ODISHA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION

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conducted the preliminary examination for the post of Field Assistant Examination On 23.02.2014 in two sittings. Correct answers to individual questions of General Studies and Technical paper of the said examination have been uploaded and available in the commission website www.odishassc.in from 05th mar 2014 to 12th mar 2014 for information of candidates . Objections if any on the answers of the questions publish in the website are invited from the candidates in writing supported with documentary proof are to be receive at the commissions office by 13.03.2014. Objections received beyond the said date will not be entertained.

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GENERAL STUDIES
1. One twelth of the eight- thirteenth of a number is 1.87. Find the one thirteenth of the number. A) 2.46 B) 2.8 C) 2.93 D) 2.16 E) None of these ANS - B) 2.8 2. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the order of its digit is 165. If the digit differ by 3, find the number? A) 69 B) 96 C) Both 69 and 96 D ) 58 E) 85 ANS - C) Both 69 and 96 3. 8 boys can complete a work in 42 days. How long will 12 men taken to complete the work if a man is twice as efficient as a boy? A) 16 B) 18 C) 14 D) 22 E) None of these ANS - C) 14 4. A person on tour has Rs. 360 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for four days, he has to cut down his daily expenses by Rs. 3. Find the original duration of the tour? A) 24 Days B) 30 Days C) 20 Days D) 12 Days ANS- C) 20 Days 5. Sum of the squares of the first 18 natural number is E) None of these

A) 2119 B) 2209 C) 2109 D) 2219 E) None of these ANS - C) 2109 6. A man sold a chair and a table together for Rs. 1520 thereby making a profit of 25% on the chair and 10% on the table. By selling them together for Rs. 1535 he would have made a profit of 10% on the chair and 25% on the table. Find the cost price of each? A ) Cost Price of Chair- Rs. 600, Cost Price of Table-Rs. 700 B) Cost Price of ChairRs. 700, Cost Price of Table-Rs. 600 C) Cost Price of Chair- Rs. 620, Cost Price of Table-Rs. 720 D) Cost Price of Chair- Rs. 650, Cost Price of Table-Rs. 750 E) None of these ANS - A ) Cost Price of Chair- Rs. 600, Cost Price of Table-Rs. 700 7. A spherical ball exactly fits into a cylinder of radius of 7 cm. find the surface area of the ball. A) 216 B) 196 E) None of these 168 112

ANS - B) 196 8. A bag consists of 6 identical red balls and 10 yellow balls, each of distinct size. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is the smallest yellow ball? A) 1/16 B) 1/10 C) 1/24 D) 5/6 E) None of these

ANS - B) 1/10 9. A 120 m long train crosses the platform in 40 secs by travelling at 48 kmph. Find the length of the platform? A) 413.2m B) 423.2m C) 412.3m D) 421.3m E) None of these ANS - A) 413.2m 10. Which among the following is a trading corporation for electricity in Odisha? A) GRIDCO B) NESCO C) OPTCL D) OERC E) None of these ANS - A) GRIDCO 11. What is the duration of the 11th Plan period? A) 2005-06 to 2009-10 B) 2007-08 to 2011-12 C) 2008-09 to 2012-13 D) None of these ANS- C) 2008-09 to 201212. is not found in C.P.U? A) ALU B)Control Unit C) RAM D) Processing Register E)None of these ANS - D) Processing Register 13. Drip irrigation is not suitable for growing A) Fruits B) Vegetables C) Cereals D) Flori Culture E) None of these ANS- C) Cereals 14. When was Crop Insurance Scheme introduced in the state? A) 1975 B) 1985 C) 1995 D) 2005 E) None of these ANS- B) 1985 15. Which of the following organizations telecasts programmes on GRAMSAT? A) OPGC B) KVIC C) ERC D) OREDA E)ORSAC ANS- D) OREDA 16. Which of the following acts as agent of State Government for paddy procurement? A) CARDS B) PACS C) RCMS D) SHGS D) None of these ANS- B) PACS 17. Which state among the following has the maximum bamboo bearing area? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Odisha C) Maharastra D) Arunachal Pradesh E) None of these ANS- D) Arunachal Pradesh 18. Who is the chairman of the State Planning Board? A) Governer B) Chief Minister C) Minister of Planning and Coordination D) Chief Secretary E) None of these ANS- B) Chief Minister 19. National Literacy Mission aims at improving literacy level of illiterate adults upto A) 35 years B) 40 years C) 45 years D) 50 years E) None of these ANS- C) 45 years 20. Where is Alarnath temple located? Sarankul B) Soarada C) Brahmagiri D)Satapada E) None of these ANS- C) Brahmagir 21. Which river among the following has its source outside Odisha?

A) Rushikulya B) Baitarani C) Subarnarekha D) Budhabalanga E) None of these ANS- C) Subarnarekha 22. Where is Pradhan pat water fall located? A) Bargarh B) Nabarangapur C) Boudh D) Deogarh E) None of these ANS- D) Deogarh 23. Mid-day meals scheme was introduced in which year? A) June,1996 B)July ,1995 C) June ,1995 D) July ,1996 E) None of these ANS- D) July ,1996 24. Nagarjuna Sagar Yojana is situated on which river? A) Tungabhadra B) Kaberi C) Krushna D) Godavari E)None of these ANS- C) Krushna 25. Which is the highest mountain peak of India? A) K-2 B) Nandadevi C) Everest D) Annapurna E) None of these ANS- A) K-2 26. How many members are there in the UNO? A) 190 B) 191 C) 193 D) 192 E) None of these ANS- C) 193 27. Who is the writter of the book 'Gaon Majlis'? A) Kalindi Charan Panigrahi B) Fakir Mohan Senapati C) Bibhuti Pattnaik D) Harekrishna Mahatab E)None of these ANS- D) Harekrishna Mahatab 28. Who is the founder of 'Niakhunta'? A) Balakrushna Das B) Satakadi Hota C) Godabarish Mohapatra D) Pradyumn Bal E) None of these ANS- C) Godabarish Mohapatra 29. The radius of a wheel is 35 cm, and it takes 5 minutes to make 250 rotations. What is the speed in km per hour? A) 3.5 B) 4.6 C) 5.5 D) 6.6 E) 7.5 ANS- D) 6.6 30. The speed of a wheel is 33 km per hour. If its radius is 35 cm , then how many rotations does the wheel make per minute? A) 150 B) 200 C) 250 D) 300 E) 350 ANS- C) 250 31. In how many ways can five children put in five chairs in a classroom? A) 1 B) 5 C) 10 D) 20 E) 120 ANS- E) 120 32. In a rectangular field ABCD, a person moves 17 m from A towards B and then, by taking a right angle turn to the left stops at P, after moving a further 12m. Another person moves 17m from A towards D, and then by taking a right angle turn to the right stops at Q after moving a further 5m. What is the straight line distance between P and Q? A) 12m B) 13m C) V94m D) 17m E) V313m

ANS-B) 13m 33.Find two consecutive odd numbers such that 2/5th of the smaller one exceeds 2/9th of the larger by 4? A) 25,27 B) 27,29 C) 29,31 D) 31,33 E) 33,35 ANS- A) 25,27 34.The square root of which of the following numbers is an integer? A) 6325 B) 6425 C) 6925 D) 7225 E) 8125 ANS- D) 7225 35.The sum total of all the odd integers from 1 to 17 is: A) 72 B) 81 C) 91 D) 153 E) 163 ANS- B) 81 36._______________ is an example of integer data? A) HASAN B) D-143 C) 143 D) All of the above E) None of these ANS- B) D-143 37.ANSI stands for ___________ A) All New Small Intigration B) Asian National Small Intigration C) A National Small Institute D) American National Standard Institute E) None of these ANS- D) American National Standard Institute 38.Find the two digit number that is nine times the sum total of both the digits. A) 45 B) 54 C) 63 D) 72 E) 81 ANS- E) 81 39.Which of he following numbers does not yield an integer when divided by 9? A) 495621 B) 542925 C) 639324 D) 729161 E) 891549 ANS- D) 729161 40.Each statement of BASIC must have a _____________ A) Function B) Statement Number C) Program Name D) File Name E) None of these ANS- B) Statement Number 41.Identify the number that does not logically match with the sequence of other four figures. A) 1 B)27 C) 125 D) 342 E) 729 ANS- D) 342 42.The recent severe cyclone 'Phailin' had its landfall near :A) Kalingapatnam B) Gopalpur C) Paradip D) Puri E) Vishakhapatnam ANS- B) Gopalpur 43.Which is the largest of the oceans in the world? A) The Arctic B) The Atlantic C) The Indian D)The Pacific E) The Southern ANS- D) The Pacific 44.Which of the following is not linked to any ocean? A) The Baltic Sea B) The Black Sea C)The Caspian Sea D) The Mediterranean Sea E) The Red Sea

