S.S.C. Tax Assistant Examination General Awareness : Model Solved Paper

 S.S.C. Tax Assistant Examination

General Awareness : Model Solved Paper

26. Who said, “Parliamentary System provides a daily as well as a periodic assessment of the Government” ?

• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
• Shri B. N. Rao
• Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad

27. The legal advisor to the State Government is known as—

• Advocate-General
• Attorney-General
• Solicitor-General
• State Public Prosecutor

28. The maximum duration of Zero Hour in Lok Sabha is—

• 30 minutes
• One hour
• Two hours
• Unspecified

29. Which agency acts as coordinator between Union Government, Planning Commission and State Governments ?

• National Integration Council
• Finance Commission
• National Development Council
• Inter-State Council

30. When will demand become a grant ?

• When a demand is proposed
• After the discussion on demand is over
• After the demand is granted
• When the Budget Session is closed

31. What makes the Judiciary the guardian of the Constitution ?

• Independence
• Service Conditions
• Salary
• Judicial Review

32. What is the name of Judicial organ of UNO ?

• Supreme Court
• Court of International Justice
• Judicial Forum
• International Court of Justice

33. The Election disputes regarding the Election of President and Vice-President can be heard by—
Parliament
Central Election Commission
Supreme Court
Attorney-General of India
34. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee suggested that the structure of Panchayati Raj should consist of—

• The village, the block and the district levels
• The mandal and the district levels
• The village, the district and the State levels
• The village, the mandal, the district and the State levels

35. Which of the following has banned ‘floor crossing’ by the members elected on a party ticket to the legislature ?

• 52nd Constitution Amendment
• Representation of People Act
• National Security Act
• Maintenance of Internal Security Act

36. The expression ‘Creamy Layer’ used in the judgement of the Supreme Court relating to the case regarding reservations refers to—

• Those sections of society which pay Income-tax
• Those sections of socially and educationally backward classes of the society that are economically advanced
• Those sections of the society that are considered advanced according to Karpuri Thakur formula
• All sections of upper castes of the society

37. When was the Panchtantra written ?

• Maurya Period
• Kanishka Period
• Gupta Period
• Harsha Period

38. Which one among the following is regarded as the ‘Magna Carta’ of Indian education ?

• Wood’s Despatch
• Hunter’s Commission
• Sadler Commission
• Wardha Scheme

39. The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for—

• 14 days
• 16 days
• 18 days
• 20 days

40. The Mukteswara Temple is located at—

• Puri
• Belur
• Konark
• Bhubaneswar

41. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?

• Samudragupta
• Chandragupta Vikramaditya
• Sri Gupta
• Chandragupta-I

42. Between which two rulers was the First Battle of Panipat fought ?

• Akbar and Bahlol Lodi
• Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
• Bairam Khan and Sikandar Lodi
• Shah Jahan and Daulat Khan Lodi

43. Who is the author of Ain-i-Akbari ?

• Abul Fazal
• Abdus Samad
• Bairam Khan
• Raja Todarmal

44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
       List-I            —      List-II
Peshwas           1. Nagpur
Gaekwads        2. Pune
Bhonsles           3. Indore
Holkers              4. Baroda
Codes :

•   (b)   (c)   (d)
•  2      4     1     3
•  1      3     2     4
•  2      4     3     1
•  4      3     2     1

45. Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi ?

• Pandit Ramabai
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• M. G. Ranade
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh

46. ‘Din-e-Ilahi’ of Akbar was not a success because—

• After Akbar, it was not patronized
• The Muslims did not accept other religious practices
• It was not suitably projected to the masses
• All the above

47. Who was the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’ ?

• Aurobindo Ghosh
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• M. K. Gandhi
• Vinoba Bhave

48. Give the correct chronological order of the following events—
1. Formation of Muslim League
2. Formation of All India Untouchability League
3. Formation of All India Trade Union Congress
4. Formation of Indian National Congress

• 2, 4, 1, 3
• 3, 4, 1, 2
• 4, 3, 1, 2
• 4, 1, 3, 2

49. 80% of the coal in India comes from—

• Jharia and Raniganj
• Kantapalli and Singareni
• Singrauli and Korba
• Neyveli

50. Dry zone agriculture in India contributes nearly 40% of the total—

• Commercial crops
• Fodder crops
• Food crops
• Plantation products