Saturday, August 13, 2016

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SSC EXAMS

1. Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Ahmed Zewail died on August 2, 2016. He belonged to:
1) Egypt
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Jordan

2. Who assumed office as the Prime Minister of Nepal on August 4, 2016?
1) Ram Baran Yadav
2) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
3) Madhav Kumar Nepal

4) Krishna Bahadur Mahara

3. Lindane is also known as:
1) Pyrene
2) Artificial Silk
3) Gammaxene
4) Artificial Camphor

4. The name of scientist Lavoisier is associated with which of the following gases?
1) Oxygen
2) Carbon monoxide
3) Carbon dioxide
4) Nitrogen

5. Four bits in a computer memory is equal to a ___
1) Kilobyte
2) Megabyte
3) Nibble
4) Byte

6. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India got independence?
1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
3) J.B. Kripalani
4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

7. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his first Satyagraha campaign?
1) Bardoli
2) Champaran
3) Baroda
4) Dandi

8. Which country has the world's highest Uranium reserves?
1) Russia
2) Canada
3) Kazakhstan
4) Australia

9. What is measured by the Psychrometer?
1) Humidity
2) Temperature
3) Pressure
4) Wind velocity

10. Agronomy is a branch of agriculture that deals with:
1) Protection of crops from diseases
2) Protection of crops from pests
3) Principles and practice of crop production
4) Breeding of crop plants

11. Who coined the term "gene" in 1909?
1) Wilhelm Johannsen
2) Hugo de Vries
3) Gregor Mendel
4) Charles Darwin

12. Which crop requires water logging conditions for its cultivation?
1) Sorghum
2) Tea
3) Coffee
4) Paddy

13. Lichen is a symbiotic association between an algae and a?
1) Fern
2) Fungus
3) Liverwort
4) Bacterium

14. In which country is the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) located?
1) Mexico
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Japan

15. Which is the smallest State in India (According to population)?
1) Meghalaya
2) Tripura
3) Nagaland
4) Sikkim

16. In which State is Bandipur National Park situated?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka

17. In which phylum of animals does respiration take place by Ctenidia?
1) Echinodermata 2) Chordata
3) Arthropoda
4) Mollusca

18. Who discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity in 1896?
1) Henri Becquerel
2) J.J. Thomson
3) Marie Curie
4) Pierre Curie

19. The Aihole inscription was written by?
1) Harisena
2) Nayanikar
3) Kautilya
4) Ravikiriti

20. Chhau dance is a major classical dance in which of the following Indian States?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) West Bengal

21. In pitcher plant, pitcher is developed from?
1) Flower
2) Apical bud
3) Stem
4) Leaf

22. Which one of the following is a biofertilizer?
1) Bone meal
2) Rhizobium cultures
3) Green manure
4) Urea

23. Swami Vivekananda was associated with which of the following organizations?
1) Ramakrishna Mission
2) Brahmo Samaj
3) Arya Samaj
4) Prarthana Samaj

24. Which of the following countries has a Presidential form of Government?
1) U.K.
2) U.S.A.
3) Canada
4) Nepal

25. Who was the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty?
1) Jalal Khan Lodi
2) Ibrahim Lodi
3) Bahlul Lodi
4) Sikander Lodi

26. Who was the guardian of Akbar?
1) Abul Fazl
2) Amir Khusrau
3) Bairam Khan
4) None of these

27. The concept of "Sarvodaya" is commonly associated with:
1) Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Vallabhbhai Patel
3) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Jawaharlal Nehru

28. Who is the author of the book "Origin of Species"?
1) Charles Darwin
2) August Weismann
3) Hugo de Vries
4) Gregor Mendel

29. Tuareg people are the principal inhabitants of which of the following deserts?
1) Sahara desert
2) Atacama desert
3) Kalahari desert
4) Australian desert

30. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) recommends which of the following?
1) Comfort Price
2) State Advised Price
3) Minimum Support Price
4) Minimum Export Price

31. Vedanta Resources is a company operating in the area of?
1) Petroleum
2) Mining
3) Cement
4) Textiles

32. On which of the following days is Press Freedom Day observed?
1) July 1
2) June 1
3) May 3
4) June 3

33. Which of the following is associated with food security?
1) ASHA
2) PDS
3) WTO
4) AFSPA

34. Which of the following banks has taken over the Centurion Bank of Punjab?
1) ICICI Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank

35. Golden Revolution refers to the development of?
1) Oilseeds
2) Pulses
3) Horticulture
4) Cereals

36. National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology is located in?
1) Nagpur
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata

37. Which of the following constitutional amendments extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years i.e up to January 26, 2020?
1) 95th amendment
2) 73rd amendment
3) 99th amendment
4) 72nd amendment

38. Sikkim became a State of India in which of the following years?
1) 1970
2) 1972
3) 1974
4) 1975

39. Who wrote the book "The Indian War of Independence"?
1) V.D. Savarkar
2) R.C. Majumdar
3) S.N. Sen
4) S.B. Choudhari

40. Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in which of the following years?
1) 1930
2) 1931
3) 1932
4) 1933

41. Which of the following organizations prepares "Doing Business Report"?
1) World Bank
2) Asian Development Bank
3) International Monetary Fund
4) World Trade Organization

42. Babur died in which of the following cities in 1530?
1) Agra
2) Delhi
3) Kabul
4) Lahore

43. Which of the following is not a Superior Planet?
1) Jupiter
2) Saturn
3) Uranus
4) Venus

44. The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into force in which of the following years?
1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1998
4) 1999

45. The Vijayanagara Kingdom was founded in which of the following years?
1) 1347 AD 2) 1336 AD 3) 1356 AD
4) 1357 AD

Answers:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1 5) 3 6) 3 7) 2 8) 4 9) 1 10) 3
11) 1 12) 4 13) 2 14) 3 15) 4 16) 4 17) 4 18) 1 19) 4 20) 4
21) 4 22) 2 23) 1 24) 2 25) 2 26) 3 27) 3 28) 1 29) 1 30) 3
31) 2 32) 3 33) 2 34) 3 35) 3 36) 2 37) 1 38) 4 39) 1 40) 2
41) 1 42) 1 43) 4 44) 2 45) 2

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