-13 SBP/22 71. In a family there are six members A, B, C, 71. 9P13 oAA A, B, C, D, E, F - 6 D,E, F. A and B are married couple. D is only son PIA, B fAake o f I D, C-47 gAa o of C. A is father of E, who is granddaughter ofE, whose husband has died andC is brother of A. A, E-9 3ta 9RE, F-47 3 I F-4 7 311 How many male members are in the family? A 3 (B) 4 (A) 3 (C) 5 (B) 4 (D) 2 (C) 5 D) 2 72. Andaman & Nicobar islands are separated 72. PM1 ecaeAra1 9 r R by (A) Nine degree Channel (B) Ten degree Channel (A) A BJICA C)Eight degree Channel D) Seven degree Channel 73. Which of the following dynasties was designated as "Balhar by the Arab travellers? 73. 13RBCPAI ACATE TH TT TTR (A) Chalukya (A) (B) Chola (B) 5 C) Rashtrakuta D) Pandya (C)a (D) 9 74. Fill in the blank: 74. 79ys IA Satyajit Ray's_ birth anniversary (2022) TA PAI RRI is being celebrated this year, 2022. (A) 100 (A) 100th (B) 102 (B) 102nd C) 101 (C) 101st (D) 103 (D) 103rd 75. Earliest evidence of settled agriculture in 75. AH RITCI DRNTA aBaon fAarsa the subcontinent comes from (A) Utnur (A) 7 (B) Burzahom (B) TesiR ue) Mehrgarh (C) ARATY (D) Bagor (D) TCI1 Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-14 76. Which state is known as the Molassis 76. 1 Molassis basin'ita oAbe? basin'? (A) Bihar (A) (B) Rajasthan (B) 3T (C) Mizoram C) fACTt (D) Assam (D) 77. Koel is a tributary of (A) Son (A) a i (B) Chambal (B) b%i (C) Yamuna D) Ganga (C) (D) 5 78. Who felicitated was byAurobindo Ghosh 78. TakM AI TTT 'the Prophet of a Great the Prophet of Great Political Creed'? Political Creed' (4PR ATSTao T) (A) Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (B) Ashwini Kumar Dutta (C) Rashbehari Bose (A) 3TT1JT (D) Bipin Chandra Pal (B) i A T C)3R 79. Which of the following constitutional amendments gives a constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions? (A) 72nd (A) 72 (B) 73rd (B) 73 (C) 74th (C) 74 (D) 75th (D) 75 80. Who painted the image of Bharat Mata? 80. aAOI 1ba CAC? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (A) DA B) Abanindranath Tagore (B) d C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay D) Mahatma Gandhi (C) a bCTI14TI (D) TRT  C-15 SBP/22 81. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is (A) T T 471 7 (A) a member of the Ruling Party B) a member of the Opposition Party (B) fAtaTR TT 9P7 7P (C) Union Finance Minister (C) y (D) Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (D) 1tATDA CUG FoF 82. Any money bill can not be introduced in the Parliament without the consent of the (A) Prime Minister of India (A) UIC0 241741 B) Speaker of the Parliament (B) TATTI FOEFS (C) President of India (D) Union Finance Minister (D) U 83. Pongol' is the main festival of 83. CAT at ®7AT T (A) Tamilnadu (A) NRTy (B) Karnataka (B)-D (C) Kerala , C) FatoT (D) Andhra Pradesh (D) ana ( 84. In a camp there was food for 190'days of 84. 