SSC Matric Level 2011 - Solved Paper

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge - Held on 11 Dec 2011

1. Minimum temperature required for trees to grow in an area is

  1. 10o C
  2. 15o C
  3. 4o C
  4. 6o C

2. Which one of the following is the largest lagoon in India?

  1. Vembanad lagoon
  2. Chilka lagoon
  3. Pulicat lagoon
  4. Kolleru

3. Which one of the peaks did Phu Dorjee, the First Indian woman climb without oxygen?

  1. Mt. Makalu
  2. Mt. Kanchenjunga
  3. Mt. Anna Purna
  4. Mt. Everest

4. Which of the following places is associated with copper mining?

  1. Kolar
  2. Khetri
  3. Gaya
  4. Mayurbhanj

5. The Kurinji flower blooms once in 12 years because of

  1. Light period
  2. Dark period
  3. Florigen secretion
  4. All of the above

6. The fastest growing plant in the world is

  1. Bamboo
  2. Rice
  3. Money plant
  4. Teak

7. Which one of the following is an egg laying mammal?

  1. Kangaroo
  2. Monotreme
  3. Bat
  4. Whale

8. From which animal is 'Rh' factor derived its name?

  1. Monkey
  2. Dragon fly
  3. Drosophila
  4. Gorilla

9. Normal haemoglobin content per 100 ml of blood of an adult man is

  1. 11.5 gm
  2. 12.5 gm
  3. 13.5 gm
  4. 14.5 gm

10. Fibrous bone joint is found in the

  1. Leg
  2. Jaw
  3. Skull
  4. Brain

11. A liquid drop tends to assume a spherical shape because of

  1. surface tension
  2. viscous force
  3. gravitational force
  4. elastic force

12. A wheel rolls on ground with uniform translatory speed. The point on the wheel having maximum linear velocity is

  1. the point of contact of the wheel with the ground
  2. the top most point of the wheel
  3. the front end point of the horizontal diameter
  4. the back end point of the horizontal diameter

13. The temperature of water at the bottom of a waterfall is higher than that at the top because

  1. water at the bottom has greater potential energy
  2. the surface at the bottom provides heat
  3. kinetic energy of falling water is converted into heat
  4. falling water absorbs heat from the surroundings

14. A laser beam is always

  1. a convergent beam
  2. a divergent beam
  3. a parallel beam
  4. divergent to start with and parallel later on

15. Which company developed the first graphical user interface

  1. Microsoft
  2. AT & T
  3. IBM
  4. Xerox

16. An identification field for a record is

  1. Main field
  2. Flex field
  3. Key field
  4. Cell

17. On Dec 3, 1984, due to leakage of a poisonous gas from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, thousands of people died. The poisonous gas responsible for this was

  1. methyl cyanide
  2. hydrogen cyanide
  3. methyl isocarbide
  4. methyl isocyanate