SSC Grad. Level Exam 2011 (4)

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

1. As announced by the Finance Minister in his budget speech on 28-2-2011, the income tax exemption limit for individuals other than senior citizens and women has been raised to

1. 1,80,000
2. 1,90,000
3. 2,00,000
4. 2,50,000

2. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency, then it is called

1. Appreciation
2. Depreciation
3. Revaluation
4. Deflation

3. Inflation redistributes income and wealth in favour of

1. Pensioners
2. Poor
3. Middle class
4. Rich

4. The fringe benefit tax was introduced in the budget of

1. 2003-04
2. 2004-05
3. 2005-06
4. 2006-07

5. In the budget estimates for 2011-12, an allocation of 400 crore has been made to bring in a green revolution in the east in the cropping system of

1. Wheat
2. Rice
3. Jowar
4. Pulses

6. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the Indian parliament to the world parliamentary systems?

1. Question hour
2. Zero hour
3. Resolutions
4. Presidential speech

7. The judges of the supreme court retire at the age of

1. 60 years
2. 65 years
3. 62 years
4. 58 years

8. Judicial review in the Indian constitution is based on

1. Rule of law
2. Due process of law
3. Procedure established by law
4. Precedents and conventions

9. The drafting of the constitution was completed on

1. 26th January 1950
2. 26th December 1949
3. 26th November 1949
4. 30th November 1949

10. Who was the President of the constituent Assembly?

1. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

11. The call of Back to the Vedas was given by

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
3. Aurobindo Ghosh
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

12. Simon commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because

1. They felt that it was only an eye wash
2. All the members of the commission were English
3. The members of the commission were biased against India
4. It did not meet the demands of the Indians

13. Who among the following British persons admitted the revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?

1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord canning
3. Lord Ellenborough
4. Disraeli

14. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya’s court was

1. Kautilya
2. Seleucus Nicator
3. Megasthenes
4. Justin

15. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition.

1. The French
2. The Portuguese
3. The Dutch
4. The English

16. The Konkan railway connects

1. Goa-Mangalore
2. Roha-Mangalore
3. Kanyakumari-Mangalore
4. Kanyakumari-Mumbai

17. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment

1. Cinnamon
2. Clove
3. Neem
4. Palm

18. How much of the Earth’s land surface is desert?

1. 1/10th
2. 1/5th
3. 1/3rd
4. 1/6th

19. Which of the following is called the shrimp capital of India?

1. Mangalore
2. Nagapatnam
3. Kochi
4. Nellore

20. River Indus originates from

1. Hindukush range
2. Himalayan range
3. Karakoram range
4. Kailash range

21. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is

1. Stratosphere
2. Thermosphere
3. Troposphere
4. Mesosphere

22. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would

1. Remain the same
2. Decrease
3. Become zero
4. Increase

23. Who was the architect of north and south blocks of the central secretariat in Delhi?

1. Sir Edward Lutyens
2. Herbert Baker
3. Robert Tor Russell
4. Antonin Raymond

24. Saliva helps in the digestion of

1. Fats
2. Starch
3. Proteins
4. Vitamins

25. The longest bone in the human body is

1. Ulna
2. Humerus
3. Femur
4. Tibia

26. Red data book gives information about species which are

1. Extinct
2. Endangered
3. Dangerous
4. Rare

27. Which of the following is the smallest bird?

1. Pigeon
2. Parrot
3. Humming bird
4. House sparrow

28. The first computer made available for commercial use was

1. MANIAC
2. ENIAC
3. UNIVAC
4. EDSAC

29. A communication network which is used by large organizations over regional, national or global area is called

1. LAN
2. WAN
3. MAN
4. VAN

30. The atmospheric air is held to the earth by

1. Gravity
2. Winds
3. Clouds
4. Rotation of the earth

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