HSSC PATWARI EXAM

21. In which of the following district gurudwara neem sahib is situated?

(1) Panipat
(2) Kaithal
(3) Rohtak
(4) None of these

Correct Answer: (2) Kaithal

Solution:It is located in Kaithal Haryana. This gurudwara is dedicated to Guru Tegh Baha dursahib, ninth guru.

22. Pandu pindara holy place is nearby which town of Haryana?

(1) Jind
(2) Kurukshetra
(3) Pehwa
(4) Kaithal

Correct Answer: (1) Jind

Solution:Religious places in Jind the region comprising the jind district formed boundary of the holy region of Kurukshetra and as such many holy places connected with tradition or has been renovated and a tourist complex has been buill nearby. To their forefathers and hence the popular name of the village is pandu pindara.

23. Palwal gets the status of district in the year

(1) 2006
(2) 2007
(3) 2008
(4) 2005

Correct Answer: (3) 2008

Solution:Palwal district created on 15 august 2008, is the 21st district of Haryana state in northern india and Palwal city is the headquarters of this district. it is part of Braj region. Railway station of palwal is the place from where Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time.

24. Saina nehwal is associated with which sport?

(1) Shooting
(2) Wrestling
(3) Badminton
(4) Hockey

Correct Answer: (3) Badminton

Solution:Nehwal became the first indian to win two single gold medals (2010 and 2018) in commonwealth games. Considered one of the most successful Indian sportspersons, she is credited for increasing the popularity of badminton in India.

25. LE corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh belonged to which country?

(1) Germany
(2) France
(3) Italy
(4) Spains

Correct Answer: (2) France

Solution:The son of a watchmaker, Corbusier was born in switzer- land in 1887 as Charles-ed- ouard jeanneret-gris. He moved to Paris at the age of 20 and in 1920, adopted his nickname le corbusier from an ancestor. A decade later, he took french citizenship.

26. As per a recent survey by UBS, the population of ............... was the largest adopters of mobile banking.

(1) Japan
(2) China
(3) U.S.A.
(4) Finland

Correct Answer: (2) China

Solution:As per a recent survey by UBS, the population of China was the largest adopters of mobile banking.

27. When there is a vacancy in the office of the president and the vice president at the same time, the office is held temporarily by

(1) A person nominated by both the houses of parliament
(2) The speaker of loksabha
(3) The deputy chairman of rajya sabha
(4) The chief justice of India

Correct Answer: (4) The chief justice of India

Solution:When there is a vacancy in the office of the president and the vice-president at the same time, the office is held temporarily by: the Chief Justice of India.

28. Net national product of a country is

(1) GDP minus depreciation allowances
(2) GDP plus net income from abroad
(3) GNP minus net income from abroad
(4) GNP minus depreciation allowances

Correct Answer: (4) GNP minus depreciation allowances

Solution:Net national product (NNP) refers to gross national product (GNP), i.e. The total market value of all final goods and services produced by the factors of production of a country or other polity during a given time period, minus depreciation.

29. Vasco da gama discovered sea route to

(1) N. America
(2) S. America
(3) India
(4) Australia

Correct Answer: (3) India

Solution:The discovery of the sea route to india is the description sometimes used in Eu- rope and among the Portuguese for the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Atlantic Ocean. It was undertaken under the command of portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama during the reign of king Manuel I in 1497-1499.

30. "Economics is what it ought to be-this statement refers to

(1) Normative economics
(2) Positive economics
(3) Monetary economics
(4) Fiscal economics

Correct Answer: (1) Normative economics

Solution:"Economics is what it ought to be"-this statement refers to normative economics