General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET-25

General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET-25

1. Which relation is wrong ?

(a) 1 cal = 4.18 j
(b) 1 A°= 10^-10
(c) 1u = 10^-6
(d) 1 mile = 1.12 km

2. An ant is moving on thin (negligible thickness) circular wire. How many coordinates do you require to complete the motion of the ant ?

(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Zero

3. When two cubes of ice are pressed on each other , what is the cause of their being one ?

(a) Van Der Waals Force
(b) Dipole Moment
(c) Hydrogen Bond Formation
(d) Covalent Attraction

4. The earliest Surat factories were established by the

(a) Portugese
(b) Dutch
(c) English
(d) French

5. The proposals for the partition of the India into India and Pakistan were contained in the

(a) Cripps Mission proposals
(b) Cabinet Mission proposals
(c) Prime Minister Atlee's statement of 20th feb,1947
(d) Mountbatten Plan of 3rd june,1947

6. In the Indus Valley Civilisation, the unit of weights and measurements was

(a) six
(b) eight
(c) twelve
(d) sixteen

7. Vimanas in the temple architecture was a feature of the

(a) Cholas
(b) Rashtrakutas
(c) Chalukyas
(d) Pallavas

8. Which Greek ruler was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya ?

(a) Megasthenese
(b) Seleucus
(c) Alexander
(d) Darius

9. Asteroids of Planetoids circle between

(a) Venus and Earth
(b) Mars and Earth
(c) Mars and Jupiter
(d) Jupiter and Saturn

10. Lakshadweep Islands are situated in the

(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Palak Strait
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Bay of Bengal

11. Which state in India is the largest producer of natural rubber ?

(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka

12. The correct sequence of the given countries in progressively increasing order of their standard times in relation to the Greenwich Mean Time is

(a) Egypt,Iraq,India,Japan
(b) Egypt,India,Iraq,Japan
(c) Iraq,Egypt,India,Japan
(d) Iraq,India,Egypt,Japan

13. Chemical weathering is most active in regions characterised by

(a) hot and dry climate
(b) cold and dry climate
(c) hot and wet climate
(d) cold and wet climate

14. What is the total number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha ?

(a) 69 and 30 respectively
(b) 84 and 47 respectively
(c) 89 and 50 respectively
(d) None of the above

15. Which of the following committees are the Parliamentary Financial Committees ?

(a) Public Account Committee
(b) Estimates Committee
(c) Committee on Public Undertakings

(a) a and c
(b) a and b
(c) b and c
(d) None of these

16. What is 'Zero Hour' ?

(a) when the proposals of the opposition are considered

(b) when matters of utmost importance are raised

(d) when a money bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha

17. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by

(a) Attorney-General of India
(b) Solicitor-General of India
(c) Chief Justice of India
(d) Chief Election Commissioner

18. 42nd Amendment included additions to the directive principles related to three of the following matters.

1. Participation of workers in the management of industry.
2. Minimising inequality in income and status.
3. Protection of the environment.
4. Free legal aid to the poor.

(a) 1,3 and 4
(b) 1,2 and 3
(c) 1,2 and 4
(d) 2,3 and 4

19. Currency notes of the RBI are backed by certain assets.These assets must not be less than a prescribed amount of

(a) Gold and foreign securities
(b) Gold
(c) Government securities
(d) Gold , foreign securities and Government securities

20. Which of the following passes lies in the sutlej valley ?

(a) Nathu la
(b) Jelep la
(c) shipki la
(d) shera bathanga

21. Which of the following steel plants is not managed by Indian Steel Authority Limited ?

(a) Selaam Rust Resistant Steel Plant
(b) Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant
(c) Alloy Steel Plant , Durgapur
(d) Bokaro Steel Plant

22. Lepcha tribe is found in which of the following state ?

(a) Meghalaya
(b) Sikkim
(c) Mizoram
(d) Manipur

23. The famous Bronze image of Nataraja is a fine example of which art ?

(a) Chola Art
(b) Gandhar Art
(c) Mathura Art
(d) Maurya Art

24. One of the observatories established by Sawai Jai Singh was at