Steno Typist Previous Year Paper (MCQ)13 May 2024HImachal Pradesh MCQ 0 Steno Typist Post Code - 693 1 / 170In MS-Word usage of AutoCorrect and AutoText is restricted to Current page Current document All the opened document Both (A) and (B) 2 / 170Which is an archipelago ? Burma Malaysia Philippines Vietnam 3 / 170Employee morale relates to productivity attitude empathy skills 4 / 170To activate office assistant in MS-Word click at _____ menu. Tools View Insert Help 5 / 170Which is not a valid version of MS-office ? Office 95 Office 97 Office 99 Office 2000 6 / 170Which is a collection of information saved as a unit ? file folder path file extension 7 / 170The QWERTY keyboard is the most popular keyboard is the fastest keyboard is a keyboard that is rarely used All of these 8 / 170The brain of any computer system is ALU Memory CPU Control Unit 9 / 170Which gas is used to destroy the microbes ? Chlorine Oxygen Hydrogen Neon 10 / 170What is washing soda ? Aluminium bicarbonate Sodium bicarbonate Aluminium sulphate Sodium carbonate 11 / 170Which gas is used as a fire extinguisher ? Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Sulphur dioxide Nitrogen 12 / 170Which is the purest commercial form of iron ? Pig iron Steel Stainless Steel Wrought iron 13 / 170pH of the human blood is Slightly acidic Highly acidic Slightly basic Highly basic 14 / 170Vinegar is the common name of Oxalic acid Acetic acid Hydrochloric acid Citric acid 15 / 170Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a pinch of salt while cooking because Boiling point of water increases Latent heat of vaporization of water decreases Latent heat of vaporization of water increases Boiling point of water decreases 16 / 170Tungsten is used for the manufacture of the filament of an electric bulb because It is a good conductor It is economical It is malleable It has a very high melting point 17 / 170A flying jet possesses Potential energy Kinetic energy Wind energy Both (A) and (B) 18 / 170The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the bases of Sudden change in wind direction Buoyancy of air Turbulence caused by wind None of these 19 / 170Which phenomenon do bat or dolphins used to find prey, predators or obstacles ? Refraction of sound Formation of beats Scattering of sound Echo 20 / 170Sun appears red in colour during sunrise and sunset due to The fact that sun emits only red colour at that time Red light having longer wavelength scatters away. The fact that all other colours scatter away except red. None of these 21 / 170When a stone is thrown in calm water of a pond waves produced are Longitudinal wave Transverse wave Both (A) and (B) None of these 22 / 170Ice is packed in sawdust because Sawdust does not stick to the ice. Of Sawdust it will not get melt easily. Sawdust is a good conductor of heat. Sawdust is a poor conductor of heat. 23 / 170Rabies is a Bacterial disease Fungal disease Protozoan disease Viral disease 24 / 170Which is known as Master Gland ? Pituitary Gland Adrenal Gland Thyroid Gland Parathyroid 25 / 170Teeth and Bones acquire strength and rigidity from Calcium Fluorine Chlorine Sodium 26 / 170How many times does the heart beat approximately in a minute in humans ? 25 times 40 times 72 times 96 times 27 / 170Washing of peeled vegetables removes which vitamin ? Vitamin A Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E 28 / 170The largest source of pollution in the world is Herbicides and Insecticides Automobile exhausts Sewage and garbage Industrial effluents 29 / 170The International year of Biodiversity was 1990 2000 2010 2020 30 / 170Which fruit has its seed out side ? Strawberry Banana Cashew Nut Groundnut 31 / 170Which is the highest source of protein ? Sunflower Soyabean Grams Wheat 32 / 170Bamboo is a type of Herb Shrub Grass None of these 33 / 170‘Price Index’ is measured by change in Purchasing Power of Money Living Standard Balance of Payment Balance of Trade 34 / 170The capital of IMF is made up by the contribution of Member Nations Credit Deficit Financing Borrowings 35 / 170Which is also regarded as Disguised unemployment ? Underemployment Frictional unemployment Seasonal unemployment Cyclical unemployment 36 / 170To achieve economic self-reliance was the main objective of which five year plan ? Third Five Year Plan Fourth Five Year Plan Fifth Five Year Plan Sixth Five Year Plan 37 / 170What is the full form of FDI ? Foreign Direct Input Fiscal Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment Fiscal Direct Input 38 / 170Corporation tax is a tax imposed on The net incomes of the companies The corporate properties The utilities