SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier 1 Paper 2012 with solutions held on 8th July, 2012
Ques 1. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic good?
1. Doctor's service
2. Teacher's service
3. Mother's service
4. Banker's service
Answer - Mother's service
Ques 2. Which one of the following committee is associated with banking sector reforms in India?
1. L. C. Gupta
2. Narsimhan
3. Chakravarty
4. Kelkar
Answer - Narsimhan
Ques 3. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control measure of the RBI?
1. Fixing margin requirements
2. Variable interest rates
3. Open market operations
4. Credit rationing
Answer - Open market operations
Ques 4. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period
1. 2010-2015
2. 2011-2016
3. 2012-2017
4. 2013-2018
Answer - 2012-2017
Ques 5. The national income of the nation is
1. Government's annual revenue
2. Sum total of factor incomes
3. Surplus of public sector enterprises
4. Exports minus imports
Answer - Sum total of factor incomes
Ques 6. Constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the
1. 42nd Amendment Act
2. 43rd Amendment Act
3. 44th Amendment Act
4. 45th Amendment Act
Answer - 44th Amendment Act
Ques 7. The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the
1. Governor
2. President
3. Law Minister
4. Prime Minister
Answer - President
Ques 8. The main reason for the growth of communal-ism in India is
1. Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
2. Political consciousness
3. Social inequalities
4. Imposing ban on communal organisations
Answer - Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
Ques 9. A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in
1. Supreme Court
2. Any Court in India
3. High Courts
4. Except the High Court where he retired
Answer - Except the High Court where he retired
Ques 10. Which of the following does not match?
1. Hindu Marriage Act : 1955
2. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act : 1971
3. Domestic Violence on Women Act : 1990
4. Cruelty Against Women : 1995
Answer - Domestic Violence on Women Act : 1990
Ques 11. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India?
1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Canning
Answer - Lord Canning
Ques 12. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by
1. Mahmud Ghazni
2. Muhammad Ghori
3. Qutbuddin Aibak
4. Yalduz
Answer - Muhammad Ghori
Ques 13. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
1. Mahadaji Sindhia
2. Tukoji Holkar
3. Narayan Rao
4. Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Answer - Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Ques 14. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Dayanand Saraswati
Answer - Mahatma Gandhi
Ques 15. Arrange the following in chronological order :
A. Dandi March
B. Simon Commission
C. Poona Pact
D. Gandhi Irwin Pact
1. B,A,C,D
2. B,A,D,C
3. D,C,A,B
4. D,C,B,A
Answer - B,A,D,C
Ques 16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
1. Darjeeling - West Bengal
2. Mount Abu - Rajasthan
3. Kodiakanal - Tamil Nadu
4. Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Answer - Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Ques 17. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
1. January 30th
2. December 22nd
3. September 22nd
4. July 4th
Answer - July 4th
Ques 18. Consider the following pairs:
Tributary Main River
1. Chambal : Yamuna
2. Sone : Narmada
3. Manas : Brahmputra
Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 3 only
Answer - 3 only
Ques 19. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is
1. Dew
2. Frost
3. Smog
4. Mist
Answer - Smog
Ques 20. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as
1. Population density
2. Nutritional density
3. Agricultural density
4. Industrial density
Answer - Agricultural density
Ques 21. Green glands are associated with
1. Reproduction
2. Excretion
3. Respiration
4. Digestion
Answer - Excretion
Ques 22. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
1. Active transport
2. Diffusion
3. Diffusion and active transport
4. Osmosis
Answer - Diffusion
Ques 23. Heart is devoid of
1. Cardiac Muscle
2. Involuntary muscle
3. Voluntary muscle
4. Smooth muscle
Answer - Voluntary muscle
Ques 24. The soil salinity is measured by
1. Conductivity meter
2. Hygrometer
3. Psychrometer
4. Auxanometer
Answer - Hygrometer
Ques 25. Which of the following is a fungal disease?
