SSC Multi Tasking Staff MTS exam of the year 2013 held on dated 24 March, 2013. We are giving 50 questions of General Awareness of this exam with answers. All correct answers are given in bold letters. These questions not only develop of your I.Q. but will useful for upcoming government exams also.
1. The upper limit of investment in plant and machinery for small-scale industries has been fixed currently at–
(A) Rs. 35lakhs (B) Rs. 45 lakhs (C) Rs. 60 lakhs (D) Rs. 1 crore
2. Current Fiscal Deficit percentage in GDP is–
(A) 7 (B) 4 (B) 8 (D) 1
3. 'Money' is an example of–
(A) Sunk capital (B) Floating capital (C) Concrete capital (D) Social capital
4. Elasticity (e) expressed by the formula 1 > e > 0 is–
(A) Perfectly elastic (B) Relatively elastic (C) Perfectly inelastic (D) Relatively inelastic
5. Who developed the innovations theory of profit ?
(A) Walker (B) Clark (C) Knight (D) Schumpeter
6. 'He. who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal'–Who said this?
(A) Montesque (B) Angels (C) Sophists (D) Aristotle
7. The General Elections in India is based on the principle of–
(A) proportional representation (B) territorial representation (C) functional representation (D) nominal representation
8. Who has written the famous play "Neel Darpan" depicting the atrocities of British indigo planters?
(A) Prem Chand (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Dinabandhu Mitra (D) Subramania Bharati
9. Who said "Liberty consists in obedience to the general will" ?
(A) Hobbes (B) Rousseau (C) Green (D) Laski
10. Members of the Executive under Presidential System of Government–
(A) are drawn from both the Houses of Legislature (B) are only from the popular House
(C) are not members of either House of Legislature (D) become members of Legislature after their appointment
11. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on–
(A) March 10, 1930 (B) March 20, 1931 (C) March 12, 1930 (D) March 5, 1931
12. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in–
(A) 1565 A.D. (B) 1575A.D. (C) 1585 A.D. (D) 1570A.D.
13. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
(A) Azam (B) Kam Baksh (C) Akbar II (D) Mauzzam
14. Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee (B) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
15. From which modem State did the Alwar saints originate?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Maharashtra
16. Peshawar is near to–
(A) Karakoram Pass (B) Zojila Pass (C) Namtka-La Pass (D) Khyber Pass
17. The Khasi and Garo are the languages of the State of–
(A) Manipur (B) Meghalaya (C) Assam (D) Tripura
18. The place Sabarimala is situated in which of the following States?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Kerala (D) Karnataka
19. Which Himalayan Peak is also called 'Sagar Matha' ?
(A) Nanga Parbat (B) Dhaulagiri (C) Mt. Everest (D) Kanchenjunga
20. The term 'Kraal' is used for–
(A) House of Masai herder (B) Fenced villages of Masai herder
(C) Cattle shed of the Kikuyus (D) Tent of the Kirghiz
21. Who among the following have venous heart?
(A) Mammals (B) Reptilians (C) Fishes (D) Amphibians
22. One of the following excretes uric acid as its excretory product–
(A) Amoeba (B) Tilapia (C) Sparrow (D) Camel
23. Smut of wheat is coused by–
(A) Ustilago maydis (B) Puccinia graminis (C) Ustilago tritici (D) Colletotrichum falcatum
24. Which base in place of thymine is present in RNA ?
(A) Adenine (B) Guanine (C) Uracil (D) Cytosine
25. Protein part of enzyme is know as–
(A) Isoenzyme (B) Holoenzyme (C) Apoenzyme (D) All the above
26. The hydraulic press utilizes–
(A) Pascal's law (B) Bernoulli's principle (C) Archimedes' principle (D) Boyle's law
27. The unit of electrical conductance is–
(A) Ohm (B) Ohm-cu (C) mho (D) mho-cu-1
28. The oil in the wick of lamp rises due to–
(A) Pressure difference (B) Pheonomenon of capillarity (C) Low viscosity of oil (D) Force of cohesion
29. Kepler's law of planetary motion states that the square of the time period is proportional to the–
(A) semi-major axis (B) square of the semi-major axis
(C) cube of the semi-major axis (D) fourth power of the semi-major axis
30. Arithmetic and Logic Unit–
I. Perform Arithmetic operations II. Store Data III. Perform comparisons IV. Communicate with input devices
Which of the following is true?
