WBCS 2017 Answer Keys Full Paper
WBCS 2017 Answer Keys- West Bengal Civil Service 2017 Question Answers Full Anwer Keys
1. An illness that is likely to be fatal is
Ans. (A) Mortal
2. An orthopaedist deals with
Ans. (C) Bones
3. An Epicurean is one who
Ans. (C) Enjoys pleasure.
4. Fill in the blank with the correct word given below :
He wanted to _________ out.
Ans. (C) call
5. Fill in the blank with the correct word given below :
He saved her __________ certain death.
Ans. (A) from
6. Fill in, with relative pronoun, the blank space below :
The man _______ briefcase was lost, reported to the police.
Ans. (B) whose
7. Choose the word appropriate in meaning to the word under-lined below :
The listeners were delighted by the music concert.
Ans. (D) Excited
8. Put in a correct participle in the blank space :
The car was _________ down the slope.
Ans. (A) rolling
9. Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives
given below :
À la mode
Ans. (A) Fashionable
10. ‘Cinema’ may be used with
Ans. (D) Theatre
11. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below :
Everything was at sixes and sevens.
Ans. (A) Disordered
12. Insert proper words in the sentence :
Here is the man _______ you asked _______.
Ans. (B) that, for
13. Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space :
You __________ catch the train at once.
Ans. (D) must
14. Fill in the space with an infinitive :
It is easy _________ but hard to finish.
Ans. (D) to begin
15. Fill in the blank with the correct word :
_________ he was late, he come home by nine.
Ans. (B) Although
16. Fill in the blank with the correct word :
The river was __________ the bank.
Ans. (A) overflowing
17. Fill in the blank with the correct word :
A ________ jewel was in the locker.
Ans. (C) shining
18. ‘Made up his mind’ means
Ans. (B) Resolved
19. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below :
He is a dark horse.
Ans. (D) Possessing a secret ability
20. Sorrow may be expressed by the following interjection :
Ans. (D) Alas!
21. ‘At daggers drawn’ means
Ans. (B) On bad terms with
22. Insert proper preposition in the sentence.
He was waiting _________ the train.
Ans. (C) for
23. Insert correct word in the blank space :
Finish your task in a _________ manner.
Ans. (A) swift
24. There was no __________ in the rain. (Insert correct phrasal
verb)
Ans. (A) let up
25. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined
below :
The darkness covered the whole countryside.
Ans. (C) Light
26. Necton are
Ans. (B) swimming organisms in water.
27. I nm is equivalent to
Ans. (A) 10Å
28. Barr body is absent in somatic cell of
Ans. (D) Sub-human mammalian female individual.
29. A mammal that lays eggs :
Ans. (B) Echidna
30. Which one of the following animal phylum is latest by dis-covery ?
Ans. (C) Loricifera
31. Conversion of CH3C CH to CH3CH = CH2 needs
Ans. (A) Lindlar catalyst.
32. Conversion of RBr to RMgBr requires
Ans. (A) Mg/dry ether/N2-atmosphere.
33. The fastest SN1 reaction is of the followings :
Ans. (A) MeO – CH2 – Cl.
34. An example of modified underground stem is
Ans. (B) Potato
35. Crossing over occurs during meiosis at
Ans. (C) Pachytene
36. “Particulate theory of inheritance” was proposed by
Ans. (B) Gregor Johann Mendel.
37. What is a bacteriophage?
Ans. (A) A Virus
38. The nature of stele in primitive vascular plants was
Ans. (A) Protostele
39. Which of the following processes makes direct use of oxy-gen?
Ans. (D) Electron transport.
40. The wellknown antibiotic penicillin is obtained from this plant
group :
Ans. (B) Fungi
41. The strongest electropositive element is
Ans. (A) Cs
42. Geometry of SF4 is
Ans. (A) square planar.
43. A reaction is spontaneous when
Ans. (A) G = –ve
44. ‘RADAR’ stands for
Ans. (A) Radio Detection and Ranging
45. A body is acted upon by two unequal forces in opposite direc-tions, but not in one line. The effect is that the body will have
Ans. (D) rotational as well as translational motion.
