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SSC CGL General Awareness Question & Answer
Q1. Who amongst the following Wrestlers has been the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
A. Vijender Singh
B. Sushil Kumar
C. Anand Kumar Singh
D. Zoravar Singh Faujdar
Q2. Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of
A. silica dust
B. iron dust
C. zinc dust
D. coal dust
Q3. The term “Doab” means
A. a land between two mountains
B. a land between two lakes
C. a land between two rivers
D. a land between two seas
Q4. Which of the following is used as anaesthetics ?
A. N2
B. N2O
C. CH4
D. CO2
Q5. Clove is obtained from
A. Root
B. Stem
C. Leaves
D. Flower buds
Q6. What is Dakshin Gangotri ?
A. River valley in Andhra Pradesh
B. Unmanned station located in Antarctica
C. Second source of River Ganga
D. Island in the Indian Ocean
Q7. Gandhiji’s ‘Satyagraha’ meant an attachment to the following two elements
A. Knowledge and religion
B. Truth and non-violence
C. Truth and chastity
D. Love of motherland and hate for colonial masters
Q8. What do you mean by ‘Density of Population’ ?
A. Ratio of people living below poverty line to total population
B. Number of persons live per square kilometre
C. Number of persons in a city
D. Number of persons living per kilometre
Q9. Which of the following is not a feature of a capitalist economy ?
A. Right to private property
B. Existence of competition
C. Service motive
D. Freedom of choice to consumers
Q10. Sunita Williams is a
A. Astronaut
B. Missile scientist
C. Nuclear scientist
D. Astro physicist
Q11. Who is the writer of the famous book ‘Kabuliwala’ ?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. Ravindra Nath Tagore
C. Munshi Prem Chand
D. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q12. The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sport ?
A. Cricket
B. Hockey
C. Badminton
D. Tennis
Q13. Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ because
A. Sun rises there as soon as it sets
B. Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
C. Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise
D. The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
Q14. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir’s reign ?
A. Paul Canning
B. Captain William Hawkins
C. William Edward
D. Ralph Fitch
Q15. The’ Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal’ was constituted to resolve the water sharing between
A. Gujarat and Rajasthan
B. Gujarat and Maharashtra
C. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat and Daman and Diu
Q16. In which way the President can assign any of the functions of the Union Government to the State Government ?
A. In his discretion
B. In consultation with the Chief Justice of India
C. In consultation with the Government of the State
D. In consultation with the State Governor
Q17. Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated ?
A. Delhi
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Punjab
D. Himachal Pradesh
Q18. Which of the following is not true about Ajanta Caves ?
A. They are in Maharashtra
B. They are decorated with Buddhist Art
C. They depict the techniques used in Ancient India
D. They do not contain paintings of flora and fauna
Q19. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
A. Acharya Narendra Dev
B. Dayanand Saraswati
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Q20. Which is the heaviest metal among the following ?
A. Gold
B. Silver
C. Iron
D. Copper
Q21. Which of the following uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate itself ?
A. Trojan horse
B. Worm
C. Keystroke logger
D. Logic bomb
Q22. Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to
A. the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time
B. red light having longer wave length scatters away
C. that sun comes out of the mountains
D. that all other colours scatter away except red
Q23. What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles ?
A. to carry nutrients
B. to combat infection
C. to carry oxygen
D. to give strength
Q24. The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is
A. Troposphere
B. Ionosphere
C. Stratosphere
D. Mesosphere
Q25. At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be
A. same as at sea level
B. less than that at sea level
C. more than that at sea level
D. equal to the melting point of ice
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