Website Operator — Tagged Answers & Explanations (Set-A)

Post: Website Operator, Lieutenant Governor's Secretariat, J&K Exam: JKSSB OMR Written Exam held 08.02.2026 (Advt. No. 04 of 2025, Item No. 17) Booklet Series: A • Total Items: 80 • Marks: 80 • Negative marking: 0.25 per wrong answer

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

Legend: ✅ = correct answer as per provisional answer key.

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UNIT I — General English (Q1–Q20)

Q1. Primary cause of global warming

• Tag: Unit I → (i) Comprehension
• Answer: B) Human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation ✅
• Explanation: Para 1 states warming is "primarily due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels … deforestation." Natural cycles/volcanoes/sun are distractors not supported by the passage.

Q2. Impact of global warming on biodiversity

• Tag: Unit I → (i) Comprehension
• Answer: D) It causes many species to decline due to the changing climate ✅
• Explanation: Para 3: "Many species … cannot adapt quickly to the changing climate, leading to a decline in their populations." Options A, B, C contradict the text.

Q3. Strategy suggested to mitigate global warming

• Tag: Unit I → (i) Comprehension
• Answer: A) Reducing energy consumption ✅
• Explanation: Para 4 lists "reducing energy consumption and protecting forests" as sustainable practices. The other options increase emissions.

Q4. Rearrange jumbled segments

• Tag: Unit I → (iii) Rearranging of jumbled sentences
• Answer: C) Q-P-R-S ✅
• Explanation: Reads: "Environmental degradation has increased (Q) due to rapid urbanization (P) and unplanned industrial growth (R) in many developing regions (S)." Subject → cause → cause → place.

Q5. Fill in with suitable articles

• Tag: Unit I → (vi) Articles
• Answer: A) no article, the ✅
• Explanation: Languages take no article ("speaks Spanish"). "the best policy" needs the definite article before a superlative → "honesty is the best policy."

Q6. Improve the underlined part

• Tag: Unit I → (ii) Editing / Proof Reading
• Answer: B) had won the football match ✅
• Explanation: The reporting is in the past ("I jumped"); the earlier event (winning) needs past perfect → "had won." "had win" is grammatically wrong.

Q7. Fill in with the most suitable modal

• Tag: Unit I → (v) Modals
• Answer: C) must ✅
• Explanation: "This is impossible, it must be a mistake" expresses strong logical certainty/deduction. Can/might express possibility, which is too weak here.

Q8. Indirect (reported) speech

• Tag: Unit I → (iv) Narration
• Answer: B) Newton asked Thomas how his research was going ✅
• Explanation: Interrogative → "asked … how"; pronoun your → his; tense back-shift is → was; no question mark. Only B applies all three rules.

Q9. Idiom = "not enough to make a real difference"

• Tag: Unit I → (xi) Idioms and phrases / (vii) paragraph blanks — phrases
• Answer: A) A drop in the ocean ✅
• Explanation: "A drop in the ocean" = a very small amount compared to what is needed. The others (break the ice, bite the bullet, call it a day) mean something else.

Q10. Pronoun referring to "local stakeholders"

• Tag: Unit I → (vii) paragraph blanks — Pronouns
• Answer: B) they ✅
• Explanation: A plural subject pronoun is needed as the subject of "have firsthand insights" → they. Who needs a relative clause; those/these are demonstratives.

Q11. Homophone pair that can confuse policy meaning

• Tag: Unit I → (vii) paragraph blanks — Homonyms/Homophones
• Answer: D) all of the above ✅
• Explanation: council/counsel, capital/capitol, and principal/principle are all near-identical in sound but different in meaning — any of them can cause misunderstanding.

Q12. Underline the subordinate clause

• Tag: Unit I → (viii) Clauses
• Answer: C) Although I was not up for a movie ✅
• Explanation: Introduced by the subordinating conjunction although, it cannot stand alone — it is the dependent (subordinate) clause. The rest is the main clause.

Q13. Antonym of WINSOME

• Tag: Unit I → (x) Synonyms and antonyms
• Answer: D) Repellent ✅
• Explanation: Winsome = charming/attractive. Its opposite is repellent. Cheerful, charming, bewitching are synonyms (distractors).

Q14. Synonym of UMBRAGE

• Tag: Unit I → (x) Synonyms and antonyms
• Answer: C) Resentment ✅
• Explanation: Umbrage = offence/annoyance → resentment. Calmness/pleasure are antonyms; acclaim is unrelated.

Q15. Correct punctuation

• Tag: Unit I → (ix) Punctuation
• Answer: B) I, therefore, request you to grant me leave. ✅
• Explanation: The parenthetical connector therefore must be set off by a comma on both sides.

Q16. Idiom "steal a march on"

• Tag: Unit I → (xi) Idioms and phrases
• Answer: B) To achieve an advantage by acting before others ✅
• Explanation: "Steal a march (on someone)" = gain an advantage by acting earlier/secretly — but legitimately, so option A ("illegal means") is wrong.

Q17. Idiom "throw down the gauntlet"

• Tag: Unit I → (xi) Idioms and phrases
• Answer: B) To issue a direct challenge ✅
• Explanation: From medieval combat — throwing a glove down was a formal challenge.

Q18. Prepositions

• Tag: Unit I → (xii) Uses of Prepositions
• Answer: A) on, with ✅
• Explanation: Idiomatic collocations: "act on a recommendation" and "proceed with the reforms."

Q19. Active → Passive

• Tag: Unit I → (xiii) Active & Passive Voice
• Answer: C) Let the work be done at once. ✅
• Explanation: Imperative sentences take "Let + object + be + past participle" in the passive → "Let the work be done at once."

Q20. Passive → Active

• Tag: Unit I → (xiii) Active & Passive Voice
• Answer: D) Shilpa has forgotten the room keys. ✅
• Explanation: "have been forgotten" is present perfect passive; its active form is present perfect → "has forgotten" (subject Shilpa is singular).

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UNIT II — General Awareness (with special reference to J&K UT) (Q21–Q40)

Q21. 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security award

• Tag: Unit II → (i) Current Events of National & International importance
• Answer: A) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ✅
• Explanation: Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar received the 2025 award from the Boston Global Forum & AI World Society (Harvard, Nov 2025). (Verified online.)

Q22. Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO) location

• Tag: Unit II → General GK / Physical divisions of India
• Answer: D) Tamil Nadu ✅
• Explanation: KSO, run by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, is in Kodaikanal, in the Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu.

Q23. India's location — correct statement

• Tag: Unit II → (ii) Political & Physical divisions of India
• Answer: C) India lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres ✅
• Explanation: India is north of the Equator and east of the Prime Meridian. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the middle, so it is not "entirely" tropical/temperate.

Q24. Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through

• Tag: Unit II → (ii) Political & Physical divisions of India
• Answer: A) Manipur ✅
• Explanation: The Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states (Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram) — not Manipur.

Q25. Two works of Kalidasa

• Tag: Unit II → (iii) Indian Culture, Heritage
• Answer: B) Meghadutta and Malvikagnimitra ✅
• Explanation: Both are Kalidasa's works. Ratnavali is by Harsha, Harshacharita by Banabhatta, Kiratarjuniya by Bharavi, Malti Madhav by Bhavabhuti — so the mixed options are wrong.

Q26. Match leaders with contributions

• Tag: Unit II → (iii) Freedom Struggle / Movement
• Answer: C) i-3, ii-2, iii-1, iv-4 ✅
• Explanation: Gandhi → Dandi March; Bhagat Singh → Central Legislative Assembly Bombing; Subhash Chandra Bose → Azad Hind Fauj; Tilak → "Swaraj is my birthright."

Q27. Body responsible for conducting the census

• Tag: Unit II → (iv) Demography — Census
• Answer: D) Ministry of Home Affairs ✅
• Explanation: The Census is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Q28. "River of sorrow" rising in Khamarpat hill (Chhotanagpur)

• Tag: Unit II → (v) Important Rivers & Lakes in India
• Answer: C) Damodar ✅
• Explanation: The Damodar, historically called the "River of Sorrow" for its floods in Bengal, rises in the Chhotanagpur plateau.

Q29. Tributaries of the Kaveri

• Tag: Unit II → (v) Important Rivers & Lakes in India
• Answer: C) I, III, IV only (Arkavati, Shimsha, Lakshman Tirtha) ✅
• Explanation: These are Kaveri tributaries. Painganga is a Godavari tributary and Tungabhadra a Krishna tributary — so they are excluded.

Q30. Match Dams with Rivers

• Tag: Unit II → (v) Important Rivers & Lakes in India
• Answer: D) i-1, ii-2, iii-4, iv-3 ✅
• Explanation: Mettur → Kaveri; Ukai → Tapti; Bisalpur → Banas; Pillur → Bhavani.

Q31. Weather vs Climate

• Tag: Unit II → (vi) Weather, Climate, Crops, Transport
• Answer: B) Weather describes short-term conditions, while climate represents long-term average ✅
• Explanation: Weather = day-to-day atmospheric state; climate = long-period (≈30-yr) average. A reverses the two.

Q32. Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor connects

• Tag: Unit II → (vi) Means of Transport of India
• Answer: A) Sahnewal (Punjab) and Dankuni (Bengal) ✅
• Explanation: The Eastern DFC runs from Sahnewal/Ludhiana (Punjab) to Dankuni (West Bengal).

Q33. Kashmir's Rangrez and Namda traditions

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-d) J&K Heritage & Culture
• Answer: B) Rangrez = hereditary dyeing community patronised in the Mughal period; Namda = felted wool floor covering linked to Sufi symbolism ✅
• Explanation: Rangrez were traditional dyers; Namda is felted (not woven) woollen matting — a well-known Kashmiri craft.

Q34. J&K's share of national GDP vs population (Economic Survey 2024-25)

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-b) J&K Economy
• Answer: A) 0.8 and 0.98, respectively ✅
• Explanation: Economic Survey 2024-25: J&K contributes ~0.8% to national GDP while holding ~0.98% of the national population. (Verified online.)

Q35. Statements about Akhnoor Fort

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-a) J&K History
• Answer: B) II only ✅
• Explanation: Akhnoor Fort stands on the right bank of the Chenab (not Jhelum), so I is wrong. It was built c.1762–1802 (begun by Raja Alam Singh, completed under Raja Tegh Singh), so II is correct.

Q36. Fairs and festivals of J&K

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-d) J&K Heritage & Culture
• Answer: C) Both I and II ✅
• Explanation: Purmandal Mela is held on Shivratri (Feb–Mar); Jhiri Mela (Oct–Nov) commemorates Baba Jitu — both statements are correct.

Q37. Kashan, Kirman, Tabriz, Isfahan are subtypes of

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-d) J&K Heritage & Culture
• Answer: B) Persian Rugs ✅
• Explanation: These are classic Persian carpet/rug styles whose designs were adopted by Kashmiri carpet weavers.

Q38. Critically endangered species in J&K

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-c) J&K Geography — Fauna
• Answer: C) I and IV only (Hangul and Markhor) ✅
• Explanation: The Hangul (Kashmir stag) and Markhor are the critically endangered ones. Snow Leopard and Himalayan Tahr are classified as vulnerable/near-threatened, not critically endangered.

Q39. Ranges bounding the Kashmir valley

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-c) J&K Geography
• Answer: D) Pir Panjal range and Great Himalayas range, respectively ✅
• Explanation: The valley is bounded on the south-west by the Pir Panjal and on the north-east by the Great Himalayas.

Q40. Sadhna Pass district

• Tag: Unit II → (vii-e) J&K Geography / Tourist Destinations
• Answer: D) Kupwara ✅
• Explanation: Sadhna (Nastachun) Pass connects the Kashmir valley to the Tangdhar/Karnah sector in Kupwara district.

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UNIT III — Numerical & Reasoning Ability (Q41–Q60)

Q41. Average age problem

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Average
• Answer: D) 25 ✅
• Explanation: Total of 12 = 12×20 = 240. New avg = 21 for 15 → 315. New 3 = 315 − 240 = 75 → average = 75/3 = 25.

Q42. Two articles at same SP (profit & loss)

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Profit & Loss
• Answer: C) 7.69% loss ✅
• Explanation: CP₁ = 1500/1.20 = 1250; CP₂ = 1500/0.75 = 2000. Total CP = 3250, total SP = 3000 → loss 250 → 250/3250 = 7.69%.

Q43. Milk-water replacement

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Ratio & Proportion
• Answer: B) 12.8 litres ✅
• Explanation: Start: milk 20, water 12 (of 32 L). Final milk = 3/8 × 32 = 12. Milk left = 20(1 − x/32) = 12 → x/32 = 0.4 → x = 12.8 L.

Q44. Least perfect square divisible by 2,3,5,6,15

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Number System
• Answer: B) 900 ✅
• Explanation: LCM(2,3,5,6,15) = 30 = 2·3·5. Smallest perfect-square multiple needs even powers → 2²·3²·5² = 900 (=30²).

Q45. Remainder when 7N ÷ 7

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Number System
• Answer: A) 0 ✅
• Explanation: 7N is a multiple of 7 regardless of N, so the remainder is 0.

Q46. 100 pens — mixed profit/loss

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Profit & Loss
• Answer: A) 4% profit ✅
• Explanation: Total CP = 2000. 60 pens: SP = 1200×1.10 = 1320. 40 pens: SP = 800×0.95 = 760. Total SP = 2080 → profit 80 → 80/2000 = 4% profit.

Q47. Time & work (A leaves, C joins)

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Time & Work
• Answer: A) 11.08 days ✅
• Explanation: In 3 days A+B do 3(1/12+1/18) = 5/12; remaining 7/12. B alone in 4 days = 4/18 = 2/9. So C's 4-day work = 7/12 − 2/9 = 13/36 → C's 1-day = 13/144 → x = 144/13 ≈ 11.08 days.

Q48. Two fill pipes + one drain pipe

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Time & Work (pipes)
• Answer: D) 9 hours 36 minutes ✅
• Explanation: Rate = 1/12 + 1/16 − 1/24 = (4+3−2)/48 = 5/48 per hour → time = 48/5 = 9.6 h = 9 h 36 min.

Q49. Missing term: 40, 20, 20, 30, __, 150

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Number series
• Answer: D) 60 ✅
• Explanation: Multipliers ×0.5, ×1, ×1.5, ×2, ×2.5 → 30×2 = 60, and 60×2.5 = 150. ✔

Q50. Wrong number: 729, 243, 182, 27

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Number series
• Answer: C) 182 ✅
• Explanation: Divide by 3 each time: 729, 243, 81, 27. So 182 is wrong (should be 81).

Q51. Letter series: A, C, F, J, O, __

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Letter series
• Answer: A) U, B, J ✅
• Explanation: Gaps +2,+3,+4,+5,+6,+7,+8 → positions 21(U), 28→B (28−26), 36→J → U, B, J.

Q52. Wrong term: BDF, EGI, HJL, KMP, NPR

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Letter series
• Answer: C) KMP ✅
• Explanation: Each triad is letters at +2 gaps → should be K, M, O, not KMP.

Q53. Coding: DELHI → WVOSR, so MUMBAI →

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Coding-decoding
• Answer: A) NFNYZR ✅
• Explanation: Atbash cipher (A↔Z): M→N, U→F, M→N, B→Y, A→Z, I→R → NFNYZR.

Q54. Direction after turns

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Direction sense
• Answer: D) South ✅
• Explanation: South →(90° CW) West →(180° ACW) East →(90° CW) South.

Q55. Shortest distance (path walking)

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Direction sense
• Answer: C) 290 m ✅
• Explanation: Net displacement = (200 east, 210 south) → √(200² + 210²) = √84100 = 290 m.

Q56. Blood relation

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Blood relations
• Answer: A) Sister ✅
• Explanation: "Daughter of the only son of my grandfather" → the only son is Ram's father → his daughter is Ram's sister.

Q57. Divide Rs.270 among A, B, C

• Tag: Unit III → Arithmetic — Ratio & Proportion
• Answer: C) 10:5:3 ✅
• Explanation: A=2B, C=B−30, sum 270 → 4B−30=270 → B=75, A=150, C=45 → 150:75:45 = 10:5:3.

Q58. Value of x·y

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Mathematical reasoning
• Answer: B) 45 ✅
• Explanation: x+y=14, x−y=4 → x=9, y=5 → x·y = 45.

Q59. Boat downstream/upstream

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Speed, Distance & Time
• Answer: D) None of the above ✅
• Explanation: Downstream 15 km/h, upstream 10 km/h. 45/15 + 30/10 = 3 + 3 = 6 hours, which is not listed → None.

Q60. Train crossing pole vs platform

• Tag: Unit III → Reasoning — Speed, Distance & Time
• Answer: B) 12 seconds ✅
• Explanation: 54 km/h = 15 m/s. T1 = 120/15 = 8 s; T2 = 300/15 = 20 s → T2 − T1 = 12 s.

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

Q61. Operating system

• Tag: Unit IV → (iv) Operating system
• Answer: C) Provides a layer, user friendly interface ✅
• Explanation: An OS acts as an interface between user/hardware, providing a user-friendly environment. The other options describe linkers/flowchart tools.

Q62. Where OS stays while computer is on

• Tag: Unit IV → (iv) Operating system
• Answer: D) Primary storage ✅
• Explanation: The running kernel/OS resides in primary storage (RAM) for the CPU to access quickly.

Q63. Running many programs at once needs

• Tag: Unit IV → (iv) Operating system
• Answer: C) Multitasking ✅
• Explanation: Multitasking lets an OS run more than one program (task) concurrently.

Q64. Open-source mobile OS

• Tag: Unit IV → (ii) Hardware & Software / (iv) OS
• Answer: C) Android ✅
• Explanation: Android (AOSP) is open-source; iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry OS are proprietary.

Q65. CPU component controlling sequence of operations & data flow

• Tag: Unit IV → (i) Fundamentals of computer sciences
• Answer (as per key): C) ALU ✅ (see note)
• Explanation: The provisional key marks C (ALU). However, the function described — controlling the sequence of operations and managing data flow — is the textbook definition of the Control Unit (option D). This appears to be an answer-key error; candidates could file an objection with the Control Unit (D) as the technically correct answer.

Q66. License to view, change and share source code

• Tag: Unit IV → (ii) Hardware & Software
• Answer: A) Open-source license ✅
• Explanation: An open-source license grants rights to view, modify and redistribute source code.

Q67. Highest data transfer rate among storage devices

• Tag: Unit IV → (iii) Input/output & storage
• Answer: C) Solid State Drive ✅
• Explanation: SSDs (no moving parts, flash memory) offer far higher transfer rates than HDD, optical disk or magnetic tape.

Q68. Firmware that initializes hardware & loads the OS

• Tag: Unit IV → (ii) Hardware & Software
• Answer: C) BIOS ✅
• Explanation: BIOS firmware performs POST, initializes hardware and hands over to the bootloader/OS. A driver/compiler/kernel are software, not boot firmware.

Q69. Best device for large engineering drawings

• Tag: Unit IV → (iii) Output devices
• Answer: B) Plotter ✅
• Explanation: Plotters produce large, precise vector drawings (maps, CAD, blueprints).

Q70. Reads characters printed in magnetic ink

• Tag: Unit IV → (iii) Input devices
• Answer: C) MICR ✅
• Explanation: MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) reads the magnetic-ink codes on bank cheques.

Q71. Generation that introduced integrated circuits (ICs)

• Tag: Unit IV → (i) Fundamentals of computer sciences
• Answer: C) Third generation ✅
• Explanation: The third generation replaced transistors with ICs. (1st = vacuum tubes, 2nd = transistors, 4th = microprocessors.)

Q72. Smallest unit of data

• Tag: Unit IV → (i) Fundamentals of computer sciences
• Answer: B) Bit ✅
• Explanation: A bit (0 or 1) is the smallest unit of data; 8 bits = 1 byte.

Q73. Binary equivalent of decimal 10

• Tag: Unit IV → (i) Fundamentals of computer sciences
• Answer: A) 1010 ✅
• Explanation: 10 = 8 + 2 = 1010₂.

Q74. Full form of ISP

• Tag: Unit IV → (vi) E-mail & Internet
• Answer: D) Internet Service Provider ✅
• Explanation: ISP = Internet Service Provider (e.g., BSNL, Jio, Airtel).

Q75. In an email address, "@" separates

• Tag: Unit IV → (vi) E-mail & Internet
• Answer: D) UserName and Domain Name ✅
• Explanation: Format is username@domain → "@" separates the username from the domain name.

Q76. Protocol ensuring secure email transmission

• Tag: Unit IV → (vi) E-mail & Internet
• Answer: C) SSL/TLS ✅
• Explanation: SSL/TLS encrypts the connection for secure transmission; FTP/HTTP/TCP are not encryption protocols.

Q77. Word feature to combine letters with an address database

• Tag: Unit IV → (v) MS Word
• Answer: D) Mail Merge ✅
• Explanation: Mail Merge merges a template letter with a data source (addresses) to mass-produce personalized letters.

Q78. Symbol to start a formula in Excel

• Tag: Unit IV → (v) MS Excel
• Answer: B) = ✅
• Explanation: Every Excel formula begins with the equals sign (=).

Q79. Query that retrieves data based on a condition

• Tag: Unit IV → (v) MS Access
• Answer: C) Select Query ✅
• Explanation: A Select query retrieves/filters records meeting a condition; update/append/delete queries modify data.

Q80. Key to start a slideshow from the beginning

• Tag: Unit IV → (v) PowerPoint Presentation
• Answer: B) F5 ✅
• Explanation: F5 starts the slideshow from the first slide (Shift+F5 starts from the current slide).

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Answer Key at a Glance (Series A)

* Q65 — key shows C (ALU); technically the correct answer is D (Control Unit). See Q65 note above.

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

• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar — 2025 World Leader for Peace & Security Award (ANI)
• Boston Global Forum — World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2025
• J&K Economic Survey 2024-25 — 0.8% of GDP, 0.98% of population (Outlook Business)
• J&K Planning Dept — Economic Survey 2024-25 (PDF)