SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam 2012 Solved Paper

GENERAL AWARENESS
Exam held on 04-11-2012 (Evening Shift)

1. Light year is a unit of
    a) time
    b) distance
    c) light
    d) intensity of light

2. Radio telescope are better than optical telescope because
    a) They can detect faint galaxies which cannot be done by optical telescopes.
    b) They can even work even in cloudy conditions.
    c) They can work during the day and night.
    d) All the above

3. _______ programs are used to create numeric-based documents such as budgets.
    a) Word Processing
    b) Presentations
    c) Spread sheet
    d) Graphics

4. The process of elimintating logical errors is known as
    a) testing
    b) debugging
    c) maintenance
    d) evaluation

5. System of growing plants through water culture methods is known as
    a) Hydrotropism
    b) Hydrophobia
    c) Hydroponics
    d) Hydrophytes

6. A transformer is used to
    a) increase a.c. voltage
    b) increase d.c. voltage
    c) convert electrical energy to heat energy
    d) convert a.c. energy to d.c. energy

7. ‘Saponification’ is a process by which
    a) soap is prepared
    b) plastic is prepared
    c) sulphur is extracted
    d) protien is identified.

8. Heat of a reaction does not depend on
    a) temperature of the reaction.
    b) the path by which final product is obtained.
    c) physical states of the reactants and products.
    d) whether the reaction is carried out at constant pressure or at constant volume.

9. The presence of ‘Entamoeba histolytica’ in drinking water is an indication of
    a) bacterial outbreak
    b) polluted water
    c) clean water
    d) decay of organic matter

10. Disadvantage of using DDT as pesticide is
      a) it becomes ineffective after sometime.
      b) not easily degraded in nature.
      c) less effective than others.
      d) its high cost.



11. __________ is unwanted e-mail or junk mail.
      a) Bomb
      b) PhatBot
      c) Spam
      d) Worm

12. Which of the following is a natural polymer?
      a) Bakelite
      b) Cellulose
      c) PVC
      d) Nylon

13. Temperature inversion is
      a) Positive lapse rate
      b) Negative lapse rate
      c) Neutral condition
      d) None of the above

14. “My Unforgettable Memories” is the autobiography of
      a) Mayawati
      b) Pratibha Patil
      c) Mamta Bannerjee
      d) Suu Kyi

15. Which country was the latest entrant to G-8?
      a) France
      b) Italy
      c) Russia
      d) Japan

16. Which is the capital of South Sudan?
      a) Suva
      b) Juba
      c) Khartoum
      d) Taichung

17. In which one of the following States, there had been only one woman Chief Minister?
     a) Delhi  -> Sushma Swaraj & Shiela Dixit
     b) Rajasthan -> Vasundhara Raje
     c) Tamil Nadu  -> Janaki Ramachandran & Jayalalithaa
     d) Uttar Pradesh -> Sucheta Kripalani & Mayawati

18. Green house gases are
     a) CO2, CH4, NO and CFC
     b) CO2, CH4, SO2 and NO
     c) SO2, NO, H2S and CO
     d) CO, NH3, H2S and N2

19. Highly polluting industries comes under the category of
     a) Orange
     b) Red
     c) Yellow
     d) Black

20. Karagam is a folk dance of
      a) Andhra Pradesh
      b) Tamil Nadu
      c) Karnataka
      d) Kerala

21. Who is the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting?
      a) Kumari Selija
      b) Anand Sharma
      c) Ambika Soni
      d) C.P. Joshi

22. Dronacharya Awards are given to
      a) Outstanding teachers
      b) Outstanding athletes
      c) Best performers in archery
      d) Outstanding coaches in the sport field

23. Who among the following Union Ministers in the UPA-II Government resigned for reasons not connected with charges of corruption?
      a) A. Raja
      b) Dayanidhi Maran
      c) Dinesh Trivedi
      d) Virbhadra Singh

24. Which one of the following statements about Ms. Mayawati, Ex. C.M. of U.P. is correct?
      a) She is now a member of the U.P. State Legislative Council.
      b) She is the leader of opposition in U.P. State Assembly.
      c) She is an elected member of the Rajya Sabha.  - Elected in April 2012
      d) She is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha.

