General Awareness!Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 5|




 General Awareness||SSC CGL Previous Year Paper of GK of Tier-I #GK Quiz

General Awareness!Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 5|

SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper with Answer #Mock Test for SSC CGL



1. Who is known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' ?


1. Sarojini Naidu

2. Joan of Arc

3. Mother Teresa

4. Florence Nightingale


Ans : 4


2. The Govt. of which State has instituted the "Tansen Samman" ?


1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Madhya Pradesh 

3. Gujarat

4. Maharashtra


Ans : 2


3. In which State the folk painting 'Madhubani' is popular ?


1. West Bengal

2. Orissa

3. Bihar

4. Assam


Ans : 3


4. Under the minimum reserve system, the Reserve Bank of India as the sole authority of note issue is required to maintain assets worth not less than


1. 115 crores of rupees

2. 85 crores of rupees

3. 200 crores of rupees

4. 210 crores of rupees


Ans : 3


5. A substance that stimulates the production of antibodies when introduced into a living organism is known as


1. Carcinogen

2. Androgen

3. Antigen

4. Oestrogen


Ans : 3


6. Electron microscope was invented by


1. Knoll and Ruska

2. Robert Koch

3. Leeuwenhock

4. C. P. Swanson


Ans : 1


7. Which one among the following is a 'hot spot' for biological diversity in India ?


1. Western Ghats

2. Sundarbans

3. Chilika Lagoon

4. Eastern Ghats


Ans : 1


8. The longest river of Peninsular India is : 


1. Narmada

2. Godavari

3. Mahanadi

4. Kavery


Ans : 2


9. Convectional Rainfall occurs in : 


1. Equatorial region

2. Temperate region

3. Tropical region

4. Polar region


Ans : 2


10. 'Darwin finches' refer to a group of : 


1. Fishes

2. Lizards

3. Birds

4. Amphibians


Ans : 3


11. Where was the world's largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed ?


1. Bamiyan 

2. Hyderabad 

3. Kandy

4. Lhasa


Ans : 1


12. When a bottle of scent is kept open in a corner of a room its odour is felt in all parts of the room. This is due to the phenomenon of :


1. Evaporation

2. Vaporisation

3. Diffusion

4. Sublimation


Ans : 3


13. Clear nights are colder than cloudy nights because of 


1. Conduction

2. Condensation

3. Radiation

4. Insolation


Ans : 3


14. What is 'Teletext' ?


1. Flashing of telephone conversation on Tv screen

2. Printing the text of the message on the telex machine

3. Connecting the local telephone with outstation telephones without STD codes

4. Flashing of the text of news and information on the Tv screen


Ans : 2


15. The Presidential Govt. operates on the principle of : 


1. Division of powers between centre and state

2. Centralisation of powers

3. Balance of powers 

4. Separation of powers


Ans : 4


16.  The tissue in man where no cell division occurs after birth is 


1. Skeletal

2. Nerves

3. Connective

4. Germinal


Ans : 2


17. Who was the architect of North and South blocks of the Central Secretariat in Delhi ?


1. Sir Edward Lutyens

2. Herbert Bakers

3. Robert Tor Russell

4. Antonin Raymond


Ans : 1


18. Which from the following  territories does not have a border with Mizoram ?


1. Nagaland

2. Myanmar

3. Assam 

4. Tripura


Ans : 1


19. What is the distance between the popping crease and the stumps on a cricket pitch ?


1. 2.5 feet

2. 3 feet

3. 3.5 feet

4. 4 feet


Ans : 4


20. Why did the Supreme Court, in their judgement of sep 2003, hold that privatisation of HPCL and BPCL was not permissible ?


1. Due process of law for disinvestment had not been followed

2. It is against the interest of the capital asset in the form of their employees

3. It had not been recommended by the disinvestment Commission

4. It is in conflict with the statues that created HPCL and BPCL


Ans : 4


21. According to the UN convention on the rights of the child which amidst the following is not a right ?


1. Social Security

2. Employment

3. Protection from exploitation

4. Education


Ans : 2


22. Who is empowered to transfer a judge from a one High Court to another High Court ?


1. Chief Justice of India

2. President of India

3. Law Minister of India

4. The Union Cabinet


Ans : 2


23. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is not on the UNESCO's list of World Cultural Heritage ?


1. Ellora Caves

2. Kashi Vishwanath temple

3. Qutub Minar

4. Manas wildlife Sanctuary


Ans : 2


24. When was the mandate, that a candidate at an election should file with his nomination papers an affidavit recording the particulars of the spouse and the dependents, enforced at a general election for the first time ?


1. Assembly election held in MP / Chhatisgarh in dec 2003

2. Assembly election held in Himachal Pardesh in 2003

3. Assembly election held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003

4. Assembly election held in Rajasthan / Delhi in dec 2003


Ans : 3


25. Which from the following is a land-locked sea ?


1. Red sea

2. Timor sea

3. North sea

4. Aral sea


Ans : 4


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