SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam_08.07.2012

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1. A movement along the demand curve of a commodity occurs due to change in

  1. income of the consumers
  2. its own price
  3. taste of consumers
  4. expectations of the consumers

2. GNP calculation through Expenditure Method does not include

  1. Gross Domestic Private Investments
  2. Net Foreign Investments
  3. Depreciation Expenditures
  4. Private Consumption Expenditure

3. The Cobb-Douglas Production function Q = ALak(1-a) is based on

  1. increasing returns to scale
  2. decreasing returns to scale
  3. constant returns to scale
  4. fluctuating returns to scale

4. Find the odd one out of the following:

  1. Delhi Transport Corporation
  2. Indian Railways
  3. Kingfisher Airlines
  4. Reliance Industries Limited

5. Monetary Policy in India is laid down and executed by

  1. Union Government
  2. ASSOCHAM
  3. Reserve Bank of India
  4. FICCI

Monetary Policy deals with controlling the supply of money by targeting rates of interest and other related rates. Fiscal Policy refers to taxation, government spending, and associated borrowing. The former is dealt with by Reserve Bank of India, while the latter by the Ministry of Finance.

6. Which one of the following subjects is not available on the Union List?

  1. Census
  2. Banking
  3. Trade Union
  4. Foreign Loans

Trade union is in the Concurrent List.

7. The term "closure" in Parliamentary terminology implies

  1. the end of session of Parliament
  2. stoppage of debate on a motion
  3. end of day's proceedings
  4. none of the above

8. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Article 14 - Equality before law
  2. Article 16 - Equal opportunities
  3. Article 17 - Abolition of titles
  4. Article 18 - Permission of military titles

9. Which of the following Presidents held office for two consecutive terms?

  1. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
  2. Dr. Zakir Hussain
  3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  4. Both (A) and (C)

10. Which Amendment Act reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

  1. 42nd
  2. 44th
  3. 52nd
  4. 61st

11. Match the following :

a. Vikrama Era : 1. A.D. 248
b. Saka Era : 2. A.D. 320
c. Kalachuri Era : 3. 58 B.C.
d. Gupta Era : 4. A.D. 78
  1. a1, b2, c3, d4
  2. a3, b4, c1, d2
  3. a4, b3, c2, d1
  4. a2, b1, c4, d3

12. Mahavira was the

  1. 21st Thirthankara
  2. 24th Thirthankara
  3. 23rd Thirthankara
  4. 22nd Thirthankara

13. Which one among the following woman scholars challenged the invincible Yajnavalkya in debate?

  1. Ghosa
  2. Apala
  3. Maitreyi
  4. Gargi

14. Which one of the following events made the crown of England to take over the Indian Administration?

  1. Battle of Plassey
  2. Battle of Buxar
  3. The Carnatic Wars
  4. The Sepoy Mutiny

India's first war of independence of 1857 was termed as Sepoy Mutiny by the British. When the war ended, East India Company's rule in India was terminated. The post of Governor General was replaced by the post of Viceroy.

15. Who built the famous Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan in the 13th century?

  1. Mahendrapala
  2. Mahipala
  3. Rajyapala
  4. Tejapala

16. GIS stands for

  1. Global Institute for Soils
  2. Geographical International Studies
  3. Geographical Information Systems
  4. Global Information Statistics

17. Which of the following is a Trans-Himalayan river?

  1. Ganga
  2. Yamuna
  3. Sutlej
  4. Ravi

The Sutlej is one of only three Trans Himalayan rivers originating in the high Tibetan Plateau and cutting across the mighty Himalayan ranges. The other two are the Indus and the Brahmaputra.

18. Match the following using codes given below :

List I
(Forest Type)		List II
(Regions)
a. Tropical Evergreen 1. Siwaliks
b. Monsoon 2. Shillong
c. Temperate 3. West Bengal
d. Mangrove 4. Nilgiris
  1. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3
  2. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  3. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
  4. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2

19. On which river is the Nagarjunasagar Project located?

  1. Krishna
  2. Godavari
  3. Cauvery
  4. Tapti

20. Suez canal joins

  1. Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
  2. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
  3. Meditarranean Sea and Black Sea
  4. Red Sea and Arabian Sea