25. Who among the following sports personalities was the first to receive Rajiv Gandhi
      Khel Ratna Award?
     a) Sachin Tendulkar
     b) Viswanathan Anand
     c) Geet Sethi
     d) Sunil Gavaskar

26. Which one of the following is a characteristic of oligopolistic industries?
     a) Product differentiation
     b) Homogeneous goods
     c) Price rigidity
     d) Price discrimination

27. When a leather industry discharges its waste in the river causing water pollution, the cost
      incurred on health hazards is called
      a) Implicit cost
      b) Social cost
      c) Private cost
      d) Opportunity cost

28. Who said that “Parliamentary democracy means one individual and one vote”?
     a) Jawaharlal Nehru
     b) M.K. Gandhi
     c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
     d) Sardar Patel

29. Division of labour is a concept advocated by
     a) Keynes
     b) Marshall
     c) Smith
     d) Baumol

30. Which one of the following is not a direct determinant of demand?
      a) Savings
      b) Income
      c) Price of the commodity
      d) Taste

31. Which article empowers Parliament to formulate law on State List subjects?
      a) 115
      b) 183
      c) 221
      d) 249

32. Which part of the Constitution is associated with the provisions of citizenship?
      a) II
      b) III
      c) IV
      d) V

33. Democratic Decentralization refers to
      a) Fedral Government
      b) Parliamentary Government
      c) Democratic Government
      d) Local Government

34. Which one among the following was the Harappan trading station?
      a) Kalibangan
      b) Lothal
      c) Surkotda
      d) Ropar

35. Which of the following Directive Principles of State Policy was based on Gandhian
       Philosophy?
      a) Organization of Village Panchayats
      b) Equal wage for equal labour
      c) Protection of labourers
      d) All the above

36. Which of the following ensures grass-root democracy in India?
      a) Panchayati Raj
      b) Inter-State Council
      c) President
      d) CAG

37. What portion of actual produce was fixed as the State’s demand under the Zabti System?
      a) One-fourth
      b) One-third
      c) One-half
      d) One-fifth

38. Which among the following ended the French power in India?
      a) Battle of Buxar
      b) Third Carnatic War
      c) Battle of Plassey
      d) Battle of Wandhiwash

39. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
      a) India
      b) Pakistan
      c) Bangladesh
      d) Myanmar

40. Among the following problems of developing countires, which one is not correct?
      a) Low level of technological development.
      b) Lack of diversification of economy.
      c) High proportion of old age population.
      d) Weak industrial base.

41. Which of the following rivers flows from South to North?
      a) Krishna
      b) Kaveri
      c) Son
      d) Godavari

42. Which one of the following recorded the transformation of King Ashoka after the Kalinga War?
      a) Rock Edict II
      b) Rock Edict IV
      c) Rock Edict VI
      d) Rock Edict XIII

43. Where was the early capital of Harshavardhana?
      a) Prayag
      b) Kannauj
      c) Thaneswar
      d) Mathura
44. Which one is a biofertilizer?
      a) Urea
      b) Azospirillum
      c) Compost
      d) Superphosphate

45. ACTH hormone is secreted from
      a) Adrenal cortex
      b) Adrenal medulla
      c) Pituitary gland
      d) Pineal body

46. Pepsin secreting cells of gastric glands are
      a) Oxyntic cells
      b) Parietal cells
      c) Chief cells
      d) Goblet cells

47. Which of thed following is a chromoprotien?
      a) Mucin
      b) Haemoglobin
      c) Peptones
      d) Vitelline

48. Sieve plate is part of
      a) Cambium
      b) Xylem
      c) Cortex
      d) Phloem

49. Hurricanes are also called ________ in Australia.
      a) Baguio
      b) Willy Willy
      c) Taifu
      d) Typhoon

50. The State having largest area under waste land is
      a) Rajasthan
      b) Gujarat
      c) Madhya Pradesh
      d) Jammu & Kashmir

ANSWERS:

1) b 2) d 3) c 4) b 5) c 6) d 7) a 8) b 9) a 10) b
11) c 12) b 13) b 14) c 15) c 16) b 17) b 18) a 19) b 20) b
21) c 22) d 23) c 24) c 25) b 26) d 27) b 28) c 29) c 30) a
31) d 32) a 33) d 34) b 35) a  36) a 37) b 38) d 39) b 40) c
41) c 42) d 43) c 44) b 45) c  46) c 47) b 48) d 49) b 50) d