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PSC STATE SERVICE EXAM PAPER

QUESTION BANK SOLVED FOR PSC STATE SERVICES EXAM, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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1. In which country did the first Marxist revolution take place?
(A) Germany
(B) Italy
(C) Great Britain
(D) Russia

Ans.D

2. As per the Constitution of India, what is the limit prescribed for the number of members in the Legislative Assembly of a State?
(A) 350 members
(B) 400 members
(C) 450 members
(D) 500 members
Ans.D

3. Due to the leadership and success in which one of the following did Vallabhbhai Patel get the title of ‘Sardar’?
(A) Kheda Satyagraha
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Bardoli Satyagraha ‘
(D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans.C

5. Who among the following appoints the Judges of a High Court?
(A) The President of India
(B) The Chieflustice of India '
(C) The Governor ofthe State concemed
(D) The Union Minister of Law
Ans.A

6. Who of the following started Swaraj Party?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal and Rajendra Prasad
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal and Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
(D) C. R. Das and Madan Mohan Malaviya
Ans.C

7. Who of the following was associated with the August Offer?
(A) Lord Wavell
(B) Lord Irwin
(C) Lord Linlithgow
(D) Lord M0untbatten
Ans.C

8. Which one among the following was fought earliest?
(A) Battle of Ambur
(B) Battle of Buxar
(C) Battle of Plassey
(D) Battle of Wandiwash
Ans.A

9. During Aurangzeb’s reign, whose duty was it to see that people lived their lives in accordance with the ‘Sharia’?
(A) Ahadis
(B) Mansabdars
(C) Muhtasibs
(D) Walashuhis
Ans.C

l0. Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at which one of the following places?
(A) Kushinagar
(B) Samath
(C) BodhGaya
(D) Lumbini
Ans.B

11. Which is the rarest naturally occurring element on earth?
(A) Gold
(B) Antimony
(C) Germanium
(D) Astatine
Ans.D

12. Which one ofthe following pairs of elements is most essential for building cells in the human body?
(A) Nitrogen and aluminum
(B) Carbon and calcium
(C) Nitrogen and carbon
(D) Calcium and phosphorus
Ans.D

Directions. Q. 13-21: Each of the following nine items consists of a word in capital letters, followed by four words or, groups of words; Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.

13. PROTAGONIST
(a) Talented child
(b) Reserved person
(c) Leading character
(d) Fearless
Ans.c

14. PASSE
(a) Lukewarm
(b) Old-fashioned
(c) Energy
(d) Fraud
Ans.b

15. VITUPERATION
(a) Questionable
(b) Resistance
(c) Absurdity
(d) Bittercriticism
Ans.d

16. VAUNT
(a) Boast
(b) Desire
(c) Ineptitutie
(d) Joke
Ans.a

17. NIMBLE
(a) Clamorous
(b) Scrap
(c) Nippy
(d) Urbane
Ans.c

18. MOROSE
(a) Humble
(b) Morsel
(c) Sullen
(d) Repugnant
Ans.c

19. BAMBOOZLE
(a) Musical
(b) Mystify
(c) Thrash
(d) Relinquish
Ans.b

20. CANARD
(a) Story
(b) Humid
(c) Prison
(d) Rumour
Ans.d

21, INNUENDO
(a) Enquiry
(b) Indirect reference
(c) Innovation
(d) Inorganic
Ans.b

Directions. Q. 22-32: this section you have three short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage, and answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

PASSAGE-I
When a bee, or an ant, beetle, moth or butterfly visits a flower for food, it Simultaneously, and without knowing it, performs another vital function by carrying pollen from one plant to another. But not all flowers are visited by insects. A reliable guide to those that are, is their flamboyance, if the petals are large and colourful, lf they smell sweet, it is because the paint needs to attract insects. Some plants have flowers which are graceful but not showy and, therefore, of no interest to insects. In this case the pollen is carried by the wind. Most flowers manufacture these minute grains called pollen which must be transferred to another flower of the same type before they can make seeds.

22. Which one of the following is correct? Insects visit flowers because they
(a) want to carry pollen from one flower to another.
(b) are attracted by the bright colours.
(c) wish to obtain food.
(d) are in search of a mate.
Ans.c

23. Which one of the following is correct? Insects carry pollen from one flower to another
(a) Deliberately.
(b) Unconsciously.
(c) Reluctantly.
(d) With extreme care.
Ans.b

24. Which one of the following is correct? When insects carry-pollen from one flower to another
(a) they help the flowers to make seeds,
(b) the flowers become colourful and smell sweet.
(c) the insects find it easy to take food from the flowers.
(d) they help the plants to grow beautiful flowers.
Ans.a


25. Which one of the following is correct? The fact that sorne flowers are flamboyant implies
(a) that some plants do not need pollination.
(b) that welcan distinguish between flowers pollinated by insects and those that are not.
(c) that flowers are more improvement to some plants than they are to others.
(d) that bright colours are important to all flowers.
Ans.b

26. Which one of the following is correct? Plants that do not have showy flowers
(a) get their pollen transferred to other flowers by wind.
(b) produce more pollen than others.
(c) don’t reproduce easily.
(d) are very few .in number.
Ans.a

PASSAGE-II
Not all sounds made by animals serve for communication, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-location in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly tilitarian role.
To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyone knows that lf person shouts in the vicinity of a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come back. The further off this solid obstruction, the longer time will elapse for the return of the echo; A sound made by tapping on the hull of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom, and by measuring the time interval between the taps and the receipt of the echoes, the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated. So was born the echo—sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships. Every solid object will reflect a sound, varying according to the size of and nature of the object. A shoal of fish will do this. So it is comparatively simple step from locating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish. With experience, and with improved apparatus, it is now possible not only to locate a shoal, but to tell if it is herring, cod, or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo.
A few year ago it was found that certain ‘bats’ emit squeaks and by receiving the echoes they could locate and steer clear of obstacles or locate flying insects on which they feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of
which is similar.
27. Which one of the following is correct'?
In the first paragraph, the writer says that bats use sound for
(a) communicating with one another
(b) communicating with animals in general
(c) some practical purpose .
(d) fun
Ans.c

28. Which one of the following, is correct?
An echo will come back if you shout near
(a) solid obstruction
(b) only wall
(c) only a mountainside
(d) the sea
Ans.a

29. Which one of the following is correct ?
Echo-location was first discovered in
(a) bats
(b) cods
(c) navigation,
(d) radars
Ans.a

PASSAGE-III
Perhaps the best political epigram of recent years is the saying that this is the century of the common man. The coming of this century can be seen far back in the extension of the suffrage and later in the development of social legislation. For many years all men have been equal before the law, every adult man and woman has the vote. We are slowly creating economic democracy, that is, such a measure of economic freedom that poverty prevents no one from taking his part in public affairs or enjoying the facilities, educational and other which the State provides for all. lt might seem that when this is achieved our work is done. In fact, it is only the beginning.
30. What does the term ‘epigram’ mean?
(a) A flattering remark
(b) An unsuitable remark
(c) A caustic remark
(d) A short and precise remark.
Ans.d

31. Which one of the following is correct?
Extension of the suffrage indicates
(a) spread of suffering •
(b) suffering of the common man.
(c) right of vote for more and more people
(d) spread of crime in politics.
Ans.c

32. What does ‘economic democracy’ stand for?
(a) Equal distribution of wealth
(b) Equal economic opportunity for all
(c) Application of democratic process in economic institutions
(d) Importance of money in political activities
Ans.b