SSC CAPFs/Delhi Police Sub-Inspectors Exam 2016 General Awareness Solved Paper

1. Which one of the following Pacts sought to be resolved the Hindu-Muslim differences? 
(A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact (B) Poona Pact (C) Lucknow Pact (D) Lahore Pact (Ans : C)

2. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of England when India was given independence ? 
(A) Mountbatten (B) Churchill (C) Wavell (D) Attlee (Ans : D)

3. Which of the following countries has become the first country in the world to receive funds from United Nations for its fast growing Solar Home Systems? 
(A) Burma (B) Afghanistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Switzerland (Ans : C)

4. A new molecule Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) was discovered in 2014 by the Didier Picard. The new discovery could help in effective treatment of–
(A) TB (B) Malaria (C) AIDS (D) None of these (Ans : D)

5. A dispersion indicates– 
(A) the value of standard deviation (B) the value of mean 
(C) spread of data around central measure (D) the value of mode (Ans : C)

6. Who among following Indian writers have been long listed among the 13 international authors for the Man Booker Prize of 2015 ? 
(A) Anuradha Roy and Sanjeev Sahata (B) Arvind Adiga and Shashi Tharoor 
(C) Chetan Bhagat and Jhumpa Lahiri (D) Amitav Ghosh and Amrita Pritam (Ans : A)

7. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court covers– 
(A) Disputes between different units of the Indian Union (B) National Integrity of India 
(C) Terrorism related cases (D) Civil and Criminal cases (Ans : A)

8. Antigen presenting cells are specialized cells present in all of the following, except– 
(A) Spleen (B) Lymph node (C) Skin (D) Kidney (Ans : B)

9. An organic compound which produces bluish green coloured flame on heating in presence of copper is– 
(A) Benzaldehyde (B) Benzoic Acid (C) Aniline (D) Chlorobenzene (Ans : D)

10. One strategy of allocating kernel memory is known as– 
(A) register allocation (B) resource allocation (C) frames allocation (D) slab allocation (Ans : C)

11. In the absence of the president and Vice-President, who discharges the functions of the President? 
(A) Advocate General (B) Comptroller and Auditor General (C) Attorney General (D) Chief Justice of India (Ans : D)

12. Which of the following is not be essential element of the State? 
(A) Government (B) Population (C) Sovereignty (D) Institutions (Ans : D)

13. In a simple Keynesian model equilibrium is characterized by the equality of– 
(A) realized saving and realized investment (B) planned saving and realized investment 
(C) planned saving and planned investment (D) realized saving and planned investment (Ans : C)

14. Political Science is a science of– 
(A) Cultural Engineering (B) Social Engineering (C) Economic Engineering (D) Political Engineering (Ans : D)

15. The Vedic literature was composed between– 
(A) 3500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. (B) 3500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. 
(C) 2500 B.C. and 500 B.C. (D) 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. (Ans : C)

16. In which type of vulnerability, an unauthorized host pretends to be authorized host by meeting some authorization criterion ? 
(A) phishing (B) spoofing (C) tunnel (0) keystroke logger (Ans : B)

17. Who of the following is not one of the recipients of Arjuna Award 2015 ? 
(A) P. R. Sreejesh (Hockey) (B) Anoop Singh (Wrestling) (C) Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) (D) Jitu Rai (Shooting) (Ans : B)

18. A closed vessel containing some gas at atmospheric pressure and room temperature is placed in a fast moving train. The temperature of the gas will– 
(A) increase or decrease depending on the chemical composition of the gas 
(B) remain unchanged (C) increase (D) decrease (Ans : C)

19. The Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built by– 
(A) Chedis (B) Cholas (C) Chalukyas (D) Pallavas (Ans : D)

20. Which of the following has become the first airport in the world to fully operational on Solar Power? 
(A) Amritsar International Airport (B) Cochin International Airport Ltd. (Kerala) 
(C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (D) Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoli International Airport (Ans : B)

21. The capsule of Anthoceros differs from Funaria in that in the latter– 
(A) elaters are absent (B) columella is absent (C) elaters are present (D) columella is present (Ans : A)

