General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 39|
General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 39|
1. Who among the following is not a member of the National Development Council ?
1. The Prime Minister
2. The Member of NITI Aayog
3. The Chief Ministers of States
4. The President of India
Ans : 4
The National Development Council comprises the Prime Minister, the Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers of all states or their substitutes, representatives of the Union Territories and the members of the NITI Aayog.
The President of India is not a part of this body for decision making and deliberations on development matters in India.
2. The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base increases is called :
1. Proportional Tax
2. Progressive Tax
3. Regressive Tax
4. Degressive Tax
Ans : 2
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.
The term "progressive" refers to the way the tax rate progressive from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer's average tax rate is less than the person's marginal tax rate.
3. The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on
1. Producer
2. Global economy
3. Consumer
4. Middle Man
Ans : 1
Supply-side economics emphasizes economic growth achieved by tax and fiscal policy that creates incentives to produce goods and services.
It lays great emphasis on entrepreneurs, investors and Producers who are treated the prime movers on which the economy depends.
Supply-side economics is better known to some as 'Reaganomics', or the "trickle-down" policy.
4. The founding father of "Theory of bureaucracy" was
1. F. W. Taylor
2. Max Weber
3. Elton Mayo
4. Herbert Simon
Ans : 2
Max Weber, a German sociologist, propounded the theory of bureaucracy - a theory related to authority structure and relations.
According to him, bureaucracy is the formal system of organisation and administration designed to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
He suggested an ideal model for management as bureaucratic approach.
5. The United Nations Organisation came into existence in
1. 1947
2. 1950
3. 1945
4. 1946
Ans : 3
The United Nations Organisation (UNO) is an intergovernmental organisation established on 24 October 1945 to promote international cooperation.
It was founded to replace the League of Nations following World War II and to prevent another conflict.
6. Money market is a market for
1. Short term fund
2. Long term fund
3. Negotiable instruments
4. Sale of shares
Ans : 1
The money market is where financial instruments with high liquidity and very short maturities are traded.
It is used by participants as a means for borrowing and lending in the short term, with maturities that usually range from overnight to just under a year.
Some of the common money market instruments are : commercial paper, Municipal notes, interest rate, swaps etc.
7. India shares longest international boundary with which country ?
1. Bangladesh
2. China
3. Nepal
4. Bhutan
Ans : 1
Bangladesh and India share a 4,096 km long International border, the longest border that India shares with any country.
It is 5th longest land border in the world, including 262 km in Assam, 856 km in Tripura, 180 km in Mizoram, 443 km in Meghalaya, and 2217 km in Bengal.
The border demarcates the 6 divisions of Bangladesh and the Indian states.
8. The Residuary powers of legislation under Indian Constitution rests with
1. President
2. Prime Minister
3. Parliament
4. States
Ans : 3
Article 248 (2) of the constitution of India says that the Parliament has exclusive residuary power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in list II and III.
Such power shall include the power of making any law imposing a tax not mentioned in either of those lists.
9. Appointments for all India services are made by
1. UPSC
2. President
3. Prime Minister
4. Parliament
Ans : 2
All appointments to All India Services are made by the President of India.
The All India Services comprises Civil Services of India, namely the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS).
The members of these services are recruited by the Union Government, but their services are placed under various State cadres, and they gave the liability to serve both under the State and under the Centre.
10. The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation worshipped
1. Vishnu
2. Pashupati
3. Indra
4. Brahma
Ans : 2
On the basis of discovery of the Pashupati Seal at the Mohan-Jo-Daro, historians and archaeologists have opened that the Indus People worshipped Lord Shiva Who is the Lord of the Beast (Pashupati).
The Pashupati Seal depicts a three faced male god seated in a yogic posture, surrounded by a rhino and a buffalo on the right , and an elephant and a tiger on the left.
11. Abul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint ?
1. Sheikh Mubarak
2. Hazrat Khwaja
3. Nasiruddin Chirag
4. Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Ans : 1
Abul Fazal was the son of Sheikh Mubarak Nagori.
Abul Fazal was the vizier of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes and a Persian translation of the Bible.
He was also one of the Nine Jewels (Navaratnas) of Akbar's Royal court and the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of emperor Akbar.
12. French Revolution broke out in the year :
1. 1917
2. 1911
3. 1789
4. 1790
Ans : 3
French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon.
13. The song "Vande Mataram" occurs in the book
1. Geetanjali
2. Anand Math
3. Indian People
4. Poverty and UN-British Rule in India
Ans : 2
Vande Matram is a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1882 novel Anandamath.
An ode to Mother Bengal as Mother Goddess, it was written in Bengali and Sanskrit.
It is a hymn to the Mother Land and played a vital role in the Indian Independence Movement.
14. Which mosquito is the carrier of Zika Virus ?
1. Culex
2. Aedes
3. Anopheles
4. Culiseta
Ans : 2
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae is spread by day time active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus.
Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947.
Zika virus is related to the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses.
15. Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Russia
4. Japan
Ans : 1
Iceland is a pioneer in the use of geothermal energy for space heating.
Five major geothermal power plants exist in Iceland, which produce approximately 26.2% (2010) of the nation's electricity.
Geothermal water is used to heat around 90% of Iceland's homes, and keeps pavements and car parks snow-free in the winter.
16. The Upanishads are the
1. Great Epics
2. Story books
3. Source of Hindu Philosophy
4. Law books
Ans : 3
The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contains some of the central philosophical concepts of Hinduism.
They are commonly referred to as Vedanta,variously interpreted to mean either the "last chapter, parts of the Veda" or "the object, the highest purpose of the Veda".
The concepts of Brahman (Ultimate Reality) and Atman (Soul) are central ideas in the Upanishads.
17. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for
1. Kosi
2. Gandak
3. Brahmaputra
4. Ganga
Ans : 3
The Brahmaputra River is known by several names in the four countries (China, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh) that it flows through.
With its origin in the Angsi Glacier, located on the Northern side of the Himalayas in Burang Country of Tibet, the upper stream of Brahmaputra in Tibet is called Yarlung Tsangpo.
18. The largest herbarium of India is located at
1. Kolkata
2. Lucknow
3. Mumbai
4. Coimbatore
Ans : 1
The largest herbarium in India is situated at the Indian Botanical Garden, Kolkata.
It is situated on the banks of the Hooghly.
The great banyan tree, one of the largest trees in size in the world, is the main centre of attraction of this Garden.
It appears like a miniature forest in itself.
19. Temprature of distant luminous bodies can be determined by
1. Mercury thermometers
2. Gas thermometers
3. Pyrometers
4. Colour thermometers
Ans : 3
A Pyrometer is a type of Remote sensing thermometer used to measure the temperature of a surface.
It is a device that from a distance determines the temperature of a Luminous surface from the spectrum of the thermal radiation it emits, a process known as pyrometry.
20. In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called as
1. Crash
2. Crash dump
3. Dump
4. Kernel error
Ans : 1
The kernel (also called nucleus) is a computer program that constitutes the central core of a computer's operating system.
It is the first program loaded on startup, and then manages the remainder of the startup, as well as input/output requests from software, translating them into data processing instructions for the central Processing Unit.
Its failure is called crash.
21. Root cap is derived from
1. Dermatogen
2. Calyptrogen
3. Protoderm
4. Histogen
Ans : 2
Calyptrogen is a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed.
It occurs in grasses and many other plants.
The root cap is formed by several layers of cells that envelop the root tip externally.
This covering of cells, of which the outermost ones are dead, envelops and protects the growing tip very much as a thimble protects the finger.
22. The blotting technique used to identify the isolated protein is
1. Northern blotting
2. Western blotting
3. Southern blotting
4. Cloning
Ans : 2
Protein electrophoresis and western blotting are both methods used to identify specific proteins in a sample or solution.
Western blotting, also known as immuno blotting or protein blotting, is a core technique in cell and molecular biology.
In most basic terms, it is used to detect the presence of a specific protein in a complex mixture extracted from cells.
23. Morphology of Chromosomes can be best studied at
1. Interphase
2. Prophase
3. Metaphase
4. Zygotene
Ans : 3
The morphology of the chromosomes can be distinctly studied at metaphase stage of cell division because at this stage chromosomes are in highly condensed state and become thicker and well arranged.
The following structure are observed in a typical chromosomes : Chromatid, Chromonemata, Primary Constriction (centromere), Secondary Constriction (nucleolar organizer), satellite, telomere and chromomere.
24. The 'Choke' used with a tube light is basically
1. An inductor
2. A capacitor
3. A transformer
4. A resistor
Ans : 1
In electronics, a choke is an inductor used to block higher frequency Alternating Current (AC) in an electrical circuit, while passing lower frequency or Direct Current (DC).
In the tubelight, the high voltage is created by suddenly interrupting the current in choke, which is connected in series with the tubelight.
25. Curie is an unit of
1. Radioactivity
2. Energy of Gamma Rays
3. Intensity of Gamna Rays
4. Work function
Ans : 1
The curie (symbol Ci) is a non-SI unit radioactivity, named 'In honour of' Pierre Curie.
It was originally defined as "the quantity or mass of radium emanation in equilibrium with 1 gram of radium (element)", but is currently defined as : 1 Ci = 3.7 × 1010 decays per second after more accurate measurements of the activity of 226Ra.
General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 20|
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