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Solved Question Paper of SSC Combined Higher Secondary (CHS) Level Exam 2012 : Set - 1
General Knowledge
1. Grave's disease is caused due to
- a) hyperactivity of thyroid
- b) hypoactivity of thymus
- c) hypoactivity of thyroid
- d) hyperactivity of thymus
Correct Answer: (a)
2. How many cricketers, who have represented India in test matches, are presently Lok Sabha members?
- a) Nil
- b) One
- c) Two
- d) Three
Correct Answer: (d)
3) Iron and manganese are removed in water by the process of
- a) Chlorination
- b) Filtration
- c) Lime-soda treatment
- d) Aeration
Correct Answer: (b)
4) Suspended colloidal particles in the water can be removed by the process of
- a) Filtration
- b) Adsorption
- c) Absorption
- d) Coagulation
Correct Answer: (d)
5) Which one of the following is called the primary pace maker of the heart?
- a) A.V. Node
- b) Chordae tendinae
- c) A.V. Septum
- d) S.A. Node
Correct Answer: (d)
6) The concept of 'Carbon credit' originated from
- a) Earth Summit, Rio-de-Janerio
- b) Kyoto Protocol
- c) Montreal Protocol
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (b)
7) Amuktamalyada is the work of
- a) Krishnadeva Raya
- b) Vachcharaj
- c) Kharavela
- d) Allasani Peddana
Correct Answer: (a)
8) Caustic soda is
- a) deliquescent
- b) oxidant
- c) reductant
- d) efflorescent
Correct Answer: (a)
9) The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called
- a) pits
- b) clusters
- c) tracks
- d) lands
Correct Answer: (a)
10) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Indian economy
- a) population pressure
- b) balance between heavy industry and wage goods
- c) primacy of agriculture
- d) low per capita income
Correct Answer: (b)
11) Activated sludge treatment is called
- a) Preliminary treatment
- b) Biological treatment
- c) Pre treatment
- d) Chemical treatment
Correct Answer: (b)
12) Chiropterophily means
- a) production of flowers
- b) pollination by wind
- c) pollination by bat
- d) production of leaves
Correct Answer: (c)
13) Which Amendment of the Constitution deals with Political defections?
- a) 50th
- b) 52nd
- c) 60th
- d) 44th
Correct Answer: (b)
14) Which part of the plant is used as 'saffron'?
- a) Petals
- b) Stamens
- c) Style and Stigma
- d) Sepals
Correct Answer: (c)
15) An employment situation where the marginal productivity of agricultural labour is zero is known as
- a) Seasonal unemployment
- b) Cyclical unemployment
- c) Disguised unemployment
- d) Structural unemployment
Correct Answer: (c)
16) CPU performance is often measure in
- a) MHz
- b) MIPS
- c) Band rate
- d) GB
Correct Answer: (a)
17) Spot the odd item in the following
- a) Red Sea
- b) Black Sea
- c) Caspian sea
- d) Dead sea
Correct Answer: (a)
18) The property which is seen in light wave but not in sound wave is
- a) Diffraction
- b) Refraction
- c) Polarization
- d) Interference
Correct Answer: (c)
19) Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) is in
- a) Patiala
- b) Gwalior
- c) Indore
- d) Jhansi
Correct Answer: (b)
20) Which country will host the next meet of CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet) in 2013?
- a) U.K.
- b) Mauritius
- c) Sri Lanka
- d) India
Correct Answer: (c)
21) Which schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha?
- a) 3rd schedule
- b) 4th schedule
- c) 5th schedule
- d) 6th schedule
Correct Answer: (b)
22) Which country is the largest producer of wool?
- a) U.S.A.
- b) Australia
- c) Britain
- d) Canada
Correct Answer: (b)
23) The Mansabdari system was introduced by
- a) Shah Jahan
- b) Jahangir
- c) Babur
- d) Akbar
Correct Answer: (d)
24) Roger Federer won the seventh Wimbledon title in 2012. In which year, he won the sixth Wimbledon title?
- a) 2008
- b) 2009
- c) 2010
- d) 2011
Correct Answer: (b)
25) To promote and polularise which game in India, another Indian League Tournament was launched in 2011 on the lines of IPL?
- a) Volley Ball
- b) Hockey
- c) Basket Ball
- d) Soccer
Correct Answer: (d)
26) Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List?
- a) Trade Unions
- b) Citizenship
- c) Local Government
- d) Inter-State rivers
Correct Answer: (a)
27) Which one of the following was created by the 'Pitt's India Act'?