46. A shaving brush is dipped in water. When taken out the hairs
of the brush are seen to be drawn together due to
Ans. (A) surface tension of water.
47. ‘Red’ is used as a danger signal because
Ans. (B) red light is scattered least by the air molecules.
48. The immersed portion of a piece of pure ice floating in water is
Ans. (D) 11
12 th of its volume.
49. The electric appliances in a house are connected
Ans. (B) in parallel.
50. The material used for safety from nuclear radiation is
Ans. (D) Lead
51. A resolution to deploy U.N. monitors to monitor evacuations
of civilians from Aleppo (Syria) was adopted in December
2016 by
Ans. (B) U.N. Security Council
52. In December 2016, China launched a new cargo service con-necting Tibet to
Ans. (B) Nepal
53. George Yeo, who recently resigned from the post of Chancel-lor of Nalanda University was formerly a politician of
Ans. (D) Singapore
54. Marceló Rebelo de Sousa has won the Presidential election of
Ans. (B) Portugal
55. The Italian Prime Minister who resigned in December 2016
after voters rejected Constitutional Reforms proposed by him,
was
Ans. (A) Matteo Renzi.
56. Who was appointed in November 2016 as army chief in Paki-stan?
Ans. (B) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
57. Which Bollywood personality was honoured with a Lifetime
Achievement Award of the 2016 Dubai International Film
Festival (DIFF)?
Ans. (C) Rekha.
58. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics was won by
Ans. (A) Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom.
59. Which of the following states does not have veto power in the
U.N. Security Council?
Ans. (C) Canada.
60. Which authority in India recently ordered the playing of the
National Anthem in all cinema halls across the country before
the screening of a movie?
Ans. (A) Supreme Court of India.
61. The 2022 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to be held in
Ans. (D) Durban
62. The name of Vikas Krishnan is associated with the sport
Ans. (C) Boxing
63. The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
is observed on
Ans. (C) September 16
64. The 2016 G-20 Summit was held in
Ans. (A) China
65. The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award of 2015 was won by
Ans. (C) Aqeela Asifi
66. In which country was a lost city dating more than 7,000 years
back unearthed in November 2016?
Ans. (C) Egypt.
67. Oscar Award 2016 for best actress was won by
Ans. (D) Brie Larson
68. In November 2016, who resigned from the post of Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Times Now’ news channel?
Ans. (A) Arnab Goswami.
69. Who is the author of the book ‘An Era of Darkness : The
British Empire in India’?
Ans. (C) Shashi Tharoor.
70. The Mullaperiyar Dam is a cause of discontent between
Ans. (B) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
71. Who takes over as the Indian Airforce Chief when Arup Raha
retires on 31, December 2016?
Ans. (A) Briender Singh Dhanoa.
72. The 103rd Session of the Indian Science Congress was held
in 2016 in
Ans. (A) Mysore
73. The 2016 World Internet Conference was held in
Ans. (B) China
74. Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2016 was won by
Ans. (A) Viswanathan Anand
75. The Headquarter of World Bank is in
Ans. (B) Washington D.C.
76. The author of ‘Kadambari’ was
Ans. (D) Banabhatta.
77. The Mauryan ruler who used the name ‘Piyadasi’ in his offi-cial declarations was
Ans. (B) Ashoka
78. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to India during the
reign of
Ans. (C) Harsavardhan
79. The Delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from Delhi to
Daulatabad (Devagiri) was
Ans. (C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
80. Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal His-tory?
Ans. (B) Jadunath Sarkar
81. Which Mughal emperor wrote his won autobiography?
Ans. (A) Babur
82. ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ was a policy introduced by
Ans. (A) Akbar
83. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput dynasty of
Ans. (B) Sisodiya
84. ‘Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by
Ans. (D) Krishna Deva Raya
85. Which Magadha ruler was known as ‘Seniya’?
Ans. (A) Bimbisara
86. Which of the following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan?
Ans. (C) Kalibangan
87. The famous physician during Buddha’s time was
Ans. (D) Jivaka
88. Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?
