Solved Paper Clerk Exam 2021 [Part-1] – HPSSC Hamirpur

Post Code: 839

Series: B

1. The Jet Stream is found in the

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Tropopause

2. Which is the most destructive?

1. Tornado
2. Cyclone
3. Typhoon
4. Will – Willy

3. Which is not a sedimentary rock?

1. Basalt
2. Limestone
3. Sandstone
4. Shale

4. The tropical grasslands of Africa are known as

1. Steppes
2. Savannas
3. Pampas
4. Downs

5. Elephant Pass is located in

1. China
2. Sri Lanka
3. Malaysia
4. Thailand

6. The capital of Bolivia is

1. Sofia
2. Lagos
3. Hamilton
4. La Paz

7. Nippon is the new name of

1. Japan
2. South Africa
3. Argentina
4. Mexico

8. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is

1. Madagascar
2. Maldives
3. Sri Lanka
4. Sumatra

9. Which is not a cash crop?

1. Cotton
2. Groundnut
3. Jowar
4. Tobacco

10. The chief Industrial City of Italy is

1. Naples
2. Milan
3. Venice
4. Rome

11. Maoris are the inhabitants of

1. New Zealand
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Venezuela

12. Which is known as the ‘Forbidden City’?

1. Lhasa
2. New York
3. Paris
4. London

13. The first satellite was launched by

1. USA
2. USSR
3. Japan
4. London

14. Which river flows through a rift valley?

1. Cauvery
2. Narmada
3. Kosi
4. Godavari

15. The highest waterfall in India is

1. Sivasamudram
2. Jog
3. Courtallam
4. Hogenakal

16. Most of India’s rainfall is

1. Cyclonic
2. Conventional
3. Elusive
4. Orographic

17. Which state is in the easternmost part of India?

1. Assam
2. Nagaland
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Manipur

18. Kaziranga National Park is located in

1. West Bengal
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Karnataka
4. None of these

19. Arthashastra by Kautilya is related with

1. Military phase
2. Political Reign
3. Social phase
4. Economic postulates

20. Stagflation refers to a situation that is characterized by

1. Stagnant employment and deflation
2. Deflation and rising unemployment
3. Inflation and rising employment
4. Inflation and rising unemployment

21. NABARD is related to the development of

1. Agriculture and rural areas
2. Heavy industries
3. Banking sector
4. None of these

22. If the cash reserve ratio decreases, credit creation will

1. Increase
2. Decrease
3. Does not change
4. None of these

23. Taxation is a tool of

1. Monetary policy
2. Fiscal Policy
3. Price policy
4. Wage policy

24. Balance of trade is the difference between

1. Country’s Income and Expenditure
2. Country’s exports and imports
3. Country’s tax revenues and expense
4. None of these

25. In which year ‘New Economic Policy’ was announced in India?

1. 1990
2. 1991
3. 1992
4. 1989

26. Banking comes under which of the following sector?

1. Primary sector
2. Secondary sector
3. Tertiary sector
4. None of these

27. Barter system means?

1. Exchange of goods with coins
2. Exchange of goods with goods
3. Money exchange
4. Exchange of goods with gold coins

28. What does IMF stand for?

1. International Monetary Fund
2. Indian money fund
3. International Machine Federation
4. None of these

29. Interferons are synthesized responses to

1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Mycoplasma
4. Virus

30. What is MS-Word?

1. A game
2. An operating system
3. word processing software
4. none of these

31. In MS-Word copy command is done by

1. Ctrl+X
2. Ctrl+V
3. Ctrl+ C
4. None of these

32. In MS- words the contents of a clipboard remain the same until

1. You copy other text
2. You cut other text
3. You shut down the computer
4. All of these

33. In MS-word Shimmer, sparkle text, blinking background etc.. are known as

1. Font styles
2. Text effects
3. Font effects
4. Word Art

34. In MS-Word, if you need to change the typeface of a document, which menu will you choose?

1. Edit
2. View
3. Format
4. Tools

35. What do you do, when you make changes to a document in MS-Word?

1. Drag
2. Click
3. Edit
4. Copy-paste

36. How many different positions can you set for drop cap MS-Word?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

37. Which is not true fish?

1. Eel
2. Shark
3. Sea Horse
4. Starfish

38. Too much consumption of tea or coffee can result in deficiency of

1. Vitamin B12
2. Calcium
3. Vitamin C
4. Albumin

39. Which is the sweetest sugar?

1. Maltose
2. Sucrose
3. Glucose
4. Fructose

40. Hemoglobin is an important constituent of

1. Red blood Cells
2. White Blood Cells
3. Platelets
4. Plasma

41. Which is not a gland

1. Thyroid
2. Stomach
3. Liver
4. Pancreas

42. Which disease is caused due to the deficiency of protein?

1. Arthritis
2. Kwashiorkor
3. Goiter
4. Night blindness

43. Which is a communicable disease?

1. Diabetes
2. Diphtheria
3. Arthritis
4. Cancer

44. Temperature inversion is

1. Positive lapse rate
2. Negative lapse rate
3. Neutral condition
4. None of these

45. A light-year is a unit of

1. Time
2. Distance
3. Speed of light
4. Intensity of light

46. Convex and concave mirrors are examples of

1. Plane mirror
2. Spherical mirror
3. Inverted mirror
4. Erect mirror

47. Where is a transistor most likely to be found?

1. Wristwatch fuse
2. fuse
3. Hearing aid
4. Fluorescent lamp

48. Who discovered television?

1. Michael Faraday
2. Joseph Henry
3. John Baird
4. None of these

49. Radioactive samples are stored in lead boxes because lead is

1. Heavy
2. Strong
3. Good absorbed
4. Bad conductor

50. What is the common name of calcium hypochlorite?

1. Water
2. Bleaching powder
3. Baking soda
4. None of these

51. Magnetite is an ore of

1. Lead
2. Chromium
3. Beryllium
4. Iron

52. What is dry ice?

1. Solid carbon dioxide
2. Ammonia
3. Nitrogen
4. Hydrogen

53. Which is known as ‘Marsh gas’?

1. Carbon monoxide
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Methane
4. Hydrogen

54. The longitudinal extent of H.P. is

1. 75 47’ to 79 04’ East
2. 71 43’ to 75 46’ East
3. 66 34’ to 71 42’ East
4. None of these

55. Paramvir Chakra winner Subedar Sanjay Kumar belongs to which district of H.P.?

1. Bilaspur
2. Hamirpur
3. Kangra
4. Una

56. Manimahesh Yatra is performed in which district of H.P.?

1. Sirmour
2. Shimla
3. Kullu
4. Chamba

57. Baba Balak Nath Fair is celebrated in which district of H.P.?

1. Solan
2. Kinnaur
3. Hamirpur
4. Mandi

58. Which place in HP is famous for paragliding?

1. Chanshal
2. Solang
3. Pooh
4. Bir Billing

59. Shilla peak is located in which mountain range of HP?

1. Shiwalik
2. Zaskar
3. Dhauladhar
4. Pir Panjal

60. Rupa Valley is located in which district of HP?

1. Lahaul-Spiti
2. Kinnaur
3. Chamba
4. Kullu

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