Solved Paper HP Panchayat Secretary Exam 2021 – HPU Shimla

1. ‘देवलोक’  का  पर्यायवाची शब्द कोन  सा है

1. सर्ग
2. सुवर्ग
3. सुअर्ग
4.  स्वर्ग

2. ‘आकर्षण’ का विलोम शब्द बताइए :

1. अनाकर्षण
2. विकर्षण
3. विकलन
4. प्रतयाकर्षण

3. निम्नलिखित में से कोन सा शब्द शुद्ध है?

1. उन्नति
2. उनति
3. उनती
4. उन्नती

4. निम्नलिखित में से अशुद्ध  शब्द कौन सा है?

1. सन्यासी
2. सन्यासी
3. सृगार
4. उज्जवल

5. निम्नलिखित में से शुद्ध  वाक्य  कौन सा है?

1. अभिनेता महिला का सभी आदर करते हैं !
2. बहिन  जो गाड़ी में आ रही हैं !
3. आत्मा शस्त्र सॅ नहीं मरता !
4. गुणवती महिला का सर्वत्र सम्मान होता है !

6. निम्नलिखित में से ‘राष्ट्र’ शब्द का  विशलेषण बताए:

1. राष्ट्रीय
2. राष्ट्रीयता
3. राष्ट्रक
4. राष्ट्रता

7. ‘चाँद पर थूकना ‘ का अर्थ क्या है ?

1. किसी महान व्यक्ति पर कलंक लगाना
2. असंभव कार्य
3. दूर से बात करना
4. साहसिक कार्य करना

8. ‘सब कुछ खाने वाला’ इसके लिए उपुक्त शब्द बनाए :

1. सर्वभक्षी
2. मांसाहारी
3. निरामिष
4. शाकाहारी

9. पिले है अंबर जिसके’ इसका  समस्त पद कोन सा है ?

1. चतुर्भुज
2. पीताम्बर
3. त्रिनेत्र
4. दशानन

10. ‘जहां समस्त पद के दोनों पद प्रधान होते हैं वहां कौन सा समास होता है ?

1. तत्पुरष
2. अव्ययीभाव
3. द्धिगु
4. द्व्न्द

11. ‘अध्यक्ष’ शब्द उपसर्ग है !

1. आदि
2. आधि
3. अध्
4. अधि

12. ‘घबरहाट’ शब्द का कौन सा प्रत्यय  है ?

1. ट
2. ग्राहट
3. आहट
4. हट

13. ‘नमस्कार’ शब्द का कौन सा संधि विच्छेद सही है ?

1. नमः +कार
2. नमः +आकर
3. नमस+कार
4. नः+मस्कार

14. ‘व्यक्ति’ शब्द को भाववाचक संज्ञा कौन सी है ?

1. वैयक्तिक
2. वैयक्तिकता
3. व्यक्तित्व
4. व्यक्तिगत

15. फादर बुल्के की महत्व पूर्ण देन क्या है ?

1. अंग्रेजी हिंदी कोश
2. मानक कोश
3. विश्वकोश
4. एनसाइक्लोपीडिया ब्रिटानिका

16. वल्लभाचर्या के शिष्य कौन है ?

1. देव
2. रसखान
3. सूरदास
4. तुलसीदास

17. ‘लरिकाई’ का अर्थ क्या है ?

1. बचपन में
2. लड़की
3. लड़का
4. स्त्रियां

18. कमर में पहनने वाले आभूषण का नाम बताए :

1. नूपुर
2. किंकिणी
3. हार
4. कर्णफूल

19. ‘बिस्मिला खां’ संगीत के किस क्षेत्र में प्रतिषिठत

1. सहनाई वादन
2. वंसी वादन
3. मुरछांग वादन
4. त्रिगी वादन

20. ‘रहिमन पानी राखियो’ बिन पानी सब सुन : पानी गए न ऊबरै मानस चुंन’- में कौन सा अलंकार है

1. अनुप्रास
2. उपमा
3. चमक
4. श्लेष

21. Roots of quadratic equation x²-3x-10=0 are:

1. 5, -2
2. 2,-1
3. 1/3, -3/2
4. 1,3

22. A quadratic equation ax²+bx+c=0 has two equal roots if:

1. B² -4ac>0
2. ^B2-4ac=0
3. B²-4ac<0
4. None of these

23. 30^th term of the A.P, 10,7, 4….. is:

