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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam 2016 Tier-I held on 28.08.2016. [2nd Sitting]

1. Which one of the following is not a scheme/project of the present Government?

• 1) AMRUT
• 2) Swachh Bharat
• 3) AYUSH
• 4) Jan Dhan Yojana

2. Which of the following was India's first interplanetary mission?

• 1) Chandrayaan Mission
• 2) Mangalyaan Mission
• 3) Aryabhatta Mission
• 4) Philae Mission

3. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?

• 1) Winds
• 2) Clouds
• 3) Gravity
• 4) Rotation of the Earth

4. Motor skills are associated with which part of the brain?

• 1) Frontal lobe
• 2) Parietal lobe
• 3) Temporal lobe
• 4) Occipital lobe

5. Which enzyme is present in all members of the animal kingdom except Protozoa?

• 1) Insulin
• 2) Pepsin
• 3) Renin
• 4) Amylase

6. At boiling point of liquids, its

• 1) Temperature increases
• 2) Atmospheric pressure increases
• 3) Temperature remains constant
• 4) Vapour pressure decreases

7. A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of electrons and positive ions is called

• 1) Troposphere
• 2) Ionosphere
• 3) Stratosphere
• 4) Mesosphere

8. In India which of the following taxes is levied by the State governments?

• 1) Excise duty on liquor
• 2) Capital gains tax
• 3) Customs tax
• 4) Corporation tax

9. After question hour, a motion moved by a member of Parliament to draw the attention of Executive for discussing a definite matter of public importance is

• 1) Privilege motion
• 2) Calling attention Motion
• 3) Adjournment motion
• 4) No-confidence motion

10. The major objective of monetary policy is to

• 1) increase government's tax revenue
• 2) revamp the Public Distribution System
• 3) promote economic growth with price stability
• 4) weed out corruption in the economy

11. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was

• 1) Lord Harding
• 2) Lord Northbrook
• 3) Lord Ellenborough
• 4) Lord Mayo

12. Which one is not the main objective of fiscal policy in India?

• 1) To increase liquidity in the economy
• 2) To promote price stability
• 3) To minimize the inequalities of income & wealth
• 4) To promote employment opportunity

13. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?

• 1) Justice Ranade
• 2) Madam Blavatsky
• 3) Annie Besant
• 4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

14. India recently signed land boundary agreement with which country?

• 1) China
• 2) Nepal
• 3) Bhutan
• 4) Bangladesh

15. Who among the following Indians is one who has been selected on July 27, for the Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2016?

• 1) Bezwada Wilson
• 2) Kailash Satyarthi
• 3) Kiran Bedi
• 4) Mahasweta Devi

16. The first Field Marshall of India was

• 1) AS Vaidya
• 2) KM Cariappa
• 3) Sunderji
• 4) SHFJ Manekshaw

17. "Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman's need but not everyman's greed". Who said this?

• 1) Guru Nanak Dev
• 2) Mahatma Gandhi
• 3) Pope Paul VI
• 4) Smt. Indira Gandhi

18. Who won the first medal for India at the Rio Olympics?

• 1) Babita Kumari
• 2) Narsingh Yadav
• 3) P. V. Sindhu
• 4) Sakshi Malik

19. The most serious air pollutant causing health hazard is

• 1) Sulphur dioxide
• 2) Carbon monoxide
• 3) Ozone
• 4) Nitrogen oxide

20. Helium is added to the oxygen supply of deep sea divers because it is

• 1) less poisonous than nitrogen
• 2) lighter than nitrogen
• 3) readily miscible with oxygen
• 4) less soluble in blood than nitrogen at high pressure

21. Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene glycol and which acid?

• 1) Benzoic Acid
• 2) Salicylic acid
• 3) Phthalic acid
• 4) Terephthalic acid

22. In IT, .............. means that the data available in the database is both accurate and consistent.

• 1) Data Security
• 2) Data Availability
• 3) Data Binding
• 4) Data Integrity

23. On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because

• 1) Mercury is a metal
• 2) Density of mercury is greater than that of water
• 3) Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass
• 4) Cohesion of water is greater than its adhesion with glass

24. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is

• 1) Maldives
• 2) Sri Lanka
• 3) Mauritius
• 4) Madagascar

25. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the parliament is appointed by the

• 1) President of India
• 2) Prime Minister of India
• 3) Speaker of Lok Sabha
• 4) Chairman of Rajya Sabha