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HP High Court Clerk/Proof Reader Exam – Question Paper

Exam Date: 15 October 2026

1. When is World Heritage Day observed? (A) 5 June (B) 18 April (C) 22 April (D) 21 May

2. Where are the headquarters of major European Union institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament located? (A) Paris and Rome (B) Berlin and Paris (C) Brussels and Luxembourg (D) Madrid and Brussels

3. Based on revenue generation, India ranks at which position among the world’s largest quick commerce markets? (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth

4. Warm-core and cold-core rings are associated with which oceanographic phenomenon? (A) El Niño–Southern Oscillation (B) Gulf Stream (C) Indian Ocean Dipole (D) Thermohaline circulation

5. The “Living Planet Report” is published by which organisation? (A) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (B) World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (C) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (D) World Resources Institute (WRI)

6. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? (A) Boris Johnson (B) Rishi Sunak (C) Keir Starmer (D) David Cameron

7. In which ocean is the Mariana Trench located? (A) Atlantic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean

8. Which is the largest gulf in the world? (A) Gulf of Mexico (B) Persian Gulf (C) Gulf of Aden (D) Gulf of California

9. Which country has the largest number of islands in the world? (A) Indonesia (B) Sweden (C) Philippines (D) Japan

10. Which country is the world’s largest producer of uranium? (A) Uzbekistan (B) Kazakhstan (C) USA (D) India

11. Who was the founder of the famous Hindi daily newspaper “Aaj”? (A) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi (B) Shiv Prasad Gupta (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya (D) Bharatendu Harishchandra

12. Who received the Best Male Athlete of the Year 2025 award at the Indian Athletics Awards? (A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Kishore Jena (C) Avinash Sable (D) Tajinderpal Singh Toor

13. Who was appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities in 2026? (A) Iqbal Singh Lalpura (B) Harjit Singh Grewal (C) Syed Shahezadi (D) S. Munawari Begum

14. Which port became India’s second major port, after Visakhapatnam, to achieve an operational draft capacity of 18 metres? (A) Kamarajar Port (B) Paradip Port (C) Deendayal Port (D) Jawaharlal Nehru Port

15. The “Guwahati Declaration” was adopted by the countries belonging to which organisation? (A) ASEAN (B) BRICS (C) SAARC (D) G20

17. What is the difference between revenue expenditure and revenue receipts called? (A) Fiscal Deficit (B) Primary Deficit (C) Revenue Deficit (D) Budget Deficit

18. Which site became India’s 45th property to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List? (A) Dholavira (B) Sarnath (C) Nalanda Mahavihara (D) Santiniketan

19. Where was the Central Water and Power Commission established? (A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Kolkata (D) Shimla

20. When was the Indian Air Force established through a Gazette notification issued from Shimla? (A) 8 October 1930 (B) 8 October 1931 (C) 8 October 1932 (D) 15 August 1932

21. Who became the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour title? (A) Viswanathan Anand (B) D. Gukesh (C) R. Praggnanandhaa (D) Arjun Erigaisi

22. According to the RBI Annual Report 2025–26, which denomination has the highest volume of coins in circulation in India? (A) ₹1 coin (B) ₹2 coin (C) ₹5 coin (D) ₹10 coin

23. Who was the first woman Vice-Chancellor in India? (A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Hansa Jivraj Mehta (C) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (D) Sucheta Kriplani

24. Who started the newspaper “Sudharak”? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (C) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (D) Behramji Malabari

25. Which state of India is known as the “Molasses Basin”? (A) Tripura (B) Mizoram (C) Manipur (D) Nagaland

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26. When is National Hindi Day observed in India? (A) 10 January (B) 14 September (C) 26 January (D) 15 August

27. Which place was India’s first fossil of the “Gourami” fish discovered? (A) Dehradun, Uttarakhand (B) Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh (C) Kangra, Himachal Pradesh (D) Siwalik, Punjab

28. Where was the world’s largest solar tree installed in India in 2020? (A) Bengaluru, Karnataka (B) Pune, Maharashtra (C) Durgapur, West Bengal (D) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

29. Which female cricketer was awarded the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August 2026? (A) Lucy Barnett (B) Hayley Matthews (C) Deepti Sharma (D) Beth Mooney

30. Who recently became the first Indian male archer to win the Archery World Cup Final? (A) Naveen Rana (B) Bajrang Garhwal (C) Dhiraj Bommadevara (D) Ramesh Mehlawat

31. Who is the author of the book “Barf Ke Heere”? (A) Ratan Singh Himesh (B) Prof. Som Ranchan (C) Yashpal (D) Satyendra Sharma

Q32. Which valley lies between the Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal ranges in Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Balh Valley (B) Bara Bhangal Valley (C) Kiara Dun Valley (D) Pabbar Valley

Q33. Which pass is known as “Shingo-La”?

