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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

SSC GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1. Which Indian film stars was recently conferred Honorary Doctorate by Bedfordshire University, (U.K.) ?
(A) AmitabhBachhan
(B) Shah Rukh Khan
(C) Om Puri
(D) Amir Khan
Anawer.B

2. Williams Sisters won the U.S.
Open Women’s Doubles Title
2009 after defeating in the final-
(A) Leizal Herber and Cara
Blank
(B) Kim Clijsters and Anna
Kournikova
(C) Coroline Wozniacki and
Dinara Safina
(D) Nathalie Deshy and Sania
Mirza
Anawer.A

3, Which one of the following is a
military alliance ?
(A) ASEAN (B) SAARC
(C) NATO (D) NAFTA
Anawer.C

4. The recipient of the 42nd Jnan
Peeth Award is-
(A) Manohar Shastri
(B) Harish Pandya
(C) Satya Vrat Shastri
(D) K. Kamal Kumar
Anawer.C

5.World Development Report is an
annual publication of-
(A) UNICEF
(B) UNDP
(C) WTO
(D) World Bank
Anawer.D

6. Which one of the following is
correct ?
Player Sport
(A)jeev Milkha Singh -—Tennis
(B) jhulan Goswami —Cricket
(C) Baichung Bhutia —Hockey
(D) Pankaj Advani-Badmi.nton
Anawer.B

7. _Which one of the following
industrialists was declared ’The
Business Person of the year 2008’
by the Times of India Survey ?
(A) Anil Ambani
(B) Rahul Bajaj
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) Gautam Adani
Anawer.C

S. Naina Devi peak forms a part
of-
(A) Himalayan range located in
Sikkim
(B) Himalayan range located in
Kumaon region
(C) Himalayan range located in
Nepal
(D) Himalayan range located in
jammu & Kashmir
Anawer.B

9. The aim of the ISRO’s OCEAN-
SAT•2 satellite is—
(A) T0 provide ocean scientists
knowledge – about mineral
resources under the sea
(B) To aid fishermen in identifying fishing zones
(C) To aid weathermen to fore-
cast cyclones and weather conditions
(D) All the above
Anawer.D

10. Who amongst the following is
not the recipient of the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Rama Award ?
(A) Vijendra Singh
(B) Sushil Kumar
(C) M, C. Marykom
(D) Abhinav Bindra
Anawer.D

ll. Nilgiri, Hirngiri and ’Beas’ are-
(A) Aircraft Carrier ships
(B) Frigates
(C) Nuclear submarines
(D) Oil tankers of ONGC
Anawer.B

12. The age of a tree can be calculated by-
(A) Number of branches
(B) Its height
(C) Girth of its trunk
(D) Number of its annual rings
Anawer.D

13. Which one of the statements
below explains the external economies of scale ?
(A) Starting a computer firm in
a Techno Park to avail the
expertise
(B) Expanding firms employing
specialist accountants, lawyers
and managers
(C) A manufacturer spreading
the research and development
cost over the output
(D) A major supermarket gaining bulk discounts on direct
purchase
Anawer.C

14, Which one of the following types
of unemployment is common in
lndian agriculture
(A) Frictional
(B) Structural
(C) Disguised
(D) Seasonal
Anawer.D

15. A rolling plan refers to a plan
which-
(A) Does not change its targets
every year
(B) Changes its allocations every
year
(C) Changes its allocations and
targets every year
(D) Changes only its targets
every year
Anawer.C

16. An instrument of qualitative
credit control in India is—
(A) Open market operations
(B) Credit rationing
(C) Change in reserve ratio
(D) Bank rate policy
Answer.B

17. Laissez-faire is a feature of—
(A) Socialism
(B) Communism
(C) Capitalism
(D) Mixed Economy
Anawer.C

18. Which one of the following is not
a source of the tax revenue in
Indian States ?
(A) Land Revenue
(B) Motor Vehicle Tax
(C) Entertainment Tax
(D) Corporate Tax
Anawer.D

