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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) (10+2) Exam 2013 for Data Entry Operators and Lower Division Clerks held in November 2013
1. The first Governor of the Portuguese in India was
- A) De Almeida
- B) Vasco-da-Gama
- C) Bartholomew Diaz
- D) Albuquerque
2. Which one of the following reformative measures was not introduced by William Bentinck?
- A) Suppression of thugs
- B) Abolition of Sati
- C) Removal of disabilities due to change of religion
- D) Abolition of slavery
3. Which work of Thomas Paine inspired the colonial people to fight against Britain during the American War of Independence?
- A) Social Contract
- B) What is the Third Estate
- C) Common Sense
- D) The Spirit of the Laws
4. Fascism believes in
- A) Dominant multi-party system
- B) One party system
- C) Bi-party system
- D) Fragmented multi-party system
5. Which of the following commissions is not a Constitutional body?
- A) Union Public Service Commission
- B) Staff Selection Commission
- C) Election Commission
- D) Finance Commission
6. An index number measuring the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households is
- A) Wholesale price index
- B) Consumer price index
- C) Human development index
- D) Cost of living index
7. Oligopoly consists of
- A) Few sellers
- B) Two sellers
- C) Three sellers
- D) Single seller
8. National Income in India is estimated by the
- A) product and income methods
- B) product method
- C) income method
- D) expenditure method
9. The fixed cost in the short-run for a producing firm will be
- A) always fluctuating
- B) always declining
- C) always constant and fixed
- D) always increasing
10. Machine tool is an example of _________ goods.
- A) intermediary
- B) consumer
- C) capital
- D) free
11. Gandhara art was the combination of
- A) Indian and Persian styles of sculptures
- B) Indian and Chinese styles of sculptures
- C) Indian and Greek styles of sculptures
- D) None of these
12. Mohammed Gawan was a famous Wazir and Vakil in the kingdom of
- A) Mysore
- B) Bahmani
- C) Gujarat
- D) Kashmir
13. Duncan Passage separates
- A) Little Andamans and Car Nicobar Islands
- B) North and Middle Andamans
- C) Middle and South Andamans
- D) South Andamans and Little Andamans
14. In biology, water soluble substances are referred to as
- A) hydrodynamic
- B) hydrophobic
- C) hydrophilic
- D) hydrokinetic
15. Amoeba acquires its food through the process of
- A) Exocytosis and endocytosis
- B) Exocytosis
- C) Endocytosis
- D) Plasmolysis
16. Female Anopheles mosquito is the vector of
- A) Malaria
- B) Filariasis
- C) Dengue fever
- D) Yellow fever
17. The animal association seen in a sucker fish attached to a shark is
- A) Neutralism
- B) Mutualism
- C) Commensalism
- D) Parasitism
18. Which among the following is symbiotic Nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
- A) Azotobacter
- B) Xanthomonas
- C) Pseudomonas
- D) Rhizobium
19. Under the advisory jurisdiction, the Supreme Court gives its opinion on a question of law or a fact of great public importance referred to it by
- A) Any High Court
- B) The Prime Minister
- C) The President
- D) The Union Law Minister
20. How much time is given to Rajya Sabha to pass a Money Bill?
- A) 15 days
- B) 12 days
- C) 13 days
- D) 14 days
21. The electoral college to elect the President composes
- A) Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies
- B) All members of both the Houses of Parliament
- C) All elected members of both the Houses of Parliament
- D) All members of Parliament and all members of Legislature Assemblies and Councils
22. Which one of the tree species does not belong to deciduous vegetation?
- A) Deodar
- B) Teak
- C) Sal
- D) Sandalwood
23. The predominant soil in the Coastal plains and North Indian plains is
- A) Arid
- B) Black
- C) Red
- D) Alluvial
24. Rocks having large quantity of underground water and permitting ready flow of water are called
- A) Permeable
- B) Aquicludes
- C) Aquifers
- D) Porous
25. Which one of the following is not a grassland?
- A) Veld
- B) Selvas
- C) Steppes
- D) Downs
26. An operating system is a/an
- A) Accounting software
- B) Application software
- C) System software
- D) Utility software
27. In DOS, the DIR Command is used to
- A) display contents of a file
- B) delete files
- C) display list of files and subdirectories
- D) copy files
28. __________ is the amount of work that the system is able to do per unit time.
