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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam 2016 Tier-I held on 28.08.2016.
1. What is the phenomenon which established the transverse nature of light?
- 1) Reflection
- 2) Interference
- 3) Diffraction
- 4) Polarisation
2. What is the name of a memory buffer used to accommodate a speed differential?
- 1) Cache
- 2) Stack Pointer
- 3) Accumulator
- 4) Disc
3. What is contained in Chlorophyll?
- 1) Sodium
- 2) Potassium
- 3) Manganese
- 4) Magnesium
4. Epigraphy is the study of which of the following?
- 1) Coins
- 2) Inscriptions
- 3) Temples
- 4) Birds
5. Who won the Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016?
- 1) Angilique Kuber
- 2) Serena Williams
- 3) Venus Williams
- 4) Steffi Graff
6. In which field is B.C. Roy Award given?
- 1) Music
- 2) Journalism
- 3) Medicine
- 4) Environment
7. What is Damodar Valley Corporation?
- 1) Statutory body
- 2) Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
- 3) A private enterprise located in Bihar
- 4) A non government organisation
8. Which is the highest gallantary Award in India?
- 1) Vir Chakra
- 2) Param Vishist Seva Medal
- 3) Kirti Chakra
- 4) Param Vir Chakra
9. Who was recently appointed as the first woman President of Nepal?
- 1) Sita Subedi
- 2) Pampha Bhusal
- 3) Urmila Rana
- 4) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
10. In which field is Pulitzer Prize awarded for outstanding work?
- 1) Environment Study
- 2) Science and Technology
- 3) Literature and Journalism
- 4) International Understanding
11. Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant?
- 1) Reacts with haemoglobin
- 2) Makes nervous system inactive
- 3) It reacts with Oxygen
- 4) It inhibits glycosis
12. Why is Rann of Kutch of India famous for?
- 1) Tidal and flats
- 2) Fertile soil
- 3) Dense Vegetation
- 4) All are correct
13. Commercial banks led to which of the following Priority sectors?
- 1) Heavy Industries
- 2) Agriculture, Small scale industries
- 3) Foreign Companies
- 4) State government in emergency situtation
14. What is the accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India?
- 1) April-March
- 2) July-June
- 3) October-September
- 4) January-December
15. What is the position of the earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun?
- 1) Aphelion
- 2) Antipode
- 3) Perihelion
- 4) Aldiate
16. The biogas used for cooking is a mixture of which of the following?
- 1) Carbon dioxide & oxygen
- 2) Isobutane & propane
- 3) Methane & carbon monoxide
- 4) Methane & carbon dioxide
17. From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha?
- 1) Sushma Swaraj
- 2) Margret Alva
- 3) Meera Kumar
- 4) Sarojini Naidu
18. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?
- 1) Western disturbances
- 2) Norwesters
- 3) Loo
- 4) Mango showers
19. Azolla increases soil fertility for
- 1) maize cultivation
- 2) wheat cultivation
- 3) barley cultivation
- 4) rice cultivation
20. Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
- 1) Election Commission
- 2) Finance Commission
- 3) Public Service Commission
- 4) Planning Commisssion
21. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?
- 1) Rathas
- 2) Prasadas
- 3) Mathika
- 4) Gandhakuti
22. What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current into direct current?
- 1) Ammeter
- 2) Galvanometer
- 3) Rectifier
- 4) Transformer
23. Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly?
- 1) Sawdust does not allow the air to touch the ice
- 2) The water is absorbed by sawdust
- 3) Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat
- 4) Sawdust is good conductor of heat
24. Which layer of the earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
- 1) Troposphere
- 2) Mesosphere
- 3) Ionosphere
- 4) Stratosphere
25. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
- 1) Pacific Ocean
- 2) Indian Ocean
- 3) Atlantic Ocean
- 4) Arctic Ocean