Important SSC Gk Questions Set-18

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The author of ‘Nildarpan’ was: 
(a) Dinabandhu Mitra  
(b) Sivnath Sastri  
(c) Devendra Nath Tagore 
(d) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
A

The first weekly Bengali newspaper ‘Samachar Darpan’ was published by: 
(a) Harish Chandra Mukheijee  
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra 
(c) Marshman  
(d) Vidyasagar
C

Who among the following Peshwas was popularly known as Nana-Saheb? 
(a) Balaji Vishwanath  
(b) Baji Rao   
(c) Balaji Baji Rao  
(d) Madhav Rao I
C

Who was responsible for the introduction of the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? 
(a) Lord Mayo   
(b) Lord Lytton  
(c) Lord Ripon  
(d) Lord Curzon
B

Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from: 
(a) Chanderi   
(b) Gujarat   
(c) Devagiri    
(d) Madurai
B

Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha? 
(a) Bhadrabahw   
(b) Chandragupta Mauiya 
(c) Parsvanatha   
(d) Vardhamana Mahavira
D

When Babur invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagara empire in south India? 
(a) Saluva Narasimha  
(b) Devaraya II  
(c) Krishna Deva Raya  
(d) Sadasiva Raya 
C

Who of the following was a contemporary of Changez Khan? 
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni  
(b) Iltutmish   
(c) Alauddin Khalji  
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq 
B


09. Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of: 
(a) Dharmat    
(b) Samugarh  
(c) Deora    
(d) Khanua
B

 Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’? 
(a) Abul Kalam Azad  
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru  
(c) S. Gopalan 
(d) S. Radhakrishnan
B

First transgenic plant –
(a) Potato 
(b) Tomato
(c) Tobacco 
(d) Maize
C

The bacteria generally used for genetic engineering is
(a) Agrobacterium 
(b) Bacillus
(c) Pseudomonas 
(d) Clostridium
A

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel –
(a) Bio-metallurgical techniques
(b) Bio-insecticidal plants
(c) Bio-mineralization processes
(d) Bio-fertilizers
B

The first antibiotic discovered was –
(a) Penicillin 
(b) Chloromycetin
(c) Cephalosporin 
(d) Streptomycin
A

Which of the following is false for Bt transgenic plant –
(a) Disease resistance
(b) Prepared by Bacillus thuringiensis
(c) It is recombinant type
(d) No such plant is known
D


First cloned animal is –
(a) Dog 
(b) Molly
(c) Dolly sheep 
(d) Polly sheep
C

Genetically engineered human insulin is prepared by using–
(a) E. coli 
(b) Rhizopus
(b) Pseudomonas 
(d) Yeast
A


Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait –
(a) High lysine (essential amino acid) content
(b) Insect resistance
(c) High protein content
(d) High vitamin-A content
D

 Alpha diversity is present –
(a) Within community 
(b) Between community
(c) Ranges of communities 
(d) All the above
A

Biodiversity is determined by –
(a) Number of individuals in an area
(b) Species richness
(c) Evenness
(d) Both (b) and (c)
D

In Political dictionary the meaning of 'zerohour' is -
 (A) The day when no work in the Parliament
 (B) Suspended Resolution
 (C) Adjourned period
 (D) After Question-Hour session
D

In the process of electroplating a utensil with Zinc–
 (A) The utensil is made the Cathode
 (B) Pure zinc is made the Anode
 (C) The utensil is made the Cathode and pure zinc is made the Anode
 (D) The utensil is made the Anode and pure zinc is made the Cathode
C

When a rock is brought from the surface of the moon to earth. Then-
 (A) Its mass will change
 (B) Its weight will change but not mass
 (C) Both mass and weight will change
 (D) Neither mass nor weight would change
B


Hydrofluoric acid is not kept in glass bottles because it reacts with-
 (A) Visible light
 (B) Sodium oxide of glass
 (C) Aluminum oxide of glass
 (D) Silicon dioxide of glass
D

The time-period of a pendulum-
 (A) Depends on the mass
 (B) Depends on its length
 (C) Depends on time
 (D) Depends on temperature
B


The author of 'The Moors Last Sigh' is 
 (A) Peg Tyre 
 (B) Salman Rushdie
 (C) P.G. Wodehouse 
 (D) Mary Higgins Clark
B


The Social Rights Memoirs Day is celebrated on -
 (A) 18 March  
 (B) 19 March
 (C) 20 March 
 (D) 21 March
C

Who was chosen as the best actor for the 61th Film Fare Award 2016?
 (A) Salman Khan 
 (B) Aamir Khan
 (C) Ranveer singh 
 (D) Shahid Kapooor
c

venue for 36th national Games (2016)
  a.Goa
  b.kerela
 c.aasam 
d.delhi
A


Golden Globe Awards are as sociated with
(a) Social work
(b) Journalism
(c) Peace initiative
(d) Films
D

Interveinal necrotic spots on leaves appear due to 
(a) HF injury 
(b) SO2 injury
(c) NO2 injury
(d) O3 injury 
B

Nuclear fallout contains
(a) Alpha particles
(b) ß-particles
(c) Both ((a) and ((b)
(d) Neither ((a) nor ((b)
C


Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource?
(a) Jaisamand
(b) Ganga river
(c) Yamuna river
(d) Chilika lake
c

