SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam_2011_(3)

1. In the budget for 2011-12, the fiscal deficit (% of GDP) for 2011-12 has been projected at

1. 5.1
2. 5.0
3. 4.6
4. 3.4

2. Which was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the Constitution?

1. Right to Equality
2. Right against Exploitation
3. Right to Constitutional Remedies
4. Right to Freedom of Religion

3. Which is not the concern of the local government?

1. Public Health
2. Sanitation
3. Law and Order
4. Public Utility Services

4. In India, the concept-of single citizenship is adopted from

1. England
2. U.S.A.
3. Canada
4. France

5. Who had proposed partyless democracy in India?

1. Jaya Prakash Narayan
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Vinoda Bhave
4. S.A. Dange

6. Disinvestment in Public Sector is called

1. Liberalisation
2. Globalisation
3. Industrialisation
4. Privatization

7. Darwin finches refers to a group of

1. Fishes
2. Lizards
3. Birds
4. Amphibians

8. An individuals actual standard of living can be assessed by

1. Gross National Income
2. Net National Income
3. Per Capita Income
4. Disposable Personal Income

9. As announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget speech on 28th February 2011, with a view to assist State in modernising their stamp and registration administration, E-stamping is expected to be rolled out in all the districts of different States in a period of

1. one year
2. two years
3. three years
4. five years

10. Which Sikh Guru called himself the Sachcha Badshah?

1. Guru Gobind Singh
2. Guru Hargovind
3. Guru Tegh Bahadur
4. Guru Arjan Dev

11. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in

1. 1928
2. 1930
3. 1931
4. 1922

The Civil Disobedience Movement began with the historic Dandi March.

12. What is the maximum strength prescribed for State Legislative Assemblies?

1. 350
2. 600
3. 500
4. 750

The maximum strength prescribed is 500 and the minimum is 60 with a few exceptions.

13. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of

1. Chandragupta II
2. Samudragupta
3. Ramagupta
4. Kumaragupta

14. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651?

1. Calcutta
2. Cassim Bazar
3. Singpur
4. Burdwan

15. Diu is an island off

1. Daman
2. Goa
3. Gujarat
4. Maharashtra

16. Which from the following is a landlocked sea?

1. Red Sea
2. Timor Sea
3. North Sea
4. Aral Sea

17. Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river

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

18. Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad

1. Chandrashekhar Azad
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Iqbal

Page 106 of Lion M.G. Agarwal's book Freedom Fighters of India attributes the slogan to Bhagat Singh. Secondly IBN Live at this link also attributes it to Bhagat Singh Click here to see the link

19. The position of Indian Railways network in the world is

1. second
2. third
3. fourth
4. fifth

20. The oldest international airline is

1. Dutch KLM
2. Air Canada
3. Qantas Railways
4. Air Sahara

21. Which of the following can be used to absorb neutrons to control the chain reaction during nuclear fission?

1. Boron
2. Heavy water
3. Uranium
4. Plutonium

22. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of

1. controlled fission reaction
2. uncontrolled fission reaction
3. controlled fusion reaction
4. uncontrolled fusion reaction

23. Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because

1. it is closest to the Sun
2. there are charged particles in it
3. it is heated by the Earths surface
4. heat is generated in it

Troposphere gets heated by the Earth's surface because it is the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere.

24. The outermost layer of the Sun is called

1. Chromosphere
2. Photosphere
3. Corona
4. Lithosphere

25. Where was Indias first computer installed?

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
2. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
3. Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Burnpur
4. Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

26. The dried flower buds are used as a spice

1. Cardamom
2. Cinnamon
3. Cloves
4. Saffron

Saffron is obtained from the stigma of the saffron flower. The bark of the tree yields the cinnamon spice and cardamom is obtained from the seed pods.

27. The tissue in man where no cell division occurs after birth is

1. skeletal
2. nerves
3. connective
4. germinal

28. DNA fingerprinting is used to identify the

1. Parents
2. Rapist
3. Thieves
4. All the above

29. The normal cholesterol level in human body is

1. 80-120 mg%
2. 120-140mg%
3. 140-180mg%
4. 180-200mg%

30. Which of the following are warm-blooded animals?

1. Whales
2. Whale sharks
3. Alytes
4. Draco

31. Syrinx is the voice box in

1. Amphibians
2. Reptiles
3. Birds
4. Mammals

32. The largest ecosystem of the Earth is

1. Biome
2. Hydrosphere
3. Lithosphere
4. Biosphere

33. Who discovered penicillin?

1. Alexander Fleming
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Dreser
4. Edward Jenner

34. 2018 FIFA World Cup would be held in

1. Russia
2. Qatar
3. France
4. Netherlands

35. Who is the following was not the recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics 2010?

1. Peter A. Diamond
2. Christopher Pissarides
3. Luis Xiaobo
4. Dale Mortensen

36. Which troubled model was recalled recently by the Indian automobile giant Maruti Suzuki for replacement of faulty fuel pump gasket?

1. Maruti 800
2. Maruti A-Star
3. Wagon R
4. Baleno

37. What is the commonly used part for measuring the speed of data transmission?

1. Mega Hertz
2. Character per second
3. Bits per second
4. Nano seconds

38. As a part of Human Resource Development Ministrys brain gain policy to attract global talent, 14 world class universities to attract global talent are proposed to be set up in various states. Name the state from the following where no university of the aforesaid type is proposed to be located.

1. Punjab
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttaranchal

39. Who discovered South Pole?

1. Robert Peary
2. Amundsen
3. John Cabot
4. Tasman

40. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Rajasthan?

1. Rauf
2. Jora
3. Veedhi
4. Suisini

41. Which of the following books is authored by V.S. Naipaul?

1. The Rediscovery of India
2. A House of Mr. Biswas
3. Witness the Night
4. Tender Hookz

42. In a food chain, the solar energy utilised by plants is only

1. 10 percent
2. 1 percent
3. 0.1 percent
4. 0.01 percent

43. Supersonic jet causes pollution by thinning of

1. O3 layer
2. O2 layer
3. SO2 layer
4. CO2 layer

44. OTEC stands for

1. Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
2. Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
3. Oil and Thermal Energy Convention
4. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

45. As per Railway Budget for 2011-12, the senior citizen concession for men has been increased from

1. 25% to 30%
2. 30% to 40%
3. 40% to 50%
4. 30% to 50%

46. The monster earthquake-cum-tsunami which hit Japan on March 11, 2011 has moved the country's main island, Honshu by about

1. two feet
2. three feet
3. five feet
4. eight feet

47. Which type of reaction produces the most harmful radiation?

1. Fusion reaction
2. Fission reaction
3. Chemical reaction
4. Photo-Chemical reaction

48. Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?

1. Pyrex glass
2. Flint glass
3. Quartz glass
4. Fibre glass

49. Which of the following metals causes Itai-Itai disease?

1. Cadmium
2. Chromium
3. Cobalt
4. Copper

50. Glycol is added to aviation gasoline because it

1. reduces evaporation of petrol
2. increases efficiency of petrol
3. prevents freezing of petrol
4. reduces consumption of petrol