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SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam 2012 : Set - 1 General Knowledge
1. Union Carbide India Ltd. manufactured essentially
- a) Fertilisers
- b) Heavy water
- c) Leather goods
- d) Petrochemicals
Correct Answer: (d)
2. The authority to specify which castes shall be deemed to be scheduled castes rests with the?
- a) Prime Minister
- b) President
- c) Governor
- d) Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes
Correct Answer: (b)
3) The most densely populated state in India is:
- a) Kerala
- b) West Bengal
- c) Tamil nadu
- d) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: (b)
4) The first speaker of Lok Sabha was:
- a) S. Radhakrishnan
- b) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
- c) Sardar Hukam Singh
- d) G.V. Mavlankar
Correct Answer: (d)
5) Who is the author of the book 'Paksitan: Beyond the Crisis State':
- a) Maleha Lodhi
- b) Amir Mir
- c) Khuram Iqbal
- d) M.J. Akbar
Correct Answer: (a)
6) Who favoured the Artic Home theory of the Aryans?
- a) Jacobi
- b) A.C. Das
- c) Pargiter
- d) B.G. Tilak
Correct Answer: (d)
7) Which is NOT a correct statement?
- a) Dilute solutions contains less amount of solute
- b) Phenols are acidic
- c) Methylated spirit contains only methanol
- d) In benzene all the atoms lie in one plane
Correct Answer: (c)
8) Consumption for the sake of enjoying social acknowledgement is called:
- a) Social consumption
- b) Rational consumption
- c) Demonstration consumption
- d) Conspicuous consumption
Correct Answer: (d)
9) The iron and steel plant in Andhra Pradesh is at:
- a) Bokaro
- b) Burnpur
- c) Vijay Nagar
- d) Visakhapatnam
Correct Answer: (d)
10) Polar-bears hold cures for:
- a) Osteoporosis
- b) Type II diabetes
- c) Kidney failure
- d) Breast - cancer
Correct Answer: (b)
11) Of the following economists, whom do you consider the Master of "Partial Analysis"?
- a) J.M. Keynes
- b) Alfred Marshall
- c) Leon Walras
- d) Lionel Robbins
Correct Answer: (b)
12) Pyroligneous acid obtained from wood contains:
- a) 10% Acetic acid
- b) 10% ethanol
- c) 10% Formic acid
- d) 10% Formaldehyde
Correct Answer: (a)
13) The red, orange and yellow colours of leaves are due to:
- a) Carotenoids
- b) Lignins
- c) Tannis
- d) Aldehydes
Correct Answer: (a)
14) The disease that kills more people than lung cancer as a consequences of air pollution is:
- a) chronic bronchitis
- b) emphesema
- c) heart attack
- d) asthma
Correct Answer: (a)
15) Which of the following is meant for the ex-situ conservation of various species?
- a) Herbarium
- b) Sperm bank
- c) Blood bank
- d) Germplasm bank
Correct Answer: (d)
16) The infective stage of Malaria is:
- a) Ring state
- b) Gametocyte
- c) Merozoite
- d) Sporozoite
Correct Answer: (d)
17) Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye and pearl millet belong to:
- a) the same plant family
- b) two plant families
- c) three plant families
- d) four plant families
Correct Answer: (b)
18) Low cost housing is an example for:
- a) Private wants
- b) Merit wants
- c) Mixed wants
- d) Social wants
Correct Answer: (b)
19) Which of the following is not a reason for Brain Drain?
- a) failure to recognise talent in the originating country
- b) the lure of high living standards
- c) lack of employment opportunities
- d) socio-economic instability
Correct Answer: (c)
20) Photosynthetic vesicle found in bacteria is called a:
- a) Mesosome
- b) Pneumatophore
- c) Genophore
- d) Chromatophore
Correct Answer: (d)
21) The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to:
- a) Britain
- b) France
- c) Belgium
- d) Italy
Correct Answer: (b)
22) Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
- a) Salt petre - potassium nitrate
- b) Milk of lime - sodium sulphate
- c) Galuber's salt - calcium sulphate
- d) Gypsum - calcium hydroxide
Correct Answer: (a)
23) Which bank was the first to introduce ATMs to the world?
- a) Hong Kong Bank
- b) Bank of America
- c) Citi Bank
- d) Standard Chartered Bank
Correct Answer: (c)
24) The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by
- a) Sir John Marshall
- b) Charles Wilkins
- c) James Prinsep
- d) Sir William Jones
Correct Answer: (c)
25) South-South dialogue is associated with:
- a) Arms conference
- b) Co-operation among developing nations
- c) Summit meeting between developed and developing countries
- d) All the above
Correct Answer: (b)
26) Which colour/colours of light has the highest velocity through vacuum?
