SSC Grad. Level Exam 2012 - 08.07.12

Solved Question Paper - General Awareness

1. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic good?

  1. Doctor’s service
  2. Teacher’s service
  3. Mother’s service
  4. Banker’s service

2. Which one of the following is associated with banking sector reforms in India?

  1. L. C. Gupta
  2. Narsimhan
  3. Chakravarty
  4. Kelkar

3. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control of the RBI?

  1. Fixing margin requirements
  2. Variable interest rate
  3. Open market operations
  4. Credit rationing

4. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period

  1. 2010 - 2015
  2. 2011 - 2016
  3. 2012 - 2017
  4. 2013 – 2018

5. The national income of  a nation is the

  1. Government’s annual revenue
  2. Sum total of factor incomes
  3. Surplus of public sector enterprises
  4. Exports minus imports

6. The constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguard against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the

  1. 42nd Amendment Act
  2. 43rd Amendment Act
  3. 44th Amendment Act
  4. 45th Amendment Act

7. The Fundamental rights can be suspended by the

  1. Governor
  2. President
  3. Law Minister
  4. Prime Minister

8. The main reason for the growth of communalism in India is

  1. Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
  2. Political consciousness
  3. Social inequalities
  4. Imposing ban on communal organizations

9. A Retired Judge of a High Court  is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in

  1. Supreme Court
  2. Any Court in India
  3. High Courts
  4. Except the High Court where he retired

10. Which one of the following does not match?

(a) Hindu marriage act :1955
(b) Medical  Termination of Pregnancy Act :1971
(c) Domestic Violence on Women Act :1990
(d) Cruelty against Women :1995

11. Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?

  1. Lord Ripon
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Mountbatten
  4. Lord Canning

12. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by

  1. Mahmud Ghazni
  2. Muhammad Ghori
  3. Qutbuddin Aibak
  4. Yalduz

13. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was

  1. Mahadji Sindhia
  2. Tukoji Holkar
  3. Narayan Rao
  4. Balaji Janardan Bhanu

14.Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Dayanand Saraswati

15. Arrange the following in chronological order:

  1. Dandi March
  2. Simon Commission
  3. Poona pact
  4. Gandhi Irwin Pact
  1. II, I, III, IV
  2. II, I, IV, III
  3. IV, III, I, II
  4. IV, III, II, I

16.Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Darjeeling-   West Bengal
  2. Mount Abu -   Rajasthan
  3. Kodiakanal -   Tamil Nadu
  4. Simla      -   Uttar Pradesh

17. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on

  1. January 30th
  2. December 22nd
  3. September 22nd
  4. July 4th

18. Consider the following pairs:

TributaryMain River
Chambal :Yamuna
Sone :Narmada
Manas :Brahmputra

Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 3 only

19. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is

  1. Dew
  2. Frost
  3. Smog
  4. Mist

20. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as

  1. Population density
  2. Nutritional density
  3. Agricultural density
  4. Industrial density

21. Green glands are associated with

  1. Reproduction
  2. Excretion
  3. Respiration
  4. Digestion

22. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of

  1. Active transport
  2. Diffusion
  3. Diffusion and active transport
  4. Osmosis

23. Heart is devoid of

  1. Cardiac muscle
  2. Involuntary muscle
  3. Voluntary Muscle
  4. Smooth Muscle

24. The soil salinity is measured by

  1. Conductivity meter
  2. Hygrometer
  3. Psychrometer
  4. Auxanometer

25. Which one of the following is a fungal disease

  1. Leucoderma
  2. Eczema
  3. Ringworm
  4. Elephantiasis

26. Chickenpox is caused by

  1. DNA Virus
  2. Variola Virus
  3. Streptococcus
  4. Vibrio Cholera

27. Instruments can be shielded from the outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with

  1. Iron Shield
  2. Rubber Shield
  3. Brass Shield
  4. Glass Shield

28. Find the odd one.

  1. Marble
  2. Chalk
  3. Limestone
  4. Slaked Lime

29. The following is a pseudo-force

  1. Centrepetal force
  2. Centrifugal reaction force
  3. Centrifugal force
  4. Strong Nuclear force

30. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of

  1. Archimedes' principle
  2. Torricellean law
  3. Bernoulli's Theorem
  4. Pascal's law