S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level (Pre.) Exam., 2008 (Held on 27-7-2008)

S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level (Pre.) Exam., 2008

(Held on 27-7-2008)

General Awareness

1. Which of the following is not considered as National
Debt ?

(A) National Savings Certificates

(B) Long-term Government Bonds

(C) Insurance Policies

(D) Provident Fund

Ans : (C)



2. The main determinant of real wage is—

(A) Extra earning

(B) Nature of work

(C) Promotion prospect

(D) Purchasing power of money

Ans : (D)



3. The birthrate measures the number of births during a year per—

(A) 100 population

(B) 1000 population

(C) 10000 population

(D) 100000 population

Ans : (B)



4. Which of the following is not included in the National
Income ?

(A) Imputed rent of owneroccupied houses

(B) Government expenditure on making new bridges

(C) Winning a lottery

(D) Commission paid to an agent for sale of house

Ans : (C)



5. Personal disposable income is—

(A) Always equal to personal income

(B) Always more than personal income

(C) Equal to personal income minus indirect taxes

(D) Equal to personal income minus direct taxes

Ans : (D)



6. Who prepared the first estimate of National Income for the country ?

(A) Central Statistical Organisation

(B) National Income Committee

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) National Sample Survey Organisation

Ans : (C)



7. A Bill referred to a ‘Joint Sitting’ of the two Houses of the
Parliament is required to be passed by—

(A) A simple majority of the members present

(B) Absolute majority of the total membership

(C) 2/3rd majority of the members present

(D) 3/4th majority of the members present

Ans : (A)



8. Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India ?

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Chief Justice of India

(D) Attorney General

Ans : (A)



9. Who certifies a Bill to be a Money Bill in India ?

(A) Finance Minister

(B) President

(C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(D) Prime Minister

Ans : (C)



10. By which Amendment were ‘Fundamental Duties’ added to the
Constitution ?

(A) 40th Amendment

(B) 42nd Amendment

(C) 44th Amendment

(D) 45th Amendment

Ans : (B)



11. The Vice-President of India is elected by—

(A) The members of the Parliament

(B) The members of the Rajya Sabha

(C) The elected members of the Parliament

(D) The members of the Parliament and State Legislatures

Ans : (A)



12. When was the comprehensive reorganisation of Indian States completed in
accordance with the recommendations of States Reorganisation Commission ?

(A) 1953

(B) 1956

(C) 1960

(D) 1966

Ans : (B)



13. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, "None will believe
that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth" ?

(A) Bertrand Russell

(B) Leo Tolstoy

(C) Albert Einstein

(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Ans : (C)



14. Who built the ‘Tower of Victory’ (Vijay Stambha) in the Chittor Fort
?

(A) Rana Sanga

(B) Rana Ratan Singh

(C) Rana Hamir Deva

(D) Rana Kumbha

Ans : (D)



15. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called—

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement

(B) Swadeshi Movement

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) None of the above

Ans : (C)



16. In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by
the English ?

(A) Battle of Wandiwash

(B) Battle of Buxar

(C) Battle of Plassey

(D) Battle of Adyar

Ans : (A)



17. The Cabinet Mission came to India in—

(A) 1943

(B) 1944

(C) 1945

(D) 1946

Ans : (D)



18. The first to come and the last to leave India were—

(A) The Portuguese

(B) The French

(C) The English

(D) The Dutch

Ans : (A)



19. IR 20 and Ratna are two important varieties of—

(A) Wheat

(B) Bajra

(C) Jowar

(D) Paddy

Ans : (D)



20. The Trans-Siberian Railway (9438 km) connects…...........… in the
West to …........… in the East.

(A) Moscow, Tashkent

(B) St. Petersburg, Omsk

(C) Moscow, Irkutsk

(D) St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

Ans : (D)



21. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy is located at—

(A) Secunderabad

(B) Rae Bareilly

(C) Jodhpur

(D) Delhi

Ans : (B)



22. Which one of the following rivers of Peninsular India does not join
Arabian Sea ?

(A) Periyar

(B) Cauvery

(C) Narmada

(D) Tapti

Ans : (B)



23. Which one of the following correctly describes AGNI ?

(A) A fighter plane

(B) A versatile tank

(C) A long-range missile

(D) A long-range gun

Ans : (C)



24. Instrument used for measuring area on maps is called—

(A) Planimeter

(B) Eidograph

(C) Pantograph

(D) Opisometer

Ans : (A)