21. Drug which helps to reduce anxiety and bring about calmness is

  1. tranquiliser
  2. diuretic
  3. analgesic
  4. antihistamine

22. A keel is absent in

  1. Chicken
  2. Ostrich
  3. Duck
  4. Peacock

23. Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by

  1. Streptomyces
  2. Aspergillus
  3. Pencillium
  4. Bacillus

24. The pigment that protects plants from harmful effect of ultraviolet rays is

  1. Chlorophyll
  2. Carotenoid
  3. Phycocyanin
  4. Plastid

25. Glycogen, starch and cellulose are polymers of

  1. Fructose
  2. Glucose
  3. Lactose
  4. Maltose

26. Black death is

  1. Cancer
  2. Plague
  3. AIDS
  4. Gonorrhoea

27. Stars appear to move from east to west because the

  1. whole universe is moving from east to west
  2. earth is revolving round the sun
  3. earthe is rotating from east to west
  4. earth is rotating from west to east

28. On the moon, an astronaut cannot drink lemonade with the help of a straw because

  1. acceleration due to gravity on the moon is less
  2. there is no atmosphere on the moon
  3. lemonade evaporates instantaneously on the moon
  4. none of the above

29. A particle moving with uniform speed

  1. must have uniform velocity
  2. cannot have uniform velocity
  3. may have uniform velocity
  4. will have no velocity

30. Device which uses sound waves for detection and ranging is called

  1. Radar
  2. Sonar
  3. Pukar
  4. None of the above

31. What is the name of the network topology in which there are bi-directional links between each possible node?

  1. Ring
  2. Star
  3. Tree
  4. Mesh

32. LAN stands for

  1. Local Area Nodes
  2. Large Area Network
  3. Large Area Nodes
  4. Local Area Network

33. Dry Ice is nothing but

  1. Gaseous carbon dioxide
  2. Washing soda
  3. Solid carbon dioxide
  4. Carbon monoxide

34. Which one of the following is obtained as slag in a blast furnace?

  1. Calcium Carbonate
  2. Calcium Sulphate
  3. Calcium Chloride
  4. Calcium Silicate

35. When H2 gas is allowed to expand from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure, the temperature of the gas

  1. decreases to a small extent
  2. increases
  3. does not change
  4. decreases suddenly

36. In the industrial production of vegetable ghee, the process involved is

  1. dissociation
  2. reduction
  3. oxidation
  4. ionisation

37. Which of the following weeds has been found useful to check water pollution caused by industrial affluents?

  1. Parthenium
  2. Elephant grass
  3. Water hyacinth
  4. Both (A) and (B) above

38. In which year the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant of the former USSR had accident that caused escape of radio nuclide into atmosphere?

  1. 1979
  2. 1980
  3. 1984
  4. 1986

39. Certain desert lizards excrete their wastes in dry form. This serves as a means of

  1. protective mechanism against their predators
  2. limiting factor of the organism
  3. adaptation of the organism to the environment
  4. countering the problem of food scarcity

40. Which one is regarded as "World Heritage Forest"?

  1. Nandan Kanan in Odisha
  2. Kaziranga in Assam
  3. Sundarbans in West Bengal
  4. Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur in West Bengal

41. Kidney can be taken from a dying person who has the

  1. cessation of neurological function only
  2. cessation of cardiac function only
  3. cessation of respiratory function only
  4. cessation of kidney function only

42. There is no life on moon because it has no

  1. Nitrogen
  2. Sulphur
  3. Oxygen
  4. Water

43. Losoong is a festival celebrated in

  1. Tibet
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Sikkim
  4. Kerala

44. The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is

  1. Foodgrains
  2. Crude petroleum
  3. Fertilisers
  4. Iron and Steel

45. In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes?

  1. Physics and Chemistry
  2. Chemistry and Medicine
  3. Physics and Medicine
  4. Chemistry and Peace

46. Michael Phelps won _______ gold medals in swimming events in the Beijing Olympics.

  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9

47. Spot the odd one from the following :

  1. Tarapur
  2. Trombay
  3. Kalpakkam
  4. Narora

Three other places have Nuclear Power Plants.

48. Which one of the following players has the unique distinction of winning 50 Doubles Titles in ATP tour history?

  1. Leander Paes
  2. Andy Roddick
  3. Novak Djokovic
  4. Roger Federer

49. As per 2011 census, the state with the largest gap in male and female literacy is

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Kerala

50. Which among the following is termed 'Hot Money'?

  1. FII
  2. FDI
  3. ADR
  4. GDR

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