- a) Green
- b) Blue
- c) Red
- d) All of the above
Correct Answer: (d)
27) Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha?
- a) Patanjali
- b) Panini
- c) Kapila
- d) Alara Kalama
Correct Answer: (d)
28) An algae type ocean deposit is:
- a) Diatom Ooze
- b) Neritic remains
- c) Pelagic deposits
- d) Pteropod Ooze
Correct Answer: (a)
29) The proposal for the creation of new All-India Services can be considered only:
- a) if majority of State Legislature make such demand
- b) if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by two-thirds majority
- c) if Lok Sabha passes a resolution by two-thirds majority
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (b)
30) Human Development Index was formulated by:
- a) ASEAN
- b) UNDP
- c) IBRD
- d) UNCTAD
Correct Answer: (b)
31) We receive sunlight on earth surface. What type of light beams are these?
- a) Diverging
- b) Converging
- c) Parallel
- d) Random
Correct Answer: (a)
32) Torah is the sacred book of:
- a) Zorastrianism
- b) Taosim
- c) Judaism
- d) Confucianism
Correct Answer: (c)
33) The ultimate source of energy in a hydroelectric power station is:
- a) solar energy
- b) the kinetic energy of water
- c) the potential energy of water
- d) the electro-chemical energy of water
Correct Answer: (a)
34) Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types:
- a) Alluvial soil
- b) Red and yellow soil
- c) Saline soil
- d) Forest soil
Correct Answer: (b)
35) The biggest planet in the solar system is:
- a) Venus
- b) Uranus
- c) Saturn
- d) Jupiter
Correct Answer: (d)
36) "Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" is the guiding principle of:
- a) Attributive theory of Justice
- b) Retributive theory of Justice
- c) Deterrent theory of Justice
- d) Reformative theory of Justice
Correct Answer: (b)
37) The seat of Kerala High Court is located at:
- a) Kottayam
- b) Kollam
- c) Ernakulam
- d) Thiruvananthapuram
Correct Answer: (c)
38) The study of population is known as _____
- a) Petrology
- b) Hydrology
- c) Demography
- d) Climatology
Correct Answer: (c)
39) Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the chairperson of:
- a) National Commission for Minorities
- b) National Commission for Protection of Child Right
- c) National Commission for women
- d) National Commission for BCs
Correct Answer: (c)
40) What type of mirror is used in a view finding mirror of a vehicle?
- a) Convex mirror
- b) Concave mirror
- c) Paraboloidal mirror
- d) Plane mirror
Correct Answer: (a)
41) The 34th National Games were held in 2011 in:
- a) Jharkhand
- b) Kerala
- c) Uttarakhand
- d) Karnataka
Correct Answer: (a)
42) The prose collection of the vedic poems are:
- a) Samhitas
- b) Brahmanas
- c) Samhitas
- d) Aranyakas
Correct Answer: (b)
43) Drying oils contain a fairly large proportion of:
- a) Unsaturated fatty acids
- b) Saturated fatty acids
- c) Proteins
- d) Fats
Correct Answer: (a)
44) The state which has registered the highest population growth rate according to 2001 census is:
- a) Sikkim
- b) Kerala
- c) Uttar Pradesh
- d) Nagaland
Correct Answer: (d)
45) Who said that the Directive Principles of State Policy are just like "a cheque on bank payable at the convenience of the bank"?
- a) K.T. Shah
- b) Pandit Nehru
- c) B.R. Ambedkar
- d) N.G. Ranga
Correct Answer: (a)
46) Ram Sharan Sharma, who died in 2011 was an eminent:
- a) Chemist
- b) Economist
- c) Archaeologist
- d) Indologist
Correct Answer: (d)
47) The 98th Indian Science Congress was held in 2011 at:
- a) Bhopal
- b) Chennai
- c) Bengaluru
- d) Bhubaneshwar
Correct Answer: (b)
48) India making 'Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements' (DTAA) with other countries for the promotion of:
- a) Foreign institutional investment
- b) External commercial borrowings
- c) Foreign direct investments
- d) Bilateral trade
Correct Answer: (d)
49) Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does its magnetic field extend?
- a) west to east
- b) north to south
- c) south to north
- d) east to west
Correct Answer: (c)
50) What is m-commerce?
- a) machine commerce
- b) money commerce
- c) marketing commerce
- d) mobile commerce
Correct Answer: (d)