ANS- C)The Caspian Sea 45.The deepest of the trenches in the world is :A) The Kermadec B) The Mariana C) The Puerto Rico D) The Sunda E) The Tonga ANS- B) The Mariana 46.Which ocean current in Atlantic Oceans similar to the Peru(or Humboldt) current in the Pacific Ocean? A) The Brazil Current B) The Guinea Current C) The Gulf Stream D) The Mozambique Current E) The Labrador Current ANS- The Mozambique Current 47.If a high tide occurs at 8:30 PM at Puri on a particular day, then at what time approximately, it would occur at Mumbai on the same day? A) 7:30 PM B) 8:30 PM C) 9:30 PM D) 10:30 PM E) 11:00 PM ANS- C) 9:30 PM 48.The command to create a sub-directory is___________ A) DIR B) CD C) MD D) APPEND E) None of these ANS- B) CD 49.Which of the following deserts is located in India? A) The Atakama B) The Kalahari C) The Sahara D) The Sonoran E) The Thar ANS- E) The Thar 50.Which of the following states in India is not bounded by any international boundary? A) Haryana B) Himachal Pradesh C) Uttarakhand D) Punjab E) Rajasthan ANS- A) Haryana 51. What is the correct chronological order of the four dynasties? A) Khilji;Lodi;Slave;Tughlaq B) Khilji;Slave;Lodi;Tughlaq C) Lodi;Khilji;Slave;Tughlaq D)Slave;Khilji;Lodi;Tughlaq E) Slave;Khilji; Tughlaq;Lodi ANS- E) Slave;Khilji; Tughlaq;Lodi 52. Whose period of reign is known as the Golden Age of the Mughal Empire? A) Babar B) Akbar C) Jahangir D) Sahajahan E) Auranzeb ANS- C) Jahangir 53. Which of the following European colonialists established their capital at Pondicherry? A) Danes B) Dutch C) English D) French E) Portuguese ANS- D) French 54. Which was the major driving force behind the revolt of 1857? A) British reforms like widow marriage,Sati abolition B) Discriminatory tariff policy and heavy taxation C) Introduction of enfield rifle using animal fat D) Military discrimination against Indian Soldiers E) The Doctrine of lapse introduced by Dalhousie ANS- E) The Doctrine of lapse introduced by Dalhousie 55. Which Viceroy of Birtish India has effected the partition of Bengal? A) Lord Chelmsford B) Lord Curzon C) Lord Hardinge D) Lord Reading E) Lord Ripon ANS- B) Lord Curzon 56. Which is the year of Champaran Satyagraha?

A) 1915 B) 1916 C) 1917 D) 1918 E) 1919 ANS- C) 1917 57. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-8? A) Canada B) China C) Russia D) United Kingdom E) United States ANS- B) China 58. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution gives the allocation of powers and functions between the Union and the States? A) Fourth B) Fifth C) Sixth D) Seventh E) Eighth ANS- D) Seventh 59. According to the recent provisions in the Indian Constitution the right to information is a corollary of the right to freedom of :A) Assembly B) Forming Associations C) Movement D) Profession,Occupation,Trade and Business E) Speech and Expression ANS- E) Speech and Expression 60. Which form of writ can be used by a court in case the executive authority arrests a person in contravention of the procedure established by law? A) Habeas Corpus B) Mendamus C) Quo warranto D) Prohibition E) Certiorari ANS- A) Habeas Corpus 61. Which of the following jurisdictions of the Supreme Court of India covers the criminal cases? A) Advisory jurisdiction B) Appellate Jurisdiction C) Original Jurisdiction D) Revisory Jurisdiction E) Writ Jurisdiction ANS- B) Appellate Jurisdiction 62. Which of the following states has a unicameral legislature? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Assam C) Bihar D) Karnataka E) Maharastra ANS- B) Assam 63. An object covers the longest distance when thrown at an angle of :A) 15 B) 30 C) 45 D) 60 E) 90 ANS- C) 45 64. A cricket player draws his hand back while taking a catch. This is an example of :A) Action B) Impulse C) Inertia D) Momentum E) Reaction ANS- B) Impulse 65. Which of the following phenomena is the effect of centrifugal force? A) Bending of a cyclist while turning B) Bulging of earth at equator C) Earth Moving round the Sun D) Movement of electrons around the nucleus E) Turning of moving car ANS-) Bulging of earth at equator 66. Who is the incumbent Secretary General of the United Nations at present? A) Ban Ki-Moon B) Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali C) Javier Perez de Cuellar D) Kofi Annan E) Kurt Waldheim ANS- B) Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali 67. Which is the geo-stationary satellite recently launched into space by India to observe weather and climate? A) GSAT-7 B) GSAT-10 C) IRNSS-1A D) INSAT-3D E) SARAL

ANS- D) INSAT-3D 68. Which of the following information about Indias recent space mission to Mars is not corrrect? A) Name Mangalyaan B) Launched from :Satish Dhawan Space Center C) Launch vehicle used : PSLV-C25 D) Objective to orbit around Mars E) Target:: to land on Mars in September 2014 ANS- Mars E) Target:: to land on Mars in September 2014 69. Which Indian Naval Aircraft Carrier has been commissioned in November 2013? A) INS Beas B) INS Delhi C) INS Vikrant D) INS Vikramaditya E) INS Virat ANS- D) INS Vikramaditya 70. Which book from Odia literature got Jnanapitha Award for the first time? A) Kaa B) Matira Manisa C) Mati Matala D) Nilasaila E) Paraja ANS- C) Mati Matala 71.Which Regional Transport Authority registers the vehicles by assigining numbers beginning with OD08? A) Bolangir B) Kalahandi C) Keojhar D) Koraput E) Phulbani ANS- B) Kalahandi 72. Which of the following countries is different from the other four in terms of the currency used? A) England B) Finland C) France D) Germany E) Italy ANS- A) England 73. Which Army General of India was subsequently elevated to the rank of Field Marshal ? A) A.S Vaidya B) J.N Choudhry C) P.P Kumarmangalam D) S.H.F.J Manekshaw E) T.N. Raina ANS- D) S.H.F.J Manekshaw 74. Which of the following is an intermediate range ballistic missile developed by India? A) Agni B) Akash C) Nag D) Prithvi E) Trishul ANS- A) Agni 75. The nearest position of earth to the sun during the course of its revolution is known as :A) Apogee B) Aphelion C) Equinox D) Perihelion E) Solstice ANS- D) Perihelion 76. ASCII stands for A) American Stable Code for International Interchange B) American standard Case for Institutional Interchange C) American Stable Code for Information Interchange D) American Stable Code for Interchange Information E) None of these ANS- C) American Stable Code for Information 77. Chief component of first generation computers? A) Transistors B) Vacuum tubes and Valves C) Integrated Circuits D) Registers E) None of these ANS- B) Vacuum tubes and Valves 78.Which of following volcanoes is not associated with the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' ? A) Mt. Cotopaxi B) Mt. Fujiyama C) Mt. Mayon D) Mt. St. Helens E) Mt. Vesuvius ANS- E) Mt. Vesuvius 79.In which state of India is the share of population below poverty line the highest ?

