Important Gk Questions For SSC set-4

#everydayquiz #sscGk #75Questions #imp 
Pyroligneous acid obtained from wood contains

10% Formaldehyde

10% Acetic acid

10% Formic acid

10% ethanol


b

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Darjeeling- West Bengal

Mount Abu - Rajasthan

Kodiakanal - Tamil Nadu

Simla - Uttar Pradesh

d

The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on

January 30th

December 22nd

September 22nd

July 4th

Answer (d). The earth is closest to the sun in early January. Seasons on the earth do not depend on the distance from the Sun. Seasons are caused by the earth's tilt with respect to its orbital plane.
july 4th-aphelion-farthest to sun,january 3rd-perihelion-nearest to sun




connsider the following pairs:

Tributary Main River

Chambal : Yamuna

Sone : Narmada

Manas : Brahmputra

Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1, 2 and 3

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

3 only

no correct answer.. 1 &3 ryt

Dams and Rivers

Dam	River	State
Nagarjunasagar	Krishna	A.P
Pochampad	Godavari	A.P.
Srisailam	Krishna	A.P.
Sardar Sarovar	Narmada	Gujarat
Ukai	Tapti	Gujarat
Hirakud	Mahanadi	Orissa
Bhakra Nangal	Sutlej	Himachal Pradesh
Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar)	Beas	Himachal Pradesh
Thein (Ranjit Sagar)	Ravi	Punjab
Baglihar	Chenab	Jammu & Kashmir
Chutak	Suru	Jammu & Kashmir
Panchet	Damodar	Jharkhand
Maithon	Barakar	Jharkhand
Tehri	Bhagirathi	Uttarakhand
Koyna	Koyna	Maharashtra
Mettur	Kaveri	Tamilnadu
Krishnaraja Sagar	Kaveri	Karnataka
Alamatti	Krishna	Karnataka
Mullaperiyar	Periyar	Kerala
Gandhisagar	Chambal	Madhya Pradesh
Nimoo Bazgo	Indus	Jammu & Kashmir

Cities and Rivers

City (India)	River
Delhi	Yamuna
Agra	Yamuna
Patna	Ganga
Haridwar	Ganga
Allahabad	confluence of Ganga and Yamuna
Varanasi	Ganga
Guwahati	Brahmaputra
Kanpur	Ganga
Jabalpur	Narmada
Bharuch	Narmada
Lucknow	Gomti
Hyderabad	Musi
Nasik	Godavari
Srinagar	Jhelum
Vijayawada	Krishna
Kolkata	Hooghly
Ahmedabad	Sabarmati
Surat	Tapti
Thiruchirapalli	Cauveri
Cuttack	Mahanadi
Ayodhya	Saryu
Ludhiana	Sutlej

Facts to Remember on Rivers

Facts to Remember - Indian Rivers
The river system of India can be classified into four groups - 1. Himalayan rivers 2. Deccan (Peninsular) rivers 3. Coastal rivers and 4. Rivers of inland water drainage.
Most of the Indian rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal but some like Narmada, Tapti andPeriyar flow into the Arabian Sea.
Luni, Machhu, Rupen, Saraswati, Banas and Ghagghar are examples of rivers with inland water drainage, i.e. they do not empty into the ocean but get lost into the sand.
Five rivers of erstwhile Punjab are Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Jhelum and Chenab
The river also known as Dakshin Ganga is Godavari
The Brahmaputra is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and as Dihang in Arunachal Pradesh. The Brahmaputra river is known as Jomuna in Bangladesh.
The river known as Singi Khamban (Lion's mouth) in Tibet River Indus
The river known as Bengal’s sorrow is River Damodar
Prayag or Allahabad is believed to be the confluence (sangam) of these rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati
The Ganges is also known as the Bhagirathi since King Bhagirath was responsible for bringing it from the heavens to the earth. The Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda join at Devprayag to form the Ganga. The part of the River Ganga which flows into Bangladesh is known as Padma.
The number of Indian rivers which have been classified as major rivers by the Government is Twelve.
There are three Trans-Himalayan rivers which originate in the high Tibetan Plateau and cut across the mighty Himalayan ranges. Indus, Brahmaputra, and Sutlej.
The largest river flowing through the state of Rajasthan is the Chambal river.

. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is

Dew

Frost

Smog

Mist

c

The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as

Population density

Nutritional density

Agricultural density

Industrial density

c

 Green glands are associated with

Reproduction

Excretion

Respiration

Digestion

B

During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of

Active transport

Diffusion

Diffusion and active transport

Osmosis

B

Heart is devoid of

Cardiac muscle

Involuntary muscle

Voluntary Muscle

Smooth Muscle

C

 The soil salinity is measured by(DOUBT)

Conductivity meter

Hygrometer

Psychrometer

Auxanometer

 ANSWER IS A

Water and soil salinity are measured by passing an electric current between the two electrodes of a salinity meter in a sample of soil or water. The electrical conductivity or EC of a soil or water sample is influenced by the concentration and composition of dissolved salts

 Which one of the following is a fungal disease

Leucoderma

Eczema

Ringworm

Elephantiasis

C

Types of Diseases

Type of Disease	Examples
Congenital diseases	Hare lip, club foot, mongolism, spastic paraplegia
Hereditary diseases	Haemophilia, albinism
Dietary deficiency diseases	Scurvy, rickets, beri-beri, anaemia
Hormonal diseases	Goitre, diabetes mellitus, acromegaly, dwarfism
Infectious diseases (VIRAL)	AIDS, chicken pox. Common cold, german measles, influenza, jaundice, measles, mumps, poliomyelitis, rabies, dengue fever
Infectious diseases(BACTERIAL)	Cholera. Whooping cough, diptheria, gonorrhoea, leprosy, pneumonia, syphilis, tetanus, typhoid, tuberculosis, plague
Infectious diseases(FUNGAL)	Ringworm, atheletes’ foot, thrush
Infectious diseases(PROTOZOAN)	Malaria, amoebic dysentery, sleeping sickness, kala-azar
Infectious diseases(WORMS)	Filaria, tapeworm, pinworm
Degenerative diseases	Graying of hair, baldness, presbyopia, cataract, osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease, arteriosclerosis
Immunological diseases	Hay fever, asthma, rheumatoid, arthritis, nettle rash
Neoplastic diseases	Warts, moles, cancer

Deficiency Diseases

Name of the disease	Linked with the deficiency of
Night Blindness	Vitamin A
Beri Beri	Vitamin B
Scurvy	Vitamin C
Rickets	Vitamin D
Sterility	Vitamin E
Impaired blood clotting	Vitamin K
Anaemia	Iron
Osteoporosis	Calcium
Goitre	Iodine
Kwashiorkor	Protein

Alternative Names of Diseases

Common Name	Alternative Name
Leprosy	Hansen's disease
Heart Attack	Myocardial infarction
Rabies	Hydrophobia
Blood Cancer	Leukemia
Baldness	Alopecia
Whooping Cough	Pertussis
Short-sight	Myopia
Long-sight	Hypermetropia

Rare Disorders/Conditions

Disorder	Feature
Parkinson's Disease	It is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs motor skills, cognitive processes, and other functions.
Alzheimer's Disease	It is form of dementia characterised by loss of memory, thinking, and changes in behavior.
Down's Syndrome	Also called Trisomy 21, it is a condition in which extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child develops, both mentally and physically.
Korsakoff's Syndrome	It is a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain.
Bulimia	It is an eating disorder characterized by restraining of food intake for a period of time followed by an over intake or binging period that results in feelings of guilt and low self-esteem.
Anorexia	It is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight, often coupled with a distorted self image
Progeria	It is an extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.
Dyslexia	It is a developmental reading disorder resulting from the inability to process graphic symbols.

Chickenpox is caused by

DNA Virus

Variola Virus

Streptococcus

Vibrio Cholera

 b

varicella zoster virus

Chickenpox (Chicken Pox), also known as Varicella, is a very contagious infection caused by the varicella zoster virus. In several parts of the world it is just known as varicella. Patients develop a blister-like rash, which first appears on the face and trunk, and then spreads throughout the body.

 Instruments can be shielded from the outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with

1. Iron Shield
2. Rubber Shield
3. Brass Shield
4. Glass Shield

C

Find the odd one.

Marble

Chalk

Limestone

Slaked Lime

Answer (d). Slaked lime is calcium hydroxide while the other three are calcium carbonate.

The following is a pseudo-force

Centrepetal force

Centrifugal reaction force

Centrifugal force

Strong Nuclear force

C

in Newtonian mechanics, the centrifugal force is an inertial force (also called a 'fictitious' or 'pseudo' force) directed away from the axis of rotation that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating reference frame.

The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of

Archimedes' principle

Torricellean law

Bernoulli's Theorem

Pascal's law

D

 Of the following which is the fastest?

CD-ROM

RAM

Registers

Cache

C

An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is

Mesh

Star

Tree

Ring

A

Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named

Perkin

Claisen

Hoffman

Clemmesen

C

 The base used as an antacid is

Calcium hydroxide

Barium hydroxide

Magnesium hydroxide

Silver hydroxide

C

The process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is

Annealing

Applying Grease

Galvanising

Painting

A

Definition of annealing: Process of softening a material (such as glass), metal (such as cast iron), or an alloy (such as steel) to make it less brittle by (1) heating it ..

 Denatured alcohol

is a form of alcohol

is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances

contains coloured impurities

is sweet to taste

B

Phenolics as a pollutant can be removed from the waste water by use of

Ion exchange resin technique

Electrolyte docomposition technique

Reverse osmosis method

Polymeric adsorbents

D

The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on

Micro-organisms and fishes

Micro-organisms and zoo planktons

Fishes and reptiles

Producers and consumers

D

Supersonic airplanes create a shock wave called

Transition wave

Ultrasound

Transverse wave

Sonic Boom

D

 The main factor that determines balance of nature is

Human Activities

Rabit and habitat

Environmental conditions

Availability of food

A

The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because

Absorption in red light is less than yellow and hence red is visible from a distance

Scattering in yellow light is less than red

The wavelength of red light is more than yellow light

None of the above reasons

A

 One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award "Bharat Ratna"

Lalu Prasad Yadac of Bihar

Late M.G. Ramachandran of Tamilnadu

Jyothi Bosu of West Bengal

Late N.T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh

B

The city of Prayag was named Allahabad the city of Allah by

Aurangzeb

Akbar

Shahjehan

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b

Spot the odd one from the following

Tsunami

Earthquake

Windmills

Cyclones

c

 Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden?

Vrindavan Garden of Mysore

Hanging Garden of Mumbai

Eden Garden of Kolkata

Shalimar Garden of Kashmir

C

The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year

1990

1992

1980

1989

B

The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is

Rakesh Verma

Gopalaswami

Krishna Murthy

Kamalesh Sharma

D

 In which of the following systems of government is bi-cameralism an essential feature?

Federal system

Unitary system

Parliamentary system

Presidential system

C GIVEN BUT WE THINK ITS A

The main federal features of the Indian Constitution are as follows:
Written Constitution:
Supremacy of the Constitution:
Rigid Constitution:
Division of Powers:
Independent Judiciary:
Bicameral Legislature:
Dual Government Polity:

 Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?

Asoka

Harsha

Bindusara

Chandragupta Maurya

A

 Socialism succeeds in achieving

higher standard of living of the people

equal distribution of income in the society

higher individual welfare in the society

maximum social welfare in the society

B

Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the

Elasticity of supply

Elasticity of demand

Law of demand

Law of supply

B

Economic planning is an essential feature of

Socialist economy

Capitalist economy

Mixed economy

Dual economy

A

 The HYV programme in India is also called as

Traditional Agriculture

New Agricultural Strategy

White Revolution

Blue Revolution

B

 HYV stands for High Yielding Varieties.

 The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year

2001

2005

1991

1995

A

 Ballots were first used in

Australia

USA

Ancient Greece

England

C

 The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with

Droughts and Floods

Poverty and Alleviation

Floods

Disaster Management

C

Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races

Nose

Hair

Eyes

Ear

D

Railway coaches are manufactured at

Jamshedpur

Chittaranjan

Perambur

Varanasi

C

Fertilization occurs normally in the

Cervix

Vagina

Fallopian tube

Uterus

C

People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of

liver or stomach cancer

weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest

blood cancer

cirrhosis

D

The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are

Carnivores

Decomposers

Producers

Herbivores

C

 Who among the following was credited with the destruction of 'Chihalgani', a group of powerful nobles

Balban

Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Iltutmish

Razia Sultan

A

CREATED BY ILTUTMISH 

Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of

France

Portugal

Holland

Denmark

B

The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with

1. Agra
2. East Bengal
3. Lahore
4. Multan

B

. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji

Saint Eknath

Saint Tukaram

Saint Dhyaneshwar

Namdev

B

 The study of lakes is called

Topology

Hydrology

Limnology

Potomology

C

Potomology — the science of rivers.

A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called

Homoseismal lines

Seismolines

Coseismal lines

Isoseismal lines

 Both (a) and (c) are right answers.

'Lumen' is unit of

Illuminance

Brightness

Luminous flux

Luminous intensity

C

The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through

interfaces

buffer memory

modems

computer ports

D

Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?

Interface Card

Cable

Computer

Modem

D

The mass of 10 moles of water is

90 g

45 g

18 g

180 g

D

. 1 mole of hydrogen = 1.0079 grams and 1 mole of oxygen = 15.9994 grams. 1 mole of water = 2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152 grams. Thus 10 moles of water = 180.152 g or 180 g approximately

 Vitamin A is rich in

Carrot

Lime

Beans

Rice

A

The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to

Dipole insulation

Van der Waal's attracton

Polar covalent bonding

Hydrogen bonding

D

Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element?

Number of electrons

Number of neutrons

Number of protons

All of the above

A

The Drug Research Institute of India is located at

Madras

Lucknow

Delhi

Bangalore

B

Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man

Rye

Wheat

Barley

Oat

C RYT GIVEN AS B,, TOO MANY WRONG ANSWERS IN SSC CGL 2012 KEY 

Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India?

