SSC Tax Assts Exam 2009

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

1. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?

  1. Bachhendri Pal
  2. Phu Dorjee
  3. Aung Saan Su Kyi
  4. Yoko Ono

2. Epicentre is concerned with

  1. Earthquake
  2. Volcano
  3. Cyclone
  4. Land-sliding

3. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects ?

  1. Cosmology
  2. Chemistry
  3. Fluid Mechanics
  4. Astrophysics

4. Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake ?

  1. Richter
  2. Metric
  3. Centigrade
  4. Newton

5. Who was the only Indian woman to be elected as the President of U.N. General Assembly ?

  1. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  2. V. K. Krishna Menon
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Rajeshwar Dayal

6. Sea-coast of which of the following states is the longest ?

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Orissa
  4. Tamil Nadu

7. ‘RAF’ is the abbreviated form of which of the following ?

  1. Ready Action Force
  2. Rapid Action Force
  3. Reverse Action Force
  4. Repeat Action Force

8. Bolometer is used to measure which of the following ?

  1. Frequency
  2. Temperature
  3. Velocity
  4. Wavelength

9. Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers ?

  1. Ganga
  2. Brahmputra
  3. Bhagirathi
  4. Yamuna

10. Which of the following is incorrect ?

  1. AIDS is a retroviral disease
  2. AIDS disease spreads due to homosexual and bisexual relations
  3. AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in USA
  4. Due to AIDS, ano-genital warts are formed

11. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Final, 2008 to India ?

  1. Myanmar
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Pakistan
  4. Tajikistan

12. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Men’s Singles in August 2008 ?

  1. Roger Federer
  2. Rafael Nadal
  3. Mahesh Bhupati
  4. None of the above

13. After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India ?

  1. Shri Shivraj Patil
  2. Shri Pranab Mukherjee
  3. Shri P. Chidambaram
  4. Shri A.K. Anthony

14. Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of U.S.A. ?

  1. Hillary Clinton
  2. Joe Biden
  3. Condoleezza Rice
  4. Ben Porritt

15. Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008.

  1. Saumika Mishra
  2. Santosh Sen
  3. Amit Kumar
  4. Pappu

16. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2006 was awarded by the President of India to

  1. Tapan Sinha
  2. Madhur Bhandarkar
  3. Dilip Kumar
  4. Lata Mangeshkar

17. The concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed by our Constitution from the Constitution of

  1. U.S.A.
  2. Canada
  3. U.S.S.R.
  4. Ireland

18. ‘Jeevan Aastha’-a scheme relating to investment and saving, was launched during 2008-09, by

  1. Tata AIG
  2. ICICI Prudential
  3. Bajaj Allianz
  4. LIC of India

19. The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics were in

  1. Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling
  2. Shooting, Boxing and Archery
  3. Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis
  4. Shooting, Boxing and Hockey

20. ATM stands for

  1. Automatic Teller Machine
  2. Automated Teller Machine
  3. Automatic Tally Machine
  4. Automated Tally Mechanism

21. There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the

  1. Chief Justice of India
  2. Chief Justice of a High Court
  3. Governor
  4. Vice-President