25. If the blood group of one parent is AB and that of the other O, the
possible blood group of their child would be—

(A) A or B

(B) A or B or O

(C) A or AB or O

(D) A or B or AB or O

Ans : (A)



26. How many bones are there in the human body ?

(A) 187

(B) 287

(C) 206

(D) 306

Ans : (C)



27. Dinosaurs were—

(A) Mammals that became extinct

(B) Large herbivorous creatures which gave rise to hippopotamus species

(C) Egg-laying mammals

(D) Reptiles that became extinct

Ans : (D)



28. Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with—

(A) Removal of excess salts

(B) Excretion of nitrogenous wastes

(C) Thermoregulation

(D) Sex-attraction

Ans : (C)



29. The vitamin that helps to prevent infections in the human body is—

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin D

Ans : (A)



30. The normal RBC count in adult male is—

(A) 5•5 million

(B) 5•0 million

(C) 4•5 million

(D) 4•0 million

Ans : (B)



31. A storm is predicted if atmospheric pressure—

(A) Rises suddenly

(B) Rises gradually

(C) Falls suddenly

(D) Falls gradually

Ans : (C)



32. The gas which turns into liquid at the lowest temperature among the
following is—

(A) Hydrogen

(B) Oxygen

(C) Helium

(D) Nitrogen

Ans : (A)



33. An egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt
because—

(A) Egg absorbs salt from the solution and expands

(B) Albumin dissolves in salt solution and egg becomes lighter

(C) The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs

(D) Water has high surface tension

Ans : (C)



34. What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his
(angular) speed ?

(A) Bring his hands together

(B) Raise his hands up

(C) Spread his hands outwards

(D) Sit down with raised hands

Ans : (C)



35. Gunpowder consists of a mixture of—

(A) Sand and TNT

(B) TNT and charcoal

(C) Nitre, sulphur and charcoal

(D) Sulphur, sand and charcoal

Ans : (C)



36. Which of the following is the sweetest sugar ?

(A) Sucrose

(B) Glucose

(C) Fructose

(D) Maltose

Ans : (C)



37. In nuclear reactors, graphite is used as a/an—

(A) Fuel

(B) Lubricant

(C) Moderator

(D) Insulator

Ans : (C)



38. Which of the following celestial bodies contains abundant quantities of
helium-3, a potential source of energy ?

(A) Earth

(B) Moon

(C) Venus

(D) Saturn

Ans : (D)



39. Which of the following International Tennis Tournaments is held on grass
court ?

(A) US Open

(B) French Open

(C) Wimbledon

(D) Australian Open

Ans : (C)



40. What is the name of the writer of Indian origin whose novel, The
Inheritance of Loss has bagged Man Booker Prize ?

(A) Vikram Seth

(B) Kiran Desai

(C) Salman Rushdie

(D) V. S. Naipaul

Ans : (B)



41. Which country from the following is a permanent member of the UN
Security Council ?

(A) Switzerland

(B) People’s Republic of China

(C) Japan

(D) Ukraine

Ans : (B)



42. The Loktak Lake on which a hydroelectric project was constructed is
situated in the State of—

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Manipur

(C) Meghalaya

(D) Himachal Pradesh

Ans : (B)



43. What is the motto incorporated under our National Emblem ?

(A) Satyam Shivam

(B) Satyam Shivam Sundaram

(C) Satyameva Jayate

(D) Jai Hind

Ans : (C)



44. The H5N1 virus which causes bird flu was first discovered in—

(A) 1991

(B) 1995

(C) 1997

(D) 2001

Ans : (C)



45. The Southern tip of India is—

(A) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)

(B) Point Calimere

(C) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands

(D) Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram

Ans : (A)



46. According to a resolution adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly, ‘International Day of Peace’ is observed every year on—

(A) September 1

(B) September 14

(C) September 21

(D) September 30

Ans : (C)



47. Where was the last Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held
?

(A) Sydney

(B) Auckland

(C) New York

(D) Beijing

Ans : (A)



48. According to the UN Convention on the rights of children, which of the
following is not a right ?

(A) Safe drinking water

(B) Adequate standard of living

(C) Education

(D) Marriage

Ans : (D)



49. Who is the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind ?

(A) V. S. Naipaul

(B) Deepak Chopra

(C) Dom Moraes

(D) Tony Kusher

Ans : (B)



50. Which cricketer holds the record for scoring highest number of runs in a
test match innings ?

(A) Gary Sobers

(B) Vivian Richards

(C) Sunil Gavaskar

(D) Brian Lara

Ans : (D)

