General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 4|

General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 4|

SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper - 2003

1. Match the dams and the rivers across which those have been constructed .

Dam                                       River

a. Gandhi sagar                  1. Bhagirathi

b. Jayakwadi                       2. Krishna

c. Nagarjuna                       3. Godavari

d. Tehri                                4. Chambal 

     a          b           c           d

1.  4          3            2          1

2.  3          1            4          2

3.  2          4            3          1

4.  4          2.           1.         3

Ans : 1

2. Which among the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore ?

1. Chitra 

2. Kapala kundala

3. The Court Dancer

4. Chithrangada

Ans : 2

3. Clove, the commonly used spice, is obtained from the

1. Fruit

2. Stem

3. Root

4. Flower bud

Ans : 4

4. Which amongst the following States/UT has not identified tribal community ?

1. Chhattisgarh

2. Haryana

3. Maharashtra

4. Karnataka

Ans : 2

5. From where did India introduced cultivation of tobacco/ tapioca/ pineapple ?

1. Pacific Islands

2. Africa

3. South America

4. China

Ans : 1

6. What is the colour of light related to ?

1. Amplitude

2. Frequency

3. Quality

4. Velocity

Ans : 1

7. What principle/ law explains the working of hydraulic brakes in automobiles ?

1. Bernoulli's law

2. Posieulle's principle

3. Pascal's law

4. Archimedes principle

Ans : 1

8. What did the Hunter commission appointed by the viceroy probe ?

1. Bardoli satyagraha

2. Khilafat Agitation

3. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

4. Chauri chaura incident

Ans : 3

9. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka ?

1. Kamban, Banabhatta, Aswa Ghosh

2. Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra

3. Asvagosha, kalidasa, Banabhatta

4. Kalidasa, kamban, Vasumitra

Ans : 2

10. Which of the following non members of Parliament has the right to address it ?

1. Attorney-General of India

2. Solicitor-General of India

3. Chief Justice of India

4. Chief Election Commissioner

Ans : 1

11. Match the artist with their art form.

   Artist                       Art Form 

a. Jatin Das                          1. Sitar

b. Parveen Sultana            2. Painting

c. Pradosh Das Gupta        3. Hindustani music

d. Ustad Vilayat Khan       4. Sculpture

       a        b         c         d

1.    1        2         3         4

2.    2        3         4         1

3.    3        4         2         1

4.    4        1         3         2

Ans : 2

12. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley ?

1. Godavari

2. Narmada

3. Krishna

4. Mahanadi

Ans : 2

13. Who became the youngest Grand Master of India ?

1. Vishwanathan Anand

2. Dibyendu Barua

3. Pendyala Hari Krishna

4. Pravin Thipsay

Ans : 3

14. What are the blood corpuscles that help to build up resistance against diseases ?

1. Leucocytes

2. Monocytes

3. Neutrophils

4. Lymphocytes

Ans : 1

15. Which is the gland that holds the body's thermostat ?

1. Pineal

2. Pituitary

3. Thyroid

4. Hypothalamus

Ans : 3

16. Rajya Sabha enjoys more powers than the Lok Sabha in the case of

1. Money Bill

2. Non-money Bill

3. Setting up of new All India Services

4. Amendment of the Constitution 

Ans : 4

17. What is the most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes ?

1. Sodium Oxide and argon

2. Sodium vapour and neon

3. Mercury vapour and argon

4. Mercury oxide and neon

Ans : 3

18. Who among the following music composers was deaf ?

1. Beethovan LV.

2. Bach J. S. 

3. Richard Strauss

4. Johannes Brahms

Ans : 1

19. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India ?

1. Nagarjuna

2. Manas

3. Pench

4. Corbett

Ans : 4

20. Which of the following, Mahatma Gandhi series of currency notes issued by the RBI has "ecology" depicted on it ?

1. Rs 500

2. Rs 100

3. Rs 50

4. Rs 5

Ans : 4

21. Which country/countries started privatisation of state-owned enterprises as a major state policy ?

1. UK under Mrs.Margaret Thatcher

2. Russia in the C. I. S.

3. Mexico/Argentina/Brazil

4. Italy/French/Malaysia

Ans : 1

22. What has been the order of India's imports during the last three years ?

1. US $ 30 billion

2. US $ 40 billion

3. US $ 50 billion

4. US $ 60 billion

Ans : 2

23. Who were made the permanent members of the U.N. Security -Council ?

1. One representative from each continent

2. Five major powers of the Allied forces in the second world war 

3. Five members elected by the U.N. General Assembly at the initial Constitution 

4. Funding members of the U.N.

Ans : 2

24. Which of the following writs/Supreme Court is sought to get an order of an authority quashed ?

1. Mandamus

2. Certiorari

3. Quo warranto

4. Habeas Corpus

Ans : 3

25. Which is the earliest Engineering Educational institution in India ?

1. Birla Institute of technology & science , Pilani

2. I.I.T. , Kharagpur

3. Roorkee Engineering college , ( I.I.T Roorkee )

4. BHU ( IT ) , Varanasi

Ans : 3

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