General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 8|
SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper - 2008
Held on : 27-07-2008
1st Sitting ! Set - 8
1. Why two thin shirts can keep us warmer than a single thick shirt in winter ?
1. Two thin shirts become thicker so prevent transmission of heat
2. Air layer between two shirts works as good conductor
3. Air layer between two shirts behaves like insulating media
4. No radiation of heat takes place
2. Which layer of the earth's atmosphere reflect back the radio waves to the earth's surface ?
1. Ionosphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Exosphere
3. Sound can not pass through
1. Water
2. Steel
3. Air
4. Vacuum
4. Water is not effective in extinguishing a fire caused by petrol because
1. The flame is too hot for water to cool it down
2. Water and petrol react chemically
3. Water and petrol are miscible with each other
4. Water and petrol are immiscible with each other and petrol which forms the upper layer continues to burn
5. Helium gas is used in gas balloons instead of hydrogen gas because it is
1. Lighter than hydrogen
2. More abundant than hydrogen
3. Non combustible
4. More stable
6. The gas used in the artificial ripening of fruits is
1. Acetylene
2. Methane
3. Ethane
4. Butane
7. Ruby and sapphire are oxides of
1. Copper
2. Tin
3. Iron
4. Aluminium
8. In the 53rd National Film Awards, the award for 'Best Feature Film' has gone for
1. 'Kaalpurush - memories in the mist'
2. 'Rang De Basanti'
3. Parzania
4. Paheli
9. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
1. Amir Khusro - Sarod
2. Bheem Sent Joshi - Vocal music
3. Utpal Dutt - Films
4. Shambu Maharaj - Kathak
10. In a photo cell light energy is converted into
1. Potential energy
2. Chemical energy
3. Heat energy
4. Electrical energy
11. The world's largest biofuel plant with production capacity of 110 million liters of fuel annually has been set up in
1. China
2. India
3. Brazil
4. USA
12. Which one of the following universities is a central university ?
1. Kolkata
2. Dibrugarh
3. Pondicherry
4. Kurukshetra
13. According to WHO, the bird flue virus can not be transmitted through food cooked beyond
1. 60°C
2. 70°C
3. 90°C
4. 100°C
14. The science of map making is
1. Cartography
2. Geography
3. Carpology
4. Geology
15. Who is known as 'the father of Indian missile technology' ?
1. Dr. U. R. Rao
2. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3. Dr. Chidambaram
4. Dr. Homi Bhabha
16. Which of the following cities/towns lies to the northern-most latitude ?
1. Patna
2. Allahabad
3. Pachmarhi
4. Ahmedabad
17. Which of the following Twenty-20 Cricket rules is not correctly stated ?
1. Each innings has a time limit of 75 minutes. For every over bowled after that, the batting side gets extra 6 runs
2. If a batsman fails to reach the crease within 90 seconds after the fall of wicket, the bowling side gets 5 penalty runs
3. A bowler can bowl a maximum of 6 overs per innings
4. Fielding restrictions are applicable for the first six overs of the innings
18. What was the mascot of the Second Asian Indoor games which were held at Macau sometime back ?
1. Miwiki
2. Mei Mei
3. Chei Chei
4. Chei Mei
19. Who is a author of "A River Sutra"?
1. V. S. Naipaul
2. Nirad C. Chaudhary
3. Gita Mehta
4. Vikram Seth
20. Where was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) Summit, 2007 held ?
1. New Delhi
2. New York
3. Singapore
4. Sydney
21. Which of the following Indian banks became the first to touch a market capitalisation of Rs 1,00,000 crore in India ?
1. ICICI
2. HDFC
3. SBI
4. PNB
22. The capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the
1. Credit
2. Deficit financing
3. Member nations
4. Borrowings
23. Who among the following is a non resident Indian ?
1. An Indian tourists in America
2. A person of Indian origin working as a computer engineering in America
3. A person of Indian origin employed in the U. N. O. office at New Delhi
4. The Indian manager of state bank of India branch in London
24. Where is the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management located ?
1. Dehradoon
2. Hyderabad
3. New Delhi
4. Itanagar
25. Which kind of power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India ?
1. Hydro-electricity
2. Thermal
3. Nuclear
4. Solar
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