Previous Year Question Paper Answer Key Exam
PSPCL Lower Division Clerk LDC Post, Test Date 23 Dec 2019, Time 10 am to 12 pm Chandigarh
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PSPCL Lower Division Clerk LDC Post, Test Date 23 Dec 2019, Time 10 am to 12 pm Chandigarh
Section : Static + Current Affairs & General Knowledge
Q.1 ‘Imagining India’ is authored by who among the
following?
1. Nirad C Chaudhuri
2. Gurcharan Das
3. Nandan Nilekani
4. VS Naipaul
Q.2 Hemkund Sahib which is the highest Gurudwara in the
world is located in which state?
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Punjab
3. Uttarakhand
4. Maharashtra
Q.3 The novel ‘The Far Field’ has been awarded the 2019 JCB
prize for Literature. Who is the author of the book?
1. Madhuri Vijay
2. Manoranjan
Byapari
3. Roshan Ali
4. Perumal Murugan
Q.4 As on November 2019, Aditya Mishra was appointed as the
Chairman of which of the following organisations?
1. National Building Construction
Corporation
2. Shipping
Corporation of India
3. Airports Authority of India
4. Land Ports Authority
of India
Q.5 India’s first-ever global Mega-Science exhibition,
‘Vigyan Samagam’ was inaugurated at
which of the following locations in November 2019?
1. Mumbai
2. Pune
3. Chennai
4. Kolkata
Q.6 PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the badminton
World Championships gold by beating who among the following?
1. Ratchanok Intanon
2. Chen Yufei
3. Nozomi Okuhara
4. Gao Ling
Q.7 The Hero Indian Super League (ISL) was kicked off on
which of the following dates?
1. October 23,2014
2. September 20,
2014
3. October 12, 2014
4. November 15, 2014
Q.8 Chhath Puja which is one of the most celebrated
festivals in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh is an ode to which of the
following Gods?
1. Shiva
2. Ganesha
3. Moon
4. Sun
Q.9 National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas which marks
the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is celebrated on which of the
following dates?
1. 2nd October
2. 31st October
3. 10th October
4. 21st October
Q.10 In November 2019, Sumant Kathpalia was chosen as the MD
& CEO of which of the following banks?
1. Yes Bank
2. ICICI Bank
3. Axis Bank
4. IndusInd Bank
Q.11 As on November 2019, who is the Indian Ambassador to
the United Arab Emirates?
1. MK Lokesh
2. Talmiz Ahmad
3. Pavan Kapoor
4. TP Seetharam
Q.12 Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt
Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled two new IT initiatives in November 2019 for
improved monitoring and pace of customs clearance of imported goods. One of
them is ICEDASH. Which is the other?
1. Grihagat
2. Mehmaan
3. Abhyagat
4. Atithi
Q.13 Vyas Samman is conferred by which of the following
foundations?
1. JRD Tata Foundation
2. Narotam Sekhsaria
Foundation
3. Sarabhai
Foundation
4. KK Birla
Foundation
Q.14 India International Science Festival (IISF) which was
organised to promote Science and Technology was launched in which year?
Ans 1. 2005
2. 2000
3. 1992
4. 2015
Q.15 Who among the following has been selected to receive
the ‘Icon Of Golden Jubilee award’ at the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) in Goa?
1. Amitabh Bachchan
2. Chiranjeevi
3. Kamal Haasan
4. Rajinikanth
Q.16 As per the United Nations, International Youth Day is
observed on which of the following days?
1. 16th October
2. 25th September
3. 12th August
4. 5th June
Q.17 Gulab Kothari won the Raja Ram Mohan Roy award for his
contribution to journalism. He is the Chairman of which of the following
companies?
1. Dainik Bhaskar
2. Navhind Times
3. Rajasthan Patrika
Private Limited
4. Dainik Jagaran
Q.18 The first ever Indian Brain Atlas (IBA) which is used
to study age-related effects on brain anatomy was created at which of the
following institutions?
1. IIT
Mumbai
2. IIIT Hyderabad
3. IIT Chennai
4. Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore
Q.19 In which year was the first Wimbledon championship
held?
1. 1870
2. 1865
3. 1877
4. 1860
Q.20 World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on which of the
following days?
1. 5th November
2. 21st July
3. 3rd September
4. 10th October
Section : Basic Computer Knowledge
Q.3 Which of the following devices can be used by banks for
faster processing of cheques?
1. Plotter
2. MICR
3. OCR
4. OMR
Q.4 Consider the contents of the cells A1, B2 and C3 as 0, 1
and 2, respectively. What will be the output of the following MS-Excel formula?
=COUNT(A1:C3)
1. 0
2. 9
3. 3
4. 2
Q.5 Which of the following hardware components is an
‘electrical pulse generator’ that sends out a pulse of electricity at regular
intervals?
1. ALU
2. System clock
3. CU
4. Motherboard
Q.6 Which of the following is NOT a valid category of RAM?
1. EPRAM
2. SRAM
3. DRAM
4. SDRAM
Q.7 Which of the following is a portable file format?
