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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) (10+2) Exam 2014 for Data Entry Operators and Lower Division Clerks held in November 2014

1. Who was the contemporary South Indian ruler of Harshvardhana?

  • A) Krishnadevaraya
  • B) Pulakeshin II
  • C) Mayuravarma
  • D) Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar


2. Nappe is a kind of

  • A) fluvial feature
  • B) folded structure
  • C) erosional plain
  • D) delta region


3. The Panama Canal is different from the Suez Canal as it has

  • A) Lock System
  • B) Shorter route
  • C) Busy route
  • D) Less busy route


4. The area which is resistant to any massive structural transformation is called

  • A) rigid mass
  • B) ancient landmass
  • C) tectonic plate
  • D) shield


5. Llanos are the grasslands of

  • A) Guyana Highlands
  • B) Brazillian Highlands
  • C) Argentina
  • D) Chile


6. The areas marked by internal drainage

  • A) Plateau
  • B) Plains
  • C) Deserts
  • D) Mountains


7. The space retaining life in any form is called

  • A) Biomass
  • B) Biosphere
  • C) Lithosphere
  • D) Hydrosphere


8. Rhizobium is a kind of

  • A) Photosynthetic bacteria
  • B) Symbiotic bacteria
  • C) Parasitic bacteria
  • D) Saprophytic bacteria


9. A Parenchyma cell which stores ergastic substance is known as

  • A) Phragmoblast
  • B) Idioblast
  • C) Conidioplast
  • D) Chloroplast


10. Root Hairs arise from

  • A) Cortex
  • B) Pericycle
  • C) Epidermis
  • D) Endodermis


11. The gametophyte is called prothallus in

  • A) Pteridophyta
  • B) Bryophyta
  • C) Spermatophyta
  • D) Thallophyta


12. The best example of Polyembryony is

  • A) Cocoa
  • B) Capsicum
  • C) Citrus
  • D) Cycas


13. A moving neutron collides with a stationary alpha particle. The fraction of the kinetic energy lost by the neutron is

  • A) 1/4
  • B) 1/16
  • C) 9/25
  • D) 16/25


14. Which of these waves can be polarised?

  • A) Sound waves in air
  • B) Longitudinal waves on a string
  • C) Transverse wave on a string
  • D) Light waves


15. The unit of Planck's constant is

  • A) Js
  • B) Js-2
  • C) J/s
  • D) Js2


16. If a wire of resistance R is melted and recast to half of its length, then the new resistance of the wire will be

  • A) R/4
  • B) R/2
  • C) R
  • D) 2R


17. Hard copies can be obtained from

  • A) Scanner
  • B) Speaker
  • C) Printer
  • D) Recorder


18. In an E-R diagram, ellipse represents

  • A) relation
  • B) entity
  • C) fields
  • D) attributes


19. Chemical name of common salt is

  • A) Sodium Chloride
  • B) Sodium Bicarbonate
  • C) Sodium
  • D) Sodium Oxide


20. Which one of the following minerals does not contain oxygen?

  • A) Haematite
  • B) Bauxite
  • C) Cryolite
  • D) Calcite


21. A non-electric conductor is

  • A) Iron
  • B) Gas Carbon
  • C) Copper Sulphate
  • D) Mercury


22. Which of the following will replace hydrogen from acids to form salts?

  • A) S
  • B) Na
  • C) Ag
  • D) P


23. Which type of lake is formed by volcanic activities?

  • A) Lagoon
  • B) Fresh water lake
  • C) Cladera lake
  • D) Karst lake


24. Green manure is obtained from

  • A) Domestic vegetable waste
  • B) Oil seed husk cakes
  • C) Fresh animal excreta
  • D) Decomposing green legume plants


25. The enviornment includes

  • A) Abiotic factors
  • B) Biotic factors
  • C) Oxygen and Nitrogen
  • D) Abiotic and Biotic factors


