Junior Assistant — Tagged Answers & Explanations (Set-A)

Post: Junior Assistant, Various Departments, J&K (Annexure "A" syllabus) Exam: JKSSB OMR Written Exam held 19.04.2026 (Advt. No. 08 of 2025) Booklet Series: A • Total Items: 80 • Marks: 80 • Time: 80 min • Negative marking: 0.25 per wrong answer

Each question is tagged with its Syllabus Unit → sub-topic, followed by the official answer key (Series A) and a short explanation.

Legend: ✅ = correct answer per provisional key.

Section map (this paper is not in syllabus-numbered order):

• Q1–20 → Unit I General English (20)
• Q21–40 → Unit III Numerical & Reasoning Ability (20)
• Q41–60 → Unit II General Awareness with special reference to J&K UT (20)
• Q61–80 → Unit IV Basic Concepts of Computers (20)

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UNIT I — General English (Q1–Q20)

Q1. Idiom "too little, too late"

• Tag: English → Idioms & phrases
• Answer: C) Was inadequate in both substance and timing to be effective ✅
• Explanation: The idiom conveys that an action was both insufficient and delayed — i.e., inadequate in substance and timing.

Q2. Idiom "a bridge too far"

• Tag: English → Idioms & phrases
• Answer: C) Excessively ambitious beyond what was feasible or acceptable ✅
• Explanation: "A bridge too far" = an over-ambitious step that overreaches.

Q3. Synonym of "perspicacious"

• Tag: English → Synonyms
• Answer: B) Astute ✅
• Explanation: Perspicacious = having keen insight → astute.

Q4. Synonym of "prolix"

• Tag: English → Synonyms
• Answer: C) Verbose ✅
• Explanation: Prolix = tediously long-winded → verbose.

Q5. Antonym of "cogent"

• Tag: English → Antonyms
• Answer: A) Specious ✅
• Explanation: Cogent = convincing/logically sound; specious = superficially plausible but false — the best antonym.

Q6. Antonym of "equanimous"

• Tag: English → Antonyms
• Answer: A) Volatile ✅
• Explanation: Equanimous = calm/composed; opposite is volatile (easily agitated).

Q7. Correct punctuation

• Tag: English → Punctuation
• Answer: D) The proposal, which was submitted last week, however, requires further revision. ✅
• Explanation: The non-defining clause and the connector however must each be set off by commas on both sides.

Q8. Type of clause — "What the committee decided"

• Tag: English → Clauses
• Answer: A) Noun clause functioning as the subject ✅
• Explanation: It is the subject of "surprised" → a noun clause.

Q9. "Bank" used as a homonym

• Tag: English → Homonyms/Homophones
• Answer: B) The children played on the bank of the river ✅
• Explanation: Here "bank" = river's edge — a different meaning from the financial "bank" in the given sentence. (Note: option A, "bank the aircraft" = to tilt, is also technically a homonym; the key selects B, the river-bank sense.)

Q10. Correct homophone used

• Tag: English → Homonyms/Homophones
• Answer: D) He could not cite a single example to support his claim ✅
• Explanation: "Cite" (to quote) is used correctly; the others misuse bare/bear, compliment/complement, pause/traverse.

Q11. Grammatically correct pronoun usage

• Tag: English → Pronouns
• Answer: C) Every applicant should bring his or her identification for verification ✅
• Explanation: "Every applicant" (singular) correctly takes the singular "his or her."

Q12. Clear, unambiguous pronoun reference

• Tag: English → Pronouns
• Answer: D) After the report was revised, it was criticized by the editor ✅
• Explanation: "It" clearly refers to the report; the other options have ambiguous antecedents.

Q13. Correct use of articles

• Tag: English → Articles
• Answer: B) He was appointed the head of department after an extensive review process ✅
• Explanation: Correct article usage throughout; the others misuse "a expert", "a effective", etc.

Q14. Logical deduction about a past event

• Tag: English → Modals
• Answer: C) They must have overlooked the crucial data ✅
• Explanation: "Must have + past participle" expresses a strong deduction about the past.

Q15. Indirect speech

• Tag: English → Narration
• Answer: C) The professor said that he would review my thesis the next day ✅
• Explanation: will → would, your → my, tomorrow → the next day.

