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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 11 October-2021 Shift-2

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Q.1 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

1. Elephants sleep for only two to four hours in a day.
2. Elephants use their tails to keep themselves cool.
3. Elephants love to play with mud and water.
4. An adult elephant can eat more than 100 kilograms of leaves and twigs in one day.

Correct Answer is: --

Q.2 Which of the following is a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a country’s financial sector, done jointly by the World Bank and IMF in developing and emerging market countries?

1. Evaluation and Monitoring of the Financial Sector
2. Developing Economies Financial Audit Scheme
3. Financial Sector Assessment Program
4. Finance and Socio Economic Audit Scheme

Correct Answer is: --

Q.3 Dashain is the longest and the most important festival of ______.

1. Myanmar
2. Bhutan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Nepal

Correct Answer is: --

Q.4 Which of the following awards was presented to Ramesh Sippy at the Filmfare Awards 2020?

1. Best Director
2. Best Original Story
3. Lifetime Achievement Award
4. Excellence in Cinema

Correct Answer is: --

Q.5 Tooth decay is caused by _____.

1. viruses
2. bacteria
3. fungi
4. protozoa

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.6 When dried raisins are placed in a concentrated salt solution, they _____.

1. first shrink and then swell
2. swell
3. shrink
4. remain the same size

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.7 Military commanders in Akbar’s empire were called ‘______’.

1. faujdars
2. bakhshis
3. kotwals
4. diwans

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.8 Which of the following rivers does NOT rise in the Nepal Himalayas?

1. Kosi
2. Narmada
3. Gandak
4. Ghaghara

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.9 Which of the following statements is NOT true about plateaus?

1. The Deccan plateau is one of the oldest plateaus in India.
2. A plateau is an elevated flat land.
3. Plateaus are rich in mineral deposits.
4. The Marwar plateau is the highest plateau in the world.

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.10 Which of the following monuments is located in the state of Karnataka?

1. Gol Gumbaz
2. Bara Imambara
3. Charminar
4. Qutub Minar

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.11 Complete the statement: Sodium hydrogen carbonate is used ______.

1. for removing permanent hardness of water
2. as a cleaning agent for domestic purposes
3. in soda-acid fire extinguishers
4. in the manufacture of borax

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.12 The Nanda Devi Fair is organised in the Kumaon region in the month of ______ every year.

1. December
2. May
3. February
4. September

Correct Answer is: --

Q.13 Murshid Quli Khan was the Nawab of ______.

1. Awadh
2. Lucknow
3. Bengal
4. Hyderabad

Correct Answer is: --

Q.14 Who won the Styrian Grand Prix Formula 1 racing championship in July 2020?

1. Valtteri Bottas
2. Max Verstappen
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Lewis Hamilton

Correct Answer is: --

Q.15 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

1. Fiscal policy deals with the supply of money in the economy and the rate of interest.
2. Fiscal policy includes tax policy, expenditure policy, investment or disinvestment strategies and debt or surplus management.
3. Fiscal policy is linked with general economic policy strategy of the country.
4. The government deals with fiscal policy.

Correct Answer is: --

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Q.16 In 1526, ______ defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

1. Genghis Khan
2. Miran Shah
3. Babur
4. Timur

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.17 A clinical thermometer reads the temperature from ______.

1. 25°C to 32°C
2. 38°C to 48°C
3. 32°C to 38°C
4. 35°C to 42°C

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.18 The Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the year ______.

1. 2017
2. 2019
3. 2015
4. 2016

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.19 According to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, no person under the age of ______ years shall be granted a learner’s license to drive a motor cycle without gear except with the consent in writing of the person having the care of the person desiring the learner ’s license.

1. twenty
2. eighteen
3. seventeen
4. twenty-one

Correct Answer is: --

Q.20 Which of the following countries is an 'Associate Member' of the ICC (International Cricket Council)?

1. Afghanistan
2. Pakistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Nepal

Correct Answer is: --

Q.21 Namami Gange Programme was approved by the Government of India in the year ______.

1. 2014
2. 2018
3. 2019
4. 2015

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.22 In which year was the Reserve Bank of India established?

1. 1942
2. 1932
3. 1947
4. 1935

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.23 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a book written by ______.

1. Ruskin Bond
2. Mark Twain
3. Rudyard Kipling
4. Lewis Carroll

Correct Answer is: --

Q.24 Which of the following Acts was passed by the Government of India to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries?

1. Delimitation Act
2. Prevention of Money Laundering Act
3. Central Vigilance Commission Act
4. The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.25 Who is the author of the book 'The Tales of Beedle The Bard'?

1. Lewis Carroll
2. EB White
3. Roald Dahl
4. JK Rowling

Correct Answer is: --