SSC CGL (TIER-I) Paper held on 21.4.2013 (General Awareness)
1. Externality theory is the basis theory of the following branch of Economics:
(a) Macro Economics
(b) Environomics
(c) Fiscal Economics
(d) International Economics
2. Diamonds are priced higher than water because:
(a) consumers do not buy then al lower prices
(b) they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic powers
(c) their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of water
(d) their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water.
3. Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by:
(a) Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Hydrocarbon
4. "Functional Finance" is associated with:
(a) Abba 'P' Lerner
(b) Adolph Wogner
(c) Adam Smith
(d) Adams
5. Of the following land uses, which is restricted to Special Economic Zones?
(a) Information Technology Companies
(b) Educational Institutions
(c) Free Trade Centres
(d) Marketing Centres
6. Who of the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister on Union Cabinet?
(a) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
(b) Judge of Supreme Court
(c) Secretary to Government of India
(d) Political Advisor to PM
7. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
8. The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled within:
(a) 3 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 12 months
(d) 1 months
9. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the fundamental duties are enshrined?
(a) IV
(b) IV A
(c) IV B
(d) V
10. Who described the Government of India Ac, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
11. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Lin Lithgow
12. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) B.G. Tilak
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) M.K. Gandhi
13. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as?
(a) Mahaparinirvansutta
(b) Brahmajalasutta
(c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
(d) kachchayanagottasutta
14. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malviya take loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bnk
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Bank of Baroda
15. Who wrote the book "Why Socialism"?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) M.N. Roy
16. Multi-purpose river valley project are the "New temples of modern India".
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Rajiv Gandhi
17. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:
(a) North Atlantic drift
(b) South Atlantic drift
(c) Counter Equatorial drift
(d) West Atlantic drift
18. Which of the following is an endemic species?
(a) Nicobar pigeon
(b) Horn bill
(c) Indian Rhino
(d) Pink head duck
19. The natural disaster in which carbon-di-oxide suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known as ______.
(a) Liminic
(b) Lacustrine
(c) Fluvial
(d) Glacial
20. Blood group was discovered by:
(a) Alexander Fleming
(b) William Harvey
(c) Landsteiner
(d) Pavlow
21. Pick out the correct match:
(a) Egg yolk - Protein Fat
(b) Fleshy food - Calcium and Protein
(c) Fish - Starch and Vitamin
(D) Milk - Fibre and Minerals
22. Blood is:
(a) reproductive tissue
(b) connective tissue
(c) epithelial tissue
(d) muscular tissue
23. DPT vaccine is administered to prevent diseases like:
(a) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Typhoid
(b) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
(c) Dengue, Pertussis and Typhoid
(d) Dengue, Polio and Tetanus
24. The disease that has been eradicated from the world is:
(a) Small pox
(b) Leprosy
(c) Poliomyelitis
(d) Chicken pox
25. In dicots the pollen grains posses:
(a) one germ pore
(b) two germ pores
(c) three germ pores
(d) four germ pores
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