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🌸 Group-C General Awareness
West Bengal School Service Commission — Mock Test
SET 19 | 50 Questions
📈 Section 1 — Current Economic Affairs & Sports (Q1–Q12)
Question 1 of 50
India’s GDP growth rate for FY 2024–25 (provisional estimate) is approximately:
✅ India’s GDP growth for FY 2024–25 is estimated at 6.8% by the First Advance Estimates (Feb 2025).
Question 2 of 50
The “Union Budget 2025–26” was presented by:
✅ Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister, presented the Union Budget 2025–26 on 1 February 2025.
Question 3 of 50
“Repo Rate” is the interest rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks. As of Feb 2026, it is:
✅ RBI reduced the Repo Rate to 6.25% in its latest monetary policy review (Dec 2025).
Question 4 of 50
The “Make in India” initiative completed ___ years in 2025.
✅ Make in India was launched on 25 September 2014 — it completed 11 years in 2025.
Question 5 of 50
India’s first semiconductor fab unit was approved in ___ (2024).
✅ India’s first semiconductor fab unit was approved in Gujarat (Sanand) in March 2024 under the India Semiconductor Mission.
Question 6 of 50
The “PLi Scheme” (Production Linked Incentive) covers ___ sectors as of 2025.
✅ The PLI scheme covers 14 sectors including mobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automobiles, and textiles.
Question 7 of 50
India’s inflation rate (CPI) in December 2025 was:
✅ CPI inflation eased to 4.2% in Dec 2025, within RBI’s target range of 2–6%.
Question 8 of 50
The “Atmanirbhar Bharat” package announced in 2020 was worth:
✅ The Atmanirbhar Bharat economic package announced in May 2020 was worth ₹20 lakh crore (10% of GDP).
Question 9 of 50
India’s foreign exchange reserves crossed ___ USD billion in Jan 2026.
✅ India’s forex reserves crossed 700 billion USD in Jan 2026, ranking 4th globally.
Question 10 of 50
“Startup India” was launched on:
✅ Startup India initiative was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 16 January 2016.
Question 11 of 50
India won the ___ Cricket World Cup.
✅ India has won 2 ODI Cricket World Cups (1983 and 2011). Also won T20 WC 2007 and 2024.
Question 12 of 50
Neeraj Chopra won India’s first Olympic ___ medal in athletics.
✅ Neeraj Chopra won India’s first Olympic Gold medal in athletics (Javelin Throw, Tokyo 2020).
🔬 Section 2 — Innovations & Science Inventions (Q13–Q25)
Question 13 of 50
Who invented the “telephone”?
✅ Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone (patented 1876).
Question 14 of 50
“Penicillin” was discovered by:
✅ Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in 1928, the first antibiotic.
Question 15 of 50
The “World Wide Web” (WWW) was invented by:
✅ Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at CERN.
Question 16 of 50
“X-rays” were discovered by:
✅ Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895, winning the first Nobel Prize in Physics (1901).
Question 17 of 50
Who invented the “electric bulb”?
✅ Thomas Alva Edison is credited with inventing the practical incandescent electric bulb (1879).
Question 18 of 50
“DNA” structure was discovered by:
✅ James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953.
Question 19 of 50
The “first computer programmer” is considered to be:
✅ Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine in the 1840s.
Question 20 of 50
“Internet” was developed by:
✅ The Internet originated from ARPANET, developed by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in the late 1960s.
Question 21 of 50
“UPI” (Unified Payments Interface) was launched by:
✅ UPI was launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016.
Question 22 of 50
The “first Indian satellite” was:
✅ Aryabhata, India’s first satellite, was launched on 19 April 1975 with Soviet assistance.
Question 23 of 50
“COVID-19 vaccine” Covaxin was developed by:
✅ Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, was developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR.
Question 24 of 50
“Quantum Computer” research in India is led by:
✅ India’s National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA) (2020) coordinates quantum research across TIFR, IISc, DRDO, etc.
Question 25 of 50
“CRISPR-Cas9” gene editing technology was developed by:
✅ Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology.
🧠 Section 3 — Logical Reasoning (Q26–Q35)
Question 26 of 50
Find the odd one out: Rose, Lotus, Marigold, Banana
✅ Rose, Lotus, Marigold are flowers; Banana is a fruit. Hence Banana is the odd one out.
Question 27 of 50
Complete the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___
✅ Pattern: n² + 1 → 1²+1=2, 2²+1=5, 3²+1=10, 4²+1=17, 5²+1=26, 6²+1 = 37.
Question 28 of 50
If “BOOK” is coded as “CPPL”, how is “READ” coded?
✅ Each letter +1: B→C, O→P, O→P, K→L. So READ: R→S, E→F, A→B, D→E = SFBE.
Question 29 of 50
A is father of B, but B is not the son of A. How is B related to A?
✅ A is father of B, but B is not son → B is Daughter of A.
Question 30 of 50
Find the missing number: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?
✅ Pattern: n² − 1 → 2²−1=3, 3²−1=8, 4²−1=15, 5²−1=24, 6²−1=35, 7²−1 = 48.
Question 31 of 50
Statements: All cats are animals. Some animals are dogs. Conclusion I: Some cats are dogs. Conclusion II: Some dogs are animals.
✅ I does not necessarily follow (cats may not overlap with dogs). II definitely follows from “Some animals are dogs”. So Only II follows.
Question 32 of 50
Pointing to a photograph, a man said, “Her mother is the only daughter of my father-in-law.” How is the woman in the photograph related to the man?
✅ “Only daughter of my father-in-law” = man’s wife. Her mother = man’s mother-in-law. The woman is man’s Daughter.
Question 33 of 50
Find the odd one out: 8, 27, 64, 100, 125
✅ 8=2³, 27=3³, 64=4³, 125=5³ are all perfect cubes. 100 (=10²) is NOT a perfect cube — it is the odd one out.
Question 34 of 50
If today is Monday, what day will it be after 25 days?
✅ 25 ÷ 7 = 3 weeks + 4 days. Monday + 4 = Tuesday. Answer: Tuesday.
Question 35 of 50
In a certain code, “123” means “I am happy”, “456” means “happy new year”, “789” means “year after tomorrow”. What does “4” stand for?
✅ Common in “456” and “789” is “year”. Common in “123” and “456” is “happy”. So “4” in “456” (happy new year) must be new.
📝 Section 4 — General English (Q36–Q50)
Question 36 of 50
Choose the correct preposition: She is allergic ___ nuts.
✅ The correct phrase is “allergic to”: She is allergic to nuts.
Question 37 of 50
What is the plural of “Child”?
✅ The plural of Child is Children (irregular plural).
Question 38 of 50
Choose the synonym of “Obsolete”:
✅ Obsolete means no longer produced or used. Synonym: Outdated.
Question 39 of 50
Choose the antonym of “Abundant”:
✅ Abundant means available in large quantities. Antonym: Scarce.
Question 40 of 50
Identify the correctly spelled word:
✅ The correct spelling is Occasion (double c, single s).
Question 41 of 50
Fill in the blank: The committee ___ of five members.
✅ “Consists of” is the correct phrase: The committee consists of five members.
Question 42 of 50
Choose the correct sentence:
✅ With “Neither…nor”, verb agrees with the nearer subject (“girl” — singular). Correct: “Neither the boys nor the girl has arrived.”
Question 43 of 50
Change to passive voice: “They elected him President.”
✅ Simple past active → passive: was/were + past participle. “He was elected President by them.”
Question 44 of 50
The plural of “Medium” is:
✅ The plural of Medium is Media (Latin plural) or Mediums (both correct).
Question 45 of 50
Choose the correct form: She ___ to the market yesterday.
✅ Simple past tense for “yesterday”: “went”.
Question 46 of 50
Synonym of “Pristine”:
✅ Pristine means clean and fresh as if new. Synonym: Pure.
Question 47 of 50
Antonym of “Austere”:
✅ Austere means simple and strict. Antonym: Luxurious.
Question 48 of 50
Fill in the blank: The book ___ on the table.
✅ “Lie” (to rest flat) in present continuous: “is lying”.
Question 49 of 50
The correctly structured sentence is:
✅ Correct parallel structure: “I have finished my work and am going home.”
Question 50 of 50
Change to direct speech: He said that he was tired.
✅ Indirect speech → Direct speech: tense shifts back — “was” → “am”. He said, “I am tired.”
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