☆★ GS questions asked in SSC Exam, afternoon session (Held on: 10 November) ☆★ 1. A supply function expresses the relationship between ? (A) Price and output (B) Price and selling cost (C) Price and demand (D) Price and consumption Ans: Price and output. 2. Goods which are meant either for consumption or for investment are called ? (A) Final goods (B) Giffen goods (C) Inferior goods (D) Intermediate goods Ans: Final goods 3. Variation in Cash Reserve Ratio and Open Marketr Operation are instruments of ? (A) Budgetary policy (B) Trade policy (C) Fiscal policy (D) Monetary policy Ans: Monetary policy 4. Who said Man is a social animal ? (A) Aristole (B) Rousseau (C) Laski (D) Plato Ans: Aristole 5. Marginal Cost equals ? (A) total cost minus total benefit for the last unit produced (B) total cost divided by total benefit for the last unit produced (C) total cost divided by quantity (D) the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity Ans: the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity 6. Extreme forms of markets are ? (A) Perfect competition; Oligopoly (B) Oligopoly; Monopoly (C) Perfect competition; Monopoly (D) Perfect competition; Monopolistic competition Ans: Perfect competition; Monopoly 7) The President of India has the discretionary power to ? (A) impose Presidents Rule in a state (B) appoint the Prime Minister (C) appoint the Chief Election Commissioner (D) declare Financial Emergency Ans: appoint the Prime Minister The script of the Indus Valley Civilization is ? (A) Kharosthi (B) Undeciphered (C) Brahmi (D) Tamil Ans: Undeciphered 9) Which one of the following literary pieces was written by Krishna Devaraya ? (A) Kaviraja Marga (B) Ushaparinayam (C) Anukta Malyada (D) Katha Saristhaga Ans: Anukta Malyada 10) Name three important forms of Satyagraha ? (A) Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott (B) Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion (C) Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum (D) Revolution, plebiscite and boycott Ans: Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott. 11) Which Article empowers the President to impose Financial Emergency ? (A) Article 356 (B) Article 364 (C) Article 352 (D) Article 360 Ans: Article 360. 12) Which of the following subjects does not figure in the Concurrent List of our Constitution ? (A) Stock Exchanges and futures markets (B) Protection of wild animals and birds (C) Forests (D) Trade unions Ans: Stock Exchanges and futures markets 13) The Grand Canyon is on the river ? (A) Colorado (B) Columbia (C) Ohio (D) Mississippi Ans: Colorado 14) When the East India was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was ? (A) Jehangir (B) Humayan (C) Aurangzeb (D) Akbar Ans: Jehangir 15) Which one of the following did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon ? (A) Establishment of the Department of Aschaeology (B) Second Delhi Durbar (C) Formation of Indian National Congress (D) Partition of Bengal Ans: Formation of Indian National Congress 16) Who among the following played a prominent role during the Reign of Terror in France ? (A) Voltaire (B) Marat (C) Robespierre (D) Montesquieu Ans: Robespierre 17) The highest waterful of India is in the state of ? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Assam (C) Maharashtra (D) Karnataka Ans: Karnataka 18) Soil which is prone to intensive leaching due to rain is called ? (A) Laterite (B) Black (C) Alluviai (D) Red Ans: Red 19) The formation of Mushroom rock in desort region is an example of ? (A) Deflation (B) Attrition (C) Abrasion (D) Erosion Ans: Erosion 20) Hydroponics is a method of culture of plants without using ? (A) water (B) light (C) sand (D) soil Ans: soil 21) The non-green heterotrophic plants of plant kingdom are ? (A) mosses (B) ferns (C) algae (D) fungi Ans: fungi 22) Which gland in the human body regulates the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland ? (A) Thymus gland (B) Thyroid gland (C) Adrenal gland (D) Hypothalamus gland Ans: Hypothalamus gland 23) The old and worn-out red blood corpuscles are destroyed in ? (A) Liver (B) Stomach (C) Bone marrow (D) Spleen Ans: Spleen 24) Subtropical high presure belts are otherwise called ? (A) Furious fifties (B) Screeching sixties (C) Horse latitudes (D) Roaring forties Ans: Horse latitudes 25) Self pollination will lead to ? (A) inbreeding (B) rare breeding (C) overbreeding (D) outbreeding Ans: inbreeding 26) In any spreadsheet, the address of the first cell is ? (A) 0A (B) 1a (C) A0 (D) A1 Ans: A1 27) Match List I with List II and choose the correct response ? List I List II a. Vitamin B1 1. Pyridoxine b. Vitamin B2 2. Cyanocobalamin c. Vitamin B6 3. Thiamine d. Vitamin B12 4. Riboflavin (A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 (B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1 (C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 (D) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3 Ans: a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 28) Ohms law is valid incase of ? (A) semiconductor (B) conductor (C) superconductor (D) insulator Ans: conductor 29) The Laser is a beam of radiations which are ? (A) Non-coherent and monochromatic (B) Coherant and monochromatic (C) Non-coherant and non-monochromatic (D) Coherant and non-monochromatic Ans: Coherant and monochromatic 30) Centigrade and Fahrenheit temperatures are the same at ? (A) 32° (B) 40° (C) -273° (D) -40° Ans: -40°. 31) The pH of lemon juice is expected to be ? (A) equal to 7 (B) nothing can be predicted (C) less than 7 (D) more than 7 Ans: less than 7 32) An example of heterocyclic compound is ? (A) Naphthalene (B) Furan (C) Benzene (D) Anthracene Ans: Furan 33) In electro-refining, the pure metal is deposited on ? (A) veasel (B) electrolyte (C) cathode (D) anode Ans: cathode 34) Which one of the following is correctly matched ? (A) Secondary consumer - Grass (B) Decomposer - Bacteria (C) Producer - Deer (D) Primary consumer - Leopard Ans: Decomposer - Bacteria 35) The deciduous trees will ? (A) shed their leaves every year (B) not lose their leaves (C) synthesis their own food (D) depend on others for their food Ans: shed their leaves every year 36) Identify the DBMS among the following ? (A) MS-Access (B) MS-Power Point (C) PL/SQL (D) MS-Excel Ans: PL/SQL 37) The database in which records are organised in a tree-like structure is ? (A) Network database (B) Hierarchical database (C) Relational database (D) Object-oriented database Ans: Hierarchical database 38) Natural rubber is a polymer of ? (A) Vinyl acetate (B) Propene (C) Isoprene (D) Styrene Ans: Isoprene 39) Which one of the following films was not directed by Satyajit Ray ? (A) Aparajita (B) Charulata (C) Pather Panchali (D) Salaam Bombay Ans: Salaam Bombay 40) The endangered species are listed in what colour data book ? (A) Black (B) Red (C) Green (D) Blue Ans: Red 41) Which country won the maximum number of medals in the Asian Athletic Chamionship held in Pune recently ? (A) Japan (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Bahrain (D) China Ans: China 42) Which country will host the next World Cup Football in 2014 ? (A) France (B) Chile (C) Brazile (D) Spain Ans: Brazile 43) Which one of the following ancient monuments in Delhi is not a World Heritage Monument ? (A) Red Fort (B) Jantar Mantar (C) Humayuns Tomb (D) Qutub Minar Ans: Jantar Mantar 44) Which one of the following organisations and its headquarters are wrongly matched ? Organisations Headquarters (A) Interpol - Lyon (B) Universal Postal Union - Berne (C) Food and Agriculture - Rome Organisation (D) International Civil - London Aviation Organisation Ans: International Civil - London Aviation Organisation 45) Who is the author of the book The State of the Nation ? (A) Mark Tully (B) Vinod Mehta (C) Kuldip Nayar (D) Fali S. Nariman Ans: Fali S. Nariman 46) Among the following Nobel laureates who was not a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace ? (A) Sir Winston Churchill (B) Woodrow Wilson (C) Linus C. Pauling (D) Norman Ernest Borlaug Ans: Sir Winston Churchill 47) Which Union Territory in India has four districts but none of its districts has a common boundary with its other districts ? (A) Puducherry (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (D) Chandigarh Ans: Puducherry 48) The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world is in ? (A) Manipur (B) Mizoram (C) Assam (D) Meghalaya Ans: Manipur 49) Which one of the following days is not observed in the month of October ? (A) Indian Air-force Day (B) U.N. Day (C) World Environment Day June 5 (D) International Day of Non-violence 2 Ans: World Environment Day June 5
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