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Bihar 2012 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in Bihar 2012, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q1.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 5 (Civil Engineering) 2012Medium

Choose the correct statements from the following: 1. Hooke's law is valid up to the limit of proportionality. 2. Hooke's law is valid up to elastic limit. 3. Limit of proportionality is always less than the elastic limit. 4. Limit of proportionality is either equal to or less than the elastic limit. The correct answer is

  1. A.1 and 4
  2. B.2 and 4
  3. C.1 and 3
  4. D.2 and 3
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 4

Hooke's law holds only as far as the limit of proportionality, and that limit is either equal to or lower than the elastic limit, so statements 1 and 4 are the correct pair.

Q3.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2012 OEasy

Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?

  1. A.Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  2. B.Benazir Bhutto
  3. C.Margaret Thatcher
  4. D.Indira Gandhi
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Correct answer: A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

She took office in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in July 1960 and so became the first woman anywhere in the world to head a government as Prime Minister.

Q4.Indian EconomyAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 4 (General Engineering SciMedium

All financial decisions on any project appraisal are based on

  1. A.future value of money
  2. B.present value of money
  3. C.opportunity cost of money
  4. D.None of the above
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Correct answer: B. present value of money

Money has a time value, so a rupee received years later is worth less than a rupee in hand, and every cash flow of a project is first brought to today's value before a decision is taken.

Q5.Science & TechnologyAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 5, 2012Hard

The coolant used in a boiling water reactor is:

  1. A.carbon dioxide
  2. B.pressurised water
  3. C.a mixture of water and steam
  4. D.liquid metal
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Correct answer: C. a mixture of water and steam

In a boiling water reactor, the design used at Tarapur, ordinary water is allowed to boil inside the reactor vessel itself, so the coolant leaving the core is a mixture of water and steam; the steam is separated at the top and driven straight to the turbine, without the separate…

Q6.Science & TechnologyAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 5, 2012Easy

Where was India's first nuclear power plant set up?

  1. A.Tarapur
  2. B.Kudankulam
  3. C.Kaiga
  4. D.Rawatbhata
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Correct answer: A. Tarapur

The Tarapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra was commissioned in 1969 with American assistance and was the first nuclear power station in India as well as in Asia; its first two units are boiling water reactors, a design used nowhere else in the country.

Q7.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2012 OEasy

The headquarters of UNESCO is at

  1. A.New York
  2. B.Paris
  3. C.Geneva
  4. D.Rome
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Correct answer: B. Paris

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1946 and works from Paris in France.

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