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Solved Question Paper of SSC Cabinet Secretariat RO(ECO), DFO(T) and DFO(GD) TIER-I Exam 2013

General Knowledge

1. The headquarters of RBI is in:

  • a) Delhi
  • b) Kanpur
  • c) Mumbai
  • d) Nasik

Correct Answer: (c)

2. Which one of the following is not included in the foreign-exchange reserves of India?

  • a) Foreign-currency assets held by the RBI
  • b) Gold holding of the RBI
  • c) Silver holding of the RBI
  • d) SDRs

Correct Answer: (c)

3. The number of workers who would offer themselves for employment at different wage rates is known as:

  • a) Labour Market
  • b) Demand for Labour
  • c) Supply of Labour
  • d) Surplus Labourers

Correct Answer: (c)

4. Which one of the following is not a factor of production?

  • a) Land
  • b) Organisation
  • c) Capital
  • d) Technology

Correct Answer: (b)

5. As income increases the demand for inferior goods:

  • a) increase
  • b) remains constant
  • c) fluctuates
  • d) decreases

Correct Answer: (d)

6. Quo-warranto means:

  • a) without authority
  • b) with what authority
  • c) a warrant
  • d) petition

Correct Answer: (b)

7. The Government of India Act of 1935 was the outcome of:

  • a) First Round Table Conference
  • b) Second Round Table Conference
  • c) Third Round Table Conference
  • d) Communal Award

Correct Answer: (d)

8. The Lokayukta and Upalokayukta Act was first passed in:

  • a) Maharashtra
  • b) West Bengal
  • c) Karnataka
  • d) Odisha

Correct Answer: (a)

9. Who said, "Socialism is like a hat that has lost its shape because everybody wears it"?

  • a) C.E.M. Joad
  • b) Karl Marx
  • c) V.I. Lenin
  • d) H.J. Laski

Correct Answer: (a)

10. Who supported the principle of "survival of the fittest"?

  • a) The Utilitarians
  • b) The Socialists
  • c) The Individualists
  • d) The Fascists

Correct Answer: (d)

11. One of the most controversial projects of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was:

  • a) Market Control
  • b) Iqta System
  • c) friendship with the Mongols
  • d) introduction of token currency

Correct Answer: (d)

12. Nishka, a type of coin was used during _________ period.

  • a) Guptas
  • b) Bahmanis
  • c) Pallavas
  • d) Vedic

Correct Answer: (a)

13. The King who called himself Devanampriya and Priyadarshi was:

  • a) Bindusara
  • b) Bimbisara
  • c) Ashoka
  • d) Harshavardhana

Correct Answer: (c)

14. Sher Shah became the Emperor of Delhi after defeating Humayun in the battle of:

  • a) Kannauj
  • b) Khanva
  • c) Goghra
  • d) Panipat

Correct Answer: (a)

15. Who among the following Bhakti saints has been regarded by his follower as an incarnation of Vishnu?

  • a) Chaitanya
  • b) Namdev
  • c) Ramananda
  • d) Ramanuja

Correct Answer: (a)

16. Which one of the following is not a Biosphere Reserve?

  • a) Gulf of Mannar
  • b) Nilgiris
  • c) Sunderbans
  • d) Kaziranga

Correct Answer: (d)

17. Where is the Coral Sea located?

  • a) Eastern part of Carribean Sea
  • b) North-Eastern part of Australia
  • c) Western part of Europe
  • d) Western part of North America

Correct Answer: (b)

18. The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through is called:

  • a) Permeability
  • b) Jointing
  • c) Hardness
  • d) Porosity

Correct Answer: (a)

19. Which of the following is called the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes?

  • a) Finland
  • b) Minnesota (USA)
  • c) Canada
  • d) India

Correct Answer: (b)

20. The region best known for the production of grapes is:

  • a) Tropical
  • b) Equatorial
  • c) Mediterranean
  • d) Monsoon

Correct Answer: (c)

21. The term 'ecology' was coined by:

  • a) Haeckel
  • b) Odum
  • c) Darwin
  • d) Linnaeus

Correct Answer: (a)

22. Which one of the virus was crystallized for the first time?

  • a) Parrot fever virus
  • b) Smallpox virus
  • c) TMV
  • d) HIV

Correct Answer: (c)

23. Tortoise lives usually for:

  • a) 40 years
  • b) 100 years
  • c) 200 years
  • d) 400 years

Correct Answer: (b)

24. A dead and protective animal structure is:

  • a) Feathers
  • b) Nails and claws
  • c) Skin surface
  • d) All of the above

Correct Answer: (b)

25. Urobiology deals with:

  • a) preservation of dead animals
  • b) urinary system
  • c) genital system
  • d) urino-genital system

Correct Answer: (a)

26. Scanning Electron Microscope produces images, which are:

  • a) big and sharp
  • b) two-dimensional
  • c) three dimensional
  • d) cytological details

Correct Answer: (c)

27. When sound travels from air to water the quantity that remains unchanged is:

  • a) speed
  • b) frequency
  • c) intensity
  • d) wavelength

Correct Answer: (b)

28. A leaf appears green in day-light. When seen in red light it appears to be:

  • a) red
  • b) green
  • c) black
  • d) white

Correct Answer: (c)

29. Which of the following properties shows that light is a transverse wave?

  • a) Reflection
  • b) Interference
  • c) Diffraction
  • d) Polarisation

Correct Answer: (d)

30. The subject of Data warehousing is related to:

  • a) Compilers
  • b) Networks
  • c) Internet
  • d) Databases

Correct Answer: (d)

31. The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is called:

  • a) Data transmission
  • b) Data collection
  • c) Relocation
  • d) Database

Correct Answer: (c)

32. Which of the following is not a valid network topology?

  • a) Star topology
  • b) Ring topology
  • c) Bus topology
  • d) Grid topology

Correct Answer: (d)

33. An aerosol is a colloidal system of a:

  • a) liquid dispersed in a liquid
  • b) liquid dispersed in a solid
  • c) gas dispersed in a liquid
  • d) solid dispersed in a gas

Correct Answer: (d)

34. Food cans are coated with Tin and not Zinc because:

  • a) Zinc is costlier than Tin
  • b) Zinc has high melting point than Tin
  • c) Zinc is more reactive than Tin
  • d) Zinc is less reactive than Tin

Correct Answer: (c)

35. An antigen develops antibodies. The antibodies which protect the body from harmful effects are:

  • a) Immunoglobulins
  • b) Phospholipids
  • c) Albumins
  • d) Lymphocytes

Correct Answer: (a)

36. Peptide bond is a key feature in:

  • a) Polysaccharides
  • b) Proteins
  • c) Nucleotides
  • d) Nucleic acids

Correct Answer: (b)

37. The theme for 2012 World Environment Day was:

  • a) Green Buildings
  • b) Green Pesticides
  • c) Evergreen Revolution
  • d) Green Economy

Correct Answer: (d)

38. Hygrometer is used for measuring the:

  • a) relative humidity
  • b) discharge rate of water
  • c) tidal waves
  • d) speed of water run-off

Correct Answer: (a)

39. Biogas produced by the fermentation of animal dung, human sewage or crop residues in an airtight container is rich in:

  • a) Propane
  • b) Butane
  • c) Methane
  • d) Carbon dioxide

Correct Answer: (c)

40. Iran earthquake having epicentre of 7.8 magnitude rattled Delhi on 16th April 2013. However, more human casualties were reported from:

  • a) Pakistan
  • b) Iran
  • c) Dubai
  • d) North-Eastern India

Correct Answer: (a)

41. Rex-Bionics: a New Zealand based firm has developed robotic legs to:

  • a) walk and talk up to hours
  • b) walk and stand for rest
  • c) walk ans sit for rest
  • d) walk, stand, turn and climb

Correct Answer: (d)

42. Ardha Satya - a Hindi film was directed by:

  • a) Govind Nihlani
  • b) Nandita Das
  • c) Guru Dutt
  • d) Satyajit Ray

Correct Answer: (a)

43. The "3-State Red Corridor" is a safe passage for the activity of Maoist's. These States are:

  • a) Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand
  • b) Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh
  • c) Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
  • d) Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Bihar

Correct Answer: (a)

44. Shamshad Begum one of the first playback singers in Hindi film industry died at the age of:

  • a) 74 years
  • b) 84 years
  • c) 94 years
  • d) 104 years

Correct Answer: (c)

45. A normal medium sized washing machine used in household use electricity:

  • a) 500 Watts
  • b) 600 Watts
  • c) 800 Watts
  • d) 1000 Watts

Correct Answer: (a)

46. Sextant is used to measure:

  • a) weight of an object
  • b) height of an object
  • c) length of an object
  • d) efficiency of sex diagnosis

Correct Answer: (b)

47. DBT as coined by Government recently stands for:

  • a) Department of Biotechnology
  • b) Database on Bengal Tigers
  • c) Direct Benefit Transfer
  • d) Development of Biofuel Technologies

Correct Answer: (c)

48. Ricinin is a deadly poison to the human being and has no known antidote so far. It is found in:

  • a) Pea nut
  • b) Castor bean
  • c) Datura seed
  • d) Sorghum shoot

Correct Answer: (b)

49. High blood pressure can be managed by eating fishes like Herring, Mackerels and Solomon which are rich in:

  • a) Good cholestrol
  • b) Sodium salt
  • c) Potassium salt
  • d) Omega-3

Correct Answer: (d)

50. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  • a) Line of Actual Control (LAC) --- China-India
  • b) Line of Control (LOC) --- Pakistan-India
  • c) Ancient Trade Route (ATR) --- Ladakh-Yarkand
  • d) Indus Water Treaty (IWT) --- India-Bangladesh

Correct Answer: (d)