Solved Paper Clerk Exam 2021 Post Code 839– HPSSC Hamirpur

 Solved Paper Clerk Exam 2021 Post Code 839– HPSSC Hamirpur

💻 Table of Content

👉GS section Question [1-53]

👉English Section Question [94-113]

👉Hindi Section Question [114-133]

👉HP GK Question [54-73] 

GS Section

1. The Jet Stream is found in the

A.   Troposphere

B.   Stratosphere

C.   Mesosphere

D.   Tropopause

2. Which is the most destructive?

A.   Tornado

B.   Cyclone

C.   Typhoon

D.   Will – Willy

3. Which is not a sedimentary rock?

A.   Basalt

B.   Limestone

C.   Sandstone

D.   Shale

4. The tropical grasslands of Africa are known as

A.   Steppes

B.   Savannas

C.   Pampas

D.   Downs

5. Elephant Pass is located in

A.   China

B.   Sri Lanka

C.   Malaysia

D.   Thailand

6. The capital of Bolivia is

A.   Sofia

B.   Lagos

C.   Hamilton

D.   La Paz

7. Nippon is the new name of

A.   Japan

B.   South Africa

C.   Argentina

D.   Mexico

8. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is

A.   Madagascar

B.   Maldives

C.   Sri Lanka

D.   Sumatra

9. Which is not a cash crop?

A.   Cotton

B.   Groundnut

C.   Jowar

D.   Tobacco

10. The chief Industrial City of Italy is

A.   Naples

B.   Milan

C.   Venice

D.   Rome

11. Maoris are the inhabitants of

A.   New Zealand

B.   USA

C.   Canada

D.   Venezuela

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

A.   Lhasa

B.   New York

C.   Paris

D.   London

13. The first satellite was launched by

A.   USA

B.   USSR

C.   Japan

D.   London

14. Which river flows through a rift valley?

A.   Cauvery

B.   Narmada

C.   Kosi

D.   Godavari

15. The highest waterfall in India is

A.   Sivasamudram

B.   Jog

C.   Courtallam

D.   Hogenakal

16. Most of India’s rainfall is

A.   Cyclonic

B.   Conventional

C.   Elusive

D.   Orographic

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

A.   Assam

B.   Nagaland

C.   Arunachal Pradesh

D.   Manipur

18. Kaziranga National Park is located in

A.   West Bengal

B.   Tamil Nadu

C.   Karnataka

D.   None of these

19. Arthashastra by Kautilya is related with

A.   Military phase

B.   Political Reign

C.   Social phase

D.   Economic postulates

20. Stagflation refers to a situation that is characterized by

A.   Stagnant employment and deflation

B.   Deflation and rising unemployment

C.   Inflation and rising employment

D.   Inflation and rising unemployment

21. NABARD is related to the development of

A.   Agriculture and rural areas

B.   Heavy industries

C.   Banking sector

D.   None of these

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

A.   Increase

B.   Decrease

C.   Does not change

D.   None of these

23. Taxation is a tool of

A.   Monetary policy

B.   Fiscal Policy

C.   Price policy

D.   Wage policy

24. Balance of trade is the difference between

A.   Country’s Income and Expenditure

B.   Country’s exports and imports

C.   Country’s tax revenues and expense

D.   None of these

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

A.   1990

B.   1991

C.   1992

D.   1989

26. Banking comes under which of the following sector?

A.   Primary sector

B.   Secondary sector

C.   Tertiary sector

D.   None of these

27. Barter system means?

A.   Exchange of goods with coins

B.   Exchange of goods with goods

C.   Money exchange

D.   Exchange of goods with gold coins

28. What does IMF stand for?

A.   International Monetary Fund

B.   Indian money fund

C.   International Machine Federation

D.   None of these

29. Interferons are synthesized responses to

A.   Bacteria

B.   Fungi

C.   Mycoplasma

D.   Virus

30. What is MS-Word?

A.   A game

B.   An operating system

C.   word processing software

D.   none of these

31. In MS-Word copy command is done by

A.   Ctrl+X

B.   Ctrl+V

C.   Ctrl+ C

D.   None of these

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

A.   You copy other text

B.   You cut other text

C.   You shut down the computer

D.   All of these

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

A.   Font styles

B.   Text effects

C.   Font effects

D.   Word Art

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

A.   Edit

B.   View

C.   Format

D.   Tools

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

A.   Drag

B.   Click

C.   Edit

D.   Copy-paste

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

A.   3

B.   4

C.   5

D.   6

37. Which is not true fish?

A.   Eel

B.   Shark

C.   Sea Horse

D.   Starfish

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

A.   Vitamin B12

B.   Calcium

C.   Vitamin C

D.   Albumin

39. Which is the sweetest sugar?

A.   Maltose

B.   Sucrose

C.   Glucose

D.   Fructose

40. Hemoglobin is an important constituent of

A.   Red blood Cells

B.   White Blood Cells

C.   Platelets

D.   Plasma

41. Which is not a gland

A.   Thyroid

B.   Stomach

C.   Liver

D.   Pancreas

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

A.   Arthritis

B.   Kwashiorkor

C.   Goiter

D.   Night blindness

43. Which is a communicable disease?

A.   Diabetes

B.   Diphtheria

C.   Arthritis

D.   Cancer

44. Temperature inversion is

A.   Positive lapse rate

B.   Negative lapse rate

C.   Neutral condition

D.   None of these

45. A light-year is a unit of

A.   Time

B.   Distance

C.   Speed of light

D.   Intensity of light

46. Convex and concave mirrors are examples of

A.   Plane mirror

B.   Spherical mirror

C.   Inverted mirror

D.   Erect mirror

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

A.   Wristwatch fuse

B.   fuse

C.   Hearing aid

D.   Fluorescent lamp

48. Who discovered television?

A.   Michael Faraday

B.   Joseph Henry

C.   John Baird

D.   None of these

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

A.   Heavy

B.   Strong

C.   Good absorbed

D.   Bad conductor

50. What is the common name of calcium hypochlorite?

A.   Water

B.   Bleaching powder

C.   Baking soda

D.   None of these

51. Magnetite is an ore of

A.   Lead

B.   Chromium

C.   Beryllium

D.   Iron

52. What is dry ice?

A.   Solid carbon dioxide

B.   Ammonia

C.   Nitrogen

D.   Hydrogen

53. Which is known as ‘Marsh gas’?

A.   Carbon monoxide

B.   Carbon dioxide

C.   Methane

D.   Hydrogen

HP GK Section

 

54. The longitudinal extent of H.P. is

A.   75 47’ to 79 04’ East

B.   71 43’ to 75 46’ East

C.   66 34’ to 71 42’ East

D.   None of these

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

A.   Bilaspur

B.   Hamirpur

C.   Kangra

D.   Una

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

A.   Sirmour

B.   Shimla

C.   Kullu

D.   Chamba

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

A.   Solan

B.   Kinnaur

C.   Hamirpur

D.   Mandi

58. Which place in HP is famous for paragliding?

A.   Chanshal

B.   Solang

C.   Pooh

D.   Bir Billing

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

A.   Shiwalik

B.   Zaskar

C.   Dhauladhar

D.   Pir Panjal

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

A.   Lahaul-Spiti

B.   Kinnaur

C.   Chamba

D.   Kullu

61. Bhrigu Lake is located in which district of HP?

1. Kulllu
2. Mandi
3. Sirmour
4. Kinnaur

62. Gochi festival is celebrated in which district of HP?

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

63. Kasauli sub-division is located in which district of HP?

1. Solan
2. Sirmour
3. Shimla
4. Bilaspur

64. First woman Speaker of HP Vidhan Sabha was

1. Leela Seth
2. Vidya Stokes
3. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
4. Sheela Kaul

65. Sujanpur town was founded by which ruler?

1. Abhay Chand
2. Alam Chand
3. Dip Chand
4. Hamir Chand

66. Samargarh fort is located at which place in HP?

1. Keylong
2. Sangla
3. Rohru
4. Nadaun

67. Which lake of HP is popularly known as Ice-skating playground?

1. Khajjiar
2. Nako
3. Renuka
4. Dal

68. Shakti Devi temple is located at which place in HP ?

1. Manali
2. Sundernagar
3. Kandaghat
4. Chhatrari

69. Mehmood Ghaznavi plundered the Kangra fort in which expedition?

1. First
2. Fourth
3. Seventh
4. Seventeenth

70. In which year Sikh Army under General Ventura was sent to Mandi?

1. 1809 AD
2. 1819 AD
3. 1829 AD
4. 1839 AD

71. In which year political conference of the Congress Party was organized at Tal in Sujanpur Tira?

1. 1917 AD
2. 1927 AD
3. 1937 AD
4. 1947 AD

72. HP State Electricity Board was established in which year?

1. 1971 AD
2. 1972 AD
3. 1991 AD
4. 1998 AD

73. Career Point University is located in which district of HP?

1. Hamirpur
2. Kangra
3. Shimla
4. Solan

74. Hermit : Solitude :: Intruder:?

1. Thief
2. Privacy
3. Burglar
4. Alm

75. Which is different from the rest?

1. ADFG
2. EHJK
3. ILNO
4. MPQR

76. Missing letters in letter series are :

_baa_aab_a_a

1. Aabb
2. Aaba
3. Abab
4. Baab

77. Which letter is in the middle of 7^th from the left and 7^th letter from the right in the English alphabet series?

1. M
2. N
3. L
4. None of these

78. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘COSMOPOLITAN’ which have as many letters between them as in the alphabet?

1. Eight
2. Nine
3. Ten
4. Eleven

79. SEAL is related to ASLE in the same way as POUR is related to

1. UPRO
2. UPOR
3. ROUP
4. RPUO

80. Pravin walked 30 metres towards East, took a right turn and walked 20 metres, again took a right turn and walked 30 metres. How fat was he from the starting point?

1. 30 metres
2. 80 metres
3. 50 metres
4. 20 metres

81. Shailesh saw the movie on Monday. Nitin saw the movie two days prior to Vikas but three days after Shailesh. On which day did Vikas see the movie?

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

82. In a race, in which 129 boys participated, Mayank said, “I was 17^th from the last”. What was Mayank’s position from the top?

1. 111^th
2. 112^th
3. 113^th
4. 114^th

83. Introducing a man, a woman says, “His wife is the only daughter of my father”. How is the man related to the woman?

1. Brother
2. Father-in-law
3. Maternal uncle
4. Husband

84. India recently signed an agreement with which country for Submarine Rescue Support and Co-operation between the Navies?

1. Japan
2. Singapore
3. France
4. Sri Lanka

85. ‘Desert Knight-21’, which was in news recently, is the military exercise between India and which country?

1. Brazil
2. France
3. Japan
4. United Kingdom

86. Which institution recently released the ‘India Innovation Index’?

1. NITI Aayog
2. CSIR
3. RBI
4. ISRO

87. Which state has recently raised the number of working days under MGNREGA from 100 to 150 days?

1. Gujrat
2. Tamil Nadu
3. H.P.
4. Uttarakhand

88. Which country chaired the recent session of the Executive Board of WHO, held in January 2021?

1. India
2. China
3. Russia
4. USA

89. Which Indian Union Minister was recently conferred with the ‘Sahitya Gaurav Samman’ award by the Hindi Writers Guild, Canada?

1. Jai Shankar
2. Amit Shah
3. Jitendra Singh
4. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

90. Which country’s Mars Digger probe named the ‘Mole’ was declared dead recently?

1. China
2. UAE
3. USA
4. Israel

91. Ice-Stupa, Swasthya Portal and Prayas Dashboard, which were in news recently, are the initiatives of which Union Ministry?

1. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
2. Ministry of Education
3. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
4. None of these

92. Couscous, the staple food of which region has been recently included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List?

1. Australia
2. North Africa
3. North America
4. South Asia

93. Eswatini, which was- in news recently for the demise of its Prime Minister, is located in which continent?

1. Asia
2. Europe
3. South America
4. Africa

English Section

 

Directions (Q.No. 94 to 98): Choose the correctly spelt word out of the four given alternatives A, B,C & D.

94.

1. Ditermination
2. Determenation
3. Determination
4. Determinashion

95.

1. Suceptible
2. Susceptible
3. Suceptibal
4. Susceptibal

96.

1. Contradiction
2. Contridiction
3. Contradicshion
4. Contrikshion

97.

1. Caushious
2. Coshious
3. Cautius
4. Cautious

98.

1. Restrain
2. Rastrain
3. Ristrain
4. Reestren

Directions (Q.No.99 to 103): Choose the most appropriate option out of the four given alternatives A,B,C and D to fill in th blank.

99. Infatuation ______ wealth ruins a person.

1. for
2. about
3. towards
4. to

100. I have lived in Delhi _______.

1. since five years
2. for five years
3. five years ago
4. for five years ago

101. He did not go ____ the whole book before giving his opinion about it.

1. through
2. into
3. over
4. with

102. If he ____ hard, he would have passed the examination.

1. worked
2. could work
3. had-worked
4. should work

103. Hardly had he arrived ______ it started raining.

1. after
2. than
3. when
4. before

Directions (Q.No.104 to 108): Choose the most appropriate option out of the four given alternatives A,B,C and D which best conveys the meaning of the given expressions.