Club wheat

Durum wheat

Emmer wheat

Bread wheat

D/ Bread wheat or titicum aestivum contributes approximately 95% to total production of wheat in India which is the second largest producer of wheat in the world after China

Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force'?

Electrostatic force

Magnetic force

Gravitational force

Frictional force

D

If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance

decreases

remains constant

increases

All of the above

C

 If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called

defective pole

consequent pole

extra pole

arbitrary pole

B

How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag?

14

18

22

24

D

The latest official language of the U.N. is

Russian

Arabic

Chinese

Spanish

B..Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish have been official languages since the founding of the United Nations in 1945. Arabic was added as an official language in December 1973 taking the total to SIX.

The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is

CIFRI

ICAR

CSIR

NEERI

D

What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests?

They will grow more luxurious

Large areas of mangroves will be submerged

Their role as carbon sinks will become important

Both (A) and (C) above

B

The sweet taste of fruits is due to

Lactose

Fructose

Maltose

Ribose

B

fructose-fruit sugar,sucrose-table sugar

lac·tose

A sugar present in milk. It is a disaccharide containing glucose and galactose units.     

 malt·ose

A sugar produced by the breakdown of starch, e.g., by enzymes found in malt and saliva. It is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose units.

The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is

Black Bear

Asiatic Lion

Siberian Tiger

Dhole

C

Analects is the sacred book of

Confucianism

Judaism

Shintoism

Taoism

A

The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at

Gwalior

Indore

Bhopal

Jabalpur

D

High Courts not in State Capitals

High Court	Location
Chattisgarh	Bilaspur
Gujarat	Ahmedabad
Kerala	Kochi
Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur
Odisha	Cuttack
Rajasthan	Jodhpur
Uttarakhand	Nainital
Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad

The brightest planet is

Venus

Mercury

Jupiter

Mars

A

Venus is an important planet from G.K. point of view. It is the hottest planet in the solar system, it is known as Earth's twin, Evening Star, Morning Star. It rotates in a direction opposite to that of others. It has the longest period of rotation and hence the longest duration of day

Information on Solar System

Feature	Name
The brightest planet as seen from Earth	Venus
The planet also known as Earth’s twin	Venus
The planet, which rotates in a direction opposite to that of others	Venus
The planet, which has prominent rings around it	Saturn
Planets which have no satellites	Mercury & Venus
The planet with the longest day	Venus (243 earth-days)
The planet with the shortest day	Jupiter (9 hrs 55 mts)
The planet also known as Evening/Morning star	Venus
The Jovian planets	Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The star nearest to the earth	Proxima Centauri
The hottest planet in the solar system	Venus (Maximum temp: 462o C)
The coldest planet in the solar system	Uranus (Effective temp: - 216o C)
The largest satellite in the solar system	Ganymede – Satellite of the Jupiter
The planet also known as the Red Planet	Mars
The highest known mountain in the solar system	Olympus Mons on Mars
The asteriod belt lies between	Mars and Jupiter
The largest asteriod also known as a dwarf planet	Ceres
Pluto earlier considered a planet is now considered a dwarf planet and a part of	Kuiper belt
Halley's comet last appeared in 1986 and is expected to appear next in	2061
The galaxy nearest to the milky way	Andromeda
The planet whose density is less than that of water	Saturn
The planet with highest surface gravity (meter per square second) is	Jupiter (24.92)
The planet with lowest surface gravity (meter per square second) is	Mercury (3.7)

Planets - Rotation & Revolution Periods

Planet	Rotation Period	Revolution Period
Mercury	58.65 Earth Days	87.97 Earth Days
Venus	243 Earth Days	224.7 Earth Days
Earth	23.93 Earth Hours	365.26 Earth Days
Mars	24.62 Earth Hours	686.93 Earth Days
Jupiter	9.8 Earth Hours	11.86 Earth Years
Saturn	10.2 Earth Hours	29.46 Earth Years
Uranus	17.9 Earth Hours	83.75 Earth Years
Neptune	19.1 Earth hours	163.72 Earth Years

Features on Lunar Surface

Name	Remarks
Mare Tranquillitatis or  Sea of Tranquility	Landing site for Apollo 11, the first manned landing on the moon.
Oceanus Procellarum or  Ocean of Storms	Apollo 12 landed with Pete Conrad and Alan Bean onboard.
Mare Fecunditatis or  Sea of Fertility	Landing site for Luna 16 of USSR.
Fra Mauro - crater	Apollo 14 landed with Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa.
Hadley Rile - Apennine Mountains	Landing site for Apollo 15.
Apollonius Highlands - Mountainous region	Landing site for Luna 20
Descartes - crater	Landing site for Apollo 16.
Taurus-Littrow - valley	Apollo 17 landing site.
Note : 1. Mare or Maria refers to a large circular plain on the moon. 2. Oceanus refers to a very large dark area on moon. 3. Crater is a circular depression.