1. 96
2. 97
3. -77
4. -87

24. Sum of the first 10 terms of the A.P: 2, 7, 12 ….. is:

1. 95
2. -95
3. 100
4. 245

25. If a,b,c are in A,P, then :

1. b=a+c/2
2. b=2a+c/2
3. b=a+2c/2
4. b=a+c/3

26. Distance between points (4,2) and (-1-1) is :

1. √34
2. -√34
3. 43
4. -√43

27. Coordinates of the point which divides the lie segment joining the points (-1-7)and (4-3) in the ratio 2:3 internally, is :

1. (-7,3)
2. (7,-3)
3. (1,-3)
4. (1,3)

28. Value of cosec 31⁰ – sec 59⁰ is :

1. Not defined
2. 1
3. 0
4. -1

29. Value of sec² 0-tan²  0 is :

1. 0
2. 1
3. -1
4. Not defined

30. Length of an arc of a sector of angle Ɵ in the circle of radius r is :

1. Ɵ/360*2πr
2. Ɵ/360*πr²
3. Ɵ/360*πr
4. Ɵ/360*2πr²

31. Surface area of a cuboid is :

1. 2πr (r+h)
2. 2 (lb+bh+hl)
3. πrl
4. πr (r+1)

32. In mathematics test given to 15 students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded 41,39,48,52,46,62,54,40,96,52,98,40,42,52,60 mode of this dada is :

1. 40
2. 52
3. 96
4. 98

33. Savita and Kiran are friends. That both will have the same birthday (ignoring a leap year) is :

1. 1
2. 2/365
3. 364/365
4. 1/365

34. A bag contains three red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. Then the probability that the ball drawn is not red is:

1. 1/8
2. 5/8
3. 3/8
4. ½

35. The probability of an impossible event is :

1. 0
2. ½
3. -1
4. 1

36. The empirical relationship between Mean (M), median and mode is :

1. 3 mean =mode +2median
2. 3 median+mode+2mean
3. 3 mode=mean +2 median
4. Median=mean+mode

37. In real number system is :

1. Natural Number
2. Whole number
3. Rational number
4. Irrational number

38. If and are two Zeros of quadratic polynomial ax²+bx+c then is equal to :

1. b/a
2. c/a
3. –b/a
4. –c/a

39. A trinomial has how many terms?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 4
4. 3

40. If a pair of linear equations given by a₁x+b₁y+c₁=0 and a₂x+b₂y+c₂=0, then this pair of linear equations is consistent if:

1. a₁/a_{2 ≠} b₁/b₂
2. a₁/a₂₌b₁/b_2≠ c₁/c₂
3. a₁/c₂₌a₂/c₂
4. None of these

41. In which year were the first elections to VidhanSabha held in H.P.?

1. 1954
2. 1960
3. 1951
4. 1968

42. Who has been appointed as 48^th Chief Justice of India?

1. Arvind Bobde
2. N.V. Ramana
3. Deepak Misra
4. Tirath Singh Thakur

43. Which Constitutional amendment of the Indian Constitution is known as ‘Mini constitution?

1. 42^nd
2. 57^th
3. 43^rd
4. 29^th

44. Who is currently holding the office of Governor of Reserve Bank of India?

1. Urjit Patel
2. V. Samantha
3. Nirmala Sitaraman
4. Shaktikanta Das

45. Paralympics 2020 was held in Which Country?

1. Kuwait
2. Taiwan
3. Malaysia
4. Japan

46. Who has been appointed as 46^th President of the United States of America?

1. Kamala Harris
2. Barack Obama
3. Joe Biden
4. Donald Trump

47. Which one is the biggest natural lake in Himachal Pradesh?

1. Renuka lake
2. Rewalsar lake
3. Khajjiar Lake
4. Brigu lake

48. According to the 2011 census, which district of Himachal Pradesh has the lowest female literacy rate?

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

49. Rohtang Pass pass connects the Kullu Valley with which valley?

1. Jogindernagar
2. Kangra
3. Lahaul and Spiti
4. Satluj

50. Who is the Secretary-General of the United Nation?

1. Antonio Guterres
2. Ban ki-Moon
3. Kurt Waldheim
4. Kofi Annan

51. Which is the oldest tiger reserve in India?

1. Melghat
2. Periyar
3. Dudhwa
4. Jim Corbett

52. Which part of the Indian Constitution is called as Soul of the Constitution?

1. Article-14
2. Article-32
3. Article-29
4. Article-52

53. Which Five year Plan is being implemented at present in India?

1. Ninth
2. Eleventh
3. Fourteenth
4. Sixth

54. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the NITI Aayog?

