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HSSC GROUP ‘D’ EXAM 18.11.2018 (shift-I)

📆 March 29, 2025

Total Questions: 90

41. If the equations 5x + ky = 3 and kx + 5y = 3 represent the same line, then k =

Correct Answer: (2) 5
Solution:

42. The date of election of the Speaker of Loksabha is fixed by

Correct Answer: (4) None of the above
Solution:(4) According to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, the election of a Speaker is held onsuch date as the President may fix, and the SecretaryGeneral sends to every member notice of this date. The speaker is chosen by the members from among themselves, after the first meeting of the Lok Sabha. He is the presiding officer of Lok Sabha.

43. Ranjit sagar dam is constructed on which of the following rivers?

Correct Answer: (1) Ravi  
Solution:(1) The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the government of Punjab PSPCL on the Ravi River on the Border of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. The project is situated near Pathankot city in Pathankot district of Punjab and Kathua city and Basholi tehsil of Kathua district in J&K.

44. If 2 cosec² 30° + x sin² 60° – (3/4) tan² 30° = 10, then value of x is

Correct Answer: (3) 3  
Solution:

45. Triya ke Masmoom is written by

Correct Answer: (1) Altaf Hussain Haali
Solution:(1) Tiriya ke Masmoom' is a poetical composition of Khwaja Altaf Husain Haali, the famous poet, prolific scholar and Urdu critic of Panipat. His most important work was 'Mu-qadmae Sher-o- Shayari' written as a preface to his collection of poetry.

46. Who among the following is known for the famous quote, “an uncontrolled pen serves, but to destroy”?

Correct Answer: (3) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:(3) Gandhi looked upon
journalism as a means to serve the
people. In his The Story of My
Experiments With Truth', he
said that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The
newspaper is a great power,
but just as an unchained tor.
rent of water submerges whole
countryside and devastates
crops, even so an uncontrolled
pen serves but to destroy. If the
control is from without, it
proves more poisonous than
want of control.

47. Mr. X walks 1 km towards East and turns right and walks 3 km. He again turns left and walks 4 km. Finally he walks 15 km North. How far is he from the starting point?

Correct Answer: (2) 13 km
Solution:

AE = √(AF)² + (FE)²
  = √(5)² + (12)²
  = √25 + 144
  = √169 = 13 km

48. If P(E) = 0.45 then probability of 'not E' is

Correct Answer: (2) 0.55
Solution:(2) P(E) + P(Ē) = 1
  ∴ P(Ē) = 1 – P(E) = 1 – 0.45
      = 0.55

49. Three cubes each of side 1 cm are joined end to end, the surface area of the resulting solid is

Correct Answer: (2) 14 cm²
Solution:(2) Length of cuboid = 3 cm.
     Breadth = height = 1 cm.
  ∴ Total surface area of cuboid
   = 2 (l × b + b × h + h × l)
   = 2 (3 × 1 + 1 × 1 + 1 × 3)
   = 2 (3 + 1 + 3) = 14 sq. cm.

50. ______ district is famous for light engineering goods industry.

Correct Answer: (4) Gurgaon
Solution:(4) Gurgaon is famous for IT/ITES, automobiles, automobile parts, hardware, sports goods. rubber products, readymade garments, telecommunication equipment, food items, air conditioners, electrical goods, light engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, footwear, chemicals.
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