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

Total Questions: 100

1. Appam, Puttu and Idiyappam food items, belong to which State of India?

(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Orissa
(d) Kerala
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (d) Kerala

Solution:Appam, Puttu, and Idiyappam are all food items that belong to the Indian state of Kerala.

Appam is a traditional breakfast pancake from Kerala that is also popular in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. It is often served with an egg on top.
Puttu is a steamed rice flour and coconut dish, a popular breakfast of Kerala served mostly either with spicy Kadalakari/Black chickpeas in a spiced coconut gravy or Cherupayar curry/Green gram curry.
Idiyappam is a steamed dish made from rice batter that is pressed into noodles before steaming. It is also known as noolappam or noolputtu, which comes from the Tamil word nool meaning 'string' or 'thread'.

2. Which year did India attain freedom?

(a) 1930
(b) 1950
(c) 1947
(d) 1951
(e) Unattempted

Solution:The Bihu festival is celebrated in the state of Assam.

The word 'Bihu' comes from the Sanskrit word 'Bishu', which means "to ask the Gods for prosperity during the season of harvests".
The festival is a prominent cultural event in Assam that celebrates the changing seasons and the start of the Assamese New Year.

3. As per Census 2011, the literacy rate in India is:

(a) 73.0
(b) 78.0
(c) 88.0
(d) 83.0
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) 78.0

Solution:According to Census 2011, the literacy rate at all India level is 73% and the literacy rate for females and males are 64.63% and 80.9% respectively.

According to the 2011 Census, Kerala had a literacy rate of 94%.
At all India level, the adult (15 + years) literacy rate is 69.3% and that among males is 78.8%and females is 59.3%.

4. What is the radius of the earth?

(a) 6371 km
(b) 8371 km
(c) 9371 km
(d) 2371 km
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) 8371 km

Solution:The approx. equatorial radius of the Earth is 6371 km while the radius at the poles is 6,356 km.

Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, with an equatorial diameter of 12,760 kilometres.
Earth is not perfectly round, but bulges at the equator and flattens at the poles due to its rotation.
Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the plane of its orbit around the Sun, which causes seasons.

5. Who is the author of the book 'A History of British India'?

(a) James Mill
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Curzon
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) Warren Hastings

Solution:The History of British India is a work by the Scottish Historian, Economist, Political Theorist, and Philosopher James Mill. It was published in 1817.

Mill categorised Indian history into the Hindu, Muslim and British periods on the basis of dominant political powers and their religious affiliations.
The History of British India is a book on Indian History, Religion, culture, Art.

6. Who served as free India's first Governor-General?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Solution:Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, was the first and last Indian Governor-General of free India.

He served from 1948 to 1950, succeeding Lord Mountbatten.
He later became the Chief Minister of Madras in 1952 and awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954.

7. 'CE' refers to:

(a) Coast of Egypt
(b) Common Estimate
(c) Common Era
(d) Casual Era
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (c) Common Era

Solution:CE stands for Common Era, or Current Era.

It's a connotation used in the Gregorian calendar to refer to years after the birth of Jesus Christ.
CE is equivalent to AD, but without the explicit claim of Anno Domini, which means "year of our Lord". CE is considered a more religiously neutral term than AD, and is often used in academic and scientific publications

8. 'Mission Indradhanush'; launched in the year 2014 is:

(a) To provide information, commodities and service to meet the diverse need of adolescents.
(b) To cover children who have been partially or not vaccinated during routine immunisation rounds.
(c) To provide affordable and quality healthcare to the rural population.
(d) To provide education to the deprived children.
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) To cover children who have been partially or not vaccinated during routine immunisation rounds.

Solution:'Mission Indradhanush' launched in the year 2014 is to cover children who ever been partially or not vaccinated during routine immunisation sounds. This mission is a special initiative by the ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

9. World Environment Day is celebrated on:

(a) 5th June
(b) 7th June
(c) 5th July
(d) 7th July
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (a) 5th June

Solution:World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5th June.

The UN General Assembly established World Environment Day in 1972, and the first celebration took place in 1973 with the slogan "Only One Earth".

The theme for World Environment day 2024 is "Our Land, Our Future: We are Generation Restoration".

10. The earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called:

(a) Ozone
(b) Environment
(c) Atmosphere
(d) Climate
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (c) Atmosphere

Solution:The Earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called atmosphere. Earth's atmosphere is separated into five layers known as the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, lonosphere and Exosphere.

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