SSC Scientific Assistants Recruitment

SSC Scientific Assistant Recruitment 2011  Staff Selection Commission invites online applications (http://www.ssconline.nic.in) from eligible candidates for recruitment to 465 vacant posts of Scientific Assistants in The Indian Meteorological Department.
Important Dates :

• Commencement of Part-I Registration Online : 01-10-2011
• Last Date for Part-I Registration Online : 26-10-2011
• Last Date for Part-II Registration Online : 28.10.2011 upto 5 P.M
• Date of Exam: 18.12.2011

Fee : Rs. 100/- (No Fees for SC/ST/PH/Women) Payable through Challan Generated after Part-I Registration or Online Net Banking of SBI.
Pay Scale : Pay Band-2 (Rs.9300-34800) plus Grade Pay Rs. 4200
Total No. of Vacancies : 465 (UR-230, OBC-128, SC-70, ST-37) & Horizontal reservation for OH-10 & HH-10).
Age Limit (as on 28.10.2011) : Not more than 30 years.
Selection Procedure : Written Exam – Personal Interview
Education Qualification : Bachelor’s Degree in Science (with Physics as one of the subject) / Computer Science / Information Technology / Computer Applications or Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from a recognized Institution / University or equivalent.
More Details & Online Applications  :

• http://www.ssconline.nic.in 
• Recruitment of Scientific Assistants for Meteorological Department Detailed Notification
• APPLICATION FORM

SSC Junior Translators AND Junior Hindi Translators Recruitment

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

Junior Translators (CSOLs)/ Junior Hindi Translators (in Subordinate Offices) and Hindi Pradhyapak (in Central Hindi Institute) etc. Examination,  2011

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will hold on Sunday, the 18/12/2011 an open competitive examination for recruitment to the following posts  in various Offices/ Departments under Department of of Official Language all over country.

• Junior Translators (CSOLs) (Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted):  Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/-
• Junior Hindi Translators (in Subordinate Offices)  (Group ‘C’ Non-Technical) : Pay Scale : Rs. 9300 - 34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/- 
• Senior Translators (Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted):  Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4600/- in Ministry of Defence
• Junior Translators (Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted):  Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/- in Ministry of Defence
• Hindi Pradhyapak (Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted):  Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4800/- in Central Hindi Training Institute 

Age Limit : 30 years as on 01/08/2011. Relaxation as per Govt. rules.

Fee : Rs. 100/- in the form of Central Recruitment Fee Stamps available at Post Office. No fee for SC/ST/PH/Ex-Servicemen and Women candidates.

Closing Date : The last date for receipt of application in the commission will be 21/10/2011. For those candidates who are living in remote areas, the last date will be 28/10/2011.

Cantre of Examination and Address to which Applications should be sent : The applications should be addressed to the Regional Office of the SSC  for a particular test center/state where candidate wants to apply as stated in the detailed advertisement. 

1. Regional Director (NR), SSC, 5th Floor, Block No.12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Raod, New Delhi-110504
2. Regional Director (SR), SSC, E.V.K. Sampath Building, College Raod, Chennai-600006
3. Regional Director (ER), SSC, 1st MSO Building, 8th Floor, Nizam Palace, 234/4, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata-700020
4. Regional Director (WR), SSC, Army & Navy Building, 1st Floor, South Wing, Pratishtha Bhawan, Old CGO Complex, 101, M.K. Road, Mumbai-400020
5. Regional Director (CR), SSC, 8-AB, Beli Raod, Allahabad-211002
6. Regional Director (NER), SSC, Rukmini Nagar, P.O. Assam, Sachivalaya, Guwahati-781006
7. Regional Director (KKR), SSC, 1st Floor, 2nd Block, 'E' Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034
8. Dy. Director (MPR), SSC, 'Nishant Villa', F.Jalvihar Colony, Raipur-492001
9. Dy. Director (NWR), SSC, Block No.3, Ground Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh-160017

For further details like scheme of examination, syllabus, application form etc., visit SSC website at  http://ssc.nic.in/whats%20new%20html/latest_news/Notice_of_JHT_2011.pdf and application format is available at http://ssc.nic.in/whats%20new%20html/latest_news/Application_form_JHT2011.pdf

SSC EASTERN REGION RECRUITMENT

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC)
(Eastern Region - ER)

234/4, A.J.C. Bose Road, Nizam Palace, 1st MSO Building, 8th Floor, Kolkata - 700020  

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Eastern Region (ER), Kolkata, invites application for the following  posts  :

• Assistant (Legal) :  21 posts (UR-11, SC-3, ST-2, OBC-5), Pay Scale : Rs. 9300 - 34800 grade pay Rs. 4600/-, Age :  30 years, Qualification : Degree in Law with 3 years experience.
• Junior Technical Assistant :  01 post (OBC-1), Pay Scale : Rs. 9300 - 34800 grade pay Rs. 4200/-, Age :  28 year

Fee Payable : Rs.50/- (No fee for Women/ SC/ST/PH and Ex-Servicemen) by means of Central Recruitment Fee Stamps (CRFS) only, available at head post office all over the country.

How to Apply : Application in prescribed format should be sent in an envelope superscribed with bold letters as "Application for the posts of .................... " on or before 24/10/2011 (31/10/2011 for candidates from far-flung areas) to the   Office of the Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission, (Eastern Region),  234/4, A.J.C. Bose Road, Nizam Palace, 1st MSO Building,  8th Floor, Kolkata - 700020.

For further details and application form, please view http://www.sscer.org

SSC CPO EXAM 2011 SOLVED PAPER

                
           General Awareness  

                                     Exam Held On: 28-08- 2011

1. Who said that “Oh! Disrespectable democracy! I love you!”?
    a) G.B.Shaw
    b) Carpenter
    c) Lord Bryce
    d) Appa Dorai
2. The adoptation of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in
    a) 1968
    b) 1967
    c) 1966
    d) 1965
3. ‘Brown Revolution’ is
    a) growth of fodder  industry
    b) growth of sea products
    c) growth of milk and milk products
    d) growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India
4. The total value of goods and services produced in a country during a given period is
    a) Disposable income
    b) National income
    c) Per Capita Income
    d) Net national income
5. Mechanization of Indian agriculture on a considerable scale is not possible due to
    a) small holdings
    b) lack of tractors
    c) poverty of peasants
    d) indifference of the people
6. Which one of the following is NOT a function of the central bank in an economy?
    a) Dealing with foreign exchange
    b) Controlling monetary policy
    c) Controlling government spending
    d) Acting as banker’s bank
7. The three-tier Panchayat Raj System in India was proposed by the
    a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
    b) Ashok Mehta Committee
    c) Royal Commission
    d) None of the above
8. Under which Article of the Constitution is the President’s Rule introduced in a state due to the
    failure of the constitutional machinary?
    a) 352
    b) 356
    c) 360
    d) 350
9. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequlaities?
    a) Abolition of Machinary
    b) Establishment of village industries
    c) Adoptation of non-violence
    d) Trusteeship theory
10. Arthasastra was written by
    a) Dhanananda
    b) Kautilya
    c) Bimbisara
    d) Pushyamitra
11. Who translated Ramayana into Parsian?
    a) Abul Fazl
    b) Badauni
    c) Abdul Latif
    d) Isar Das
12. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
     a) Elizabeth
     b) Bengal
     c) Red Dragon
     d) Mayflower
   13. The member-states of the U.N.O. have delegated the primary responsibility for maintaining
      world peace and security to the
     a) General Assembly
     b) Economic and Social Council (EcoSoc)
     c) Security Council
     d) International Court of Justice
14. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced in India?
     a) Divya Vandanam
     b) Dohakosa
     c) Vajrachedika
     d) Vamsathapakasini
15. The approximate circumference of the Earth is
     a) 13,000 km
     b) 20,000 km
     c) 25,000 km
     d) 30,000 km
 16. When did India join the International Tsunami Warning System?
     a) 2004
     b) 2005
     c) 2006
     d) 2007
  17. ‘Cod’ is a variety of
     a) Goat
     b) Fish
     c) Crop
     d) Coral
18. The All India Muslim League was founded by
     a) Malauna Ahmed Ali
     b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
     c) Agha Khan
     d) Hakim Ajmal Khan
  19. Golden Revolution refers to
     a) Sericulture
     b) Horiculture
     c) Apiculture
     d) Viticulture
20. Which one of the following is a major port on East Coast of India?
     a) Kandla
     b) Vishakhapatnam
     c) Karikal
     d) Pondicheery
21. The total number of bones in our body is
     a) 226
     b) 206
     c) 256
     d) 236
22. The poison of honey bee is
     a) Acidic
     b) Alkaline
     c) Saltish
     d) Protien
23. Birds which swim in water have
     a) webbed feet
     b) broad wings
     c) long beaks
     d) toes with claws
24. A large number of identical plants can be obtained in a short span of time through
     a) large number of seeds of a single plant
     b) stem cuttings
     c) tissue culture technique
     d) hydroponics method
25. The smallest flowering plant is
     a) Wolffia
     b) Lemma
     c) Azolla
     d) Ficus
26. Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterised by abnormal increase of the
     a) Red blood cells
     b) White blood cells
     c) Blood paltelets
     d) Blood plasma
27. The sound produced by a bat
     a) audible
     b) subsonic
     c) infrasonic
     d) ultrasonic
28. When a bar magnet is cut into two halves, the pole strength of each piece
     a) becomes double
     b) becomes half
     c) becomes zero
     d) remains the same
29. Cooking oil is converted intovegetable ghee by the process of
     a) Crystallisation
     b) Condensation
     c) Hydrogenation
     d) Scrubland
30. A balloon filled with helium rises in air because
     a) air exerts an upward force on the balloon
     b) the balloon is weightless
     c) helium is less dense than air
     d) helium pushes down on the air below the balloon
31. One can distinguish a telescope from a microscope by observing
     a) length
     b) colour
     c) size of the lens
     d) length and size of the lens
32. National Environmental Engineering Reasearch Institute is located at
     a) Pune
     b) Delhi
     c) Nagpur
     d) Chennai
33. Rusting of iron requires
     a) oxygen and cabon dioxide
     b) oxygen and water
     c) cabon dioxide only
     d) oxygen only
34. Glass is a
     a) pure solid
     b) supercooled liquid
     c) gel
     d) polymer
35. Uranium eventually decays into a stable isotope of
     a) Radium
     b) Thorium
     c) Lead
     d) Pollonium
36. Which of the toxic heavy metals is found in modern tannery industries?
     a) Nickel
     b) Zinc
     c) Chromium
     d) Lead
37. Which of the following contains high content of lead?
     a) Coal
     b) Cooking gas
     c) High octane fuel
     d) low octane fuel
38. Electrostaic precipitator is used to control
     a) Air pollution
     b) Water pollution
     c) Solid waste
     d) Noise pollution
39. Kucipudi is a dance-drama associated with the State of
     a) Assam
     b) Andhra Pradesh
     c) Orissa
     d) manipur
40. X-rays were discovered by
     a) Faraday
     b) Roentgen
     c) H.Davy
     d) Lavoisier
41. Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Dadashaeb Phalke Award?
     a) V. Shantaram
     b) Raj Kapoor
     c) Mukesh Bhatt
     d) Lata Mangeshkar
42. A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact
     with it is called
     a) Televirtuality
     b) Virtual reality
     c) Alternate reality
     d) 3-D reality
43. A parallel port is most often used by a
     a) Printer
     b) Monitor
     c) Mouse
     d) External storage device
44. The secret operation carried out successfully by the US Navy Seals, in which Osma Bin Laden,
      the world’s most wanted terriorist was killed, was codenamed as
     a) Jasmine
     b) Rose
     c) Geronimo
     d) Cobra
45. As per the latest ‘Sample Registeration Survey Report’ released some time back by the Census
     Office at New Delhi, there has been a siginificant improvement in the ‘Infant Mortality Rate’ per
     1000 live births in India during the period 1999-2009. What has been the percentage change during
     this period?
     a) 15%
     b) 29%
     c) 35%
     d) 42%
46. Premlata Agarwal has become the oldest Indian woman  to scale Mount Everest at the age of 45.
     She belongs to the state of
     a) Jharkhand
     b) Uttar Pradesh
     c) Rajasthan
     d) Bihar
47. The book ‘Great Soul : Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India’ was in news some time
     back and was banned in some Indian States inclusding Gujarat. The author of the book is
     a) Joseph Lelyveld
     b) Michael Ondaatje
     c) Jack Welch
     d) Duncan Green
48. Who got the ‘Purple Cap’ for taking maximum number of wickets in IPL-4 series?
     a) Harbhajan Singh
     b) Lasith Malinga
     c) Daniel Vettori
     d) Albie Morkel
49. At which place did the Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee lay the foundation stone for
     a new banknote paper mill some time back?
     a) Surat
     b) Aurangabad
     c) Mysore
     d) Guntur
50. The governement set up a committee headed by the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes
     some time back to go into
     a) modification of tax laws
     b) the entire structure of tax laws including the question of imposition of bank tax
     c) the concerns of the foreign investors in India with regard to taxation matters
     d) aspects of generation of black money, its transfer abroad and bringing back such
         money into India’s legitimate financial system

Staff Selection Commission Southern Region Recruitment for Various Posts

Staff Selection Commission Southern Region invites application from eligible candidates for the various Group ‘C' and Group ‘B' posts mentioned below for recruitment in various ministries/ offices of the Government of India.

Name of the Post	Name of the Office	No. of Vacancies
Tourist Information Officer	India Tourism, Chennai	4
Technical Officer I	Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage	1
Preservation Assistant Grade-I	Botanical Survey of India	3
Junior Technical Assistant	Office of Regional Director, Southern Region, Ministry of Corporate Affairs	2

Important Dates

Last date for sending application: 7 October 2011

Application Fee: Rs 50 to be paid by General/ OBC candidates through CRFS only which are are available at all District Post Offices of the Country. No fee will be charged from candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ PWD and women candidates.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted in the form published in the Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar dated 10 September- 16 September 2011. After getting the Recruitment Fee Stamps cancelled from the post office, the candidate may submit the application to the following address.

The Regional Director (SR),
Staff Selection Commission,
2nd Floor, EVk Sampath Building,
College Road, Chennai- 600217.

Note: Applications submitted on a format which is not exactly the same as published in this advertisement, are liable to be rejected summarily.
For more details; please refer Employment Newspaper 10 September- 16 September 2011

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Written Examination 2011 Syllabus

Scheme and Syllabus of Examination:  The written examination will be held in the following subjects for the post of Data Entry Operator and Lower Division Clerk followed by Skill Test and Typing Test respectively.

• Scheme of the Written Examination

The written examination will consist of one objective type paper as shown below: 

Date of Exam(Tentative)	Part	Subject	Max. Marks	Number of Questions	Total Duration/ Timings for General candidates	Duration & Timings for VH candidates
4.12.2011	I	General  Intelligence	50	50	2 Hours 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	2 Hours and 40 Min. 10.00 AM to 12.40 PM
	II	English Language (Basic Knowledge)	50	50
	III	Numerical Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill)	50	50
	IV	General Awareness	50	50

NOTE- I: The Paper will consist of Objective Type- Multiple choice questions only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi for Part-I, III & IV.
NOTE-II: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

• Syllabus of the Written Examination

General Intelligence

1	Semantic Analogy	16	Space Orientation
2	Symbolic/Number Analogy	17	Venn Diagrams
3	Figural Analogy	18	Drawing inferences
4	Semantic Classification	19	Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding
5	Symbolic/Number Classification	20	Figural Pattern - folding and completion
6	Figural Classification	21	Indexing
7	Semantic Series	22	Address matching
8	Number Series	23	Data and City matching
9	Figural Series	24	Classification of centre codes/roll numbers
10	Problem Solving*	25	Small & Capital Letters/number-coding, decoding and classification
11	Word Building	26	Embedded figures
12	Coding and de-coding	27	Critical Thinking
13	Numerical operations	28	Emotional Intelligence
14	Symbolic operations	29	Social Intelligence
15	Trends	30	Other sub-topics, if any

English Language

1	Spot the Error
2	Fill in the Blanks
3	Synonyms
4	Antonyms
5	Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words
6	Idioms & Phrases
7	One word substitution
8	Improvement of Sentences
9	Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
10	Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
11	Shuffling of Sentence parts
12	Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
13	Cloze Passage
14	Comprehension Passage

(* To be commensurate with the minimum prescribed educational qualifications (10th, 12th Graduate, Postgraduate) for the post)
Numerical Aptitude
a)      Arithmetic
Number Systems:

• Computation of Whole Number
• Decimal and Fractions
• Relationship between numbers

Fundamental Arithmetical Operations:

• Percentages
• Ratio and Proportion
• Square roots
• Averages
• Interest (Simple and Compound)
• Profit and Loss
• Discount
• Partnership Business
• Mixture and Alligation
• Time and distance
• Time and work

b)     Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra (and their simple applications) e.g. Formulas for (a+b)², (a-b)², (a+b)³(a-b)³, a³-b³, a³+b³, a²-b²;  if a+b+c=0, then a³+b³+c³=3 abc etc. and Elementary surds (simple problems) including Graphs of Linear Equations.
c)      Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centres viz. Centroid, In-centre, Orthocentre, Circumcentre, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
d)      Mensuration:

• Triangle, Quadrilaterals
• Regular Polygons (sum of the internal angles of a polygon)
• Circle
• Right Prism
• Right Circular Cone
• Right Circular Cylinder
• Sphere, Hemispheres
• Rectangular Parallelepiped
• Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base

e)      Trigonometry: Trigonometry (for acute angles 0 with 0≤0≤90), Trigonometric ratios, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities like sin²0 + Cos²0=1 etc., Complementary Angles, Heights and Distances (simple problems only).
f)      Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs

• Histogram
• Frequency polygon
• Bar-diagram
• Pie-chart

General Awareness: Questions are designed to test the ability of the candidate's general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research.
NOTE-1: For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability and opting for SCRIBES there will be no component of Maps/ Graphs/ Diagrams/ Statistical Data in the General Intelligence & Reasoning/ General Awareness Paper.
NOTE-2: The questions will be of the level to commensurate with Educational Qualification prescribed for the posts.

SSC General Awareness Practice Questions

1. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachhendri Pal
(B) Phew Dorajee
(C) Onn Saang Su Kayi
(D) Yoko Ono
Ans : (A)

2. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects ?
(A) Cosmology
(B) Chemistry
(C) Fluid Mechanics
(D) Astrophysics
Ans : (D)

3. 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
Ans : (A)

4. ‘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
Ans : (B)

5. Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers ?
(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmputra
(C) Bhagirathi
(D) Yamuna
Ans : (C)

6. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation Final, 2008 to India) ?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (D)

7. After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India ?
(A) Sh. Shivraj Patil
(B) Sh. Pranab Mukherjee
(C) Sh. P. Chidambaram
(D) Sh. A.K. Anthony
Ans : (C)

8. Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008
(A) Saumika Mishra
(B) Santosh Sen
(C) Amit Kumar
(D) Pappu
Ans : (A)

9. 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
Ans : (D)

10. 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
Ans : (A)

11 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
Ans : (C)

12. The train service—‘Thar Express’ between India and Pakistan, originates in India from—
(A) Jaisalmer
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Bikaner
(D) Barmer
Ans : (D)

13. Garba is a dance form of
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Orissa
(D) Assam
Ans : (A)

14. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India ?
(A) Mohinder Singh
(B) Ajit Pal Singh
(C) Joginder Singh
(D) Milkha Singh
Ans : (D)

15. Fundamental Rights are not given to
(A) Bankrupt persons
(B) Aliens
(C) Persons suffering from incurable disease
(D) Political sufferers
Ans : (B)

16. 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
Ans : (A)

17. 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
Ans : (C)

18. Consent of the people meAns consent of
(A) A few people
(B) All people
(C) Majority of the people
(D) Leader of the people
Ans : (C)

19. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution ?
(A) Gram Sabha
(B) Gram Panchayat
(C) Gram Cooperative Society
(D) Nyaya Panchayat
Ans : (C)

20. Match the following—Union Territory
(A) Puducherry
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Daman and Diu
Jurisdiction (High Court)
1. Kerala
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Calcutta
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans : (A)

21. 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.
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 4
Ans : (D)

22. The toxicity of which of the following heavy metals leads to liver cirrhosis ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lead
(C) Mercury
(D) Zinc
Ans : (A)

23. Cell or tissue death within a living body is called as
(A) Neutrophilia
(B) Nephrosis
(C) Necrosis
(D) Neoplasia
Ans : (A)

24. Typhoid is caused by—
(A) Pseudomonas sp.
(B) Staphylococcus
(C) Bacillus
(D) Salmonella typhi
Ans : (D)

25 Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by
(A) Proteins
(B) Fats
(C) Minerals
(D) Vitamins
Ans : (B)

26. The process of removing calcium and magnesium from hard water is known as
(A) Sedimentation
(B) Filtration
(C) Flocculation
(D) Water softening
Ans : (D)

27. Leprosy bacillus was discovered by
(A) Koch
(B) HAnsen
(C) Fleming
(D) Harvey
Ans : (B)

28. Who, of the following, was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on 26th January, 2009 ?
1. Hemant Karkare
2. M. C. Sharma
3. Gajendra Singh
4. Vijay Salaskar
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) All the above
Ans : (D)

29. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
(A) Promote heavy industries in India
(B) Facilitate British commerce and administrative control
(C) Move foodstuff in case of famine
(D) Enable IndiAns to move freely within the country
Ans : (B)

30. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(B) R. G. Bhandarkar
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) B. G. Tilak
Ans : (A)

31. In which of the following states was President’s Rule imposed during the month of January, 2009 ?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Mizoram
(D) Jharkhand
Ans : (D)

32. In which state was the Nalanda University located in India ?
(A) Bengal
(B) Bihar
(C) Orissa
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans : (B)

33. 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 and 3
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 only
(D) 2 and 4
Ans : ()

34. Where did Babar die ?
(A) Agra
(B) Kabul
(C) Lahore
(D) Delhi
Ans : (A)

35. A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered

as
(A) Absolute Poverty
(B) Relative Poverty
(C) Urban Poverty
(D) Rural Poverty
Ans : (A)

36. India is called a mixed economy because of the existence of—
1. Public Sector
2. Private Sector
3. Joint Sector
4. Cooperative Sector
(A) 1, 4
(B) 1, 2
(C) 3, 4
(D) 2, 4
Ans : (B)

37. Which is the largest state of India, populationwise, according

to 2001 census ?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Ans : (C)

38. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Marshall
(C) P. A. Samuelson
(D) J. S. Mill
Ans : (C)

39. An exceptional demand curve is one that moves
(A) Upward to the right
(B) Downward to the right
(C) Horizontally
(D) Vertically
Ans : (A)

40. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y. V. Reddy ?
(A) Dr. Indra Rangarajan
(B) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
(C) Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
(D) Shri D. Subbarao
Ans : (D)

41. In Economics the terms ‘Utility’ and ‘Usefulness’ have
(A) Same meaning
(B) Different meaning
(C) Opposite meaning
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

42. Among the following the celestial body farthest from the Earth is
(A) Saturn
(B) Uranus
(C) Neptune
(D) Pluto
Ans : (D)

43. The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is
(A) Terrestrial telescope
(B) Astronomical telescope
(C) Compound microscope
(D) Simple microscope
Ans : (A)

44. The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in
(A) Inductance
(B) Current
(C) Resistance
(D) Capacitance
Ans : (B)

45. It is difficult to cook rice
(A) At the top of a mountain
(B) At the sea level
(C) Under a mine
(D) Same anywhere
Ans : (A)

46. X-rays were discovered by
(A) Becquerel
(B) Roentgen
(C) Marie Curie
(D) Van Lue
Ans : (B)

47. The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Pune
Ans : (D)

48. The chemicals released by one species of animals in order to attract the other members of the same species are
(A) Hormones
(B) Nucleic acids
(C) Pheromones
(D) Steroids
Ans : (C)

49. Match the source in Column B with the product of Column A.
Column A (Product)
(A) Formic acid
(B) Citric acid
(C) Tartaric acid
Column B (Source)
1. Lemon
2. Tamarind
3. Ants
(A) (B) (C)

(A) 3 2 1
(B) 3 1 2
(C) 2 3 1
(D) 2 1 3
Ans : (B)

50. An emulsifier is an agent which
(A) Stabilises an emulsion
(B) Aids the flocculation of an emulsion
(C) Accelerates the dispersion
(D) Homogenises an emulsion
Ans : (A)