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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam 2016 Tier-I held on 28.08.2016. [1st Sitting]

1. Banks earn interest on

• 1) Deposits
• 2) Loans
• 3) Demand Drafts
• 4) Bills of Exchange

2. Which is the most important factor that determines whether advertising by manufacturing sector will lead to higher sales?

• 1) Demand is elastic
• 2) Demand is inelastic
• 3) The product can be differentiated
• 4) The product can be homogenous

3. Which among the following is true for the Supreme Court of India?

• 1) Federal Court
• 2) Court of Appeal
• 3) Guardian of the Constitution
• 4) All of these

4. Who was the revolutionary leader who ended his days as a Swami of Ramakrishna Mission?

• 1) Ajit Singh
• 2) Aurobindo Ghosh
• 3) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
• 4) Hemachandra Kanung

5. The "Red Shirts" movement was led by?

• 1) Maulana Azad
• 2) Mohammed Ali
• 3) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
• 4) Asfaqulla Khan

6. In the context of non-conventional energy, what is the meaning of 'OTE'?

• 1) Ocean Tidal Energy
• 2) Ocean Thermal Energy
• 3) Ocean Tidal Electricity
• 4) Other Thermal Energy

7. The atomic bomb is based on the principle of

• 1) Uncontrolled nuclear fusion
• 2) Uncontrolled nuclear fission
• 3) Controlled nuclear fission
• 4) Controlled nuclear fusion

8. Systems running more than one process concurrently are called

• 1) Multiprocessing
• 2) Multiprogramming
• 3) Real time
• 4) Batch processing

9. Butter is a colloid formed when

• 1) Proteins are dispersed in water
• 2) Water is dispersed in fat
• 3) Fat globules are dispersed in water
• 4) Carbohydrates are dissolved in water

10. Charcoal can be made at home by burning

• 1) wood in absence of air
• 2) coal in absence of air
• 3) coal in an insufficient supply of air
• 4) wood in an insufficient supply of air

11. Depletion of ozone layer causes

• 1) Breast cancer
• 2) Skin cancer
• 3) Lung cancer
• 4) Blood cancer

12. SMOG is a combination of

• 1) Air and water vapour
• 2) Water and smoke
• 3) Fire and water
• 4) Smoke and fog

13. ATM is the abbreviated form of

• 1) Automatic Teller Machine
• 2) Automated Teller Machine
• 3) All Time Money
• 4) Automatic Tally Machine

14. The Chairman of NITI Ayog is

• 1) Industry Minister
• 2) Prime Minister
• 3) Finance Minister
• 4) Commerce Minister

15. The film 'Phoolan Devi' was directed by

• 1) Raj Kapoor
• 2) Shashi Kapoor
• 3) Shekhar Kapoor
• 4) Anil Kapoor

16. Which of the following is not a scheme/programme started by the NDA Government?

• 1) Mission Indradhanush
• 2) Jan Dhan Yojana
• 3) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• 4) MNREGA

17. We are able to walk on earth without slipping because of

• 1) Gravitational force
• 2) Frictional force
• 3) Viscous force
• 4) Centrifugal force

18. Majority of the fungal bionts of lichens belong to

• 1) Baridiomycetes
• 2) Ascomycetes
• 3) Gomycetes
• 4) Deuteromycetes

19. Which of the following has open vascular system?

• 1) Cockroach
• 2) Human
• 3) Rat
• 4) Birds

20. The warm and cold ocean currents are caused by

• 1) Prevailing winds
• 2) Earth's rotation
• 3) Variations in density of sea water
• 4) All of these

21. Who was known as the Second founder of the Maratha Empire?

• 1) Balaji Bishwanath
• 2) Balaji Baji Rao
• 3) Baji Rao I
• 4) Madhav Rao

22. Mahatma Gandh's concept of 'Ram Rajya' was

• 1) A centralized government
• 2) A totalitarian state
• 3) A stateless society
• 4) Power in the hands of religious leaders

23. Credit Rationing in India is done by

• 1) RBI
• 2) SBI
• 3) LIC
• 4) Finance Ministry

24. The human faeces is yellow in colour due to the presence of a pigment called

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

25. Where are coins minted in India?

• 1) Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
• 2) Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad
• 3) Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
• 4) Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Noida