General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 48|

General Awareness! Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 48|

SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper

1. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?

1. Harshvardhan - Hiuen Tsang

2. Akbar - Todarmal

3. Chanakya - Chandragupt

4. Vikramaditya - Chaitanya

Ans : 4

2. The South-East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian subcontinent in the rainy season due to

1. The development of cyclone over the equator

2. The effect of easterlies

3. The effect of Northern-East trade winds

4. The presence of low atmospheric pressure over North-West India

Ans : 4

3. The 'graded profile'of a river course is a

1. Smooth curve from source to mouth

2. Smooth curve in the upper course

3. Smooth curve in the middle course

4. Smooth curve in the lower course

Ans : 1

4. Sinkhole is a phenomenon of _____ topography.

1. Plain

2. Desert

3. Tundra

4. Karst

Ans : 4

5. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of

1. Coconut

2. Black-pepper

3. Rubber

4. Rice

1. 1 , 2 & 3

2. 1 , 2 & 4

3. 2 , 3 & 4

4. 1 & 4

Ans : 1

6. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating

1. Pattabhi Sitharamayya

2. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

4. VB Patel

Ans : 1

7. Jallianwala Bagh incident took place at

1. Allahabad

2. Lucknow

3. Surat

4. Amritsar

Ans : 4

8. Who was the founder of Lodhi Dynasty ?

1. Daulat Khan Lodhi

2. Sikandar Lodi

3. Bahlol Lodhi

4. Ibrahim Lodi

Ans : 3

9. Allantois of Embryo helps in

1. Digestion

2. Respiration

3. Excretion

4. Protection

Ans : 3

10. Which one of the following animals belongs to mollusca ?

1. Haliotis

2. Hare

3. Hydra

4. Hyla

Ans : 2

11. Outside the nucleus DNA is found in

1. Golgi bodies

2. Mitochondria

3. Ribosome

4. Endoplasmic Reticulum

Ans : 2

12. Animal protein is called first class protein because it is

1. Easily digestible

2. Delicious in taste

3. Cheaper in the market

4. Rich in essential amino acids

Ans : 4

13. It is easy to burst a gas-filled balloon with a needle than with a nail. It is because

1. Nail is more longer than needle

2. Nail exerts more pressure than needle on the balloon

3. Needle exerts more pressure than nail on the balloon

4. Gas is reactive with needle

Ans : 3

14. The longest Continental Railway in the world is

1. Trans Atlantic Railway

2. Trans Siberian Railway

3. Canadian Pacific Railway

4. Canadian National Railway

Ans : 2

15. Photoperiodism affects

1. All of these

2. Flowering

3. Vegetative growth

4. Fruiting

Ans : 1

16. Match the following :

A. Ascorbic acid

B. Chlorophyll

C. Carotenoid

D. Superoxide dismutase

1. Photosynthetic pigment

2. Quencher

3. Enzyme

4. Vitamin-C

A. B. C. D.

1. 4. 1. 2. 3.

2. 4. 2. 1. 3.

3. 2. 4. 1. 3.

4. 4. 1. 3. 2.

Ans : 1

17. What is used to identify whether a data word has an odd or even number of 1's ?

1. Carry bit

2. Sign bit

3. Zero bit

4. Parity bit

Ans : 4

18. Rearranging and allocating space in memory to provide for multiple computing task is called

1. Networking

2. Multiprogramming

3. Multitasking

4. Memory management

Ans : 4

19. What happens when a drop of glycerol is added to crushed KMnO4 spread on a paper ?
1. There is a crackling sound

2. There is the violent explosion

3. There is no reaction

4. The paper ignites

Ans : 2

20. Most commonly used bleaching agent is

1. Sodium chloride

2. Alcohol

3. Carbon dioxide

4. Chlorine

Ans : 4

21. The least penetrating power ray is

1. X-Ray

2. Alpha Ray

3. Beeta Ray

4. Gamna Ray

Ans : 2

22. Hydrogen peroxide is an effective sterilizing agent. Which one of the following product results when it readily loses active oxygen ?

1. Nascent Hydrogen

2. Water

3. Hydrogen

4. Ozone

Ans : 2

23. The velocity of sound in moist air is more than in dry air because the moist air has

1. Less density than dry air

2. Less pressure then dry air

3. More pressure then dry air

4. More density then dry air

Ans : 1

24. X-rays can be used

1. For cutting and welding of metals

2. To detect heart diseases

3. To detect defects in precious stones and Diamonds

4. To detect gold under the earth

Ans : 3

25. Ice is packed in saw dust because

1. Saw dust will not get melted easily