Solved Question Paper of Grade-III (Technical Post) under Health Department Assam – Written Test held on 29.05.2022

Solved Paper of Grade-III (Technical Post) under Health Department, Assam

Post: Technical Attendant

Written Test held on 29.05.2022

Shift: Afternoon 11.00 AM to 12.30 PM

1. What is an Arctic tern?

(A) An island in the Arctic Ocean

(D] The name of a glacier

(C) A migratory bird

(D) A plateau in Antarctica

2. Mount Abu is located in

(A) the Himalayas

(B) the Karakoram

(C) the Nilgiris

(D) the Aravallis

3. What is the capital of Taiwan?

(A) Yangon

(B) Taipei

(C) Pyongyang

(D) Beijing

4. What is the currency of Kuwait?

(A) Rupiah

(B) Dinar

(C) Afghani

(D) Dollar

5. Which of the following is the largest continent in the world?

[A] Asia

(B) North America

(C) South America

(D) Africa

6. Varanasi is situated on the bank of which river?

[A] Kosi

[B] Patalganga

[C] Ganga

[D] Yarnuna

7. Which of the following cities is known as ‘Pink City’?

[A] Jaipur

[B] Kolkata

[C] Mysuru

[D] Srinagar

8. Which waterway connects the Andaman Sea with South China Sea?

[A] Strait of Malacca

[B] Strait of Hormuz

[C] Strait of Bab al-Mandab

[D] Strait of Gibraltar

9. Who is the author of the book, David Copperfield?

[A] William Shakespeare

[B] Lewis Carroll

[C] Thomas Hardy

[D] Charles Dickens

10. Which of the following sports is associated with Santosh Trophy?

[A] Football

[B] Cricket

[C] Hockey

[D] Badminton

11. Avesta is the holy book religion?

[A] Zoroastrianism

[B] Buddhism

[C] Sikhism

[D] Jainism

12. Who wrote the Harry Potter series of books?

[A] Jonathan Steele

[B] Salman Rushdie

[C] J. M. Coetzee

[D] J. K. Rowling

13. What is the other name of Chanakya?

[A] Udai

[B] Kautilya

[C] Banabhatta

[D] Chandragupta

14. Who was the first human to walk in space?

[A] Neil Armstrong

[B] Michael Collins

[C] Yuri Gagarin

[D] Alexei Leonov

15. ‘The Taste of India’ is the brand slogan of which company?

[A] Nestle

[B] Cadbury

[C] Amul

[D] Dabur

16. How many Lok Sabha members represent Assam in the Indian Parliament?

[A] 27

[B] 14

[C] 16

[D] 24

17. Where is the Headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) situated?

[A] New York

[B] Washington, DC

[C] Geneva

[D] Berne

18. Who among the following was the founder of Slave Dynasty in India?

[A] Sher Shah Sun

[B] Altamash

[C] Qutb al-Din Aibak

[D] Ghiyas-ud-din Balban

19. Who among the following was a son of Emperor Babar?

[A] Humayun

[B] Jahangir

[C] Shah Jahan

[D] Bahadur Shah Zafar

20. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which of the following cities?

[A] Ludhiana

[B] Amritsar

[C] Patiala

[D] Chandigarh

21. Which of the following is also known as ‘common salt’?

[A] Sodium hydroxide

[B] Sodium nitrate

[C] Sodium chloride

[D] Sodium sulphate

22. Typhoid fever is a disease caused by

[A] Virus

[B] bacteria

[C] protozoa

[D] fungus

23. Which among the following diseases is not spread by mosquitoes?

[A] Filaria

[B] Dengue

[C] Kala-azar

[D] Chikungunya

24. Deficiency in iron causes

[A] beriberi

[B] scurvy

[C] anaemia

[D] hepatitis

25. Deficiency in which hormone leads to diabetes mellitus?

[A] Insulin

[B] Adrenaline

[C] Glucagon

[D] Prolactin

26. Which of the following is an antibiotic?

[A] Phenol

[B] Alcohol

[C] Erythromycin

[D] Yeast

27. Mitochondria are present in which part of the cell?

[A) Cell wall

[B] Nucleus

[C] Cytoplasm

[D] Nucleolus

28. The force acting on unit area of surface is called

[A] pull

[B] energy

[C] pressure

[D] work

29. Which of the following is produced by a vibrating diaphragm?

[A] Light

[B] Sound wave

[C] Electromagnetic wave

[D] X-ray

30. Deficiency in vitamin A causes

[A] cataract

[B] night blindness

[C] myopia

[D] All of the above

31. What is the synonym of ‘bright’?

[A] Clear

[B] Brilliant

[C] Frigid

[D] Serene

32. What is the feminine gender of ‘wizard’?

[A] Witch

[B] Widget

[C] Spinster

[D] Waitress

33. What is a group of elephants called?

[A] Pride

[B] Swarm

[C] Pack

[D] Herd

34. A person who sells flowers is called

[A] flowerist

[B] florist

[C] flowerer

[D] florer

35. Complete the following proverb : “An idle brain is the devil’s _____ .”

[A] house

[B] workshop

[C] heart

[D] kitchen

36. What is the superlative form of ‘sweet’?

[A] Sweetest

[B] Sweetiest

[C] Sweatiest

[D] Sweatest

37. What is the past tense of ‘lie’?

[A] Lay

[B] Laid

[C] Lain

[D] Let

38. Choose the correct verb from the following to complete the sentence : “Hari and I ___  old school friends.”

[A] are

[B] am

[C] is

[D] have

39. What is the opposite gender of ‘cob’?

[A] Sow

[B] Pen

[C] Doe

[D] Ewe

40. Complete the following sentence with correct determiner : “Please give us _____ help.”

[A] some

[B] any

[C] no

[D] a

[A] 516

[B] 32

[C] 528

[D] 512

42. What is the value of the following?

43. The arithmetic mean of 10 numbers is 20. If 5 is subtracted from every number, what will be the new mean?

[A] 25

[B] 15

[C] 30

[D] 20

44. Simplify and choose the correct answer from the following :

118 – [121÷ (11 x 11) – (-4) – {3 – (9 – 2)}]

[A] 109

[B] -109

[C] 96

[D] -96

45. If the cost of a notebook is ₹ 8.75, how many notebooks can be purchased for ₹ 131.25?

[A] 12

[B] 15

[C] 30

[D] 60

[A] 1

[B] 2

[C] 3

[D] 4

48. Suma is twice as old as her brother. In 6 years time, the sum of their ages will be 39 years. What is her age now?

[A] 16 years

[B] 18 years

[C] 20 years

[D] 22 years

49. If each of the two equal angles of an isosceles triangle is twice the third angle, then the smallest angle is

[A] 20°

[B] 30°

[C] 32°

[D] 36°

50. A man goes 10 m due east and then 24 m due north. What is his present distance from the starting point?

[A] 26 m

[B] 30 m

[C] 32 m

[D] 35 m