S.S.C. Junior Engineer Exam-2013 (Held on 9-6-2013) General knowledge Solved Paper

 S.S.C. Junior Engineer Exam-2013

(Held on 9-6-2013)

General knowledge Solved Paper  

1. The characteristic feature of democratic socialism is–

• Privatization 
• Liberalization
• Nationalization 
• Socialization

2. If a group of rich people use power for their selfish goals, it is called as–

• Monarchy 
• Oligarchy
• Policy 
• Democracy

3. Who said that “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” ?

• Locke 
• Aristotle
• Marx 
• Rousseau

4. A civil servant in India may exercise political liberty by–

• joining any political party 
• contesting in the elections
• criticizing the government 
• exercising his franchise

5. The term ‘Law’ used in the phrase ‘Rule of Law’ refers to–

• Positive law 
• Natural law
• Common law 
• Conventions of the Constitution

6. The total physical product per unit of a variable input is known as–

• Average product 
• Average returns
• Average physical product 
• Average revenue

7. The discount on price when a large quantity is purchased is known as–

• Volume discount 
• Maximum discount
• Minimum discount 
• Marginal discount

8. Who was the first economist to have coined the terms ‘Micro Economics’ and ‘Macro Economics’ ?

• Milton Friedman 
• Ragnar Frisch
• J. M. Keynes 
• Paul Samuelson

9. In a free enterprise economy, the decision on what shall be produced is made by–

• Demand 
• Income
• Price mechanism 
• Cost

10. The main reason for the high growth of money supply in India since 1970 has been the rise in–

• Foreign lending
• Foreign borrowing
• RBI credit to the government
• Bank credit to the private sector

11. Who was the first Muslim to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress?

• Syed Ahmad Khan 
• Agha Khan
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
• Badruddin Tyabji

12. Which of the following was not known to the Rigvedic period ?

• Joint family system 
• Agriculture
• Marriage system 
• Varna system

13. The first Muslim king who invaded South India was–

• Balban 
• Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Babur 
• Alauddin Khilji

14. The Great Bath was located in–

• Harappa 
• Mohenjodaro
• Lothal 
• Kalibangan

15. The Mughal judicial system was based on–

• Persian law 
• Hebrew law
• Islamic law 
• Indian law

16. Hurricanes are generally–

• active over the land 
• travelling in families
• dust storms 
• active over the sea

17. Orinoco oil belt is in–

• Dubai 
• Saudi Arabia
• Venezuela 
• Brazil

18. The highest peak in Africa is–

• Aconcagua 
• Kilimanjaro
• McKinley 
• Mount Elbrus

19. A layer of the Earth made up of mixed metals and silicates is called–

• Sial 
• Sima
• Mantle 
• Nife

20. The exhaustion of soil fertility is the result of–

• Cover cropping 
• Multiple cropping
• Rotation cropping 
• Over cropping

21. What type of fruit is pineapple?

• Siliqua 
• Sorosis
• Syconus 
• Samara

22. Strobilus is a structure associated with–

• Pea 
• Potato
• Pinus 
• Palm

23. Signet-ring is seen in the life cycle of–

• Mosquito 
• Plasmodium
• Entamoeba 
• Giardia

24. The number of occipital condyles in man is–

• One
• Two
• Three 
• Four

25. Migratory larvae of Ascaris produce symptoms of pneumonia. This is known as–

• Down’s syndrome 
• Klinefelter’s syndrome
• Turner’s syndrome 
• Loeffler’s syndrome

26. Which one of the following animals is an osmoconformer ?

• Hagfish 
• Seal
• Whale 
• Rohu

27. Which one of the following is the source of Solar energy ?

• Nuclear fission
• Nuclear fusion
• Artificial radioactivity
• X-ray emission

28. Who, for the first time, successfully determined the charge of an electron ?

• Thomspon 
• Millikan
• Rutherford 
• Coulomb

29. The ‘solder’ used for connecting electronic circuits consists of–

• Lead and Tin 
• Tin and Iron
• Copper and Lead 
• Lead and Aluminium

30. What type of molecular motion is responsible for heat conduction?

• Translational 
• Vibrational
• Rotational 
• Spin

31. Pick the odd one out–

• Compiler 
• Interpreter
• Assembler 
• Word Processor

32. MS-Office is an example of–

• an operation system 
• a telecommunication software
• a programming language 
• a productivity software

33. In India, the day 5th September is celebrated as Teacher’s Day to honour the birthday of–

• Rabindra Nath Tagore 
• Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
• Mrs. Indira Gandhi

34. Which among the following polluting agents is responsible for creating a hole in the ozone layer?

• CO 
• CFC
• SO2 
• CH4

35. Injection of weakened microbes to confer resistance to a disease is known as–

• Transfusion 
• Vaccination
• Inoculation 
• Intimation

36. Who, among the following, is the author of ‘Das-Kapital’ ?

• Rousseau 
• Karl Marx
• Chanakya 
• Montesquieu

37. When and where will the next Olympics be held?

• Beijing, 2014 
• Shanghai,2012
• Rie-de-janeiro, 2016 
• Taiwan, 2013

38. A Persian form of singing a poem is called–

• Ghazal 
• Qawali
• Thumri 
• Bhajan

39. Green-house effect causes–

• increase of temperature 
• increase of moisture in air
• decrease of temperature 
• decrease of moisture in air

40. The advantage of rain-water harvesting is that it–

• helps in reducing floods
• increases the ground water level
• causes more rains
• reduces floods and replenishes ground water

41. Volvo, the car manufacturing company, introduced–

• Alarm 
• Fog light
• Seat belts 
• Rear view mirrors

42. The Dark Continent is–

• Asia 
• Australia
• Africa 
• Europe

43. The major constituent of air is–

• Nitrogen 
• Carbon dioxide
• Oxygen 
• Hydrogen

44. The souring of milk to curd is an example of–

• Saponification 
• Putrefaction
• Fermentation 
• Esterfication

45. Which one of the following compounds is formed when formaldehyde is treated with Grignard reagent?

• Primary alcohol 
• Secondary alcohol
• Tertiary alcohol 
• Dihydric alcohol

46. Fly ash is–

• CO2 
• Organic particular matter
• Small ash particles 
• NOx

47. Addition of chlorine to raw water before treatment is known as–

• Plain chlorination 
• Post-chlorination
• Pre-chlorination 
• Super-chlorination

48. Which of the following is not a water treatment technique?

• Reverse osmosis 
• Ion exchange
• Electro-dialysis 
• Electrostatic precipitation

49. Which one of the following is a major indoor air pollutant in India?

• Ozone 
• Peroxy Acetyl Nitrite (PAN)
• Carbon monoxide 
• Sulphur dioxide

50. Multi Drug Therapy is for the infection of–

• Leprosy 
• AIDS
• Cholera 
• Hepatitis