Solved Paper Traffic Inspector Exam 2021 [Part-3] – HPSSC Hamirpur

101. The core of the earth is also known as

1. Lithosphere
2. Mesosphere
3. Barysphere
4. Centrosphere

102. The Volcanic region ‘Ring of Fire’ surrounds

1. Indian Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Arctic Ocean
4. Pacific Ocean

103. Which is a cold ocean current?

1. Gulf stream
2. Kuroshio current
3. Brazil Current
4. Benguela Current

104. Which is a tropical grassland?

1. Savanna
2. Velds
3. Prairies
4. Pampas

105. Negroes of South-West Africa are called

1. Niggers
2. Blacks
3. Hottentots
4. Pygmies

106. Namibia is the new name of

1. Cambodia
2. Zaire
3. Rhodesia
4. South-west Africa

107. Which is an archipelago?

1. Burma
2. Malaysia
3. Philippines
4. Vietnam

108. The world’s longest river is

1. Nile
2. Ganges
3. Amazon
4. Mississippi-Missouri

109. Khyber pass is in which country?

1. Bangladesh
2. Bhutan
3. India
4. Pakistan

110. Gondwana hills are located in which state?

1. Bangladesh
2. Bhutan
3. India
4. Pakistan

111. Tungabhadra is a tributary of which river?

1. Mahanadi
2. Narmada
3. Tapti
4. Krishna

112. Which city has the longest day in the month of June?

1. Delhi
2. Kolkata
3. Chennai
4. Bangaluru

113. Ranthambore is famous for

1. Tiger
2. Elephant
3. Rhinoceros
4. Panther

114. Srisailam hydroelectric project is on the river

1. Sharavati
2. Tungabhadra
3. Krishna
4. Cauvery

115. Operation Flood’ is related to

1. Flood control
2. Dairy development
3. Fisheries
4. None of these

116. The headquarters of ONGC is situated at

1. Dehradun
2. Mumbai
3. Chennai
4. Kolkata

117. Barter transactions mean

1. Goods are exchanged with goods
2. Coins are exchanged for goods
3. Money acts as a medium
4. Private ownership

118. Stagflation is defined as

1. Low inflation, low growth, low unemployment
2. High inflation, low growth, high unemployment
3. High inflation, high  growth, high unemployment
4. None of these

119. Gross National Product means

1. Gross value of raw materials
2. Gross value of finished goods
3. Money values of the total national production for any given period.
4. None of these

120. Which is related to banking reform?

1. Narasimahan committee
2. C. Gupta Committee
3. Charkavarti Committee
4. KelkarCmmittee

121. Which is not a quantitative credit control measure of a Central Bank?

1. Bank Rate Policy
2. Open Market Operations
3. Cash Reserve Ratio
4. Moral suasion

122. Corporation tax is a tax imposed on

1. The net incomes of the companies
2. The corporate properties
3. The utilities provided by the corporation
4. None of these

123. What is the full form of FDI?

1. Foreign Direct Input
2. Fiscal Direct Investment
3. Foreign Direct Investment
4. Fiscal Direct Input

124. To achieve economic self-reliance was the main objective of which five-year plan?

1. Third Five Year Plan
2. Fourth Five Year Plan
3. Fifth Five Year Plan
4. Sixth Five Year Plan

125. Which is also regarded as Disguised unemployment?

1. Underemployment
2. Frictional unemployment
3. Seasonal unemployment
4. Cyclical unemployment

126. The capital of IMF is made up by the contribution of

1. Member Nations
2. Credit
3. Deficit financing
4. Borrowings

127. ‘Price Index’ is measured by the change in

1. Purchasing Power of Money
2. Living Standard
3. Balance of Payment
4. Balance of Trade

128. Bamboo is a type of

1. Herb
2. Shrub
3. Grass
4. None of these

129. Which is the highest source of protein?

1. Sunflower
2. Soybean
3. Grams
4. Wheat

130. Which fruit has its seed outside?

1. Strawberry
2. Banana
3. Cashew Nut
4. Groundnut

131. The International Year of Biodiversity was

1. 1990
2. 2000
3. 2010
4. 2020

132. The largest source of pollution in the world is

1. Herbicides and insecticides
2. Automobile exhausts
3. Sewage and garbage
4. Industrial effluents

133. Washing of peeled vegetables removes which vitamin?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin C
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin E

134. How many times does the heartbeat approximately in a minute in humans?

1. 25 times
2. 40 times
3. 72 times
4. 96 times

135. Teeth and Bones acquire strength and rigidity from

1. Calcium
2. Fluorine
3. Chlorine
4. Sodium

136. Which is known as Master Gland?

1. Pituitary gland
2. Adrenal Gland
3. Thyroid Gland
4. Parathyroid

137. Rabies is a

1. Bacterial disease
2. Fungal disease
3. Protozoan disease
4. Viral disease

138. Ice is packed in sawdust because

1. Sawdust does not stick to the ice.
2. Of sawdust, it will not get melt easily.
3. Sawdust is a good conductor of heat.
4. Sawdust is a poor conductor of heat.

