SSC GL Exam 2013 - 19.05.13
1. The demand for labour is called
- Derived demand
- Factory demand
- Market demand
- Direct demand
2.Which of the following is not an investment expenditure in goods and services?
- Purchase of machinery
- An increase in business inventories
- Expansion of the main plant of a company
- Purchase of a house
3. Which one of the following represents the Savings of the Private Corporate Sector?
- Undistributed profits
- Excess of income over expenditure
- Dividends paid to shareholders
- Total profits of a company
4. Who presides over the Joint Session of Indian Parliament?
- Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
- Seniormost Member of Parliament
- Speaker of Lok Sabha
- president of India
5. Social accounting system in India is classified into
- Assets, liabilities and debt position
- Public sector, Private sector and Joint sector
- income, product and expenditure
- enterprise, households and government
6. Forced Savings refer to
- Compulsory deposits imposed on income tax payers
- Provident fund contribution of private sector employees
- Reduction of consumption consequent to a rise in prices
- Taxes on individual income and wealth
7.Under which Article of the Constitution of India, can the fundamental rights of the members of the Armed Forces be specifically restricted?
- Article 21
- Article 25
- Article 33
- Article 19
8. Pulakesin 2 was the greatest ruler of the
- Chalukyas of Kalyani
- Pallavas of Kanchi
- Cholas of Tamil Nadu
- Chalukyas of Badami
9. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the administration of the
- Pallavas
- Cholas
- Chalukyas
- Satavahanas
10. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
- Ordinance
- Resolution
- White paper
- Regulating Act
11. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A. O. Hume?
- He founded the Indian National Congress.
- He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.
- He was an ornithologist.
- He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.
12. Division of powers and independent Judiciary are the two important features of
- Democratic form of Government
- Federal form of Government
- Socialist form of Government
- Unitary form of Government
13. Which Article of the Indian Constitution did Dr. B. R. Ambedkar term as the ‘Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution"?
- Article 356
- Article 32
- Article 14
- Article 19
14. Who was the first to use the term ‘State’?
- Aristotle
- Machiavelli
- Hobbes
- Plato
15. Which river in India flows in a rift-valley?
- Narmada
- Krishna
- Cauvery
- Tapti
16. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called
- Cape
- Isthmus
- Strait
- Peninsula
17. Tiny marine animals which constitute limestone skeletons are called
- Coral reefs
- Diatoms
- Clamitomonous
- Foraminifera
18. Apatanis are the major tribal group of
- Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Nagaland
19. Which of the following plant pigments absorbs in red and far-red region of light?
- Phytochrome
- Cryptochrome
- Carotenoids
- Chlorophyll
20. The process through which excess of light energy is dissipated in photosynthesis is known as
- Photolysis
- Photophosphorylation
- Quenching
- Scavenging
21. AIDS virus destroys
- Neutrophils
- Basophils
- Lymphocytes
- Monocytes
22. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant guerilla war on the eve of independence?
- Punnapra Vayalar Movement
- Telangana Movement
- Noakhali Movement
- Tebhaga Movement
23. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called
- Thematic maps
- Atlas maps
- Wall maps
- Topographic maps
24. The device used for measuring the wavelength of X-rays is
- Bragg Spectrometer
- Mass Spectrometer
- G. M. Counter
- Cyclotron
25. Alpha particle is the nucleus of an atom of
- Helium
- Oxygen
- Lithium
- Hydrogen
26. Who is the founder of Facebook which is currently the No. 1 social networking website in India?
- Orkut Buyukkokton
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Bill Gates
- Martin Cooper
27. In programming, repeating some statements is usually called
- Looping
- Control structure
- Compiling
- Structure
28. Teeth and Bones acquire strength and rigidity from
- Chlorise
- Sodium
- Calcium
- Fluorine
29. The type of tail found in Shark is
- Heterocercal
- Diphycercal
- Protocercal
- Homocercal
30. The Sigmoid Colon is part of
- Large Intestine
- Iicum
- Small Intestine
- Anal Canal