provided by the corporation None of these 39 / 170Which is not a quantitative credit control measure of a Central Bank ? Bank Rate Policy Open Market Operations Cash Reserve Ratio Moral suasion 40 / 170Which is related to banking reform ? Narasimhan Committee L.C. Gupta Committee Chakravarti Committee Kelkar Committee 41 / 170Gross National Product means Gross value of raw materials Gross value of finished goods Money values of the total national production for any given period. None of these 42 / 170Stagflation is defined as Low inflation, low growth, low unemployment High inflation, low growth, high unemployment High inflation, high growth, high unemployment None of these 43 / 170Barter transactions means Goods are exchanged with goods Coins are exchanged for goods Money acts as a medium Private ownership 44 / 170The headquarters of ONGC is situated at Dehradun Mumbai Chennai Kolkata 45 / 170‘Operation Flood’ is related to Flood control Dairy development Fisheries None of these 46 / 170Srisailam hydroelectric project is on the river Sharavati Tungabhadra Krishna Cauvery 47 / 170Ranthambor is famous for Tiger Elephant Rhinoceros Panther 48 / 170Which city has the longest day in the month of June ? Delhi Kolkata Chennai Bangaluru 49 / 170Tungabhadra is a tributary of which river ? Mahanadi Narmada Tapti Krishna 50 / 170Gondwana hills are located in which state ? M.P. Bihar Odisha Tamil Nadu 51 / 170Khyber pass is in which country ? Bangladesh Bhutan India Pakistan 52 / 170The world’s longest river is Nile Ganges Amazon Mississippi-Missouri 53 / 170Line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet Horizon Zenith Fringe Plinth 54 / 170A small piece of wood Splinter Crumb Scrap Chip 55 / 170A speech by an actor at the end of a play Epilogue Monologue Duologue Prologue 56 / 170A slow-witted and incompetent person Nigger Dud Snotty Duffer 57 / 170A person who enters without any invitation. Burglar Intruder Thief Vandal 58 / 170Genius does what it must, and talent does what it _______. can would may should 59 / 170Have you finished reading the book ? No I am ______ in the middle of it. already still yet till 60 / 170More than twenty years have now passed _______ I had my first flight. after while when since 61 / 170The ruling party will have to put its own house ______ order. into to in on 62 / 170Washing machines ________ popular in India in the last ten years or so. became are become have become are becoming 63 / 170correctly spelt word Police Pulice Poolice Polise 64 / 170correctly spelt word Signel Seegnal Signnel Signal 65 / 170correctly spelt word Vehicle Vehikle Vehikal Vehikel 66 / 170correctly spelt word Maneger Manager Manejar Manajer 67 / 170correctly spelt word Trafic Trafik Traffic Traffik 68 / 170‘Karthi’ is a folk dance of which district of H.P. ? Kullu Chamba Kangra Hamirpur 69 / 170Which is the executing agency of Uhl-III hydroelectric project of H.P. ? HPSEB BBMB SJVNL NHPC 70 / 170Territorial Council was abolished in which year in H.P. ? 1956 AD 1957 AD 1960 AD 1963 AD 71 / 170Bhuri Singh Museum was founded in which year ? 1904 AD 1906 AD 1908 AD 1910 AD 72 / 170Theog dominion was founded by Jai Chand Deep Chand Karam Chand None of these 73 / 170Ardhnarishwar Temple is located at which place in H.P. ? Manali Mandi Nahan Nalagarh 74 / 170Which is popularly known as ‘Land of Grapes’ ? Bharmaur Pangi Kaza Ribba 75 / 170Sirmauri Tal fort is located at which place in H.P. ? Rajgarh Renuka Sangrah Paonta Sahib 76 / 170Dalhousie was founded in which year ? 1850 AD 1860 AD 1870 AD None of these 77 / 170First private university of H.P. is Jaypee University of Information Technology Eternal University Chitkara University Arni University 78 / 170First Governor General to visit Shimla was Lord Mayo Lord Dalhousie Lord Curzon Lord Amherst 79 / 170Garhkuffar lake is located in which district of H.P. ? Shimla Kinnaur Lahaul-Spiti Una 80 / 170Rani Khairgarhi belonged to which district of H.P. ? Chamba Kangra Sirmour Mandi 81 / 170Gochi festival is celebrated in which district of HP ? Kangra Kullu Mandi None of these 82 / 170Bhunda festival is celebrated in which district of H.P. ? Lahaul-Spiti Mandi Una None of these 83 / 170Rupa Valley is in which district of H.P. ? Sirmour Solan Kinnaur None of these 84 / 170Dehar is a tributary of which river of H.P. ? Chenab Satluj Ravi None of these 85 / 170Tundah Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which district of H.P. ? Chamba Una Kullu Shimla 86 / 170Kot and Bandla Dhar are located in which district of H.P. ? Bilaspur Hamirpur Kangra Mandi 87 / 170Total geographical area under forest in HP is 