Important Questions For Ssc Gk set-10

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Capital market deals with
(a) Short term fund
(b) Long term fund
(c) Cash
(d) Both long and short term fund
B
SHORT TERM FUND IS IN MONEY MARKET

The new Agricultural Strategy in India was introduced in
(a) 1956
(b) 1966
(c) 1976
(d) 1986
B

The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of
(a) excess capacity
(b) monopolistic competition
(c) monopoly
(d) pure competition
B

 Atoms of different elements have
(a) same atomic number and same electronic configuration
(b) different atomic number and same electronic configuration
(c) different atomic number and different number of valence electrons
(d) same number of electrons and neutrons
C


Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Vitamin - A : Scurvy
(b) Vitamin - B : Rickets
(c) Vitamin - C : Night-blindness
(d) Vitamin - E: Reproduction
D

Organic compounds are
(a) Covalent compounds
(b) Ionic compounds
(c) Co-ordination compounds
(d) Interstitial compounds
A


. Major pesticidal properties are present in
(a) Jatropha
(b) Castor
(c) Pongamia
(d) Jamun
C

The 'Greenhouse effect' is mainly due to increase in atmospheric
(a) Ozone
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Sulphur dioxide
(d) Carbon dioxide
D

Which of the following is not dealt under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986?
(a) The Biodiversity Authority
(b) The Coastal Zone Management Authority
(c) Authority set - up to monitor the State of Notified Ecologically Sensitive Areas
(d) Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Authority
D


Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Animals worry about raising their family
(b) Animals make several feeding trips in a day
(c) Animals often behave sensibly
(d) Animals do not know the meaning of brotherhood
B

Green blocks are referred to
(a) Green cover
(b) Green Ministry
(c) Bio-bricks
(d) Pro-biotic curd
C

Which of the following is not correct?
(a) CISF - Central Industrial Security Force
(b) BSF - Border Security Force
(c) UNDP - United Nation's Development Project
(d) SIT - Special Investigation Team
C



A book entitled "The Hindus: An Alternative History" is written by
(a) Shobha De
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Wendy Doniger
(d) Salman Rushdie 
C

 The father of Economics is
(a) Marshall
(b) Adam Smith
(c) J.M. Keynes
(d) Karl Marx
B


. Which country awards Nobel Prize?
(a) France
(b) Sweden
(c) Switzerland
(d) U.S.A.
B


The first nuclear explosion in India was conducted at
(a) Pokhran
(b) Bombay
(c) Nellie
(d) Sriharikota
A

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was introduced in
(a) Fifth Five Year Plan
(b) Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Seventh Five Year Plan
(d) Eighth Five Year Plan
C

 The sweetmeat is referred to
(a) Camel meat
(b) Goat meat
(c) Feta cheese
(d) Petha of Agra
D

Production refers to
(a) destruction of utility
(b) creation of utilities
(c) exchange value
(d) use of a product
B

The law of diminishing returns applies to
(a) All sectors
(b) Industrial sector
(c) Agricultural sector
(d) Service sector
A

Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by
(a) Elected representative
(b) Nominated representative
(c) Officials
(d) Group of landlords
C


A federal government is in the shape of
(a) Command by the Centre
(b) Appeal from the States
(c) Agreement between the Centre and the States
(d) Single Party Rule
C

Parliamentary or Presidential Government can be distinguished mainly by
(a) its federal nature
(b) the rigidity of the Constitution
(c) the employer - employee relations
(d) the legislative - executive relations
D

The phrase "equality before law" used in Article-14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from __________
(a) U.S.A.
(b) Germany
(c) Britain
(d) Greece
C

Who said, 'The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State'?
(a) Herbert Spencer
(b) J.S. Mill
(c) John Locke
(d) Tocqueville
A

 The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a non- violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra "Do or Die" for this struggle?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
A

Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the Year
(a) 1814
(b) 1813
(c) 1815
(d) 1816
C

Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Annie Besant
d

The famous Sun Temple at Konark was built by
(a) Prataparudra
(b) Anantavarman
(c) Narasimha - I
(d) Narasimha - II
C

Ashok spread Buddhism all over India and Ceylon by
(a) Teaching the Triratnas
(b) Sending the Dharma Mahamatras
(c) Waging wars
(d) Becoming a Buddhist Monk
B

Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in
(a) 1972
(b) 1986
(c) 1964
(d) 1956
A

Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
(a) Granite
(b) Charnockite
(c) Basalt
(d) Arkose
D


Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to
(a) multiple cropping
(b) plantation agriculture
(c) terrace farming
(d) extensive farming
B

International Ozone Day is celebrated on
(a) 5th September
(b) 16th September
(c) 11th September
(d) 20th September
B