Q16. Rearrange (determination to succeed)

• Tag: English → Rearranging jumbled sentences
• Answer: B) IV → II → I → III ✅
• Explanation: Determined from a young age (IV) → success wasn't easy (II) → worked hard (I) → efforts paid off (III).

Q17. Rearrange (dancer)

• Tag: English → Rearranging jumbled sentences
• Answer: A) III → I → IV → II ✅
• Explanation: Wanted to be a dancer (III) → practiced daily (I) → impressed teachers (IV) → won the competition (II).

Q18. Spot the error

• Tag: English → Editing / Proof Reading
• Answer: B) has submitted ✅
• Explanation: Subject "students" is plural → should be "have submitted."

Q19. Preposition — "proficient ___ French and German"

• Tag: English → Uses of Prepositions
• Answer: A) in ✅
• Explanation: "Proficient in" a language.

Q20. Active → Passive

• Tag: English → Active & Passive Voice
• Answer: A) The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow ✅
• Explanation: Future-tense passive: "will be + past participle."

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UNIT III — Numerical & Reasoning Ability (Q21–Q40)

Q21. Values of x making 45678x9231 divisible by 3

• Tag: Numerical → Number System
• Answer: D) 4 ✅
• Explanation: Known digits sum = 45; 45 + x divisible by 3 → x ∈ {0, 3, 6, 9} → 4 values.

Q22. Trailing zeros of x = 2¹⁰ × 5⁶

• Tag: Numerical → Number System
• Answer: A) 6 ✅
• Explanation: Zeros = min(power of 2, power of 5) = min(10, 6) = 6.

Q23. % increase to restore price after 10% cut

• Tag: Numerical → Percentage
• Answer: C) 11⅑% ✅
• Explanation: 10/(100−10) × 100 = 100/9 = 11⅑%.

Q24. If x% of y = y% of x

• Tag: Numerical → Percentage / Number
• Answer: D) Cannot be determined ✅
• Explanation: x% of y always equals y% of x (both = xy/100); it is an identity, so no fixed relation between x and y can be inferred.

Q25. Ratio x:y from averages

• Tag: Numerical → Average
• Answer: C) 2:3 ✅
• Explanation: 15x + 20y = 18(x+y) → 2y = 3x → x:y = 2:3.

Q26. Gain at 15% discount (given 10% discount → 20% gain)

• Tag: Numerical → Profit & Loss
• Answer: B) 13⅓% ✅
• Explanation: MP 100; CP = 90/1.2 = 75; at 15% discount SP = 85 → gain = 10/75 = 13⅓%.

Q27. Fraction of wine mixture replaced (3:1 → 1:1)

• Tag: Numerical → Ratio & Proportion
• Answer: B) ⅓ ✅
• Explanation: Wine 3/4 → want 1/2. (3/4)(1−f) = 1/2 → f = 1/3.

Q28. Compound ratio of a:b and c:d

• Tag: Numerical → Ratio & Proportion
• Answer: A) ac : bd ✅
• Explanation: Compound ratio multiplies antecedents and consequents → ac : bd.

Q29. A, B, C work (A leaves after 2 days, C after next 2)

• Tag: Numerical → Time & Work
• Answer: B) 6⅖ days ✅
• Explanation: Days 1–2 (all) = 1/2; days 3–4 (B, C) = 3/10; remaining 1/5 by B alone = 2⅖ days → total = 6⅖ days.

Q30. Work time when B leaves 7 days before completion

• Tag: Numerical → Time & Work
• Answer: C) 12 days ✅
• Explanation: T/15 + (T−7)/25 = 1 → 8T = 96 → T = 12 days.

Q31. Series 1, 9, 35, 99, 225, ?

• Tag: Reasoning → Number series
• Answer: B) 441 ✅
• Explanation: Fourth-order difference is constant; extending the differences gives next term = 225 + 216 = 441 (= 21²).

Q32. Series C, E, K, Q, W, ?

• Tag: Reasoning → Letter series
• Answer: A) C ✅
• Explanation: Positions 3, 5, 11, 17, 23 (+6 each after the first) → next 29 → wraps to C (29 − 26).

Q33. Series A, D, I, P, Y, ?

• Tag: Reasoning → Letter series
• Answer: B) J ✅
• Explanation: Positions are perfect squares 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 → next 36 → wraps to J (36 − 26 = 10).