19. CSO has changed its base year
for National Income estimation.
The new base year is-
(A) 1990-91 (B) 1993-94
(C) 1994-95 (D) 1995-96
Anawer.B

20. Which is the biggest enterprise of
the Government of India ?
(A) Postal and Telegraph
(B) Railways
(C) Banking
(D) Shipping
Anawer.B

21. In which type of competition
does Marginal Revenue Curve
coincide with Average Revenue
Curve ?
(A) Monopoly
(B) Imperfect Competition
(C) Perfect Competition
(D) Monopolistic Competition

Anawer.C
22. According to ]. Schumpeter,
entrepreneurs are entitled to
enjoy the profit for their ……,..
activities.
(A) Innovative
(B) Risk taking
(C) Risk averting
(D) Hard work
Anawer.A

23. Demonstration effect means~
(A) Effect of advertisement
(B) imitating effect of consumption
(C) Effect of entertainment
(D) Effect of an experiment
Anawer.B

24. Homogeneous product is a
feature of-
(A) Imperfect market
(B) Monopoly
(C) Oligopoly
(D) Perfect market
Anawer.D

25. Which part of the Indian Constitution declares the ideals of
Welfare State
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Fundamental Duties
(C) Preamble
(D) Directive Principles of State
Policy
Anawer.D

26. Who said, “Parliamentary System
provides a daily as well as a
periodic assessment of the Government” ?
(A) Dr. B4 R. Ambedkar
(B) Shri B. N. Rao
(C) Shri fawahar Lal Nehru
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Anawer.A

27. The legal advisor to the State
Government is known as-
(A) Advocate-General
(B) Attorney•General
(C) Solicitor-General
(D) State Public Prosecutor
Anawer.A

28. The maximum duration of Zero
Hour in Lok Sabha is—•
(A) 30 minutes
(B) One hour
(C) Two hours
(D) Unspecified
Anawer.B

29. Which agency acts as co-coordinator between Union Government,
Planning Commission and State
Governments ?
(A) National Integration Council
(B) Finance Commission
(C) National Development
Council
(D) Inter-State Council
Anawer.C

30. When will demand become a
grant ?
(A) When a demand is pro-
posed
(B) After the discussion on
demand is over
(C) After the demand is granted
(D) When the Budget Session is
closed
Anawer.C

31. What makes the judiciary the
guardian of the Constitution
(A) Independence
(B) Service Conditions
(C) Salary
(D) judicial Review
Anawer.D

32. What is the name of judicial
organ of UNO
(A) Supreme Court
(B) Court of lnternational justice
(C) judicial Forum
(D) International Court of justice
Anawer.D

33. The Election disputes regarding
the Election of President and
Vice-President can be heard by-
(A) Parliament
(B) Central Election Cornmission
(C) Supreme Court
(D) Attorney-General of India
Anawer.C

34. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
suggested that the structure of
Panchayati Raj should consist
of-
(A) The village, the block and
the district levels
(B) The mandal and the district
levels
(C) The village, the district and
the State levels
(D) The village, the mandal, the
district and the State levels
Anawer.A

35. Which of the following has
banned ’floor crossing’ by the
members elected on a party
ticket to the legislature
(A) 52nd Constitution Amendment
(B) Representation of People Act
(C) National Security Act
(D) Maintenance of Internal
Security Act
Anawer.A

36. The expression ’Creamy Layer’
used in the judgments of the
Supreme Court relating to the
case regarding reservations refers
to-
(A) Those sections of society
which pay Income-tax
(B) Those sections of socially
and educationally backward
classes of the society that are economically advanced
(C) Those sections of the society
that are considered advanced
according to Karpuri Thakur
formula
(D) All sections of upper castes
of the society
Anawer.B

37. When was the Panchtantra
written
(A) Maurya Period
(B) Kanishka Period
(C) Gupta Period
(D) Harsha Period
Answer.C

38. Which one among the following
is regarded as the ’Magna Carta’
of Indian education
(A) Wood’s Despatch
(B) Hunter’s Commission
(C) Sadler Commission
(D) Wardha Scheme
Anawer.A

39. The battle of Mahabharata is
believed to have been fought at
Kurukshetra for-
(A) 14 days
(B) 16 days
(C) 18 days
(D) 20 days
Anawer.C

40. The Mukteswara Temple is
located at——
(A) Puri
(B) Belur
(C) Konark
(D) Bhubaneswar
Anawer.D

41. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty
was called the ’Napoleon of
India’ 7
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(C) Sri Gupta
(D) Chandragupta-I
Anawer.A

42. Between which two rulers was
the First Battle of Panipat
fought ?
(A) Akbar and Bahlol Lodi
(B) Baburand IbrahjrnLodi
(C) Bairam Khan and Sikandar
Lodi
(D) Shah Iahanancl Daulat Khan
Lodi
Anawer.B

43. Who is the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Abdus Samad
(C) Bairam Khan
(D) Raja Todarmal
Anawer.A

44. Match List-I with List-Il and
select the correct answer by
using the codes given below the
lists-
List-I List-II
(a) Peshwas 1. Nagpur
(b) Gaekwads 2. Pune
(c) Bhonsles 3. lndore
(d) Holkers 4. Baroda
Codes:
(zi) (b) (C) (d)
(A) 2 4 1 3
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 4 3 2 1
Anawer.A

45. Which reformer from Mahara-
shtra was known as Lokhitavadi

(A) Pandit Ramabai
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) M. G. Ranade
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Anawer.D

46. ’Din-e-Ilahi’ of Akbar was not a
success because-
(A) After Akbar, it was not
patronized
(B) The Muslims did not accept
other religious practices
(C) It was not suitably projected
to the masses
(D) All the above
Anawer.D

47. Who was the author of the book
’My Experiments with Truth’ ?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) M. K. Gandhi
(D) Vinoba Bhave
Anawer.C

48. Give the correct chronological
order of the following events-
1. Formation of Muslim League
2. Formation of All India Un-
touch ability League .
3. Formation of All India Trade
Union Congress
4. Formation of Indian National Congress
(A) 2, 4,1, 3 (B) 3, 4, 1, Z
(C) 4, 3, 1, 2 (D) 4, 1, 3, 2
Anawer.D

49. 80% of the coal in India comes
from-
(A) Iharia and Raniganj
(B) Kantapalli and Singareni
(C) Singrauli and Korba
(D) Neyveli
Anawer.A

50. Dry zone agriculture in India con-
tributes nearly 40% of the total-
(A) Commercial crops
(B) Fodder crops
(C) Food crops
(D) Plantation products
Anawer.D
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Various Competitive Examinations

Staff Selection Commission conducts the following competitive examinations every year.

1) For candidates having qualification of only Matriculation, they are eligible to apply for the Combined Matric Level Examination. In the same examination, those who are having Stenography speed of 80 WPM can apply for Stenographer also. Combined Matric Level Examination for posts of LDCs and Stenographers is conducted in 3 stages. The preliminary examination is of objective type is conducted to shortlist candidates for next examination i.e. Main Examination and the candidates who qualify in the main examination are to appear in a typewriting test/stenographer test for final selection.

There are various examinations for graduates such as, Tax Assistant, Combined Graduate Level, Sub-Inspectors in CPOs, Section Officer(Audit). However, the graduates in Commerce, in addition to the above, can also apply for Section Officer(Commercial) examination. The graduates in Economics/Statistics/ Maths. can apply for Statistical Investigator also in addition to all the above examination except Section Officer(Commercial). The Engineering graduates are in addition to above, are eligible to appear the Junior Engineer exam. conducted by the Commission. For the candidates having degree in Hindi, are eligible apply for Junior Hindi Translators also.

The details of various examinations are as follows :

2) Combined Graduate Examination for posts of Inspector in Income Tax/Central Excise/Department of Post, Sub-Inspector in CBI, Assistant, Divisional Accountant, Auditor, Junior Accountant, UDC etc.

This examination is also conducted in 3 stages i.e. preliminary, Main and Interview for mostly group ‘B’ non-gazetted posts. However, for posts of Auditors, UDC, Jr. Accountants, no interview is conducted and candidates are selected on the basis of their performance in the main examination.

3) Sub-Inspector in CPO (BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP,SSB) Examination – Only one written examination is conducted for this examination, followed by a physical, medical test and interview. There is some relaxation in height for the candidates belonging to North-Eastern Region.

4) Section Officer(Audit) & Section Officer(Commercial) Examination – These examinations also consist of only one written examination followed by a interview. The posts of Section Officers are mainly exists in Accountant General offices located all over the country.

5) Junior Engineers Examination – It consist of only one written examination followed by an interview for posts of Junior Engineers in CPWD.

6) Tax Assistant Examination – This examination is conducted for selection of candidates for posts of Tax Assistant in Central Excise/Income Tax department. It consist of a written paper followed by a skill test in computer typing.

7) Junior Hindi Translator Examination – One written test followed by an interview is the selection criteria for this post.

8) Selection Posts – In addition to the above, some specialized posts like Chemist, Computer typist, Research Assistant, Hindi Translator etc. in central government offices located in north eastern region are conducted by SSC(NER), Guwahati. For those posts, generally no written test is conducted. The short-listed candidates are selected on the basis of an interview only. For getting shortlisted for any selection post, the candidate should enclose all experience certificates/extra curricular certificates though the same are not asked for.

Advertisement of examinations :

All the advertisements of competitive examinations even an advertisement for a single post are published in the Employment News. However, there was a complaint about non-availability of Employment News in some areas. In order to facilitate the candidates of North Eastern Region, Short notices of the advertisements are sent for publication in all leading local newspapers and also sent to all the local stations of All India Radio/Doordarshan for broadcast. Now-a-days, applications forms of various competitive examinations can also be downloaded from the website of the Staff Selection Commission-(http//www.ssc.nic.in).

Contents of the competitive examinations :

A simple graduate candidate can easily qualify in any SSC examination if he/she has the thorough knowledge of his own subject and keeps an eye on current affairs etc. Model questions of SSC examinations in the form of guide books are also available in the market. Also knowledge of present day happenings in the country as well as the world as available in the Newspapers are a must for cracking the examination.

How to apply :

Before filling up any application form of any examination, candidates should read the instructions given in the advertisement to avoid rejection of their application form. Since the data of all the candidates are entered and monitored in Computers, data once entered against a candidate, cannot be rectified or changed later on. Application Form can be typed/hand written but it should be same as published, signature should be put in all places wherever prescribed.

Evaluation of Answer Sheets :

Objective type questions that are required to be answered by tick marks/darkening are evaluated by Computer (Optical Mark Reader).Candidate should be careful in handling the OMR Answer Sheet. Making dirty the OMR sheet and any kind of fold may lead to non-evaluation of his answer sheet. Recently, a candidate who was selected for the post of Sub-Inspector in CISF against female quota was found to be male candidate later on. The candidate wrote the code no. 2 which means female instead of code no.1.Descriptive type questions are evaluated manually.

Interview :

Interview of SSC are conducted in a candidates’ friendly atmosphere. To get through any interview, the candidate need not put any costly dress but should appear clean, smart and should be familiar about his own subject, native place, state of domicile, places of historical interest of the state etc. However, the interview board members are highly experienced/eminent personalities, confession in case of any doubtful/unconfirmed information will be appreciated by them instead of trying to mislead them.

Reservations of vacancies :

There are reservations of vacancies for SC/ST/OBC etc.as per government’s orders however; there is no reservation for any particular state. Vacancies are open to all and are filled up as per the merit of the candidates drawn on all India basis.

Common errors in submission of the application forms :-

During scrutiny of application forms, the following common errors are found committed by the candidates leading to cancellation of their candidature :-

a) Non pasting of photographs in proper place.

b) Not signing below the photograph and also in the declaration at the end.

c) Signing in capital letters instead of running hand.

d) Non affixing of CRFS.

e) Non cancellation of CRFS.

f) Non submission of requisite documents in support of Date of Birth, Caste/Tribe Certificate and Educational Qualification.

g) Non submission of application form before closing date.