SSC COMBINED HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL(CHSL) EXAM -06-12-2015

SSC COMBINED HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL EXAM -2015

EXAM DATE:06-12-2015

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1.Whose army did Alexander,the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?

A.Ambi

B.Chandragupta Maurya

C.Porus*

D.Dhanananda

Ans:C

2.The most suitable soil for the production of cotton is?

A.Black lava soil*

B.Loamy soil

C.Well drained soil

D.Alluvial soil

Ans:A

3.The largest producer of Lignite in India is:

A.Kerala

B.Rajasthan

C.Tamil Nadu*

D.Gujarat

Ans:C

4.When was RTI Act enacted in India?

A.15^th August 2005

B.15^th March 2005

C.15^th June 2005*

D.15^th July 2005

Ans:C

5.The famous activist Medha Patakar is associated with which movement?

A.Narmada Bachao Andolan*

B.Save the Tiger

C.Preserve the wet lands

D.Beti Padao Andolan

Ans:A

6.Lender of the Last Resort is:

A.IDBI

B.NABARD

C.SBI

D.RBI*

Ans:D

7.Sex-ratio is calculated as:

A.No of females per 1,000 males in a Country*

B.No o males per 1,000 females in a Country

C.No.of children per 1,000 people in  a Country

D.No of people per 1,000 children in a country

Ans:A

8.Who has been named ICC World Cup 2015 Ambassador?

A.Sanath Teran Jayasuriya

B.Allan Robeet Border

C.Sir-Issac Vivian Alexander Richards

D.Sachin Tendulkar*

Ans:D

9.Soldering of two metals is possible because of the property of:

A.Osmosis

B.Viscosity

C.Surface tension

D.Cohesion*

Ans:D

10.Stalactities & Stalgmites form due to the precitpitation of:

A.CaCl₂

B.MgCO₃

C.MgCl₂

D.CaCO₃*

Ans:D

11.Which of the following is a form of sexual reproduction:

A.Fission

B.Fragmentation

C.Budding

D.Harmaphroditism*

Ans:D

12.Who among the following is not a Bharatanatyam dancer?

A.Sitara Devi

B.Leela Samson*

C.Geeta Ramachandran

D.Sonal Mansingh

Ans:B

13.The 73^rd Constitutional amendment act is related to?
A.Panchayat Raj*

B.Foreign Exchange

C.Finance Commission

D.RBI

Ans:A

14.Ryder Cup is a famous tournament of:

A.Badminton

B.Golf*

C.Cricket

D.Lawn Tennis

Ans:B

15.Kanha National Park is located in:

A.Tamil Nadu

B.Bihar

C.Andhra Pradesh

D.Madhya Pradesh*

Ans:D

16.Who wrote’Discovery of India’?

A.Mahatma Gandhi

B.Jawahar Lal Nehru*

C.Bal Gangadhar Tilak

D.APJ Abdul Kalam

Ans:B

17.Who is the first woman IPS officer in India?

A.Sarojini Naidu

B.Kiran Bedi*

C.Bachendri Pal

D.Indira Gandhi

Ans:B

18.Perfectly inelastic demand is equal to:

A.One

B.Zero*

C.Infinite

D.Greater than one

Ans:B

19.In which region of electromagnetic spectrum does the  Lyman series of hydrogen atom lie?

A.X-ray

B.Ultraviolet*

C.Visible

D.Infrared

Ans:B

20.Which of the following is the right expansion of ILO?

A.International Labour Organization*

B.Indian Legal Orientation

C.International Law and Order

D.Inter-State Lawful Ordinance

Ans:A

21.Which state of India has made rain water harvesting compulsory for all houses?

A.Tamil Nadu*

B.Punjab

C.Haryana

D.Maharashtra

Ans:A

22.An electrochemical cell which is used as a source of direct electrical current at constant voltage under standard conditions is called a:

A.Power transistor

B.Battery*
C.Generator

D.Uninterrupted power supply(UPS)

Ans:B

23.In 2010 a newspaper published in 70,000^th issue.Which was the newspaper?

A.The Oxford Gazette

B.The Washington Post

C.The Times of London*

D.The Hindustan Times

Ans:C

24.Impeachement Proceedings against the President for Violation of the Constitution can be initiated in:

A.The Supreme Court

B.The Rajya Sabha

C.Either House of Parliament*

D.The Lok Sabha

Ans:C

25.Who built the “Purana Quilla”?