1. Amitabh Kant
2. Rajeev Kumar
3. Narendra Modi
4. Kiren Rijiju

55. Which among the following was the last ruler of the Gupta Empire?

1. Chandragupta 2
2. Vishnugupta
3. Kumaragupta 2
4. Buddhagupta

56. Neeraj Chopra in the 2020 Olympics won the gold medal in which game?

1. Wrestling
2. Weightlifting
3. Javelin throw
4. Discus throw

57. The temperature at which centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometer read the same:

1. 40
2. -40
3. 273
4. 100

58. Air bubbles in water behaves as:

1. Concave lens
2. Convex lens
3. Plane lens
4. Plano Convex lens

59. Which of the following is used for the determination of the age of materials that were once alive?

1. Na11
2. N14
3. Ca20
4. C14

60.Who is considered the father of Biology?

1. Socrates
2. Aristotle
3. Birbal Sahni
4. C. Bose

61. Which is the largest and strongest bone in the human body?

1. Femur
2. Sesamoid bone
3. Axial Skelton
4. None of these

62. Who is the Governor of Himachal Pradesh?

1. Kalraj Mishra
2. Anil Baijal
3. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
4. Bandaru Dattatreya

63. Shimla Agreement was signed in which year?

1. 1974
2. 1972
3. 1961
4. 1950

64. What was the childhood name of Swami Vivekananda?

1. Siddhartha
2. Ram Krishna
3. Vivekanath
4. Narendranath

65. Nalwari fair is mainly associated with which place in H.P.?

1. Shimla
2. Chamba
3. Bilaspur
4. LahaulSpiti

Directions: From given options, choose one word which is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the key – word given in capital letter.

66. Folly

1. Right
2. Exact
3. Mistake
4. Wisdom

67. Shame

1. Dignity
2. Glory
3. Regret
4. Joy

68. Enmity:

1. Agreement
2. Friendship
3. Concern
4. Cooperation

Directions: (Q. 69-72) Out of the given options, choose the correctly spelt word.

69.

1. Architecture
2. arcitecture
3. arkitectue
4. architacture

70.

1. Commitee
2. comittee
3. committy
4. committee

71.

1. Harrasment
2. Harrassment
3. Harasment
4. Harassment

72.

1. Compition
2. Competition
3. Compeetition
4. Compitetion

Direction : (Qs. 73-76) from given options, choose the word-class to which the underlined word in each sentence belongs.

73. This is a book.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb
3. Noun
4. Pronoun

74. The train is running fast

1. Pronoun
2. Noun
3. Adverb
4. Adjective

75. He could not decide what to do .

1. Noun
2. verb
3. Adjective
4. Adverb

76. She is very tall.

1. Adjective
2. Verb
3. Noun
4. Adverb

Directions: (Q. 77-78) Choose the correct sentence from among the given options.

77.

1. He knows how to swim.
2. Shut the light.
3. She has given her examination.
4. Prem asked to Anil why he is angry.

78.

1. Neither you nor I were selected.
2. Twenty miles are a long distance to cover in an hour.
3. A lot of work remains to be done
4. Mathematics are my favourite subject.

Directions : (Q. 79-82) From given options choose the correct one to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

79. Sign here …………… ink.

1. With
2. By
3. From
4. In

80. I haven’t seen her ……… January.

1. For
2. Since
3. From
4. By

81. His father died …………….. cancer.

1. Of
2. By
3. With
4. From

82. I am busy just now, but I will join you ……….. a moment.

1. In
2. At
3. On
4. Over

Directions : (Q. 83-85) From the given options, choose one word which is similar in meaning to the keyword given in capital letters.

83. UNHAPPY:

1. Timid
2. Dispute
3. agreeable
4. sad

84. AFRAID :

1. Rage
2. Frightened
3. Mean
4. Accuse

85. FAME:

1. Reputation
2. Modesty
3. Right
4. Majestic