General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 20



General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 20



1. Rock cut kailash temple of Ellora is a monument of the 


1. Rashtrakutas

2. Cholas

3. Pallavas

4. Satavahanas


Ans : 1


2. Who among the following is not contemporary of Ashoka ?


1. Antiochus 1

2. Antiochus 2

3. Ptolemy 2

4. Magas of Cyrene


Ans : 1


3. Which one of the following was the emperor of India when British East India Company was formed in London ?


1. Akbar

2. Jahangir

3. Shahjahan

4. Aurangzeb 


Ans : 1


4. The Constituent Assembly had become a sovereign body after


1. Jan 26, 1946

2. Aug 15, 1947

3. Nov 14, 1949

4. Jan 26, 1950


Ans : 2


5. The special constitutional position of Jammu and Kashmir is that


1. It is not one of the states of the Indian Union

2. It is beyond the purview of the Indian Constitution

3. Indian laws do not apply to it

4. It has its own constitution


Ans : 4


6. Who can initiate impeachment of the President ?


1. 1/4th members of either House of Parliament

2. Half of the members of either House of Parliament

3. Half of the State Legislatures

4. 1/3rd members of any State Legislature


Ans : 1


7. What are high pressure winds blowing outward from the centre called ?


1. Doldrums 

2. Anti-cyclones

3. Pressurized winds

4. Cyclones


Ans : 2


8. The city with Equatorial climate is 


1. Khartoum

2. Bombay

3. Calcutta

4. Singapore


Ans : 4


9. In India, which one of the following states has the largest inland saline wetland ?


1. Gujarat 

2. Haryana 

3. Madhya Pradesh

4. Rajasthan


Ans : 4


10. Which one of the following physiographic units has been created by both exogenic and endogenic forces ?


1. The Peninsular plateau

2. The Thar desert

3. The Indo-Gangetic plain

4. The Himalayas


Ans : 3


11. The hot winds blowing towards the Swiss valley are known as 


1. Chinook

2. Sirocco

3. Berg

4. Foehn


Ans : 4


12. As per 2011 Census data, the child sex ratio has come down from 927 to


1. 904

2. 920

3. 917

4. 919


Ans : 4


13. Credit control operation in India is performed by


1. Rural Banks

2. Commercial Banks

3. Reserve Bank of India 

4. State Bank of India 


Ans : 3


15. Decible is a unit of 


1. Distance

2. Heat energy

3. Speed of light

4. Intensity of sound


Ans : 4


16. The material which is used to make permanent magnets is 


1. Soft iron

2. Steel

3. Brass

4. Bronze


Ans : 2


17. Which of the following is warm-blooded animal ?


1. Shark 

2. Snake

3. Bat

4. Lizard


Ans : 2


18. When heated from 0° to 10°C volume af a given mass of water will


1. Increase gradually

2. Decrease gradually

3. Increase and then will decrease

4. Decrease and then will increase


Ans : 4


20. What is the main constituent of bio-diesel?


1. Sulphur

2. Carbon

3. Methane 

4. Ethanol


Ans : 4


21. Good conductor of electricity is


1. Dry air 

2. Paper

3. Kerosene

4. Graphite


Ans : 4


22. An instrument for measuring blood pressure is called 


1. Barometer

2. Spirometer

3. Sphygmomanometer

4. Haemocytometer


Ans : 3


23. In computer science , 1 kilobyte equals


1. 1024 bytes

2. 100 bytes

3. 1000 bytes

4. 8 bytes


Ans : 1


24. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?


1. Hevea Tree - Brazil

2. Sumatra storm - Malaysia

3. Kajan River - Borneo

4. Dekke Toba Fish - Brazil


Ans : 4



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