1. .doc
2. .pdf
3. .zip
4. .txt
Q.8 Which of the following works as an interface between CPU
and RAM for faster execution of programs?
1. ROM
2. Flash drive
3. Hard disk
4. Cache memory
Q.9 What is the smallest font size that can be assigned to a
text in MS-Word?
1. 8
2. 4
3. 1
4. 11
Q.10 Which of the following is an absolute address of the
fourth row and fourth column cell in MS-Excel?
1. D4
2. D$4$
3. $D$4
4. 4D
Section : Logical Reasoning
3. Either conclusion I or II follows.
4. Neither
conclusion I nor II follows.
Q.2 Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question
mark (?) in the following series.
BGUQY, QBYUG, UQGYB, YUBGQ, ? , BGUQY
1. QYGBU
2. GYQBU
3. GUYBQ
4. QBYUG
Q.3 If the signs ‘+’ and ‘–’ are interchanged and also ‘×’
and ‘÷’ are interchanged, then which of the following equations will be
correct?
1. 66 + 11 ÷ 7 – 3 × 2 = 5
2. 22 – 14 × 7 + 7 ÷
3 = 13
3. 27 × 3 – 6 + 7 ÷
2 = 1
4. 12 ÷ 3 – 24 + 54
× 6 = 59
Q.4 In a certain code language, if JAPAN is written as LYRYP
and INDIA is written as KLFGC, then how will BURMA be written as in that
language?
1. DSTLC
2. DSTKC
3. DTSKC
4. DWTOC
Q.5 Study the given pattern carefully and select the number
that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
1. 1625
2. 731
3. 2031
4. 1
Q.6 If 24 March 2020 will be a Tuesday, then which of the
following dates will also be a Tuesday?
1. 13 February 2020
2. 12 February 2020
3. 25 February 2020
4. 26 February 2020
Q.7 In a swimming competition, there are five participants
from different nations — Africa, Canada, Europe, Japan and India — and each is
given a separate dedicated track to swim. So there are five tracks, and from
left to right, these are numbered as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. The
Japanese and European swimmers are not in adjacent tracks, but the European
swimmer is on the track that is on the right of the Japanese swimmer. The
Indian swimmer is not in any of the tracks that are at the extreme ends. The
African swimmer is in the track adjacent to the Canadian swimmer, who is in T5.
Identify the track number of the Indian swimmer.
1. T3
2. T2
3. T4
4. T1
Q.8 What will be the angle between the hour hand and minute
hand of a clock when the time is 3:30 p.m.?
1. 95 degrees
2. 75 degrees
3. 65 degrees
4. 85 degrees
Q.9 An electronics goods retailer announced a sale with a
discount of 20 percent on the printed price of the product. If the customer
paid in cash, the retailer gave an
additional 10 percent discount on the net price. If Sameer bought a cell
phone in cash payment at Rs. 10,800, then what was the original printed price
on the cell phone before the sale period?
1. Rs. 15,500
2. Rs. 12,500
3. Rs. 14,040
4. Rs. 15,000
Q.10 Read the given statement and from the following four
options, select the assumption that is implicit in the given statement.
Statement:
Due to increased pollution in Delhi caused by stubble
burning in neighbouring states, the local Delhi government gave fifty thousand
air masks free to its citizens to protect themselves.
Ans 1. Masks help to reduce the pollution in the
city.
2. Masks help to
filter the air and reduce the harmful effects of pollution.
3. The government in
the neighbouring states conducted stubble burning.
4. Stubble burning
is an effective measure to keep the pollution under check.
Q.11 Study the given pattern carefully and select the number
that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
1. 12
2. 26
3. 55
4. 32
Q.12 Read the given statement and from the following
options, select the conclusion that definitely follows from the given
statement.
Statement:
In a class examination of 60 marks, where the minimum
passing marks was 30, among 20 classmates, Deepak scored 95 percent marks,
whereas Rekha scored the lowest, that
is, 45 percent marks.
1. Rekha failed in the examination.
2. Deepak was the
topper in the class with the highest marks.
3. Deepak scored 50 percent more marks than Rekha.
4. All the students
in the class passed the examination.
Q.13 In a certain code language, if BAG is written as DDI
and FIT is written as HLV, then how will PEN be written as in that language?
1. GQR
2. RGO
3. RHP
4. RHN
Q.14 Select the word that CANNOT be formed using the letters
of the word ‘PURIFICATION’ such that no letter is used more than the number of
times it appears in the original word.
Ans 1. CAPTURE
2. FRACTION
3. APRICOT
4. FRICTION
Q.15 From the given options, select the profession that is a
word that can be formed using the letters of the word ‘PURIFICATION’ such that
no letter is used more than the number of times it appears in the original
word.
1. PREACHER
2. PILOT
3. POLITICIAN
4. OPTICIAN
Q.16 Select the number that can replace the question mark
(?) in the following series.
92, 99, 96, 103, 100, 107, ?
1. 105
2. 104
3. 103
4. 102
Q.17 A said, “Today is a Sunday”. B said, “Today is a
Sunday”. C said, “B is lying”.