104. A person who lives alone and avoids other people

1. Ascetic
2. Recluse
3. Unsocial
4. Agnostic

105. One who does not know how to save money

1. Reckless
2. Lavish
3. Careless
4. Spendthrift

106. Something which is not through or profound

1. Superficial
2. Superstious
3. Superfluous
4. Supernatural

107. A person who maliciously destroys by fire

1. Antagonist
2. Activist
3. Terrorist
4. Incendiary

108. One who uses fear as a weapon of power

1. Terrorist
2. Militant
3. Extremist
4. Anarchist

Directions (Q.No.109 to 113): Choose the most appropriate option out of the four given alternatives A,B,C and D which is  opposite in meaning  to the given word.

109. Tragedy

1. Humorous
2. Comedy
3. Romance
4. Calamity

110. Blatant

1. Noisy
2. Quiet
3. Barren
4. Slow

111. Spurious

1. False
2. Systematic
3. Simple
4. Genuine

112. Impound

1. Release
2. Strengthen
3. Generate
4. Stimulate

113. Meticulous

1. Slovenly
2. Meretricious
3. Shaggy
4. Mutual

Hindi Section

 

निर्देश ( प्र.114  से  118 ) शुद्ध शब्द चुनिए ।

114.

1. करुणापुर्ण
2. करुणापुरण
3. करुणापूर्ण
4. करुणापूरण

115.

1. शक्तिहीन
2. शक्तिहिन
3. शक्तीहीन
4. शक्तीहिन

116.

1. देषरत्न
2. देशरतन
3. देषरतन
4. देशरत्न

117.

1. श्रमजीवी
2. श्रमजीवि
3. श्रमजिवी
4. श्रमजिवि

118.