3TT 4000 AT 190 Aa *TA 4000 men. After 30 days 800 men left. Remaining To1 30 ta 800 T BA CATAI RTA men will spend the remaining food in how many days? (A) 250 days (A) 250 (B) 230 days (B) 230 ey 200 days C) 200 D) 170 days (D) 170 85. Match List-I with List-II: List-I List-II Ta- (a) Moriyas 1. Pippalivana (b) Videhas 2. Mithila (a) afaes (c) Licchavis 3. Vaishali (b) AUrRN 2. RT (d) Mallas 4. Kapilavastu (c)e4s 3. Ca Which of the above is/are not properly (d) E 4. matched? (A) (a-1), (b-2), (c-3) (A) (a-1), (b-2), (c-3) (B) (d-4) (B) (d-4) C)3), (d-4) B All of the above (C) (c-3), (d4) D) TitA T P Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-16 86. Match the following: 86. ( T (aTFTT (a) Kot Diji 1. Luigi Pio Tessitori (a) e s (b) Harappa 2. F.A. Khan, G.S. Ghurye (b) 3131 2. 7P.. A, 9. 7. TMA (c) Kalibangan 3. Daya Ram Sahani (c)PTq7l 3. TTT TRÍ (d) Mohenjodaro 4. Rakhal Das Bandyopadhyay 4. 177 T g (d) RU7iayt (A) (a-2). (b-3). (c-1), (d-4) (A) (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4) B (a-1). (b-3). (c-2), (d-4) (C) (a-4). (b-1). (c-2), (d-3) (B) (a-1), (b-3), (c-2), (d-4) (D) (a-3). (b-2). (c-4), (d-1) (C) (a-4), (b-1). (c-2), (d-3) (D) (a-3), (b-2), (c-4), d-1) 87. A fruit seller after purchasing a basket of mangoes saw that some fruits are rotten. He incurred a loss of 5% after selling the rest of the mangoes at 2,280. How much money did he spend in purchasing a basket of mangoes? (A) 3,000 (A) 3,000 B (B)400 B) 4,000 T e T2,400 (C) 2,400 G D) T2,500 D) 2,500 D 88. Who among the following Indians won solitary gold medal at the Asian Wrestling 2022-4 ATR Championships, 2022? ATA9FR 7oT (A) Bajrang Punia (B) Deepak Punia (A) T9R C) Ravi Kumar Dahiya B) f (D) Gourav Baliyan (D) zAA 89. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed? 89. t1- ? (A) 1931 (A) 1931 AIFT (B) 1930 C) 1932 (B) 1930 MT (D) 1929 (C) 1932 iT (D) 1929 F I 90. Which of the following districts of West Bengal has the highest child sex ratio in 2011? 2011 HI 7NA UIa (A) Darjeeling ReS (B) Howrah (C) Kolkata (A) isTR (D) Malda (B) OYI (C) poISI (D) T  C-17 SBP/22 91. Pure water freczes at a temperature- (A) 47 °F (A) 47 °F (B) 32 °F (B) 32 °F (C) 0 °F (C) 0 °F (D) 19 °F (D) 19°F 92. The age of father is twice that of elder son. Ten years hence, the age of the father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of 3HI 1 15 , 1U 77 A ages of the two sons is 15 years, find the age of the father. (A) 50 VA) 50 years (B) 55 (B) 55 years (C) 60 (C) 60 years D) 70 3 (D) 70 years 93. Which one of the following dam is not meant for irrigation? (A) 1S (A) Bhavani Sagar LB) Sivasamudram (B) C) Krishnaraja Sagar (C)FRTt D) Bhakra Nangal (D) R 94. The next term in the sequence 4, 10, 22, 46 94. 4, 10, 22, 46 HI 90T is (A) 56 (A) 56 (B) 66 (B) 66 (C) 94 e 94 (D) 92 (D) 92 95. Who among the Mughal Emperors/ Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi? (A) a143 (A) Babur (B) Akbar (B) (C) Shah Jahan (C) iR TRA (D) Dara Sukoh (D) P Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-18 96. Who founded Servants of India Society? (A) Annie Besant (A) AIV (B) Mahadev Govind Ranade e Gokhale (C) ctta7 D) B. G. Tilak (D) R.f. 97. The Act that gave enormous powers to the 97. PATA TaTG PIICT TS 1 British Government to repress political activities was (A) (A) Arms Act (B) IT (27 J (B) Vernacular Press Act MC) Rowlatt Act (C)a6 (D) Act III of 1882 (D)U , 1882 98. Which metal is present in haemoglobin? 