Staff Selection Commission. Tax Assistant Exam. General Awareness : Solved Paper

Staff Selection Commission. 
Tax Assistant Exam

General Awareness : Solved Paper

1.Which Indian filmstars was recently conferred Honorary Doctorate by Bedfordshire University, (U.K.) ?

• Amitabh Bachhan
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Om Puri
• Amir Khan

2. Williams Sisters won the U.S. Open Women’s Doubles Title 2009 after defeating in the final—

• Leizal Herber and Cara Blank
• Kim Clijsters and Anna Kournikova
• Coroline Wozniacki and Dinara Safina
• Nathalie Deshy and Sania Mirza

3. Which one of the following is a military alliance ?

• ASEAN
• SAARC
• NATO
• NAFTA

4. The recipient of the 42nd Jnan Peeth Award is—

• Manohar Shastri
• Harish Pandya
• Satya Vrat Shastri
• K. Kamal Kumar

5. World Development Report is an annual publication of—

• UNICEF
• UNDP
• WTO
• World Bank

6. Which one of the following is correct ?

• Jeev Milkha Singh —Tennis
• Jhulan Goswami —Cricket
• Baichung Bhutia —Hockey
• Pankaj Advani —Badminton

7. Which one of the following industrialists was declared ‘The Business Person of the year 2008’ by the Times of India Survey ?

• Anil Ambani
• Rahul Bajaj
• Ratan Tata
• Gautam Adani

8. Naina Devi peak forms a part of—

• Himalayan range located in Sikkim
• Himalayan range located in Kumaon region
• Himalayan range located in Nepal
• Himalayan range located in Jammu & Kashmir

9. The aim of the ISRO’s OCEANSAT-2 satellite is—

• To provide ocean scientists knowledge about mineral resources under the sea
• To aid fishermen in identifying fishing zones
• To aid weathermen to forecast cyclones and weather conditions
• All the above

10. Who amongst the following is not the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?

• Vijendra Singh
• Sushil Kumar
• M. C. Marykom
• Abhinav Bindra

11. Nilgiri, Himgiri and ‘Beas’ are—

• Aircraft Carrier ships
• Frigates
• Nuclear submarines
• Oil tankers of ONGC

12. The age of a tree can be calculated by—

• Number of branches
• Its height
• Girth of its trunk
• Number of its annual rings

13. Which one of the statements below explains the external economies of scale ?

• Starting a computer firm in a Techno Park to avail the expertise
• Expanding firms employing specialist accountants, lawyers and managers
• A manufacturer spreading the research and development cost over the output
• A major supermarket gaining bulk discounts on direct purchase

14. Which one of the following types of unemployment is common in Indian agriculture ?

• Frictional
• Structural
• Disguised
• Seasonal

15. A rolling plan refers to a plan which—

• Does not change its targets every year
• Changes its allocations every year
• Changes its allocations and targets every year
• Changes only its targets every year

16. An instrument of qualitative credit control in India is—

• Open market operations
• Credit rationing
• Change in reserve ratio
• Bank rate policy

17. Laissez-faire is a feature of—

• Socialism
• Communism
• Capitalism
• Mixed Economy

18. Which one of the following is not a source of the tax revenue in Indian States ?

• Land Revenue
• Motor Vehicle Tax
• Entertainment Tax
• Corporate Tax

19. CSO has changed its base year for National Income estimation. The new base year is—

• 1990-91
• 1993-94
• 1994-95
• 1995-96

20. Which is the biggest enterprise of the Government of India ?

• Postal and Telegraph
• Railways
• Banking
• Shipping

21. In which type of competition does Marginal Revenue Curve coincide with Average Revenue Curve ?

• Monopoly
• Imperfect Competition
• Perfect Competition
• Monopolistic Competition

22. According to J. A. Schumpeter, entrepreneurs are entitled to enjoy the profit for their……… activities.

• Innovative
• Risk taking
• Risk averting
• Hard work

23. Demonstration effect means—

• Effect of advertisement
• Imitating effect of consumption
• Effect of entertainment
• Effect of an experiment

24. Homogeneous product is a feature of—

• Imperfect market
• Monopoly
• Oligopoly
• Perfect market

25. Which part of the Indian Constitution declares the Ideals of Welfare State ?

• Fundamental Rights
• Fundamental Duties
• Preamble
• Directive Principles of State Policy