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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