General Knowledge Questions With Answers-Part5

SSC GRADUATION LEVEL Held on 26-6-2011

General Knowledge Questions With Answers

51. The reserves held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called

            1:- Case reserves

            2:- Deposit reserves

            3:- Excess reserves

            4:- Momentary reserves

52. Who is authorized to issue coins in India?

            1:- Reserve Bank of India

            2:- Ministry of Finance

            3:- State Bank of India

            4:- Indian Overseas Bank

53. Which four counties are called the Asian Tigers

            1:- Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

            2:- Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan

            3:- Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Singapore

            4:- Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Taiwan

54. In the Budget estimates for 2011-12 an allocation of Rs. 300 crore has been made for promoting output of pulses in 60,000 villages in rainfed areas with a view to attaining self sufficiency in pulses in a period of

            1:- two years

            2:- three years

            3:- four years

            4:- five years

55. In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28=2=2011 the growth rate for the years 2010-11 was projects at

            1:- 7.6%

            2:- 8.0%

            3:- 8.6%

            4:- 9.0%

56. The 'break even' point is where

            1:- marginal revenue equals marginal cost

            2:- average revenue equals average cost

            3:- total revenue equals total cost

            4:- None of the above

57. The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from

            1:- USA

            2:- UK

            3:- USSR

            4:- France

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58. In the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently?

            1:- English, Sindhi, Marathi, Sanskrit

            2:- Sanskrit, Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri

            3:- Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali

            4:- Marathi, Oriya, Konkani, Nepali

59. Indian Parliament Means

            1:- Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha

            2:- Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha- Prime Minister

            3:- President of India- Rajya Sabha-Lok Sabha

            4:-President of India, Vice- President of India- Lok Sabha- Rajya Sabha

60. Generally, the soil of the morthern plains of India has been formed by

            1:- Degradation 

            2:- Aggradation

            3:- Weathering in situ

            4:- Erosion

61. Hiuen Tsang visied India during the reign of

            1:- Chandragupta I

            2:- Chandragupta II

            3:- Harshavardhana

            4:-Ruddradaman

62. The Muslim Adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was

            1:-Alla-ud=din Khilji

            2:- Muhammad-bin-Tughlak

            3:- Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar

            4:-Muhammad-bin-Quasim

63. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of

            1:- Akbar

            2:- Aurangzeb

            3:- Jahangir

            4:- Shah Jahan

64. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in

            1:- 1919

            2:- 1935

            3:- 1906

            4:- 1909

65. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were

            1:- Bengal and Punjab

            2:- Punjab and NWFP

            3:- Madras and Central Provinces

            4:- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

66. Sea breee is formed during

            1:- day time

            2:- night time

            3:- both

            4:- seasonal

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67. What percentage of world’s fresh water is stored as glacial ice?

            1:- 50%

            2:- 10%

            3:- 70%

            4:-30%

68. Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?

            1:- Ganges

            2:- Godavari

            3:- Mahanadi

            4:- Tapti

69. Which one of the following state has the longest coastline?

            1:- Maharashtra

            2:- Tamil Nadu

            3:- Gujarat

            4:- Andhra Pradesh

70. The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is

1:- Shipkila

            2:- Zojila

            3:- Nathula

            4:- Jepepla

71. Match the following and select the correct answer for m the code given below

Crops

Producing      State

1 Tea               1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Sugarcane     2 Assam

3 Groundnut   3 Uttar Pradesh

4 Apple           4 Gujarat

            1:- a-2, b-4, c-4, d-3

            2:- a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

            3:- a-3, b-2, c-1, d-1

            4:-a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

72. An example of false fruit is

            1:- Apple

            2:- Guava

            3:- Mango

            4:-Tomato

73. Normal fasting blook sugar level per 100 ml. of blood in man is

            1:-30-50 mg

            2:- 50-70 mg

            3:- 80-100 mg

            4:-120-140 mg

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74. rate of Interest is determined by

            1:- the rate of return on the capital invested

            2:- Central Govt.

            3:- Liquidity preference

            4:- Commercial Bank

 75. The vector of disease sleeping sickness is

            1:- sand-fly

            2:- house-fly

            3:- fruit- fly

            4:- tse-tse-fly

76. For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct?

            1:- About 25 million year

            2:- About 65 million year

            3:- About 100 million year

            4:- About 135 million year

77. A geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from

            1:- East to West

            2:- West to East

            3:- North to South

            4:- South to North

78. Among the Following Materials sound revels fastest in

            1:- Steel

            2:- Air

            3:- Vacuum

            4:- Water

79. The rear side of the moon was photographed by

            1:- Viking I

            2:- Viking II

            3:- Luna III

            4:- Mariner IX

80. Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to find prey, predators or obstacles?