Ans. (C) M K Gandhi
89. Dewan Velu Thampi’s rebellion against the British took place
in the Indian state of
Ans. (C) Travancore
90. The nationalist organisation ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’ was
established in the year
Ans. (A) 1870
91. The custom of ‘Sati’ was banned through legislation in the
year
Ans. (C) 1829
92. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
was
Ans. (A) Tegh Bahadur
93. The Satnami rebellion took place during the reign of Mughal
emperor
Ans. (D) Aurangzeb
94. The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was
held in the city of
Ans. (B) Bombay
95. The Younghushand Mission to Tibet was sent by which Vice-roy?
Ans. (D) Curzon
96. The title ‘Raja’ was conferred on Ram Mohun Roy by the
Mughal emperor
Ans. (C) Akbar II
97. The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ was
Ans. (B) Dinabandhu Mitra
98. ‘Razmnama’ was a Persian translation of
Ans. (D) Mahabharata
99. The auhor of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ was
Ans. (B) Abul Fazl
100. The leader of the Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) was
Ans. (B) Birsa
101. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
Ans. (B) 1885
102. “Swaraj is my birth right”—who said?
Ans. (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
103. Which political party was founded in 1906?
Ans. (B) Muslim League
104. With which Revolt names of Sidhu and Kanu are associated?
Ans. (A) Santhal
105. Who was the Governer General of India at the time of the
outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
Ans. (C) Lord Canning
106. After which incident the Non-Cooperation movement was
withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans. (A) Chauri Chaura incident
107. In which year was the Lucknow Pact signed between the Mus-lim League and the Indian National Congress?
Ans. (C) 1916
108. _______ was the centre of the Aligarh movement.
Ans. (B) The Anglo-Oriental College
109. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year _____.
Ans. (B) 1909.
110. When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
Ans. (D) 1919, Amritsar
111. Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian Na-tional Congress?
Ans. (A) Womesh Chandra Bonerji
112. Which phase is considered to be the liberal phase of Indian
National Congress?
Ans. (B) 1885–1905
113. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in the year
Ans. (C) 1911
114. On the eve of which movement Mahatma Gandhi gave the
slogan of “Do or Die”?
Ans. (C) Quit India movement
115. Who was the founder of the ‘Forward Bloc’?
Ans. (A) Subhas Chandra Bose
116. Which Mission/Commission visited India in 1946?
Ans. (B) Cabinet Mission.
117. When did the Chittagong Armoury Raid take place and who
was its chief organizer?
Ans. (A) 1930, Surya Sen
118. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
Ans. (A) July; 1947.
119. Who was the First Governor General of independent India?
Ans. (A) Lord Mountbatten
120. Who was the First Governer General of Pakistan?
Ans. (B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
121. In which year the Pakistan resolution was adopted by the
Muslim League and where?
Ans. (C) 1940, Lahore
122. In its Lahore Session (1929), which of the following was de-clared to be the aim of the Indian National Congress?
Ans. (A) Complete Independence
123. Who was the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauz’?
Ans. (A) Subhas Chandra Bose
124. Who considered the proposals of the Cripps’ Mission as a
‘post-dated cheque’?
Ans. (C) Mahatma Gandhi
125. Which Party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date
was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’?
Ans. (A) Muslim League; 16th August, 1946
126. The Western Ghats is an important mountain system of the
west coast of India. The word ‘Ghat’ means
Ans. (B) Stair
127. Name of the capital of the newly formed state of Andhra
Pradesh is
Ans. (A) Amaravati.
128. Pollavaram Project is associated with the river
Ans. (D) Godavari.
129. Which one of the following is not an administrative division
of West Bengal?
Ans. (C) Kolkata.
130. In West Bengal ‘Rarh’ is a physiographic region, part of which
can be found in the district of
Ans. (C) Paschim Medinipur.
