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WBSSC LDC /LDA 2016 Model Practice Set 1

FULL MARKS 100

1. The force that keeps a body in a circular

motion is called--A) The centrifugal force
B) The frictional Force
C) centripetal force
D) None of these
2. The sun contineously produces an enormous
amount of energy. This is due to
A) bailing
B) nuclear fusion
C) chemical combustion
C) nuclear fission
3. Barometer was invented by --A) Torricelli
B) Michal Faraday
B) Thomas Alva Edison
C) Benjamin Franklin
4. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the
selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%,
then the value of x is:
A) 15
B) 16
C) 18
D) 25
5. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70
have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
A) 1
B) 14
C) 20
D) 21
6) He, you and I participated in the tournament.
Corret the error from the following alternatives.

A) H,I and you peaticipated in the tournament .

B) You, he and I participated in the tournament.
C) I,you and he participated in the tournament.
7. Choose the correct answer.
A person who does something not-professonally
but for pleasure-A) atheist
B) lapidist
C) philogynist
D) amateur
8. Water has maximum density at--A) -4 degree celsius
B) 277K
C) 277 degree celcius
D) 4K

Time - 1 hr 30 minutes

9. Hydralith is-A) hydrogen peroxide

C) calcium hydride

B) ithium hydride
D) sodium

10. A mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen

is
A) gobar gas
B) water gas
C) produce gas
D) coal gas
11. in a certain examination 40% of the students
failed in Maths, 30% failed in English 10%
failed in both. The percentage of students who
passed in both the subject is--A) 20
B) 40
C) 30
D) 10
12. In an election 1/25th of the constituency
refused to vote and the two candidates the one
who was supported by 13/25th of the whole
constituency was reformed by a majority of 500.
How many voters did actualy vote.
A) 6250
B) 6000
C) 6500
D) 5600
13. Which of the sentences given below
correctly renders the following sentence in
indirect speech.
He said, where shall I be this time next year ?
A) He asked that where he would be this time
next year
B) He wondered where he should be that time
next year
C) He contemplated where shall he be that time
next year
D) He wondered where he would be that time
the following year
14. Preposition or article is missing in the
sentence given bellow , choose the correct
prepostion or article to fill up the blank space by
selecting A,B,C or D as the case may be :
Mr. Rohit said that the person he met was _____
S.D.O
A) the
B) from
C) an
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15. Find out the synonym of 'Churlish' from -A) Accommodating

B) Ill-Mannered
C) Helpful
D) Awful

which ministry ?
A) Human Resource Development Ministry
B) Ministry for Minority Affairs
C) Ministry of Skill Development and
Enterpreneurship
D) None of the above

16. The starting point in the life of every

individual is a
A) system
B) single cell
C) tissue
D) organ
17. Which one of the following is a flightless
bird ?
A) Emu
B) Fowl
C) Kite
D) Eagle
18. The primary energy for living organism is -A) ATP
B) Solar energy
C) Mytochondria
D) Chemical energy
19. The ratio of the volumes of water and
glycerine in 240 cc glycerine mixed with water
is 1:3. What additional volume of water should
be mixed with it so that the ratio of the volumes
of water and glycerine becomes 2:3?
A) 70cc
B) 80cc
C) 60cc
D) 50cc
20. A train travels from Dehradun to Delhi at a
speed of 40km/hr and returns at 60km/hr. Find
the average speed for the entire journey.
A) 50km/hr
B) 45km/hr
C) 48km/hr
D) 52km/hr
21. The opposite of Relinquish' is --A) full
B) token
C) bewildered
D) occupy
22. Turn into a negative sentence-Only the brave deserves the fair.
A) Everyone cannot deprive the fair
B) None fails to achieve what is fair
C) None but the brave deserves the fair
D) All can not be brave to deserve the fair
23. Which of the following Indian IT companies
is going to set up its first campus in China?
A) Wipro
B) Satyam
C) Tech Mahindra
D) Infosys
24. Pradhan Mantri Kushal Vikas
Yojana(PMKVY) will be implemented by

