SSC CGL 2016 01-09-16 - II

Directions: In the questions given below, four options have been given. Click on the option which you think is the RIGHT ANSWER to the question. You can change the answer any number of times.

QuestionAns

1. Special Drawing Rights were created by

  1. IBRD
  2. ADB
  3. IMF
  4. WTO

2. In which of the following States India’s first Green Rail Corridor was recently launched

  1. Karnataka
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Himachal Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu

3. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body?

  1. 11° channel
  2. 10° channel
  3. Palk Strait
  4. Gulf of Mannar

4. The suicidal bags of the cell are

  1. Lysosomes
  2. Ribosomes
  3. Dictyosomes
  4. Phagosomes

5. In arc welding, Argon is used because of its

  1. Low reactivity with metal
  2. Ability to lower the melting point of the metal
  3. High flammability
  4. High calorific value

6. In India, which city is also known as ‘City of Palaces’?

  1. Jaipur
  2. Kolkata
  3. Gwalior
  4. Udaipur

7. Inert gases are

  1. Miscible with water
  2. Not stable
  3. Chemically unreactive
  4. Chemically very active

8. Chemical name of vinegar is

  1. Acetone
  2. Acetic acid
  3. Formaldehyde
  4. Ethanol

9. Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival?

  1. Onam
  2. Pongal
  3. Bihu
  4. Hornbill

10. Aung San Suu Kyi is the

  1. Prime minister of Myanmar
  2. President of Myanmar
  3. Foreign Minister of Myanmar
  4. Home Minister of Myanmar

11. The amount of insurance cover provided by Indian Railways for passengers at a premium of Re. 1 is

  1. Rs. One lakh
  2. Rs. Fifty thousands
  3. Rs. Ten lakhs
  4. Rs. Five lakhs

12. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by

  1. Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
  2. Elected members of legislative Council
  3. The people
  4. Lok Sabha

13. Which of these is a dwarf planet?

  1. Neptune
  2. Titan
  3. Eris
  4. Hydra

14. The concept of joint sector implies cooperation between

  1. Public sector and private sector industries
  2. State Government and central Government
  3. Domestic and Foreign Companies
  4. None of these

15. What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’?

  1. Forge cordial relations with the British
  2. Purify Islam
  3. Improve the condition of women
  4. Adopt rational education


QuestionAns

16. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by cabinet is to be setup in

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Karnataka
  4. Madhya Pradesh

17. Who among the following is credited with starting the work on plant tissue culture?

  1. F.C. Steward
  2. P. Maheshwari
  3. P.R. White
  4. Haberlandt

18. What causes the mottling of the dental enamel?

  1. High levels of chlorine in water
  2. High levels of nitrate in the water
  3. High levels of fluorides in the water
  4. High levels of calcium in the water

19. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the glittering of air bubble rising through water?

  1. Reflection of light
  2. Refraction of light
  3. Total internal reflection of light
  4. Scattering of light

20. In an optical fibre the signal is transmitted

  1. in a straight line path
  2. In a curved path
  3. due to total internal reflection
  4. Due to refraction

21. In IT, the method for updating the main memory as soon as a word is removed from the cache is called

  1. Write-through
  2. Write-back
  3. Protected-write
  4. Cache-write

22. Which one of the following is not a non-conventional source of energy?

  1. Solar Energy
  2. Natural Gas
  3. Wind Energy
  4. Tidal Power

23. The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth was

  1. Challenger
  2. Galileo
  3. Discovery
  4. Voyager-2

24. Selling cost have to be incurred in case of

  1. Perfect competition
  2. Monopoly
  3. Monopolistic Competition
  4. None of the given options

25. The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?

  1. Allahabad Pillar inscription
  2. Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
  3. Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II
  4. Bhitan inscription of Skandgupta