JKSSB Animal Keeper 2025 Solved Question Paper

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a common noun?

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Option B: School. 'School' is a generic common noun denoting a place of education (Taj Mahal, Rahul, and Mercury are specific proper nouns).

Question 2

Identify the proper noun in the sentence: "Alice loves to read books in the library."

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Option A: Alice. 'Alice' is a proper noun referring to a specific person's name.

Question 3

Choose the correct collective noun in the sentence: "The swarm of bees flew across the garden."

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Option C: Swarm. 'Swarm' is the collective noun used to describe a large group or colony of flying insects/bees.

Question 4

"The audience was applauding the performance". The word 'audience' is a

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Option C: Collective noun. 'Audience' is a collective noun denoting a group of spectators or listeners gathered together.

Question 5

Which noun is a plural form?

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Option D: Children. 'Children' is the irregular plural form of the singular noun 'child' ('ox' -> 'oxen', 'goose' -> 'geese').

Question 6

"His kindness is appreciated by all". The word 'kindness' is a

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Option D: Abstract noun. 'Kindness' is an abstract noun referring to an intangible human quality, state of mind, or virtuous behavior.

Question 7

Which of the following is a compound noun?

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Option A: Boyfriend. 'Boyfriend' is a closed compound noun formed by combining two distinct root words: 'boy' + 'friend'.

Question 8

Choose the correct plural form of the word 'leaf'.

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Option C: Leaves. Nouns ending in '-f' typically form their plural by changing '-f' to '-ves': 'leaf' -> 'leaves'.

Question 9

What kind of noun is 'flock' in the sentence: "A flock of birds flew over the field"?

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Option B: Collective noun. 'Flock' is a collective noun used to denote a group of birds, sheep, or goats.

Question 10

What part of speech is the word "quickly" in the sentence: "She runs quickly"?

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Option A: Adverb. 'Quickly' is an adverb of manner modifying the action verb 'runs'.

Question 11

In the sentence "The cat is sleeping on the mat," the word "sleeping" is a

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Option C: Verb. 'Sleeping' is the present participle forming the main lexical verb in the present continuous tense ('is sleeping').

Question 12

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: "He is going to the store".

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Option A: He. 'He' is a third-person singular masculine personal pronoun functioning as the subject of the sentence.

Question 13

In the sentence "She sings beautifully," the word "beautifully" is a

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Option A: Adverb. 'Beautifully' is an adverb of manner describing how she sings.

Question 14

Which of the following is a verb?

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Option C: Laughing. 'Laughing' is the active verb / participle indicating the physical action of laughter (joy and happiness are abstract nouns, table is a concrete common noun).

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a conjunction?

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Option B: And. 'And' is a coordinating conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or independent clauses.

Question 16

What is the masculine form of "niece"?

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Option A: Nephew. The masculine equivalent of 'niece' (brother's/sister's daughter) is 'nephew' (brother's/sister's son).

Question 17

What is the masculine form of "goose"?

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Option A: Gander. The masculine gender form of the female bird 'goose' is 'gander'.

Question 18

What is the masculine form of the word "daughter"?

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Option A: Son. The masculine equivalent of 'daughter' (female offspring) is 'son' (male offspring).

Question 19

Which type of reproduction involves only one parent?

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Option B: Asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction (binary fission, budding, vegetative propagation) produces genetically identical offspring from a single parent without gametic fusion.

Question 20

What is the term used to describe an organism that has both male and female reproductive organs?

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Option A: Hermaphrodite. A Hermaphrodite (such as an earthworm, snail, or tapeworm) is an individual organism that possesses both male and female gonadal reproductive organs.

Question 21

What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas called?

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Option A: Sublimation. Sublimation is the direct phase transition of a substance from solid to gas without passing through the intermediate liquid phase (e.g. dry ice, camphor, iodine).

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of a gas at room temperature?

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Option C: Oxygen. Oxygen ($O_2$) is a diatomic molecular gas at standard ambient temperature and pressure ($25^\circ	ext{C}$ and 1 atm).

Question 23

Which state of matter has both a definite shape and a definite volume?