139. When a stone is thrown in the calm water of a pond waves produced are

1. Longitudinal wave
2. Transverse wave
3. Both A and B
4. None of these

140. Sun appears red in colour during sunrise and sunset due to

1. The fact that the sun emits only red colour at that time
2. Red light having longer wavelength scatters away.
3. The fact that all other colour scatter away except red.
4. None of these

141. Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins used to find prey, predators or obstacles?

1. Refraction of sound
2. Formation of beats
3. Scattering of sound
4. Echo

142. The swing of a spinning cricket ball in the air can be explained on the bases of

1. Sudden change in wind direction
2. Buoyancy of air
3. Turbulence caused by wind
4. None of these

143. A flying jet possesses

1. Kinetic energy
2. Kinetic energy
3. Wind energy
4. Both a and b

144. Tungsten is used for the manufacture of the filament of an electric bulb because

1. It is a good conductor
2. It is economical
3. It is malleable
4. It has a very high melting point

145. Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a pinch of salt while cooking because

1. The boiling point of water increase
2. Latent heat of vaporization of water decreases
3. Latent heat of vaporization of water increase
4. The boiling point of water decreases

146. Vinegar is the common name of

1. Acetic acid
2. Hydrochloric acid
3. Citric acid
4. Oxalic acid

147. the pH of the human blood is

1. slightly acidic
2. highly acidic
3. slightly basic
4. highly basic

148. Which is the purest commercial form of iron?

1. Pig iron
2. Steel
3. Stainless Steel
4. Wrought iron

149. Which gas is used as a fire extinguisher?

1. Carbon dioxide
2. Carbon monoxide
3. Sulphur dioxide
4. Nitrogen

150. What is washing soda?

1. Aluminium bicarbonate
2. Sodium bicarbonate
3. Aluminium sulphate
4. Sodium carbonate

151. Which gas is used to destroy the microbes?

1. Chlorine
2. Oxygen
3. Hydrogen
4. Neon

152. The brain of any computer system is

1. ALU
2. Memory
3. CPU
4. Control Unit

153. The QWERTY Keyboard

1. Is the most popular keyboard
2. Is the fastest keyboard
3. Is a keyboard that is rarely used
4. All of these

154. Which is a collection of information saved as a unit?

1. File
2. Folder
3. Path
4. File extension

155. Which is not a valid version of MS Office?

1. Office 95
2. Office 97
3. Office 99
4. Office 2000

156. To activate office assistant in MS- Word clicks at ……….

1. Tools
2. View
3. Insert
4. Help

157. In MS-Word usage of AutoCorrect and Auto Text is restricted to

1. Current page
2. Current document
3. All the opened document
4. Both A and B

158. In MS-Word, to get to the ‘Symbol’ dialog box, click on the………….. menu

1. Tools
2. Table
3. Format
4. Insert

159. Each line represents how many letters are in Wordstar?

1. 65
2. 70
3. 80
4. 85

160. ……………. is a family of styles such as Arial, Geneva, ModernEct.

1. Format
2. Font face
3. Form letter
4. Form

161. To print a document, press …………. Key then press enter.

1. Shift + P
2. Ctrl + P
3. Alt + P
4. Esc +P

162. In a certain code language, the word ‘EXORDIUM’ is written as ‘QXKEVRZF’. How will the word ‘IDEATION’ be written in that language?

1. JFHEUKRR
2. RRKVEHFJ
3. JHFEVKRR
4. None of these

163. Ravi walks 10 km towards the North. From there, he walks 6 km towards the South, then he walks 3 km towards the East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point?

1. 5 km west
2. 5 km North-East
3. 7 Km East
4. 7 Km North- West

164. The day after tomorrow is my birthday. On the same day, next week falls Rakshabandhan. Today is Monday. What will be the day after Rakshabandhan?

1. Tuesday
2. Wednesday
3. Thursday
4. Friday

165. In a class, Smita is 6^th from the top and Harsha is 18^th from the bottom. Mangesh is 14 Ranks below Smita and 15 ranks above Harsha. How many students are there in the class?

1. 52
2. 53
3. 54
4. 55

166. Pointing to a photograph Arun Said, “She is the mother of my brother’s son’s wife’s daughter”. How is Arun related to the lady?

1. Cousin
2. Aunt
3. Daughter-in – law
4. None of these

167. Monday falls on 4^th April 1988. What was the day on 3^rd November 1987?

1. Tuesday
2. Wednesday
3. Sunday
4. Monday

168. ‘BF’ is related to ‘DH’ in the same way as ‘PS’ is related to which of the following?

1. SU
2. SV
3. RV
4. RU

169. Command : Order :: Confusion : ?

1. Discipline
2. Problem
3. Chaos
4. Clarity

170. Which letter is 8^th to the left or seventh letter from the right in the English alphabet series?

1. O
2. A
3. L
4. K

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