SSC Matric Level 2011 - Solved Paper

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge - Held on 04 Dec 2011

1. Which of the following is not a fixed cost?

  1. Salaries of administrative cost
  2. Rent of factory building
  3. Property taxes
  4. Electricity charges

2. Which of the following would not constitute an economic activity in economics?

  1. A teacher teaching students in his college
  2. A teacher teaching students in a coaching institute
  3. A teacher teaching his own daughter at home
  4. A teacher teaching students under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme

3. Zero hour is at the discretion of

  1. Prime Minister
  2. Speaker
  3. Opposition leader
  4. President

4. Elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a

  1. change in the price of the good
  2. change in the price of substitutes
  3. change in the price of the complements
  4. change in the price of joint products

5. Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and

  1. savings
  2. income
  3. investment
  4. price

6. Mixed economy refers to

  1. the co-existence of heavy, small scale and cottage industries
  2. the promotion of agriculture as well as cottage industries
  3. the co-existence of rich as well as poor
  4. the co-existence of public as well as private sector

7. Parliament exercises control over public expenditure through

  1. Advocate General
  2. Comptroller and Auditor General
  3. Commerce Minister
  4. Finance Minister

8. Who was the court poet of Harsha Vardhana?

  1. Bhani
  2. Ravi Kriti
  3. Bana
  4. Vishnu Sharma

9. The Judges of High court are administered oath of office by

  1. The Chief Justice of High Court
  2. The President of India
  3. The Chief Justice of India
  4. Governor of the state

10. Which slogan was given by the French revolution to the world?

  1. Liberty, Authority, Equality
  2. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
  3. Liberty, Law, Fraternity
  4. Tradition, Authority, Law

11. The president of India can issue a proclamation of National Emergency only on the written recommendation of

  1. The Prime Minister
  2. The Cabinet consisting of only Cabinet Ministers of the Union
  3. The Council of Ministers of the Union
  4. Parliament

12. Match the following:

RiversTowns
A. Gomti1. Guwahati
B. Brahmaputra2. Rajahmundry
C. Godavari3. Tiruchirapalli
D. Kaveri4. Lucknow
  1. A - 3 ; B - 4 ; C - 2 ; D - 1
  2. A - 2 ; B - 1 ; C - 3 ; D - 4
  3. A - 4 ; B - 1 ; C - 2 ; D - 3
  4. A - 4 ; B - 2 ; C - 1 ; D - 3

13. The example of hermaphrodite animal in which cross fertilisation occurs is

  1. Hydra
  2. Ascaris
  3. Earthworm
  4. Silkworm

14. Blubber is

  1. a milky secretion of rubber plant
  2. a layer of thick fat
  3. a device to trap insects by some aquatic plants
  4. fungal infection of rice plants

15. The coding segment of DNA is called

  1. Codon
  2. Muton
  3. Intron
  4. Exon

16. Fat soluble vitamins are

  1. tocopherol, niacin, cyanocobalamin
  2. calciferol, carotene, tocopherol
  3. ascorbic acid, calciferol, riboflavin
  4. thiamine, carotene, biotin