HSSC GROUP’D’ EXAM 23.12.2018 (Shift-I)

21. _____ are a sequence of values of any type and are indexed by integers. They are immutable

(1) Tuple
(2) String
(3) List
(4) Dictionary

Correct Answer: (1) Tuple

Solution:A tuple is a sequence of values much like a list. The values stored in a tuple can be any type, and they are indexed by integers. The important difference is that tuples are immutable. Tuples are also comparable and hashable so we can sort lists of them and use tuples as key values in Python dictionaries.

22. In a class of 60 students, 25 play cricket, 20 students play tennis and 10 students play both the games. The number of students who play neither tennis nor cricket is

(1) 35
(2) 40
(3) 25
(4) 50

Correct Answer: (3) 25

Solution:Students who play cricket
or Tennis or both
= 25 + 20 - 10 = 35
∴ Students who do not play
these games = 60 - 25 = 35

23. Sunflower is an example for _____ type of placentation

(1) Marginal placentation
(2) Free central placentation
(3) Axile lacentation
(4) Basal placentation

Correct Answer: (4) Basal placentation

Solution:The manner of arrangement of ovules in the ovary is called placentation. Sunflower is an example for Basal placentation. In this type of placentation, placenta is at the base (bottom) of the ovary and a single ovule is attached to it. Marigold is also an example of such placement.

24. Cattle and buffalo belongs to the family

(1) Camnelidae
(2) Suidae
(3) Equidae
(4) None of these

Correct Answer: (4) None of these

Solution:The Bovidae are the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes bison, African buffalo, water buffalo, antelopes, gazelles, sheep, goats, and domestic cattle. A member of this family is called a bovid. Bovidae includes three of the five domesticated mammals whose use has spread outside their original ranges, namely cattle, sheep, and goats.

25. In a row of girls, if Seeta who is 10th from the left and Leena who is 7th from the right, interchanging their seats, Seeta becomes 15th from the left. How many girls are there in the row?

(1) 17
(2) 20
(3) 22
(4) 21

Correct Answer: (4) 21

Solution:

Total number of girls in the
row = 15 + 7 - 1 = 21

26. _____ was associated with the tribal republic of the Yaudheyas of the early Christian period and holds a series of mounds which yielded several Indo-Greek coins when excavated by Birbal Saini in 1938.

(1) Bhiwandi
(2) Khokrakot
(3) Charki Dadri
(4) Kaithal

Correct Answer: (2) Khokrakot

Solution:Khokra Kot near Rohtak was associated with the tribal republic of the Yaudheyas of the early Christian Period and holds a series of mounds which yielded several Indo-Greek coins when excavated by Birbal Saini in 1938. The discovery of the Painted Grey Ware culture from its lowest levels attests the intrusion of the Vedic people at Rohtak in the later Vedic period.

27. Which one of the following is an ancient port of Indus Valley Civilization?

(1) Mohenjodaro
(2) Kalibangan
(3) Harappa
(4) Lothal

Correct Answer: (4) Lothal

Solution:Lothal served as the port city of the Indus Civilization. Situated at the head of the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat, it was a seat of maritime commerce linking ancient India with Mesopotamia. Lothal has provided remains of the earliest dockyard in the world history.

28. Select the cowpea variety resistant to Bacterial blight disease

(1) Himgiri
(2) Pusa Komal
(3) Pusa Sadabahar
(4) Pusa Swarnim

Correct Answer: (2) Pusa Komal

Solution:Pusa Komal is a variety of cowpea that is resistant to bacterial blight (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vignicola). It is a product of crosses between photoinsensitive line P85-2 and photosensitive P426. It was tested at 9 sites throughout India during 1977 to 1984 and released in 1986. It had a higher green pod yield (up to 17.2 t/ha) than Pusa Dofasli and Pusa Barsati.

29. The Indian Evidence Act came into effect from

(1) 1 January, 1872
(2) 1 October, 1872
(3) 1 September, 1872
(4) 1 December, 1872

Correct Answer: (3) 1 September, 1872

Solution:The Indian Evidence Act, identified as Act no. 1 of 1872, and called the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, came into force 1 September, 1872. At that time, India was a part of the British Empire. The Act has eleven chapters and 167 sections. It contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in the Indian courts of law.

30. A is richer than B. C is richer than A. D is richer than C and E is richest of all. If they are made to sit in decreasing order of richness who will be in the middle?

(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D

Correct Answer: (3) C

Solution:C > A > B
E > D > C
E > D > C > A > B
C is in the middle.