DAILY QUIZ-373 (21.06.

2018)
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SSC SPECIAL DAILY QUIZ -373

TOTAL QUESTIONS-40, TIME - 40 MINUTES, MARKS - 40
ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. In the balance of payments account, unrequited receipts and payments are also regarded as
(a) bilateral transfers (b) unilateral transfers
(c) capital account transfers (d) Invisible transfers
2. If average cost falls, marginal cost
(a) Increases at a higher rate (b) falls at the same rate
(c) increases at a lower rate (d)falls at higher rate
3. Most important safeguard of liberty is
(a) bold and impartial judiciary (b) well-knit party system
(c) decentralisation of power (d)declaration of rights
4. When the Vice-President is acting as President he
I. will have all powers and functions of both President and Vice- President
II. gets all the allowances and privileges of the President
III. should continue to work as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
(a) I, II and III (b) I and III (c) I and II (d) only II
5. Which of the following is the inalienable attribute of the parliamentary system of government?
(a) Flexibility of the Constitution (b) Fusion of Executive and Legislature
(c) Judicial Supremacy (d)Parliamentary Sovereignty
6. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
(a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Fateh-pur-Sikri (d) Patna
7. The unification of Karnataka was achieved in the year
(a) 1956 (b) 1957 (c) 1958 (d) 1960
8. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because
(a) they were interested in Buddhism
(b) they were invited by the Indian kings
(c) they were interested to study Indian culture
(d) they were interested to stay In India
9. Name the condition which influences the development of plants into distinctive forms.
(a) Climatic conditions (b) Soil conditions
(c) Environmental conditions (d) Social conditions
10. When was the Geological Survey of India established?
(a) 1841 (b) 1851 (c) 1941 (d) 1951
11. The pancreas secretes
(a) Insulin (b) Bile juice (c) Peptic juice (d) None of these
12. The concept of tissue culture was introduced by
(a) Halfmeister (b) Hanstein (c) Haberlandt (d) Hanning
13. Purity of a metal can be determined with the help of
(a) Pascal’s law (b) Boyle’s law
(c) Archimedes principle (d)Conservation of mass principle
14. If both the mass and the velocity of a body is increased to twice of their magnitude, the kinetic energy
will Increase by
(a) 2 times (b) 4 times (c) 8 times (d) 16 times
15. Stationary wave is formed by
(a) a transverse wave superposing a longitudinal wave
(b) two waves of the same speed superposing
(c) two waves of same frequency travelling in the same direction
(d) two waves of same frequency travelling in the opposite direction

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16. Which measure of memory is the largest?

(a) MB Megabyte (b) GB Gigabyte (c) TB Terabyte (d) KB Kilobyte
17. Zinc oxide is
(a) Acidic (b) Basic (c) Neutral (d) Amphoteric
18. The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air used by deep sea divers for breathing is
(a) Neon (b) Krypto (c) Argon (d) Helium
19. Root pressure is measured by
(a) Barometer (b) Atmometer (c) Manometer (d) Auxanometer
20. The process of imbibition involves
21. Pure water freezes at what temperature?
(a) 47 F (b) 32 F (c) 0 F (d) 19 F
22. Of the following Rapeseed belongs to
(a) Linseed (b) Coffee (c) Mustard (d) Pepper
23. Which of the following is the best indicator of SO2 pollution?
(a) Pteridophyte (b) Algae (c) Lichen (d) Bryophyte
24. Vitamin which provides Immunity
(a) A (b) E (c) K (d) C
25. Centre for Ecological Science is situated at
(a) Bengaluru (b) New Delhi (c) Allahabad (d) Karnal

ENGLISH BUZZ
Directions (26-29) : In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and
some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part
is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
26. The Punjabi(a)/ is a sweet language(b)/ of Punjab(c)/ No error(d).
27. Going towards the gate (a)/ with a cup of tea in hand, (b)/ somebody switched off the light (c)/ No
error (d)
28. The decline of her moral (a)/ was caused by a lot of (b)/ factors that were once fascinating to her
(c)/ No error (d).
29. The teacher advised the students to (a)/ go through the notes as many times as possible (b)/ lest
they would fail (c)/ No error (d).
Direction (30-31) : Convert the following sentences from Active voice to Passive voice or vice-versa.
30. The teacher punished the boys who had not done their home work.
(a) The boys who had not done their homework had been punished by their teacher
(b) The boys were punished by their teacher who had not done their homework
(c) The boys who had not done their homework were punished by the teacher
(d) The boys who had not done their homework were being punished by the teacher
31. The problem has been treated by numerous experts.
(a) Numerous experts have been treating the problem
(b) Numerous experts have treated the problem
(c) Numerous experts had been treating the problem
(d) Numerous experts treated the problem
Direction (32-33) : Convert the following sentences from Direct speech to Indirect speech or
vice-versa.
32. “What a stupid fellow you are !” she remarked.
(a) She exclaimed that what a stupid fellow he was.
(b) She exclaimed that he was a very stupid fellow.
(c) She exclaimed in disgust how he could be so stupid.
(d) She asked him what a stupid fellow he was.

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33. He said to the interviewer, “Could you please repeat the question?”
(a) He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.
(b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.
(c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.
(d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.
Direction (34-35) : Choose the correctly spelled word.
34. (a) SENESIONINE (b) SENECIONINE
(c) CENESIONINE (d) CENECIONINE
35. (a) DINESMITHITE (b) DEANASMITHITE
(c) DEANESMITHITE (d) DENESMITHITE

TARK SHASTRA
36. A dice is thrown foru times and its different positions are shown below. What number is oppsoite to
face showing 2?

(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

37. In the following which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure:
Question Figure

38. In the following questions from the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure
is hidden/embedded.
Question Figure

39. In the following questions if a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is
right image of the given figure?
Question Figure

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40. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in anyone of the alternatives. The sets of
numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given
below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are
numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its
column, e.g., ‘E; can be represented by 00, 12, 31 etc and ‘0’ can be represented by 59, 65,, 79 etc.
Similarly you have to identify the set for the word ‘KING’.

(a) 40, 02, 77, 31 (b) 55, 40, 95, 10 (c) 95, 76, 20, 42 (d) 10, 65, 33, 96

Total Marks : _______ SCORE CARD

35-40: Outstanding A
Your Mark : ________
30-34: Very Good B
Toppers Mark : _____ 25-29: Good C
Less than 25: Average D

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (b) 33.(b) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (d) 37.(d) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (b)

EXPLANATIONS

26. (a) ‘Punjabi’, ‘The’ is not used before name of the language
27. (a) Say, ‘While he was going towards the gate’. This is a question of dangling participle.
28. (a) Say, ‘decline in’.
29. (c) Replace ‘would’ by ‘should’. After ‘lest’, use ‘should’.
30. (c)
31. (b) (use ‘numerous experts.’ As subject of the passive voice)
32. (b)
33. (b)
34. (b)
35. (c)
“LIVE AS IF YOU WERE TO DIE TOMORROW.
LEARN AS IF YOU WERE TO LIVE FOREVER”

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