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HSSC Gram Sachiv Exam 09.01.2021 (Shift-I)

📆 May 9, 2025

Total Questions: 86

71. In the Ashta Pradhans of Shivaji's Cabinet Finance Minister was called as

Correct Answer: (1) Amatya
Solution:Ashta Pradhan was a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. It was an administrative and advisory council set up in 1674 by the Maratha leader Shivaji. Peshva (Prime Minister) Amatya or Mazumdar (Finance Minister) Waqia-Navis (like a home minister) Samant or Dabir (dealing with the outsiders) Sachiv (The official correspondence) Pandit Rao (The official religious officer) Sarinabuat (army affairs) Nyayadhish (Judiciary)

72. If in a certain language, REMOTE' in coded as 'ROTEME Which word would be coded as PNIICC"?

Correct Answer: (2) PICNIC
Solution:

73. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence, mark the option of that part with error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

It was time that you started working.

Correct Answer: (2) It was time that
Solution:The correct expression is:
It's time + Subject + Past Verb form to refer to the present mo-ment.
  • It is time he banked up the furnace.

74. Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the correct form of the word given in the bracket.

The notice read_____(accommodate) on first come first serve basis.

Correct Answer: (1) accommodation
Solution:accommodation
A Noun/Pronoun is used after a Verb. Here, accommodation is a N.

75. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence.

ride roughshod over

Correct Answer: (2) showed lack of consideration of feelings and wishes of
Solution:

Ride rough shod over (Phr.) : carry out one's own plans or wishes with arrogant disregard for (others or their wishes).

  • He rode roughshod over everyone else's opinions.

76. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

I hope you will not turn____my request.

Correct Answer: (4) down
Solution:

turn down to: reject something offered or proposed.
turn up (Phr. V.): put in an appearance; arrive;
turn off (Phr. V.): to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button/by moving a switch
turn around (Phr. V.): move so as to face in the opposite direction

  • I can't turn down the offer of a free trip to Milan!

77. Students will go on an______ .

Correct Answer: (4) excursion
Solution:excursion

excursion (N.) : = a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity

  • Our class will go on an excur-sion to the seaside.

78. Because of the heavy rain, the match was______ .

Correct Answer: (1) called off
Solution:

call off (Phr. V.) = to cancel an event or agreement.

set aside (Phr. V.): save/keep somthing, typically money/time, for a particular purpose

fall off (Phr. V.): become de-tached and drop of the ground

break off (Phr. V.): remove something from a larger unit or whole

  • Tomorrow's match has been called off because of the icy weather.

79. साकेत की भाषा में______का अत्यंत शिष्ट और प्रौढ़ रूप मिलता है।

Correct Answer: (1) खड़ीबोली
Solution:'साकेत' द्विवेदी युग के प्रमुख कवि मैथिली शरण गुप्त की रचना है। इस रचना में खड़ी बोली को अत्यंत शिष्ट और प्रौढ़ रूप मिलता है। राष्ट्र कवि मैथिलीशरण गुप्त की प्रसिद्ध रचनाएँ हैं भारत-भारती, जयद्रथ वध, यशोधरा, पंचवटी, द्वापर, शंकार आदि।

80. पंत को उनकी किस कृति पर भारतीय ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार मिला ?

Correct Answer: (1) चिदम्बरा
Solution:छायावादी कवि 'सुमित्रानंदन पंत' को 1968 ई. में उनकी रचना 'चिदम्बरा' के लिए ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया। 'प्रकृति के सुकुमार कवि' पंत की प्रमुख रचनाएँ हैं गुंजन, ग्राम्या, युगांत, स्वर्णधूलि, सत्यकाम, लोकायतन आदि।
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