General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 22
General Awareness|Practice Paper for SSC CGL Tier-1|SET- 22
1. Who started the saka era which is still used by the Government of India ?
a) Kanishka
b) Vikramaditya
c) Samudra Gupta
d) Ashoka
2. The 'Kannauj Assembly' organised by Harsha was held in honour of
a). Fa-Hien
b). Itsing
c) Hieun-Tsang
d) Megasthenese
3. Which one of the following groups of leaders joined the extremists wing of the Indian National Congress ?
a) BG Tilak,GK Gokhale and Lala Lajpat Rai
b) SN Banerjee,BG Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
c) BG Tilak,Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Bipin Chandra Pal,Firozshah Mehta and Lala Lajpat Rai
4. The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx in the year
a) 1848
b) 1856
c) 1880
d) 1883
5. 'Judicial Review' function of the Supreme Court means the power to
a) reviews its own judgements
b) review function of judiciary in the country
c) examine the Constitutional validity of laws
d) undertake periodic review of the Constitution
6. India has been described under Article 1 of the Constitution as a
a) Federation
b) Federation, with a strong unitary bias
c) Confederation
d) Union of States
7. 'Gobi' Desert is situated in the rain-shadow area of
a) Alps
b) Rockie Mountain
c) Himalaya
d) Yural Mountain
8. On which of the following longitudes is the Indian Standard Time determined ?
a) 68^½°E
b) 68^½°W
c) 82^½°E
d) 82^½°W
9. Which two planets of the Solar System have no satellites ?
a) Mercury and Venus
b) Venus and Mars
c) Mercury and Pluto
d) Venus and Neptune
10. The earth is at the least distance from the sun ( Perihelion) on
a) December 22nd
b) January 3rd
c) July 4th
d) June 21st
11. Duncan Passage is situated between
a) Minicoy and Amandeev
b) Minicoy and Maldives
c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
12. Which of the following gives the correct descending order by length of the rivers of India ?
a) Brahmaputra,Ganga,Godavari,Kosi
b) Ganga,Brahmaputra,Krishna,Godavari
c) Ganga,Godavari,Krishna,Yamuna
d) Ganga,Yamuna,Godavari,Mahanadi
13. If the change in demand for a commodity is at a faster rate than change in the price of commodity than the demand is
a) perfectly inelastic
b) elastic
c) perfectly elastic
d) inelastic
14. Which of the following are not fixed costs ?
a) Rent on land
b) Municipal taxes
c) wages paid to workers
d) Insurance charges
15. The term 'Rh factor' refers to
a) Rhesus factor
b) Rheumatoid factor
c) Renal factor
d) Rhombic factor
16. The metallic constituents of hard water are
a) magnesium,calcium and tin
b) iron,tin and calcium
c) calcium,iron and magnesium
d) magnesium, tin and iron
17. Tungsten is used for the manufacture of the filament of an electric bulb , because
a) It is good conductor
b) It is economical
c) It is malleable
d) It has a very high melting point
18. Which of the following is a rich source of Vitamin B12
a) cashew nut
b) milk
c) apple
d) watermelon
19. Roundworm is a human parasite found in the
a) small intestine
b) liver
c) stomach
d) large intestine
20. The disease that is caused by virus is
a) typhoid
b) cholera
c) rabies
d) tetanus
21. The largest cell in the human body is
a) nerve cell
b) muscle cell
c) liver cell
d) kidney cell
22. The metal present in insulin is
a) copper
b) iron
c) zinc
d) magnesium
23. Blood groups were discovered by
a) Altmann
b) Landsteiner
c) Losch
d) Ronald Ross
24. Least audible sound for most of the human ear is
a) 10.0 u bar
b) 0.0002 u bar
c) 0.005 u bar
d) 5.0 u bar
25. Which one of the following peripherals can not serve as both input and output devices ?
a) Tele-printer
b) Floppy disk drives
c) Scanner
d) optical disc drives
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