Himachal Pradesh Statistical Assistant Exam 31 Oct 2020 (Official Answer Key)

HPSSC – (Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission) Conduct the Statistical Assistant Exam Paper 2020. HPSSC Statistical Assistant Exam Held on 31 October 2020.  Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission Statistical Assistant Exam Paper With Official Answer Key Available Here.   

Exam – Statistical Assistant 2020
Organizer – HPSSC 
Paper Code – C
Post Code – 748
Date – 31 October 2020 (Saturday)
Total Questions – 170

HPSSC Statistical Assistant Exam Paper 2020
(Answer Key)

1. The rate at which RBL purchases or rediscounts bills of exchange of commercial banks is called
(A) Repo rate
(B) Reverse repo rate
(C) Bank rate
(D) Base rate

2. “Interest rate risk” can be placed in which among the following categories ?
(A) Credit risk
(B) Market risk
(C) Operating risk
(D) All of these

3. In which year Bombay Stock Exchange was established ?
(A) 1865
(B) 1875
(C) 1880
(D) 1890

4. In which year “Zero Based Budgeting” started in India?
(A) 1960
(B) 1991
(C) 2000
(D) 1983

5. Which one of the following is anti-inflationary measure ?
(A) Stagflation
(B) Hyperinflation
(C) Disinflation
(D) Deflation

6. Which among the following is a direct tax ?
(A) Excise duty
(B) sale tax
(C) VAT
(D) Income tax

7. Flexible Exchange Rate is
(A) Fixed
(B) Ordered
(C) Can’t say
(D) Determined

8. The policies useful to reduce inequalities of income are the
(A) Monetary policies
(B) Public distribution policies
(C) Budgetary policies
(D) Foreign policies

9. Legal reserve ratio is equal to
(A) CRR ÷ SLR
(B) CRR – SLR
(C) SLR – CRR
(D) CRR + SLR

10. A Trader sold a television for ₹ 1,500 price. Rate of profit is 20%. Purchase price will be
(A) ₹ 1,000
(B) ₹ 1,200
(C) ₹ 1,250
(D) ₹ 1,300

11. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 90, 60, 75 and 35 ?
(A) 2,700
(B) 6,300
(C) 4,250
(D) 2,750

12. Three – fourth of the number of girls in a school is equal to half of the number of boys. If the school has 1,420 pupils, how many of them are boys ?
(A) 852
(B) 720
(C) 568
(D) 284

13. Which of the following is not a parallelogram ?
(A) Square
(B) Rectangle
(C) Rhombus
(D) Trapezium

14. Solve the linear equation, ⅕ (10x – 20) = x – 3
(A) = -1
(B) = 17
(C) = 3
(D) = 1

15. Solve the following radical equation
√(3x + 13) = 1 + 1
(A) -3
(B) 4
(C) –3, 4
(D) No solution

16. Which of the following is NOT a function ?
(A) xy² – 2 = 0
(B) x²y – 2 = 0
(C) 2x² – y = 0
(D) All of these

17. All values that could be put into the function for which the function is defined and have real values is called of the function.
(A) Domain
(B) Range
(C) Validity test
(D) Reliability

18. What is the remainder when x³ – 5x² + 2x + 11 is divided by x – 2?
(A) 3
(B) -3
(C) 2
(D) -2

19. A car moved in a circular path of 58 m radius, and make an angle of 45°. What is the distance covered by car ?
(A) 36
(B) 40
(C) 44
(D) 48

20. If the sides of a triangle are 3, 4 and 5 metre. What is the area of the triangle ?
(A) 8 m²
(B) 10 m²
(C) 12 m²
(D) 6 m²