Staff Selection Commission Junior Engineers : General Knowldege Model Paper

S.S.C. Junior Engineer Exam., 2013

General knowledge Solved Paper Held on 09.06.2013

1. The characteristic feature of democratic socialism is–

1. Privatization 
2. Liberalization
3. Nationalization 
4. Socialization

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

1. Monarchy 
2. Oligarchy
3. Policy 
4. Democracy

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

1. Locke 
2. Aristotle
3. Marx 
4. Rousseau

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

1. joining any political party 
2. contesting in the elections
3. criticizing the government 
4. exercising his franchise

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

1. Positive law 
2. Natural law
3. Common law 
4. Conventions of the Constitution

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

1. Average product 
2. Average returns
3. Average physical product 
4. Average revenue

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

1. Volume discount 
2. Maximum discount
3. Minimum discount 
4. Marginal discount

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

1. Milton Friedman 
2. Ragnar Frisch
3. J. M. Keynes 
4. Paul Samuelson

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

1. Demand 
2. Income
3. Price mechanism 
4. Cost

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

1. Foreign lending
2. Foreign borrowing
3. RBI credit to the government
4. Bank credit to the private sector

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

1. Syed Ahmad Khan 
2. Agha Khan
3. Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
4. Badruddin Tyabji

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

1. Joint family system 
2. Agriculture
3. Marriage system 
4. Varna system

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

1. Balban 
2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
3. Babur 
4. Alauddin Khilji

14. The Great Bath was located in–

1. Harappa 
2. Mohenjodaro
3. Lothal 
4. Kalibangan

15. The Mughal judicial system was based on–

1. Persian law 
2. Hebrew law
3. Islamic law 
4. Indian law

16. Hurricanes are generally–

1. active over the land 
2. traveling in families
3. dust storms 
4. active over the sea

17. Orinoco oil belt is in–

1. Dubai 
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Venezuela 
4. D) Brazil

18. The highest peak in Africa is–

1. Aconcagua 
2. Kilimanjaro
3. McKinley 
4. Mount Elbrus

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

1. Sial 
2. Sima
3. Mantle 
4. Nife

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

1. Cover cropping 
2. Multiple cropping
3. Rotation cropping 
4. Over cropping

21. What type of fruit is pineapple?

1. Siliqua 
2. Sorosis
3. Syconus 
4. Samara

22. Strobilus is a structure associated with–

1. Pea 
2. Potato
3. Pinus 
4. Palm

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

1. Mosquito 
2. Plasmodium
3. Entamoeba 
4. Giardia

24. The number of occipital condyles in man is–

1. One
2. Two
3. Three 
4. Four

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

1. Down’s syndrome 
2. Klinefelter’s syndrome
3. Turner’s syndrome 
4. Loeffler’s syndrome

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

1. Hagfish 
2. Seal
3. Whale 
4. Rohu

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

1. Nuclear fission
2. Nuclear fusion
3. Artificial radioactivity
4. X-ray emission

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

1. Thomspon 
2. Millikan
3. Rutherford 
4. Coulomb

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

1. Lead and Tin 
2. Tin and Iron
3. Copper and Lead 
4. Lead and Aluminium

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

1. Translational 
2. Vibrational
3. Rotational 
4. Spin

31. Pick the odd one out–

1. Compiler 
2. Interpreter
3. Assembler 
4. Word Processor

32. MS-Office is an example of–

1. an operation system 
2. a telecommunication software
3. a programming language 
4. a productivity software

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

1. Rabindra Nath Tagore 
2. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
4. Mrs. Indira Gandhi

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

1. CO 
2. CFC
3. SO2 
4. CH4

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

1. Transfusion 
2. Vaccination
3. Inoculation 
4. Intimation

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

1. Rousseau 
2. Karl Marx
3. Chanakya 
4. Montesquieu

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

1. Beijing, 2014 
2. Shanghai,2012
3. Rio-de-janeiro, 2016 
4. Taiwan, 2013

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

1. Ghazal 
2. Qawali
3. Thumri 
4. Bhajan

39. Green-house effect causes–

1. increase of temperature 
2. increase of moisture in air
3. decrease of temperature 
4. decrease of moisture in air

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

1. helps in reducing floods
2. increases the ground water level
3. causes more rains
4. reduces floods and replenishes ground water

41. Volvo, the car manufacturing company, introduced–

1. Alarm 
2. Fog light
3. Seat belts 
4. Rear view mirrors

42. The Dark Continent is–

1. Asia 
2. Australia
3. Africa 
4. Europe

43. The major constituent of air is–

1. Nitrogen 
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Oxygen 
4. Hydrogen

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

1. Saponification 
2. Putrefaction
3. Fermentation 
4. Esterfication

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

1. Primary alcohol 
2. Secondary alcohol
3. Tertiary alcohol 
4. Dihydric alcohol

46. Fly ash is–

1. CO2 
2. Organic particular matter
3. Small ash particles 
4. NOx

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

1. Plain chlorination 
2. Post-chlorination
3. Pre-chlorination 
4. Super-chlorination

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

1. Reverse osmosis 
2. Ion exchange
3. Electro-dialysis 
4. Electrostatic precipitation

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

1. Ozone 
2. Peroxy Acetyl Nitrite (PAN)
3. Carbon monoxide 
4. Sulphur dioxide

50. Multi Drug Therapy is for the infection of–

1. Leprosy 
2. AIDS
3. Cholera 
4. Hepatitis