PSSSB Clerk Mock Test - 2 - PSSSB Clerk MCQ

Invest India will host the 27th World Investment Conference (WIC) in New Delhi from December 11-14, 2023, providing a platform for global collaboration and discussions on shaping the future of investments.

Genetic rescue is proposed to conserve Ranthambore National Park’s tiger population by introducing new genetic variation through migration. This process, known as gene flow, involves transferring individuals from a larger, healthier population to a smaller one. The strategy aims to reduce genetic load, decrease extinction risk, and enhance the viability of endangered species. However, it can have both positive and negative effects, influenced by factors like gene flow magnitude and duration, as well as population dynamics.

Traditional products from Tripura, Matabari Pera Prasad and Rignai Pachara textiles, have recently earned Geographical Indication (GI) tags, bringing the state’s total to 4 GI protected products. Matabari Pera Prasad, a sweet from Tripureswari temple, is made from milk and sugar. Rignai Pachara textiles, traditional hand-woven attire, symbolize Tripura’s cultural heritage. These products’ GI recognition highlights their significance and authenticity, attracting global attention and marketing opportunities.

The correct answer is Kartiki Gonsalves.

Key Points

• The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga, has won Best Documentary Short Subject.
• Kartiki Gonsalves is one of the first women selected in India as a Sony Imaging Ambassador for the Sony Alpha series as a natural history and social documentary photographer & filmmaker.

• It is the first Indian film to win an Oscar in this category and the third to be nominated after The House That Ananda Built and An Encounter With Faces which competed for Best Documentary Short in 1969 and 1979 respectively.
• The Elephant Whisperers, set in the Mudumalai National Park, is the tale of an orphaned elephant calf named Raghu in the care of Bomman and Belli, an indigenous couple.

Additional Information

• Fali Bilimoria directed the movie The House That Ananda Built.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra directed the movie An Encounter with Faces.

Three-time World Champion Rashmi Kumari secured her 12th national women’s singles title at the 51st National Carrom Championship, defeating K Nagajothi 25-8, 14-20, 25-20. Rashmi, employed at ONGC, triumphed in the women’s final. In the men’s category, K Srinivas clinched his fourth national singles title by defeating S Aditya 25-0, 19-6, showcasing exceptional skills with seven white slams.

The correct answer is India.

In News

• India to host Quad leaders summit in 2024

Key Points

• India will host the Quad Summit in 2024, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Quad Summit 2023.
• The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), commonly known as the Quad, is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States of America.
• It aims to help countries mitigate the effects of climate change and strengthen their climate resilience.
• The forum was initiated as a dialogue in 2007 by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, with the support of Vice President Dick Cheney of the US, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.
• The dialogue was paralleled by joint military exercises of an unprecedented scale, titled Exercise Malabar.

Nalin Negi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of BharatPe after serving as the interim CEO and CFO. Under his leadership, the company has seen significant revenue growth and achieved positive Ebitda, showcasing his experience and strategic capabilities in the fintech and banking sectors.

Sankalp Saptaah is a week-long initiative launched by the Prime Minister of India (on 30th September 2023 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi) to improve governance at the block level. The program aims to bring about positive change in the lives of people living in aspirational blocks.

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu

In News 

• The nation's first PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park is set to be established in Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu, the Memorandum of Understanding for which was signed between the Central and State governments here on March 22.

Key Points

• The MoU was exchanged between officials in the presence of Tamil Nadu Cjhief Minister M.K.Stalin, State Ministers Thangam Thennarasu, KKSSR Ramachandran, R Gandhi and Union Ministers L Murugan and Darshana Vikram Jardosh, apart from Piyush Goyal.
• The Virudhunagar PM MITRA project will involve infrastructure work at an estimated Rs 2,000 crore, which includes a Central subsidy of Rs 500 crore.
• Upon completion, the textile park will provide employment opportunities to 2 lakh people and would ensure the economic development of southern Tamil Nadu.
• A total of 11 MoUs between State authorities and companies were also exchanged on investment commitments in the PM MITRA project in Tamil Nadu.
• The mega textile park is set to be built on a 1,052 acre site in E Kumaralingapuram in Virudhunagar District, close to the Chennai-Madurai-Kanyakumari national highway (NH-44), and is well connected to Thoothukudi seaport and Madurai airport.
• The proposed project site is owned by the State Industries Promotion Corporation (SIPCOT).

Additional Information

• The Union Ministry of Textiles issued a notification on October 21, 2021 for setting up the seven PM MITRA Parks, as announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22.
  • These seven sites are in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• The government has approved PM MITRA Parks in greenfield/brownfield sites with an outlay of Rs 4,445 crore for a period of seven years upto 2027-28.
• The PM MITRA Parks would help create world-class industrial infrastructure that would attract large-scale investment, including foreign  investment (FDI), and encourage innovation and job creation within the textile sector.
• These parks will enhance the competitiveness of the textiles industry by helping it achieve economies of scale as well as attract global players to manufacture in India.

Gauss is the great mathematician who is credited with discovering the total value of the first 100 natural numbers.

Complement of 30°20′ = 90° – ( 30°20′ ) = 90° – ( 30° + 20′ )
= (89° – 30°) + (1° – 20′)
= 59° + 60′ – 20′ [ ∴ 1° = 60°′]
= 59° + 40′ = 59°40′.

Cup is used to drink something with the help of lips. Similarly birds collects grass with the help of beak to make her nest.

From the common explanation, we get G sits third to the right of M.

Hence, Option C is correct.

Final Arrangement:

Common Explanation:

References:

J sits fourth to the right of O and N sits second to the left of J.

Only H sits between J and G.

Inferences:

From the above references, we get

References:

Only D sits between G and C

G is not an immediate neighbour of J but fifth to the right of I.

M, who sits exactly in the middle, is second to the right of I.

Five persons sit between L and J.

Inferences:

From the above references, we get

References:

E is not an immediate neighbour of N.

Inferences:

From the above reference, we get the final arrangement:

Checking Statement I:

As per hints, following arrangements can be formed

H > J > K > I > G > F

Clearly H earns the maximum amount.

Hence data in statement I is sufficient to answer the question.

Checking Statement I:

As per hints, following arrangements can be formed

H > J > K > I > G > F

Clearly H earns the maximum amount.

Hence data in statement II is sufficient to answer the question.

Here, the data in either Statement I or II alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Hence, Option C is correct.

Checking Statement I:
Using the above references, we get the following arrangement:

Since there is no information about the position of Bhanu so we cannot find the person who sits on the immediate right of Bhanu.

Hence, data in statement I alone is not sufficient.
Checking Statement II:
Using the above references, we get the following arrangement:

Clearly, Prakash sits on the immediate right of Bhanu.

Hence, data in statement II alone is sufficient.

Hence, Option B is correct.

Insinuate means suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way
Some insinuate that he doesn't love India enough to defend it wholeheartedly
It's degrading for people like Romney to insinuate that they don't contribute

We can say that ,
The above given sentence is given in Passive Voice :-
Use structure “By + whom(Question word) + auxiliary + subject + be + past participle + ?”
By whom can the stars in the sky be counted?
Hence , required sentence is option A .

Shallow: Typically describes a lack of depth in character, thought, or emotion.

Superficial: This term also suggests a lack of depth, but it often refers to things that are only on the surface or are concerned primarily with appearances rather than substance.

ਸਹੀ ਉੱਤਰ ਹੈ , ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਤੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨੂੰ ਸਹੀ ਲਿਖਣ, ਬੋਲਣ ਤੇ ਸਮਝਣ ਲਈ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਹੋਣਾ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਹੈ। ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਰੂਪ ਵਿਚ ਲਿਖਣ ਲਈ ਕੁਝ ਨਿਯਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰਨੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ।ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਜੋੜ ਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਧਾਰਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।ਸ਼ਬਦ ਜੋੜ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਦੋ ਜਾਂ ਦੋ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਦੀ ਰਚਨਾਂ ਕਰਨੀ। ਸ਼ਬਦ ਜੋੜਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਹੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਸ਼ਬਦਾ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਸ਼ਬਦਾ ਵਿਚ ਬਦਲ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਾਂ।ਵਰਗ ਦੇ ਠੀਕ ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਜੋੜਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੇ ਸਿਧਾਂਤ ਹਨ-

Additional Information

• ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ- ਸ਼ੁੱਧ
• ਕਿਮੇਂ-ਕਿਵੇਂ
• ਵੋਹਟੀ -ਵਹੁਟੀ
• ਬੱਖੀ -ਵੱਖੀ
• ਸੇਹਤ -ਸਿਹਤ

The correct answer is Duleep Singh.