D said, “C is lying”.
If out of the given four statements, only one statement is
correct, then identify who is speaking the truth?
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
Q.18 Select the Venn diagram that best represents the
relationship between the following classes.
Pencil, Sharpener, Paper
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2.
3.
4.
Q.19 Ramesh is the spouse of Kiran, who is the sister of
Varsha. Sneha is the sister of Pradeep, who is the son of Ramesh. If Laxman is
the father of Varsha, then how is Laxman related to the son of Ramesh?
1. Paternal uncle
2. Brother-in-law
3. Maternal
grandfather
4. Father-in-law
Q.20 Select the term that can replace the question mark (?)
in the following series.
BIN2, INB5, NIB11, IBN17, BIN23, ?
1. INB31
2. IBN27
3. IBN25
4. INB29
Q.21 Rupesh transferred money from USA to his family in
India through an agent who charged a commission of 2.5 percent of the amount
transferred. If Rupesh transferred an amount of $200, when the exchange rate
was $1 = Rs. 71, how much money was actually received by his family in India?
1. Rs. 13,845.00
2. Rs. 14,555.00
3. Rs. 14,022.50
4. Rs. 14,200.00
Q.22 ‘Hand’ is related to ‘Glove’ in the same way as ‘Leg’
is related to ‘Socks’ and ‘Head’ is related to ‘ ’.
1. Leader
2. Helmet
3. Peak
4. Hermit
Question ID : 99836761942
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.23 ‘Birth’ is related to ‘Death’ in the same way as ‘Up’
is related to ‘Down’ and ‘Group’ is related to ‘ ’.
1. Individual
2. Mob
3. Joint
4. Together
Q.24 A white cube of side 8 cm is first coloured yellow on
two opposite surfaces, green on other two opposite surfaces and red on the
remaining two opposite surfaces, and then cut into smaller cubes of side 1 cm.
How many of these smaller cubes will have red, green and yellow colour on three
of its sides?
1. 8
2. 16
3. 32
Section : Numerical Aptitude
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Section : General English
Q.1 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
is quite true.
1. Whatever he says
2. Everybody said
3. Nobody says
4. What he saying
Q.2 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate article.
birds build nests.
1. A, the
2. The, the
3. No article, No
article
4. A, a
Q.3 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
passive voice.
Shall we help him?
1. Will we
help him?
2. Should we help him?
3. Will he be helped
by us?
4. Shall he be
getting help from us?
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
DISPARAGE
Ans 1. qualm
2. trivialise
3. complimentary
4. homogeneous
Q.5 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate phrase.
The mice will play .
1. when the cat is away
2. when the dog
leaves
3. when the lion
goes
4. when the tiger
comes
Q.6 Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
1. Sikander, having defeated his enemies,
returned to his country, Greece.
2. Sikander having
defeated his enemies, returned to his country Greece.
3. Sikander, having
defeated, his enemies, returned to his country Greece.
4. Sikander, having
defeated, his enemies, returned to his country, Greece.
Q.7 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Paul broke my
pen.
Ans 1. steadily
2. slowly
3. deliberately
4. carefully
Q.8 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate phrasal
verb.
Kindly your assigned
job in the given time.
1. wind of
2. wind at
3. wind up
4. wind in
Q.9 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate articles.
room is dirty. It needs cleaning.
1. The, a
2. No article, No
article
3. The, the
4. The, No article
Q.10 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Many lost their
books.
1. girl’s
2. girl
3. girls’s
4. girls
Q.11 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate articles.
Radha performed experiment
to see how rust forms on metal like iron.
1. No article, the, a, No article
2. an, a, a, a
3. an, the, a, an
4. an, No article,
a, No article
Q.12 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
He walked his
brother.
1. at
2. beside
3. upon
4. besides
Q.13 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Ram should study watching
movies.
Ans 1. instead with
2. instead off
3. instead to
4. instead of
Q.14 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
OPTIMIST
1. pessimist
2. self-made
3. stupid
4. arrogant
Question ID : 99836761991
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.15 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiomatic
phrase.
All the teachers are of
the principal.
Ans 1. at the check and call
2. at the call and
tall
3. at the beck and
call
4. at the beck and
check
Question ID : 99836761992
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.16 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
active voice.
The tiger was trapped by the hunter.
1. The hunter trapped the tiger.
2. The tiger trapped the hunter.
3. The tiger was
being trapped by the hunter.
4. The hunter was
being trapped by the tiger.
Q.17 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
reported speech.
The captain said to his soldiers, “Stand at ease.”
1. The captain said stand easily to his soldiers.
2. The captain
requested his soldiers to stand at ease.
3. The captain
commanded his soldiers to stand at ease.
4. The captain told
his soldiers to stand easily.
Q.18 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I am very my
mistake.
1. sorry at
2. sorry of
3. sorry
4. sorry for
Q.19 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate article.
I praise honesty
of Geeta.
1. a
2. the
3. No article
4. an
Q.20 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
FALLACY
1. delusion
2. certain
3. reluctance
4. evidence