131. Which district of West Bengal has achieved the highest level
of Human Development Index in the state?
Ans. (A) Kolkata
132. What was the primary objective of construction of the Farakka
Barrage?
Ans. (B) Augmentation of water supply in the Hugli river.
133. ‘Toto’ is a primitive tribal community found in the state of
Ans. (C) West Bengal.
134. Which one of the following is not mined in the delta region of
West Bengal?
Ans. (A) Natural gas
135. Drought is occasionally experienced in the plateau region of
West Bengal because of
Ans. (C) Excessive evapo-transpiration.
136. India’s share of total land area in the world is about
Ans. (A) 2.4 per cent
137. In terms of longitude the easternmost state of India is
Ans. (D) Arunachal Pradesh.
138. The summer monsoon normally arrives in the South Bengal
during
Ans. (B) 5-10 June.
139. Which state of India experiences the maximum annual varia-tion of rainfall?
Ans. (C) Rajasthan.
140. In India the maximum area is covered by the
Ans. (D) Alluvial soils
141. As per Census of 2011 the share of population below the age
of 35 years in India is
Ans. (D) 65 per cent.
142. The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is
Ans. (A) a central government organization of India.
143. In terms of area and population the largest urban agglomera-tion in India is
Ans. (A) Mumbai
144. Which one of the following sea ports has natural harbor?
Ans. (B) Vishakhapatnam.
145. Bhilai in the state of Chattishgarh is famous for the industry of
Ans. (C) Iron and Steel.
146. ‘Shifting cultivation’ is not practiced in which one of the fol-lowing states?
Ans. (B) West Bengal
147. Which one of the following crops witnessed the maximum
rate of increase of production due to the Green Revolution in
India?
Ans. (A) Wheat.
148. In terms of value of agricultural production the most impor-tant cash crop in India is
Ans. (A) Cotton
149. In India petroleum oil was first discovered in
Ans. (B) Digboi
150. Which state of India has the largest installation of wind power?
Ans. (D) Tamil Nadu
151. Five boys are sitting in a row. Kajol is sitting in between Piyush
and Paresh while Gogol is sitting in between Ronnie and
Piyush. Who is sitting at the extreme right of Gogol?
Ans. (C) Ronnie
152. Five boys are so standing that they form a circle. Rahim is
between Ajoy and Tom. Salman is to the left of Bablu and
Ajoy is to the left of Salman. Who is to the right of Bablu?
Ans. (A) Tom
153. If a * b = ab + b – a, what is the value of c such that c * (2 * 5) = 97?
Ans. (B) 7
154. If a b means ‘a to be added to b’ and a × b means ‘a to be
divided by b’, then the value of (14 7) (14 × 7) is
Ans. (C) 23
155. Choose the odd one
Ans. (D) Beriberi
156. If MASON is coded as NBTPO, then WORLD is coded as
Ans. (A) XPSME
157. If BOY is coded as ZPC, then GIRL is coded as
Ans. (B) MSJH
158. If ab = L.C.M. of a and b, a b = G.C.M. of a and b, then
(1216) (2436) will be
Ans. (C) 12
159. The 6th term in the following series ab2 + bc2 + cd2 + de2 + .....
Ans. (C) fg2
160. Manipuri is to Dance as Urdu is to ________.
Ans. (D) Language
161. A man starts from his office and goes 8 km East. Then he
turns to the left and walks for 3 km. Again he turns left and
walks for 8 km. At what distance is he from the starting point?
Ans. (D) 3 km
162. Due to some error in the weighing machine, Aahana’s weight
was shown 72 kg as against the actual value of 80 kg. The
percentage error is
Ans. (C) 10%
163. A man won Rs. 60,000 in a lottery. 35% of the money was
taken by the Govt. as a tax. He actually receives
Ans. (B) Rs. 39,000
164. Due to rotten fish, a fish trader forces to sell in 10% loss. If
the purchase value is Rs. 250, the selling price will be
Ans. (A) Rs. 225
165. Number : Mathematics : : Notes : ?
Ans. (A) Currency
166. P is sister of Q. Q is the wife of R. S and R are brothers. What
is P to R?
