SSC Grad. Level Exam 2012 - 08.07.12

Solved Question Paper - General Awareness

1. A movement along the demand curve of a commodity occurs due to change in

  1. income of the consumers
  2. its own price
  3. taste of consumers
  4. expectations of the consumers

2. GNP calculation through Expenditure Method does not include

  1. Gross Domestic Private Investments
  2. Net Foreign Investments
  3. Depreciation Expenditures
  4. Private Consumption Expenditure

3. The Cobb-Douglas Production function Q = ALak(1-a) is based on

  1. increasing returns to scale
  2. decreasing returns to scale
  3. constant returns to scale
  4. fluctuating returns to scale

4. Find the odd one out of the following:

  1. Delhi Transport Corporation
  2. Indian Railways
  3. Kingfisher Airlines
  4. Reliance Industries Limited

5. Monetary Policy in India is laid down and executed by

  1. Union Government
  2. ASSOCHAM
  3. Reserve Bank of India
  4. FICCI

6. Which one of the following subjects is not available on the Union List?

  1. Census
  2. Banking
  3. Trade Union
  4. Foreign Loans

7. The term "closure" in Parliamentary terminology implies

  1. the end of session of Parliament
  2. stoppage of debate on a motion
  3. end of day's proceedings
  4. none of the above

8. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Article 14 - Equality before law
  2. Article 16 - Equal opportunities
  3. Article 17 - Abolition of titles
  4. Article 18 - Permission of military titles

9. Which of the following Presidents held office for two consecutive terms?

  1. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
  2. Dr. Zakir Hussain
  3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  4. Both (A) and (C)

10. Which Amendment Act reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

  1. 42nd
  2. 44th
  3. 52nd
  4. 61st

11. Match the following :

a. Vikrama Era : 1. A.D. 248
b. Saka Era : 2. A.D. 320
c. Kalachuri Era : 3. 58 B.C.
d. Gupta Era : 4. A.D. 78
  1. a1, b2, c3, d4
  2. a3, b4, c1, d2
  3. a4, b3, c2, d1
  4. a2, b1, c4, d3

12. Mahavira was the

  1. 21st Thirthankara
  2. 24th Thirthankara
  3. 23rd Thirthankara
  4. 22nd Thirthankara

13. Which one among the following woman scholars challenged the invincible Yajnavalkya in debate?

  1. Ghosa
  2. Apala
  3. Maitreyi
  4. Gargi

14. Which one of the following events made the crown of England to take over the Indian Administration?

  1. Battle of Plassey
  2. Battle of Buxar
  3. The Carnatic Wars
  4. The Sepoy Mutiny

15. Who built the famous Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan in the 13th century?

  1. Mahendrapala
  2. Mahipala
  3. Rajyapala
  4. Tejapala

16. GIS stands for

  1. Global Institute for Soils
  2. Geographical International Studies
  3. Geographical Information Systems
  4. Global Information Statistics

17. Which of the following is a Trans-Himalayan river?

  1. Ganga
  2. Yamuna
  3. Sutlej
  4. Ravi

18. Match the following using codes given below :

List I
(Forest Type)		List II
(Regions)
a. Tropical Evergreen 1. Siwaliks
b. Monsoon 2. Shillong
c. Temperate 3. West Bengal
d. Mangrove 4. Nilgiris
  1. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3
  2. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  3. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
  4. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2

19. On which river is the Nagarjunasagar Project located?

  1. Krishna
  2. Godavari
  3. Cauvery
  4. Tapti

20. Suez canal joins

  1. Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
  2. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
  3. Meditarranean Sea and Black Sea
  4. Red Sea and Arabian Sea

21. Drug which helps to reduce anxiety and bring about calmness is

  1. tranquiliser
  2. diuretic
  3. analgesic
  4. antihistamine

22. A keel is absent in

  1. Chicken
  2. Ostrich
  3. Duck
  4. Peacock

23. Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by

  1. Streptomyces
  2. Aspergillus
  3. Pencillium
  4. Bacillus

24. The pigment that protects plants from harmful effect of ultraviolet rays is

  1. Chlorophyll
  2. Carotenoid
  3. Phycocyanin
  4. Plastid

25. Glycogen, starch and cellulose are polymers of

  1. Fructose
  2. Glucose
  3. Lactose
  4. Maltose

26. Black death is

  1. Cancer
  2. Plague
  3. AIDS
  4. Gonorrhoea

27. Stars appear to move from east to west because the

  1. whole universe is moving from east to west
  2. earth is revolving round the sun
  3. earthe is rotating from east to west
  4. earth is rotating from west to east

28. On the moon, an astronaut cannot drink lemonade with the help of a straw because

  1. acceleration due to gravity on the moon is less
  2. there is no atmosphere on the moon
  3. lemonade evaporates instantaneously on the moon
  4. none of the above

29. A particle moving with uniform speed

  1. must have uniform velocity
  2. cannot have uniform velocity
  3. may have uniform velocity
  4. will have no velocity

30. Device which uses sound waves for detection and ranging is called

  1. Radar
  2. Sonar
  3. Pukar
  4. None of the above