SSC CGL Pre 2010 GK Questions

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1. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004?
  1. Irian Jaya
  2. Sumatra
  3. Kalibangari
  4. Java
Answer (b).
2. The first non-stop air-conditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged of between
  1. Sealdah - New Delhi
  2. Mumbai - Howrah
  3. Bangalore -Howrah
  4. Chennai - NewDelhi
Answer (a). 

3. Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10?
  1. Planning Commission
  2. PM’s Economic Advisory
  3. Finance Commission
  4. Reserve Bank of India
Answer (b). 

4. India and U.S. have decided to finalise agreements related to which of the following?
  1. Trade and Investment
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Traditional Knowledge
  4. All of the above
Answer (d). 

5. Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?
  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Gujarat
  4. Maharashtra
Answer (b). 

6. Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter?
  1. China
  2. India
  3. Brazil
  4. Indonesia
Answer (b). 


7. The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as
  1. Balance of trade
  2. Bilateral trade
  3. Volume of trade
  4. Multilateral trade
Answer (b). Balance of trade is the difference between a country's imports and its exports, volume of trade is the number of futures contracts transacted over a specified period of time during a trading day.

8. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by
  1. Afforestation
  2. Terrace cultivation
  3. Strip cropping
  4. Contour ploughing
Answer (b). 

9. Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
  1. Ptolemy
  2. Eratosthenes
  3. Hacataus
  4. Herodotus
Answer (b). 

10. Which of the following is called the "ecological hot spot of India"?
  1. Western Ghats
  2. Eastern Ghats
  3. Western Himalayas
  4. Eastern Himalayas
Answer (a). 

11. The art and science of map making is called
  1. Remote Sensing
  2. Cartography
  3. Photogrammetry
  4. Mapping
Answer (b). 

12. The age of the earth can be determined by
  1. Geological Time Scale
  2. Radio-Metric Dating
  3. Gravity method
  4. Fossilization method
Answer (b). 

13. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
  1. Vishnu Gupta
  2. Upa Gupta
  3. Brahma Gupta
  4. Brihadratha
Answer (b). 

14. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’ was made by
  1. George Washington
  2. Winston Churchill
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Theodore Roosevelt
Answer (c). 

15. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
  1. Ibrahim Lodi
  2. Sikandar Lodi
  3. Bahlol Lodi
  4. Khizr Khan
Answer (c).

16. Harshvardhana was defeated by
  1. Prabhakaravardhana
  2. Pulakesin II
  3. Narasimhavarma Pallava
  4. Sasanka
Answer (b). 

17. Who among the following was illiterate?
  1. Jahangir
  2. Shah Jahan
  3. Akbar
  4. Aurangazeb
Answer (c). 

18. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
  1. Lord Ripon
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Bentinck
  4. Lord Curzon
Answer (b). 

19. India attained Dominion Status on
  1. 15th January, 1947
  2. 15th August, 1947
  3. 15th August, 1950
  4. 15th October, 1947
Answer (b). 

20. Despotism is possible in a
  1. One party state
  2. Two party states
  3. Multi party state
  4. Two and multi party state
Answer (a). 

21. Marx belonged to
  1. Germany
  2. Holland
  3. France
  4. Britain
Answer (a). 

22. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights?
  1. Legislature
  2. Executive
  3. Political parties
  4. Judiciary
Answer (d). 

23. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with
  1. Administrative Reforms
  2. Electoral Reforms
  3. Financial Reforms
  4. Centre-State relations
Answer (d). 

24. The speaker of the Lok- Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to
  1. Prime Minister of India
  2. President of India
  3. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
  4. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Answer (c). Article 94(b) of the Indian Constitution.

25. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the
  1. Ability to purchase
  2. Necessity to buy
  3. Desire to buy
  4. Utility of the product
Answer (a). 

26. The terms "Micro Economics" and "Macro Economics" were coined by
  1. Alfred Marshall
  2. Ragner Nurkse
  3. Ragner Frisch
  4. J.M. Keynes
Answer (c). the term was coined in 1933 by Ragnar Frisch.

27. During periods of inflations, tax rates should
  1. Increase
  2. Decrease
  3. Remain constant
  4. Fluctuate
Answer (a). 

28. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India?
  1. Agricultural sector
  2. Industrial sector
  3. Transport sector
  4. Banking Sector
Answer (b). 

29. Economics is what it ought to be. This statement refers to
  1. Normative Economics
  2. Positive Economics
  3. Monetary Economics
  4. Fiscal Economics
Answer (a). ans is A..Positive economics is objective and fact based, while normative economics is subjective and value based. Positive economic statements do not have to be correct, but they must be able to be tested and proved or disproved


30. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called
  1. Price
  2. Profit
  3. Producer Surplus
  4. Consumer Surplus
Answer (d). 

31. Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they are
  1. Oxidised in air
  2. Soluble in Hyposolution
  3. Reduced by light
  4. Totally colourless
Answer (c). 

32. Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is
  1. A catalyst in burning fossil fuel
  2. An antioxidant
  3. A reductant
  4. An antiknock compound
Answer (d). 

33. Curie point is the temperature at which
  1. Matter becomes radioactive
  2. A metal loses magnetic properties
  3. A metal loses conductivity
  4. Transmutation of metal occurs
Answer (b). 

34. The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is
  1. U-235
  2. U-233
  3. U-234
  4. U-236
Answer (a). 

35. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
  1. is less than that at the poles
  2. is greater than that at the poles
  3. is equal to that at the poles
  4. does not depend on the earth’s centripetal acceleration
Answer (a). 

36. Which of the following is not a nucleon?
  1. Proton
  2. Neutron
  3. Electron
  4. Positron
Proton and Neutron are together known as Nucleon. Neither Electron nor Positron is a nucleon, so both (c) and (d) should be correct.

37. The material used in the manufacture of the lead pencil is
  1. Graphite
  2. Lead
  3. Carbon
  4. Mica
Answer (a). 

38. Angle of friction and angle of repose are
  1. Equal to each other
  2. Not equal to each other
  3. Proportional to each other
  4. None of the above
Answer (a). 

39. Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in
  1. BPS
  2. MIPS
  3. Baud
  4. Hertz
Answer (d). 

40. C language is a
  1. Low level Language
  2. High level language
  3. Machine language
  4. Assembly level language
Answer (b). 

41. What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of blood?
  1. All the arteries constrict
  2. All the arteries dilates
  3. The RBCs agglutinate
  4. The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate
Answer (c). 

42. NIS stands for
  1. National Infectious disease seminar
  2. National Irrigation Schedule
  3. National Immunisation Schedule
  4. National Information Sector

Answer (c). 

43. If the bullets could not be removed from gunshot injury of a man, it may cause poisoning by
  1. Mercury
  2. Lead
  3. Iron
  4. Arsenic
Answer (b). 

44. Ringworm is a ......... disease.
  1. Bacterial
  2. Protozoan
  3. Viral
  4. Fungal
Answer (d). 

45. Pituitary gland is situated in
  1. The base of the heart
  2. The base of the brain
  3. The neck
  4. The abdomen

Answer (b). 

46. Who discovered cement?
  1. Agassit
  2. Albertus Magnus
  3. Joseph Aspdin
  4. Janseen
Answer (c). 

47. 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
  1. 2.2 per cent
  2. 2.6 per cent
  3. 3.5 per cent
  4. 5.2 per cent
Answer (a). 

48. Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has .......... Indian languages fonts.
  1. 14
  2. 26
  3. 37
  4. 49
Answer (d). 

49. TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with
  1. IMF
  2. WTO
  3. IBRD
  4. IDA
Answer (b). Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPS) and Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS).

50. A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force
  1. For 3 months
  2. For 6 months
  3. For 9 months
  4. Indefinitely
Answer (b). 



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