A) Bihar B) Jharkhand C) Madhya pradesh D) Odisha E) West Bengal ANS- D) Odisha 80.Which of the following rural development programmes is not subsumed within the 'National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme'(NREGS) ? A) Employment Assurance Scheme B) Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna C) National Food for Work Programme D) Nehru Rozgar Yojana E) Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana ANS- D) Nehru Rozgar Yojana 81. The type of unemployment resulting due to the non- utilization of the optimal efficiency and capability of a worker is called A) Disguised unemployment B) Frictional unemployment C) Open unemployment D) Structural unemployment E) Underemployment ANS- E) Underemployment 82. The total money value of all final goods and services produced within the Geographical boundaries of the country during a given period of time is known as A) Gross National product B) Gross Domestic product C) Net National Product D) National Income E) National Wealth ANS- B) Gross Domestic product 83. As per the World bank statistics, India recorded the highest GDP in the year A) 2008 B) 2009 C) 2010 D) 2011 E) 2012 ANS- C) 2010 84. One of the following NAVARATNAs of India is different from the other four in terms of its function Identify the one A) BHEL B) BPEL C) HPCL D) IOC E) IPCL ANS- C) 2010 85.What happens when 'there is excess production over demand' ? A) Deflation B) Depression C) Dumping D) Inflation E) Recession ANS- E) Recession 86.The banking institution that facilitates the Indian exporters to operate in International market is A) EXIM B) IDBI C) NABARD D) NHB E) SIDBI ANS- A) EXIM 87.Which was not in use in Indus Valley Civilization A) Bronze B) Copper C) Gold D) Iron E) Silver ANS- D) Iron 88. What is the year of Commencement of "saka Era' ? A) 483 B.C B) 57 B.C C) 78 A.D D) 320 A.D E) 622 A.D ANS- C) 78 A.D 89. Which of the following is in response to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) A) Montreal Protocol B) Kyoto Protocol C) Cartagena Protocol D) Rio Declaration N E) Johannesburg Declaration ANS- B) Kyoto Protocol 90. Acid rain is a cocktail of A) Hydrochloric acid and Nitric acid B) Hydrochloric acid and Sulphuric acid C) Sulfuric acid and Nitric acid D) Water and Nitric acid E) Water and sulphuric acid ANS- C) Sulfuric acid and Nitric acid

91. Eutrophication takes place due to A) Oil Spills in the water bodies B) Discharge of pesticides in the water bodies C) Increase of Carbon dioxide in water bodies D) Discharge of industrial effluents in to water bodies E) Discharge of Sewer and fertilizer residues in to water bodies ANS- E) Discharge of Sewer and fertilizer residues in to water bodies 92. What was the main objective of the Chipko Movement ? A) Agro Forestry B) Farm Forestry C) Production Forestry D) Protection Forestry E) Social Forestry ANS- D) Protection Forestry 93. Which of the following shall happen if gravity suddenly disappears ? A) All bodies shall loose their weight B) We shall be thrown away from the earth surface C) Planet motion around the sun is will cease D) Satellites shall not move around the earth E) All of these ANS- A) All bodies shall loose their weight 94. Freezing point and boiling point of which of the temperature scales is 0 degree and 80 degree respectively ? A) Celsius B) Fahrenheit C) Kelvin D) Rankine E) Reaumur ANS- E) Reaumur 95. Which metal is best of the conductors of heat ? A) Copper B) Gold C) Iron D) Silver E) Zinc ANS- D) Silver 96. Liquid water at -42 degree C is said to be at :A) Super cooled state B) Freezing point C) Melting point D) Boiling point E) superheated state ANS- A) Super cooled state 97. FORTRAN is A) File Translation B) Format Translation C) Formula Translation D) Floppy Translation E) None of these ANS- C) Formula Translation 98. Which one is a bed conductor of electricity ,though being a good conductor of heat ? A) Chromium B) Cobalt C) Mica D) Nickel E) Tungsten ANS- C) Mica 99. Spherical dew drops develop overleaf surfaces in winter :: This is due to :A) Bouyancy B) Capillary Action C) Diffusion D) Surface tension E) Wetting ANS- D) Surface tension 100. Example of Random Access Memory storage media is A) Floppy Disk Drive B) Hard Disk Drive C) Tape Unit D) 51/4 Floppy Disk E) None of these ANS- B) Hard Disk Drive