SSC CHSL Tier 1- General Awareness (February 8, 2017)- Morning Shift

Q 1 - ______comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution. Options: 1) Nalanda 2) Rani ki vav 3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4) Fatehpur Sikri Correct Answer: Nalanda Q 2 - Which of these Indians has not won a Nobel Award? Options: 1) Rabindranath Tagore 2) C. V. Raman 3) Satyajit Ray 4) Amartya Sen Correct Answer: Satyajit Ray Q 3 - Elapidae Naja is the scientific name of ______. Options: 1) Cobra 2) Elephant 3) Eagle 4) Owl Correct Answer: Cobra Q 4 - What is the chemical formula of aluminium nitride? Options: 1) AlN 2) Al2N 3) AlN2 4) AlN2 Correct Answer: AlN Q 5 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Chlorine Options: 1) Potassium 2) Sulphur 3) Aluminium 4) Phosphorus Correct Answer: Potassium Q 6 - Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for? 1) Internet Service Provider 2) Intranet Service Provider 3) Internet Systems Provider 4) Intranet Systems Provider Correct Answer: Internet Service Provider Q 7 - Ghoomar is a folk dance of ______. Options: 1) Mizoram 2) Puducherry 3) Gujarat 4) Rajasthan Correct Answer: Rajasthan Q 8 - If one more baker is hired the output of a bakery will increase from 1250 breads to 1400 breads per day, but then the bakery will have to reduce the price of the bread from Rs 15 to Rs 14 per unit to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last baker is . Options: 1) Rs 850 2) Rs 150 3) Rs 1960 4) Rs 1875 Correct Answer: Rs 850 Q 9 - If a perfectly competitive firm can increase its profits by increasing its output, then that firm's product's . Options: 1) price exceeds its marginal costs 2) price exceeds its average total costs 3) average variable costs exceed its average total costs 4) fixed costs are zero Correct Answer: price exceeds its marginal costs Q 10 - Uraninite is an ore/mineral of ______1) Zinc 2) Uranium 3) Titanium 4) Aluminium Correct Answer: Uranium Q 11- Name India's oldest credit information bureau. Options: 1) RBI 2) CIBIL 3) NABARD 4) UTI Correct Answer: CIBIL Q 12 - A volcano that is not expected to erupt again is called______Options: 1) Cinder cone 2) Moraine 3) Lava 4) Extinct volcano Correct Answer: Extinct volcano Q 13 - Paris is the Capital City of ______. Options: 1) France 2) Norway 3) Canada 4) Greece Correct Answer: France Q 14 - Chandragupta Maurya was born in Pataliputra, which is now in . 1) Chattisgarh 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Bihar Correct Answer: Bihar Q 15 - Battle of Kanauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and______Options: 1) Babur 2) Humayun 3) Akbar 4) Aurangzeb Correct Answer: Humayun Q 16 - Magic Marker was invented by______Options: 1) Adolphe Sax 2) Albert Bruce Sabin 3) Sidney Rosenthal 4) Hyman George Rickover Correct Answer: Sidney Rosenthal Q 17 - Upward force on a floating body is called______Options: 1) jerk 2) buoyancy 3) Archimedal force 4) Anti-gravity Correct Answer: buoyancy Q 18 - Women have shrill voice because of ______1) Low frequency 2) High frequency 3) Shrill vocals 4) Strong epiglottis Correct Answer: High frequency Q 19 - Who was the first female Governor of India? Options: 1) Kamala Nehru 2) Madam Bikaji Kama 3) Sarojini Naidu 4) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu Q 20 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Kerala is . Options: 1) 2 2) 13 3) 20 4) 25 Correct Answer: 20 Q 21 - In which Sport in Olympics, India has won maximum Gold Medals? Options: 1) Shooting 2) Wrestling 3) Hockey 4) Athletics Correct Answer: Hockey Q 22 - The upper part of the heterosphere is composed almost completely of which gas? Options: 1) Ozone 2) Nitrogen 3) Oxygen 4) Hydrogen Correct Answer: Hydrogen Q 23 - Who is the author of "My Father is a Hero"? Options: 1) Novoneel Chakraborty 2) Neelima Dalmia Adhar 3) Nishant Kaushik 4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Correct Answer: Nishant Kaushik Q 24 - Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iron? Options: 1) Beriberi 2) Tetany 3) Kwashiorkor 4) Anaemia Correct Answer: Anaemia Q 25 - ______is a leaf where the leaflets are arranged along the middle vein. Options: 1) Pinnately compound leaf 2) Palmately compound leaf 3) Compound leaf 4) Simple leaf Correct Answer: Pinnately compound leaf Q 26 - Which programming language is developed by James A Gosling? Options: 1) ASP.Net 2) Java 3) PHP 4) C# Correct Answer: Java Q 27 - Kaleidoscope was invented by ______. Options: 1) John Barber 2) Tim Berners-Lee 3) Alan Blumlein 4) David Brewster Correct Answer: David Brewster Q 28 - The nitrogenous waste of Human Beings is Options: 1) Ammonia 2) Urea 3) Ammonium Nitrate 4) Uric Acid Correct Answer: Urea Q 29 - Haustoria or sucking roots are found in which of the following? Options: 1) Wheat 2) Mango 3) Chestnut 4) Cuscuta Correct Answer: Cuscuta Q 30 - Equs Asinus is the scientific name of Options: 1) Donkey 2) Cow 3) Deer 4) Kangaroo Correct Answer: Donkey Q 31 - ______is an anaesthetic agent. Options: 1) Acetylene 2) Glycol 3) Diethylether 4) Ethylene Correct Answer: Diethylether Q 32 - ______is used for making chemical apparatus like beakers, flasks etc. Options: 1) Potash glass 2) Hard glass 3) Soda glass 4) Jena glass Correct Answer: Hard glass Q 33 - Rashtrapati Bhavan was built in ______. Options: 1) 1852 2) 1910 3) 1947 4) 1986 Correct Answer: 1910 Q 34 - Santhara is a religious ritual of ______community. Options: 1) Sikhs 2) Jews 3) Jain 4) Buddhists Correct Answer: Jain Q 35 - If for a perfectly competitive firm, price is Rs. 60, output is 300 units, average variable costs are Rs. 18, and average total costs are Rs. 36. The firm's profits are equal to Options: 1) Rs. 5400 2) Rs. 3600 3) Rs. 7200 4) Rs. 1800 Correct Answer: Rs. 7200 Q 36 - Which of the following will cause an increase in demand for a good? Options: 1) an increase in income if the good is an inferior goods 2) a decrease in the price of the goods 3) a decrease in income if the good is a normal goods 4) an increase in the price of its substitute goods Correct Answer: an increase in the price of its substitute goods Q 37 - The ionosphere overlaps which two layers of the atmosphere?? Options: 1) Troposphere and Mesosphere 2) Mesosphere and Stratosphere 3) Ionosphere and Homosphere 4) Exosphere and Thermosphere Correct Answer: Exosphere and Thermosphere Q 38 - Carcinogenic chemicals cause Options: 1) Heart diseases 2) Diabetes 3) Cancer 4) Asthma Correct Answer: Cancer Q 39 - First country to appoint Lokpal or equivalent to a Lokpal is ______. Options: 1) Brazil 2) Burma 3) Sweden 4) India Correct Answer: Sweden Q 40 - Which are the oldest mountains in India? Options: 1) Western Ghats 2) Satpura Range 3) Aravallis 4) Eastern Ghats Correct Answer: Aravallis Q 41 - Which country is the largest producer of Rice? Options: 1) Brazil 2) China 3) United States 4) India Correct Answer: China Q 42 - Who built Jama Masjid? Options: 1) Guru Ramdas 2) Shah Jahan 3) Rao Jodhaji 4) Mahatma Gandhi Correct Answer: Shah Jahan Q 43 - Battle of Haldighati was fought in the year ______. Options: 1) 1764 2) 1526 3) 1576 4) 1857 Correct Answer: 1576 Q 44 - First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna. Options: 1) Indira Gandhi 2) Vijay Laxmi Pandit 3) Mother Teresa 4) Leela Seth Correct Answer: Indira Gandhi Q 45 - When ice floats on water, its _____ part remains outside the water. Options: 1) 0.5 2) 0.3 3) 0.1 4) 1 Correct Answer: 0.1 Q 46 - Instrument for measuring low temperatures is called Options: 1) Diagometer 2) Cryometer 3) Chromatoptometer 4) Cymometer Correct Answer: Cryometer Q 47 - In Lok Sabha the total number of members from states is Options: 1) 630 2) 530 3) 430 4) 330 Correct Answer: 530 Q 48 - At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India? Options: 1) Morarji Desai 2) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 3) V P Singh 4) Indira Gandhi Correct Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Q 49 - Kevin Durant plays which International Sport? Options: 1) Golf 2) Baseball 3) Basketball 4) Boxing Correct Answer: Basketball Q 50 - Who is the author of the book -"My Experiments with Truth"? Options: 1) Aristotle 2) Winston Churchill 3) Jarnes Morris 4) Mahatma Gandhi Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi