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General Awareness Question Paper of SSC (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA EXAM 2015 (Test Form No - 1098066)


1. The first National Park of India is

  • 1) Dachigam Wild Life Sanctuary
  • 2) Simplipal National Park
  • 3) Corbett National Park
  • 4) Hazaribagh National Park



2. Who was the first Delhi Sultan to break the power of the Turkish nobles known as the Chahalgani or the Forty?

  • 1) Iltutmish
  • 2) Raziya
  • 3) Qutubud-din Aibak
  • 4) Balban



3. The system in which the few govern many is known as

  • 1) Autocracy
  • 2) Plutocracy
  • 3) Monarchy
  • 4) Oligarchy



4. The most stable measure of central tendency is

  • 1) Median
  • 2) Range
  • 3) Mean
  • 4) Mode



5. Where is Brabourne stadium located?

  • 1) Cuttack
  • 2) Mumbai
  • 3) Kolkata
  • 4) Jamshedpur



6. Of the following Rapeseed belongs to

  • 1) Linseed
  • 2) Coffee
  • 3) Mustard
  • 4) Pepper



7. Which of the following is the best indicator of SO2 pollution?

  • 1) Pteridophyte
  • 2) Algae
  • 3) Lichen
  • 4) Bryophyte



8. The hard enamel layer of teeth is

  • 1) Calcium oxide
  • 2) Calcium phosphate
  • 3) Calcium hydroxy apatite
  • 4) Calcium hydroxide



9. Vitamin which provides immunity

  • 1) A
  • 2) E
  • 3) K
  • 4) C



10. Centre for Ecological Science is situated at

  • 1) Bengaluru
  • 2) New Delhi
  • 3) Allahabad
  • 4) Karnal



11. Penicillin was discovered by

  • 1) Alexander Fleming
  • 2) Ian Fleming
  • 3) Edward Jenner
  • 4) Louis Pasteur



12. The Earth is nearest to the Sun on

  • 1) 23 September
  • 2) 21 March
  • 3) 4 July
  • 4) 3 January



13. The last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate was the

  • 1) Lodi dynasty
  • 2) Slave dynasty
  • 3) Khilji dynasty
  • 4) Syed dynasty



14. An electronic path, that sends signals from one part of computer to another is

  • 1) Serial Port
  • 2) Logic Gate
  • 3) Bus
  • 4) Modem



15. Breath analysers used by police to test drunken drivers works on the chemical basis of

  • 1) Precipitation reactions
  • 2) Complexation reactions
  • 3) Acid-base reactions
  • 4) Redox reactions



16. Which is the final Appellate Court of Justice?

  • 1) Civil Court
  • 2) High Court
  • 3) Supreme Court
  • 4) District Court



17. Which of the following species is locally extinct in India?

  • 1) Siberian Crane
  • 2) White Bellied Heron
  • 3) The Gyps vulture
  • 4) Forest Owlet



18. Mass number is the sum of

  • 1) Protons and neutrons
  • 2) Only protons
  • 3) Electrons and protons
  • 4) Electrons and neutrons



19. Which gas is responsible for depletion of ozone layer around earth which protect us harmful ultra-violet rays?

  • 1) Chlorofluro carbons
  • 2) Nitrogen
  • 3) Nitrogen oxide
  • 4) Oxygen



20. Which country earned the title "The Queen of Seas"?

  • 1) Britain
  • 2) Germany
  • 3) Italy
  • 4) France



21. What is Hawala?

  • 1) Tax evasion
  • 2) Illegal trading of shares
  • 3) Illegal transactions of foreign exchange
  • 4) Full details of a subject



22. Which of the following is observed as Sports Day every year?

  • 1) 29 August
  • 2) 2 October
  • 3) 26 July
  • 4) 22 April



23. Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

  • 1) Sitar
  • 2) Sarod
  • 3) Violin
  • 4) Veena



24. According to which article, State Legislature Council can be created or abolished?

  • 1) Article 167
  • 2) Article 168
  • 3) Article 169
  • 4) Article 170



25. Mercury thermometer was invented by

  • 1) Fahrenheit
  • 2) Newton
  • 3) Galileo
  • 4) Priestley



26. Which of the following regulates the working of share market in India?

  • 1) FERA
  • 2) BIFR
  • 3) MRTP Act
  • 4) SEBI



27. Who is the founder of Homeopathy?

  • 1) Wakesman
  • 2) Lainnec
  • 3) Hahnemann
  • 4) Domagk



28. In marine whales, the limbs are modified as

  • 1) Grippers
  • 2) Slippers
  • 3) Flippers
  • 4) Flappers



29. India's 1st Hi-Speed Rural Broadband Network has been commissioned in a district of

  • 1) Kerala
  • 2) Telangana
  • 3) Andhra Pradesh
  • 4) Karnataka



30. ICMP is used for

  • 1) Multicasting
  • 2) Error reporting
  • 3) Addressing
  • 4) Forwarding



31. A sufficiently large scale map indicating the detailed surface features of an area including relief is called

  • 1) Topographical map
  • 2) Relief map
  • 3) Wall map
  • 4) Chorographical map



32. The lowest temperature is recorded by

  • 1) Maximum reading thermometer
  • 2) Minimum reading thermometer
  • 3) Mercurial thermometer
  • 4) Alcohol thermometer



33. When is Human Rights Day celebrated?

  • 1) 9 December
  • 2) 10 December
  • 3) 12 December
  • 4) 10 October



34. Which scientist wrote a book called "A Brief History of Time"?

  • 1) Edward Jenner
  • 2) Stephen Hawking
  • 3) J.L. Baird
  • 4) Pasteur



35. Television was invented by

  • 1) R.A. Milikan
  • 2) Louis Braille
  • 3) Lawrence
  • 4) J.L. Baird



36. Respiration is controlled by __________ part of brain.

  • 1) Medulla Oblongata
  • 2) Cerebellum
  • 3) Olfactory Lobes
  • 4) Hypothalamus



37. The Great Bath was found at

  • 1) Harappa
  • 2) Lothal
  • 3) Chanhudaro
  • 4) Mohenjodaro



38. A defect of vision in which the points in one plane of an object appear in focus while those in another plane are out of focus is called

  • 1) Hypermetropia
  • 2) Distortion
  • 3) Myopia
  • 4) Astigmatism



39. Who was the first to use the term "Micro" and "Macro" in Economics in 1993?

  • 1) Gurly
  • 2) I. Fischer
  • 3) Ragnar Frisch
  • 4) James Tobin



40. The World Environment Day is celebrated on

  • 1) 16 June
  • 2) 7 April
  • 3) 5 June
  • 4) 6 August



41. Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in

  • 1) 1948
  • 2) 1949
  • 3) 1945
  • 4) 1947



42. Aggregate Monetary Resources is

  • 1) M1
  • 2) M2
  • 3) M3
  • 4) M4



43. When did India become a fully Sovereign Democratic Republic?

  • 1) 26 January, 1950
  • 2) 26 January, 1930
  • 3) 26 January, 1951
  • 4) 26 November, 1949



44. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?

  • 1) Maulana Abul Kalam
  • 2) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • 3) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 4) Gulzarilal Nanda



45. The two components of an eco-systems are

  • 1) Weeds and micro-organisms
  • 2) Biotic and abiotic
  • 3) Plants and animals
  • 4) Plants and light



46. There are only two metals that are non-silver in colour, they are

  • 1) Sodium and Magnesium
  • 2) Copper and Gold
  • 3) Nickel and Zinc
  • 4) Palladium and Platinum



47. A plane glass slab is kept over coloured letters, the letter which appears least raised is

  • 1) Red
  • 2) Blue
  • 3) Violet
  • 4) Green



48. To whom did Allauddin Khilji entrust the mission to conquer South?

  • 1) Khizra Khan
  • 2) Malik Kafur
  • 3) Shaji Malik
  • 4) Ulugha Khan



49. The resistance of an ideal voltmeter is

  • 1) infinite
  • 2) low
  • 3) high
  • 4) zero



50. Which of the following works on the basis of conservation of linear momentum?

  • 1) Jet
  • 2) Helicopter
  • 3) Rocket
  • 4) Aeroplane