25. Who is the first Indian captain to register

100 ODI wins?
A) Kapil Dev
B) Saurav Ganguly
B) Md Azharuddin D) M.S Dhoni
26. The expenses on rice,fish and oil of a family
are in the ration of 12:17:3. The price of these
articales has increased by 20%, 30% and 50%
respectively. The total expenses of the family are
increased by--A) 14
B) 7
C) 28
D) 56
27. A father is older than his first son by 30
years, the first son is older than the second son
by 10 years. If the sum of their ages be 95
years., find the age of father.
A)65 years
B) 55 years
C) 45 years
D) 50years
28. Find out the correctly spelt word from the
given words--A) Ameoba
B) Amoeba
C) Amieba
D) Ameboa
29. Fill in the blanks with correct word
A______ of arrows.
A) world
B) truss
C) volley
D) group
30. Who is the incumbent Governor of West
Bengal ?
A) Keshri Nath tripathi
B) M K Narayanan
C) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
D) K V Raghunatha Reddy
31. Which award has been presented to ISRO
for accomplishing Mars Mission ?
A) Space for Sustainability Award
B) World Space Award
C) Space Pioneer Award
D) None of these

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32. Chillara Devullu is a famous telgu novel

written by--A) Adapa Ramkrishana
B) Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
C) Dasaradhi Rangacharya
D) None of these

40. In a certain school, 20% of students are

below 8 years of age. The number of students
above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of
students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is
the total number of students in the school?
A) 2
B) 80
C) 120
D) 100

33. If each side of a square be increased by

10%. What is the percentage increase of the
area--?
A) 21%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 100%
34. Find wrong term : 16,22,30,45,52,66
A) 30
B) 52
C) 45
D) 76
35. Chosose the correct answer:
'breathing down his neck'---means
A) abusing and ill-treating
B) keeping close watch
C) shouting lightly
D) giving strenuos work
36. Choose the word from the alternativs to
express the meaning of the given word.
DELETERIOUS
A) erroneous
B) innocuous
C)_ harmful
D) remorseful
37. Recently developed Astra Missile by DRDO
is-A) Air to Air BVR missile to fire from fighter jets
B) Antitank missile
C) Anti fighter missile
D) New battle field gun
38. Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has
been adopted as India's National Anthem. How
many stanzas of the said song were adopted
A) Only first stanza
B) The whole song
C) Third and fourth stanza
D) First and second stanza
39. Rana Pratap was defeated by the Mughals in
1576 in the battle of --A) Chittor
B) Udaipur
C) Haldighat
D) Samugarh

41. The side of a rhombus is 5 m and one of the

diagonals is 8m Area of the rhombus is--A) 20 sq.m
B) 22 sq.m
C) 24 sq.m
D) 26 sq.m
42. Most of the developing countries have long
been endeavouring to ____ the miseries of the
poor
A) exhibit
B) increase
C) augment
D) mitigate
43. This is the same boy. The boy bagged the
first prize in the 'Go As You Like' event.
Join the sentence with a suitable linker--A) who
B) which
C) as
D) whom
44. The first Indian woman president of the
Indian National Congress was--A) Kasturba Gandhi B) Annie Besant
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
45. Who is called 'A traditional Moderniser' ?
A) Vidyasagar
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Ram Mohan Roy D) V G Tilak
46. The Medical College in Kolkata was
established in the year--A) 1829 AD
B) 1835 AD
C) 1858 AD
D) 1884 AD
47. A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 meters
high. He ascends 2 meters in first minute and
slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In
which minute he reaches the top?
A) 10th
B) 12th
th
C) 13
D) 21st
48. In a box the number of rupees, half rupees
and quarter rupees are in the ratio 3:4:5 and the
total value of the coins is Rs 100. Find the
number of each kind of coins respectively:

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A) 48,64,80
C) 55,78,90

B) 48,60,70
D) 44,68,80

49. From the following sentences choose the

correct one-A) Character is less preferable than intelligence
B) Character is more preferable than intelligence
C) Character is the most preferable to intelligence
D) Character is preferable to intelligence
50. The ship ____ the port.