- a) Board of Control
- b) Board of Revenue
- c) Standing Council
- d) Court of Directors
Correct Answer: (a)
28) Who said in the Constituent Assembly that the Directive Principles of the State Policy are like a "Cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank"?
- a) K.M. Munshi
- b) B.R. Ambedkar
- c) Austin
- d) K.T. Shah
Correct Answer: (d)
29) The use of which of the following regional languages was popularised by the Bhakti leader, Shankaradeva?
- a) Bengali
- b) Brijbhasha
- c) Avadhi
- d) Assamese
Correct Answer: (d)
30) Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition?
- a) industry
- b) government
- c) firms
- d) buyers
Correct Answer: (d)
31) Which enzyme is obtained from Red gram?
- a) Zymase
- b) Maltase
- c) Diastase
- d) Urease
Correct Answer: (c)
32) Which one among the following is a solid lubricant?
- a) Germanium
- b) Sulphur
- c) Graphite
- d) Indium
Correct Answer: (c)
33) Which of the following is the strongest coagulant?
- a) Zinc chloride
- b) Aluminium chloride
- c) Barium chloride
- d) Magnesium sulphate
Correct Answer: (b)
34) The acid rain destroys the vegetation because it contains
- a) Ozone
- b) Carbon monoxide
- c) Sulphuric acid
- d) Nitrates
Correct Answer: (c)
35) Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not in Rajasthan?
- a) Sariska National Park
- b) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary
- c) Rajaji National Park
- d) Ranthambore National Park
Correct Answer: (c)
36) When and by whom were the Asokan inscription deciphered for the first time?
- a) 1787-John Tower
- b) 1825-Charles Metcalfe
- c) 1837-James Prinsep
- d) 1810-Harry Smith
Correct Answer: (c)
37) Open market operation refers to
- a) borrowing by scheduled banks to industry and trade
- b) purchase and sale of government securities by the RBI
- c) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI
- d) deposit mobilisation
Correct Answer: (b)
38) Which one of the following African countries is not a member of OPEC?
- a) Angola
- b) Libya
- c) South Africa
- d) Algeria
Correct Answer: (c)
39) Which day is observed as "International Day of Non-Violence"?
- a) 1st May
- b) 2nd October
- c) 24th October
- d) 30th January
Correct Answer: (b)
40) Longest cell in human body is
- a) Blood cell
- b) Bone cells
- c) Nerve cell
- d) Muscle cell
Correct Answer: (c)
41) Programs which protect a disk from an infection are called as
- a) Vaccines
- b) Antidotes
- c) Library routines
- d) Interpreters
Correct Answer: (a)
42) Which one of the following is a raw material oriented industry?
- a) Sugar industry
- b) Petroleum refinery
- c) Light engineering industry
- d) Ship building
Correct Answer: (a)
43) Red light is used in traffic signal for stopping the traffic because
- a) eye is more sensitive to red light.
- b) it is least scattered and hence can be easilty noticed from long distance
- c) it is very pleasant to the eye
- d) it is visible even to the longsighted people
Correct Answer: (b)
44) Which of the following is associated with Panchayati Raj?
- a) Nanavati Commission
- b) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
- c) Liberhan Commission
- d) Shah Commission
Correct Answer: (b)
45) When granite rocks get metamorphosed, they change into
- a) Felspar
- b) Gneiss
- c) Quartzite
- d) Marble
Correct Answer: (b)
46) A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. Three-fourth of the substance will decay in
- a) 4 months
- b) 6 months
- c) 8 months
- d) 12 months
Correct Answer: (c)
47) Term 'Federal' has been used in the Indian Constitution in
- a) Part III
- b) Article 368
- c) Nowhere in the Constitution
- d) Preamble
Correct Answer: (c)
48) A white solid 'A' on heating gives off a gas which turns lime water milky. The residue is yellow when hot but turns white on cooling. The solid A is
- a) Zinc carbonate
- b) Lead sulphate
- c) Lead carbonate
- d) Zinc sulphate
Correct Answer: (a)
49) Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
- a) B.L. Joshi
- b) M.K. Narayanan
- c) Margaret Alva
- d) Shivraj Patil
Correct Answer: (b)
50) Earth received heat from the sun is known as
- a) Insolation
- b) Infrared heat
- c) Solar radiation
- d) Thermal radiation
Correct Answer: (a)