1. Leucoderma
2. Eczema
3. Ringworm
4. Elephantiasis
Answer - Ringworm
Ques 26. Chickenpox is caused by
1. DNA virus
2. Variola virus
3. Streptococcus
4. Vibrio cholerae
Answer - DNA virus
Ques 27. Instruments can be shielded from outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with
1. Iron shield
2. Rubber shield
3. Brass shield
4. Glass shield
Answer - Brass shield
Ques 28. Find the odd one.
1. Marble
2. Chalk
3. Limestone
4. Slaked lime
Answer - Slaked lime
Ques 29. The following is a pseudo-force:
1. Centripetal force
2. Centrifugal reaction force
3. Centrifugal force
4. Strong nuclear force
Answer - Centrifugal force
Ques 30. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of
1. Archimedes' principle
2. Torricellean law
3. Bernoulli's theorem
4. Pascal's law
Answer - Pascal's law
Ques 31. Of the following, which is the fastest?
1. CD-ROM
2. RAM
3. Registers
4. Cache
Answer - Registers
Ques 32. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is
1. Mesh
2. Star
3. Tree
4. Ring
Answer - Mesh
Ques 33. Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named
1. Perkin
2. Claisen
3. Hoffman
4. Clemmensen
Answer - Hoffman
Ques 34. The base used as an antacid is
1. Calcium hydroxide
2. Barium hydroxide
3. Magnesium hydroxide
4. Silver hydroxide
Answer - Magnesium hydroxide
Ques 35. A process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
1. annealing
2. applying grease
3. galvanising
4. painting
Answer - annealing
Ques 36. Denatured alcohol
1. is a form of alcohol
2. is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
3. contains coloured impurities
4. is sweet to taste
Answer - is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
Ques 37. Phenolics as pollutants can be removed from waste water by use of
1. Ion exchange resin technique
2. Electrolyte decomposition technique
3. Reverse osmosis method
4. Polymeric adsorbents
Answer - Polymeric adsorbents
Ques 38. The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on
1. micro-organisms and fishes
2. Micro-organisms and zoo planktons
3. fishes and reptiles
4. producers and consumers
Answer - producers and consumers
Ques 39. Supersonic air planes create a shock wave called
1. Transition wave
2. Ultrasound
3. Transverse wave
4. Sonic boom
Answer - Sonic boom
Ques 40. The main factor which determines the balance of nature is
1. human activities
2. Rabit and habitat
3. environmental conditions
4. availability of food
Answer - human activities
Ques 41. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because
1. absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is more visible from a distance
2. scattering in yellow light is less than red
3. the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light
4. none of the above reasons
Answer - absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is more visible from a distance
Ques 42. One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award "Bharat Ratna"
1. Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
2. Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
3. Jyothi Bosu of West Bengal
4. Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
Answer - Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
Ques 43. Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden ?
1. Vrindavan Garden of Mysore
2. Hanging Garden of Mumbai
3. Eden Garden of Kolkata
4. Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
Answers - Eden Garden of Kolkata.
Ques 44. The first 'disabled athlete' to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 meters race is
1. Oscar Pistorius
2. Walter Rallis
3. Raymond Irchovich
4. Gerald Hangovin
Answer - Oscar Pistorius
Ques 45. Which one of the following film-actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford University, London?
1. Shahrukh Khan
2. Amir Khan
3. Saif Ali Khan
4. Anil Kapoor
Answer - Shahrukh Khan
Ques 46. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad the city of Allah by
1. Aurangzeb
2. Akbar
3. Shahjehan
4. Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer - Akbar
Ques 47. Spot the odd ones from the following :
1. Tsunami
2. Earthquakes
3. Windmills
4. Cyclones
Answer - Windmills
Ques 48. Who among the following has won the Pantaloon's Femina Miss India World 2012 Award?
1. Prachi Mishra
2. Vanya Mishra
3. Rochella Maria
4. Sandhya Agarwal
Answer - Vanya Mishra
Ques 49. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India's population as per the 2011 census?
1. Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
2. Kerala has the highest literacy rate
3. Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
4. Men outnumber women in growth of literates
Answer - Men outnumber women in growth of literates
Ques 50. Who advocated the adoption of 'PURA' model to eradicate poverty?
1. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
2. Sri Abhijit Sen
3. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
4. Prof. A.M. Patha
Answer - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Ques 1. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic good?