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Option A: Solid. Solids have tightly bound constituent particles in fixed lattices, possessing both a definite shape and a definite volume.

Question 24

What happens to the particles of a substance when it is heated?

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Option C: The particles move faster and spread apart.. Heating adds thermal kinetic energy, causing the constituent atoms and molecules to vibrate/move faster and expand/spread apart.

Question 25

What is the process of a liquid turning into a gas called?

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Option C: Evaporation. Evaporation (or vaporization / boiling) is the phase change from liquid state to gaseous vapor.

Question 26

What is the main source of energy for the Sun?

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Option A: Nuclear fusion. The Sun's immense radiant energy is generated by thermonuclear fusion (proton-proton chain reaction) converting hydrogen nuclei into helium in its core.

Question 27

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

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Option B: Mars. Mars is called the 'Red Planet' due to the widespread presence of ferric iron oxide (rust) on its surface terrain.

Question 28

Which planet is the largest in our Solar System?

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Option C: Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System with a mass greater than all other planets combined.

Question 29

What is the name of the fifth planet from the Sun?

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Option C: Jupiter. In order of increasing distance from the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter...), the fifth planet is Jupiter.

Question 30

What is the name of Earth's natural satellite?

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Option B: Moon. The Moon is the Earth's only permanent natural satellite, orbiting at an average distance of approx $384,400	ext{ km}$.

Question 31

What is the phenomenon that occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun?

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Option A: Solar eclipse. A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon aligns directly between the Earth and the Sun, casting its shadow upon the Earth.

Question 32

Which planet has rings around it?

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Option A: Saturn. Saturn is globally famous for its spectacular, extensive, and visually prominent planetary ring system composed of ice and rock particles.

Question 33

Which of the following is the hardest allotrope of carbon?

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Option C: Diamond. Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring allotrope of carbon (and hardest natural material on Mohs scale, rating 10) due to its rigid 3D tetrahedral covalent network.

Question 34

Which of the following colors of light has the shortest wavelength?

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Option D: Violet. In the visible spectrum (VIBGYOR), Violet light has the shortest wavelength (approx $380	ext{--}450	ext{ nm}$) and highest frequency, while Red has the longest wavelength ($620	ext{--}750	ext{ nm}$).

Question 35

What does the law of reflection state?

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Option B: The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The Law of Reflection states that the angle of incidence strictly equals the angle of reflection ($\angle i = \angle r$).

Question 36

What is the primary function of the lens in the human eye?

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Option B: To focus light onto the retina. The crystalline biconvex lens of the human eye refracts and dynamically accommodates incoming light rays to focus sharp inverted images onto the photoreceptive retina.

Question 37

In which medium does light travel the fastest?

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Option D: Vacuum. Light travels at its maximum theoretical speed ($c \approx 3 	imes 10^8	ext{ m/s}$) in a Vacuum where the refractive index is exactly 1.

Question 38

What is the SI unit of force?

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Option B: Newton. The SI unit of force is the Newton (symbol: N), defined as $1	ext{ N} = 1	ext{ kg}\cdot	ext{m/s}^2$.

Question 39

Pressure is defined as force applied per unit

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Option C: Area. Physical pressure is mathematically defined as the perpendicular thrust (force) exerted per unit surface area ($P = F/A$).

Question 40

What is the SI unit of pressure?

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Option B: Pascal. The SI unit of pressure is the Pascal (symbol: Pa), where $1	ext{ Pa} = 1	ext{ N/m}^2$.

Question 41

The pressure exerted by a liquid depends on

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Option A: Its density and the depth of the liquid. Hydrostatic pressure in a fluid depends directly on liquid density ($\rho$), gravitational acceleration ($g$), and depth/height of the column ($h$): $P = \rho g h$.

Question 42

If the area over which a force is applied is doubled, what happens to the pressure?

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Option B: It is halved. Since pressure is inversely proportional to area ($P = F/A$), doubling the area ($A' = 2A$) reduces the pressure to half ($P' = P/2$).

Question 43

Which of the following statements is true about pressure?

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Option C: Both A and B. By the formula $P = F/A$, pressure is directly proportional to normal force ($P \propto F$) and inversely proportional to contact area ($P \propto 1/A$). Both A and B are true.

