Staff Selection Commission Examination : SSC General Awarness Question Papers

Staff Selection Commission Examination 2010

SSC CGL General Awareness Question

Q.51.A concave lens always forms an image which is

• Real & erect 
• Virtual & erect
• Real & inverted
• Virtual & inverted

Q.52.A vitamin requires cobalt for its activity. The vitamin is

• Vitamin B12 
• Vitamin A  
• Vitamin B2 
• Vitamin D

Q.53.One of the constituents of tear gas is

• Ethane
• Ether 
• Ethanol 
• Chloropicrin

Q.54.The modulus of rigidity is the ratio of

• Longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain 
• Volume stress to volume strain
• Shearing stress to shearing strain
• Tensile stress to tensile strain

Q.55.The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves

• Adiabatic compression & rarefaction 
• Isothermal compression & rarefaction
• Isochoric compression & rarefaction
• Isobaric compression & rarefaction

Q.56.An atomic clock is based on transition in

• Sodium 
• Caesium 
• Magnesium
• Aluminium

Q.57.Plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is made up of

• Phospholipids 
• Lipoprotein
• Phospholipo-protein
• Phospho-protein

Q.58.Which one of the following is also called the ‘power plants’ of the cell?

• Golgi body 
• Mitochondrion
• Ribosome
• Lysosome

Q.59.What is the chemical name of Vinegar?

• Citric acid 
• Acetic acid
• Pyruvic acid 
• Malic acid

Q.60.Which of the following is not a property of heavy water?

• Boiling point of heavy water is higher than that or ordinary water 
• Density of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
• Freezing point of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water 
• It produces corrosion.

Q.61.In which of the following process is energy released?

• Respiration 
• Photosynthesis
• Ingestion
• Absorption

Q.62.Animals living in the three trunks are known as

• Arboreal 
• Volant
• Amphibious
• Aquatic

Q.63.Arrange the following in chronological order :
1. Tughlaqs       2. Lodis      3. Saiyids
4. Ilbart Turks   5. Khiljis

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
• 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
• 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
• 4, 5, 1, 3, 2

Q.64.The book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ was written by

• Krishna Verma 
• Madame Cama
• B G Tilak
• V D Savarkar

Q.65.Who was the founder of the ‘’Servants of India Society’’?

• G K Gokhale 
• M G Ranade
• B G Tilak
• Bipin Chandra Pal

Q.66.The term ‘’Caste’’ was derived From

• Portuguese 
• Dutch
• German
• English

Q.67.The term ‘’Greater India’’ Denotes

• Political unity 
• Cultural unity
• Religious unity
• Social unity

Q.68.Formalised system of trading agreements with groups of countries is known as

• Trading blocks 
• Trade ventures
• Trade partners
• Trade organisations

Q.69. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of

• Bernard Shaw 
• Karl Marx
• Lenin
• Leo Tolstoy

Q.70.Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as

• Tides 
• Tsunami
• Current 
• Cyclone

Q.71.Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called

• Playas 
• Yardang
• Ventifacts
• Sand dunes

Q.72.The land of maximum biodiversity is

• Tropical 
• Temperate
• Monsoonal
• Equatorial

Q.73. If input frequency of a full wave rectifier be n, then output frequency would be

• n/2
• 3n/2
• n
• 2n

Q.74.Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called

• Conduction 
• Convection
• Absorption
• Advection

Q.75.Indian Standard Time relates To

• 75.5 E longitude 
• 82.5 E longitude
• 90.5 E longitude
• 0 longitude

Q.76.Who is rightly called the ‘father of Local Self Government’ in India?

• Lord Mayo 
• Lord Ripon
• Lord Curzon
• Lord Clive

Q.77.The Directive Principles of State Policy was adopted from The

• British Constitution 
• Swiss Constitution
• U S Constitution
• Irish Constitution

Q.78.Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?

• Vega 
• Sirius
• Proxima Centauri
• Alpha Centauri

Q.79.The two forms of democracy Are

• Parliamentary & Presidential 
• Direct & Indirect
• Monarchical & Republican
• Parliamentary & King

Q.80.Which is an extra-Constitutional Body?

• Language Commission 
• Planning Commission
• Election Commission
• Finance Commission

Q.81.The Prime Minister of India is

• Elected 
• Appointed
• Nominated 
• Selected

Q.82. Which is not an All India Service?

• Indian Administration Service 
• Indian Police Service
• Indian Foreign Service
• Indian Forest Service

Q.83.The forest in Sunderban is Called

• Scrub Jungle 
• Mangrove
• Deciduous forest
• Tundra

Q.84.Noise is measured in

• Watt
• REM 
• Centigrad
• Decibel

Q.85.Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the
year 2009

• Pankaj Advani 
• Devendra Joshi
• Geet Sethi
• Dhruv Sitawala

Q.86.The Messenger Satellite launched by NASA is to study

• Mercury  
• Venus 
• Saturn
• Jupiter

Q.87.What was the name of the ship that sank near the Paradip Port in September, 2009 causing an oil spill?

• Red Rose 
• Black Rose
• White Rose
• Green Rose

Q.88.Who among the following has been honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke
Award for 2007?

• Yash Chopra 
• Ustsad Amjad Ali Khan
• Manna Dey
• A Nageshwara Rao

Q.89.An Intelligent terminal

• has a microprocessor, but can not be programmed by the user
• can process small data processing jobs, with the use of a large CPU
• interacts with the user in English
• cannot take data from the user

Q.90.Which one of the following is not a method of estimating National Income?

• Expenditure method 
• Product method
• Matrix method
• Income method

Q.91.The monetary policy is India is formulated by

• Central Government 
• Industrial Financial Corporation of India
• Reserve Bank of India 
• Industrial Development Bank of India 

Q.92.A short-term government security paper is called

• Share 
• Debenture 
• Mutual Fund 
• Treasury Bill

Q.93.WTO basically promotes

• Financial support 
• Global peace
• Unilateral trade
• Multilateral trade

Q.94.Under which market condition do firms have excess capacity?

• Perfect competition 
• Monopolistic competition
• Duopoly
• Oligopoly

Q.95.Price theory is also known as

• Macro Economics 
• Development Economics
• Public Economics
• Micro Economics

Q.96.At present, India is following

• Fixed exchange rate 
• Floating exchange rate
• Pegged up exchange rate
• Pegged down exchange Rate

Q.97.Who among the following won the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award for the year 2009?

• M S Dhoni 
• Gautam Gambhir
• Mitchell Johnson
• Tillakartne Dilshan

Q.98.The bats can fly in the dark Because

• They can see the objects in darkness 
• They have weak legs & are likely to be attacked by predators
• They generate flashes of light
• They generate ultrasonic sound waves

Q.99.What changes will happen to a bowl of ice & water kept at exactly zero degree Celsius?

• All ice will melt 
• All water will become ice
• No change will happen
• Only some ice will melt

Q.100.National Income is the

• Net National Product at market price
• Net National Product at factor cost
• Net Domestic Product at market price 
• Net domestic Product at factor cost