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Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination General Awareness/ General Knowledge Solved Question Paper And Answers Paper - 26-06-2011 First Sitting

1. Judicial review in the Indian Constitution is based on
(A) Rule of Law
(B) Due process of Law
(C) Procedure established by Law
(D) Precedents and Conventions

2. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on
(A) 26th January 1950
(B) 26th December 1949
(C) 26th November 1949
(D) 30th November 1949

3. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

4. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the Indian Parliament to the World Parliamentary systems?
(A) Question hour (B) Zero hour
(C) Resolutions
(D) Presidential speech

5. The Judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of
(A) 60 years (B) 65 years
(C) 62 years (D) 58 years

6. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency, then it is called
(A) Appreciation (B) Depreciation
(C) Revaluation (D) Deflation

7. Inflation redistributes income and wealth in favour of
(A) Pensioners (B) Poor
(C) Middle class (D) Rich

8. The fringe benefit tax was introduced in the budget of
(A) 2003-04 (B) 2004-05
(C) 2005-06 (D) 2006-07

9. In the Budget estimates for 2011-12, and allocation of Rs. 400 crore had been made to bring in a green revolution in the East in the cropping system of
(A)Wheat (B) Rice
(C) Jowar (D) Pulses

10. As announced by the Finance Minister in his budget speech on 28-2-2011, the income tax exemption limit for individuals other than senior citizen and women has been raised to
(A) Rs. 1,80,000 (B) Rs. 1,90,000
(C) Rs. 2,00,000 (D) Rs. 2,50,000

11. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
(A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Canning
(C) Lord Ellenborough
(D) Disraeli

12. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's court was
(A) Kautilya (B) Selecus Nicator
(C) Megasthenes (D) Justin

13. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition.
(A) The French (B) The Portuguese
(C) The Dutch (D) The English

14. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

15. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because
(A) they felt that it was only an eyewash
(B) all the numbers of the Commission were english
(C) the members of the Commission were biased against India
(D) it did not meet the demands of the Indians

16. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is
(A) Stratosphere (B) Thermosphere
(C) Troposphere (D) Mesosphere

17. The Konkan Railway connects
(A) Goa—Mangalore
(B) Roha—Mangalore
(C) Kanyakumari—Mangalore
(D) Kanyakumari—Mumbai

18. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment—
(A) Cinnamon (B) Clove
(C) Neem (D) Palm

19. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert?
(A) 1/10th (B) 1/5th
(C) 1/3rd (D) 1/6th

20. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'?
(A) Mangalore (B) Nagapatnam
(C) Kochi (D) Nellore

21. River Indus originates from
(A) Hindukush range
(B) Himalayan range
(C) Karakoram range
(D) Kailash range

22. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by
(A) gravity (B) winds
(C) clouds
(D) rotation of the Earth

23. The function of ball bearings in a wheel is
(A) to increase friction
(B) to convert kinetic friction into rolling friction
(C) to convert static friction into kinetic friction
(D) just for convenience

24. 'Shock-absorbers' are usually made of steel as it
(A) is not brittle
(B) has lower elasticity
(C) has higher elasticity
(D) has no ductile property

25. The first computer made available for commercial use was
(A) MANIAC (B) ENIAC
(C) UNIVAC (D) EDSAC

26. A communication network which is used by large organizations over regional, national or global area is called
(A) LAN (B) WAN
(C) MAN (D) VAN

27. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat in Delhi?
(A) Sir Edward Lutyens
(B) Hebert Baker
(C) Robert Tor Russell
(D) Antonin Raymond

28. Saliva helps in the digestion of
(A) Fats (B) Starch
(C) Proteins (D) Vitamins

29. The longest bone in the human body is
(A) Ulna (B) Humerus
(C) Femur (D) Tibia

30. Red data book gives information about species which are
(a) extinct (b) endangered
(c) dangerous (d) rare

31. Which of the following is the smallest bird?
(A) Pigeon (B) Parrot
(C) Humming bird (D) House sparrow

32. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would.
(A) remain the same (B) decrease
(C) become zero (D) increase

33. Indian Army's Operation 'Saiyam' was related to
(A) Kashmir
(B) Indo-China Border in the Central Region
(C) North-East
(D) Indo-Pak Border in Punjab and Rajasthan

34. Which of the following could be used as fuel in propellant or rockets?
(A) Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Nitrogen
(B) Liquid Oxygen + Liquid Argon
(C) Liquid Nitrogen + Liquid Oxygen
(D) Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Oxygen

35. The addition of gypsum to Portland cement helps in
(A) increasing the strength of cement
(B) rapid setting of cement
(C) preventing rapid setting of cement
(D) reduction in the cost of cement

36. White lung disease is prevalent among the workers of
(A) Paper industry
(B) Cement industry
(C) Cotton industry
(D) Pesticide industry

37. Indoform is used as an
(A) antipyretic (B) analgesic
(C) antiseptic (D) anaesthetic

38. An artificial ecosystem is represented by
(A) pisciculture tank(B) agricultural land
(C) zoo (D) aquarium

39. The constituents of automobile exhaust that can cause cancer is/are
(A) Oxides of nitrogen
(B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Polycyclic hydrocarbons
(D) Lead

40. The optimum dissolved oxygen level (in mg/litre) required for survival of aquatic organisms is
(A) 4-6 (B) 2-4
(C) 8-10 (D) 12-16

41. The word's only floating national park is situated in
(A) Manipur
(B) Kula Lumpur
(C) Bilaspur
(D) Dispur

42. According to the latest 'Education Development Index' based on a series of surveys conducted by the National University of Education, Planning and Administration and released in February, 2011, the state with the highest Development Index is
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(C) Punjab (D) Gujarat

43. The 'Project Snow Leopard' to conserve the endangered species, launched by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests covers the states of
(A) Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh only
(B) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand only
(C) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh only
(D) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

44. In the Railway Budget for 2011-12, an outlay of Rs. 57,630 crore has been announced for adding new lines with length of
(A) 1000 km (B) 1200 km
(C) 1300 km (D) 1500 km

45. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan's main island by a few feet and has caused the Earth's axis to wobble is expected to lead to the shortening of the day by
(A) 1.6 microseconds
(B) 2.3 microseconds
(C) 3.1 microseconds
(D) 3.4 microseconds

46. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Uttar Pradesh?
(A) Veedhi (B) Thora
(C) Tamasha (D) Rauf

47. Which of the following books has been written by Atiq Rahimi?
(A) Earth and Ashes (B) This Savage Rite
(C) The Red Devil (D) Witness the Night

48. Who is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 in Hindi Literature category?
(A) Uday Prakash (B) Laxman Dubey
(C) Nanjil Nanda (D) Mangat Badal

49. The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at
(A) Paris (B) Berlin
(C) Johannesburg (D) London

50.Who of the following received Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar for 2009 in 'Hindustani Vocal Music'?
(A) Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
(B) Ragini Chander Shekar
(C) Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Radha
(D) K. Nellai Manikandan
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