S.S.C. COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL (PRE.) EXAM., 2007 SOLVED PAPER

S.S.C. COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL (PRE.) EXAM

(HELD ON 04.02.2007)

GENERAL AWARENESS

1. The phenomenon of radioactivity was discovered by

(a) Madame Curie

(b) J.J.Thomson

(c) Roentgen

(d) Becquerel

2. Einstein’s mass energy relation is given by the expression

(a) E 1 2 =mv

(b) E =mc2

(c) E =mgh

(d) None of the above

3. Defect of colour blindness can be remedied by the use of

(a) Concave lens (b) Convex lens

(c) Cylindrical lens (d) None of the above

4. What is a zoom lens?

(a) It is a lens having fixed focal length

(b) It is a lens having variable focal length

(c) It is a lens used in radio telescopes

(d) None of the above

5. Which one of the following is known as Marsh gas?

(a) CO

(b) CH4

(c) CO2 (d) H2

6. Chemically, lime water is

(a) Calcium hydroxide (b) Sodium carbonate

(c) Sodium hydroxide

(d) Calcium carbonate

7. Chemically, bleaching powder is

(a) Calcium hypochlorite

(b) Calcium hydroxide

(c) Sodium hydroxide

(d) Calcium sulphate

8. A gas used as a disinfectant in drinking water is

(a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen

(c) Fluorine (d) Chlorine

9. Which one of the following is associated with Darwinism?

(a) Law of Use and Abuse

(b) Mutation

(c) Theory of Germplasm

(d) Natural Selection

10. Radioactivity is measured by

(a) Geiger-Mullar counter (b) Polarimeter

(c) Calorimeter (d) Colorimeter

11. The study of worms which cause parasitic infestations in man is called

(a) Helminthological (b) Herpetology

(c) Ichthyology (d) Malacology

12. The double helical structure of DNA was discovered by

(a) Watson and Crick

(b) Watson and Khurana

(c) Crick and Khurana

(d) Watson and Morgan

13. The vector for elephantiasis is

(a) Culex mosquito larva

(b) Female mosquito

(c) Infected culex mosquito

(d) Female anopheles mosquito

14. Deficiency of iron leads to

(a) Anorexia (b) Anaemia

(c) Polycythemia (d) Leucopenia

15. Which one of the following is the largest terrestrial wild animal?

(a) Indian elephant

(b) African elephant

(c) Giraffe

(d) White tiger

16. Enterobiasis is caused by

(a) Hook worm

(b) Filaria worm

(c) Pin worm

(d) Round worm

17. Who formulated the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) M.G.Ranade

(c) R.C.Dutt (d) B.C.Pal

18. The silver coins of the Gupta period were known as

(a) Dinar

(b) Rupyaka

(c) Satamana

(d) Karshapana

19. Who was the first European to designate ‘Aryans’ as a race?

(a) Sir William Jones

(b) H.H.Wilson

(c) Max Muller

(d) General Cunningham

20. Match the Sufi Saints with the Silsilas with which they were associated. Answer the

questions on the basis of codes provided below-

List -I

1. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya 2. Bahauddin Zakariya

3. Mian Mir 4. Ahmad Sirhindi

List-II

(a) Qadiri

(b) Suhrawardi

(c) Chistiya

(d) Naqshbandi

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 2 1

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 2 1 3 4

(D) 1 2 3 4

21. Name the State where density of population is the lowest

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Mizoram

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

22. Which State of India has recorded the highest rate of population growth in the last census

(2001)?

(a) Gujarat (b) Manipur

(c) Nagaland (d) Haryana

23. What is the correct rank roder of towns on the basis of population (2001) size?

(a) Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai

(b) Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore

(c) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad

(d) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad

24. Identify the Indian State which has the lowest sex ratio

(a) Haryana

(b) Punjab

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

25. New firms are barred from entering the market in

(a) Perfect competition (b) Oligopoly

(c) Monopolistic competition (d) Monopoly

26. Who says that propensity to consume is stable in the short run?

(a) Keynes

(b) Hicks

(c) Arrow

(d) Stiglitz

27. In India, according to 2001 census, the general literacy rate is

(a) 65.38%

(b) 52.21%

(c) 43.57%

(d) 34.45%

28. India’s largest commercial bank is

(a) Central Bank of India

(b) State Bank of India

(c) Indian Oversea Bank

(d) Bank of India

29. Which one of the following is not among the key objectives of the 10th Plan?

(a) Reduction of poverty ratio

(b) Drinking water for all villages by 2012

(c) Reduction in infant mortality rates

(d) Reduction in imports

30. Fiscal Policy is related to

(a) Money supply in the economy

(b) Regulation of the banking system

(c) Planning for economic development

(d) Government’s Revenue and Expenditure

31. Foreign exchange rate means the rate at which the currency of one country can be

traded for

(a) The currency of any other country in the foreign exchange market

(b) US dollar, which is the strongest currency in any foreign exchange market

(c) A fixed basket of currencies consisting of Dollar, Yen, Euro and Pound

(d) The currency of any other country as determined by the International Monetary Fund