(A) Rohtang Pass (B) Bara-Lacha Pass (C) Zanskar Pass (D) Jalori Pass

Q34. The spoken language of which district of Himachal Pradesh was described by Rahul Sankrityayan as “Hamakada” or “Hamskada”?

(A) Lahaul (B) Kinnaur (C) Chamba (D) Shimla

Q35. Which three cooperative banks were amalgamated to establish the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd. in 1953?

(A) Mahasu Central Cooperative Bank, Mandi Central Cooperative Bank and Chamba Central Cooperative Bank

(B) H.P. Gramin Bank, Jogindra Central Cooperative Bank and Mahasu Central Cooperative Bank

(D) Mandi Central Cooperative Bank, Jogindra Central Cooperative Bank and H.P. Gramin Bank

Q36. “Telangi Selection” and “Ribba Selection” are local varieties of which dry fruit?

(A) Walnut (B) Pistachio (C) Almond (D) Apricot

Q37. With effect from which date did the Central Government extend the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) 18 December 1970 (B) 25 January 1971 (C) 1 May 1967 (D) 15 August 1966

Q38. What is the name of the old Secretariat building of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Peterhoff Building (B) Ellerslie Building (C) Barnes Court (D) Armsdale

Q39. The Pathankot area that was transferred to Himachal Pradesh on 1 November 1966 was previously a part of which district?

(A) Shimla (B) Gurdaspur (C) Chamba (D) Bilaspur

Q40. Until 1942–43, Shimla served as the capital-in-exile of which country?

(A) China (B) Japan (C) Burma (D) Tibet

Q41. Who is the Registrar General of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Bhupesh Sharma (B) Vikas Bhardwaj (C) Rajeev Bali (D) Nitin Kumar

Q42. Which of the following river streams does not flow through Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Bakar (B) Sukar (C) Mundkhar (D) Sir

Q43. Between which latitudes and longitudes is Himachal Pradesh geographically located?

(A) 30°22′40″ N to 33°12′40″ N latitude and 75°45′55″ E to 79°04′20″ E longitude

(B) 29°22′40″ N to 32°12′40″ N latitude and 74°45′55″ E to 78°04′20″ E longitude

(D) 30°12′40″ N to 34°22′40″ N latitude and 75°15′55″ E to 80°04′20″ E longitude

Q44. Before the establishment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which institution was replaced by the Himachal Bench of the Delhi High Court at Shimla?

(A) District Court (B) Court of Judicial Commissioner (C) Supreme Court Bench (D) Sessions Court

Q45. Who led the movement for the merger of Rampur with Himachal Pradesh and India?

(A) Devlal (B) Annulal (C) Ramprasad (D) Devkinandan

Q46. Which state shares Himachal Pradesh’s western boundary?

(A) Haryana (B) Punjab (C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Uttarakhand

Q47. Kangra Fort is situated on the banks of which river in Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Ravi River (B) Sutlej River (C) Banganga River (D) Beas River

Q48. In which year was the first salt mine opened in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh?

(A) 1844 (B) 1841 (C) 1843 (D) 1842

Q49. In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the Andhraa Hydroelectric Project located?

(A) Shimla (B) Kullu (C) Una (D) Chamba

Q50. In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the Central Research Institute (CRI) located?

(A) Sirmaur (B) Solan (C) Una (D) Chamba

Q51. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan, the third Chief Justice of India, belonged to which area of Kangra district?

(A) Palampur (B) Nagrota (C) Shahpur (D) Nurpur

Q52. Why did Timur (Temur-Lang) not invade Nagarkot in 1399?

(A) Heavy Rainfall (B) Revolt in his army (C) Difficult Terrain (D) None of the above

Q53. The forces of Alexander refused to cross which of the following rivers and returned back?

(A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej

Q54. Bhadal merges with which of the following rivers to form the Ravi River in Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Tant-giri (B) Bhaga (C) Miyar Nullah (D) Sansari Nala

Q55. What percentage of India’s total geographical area is covered by Himachal Pradesh?

(A) 1.5% (B) 1.7% (C) 2.1% (D) 2.5%

Q56. Which of the following lakes was referred to as “Chanderkup Tal” by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang?

(A) Chandratal (B) Suraj Tal (C) Saketi Lake (D) Renuka Lake

Q57. On which date did Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia assume charge as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court?

(A) 23 December 2024 (B) 27 December 2024 (C) 29 December 2024 (D) 31 December 2024

Q58. As of September 2026, what is the sanctioned strength of judges in the Himachal Pradesh High Court, including the Chief Justice?

(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 20

Q59. Which Act granted full statehood to Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Himachal Pradesh Territorial Council Act, 1951 (B) State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 (C) Himachal Pradesh Statehood Act, 1971 (D) States Reorganisation Act, 1956

Note: Questions and options have been transcribed from the supplied images. Some spellings and factual details may require verification against official sources.

60. Who was the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the newly formed Himachal Pradesh in 1952?

(A) Dina Nath (B) Vidya Dhar (C) Jaswant Ram (D) None of these

61. One Megabyte (MB) is equal to how many Kilobytes (KB) in the conventional computer measurement system?

(A) 100 KB (B) 512 KB (C) 1024 KB (D) 2048 KB

62. Computers that combine both measuring and counting are called:

(A) Analog Computers (B) Digital Computers (C) Hybrid Computers (D) All of these

63. Which of the following is used to remove a software bug or defect and is generally provided free of cost by the software provider?

(A) Version (B) Update (C) Help (D) Patch

64. What is the text styling feature of MS Word known as?

(A) WordArt (B) WordFill (C) WordStyle (D) WordLooks

65. Which keyboard shortcut is used to change the case of selected text in MS Word?

(A) Ctrl + H (B) Alt + F8 (C) Shift + F3 (D) Ctrl + Shift

66. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to add an outline border to the selected cell(s) in MS Excel?

(A) Ctrl + Shift + / (B) Ctrl + Shift + & (C) Alt + Shift + / (D) Alt + Shift + B

67. What are malicious computer programs called that gain root or administrative access to a computer?

(A) Antivirus (B) Spamware (C) Rootkits (D) Backdoors

68. What is the use of the Ctrl + ; key combination in MS Excel?

(A) Inserts the current date (B) Inserts the current time (C) Inserts the current day (D) Inserts the current timestamp

69. What is an embedded system?

(A) A program that arrives by being wrapped in a box (B) A program that is a permanent part of the computer (C) A computer that is part of a larger computer (D) A computer and software system designed to control a machine

70. Which of the following programming languages is classified as a low-level language?

(A) BASIC, COBOL and FORTRAN (B) Prolog (C) C and C++ (D) Assembly language

71. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

(A) Gathering data (B) Processing data into information (C) Analyzing the data or information (D) Storing the data or information

72. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of:

(A) Spooling (B) Identity theft (C) Spoofing (D) Hacking

73. What is the default file extension for a Microsoft Word document?

(A) .pdf (B) .docx (C) .xls (D) .txt

74. Which of the following storage devices has the fastest access speed in the computer?

(A) HDD (B) SSD (C) USB Flash Drive (D) CD-ROM

75. Properly arranged data is known as:

(A) Field (B) Words (C) File (D) Information

76. A cloud application is experiencing latency issues. What could be a potential cause?

(A) High CPU utilization (B) Network congestion (C) Incorrect DNS settings (D) Insufficient disk space

77. Which device can understand the difference between data and programs?

(A) Input device (B) Output device (C) Memory (D) Microprocessor

78. What does “CC” stand for in an email?

(A) Carbon Copy (B) Creative Copy (C) Carbon Certificate (D) Confidential Copy

79. How do you add an attachment to an email?

(A) By clicking on the “Attach File” icon (B) By copying and pasting the file into the message (C) Attachments are automatically added (D) By clicking on the “Attach File” icon

Note: Options A and D are identical in the supplied question paper.

80. What is the shortcut key to start a PowerPoint slideshow from the beginning?

(A) F1 (B) Ctrl + Shift + S (C) Ctrl + F5 (D) F5

81. Look closely at the letter pattern and choose the series from the options given that will correctly fill the blank.

ELFA, GLHA, IJUA, _____, MLNA

(A) OLPA (B) KLMA (C) LLMA (D) KLLA

82. Ramesh said, “Sunita is the wife of the grandson of my sister’s mother.” How is Ramesh related to Sunita?

(A) Father (B) Father-in-law (C) Brother-in-law (D) Grandfather

83. In the school midterm exams, Raj has lower marks than Priya, but has more than Anjali. However, Vikram also has more marks than Raj. Who has the lowest marks?

(A) Raj (B) Priya (C) Anjali (D) Vikram

84. Ravi prefers Economics to Maths, English to Social Science, and Political Science to History. If he prefers Maths to History, and Social Science to Maths, which is Ravi’s least preferred subject?

(A) History (B) Maths (C) Social Science (D) Economics

85. Choose the word that cannot be formed using letters from “ENCOURAGEMENT”:

(A) COURAGE (B) MEANT (C) GENERATE (D) CEMENT

86. Which diagram represents the relationship: Birds, Parrots, Eagles?

(A) Three intersecting circles (B) A small circle within a big circle (C) Two overlapping circles (D) None of these

87. Directions: In the following, a pair of sentences (S1, S2) is given. Select the most appropriate and relevant co-relationship of the second sentence to the first.

S1: Some people doubt that God exists.

S2: Belief in the existence of God is universal.

The second sentence:

(A) Contradicts the assertion of the first (B) Contrasts the assertion of the first (C) Confirms the assertion of the first (D) Qualifies the assertion of the first

Q88. In a club, there are 58 members. Among them, 25 members drink tea, 23 members drink coffee and only 7 members drink both tea and coffee. What is the ratio of the number of members who drink tea or coffee but not both, to the number of members who drink neither tea nor coffee?

(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 2 : 1

Q89. Based on the alphabetical order, three of the following four are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

Note: The odd man out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster.

(A) NQT (B) DGJ (C) LNQ (D) PSV

Q90. Arun started from point A and walked 10 km East to point B, then turned to North and walked 3 km to point C, then turned West and walked 12 km to point D, then again turned South and walked 3 km to point E. In which direction is he from his starting point?

(A) East (B) South (C) West (D) North

Q91. During a certain period, the cost of living index number goes up from 110 to 200 and the salary of a worker is also raised from ₹330 to ₹500. The worker does not get real gain. Then the real wages decreased by:

(A) ₹45.45 (B) ₹43.25 (C) ₹100 (D) None of these

Q92. If RED is coded as 6720, then GREEN would be coded as:

(A) 9207716 (B) 167129 (C) 1677209 (D) 1672091

Q93. Find the missing number in the following series:

2, 7, 27, 107, 427, ?

(A) 1707 (B) 4027 (C) 4207 (D) 1207

Q94. Sita is the niece of Ashok. Ashok’s mother is Lakshmi. Kalyani is Lakshmi’s mother. Kalyani’s husband is Gopal. Parvathi is the mother-in-law of Gopal. How is Sita related to Gopal?

(A) Great grandson’s daughter (B) Gopal’s Sita’s father (C) Sita is Gopal’s great granddaughter (D) Grand niece

Q95. Choose the option that is different from the other three:

(A) Mango (B) Orange (C) Sweet lime (D) Walnut

Q96. Choose the option that is different from the other three:

(A) Cauliflower (B) Litchi (C) Pointed gourd (D) Brinjal

Q97. Choose the option that is different from the other three:

(A) Spinach (B) Bathua (C) Fenugreek (D) Peas

Directions for Questions 98 to 100

In each of the following questions, two words are related to each other in a certain way. A third word is given, followed by four options. Select the option that has the same relationship with the third word as exists between the first and second words.

Q98. Force : Newton :: Work : ?

(A) Pascal (B) Ohm (C) Joule (D) Watt

Q99. Thermometer : Temperature :: Ammeter : ?

(A) Electric current (B) Power (C) Potential difference (D) None of these

Q100. Choose the option in which the words have the same relationship with each other as the words of the word pair given below.

Clock : Time

(A) Ammeter : Current (B) Tensiometer : Wind (C) Anemometer : Tension (D) Balance : Measure

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