Solved Questions of SSC Prasar Bharti Programme / Transmission Executive Exam held on 2nd June 2013

Solved Questions of SSC Prasar Bharti Programme / Transmission Executive Exam held on 2nd June 2013

Combined Recruitment for the post of Programme Executive and

Transmission Executive (PEX TREX) – Examination – 2013- Answer Key

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Prasar Bharti conducted the written examination for Programme Executive and Transmission Executive recruitment on 02 June 2013. Here is some of the selected solved questions from General Awareness Section::

The Official Answer Key of transmission and programme executive Exam 2013 will be released Soon by SSC.

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PART (c): GENERAL AWARENESS : Selected Questions

Q1.  If   other    things    remain     unchanged,   the demand of a commodity is a function of    

(A)   Income of the consumers     (B) Level of savings in a society

(C)   Price of that commodity       (D) Taste of the consumer

Ans. (C)   Price of that commodity      

Q2. At the Second Round Table Conference, the Indian National Congress was represented by

(A)  Jawaharlal Nehru                       (B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C)   Rajendra Prasad                        ( D)  Vallabhbhai  Patel

Ans. (B) Mahatma Gandhi

Q3. Selling costs are the expenses of a firm on

(A)  Sales promotion activities            (B)   Means of transportation

(C)   Factors of production                   (D) Government taxes

Ans. (A) Sales promotion activities         

Q4.   The most important feature of monopolistic competition is

(A)  Absence of selling costs                   (B)   Homogeneous product

(C)   Price discrimination                           (D)    Product differentiation

Ans. (D)    Product differentiation

Q5. Which committee was constituted for reforms in Tax structure?

(A)  Narasimham Committee               (B)    Chelliah Committee

(C)  Gadgil Committee                            (D)  Y.V. Reddy Committee

Ans. (B)    Chelliah Committee

Q6. . Blue Revolution is related to

(A)  Fish production                       (B) Milk production

(C)  Oil production                          (D) Food production

Ans. (A) Fish production

Q7. Who said “The  State exists  for individuals, individuals do not exist for the State"?

(A)  C.E.M. Joad                   (B)    Barker

(C)  Laski                               (D)  Machiavelli

Ans. (C)  Laski

Q8. 1942 Movement was called as

(A)  Civil Disobedience Movement     (B)  Khilafat Movement

(C)  Quit India Movement                     (D)  Passive Resistance (Satyagraha) Movement

Ans. (C) Quit India Movement

Q9. Who wrote the book 'Politics'?

(A)  Bodin                         (B)   Rousseau

(C)   Mill                            (D) Aristotle

Ans. (D) Aristotle

Q10. Who was  appointed   to  investigate   into the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi ?

(A) Juslice Kania                 (B) Justiec M.P.Thakkar

(C)  Justice Jain                   (D)  Justice Vcnkataramaiah

Ans. (B) Justiec M.P.Thakkar

Q11. Why did Aurangzeb become unpopul ar?

(A)  He was not religiously tolerant            (B)  He was not a good administrator

(C)  He was not a scholar                            (D)  He was not extravagant

Ans. (A)  He was not religiously tolerant     

       

Q12. Whose theory  has been called by Macpherson as 'developmental democracy' ?

(A)  James Mill                             (B)  John Stuart Mill

(C)  Bentham's democracy         (D)  Locke's democracy

Ans. (B)  John Stuart Mill

Q13. Black   soil         is    mainly      derived           from   the weathering of

(A)  Granites             (B)   Basalts

(C)   Limestones        (D)  Sandstones

Ans. (B)   Basalts

Q14. Fungi and insects have one of the following as   a common factor :

(A)   Chitin                                         (B)   Cuticular covering

(C)  Water absorbing system        (D) Reproductive system

Ans. (A)   Chitin    

Q15. Which of the following is the best nuclear  fuel for the nuclear reactor?

(A)   Uranium - 236               (B)  Thorium – 236

 (C)   Plutonium – 239           (D)   Neptunium - 239          

Ans.  (C)   Plutonium – 239          

Q16. Which of the following radiations forms a part of electromagnetic spectrum  ?

(A)  Alpha rays             (B)   Beta rays

(C)    Cathode rays       (D) Gamma rays        

Ans. (D) Gamma rays        

Q17.  Who heads the National  Planning Commission of lndia?

(A)  The President              (B)  The Prime Minister

(C)  The Finance Minister   (D)  The Planning  Minister  

Ans.   (B)  The Prime Minister

Q18. Hong Kong today, is part of

(A)  United Kingdom              (B)  China   

(C)  Taiwan                                (D)  Japan

Ans. (B)  China         

Q19. Human hair is made up of

(A)   Protein                            (B)  Protein and DNA

(C)  Protein and RNA             (D)  DNA and RNA

Ans. (A)   Protein                 

          

Q20. Which is  the  oldest  and  richest  language  of South India ?

(A)  Telugu                         (B)  Sanskrit

 (C)  Tamil                           (D)  Kannada

Ans. (C)  Tamil            

Q21. One who officially gives expert  legal advice to the Government of India is

(A)  The Attorney General                 (B)  The Auditor General

(C)  The Chief Justice oflndia            (D)  Public Service Commission

Ans. (A)  The Attorney General        

Q22. Which day is celebrated  as International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit 'I'Tafficking?

 (A)  31"' May                     (B)  4th June

(C) 51h June                        (D)  26th June       

Ans. (D)  26th June       

Q23. The "Earth Day" is celebrated on

(A)  22nd April             (B) 21st April

(C)   14th April             (D)  7th  April

Ans. (A)  22nd April             

Q24. Who      among            the      following       is         not cartoonist?

(A)  Sudhir Dar             (B)   Laxman

(C)  Kutty                       (D)  Ravi Shankar

Ans. (D)  Ravi Shankar

Q25. Who is the Attorney General of India?

(A)  Ashwani Kumar                 ( B)  Goolam E. Vahanvati

(C)  Shatrughan Singh               (D) A.K. Shalla

Ans. ( B)  Goolam E. Vahanvati