98. RATUATf T ? A) Iron (A) TR (B) Zinc (B) T (C) Magnesium C) J1aMAIN D) Copper (D) 99. SEBI stands for the 99. SEB-4 31 TRID (A) State Earnings Board of India (A) State Earnings Board of India (B) Securities and Exchange BankofIndia (B) Securities and Exchange Bank of India uey Securities and Exchange Board of C) Securities and Exchange Board of India India (D) State Exchange Bank of India D) State Exchange Bank of India 100. Arrange the list of foreign travellers in 100. ACATT NTAIRDT NHP chronological order: (a) Kuanzang (Hieun Tsang) (a) NA (5RTE (RT4A TS) (b) Itsing (c) Fa Tsien (b) eMR (d) Megasthenes (A) (a), (b), (c), (d) (d) a f g (B) (a), (d), (b), (c) (A) (a), (b), (c), (d) (C) (d), (c), (a), (b) (B) (a), (d), (b), (c) (D) (d), (c), (b). (a) (C) (d), (c), (a), (b) (D) (d), (c), (b), (a)  C-19 SBP/22 101. Who was the founder of 'Anushilan 101. pTH fo'a 2aoooi a? Samity ? (A) Ashwini Kumar Dutta (A) 4PATA (B) Bipin Chandra Pal (B) 5 (C) Aurobindo Ghosh C)7f CATT (D) Pramathanath Mitra (D) a9 f 102. Kumari river is a tributary of 102. TATG CA a T? (A) Mahanadi (A) R (B) Damodar (B) TICA C) Kansabati (C) PRATT (D) Ajoy (D) 7 103. The ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha 103. TOR AIA D J TN is (A) (A) the President (B)3o LBthe Vice-President (C) the Prime Minister (C)241H (D) None of them (D)TtI CO. 104. The earlier name of WTO was 104. WTO-93 ATH (A) UNCTAD (A) UNCTAD (B) GATT (B) GATT (C) UNIDO C) UNIDo D) OECD (D) OECD 105. In a chess tournament each of six players 105. 4 T 29afOR ALSTRTAY will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played in the tournament? (A) 12 (A) 12 (B) 15 (B) 15 (C) 30 (C) 30 D) 72 (D) 72 Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-20 106. Which of the following is an aquatic fern? (A) Adiantum (A) GTA-TGI (Adiantum) (B) Drvopteris (B) YTBiAM (Dryopteris) (C) Salvinia (C) srA1 (Salvinia) (D) Equisetum (D) (Equisetum) 107. Peaty' soils of Kerala is known as 107. FATT1s eA 95u? (A) Reh (A) (B) Kari B) P C) Kallar D) Thur C) 3 D) 108. In a certain code KOLKATA is coded as 108. KOLKATA-R HRTFI 11151211012001. How will BENGAL be coded? 11151211012001 i T, BENGAL-T FN A 020514070112 (B) 020514210111 (C) 020521250110 (A 020514070112 (B) 020514210111 D) 0205142001 12 (C) 020521250110 (D) 020514200112 109. West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (WBIDC) was established in 109. s AHARUat oCB7IA UÍTAA (A) 1967 CDY (WBIDC) FIT A B) 1981 (A) 1967 C) 1977 (B) 1981 FI (D) 1983 (C) 1977 ITT (D) 1983 >it 110. Which would in come place of *?' in the given series? ACE, FGH, ?, PON ACE, FGH, ?, PON (A) KKK (A) KKK (B) JKI (B) JKI C) HJH (C) HJH D) IKL (D) IKL  C-21 SBP/22 111. Which part of human eye has the maximum refractive index? (A) Aqueous humour (B) Vitreous humour (A) PAI BET C) Lens (B) o 1 (D) Cornea C) (D) 112. Who is the present Chairman of UPSC? 112. 