Question 44

If an object is said to be in uniform motion, it means

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Option B: The object covers equal distances in equal intervals of time. Uniform motion is defined as motion in which a body moves along a straight line covering equal distances in equal intervals of time at a constant speed.

Question 45

What is the term used to describe the rate of change of velocity?

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Option C: Acceleration. Acceleration ($a = \frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}$) is defined as the time rate of change of velocity vector.

Question 46

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?

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Option C: 1919. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab.

Question 47

The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?

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Option B: 1942. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement in August 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay.

Question 48

Who gave the famous slogan "Give me blood and I will give you freedom"?

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Option B: Subhas Chandra Bose. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose delivered his famous inspirational rallying cry 'Give me blood and I will give you freedom!' to the Indian National Army (INA) in Burma in 1944.

Question 49

Who was the Viceroy of India during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

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Option B: Lord Chelmsford. Lord Chelmsford served as the Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921 when the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in 1919.

Question 50

The famous 'Salt March' (Dandi March) was led by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

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Option A: 1930. Mahatma Gandhi led the historic 24-day Salt March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi from 12 March to 6 April 1930.

Question 51

The partition of Bengal took place in which year?

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Option A: 1905. The Partition of Bengal was enacted by Viceroy Lord Curzon on 16 October 1905 (and annulled in 1911).

Question 52

Which of the following was not a part of the three main leaders of the 'Lal Bal Pal' group?

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Option D: Subhas Chandra Bose. The triumvirate 'Lal Bal Pal' consisted of Lala Lajpat Rai (Punjab), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Maharashtra), and Bipin Chandra Pal (Bengal); Subhas Chandra Bose was not part of this trio.

Question 53

The Indian National Congress split into two factions at which session?

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Option A: Surat Session 1907. The INC split into Moderates and Extremists at the historic Surat Session in 1907 presided over by Rash Behari Ghosh.

Question 54

Which event led to the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?

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Option B: Chauri Chaura Incident. Mahatma Gandhi called off the nationwide Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922 following the violent Chauri Chaura incident in Gorakhpur district, UP.

Question 55

The 'Poona Pact' was signed between

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Option C: Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on electoral representation for Depressed Classes.

Question 56

The right to move freely throughout the territory of India comes under which Article of the Indian Constitution?

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Option C: Article 19. Article 19(1)(d) of the Indian Constitution guarantees to all citizens the fundamental right to move freely throughout the territory of India.

Question 57

Which of the following events is related to the 'Khilafat Movement'?

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Option A: Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi allied the Khilafat agitation with the nationwide Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–1922) to forge Hindu-Muslim unity against British colonial rule.

Question 58

Who gave the famous slogan "Swaraj is my Birthright and I shall have it"?

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Option B: Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the clarion call: 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!'.

Question 59

The 'Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms' were introduced in which year?

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Option B: 1919. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (enacted as the Government of India Act 1919) introduced provincial dyarchy.

Question 60

Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

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Option B: Lord Mountbatten. Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last British Viceroy of India (serving from March to August 1947).

Question 61

The famous 'Champaran Satyagraha' was associated with the issue of

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Option C: Indigo plantation. Champaran Satyagraha (1917 in Bihar) was Mahatma Gandhi's first civil disobedience movement in India, organized to protest the exploitative Tinkathia indigo farming system.

Question 62

The main difference between the Moderates and the Extremists was

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Option B: The method of achieving independence. Moderates relied on constitutional petitions, prayers, and gradualist dialogue (3Ps), whereas Extremists advocated direct mass action, swadeshi, boycotts, and self-reliance.

Question 63

The 'Partition of Bengal' in 1905 was a move by the British to

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Option D: Divide and rule by creating a divide between Hindus and Muslims. Lord Curzon engineered the Partition of Bengal to weaken Indian nationalist solidarity along communal fault lines ('Divide and Rule').

Question 64

Who is known as the "Father of the Indian Renaissance"?

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Option A: Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, founder of the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 and champion of social reforms including the abolition of Sati, is honored as the Father of the Indian Renaissance.

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