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57. He knows English_______

A) certainly
B) positively
C) hardly
D) well
58. The film and TV institute of India is located
at---A) Pune (Maharashtra)
B) Rajkot(Gujrat)
C) Pimpri( Maharashtra)
D) Perambur(Tamilnadu)

Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks--

A) makes after
C) make up

B) makes for
D) make out

51. In West Bengal Plantation Agriculture is

found in--A) Malda District
B) Darjeeling District
C) Bankura District D) Howrah District
52. Garampani santuary is located at--A) Junagarh, Gujrat
B) Biphu, Assam
C) Kohima, Nagaland
D) Gangtok, Sikkim
53. Five temple is the place worship of which of
the following religion ?
A) Taoism
B) Judaism
C) Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
D) Shintoism
54. Train A crosses a stationary train B in 50
seconds and a pole in 20 seconds with the same
speed . The length of train A is 240 meters. What
is the length of the stationary Train B?
A) 360 mtrs
B) 260 mtrs
C) 300 mtrs
D) Can't determined
55. The largest 4 digit number exactly divisible
by 88 is:
A) 9944
B) 9768
C) 9988
D) 8888
56. Give the opposite of the given word by
adding a suitable prefix. Choose the correct
prefix from the alternatives given below--________vincible
A)

59. Which national park is declared as India's

48th Tiger Reserve on 21 April 2015 ?
A) Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
B) Kaziranga National Park, Assam
C) Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand
D) Nagarjunasagar Srisailam National Park,
Andhra Pradesh
60. The watershed between India and Mayanmar
is formed by--A) The Naga Hills B) The Garo Hills
C) Khasi Hills
D) The Jaintia Hills
61. How many of the following numbers are
divisible by 132 ?
264, 396, 462, 792, 968, 2178, 5184, 6336
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
62. How many 1/6's togather make 41 ?
A) 125
B) 150
C) 250
D) 350
63. Choose the sentence which is correct.
A) He couldn't but help shed tears at the plight
of the flood affected villagers.
B) He couldn't help shedding tears at the plight
of the flood affected villagers.
C) He could have help to shed tears at the plight
of the flodd affected villagers.
D) Why couldn't he but help shed tears at the
plight of the flood affected villagers ?
64. 'Corpulent' means--A) Lean
B) Gaunt
C) enaciated
D) obese
65. Which of the following important river of

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India is not originated from the Western Ghats ?

A) Cauvery
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Mahanadi

A) advice of the prime minister

B) advice of the cheif justice of India
C) recommendation Lok Sabha
D) recommendation of the Rajya Sabha

66. Which atomic power station in India is built

completely in digenously ?
a) Kalpakkam
B) Narora
C) Rawat Bhata
D) Tarapore
67. The member of the panchayat are--A) nominated by the district officer
B) the electorates of the respective territorial
constituencies
C) nominated by local self-government minister
of the state
D) nominated by the block development
organization
68. If the number 517*324 is completely
divisible by 3, then the smallest whole number
in the place of * will be:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) None of these
69. A fraction having denominator 30 and lying
between 5/8 and 7/11 is--A) 18/30
B) 19/30
C) 20/30
D) 21/30
70. Chose the synonym of the word 'Onus' from
the following alternatives
A) sadness
B) serious
C) benign
D) responsibility
71. Pick out the correct meaning of the
following idiom--to drive home
A) to find one's root
B) to relinquish one's post
C) back to original position
D) to emphasise
72. Choose the antonym of the word given in
bold
The piper passing through a meanering way.
A) bending
B) sloping
C) strained
D) straight
73. The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha
on---

