SSC-CPO PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER 2017 (GENERAL AWARENESS)

Q1. How much portion of earth’s surface is 1. tendon 2. ligament covered by water? 3. neuron 4. adipose 1. One-third 2. One-fourth Q10. A ______splits sunlight into seven colours. 3. Two-third 4. Half 1. concave lens 2. convex lens Q2. Indian Standard Time (IST) is based upon 3. prism 4. concave mirror Indian Standard Meridian which passes Q11. What is the process of conversion from solid through. to ash is known as? 1. Jaipur 2. Kolkata 1. Fusion 2. Solidification 3. Ahmedabad 4. Allahabad 3. Sublimation 4. Condensation Q3. Which among the following river is also Q12. At what temperature water converts to known as ‘Tsangpo’ ? water vapour? 1. Krishna 2. Godavari 1. 273k 2. 100k 3. Ganga 4. Brahmaputra 3. 373k 4. 0k Q4. ‘Chumbi Valley’ is located in which state? Q13. What is the unit of frequency? 1. Sikkim 2. Himachal Pradesh 1. Decibel 2. Watt 3. Uttarakhand 4. Kashmir 3. Hertz 4. Newton Q5. Guard cells surrounds ______Q14. Which among the following is/ are output 1. Nucleus 2. Stomata devices? 3. Golgi apparatus 4. Mitochondria I. Scanner Q6. What are male gametes called as? II. Speaker 1. Zygote 2. Ova III. Plotter 3. Sperms 4. Embryo 1. Only I 2. Only II Q7. At which period of life, body undergoes 3. Both II and III 4. Both I and III changes leading to reproductive maturity? Q15. IBM 701, IBM 702, IBM 650 are examples of 1. Adulthood ______2. Adolescence 1. First generation 3. Adrenaline change 2. Second generation computer 4. Target period 3. Third generation computer Q8. Which of the following cell organelles are 4. Fourth generation computer present only in plant cell ? Q16. Spinach contains ______1. Cell membrane 2. Cell wall 1. Lactic Acid 2. Oxalic Acid 3. Mitochondria 4. Lysosomes 3. Carbonic Acid 4. Formic Acid Q9. Two Bones are connected to each other by Q17. Which among the following is a negatively connective tissue called as ______charged ion?

1. Calcium ion 2. Zinc ion 3. Olympics 4. FIFA World Cup 3. Silver ion 4. Iodine ion Q26. ‘Jamini Roy’ was associated with which Art Q18. What is the common name of sodium form ? carbonate? 1. Dancing 2. Singing 1. Limestone 2. Lime 3. Drama 4. Painting 3. Marble 4. Washing soda Q27. Which film has been awarded with Best film Q19. Which of the following is most reactive in on Social issue in 64th National film Awards? nature? 1. Dangal 2. Sultan 1. Potassium 2. Calcium 3. Pink 4. Jolly L.L.B. 2 3. Lead 4. Copper Q28. ‘My Country My Life’ is written by ______Q20. Which among the following is not a Biotic 1. Raghav Bahal 2. Lal Krishna Advani component of environment? 3. Mamta Banerjee 4. Meira Kumar 1. Parasites 2. Decomposers Q29. Which of the following was the fifth country 3. Non-Green plants 4. Soil to join BRICS? Q21. Bleaching liquors are inorganic pollutants 1. Argentina 2. South Africa produced mainly by which Industry? 3. Spain 4. Sri Lanka I. Paper and Pulp Industry Q30. Kaldan transport project is between India II. Iron and Steel Industry and ______. III. Mining Industry 1. Nepal 2. Bhutan 1. Only I 2. Only II 3. Myanmar 4. Afghanistan 3. Only III 4. Both II and III Q31. Who gave the law of Gravitation? Q22. Which among the following is not a Kharif 1. Michael Faraday 2. James Watt crop ? 3. Albert Einstein 4. Issac Newton 1. Tur daal (arhar) 2. Bajra Q32. Which among the following come under the 3. Wheat 4. Maize secondary sector of Indian Economy? Q23. Under MUDRA Bank, loan ranging from Rs. 1. Cloth Industry 2. Transport of goods 50,000 to Rs. 5,00,000 is categorized under. 3. Cotton production 4. Banking 1. Shishu 2. Kishor Q33. In which economic system the goods 3. Tarun 4. Atul produced are distributed among people not Q24. Who among the following discovered blood on the basis of what people need but on the group ? basis of Purchasing Power? 1. Joseph Fourter 1. Socialist 2. Mixed 2. Karl Landsteiner 3. Capitalist 4. Marxist 3. M. S. Swami Nathan Q34. Which among the following is an example of 4. Richael Carison progressive tax? Q25. ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ is motto for which 1. Excise duty 2. Octroi of the following Games Event ? 3. Income tax 4. House tax 1. Asian Games 2. IPL Q35. In which year ‘New Economic Policy’ was announced in India?

1. 1990 2. 1991 Q43. How many Mahajanapadas were there in 3. 1992 4. 1989 ancient India? Q36. Who among the following is a part of a 1. 20 2. 16 political executive? 3. 18 4. 10 1. District Magistrate Q44. In which century Bhakti movement began? 2. Secretary of Ministry of defence 1. 6th century 2. 7th century 3. Finance Minister 3. 8th century 4. 9th century 4. Superintendent of Police Q45. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native Q37. Indian Parliament is ______of which country? 1. Unicameral 2. Bicameral 1. Uzbekistan 2. Italy 3. Tri cameral 4. None of these 3. Morocco 4. Russia Q38. Who among the following is constitutionally Q46. Set the following dynasties in chronological empowered to alter Scheduled Area? order of their period of rule. 1. High Court 2. Prime Minister 1. Khilji Dynasty 3. Supreme Court 4. President 2. Lodhi Dynasty Q39. Which article in Indian Constitution 3. Tughlaq Dynasty describes India as ‘Union Of State’? 1. 1, 3, 2 2. 3, 1, 2 1. Article 1 2. Article 2 3. 2, 3, 1 4. 3, 2, 1 3. Article 3 4. Article 4 Q47. In which year Quit India movement started? Q40. In which Constitutional Amendment Act 1. 1939 2. 1940 socialist and secular were added to 3. 1942 4. 1945 Preamble of Indian? Q48. Which among the following is not a cash 1. 40th Constitutional Amendment Act crop? 2. 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1. Cotton 2. Groundnut 3. 44th Constitutional Amendment Act 3. Tea 4. Jowar 4. 49th Constitutional Amendment Act Q49. ______unemployment happens when Q41. Indian Constitution provides how many people are not able to find jobs during some writs? months of the year. 1. 4 2. 5 1. Seasonal 2. Disguised 3. 6 4. 7 3. Educated 4. Technical Q42. Who described Constitution of India as Q50. Which among the following country is not a ‘quasi-federal’ ? part of ‘Second World Countries’? 1. Granville Austin 2. Ione Jennings 1. Russia 2. China 3. Morris Jones 4. K.C. Wheare 3. Mongolia 4. Argentina