1. निर्विघन
2. निवीघन
3. निर्विघ्न
4. निर्विघन

119. presiding officer

1. पीठाधीश
2. राष्ट्रीय अधिकारी
3. राष्ट्र अधिकारी
4. समवाय

120. Local cess

1. स्थानीय निकाय
2. स्थानीय कर
3. स्थानीय दृष्टिकोण
4. स्थान निवेश

121. Gazette

A.   राजद्रोह

B.   राजयुक्त

C.   राजपत्र

D.   राजस्व पत्र

122.preventive

A.   रोकथाम

B.   निवारक

C.   निर्गमन

D.   नौभार

123. inadequate

A.   अपवाद

B.   अनुशीलन

C.   अभिकर्ता

D.   अपर्याप्त

124. रेखांकित में समास है

A.   तत्पुरुष

B.   अवयविभाव

C.   दव्न्द

D.   बहुब्रीहि

125. ‘अत्यधिक’ का संधि विछेद है

A.   अत्य+धिक्

B.   अत्या + धिक्

C.   अति + अधिक

D.   आती + अधिक

126. ‘पलंग’ का तत्सम शब्द है

A.   पयंक

B.   कर्ण

C.   कातर

D.   अक्षि

127. देशज शब्द है

A.   कपास

B.   कमीज़

C.   गमला

D.   चुगली

128. ‘चंचल’ का स्त्रीलिंग है

A.   चंचल

B.   चाचली

C.   चंचला

D.   चंचलो

129. ‘गिरी’ का बहुवचन है

A.   गिरी

B.   गिरियां

C.   गिरिराज

D.   गिरियो

130. ‘मीठा’ की भाववाचक संज्ञा है

A.   मीठापन

B.   मीठास

C.   मिठास

D.   मीठी

131. ‘साहस ‘ का विश्लेषण है

A.   साहसी

B.   सहसबादी

C.   साहसीपन

D.   साहस

132. ‘उल्लू’ का पर्यायवाची है

A.   पेचक

B.   कपोत

C.   कंचक

D.   शुक्र

133. ‘विलाप’ में प्रत्यय है

A.   वि

B.   विल

C.   लाप

D.   आप

134. The Indus valley people had trade relations with

A.   Egypt

B.   Greece

C.   Ceylon

D.   Mesopotamia

135. Brahmanas are books that deak with

A.   Bhakti

B.   Ritualism

C.   Yoga

D.   Meditation

136. Lord Buddha was born in

A.   Bodh Gaya

B.   Pataliputra

C.   Vaishali

D.   Lumbini

137. The first Council of Jainism was held at

A.   Rajagriha

B.   Mithila

C.   Pataliputra

D.   Valabhi

138. Sakas were finally overthrown by

A.   Kanishka

B.   Devapala

C.   Gautamiputra Satakarni

D.   None of these

139. Kharavela ruled over

A.   Kalinga

B.   Gandhara

C.   Magadha

D.   Malwa

140. Vatapi was the capital of the

A.   Mauryas

B.   Guptas

C.   Pallavas

D.   Chalukyas

141. Market control was first introduced in medieval India by

A.   Alauddin Khilji

B.   Iltutmish

C.   Balban

D.   Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

142. Kabir was the disciple of

A.   Chaitanya

B.   Shankaracharya

C.   Ramananda

D.   Vallabhacharya

143. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by

A.   Timur

B.   Zain-ul-Abidin

C.   Malik Kafur

D.   Hasan

144. The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh is

A.   Amritsar

B.   Anandpur Saheb

C.   Fatehgarh Sahib

D.   Patna

145. Who installed the ‘Chain of Justice’?

A.   Humayun

B.   Akbar

C.   Jahangir

D.   Aurangzeb

146. The sea route to India was discovered in

A.   1398 AD

B.   1498AD

C.   1598AD

D.   1698 AD

147. The red fort of Delhi was built by

A.   Babur

B.   Akbar

C.   Humayun

D.   Shahjahan

148. Tulsidas was a contemporary of

A.   Babar

B.   Aurangzeb

C.   Jahangir

D.   Akbar

149. Gandhiji’s first fast in India was in connection with

