OSSC ASSISTANT COMMERCIAL TAX OFFICER PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER | Part - I

Board Name: Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC)

Post Name: Assistant Commercial Tax Officer (Preliminary) - 2016 - SET-3 

Time: 1 1/2 Hours

Total Questions: 100

Full Marks: 100

Each Question Carries: 1 Mark

Exam Year: 2017
*There is negative marking @0.25 mark for every wrong answer

PART - I : QUESTIONS 1 - 25

OSSC Assistant Commercial Tax Officer Previous Year Question Paper:

General Awareness

1. The main function of which of the following cell organelles is 'secretion'?

1. Chromosomes
2. Cytoplasm
3. Endoplasmic reticulum
4. Golgi complex
5. Nucleus
Ans: (4)



2. Who among the following famous Indian personalities has passed away of late in June, 2017?

1. Desari Narayan Rao, Filmmaker
2. K. P. S Gill, Ex-DGP Punjab
3. P. N. Bhagwati, Justice
4. Reema Lagoo, Actress
5. Vinod Khanna, Actor
Ans: (3)



3. How many foreign satellites were successfully launched into space by ISRO using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 'PSLV - C38' on 23rd June, 2017?

1. 27
2. 28
3. 29
4. 30
5. 31
Ans: (3)



4. Who has been recently nominated as the Head of the panel to frame a new 'National Education Policy'?

1. K. Kasturirangan
2. M. K. Shridhar
3. Manjul Bhargava
4. Ram Shankar Kureel
5. Vasudha Kaamat
Ans: (1)



5. Which batsman has scored the highest number of runs in the entire ICC Champions' Trophy concluded recently in June, 2017?

1. Joe Root
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Shikhar Dhawan
5. Virat Kohli
Ans: (4)



6. What was the staple crop during the Rigvedic period in India?

1. Barley
2. Jowar
3. Maize
4. Paddy
5. Wheat
Ans: (1)



7. Who among the following rulers of the Gupta dynasty had adopted the title "Mahendraditya"?

1. Chandragupta - I 
2. Chandragupta - II
3. Kumargupta - I
4. Samudragupta
5. Skandagupta
Ans: (3)



8. Who among the following 'Asta Pradhanas' of Shivaji functioned as the Finance Minister?

1. Dabir
2. Majumdar
3. Peshwa
4. Surunavis
5. Waqinavis 
Ans: (2)



9. Which Revolt was led by Jatra Bhagat in 1914 - 15 in Chhotanagpur area?

1. Ho rising
2. Kol rising
3. Munda revolt
4. Oraon revolt
5. Santhal revolt
Ans: (4)



10. Which of the following hills in India is different from the other four in terms of its origin?

1. The Aravallis
2. The Maikal
3. The Patkai
4. The Rajmahal
5. The Vidhyas
Ans: (3)







11. Find the odd pair out

1. The Damodar - The Barakar
2. The Ganga - The Hooghly
3. The Son - The Rihand
4. The Sutlej - The Beas
5. The Yamuna - The Chambal
Ans: (2)



12. Which of the following is the largest reservoir in India in terms of water storage capacity?

1. The Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar
2. The Govind Sagar
3. The Indira Sagar
4. The Nagarjun Sagar
5. The Sardar Sarovar
Ans: (3)



13. Which of the following places in India is different from the other four in terms of its relative location with respect to the Tropic of Cancer?

1. Aizwal
2. Bhopal
3. Gandhinagar
4. Jhansi
5. Ranchi
Ans: (4)



14. Which of the following north-eastern states of India does not enjoy the special provisions under the Article 371?

1. Manipur
2. Meghalaya
3. Mizoram
4. Nagaland
5. Sikkim
Ans: (2)



15. Which of the following motions can be moved in both the houses of the Indian Parliament?

1. Call Attention Motion
2. Censure Motion
3. Cut Motion
4. No Confidence Motion
5. Privilege Motion
Ans: (5)



16. Which one of the following Five-Year Plans in India is known as the "Gadgil Yojana"?

1. Second
2. Third
3. Fourth
4. Fifth
5. Sixth
Ans: (2)



17. Distinguish the insurance company in India that is different from the other four in terms of the nature of its services:

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India
2. National Insurance Company Ltd.
3. The New India Assurance Company Ltd.
4. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.
5. United India Insurance Company Ltd.
Ans: (1)



18. To which language family do the Khasi and Munda languages belong?

1. Austroasiatic
2. Dravidian
3. Indo-Aryan
4. Sino-Tibetan
5. Tai-Kadai
Ans: (1)



19. Which of the following international pollution related disasters was caused due to nuclear pollution?

1. Bhopal Tragedy
2. Chernobyl Disaster
3. Love Canal Disaster
4. Minamata Epidemic
5. The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Ans: (2)



20. Which of the following human rights organisations has instituted the "Rev. M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award" in India?

1. Amnesty International
2. Breakthrough
3. Human Rights Watch
4. People's Union of Civil Liberties
5. Vigil India Movement
Ans: (5)







21. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 105?

1. 32865
2. 34755
3. 36435
4. 36645
5. 36865
Ans: (5)



22. The square root of which of the following numbers is an integer?

1. 13425
2. 15605
3. 17525
4. 18225
5. 19550
Ans: (4)



23. Which among the following fractions does yield a terminating decimal?

1. 24 / 54
2. 36 / 81
3. 48 / 99
4. 54 / 135
5. 66 / 153
Ans: (4)



24. The product of two numbers is 3072 and when the larger one is divided by the smaller one, the resultant quotient becomes 12. What is the difference between the two numbers? 

1. 160
2. 176
3. 192
4. 208
5. 256
Ans: (2)



25. In an open field, Sumit walks 25 metres towards east from where he turns right and walks 45 metres. Further, he moves to the west for 33 metres and then turns right and stops after walking 25 metres. What is the straight line distance from his origin to the destination?

1. 08 metres
2. 10 metres
3. 15 metres
4. 17 metres
5. 23 metres
Ans: (4)

PART-I: Questions 1 - 25

PART-II: Questions 25 - 50

PART-III: Questions 51 - 75

PART-IV: Questions 76 - 100