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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