1. Doctor's service
2. Teacher's service
3. Mother's service
4. Banker's service
Answer - Mother's service
Ques 2. Which one of the following committee is associated with banking sector reforms in India?
1. L. C. Gupta
2. Narsimhan
3. Chakravarty
4. Kelkar
Answer - Narsimhan
Ques 3. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control measure of the RBI?
1. Fixing margin requirements
2. Variable interest rates
3. Open market operations
4. Credit rationing
Answer - Open market operations
Ques 4. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period
1. 2010-2015
2. 2011-2016
3. 2012-2017
4. 2013-2018
Answer - 2012-2017
Ques 5. The national income of the nation is
1. Government's annual revenue
2. Sum total of factor incomes
3. Surplus of public sector enterprises
4. Exports minus imports
Answer - Sum total of factor incomes
Ques 6. Constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the
1. 42nd Amendment Act
2. 43rd Amendment Act
3. 44th Amendment Act
4. 45th Amendment Act
Answer - 44th Amendment Act
Ques 7. The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the
1. Governor
2. President
3. Law Minister
4. Prime Minister
Answer - President
Ques 8. The main reason for the growth of communal-ism in India is
1. Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
2. Political consciousness
3. Social inequalities
4. Imposing ban on communal organisations
Answer - Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
Ques 9. A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in
1. Supreme Court
2. Any Court in India
3. High Courts
4. Except the High Court where he retired
Answer - Except the High Court where he retired
Ques 10. Which of the following does not match?
1. Hindu Marriage Act : 1955
2. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act : 1971
3. Domestic Violence on Women Act : 1990
4. Cruelty Against Women : 1995
Answer - Domestic Violence on Women Act : 1990
Ques 11. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India?
1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Mountbatten
4. Lord Canning
Answer - Lord Canning
Ques 12. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by
1. Mahmud Ghazni
2. Muhammad Ghori
3. Qutbuddin Aibak
4. Yalduz
Answer - Muhammad Ghori
Ques 13. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
1. Mahadaji Sindhia
2. Tukoji Holkar
3. Narayan Rao
4. Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Answer - Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Ques 14. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Dayanand Saraswati
Answer - Mahatma Gandhi
Ques 15. Arrange the following in chronological order :
A. Dandi March
B. Simon Commission
C. Poona Pact
D. Gandhi Irwin Pact
1. B,A,C,D
2. B,A,D,C
3. D,C,A,B
4. D,C,B,A
Answer - B,A,D,C
Ques 16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
1. Darjeeling - West Bengal
2. Mount Abu - Rajasthan
3. Kodiakanal - Tamil Nadu
4. Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Answer - Simla - Uttar Pradesh
Ques 17. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
1. January 30th
2. December 22nd
3. September 22nd
4. July 4th
Answer - July 4th
Ques 18. Consider the following pairs:
Tributary Main River
1. Chambal : Yamuna
2. Sone : Narmada
3. Manas : Brahmputra
Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 3 only
Answer - 3 only
Ques 19. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is
1. Dew
2. Frost
3. Smog
4. Mist
Answer - Smog
Ques 20. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as
1. Population density
2. Nutritional density
3. Agricultural density
4. Industrial density
Answer - Agricultural density
Ques 21. Green glands are associated with
1. Reproduction
2. Excretion
3. Respiration
4. Digestion
Answer - Excretion
Ques 22. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
1. Active transport
2. Diffusion
3. Diffusion and active transport
4. Osmosis
Answer - Diffusion
Ques 23. Heart is devoid of
1. Cardiac Muscle
2. Involuntary muscle
3. Voluntary muscle
4. Smooth muscle
Answer - Voluntary muscle
Ques 24. The soil salinity is measured by
1. Conductivity meter
2. Hygrometer
3. Psychrometer
4. Auxanometer
Answer - Hygrometer
Ques 25. Which of the following is a fungal disease?