37,033 km2 39,343 km2 41,567 km2 43,343 km2 88 / 170How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ‘ENAL’using each letter only once in each word ? One Two Three None of these 89 / 170Which letter is 8th to the left of seventh letter from the right in English alphabet series ? O A L K 90 / 170Command : Order : : Confusion : ? Discipline Problem Chaos Clarity 91 / 170‘BF’ is related to ‘DH’ in the same way as ‘PS’ is related to which of the following ? SU SV RV RU 92 / 170Monday falls on 4th April, 1988. What was the day on 3rd November, 1987 ? Tuesday Wednesday Sunday Monday 93 / 170Pointing to a photograph Arun said, “She is the mother of my brother’s son’s wife’s daughter”. How is Arun related to the lady ? Cousin Aunt Daughter-in-law None of these 94 / 170In a class Smita is 6th from the top and Harsha is 18th from the bottom.Mangesh is 14 ranks below Smita and 15 ranks above Harsha. How many students are there in the class ? 52 53 54 55 95 / 170Day after tomorrow is my birthday. On the same day, next week, falls Rakshabandhan. Today is Monday. What will be the day after Rakshabandhan ? Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 96 / 170Ravi walks 10 km towards North. From there, he walks 6 km towards South,then he walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point ? 5 km West 5 km North-East 7 km East 7 km North-West 97 / 170In a certain code language the word ‘EXORDIUM’ is written as ‘QXKEVRZF’. How will the word ‘IDEATION’ be written in that language ? JFHEUKRR RRKVEHFJ JHFEVKRR None of these 98 / 170To print a document, press _______ key then press enter. Shift + P Ctrl + P Alt + P Esc + P 99 / 170_______ is family of styles such as Arial, Geneva, Modern etc. Format Font face Form letter Form 100 / 170Each line represents how many letters in Wordstar ? 65 70 80 85 101 / 170In MS-Word, to get to the ‘Symbol’ dialog box, click on the ______ menu and choose ‘symbol’. Tools Table Format Insert 102 / 170Namibia is the new name of Cambodia Zaire Rhodesia South-West Africa 103 / 170Negroes of South-West Africa are called Niggers Blacks Hottentots Pygmies 104 / 170Which is a tropical grassland ? Savanna Velds Praries Pampas 105 / 170Which is a cold ocean current ? Gulf Stream Kuroshio Current Brazil Current Benguela Current 106 / 170The Volcanic region ‘Ring of Fire’ surrounds Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean 107 / 170The core of the earth is also known as Lithosphere Mesosphere Barysphere Centrosphere 108 / 170In the southern hemisphere the westerlies blow from North North East North West South East 109 / 170The local time of a place is known with reference to its Distance from the capital city Height above the sea level Latitudinal position Longitudinal position 110 / 170The ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is on Jupiter Uranus Earth Moon 111 / 170If there is no sun, the colour of the sky would be Orange Blue Yellow None of these 112 / 170The joint sitting of both houses of parliament is presided over by President Vice President Lok Sabha Speaker None of these 113 / 170Who has termed Constitution a sacred document ? Dr. B.R. Ambedkar M.K. Gandhi Lala Lajpat Rai Sardar Patel 114 / 170From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived ? Greek Hebrew English Latin 115 / 170Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India ? K.V.K. Sundaram T. Swaminathan Sukumar Sen G.V. Mavlankar 116 / 170Which is presided by a non-member ? Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha None of these 117 / 170Who is elected by single-transferable vote method in India ? Speaker of Lok Sabha Chief Minister President Prime Minister 118 / 170Which is regarded as guardian of the Constitution of India ? The Parliament The Attorney General The Supreme Court The President 119 / 170The president of USA is elected after every 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 120 / 170The state having the largest population of Scheduled castes is Uttar Pradesh Bihar Tamil Nadu Rajasthan 121 / 170Total number of schedules now in Indian Constitution is 8 10 12 14 122 / 170In which year were the first general elections held in India ? 