22. The concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity enshrined in the Indian Constitution is inspired from– 
(A) Irish Constitution (B) French Constitution (C) US Constitution (D) UK Constitution (Ans : B)

23. If the pressure in a closed vessel is reduced by drawing out some gas, the mean free path of the gas molecules will– 
(A) increase (B) increase or decrease depending on the nature of the gas (C) decrease (D) remain unchanged (Ans : A)

24. A plant with green leaves placed in red light will appear– 
(A) Black (B) Violet (C) Green (D) Red (Ans : A)

25. Which type of molecular motion does not contribute towards internal energy? 
(A) None of these (B) Rotational (C) Vibrational (D) Translational (Ans : D)

26. The minor irrigation schemes have Cultural Command Area (CCA) upto– 
(A) 1500 hectares (B) 2000 hectares (C) 3000 hectares (D) 2500 hectares (Ans : B)

27. Viruses that infect bacteria are called– 
(A) Basal body (B) Basophils (C) Basidiospores (D) Bacteriophages (Ans : D)

28. Which of the following Islands is under direct threat of rising sea levels due to climate change has appealed for help from European leaders? 
(A) Nauru (B) Tuvalu Islands (C) Palau (D) Marshall Islands (Ans : B)

29. In terms of value, India's exports in Descending order are– 
(A) Textiles, Gems and Jewellery, Engineering goods (B) Gems & Jewellery, Textiles, Engineering goods 
(C) Textiles, Engineering goods, Gems and Jewellery (D) Engineering goods, Gems and Jewellery, Textiles (Ans : D)

30. The lethal dose required to kill 50% of the lab animals tested under standard is referred as– 
(A) LD₅₀ (B) ID₅₀ (C) MLD (D) ID (Ans : A)

31. Comptroller and Auditor General of India is not responsible for– 
(A) Regulating Reserve Bank of India (B) Issue of money from the Consolidated Fund 
(C) Accounting of States & UTs, and Auditing of all Government Institutions (D) Making payments to the States (Ans : A)

32. Which of the following determines whether a group of organisms that is from the same genus and species arise from a common source or from different sources ? 
(A) Biotyping (B) Phage typing (C) DNA hybridization (D) Serotyping (Ans : C)

33. The method of age determination called "radioactive uranium dating" cannot be used to determine the age of– 
(A) minerals on earth (B) fossils and plant bodies (C) rocks (D) the earth (Ans : B)

34. How many times did Babur invade India before 1526 A.D. ? 
(A) Five times (B) Two times (C) None of these (D) Four times (Ans : D)

35. The directive principles of state policy of the Indian Constitution is an idea borrowed from the Constitution of– 
(A) Australian (B) Ireland (C) Russian (D) American (Ans : B)

36. Demand curve is indeterminate under– 
(A) monopoly (B) oligopoly (C) duopoly (D) pure competition (Ans : B)

37. Altocumulus clouds occur at altitude of– 
(A) 1000 m –1800 m (B) 2000 m – 6000 m (C) 10000 m – 12000 m (D) 6000 m – 10000 m (Ans : B)

38. Professor Ramesh Chand has been appointed as new full time member of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. He is a– 
(A) Renowned English Professor (B) None of these
(C) Renowned Agriculture Expert (D) Renowned Physics Professor (Ans : C)

39. Basic problems of an economy is/are– 
(A) Decide as to what, how and for whom to produce (B) Providing Social Security and employment to all 
(C) Providing basic requirements of life to all 
(D) Elimination of poverty and reduction of inequalities of income and wealth (Ans : A)

40. Parliamentary Government is a form of Constitutional democracy in which– 
(A) the legislature emerge from and is responsible to the executive 
(B) the legislatures emerge from and is responsible to the judiciary 
(C) the executives emerge from and is responsible to the judiciary 
(D) the executive emerge from and is responsible to the legislature (Ans : D)

41. U-235 belongs to which member of the series? 
(A) Actinium series (B) Uranium series (C) Thorium series (D) Neptunium series (Ans : B)