Key Points

• The ruler of Punjab during the first and second Anglo-Sikh war was Duleep Singh.
• Duleep Singh was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
• He was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest son.
• Duleep Singh ascended the throne at the age of five,

Important Points

• First Anglo-Sikh War (1845 – 1846):
  • The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 in and around the Ferozepur district of Punjab.
  • It resulted in defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom and cession of Jammu and Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.
  • The Sikh forces crossed the Sutlej in December 1845 and took offensive positions against the English forces.
  • Subsequently, battles were fought in different places and the English victory at Sobraon led to the signing of the Lahore Treaty in 1846 which ended the war.
• Results of the Second Anglo-Sikh War:
  • Punjab was annexed by the British in March 1849 (under Lord Dalhousie) as per the Treaty of Lahore.
  • Jind Kaur was separated from her son the Maharaja and taken to Firozpur. Her allowance was reduced to a meager amount and her jewels and money confiscated.
  • Sir John Lawrence was appointed as the first Chief Commissioner of Punjab to take care of the administration.

The correct answer is Daljeet Kaur.

Key Points

• Veteran Punjabi actress Daljeet Kaur, known for her appearances in films like Putt Jattan De, Sarpanch, and more, passed away on November 17.
• Daljeet was one of the most popular actors in the Punjabi film industry through the 1970s and 1980s.
• She is known for films like Daaj, Giddha, Putt Jattan De, Roop Shaqinan Da, Ishaq Nimana, Laajo, and Anakh Jattan Dee among many others.

Additional Information

• List of some Important obituaries in 2022.​
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The correct answer is '1606'.

Key Points

• The Akal Takht ("Throne of the Almighty") is one of five takhts (seats of power) of the Sikhs.
• It is located in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
• The Akal Takht (originally called Akal Bunga) was built by Shri Guru Hargobind Ji as a place of justice and consideration of temporal issues.
• The Akal Takht, which is the highest temporal seat of authority for Sikhs, was established on June 15, 1606.
• It was founded by Guru Hargobind Sahib, the sixth Sikh Guru.
• The Akal Takht is located in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
• It is the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) and the place of the Jathedar, the highest spokesman of the Sikhs.

Additional Information There are four other takhats established by the Panth (community) during the last century:

• Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur)
• Patna Sahib
• Hazur Sahib
• Damdama Sahib

The correct answer is 'Baaz'.

Key Points

• Baaz is recognized as the State Bird of Punjab.
• Baaz is also known as Northern Goshawk.
• Other State Symbols of Punjab are -
  • State Animal: Blackbuck
  • State Tree: Shisham
  • State Flower: Gladiolus

Additional Information

• Yellow-footed green pigeon is the State Bird of Maharashtra, the Green imperial pigeon is the State Bird of Tripura and the Andaman wood pigeon is of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Asian Koel is the state bird of Jharkhand and Puducherry.

• The Indian peacock is the national bird of India.

• The correct answer is Patiala and East Punjab States Union.

Key Points

• PEPSU stands for Patiala and East Punjab States Union:
  • It was created in 1948 by merging eight princely states of Western India.
  • The new state had Patiala as its capital, and Sardar Partap Singh Kairon was appointed as the new head of state.
  • In 1948, these states were joined to form PEPSU, a new state.
  • They were Patiala, Nabha, Malerkotla, Jind, Kapurthala, Faridkot, Nalagarh, and Kalsia.
  • The capital state was Patiala, with an area of 26,208 square kilometers. 1n 1948, the state was inaugurated and became the state of India only in 1950.
  • The current Jind district and Narnaul tehsil in north Haryana, the Loharu tehsil, Charkhi Dadri district, and Mahendragarh district in southwest Haryana, as well as the Loharu tehsil, Charkhi Dadri district, and Mahendragarh district in southwest Haryana, are all parts of the former state of PEPSU that were included in the state of Haryana after it was split from Punjab on 1 November 1966.