SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier 1 Examination Paper 2007 with solutions held on 24/03/2007
Ques 1. Which of the following states is not included in Capital Region Planning Council?
1. Rajasthan
2. Haryana
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Answer - Madhya Pradesh
Ques 2. Which is situated on the "Capital Hill"?
1. Legislative Office of United States General Assembly
2. A peak of Kargil region won again by India in June 1999
3. A mountainous peak from where Jesus gave sermons
4. The biggest stock market of the world
Answer - The biggest stock market of the world
Ques 3. According to 1991 census, in which State/Union Territory has the highest percentage of scheduled castes population?
1. Punjab
2 Uttar Pradesh
3. West Bengal
4. Karnataka
Answer - Uttar Pradesh
Ques 4. Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej valley?
1. Nathu La
2. Jelep La
3. Shipki La
4. Sherabathanga
Answer - Shipki La
Ques 5. Which of the following steel plants is not managed by Indian Steel Authority Limited?
1. Selaam Rust Resistant Steel Plant
2. Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant
3. Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur
4. Bokaro Steel Plant
Answer - Selaam Rust Resistant Steel Plant
Ques 6. Girna Project is situated in
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Orissa
4. Chattisgarh
Answer - Maharashtra
Ques 7. The symbol of Reserve Bank of India is
1. Capitol of Ashokan Pillar
2. Kuber with a purse of money
3. Tiger before a Palm tree
4. A dog sitting in a defensive state
Answer - Tiger before a Palm tree
Ques 8. When there is one buyer and many sellers then that situation is called
1. Monopoly
2. Single buyer right
3. Down right
4. Double buyers right
Answer - Single buyer right
Ques 9. In the last fifty years the length of Indian rails has increased approximately by
1. 16.6%
2. 24.8%
3. 30.2%
4. 35.0%
Answer - 16.6%
Ques 10. By which organic compound all the oils are known?
1. Carbohydrate
2. Protein
3. Hydrocarbon
4. Ester
Answer - Hydrocarbon
Ques 11. The atomic number of carbon is 6 and its atomic mass is 12. How many are there protons in the nucleus of carbon?
1. 6
2. 12
3. 18
4. Zero
Answer - 6
Ques 12. When two cubes of ice are pressed on each other, what is the cause of their being one?
1. Van Der Waals Force
2. Dipole moment
3. Hydrogen bond formation
4. Covalent attraction
Answer - Covalent attraction
Ques 13. Where is Brihadeshwar Temple situated?
1. Kanchi
2. Madurai
3. Shri Shailan
4. Tanjore
Answer - Tanjore
Ques 14. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?
1. Sun-temple of Konark
2. Temple of Khajuraho
3. Ankorvat
4. Notre Dam, the Paris
Answer - Sun-temple of Konark
Ques 15. Who composed the memorable literary character named Winston Smith?
1. George Orwell
2. E. M. Foster
3. Rudyard Kipling
4. R. C. Sheridon
Answer - George Orwell
Ques 16. In Tamil literature the glorious books 'Shilppadikaram and Manimekhalai' are related to
1. Jainism
2. Buddhism
3. Hinduism
4. Christianity
Answer - Hinduism
Ques 17. Where was saint Kabir born?
1. Delhi
2. Varanasi
3. Mathura
4. Hyderabad
Answer - Varanasi
Ques 18. In which of the following systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interests of farmers?
1. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
2. Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
3. Zamindari Settlement of Central States
4. Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of United State
Answer - Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
Ques 19. For which period the Finance Commission is formed?
1. 2 years
2. Every year
3. 5 years
4. According to the wishes of President
Answer - 5 years
Ques 20. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal Period in the courts of India?
1. French
2. Persian
3. Portuguese
4. Arabic
Answer - Persian
Ques 21. The civil affairs like marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc. which has been authorized by the Constitution to make legal laws?
1. Centre, by the Union List of the Constitution
2. States, by the State List of the Constitution
3. Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
4. Religious authorities which have relation to individual affairs
Answer - Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
Ques 22. Which of the following pairs contributed significantly to integrate the princely states into Indian Union?
1. Sardar Patel and Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
3. Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi
4. Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi
Answer - Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
Ques 23. In electronics what comes under tank circuit?
1. Resistance and Capacity
2. Resistance and Inductance
3. Capacity and Inductance
4. Resistance, capacity and inductance
Answer - Capacity and Inductance
Ques 24. Coolis tube is used to produce
1. Radio waves
2. Micro waves
3. X- rays
4. Gama rays
Answer - X- rays
Ques 25. Which of the following is used for regulated electric supply ?
