General Awareness Questions for SSC CGL

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1. Which of the following is not a nucleon ?
a) Proton
b) Neutron
c) Electron
d) Positron

Correct Answer: (c)

2. TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with
a) IMF
b) WTO
c) IBRD
d) IDA

Correct Answer: (b)

3) The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
a) Is less than that at the poles
b) Is greater than that at the poles
c) Is equal to that at the poles
d) Does not depend on the earth’s centripetal acceleration

Correct Answer: (a)

4) During period of inflation, tax rates should
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Remain constant
d) Fluctuate

Correct Answer: (a)

5) NIS stands for
a) National Infectious diseases Seminar
b) National Irrigation Schedule
c) National Immunisation Schedule
d) National Information Sector

Correct Answer: (c)

6) Angle of friction and angle of repose are
a) Equal to each other
b) Not equal to each other
c) Proportional to each other
d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (a)

7) India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on
a) 15th January, 1947
b) 15th August, 1947
c) 15th August, 1950
d) 15th October, 1947

Correct Answer: (b)

8) A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force
a) For three months
b) For six months
c) For nine months
d) Indefinitely

Correct Answer: (b)

9) Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004 ?
a) Irian Jaya
b) Sumatra
c) Kalibangan
d) Java

Correct Answer: (b)

10) The first nonstop airconditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged off between
a) Sealdah—New Delhi
b) Mumbai—Howrah
c) Bangalore—Howrah
d) Chennai—New Delhi

Correct Answer: (a)

11) The terms ‘Micro Economics’ and ‘Macro Economics’ were coined by
a) Alfred Marshall
b) Ragner Nurkse
c) Ragner Frisch
d) J.M. Keynes

Correct Answer: (c)

12) Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10 ?
a) Planning Commission
b) PM’s Economic Advisory Council
c) Finance Commission
d) Reserve Bank of India

Correct Answer: (b)

13) What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of blood ?
a) All the arteries constrict
b) All the arteries dialates
c) The RBCs agglutinate
d) The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate

Correct Answer: (c)

14) Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has ............... Indian languages fonts.
a) 14
b) 26
c) 37
d) 49

Correct Answer: (b)

15) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to
a) Prime Minister of India
b) President of India
c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
d) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Correct Answer: (c)

16) If all bullets could not be removed from gun shot injury of a man, it may cause poisoning by
a) Mercury
b) Lead
c) Iron
d) Arsenic

Correct Answer: (b)

17) Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in
a) BPS
b) MIPS
c) Baud
d) Hertz

Correct Answer: (d)

18) The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is
a) U-235
b) U-238
c) U-234
d) U-236

Correct Answer: (a)


19) The material used in the manufacture of lead pencil is
a) Graphite
b) Lead
c) Carbon
d) Mica

Correct Answer: (a)


20) Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they are
a) Oxidised in air
b) Soluble in hyposolution
c) Reduced by light
d) Totally colourless

Correct Answer: (b)


21) India and U.S. have decided to finalize agreements related to which of the following ?
a) Trade and Investment
b) Intellectual Property
c) Traditional Knowledge
d) All of the above

Correct Answer: (d)


22) Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Gujarat
d) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (b)


23) Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter ?
a) China
b) India
c) Brazil
d) Indonesia

Correct Answer: (a)


24) A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the
a) Ability to purchase
b) Necessity to buy
c) Desire to buy
d) Utility of the product

Correct Answer: (d)


25) Sarkaria Commission was concerned with
a) Administrative Reforms
b) Electoral Reforms
c) Financial Reforms
d) Centre-State relations

Correct Answer: (d)


26) The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as
a) Balance of trade
b) Bilateral trade
c) Volume of trade
d) Multilateral trade

Correct Answer: (b)


27) Ringworm is a ................. disease.
a) Bacterial
b) Protozoan
c) Viral
d) Fungal

Correct Answer: (d)


28) Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India ?
a) Agriculture sector
b) Industrial sector
c) Transport sector
d) Banking sector

Correct Answer: (d)


29) Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by
a) Afforestation
b) Terrace cultivation
c) Strip cropping
d) Contour ploughing

Correct Answer: (a)


30) The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called
a) Price
b) Profit
c) Producers’ surplus
d) Consumers’ surplus

Correct Answer: (c)


31) Pituitary gland is situated in
a) The base of the heart
b) The base of the brain
c) The neck
d) The abdomen

Correct Answer: (b)


32) According to RBI’s Report on the trend and progress of banking, the Non-performing Assets (NPA’s) in India for 2008-09 for Indian Banks in 2008 have stood at
a) 2.3 per cent
b) 2.6 per cent
c) 3.5 per cent
d) 5.2 per cent

Correct Answer: (b)


33) Despotism is possible in a
a) One party state
b) Two party state
c) Multi party state
d) Two and multi party state

Correct Answer: (a)


34) Curie point is the temperature at which
a) Matter becomes radioactive
b) A metal loses magnetic properties
c) A metal loses conductivity
d) Transmutation of metal occurs

Correct Answer: (d)


35) 'C' language is a
a) Low level language
b) High level language
c) Machine level language
d) Assembly level language

Correct Answer: (b)


36) Which of the following is called the ‘ecological hot spot of India’ ?
a) Western Ghats
b) Eastern Ghats
c) Western Himalayas
d) Eastern Himalayas

Correct Answer: (a)


37) The art and science of map making is called
a) Remote Sensing
b) Cartography
c) Photogrammetry
d) Mapping

Correct Answer: (b)


38) The age of the Earth can be determined by
a) Geological Time Scale
b) Radio-Metric Dating
c) Gravity method
d) Fossilization method

Correct Answer: (b)


39) Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
a) Ptolemy
b) Eratosthenese
c) Hecataus
d) Herodatus

Correct Answer: (b)


40) Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights ?
a) Legislature
b) Executive
c) Political parties
d) Judiciary

Correct Answer: (d)


41) Who discovered cement?
a) Agassit
b) Albertus Magnus
c) Joseph Aspdin
d) Janseen

Correct Answer: (c)


42) The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
a) Vishnu Gupta
b) Upa Gupta
c) Brahma Gupta
d) Brihadratha

Correct Answer: (b)


43) “Economics is what it ought to be.” — This statement refers to
a) Normative economics
b) Positive economics
c) Monetary economics
d) Fiscal economics

Correct Answer: (a)

44) Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Bentinck
d) Lord Curzon

Correct Answer: (b)

45) Who among the following was an illiterate ?
a) Jahangir
b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar
d) Aurangazeb

Correct Answer: (c)

46) The Lodi dynasty was founded by
a) Ibrahim Lodi
b) Sikandar Lodi
c) Bahlol Lodi
d) Khizr Khan

Correct Answer: (c)

47) Harshavardhana was defeated by
a) Prabhakaravardhana
b) Pulakesin II
c) Narasimhavarma Pallava
d) Sasanka

Correct Answer: (b)

48) Marx belonged to
a) Germany
b) Holland
c) France
d) Britain

Correct Answer: (a)

49) The declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the people, by the people; for the people' was made by
a) George Washington
b) Winston Churchill
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Theodore Roosevelt

Correct Answer: (c)

50) Tetra Ethyl Lead (TEL) is
a) A catalyst in burning fossil fuel
b) An antioxidant
c) A reductant
d) An antiknock compound

Correct Answer: (d)