A.Babar

B.Shershah*

C.Aurangzeb

D.Akbar

Ans:B

26.The opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 was held on 12 February 2015 in which cities of New Zealand and Australia?

A.Christchurch and Melbourne*

B.Hemilton and Perth

C.Napier and A delaide

D.Wellington and Sydney

Ans:A

27.A light wave is incident over a plane surface with velocity X.After reflection the velocity becomes:

A.X

B.2x*

C.X/4

D.X/2

Ans:B

28.The five key indicators of global climate change of our planet are:

A.Sea-level,Rising temperatures,Rainfall,Nitrogen and Actic Sea ice

B.None of the options

C.Arctic sea ice,carbon dioxide,Global temperature,Sea level and land ice.*

D.Antartic sea ice,Oxygen,Rainfall,Drought and Sea level

Ans:C

29.In operating system,Round  Robin Scheduling means:

A.A kind of scheduling

B.A process allocation policy*

C.A memory allocation policy

D.Repetition policy

Ans:B

30.The area reserved for the welfare of wild life is called

A.Sanctuary

B.Botanical garden

C.Forest

D.National pak*

Ans:D

31.Where did Chandragupta maurya spent his last days?

A.Thaneshwar

B.Kanchi

C.Patlipura

D.Shravanabelagola*

Ans:D

32.Project tiger programme was launched in:

A.1994

B.1973*

C.1975

D.1971

Ans:B

33.The National Green Tribunal deals with cases relating to?

A.Criminal offenses

B.Issues relating to protection and conservation of historical monuments

C.Civil cases

D.Environmental protection and conservation of forests*

Ans:D
34.Who was the First Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

A.K.S.Hegde

B.Hukum Singh

C.Ganesh Vasudev*

D.Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

Ans:C

35.FORTRAN is called:

A.Floppy Translator

B.Formula Translator*

C.File Translator

D.Format Translator

Ans:B

36.Which Indian newspaper has the largest readership?

A.The Malayala Manorama

B.Indian Express

C.The Hindu

D.The Dainik Jagran*

Ans:D

37.The gas dissolved in water that makes it basic is?

A.Ammonia*

B.Hydrogen

C.Sulphur dioxide

D.Carbon dioxide

Ans:A

38.The biggest oil spill in world history took place in the?

A.Persian Gulf*

B.Caspian Sea

C.Mediterrarean Sea

D.South China Sea

Ans:A

39.Among the following which country has the highest life expectancy?

A.USA
B.Switzerland

C.Japan*

D.Denmark

Ans:C

40.Yellow complexion,Medium stature,Oblique eye with an epicanthic fold is the characteristic feature of:

A.Australoids

B.Negroid

C.Mengoloid*

D.Cancosoid

Ans:C

41.Chromosome designation of Turner syndrome is:

A.44A+XO*

B.44A+XXY

C.44A+XXX

D.44A+XYY

Ans:A

42.The redness in atmosphere at Sunrise and Sunset is due to:

A.Dispersion of light

B.Scattering of light*

C.Refraction of light

D.Reflection of light

Ans:B

43.Which day is celebrated as International Yoga Day?

A.April 23

B.September 21

C.July 21

D.June 21*

Ans:D

44.December 1 is celebrated as:

A.Indian Navy Day

B.UNICEF Day

C.Children’s Day

D.World AIDS Day*

Ans:D

45.Distant objects are visible as a little out of focus in this condition:

A.Hypermetropia

B.Presbiopia

C.Astigmatism

D.Myopia*

Ans:D

46.Maximum oxygen is available from:
A.Green forests

B.Deserts

C.Grass lands

D.Phytoplanktons*

Ans:D

47.Which one of the following tribes practices pastoral nomadism?

A.Boro

B.Masai

C.Pygmies*

D.Eskimo

Ans:C

48.Who was the first Secretary General of UNO?

A.Kurt Waldheim

B.Dag Hammarskjold

C.Trygve Lie*

D.U-Thant

Ans:C

49.Who is the author of ‘Indica’?

A.Fa Hien

B.Hiuen Tsang

C.Megasthanes*

D.Seleucus

Ans:C

50.In a reaction of the type A+B->C+D one could ensure it to be a first order reaction by:

A.Increasing the concentration of a reactant*

B.Adding a catalyst

C.Increasing the temperature

D.Increasing the concentration of a product

Ans:A