26. The temperate grasslands of North America are known as

  • A) Pampas
  • B) Downs
  • C) Steppes
  • D) Prairies


27. The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at

  • A) Paradip
  • B) Cochin
  • C) Mumbai
  • D) Kolkata


28. How many islands are there in Lakshadweep?

  • A) 17
  • B) 27
  • C) 36
  • D) 47


29. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013 has been given to

  • A) Zubin Mehta
  • B) Narendra Kohli
  • C) Shalini Singh
  • D) Arvind Aadiga


30. Winner of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2013

  • A) Ela Bhatt
  • B) Angela Merkel
  • C) Lydia Davis
  • D) Christina Legarde


31. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is an exponent of

  • A) Mandolin
  • B) Santoor
  • C) Sitar
  • D) Veena


32. Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?

  • A) Literature
  • B) Films
  • C) Journalism
  • D) Music


33. Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at

  • A) Manila
  • B) Stockholm
  • C) Geneva
  • D) New York


34. 'Freedom From Fear' is a book written by

  • A) Benazir Bhutto
  • B) Corazon Aquino
  • C) Aung San Sui Kyi
  • D) Nayantara Sehgal


35. Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?

  • A) J M Barrie
  • B) Walter Scott
  • C) George Orwell
  • D) Thomas Hardy


36. The 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 was conferred to

  • A) Sonu Nigam
  • B) Kailash Kher
  • C) Hariharan
  • D) A R Rahman


37. The internal rate of return

  • A) must be less than the interest rate if the firm is to invest.
  • B) makes the present value of costs.
  • C) falls as the annual yield of an investment rises.
  • D) is equal to the market interest rate for all the firm's investment


38. As the number of investments made by a firm incerases, its internal rate of return

  • A) declines due to diminishing marginal productivity.
  • B) declines because the market rate of interest will fall, ceteris paribus.
  • C) increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption forgone.
  • D) increases because the level of saving will fall.


39. Capacity utilisation

  • A) is usually near 100 percent
  • B) represents the percent of the labour force that is employed
  • C) is a measure of the proportional of the existing capital stock used for current production.
  • D) rises as the economy moves into a recession, since firms must replace unemployed workers with some other resources to maintain production.


40. The theory of "Maximum Social Advantage" in Public Finance was given by

  • A) Robbins
  • B) Musgrave
  • C) Findley
  • D) Dalten


41. The value of investment multiplier relates to

  • A) change in income due to change in autonomous investment.
  • B) change in autonomous investment due to change in income.
  • C) change in income due to change in consumption.
  • D) change in consumption due to change in induced investment.


42. When did the Constitutent Assembly adopt National Anthem?

  • A) 25th January 1950
  • B) 26th January 1950
  • C) 24th January 1950
  • D) 29th January 1950


43. The President of India is an integral part of the

  • A) The Parliament
  • B) The Lok Sabha
  • C) Rajya Sabha
  • D) Council of Ministers


44. Union Public Service Commission has to submit the report to the

  • A) President
  • B) Parliament
  • C) Lok Sabha
  • D) Rajya Sabha


45. How many times was the Preamble of the Constitution amended?

  • A) Three times
  • B) Two times
  • C) Once
  • D) Not amended


46. An ordinance issued by the Governor is subject to approval by

  • A) The President
  • B) The State Legislature
  • C) The State Council of Ministers
  • D) The Parliament


47. Which rebelion in Bengal was highlighted by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'?

  • A) Chaur Uprising
  • B) Sanyasi Rebelion
  • C) Kol Uprising
  • D) Santhal Uprising


48. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court.

  • A) Alexander
  • B) Megasthanese
  • C) Plato
  • D) Aristotle


49. When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began?

  • A) 1106 AD
  • B) 1206 AD
  • C) 1306 AD
  • D) 1406 AD


50. Who introduced leather token currency in India?

  • A) Akbar
  • B) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq
  • C) Babur
  • D) Humayun