General Awareness!Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 60|





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

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

General Awareness!Previous Year Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam|SET- 60|


First Meeting - |SET - 60|






1. Vasundhara Summit was held in 


1. USA

2. UK

3. Brazil

4. Australia


Ans - 3


2. 'Loktak' is a


1. Valley

2. Lake

3. River

4. Mountain range 


Ans - 2


3. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst the following ?


1. Chennai

2. Mumbai

3. Kolkata

4. Delhi


Ans - 1


4. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is 


1. Sal

2. Pine

3. Eucalyptus

4. Teak


Ans - 3


5. Which of the following statements on railway budget for 2011-12 is correct ?


1. There would be 10 % increase in fares for long distance train travel both by air-conditioned and non air-conditioned classes .

2. There would be 15 % increase in freight rates on all goods other than food grains .

3. There would be 15 %  increase in passenger fares for all classes for long distance travel as well as in freights.

4. There would be no increase in fares for both suburban and long distance train travel.


Ans - 4


6. The nuclear reactors which were damaged heavily due to a strong Earthquake-cum-Tsunami that hit Japan on march 11, 2011 causing radiation leakage were at 


1. Fukushima

2. Kyoto

3. Tokyo

4. None


Ans - 1


7. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for Assembly Constituencies has been raised in Feb,  2011 to


1. 16 lakh

2. 18 lakh

3. 20 lakh

4. 25 lakh


Ans - 1


8. First Indian Prime Minister to visit Siachin has been 


1. Rajiv Gandhi

2. Inder Kumar Gujaral

3. Man Mohan Singh

4. None


Ans - 3


9. Which of the following books has been written by Ishwar Desai ?


1. The Red Devil

2. Witness the Night

3. Tonight This Savage Rite

4. Earth and Ashes


Ans - 2 


10. Which of the following folk / tribal dances is associated with Karnataka ?


1. Yakshagana

2. Veedhi

3. Jatra

4. Jhora


Ans - 1


11. Who of the following received Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar go 2009 in Theatre ?


1. Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar

2. Ragini Chander Sarkar

3. Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Rabha

4. K. Nellai Manikandan


Ans - 3


12. Which of the following countries did not win any of the 'FIFA World Cup' in 2002 ,2006 and 2010 ?


1. Brazil 

2. Argentina

3. Spain

4. South Africa


Ans - 4 


13. Who invented vaccination for 'smallpox' ?


1. Sir Frederick Grant Banting

2. Sir Alexander Flemming

3. Edward Jenner

4. Louis Pasteur


Ans - 3


14. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament ?


1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

2. W. C. Bannerjee

3. Dadabhai Naoroji

4. None


Ans - 3


15. The purchase of shares and bonds of Indian companies by Foreign Institutional Investors is called


1. Foreign Direct Investment

2. Portfolio Investment

3. NRI Investment

4. Foreign Indirect Investment


Ans - 4


16. BT seed is associated with


1. Rice

2. Wheat

3. Cotton

4. Oil Seeds


Ans - 3


17. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in


1. Geneva

2. Paris

3. Vienna

4. Washington


Ans - 3


18. In the Budget estimates for 2011-12 , an allocation of Rs 400 crore has been made to bring in a green revolution in the East in the rice-based cropping system of


1. Assam & West Bengal

2. Assam, West Bengal, Orissa & Bihar

3. Assam, West Bengal, Orissa,Bihar & Jharkhand

4. Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh & Chhatisgarh


Ans - 4


19. In the Budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28-2-11, the income tax exemption limit for senior citizens ( 60 yrs to less than 80 yrs ) has been increased to


1. Rs 2.50 lakh

2. Rs 2.60 lakh

3. Rs 2.80 lakh

4. Rs 3.00 lakh


Ans - 1


20. If the Anglo - Indian community does not get adequate representation in the Lok Sabha, two members of the community can be nominated by the 


1. Prime Minister 

2. President

3. Speaker

4. President in consultation with the Parliament


Ans - 2


21. For the election of President of India , a citizen should have completed the age of


1. 25 yr

2. 30 yr

3. 35 yr

4. 18 yr


Ans - 3


22. Who said,"A good citizen makes a good state and a bad citizen makes a bad state" ?


1. Plato

2. Rousseau

3. Aristotle

4. Laski


Ans - 3


23. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for


1. 45 days

2. 60 days

3. 90 days

4. 365 days


Ans - 2


24. In India, the residuary powers are vested with


1. Union Govt.

2. State Govt.

3. Both Union and State Govt.

4. Local Govt.


Ans - 1


25. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.


1. Sarnath

2. Bodhgaya

3. Kapilavastu

4. Rajgriha


Ans - 2






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