(A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II (D) I and III
31. In Word Processing, moving lexi from one place to another within a document is called as–
(A) Clip Art (B) Search and Replace (C) Cut and Paste (D) Block Operation
32. What MS-DOS command is used to create a subdirectory ?
(A) DIR/MK (B) MKDIR (C) CHDIR (D) RMDIR
33. Suspension particles have the size between–
(A) 10-2 and 10-4 cm (B) 10-5 and 10-7 cm (C) 10-8 and 10-10 cm (D) 10-1 and 10-2 cm
34. Iodine value is used to estimate–
(A) Hydroxyl groups in oil (B) Alkali content in oil
(C) Unsaturation in oil (D) Carboxylic groups in oil
35. Element 106 was discovered by–
(A) Rutherford (B) Seaborg (C) Lawrence (D) Kurchatove
36. The value of gas constant R in Ergs deg-1 mole-1 is–
(A) 8.314 × 107 (B) 8.341 × 107 (C) 8.413 × 107 (D) 4.183 × 107
37. Time required for the organism to eliminate 50% the total body burden or tissue concentration of chemical is referred as–
(A) Threshold limit time (B) Half-time life (C) Residual period (D) Half-life period
38. The adverse effects occurring within short time of administration of single dose or multiple doses given within 24 hours is defined as–
(A) Chronic toxicity (B) Acute toxicity (C) LD50 (D) LC50
39. Radioactive elements can be traced out in living cell through a technique called–
(A) Centrifugation (B) Chromatography (C) Auto radiography (D) All the above
40. The ambient air quality standard (24 hours' average) for lead in industrial area is–
(A) 0.65 µg/m3 (B) 0.75 µg/m3 (C) 1.0 µ/m3 (D) 1.5 µ/m3
41. The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was–
(A) U. Thant (B) Dr. Kurt Waldheim (C) Trygve Lie (D) Dag Hammarskjoeld
42. The largest tiger reserve in India is–
(A) Pench (B) Manas (C) Nagarjun (D) Corbett
43. The nearest planet to Sun is–
(A) Venus (B) Jupiter (C) Mars (D) Mercury
44. Recently foundation stone of a new rail coach factory has been laid at–
(A) Amritsar (B) Saharsa (C) Chennai (D) Rae Bareli
45. Who has been appointed World Bank's new president?
(A) Jim Yong Kim (B) Robert Zoelick (C) Ban-Ki-Moon (D) Lumen Daraj
46. India's first microwave remote sensing satellite recently launched is.
(A) GSAT-12 (B) Megha Troptquies (C) RISAT-1 (D) Rohini
47. What is the full form of FDI, which is currently in news?
(A) Floating Deposit Investment (B) Foreign Direct Investment
(C) Foreign Diverse Investment (D) Financial Derivatives in India
48. Fateh Singh Rathore, who died in the year 2011 was a famous–
(A) Wildlife Conservationist (B) Hockey player (C) Painter (D) Musician
49. Btbt-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at–
(A) Fatehpur Sikri (B) Aurangabad (C) Hyderabad (D) Jaunpur
50. Match the following–
List-I (Sobriquets)
a. Frontier Gandhi b. Grand Old Man of India c. Mahamana d. Strong Man of India
List-II (Names)
1. Madan Mohan Malavtya 2. Vallabhbhai Patel 3. Dadabhai Naoroji 4. Balgangadhar Tilak 5. Abdul Gaffar Khan
(A) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-5 (B) a-5, b-3, c-1, d-2
(C) a-4, b-2, c-5, d-1 (D) a-5, b-3, c-2, d-4