Bihar Public Service Commission

nd
32 Bihar Judicial Services (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (Advt. No. 23/2023)
(Examination Date : 04.06.2023)
2ND PROVISIONAL ANSWER KEY : General Studies

Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
1 B 21 C 36 D 66 A No Change.
The question asks for the capital
of Magadh Kingdom, Rajgriha
was the capital of Magadh King-
dom. Much later when Magadh
became Magadh Empire, Udayin
shifted the capital to Patliputra.
2 B 22 C 37 D 67 A Yajur-Veda is written in both
prose and poetry.
3 D 23 A 38 B 68 C Samudragupta because of his ex-
tensive conquests is known as
Napoleon of India.
4 C 24 D 39 A 69 B Kumarpalacharita was written by
Hemchandra.
5 D 25 A 40 B 70 C Shivaji introduced the system of
collecting land revenue directly
from Ryot which later come to be
known as Ryotwari.
6 B 26 C 41 D 71 A Option (B) gives the correct or-
der of the „Ashram System‟;
hence (B) is correct.
7 B 27 C 42 D 72 A Mahmud Ghazni plundered the
Somnath temple.
8 C 28 D 43 A 73 B Smriti texts are 8 in number.
9 A 29 B 44 C 74 D Bhoga was a Political (Adminis-
trative) unit in the Gupta empire.
Its head was Bhogapati.
10 D 30 A 45 B 75 C Kshetraja Putra refers to sons
born of Niyoga system.
11 B 31 C 46 D 76 A Shahna-e Mandi was the Control-
ler of Market under Alauddin
Khalji.
12 D 32 A 47 B 77 C Ashok preached respect for other
faiths in RE XII.
13 B 33 C 48 D 78 A Ramananda‟s teachings advo-
cated better status for lower
castes and women in society.
14 B 34 C 49 D 79 A Bronze image of a dancing girl
was found at Mohenjo Daro.
15 A 35 B 50 C 80 D Stanley Lanepoole is the correct
answer.
16 A 36 B 51 C 81 D Ajanta cave paintings mainly re-
late to Buddhism.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
17 C 37 D 52 A 82 B Raskhan, a renowned poet in the
Krishna-bhakti tradition, wrote
many love-poems dedicated to
Krishna.
18 B 38 C 53 D 83 A Sankhya is considered the oldest
Indian School of Philosophy.
19 A 39 B 54 C 84 D The quotation relates to Sir
James Outram.
20 D 40 A 55 B 85 C Anushilan Samiti was founded
by the revolutionaries.
21 A 41 B 56 C 86 D Firoz Shah Tughluq Got Sanskrit
books tanslated in to persian un-
der the name of Dalayal-e Firoz
Shahi.
22 D 42 A 57 B 87 C The Act for reducing the age for
civil service examinations was
passed in 1876 and announced is
Delhi Durbar in 1877. It was im-
plemented in 1878. Dr. Bipin
Chander in NCERT book Mod-
ern India, Page 157 accepts 1878
as the date for reducing the date
of civil service examinations.
23 D 43 A 58 B 88 C No Change.
Lilawati was translated by Abul
Faizi and not by his brother Abul
Azal. Hence option 'D' is not cor-
rectly matched.
24 C 44 D 59 A 89 B The Resolution of Complete In-
dependence was passed by the
Congress in the Lahore session in
1929.
25 C 45 D 60 A 90 B Local self-government Act was
passed during the tenure of Lord
Ripon.
26 B 46 C 61 D 91 A Options A, C and D give the
names of rulers and their wives.
Gulbadan Begum was Hu-
mayun‟s sister. The two names
are not correctly matched as per
the pattern followed in other op-
tions; hence (B) is correct.
27 A 47 B 62 C 92 D No Change.
The Dandi march was started on
12 March, 1930 but the final de-
cision to start the march was tak-
en a day earlier on 11 March,
1930. The question calls for the
date on which the decision was
taken. According to Dr. Bipin
Chander et. al., India's struggle
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
for freedom, P. 271, the correct
date is 11 March, 1930.
28 D 48 A 63 B 93 C “India Wins Freedom” was writ-
ten by Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad.
29 A 49 B 64 C 94 D Asiatic Society was founded by
William Jones in 1784.
30 B 50 C 65 D 95 A Scientific Society was founded
by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in
1864 and not in 1860.
31 C 51 D 66 A 96 B Bal Gangadhar wrote “Gita Ra-
hasya”.
32 A 52 B 67 C 97 D Sharada Sadan was founded by
Ramabai.
33 D 53 A 68 B 98 C Agni is NOT mentioned in Bog-
hazkoi inscription.
34 C 54 D 69 A 99 B Kaikobad succeeded Balban to
the throne of Delhi.
35 B 55 C 70 D 100 A Panini was a grammarian.
36 C 56 D 71 A 1 B Seismographs are instrument
used to record the motion of the
ground during an earthquake.
