(Paper) SSC: Tax Assistant Exam Solved Paper 2009

1. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest

Bachhendri Pal

Phew Dorajee

Onn Saang Su Kayi

Yoko Ono

2. Epicentre is concerned with—

Earthquake

Volcano

Cyclone

Land-sliding

3. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects

Cosmology

Chemistry

Fluid Mechanics

Astrophysics

4. Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake

Richter

Metric

Centigrade

Newton

5. Who was the only Indian woman to be elected as the President of U.N. General Assembly

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

V. K. Krishna Menon

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rajeshwar Dayal

6. Sea-coast of which of the following states is the longest

Andhra Pradesh

Maharashtra

Orissa

Tamil Nadu

7. is the abbreviated form of which of the following

Ready Action Force

Rapid Action Force

Reverse Action Force

Repeat Action Force

8. Bolometer is used to measure which of the following

Frequency

Temperature

Velocity

Wavelength

9. Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers

Ganga

Brahmputra

Bhagirathi

Yamuna

10. Which of the following is incorrect

AIDS is a retroviral disease

AIDS disease spreads due to homosexual and bisexual relations

AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in USA

Due to AIDS, ano-genetal warts are formed

11. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation Final, 2008 to India)

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Tajikistan

12. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Men's Singles in August 2008

Roger Federer

Rafael Nadal

Mahesh Bhupati

None of the above

13. After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India

Sh. Shivraj Patil

Sh. Pranab Mukherjee

Sh. P. Chidambaram

Sh. A.K. Anthony

14. Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of U.S.A.

Hillary Clinton

Joe Biden

Condoleezza Rice

Ben Porritt


15. Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008—

Saumika Mishra

Santosh Sen

Amit Kumar

Pappu


16. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2006 was awarded by the President of India to—

Tapan Sinha

Madhur Bhandarkar

Dilip Kumar

Lata Mangeshkar


17. The concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed by our Constitution from the Constitution of—

U.S.A.

Canada

U.S.S.R.

Ireland


18. 'Jeevan Aastha'-a scheme relating to investment and saving, was launched during 2008-09, by—

Tata AIG

ICICI Prudential

Bajaj Allianz

LIC


19. The three medals that India won in the Beijing Olympics were in—

Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling

Shooting, Boxing and Archery

Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis

Shooting, Boxing and Hockey


20. ATM stands for—

Automatic Teller Machine

Automated Teller Machine

Automatic Tally Machine

Automated Tally Mechanism


21. There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the—

Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of a High Court

Governor

Vice President


22. Only one of the following can be the ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission. He is the—

Minister for Planning and Development

Home Minister

Prime Minister

Finance Minister


23. The train service—'Thar Express' between India and Pakistan, originates in India from—

Jaisalmer

Jodhpur

Bikaner

Barmer


24. Which one of the following cricketers has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007

Sachin Tendulkar

Saurav Ganguly

M.S. Dhoni

Virender Sehwag


25. Garba is a dance form of—

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Orissa

Assam


26. Which one of the following countries has become the world leader in the carbon credit business in 2007

India

Brazil

Mexico

China


27. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India

Mohinder Singh

Ajit Pal Singh

Joginder Singh

Milkha Singh


28. Find the odd one (with reference of 26th January 2009 awards).

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Harbhajan Singh

Pankaj Advani

Abhinav Bindra


29. Fundamental Rights are not given to—

Bankrupt persons

Aliens

Persons suffering from incurable disease

Political sufferers


30. Which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere


31. Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world

Non-violence of the brave

Non-violence of the weak

Non-violence of the coward

Non-violence of the downtrodden


32. Why was the name of Kuber Singh, a 17-year old student of G.D. Goenka World School, in the news on 20th January 2009

He was declared as the winner of the Sanjay Chopra Award

He broke the record for fastest memorising of a 9 digit number


He witnessed the Swearingin-Ceremony of President Barack Obama of USA, as an official invitee

He solved the crossword puzzle of the famous USA magazine


33. What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India

Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha

Conterminous with the tenure of the President

As long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha

Five years


34. What was the reason for Gandhiji's support to decentralization of power

Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy

India had decentralisation of power in the past

Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country

Decentralisation can prevent communalism


35. Consent of the people me consent of—

A few people

All people

Majority of the people

Leader of the people


36. For how many categories has A. R. Rehman, the Golden Globe Award Winner for original sound track in the film 'Slum Dog Millionaire' been nominated at the Oscars

1

2

3

9


37. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution

Gram Sabha

Gram Panchayat

Gram Cooperative Society

Nyaya Panchayat


38. Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party

Motilal Nehru
Sardar Patel
Gopal Krishna Gokhale

1 and 2

1 only

2 and 3

2 and 3


39. Match the following—

Union Territory Jurisdiction (High Court)

Puducherry Kerala

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bombay

Lakshadweep Madras

Daman and Diu Calcutta


a b c d

3 4 1 2

1 3 4 2

1 2 3 4

1 4 3 2

40. Which of the following is an extra-constitutional and nonstatutory body

Finance Commission

Planning Commission

Union Public Service Commission

Election Commission


41. Which of the following is true regarding Confidence Motion' in the Parliament

There is no mention of it in the Constitution.

A period of six months must lapse between the introduction of one Confidence Motion' and another.

Atleast 100 persons must support such a motion before it is introduced in the House.

It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.

2 and 4

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 4

42. Deep fried food materials are carcinogenic because they are rich in—

Fats

Hydrocarbons

Cooking oil

Nicotine

43. The toxicity of which of the following heavy metals leads to liver cirrhosis

Copper

Lead

Mercury

Zinc


44. If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will—

increase

decrease

remain unaffected

increase for males and decrease for females


45. Cell or tissue death within a living body is called as—

Neutrophilia

Nephrosis

Necrosis

Neoplasia


46. Insufficient blood supply in human body is referred as—

Ischemia

Hyperemia

Hemostasis

Hemorrhage


47. Typhoid is caused by—

Pseudomonas sp

Staphylococcus

Bacillus

Salmonella typhi


48. BCG immunization is for—

Measles

Tuberculosis

Diphtheria

Leprosy


49. Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by—

Proteins

Fats

Minerals

Vitamins


50. The limb bones of children become bent if there is deficiency of vitamin—

A

B

D

E


51. The process of removing calcium and magnesium from hard water is known as—

Sedimentation

Filtration

Flocculation

Water softening


52. Major gaseous pollutant of the thermal power station is—

H2S

NH3

NO2

SO2

53. Leprosy bacillus was discovered by—

Koch

Hen

Fleming

Harvey


54. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India

Goa

Calicut

Cannanore

Cochin


55. Who, of the following, was awarded 'Ashok Chakra' on 26th January, 2009

Hemant Karkare
M. C. Sharma
Gajendra Singh
Vijay Salaskar

1 and 2

2 and 4

2 and 3

All the above


56. Who laid the wreath at the 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' (India Gate) on 26th January 2009

Prime Minister

Defence Minister

Home Minister

Minister for External Affairs


57. The British introduced the railways in India in order to—

Promote heavy industries in India

Facilitate British commerce and administrative control

Move foodstuff in case of famine

Enable India to move freely within the country



58. According to Dadabhai Naoroji 'Swaraj' meant—

Complete independence

Self government

Economic independence

Political independence


59. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi'

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

R. G. Bhandarkar

Mahadev Govind Ranade

B. G. Tilak


60. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka's administrative policy

