Staff Selection Commission Examination : CHL General Awareness Solved Paper

Staff Selection Commission Examination 

SSC 10+2 General Awareness Exam Held on 27.07.2008

1. Which of the following is not considered as National Debt ?

• National Savings Certificates
• Long-term Government Bonds
• Insurance Policies
• Provident Fund

2. The main determinant of real wage is—

• Extra earning
• Nature of work
• Promotion prospect
• Purchasing power of money

3. The birthrate measures the number of births during a year per—

• 100 population
• 1000 population
• 10000 population
• 100000 population

4. Which of the following is not included in the National Income ?

• Imputed rent of owner occupied houses
• Government expenditure on making new bridges
• Winning a lottery
• Commission paid to an agent for sale of house

5. Personal disposable income is—

• Always equal to personal income
• Always more than personal income
• Equal to personal income minus indirect taxes
• Equal to personal income minus direct taxes

6. Who prepared the first estimate of National Income for the country ?

• Central Statistical Organization
• National Income Committee
• Dadabhai Naoroji
• National Sample Survey Organization

7. A Bill referred to a ‘Joint Sitting’ of the two Houses of the Parliament is required to be passed by—

• A simple majority of the members present
• Absolute majority of the total membership
• 2/3rd majority of the members present
• 3/4th majority of the members present

8. Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India ?

• President
• Prime Minister
• Chief Justice of India
• Attorney General

9. Who certifies a Bill to be a Money Bill in India ?

• Finance Minister
• President
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• Prime Minister

10. By which Amendment were ‘Fundamental Duties’ added to the Constitution ?

• 40th Amendment
• 42nd Amendment
• 44th Amendment
• 45th Amendment

11. The Vice-President of India is elected by—

• The members of the Parliament
• The members of the Rajya Sabha
• The elected members of the Parliament
• The members of the Parliament and State Legislatures

12. When was the comprehensive reorganization of Indian States completed in accordance with the recommendations of States Reorganization Commission ?

• 1953
• 1956
• 1960
• 1966

13. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, "None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth" ?

• Bertrand Russell
• Leo Tolstoy
• Albert Einstein
• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

14. Who built the ‘Tower of Victory’ (Vijay Stambha) in the Chittor Fort ?

• Rana Sanga
• Rana Ratan Singh
• Rana Hamir Deva
• Rana Kumbha

15. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called—

• Non-Cooperation Movement
• Swadeshi Movement
• Civil Disobedience Movement
• None of the above

16. In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by the English ?

• Battle of Wandiwash
• Battle of Buxar
• Battle of Plassey
• Battle of Adyar

17. The Cabinet Mission came to India in—

• 1943
• 1944
• 1945
• 1946

18. The first to come and the last to leave India were—

• The Portuguese
• The French
• The English
• The Dutch

19. IR 20 and Ratna are two important varieties of—

• Wheat
• Bajra
• Jowar
• Paddy

20. The Trans-Siberian Railway (9438 km) connects…...........… in the West to …........… in the East.

• Moscow, Tashkent
• St. Petersburg, Omsk
• Moscow, Irkutsk
• St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

21. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy is located at—

• Secunderabad
• Rae Bareilly
• Jodhpur
• Delhi

22. Which one of the following rivers of Peninsular India does not join Arabian Sea ?

• Periyar
• Cauvery
• Narmada
• Tapti

23. Which one of the following correctly describes AGNI ?

• A fighter plane
• A versatile tank
• A long-range missile
• A long-range gun

24. Instrument used for measuring area on maps is called—

• Planimeter
• Eidograph
• Pantograph
• Opisometer

25. If the blood group of one parent is AB and that of the other O, the possible blood group of their child would be—

• A or B
• A or B or O
• A or AB or O
• A or B or AB or O

26. How many bones are there in the human body ?

• 187
• 287
• 206
• 306

27. Dinosaurs were—

• Mammals that became extinct
• Large herbivorous creatures which gave rise to hippopotamus species
• Egg-laying mammals
• Reptiles that became extinct

28. Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with—

• Removal of excess salts
• Excretion of nitrogenous wastes
• Thermoregulation
• Sex-attraction

29. The vitamin that helps to prevent infections in the human body is—

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D

30. The normal RBC count in adult male is—

• 5•5 million
• 5•0 million
• 4•5 million
• 4•0 million

31. A storm is predicted if atmospheric pressure—

• Rises suddenly
• Rises gradually
• Falls suddenly
• Falls gradually

32. The gas which turns into liquid at the lowest temperature among the following is—

• Hydrogen
• Oxygen
• Helium
• Nitrogen

33. An egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because—

• Egg absorbs salt from the solution and expands
• Albumin dissolves in salt solution and egg becomes lighter
• The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs
• Water has high surface tension

34. What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his (angular) speed ?

• Bring his hands together
• Raise his hands up
• Spread his hands outwards
• Sit down with raised hands

35. Gunpowder consists of a mixture of—

• Sand and TNT
• TNT and charcoal
• Nitre, sulphur and charcoal
• Sulphur, sand and charcoal

36. Which of the following is the sweetest sugar ?

• Sucrose
• Glucose
• Fructose
• Maltose

37. In nuclear reactors, graphite is used as a/an—

• Fuel
• Lubricant
• Moderator
• Insulator

38. Which of the following celestial bodies contains abundant quantities of helium-3, a potential source of energy ?

• Earth
• Moon
• Venus
• Saturn

39. Which of the following International Tennis Tournaments is held on grass court ?

• US Open
• French Open
• Wimbledon
• Australian Open

40. What is the name of the writer of Indian origin whose novel, The Inheritance of Loss has bagged Man Booker Prize ?

• Vikram Seth
• Kiran Desai
• Salman Rushdie
• V. S. Naipaul

41. Which country from the following is a permanent member of the UN Security Council ?

• Switzerland
• People’s Republic of China
• Japan
• Ukraine

42. The Loktak Lake on which a hydroelectric project was constructed is situated in the State of—

• Madhya Pradesh
• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Himachal Pradesh

43. What is the motto incorporated under our National Emblem ?

• Satyam Shivam
• Satyam Shivam Sundaram
• Satyameva Jayate
• Jai Hind

44. The H5N1 virus which causes bird flu was first discovered in—

• 1991
• 1995
• 1997
• 2001

45. The Southern tip of India is—

• Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
• Point Calimere
• Indira Point in Nicobar Islands
• Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram

46. According to a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, ‘International Day of Peace’ is observed every year on—

• September 1
• September 14
• September 21
• September 30

47. Where was the last Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held ?

• Sydney
• Auckland
• New York
• Beijing

48. According to the UN Convention on the rights of children, which of the following is not a right ?

• Safe drinking water
• Adequate standard of living
• Education
• Marriage

49. Who is the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind ?

• V. S. Naipaul
• Deepak Chopra
• Dom Moraes
• Tony Kusher

50. Which cricketer holds the record for scoring highest number of runs in a test match innings ?

• Gary Sobers
• Vivian Richards
• Sunil Gavaskar
• Brian Lara