IMP
Who among the following is the HRD Minister is the Union Cabinet of India ?
(a) parveen sharma
(b) smiriti Irani
(c) Prakash javadekar
(d) Mahendra nath pandey
Prakash Javadekar is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and is the incumbent Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Which is the world’s cultural capital in India ?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Trivandrum
(c) Madurai
(d) Mumbai
A

Which of the following states is called “Tiger State” of India?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Assam
C


From where was India’s multipurpose telecommunication satellite INSAT-2 launched?
(a) Baikanour
(b) Thumba
(c) Sriharikota
(d) Kourou
C

Parliamentary form of Government is also known as:
(a) Responsive Government
(b) Responsible Government
(c) Federal Government
(d) Presidential Government
C



One feature is common to the following bodies. Find it out. Supreme Court, Election Commission, UPSC, Office of CAG.
(a) They are advisory bodies.
(b) They are extra constitutional bodies
(c) They are controlled by legislature.
(d) They are constitutional bodies
D


The district Primary Education Programme in India is supported by:
(a) International Monetary Found
(b) World Bank
(c) UNESCO
(d) Japanese Government
C


A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its own:
(a) Volume                  
(b) Weight
(c) Surface area            
(d) Density
D

One of the essential conditions of perfect competition is:
(a) Product differentiation
(b) Multiplicity of prices for identical products at any one time.
(c) Many sellers and a few buyers.
(d) Only one price for identical goods at any one time.
C


Which of the following is not a necessary condition for the development of India?
(a) Capital Accumulation
(b) Resource discovery
(c) Population growth
(d) Technological development
C

Antyodaya Programme is as sociated with:
(a) Liberation of bonded labour
(b) Bringing up cultural revolution in India
(c) Demands of textile labourers
(d) upliftment of the poorest of the poor
D


How many members of the State Legislative Council are elected by the Assembly?
(a) 1/6th of the members        
(b) 1/3rd of the members
(c) 1/12th of the members        
(d) 5/6th of the 
B



 Hydrogen was discovered by
(a) Cavendish       
(b) Lavoisier 
(c) Rutherford       
(d) Scheele 
a

Kerosene is a mixture of 
(a) Aromatic hydrocarbon    
(b) Aliphatic hydrocarbons 
(c) Saturated hydrocarbons 
(d) Alicyclic hydrocarbons
b

 Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the first world war? 
(a) Carbon monoxide    
(b) Hydrogen cyanide 
(c) Mustard gas       
(d) Water gas
c


Which of the following is a free living bacteria that help in nitrogen fixation? 
(a) Azotobacter       
(b) Anabaena 
(c) Azolla          
(d) Nostoc
a

Botanical name of wheat plant is 
(a) Zea miaz       
(b) Oryza sativa 
(c) Titicum aestivum    
(d) Hordium bulgier 
C


Double fertilization is main feature of 
(a) Bryophytes       
(b) Pteridophytes 
(c) Gymnosperm      
(d) Angiosperm
D

 Study of vestigial organ is called 
(a) Dermatology       
(b) Neonatology 
(c) Lapidopterology    
(d) Polynalogy 
right answer  splanchnology

Insulin is discovered by 
(a) Linak          
(b) Banting and Best 
(c) Jenner          
(d) Waksman 
B

Which of the following teams won the Irani Trophy 2015-16 recently?
(a) Mumbai      
(b) Karnataka
(c) Delhi         
(d) Rest Of India
d


 Which one of the following countries has become the 18th Euro-area member to adopt Euro currency, recently? 
(a) Switzerland       
(b) Latvia
(c) Sweden       
(d) Romania
b

.When salt is properly mixed with ice, the melting point of ice –
(a) is lowered 
(b) is raised
(c) remains the same 
(d) becomes infinite
b


Sound is produced when objects
(a) vibrate 
(b) accelerated
(c) displaced 
(d) frictionised
a


The sound travels fastest in
(a) solids 
(b) liquids
(c) gases 
(d) none of these
a

Echo is a type of
(a) reflected sound 
(b) refracted sound
(c) polarised sound 
(d) none of these
a


One hertz is equivalent to –
(a) one cycle per second 
(b) one second
(c) one meter per second 
(d) one second per meter
a

The unit of frequency of sound is
(a) metre/second 
(b) metre/second
(c) hertz 
(d) none of these
c


Speed of sound at constant temperature depends on –
(a) Pressure 
(b) Density of gas
(c) both (a) & (b) 
(d) None of the above
d

The waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion is known as –
(a) Transverse wave 
(b) Longitudinal waves
(c) Propagated waves 
(d) None of these
a


. Which of the following features of citizenship in India is correct?
(A) Dual citizenship of the State and Nations.
(B) Single citizenship of a State.
(C) Single citizenship of whole of India.
(D) Dual citizenship of India and another Country
c


In which of the following countries FIFA World Cup matches will be played in 2016?
(A) Germany
(B) Japan
(C) Brazil
(D) Spain
b


In which of the following cities India’s second ‘Forensic University’ is proposed to be established?
(A) Lucknow 
(B) Varanasi
(C) Agra 
(D) Rampur
a

Which among the following has been selected as the cultural capital of SAARC region for 2015-16?
(A) Lumbini (Nepal)
(B) Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
(C) Sarnath (India)
(D) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
b

Which one of the following refers to occupational structure of population?
(A) Number of persons living in the country
(B) Size of working population.
(C) Distribution of working population among different occupations.
(D) Nature of different occupations
c


Which one of the following types of mirror is used to see traffic behind the car?
(A) Convex mirror 
(B) Concave mirror
(C) Plane mirror 
(D) Spherical mirror
a


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