WBCS 2018 Preliminary Exam Question Set With Answer

WBCS 2018 Answer Key

Q.131) Where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon?

a) Bodh Gaya

b) Shravasti

c) Sarnath

d) Vaishali

When the Buddha became enlightened, he knew the answer to suffering, and he knew how to defeat suffering. This answer was called the Four Noble Truths. He was not sure if he should teach his new ideas or not. He asked himself if the world was ready for such a deep teaching. But in the end, he decided to travel to a town called Sarnath to teach the people his new way. He taught about the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The people listened to him.

Q.132) An Indian economist has won ‘Balzan Prize 2017’ for contribution of women in Indian agriculture-

a) Devika Jain

b) Rohini Pande

c) Dipali Joshi

d) Bina Agarwal

The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man.

Q.133) The Dogras inhabit mainly

a) from Southern Pir Panjal region to the Punjab plains

b) in Kashmir Valley

c) In Northern Kashmir plains

d) in Poonch

Q.134) Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 at

a) Satara

b) Pune

c) Belgaon

d) Berar

Q.135) Errors in computer programme is called

a) Spam

b) Follies

c) Virus

d) Bugs

Q.136) Who was referred to as ‘Sandrocottus’ in the writings of the Greeks?

a) Asoka

b) Bindusara

c) Chandragupta Maurya

d) Dhanananda

Q.137) What should come in the place of question mark in the following series?

3, 8, 6, 14, ?, 20

a) 12

b) 20

c) 42

d) 9

Q.138) Which of the following is not required while considering GNP [Gross National Product]?

a) Purchase of goods by Government

b) Private investment

c) Per capita income of citizens

d) Net foreign investment

Q.139) In India the second most populated district [Census 2011] :

a) Howrah

b) North 24 Parganas

c) Patna

d) N.C.R

Q.140) Bleaching action of chlorine is by

a) decomposition

b) hydrolysis

c) reduction

d) oxidation

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