HSSC CLERK EXAM 22.09.2019 (Shift -II)

11. Gandhi Pease Prize - 2018 was awarded to

(1) Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for rural development, education and development of natural resources
(2) Akshayay Patra Foundation for providing midday meals for children across India
(3) Japan's Yohei Sasakawa his contribution in Leprosy eradication
(4) None of the above

Correct Answer: (3) Japan's Yohei Sasakawa his contribution in Leprosy eradication

Solution:President Ram Nath Kovind on February 26, 2019 conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018 to Yohel Sasakawa for his contribution in leprosy eradication in India. Sasakawa is the Chairman of The Nippon Foundation and is a World Health Organization goodwill ambassador. He has been working for the elimination of leprosy for more than 40 years in India, which is the world's most leprosy afflicted country.

12. A typical voice signal has a bandwidth of

(1) 3 KHz
(2) 4 GHz
(3) 4 KHz
(4) 3 GHz

Correct Answer: (1) 3 KHz

Solution:Telephone lines are used for sending human voice. To send voice data through telephone lines, one has to convert the data into the format which can be read by telephone lines, called analog signals. A voice signal usually travels in a range of 300-3400 Hz (approximately 3 KHz) which is used to transmit the signals to phone also.An analog television (TV) broadcast video signal has a bandwidth of 6 Megahertz (6 MHz)-some 2.000 times as wide as the voice signal (Source: Data and Computer Network Communication by Shashi Banzal p. 94).

13. The Haryana Municipal Corporation is located in

(1) Sirsa
(2) Panipat
(3) Bhiwani
(4) Ambala

Correct Answer: (4) Ambala

Solution:More than one option is correct. Haryana has 10 municipal corporations (Gurugram, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Rohtak, Hisar, Panipat, Karnal and Sonepat), 18 municipal councils and 52 municipalities.

14. The Pratapgarh Farms are located in

(1) Jhajjar
(2) Fatehabad
(3) Hisar
(4) Karnal

Correct Answer: (1) Jhajjar

Solution:Pratapgarh Farms is located in Jhajjar district of Haryana. It is a charming ethnic holiday village and farm tourism destination set in the backdrop of lush green fields. Pratapgarh Farms is a veritable Botanical garden with 150 different species of trees and plants species. Gardens are laid out in fascinating formats. It is located in close proximity to Delhi.

15. The planes 2x-y+4z = 5 and 5x-2.5y+10z = 6

(1) Intersect y-axis
(2) Pass through 0.0(1.25)
(3) are perpendicular to each other
(4) are parallel to each other

Correct Answer: (4) are parallel to each other

Solution:

16. Complete the series :

2, 4, 16, 128, ?

(1) 2046
(2) 2048
(3) 2041
(4) 2045

Correct Answer: (2) 2048

Solution:

17. If day after tomorrow is Saturday, what day was three days before yesterday?

(1) Thursday
(2) Saturday
(3) Sunday
(4) Monday

Correct Answer: (3) Sunday

Solution:Day after tomorrow

⇒ Saturday

Today ⇒ Saturday - 2

⇒ Thursday

Yesterday ⇒ Wednesday

Three days before Yesterday

⇒ Wednesday - 3 = Sunday

18. The elastic potential energy stored in a spring of force constant k is

(1) 1/2 kx²
(2) 1/2 mv
(3) 1/2 mv²
(4) 1/2 kx

Correct Answer: (1) 1/2 kx²

Solution:The elastic potential energy stored in a spring of force constant k is: Uₛ = (1/2)kx². This is also the same amount of work done in compressing the spring a distance x.

19. Which was the first State of India used Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for voting Panchayat elections?

(1) Gujarat
(2) Haryana
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (2) Haryana

Solution:Electronic Voting Machines were used for the first time in panchayat elections in Haryana in May 2010 when people elected local body leaders in 13 districts of the state. Rajasthan, too, conducted panchayat elections with EVM in 2010.