For --SSC

1. Marx belonged to
(a) Germany
(b) Holland
(c) France
(d) Britain
   
The Correct option is – (a) Germany       

2. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights?
(a) Legislature
(b) Executive
(c) Political parties
(d) Judiciary

The Correct option is – (d) Judiciary

3. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with
(a) Administrative Reforms
(b) Electoral Reforms
(c) Financial Reforms
(d) Centre-State relations

The Correct option is – (d) Centre- State relations


4. The Speaker of the Lok-Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to
(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) President of India
(c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

The Correct option is – (c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.

5. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the
(a) Ability to purchase
(b) Necessity to buy
(c) Desire to buy
(d) Utility of the product

The Correct option is – (d) Utility of the product.

6. The terms “Micro Economics” and “Macro Economics” were coined by
(a) Alfred Marshall
(b) Ragner Nurkse
(c) Ragner Frisch
(d) J.M. Keynes

The Correct option is – (d) J.M keynes

7. During periods of inflation, tax rates should
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) remain constant
(d) fluctuate

The Correct option is – (a) increase

8. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India?
(a) Agriculture sector
(b) Industrial sector
(c) Transport sector
(d) Banking sector
The Correct option is -(b) industrial sector

9. “Economics is what it ought to be” – This statement refers to
(a) Normative economics
(b) positive economics
(c) Monetary economics
(d) Fiscal economics

The Correct option is – (a) Normative economics

10. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called
(a) Price
(b) Profit
(c) Producers’ surplus
(d) Consumer’s surplus

The Correct option is – (c) producer’s Surplus
Next-Series

1. The art and science of map making is called
(a) Remote Sensing
(b) Cartography
(c) Photograrnmetry
(d) Mapping

The Correct option is – (b) Cartography

2. The age of the Earth can be determined by
(a) Geological Time Scale
(b) Radio-Metric Dating
(c) Gravity method
(d) Fossilization method

The Correct option is – (b) Radio-Metric Dating

3. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
(a) Vishnu Gupta
(b) Upa Gupta
(c) Brahma Gupta
(d) Brihadratha

The Correct option is –( b) Upa Gupta

4. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people; for the people’ was made by
(a) George Washington
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

The Correct option is – (c) Abraham Lincoln

5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan

The Correct option is – (c) Bahlol Lodi

6. Harshvardhana was defeated by
(a) Prabhakaravardhana
(b) Pulakesin II
(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
(d) Sasanka

The Correct option is – (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava

7. Who among the following was an illiterate?
(a) Jahangir
(b) ShahJahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangazeb
The Correct option is – (c) Akbar

8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon

The Correct option is – (b) Lord Dalhousie

9.  India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947

The Correct option is – (b) 15th August, 1947

10. Despotism is possible in a
(a) One party state
(b) Two party state
(c) Multi Party state
(d) Two and multi party state

The Correct option is – (a) One Party state
Next -Series

1. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004?

(a) Irian Jaya
(b) Sumatra
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Java

The Correct option is – (b) Sumatra

2. The first non-stop air-conditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged oil’ between
(a) Sealdah — New Delhi
(b) Mumbai — Howrah
(c) Bangalore — Howrah
(d) Chennai — New Delhi

The Correct option is – (a) Sealdah — New Delhi

3. Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10 ?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) PM’s Economic Advisory Council
(c) Finance Commission
(d) Reserve Bank of India

The correct option is (b) PM’s Economic Advisory Council

4. India and U.S. have decided to finalize agreements related to which of the following?
(a) Trade and Investment
(b) Intellectual Property
(c) Traditional Knowledge
(d) All of the above

The Correct option is – (d) All of the above

5. Which one o[ the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra

The Correct option is – (b) Rajasthan

6. Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) Indonesia

The Correct option is – (b) India

7. The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as
(a) Balance of trade
(b) Bilateral trade
(c) Volume of trade
(d) Multilateral trade

The Correct option is – (C) Volume of trade

8. Soil erosion on hill slopes can he checked by
(a) Afforestation
(b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Strip cropr ‘
(d) Contour ploughing
The Correct option is – (b) Terrace cultivation.

9. Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
(a) Ptolemy
(b) Eratosthenes
(c) Hacataus
(d) Herodatus

The Correct option is – (b) Eratosthenes

10. Which of the following is called the “ecological hot spot of India”?
(a) Western Ghats
(b) Eastern Ghals
(c) Western Himalayas
(d) Eastern Himalayas

The Correct option is – (a) Western Ghats
Next -Series 

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

1. One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage
(a) Compositor
(b) Stoker
(c) Stowaway
(d) Shipwright   

The Correct option is – (c) Stowaway

2. Clines available at a scene
(a) circumstantial
(b) derivative
(c) inferential
(d) suggestive

The Correct option is – (a) circumstantial

3. An unexpected piece of good fortune
(a) windfall
(b) philanthropy
(c) benevolence
(d) turnstile

The Correct option is – (a) windfall

4. An emolument over and above fixed income or salary
(a) Honorarium
(b) Sinecure
(c) Perquisite
(d) Prerogative

The Correct option is – (a) Honorarium

5. The animals of a particular region
(a) Flora
(b) Museum
(c) Zoo
(d) Fauna

The Correct option is – (d) Fauna

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

6. (a) parapharnelia
    (b) parsimonious
    (c) peccadilo
    (d) peadiatrics

The Correct option is – (b) parsimonious

7. (a) measureable
    (b) manageable
    (c) marriagable
    (d) manoevrable

The Correct option is – (b) manageable

8. (a) tussel
    (b) tunnle
    (c) tumble
    (d) trable

The Correct option is – (c) tumble

9. (a) populus
    (b) pompuous
    (c) prelious
    (d) presumptuous

The Correct option is – (d) presumptuous

10. (a) impromptue
      (b) illustrious
      (c) illusery
      (d) impetous

The Correct option is – (c) illusery
Next -Series

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

1. DEBACLE
(a) decline
(b) downfall
(c) discomfiture
(d) degeneration

The Correct option is – (b) decline

2. OSTRACISE

(a) banish
(b) belittle
(c) beguile
(d) besiege

The Correct option is – (a) banish

3. PROPHYLACTIC
(a) antagonistic
(b) toxic
(c) preventive
(d) purgative

The Correct option is – (c) preventive

4. CODDLE
(a) huddle
(b) satisfy
(c) protect
(d) cheat

The Correct option is – (b) Satisfy

5. FLIMSY
(a) funny
(b) irrational
(c) weak
(d) partisan

The Correct option is – (c) Weak

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).
6. To get into the building I’ll disguise as a reporter.
(a) disgutse to he
(b) disguise as one
(c) disguise myself
(d) No improvement

The Correct option is – (c) disguise myself

7. He denied that he had not forged my signature.
(a) would not forge
(b) had forged
(c) did not forge
(d) No improvement

The Correct option is – (b) had forged

8. If I had played well, I would have won the match.
(a) I played well
(b) I play well
(c) lam playing will
(d) No improvement

The Correct option is – (d) No improvement

9. Since the records are missing, the possibility of paying more than one compensation for the same piece of land cannot be ruled aside.
(a) out
(b) off
(c) away
(d) No improvement

The Correct option is – (a) out

10. A callous system generates nothing but a mica mope
(a) develops
(b) induces
(c) produces
(d) No improvement

The Correct option is – (c) produces