A.   Champaran-satyagraha

B.   Chauri-Chaura incident

C.   Communal riots in eastern India

D.   The strike of mill workers at Ahmedabad

150. Muslim League first demanded the partition of India in which year?

A.   1922

B.   1934

C.   1936

D.   1940

151. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by

A.   Lord Wellesley

B.   Lord Minto

C.   Lord Dalhousie

D.   Lord Canning

152. The author of ‘Hind Swaraj’ was

A.   M.K. Gandhi

B.   J.L. Nehru

C.   B.G. Tilak

D.   Sardar Patel

153. The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of

A.   Lord Linlithgow

B.   Lord Cornwallis

C.   Lord Curzon

D.   Lord Lytton

154. The first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha was

A.   Nargis Dutt

B.   Vyjayanthimala

C.   Hema Malini

D.   Jayalalitha

155. Which state has the largest representation to the Lok Sabha?

A.   West Bengal

B.   Maharashtra

C.   U.P.

D.   M.P.

156. Parliament of India is composed of

A.   Lok Sabha Only

B.   Rajya Sabha only

C.   Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

D.   Lok Sabha,Rajya Sabha and President

157. The President of India can be removed from his office by the

A.   Lok Sabha

B.   Prime Minister

C.   Rajya Sabha

D.   Parliament

158. Which High Court has jurisdiction over the state of Arunachal Pradesh?

A.   Guwahati

B.   Bombay

C.   Calcutta

D.   Chandigarh

159. The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India was added by which amendment?

A.   1^st

B.   2^nd

C.   7^th

D.   44^th

160. The Election Commission of India does not conduct the elections to the

A.   Lok Sabha

B.   Rajya Sabha

C.   Local Bodies

D.   President Election

161. Which became the 25^th state of the Indian Union?

A.   HP

B.   Telangana

C.   Goa

D.   Arunachal Pradesh

162. National integration Council is chaired by

A.   President

B.   Vice-President

C.   PM

D.   None of these

163. Which is not an element of a State?

A.   Territory

B.   Government

C.   Sovereignty

D.   Nationalism

164. Which Part of the Indian Constitution declares the idea of a welfare state?

A.   Fundamental Rights

B.   Fundamental Duties

C.   Preamble

D.   Directive Principles of State Policy

165. The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha is

A.   230

B.   238

C.   242

D.   250

166. Which Writ is not specifically provided in the Constitution of India?

A.   Prohibition

B.   Mandamus

C.   Quo-warranto

D.   Injunction

167. The Panchayati Raj is included in the

A.   Union List

B.   State List

C.   Concurrent List

D.   Residuary List

168. The Attorney General of India is appointed by

A.   President

B.   PM

C.   Chief Justice of India

D.   None of these

169. Which is the smallest planet?

A.   Mercury

B.   Venus

C.   Mars

D.   Earth

170. Vernal equinox falls on

A.   21^st March

B.   21^st June

C.   23^rd September

D.   22^nd December