1947-48 1948-49 1950-51 1951-52 123 / 170The age of retirement of the Judges of the High court is 62 years 65 years 60 years None of these 124 / 170The legislative powers are vested in the President Parliament Prime Minister Governor 125 / 170One third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire after every One year Second year Third year Fifth year 126 / 170Which of the following describes India as a secular state ? Preamble to the Constitution Fundamental Rights Ninth Schedule Directive Principles 127 / 170The Rowlatt Act led to Communal riots in Bengal Massacre at Amritsar Social legislation in Madras None of these 128 / 170Vallabhbhai Patel was born at Borsad Baroda Ahmedabad Nadiad 129 / 170Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the Arya Samaj Ramkrishna Mission Prarthana Samaj Satyashodhak Samaj 130 / 170The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first raised by Lokmanya Tilak Veer Savarkar Chandrashekhar Azad Bhagat Singh 131 / 170Al Hilal newspaper was started by Abul Kalam Azad Mahatma Gandhi Mohammad Ali Syed Ahmed Khan 132 / 170Chengiz Khan was a Turk Mongol Persian Afghan 133 / 170Who was the author of ‘Humayun Nama’ ? Gulbadan Begum Humayun Faizi Abul Fazal 134 / 170Fatehpur Sikri was founded by Akbar Babar Humayun Jahangir 135 / 170Gandhara school of art developed during the time of Sungas Sakas Mauryas Kushans 136 / 170Who succeeded Mir Jafar ? Haider Ali Chanda Sahib Tipu Sultan Mir Kasim 137 / 170Which Sikh Guru laid the foundation of the city of Amritsar ? Guru Nanak Guru Ramdas Guru Arjun Dev Guru Gobind Singh 138 / 170Babar won the Battle of Panipat mainly because of his cavalry his military skill Tulughma system Afghan’s disunity 139 / 170Satvahanas belonged to Andhra region Konkan region Maharashtra Kalinga 140 / 170In which region of India was the Firdausi order of Sufism popular ? Sind Deccan In & around Delhi Bihar 141 / 170Which was not a kingdom in ancient India ? Avanti Vatsa Hampi Kosala 142 / 170Who was not a Saka ruler ? Rudradaman Menander Sodasa Nahapana 143 / 170Who among the following accepted Jainism ? Bindusara Ajatashatru Chandragupta Maurya Pulakesin 144 / 170Gautama Buddha was brought up by Mayadevi Sangamitra Mahaprajapati Kundavi 145 / 170The Rigveda consists of how many hymns ? 1008 1028 1108 1224 146 / 170The appraisal process is designed by personnel department workshop factory management 147 / 170Performance appraisals serve as building block of recruiting career planning manpower planning job analysis 148 / 170A disadvantage of rating scales is cost time involved rating may be subjective None of these 149 / 170Which one of the following is a future oriented appraisal technique ? MBO Rating Field review method None of these 150 / 170The basis for performance standard is managers employees compensation plans None of these 151 / 170The job characteristics model is mostly concerned with enrichment enlargement rotation revitalisation 152 / 170Career planning is the responsibility of government the employer career counsellors the sponsor 153 / 170Giving employees more tasks to perform at the same time is called job enlargement rotation enrichment None of these 154 / 170Attitude survey are conducted by enlargement rotation enrichment None of these 155 / 170Morale is an attitude of an employee towards his job superior organisation All of these 156 / 170The sequential pattern of one’s job that form career is called career career path career planning mid-career phase 157 / 170Career progress largely depends on performance experience qualifications All of these 158 / 170Induction is an integral part of training selection recruitment None of these 159 / 170Which of the following relates to training workers ? Job rotation Induction Vestibule Task 160 / 170Training is a current process temporary process regular process continuous process 161 / 170Which of the following is not a component of staffing ? Recruitment Advertising Selection Training 162 / 170Which of the following is an on-the-job methods of training ? Internship Coaching Apprenticeship programmes All of these 163 / 170Which of the following is not a selection test ? Intelligence test Aptitude test Trade test Medical fitness test 164 / 170Managerial functions of HRM include planning organising co-ordination All of these 165 / 170Business games promotes co-operation among participants compress time encourage creativity None of these 166 / 170Role playing is often used to learn skills offer feedback change attitudes None of these 167 / 170Training objectives should be expressed in employee behaviour need assessment subjective judgement None of these 168 / 170On-the-job training methods includes job rotation method guidance training at training centre All of these 169 / 170Objective of training is favourable reaction to change increased productivity increased morale All of these 170 / 170The human resource system covered under training and development recruit and select job design and evaluation train and develop All of these Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte