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SSC Tax Assistant Exam 2009 : Set - 1
General Knowledge
1. Bolometer is used to measure which of the following ?
- a) Frequency
- b) Temperature
- c) Velocity
- d) Wavelength
Correct Answer: (b)
2. The concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed by our Constitution from the Constitution of
- a) U.S.A.
- b) Canada
- c) U.S.S.R.
- d) Ireland
Correct Answer: (d)
3) ATM stands for
- a) Automatic Teller Machine
- b) Automated Teller Machine
- c) Automatic Tally Machine
- d) Automated Tally Mechanism
Correct Answer: (b)
4) Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects ?
- a) Cosmology
- b) Chemistry
- c) Fluid Mechanics
- d) Astrophysics
Correct Answer: (d)
5) The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2006 was awarded by the President of India to
- a) Tapan Sinha
- b) Madhur Bhandarkar
- c) Dilip Kumar
- d) Lata Mangeshkar
Correct Answer: (a)
6) The train service-’Thar Express’ between India and Pakistan, originates in India from
- a) Jaisalmer
- b) Jodhpur
- c) Bikaner
- d) Barmer
Correct Answer: (a)
7) Only one of the following can be the ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission. He is the
- a) Minister for Planning and Development
- b) Home Minister
- c) Prime Minister
- d) Finance Minister
Correct Answer: (c)
8) Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Men’s Singles in August 2008 ?
- a) Roger Federer
- b) Rafael Nadal
- c) Mahesh Bhupati
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (a)
9) Which one of the following countries has become the world leader in the carbon credit business in 2007 ?
- a) India
- b) Brazil
- c) Mexico
- d) China
Correct Answer: (d)
10) Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world ?
- a) Non-violence of the brave
- b) Non-violence of the weak
- c) Non-violence of the coward
- d) Non-violence of the downtrodden
Correct Answer: (a)
11) Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Final, 2008 to India ?
- a) Myanmar
- b) Sri Lanka
- c) Pakistan
- d) Tajikistan
Correct Answer: (d)
12) Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?
- a) Bachhendri Pal
- b) Phu Dorjee
- c) Aung Saan Su Kyi
- d) Yoko Ono
Correct Answer: (a)
13) After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India ?
- a) Shri Shivraj Patil
- b) Shri Pranab Mukherjee
- c) Shri P. Chidambaram
- d) Shri A.K. Anthony
Correct Answer: (c)
14) Garba is a dance form of
- a) Gujarat
- b) Rajasthan
- c) Odisha
- d) Assam
Correct Answer: (a)
15) Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008.
- a) Saumika Mishra
- b) Santosh Sen
- c) Amit Kumar
- d) Pappu
Correct Answer: (a)
16) Who was the only Indian woman to be elected as the President of U.N. General Assembly ?
- a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- b) V. K. Krishna Menon
- c) Jawaharlal Nehru
- d) Rajeshwar Dayal
Correct Answer: (a)
17) Epicentre is concerned with
- a) Earthquake
- b) Volcano
- c) Cyclone
- d) Land-sliding
Correct Answer: (a)
18) ‘Jeevan Aastha’-a scheme relating to investment and saving, was launched during 2008-09, by
- a) Tata AIG
- b) ICICI Prudential
- c) Bajaj Allianz
- d) LIC of India
Correct Answer: (d)
19) The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics were in
- a) Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling
- b) Shooting, Boxing and Archery
- c) Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis
- d) Shooting, Boxing and Hockey
Correct Answer: (a)
20) Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake ?
- a) Richter
- b) Metric
- c) Centigrade
- d) Newton
Correct Answer: (a)
21) There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the
- a) Chief Justice of India
- b) Chief Justice of a High Court
- c) Governor
- d) Vice-President
Correct Answer: (c)
22) ‘RAF’ is the abbreviated form of which of the following ?
- a) Ready Action Force
- b) Rapid Action Force
- c) Reverse Action Force
- d) Repeat Action Force
Correct Answer: (b)
23) Sea-coast of which of the following states is the longest ?
- a) Andhra Pradesh
- b) Maharashtra
- c) Orissa
- d) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer: (a)
24) Which one of the following cricketers has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007 ?
- a) Sachin Tendulkar
- b) Saurav Ganguly
- c) M.S. Dhoni
- d) Virender Sehwag
Correct Answer: (c)
25) Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of U.S.A. ?
- a) Hillary Clinton
- b) Joe Biden
- c) Condoleezza Rice
- d) Ben Porritt
Correct Answer: (a)
26) Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers ?
- a) Ganga
- b) Brahmputra
- c) Bhagirathi
- d) Yamuna
Correct Answer: (c)
27) Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India?