They are installed in the ground
throughout the world and operat-
ed as part of a seismographic
network. A seismometer is the
internal part of the seismograph
and is often used synonymously
with it.
37 A 57 B 72 C 2 D Stethoscope is used for hearing
heart beat. Sphygmomanometer
is used for measuring blood pres-
sure. Lux meter measures the in-
tensity of light and thermometer
measures temperature.
38 C 58 D 73 A 3 B Photosynthesis is the process of
utilizing and converting light or
solar energy into chemical ener-
gy. Sun light is absorbed by
Chlorophyll of leaves.
39 A 59 B 74 C 4 D Assertion (A) is correct because
when a person standing on a ro-
tating stage, spreads his arm, his
moment of inertia, I, increases
because of this spreading (Σmr2)
which makes the angular velocity
small because the angular mo-
mentum L= IW is a constant
here.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
40 B 60 C 75 D 5 A Geostationary Satellites are those
satellites whose rotational speed
is same as the rotational speed of
earth (on its axis). This particular
speed can only be achieved when
its orbit is at a constant height
(nearly 36 thousand kilometers
from surface of earth).
41 B 61 C 76 D 6 A Printer is an output device, Pen
drive is a data storage device,
TFT is Monitor whereas Mouse
is a small device that a computer
user pushes across a desk surface
in order to point to a place on a
display screen and to select one
or more action to take from that
position. Hence it is not a memo-
ry device. It is an input device.
42 A 62 B 77 C 7 D The Kyoto protocol operationa-
lizes the United Nations Frame-
work convention on climate
change by commuting industria-
lized countries and economies in
transfer to limit and reduce GHG
emission in accordance with
agreed individual targets.
43 B 63 C 78 D 8 A A quantum Turning machine is a
theoretical model of the smallest
and fastest computer that works
like brain, and is also known as
the universal quantum computer.
44 D 64 A 79 B 9 C Insulin, being secreted by B cells
of Islets of Langerhans is hypo-
glycemic and it lowers blood
glucose level.
45 A 65 B 80 C 10 D Main components of soldering
iron are lead (Pb) and Tin (Sn).
Tin and lead have low melting
points 232oC and 32 oC. Others
have high and very high melting
points.
46 D 66 A 81 B 11 C Mercury is used in manometer
for measuring pressure, silicon as
semi conductor, sodium chloride
is a salt and nichrome is an alloy
used as a resistance wire.
47 B 67 C 82 D 12 A Sodium reacts with moisture and
air (oxygen) very fast, hence kept
in kerosene oil. Other metals giv-
en do not react with air.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
48 B 68 C 83 D 13 A Honey contains nearly 40% fruc-
tose. other option are either ab-
sent or present in traces in honey.
49 A 69 B 84 C 14 D Sericulture is the artificial rearing
of silk worm.
50 B 70 C 85 D 15 A DDT (Dichloro diphenyl tri-
chloro ethane).
51 B 71 C 86 D 16 A The deficiency of vitamin C and
vitamin D causes scurvey and
rickets while deficiency of vita-
min B1 and vitamin A is respon-
sible for causing beri-beri and
night blindness respectively.
52 C 72 D 87 A 17 B An Odometer is an instrument
that measures the distance tra-
velled by a wheeled vehicle.
53 B 73 C 88 D 18 A Water has this peculiar Property
that its density becomes maxi-
mum at 40C when we vary its
temperature. The density de-
creases either by decreasing or
increasing the temperature from
40C.
54 C 74 D 89 A 19 B Nitrous oxide, Methane and car-
bon dioxide are greenhouse gases
whereas hydrogen is not.
55 D 75 A 90 B 20 C The pure tungsten has high resis-
tivity and high melting Point so
that electrical energy easily
changes into heat and light ener-
gy and makes it useful as fila-
ment of a bulb.
56 B 76 C 91 D 21 A Teflon is inert to the atmosphere
and chemicals. Water and oil do
mt stick to trflon. It has a high
melting point.
57 C 77 D 92 A 22 B Washing soda is sodium carbo-
nate.
58 C 78 D 93 A 23 B Deuterium has one proton and
one neutron bound to each other
and hence deuterium oxide is
called Heavy Water because Hy-
drogen has only a proton and
hence nearly half the mass of
deuterium.
59 D 79 A 94 B 24 C Biuret test is best known bio-
chemical test for detection of
protein.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
60 D 80 A 95 B 25 C Human eye is a convex lens and
the real image of anything is
formed by this lens on the screen
which in this case is Retina.
61 A 81 B 96 C 26 D Energy is released during the
process of fusion of two hydro-
gen molecules and its further
chain reaction and this energy is
suddenly released. when the so
called hydrogen bomb in fired.
62 A 82 B 97 C 27 D Sound wave travels fastest when
molecules are more closely
packed. Hence, these waves tra-
vel fastest in solids, slower in
liquid and further slower in gas-
es. They can't travel in vacuum.
63 C 83 D 98 A 28 B Fusion of hydrogen molecules to
form Helium and further chain
reaction is cause of energy pro-
duction in Sun.
64 Deleted 84 Deleted 99 Deleted 29 Deleted since no option is correct. (Op-
tion A is partly correct but in-
stead of I313 , it should be I131.)
65 A 85 B 100 C 30 D Pome (Apple) is a false fruit,
whose edible part is thalamus.
66 B 86 C 1 D 31 A Tropic of cancer does not pass
through Odisha.
67 A 87 B 2 C 32 D No Change.
There are many passes in Ladakh
Range. The question requires the
name of an important pass. The
Khardung La is the most impor-
tant pass which lies on the road
connecting Leh with Siachin
Glacier. It is the world's highest
motorable pass.
68 C 88 D 3 A 33 B Dhaulagiri is in Nepal.
69 C 89 D 4 A 34 B Mahendragiri is the highest peak
in the Eastern Ghats.
70 D 90 A 5 B 35 C Tapti River flows through rift
valley.
71 C 91 D 6 A 36 B Loktak Lake is situated in Mani-
pur.
72 D 92 A 7 B 37 C Dev Prayag is at confluence of
the river Alakhnanda and Bhagi-
rathi. It is only after this conflu-
ence that the river is called Gan-
ga.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
73 A 93 B 8 C 38 D Wainganga and Painganga are
the tributaries of river Godavari.
74 A 94 B 9 C 39 D Dantewada is in Chattisgarh so it
is not correctly matched.
75 B 95 C 10 D 40 A Gujarat is the largest producer of
cotton in India.
76 C 96 D 11 A 41 B Andhra Pradesh produces 47% of
total mica produced. It is thus the
largest producer.
77 B 97 C 12 D 42 A Vishakhapatnam is the deepest
land locked port in India.
78 B 98 C 13 D 43 A Kolkata Howrah region is the
nucleus of the Hoogly Industrial
Region.
79 C 99 D 14 A 44 B Subedarganj in Prayagraj is the
head office of North Central
Railways.
80 C 100 D 15 A 45 B Hot spring is related to the geo-
thermal energy.
81 C 1 D 16 A 46 B Argentina won the FIFA World
Cup 2022 for the Third time de-
feating France in the final.
82 C 2 D 17 A 47 B Shri G. Kishan Reddy launched
the "Visit India year 2023" for
promoting tourism in India.
83 D 3 A 18 B 48 C : India Energy week 2023 was
held between 6th to 8th February,
2023 at Bengaluru.
84 B 4 C 19 D 49 A Purple Fest was held for welfare
of people with disabilities.
85 C 5 D 20 A 50 B The President of Egypt Mr. Ab-
dul Fattah El-Sisi was the chief
Guest of the Republic Day Cele-
bration 2023.
86 B 6 C 21 D 51 A Geological Survey of India has
identified lithium reserves of 5.9
million tonnes in Salal-Haimana
area of Reasi District of Jammu
& Kashmir.
87 A 7 B 22 C 52 D There are 23 IIT's in India in
April 2023.
88 C 8 D 23 A 53 B B.V.R Subrahmanyam joined the
office of CEO (Niti Aayog) on
25.02.2023.
89 A 9 B 24 C 54 D According to Ministry of Com-
merce & Industry (dated
15.02.2023) the overall export
growth in April to January 2022-
23 is 17.33%.
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
No. No. No. No.
90 D 10 A 25 B 55 C Kerala is the first State to use ro-
botic technology to clean all its
commissioned manholes.
91 D 11 A 26 B 56 C Pele was Brazilian.
92 C 12 D 27 A 57 B British Parliament is located in
the Westminister Palace and is
called Westminster model of
Government.
93 D 13 A 28 B 58 C Pitru Paksha Mela is organized
on the banks of Falgu river at
Gaya.
94 B 14 C 29 D 59 A Qatar will host the Asian Cup
Football Tournament 2023.
95 B 15 C 30 D 60 A Harivansh Rai Bacchan wrote
"Madhushala" in 1935.
96 C 16 D 31 A 61 B Prahari App was launched by
Amit Shah for the BSF in Dec.,
2022.
97 B 17 C 32 D 62 A Indian Army conducted the Tri-
shakti Prahar(Trishakari Prahar)
21 – 31st January, 2023 in North
Bengal.
98 D 18 A 33 B 63 C On 4th February, 2023 Amit Shah
laid foundation of 450 cr. Nano
Urea Liquid Fertilizer Plant at
Deoghar, Jharkhand.
99 B 19 C 34 D 64 A Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Vadodara, hosted Youth 20 India
summit for environmental protec-
tion.
100 A 20 B 35 C 65 D Mr. Prabhu Chandra Mishra got
the award for his work on stem
cell and Regenerative medicine
in 2022.