SSC Tax. Assistant Examination Solved 2007 Paper

1. The oldest type of energy known to man is
(a) wind power
(b) solar power
(c) tidal power
(d) geothermal energy
Ans : (d)

2. Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called
(a) Light energy
(b) Kinetic energy
(c) Thermal energy
(d) Potential energy
Ans : (c)

3. The word ‘Veda’ means
(a) knowledge
(b) wisdom
(c) skill
(d) power
Ans : (a)

4. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samah’ was
(a) Swami Dayananda Sarawati
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans : (c)

5. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
(a) his imprisonment in 1908
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Revolutionary Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement
Ans : (b)

6. Name the State carved out of Madhya Pradesh after the Parliament passed the legislation in the year 2000
(a) Vanachal
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Vidarbha
(d) Uttaranchal
Ans : (b)

7. No Government Expenditure can be incurred in India except with the sanction of
(a) the Parliament
(b) the Prime Minister
(c) the President
(d) the Supreme Court
Ans : (a)

8. The majority of the provisions of the Indian Constitution can be amended
(a) by the State Legislatures acting together
(b) by the Parliament alone
(c) with the major approval of the Parliament and State Legislatures
(d) only on ratification by half of the States
Ans : (d)

9. Water pipes in hilly areas often burst on a cold frosty night, because
(a) the material of which pipes are made contracts due to cold and so breaks
(b) water in the pipes freezes and on freezing water expands, so pipes
(c) burst makes the pipes rusty, so they break
(d) none of the above
Ans : (b)

10. ‘Green Accounting’ means measuring the National Income of the country taking into
account estimation of
(a) the total forest area of the country
(b) the destruction of forest cover of the country
(c) pollution and environmental damage
(d) area of reclaimed fallow land
Ans : (c)

11. The permission given to a bank customer to draw cheques in excess of his current
account balance is called
(a) a personal loan
(b) an ordinary loan
(c) discounting a bill of exchange
(d) an overdraft
Ans : (d)

12. Salim Ali was an eminent
(a) Urdu poet
(b) Ornithologist
(c) Ghazal singer
(d) None of the above
Ans : (b)

13. Which of the following organizations is the oldest?
(a) IMF
(b) WHO
(c) ILO
(d) FAO
Ans : (c)

14. ‘NABARD’ is associated with the development of
(a) agricultural sector and rural area
(b) heavy industries
(c) banking sector
(d) real estates
Ans : (a)

15. Which one of the following is the tallest bird?
(a) Peacock
(b) Penguin
(c) Ostrich
(d) Emu
Ans : (c)