HSSC Clerk Exam 22.09.2019 (Shift -II)

Total Questions: 90

71. If one of roots of the cubic equation 4x³ + 20x² - 23x +6 = 0 is -6, then the other two roots are

Correct Answer: (1) 1/2,1/2
Solution:

72. 5 kg of a commodity is purchased at Rs 100 per kg, 6 kg at Rs 110 per kg and 9 kg at Rs 120 per kg. The average price of the commodity per kg is

Correct Answer: (2) Rs. 112 per kg
Solution:

73. Haryana Legislature has the power to pass laws which are in the_______Schedule of the Constitution.

Correct Answer: (3) 7th
Solution:Haryana is a state; so, it can legislate on State Listitems given under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The State List or List-II is a list of 61 items (initially there were 66 items in the list). The legislative section is divided into three lists: Union List, State List and Concurrent List.

74. The soil of the hilly area of Haryana is

Correct Answer: (2) Rocky
Solution:The hilly region of the Haryana towards the Himachal side has rocky and sandy soil. This is because the Shivalik range of the Great Himalayas is made up from solidifying of rocks. Even the regions touching Aravalli hills in Haryana have rocky soils.

75. Identify the grammatically wrong setence and select that option as answer.

Correct Answer: (3) Each man and each woman have a vote.
Solution:Each man and each woman ⇒ Singular subject

Correct sentence is:

Each man and each woman has a vote.

76. Identify the grammatically wrong setence and select that option as answer.

Correct Answer: (2) Scarcely I had reached the station when the train steamed out.
Solution:Here, inversion i.e. verb before subject will be used.

Correct sentence is:

Scarcely had I reached......

77. He signed the letter.

Identify the under lined words in the following sentences.

Correct Answer: (1) verb
Solution:Subject + verb + object Signed ⇒ verb

78. This is the desk which he invariably wrote at

Identify the underlined words in the following sentences.

Correct Answer: (2) preposition
Solution:At is a preposition.

79. She has a headache but he has got________appendicitis.

Fill in the blank from the given choices and Select that option as the answer.

Correct Answer: (1) no article
Solution:No article is used before diseases.

80. AVARICIOUS

Correct Answer: (1) Greedy
Solution:Avaricious (Adjective) = greedy of gain; showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions; acquisitive.

Look at the sentence:

She turned out to be a crafty and avaricious politician.