Ans. (A) Sister-in-law
167. 40% of A is 60% of B. A : B will be
Ans. (B) 3 : 2
168. Ratio of Bus and Train fare is 4 : 5. If Bus fare increases by
10% and Train fare increases by 20%, new ratio of Bus and
Train fare will be
Ans. (C) 11 : 15
169. A goes to a party hosted by his brother B. B has a daughter C.
C has a brother D. What is D to A?
Ans. (D) Nephew
170. Hockey : India : : Baseball : ?
Ans. (D) America
171. A box contains one red ball, one blue ball and one green ball.
The ratio of the weight of the red and blue ball is 5 : 6 and that
of blue and green ball is 5 : 4. If the blue ball weighs 60 g, the
weight of the green ball is
Ans. (A) 48 g
172. The population of a district increases by 4% during the first
year and decreases by 5% during the second year. If the present
population of a district is 494000, two years ago it was
Ans. (B) 500000
173. A man deposited Rs. 3,000 in a Bank and Rs. 2,500 in a Post
Office. Rate of interest of Bank is ½% more than that of Post
Office. If he gets Rs. 235 as total interest at the end of the
year, the rate of interest of Post Office is
Ans. (C) 4%
174. A person, standing on a railway platform 120 meters long,
notices that a train, which passed him in 5 seconds, passed
completely through the station in 15 seconds. The length of
the train is
Ans. (B) 60 m
175. In an examination, 35% students fail in Mathematics, 15%
fail in English. If 10% fail in both, the pass per cent is
Ans. (A) 60%
176. In terms of population India ranks second in the world, while
in terms of area India ranks
Ans. (C) seventh
177. The service sector of India generates more than
Ans. (D) 50% of GDP
178. In the wake of the Stockholm Conference, the Government of
India set up the National Committee on Environmental Plan-ning and Coordination in the year
Ans. (A) 1972
179. The Human Development Index was first introduced in the
year
Ans. (B) 1990
180. The Second Five Year Plan of India was based on
Ans. (C) the Mahalanobis Model.
181. World Development Report is published by
Ans. (C) the World Bank
182. The first railway line of India was operationalised in 1853
between
Ans. (B) Bombay and Thane
183. The unorganised sector of India is characterised by
Ans. (C) more barter transactions.
184. More than 50% of the working population in India depend on
Ans. (A) the primary sector.
185. The largest contributor to the gross domestic savings of India
is
Ans. (A) the household sector.
186. In India non-agricultural income tax is
Ans. (D) levied by the Centre and shared with the States.
187. In India the Repo rate is announced by
Ans. (C) the Reserve Bank of India
188. The Special Economic Zones Act was passed by the Indian
Parliament in 2005 and the Act came into force in
Ans. (A) 2006.
189. ‘Economic Reforms’ were introduced in India in
Ans. (C) 1991
190. AGMARK is related to
Ans. (C) agricultural goods
191. The objective of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Man-agement Act, 2004 is
Ans. (D) All of the above
192. Which of the following was not included when the writing of
the Constitution of India was completed on 29.11.1949?
Ans. (B) Fundamental Duties
193. To pass a Money Bill in the Parliament which of the follow-ing is not necessary?
Ans. (B) Approval of the Finance Minister.
194. ‘Law and Order’ is included in the
Ans. (B) State List
195. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is
Ans. (C) the Vice-President of India.
196. The SEBI was given statutory recognition in 1992 on the rec-ommendation of
Ans. (D) the Narasimham Committee.
197. The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year
Ans. (B) 1935.
198. Grants-in-aid are provided for in the Constitution of India
under Articles
Ans. (D) 275 and 282
199. The Panchayati Raj system of India has
Ans. (C) three-tiers
200. The first citizen of the Republic of India is
Ans. (B) the President of India
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