General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 9|
SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper - 2010
Held on : 16-05-2010
1st Sitting ! Set - 9
1. A concave lens always forms an image which is
1. Real and erect
2. Virtual and erect
3. Real and inverted
4. Virtual and inverted
Ans : 2
2. A vitamin requires cobalt for its activity. The vitamin is
1. Vitamin B12
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin B2
4. Vitamin A
Ans : 1
3. One of the constituents of tear gas is
1. Ethane
2. Ethanol
3. Ether
4. Chloropicrin
Ans : 4
4. The modulus of rigidity is the ratio of
1. Longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
2. Volume stress to volume strain
3. Shearing stress to shearing strain
4. Tensile stress to tensile strain
Ans : 2
5. The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves
1. Adiabatic compression and rarefaction
2. Isothermal compression and rarefaction
3. Isochoric compression and rarefaction
4. Isobaric compression and rarefaction
Ans : 1
6. An atomic clock is based on transition in
1. Sodium
2. Caesium
3. Magnesium
4. Aluminum
Ans : 2
7. Plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is made up of
1. Phospholipid
2. Lipoprotein
3. Phospholipo-protein
4. Phosphorus - protein
Ans : 1
8. Which one of the following is also called the 'power plants' of the cell ?
1. Golgi body
2. Mitochondria
3. Ribosomes
4. Lysosome
Ans : 2
9. What is the chemical name of vinegar ?
1. Citric acid
2. Acetic acid
3. Pyruvic acid
4. Malic acid
Ans : 2
10. Which is the following is not a property of heavy water ?
1. Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that or ordinary water
2. Density of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
3. Freezing point of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
4. It produces corrosion
Ans : 1
11. In which of the following processes is energy released ?
1. Respiration
2. Photosynthesis
3. Ingestion
4. Absorption
Ans : 1
12. Animals living in the three trunks are known as
1. Arboreal
2. Volant
3. Amphibious
4. Aquatic
Ans : 1
13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Tughlaq
2. Lodi's
3. Sayyad
4. Ilbari Turks
5. Khiljis
Ans : 4
14. The book titled "The Indian war of independence" was written by
1. Krishna Verna
2. Madame Cama
3. B. G. Tilak
4. V. D. Savarkar
Ans : 4
15. Who was the founder of the 'Servants of India society' ?
1. G. K. Gokhle
2. M. G. Ranade
3. B. G. Tilak
4. Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans : 1
16. The term 'Caste' was derived from
1. Portuguese
2. Dutch
3. German
4. English
Ans : 1
17. The term 'Greater India ' denotes
1. Political Unity
2. Cultural Unity
3. Religious Unity
4. Social Unity
Ans : 2
18. Formalized system of trading agreements with groups of countries is known as
1. Trading blocks
2. Trade ventures
3. Trade partners
4. Trade organisation
Ans : 1
19. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
1. Bernard Shaw
2. Karl Marx
3. Lenin
4. Leo Tolstoy
Ans : 4
20. Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as
1. Tides
2. Tsunamis
3. Current
4. Cyclone
Ans : 2
21. Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called
1. Playas
2. Yardang
3. Ventifacts
4. Sand dunes
Ans : 2
22. The land of maximum biodiversity is
1. Tropical
2. Temperate
3. Monsoonal
4. Equatorial
Ans : 1
23. If input frequency of a full wave rectifier be n, then output frequency would be
1. n/2
2. n
3. 3n/2
4. 2n
Ans : 4
24. Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called
1. Conduction
2. Convection
3. Absorption
4. Advection
Ans : 2
25. Indian Standard Time ( IST ) relates to
1. 75.5° E longitude
2. 82.5° E longitude
3. 90.5° E longitude
4. 0° longitude
Ans : 2
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