Staff Selection Commission
General Awareness
SSC CGL Model Question Paper
Q.1.What commonly used product was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893 but had no demand till the late 1910s when orders came for troop uniforms?
Staff Selection Commission
General Awareness
SSC CGL Model Question Paper
- Cigarette lighters
- Zippers
- Walkie Talkies
- Canned Soya
Q.2.Which famous inventor ranks second in the number of patents registered?
- Thomas Alva Edison
- James Watt
- Albert Einstein
- Edwin Land
Q.3.In terms of overall advertising spends, which country is the second largest in the world, with only the US ahead of it?
- UK
- China
- Japan
- France
Q.4.Which organisation is the world’s largest employer?
- General Motors
- General Electric
- China Electric Company
- Indian Railways
Q.5.Which mobile phone service provider has taken over from JT Mobile and launched its services in Bangalore and Andhra Pradesh last year?
- BPL Mobile
- Orange
- AirTel
- Reliance Telecom
Q.6.Which air route has the highest level of international passenger traffic in the world?
- London-New York
- London-Paris
- NewYork-Singapore
- Dubai-London
Q.7.This famous business personality became the youngest Vice- President at Bankers Trust company in 1990. He later went on to start a company in the emerging Internet space and was Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1999. Who is he?
- Jeff Bezos
- Jerry Yang
- Kim Bessott
- Jim Clark
Q.8.Which leading Indian tyre company owns Vikrant Tyres after its takeover in the late 1990s?
- MRF
- Modi Stone
- Dunlop
- JK Tyres
Q.9.Which industrial family owns the majority stake in the successful Hero group, a leader in the motorcycle segment in the country in collaboration with Honda, Japan?
- Hinduja
- Munjal
- Firodia
- Singhania
Q.10.Which company launched the first mobile phone operation in India?
- Bharti Airtel
- Essar
- Max Touch
- Modi Telstra
Q.11.Which company’s famously advertised vision statement is ‘The Network is the Computer’?
- Cisco Systems
- Lucent Technologies
- Sun Microsystems
- Nortel Networks
Q.12.The software company I-flex Solutions was originally a division of which famous financial services company?
- Citicorp
- ICICI
- HSBC
- ABN Amro Bank
Q.13.Which former advertising personality has recently been named the Undersecretary of State for ‘public diplomacy and public affairs’ of the US in an exercise to rebrand the US following the September 11 terrorist strikes?
- Charlotte Beers
- Jay Chiat
- Martin Sorrell
- George Lois
Q.14.Which premium international range of luggage was recently launched in India by Blow Plast?
- Samsonite
- Strolley
- American Tourister
- Delsey
Q.15.This year saw the launch of Yahoo!, Amazon.com and the famous launch of the Orange mobile phone service in the UK. Which year was this?
- 1992
- 1994
- 1995
- 1993
Q.16.Henry Ford revolutionized the car market with the first mass- produced car, the Ford Model T. In which year was it launched?
- 1924
- 1912
- 1908
- 1897
Q.17.Which company owns the beer brands Haywards 2000, Hi-Five and Lal Toofan?
- United Breweries
- Millennium Alcobev
- Shaw Wallace
- Mohan Meakins
Q.18.Which company owns the footwear brand - Stryde?
- Woodland
- Bata
- Tata International
- Hindustan Lever
Q.19.It was the brand that made David Ogilvy famous.Which shirt brand’s ads had the famous man with an eye patch in the 1950s, which catapulted David Ogilvy to fame?
- Van Heusen
- Arrow Shirts
- Hathaway
- Dockers
Q.20.Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried all broadcasts of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia?
- Star Asia
- BBC Asia
- Al Jazeera
- Khaleed Times
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