1. Zener diode
2. Junction Diode
3. Gun diode
4. Tunnel diode
Answer - Junction Diode
Ques 26. Which of the following is not a Kharif crop ?
1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Sugarcane
4. Cotton
Answer - Wheat
Ques 27. Where is Khaibar pass situated ?
1. Bhutan
2. Bangladesh
3. India
4. Pakistan
Answer - Pakistan
Ques 28. Which of the following won the Gold medal of football in Sydney Olympics 2000 ?
1. Cameroon
2. Argentina
3. Germany
4. Nigeria
Answer - Cameroon
Ques 29. In Sydney Olympics 2000 the maximum number of medals won by a women sports person was
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6
Answer - 3
Ques 30. Where is Panjshir Valley situated?
1. Lebanon
2. Afghanistan
3. Jammu and Kashmir, India
4. Syria
Answer - Afghanistan
Ques 31. Which of the following blood cells is compulsory for blood coagulation?
1. Platelets
2. Red Blood Corpuscles
3. White Blood Corpuscles
4. Lymphocites
Answer - Platelets
Ques 32. Which was the first antibiotic?
1. Terramycin
2. Neomycin
3. Penicillin
4. Streptomycin
Answer - Penicillin
Ques 33. Virus contains
1. Protein and lipid
2. Nucleic acid and protein
3. Lipid and carbohydrate
4. Carbohydrate and nucleic acid
Answer - Nucleic acid and protein
Ques 34. The minimum number of workers who can form a Trade Union and get it registered under Trade Union Act?
1. 7
2. 25
3. 100
4. 50
Answer - 100
Ques 35. In which state of India is there a uniform civil code?
1. Meghalaya
2. Kerala
3. Haryana
4. Goa
Answer - Goa
Ques 36. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
3. Harsha
4. Akbar
Answer - Akbar
Ques 37. Who established Mahabalipuram ?
1. Pallava
2. Pandya
3. Chola
4. Chalukya
Answer - Pallava
Ques 38. Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian?
1. Mother Teresa
2. S. Chandrashekhar
3. V. S. Naipaul
4. H. G. Khurana
Answer - V. S. Naipaul
Ques 39. Who developed the concept of e-mail?
1. Bill Gates
2. Arthur C. Clark
3. Ray Tomlinson
4. Sabir Bhatia
Answer - Arthur C. Clark
Ques 40. Who developed atom bomb?
1. Warner Wan Brown
2. J. Robert Openheimer
3. Edward Taylor
4. Samuel Koehen
Answer - J. Robert Openheimer
Ques 41. To which incident is Pushkar Utsava related?
1. Buddha Purnima
2. Guru Purnima
3. Kartik Purnima
4. Sharad Purnima
Answer - Guru Purnima
Ques 42. Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner?
1. Sumitra Nandan Pant
2. G. Shankar Kurup
3. K. Shivaram Karanth
4. Uma Shankar Joshi
Answer - G. Shankar Kurup
Ques 43. When was first telegraph line started in India?
1. 1851
2. 1875
3. 1884
4. 1900
Answer - 1851
Ques 44. For whom was the first departmental life insurance started?
1. Army
2. Civil Officers of Central Government
3. Employees of Postal Department
4. Life Insurance Corporation
Answer - Employees of Postal Department
Ques 45. The pilgrims of Kailash Mansarovar have to pass through which pass to enter into Tibet?
1. Khardungala
2. Rohtang
3. Lipu likh
4. Nathu La
Answer - Nathu La
Ques 46. By which the sex of a child is determined before birth?
1. Sperms of father
2. Foetus of mother
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Nutrition of mother
Answer - Sperms of father
Ques 47. What may be the cause of malfunctioning of thyroid gland?
1. Iodine deficiency
2. Iron deficiency
3. Calcium deficiency
4. Vitamin C
Answer - Iodine deficiency
Ques 48. Which of the following is called the twin of the earth?
1. Neptune
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn
Answer - Venus
Ques 49. Which of the following is called the storehouse of world-art collections?
1. National Archives of India
2. National Museum
3. National Modern Art Gallery
4. Salarjung museum
Answer - Salarjung museum
Ques 50. Who among the following is not known for popularizing 'Thumri' form of Indian music?
1. Tansen
2. Amir Khusaro
3. Nawab Vajid Ali Shah
4. Siddheshwari Devi
Answer - Nawab Vajid Ali Shah
Ques 1. Which of the following states is not included in Capital Region Planning Council?
1. Rajasthan
2. Haryana
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh
Answer - Madhya Pradesh
Ques 2. Which is situated on the "Capital Hill"?
1. Legislative Office of United States General Assembly
2. A peak of Kargil region won again by India in June 1999
3. A mountainous peak from where Jesus gave sermons
4. The biggest stock market of the world
Answer - The biggest stock market of the world
Ques 3. According to 1991 census, in which State/Union Territory has the highest percentage of scheduled castes population?
1. Punjab
2 Uttar Pradesh
3. West Bengal
4. Karnataka
Answer - Uttar Pradesh
Ques 4. Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej valley?
1. Nathu La
2. Jelep La
3. Shipki La
4. Sherabathanga
Answer - Shipki La
Ques 5. Which of the following steel plants is not managed by Indian Steel Authority Limited?
1. Selaam Rust Resistant Steel Plant
2. Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant
3. Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur
4. Bokaro Steel Plant
Answer - Selaam Rust Resistant Steel Plant
Ques 6. Girna Project is situated in
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Orissa
4. Chattisgarh
Answer - Maharashtra
Ques 7. The symbol of Reserve Bank of India is
1. Capitol of Ashokan Pillar
2. Kuber with a purse of money
3. Tiger before a Palm tree
4. A dog sitting in a defensive state
Answer - Tiger before a Palm tree
Ques 8. When there is one buyer and many sellers then that situation is called
1. Monopoly
2. Single buyer right
3. Down right
4. Double buyers right
Answer - Single buyer right
Ques 9. In the last fifty years the length of Indian rails has increased approximately by
1. 16.6%
2. 24.8%
3. 30.2%
4. 35.0%
Answer - 16.6%
Ques 10. By which organic compound all the oils are known?
1. Carbohydrate
2. Protein
3. Hydrocarbon
4. Ester
Answer - Hydrocarbon
Ques 11. The atomic number of carbon is 6 and its atomic mass is 12. How many are there protons in the nucleus of carbon?
1. 6
2. 12
3. 18
4. Zero
Answer - 6
Ques 12. When two cubes of ice are pressed on each other, what is the cause of their being one?
1. Van Der Waals Force
2. Dipole moment
3. Hydrogen bond formation
4. Covalent attraction
Answer - Covalent attraction
Ques 13. Where is Brihadeshwar Temple situated?
1. Kanchi
2. Madurai
3. Shri Shailan
4. Tanjore
Answer - Tanjore
Ques 14. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?
1. Sun-temple of Konark
2. Temple of Khajuraho
3. Ankorvat
4. Notre Dam, the Paris
Answer - Sun-temple of Konark
Ques 15. Who composed the memorable literary character named Winston Smith?
1. George Orwell
2. E. M. Foster
3. Rudyard Kipling
4. R. C. Sheridon
Answer - George Orwell
Ques 16. In Tamil literature the glorious books 'Shilppadikaram and Manimekhalai' are related to
1. Jainism
2. Buddhism
3. Hinduism
4. Christianity
Answer - Hinduism
Ques 17. Where was saint Kabir born?
1. Delhi
2. Varanasi
3. Mathura
4. Hyderabad
Answer - Varanasi
Ques 18. In which of the following systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interests of farmers?
1. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
2. Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
3. Zamindari Settlement of Central States
4. Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of United State
Answer - Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
Ques 19. For which period the Finance Commission is formed?
1. 2 years
2. Every year
3. 5 years
4. According to the wishes of President
Answer - 5 years
Ques 20. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal Period in the courts of India?
1. French
2. Persian
3. Portuguese
4. Arabic
Answer - Persian
Ques 21. The civil affairs like marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc. which has been authorized by the Constitution to make legal laws?
1. Centre, by the Union List of the Constitution
2. States, by the State List of the Constitution
3. Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
4. Religious authorities which have relation to individual affairs
Answer - Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
Ques 22. Which of the following pairs contributed significantly to integrate the princely states into Indian Union?
1. Sardar Patel and Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
3. Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi
4. Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi
Answer - Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
Ques 23. In electronics what comes under tank circuit?
1. Resistance and Capacity
2. Resistance and Inductance
3. Capacity and Inductance
4. Resistance, capacity and inductance
Answer - Capacity and Inductance
Ques 24. Coolis tube is used to produce
1. Radio waves
2. Micro waves
3. X- rays
4. Gama rays
Answer - X- rays
Ques 25. Which of the following is used for regulated electric supply ?
1. Zener diode
2. Junction Diode
3. Gun diode
4. Tunnel diode
Answer - Junction Diode
Ques 26. Which of the following is not a Kharif crop ?
1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Sugarcane
4. Cotton
Answer - Wheat
Ques 27. Where is Khaibar pass situated ?
1. Bhutan
2. Bangladesh
3. India
4. Pakistan
Answer - Pakistan
Ques 28. Which of the following won the Gold medal of football in Sydney Olympics 2000 ?
1. Cameroon
2. Argentina
3. Germany
4. Nigeria
Answer - Cameroon
Ques 29. In Sydney Olympics 2000 the maximum number of medals won by a women sports person was
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6
Answer - 3
Ques 30. Where is Panjshir Valley situated?
1. Lebanon
2. Afghanistan
3. Jammu and Kashmir, India
4. Syria
Answer - Afghanistan
Ques 31. Which of the following blood cells is compulsory for blood coagulation?
1. Platelets
2. Red Blood Corpuscles
3. White Blood Corpuscles
4. Lymphocites
Answer - Platelets
Ques 32. Which was the first antibiotic?
1. Terramycin
2. Neomycin
3. Penicillin
4. Streptomycin
Answer - Penicillin
Ques 33. Virus contains
1. Protein and lipid
2. Nucleic acid and protein
3. Lipid and carbohydrate
4. Carbohydrate and nucleic acid
Answer - Nucleic acid and protein
Ques 34. The minimum number of workers who can form a Trade Union and get it registered under Trade Union Act?
1. 7
2. 25
3. 100
4. 50
Answer - 100
Ques 35. In which state of India is there a uniform civil code?
1. Meghalaya
2. Kerala
3. Haryana
4. Goa
Answer - Goa
Ques 36. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
3. Harsha
4. Akbar
Answer - Akbar
Ques 37. Who established Mahabalipuram ?
1. Pallava
2. Pandya
3. Chola
4. Chalukya
Answer - Pallava
Ques 38. Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian?
1. Mother Teresa
2. S. Chandrashekhar
3. V. S. Naipaul
4. H. G. Khurana
Answer - V. S. Naipaul
Ques 39. Who developed the concept of e-mail?
1. Bill Gates
2. Arthur C. Clark
3. Ray Tomlinson
4. Sabir Bhatia
Answer - Arthur C. Clark
Ques 40. Who developed atom bomb?
1. Warner Wan Brown
2. J. Robert Openheimer
3. Edward Taylor
4. Samuel Koehen
Answer - J. Robert Openheimer
Ques 41. To which incident is Pushkar Utsava related?
1. Buddha Purnima
2. Guru Purnima
3. Kartik Purnima
4. Sharad Purnima
Answer - Guru Purnima
Ques 42. Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner?
1. Sumitra Nandan Pant
2. G. Shankar Kurup
3. K. Shivaram Karanth
4. Uma Shankar Joshi
Answer - G. Shankar Kurup
Ques 43. When was first telegraph line started in India?
1. 1851
2. 1875
3. 1884
4. 1900
Answer - 1851
Ques 44. For whom was the first departmental life insurance started?
1. Army
2. Civil Officers of Central Government
3. Employees of Postal Department
4. Life Insurance Corporation
Answer - Employees of Postal Department
Ques 45. The pilgrims of Kailash Mansarovar have to pass through which pass to enter into Tibet?
1. Khardungala
2. Rohtang
3. Lipu likh
4. Nathu La
Answer - Nathu La
Ques 46. By which the sex of a child is determined before birth?
1. Sperms of father
2. Foetus of mother
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Nutrition of mother
Answer - Sperms of father
Ques 47. What may be the cause of malfunctioning of thyroid gland?
1. Iodine deficiency
2. Iron deficiency
3. Calcium deficiency
4. Vitamin C
Answer - Iodine deficiency
Ques 48. Which of the following is called the twin of the earth?
1. Neptune
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn
Answer - Venus
Ques 49. Which of the following is called the storehouse of world-art collections?
1. National Archives of India
2. National Museum
3. National Modern Art Gallery
4. Salarjung museum
Answer - Salarjung museum
Ques 50. Who among the following is not known for popularizing 'Thumri' form of Indian music?
1. Tansen
2. Amir Khusaro
3. Nawab Vajid Ali Shah
4. Siddheshwari Devi
Answer - Nawab Vajid Ali Shah