Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Exam : General Awareness Solved Paper

Staff Selection Commission General Awareness Solved Paper

Stenographers (Grade C & D) Examination 2012

1. The present monetary system in India is managed by–

• Nationalised Banks 
• The State Bank of India
• The Central Finance Ministry 
• The Reserve Bank of India

2. What is a Multinational Company?

• A joint venture among more than two countries
• A company set up with foreign capital
• A company having operations in many countries.
• A company holding a monopoly over the sale of a certain commodity in several countries.

3. Explicit + Implicit Costs =

• Private Costs 
• Accounting Costs
• Economic Costs 
• Social Costs

4. Which of the following is not relevant to Human Resource Development ?

• Education 
• Women and Child Development
• Caste System 
• Youth Affairs and Sports

5. A Trade Cycle consists of–

• Three Phases
• Four Phases
• Five Phases
• Six Phases

6. The Khilafat Movement was organized to protest against–

• religious interference by the British
• Russian Revolution
• dismemberment of Turkey 
• suppression of Pathans

7. Planning Commission was established in the year–

• 1980 
• 1970
• 1950 
• 1960

8. India witnessed single party domination till–

• 1962 
• 1967
• 1971 
• 1977

9. Which part of the Constitution of India has been described as the soul of the Constitution ?

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

10. Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution on–

• 15th August 1947 
• 26th November 1949
• 26th January 1950 
• 30th January 1948

11. The rustless Iron Pillar at Mehrauli (Delhi) was erected by the–

• Mauryas 
• Kushans
• Guptas 
• Satavahanas

12. The famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ has been taken from–

• Rigveda 
• Samaveda
• Yajurveda 
• Atharvaveda

13. The Rajput King who was defeated by Babur in the battle of Khanwa was–

• Udai Singh 
• Rana Pratap Singh
• Rana Sanga 
• Rudra Deva

14. Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission ?

• Sri Ramakrishna 
• Swami Shraddhananda
• Keshab Chandra 
• Swami Vivekananda

15. Who led the Mutiny at Kanpur ?

• Begum Hazrat Mahal 
• Nana Sahib
• Tantia Tope 
• Rani Laxmibai

16. Which ‘Water Body’ separates Andaman and Nicobar Islands ?

• Andaman Sea 
• Bay of Bengal
• Ten Degree Channel
• Eleventh Degree Channel

17. State Highways are maintained by–

• Individual States 
• Central Government
• Central and State Governments jointly 
• Private parties selected by the State Governments

18. The first port developed after Independence was–

• Nhava Sheva 
• Kandla
• New Mangalore 
• Mumbai

19. The neighbouring country of India which has the smallest area is–

• Sri Lanka 
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan 
• Nepal

20. Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary is in the State of–

• Bihar 
• Tamil Nadu
• Assam 
• Kerala

21. Resin is extracted from–

• Papaya 
• Pine
• Rubber 
• Banyan

22. A common plant found in tropical rainforest is–

• Pine 
• Eucalyptus
• Orchid 
• Fir

23. Which of the following vitamins is necessary for clotting of blood ?

• K
• C
• A 
• B

24. Influenza virus contains–

• RNA only 
• DNA only
• Both RNA and DNA in equal proportion. 
• DNA with very small proportion of RNA.

25. Lung fish is a link between–

• Amphibia and Birds 
• Reptiles and Birds
• Amphibia and Reptiles 
• Reptiles and Mammals

26. Green gland is the excretory organ of–

• Earthworm 
• Cockroach
• Prawn 
• House-fly

27. When pressure is increased, the boiling point of water–

• decreases 
• increases
• remains the same 
• depends on the volume of vapour formed

28. In the treatment of skin disease the radio isotope used is–

• Radio phosphorous 
• Radio iodine
• Radio lead 
• Radio cobalt

29. Rainbow has: (Choose incorrect statement)–

• red light as its outer-most colour towards sky
• red light as its inner-most colour towards earth
• violet light as its inner-most colour towards earth
• its curvature bent towards earth

30. A cyclist in circular motion should lean–

• Forward 
• Backward
• Sideways towards the centre 
• Sideway away from the centre

31. The monitor of a computer is–

• an input device 
• an output device
• a storage device 
• a processing device

32. ……….. is a collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of a computer to another part–

• Port 
• Channel
• Bus 
• Add on card

33. Amalgam is an alloy in which the base metal is–

• Copper 
• Zinc
• Aluminium 
• Mercury

34. The physical method commonly used to purify sea water is–

• Evaporation 
• Sedimentation
• Filtration 
• Distillation

35. The chemical name of ‘oil of vitriol’ is–

• Phosphoric acid 
• Nitric acid
• Sulphuric acid 
• Hydrochloric acid

36. Cathode rays are–

• Electromagnetic waves 
• Radiations
• Stream of a-particles 
• Stream of electrons

37. The National Park ‘Valley of Flowers’ lies in the State of–

• Kerala 
• Himachal Pradesh
• Uttarakhand 
• Jammu and Kashmir

38. Bhopal Gas Tragedy was caused by–

• Nitrogen 
• Oxygen
• Methyl isocyanite 
• Cyanide

39. The example of a secondary pollutant is–

• CFC (Chloro fluoro carbon) 
• PAN (peroxy acetyl nitrate)
• CH4 (Methane) 
• Cl2 (Chlorine)

40. In big cities, air pollution is mainly due to–

• burning of fossil fuel 
• thermal power plant
• sewage 
• suspended particles

41. The term ‘Let’ is associated with–

• Badminton 
• Chess
• Hockey 
• Football

42. The oral polio vaccine was discovered by–

• Alexander Flemming 
• Jonas Salk
• Edmond Fischer 
• Joseph E. Murray

43. Who among the following Nobel Laureates for their relentless struggle for peace, was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize?

• Barack H. Obama 
• Liu Xiaobo
• Martti Ahtisaari 
• Shirin Ebadi

44. The Umiam Hydel Project dam is located a few kilometres north of–

• Guwahati 
• Shillong
• Kohima 
• Imphal

45. The expenses of the Government of India are the highest on account of subsidy on–

• Fertilisers
• Oil
• LPG 
• Food

46. In accordance with the directions of RBI, banking facilities are required to be provided at all places having population of more than 2000 by the end of–

• March 2015 
• March 2014
• March 2013 
• March 2012

47. Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), an autonomous self-governing body, was created within the State of–

• Nagaland 
• Meghalaya
• Assam 
• Mizoram

48. ‘Simla Pact’ between India and Pakistan was signed in the year–

• 1965 
• 1971
• 1972 
• 2001

49. In which of the following States are Garo and Khasi tribes found ?

• Arunachal Pradesh 
• Nagaland
• Meghalaya 
• Mizoram

50. Manipur has common boundaries with the group of States of–

• Nagaland, Assam and Mizoram 
• Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura
• Meghalaya, Mizorarn and Tripura 
• Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya