SSC MTS Exam 2013 - 17.03.13

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

1. Who is the first economist to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics in single?

  1. Simon Kuznets
  2. Wassily Leontief
  3. Milton Friedman
  4. Paul A. Samuelson

2. The supply of Money in a country means

  1. Cash balances held by the government
  2. Aggregate Stock of money issued by the Central Bank
  3. Cash reserves owned by the Commercial Banks.
  4. Total Stock of money in circulation at a given period of time.

3. Corner shop is an example for

  1. Partnership
  2. Sole trade
  3. Limited company
  4. Public company

4. Which one of the following is an advantage of the market economic system?

  1. Better governance
  2. Equal income distribution
  3. Protects the environment
  4. Incentives to producers

5. The vertical distance between total cost and total variable cost is

  1. total average cost
  2. marginal cost
  3. total fixed cost
  4. average fixed cost

6. Who said that, Man is by nature a political animal?

  1. Plato
  2. Chew
  3. Polybius
  4. Aristotle

7. According to Indian Constitution, Right to Property is a

  1. Fundamental Right
  2. Legal Right
  3. Both
  4. None

8. Which among the following are duties of Indian citizens as per Constitution of India?

  1. Respect National Anthem, Flag etc.
  2. Develop Scientific temper.
  3. Protect and preserve National and Cultural Heritage.
  4. All of the above.

9. The Right to Information is based on the

  1. right to know implied under Article 14
  2. right to know implied under Article 19 (1) (A)
  3. right to know implied under Article 21
  4. right to know implied under Article 32

10. Which of the following was called by Gandhi as ‘post dated cheque’?

  1. Cripps proposal
  2. McDonald Award
  3. Simon Commission Report
  4. None of these

11. Whom did Ashoka appoint to spread Buddhism to many parts of Asia?

  1. Nagarikas
  2. Adhyakshas
  3. Mahamatras
  4. Dharma Mahamatras

12. Under whose leadership the Sikhs became a Political and Military force?

  1. Guru Har Rai
  2. Guru Har Kishan
  3. Guru Tegh Bahadur
  4. Guru Gobind Singh

13. Khajuraho was the capital of

  1. Paramaras
  2. Chauhans
  3. Chandelas
  4. Rathods

14. During the British rule, the only British King to visit India and hold a grand Durbar was

  1. Edward 6th
  2. George 5th
  3. James 2nd
  4. James 6th

15. Who among the following noted for the first time the existence of seven castes in India?

  1. Kautilya
  2. Seleucus Nicator
  3. Megasthenes
  4. Justin

16. The largest industry in India is

  1. Textile
  2. Steel
  3. Cement
  4. Automobile

17. Who measured first the circumferences of earth?

  1. Hecataeus
  2. Herodotus
  3. Aristotle
  4. Eratosthenes

18. Which one of the following land forms is not related to glaciers?

  1. Hanging valleys
  2. Corries in the mountains
  3. U-shaped valleys
  4. Natural levees

19. India recently launched a satellite in orbit for the purpose of

  1. Education
  2. Marine Exploration
  3. Mission to Moon
  4. Resource Evaluation

20. Pedology deals with the scientific study of

  1. Rocks
  2. Soils
  3. Caves
  4. Fossils

21. Which of the following are exclusively marine animals?

  1. Chondrichthyes
  2. Echinoderms
  3. Molluscs
  4. Coelenterates

22. Which one can imitate human speech?

  1. Whale
  2. Dolphin
  3. Ape
  4. Bear

23. Haemophilia is a kind of disease which is

  1. Viral
  2. Bacterial
  3. Hereditary
  4. Fungal

24. For a living organism, greatest available energy is from

  1. H2O
  2. CO2
  3. ATP
  4. ADP

25. HIV is a

  1. Combination of disease symptoms
  2. Developmental index
  3. Viral disease
  4. Retrovirus

26. In winter, when water freezes due to cold, fishes and other aquatic animals

  1. can live because only the upper layer of the water freezes
  2. migrate to other warmer places.
  3. can live safely because they have inbuilt mechanism to withstand the cold.
  4. die.

27. The planet nearest to the Sun is

  1. Mercury
  2. Earth
  3. Venus
  4. Pluto

28. The electrical resistance of a conductor is independent of its

  1. temperature
  2. pressure
  3. length
  4. cross-sectional area