            1:- Refraction of sound

            2:- Formation of beats

            3:- Sea tering of sound

            4:- Echolocation

81. What did the first electronic digital computer contain?

            1:- Transistors

            2:- Valves

            3:- Core memory

            4:- Semiconductor memory

82. Microsoft Office’s personal information manager is

            1:- Outlook

            2:- Internal Explorer

            3:- Organizer

            4:- Access

83. Hard Steel contains

            1:- 2 to 5 per cent carbon

            2:- 0.5 to 1.5 per cent carbon

            3:- 0.1 to 0.4 per cent carbon

            4:- 0.01 2 to 0.04 per cent carbon

84. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of

            1:- limestone and graphite

            2:- limestone and clay

            3:- chalk and graphite

            4:- clay and graphite

85. Glass is a

            1:- superheated solid

            2:- supercooled liquid

            3:- supercooled gas

            4:-superheated liquid

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86. The temperature of oxy-acetylene flam is around

            1:- 2800 C

            2:- 3200 C

            3:- 4000 C

            4:- 1500 C

87. Which is the most stable eco-system?

            1:- Desert

            2:- Ocean

            3:- Mountain

            4:- Forest

88. Lambert’s law is related to

            1:- reflection

            2:- refraction

            3:- interference

            4:- illumination

89. The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of

            1:- Temperate forst

            2:- Tropical rain forests

            3:- Savannahs

            4:-Scrubland

90. The Refrigerant ‘FREON’ is

            1:- alcium Tetra Fluoride

            2:- Difluoro Dichloro Methane

            3:- Fluorspar and Felspar

            4:- Hydrofluosilicic Acid

91. In the budget speech on February 20, 2011, the Finance Minister has announced tha an international award with prize money of Rs. 1 crore is being in stituted in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promoting

            1:- international peace

            2:- emancipation of underprivileged

            3:- universal brotherhood

            4:- human rights

92. The Strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth’s axis to wobble by about

            1:- 1 inch

            2:- 2 inches

            3:- 4 inches

            4:-6 inches

93. WIKILEAKS, a whistleblowers website is an international organization based in

            1:- USA

            2:- UK

            3:- Sweden

            4:-Norway

94. ‘Nomadic Elephant’ was the joint military exercise held some time back in India between India and

            1:- China

            2:- USA

            3:- Russia

            4:- Mongolia

95. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to

            1:- 30 lakhs

            2:- 35 lakhs

            3:- 40 lakhs

            4:-50 lakhs

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96. Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismilah
Khan Yuva Puraskar for dance in 2009?

            1:- Omkar Shrikant Dadrkar

            2:- Ragini Chander Sarkar

            3:- Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Robha

            4:- K. Neilai Manikandan

97. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir

            1:- Jhora

            2:- Veedhi

            3:- Rauf

            4:- Suisini

98. Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?

            1:- Witness and Night

            2:- The Red Devil

            3:- Earth and Ashes

            4:-Tonight this savage Rite

99. Who invented the Jet Engine?

            1:- Karl Benz

            2:- Sir Frank Whittle

            3:- Thormas Savery

            4:- Michael Farady

100. South-South dialogue is associated with

            1:- Co-operation among developing nations

            2:- Arms conference

            3:- Summit meeting between developed and developing countries

            4:- All the above

Answer:-

51. (3)              52. (2)              53. (1)              54. (2)

55. (3)              56. (3)              57. (1)              58. (3)             

59. (3)              60. (2)              61. (3)              62. (3)

63. (3)              64. (4)              65. (1)              66. (1)

67. (3)              68. (4)              69. (3)              70. (1)

71. (2)              72. (1)              73. (3)              74. (3)

75. (4)              76. (2)              77. (2)              78. (1)

79. (3)              80. (4)              81. (2)              82. (1)

83. (2)              84. (2)              85. (2)              86. (2)

87. (1)              88. (4)              89. (2)              90. (2)

91. (3)              92. (3)              93. (3)              94. (4)

95. (3)              96. (2)              97. (3)              98. (4)

99. (2)              100. (1)

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