General Awareness Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL with solution

General Awareness Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL with solution

 

1. What is the name of parliament of Iran ?

a. Majlis
b. Congress
c. Duma
d. Diet

2. Who was the Nawab of Bengal Tiger during " Battle of Plassey" ?

a. Siraj-ud-daula
b. Mir Qasim
c. Mir Jafar
d. None of these

3. Kautilya's "Arthashastra" mainly deals with......

a. Economic doctrines
b. Political state craft
c. Social aspects
d. Military aspects

4. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was

a. Balban
b. Adam Shah
c. Qutubuddin Aibak
d. Iltutmish

5. In the case of deadlock between the two houses of the Parliament, the joint sitting is presided over by the......

a. Senior most member of lok sabha
b. Vice-president
c. Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. President

6. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was

a. Dantidurga
b. Nagbhatta 2
c. Vatsaraj
d. Mihir Bhoj

7. In 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating

a. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. VB Patel
d. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

8. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?

a. Chanakya-Chandragupta
b. Akbar-Todarmal
c. Vikramaditya-Chaitanya
d. Harshavardhan-Hiuen Tsang

9. If the President wants to resign from his office,he may do so by writing to the

a. Chief Justice of India
b. Speaker of Lok Sabha
c. Prime Minister
d. Vice President

10. Members of the Union Public Service Commission are appointed by the

a. President
b. Prime Minister
c. Chief Justice
d. Law Minister

11. B-diversity is also known as

a. Ecosystem diversity
b. Between habitat diversity
c. Within habitat diversity
d. Global diversity

12. Which one of the following river does not originate in Indian territory ?

a. Brahmaputra
b. Mahanadi
c. Sona
d. Ganga

13. The South-East trade winds are attached towards the Indian sub-continent in the rainy season due to

a. The effect of easterlies
b. The development of cyclone over the equator
c. The presence of low atmospheric pressure Over North-west India
d. The effect of Northern-East trade winds

14. Kerala is the famous for the cultivation of

a. Coconut
b. Black-pepper
c. Rubber
d. Rice

A. 2 , 3 and 4
B. 1 , 2 and 4
C. 1 and 4
D. 1 , 2 and 3

15. " Wall Street" is the name of the

a. Stock Exchange of New York
b. Stock Exchange of Kolkata
c. Super Market in Mumbai
d. Indian Township in Washington

16. Name the Italian traveller who visited the Vijaynagar Empire in 1420 AD .

a. Domingos Paes
b. Edoardo Barbosa
c. Nicolo de Conti
d. Abdur Razzaq

17. Which one of the following dynasties established an independent rule in Bijapur ?

a. Imad Shahi
b. Nizam Shahi
c. Qutb Shahi
d. Adil Shahi

18. Who among the following enjoyed the patronage of Sultans from Balban to Ghiyas- ud-din Tughlaq ?

a. Ibn Batutah
b. Badauni
c. Zia-ud-din Barani
d. Amir Khusro

19. What is the main duty of the Legislature ?

a. Enacting laws
b. Implementing judicial matters
c. Implementing laws
d. Central administration

20. The most important feature of Cabinet System of Government is

a. Individual responsibility
b. Collective responsibility
c. Responsibility to none
d. Non-responsibility

21. Who gave the idea of " Cabinet Dictatorship"?

a. Muir
b. Lowell
c. Marriot
d. Ladki

22. Sink hole is a phenomenon of...... topography

a. Desert
b. Plain
c. Karst
d. Tundra

23. Kandla port is located at

a. Gulf of khambat
b. Kori Creek
c. Gulf of Kutch
d. None of these

24. Which of the following forests grows in waterlogged areas ?

a. Mangrove
b. Evergreen
c. Deciduous
d. Coniferous

25. Nag Tiba and Mahabharat ranges are included in

a. Sub-Himalayas
b. Trans-Himalayas
c. Greater Himalayas
d. Lesser Himalayas