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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 02 November-2021 Shift-2

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Q.1 Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, is situated in which of the following states?

1. Gujarat
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Punjab

Correct Asnwer is: 1

Q.2 Which economist took the subject of economics away from approaches that focus exclusively on income, growth and utility, with an increased emphasis on individual entitlements, capabilities, freedoms and rights?

1. Robert Lucas
2. Amartya Sen
3. Milton Friedman
4. Adam Smith

Correct Asnwer is: --

Q.3 Jagdish Sheth, one of the recipients of Padma Bhushan 2020, has received the award in the domain of:

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

Correct Asnwer is: 2

Q.4 Which of the following Acts ended the monopoly of the East India Company over trade with India?

1. Regulating Act of 1793
2. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1833
4. Regulating Act of 1773

Correct Asnwer is: 3

Q.5 Which pair of cities does the Yamuna Expressway connect?

1. Agra – Panipat
2. Greater Noida – Agra
3. Delhi – Jaipur
4. Lucknow – Allahabad

Correct Asnwer is: 2

Q.6 Who among the following was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind in March 2020?

1. TS Thakur
2. Jagdish Singh Khehar
3. Dipak Misra
4. Ranjan Gogoi

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.7 ‘Mission Antyodaya’ is a mission mode project envisaged by the:

1. Ministry of Urban Development
2. Ministry of Rural Development
3. Ministry of Health Development
4. Ministry of Transport Development

Correct Asnwer is: 2

Q.8 Which of the following mountain ranges is home to the second highest peak of the world, K2?

1. Karakoram Range
2. Ladakh Range
3. Pir Panjal Range
4. Zanskar Range

Correct Asnwer is: 1

Q.9 Who among the following wrote the Brahmo Covenant, which was a statement of the creed of the Brahmo Samaj and made a list of the duties and obligations of its members?

1. Keshab Chandra Sen
2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Rammohan Roy

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.10 Which Constitutional Amendment gave constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions?

1. 86th Amendment Act, 2002
2. 71st Amendment Act, 1992
3. 73rd Amendment Act, 1992
4. 92ndAmendment Act, 2003

Correct Asnwer is: --

Q.11 Which of the following nations retained its ICC T20 Women’s World Cup Crown in March 2020?

1. England
2. New Zealand
3. India
4. Australia

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.12 Which of the following dance forms is popular in Himachal Pradesh?

1. Laho
2. Nati
3. Ronf
4. Thora

Correct Asnwer is: --

Q.13 The Sunderban Delta is created by the ______ rivers.

1. Sindhu-Brahmaputra
2. Ganga-Sindhu
3. Godavari-Krishna
4. Ganga-Brahmaputra

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.14 In which year was the Home Rule Movement started?

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1917
4. 1916

Correct Asnwer is: 3

Q.15 ‘Myopia’ is also known as:

1. near-sightedness
2. astigmatism
3. presbyopia
4. far-sightedness

Correct Asnwer is: 1

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Q.16 Who among the following won the Hockey India Dhruv Batra Award for Player of the Year (Men) at the Third Annual Hockey India Awards in March 2020?

1. PR Sreejesh
2. Rupinder Pal Singh
3. Harmanpreet Singh
4. Manpreet Singh

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.17 Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company’?

1. Shoshana Zuboff
2. Sumit Sarkar
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. William Dalrymple

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.18 Which of the following statements best explains the process of sublimation?

1. The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts.
2. The process by which water vapour in the air is changed into liquid water.
3. The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapour.
4. The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

Correct Asnwer is: 3

Q.19 In June 2020, the President of India promulgated the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. Which of the following is the main feature of this ordinance?

1. It brings urban and multi-state cooperative banks under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India.
2. It gives greater regulating powers to the Reserve Bank of India by the way of appointing more Directors to the Board of scheduled banks.
3. It relaxes Tier-1 capital related norms for banks.
4. It allows foreign lending institutions to set up their branches in India.

Correct Asnwer is: 4

Q.20 In which state is the Madai Festival celebrated?

1. Odisha
2. Jharkhand
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Chhattisgarh

Correct Asnwer is: --

Q.21 Which of the following causative agents causes the disease Ebola?

1. Bacteria
2. Fungus
3. Virus
4. Protozoan

Correct Asnwer is: 3

Q.22 As per the Constitution of India, every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of ______ hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the magistrate.

1. six
2. thirty-six
3. twenty-four
4. twelve

Correct Asnwer is: 3

Q.23 What is the maximum amount of bank loan permissible under the Kishor scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana?

1. ₹20 lakh
2. ₹10 lakh
3. ₹15 lakh
4. ₹5 lakh

Correct Asnwer is: --

Q.24 The force of the Earth’s gravity on every kilogram is about:

1. 20 N
2. 10 N
3. 5 N
4. 15 N

Correct Asnwer is: 2

Q.25 In the upper reaches of the atmosphere, a molecule containing three atoms of oxygen is found. This forms a layer called:

1. mesosphere
2. exosphere
3. thermosphere
4. ozone

Correct Asnwer is: 4