SSC CGL General Awareness Question Paper Set 16

SSC CGL General Awareness or General Knowledge section is the most scoring part in the exam. Where candidates can attempt the maximum number of precise questions and increase their overall score in the examination. Aspirants can get ideas from these Previous Years Question Paper. Here aspirants will know the types & pattern of SSC CGL General Awareness or General Knowledge questions asked in the examination.

We providing Previous Years SSC CGL General Awareness Question Paper to crack SSC Exam easily. We are trying our best to provide you the last years SSC Exam Question Paper with Answer key. This section General Awareness or General Knowledge helps you to maximum scoring in any Staff Selection Commission Examination and other competitive exams.

SSC CGL General Awareness Question & Answer


Q1. Who won the Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016 ?

A. Angilique Kuber

B. Serena Williams

C. Venus Williams

D. Steffi Graff

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Correct Answer : Serena Williams


Q2. In which field is B.C. Roy Award given ?

A. Music

B. Journalism

C. Medicine

D. Environment

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Correct Answer : Medicine


Q3. What is Damodar Valley Corporation ?

A. Statutory body

B. Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley

C. A private enterprise located in Bihar

D. A non government organisation

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Correct Answer : Statutory body


Q4. Which is the highest gallantry Award in India?

A. Vir Chakra

B. Param Vishist Seva Medal

C. Kirti Chakra

D. Param Vir Chakra

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Correct Answer : Param Vir Chakra


Q5. Who was recently appointed as the first woman president of Nepal?

A. Sita Subedi

B. Pampha Bhusal

C. Urmila Rana

D. Bidhya Devi Bhandari

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Correct Answer : Bidhya Devi Bhandari


Q6. In which field is Pulitzer Prize awarded for outstanding work?

A. Environment study

B. Science and Technology

C. Literature and Journalism

D. International Understanding

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Correct Answer : Literature and Journalism


Q7. Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant?

A. Reacts with haemoglobin

B. Makes nervous system inactive

C. It reacts with Oxygen

D. It inhibits glycolysis

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Correct Answer : Reacts with haemoglobin


Q8. Why is Rann Of Kutch of India famous for?

A. Tidal and flats

B. Fertile soil

C. Dense Vegetation

D. All are correct

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Correct Answer : Tidal and flats


Q9. Commercial banks lend to which of the following Priority sectors?

A. Heavy Industries

B. Agriculture, Small scale industries

C. Foreign Companies

D. State government in emergency situation

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Correct Answer : Agriculture, Small scale industries


Q10. What is the accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India?

A. April-March

B. July-June

C. October-September

D. January-December

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Correct Answer : July-June


Q11. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun?

A. Aphelion

B. Antipode

C. Perihelion

D. Aldiatc

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Correct Answer : Aphelion


Q12. The biogas used for cooking is a mixture of which of the following?

A. Carbon dioxide & oxygen

B. Isobutane & propane

C. Methane & carbon monoxide

D. Methane & carbon dioxide

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Correct Answer : Methane & carbon dioxide


Q13. From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha?

A. Sushma Swaraj

B. Margret Alva

C. Meera Kumar

D. Sarojini Naidu

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Correct Answer : Meera Kumar


Q14. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?

A. Western disturbances

B. Norwesters

C. Loo

D. Mango showers

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Correct Answer : Western disturbances


Q15. Azolla increases soil fertility for

A. maize cultivation

B. wheat cultivation

C. barley cultivation

D. rice cultivation

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Correct Answer : rice cultivation


Q16. Which of the following is not provided in the constitution ?

A. Election Commission

B. Finance Commission

C. Public Service Commission

D. Planning Commission

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Correct Answer : Planning Commission


Q17. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram ?

A. Rathas

B. Prasadas

C. Mathika

D. Gandhakuti

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Correct Answer : Rathas


Q18. What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current into direct current?

A. Ammeter

B. Galvanometer

C. Rectifier

D. Transformer

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Correct Answer : Rectifier


Q19. Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly?

A. Sawdust does not allow the air to touch the ice

B. The water is absorbed by sawdust

C. Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat

D. Sawdust is good conductor of heat

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Correct Answer : Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat


Q20. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

A. Troposphere

B. Mesosphere

C. Ionosphere

D. Stratosphere

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Correct Answer : Stratosphere


Q21. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located ?

A. Pacific Ocean

B. Indian Ocean

C. Atlantic Ocean

D. Arctic Ocean

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Correct Answer : Pacific Ocean


Q22. What is the phenomenon which established the transverse nature of light ?

A. Reflection

B. Interference

C. Diffraction

D. Polarisation

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Correct Answer : Polarisation


Q23. What is the name of a memory buffer used to accommodate a speed differential ?

A. Cache

B. Stack Pointer

C. Accumulator

D. DISC

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Correct Answer : Cache


Q24. What is contained in Chlorophyll ?

A. sodium

B. potassium

C. manganese

D. magnesium

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Correct Answer : manganese


Q25. Epigraphy is the study of which of the following ?

A. Coins

B. Inscriptions

C. Temples

D. Birds

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Correct Answer : Inscriptions


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