General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 13|

General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 13|

SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper - 2011

Held on : 26-06-2011    

1st Sitting ! Set 13

1. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency, then it is called :

1. Appreciation

2. Depreciation

3. Revaluation

4. Deflation

2. Inflation redistribution income and wealth in favour of :

1. Pensioners

2. Poor

3. Middle class

4. Rich

3. The fringe benefit tax introduced in the Budget of 

1. 2003-04

2. 2004-05

3. 2005-06

4. 2006-07

4. Judicial review in the Indian Constitution is based on :

1. Rule of Law

2. Due process of Law

3. Procedure established by Law

4. Precedents and Conventions

5. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on :

1. 26th Jan,1950

2. 26th Dec,1949

3. 26th Nov,1949

4. 30th Nov,1949

6. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly ?

1. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

2. Sardar Patel

3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

7. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the Indian Parliament to the World Parliamentary systems ?

1. Question hour

2. Zero hour

3. Resolutions

4. Presidential Speech

8. The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of :

1. 60 year

2. 65 year

3. 62 year

4. 58 year

9. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was :

1. Kautilya

2. Seleucus Nicator

3. Megasthenes

4. Justin

10. Identity the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :

1. The French

2. The Portuguese

3. The Dutch

4. The English

11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by : 

1. Swami Vivekananda

2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

3. Aurobindo Ghosh

4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because :

1. They felt that it was only an eyewash

2. All the members of the commission were English 

3. The members of the commission were biased against India 

4. It did not meet the demands of the Indians 

13. Who among the following British persons admitted the revolt of 1857 as a national revolt ? 

1. Lord Dalhousie

2. Lord Canning

3. Lord Ellenborough 

4. Disraeli

14. How much of the earth's land surface is desert ?

1. 1/10th

2. 1/5th

3. 1/3rd

4. 1/6th

15. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of india' ?

1. Mangalore

2. Nagapattinam

3. Kochi

4. Nellore

16. River Indus originates from : 

1. Hindukush range

2. Himalayan range

3. Karakoram range

4. Kailash range

17. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is :

1. Stratosphere

2. Thermosphere

3. Troposphere

4. Mesosphere

18. The Konkan Railway connects : 

1. Goa - Mangalore

2. Roha - Mangalore

3. Kanyakumari - Mangalore

4. Kanyakumari - Mumbai

19. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment

1. Cinnamon

2. Clove

3. Neem

4. Palm

20. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariate in Delhi ?

1. Sir Edward Lutyens

2. Herbert Baker

3. Robert Tor Russell

4. Antonin Raymond

21. Saliva helps in the digestion of :

1. Fats

2. Starch

3. Proteins

4. Vitamins

22. The longest bone in the human body is :

1. Ulna

2. Humerus

3. Femur

4. Tibia

23. Red data book gives information about species which are : 

1. Extinct

2. Endangered

3. Dangerous

4. Rare

24. Which of the following is the smallest bird ?

1. Pigeon

2. Parrot

3. Humming bird

4. House sparrow

25. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the moon would : 

1. Remain the same

2. Decrease

3. Become zero

4. Increase