Q34. Coding — BALLOON → N1515LL1B; MONDAY → ?

• Tag: Reasoning → Coding-decoding
• Answer: A) Y1DN15M ✅
• Explanation: Reverse the word and replace vowels by their alphabet position: MONDAY → YADNOM → Y1DN15M.

Q35. Direction after 135° CW then 90° ACW (from East)

• Tag: Reasoning → Direction sense
• Answer: B) South-East ✅
• Explanation: East →(135° CW) South-West →(90° ACW) South-East.

Q36. "Daughter of my father's only son's wife"

• Tag: Reasoning → Blood relations
• Answer: C) Daughter ✅
• Explanation: Father's only son = the speaker; his wife's daughter = his daughter.

Q37. Inequalities: P≥Q>R, R≤S<T, P>T

• Tag: Reasoning → Mathematical reasoning
• Answer: D) T > R ✅
• Explanation: R ≤ S < T ⇒ T > R (always true).

Q38. Actual time (speed reduced to 4/5, 15 min late)

• Tag: Reasoning → Speed, Distance & Time
• Answer: B) 60 minutes ✅
• Explanation: New time = 5/4 × actual; extra ¼ of actual = 15 min → actual = 60 min.

Q39. Import-duty statement & conclusions

• Tag: Reasoning → Statements and conclusions
• Answer: A) Only I follows ✅
• Explanation: Prices may fall (I) is reasonable; "domestic production will stop" (II) is an unsupported extreme.

Q40. Books/fiction syllogism

• Tag: Reasoning → Statements and conclusions
• Answer: A) Only I follows ✅
• Explanation: Some books are fiction and all fiction is popular → some books are popular (I ✓); II ("all popular things are fiction") does not follow.

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UNIT II — General Awareness with special reference to J&K UT (Q41–Q60)

Q41. City–country pairs (Maracaibo/Tabriz/Nuuk/Donetsk)

• Tag: GA → Current/World geography
• Answer: A) Only one pair ✅
• Explanation: Correct facts are Maracaibo–Venezuela, Tabriz–Iran, Nuuk–Greenland, Donetsk–Ukraine; per the key, only one of the pairs as printed was correctly matched.

Q42. Components of the Digital Agriculture Mission

• Tag: GA → Current Events (National importance)
• Answer: D) I, II and III only ✅
• Explanation: DPI/Agristack + Krishi DSS + soil maps (I), DGCES (II) and support to MNCFC (III) are all components. (Verified online.)

Q43. Match statues with personalities

• Tag: GA → Current Events / Culture
• Answer: A) 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii ✅
• Explanation: Statue of Unity–Sardar Patel; Statue of Oneness–Adi Shankaracharya; Statue of Equality–Sri Ramanuja Acharya.

Q44. Sites on UNESCO's Tentative List

• Tag: GA → Culture & Heritage
• Answer: C) II, III, IV and V only ✅
• Explanation: Khangchendzonga NP (I) and Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (VI) are already inscribed World Heritage Sites, not tentative; Varkala, Naga Hill Ophiolite, Tirumala Hills and Meghalayan Age Caves are on the Tentative List.

Q45. Tribal freedom fighters

• Tag: GA → Freedom Struggle/Movement
• Answer: A) I and II only ✅
• Explanation: Tilka Majhi (Pahadia) and Sidhu–Kanhu Murmu (Santhal Hul) statements are correct; the statement about Malati Mem opposing Gandhi's satyagraha is wrong.

Q46. Chronology — Poona Pact / Irwin's declaration / 2nd RTC

• Tag: GA → Freedom Struggle/Movement
• Answer: D) II-III-I ✅
• Explanation: Lord Irwin's declaration (1929) → Second Round Table Conference (1931) → Poona Pact (1932).

Q47. Match hills with regions

• Tag: GA → Physical divisions of India
• Answer: D) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii ✅
• Explanation: Nilgiri–junction of E & W Ghats; Anaimalai–southern Western Ghats; Mahadeo–part of Satpura; Vindhyan–parallel to Narmada.

Q48. Ten-degree channel separates

• Tag: GA → Physical divisions of India
• Answer: A) Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands ✅
• Explanation: The 10° Channel separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group.

