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Pursuant to Advertisement No. 1367/OSSC dt 23.05.2013, the commission has

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

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information of candidates . Objections if any on the answers of the questions publish

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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 E) None of these ANS- C) 20 Days 5. Sum of the squares of the first 18 natural number is 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 Chair-

Rs. 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) 196 168 112 E) None of these

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 2012-

12. 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 India’s 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