42. The book "Globalization Democratization and Distributive Justice" has been authored by– 
(A) Karan Bajaj (B) Mool Chand Sharma (C) Anita Nair (D) Salman Rushdies (Ans : B)

43. The principle involved in the absorption of water by soil is– 
(A) Suction action (B) Capillary action (C) Principle of absorption (D) Condensation (Ans : B)

44. Which of the following is present in maximum amount in acid rain ? 
(A) H₂CO₃ (B) HCl (C) H₂SO₄ (D) HNO₃ (Ans : A)

45. In which of the following year the Gandhi- Irwin Pact was signed ? 
(A) 1931 (B) 1932 (C) 1935 (D) 1929 (Ans : A)

46. Which of the following Football teams won UEFA Super Cup of Georgia on August 12, 2015 ? 
(A) Atlatico Madrid (B) Sevilla (C) Real Madrid (D) Barcelona (Ans : D)

47. If the selling price of a product under perfect competition is Rs. 25, the Marginal Revenue will be– 
(A) less than Rs. 25 (B) more than Rs. 25 (C) zero (D) equal to Rs. 25 (Ans : D)

48. Starch is insoluble in water but still it is stored in large quantity in potato because– 
(A) it is synthesized in potato root (B) soil microorganisms deposit it in the tuber 
(C) it is translocated in the form of sugar from leaves (D) it is useful for human (Ans : A)

49. Marginal Revenue is– 
(A) Revenue realized on every unit sold (B) The average revenue of a firm 
(C) Revenue realized on the sale of an extra units (D) Revenue realized from the sale of all units (Ans : C)

50. In Indian architecture 'Surkhi' was introduced by– 
(A) Guptas (B) Kushans (C) Sultanate Sultans (D) Mughals (Ans : C)

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SSC EXAMS

1. Who was sworn in as the new President of Brazil on August 31, 2016?
1) Jose Alencar
2) Marco Maia
3) Romero Juca
4) Michel Temer

2. Who among the following was awarded the Vyas Samman for the year 2015 on August 17, 2016?
1) Pratibha Ray
2) Sunita Jain
3) Viswanath Tripathi
4) Mahasweta Devi

3. The first Maritime India Summit was held in April 2016 in?
1) Kolkata
2) Kochi
3) Mumbai
4) Visakhapatnam

4. Pulitzer Prizes are awarded for excellence in?
1) Sports
2) Films
3) Television
4) Journalism

5. Ratchanok Intanon won the Yonex- Sunrise Indian Open Super Series badminton title in New Delhi in April 2016. She belongs to?
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam

6. Which of the following cities is located on the banks of the river Hudson?
1) Vienna
2) Warsaw
3) Paris
4) New York

7. Highveld grasslands are located in which of the following continents?
1) Australia
2) Africa
3) Europe
4) South America

8. The minor planets found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called?
1) Asteroids
2) Comets
3) Meteors
4) Novas

9. Isobar is a line on a map connecting points having the same:
1) Humidity
2) Pressure
3) Temperature
4) Sunshine

10. West Indies won their second World T20 title after beating which of the following countries in the men's final?
1) Australia
2) India
3) Sri Lanka
4) England

11. Which of the following books is written by V.S. Naipaul?
1) Diamond Dust
2) A Passage to India
3) A House for Mr. Biswas
4) Darkness at Noon

12. Ramachandra Pandurang was an Indian leader in the Rebellion of 1857. He was popularly known as?
1) Mangal Pandey
2) Tatya Tope
3) Nana Saheb
4) Kunwar Singh

13. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the 1907 Surat session?
1) Lala Lajpat Rai
2) Aurobindo Ghosh
3) Rasbihari Ghosh
4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

14. Which of the following books was written by Lala Lajpat Rai?
1) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
2) Poverty of India
3) India Wins Freedom
4) Unhappy India

15. At which of the following Indian National Congress sessions Subhash Chandra Bose was
elected the President defeating Pattabhi Sitaramayya?
1) Tripuri session, 1939
2) Nagpur session, 1920
3) Lahore session, 1929
4) Haripura session, 1938