32. The supply of a commodity does not depend directly upon

(a) Cost of production

(b) Price of the commodity

(c) Technology of production

(d) Demand for the commodity

33. At the time of enactment of the Constitution, which one of the following ideals was not

included it the Preamble?

(a) Liberty

(b) Equality

(c) Socialist

(d) Justice

34. The tenure of the Rajya Sabha is -

(a) 5 years

(b) 6 years

(c) Permanent

(d) 2 years

35. The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from the Constitution of -

(a) United States of America

(b) Canada

(c) Ireland

(d) United Kingdom

36. Who is considered as the father of Idealism?

(a) Plato (b) Hegel

(c) Berkeley (d) Green

37. The disputes regarding the election of the President and Vice-President of India are

decided by the

(a) High Court

(b) Election Commission

(c) Supreme Court

(d) Parliament

38. Match List-I (Forms of Government) with List-II (Principles) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists -

Lists-I

(a) Presidential system

(b) Parliamentary system

(c) Federal system

(d) Unitary system

List-II

1. Division of power

2. Concentration of power

3. Close relationship between executive and legislature

4. Separation of powers

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 4 2 1 3

39. Which part of the Indian Constitution provides for establishing Indian as a Welfare State?

(a) The preamble of the Constitution

(b) Fundamental Rights (Part III of the Constitution)

(c) Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV of the Constitution)

(d) Schedule IV of the Indian Constitution

40. Which one of the these is not a keyword of Gandhian Government?

(a) Self-sufficiency

(b) Decentralized production

(c) Equitable distribution

(d) Centralised production

41. Match List-I (Personalities) with List-II (Activities) and select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists-

Lists-I

(a) Vinoo Mankad

(b) Sunil Mittal

(c) Uma Sharma

(d) V. Kurian

List-II

1. Kathak Dancing

2. Dairy Development

3. Cricket

4. Telecom Industry

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 2 1 2

(D) 4 1 2 3

42. The book ‘Midnight’s Children’ has been written by

(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Tasleema Nasreen

(c) Salman Rushdie (d) Kiran Desai

43. CTBT stands for

(a) Continued Test Ban Treaty

(b) Continued Test Based Treatments

(c) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

(d) Commercial Test Based Tariff

44. The Tehri Hydro Power Complex is located in the State of

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

45. ‘CDMA’ – technology used in Mobile Phones stands for

(a) Computer Developed Management Application

(b) Code Division Multiple Application

(c) Code Division Multiple Access

(d) Code Division Mobile Application

46. Match List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes

given below the lists

Lists-I

(a) My Presidential Years

(b) The Hindu View of Life

(c) Voice of Conscience

(d) Without Fear or Favour

List-II

1. S.Radhakrishnan

2. V.V.Giri

3. N.Sanjeeva Reddy

4. R.Venkataraman

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 2 3 4 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

47. Match List-I (Persons) with List-II (Organisations/Area of Work) and select the correct

answer from the codes given below the lists-

Lists-I

(a) Amrita Patel

(b) Indra Nooyi

(c) Sunita Narayan

(d) Nandan Nilekani

List-II

1. Information Technology

2. Environmental Science

3. PepsiCo

4. Dairy Development

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 4 2 3

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 2 3 4 1

(D) 4 3 2 1

48. Who has the written the book ‘Two Lives’?

(a) Salman Rushdie

(b) Arundhati Roy

(c) Vikram Seth

(d) Shiv Khera

49. The Ad Line ‘Express Yourself’ is associated with which Brand/Company?

(a) BSNL

(b) Airtel

(c) Hutch

(d) MTNL

50. F.A.O. is the abbreviation of

(a) Fibre and Agricultural Organization

(b) Factory Acquisition Organziation

(c) Free Arbiration Organization

(d) Food and Agriculture Organisation

ANSWER KEYS

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b)

6.(a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10.(a)

11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b)

16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (b)

21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d)

26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (d)

31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (b)

36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (d)

41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (c)

46. (d) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (d)