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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 18 October-2021 Shift-2

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Q.1 After full moon day, every night the size of the bright part of the moon appears to become thinner and thinner. On the fifteenth day, the moon is not visible. This day is known as:

1. half-moon day
2. full moon day
3. new moon day
4. moon day

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.2 The Speaker of the House of the People may submit his resignation to the:

1. Deputy Speaker of the House of the People
2. President
3. Prime Minister
4. Vice-President

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.3 With which country does India share the longest border?

1. Myanmar
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. China

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.4 Who among the following has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the category of fiction?

1. Michael R Jackson
2. Colson Whitehead
3. W Caleb McDaniel
4. Christopher Knight

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.5 With which dance form is the noted classical dancer Shovana Narayan associated?

1. Manipuri
2. Mohiniyattam
3. Kuchipudi
4. Kathak

Correct Answer is: --

Q.6 The sorting, tagging, packaging, and distribution of lipids and proteins in the human body take place in the:

1. peroxisomes
2. Golgi apparatus
3. endoplasmic reticulum
4. lysosomes

Correct Answer is: --

Q.7 Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:

1. November 1915
2. January 1915
3. August 1915
4. February 1915

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.8 Who among the following founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?

1. Jonathan Duncan
2. Warren Hastings
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. William Jones

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.9 What is the approximate length of India’s coastline, including island territories?

1. 5516.6 kilometres
2. 11516.6 kilometres
3. 9516.6 kilometres
4. 7516.6 kilometres

Correct Answer is: --

Q.10 Friction depends on the smoothness of the surfaces. The force of friction always ______ the applied forces.

1. reflects
2. conducts
3. opposes
4. adds up to

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.11 Which of the following rivers flows into the Arabian Sea?

1. Tapi
2. Ganges
3. Yamuna
4. Brahmaputra

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.12 Which of the following government schemes was launched with the objective of achieving inclusive growth, by developing skills and productive capacity of the rural youth from poor families?

1. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Yojana (PDUSJY)
2. Mission Indradhanush
3. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
4. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY)

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.13 The ‘Dhangari Gaja’ traditional/folk dance belongs to which of the following states?

1. Meghalaya
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Maharashtra
4. Manipur

Correct Answer is: --

Q.14 The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 at:

1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Lucknow

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.15 When the breakdown of food (glucose) occurs without the use of oxygen, it is called:

1. aerobic respiration
2. cellular respiration
3. capillary respiration
4. anaerobic respiration

Correct Answer is: --

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Q.16 Who among the following founded the Arya Samaj in 1875?

1. Mahadev Govind Ranade
2. Ram Mohan Roy
3. Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Dayanand Saraswati

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.17 Which soccer player holds the distinction of having the most wins of the FIFA World Cup by any player?

1. Pele
2. Diego Maradona
3. Zinedine Zidane
4. George Best

Correct Answer is: --

Q.18 Who among the following was the first-ever Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna award?

1. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
2. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
3. Pandurang Vaman Kane
4. Purushottam Das Tandon

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.19 Which of the following States has a Legislative Council?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. West Bengal

Correct Answer is: --

Q.20 In which year was the ‘Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan’ (PMAASHA) launched by the Government of India?

1. 2016
2. 2015
3. 2018
4. 2017

Correct Answer is: --

Q.21 A Panchayat continues for ______ from the date appointed for its first meeting.

1. 14 years
2. 11 years
3. 5 years
4. 9 years

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.22 A simple pendulum consists of a small metallic ball or a piece of stone suspended from a rigid stand by a thread. The metallic ball is called the ______ of the pendulum.

1. bob
2. knob
3. hinge
4. head

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.23 In 2020, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) was permitted to increase deposit insurance coverage to ______.

1. ₹3 lakh
2. ₹7 lakh
3. ₹5 lakh
4. ₹1 lakh

Correct Answer is: --

Q.24 Which Indian cricketer has featured in the most number of international cricket matches?

1. Mohammad Azharuddin
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Sourav Ganguly
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.25 Chhannulal Mishra, the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan 2020, has received the award in the domain of:

1. Art
2. Literature and Education
3. Public Affairs
4. Trade and Industry

Correct Answer is: 3