- A) Turnaround
- B) Output
- C) Transfer rate
- D) Throughput
29. An example of a covalent molecule is
- A) Lead chloride
- B) Carbon tetrachloride
- C) Potassium chloride
- D) Sodium chloride
30. The element common to all acids is
- A) Sulphur
- B) Oxygen
- C) Hydrogen
- D) Nitrogen
31. In medicine bottles containing tablets or capsules, a small pouch of silica gel is kept to
- A) keep the bottle warm
- B) kill bacteria
- C) absorb moisture
- D) absorb gases
32. Aluminium oxide is a/an
- A) amphoteric oxide
- B) acid oxide
- C) basic oxide
- D) neutral oxide
33. Which one of the following is the most stable ecosystem?
- A) Forest
- B) Desert
- C) Mountain
- D) Ocean
34. Match correctly the crops listed in List I with the diseases affecting them given in List II:
| List I (Crops) | : | List II (Diseases) | a. Paddy | : | 1. Downy mildew | b. Wheat | : | 2. Blast | c. Mustard | : | 3. Red rot | d. Sugarcane | : | 4. Rust |
- A) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
- B) a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
- C) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
- D) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
35. A plant with green leaves viewed in red light will appear
- A) Violet
- B) Black
- C) Green
- D) Red
36. A body moving in a circular path with constant speed has
- A) radially outward acceleration
- B) constant retardation
- C) constant acceleration
- D) variable acceleration
37. Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from
- A) a denser medium to a rarer medium with angle of incidence greater than critical angle
- B) a rarer medium to a denser medium
- C) a denser medium to a rarer medium
- D) a rarer medium to a denser medium with angle of incidence greater than critical angle
38. MCB, which cuts off the electricity supply in case of short-circuiting, works on the
- A) electroplating effect of current
- B) chemical effect of current
- C) heating effect of current
- D) magnetic effect of current
39. What is the currency of South Africa?
- A) Rand
- B) Real
- C) Rial
- D) Dirham
40. Match the two lists containing the names of poets and the language in which they wrote Ramayana:
| List I (Poets) | : | List II (Language in which Ramanyana was written) | a. Kamban | : | 1. Bengali | b. Krittivasa | : | 2. Hindi | c. Madhava Kandali | : | 3. Tamil | d. Tulsi Das | : | 4. Assamese |
- A) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
- B) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
- C) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
- D) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
41. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
- A) Libya
- B) Algeria
- C) Brazil
- D) Ecuador
42. The two events in which India won Gold medals in the Asian Athletic Championships, 2013 are
- A) Women's 4x400m Relay and Men's Discus Throw
- B) Women's 400m and Women's Discus Throw
- C) Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus Throw
- D) Women's Shot Put and Women's 4x400m Relay
43. For which one of the following films directed by Shyam Benegal was the story written jointly by him and Dr Verghese Kurien?
- A) Zubeida
- B) Ankur
- C) Mandi
- D) Manthan
44. Which of the following is a biodegradable pollutant?
- A) Heavy metals
- B) Dye effluent
- C) Bleaching effluent
- D) Sewage
45. The concentration of pollutants in atmosphere are generally expressed in
- A) parts per trillion
- B) parts per million
- C) parts per billion
- D) kilogram per square meter
46. Which country won the Confederations Cup, 2013?
- A) Uruguay
- B) Spain
- C) Brazil
- D) Italy
47. Who is the Chief Jutice of India?
- A) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
- B) Justice Altamas Kabir
- C) Justice P. Sathasivam
- D) Justice Markandey Singh
48. Which one of the following days does not synchronise with the birth anniversary of any eminent Indian?
- A) Gandhi Jayanti
- B) National Science Day
- C) Teacher's Day
- D) Children's Day
49. Which one of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens?
- A) Pickwick Papers
- B) Hard Times
- C) Pride and Prejudice
- D) Oliver Twist
50. Which country has given asylum to Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder?
- A) Equador
- B) Russia
- C) Cuba
- D) None of these