*Solved Question Paper of SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2012 : Set - 2*

*Solved Question Paper of SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2012 : Set - 2*

1. Arrange the following in chronological order:

I.   Dandi March,
II.  Simon Commission,
III. Poona pact,
IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact

a) II, I, III, IV
b) II, I, IV, III ✔
c) IV, III, I, II
d) IV, III, II, I

2. Green glands are associated with

a) Reproduction
b) Excretion ✔
c) Respiration
d) Digestion

3) During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of

a) Active transport
b) Diffusion ✔
c) Diffusion and active transport
d) Osmosis

4) The main reason for the growth of communalism in India is

a) Educational and economic backwardness of minority
groups ✔

b) Political consciousness

c) Social inequalities

d) Imposing ban on communal organizations

5) Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?

a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Mahatma Gandhi ✔
d) Dayanand Saraswati

6) Heart is devoid of
a) Cardiac muscle
b) Involuntary muscle
c) Voluntary Muscle ✔
d) Smooth Muscle

7) The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as

a) Population density
b) Nutritional density
c) Agricultural density ✔
d) Industrial density

8) The 12th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period
a) 2010 - 2015
b) 2011 - 2016
c) 2012 - 2017 ✔
d) 2013 – 2018

9) Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic good?

a) Doctor’s service
b) Teacher’s service
c) Mother’s service ✔
d) Banker’s service

10) The soil salinity is measured by

a) Conductivity meter
b) Hygrometer ✔
c) Psychrometer
d) Auxanometer

11) Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named

a) Perkin
b) Claisen
c) Hoffman ✔
d) Clemmesen

12) The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because

a) Absorption in red light is less than yellow and hence red is visible from a distance ✔

b) Scattering in yellow light is less than red

c) The wavelength of red light is more than yellow light

d) None of the above reasons

13) One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award "Bharat Ratna"

a) Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar

b) Late M.G. Ramachandran of Tamilnadu ✔

c) Jyothi Bosu of West Bengal

d) Late N.T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh

14) An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is

a) Mesh ✔
b) Star
c) Tree
d) Ring

15) The Fundamental rights can be suspended by the

a) Governor
b) President ✔
c) Law Minister
d) Prime Minister

16) The main factor that determines balance of nature is

a) Human Activities ✔
b) Rabit and habitat
c) Environmental conditions
d) Availability of food

17) The first disabled athlete to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race is

a) Oscar Pistorius ✔
b) Walter Rallis
c) Raymond Irchovich
d) Gerald Hangovin

18) Which one of the following is a fungal disease

a) Leucoderma
b) Eczema
c) Ringworm ✔
d) Elephantiasis

19) Which one of the following is associated with banking sector reforms in India?

a) L. C. Gupta
b) Narsimhan ✔
c) Chakravarty
d) Kelkar

20) The original name of Nana Phadnavis was

a) Mahadji Sindhia
b) Tukoji Holkar
c) Narayan Rao
d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu ✔

21) Chickenpox is caused by

a) DNA Virus ✔
b) Variola Virus
c) Streptococcus
d) Vibrio Cholera

22) Denatured alcohol

a) is a form of alcohol

b) is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances ✔

c) contains coloured impurities

d) is sweet to taste

23) The constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguard against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the

a) 42nd Amendment Act
b) 43rd Amendment Act
c) 44th Amendment Act ✔
d) 45th Amendment Act

24) Which one of the following film-actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford University, London?

a) Shahrukh Khan ✔
b) Amir Khan
c) Saif Ali Khan
d) Anil kapoor

25) Supersonic airplanes create a shock wave called

a) Transition wave
b) Ultrasound
c) Transverse wave
d) Sonic Boom ✔

26) A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in

a) Supreme Court
b) Any Court in India
c) High Courts
d) Except the High Court where he retired ✔

27) Phenolics as a pollutant can be removed from the waste water by use of

a) Ion exchange resin technique

b) Electrolyte docomposition technique

c) Reverse osmosis method ✔

d) Polymeric adsorbents

28) A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is

a) Dew
b) Frost
c) Smog ✔
d) Mist

29) Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?

a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Canning ✔

30) Of the following which is the fastest?

a) CD-ROM
b) RAM
c) Registers ✔
d) Cache

31) Instruments can be shielded from the outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with

a) Iron Shield
b) Rubber Shield
c) Brass Shield ✔
d) Glass Shield

32) The base used as an antacid is

a) Calcium hydroxide
b) Barium hydroxide
c) Magnesium hydroxide ✔
d) Silver hydroxide

33) The city of Prayag was named Allahabad the city of Allah by

a) Aurangzeb
b) Akbar ✔
c) Shahjehan
d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

34) Spot the odd one from the following

a) Tsunami
b) Earthquake
c) Windmills ✔
d) Cyclones

35) Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control of the RBI?

a) Fixing margin requirements
b) Variable interest rate
c) Open market operations ✔
d) Credit rationing

36) Consider the following pairs:
Tributary..........Main River

Chambal - Ganga
Sone - Narmada
Manas - Brahmaputra

Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 3 only ✔

37) Who among the following has won the Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India World, 2012 Award?

a) Prachi Misra
b) Vanya Misra ✔
c) Rochella Maria
d) Sandhya Agarwal

38) Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by

a) Mahmud Ghazni
b) Muhammad Ghori ✔
c) Qutbuddin Aibak
d) Yalduz

39) The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of

a) Archimedes' principle
b) Torricellean law
c) Bernoulli's Theorem
d) Pascal's law ✔

40) Which one of the following statements is not correct about India's population as per the 2011 census

a) Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%

b) Kerala has the highest literacy rate

c) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate

d) Men outnumber women in growth of literates ✔

41) Find the odd one.

a) Marble
b) Chalk
c) Limestone
d) Slaked Lime ✔

42) The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on

a) Micro-organisms and fishes
b) Micro-organisms and zoo planktons
c) Fishes and reptiles
d) Producers and consumers ✔

43) Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
c) Kodiakanal - Tamil Nadu
d) Shimla - Uttar Pradesh ✔

44) Who advocated the adoption of 'PURA' model to eradicate rural poverty?

a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ✔
b) Sri Abhijit Sen
c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
d) Prof. A. M. Patha

45) Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden?

a) Vrindavan Garden of Mysore
b) Hanging Garden of Mumbai
c) Eden Garden of Kolkata ✔
d) Shalimar Garden of Kashmir

46) The process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is

a) Annealing ✔
b) Applying Grease
c) Galvanising
d) Painting

47) The following is a pseudo-force

a) Centrepetal force
b) Centrifugal reaction force
c) Centrifugal force ✔
d) Strong Nuclear force

48) The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on

a) January 30th
b) December 22nd
c) September 22nd
d) July 4th ✔

49) The national income of a nation is the

a) Government’s annual revenue

b) Sum total of factor incomes ✔

c) Surplus of public sector enterprises

d) Exports minus imports

50) Which one of the following does not match?

a) Hindu marriage act : 1955

b) Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act : 1971

c) Domestic Violence on Women Act : 1990 ✔

d) Cruelty against Women : 1995

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