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SSC Combined Higher Secondary (CHS) Level Exam 2012 solved question paper set-2
General Knowledge
1. The addition made to the total cost when the production of a good is increased by one unit is:
- a) average cost
- b) marginal cost
- c) total cost
- d) implicit cost
Correct Answer: (b)
2. The policy which relates to government spending, taxing and borrowing is called:
- a) Fiscal policy
- b) Monetary policy
- c) Bank policy
- d) Tax policy
Correct Answer: (a)
3. Net national product at market prices is also called as:
- a) National income
- b) Gross domestic product
- c) Personal income
- d) Per capita income
Correct Answer: (a)
4. The main factor for the accelerated growth of population in India is:
- a) Low birth rate and low death rate
- b) A high birth rate and a falling death rate
- c) A rising birth rate and a rising death rate
- d) A high birth rate and a high death rate
Correct Answer: (b)
5. During which period the salaries of the Central Government employees can be reduced?
- a) National emergency
- b) State emergency
- c) Financial emergency
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (c)
6. Rajasthan is the first State in:
- a) introducing local self-government
- b) introducing Mandal system
- c) direct election for Chairperson
- d) indirect election of the Chairperson
Correct Answer: (a)
7. The real executive powers of state is exercised by:
- a) Chief Minister
- b) Council of Ministers
- c) Governor
- d) Chief Justice of High Court
Correct Answer: (b)
8. Suffrage means:
- a) Enacting such laws causing suffering
- b) Right to vote
- c) Right to vote to the rich
- d) Right to vote only poor
Correct Answer: (b)
9. The judges of the High Court can be removed from their office before the expiry of their term on the grounds of proved misbehaviour or incapacity by the:
- a) Chief Justice of India
- b) Chief Justice of High Court
- c) President on the recommendation of the two Houses of the Parliament
- d) Both Houses of the Parliament with special majority
Correct Answer: (c)
10. Protection of interests of minorities is envisaged in Article:
- a) 14
- b) 19
- c) 29
- d) 32
Correct Answer: (c)
11. The Cabinet Mission was sent to India:
- a) to establish a national government
- b) to work out a constitutional arrangement for the transfer of power
- c) to accept Jinnah's demand for Pakistan
- d) to refuse to give freedom to India
Correct Answer: (b)
12. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
- a) Queen Victoria
- b) Queen Elizabeth II
- c) Queen Mary Tudor
- d) Queen Anne
Correct Answer: (b)
13. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of:
- a) The Turkish Caliph
- b) Aga Khan
- c) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
- d) Abul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer: (a)
14. Who among the following founded the All India Muslim League?
- a) Syed Ahmed Khan
- b) Muhammed Ali
- c) Aga Khan
- d) Hamid Ali Khan
Correct Answer: (c)
15. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at:
- a) Champaran
- b) Chauri-Chaura
- c) Bardoli
- d) Sabarmati
Correct Answer: (a)
16. Where is the doldrums belt located?
- a) Near the equator
- b) Near the polar area
- c) On the Tropic of Cancer
- d) On the Tropic of Capricorn
Correct Answer: (a)
17. Which river flows between the Satpuras and the Vindhyas?
- a) Godavari
- b) Gandak
- c) Tapti
- d) Narmada
Correct Answer: (d)
18. Which of the following storms struck Bangladesh in November 2007?
- a) Dean
- b) Wutip
- c) Sidr
- d) None of these
Correct Answer: (c)
19. Mumbai High Oil Fields are located on the:
- a) Continental Shelf of the Arabian Sea
- b) West coastal plain
- c) Western Ghats
- d) Interior part of the Deccan
Correct Answer: (a)
20. Palghat joins which of the following States?
- a) Sikkim and West Bengal
- b) Maharashtra and Gujarat
- c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- d) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
Correct Answer: (c)
21. In sea, plants are restricted up to the depth of:
- a) 20 m
- b) 200 m
- c) 1000 m
- d) 2000 m
Correct Answer: (b)
22. The fur of the animals living in colder regions:
- a) protects them from water
- b) traps the air and keeps them warm
- c) protects them from enemies
- d) makes them appear beautiful
Correct Answer: (b)
23. Humus is a type of:
- a) fossil seen on the rocks
- b) decaying organic matters in soil
- c) fertilisers applied in soil
- d) special growth found in plants
Correct Answer: (b)
24. The lockjaw is a pathological condition of:
- a) Diphtheria
- b) Polio
- c) Paralysis
- d) Tetanus
Correct Answer: (d)
25. Which of the following amphibians lacks tongue?
- a) Sphenodon
- b) Salamander
- c) Ichthyophis
- d) Necturus
Correct Answer: (c)
26. Which one of the following organs converts glycogen into glucose and purifies the blood?
- a) Liver
- b) Kidney
- c) Lungs
- d) Spleen
Correct Answer: (a)
27. Indicate the false statement about the resistance of a wire:
- a) it depends on material of wire
- b) it is directly proportional to the length of wire
- c) it is directly proportional to the area of cross-section of wire
- d) resistance of metallic wire increases with increase in temperature
Correct Answer: (c)
28. Which electromagnet radiation is used for satellite communication?
- a) Ultraviolet
- b) Infrared
- c) Mircowave
- d) Millimeter wave
Correct Answer: (c)
29. Solar cells work on the principle of:
- a) photovoltaic effect
- b) photoelectric effect
- c) photoconductive effect
- d) photosynthesis
Correct Answer: (a)
30. ____________ is a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution:
- a) Assembler
- b) Compiler
- c) Loader
- d) Macro processor
Correct Answer: (c)
31. Programs stored in a ROM are called:
- a) Software
- b) Freeware
- c) Firmware
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (c)
32. A bug in a programme is:
- a) Statement
- b) Error
- c) Syntax
- d) Both B and C
Correct Answer: (b)
33. An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is:
- a) thorium
- b) radium
- c) plutonium
- d) uranium
Correct Answer: (c)
34. Chloroform can be used as:
- a) Analgesic
- b) Anaesthetic
- c) Antimalarial
- d) Antibiotic
Correct Answer: (b)
35. The manufacture of iron from iron ore involves the process of:
- a) oxidation
- b) reduction
- c) fractional distillation
- d) electrolysis
Correct Answer: (b)
36. Which of the following is caused by the higher concentration of Nitrogen and Phosphorus?
- a) Eutrophication
- b) Hardness
- c) Alkalinity
- d) Acidity
Correct Answer: (a)
37. Earth's atmosphere is an envelope of gases extending to a height of:
- a) 100 km
- b) 150 km
- c) 200 km
- d) 300 km
Correct Answer: (a)
38. Absence of fish along a river indicates:
- a) Zone of degradation
- b) Zone of active decomposition
- c) All zones of pollution
- d) Zone of recovery
Correct Answer: (a)
39. Minamata disease was caused due to:
- a) Lead
- b) Cyanide
- c) Mercury
- d) Methyl isocyanate
Correct Answer: (c)
40. Nutrients are recycled in the atmosphere with the help of certain micro-organisms referred to as:
- a) producers
- b) consumers
- c) decomposers
- d) None of these
Correct Answer: (c)
41. Varahamihira is an/a:
- a) Astronomer
- b) Astronaut
- c) Space Shuttle
- d) Power Station
Correct Answer: (a)
42. Well-taled website during the months of February-March 2011 was:
- a) Wikileaks.org
- b) Wikileaks.com
- c) Wikipedia.com
- d) Tehelka.com
Correct Answer: (b)
43. Who discovered the sea-route to India?
- a) Vasco da Gama
- b) Columbus
- c) Magellan
- d) Henry the Navigator
Correct Answer: (a)
44. 'BRICS', the recently formed international organisation of five developing countries, consists of:
- a) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
- b) Brazil, Romania, India, China and South Africa
- c) Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China and Spain
- d) Brazil, Romania, India, China and Somalia
Correct Answer: (a)
45. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th century on 12th March 2012 while playing in Asia Cup against:
- a) Bangladesh
- b) Sri Lanka
- c) Pakistan
- d) Indonesia
Correct Answer: (a)
46. Who is the author of the book 'A Better India : A Better World?
- a) Azim H. Premji
- b) Rajiv Sikri
- c) N. R. Narayana Murthy
- d) Prema Mahajan
Correct Answer: (c)
47. Which Union Territory is at the bottom of child-sex ratio?
- a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- b) Chandigarh
- c) Andaman and Nicobar Island
- d) Daman and Diu
Correct Answer: (d)
48. Headquarters of World Health Organisation are situated at:
- a) The Hague
- b) Oslo
- c) Geneva
- d) New York
Correct Answer: (c)
49. Which of the following is the tallest building in the world?
- a) Eiffel Tower
- b) Burj Khalifa
- c) Statue of Liberty
- d) Qutub Minar
Correct Answer: (b)
50. The first person out of Tata family who has been selected to head the Tata Group after Ratan Tata is:
- a) O. E. Bhatt
- b) Cyrus Mistry
- c) Kumar Mangalam Birla
- d) Noel Tata
Correct Answer: (b)