SSC-JUNIOR ENGINEER (Civil & Structural) Online Exam 2016 (Part-IV)

Total Questions: 50

31. Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of __________ (c. 375-415 CE), one of the most important rulers in early Indian history.

Correct Answer: A. Chandragupta II
Solution:Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of one of the most important rulers in early Indian history, Chandragupta II (c. 375-415 CE). She was married into another important ruling family, that of the Vakatakas, who were powerful in the Deccan. According to Sanskrit legal texts, women were not supposed to have independent access to resources such as land. However, the inscription indicates that Prabhavati had access to land, which she then granted.

This may have been because she was a queen, and her situation was therefore exceptional. It is also possible that the provisions of legal texts were not uniformly implemented. The inscription also gives us an idea about rural populations-these included Brahmanas and peasants, as well as others who were expected to provide a range of produce to the king or his representatives.

32. Francois Bernier, a Frenchman was associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor _________.

Correct Answer: C. Shah Jahan
Solution:François Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor, political philosopher and historian. He came to the Mughal Empire in search of opportunities. He was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668. He was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, and later as an intellectual and scientist, with Danishmand Khan, an Armenian noble at the Mughal court.

33. The twelfth century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Karnataka, led by a Brahmana named Basavanna (1106-68) who was initially a Jain and a minister in the court of a _________ king.

Correct Answer: B. Chalukya
Solution:The twelfth century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Karnataka, led by a Brahmana, named Basavanna (1106-68) who was initially a Jaina and a minister in the court of a Chalukya king. His followers were known as Virashaivas (heroes of Shiva) or Lingayats (wearers of the linga). Lingayats continue to be an important community in the region to date. They worship Shiva in his manifestation as a linga, and men usually wear a small linga in a silver case on a loop strung over the left shoulder.

34. Who is known as the founder of psychoanalysis?

Correct Answer: C. Sigmund Freud
Solution:Sigmund Freud was a physiologist, medical doctor, and father of psychoanalysis, and is generally recognized as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century. He was an Austrian neurologist and the co-founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology.

35. Consider the following pairs:

EventTime Interval (in seconds)
Period of light wave10⁻¹⁵
Wink of eye10¹
Time period of a satellite10⁴
Revolution period of the Earth10⁷

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Correct Answer: B. 1, 3 and 4 only
Solution:No explanation given in the book

36. Time period of a simple pendulum, where L is length of the pendulum and g is acceleration due to gravity, is __________.

Correct Answer: D. 2n√((L/g)
Solution:An ideal simple pendulum consists of a heavy point mass (called bob) tied to one end of a perfectly inextensible, flexible and weightless string. In practice, we make it by tying a metallic spherical bob to a fine cotton stitching thread.

Time period is the time taken by the bob of the simple pendulum to make one complete oscillation. It is represented by the letter T.

The time period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the pendulum (l) and the acceleration due to gravity (g), which is expressed by the relation,

37. Wavelength of Infrared waves is smaller than __________.

Correct Answer: D. Radio waves
Solution:Infrared lies between visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Shorter, near infrared waves are not hot at all - in fact you cannot even feel them. These shorter wavelengths are the ones used by your TV's remote control. Far infrared waves we experience every day in the form of heat. The heat that we feel from sunlight, a fire, a radiator or a warm sidewalk is infrared.

38. An object is placed at 20 cm in front of a concave mirror and the image is formed at a distance of 30 cm from the mirror. Find the focal length of the mirror.

Correct Answer: C. 12 cm
Solution:Here, u = - 20, V = - 30 cm, f = ?

From mirror formula,

39. The A quasi-federal form of government of the Indian Constitution are borrowed from the ________ constitution.

Correct Answer: D. Canadian
Solution:The Canadian Constitution influenced the framers of the Indian Constitution in matters relating to:

(a) the quasi-federal form of government (i.e., the cooperative type of federation); and (b) the idea of residual powers.

The Constituent Assembly of India borrowed those ideas from other Constitutions, but adopted them to the Indian conditions with changes here and there.

40. Which of the following countries follows the "First Past the Post" electoral system?

Correct Answer: C. UK
Solution:To date, pure First Past the Post (FPTP) systems are found in the United Kingdom and those countries historically influenced by Britain. Along with the United Kingdom, the most analyzed cases are Canada, India, New Zealand, and the United States of America. However, New Zealand switched to an MMP system of Proportional Representation in 1993.

In FPTP systems, the winning candidate is simply the person who wins most votes. In theory, a candidate could be elected with two votes, if every other candidate only secured a single vote.