The third Buddhist Council

The Kalinga War

His embracing of Buddhism

His sending of missionary to Ceylon


61. In which of the following states was President's Rule imposed during the month of January, 2009

Uttarakhand

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Jharkhand


62. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal

Robert Clive

Warren Hastings

William Bentinck

Cornwallis


63. In which state was the Nalanda University located in India

Bengal

Bihar

Orissa

Uttar Pradesh


64. Match the following—

List-I List-II

Tughlaqabad Fort Alauddin Khilji

Red Fort (at Delhi) Shah Jahan

Hauz Khas Firoz Shah Tughlaq

The City of Siri Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq



a b c d
1 2 3 4
4 2 3 1
4 3 2 1
3 1 4 2


65. Which of the following are correctly matched

Persons — Events

Sultan Mahmud — Sack of Somnath

Muhammad Ghori — Conquest of Sindh

Alauddin Khilji — Revolt in Bengal

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq — Changiz Khan's invasion

1 and 3

2 only

1 only

2 and 4


66. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct

It is a magnificent mausoleum

It was built by Shah Jahan

It is situated outside Agra Fort

The names of art is who built it are engraved on it



67. Where did Babar die

Agra

Kabul

Lahore

Delhi


68. The present Indian monetary system is based on—

Gold Reserve System

Proportional Reserve System

Convertible Currency System

Minimum Reserve System


69. A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as—

Absolute Poverty

Relative Poverty

Urban Poverty

Rural Poverty


70. Full convertibility of a rupee me—

Purchase of foreign exchange for rupees freely

Payment for imports in terms of rupees

Repayment of lo in terms of rupees

Determination of rate of exchange between rupee and foreign currencies freely by the market forces of demand and supply

71. India is called a mixed economy because of the existence of—

Public Sector

Private Sector

Joint Sector

Cooperative Sector

4

2

4

4


72. The term stagflation refers to a situation where—

Growth has no relation with the change in prices

Rate of growth and prices both are decreasing

Rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase

Rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase

73. Which is the largest state of India, populationwise, according to 2001 census

Maharashtra

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal


74. The term 'Green Revolution' has been used to indicate higher production through—

Creation of grasslands

Planting more trees

Enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare

Creation of gardens in urban areas


75. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by—

Adam Smith

Marshall

P. A. Samuelson

J. S. Mill


76. Gross Domestic Product is defined as the value of all—

Goods produced in an economy in a year

Goods and services produced in an economy in a year

Final goods produced in an economy in a year

Final goods and services produced in an economy in a year


77. An exceptional demand curve is one that moves—

Upward to the right

Downward to the right

Horizontally

Vertically


78. Production function explains the relationship between—

Initial inputs and ultimate output

Inputs and ultimate consumption

Output and consumption

Output and exports

79. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y. V. Reddy

Dr. Indra Rangarajan

Dr. Dilip Sanghvi

Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar

Shri D. Subbarao

80. The Draft of the Five Year Pl in India is approved by the—

National Development Council

Planning Commission

National Productivity Council

Ministry of Finance

81. In Economics the terms 'Utility' and 'Usefulness' have—

Same meaning

Different meaning

Opposite meaning

None of the above

82. Nature of unemployment in agriculture in India is—

Only seasonal

Only disguised

Both and

None of the above


83. Among the following the celestial body farthest from the Earth is—

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto


84. A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to—

Diffraction

Polarisation

Interference

Reflection


85. The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is—

Terrestrial telescope

Astronomical telescope

Compound microscope

Simple microscope


86. A person is hurt on kicking a stone due to—

Inertia

Velocity

Reaction

Momentum


87. The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in—

Inductance

Current

Resistance

Capacitance


88. Which of the following is an example for cantilever beam

Diving board

Bridge

See-saw

Common balance



89. It is difficult to cook rice—

At the top of a mountain

At the sea level

Under a mine

Same anywhere


90. A dynamo is a device which—

creates mechanical energy

creates electrical energy

Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy


91. X-rays were discovered by—

Becquerel

Roentgen

Marie Curie

Van Lue


92. Which of the following substance is highly plastic

Quartz

Mica

Granite

Clay


93. The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in—

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Hyderabad

Pune


94. A medicine which promotes the secretion of urine is called—

Adrenaline

Monouretic

Diuretic

Triuretic


95. The chemicals released by one species of animals in order to attract the other members of the same species are—

Hormones

Nucleic acids

Pheromones

Steroids

96. The tip of the match-stick contains—

Phosphorus pentoxide

White phosphorus

Red phosphorus

Phosphorus trichloride


97. Match the source in Column B with the product of Column A.

Column A (Product) Column B (Source)

Formic acid 1. Lemon

Citric acid 2. Tamarind

Tartaric acid 3. Ants

a b c

3 2 1

3 1 2

2 3 1

2 1 3


98. Commercially, sodium bicarbonate is known as—

Washing soda

Baking soda

Bleaching powder

Soda ash


99. An emulsifier is an agent which—

Stabilises an emulsion

Aids the flocculation of an emulsion

Accelerates the dispersion

Homogenises an emulsion


100. Mortar is a mixture of water, sand and—

Slaked lime

Quick lime

Limestone

Gypsum