 In India, there are many coal fields found in
(a) Cauvery Valley
(b) Krishna Valley
(c) Ganga Valley
(d) Damodar Valley
D

The newly hatched tadpole breaths through its

(a) Lung
(b) External gills
(c) Internal gills
(d) All of these
B


Virus in Latin means
(a) Sweet
(b) Small
(c) Fluid
(d) Poison
D

The biological process in which both aerobes and anaerobes degrade organic matter is called
(a) Manuring
(b) Composting
(c) Digesting
(d) Nitrifying
B

 Statement 1: Complex tissue is made up of more than one type of cells.
          Statement 2: Meristems are examples of permanent tissue.
(a) Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect
(b) Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct
(c) Both Statements 1 and 2 correct
(d) Both Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect
A

The cuticle is absent in
(a) Leaf
(b) Stem
(c) Root
(d) Fruit
C

Intercalary meristems are found in
(a) Node
(b) Lateral bud
(c) Terminal bud
(d) Inter node
D


Super conductors are substances that
(a) offer minimum resistance to flow of electric current
(b) conduct electricity at low temperature
(c) conduct electricity at high temperature
(d) offer high resistance to the flow of electric current
A

A thin oil film on a water surface appears coloured because of
(a) reflection
(b) interference
(c) diffraction
(d) polarization
B

. A tachometer is a device used to measure
(a) gravitational pull
(b) speed of rotation
(c) surface tension
(d) dispersive power
B


When cathode rays strike a target of high atomic weight, they give rise to
(a) α - rays
(b) β and γ rays
(c) X - rays
(d) positive rays
C

The major use of sulphur is in the manufacture of
(a) H2SO4
(b) H2S
(c) SO2
(d) Fungicide
A

Consumers are likely to get a variety of goods under(DOUBT)
(a) Oligopoly
(b) Perfect competition
(c) Monopoly
(d) Imperfect competition
C

Under WTO, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Legislation was passed in August
(a) 2002
(b) 1999
(c) 2000
(d) 2001
B


The level of economic activity of an economy largely depends on
(a) Aggregate Savings in the economy
(b) Aggregate Demand in the economy
(c) Aggregate Supply in the economy
(d) Aggregate Investment in the economy
D


. Price discrimination is a feature of
(a) Monopoly
(b) Oligopoly
(c) Monopsony
(d) Duopoly
A


If the increase in demand is more than the increase in supply, the price will
(a) remain the same
(b) increase
(c) decrease
(d) fluctuatION
B

The first law officer of the Government of India is
(a) The Law Minister
(b) The Attorney-General of India
(c) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(d) None of these
B

Who called the newspapers "the Bible of Democracy"?
(a) Lindsay
(b) Ernest Barker
(c) Herman Finer
(d) Walter Lippmann
D

Sovereignty' is derived from 'Superanus' which is
(a) a Latin word
(b) a French word
(c) a Greek word
(d) None of the above
A

In which portion of the Constitution, were the goals of the Indian Constitution incorporated?
(a) Fundamental Rights i.e. Part III
(b) Preamble
(c) Directive Principles i.e. Par IV
(d) None of the above
B

The Constitution of India was adopted on
(a) 26th November, 1949
(b) 15th August, 1949
(c) 9th December, 1946
(d) 26th January, 1950
A
CAME IN TO FORCE>D

 Of the following Congress leaders, who was not a "Moderate"?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) All of the above
D

Russian Revolution broke out in the year
(a) 1919
(b) 1916
(c) 1917
(d) 1918
C

. Mahavira preached in which language?
(a) Magadhi
(b) Ardha-Magadhi
(c) Suraseni
(d) Apbhransh
B
ARDH MAGHADI PARKRIT USED BY SHVETAMBER

. Buddha can best be described as a/ an
(a) agnostic
(b) theist
(c) materialist
(d) atheist
D

Which are the four major languages of the Dravidian family?
(a) Bangla - Tamil - Kannada - Malayalam
(b) Marathi - Kannada - Malayalam - Telugu
(c) Malayalam - Bangla - Marathi - Tamil
(d) Tamil - Telugu - Kannada - Malayalam
D

Lanolin, a fatty substance used in manufacturing of cosmetics, is obtained from
(a) Horse
(b) Sheep
(c) Cattle
(d) Pig
C

Law of Exclusive Economic Zone is related to
(a) Dairying
(b) Agriculture
(c) Industry
(d) Fishing
D
It stretches from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles (nmi) from its coast


Which of the following atmospheric layers prevents penetration of great amounts of ultraviolet radiation?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Ionosphere
(c) Ozonosphere
(d) Stratosphere
C

On which of the following rivers is Bangkok located?
(a) Chao Phraya
(b) Chindwin
(c) Salween
(d) Mekong
A

Which of the following is a most modern surveying technique?
(a) Geodetic Survey System
(b) Aerial Photography
(c) Geographical Information System (GIS)
(d) Satellite Remote Sensing
D

Antibodies combine with antigens
(a) at variable regions
(b) at constant regions
(c) only if macrophages are absent
(d) only if macrophages are present
C

The diseases caused by virus include
(a) Measles, Syphilis, Rabies, Cholera
(b) Polio, Syphilis, Chicken-pox, Mumps
(c) Cholera, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Syphilis
(d) Measles, Small-pox, Mumps, Rabies
D

 Which one of the following combinations is correct?
(a) Brassica- Liliaceae
(b) Acacia- Caesalpiniaceae
(c) Pyrethrum- Compositae
(d) Allium cepa- Cruciferae
D

The antibiotic Penicillin was discovered by
(a) Alexander Fleming
(b) Boyle
(c) Thomas Alva Edison
(d) George Stevenson
A

The group of bacteria which reduces the soil fertility is
(a) ammonifying
(b) denitrifying
(c) nitrifying
(d) detoxifying
A


Tobacco smoke contains
(a) CO2, CO and Tar
(b) CO2 and Tar
(c) CO, Polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon and Tar
(d) CO2, CO, Hydrocarbon and Tar
A

Atomiser works on the principle of
(a) Pascal's law
(b) Avogadro's hypothesis
(c) Bernoulli's theorem
(d) Ideal gas equation
C
DEVICE WHICH  WE USE AS SPRAYING

Line spectrum is produced by
(a) O2 - Oxygen molecule
(b) H - Atomic hydrogen
(c) N2 - Nitrogen molecule
(d) H2 - Hydrogen molecule
D

When a body is executing simple harmonic motion and passes through the mean position, it has
(a) Both kinetic energy and potential energy minimum
(b) Both kinetic energy and potential energy maximum
(c) Maximum kinetic energy and minimum potential energy
(d) Minimum kinetic energy and maximum potential energy
A

When forward bias is applied to a junction diode, it
(a) increases the potential barrier
(b) decreases the potential barrier
(c) reduces the minority-carrier current to zero
(d) reduces the majority-carrier current to zero
A

"The Stored Program" concept was introduced by
(a) John Miller
(b) John von Neumann
(c) Steve John
(d) Thomas Hook
B


Which of the following gases has the highest average velocity at a certain temperature?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Neon
(d) Methane
C

The universal solvent is
(a) Alcohols
(b) Aqua regia
(c) Water
(d) Hydrochloric acid
C

Dry bleach is done by
(a) Ozone
(b) Hydrogen peroxide
(c) Sulphur dioxide
(d) Chlorine
B

Cryolite is
(a) 3NaF AlF3
(b) KAl Si3O8
(c) Al2O3
(d) Al(OH)3
A

. The "coarse particles" denoting air quality for breathing are termed as
(a) PM 2.0
(b) PM 10.0
(c) PM 1.0
(d) PM 3.0
A


The snow leopard population in India is estimated to be
(a) 100-200
(b) 400-500
(c) 400-700
(d) 400-1000
B

 A group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment is 
(a) Biosphere
(b) Ecosystem
(c) Biome
(d) Community
B

CETP" stands for
(a) Central Environmental Treatment Plant
(b) Course on Environment Training and Projects
(c) Common Effluent Treatment Plant
(d) Continental Energy, Temperature and Precipitation
C


The designer-creator of AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov is native to
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Italy
(d) Sweden
B

 A book entitled "The Satanic Verses" is written by
(a) Kamal Haasan
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Taslima Nasrin
(d) Wendy Doniger
B

 How many States were there in India as per the 15th Lok Sabha update during February 2014?
(a) 29
(b) 25
(c) 27
(d) 28
D

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Sher-e- Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Nightingale of India: Pandita Ramabai
(c) Lokhitwadi: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(d) Lokmanya: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B

Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in the year
(a) 1995
(b) 1975
(c) 1979
(d) 1989
C

 Consumer Protection Act was enacted in
(a) 1989
(b) 1984
(c) 1986
(d) 1988
C

 Identify the film that was based on the work by Munshi Premchand
(a) Sadgati
(b) Paa
(c) Parineeta
(d) Pyaasa
A


Which of the following is not correct?
(a) UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
(b) NMA - National Monuments Authority
(c) MSP - Maximum Support Price
(d) ASI - Archaeological Survey of India
C
MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE



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