- a) Mohinder Singh
- b) Ajit Pal Singh
- c) Joginder Singh
- d) Milkha Singh
Correct Answer: (d)
28) Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by
- a) Proteins
- b) Fats
- c) Minerals
- d) Vitamins
Correct Answer: (b)
29) Fundamental Rights are not given to
- a) Bankrupt persons
- b) Aliens
- c) Persons suffering from incurable disease
- d) Political sufferers
Correct Answer: (b)
30) Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution ?
- a) Gram Sabha
- b) Gram Panchayat
- c) Gram Cooperative Society
- d) Nyaya Panchayat
Correct Answer: (c)
31) Which of the following is incorrect ?
- a) AIDS is a retroviral disease
- b) AIDS disease spreads due to homosexual and bisexual relations
- c) AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in USA
- d) Due to AIDS, ano-genital warts are formed
Correct Answer: (d)
32) Why was the name of Kuber Singh, a 17-year old student of G.D. Goenka World School, in the news on 20th January 2009 ?
- a) He was declared as the winner of the Sanjay Chopra Award
- b) He broke the record for fastest memorising of a 9 digit number
- c) He witnessed the Swearing-in Ceremony of President Barack Obama of USA, as an official invitee
- d) He solved the crossword puzzle of the famous USA magazine
Correct Answer: (c)
33) What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India ?
- a) Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha
- b) Conterminous with the tenure of the President
- c) As long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha
- d) Five years
Correct Answer: (c)
34) What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support to decentralization of power ?
- a) Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy
- b) India had decentralisation of power in the past
- c) Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
- d) Decentralisation can prevent communalism
Correct Answer: (c)
35) Consent of the people means consent of:
- a) A few people
- b) All people
- c) Majority of the people
- d) Leader of the people
Correct Answer: (c)
36) For how many categories has A. R. Rehman, the Golden Globe Award Winner for original sound track in the film ‘Slum Dog Millionaire’ been nominated at the Oscars ?
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) 9
Correct Answer: (c)
37) Which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere ?
- a) Troposphere
- b) Stratosphere
- c) Mesosphere
- d) Thermosphere
Correct Answer: (a)
38) The limb bones of children become bent if there is deficiency of vitamin
- a) A
- b) B1
- c) D
- d) E
Correct Answer: (c)
39) Which of the following is an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body ?
- a) Finance Commission
- b) Planning Commission
- c) Union Public Service Commission
- d) Election Commission
Correct Answer: (b)
40) Deep fried food materials are carcinogenic because they are rich in
- a) Fats
- b) Hydrocarbons
- c) Cooking oil
- d) Nicotine
Correct Answer: (a)
41) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
-
List-I (Union Territory) | List-II (Jurisdiction High Court)
- a) A - 3, B -4, C - 1, D - 2
- b) A - 1, B -3, C - 4, D - 2
- c) A - 1, B -2, C - 3, D - 4
- d) A - 1, B -4, C - 3, D - 2
A. Puducherry | 1. Kerala
B. Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2. Bombay
C. Lakshadweep | 3. Madras
D. Damanand Diu | 4. Calcutta
Code:
Correct Answer: (d)
42) The toxicity of which of the following heavy metals leads to liver cirrhosis ?
- a) Copper
- b) Lead
- c) Mercury
- d) Zinc
Correct Answer: (a)
43) If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will
- a) increase
- b) decrease
- c) remain unaffected
- d) increase for males and decrease for females
Correct Answer: (a)
44) Cell or tissue death within a living body is called as
- a) Neutrophilia
- b) Nephrosis
- c) Necrosis
- d) Neoplasia
Correct Answer: (c)
45) Which of the following is true regarding ‘No Confidence Motion’ in the Parliament ?
- 1) There is no mention of it in the Constitution.
- 2) A period of six months must lapse between the introduction of one ‘No Confidence Motion’ and another.
- 3) Atleast 100 persons must support such a motion before it is introduced in the House.
- 4) It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.
- Code:
- a) 2 and 4 only
- b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
- c) 1, 2 and 3
- d) 1 and 4 only
Correct Answer: (d)
46) Insufficient blood supply in human body is referred as
- a) Ischemia
- b) Hyperemia
- c) Hemostasis
- d) Hemorrhage
Correct Answer: (a)
47) Typhoid is caused by
- a) Pseudomonas sp.
- b) Staphylococcus
- c) Bacillus
- d) Salmonella typhi
Correct Answer: (d)
48) BCG immunization is for
- a) Measles
- b) Tuberculosis
- c) Diphtheria
- d) Leprosy
Correct Answer: (b)
49) Find the odd one out (with reference to 26th January 2009 awards.)
- a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- b) Harbhajan Singh
- c) Pankaj Advani
- d) Abhinav Bindra
Correct Answer: (b)
50) Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party ?
- 1. Motilal Nehru
- 2. Sardar Patel
- 3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- a) 1 and 2 only
- b) 1 only
- c) 2 and 3 only
- d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Correct Answer: (b)