74. The name of a candidate for the office of

president of India may be proposed by--A) any five citizens of India
B) any five members of the Parliament
C) Any one members of the Electoral College
D) Any 10 members of the Electoral College
75. B.C.Roy Award is given in the field of--A) Music
B) Journalism
C) Medicine
D) Environment
76. Which of the following is NOT written by
Munshi Premchand ?
A) Gaban
B) Godan
C) Guide
D) Manasorovar
77. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform
flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time
during which the tank is filled by the third pipe
alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours
faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than
the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe
is:
A) 6 hours
B) 10 hours
C) 15 hours
D) 30 hours
78. Three taps A,B and C togather can fill an
empty cistem in 10 minutes. The tap A alone can
fill it in 30 minute and the tap B alone in 40
minute. How long will the tap C alone take to
fill it ?
A) 16 minute
B) 24 minutes
C) 32 minutes
D) 40 minutes
79. If 1 man and 2 woman or 3 boys can
complete a piece of work in 88 days, then 1
man,1 woman and 1 boy togather will complete
it in --A) 36 dyas
B) 42 dyas
C) 48 days
D) 54 dyas
80. A cow is tied on the comer of a rectangular
field of size 30 m X 20 m by a 14 m long rope.
The area of the region, that she can graze, is (use

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=22/7)
A) 350 m2
C) 154 m2

C) Instrumental Music
D) Classical Dance

B) 196m2
D) 22 m2

81. Replace the following expression by the

appropriate alternatives:
Having a grating or displeasing sound.
A) Sonorous
B) melodious
B) Discourteous
D) Cocophonous
82.The new building of the High Court at
Chandigarh____ composed of ten rooms.
A) has
B) had
C) is
D) can
83. The perspicuilty of his lecture made him
popular.
The opposite of perspicuity is --A) peaceful
B) generous
C) magnanimous
D) obscurity
84. Which UN body deals with population
problem ?
A) UNFPA
B) UNDP
C) UNCEF
D) UNESCO
85. In the second nationalization of commercial
banks, ____ banks were nationalized.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 6
86. Depreciation means---A) closure of a plant due to lock out
B) closure of a plant due to labour trouble
C) loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
D) destruction of a plant in a fire accident

90. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and

water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quanity of water to be further added is:
A) 20 litres
B) 30 litres
C) 40 litres
D) 60 litres
91. With a 5% discount on the cost of sugar , a
buyer could purchase 2kg more sugar for 608.
Selling price of Sugar is .
A) Rs 15.50
B) Rs 15
C) Rs 16.50
D) Rs 16
92. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their
LCM is 48. The sum of the two number is
A) 32
B) 28
C) 26
D) 24
93. In a shower, 5 cm of rain falls. The volume
of water that falls on 1.5 hectares of ground is:
A) 75 cu. m
B) 750 cu. m
C) 7500 cu. m
D) 75000 cu. m
94. In a cylindrical vessel of diameter 24 cm
filled up with sufficient quantity of water, a solid
sperical ball of radius 6 cm is completely
immersed. Then the increase in height of water
level is...
A) 1.5 cm
B) 2 cm
C) 2 cm
D) 4.2 cm
95. What decimal of an hour is a second ?
A) .0025
B) .0256
C) .00027
D) .000126

87. The ratio of width of our National Flag to its

lenngth is--A) 3:5
B) 2:3
C) 2:4
D) 3:4

96. Everybody speaks of his acrimonious nature.

The opposite of acrimonious is
A) abrupt
B) obstreperous
C) cantankerous
D) pleasant

88. OS' computer abbreviation usualy means ?

A) Order of Significance
B) Open Software
C) Operating Syatem
D) Optical Sensor

97. Fill in the blanks with simple past tense from

of the verb given in the bracket
Priyanka __________ ( not draw ) the 'Last
Summer' yesterday.
A) Did not draw
B) Did not drew
C) Had not drew
D) Could not drawn

89. What is common between kutty, Shankar,

Laxman and Sudhir Dar?
A) Film Direction
B) Drawing Cartoons

98. Change the voice of the given sentence.

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Chose the one form the alternatives given :

You don't need to wind this watch.
A) This watch need not wound.
B) This watch doesn't wind.
C) This watch need to be wounded.
D) This watch need not would be wound.
99. There are four parts of sentence (P, Q, R, S)
put in jumbled order. Put them in right order to
form a meaningful sentence. Select the correct
response.
P= to get home early
Q= I phoned my mother
R= that I wouldn't be able
S= to tell her
A) SPRQ
B) SRPQ
C) QSRP
D) PQRS
100. The antonym of 'Boon' is--A) Curse
B) idle
C) Timid
D) Praise

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