16. Biogas mainly consists of:
1) Hydrogen and Oxygen
2) Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide
3) Hydrogen and Methane
4) Methane and Carbon dioxide

17. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)?
1) Nigeria
2) Algeria
3) Iraq
4) Bangladesh

18. Calorimeter is an instrument used to measure:
1) Altitude
2) Atmospheric pressure
3) Heat
4) Velocity of sound

19. Dhamra Port is situated in which of the following States?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Maharashtra
4) Tamil Nadu

20. Which of the following sectors contributes maximum to the National Income of India?
1) Agriculture
2) Industries
3) Services
4) None of these

21. What is the meaning of Mixed Economy?
1) Coexistence of public and private sectors
2) Coexistence of rich and poor
3) Coexistence of large and small industries
4) Coexistence of wholesale and retail markets

22. Who is the present President of Afghanistan?
1) Hamid Karzai
2) Ashraf Ghani
3) Hamid Gul
4) Abdullah Abdullah

23. "Chhatimtala" is a famous spot in which of the following universities?
1) Banaras Hindu University
2) University of Calcutta
3) Visva Bharati University
4) University of Allahabad

24. The McMohan Line is the boundary between India and?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) China

25. Marusthali region is situated in which of the following Indian states?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Madhya Pradesh

26. With which of the following sports the term "Tee" is associated?
1) Billiards
2) Chess
3) Golf
4) Cricket

27. Cell walls are present in:
1) Plant cells
2) Animal cells
3) Both plant and animal cells
4) Both plant and bacterial cells

28. Who is the author of the book "Arthasastra"?
1) Megasthanese
2) Banabhatta
3) Kautilya
4) Chandragupta Maurya

29. The Indian Parliament consists of:
1) The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha
2) The Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the Chief Justice of India
3) The President, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha
4) The President, the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the Chief Justice of India

30. Which of the following transports food produced by the leaves in plants?
1) Xylem
2) Proxylem
3) Phloem
4) Epidermis

31. Who proposed the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics?
1) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
2) Charles Darwin
3) William Dall
4) Gregor Mendel

32. "To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India" is a:
1) Fundamental right
2) Fundamental duty
3) Directive principle of state policy
4) Directive of the Supreme Court of India

33. Which of the following soils is favorable for the cultivation of cotton crop?
1) Lateritic soils
2) Red soils
3) Regur soils
4) Saline soils

34. Active Euthanasia is legal in which of the following countries?
1) Belgium
2) Netherlands
3) Luxembourg
4) All 1, 2 and 3

35. The anti malarial drug Quinine is obtained from which of the following plants?
1) Neem
2) Cinnamon
3) Cinchona
4) Eucalyptus

36. Goiter (Enlargement of the Thyroid gland) is mainly due to the deficiency of:
1) Sodium
2) Calcium
3) Iron
4) Iodine

37. Broken Hill known for its lead and zinc mining is located in which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) Turkey
3) Germany
4) USA

38. A nautical mile is equal to approximately:
1) 5060 feet
2) 6076 feet
3) 5280 feet
4) 6606 feet

39. Sirocco is the name of the wind that is prevalent in:
1) North African desert
2) Rocky mountains
3) Alps
4) Thar desert

40. Which of the following organizations provides a link between South Asia and South East Asia by way of economic cooperation?
1) SAARC
2) ASEAN
3) APEC
4) BIMSTEC

41. Who among the following is the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute?
1) P.C. Mahalanobis
2) Vikram Sarabhai
3) Homi J. Bhaba
4) C.N.R. Rao

42. Malarial parasite belongs to which of the following phyla?
1) Nematoda
2) Protozoa
3) Arthropoda
4) Porifera

43. The main constituent of Gobar gas is?
1) Acetylene
2) Propane
3) Methane
4) None of these

44. Prague is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1) Slovakia
2) Slovenia
3) Bulgaria
4) Czech Republic

45. Gir forest is located in the State of:
1) Odisha
2) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Assam

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