The question paper of BPSC (Bihar Public Service Commission) (Prelims) Competitive Exam 2016-17 (Exam held on 12.02.2017) is as follows:

1) Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Namdar Khan
(B) Babu Kunwar Singh
(C) Birsa Munda
(D) Shankar Shah
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b

2) Birsa was captured, while asleep, on :
(A) 1 February, 1900
(B) 2 February, 1900
(C) 3 February, 1900
(D) 4 February , 1900
(E) None


3) “The Muslims , if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest bulwark of British power in India”. Who wrote it ?
(A) Herbert Risley
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) W.W.Hunter
(D) H.N.Brailsford
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: c

4) “In my belief , Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Who wrote it?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Minto
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: c



5) Who drew Mahatma Ganghi’s attention towards the exploitation of the peasants by the European Indigo planters ?
(A) Baba Ram Chandra
(B) Raja Kumar Shukla
(C) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(D) Sri Krishna Sinha
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b

6) Who was elected the first President of All
India Kisan Sabha at Lucknow in 1936?
(A) N.G.Ranbga
(B) E.M.S.Namboodri pad
(C) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
(D) Acharya Narendra Dev
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: c
7) Sir Michael O’Dwyer was shot dead on
13th March, 1940 in London by :
(A) Madal Lal Dhingra

(B) M.P.T.Acharya
(C) V.D.Savarkar
(D) Udham Singh
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: d
8) Who was the Prime Minister of England
when the Montague-Chelmsford Act was
passed in 1919?
(A) Lloyd George
(B) George Hamilton
(C) Sir Samuel Hoare
(D) Lord Salisbury
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a
9) Who left Patna College with just 20 days
remaining for his examination during the
Non-Cooperation Movement?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Braj Kishore
(C) Jai Prakash Naryana
(D) Sri Krishna Sinha
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: c
10) Who became champion of socialism and
wanted to overthrow of British rule, Princely
states, Landlordism and Capitalism in 1933?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Bhulabhai Desai
(D) Sardar Patel
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
11) Who joined Subhas Chandra Bose to
found All India Forward Bloc and actively
associated with the INA movement?
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan
(B) Baikunth Shukla
(C) Sheel Bhadra Yajee
(D) Ram Narain Prasad
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: c
12) Who is regarded as “The Mother of Indian
Revolution”?
(A) Mrs.Annie Besant
(B) Snehlata Wadekar
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Madam Bhikhaji Rustam Cama
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: d
13) Which journal was not associated with
the revolutionary activities?
(A) Sandhya
(B) Yugantar
(C) Ghadr
(D) Young India
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: e
14) First Indian elected to the British House of
Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who
contested on the ticket of ;
(A) Liberal Party
(B) Labour Party
(C) Conservative Party
(D) Communist Party
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a

15) Swaraj Party was formed following the
failure of :
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Rowlatt Bill Satyagraha
(D) Champaran Satyagraha
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a
16) The Chittagong Armoury Raid had been
planned by :
(A) Surya Sen
(B) Chandan Dutta
(C) Vidhan Ghosh
(D)Jatin Das
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a
17) The Cabinet Mission came to India in :
(A) February 1942
(B) March 1942
(C) April 1942
(D) May 1942
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: e
18) A pleader of Bihar who left his lucrative
practice during Non-Cooperation Movement
was :
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Sahajanand Saraswati
(D) Raj Kumar Shukla
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
19) The precursor of Indian National Congress
was :
(A) British Indian Association
(B) Indian Association
(C) Indian National Union
(D) Indian League
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
20) Who organised the “Khudai Khidmatgar” in
1929?
(A) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(B) Ali Brothers
(C) Ansari Brothers
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a
21) A, B, C, Invested 20 lac rupees in a business
in the ratio 7 : 2 : 1. The total profit is 18%. A
has to pay 30% tax and B hast to pay 20% tax.
What percent of net profit of A is more than
the net profit of B?
(A) 118.8%
(B) 180.0%
(C) 306.25%
(D) 304.5%
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: C
22) If SURGICAL –STRIKE is coded as 13979313-
129925, then METRO-TRAIN is coded as
(A) 15295-29195
(B) 45296-29195
(C) 45295-29194
(D) 15296-29195

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
23) x is a consecutive whole number and the
first four values of expression x3 + 3y -3 are 7,
20, 45, 88, then the fifth value is
(A) 137
(B) 155
(C) 158
(D) 143
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
24) In the series of numbers and alphabets
A26H, C24F, G20B, the next term is
(A) M13D
(B) O11C
(C) M12B
(D) M14E
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: e
25) The dearness-allowance of a person with
basic salary Rs.7700 is increased to 132% form
125% and the tax deduction on both is
increased to 22% from 20%. He got salary
increased by
(A) Rs.74.00
(B) Rs.77.00
(C) Rs.385.00
(D) Rs.369.00
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: e
26) Inspect the following figure and find the
region which represents the government
employee who live in own house and
compulsorily graduate.
(A) EGHD
(B) BED
(C) BHG
(D) HGI
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: e
27) If sign +, represents multiplication, x
addition, – division, ÷ difference > equal and =
represents greater than, then which of the
following relation is true?
(A) 12 – 2 + 3 ÷ 8 x 1 > 12
(B) 11 x 2 ÷ 4 – 2 + 1 = 11
(C) 7 ÷ 2 x 5 – 5 + 2 = 7
(D) 5 x 6 – 3 ÷ 3 + 1 > 4
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: b
28) How many times the digit 9 occurs in the
numbers from 100 to 999.
(A) 280
(B) 218
(C) 229
(D) 228
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans: a

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