SSC Multitasking Staff Exam 2011

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

1. Which state is rich in jute?

  1. West Bengal
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Kerala
  4. Orissa

2. Which of the following countries are connected by the Palk Strait?

  1. India and Sri Lanka
  2. North Korea and South Korea
  3. Pakistan and China
  4. Britain and France

3. What is the minimum percentage of votes a political party must get to acquire the status of a registered party?

  1. 1%
  2. 2%
  3. 3%
  4. 4%

4. Who estimated the National Income for the first time in India?

  1. Mahalanobis
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. VKRV Rao
  4. Sardar Patel

5. Economic development depends on

  1. Natural resources
  2. Capital formation
  3. Size of the market
  4. All of the above

6. National income is generated from

  1. any money making activity
  2. any laborious activity
  3. any profit-making activity
  4. any productive activity

7. Money supply is governed by the

  1. Planning Commission
  2. Finance Commission
  3. Reserve Bank of India
  4. Commercial Banks

8. Match the following

List I List II
1. Hazaribagh a. Coal
2. Neyveli b. Iron
3. Jharia c. Lignite
4. Rourkela d. Mica

Code:

  1. 1 - c; 2 - d; 3 - a; 4 - b
  2. 1 - d; 2 - c; 3 - a; 4 - b
  3. 1 - a; 2 - b; 3 - c; 4 - d
  4. 1 - d; 2 - c; 3 - b; 4 - a

9. The headquarters of WTO is at

  1. New York
  2. Uruguay
  3. Doha
  4. Geneva

10. Which state is called the 'Rice Bowl' of India?

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Kerala
  4. Karnataka

11. The highest waterfall of India is

  1. Shimsha falls
  2. Hogenakkal falls
  3. Courtallam falls
  4. Jog falls

12. Which one of the following is known as the 'immovable property' in the cell?

  1. Carbohydrate
  2. Fat
  3. Protein
  4. Nucleic acid

13. Water from the soil enters into root hairs owing to

  1. Atmosheric pressure
  2. Capillary pressure
  3. Root pressure
  4. Osmotic pressure

14. What is meant by a 'pir' in the Sufi tradition?

  1. The Supreme God
  2. The Guru of the Sufis
  3. The greatest of all Sufi saints
  4. The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs

15. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?

  1. 1599
  2. 1707
  3. 1699
  4. 1657

16. Who propounded the Panchsheel Principles?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Lord Buddha
  3. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati