SSC – Constable (GD) Exam held on 22-April-2012 (SET – KI 2012 ) General Awareness Solved Paper

1.	Mohenjo-daro is situated in the district of A) Larkana B) Montgomery C) Sind D) Udhampur
2.	Tansen, afamous musician , was in court of A) Babar B) humayun C) Akbar D) Jahangir
3.	Wage fund theory was propounded by A) J.B.Say B) J.S. Mill C) J.R. Hicks D) J.M. Keynes
4.	The expenses on advertising is called A) Implicit cost B) Surplus cost C) Fixed cost D) Selling cost
5.	Price mechanism is a feature of A) Capitalist economy B) Barter economy C) Mixed economy D) Socialist economy
6.	The Ministers in the Union Government hold office during the pleasure of the A) Lok Sabha B) Parliament C) President D) Prime Minister
7.	The governor of an Indian State is appointed by the A) President of India B) Prime Minister of India C) Chief Justice of High Court D) Chief Minister of the state
8.	A micron is equal to A) 0.1 mm B) 0.01 mm C) 0.001 mm D) 0.0001 mm
9.	Itai- Itai disease is due to poisoning caused by A) Mercury B) Arsenic C) Cadmium D) Asbestos
10.	Blue-green algae are included in the group A) Eubacteria B) Cyanobacteria C) Protozoa D) Fungi
11.	Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse ? A) Lord Harding B) Robert Clive C) William Bentinck D) Lord Dalhousie
12.	Bailing , mustering and shearing are some activities connected with A) Rearing of Lama B) Cotton cultivation C) Sheep rearing D) Poultry farming
13.	Rubber plantations are found in A) Temperate forests B) Mountain regions C) Polar regions D) Equatorial regions
14.	Tides in the sea are caused by A) effect of Sun B) effect of Moon C) combined effect of Moon and Sun D) gravitational force of Earth and Sun
15.	Persons suffering from myopia are advised to use A) convex lens B) concave lens C) plano-convex lens D) plano- concave lens
16.	A light year is a unit of A) Time B) Distance C) Speed of Light D) Intensity of Light
17.	A "Bit" refers to A) Binary informatics B) Bilingual information C) Binary terminator D) Binary digit
18.	Iron is extracted from A) Cinnabar B) Haematite C) Bauxite D) Dolomite
19.	Which of the following imparts a blue colour to glass ? A) Cobalt oxide B) Copper oxide C) Iron oxide D) Nickel oxide
20.	The Magsaysay Award for social service was instituted by A) the Government of India B) The UNO C) The ILO D) Philippines Government
21.	Cauvery water sharing is a disputer between A) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh B) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka D) Karnataka and Maharashtra
22.	With which sport do you associate the name of Rod Laver ? A) Field Hockey B) Football C) Water-Polo D) Lawn Tennis
23.	Tundras are A) Deciduous forests B) Tropical rain forests C) Cold deserts D) Hot deserts
24.	In how many denominations is Indian paper currency printed at present ? A) 9 B) 8 C) 7 D) 6
25.	The Indian representing an international organization who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with AL Gore of U.S. was A) Rajendra Pachauri B) Viswanathan Subramaniam C) R.N. Tagore C) Mother Teresa
Ans.	1.C 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.B	11.D 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.B 19.A 20.D	21.C 22.D 23.C 24.C 25.A