1. Leucoderma
2. Eczema
3. Ringworm
4. Elephantiasis
Answer - Ringworm
Ques 26. Chickenpox is caused by
1. DNA virus
2. Variola virus
3. Streptococcus
4. Vibrio cholerae
Answer - DNA virus
Ques 27. Instruments can be shielded from outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with
1. Iron shield
2. Rubber shield
3. Brass shield
4. Glass shield
Answer - Brass shield
Ques 28. Find the odd one.
1. Marble
2. Chalk
3. Limestone
4. Slaked lime
Answer - Slaked lime
Ques 29. The following is a pseudo-force:
1. Centripetal force
2. Centrifugal reaction force
3. Centrifugal force
4. Strong nuclear force
Answer - Centrifugal force
Ques 30. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of
1. Archimedes' principle
2. Torricellean law
3. Bernoulli's theorem
4. Pascal's law
Answer - Pascal's law
Ques 31. Of the following, which is the fastest?
1. CD-ROM
2. RAM
3. Registers
4. Cache
Answer - Registers
Ques 32. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is
1. Mesh
2. Star
3. Tree
4. Ring
Answer - Mesh
Ques 33. Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named
1. Perkin
2. Claisen
3. Hoffman
4. Clemmensen
Answer - Hoffman
Ques 34. The base used as an antacid is
1. Calcium hydroxide
2. Barium hydroxide
3. Magnesium hydroxide
4. Silver hydroxide
Answer - Magnesium hydroxide
Ques 35. A process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
1. annealing
2. applying grease
3. galvanising
4. painting
Answer - annealing
Ques 36. Denatured alcohol
1. is a form of alcohol
2. is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
3. contains coloured impurities
4. is sweet to taste
Answer - is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
Ques 37. Phenolics as pollutants can be removed from waste water by use of
1. Ion exchange resin technique
2. Electrolyte decomposition technique
3. Reverse osmosis method
4. Polymeric adsorbents
Answer - Polymeric adsorbents
Ques 38. The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on
1. micro-organisms and fishes
2. Micro-organisms and zoo planktons
3. fishes and reptiles
4. producers and consumers
Answer - producers and consumers
Ques 39. Supersonic air planes create a shock wave called
1. Transition wave
2. Ultrasound
3. Transverse wave
4. Sonic boom
Answer - Sonic boom
Ques 40. The main factor which determines the balance of nature is
1. human activities
2. Rabit and habitat
3. environmental conditions
4. availability of food
Answer - human activities
Ques 41. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because
1. absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is more visible from a distance
2. scattering in yellow light is less than red
3. the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light
4. none of the above reasons
Answer - absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is more visible from a distance
Ques 42. One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award "Bharat Ratna"
1. Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
2. Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
3. Jyothi Bosu of West Bengal
4. Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
Answer - Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
Ques 43. Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden ?
1. Vrindavan Garden of Mysore
2. Hanging Garden of Mumbai
3. Eden Garden of Kolkata
4. Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
Answers - Eden Garden of Kolkata.
Ques 44. The first 'disabled athlete' to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 meters race is
1. Oscar Pistorius
2. Walter Rallis
3. Raymond Irchovich
4. Gerald Hangovin
Answer - Oscar Pistorius
Ques 45. Which one of the following film-actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford University, London?
1. Shahrukh Khan
2. Amir Khan
3. Saif Ali Khan
4. Anil Kapoor
Answer - Shahrukh Khan
Ques 46. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad the city of Allah by
1. Aurangzeb
2. Akbar
3. Shahjehan
4. Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer - Akbar
Ques 47. Spot the odd ones from the following :
1. Tsunami
2. Earthquakes
3. Windmills
4. Cyclones
Answer - Windmills
Ques 48. Who among the following has won the Pantaloon's Femina Miss India World 2012 Award?
1. Prachi Mishra
2. Vanya Mishra
3. Rochella Maria
4. Sandhya Agarwal
Answer - Vanya Mishra
Ques 49. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India's population as per the 2011 census?
1. Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
2. Kerala has the highest literacy rate
3. Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
4. Men outnumber women in growth of literates
Answer - Men outnumber women in growth of literates
Ques 50. Who advocated the adoption of 'PURA' model to eradicate poverty?
1. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
2. Sri Abhijit Sen
3. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
4. Prof. A.M. Patha
Answer - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam