HSSC Group D-21/10/2023 (Evening Shift)

Total Questions: 100

11. Correctly match the following:

List-I	List-II
A. Ryot	i. Village
B. Mahal	ii. Peasant
C. Nij	iii. Cultivation on Ryoti lands
D. Ryoti	iv. Cultivation planter’s own lands

Choose the correct answer from option below:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	iii	iv	i	ii
(b)	iv	i	ii	iii
(c)	iii	i	iv	ii
(d)	ii	iv	i	iii

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The correct matching is A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4.

Ryots were related to villages. A ryot was a peasant cultivator who had the right to hold land and cultivate it. The term was used throughout India, but varied in different provinces.
Mahal was related to peasants because they were units of land revenue collection in British India where peasants paid taxes to the village headman.
Nij was related to cultivation on ryot's lands. In the Nij cultivation system, planters produced indigo on land they owned or rented from zamindars.
Ryoti was related to cultivation on planter's own land. In the Ryoti system, planters forced ryots to sign contracts and gave them loans to grow indigo.

12. Which continent has the highest numbers countries?

(a) Africa
(b) South America
(c) Asia
(d) Europe
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (a) Africa

Solution:Africa has the highest number of countries among continents. Africa comprises 54 countries.

Africa is the world's second-largest continent after Asia. A large part of the African continent lies in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the second-most populous continent in the world.
Asia is the world's largest continent. Asia comprises 50 countries. Europe is the continent that lies to the West of Asia. Europe comprises 51 countries. North America is the third largest continent in the world. North America comprises 23 countries.

13. The finest cricket bats are made from wood?

(a) Banyan tree
(b) Willow tree
(c) Palm tree
(d) Pine tree
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) Willow tree

Solution:The finest cricket bats are made from the wood of the cricket bat willow tree, a type of white willow (Salix alba var. caerulea).

The wood is known for its ideal balance of weight, strength and flexibility, which makes it the preferred choice for cricket bat manufacturing.

14. Khabar Lahriya, a newspaper run by eight Dalit Women in Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh, comes out in which local language?

(a) Pishoni
(b) Awadhi
(c) Bundeli
(d) Tulu
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) Awadhi

Solution:'Khabar Lahariya', a newspaper run by eight Dalit women in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, is published in the local language of Bundeli.

The newspaper is also published in other rural dialects of Hindi, including Awadhi and Bajjika.
'Khabar Lahariya' is a fortnightly newspaper that was started in 2002 by Nirantar, a New Delhi-based non-government organisation.

15. The substances which turn red litmus into blue are ............. in nature.

(a) Neutral
(b) Acidic or Basic
(c) Acidic
(d) Basic
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (d) Basic

Solution:The substances which turn red litmus into blue are acidic in nature. Acids are sour in taste and they give H+ ion in aqueous solution.

For example - HCI, H2 SO4.

16. The normal temperature of human body is:

(a) 98.4°C
(b) 98°C
(c) 35°C
(d) 37°C
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (d) 37°C

Solution:The normal temperature of human body is 37°C which is equal to 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Temperature is measured using a device called thermometer.

17. Which of the following helps in clotting of blood?

(a) Platelets
(b) White Blood Cells
(c) Haemoglobin
(d) Red Blood Corpuscles
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (a) Platelets

Solution:Platelets helps in clotting of blood.

Platelet originate from stem cells in the bone marrow.
The smallest non-nucleated blood cells are called platelets or thrombocytes.

18. Which is the most common carrier of communicable diseases?

(a) Dragonfly
(b) Ant
(c) Housefly
(d) Fruitfly
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (c) Housefly

Solution:Housefly is the most common carrier of communicable diseases. Honseflies frequently come into contact with waste and food sources, picking up pathogens on their bodies, which they can then transfer of food when they land on it, spreading diseases.

19. Species found only in a part icular area is Known as

(a) Endangered
(b) Endemic
(c) Rare
(d) Extinct
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) Endemic

Solution:Species found only in a particular area is called an endemic species. 'Endemic' refers to a species that is only found in a specific geographic region and nowhere else.

20. In which year did the United Nations adopt the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection?

(a) 1985
(b) 1990
(c) 1986
(d) 1987
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (a) 1985

Solution:The United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) in 1985.

The Guidelines were first adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 39/248 of 16th April, 1985, later expanded by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 1999/7 of 26th July, 1999, and revised and adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 70/186 of 22nd December, 2015.

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