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SSC Tax Assistant Exam 2009 : Set - 2
General Knowledge
1. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
- a) William Bentinck
- b) Robert Clive
- c) Cornwallis
- d) Warren Hastings
Correct Answer: (d)
2. A person is hurt on kicking a stone due to
- a) Momentum
- b) Inertia
- c) Reaction
- d) Velocity
Correct Answer: (c)
3) Match the source in Column B with the product of Column A.
Column A (Product) | Column B (Source) |
---|---|
(a) Formic acid | 1. Lemon |
(b) Citric acid | 2. Tamarind |
(c) Tartaric acid | 3. Ants |
- a) a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
- b) a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
- c) a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
- d) a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
Correct Answer: (d)
4) Commercially, sodium bicarbonate is known as
- a) Baking soda
- b) Soda ash
- c) Washing soda
- d) Bleaching powder
Correct Answer: (a)
5) An emulsifier is an agent which
- a) Aids the flocculation of an emulsion
- b) Accelerates the dispersion
- c) Stabilises an emulsion
- d) Homogenises an emulsion
Correct Answer: (c)
6) In which state was the Nalanda University located in India ?
- a) Bihar
- b) Bengal
- c) Uttar Pradesh
- d) Odisha
Correct Answer: (a)
7) The process of removing calcium and magnesium from hard water is known as
- a) Sedimentation
- b) Flocculation
- c) Water softening
- d) Filtration
Correct Answer: (c)
8) In which of the following states was President’s Rule imposed during the month of January, 2009 ?
- a) Meghalaya
- b) Mizoram
- c) Uttarakhand
- d) Jharkhand
Correct Answer: (d)
9) The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is
- a) Astronomical telescope
- b) Simple microscope
- c) Terrestrial telescope
- d) Compound microscope
Correct Answer: (c)
10) The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in
- a) Capacitance
- b) Inductance
- c) Resistance
- d) Current
Correct Answer: (d)
11) Mortar is a mixture of water, sand and
- a) Gypsum
- b) Slaked lime
- c) Quick lime
- d) Limestone
Correct Answer: (b)
12) Match the following
List-I | List-II |
---|---|
A. Tughlaqabad Fort | 1. Alauddin Khilji |
B. Red Fort (at Delhi) | 2. Shah Jahan |
C. Hauz Khas | 3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
D. The City of Siri | 4. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq |
- a) A - 4, B -2, C - 3, D - 1
- b) A - 4, B -3, C - 2, D - 1
- c) A - 3, B -1, C - 4, D - 2
- d) A - 1, B -2, C - 3, D - 4
Correct Answer: (a)
13) A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to
- a) Interference
- b) Reflection
- c) Diffraction
- d) Polarisation
Correct Answer: (a)
14) Which of the following is an example for cantilever beam?
- a) Common balance
- b) Bridge
- c) See-saw
- d) Diving board
Correct Answer: (d)
15) Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
- a) His sending of missionary to Ceylon
- b) The third Buddhist Council
- c) His embracing of Buddhism
- d) The Kalinga War
Correct Answer: (d)
16) Among the following the celestial body farthest from the Earth is
- a) Uranus
- b) Saturn
- c) Pluto
- d) Neptune
Correct Answer: (c)
17) Major gaseous pollutant of the thermal power station is
- a) NH3
- b) NO2
- c) SO2
- d) H2S
Correct Answer: (c)
18) It is difficult to cook rice
- a) At the top of a mountain
- b) Under a mine
- c) At the sea level
- d) Same anywhere
Correct Answer: (a)
19) The term ‘Green Revolution’ has been used to indicate higher production through
- a) Creation of gardens in urban areas
- b) Creation of grasslands
- c) Enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare
- d) Planting more trees
Correct Answer: (c)
20) A dynamo is a device which
- a) creates mechanical energy
- b) creates electrical energy
- c) Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
- d) Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
Correct Answer: (c)
21) Nature of unemployment in agriculture in India is
- a) Only seasonal
- b) Only disguised
- c) Both (a) and (b)
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (c)
22) Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
- a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
- c) B. G. Tilak
- d) R. G. Bhandarkar
Correct Answer: (a)
23) Which of the following are correctly matched ?
Persons | Events |
---|---|
1. Sultan Mahmud | Sack of Somnath |
2. Muhammad Ghori | Conquest of Sindh |
3. Alauddin Khilji | Revolt in Bengal |
4. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq | Changiz Khan’s invasion |
- a) 1 only
- b) 2 and 4
- c) 2 only
- d) 1 and 3
Correct Answer: (a)
24) Which is the largest state of India, populationwise, according to 2001 census?
