WBCS Last 20 Years – 20 Important Questions for WBCS Preliminary 2021
MCQ Suggestion for WBCS Preliminary 2021
1. Who wrote Buddhacharita?
A) Nagarjuna
B) Asvaghosha
C) Basumitra
D) Vishakhadatta
Ans: B) Asvaghosha
2. When did the Mathura School of Arts Flourish?
A) Sunga period
B) Satavahana period
C) Saka period
D) Kushana period
Ans: D) Kushana period
3. The slogan “Garibi Hathao” was included in which Five year Plan?
A) Third Plan
B) Fourth Plan
C) Fifth Plan
D) Sixth Plan
Ans: D) Sixth Plan
4. Who introduced the Saka era?
A) Bhumaka
B) Nahapana
C) Rudradaman
D) Kanishka
Ans: D) Kanishka
5. Who was the founder of Indian Association?
A) Lala lajpath Rai
B) Surebdranath Banerjee
C) Bipin Chandra Pal
D) W. C. Banerjee
Ans: B) Surebdranath Banerjee
6. Who was the founder of Hindu Mela?
A) Nabagopal Mitra
B) bal gangadhor Tilak
C) Akshay Kumar Datta
D) Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: A) Nabagopal Mitra
7. Whan has founded the Indian Association?
A) 1876
B) 1884
C) 1887
D) 1890
Ans: A) 1876
8. The decision to hold panchayat Election is taken by the –
A) District Magistrate
B) State Government
C) Union Home Ministry
D) Election Commission
Ans: B) State Government
9. What is the middle unit in the three-tier Panchayati raj System?
A) Gram Panchayat
B) Zila Parishad
C) Panchayat Samiti
D) Union Board
Ans: B) Zila Parishad
10. Name one leader of the Home Rule Movement –
A) Annie Besant
B) Surendranath banerjee
C) Aurobinda Ghosh
D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: A) Annie Besant
11. Who introduced the Iqta system?
A) Muhammad Ghuri
B) Qutubuddin Aibak
C) Iltutmish
D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
Ans: C) Iltutmish
12. When did the Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre take place?
A) 13th April, 1919
B) 15th August, 1921
C) 21st April, 1922
D) 25th September, 1925
Ans: A) 13th April, 1919
13. The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Ghuri and –
A) Rana Sanga
B) Rana Pratap
C) Prithviraj Chauhan
D) Rana Hambirdeve
Ans: C) Prithviraj Chauhan
14. Who introduced ‘Qabuliyat’ and ‘Patta’?
A) Babar
B) Shershah
C) Akbar
D) Shahjahan
Ans: B) Shershah
15. Who wrote Humayunnama?
A) Gulbadan
B) Abul Fazal
C) Faizi
D) Badaoni
Ans: A) Gulbadan
16. The electromagnetic radiation that is emitted during radio-active disintegration is –
A) X-rays
B) Y-rays
C) Ultraviolet rays
D) Infra-red rays
Ans: B) Y-rays
17. Who was called “Grand Old man” of India?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Jamshedji Tata
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) C. rajagopalachari
Ans: A) Dadabhai Naoroji
18. The walls of a music hall should –
A) Transmit sound
B) Absorb sound
C) Reflect sound
D) Amplify sound
Ans: C) Reflect sound
19. name the sultan who introduced Rationing System in India?
A) Ghiyasuddin balban
B) Alauddin Khalji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Firuz Tughlaq
Ans: B) Alauddin Khalji
20. Normal saline is an aqueous solution of sodium chloride of strength –
A) 0.84%
B) 1.00 normal
C) 1.00 molar
D) 1%
Ans: D) 1%
