General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 42|
1. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar ?
1. Guru Amar Das
2. Guru Ram Das
3. Guru Arjan Dev
4. Guru Har Govind
Ans : 2
The foundation of Amritsar was laid in 1577 by Guru Ramdas (1534-81).
He inaugurated the digging of the Holy tank Amritsar (pool of nectar) on a piece of land which was gifted by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to Guru Ramdas' wife Bibi Bhani.
Amritsar was originally called Ramdaspur - Guru Ramdas's City (literally the City of God's Servant).
2. In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976 , which word was added to the Preamble ?
1. Democratic
2. Equality
3. Secular
4. Socialist
Ans :
The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 amended the Preamble and changed the description of India from 'Sovereign Democratic Republic' to a 'Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic'.
It also changed the words "unity of the nation" to "unity and integrity of the nation".
3. Which monument is known as "The National Monument of India" ?
1. India Gate
2. Gateway of India
3. Raj Ghat
4. Red Fort
Ans : 1
The India Gate, originally called the all India war Memorial, is the National monument of India.
Located in New Delhi, it is a memorial to 82,000 soldiers of the undivided Indian Army who died in the period 1914 - 21.
13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate.
4. Which of the following country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup ?
1. Sudan
2. Turkey
3. Maldives
4. Syria
Ans : 2
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 20 July 2016 declared a three month state of emergency following a botched coup attempt.
The emergency allows the President and Cabinet to bypass Parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.
5. The award which , the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi , who passed away recently , did not win
1. Sahitya Akademi Award
2. Jnanpith Award
3. Magsaysay Award
4. Padam Vibhushan
Ans :
Mahashweta Devi was an Indian Bengali fiction writer and social activist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali) in 1979 for her Novel, titled Aranyer Adhikar.
She then won the Jnanpith Award in 1996, Ramon Magsaysay Award (Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts) in 1997 and the Padma Vibhushan for Literature & Education in 2006.
6. Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India ?
1. Coimbatore
2. Salem
3. Thanjavur
4. Madurai
Ans : 1
Coimbatore in Tamilnadu is often referred to as the "Manchester of South India" due to its cotton production and textile industries.
It is also referred to as the "Pump City" as it supplies nearly half of India's requirements of motors and pumps.
Coimbatore a major hub for textiles, industries, Commerce, Education, information technology and manufacturing in Tamil Nadu.
7. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a
1. High resistance in parallel
2. Low resistance on parallel
3. High resistance on series
4. Low resistance in series
Ans : 3
In order to convert a Galvanometer into Voltmeter, a very high resistance known as "series resistance" is connected in series with the galvanometer.
The conversion is made for enabling the Galvanometer to measure the potential difference across any component in a circuit.
8. In computer processing , ...... Selects processes from the pool and loads them into memory for execution.
1. Job Scheduler
2. Resource Scheduler
3. CPU Scheduler
4. Process Scheduler
Ans : 1
A job scheduler, also known as long term scheduler, determines which programs are admitted to the system for processing.
It selects processes from the queue and loads them into memory for execution.
Process loads into the memory for CPU scheduling.
9. Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in any competitive match
1. Prithvi Shaw
2. Pranav Dhanawade
3. Virat Kohli
4. Shikhar Dhawan
Ans : 2
Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade, in January 2016, scripted history by becoming the first cricketer ever to notch up a four figure score by smashing and unbeaten knock of 1,009 in an inter school tournament against Arya Gurukul school in Kalyan.
The effort helped his team, KC Gandhi School, declare on 1465/3, which is also a record for the highest ever team score.
10. The beach sands Kerala are rich in
1. Calcium
2. Radium
3. Thorium
4. Manganese
Ans : 3
The beach sand in Kerala contains one of the rich deposits of thorium in the world.
Thorium, also known as the 'strategic nuclear fuel of India,' is a radioactive material contained in a mineral called monazite in sand.
The beach sands of Kerala in Palghat and Quilon district contain the world's richest monazite deposits.
11. During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile , carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is maximum ?
1. Acceleration
2. Cruising
3. Idle running
4. De Acceleration
Ans : 3
High Carbon Monoxide (CO) content in exhaust gas of automobiles usually indicate a fuel mixture richer than ideal (rich mixture - air fuel ratio below 14.7).
High CO levels result from inadequate Oxygen supply needed for complete combustion that is caused by a too rich mixture - too much fuel or not enough air.
This is most seen during :
* Idle running or low idle speed ;
* Improper float settings in carbureted vehicles ;
* Dirty or restricted air filters ;
* Excessively dirty or contaminated oil
* Improper operation of the fuel delivery system ; etc
12. India's first Railway University will come up at
1. Vadodara , Gujarat
2. Bengaluru , Karnataka
3. Hyderabad , Andra Pradesh
4. Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh
Ans : 1
The Government, in January 2016 announced that Vadodara in Gujarat will be home to the country's first railway University
The present campus for National Academy of Indian Railway (NAIR), Vadodara, (at Pratap Vilas Palace) will be initially used to start the railway university.
After land acquisition, a full fledged University will be started there.
13. The Himalayas is the example of
1. Fold Mountains
2. Block Mountains
3. Ancient Mountains
4. Residual Mountains
Ans : 1
The Himalayas is an example of Fold mountains that are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.
At these colliding, compressing boundaries, rocks and debris are warped and folded into rocky outcrops, hills, mountains and entire mountain ranges.
Besides, Andes and Alps are all active fold mountains.
14. The largest irrigation canal in India is ...
1. Yamuna canal
2. Indira Gandhi canal
3. Sirhind canal
4. Upper Bari Doab canal
Ans : 2
The Indira Gandhi Canal is the largest irrigation project in Ind.
It starts from the Harike Barrage at Firozpur, below the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan.
It runs through Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
15. Even after sunset , the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to
1. Insolation
2. Terrestrial Radiation
3. Conduction
4. Convection
Ans : 2
Even after the sunset when the sun goes down, the incoming radiation from the sun stops, but there is still a lot of radiation that has been absorbed by the earth, which is re-radiated in form of Terrestrial radiation.
Energy leaving the Earth's surface that is Terrestrial radiation heats up the atmosphere more than the incoming solar radiation i.e. insolation.
16. At the Rio Olympics , who was the flag bearer of the Indian contingent ?
1. Narsingh Yadav
2. Abhinav Bindra
3. Dipa karmakar
4. Sania Mirza
Ans : 2
India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra was the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of Rio Olympics.
Bindra won the gold in the 10 m Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.
17. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as
1. Rift Valley
2. U Shaped Valley
3. V Shaped Valley
4. Hanging Valley
Ans : 1
A rift Valley is a linear shaped lowland caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side moves down with reference to the other.
It is commonly seen between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
A rift Valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface.
18. The largest artery in human body is
1. Aorta
2. Capillary
3. Vena Cava
4. Pulmonary Vein
Ans : 1
The aorta is the largest artery of the human body.
It is an artery that directly arises from the heart itself and descends through the thorax and into the abdomen.
All the arteries of the body, save the pulmonary arteries, stem from the aorta or one of its main branches.
19. An eudiometer measures :
1. Atmospheric pressure
2. Time
3. Volume of gases
4. Vapour pressure
Ans : 3
A eudiometer is a laboratory device that measures the change in volume of a gas mixture following a physical or chemical change.
Applications of a eudiometer include the analysis of gases and the determination of volume differences in chemical reactions.
It is similar in structure to the meteorological Barometer.
20. Trinitrotoluene is :
1. Used to melt metals
2. Used to fuse two metals
3. Used as an abrasive
4. Used as an explosive
Ans : 4
Trinitrotoluene(C6H2(NO2)3CH3), abbreviated as TNT, is sometimes used as a reagent in chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties.
The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the standard measure of bombs and other explosives.
21. In a cut motion , when the amount of demand is reduced by Rs 100 it is known as
1. Disapproval of policy cut
2. Economy cut
3. Vote on account
4. Token cut
Ans : 4
When a cut motion is moved to reduce the amount of a demand by Rs 100, it is known as 'Token Cut'.
It aims to ventilate a specific grievance which is within the sphere of the responsibility of the Government of India.
Token Cut is symbolic and is humiliating for the Government.
22. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is
1. Australia
2. Russia
3. Canada
4. Armenia
Ans : 2
As per the statistics for world mine production of asbestos from 2010 to 2015, Russia is the world's largest producer of asbestos, with an annual production of around 1.1 milion metric tons.
Russia's share in the global production is about 55%.
China , Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada come next.
23. Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following ?
1. Cricket
2. Hockey
3. Football
4. Volleyball
Ans : 2
Beighton Cup is one of the oldest field hockey Tournament running till date.
Instituted in 1895, it is organised by Bengal Hockey Association on Astro Turf (artificial grass) at Sports Authority of India (SAI East) in Kolkata.
It is named after T. D. Beighton, Legal Remembrancer of the Government of Bengal in British India.
24. If RBI reduces the CRR , it will :
1. Increase credit creation
2. Decrease credit creation
3. Have no impact on credit creation
4. Have no definite impact on credit creation
Ans : 1
Case Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a specified minimum fraction of the total deposits of customers, which Commercial Banks have to hold as reserves either in cash or as deposits with the central bank.
Increase in CRR means that banks have less funds available and money is sucked out of circulation; on the contrary, reduction in CRR leads to credit creation.
CRR is used by RBI to control liquidity in the banking system.
25. Nitrification is the biological process of converting
1. N2 into Nitrate
2. N2 into Nitrite
3. Ammonia into Nitrite
4. Ammonia into N2
Ans : 3
Nitrification is the biological oxidation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrite followed by the oxidation of the nitrite to nitrate.
The transformation of ammonia to nitrite is usually the rate limiting step of nitrification.
Nitrification is an important step in the nitrogen cycle in soil.
General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 37|
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