- a) Maharashtra
- b) West Bengal
- c) Bihar
- d) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: (d)
25) Leprosy bacillus was discovered by
- a) Koch
- b) Fleming
- c) Harvey
- d) Hansen
Correct Answer: (d)
26) X-rays were discovered by
- a) Becquerel
- b) Van Lue
- c) Roentgen
- d) Marie Curie
Correct Answer: (c)
27) Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by
- a) P. A. Samuelson
- b) J. S. Mill
- c) Adam Smith
- d) Marshall
Correct Answer: (a)
28) In Economics the terms ‘Utility’ and ‘Usefulness’ have
- a) Same meaning
- b) Different meaning
- c) Opposite meaning
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (b)
29) The term stagflation refers to a situation where
- a) Rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase
- b) Growth has no relation with the change in prices
- c) Rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase
- d) Rate of growth and prices both are decreasing
Correct Answer: (a)
30) According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ meant
- a) Economic independence
- b) Political independence
- c) Complete independence
- d) Self government
Correct Answer: (d)
31) Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct?
- a) It was built by Shah Jahan
- b) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
- c) It is a magnificent mausoleum
- d) It is situated outside Agra Fort
Correct Answer: (b)
32) Gross Domestic Product is defined as the value of all
- a) Final goods produced in an economy in a year
- b) Goods produced in an economy in a year
- c) Final goods and services produced in an economy in a year
- d) Goods and services produced in an economy in a year
Correct Answer: (c)
33) Which of the following substance is highly plastic?
- a) Mica
- b) Granite
- c) Quartz
- d) Clay
Correct Answer: (d)
34) The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in
- a) Bengaluru
- b) Hyderabad
- c) Mumbai
- d) Pune
Correct Answer: (d)
35) India is called a mixed economy because of the existence of
- Public Sector
- Private Sector
- Joint Sector
- Cooperative Sector
- a) 1, 2
- b) 2, 4
- c) 3, 4
- d) 1, 4
Correct Answer: (a)
36) The Draft of the Five Year Plans in India is approved by the
- a) Ministry of Finance
- b) National Development Council
- c) National Productivity Council
- d) Planning Commission
Correct Answer: (b)
37) An exceptional demand curve is one that moves
- a) Upward to the right
- b) Horizontally
- c) Vertically
- d) Downward to the right
Correct Answer: (a)
38) Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
- a) Goa
- b) Calicut
- c) Cochin
- d) Cannanore
Correct Answer: (a)
39) The British introduced the railways in India in order to
- a) Move foodstuff in case of famine
- b) Promote heavy industries in India
- c) Facilitate British commerce and administrative control
- d) Enable Indians to move freely within the country
Correct Answer: (c)
40) Where did Babar die?
- a) Lahore
- b) Agra
- c) Delhi
- d) Kabul
Correct Answer: (b)
41) Full convertibility of a rupee means
- a) Purchase of foreign exchange for rupees freely
- b) Determination of rate of exchange between rupee and foreign currencies freely by the market forces of demand and supply
- c) Payment for imports in terms of rupees
- d) Repayment of loans in terms of rupees
Correct Answer: (b)
42) Who, of the following, was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on 26th January, 2009?
- 1) Gajendra Singh
- 2) M. C. Sharma
- 3) Vijay Salaskar
- 4) Hemant Karkare
- 1 and 2
- 1, 2 and 4
- 1, 2 and 3
- All the above
Correct Answer: (d)
43) Production function explains the relationship between
- a) Output and consumption
- b) Initial inputs and ultimate output
- c) Output and exports
- d) Inputs and ultimate consumption
Correct Answer: (b)
44) A medicine which promotes the secretion of urine is called
- a) Monouretic
- b) Triuretic
- c) Diuretic
- d) Adrenaline
Correct Answer: (c)
45) The present Indian monetary system is based on
- a) Convertible Currency System
- b) Gold Reserve System
- c) Minimum Reserve System
- d) Proportional Reserve System
Correct Answer: (c)
46) The chemicals released by one species of animals in order to attract the other members of the same species are
- a) Hormones
- b) Steroids
- c) Pheromones
- d) Nucleic acids
Correct Answer: (c)
47) The tip of the match-stick contains
- a) Phosphorus trichloride
- b) Phosphorus pentoxide
- c) Red phosphorus
- d) White phosphorus
Correct Answer: (c)
48) Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y. V. Reddy?
- a) Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
- b) Shri D. Subbarao
- c) Dr. Indra Rangarajan
- d) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
Correct Answer: (b)
49) Who laid the wreath at the ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ (India Gate) on 26th January 2009?
- a) Defence Minister
- b) Minister for External Affairs
- c) Prime Minister
- d) Home Minister
Correct Answer: (a)
50) A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as
- a) Relative Poverty
- b) Rural Poverty
- c) Absolute Poverty
- d) Urban Poverty
Correct Answer: (c)