Q49. India's demographic trends

• Tag: GA → Demography (Census)
• Answer: A) I and III only ✅
• Explanation: I (dividend from falling dependency ratio) and III (dividend till mid-21st century, needs education/skills) are correct; II mis-defines "demographic winter."

Q50. Wetlands ↔ states

• Tag: GA → Important Rivers & Lakes
• Answer: B) Two pairs only ✅
• Explanation: Only Tawa Reservoir–MP and Sultanpur NP–Haryana are correct (Kolleru is in Andhra Pradesh; Nanjarayan is in Tamil Nadu).

Q51. Köppen climate type described

• Tag: GA → Weather, Climate
• Answer: B) Af – Tropical rainforest ✅
• Explanation: Temp always >18°C, >2000 mm evenly distributed rain, dense evergreen forest → Af.

Q52. India's National Waterways

• Tag: GA → Means of Transport
• Answer: B) I and II only ✅
• Explanation: NW-2 (Brahmaputra) and NW-3 (West Coast Canal) are correct; the NW-97 and NW-111 descriptions (Zuari vs Sunderbans) are swapped.

Q53. Order of J&K dynasties (Rajatarangini)

• Tag: GA → History of J&K
• Answer: D) I-III-II-IV ✅
• Explanation: Gonanda → Karkota → Utpala → Lohara.

Q54. Bahu Fort, Jammu

• Tag: GA → History of J&K
• Answer: D) I, II and III ✅
• Explanation: Built by Raja Bahulochan (~3000 yrs), refurbished by the Dogras (19th c.), and the Bagh-e-Bahu garden lies below — all correct.

Q55. Kashmiri art form described

• Tag: GA → Heritage & Culture of J&K
• Answer: C) Bhand Pather ✅
• Explanation: Bhand Pather is the traditional Kashmiri folk theatre combining play and dance, referenced by Sheikh Noor-ud-din (RA) and by Sir Walter Lawrence.

Q56. Mughal Gardens in Kashmir

• Tag: GA → Heritage & Culture of J&K
• Answer: A) I, II and III ✅
• Explanation: The statements on Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh's pavilions and Achabal Bagh are all correct.

Q57. Geography of the Jammu region

• Tag: GA → Geography of J&K
• Answer: A) I only ✅
• Explanation: Jammu city sits on Shivalik ridges (I ✓); the claim that it is surrounded by the Ladakh range (II) is wrong.

Q58. Dachigam National Park mountain range

• Tag: GA → Geography of J&K
• Answer: D) Zabarwan Range ✅
• Explanation: Dachigam NP lies in the Zabarwan range near Srinagar.

Q59. Species targeted by a J&K census in early 2026

• Tag: GA → Flora & Fauna of J&K / Current Affairs
• Answer: A) Markhor ✅
• Explanation: A Markhor census (2025-26) was launched in Kashmir's wildlife sanctuaries for this near-threatened species. (Verified online.)

Q60. Tributaries of the Chenab

• Tag: GA → Rivers & Lakes (J&K)
• Answer: B) II and IV only (Tawi, Neeru) ✅
• Explanation: Tawi and Neeru feed the Chenab; the Ujh is a Ravi tributary and the Poonch river drains to the Jhelum.

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UNIT IV — Basic Concepts of Computers (Q61–Q80)

Q61. Fundamental ALU operation

• Tag: Computers → Fundamentals of computer science
• Answer: B) Processing binary data through logic gate operations ✅
• Explanation: The ALU performs arithmetic/logic on binary data via logic gates.

Q62. von Neumann architecture statement

• Tag: Computers → Fundamentals of computer science
• Answer: C) Data hazards can occur in pipelined CPUs even with only register addressing ✅
• Explanation: Data hazards arise from instruction dependencies regardless of addressing mode.

Q63. Memory & storage fundamentals

• Tag: Computers → Fundamentals / Hardware
• Answer: C) Cache memory is faster than main memory and stores frequently accessed data ✅
• Explanation: Cache is a small, fast memory holding frequently used data (RAM is volatile; ROM is read-only).

Q64. CPU operation & instruction execution

• Tag: Computers → Fundamentals of computer science
• Answer: C) The instruction register stores the current instruction being decoded or executed ✅
• Explanation: The IR holds the current instruction (the Program Counter holds the address of the next one).

