SSC Grad. Level Exam 2010

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge - Held on 16-5-2010

1. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004?

  1. Irian Jaya
  2. Sumatra
  3. Kalibangari
  4. Java

2. The first non-stop air-conditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged of between

  1. Sealdah - New Delhi
  2. Mumbai - Howrah
  3. Bangalore -Howrah
  4. Chennai - NewDelhi

3. Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10?

  1. Planning Commission
  2. PM’s Economic Advisory
  3. Finance Commission
  4. Reserve Bank of India

4. India and U.S. have decided to finalise agreements related to which of the following?

  1. Trade and Investment
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Traditional Knowledge
  4. All of the above

5. Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Gujarat
  4. Maharashtra

6. Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter?

  1. China
  2. India
  3. Brazil
  4. Indonesia

7. The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as

  1. Balance of trade
  2. Bilateral trade
  3. Volume of trade
  4. Multilateral trade

8. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by

  1. Afforestation
  2. Terrace cultivation
  3. Strip cropping
  4. Contour ploughing

9. Who coined the word ‘Geography’?

  1. Ptolemy
  2. Eratosthenes
  3. Hacataus
  4. Herodotus

10. Which of the following is called the "ecological hot spot of India"?

  1. Western Ghats
  2. Eastern Ghats
  3. Western Himalayas
  4. Eastern Himalayas

11. The art and science of map making is called

  1. Remote Sensing
  2. Cartography
  3. Photogrammetry
  4. Mapping

12. The age of the earth can be determined by

  1. Geological Time Scale
  2. Radio-Metric Dating
  3. Gravity method
  4. Fossilization method

13. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was

  1. Vishnu Gupta
  2. Upa Gupta
  3. Brahma Gupta
  4. Brihadratha

14. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’ was made by

  1. George Washington
  2. Winston Churchill
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Theodore Roosevelt

15. The Lodi dynasty was founded by

  1. Ibrahim Lodi
  2. Sikandar Lodi
  3. Bahlol Lodi
  4. Khizr Khan

16. Harshvardhana was defeated by

  1. Prabhakaravardhana
  2. Pulakesin II
  3. Narasimhavarma Pallava
  4. Sasanka

17. Who among the following was illiterate?

  1. Jahangir
  2. Shah Jahan
  3. Akbar
  4. Aurangazeb

18. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

  1. Lord Ripon
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Bentinck
  4. Lord Curzon

19. India attained Dominion Status on

  1. 15th January, 1947
  2. 15th August, 1947
  3. 15th August, 1950
  4. 15th October, 1947

20. Despotism is possible in a

  1. One party state
  2. Two party states
  3. Multi party state
  4. Two and multi party state

21. Marx belonged to

  1. Germany
  2. Holland
  3. France
  4. Britain

22. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights?

  1. Legislature
  2. Executive
  3. Political parties
  4. Judiciary

23. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with

  1. Administrative Reforms
  2. Electoral Reforms
  3. Financial Reforms
  4. Centre-State relations

24. The speaker of the Lok- Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to

  1. Prime Minister of India
  2. President of India
  3. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
  4. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

25. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the

  1. Ability to purchase
  2. Necessity to buy
  3. Desire to buy
  4. Utility of the product

26. The terms "Micro Economics" and "Macro Economics" were coined by

  1. Alfred Marshall
  2. Ragner Nurkse
  3. Ragner Frisch
  4. J.M. Keynes

27. During periods of inflations, tax rates should

  1. Increase
  2. Decrease
  3. Remain constant
  4. Fluctuate

28. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India?

  1. Agricultural sector
  2. Industrial sector
  3. Transport sector
  4. Banking Sector

29. Economics is what it ought to be. This statement refers to

  1. Normative Economics
  2. Positive Economics
  3. Monetary Economics
  4. Fiscal Economics

30. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called

  1. Price
  2. Profit
  3. Producer Surplus
  4. Consumer Surplus