9 -7 ToaA C5R1ITA C? (A) Manoj Soni (A) TTTT iAI (B) Arvind Saxena (C) Vinay Mittal (B) Ta TCAA (D) P.K. Joshi (C) fPa frg (D).. A 113. In which of the following inscriptions we 113. PTRDCS TO ar17 215AOA TTAi93T find earliest reference to 'Sati'? (A) Asokan inscription of Girnar (A) fsAita aTiA fTN (B) Aihole inscription C) Eran inscription (B) RAT MGN (D) Damodarpur inscription (D) TATA RAITN 114. What is the chromosome number in human 114. R 3 (UTITG PTATTTITAS RUT ovum? (A) 36 (A) 36 (B) 46 B) 46 C) 48 C) 48 (D) None of the above 115. Which country recently replaced Russia in 115. A M 7eUN Human Rights Council the UN Human Rights Council? (A) Poland (A) CPUT (B) Czech Republic (B) 5 aTaas C) Syria (D) Chile C) MA (D) f5f Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-22 116. The first transgenic crop was (A) Tobacco (A) O T (B) Cotton (B) (C) Pea C) D (D) Rice (D) 4 117. Which quantity is increased in step-down 117. -uEa TRPATCA I ATY ? transformer? (A) CS (A) Voltage (B) 3PICT (B) Current (C) 3T (C) Wattage (D) fPcPIaM (D) Frequency 118. The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called (A) TsA (A) Mahabhinishkraman (B) am6 (B) Dhamachakra Pravartana (C) TCT (C) Dhammaghos D) Mahaparinirvana 119. Who ridiculed Gandhi as 'seditious fakir'? 119. 5 T T AR TT RM (A) Winston Churchill (B) Ramsay MacDonald (A) A bi5 (C) Lord Irwin (B) JAOA JPUAT (D) Cripps (C) TDR (D) 120. 0is isoelectronic with (A) F B) CIT (A) F (B) CI C) Li D) K* C) Li (D) K"  C-23 SBPI22 121. In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more than twice the 121. number of heads. g9777 Cot afts A T*I AT How many cows are there? 11 7R3Ua Merta (7T 14 AMICP 7R1 PS? (A) 7 (A) 7 (B) 12 (B) 12 (C) 5 (C) 5 (D) 10 (D) 10 122. Who was recently Ambassador of India in U.S.? appointed as the (A) Varsh Vardhan Singh (B) Jai Shankar (A) T A R (C) Taranjit Singh Sandhu (B) T RPA (D) Vijay Gokhale D) R Cattcaei 123. Xiomara Castro has become the first ever female President of which nation? (A) Cuba (B) Honduras (A) C) Mexico (B) A (D) Colombia (C) ANTI (D) 124. Who used Tulghumah' as a military tactic for the first time in India? (A) Alauddin Khilji (A) S fa (B) Muhammad bin Tughluq (C) Babur (B) R7 7 D) Akbar (C) 1 (D) 1 125. The vitamin which helps in clotting of blood is (A) A (A) A (B) D (B) D (C) B C)B (D) K LBy K Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-24 126. Which one of the following animals is known as a living fossil'? (A) cAABM UA) Peripatus (B) Amoeba (B) C) Prawn (C) 6r (D) Apple snail 127. Which of the following taxes is within the 127. fACa Y T T CPA RAA TAPIAS Jurisdiction of the Central Government? (A) Corporation Tax gG? (B) Professional Tax (A) iiR-9 (C) Land Revenue (B) ze D) Excise on alcoholic liquors C) Ter 128. Who is the first Law Officer of the 128. T3S PICAR 2 R ? Government of India? (A) TET 2H fA51s1 (A) Chief Justice of India (B) Union Law Minister (B) e y Attorney General of India C) TDÍ CEICA (D) Law Secretary D) R 5 129. The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted in the (A) Lahore session (A) TR aRTTT (B) Congress session at Nagpur (B) RTaA 1 yittA (C) Gujarat Congress (C) GRTaH D) Second Round Table Conference (D) fasa (ITA CDfAM TadT 130. Who enunciated his famous formula that Swaraj' must be for the 'masses' and not for the classes' alone? (A) Motilal Nehru (A) AIqa ARF (B) Gandhiji (B) f (C) Subhas Chandra Bose (C) TN57 AM (D) C. R. Das (D) M s.  C-25 SBP/22 131. Who built Buland Darwaza? 131. 77 793TT f | PCAZTF-I? (A) Humayun B ) Akbar (A) C) Shah Jahan (B) sI13 (D) Aurangzib (C) 11 IR (D) 3atE 132. Viktor Orban has registered a fourth consecutive win in which nation's General Election? 132. 971 AA FIMTI AIBI (A) Armenia (A) TATA (B) Sweden C) Switzerland (B) R (D) Hungary (C) R=TT 133. The Kasai and Keleghai rivers join to form 133. R AITRR fae aae A (A) the Rupnarayan river (A) RIII 47 (B) the Haldi river (B) 7 (C) the Subarnarekha river (D) the Damodar river (C) i a 1 (D) nttat7A 7 134. Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'? 134. FAT G PI I6A? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (A) 3RSE1I R (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) F1TR C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 135. A particle is moving in a uniform circular 135. PsRAE q R Aa 1 V (T) motion with constant speed V along a circle of radius r. The acceleration of the particle is (A) J UA) Zero (B) (B) (C) p (D) (D) Please Turn Over  C-26 SBP/22 136. e f s faTA JRHIf zTACRA? the new Chief 136. Who has been appointed as Minister of Tripura? (A) T R UA) Manik Saha (B) fe (B) Jishnu Dev (C) TCAE 5 CHT1 (C) Narendra Chandra Debbarma (D) T 7 1 (D) Ratan Lal Nath T79TTG CA ar located at 137. if1 T 137. The Sariska Tiger Sanctuary is (A) Bharatpur (A)T (B) Alwar (B) TFT (C) Darrah (C) HTST (D) Puskar (D) 3 7? is not correctly 138. ffaU 7for n c aAT 138. Which one of the following (A)ORY 7R 2 - M E - 7 7 matched? 35-3T3A- (A) NH-2-Delhi-Kolkata (B) ORYT R (B) NH-35-Barasat-Bangoan (C) TY TR 41-TTRT C) NH-41-Kolaghat-Haldia (D) YT TR 3 4 - E - 5 U R (D) NH-34-Sevak-Gangtok Kumar musician Pandit Shiv 139. Legendary associated recently, is Sharma, who passed away instruments? with which of the following (A) Sitar (A) CAOR (B) Flute (B) (C) Sarod (C) AM (D) Santoor (D) E Bismil's name is associated 140. NinfanTTA AN GOA NNGTA ATC ? 140. Ram Prasad with (A) f a *YRY AN HA) Kakori Conspiracy Case (B) TR AYI ANI Case (B) Lahore Conspiracy Bomb Case (C) Alipur Conspiracy Case (D) Meerat  C-27 SBP/22 141, Which country hosted the 5th BIMSTEC Summit in March, 2022 141. 16, 2022-9 5 fa CY (A) Sri Lanka (B) Bangladesh (A) (C) Japan (B) TK7Tcna (D) South Korea (C)t (D) A 142. The Self-respect Movement was founded 142. 79-FA IMT aobo by (A) Ambedkar (A) ICPCA (B) Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker (C) Dinkarrao Javalkar (C) TP31e TS7FaA T1 D) Keshavrao Jedhe (D) SNE CT 143. If the sequence of alphabets is reversed, 143. raf 2fAI TFRefn faouIG ATI which of the following will be the 14th letter? 14 D RA (A) N (A) N (B) L B) L C) (C) O B) M (D) M 144. Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini 144. YARA 7 S a0O RAA ? Sabha in Bengal? (A) ICnR 7 (A) Dadoba Pandurang (B) MC Di (B) Debendranath Tagore (C) a11IE (7 (C) Radha Kanta Deb (D) Keshab Chandra Sen (D) 2 b A 145. Under which article of the Constitution the Fresident can take over the administration of a State in his own hand? (A) 352 11 (A) Article 352 (B) 356 (B) Article 356 C) Article 351 (C) 351471 D) Article 350 (D) 350 T1 Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-28 146. IfCABLE is coded as XYZOV, then YZXP af CABLE-93 TIRPDPA1 XYZOV , 146. is code of YZXP 1 IRTPp? (A) BABY (A) BABY BBACK (B) BACK (C) CELL C) CELL (D) BELL (D) BELL 147. Curie is unit of A) Radioactivity (A) GOTO (B) Temperature (B) 1NAT (C) Heat (C) o t D) Energy (D) 1 148. Bronze is an alloy of 148. a1G P 19 RTA? (A) Copper and Zinc (B) Tiaand Zinc (B) 1 3 TE Uey Copper and Tin (C) e da D) Iron and Zinc (D) eT 149. Who won the best DirectorAward at Oscars, 149. 2022 AIT - 4 Aat D 2022? (A) Patty Jenkins (A) d S (B) Ava Duvernay (B) yONA (C) Sofia Coppola C) i I TCAT D) Jane Campion (D) C 3 f A 150. Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeya's time? (A) R A ) Nusrat Shah (B) Fatheh Shah (B) F R (C) Husein Shah Sharqi (C) «A R MI D) Alauddin Hussein Shah  C-29 SBP/22 151. The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is 64. Greatest of them is | 151. 1 qralNC 111 r1A Ty 64; (A) 67 (A) 67 (B) 65 (B) 65 (C) 71 (C) 71 Ð ) 69 (D) 69 152. The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats 152. 110|11 9 153 f o I fafT meet at (A) Cardamom Hills (A) P O 4E B) Palani Hills e ) Nilgiri Hills (B) o (D) Annamalai Hills D) ETAT 153. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year (A) 1919 TITT A 1919 (B) 1918 HITGT (B) 1918 C) 1920 HICT (C) 1920 (D) 1921 (D) 1921 T 154. P is wife of Q and mother of R. R is 154. P Q-97 R-93 I R W-4 grand-daughter of W. S is grandmother of T and mother of Q Which of the following is true'? A) Ris sister of T. (A) R, T-97 (B) R is brother of T. (B) R, T-93 ERI (C) Qis daughter of S. (C) Q, S-93 UI D) None of the above (D) TICA AIGR 155. Which former Prime Minister was conferred 155. a 21AI AOS T5 IAS the Netaji Research o C&C 2022 HI(i AO 31I MS AR? wIth Netaji Award, 2022 by Bureau? (A) 1 aA (A) Barack Obama (B) fMTOr A (B) Shinjo Abe C) Theresa May (C) OAIA (D) Fumio Kishida Please Turn Over  C-30 SBP/22 Position of P is 156. 9 Tf5 156 (53a i I P-47 7 7 156. There are 15 clhairs in a row. counting fromthe atthe middle. Qis at 12th position between P and Q? 12 P R Q-4 I(a TG (53T TTC? right.How many chairs are in (A) 4 (A) 4 (B) 5 (B) 5 (C) 2 (C) 2 P 3 (D) 3 Ratna 157. Lata Mangeskar was awarded Bharat in the year (A) 2000 A) 2000 (B) 2003 (B) 2003 (C) 2001 (C) 2001 D) 2005 (D) 2005 following the right bank 158. CGEAE CIss 5Ta-STaT 158. Which of the are 5H R C tributaries to Ganga? (A) TTT, (A) Yamuna, Chambal and Son (B) T , 4R RICAT (B) Yamuna, Son and Damodar (C) Yamuna, Gandak and Son (D) T , 5q7 97R TITATA Chambal and Damodar (D) Yamuna, 159. Which of the following isotopes is used in dating archaeological findings? 235 (A) U (A) 92 14 14 (B)C CB)C C)H C)H 18 (D) (D) 8 8 160. Who pioneered 'Rakhi Bandhan' festival during partition of Bengal? (A) Chittaranjan Das (A) 1be1SA B Rabindranath Tagore C) Pramathanath Mitra (B) r DF C) 27R1 f (D) Pulin Behari Das (D) R T '  C-31 SBP/22 161. "ELISA' test is employed to diagnose (A) Polio Virus BAIDS antibodies (C) Tuberculosis (A) colfne sRA (D) Cancer (B) AIDS yfoae (C) 7 (D) 162. Who was known as the Grand Old Man of India'? (A) Badruddin Tyabji (A) F CORIT (B) Surendranath Banerjea (C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale LD) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) RMSR ne 163. Who is the Guardian of the Public Purse in India? (A) The President of India (A) G B) The Union Finance Minister (B) qa C) The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (D) aATG (D) The Public Accounts Committee 164. Who has been appointed as the new Prime 164. Ca, 2022-9 Te A Minister of Sri Lanka in May, 2022? NANI AE ? (A) Mahinda Rajapaksa (B) D. M. Jayaratne (A) 31E (C) Ranil Wickremesinghe (B). , RACW (D) Sirimaro Bandaranaike (C) aa MRN (D) MAAItai qTsAIC 165. Which of the following pair do not match? (A) Jaunpur- Atala Masjid (B) Malwa- Jahaz Mahal (A) C - N (C) Ajmer-Kubbatul Islam (B) TIR- R (D) Gaur- Bara Sona Masjid (D) cTy-qy AI THM Please Turn Over  C-32 SBP/22 used in heart- 166. a0-(IMCATPICS (R ( GA TR 166. The radioactive element pacemakers is A) Uranium (A) TafA (B) Deuterium (B) HDAAT (C) Plutonium C) acD1A (D) Radium D) a 167. Phytopthora palmivora is a 167. Phytopthora palmivora E (A) bio-pesticide (A) R A (B) bio-insecticide (B) Com (C)mycoherbicide (C) TDE T7AT D) first bio-herbicide (D) 29 CET P DGE RT 168. Which one of the following states, Dulhasti 168.RaRG TOTE located? Hydroelectric power project is (A) Uttarakhand (A) TEATR (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (C) NI5Ti 2t7t (D) Sikkim (D) A are located in 169. AF R TT 169. Notuburu iron ore mines (A) Singhbhum District (A) MR9A CSTI (B) Mayurbhanj District (B) 8 (ST (C) Baster District (C) TU ( D) Durg District (D) following fractions is greater 170. Which of the 3 thanand less than? 2 (A) (A) (B) (B) 2 4 C) 9 9 D) 10  C-33 SBP/22 171. Where was Chauri Chaura? (A) Patna 171. 5A5ta1 at 2 (B) Bhagalpur (A) B- (C) Gaya (B)s7I (D) Gorakhpur (C) 71 (D) itao 172. Alakananda and Bhagirathi rivers make confluence at AYDev Prayag (A) RerATTOT (B) Kama Prayag (B) TCS (C) Rudra Prayag (C) F t (D) Vishnu Prayag (D) eeTOT 173. As of 2022, which country is the biggest 173. 2022 Aea REA opium producer? TeE F (A) China B) India (A) 5 (C) Afghanistan (B) UA (D) Nepal (C) ttOA (D) 174. The fourth term of the following alphabet series ZXYW, VTUS, RPQO, , JHIG ZXYW,VTUS,RPQO,. JHIG (A) LNKM (A) LNKM (B) NLKM (B) NLKM (C) NLMK LeSNLMK (D) LNMK (D) LNMK.Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, 175. Ass rÍA 2021 HIFA RSJTICT 2021 in the English language category? (A) Namita Gokhale (A) o ciC (B) Khalid Hossain (C) Arundhati Roy (D) Kiran Gaurav C) 13F10 1 (D) ca Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-34 176. Who among the following was associated 176. aPE7A TAT 1A S1aran (1928) with the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)? (A) Rajendra Prasad (A) aTTST 2P7 UB) Vallabhbhai Patel (B) T99R B (C) Motilal Nehru C) CAOTT FRF (D) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) 62TI GE issued? 177. R IFT A A? 177. When was the Carlyle Circular' (A) 1905 (A) 1905 (B) 1901 (B) 1901 C) 1902 (C) 1902 (D) 1906 (D) 1906 178. Which will come next t o 178. Ao TG T B2E, DSH, F12K, H27N, ? B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, ? (A) 158Q (A) I58Q (B) I57R (B) I57R C) J57Q (C) J57Q P) J58Q (D) J58Q 179. On which date the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly? (A) August 15, 1947 (A) 15 PD, 1947 BNovember 26, 1949 (B) 260 ACSA, 1949 (C) January 26, 1950 (C) 2601 NIA, 1950 (D) August 15, 1950 (D) 15 1po, 1950 180. Loringa' mangrove is located in 180. 13H 3JATAT I R Tat? (A) Gujarat (A) 9GrAG (B) Kerala (B) C) Odisha D) Andhra Pradesh C) of (D) 2h  C-35 SBP/22 181. Which of the following countries won the 181. BAT7 14 TVto Juaroa, 2022 Thomas Cup International Championship, 2022? Badminton (A) Indonesia (A) MTaA (B) India (B)A3 (C) Malaysia (C) TCRT (D) China (D) B 182. Fermentation ability of Yeast is due to (A) Amylase 182. 7a (Fermentation)MT P9 (B) Zymase (A) JAFTT (C) Invertase D) Galactase (B)RCAT C)9THCDy (D) 183. Who has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Air India? R CR ? (A) Campbell Wilson (A) tR7 (B) Ajay Singh C) Alan Joyce (B) MR (D) Maen Razougi (C)T (D) a T 184. Mettur dam is built on. river. 184. T Å4 AAE RER (A) Mahanadi (A) TR (B) Godavari (B) comi (C) Krishna C) (D) Cauvery (D) 185. Thename of PrasantaChandra Mahalanobis 1s associated with (A) First Five-Year Plan B Second Five-Year Plan C) Third Five-Year Plan (D) Fourth Five-Year Plan Please Turn Over SBP/22 C-36 186. Which Indian Architect has been conferred the prestigious Royal Gold Medal, 2022? cots CAT, 2022 °747 (mST ZTAC? (A) Balkrishna Doshi (A) 1379 ( (B) Sheila Sri Prakash (B) ap (C)BrindaSamaya (D) Hafeez Contractor (D) airG 187. Who was the author of "The Philosophy of the Bomb? (ATAI ) a30a A5TT? (A) Bhagwati Charan Vohra (B) Bipin Chandra Pal (B) faA5 M (C) Yashpal (C)1 (D) Aurobindo Ghosh (D)Ta CT 188. AIR 4 37 188. The 'powerhouse' of cell is (A) Nucleus (A) C (B) Lysosome (B) RtgSN u e ) Mitochondria C)TRTR (D) DNA (D) fuM Sakas was 189. The Gupta King who destroyed (A) Samudra Gupta (B) Chandra Gupta-I (A) TOT C) Kumara Gupta (B)2 5WOG D) Chandra Gupta-II (D) a baa maximum energy- 190. a AT| 1 R 190. The radiation carrying (A) UV rays (A) IAITT (oaefA) 3 UB) Gamma rays (B) N IA (C) X-rays (C) 99-aN (D) IR rays (D) PIU (ART) a  C-37 SBP/22 191. What is the minimum age required by a citizen to be qualified for being a member of the 191. 1 F S Lok Sabha? (A) 21 (A) 21 (B) 25 (B) 25 (C) 30 C) 30 (D) 35 (D) 35 192. Who among the following stated that there 192. fCTE VTSTA TT STO 21 R was no slavery in India? (A) Strabo (A) IAT B) Ptolemy