Q65. Number-representation statements

• Tag: Computers → Fundamentals of computer science
• Answer: B) Only II and III are True ✅
• Explanation: Zero-extension preserves an unsigned value (II ✓) and BCD encodes each decimal digit in 4 bits (III ✓); statements I and IV are false.

Q66. Classifying hardware vs system software

• Tag: Computers → Hardware & Software
• Answer: C) CPU–Hardware; Operating System–System Software ✅
• Explanation: Only C classifies both items correctly.

Q67. Multithreaded, disk-heavy program running slow/crashing

• Tag: Computers → Hardware & Software
• Answer: A) Inefficient multithreading and high memory usage ✅
• Explanation: Frequent disk I/O + many threads on 16 GB RAM points to memory pressure/inefficient threading, not CPU speed.

Q68. Categorize Input/Output devices

• Tag: Computers → Input and output devices
• Answer: D) Input: i, ii, v, vii; Output: iii, iv, vi ✅
• Explanation: Light pen, punch-card reader, digitizer tablet, scanner = input; plotter, sound card, drum printer = output.

Q69. Match devices with descriptions

• Tag: Computers → Input and output devices
• Answer: D) 1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii ✅
• Explanation: Haptic Gloves–gesture + force feedback; Tactile Display–tactile sensations; VRU–synthesised audio; Data Glove–captures hand movements.

Q70. Valid deadlock-recovery method

• Tag: Computers → Operating system
• Answer: B) Preempt resources from one process and allocate to another ✅
• Explanation: Resource preemption is a standard deadlock-recovery technique.

Q71. Priority scheduling / priority inheritance

• Tag: Computers → Operating system
• Answer: D) I, II and IV only ✅
• Explanation: Priority inversion (I), priority inheritance (II) and possible starvation (IV) are correct; round-robin does not completely avoid inversion (III wrong).

Q72. Statement NOT correct about MS Word

• Tag: Computers → MS Word
• Answer: A) A content control … cannot enforce data validation ✅
• Explanation: This is the incorrect statement (content controls can impose certain restrictions/validation).

Q73. True statement about MS Word

• Tag: Computers → MS Word
• Answer: A) Using Section Breaks allows different headers and footers in the same document ✅
• Explanation: Section breaks (not page breaks) enable independent headers/footers.

Q74. Excel nested IF for High/Medium/Low

• Tag: Computers → MS Excel
• Answer: D) The formula will work correctly for all numeric values in B2 ✅
• Explanation: The nested IF correctly classifies any numeric sales value.

Q75. Excel COUNTIFS for two conditions

• Tag: Computers → MS Excel
• Answer: A) =COUNTIFS(B2:B10,">=80",C2:C10,">=90") ✅
• Explanation: COUNTIFS applies both range/criteria pairs correctly.

Q76. Correct statement about email

• Tag: Computers → E-mail & Internet
• Answer: C) POP3 protocol is used to download emails from the server to a local computer ✅
• Explanation: POP3 downloads mail to the local device.

Q77. Slide content that CANNOT be converted to SmartArt directly

• Tag: Computers → PowerPoint
• Answer: B) A table of data ✅
• Explanation: Bulleted/indented/descriptive text converts to SmartArt directly; a table does not.

Q78. TCP/IP & Internet communication

• Tag: Computers → E-mail & Internet
• Answer: A) TCP guarantees delivery and the correct order of packets, but not the timing ✅
• Explanation: TCP ensures reliable, ordered delivery — but gives no timing guarantee.

Q79. Internet routing & protocols

• Tag: Computers → E-mail & Internet
• Answer: C) IPv6 adoption eliminates the need for NAT because it provides a vastly larger address space ✅
• Explanation: IPv6's huge address space removes the address-scarcity reason for NAT.

Q80. IaaS — managed by the provider

• Tag: Computers → E-mail & Internet (Cloud)
• Answer: A) Networking hardware ✅
• Explanation: In IaaS the provider manages the physical/networking hardware; the customer manages OS, apps and data.

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Answer Key at a Glance (Series A)

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Sources (verified current-affairs / J&K items)

• Markhor census 2025-26 begins in Kashmir sanctuaries (Greater Kashmir)
• Kashmir Markhor Recovery Project (Wildlife Trust of India)
• Digital Agriculture Mission — components (PIB)
• Digital Agriculture Mission overview (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare)