SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam 2012 Data Entry Operators & Lower Division Clerks General Awareness Solved Paper

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam 2012

Data Entry Operators & Lower Division Clerks General Awareness Solved Paper

1. Who will act as the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee ?

• The Speaker of the Lok Sabha 
• The Vice-President of India
• The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha 
• The Leader of the House

2. Who was chosen unanimously as the President of India ?

• K. R. Narayanan 
• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 
• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

3. The Constitution of India was passed by the Constituent Assembly on–

• 26th November, 1949 
• 26th January, 1949
• 17th October, 1949 
• 14th November, 1949

4. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the–

• High Court 
• Election Commission
• Parliament 
• Supreme Court

5. The 1857 Mutiny failed mainly because–

• of lack of planning and leadership 
• it was premature
• the British got French support 
• the British numbered more.

6. The Story of ‘My Experiments with Truth’ is the autobiography of–

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Lala Lajpat Rai 
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale

7. The basic characteristic of a capitalistic economy is–

• absence of monopoly 
• large-scale production in primary industries
• full employment 
• the private ownership of the means of production

8. Which one of the following taxes is not a direct tax?

• Sales tax 
• Estate duty
• Gift tax 
• Wealth tax

9. UNDP prepares–

• Human Development Index 
• Standard of Living Index
• Index Number of Price Level 
• Physical Quality Index

10. Fiscal policy refers to–

• Government borrowings from abroad
• Sharing of its revenue by Central Government with States
• Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
• Government taxes, expenditure and borrowings

11. Public opinion gets an authoritative expression in a democracy through–

• Pressure groups 
• Public meetings
• Newspapers 
• Parliament

12. Which one of the following is not a determining factor of a country's foreign policy ?

• Cultural conditions 
• Religious conditions
• National interests 
• Interdependence

13. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

• Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
• Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
• Himachal Pradesh – Shillong
• Andhra Pradesh – Hyderabad

14. Tides in the sea have stored in them–

• Gravitational potential energy 
• A combination of all the three forms of energy
• Hydraulic energy 
• Kinetic energy

15. Delivery of developed foetus is scientifically called as–

• Abortion 
• Ovulation
• Parturition 
• Oviposition

16. Thyroxine hormone is secreted by–

• Adrenal gland 
• Testes
• Pituitary gland 
• Thyroid gland

17. The digestive juice which has no enzyme is–

• Intestinal juice 
• Gastric Juice
• Bile 
• Saliva

18. An essential feature of seed germination is the presence of–

• Light 
• Temperature
• Minerals 
• Water

19. Plants that grow on stones and rocks are–

• Psammophytcs 
• Lithophytes
• Halophytes 
• Aerophytes

20. Who among the following made the Ganapari festival very popular in Maharashtra ?

• Mahadev Ranade 
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale 
• Annie Besant

21. The Mughal ruler who built the Buland, Darwaza was–

• Humayun 
• Bahadur Shah
• Akbar 
• Babur

22. Diarchy in the provinces was introduced through the–

• Government of India Act, 1919 
• Government of India Act, 1935
• Indian Councils Act, 1861 
• Indian Councils Act, 1892

23. Which of the following is the world’s largest desert?

• The Great Australian Desert 
• Arabian Desert
• Gobi 
• Sahara

24. The rate of erosion in a stream is lowest where–

• the river joins the sea 
• depth is greater
• breadth is greater 
• velocity is more

25. The name ‘Sahyadri’ is related to–

• A rain-bearing wind 
• Himalayan Peak
• Western Ghats 
• Cyclone hazards

26. People die in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide because–

• of want of oxygen 
• of suffocation
• it is a poisonous gas 
• it destroys tissues

27. Which of the following acts as photosensitizer during photosynthesis ?

• Chlorophyll 
• Chlorine
• Oxygen 
• Nitrogen

28. What happens when bleaching powder is left exposed to air ?

• It gradually loses its oxygen 
• It gradually loses its chlorine
• It turns dark brown in colour 
• It turns yellow in colour

29. Arsenic pollution leads to–

• Dyslexia 
• Allergy
• White foot disease 
• Black foot disease

30. Which one of the following does not contribute to pollution ?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant 
• Atomic Power Plant
• Thermal Power Plant 
• Nuclear Power Plant

31. Which of the following are the two major components of dry air (by volume) ?

• Nitrogen and Ammonia 
• Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
• Nitrogen and Oxygen 
• Oxygen and Argon

32. Tactile hair is found in the body of–

• Reptiles 
• Birds
• Insects 
• Mammals

33. The source of energy m the Sun is–

• radioactivity 
• electrical energy
• nuclear fission 
• nuclear fusion

34. Which one of the following materials is used as controller in a nuclear reactor power generator–

• Graphite 
• Heavy water
• Cadmium 
• Beryllium

35. Banking of curves on road or railway track is done to provide–

• gravitational force 
• angular velocity
• centripetal force 
• centrifugal force

36. ………. is type of application software used for communication.

• Database 
• Image editing
• FIP 
• Word processing

37. A floppy disk is–

• used as the primary memory in computer systems 
• made up of magnetic material
• a semiconductor random-access memory 
• an EPROM

38. MDI stands for–

• Multiple Design Interaction 
• Multiple Document Interaction
• Multiple Document Interface 
• Multiple Design Interface

39. Find the odd one out–

• FCI – Financial assistance to commercial institutions
• EXIM Bank– Financing of export-import trade
• IDBI – Industrial Finance
• SIDBI – Financial assistance to small industries

40. The Twelfth Five-Year Plan will be operative for the period–

• 2012 – 2017 
• 2013 – 2018
• 2010 – 2015 
• 2011 – 2016

41. The State with largest gap in male and female literacy is–

• Rajasthan 
• Kerala
• Uttar Pradesh 
• Madhya Pradesh

42. “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.” Who said these words?

• William Wordsworth 
• Lord Tennyson
• William Shakespeare 
• Milton

43. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is associated with the ban on which of the following ?

• Ban on nuclear tests for developing arsenals 
• Ban on terrorism
• Ban on certain organisations under UN Laws 
• Ban on money laundering activities

44. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which of the following?

• Journalism 
• Olympic Garnes
• Environmental Protection 
• Civil Aviation

45. Which one of the following is not an example of Lotic ecosystem ?

• Pond 
• Estuary
• Stream 
• Lagon

46. Permissible noise level at industrial area during daytime is–

• 120 dB (A) 
• 140 dB
• 40 dB (A) 
• 75 dB (A)

47. Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistan Prime Minister, was assassinated in–

• Rawalpindi 
• Islamabad
• Hyderabad 
• Karachi

48. Which of the following is correctly matched Research Institutes Headquarters

• Silk Research Institute – Bangalore
• Sugar Research Institute – Chennai
• Leather Research Institute – Lucknow
• Rice Research Institute – Cuttack

49. Who was affectionately known as the Grand Old Man of India ?

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
• Dadabhai Naoroji
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale 
• Mahatma Gandhi

50. India test-fired successfully its Agni-V, surface-to-surface ICBM from Wheeler Island on–

• 17th March, 2012 
• 19th April, 2012
• 7th March, 2012 
• 7th April, 2012