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DAILY QUIZ-383 (03.07.2018)

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SSC SPECIAL DAILY QUIZ -383 TOTAL QUESTIONS-40, TIME - 40 MINUTES, MARKS - 40 ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Sikhs Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1675 execution by the ordered of (a) Akbar (b) Sahajahan (c) Alla Uddin (d) Aurangzeb 2. The northernmost point of lies in the state of Jammu & Kashmir and it is known as (a) Indra point (b) Indira place (c) Indira col (d) Indira mole 3. Where is the Maikal Range situated? (a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu & Kashmir (c) Chhattisgarh range (d) Odisha 4. What is Chandipur at sea known for? (a) Deep sea fishing (b) Oil drilling (c) Missile testing range (d) Overseas communication 5. Pradhan Mantri Created MUDRA yojana, mudras stand for? (a) Missile Under Development and Research Agency (b) Missile Units Development and Refinance Agency (c) Micro Units Development and Recovery Agency (d) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency 6. In which year Telangana state formed? (a) 1910 (b) 1911 (c) 1913 (d) 2014 7. Who is the first deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in Nehru‟s Ministry? (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Morarji Desai (c) Sardar Patel (d) V. P. Singh 8. Pink Revolution is associated with. (a) Mustard (b) Fisheries (c) Onions (d) Milk 9. Which scheme was replaces by the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana? (a) Narendra Modi Gram Jyoti Yojna (b) Atal Bihari Gram Jyoti Yojana (c) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (d) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Gram Jyoti Yojna 10. Which unit of Valuation is known as „paper gold‟? (a) Euro dollar (b) Petro dollar (c) Special drawing right (d) Global depository receipt 11. What is „Montreal protocol concerned with? (a) Checking global warming (b) Checking ozone depletion (c) Checking global warming and ozone depletion (d) Checking global warming ozone deputation and protecting biodiversity 12. Which is not a vector? (a) Energy (b) Force (c) Momentum (d) Velocity 13. When a wave goes from one place to another it transport (a) Matter (b) Energy (c) Mass (d) None 14. A dentist‟s mirror is a (a) Cylindrical mirror (b) Plane mirror (c) Convex mirror (d) Concave mirror 15. Colour is related to (a) Amplitude (b) Frequency (c) Quality (d) Velocity 16. Pencil lead is made up of (a) Graphite (b) Charcoal (c) Lead Oxide (d) Lampblack 17. Blister copper is (a) An ore of copper (b) Pure copper (c) Impure copper (d) An alloy of copper 18. Mahabharata, said to have been written by Rishi Vyasa around. (a) 500 B.C. (b) 400 B.C. (c) 200 B.C (d) 100 B.C 19. Who is the man of climb without oxygen?

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(a) (b) (c) Nawang Gombu (d) 20. Which date is observed International “Day of Yoga”? (a) June 17 (b) June 21 (c) July 26 (d) Nov 14

ENGLISH BUZZ

Directions (21-22) Choose the word which is most nearly the SIMILAR in meaning as the word given in capital letters: 21. INFURIATE a) burn b) disgrace c) threaten d) enrage 22. PREDOMINANTLY a) emphatically b) forcefully c) mostly d) profoundly

Directions (23-24) Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word given in capital letters: 23. ASCETICISM a) comfort b) luxury c) anti-Semitism d) humility 24. ENDURING a) fleeting b) painful c) permanent d) long lasting

Directions (25) Find the correctly spelt word: 25. a)limousene b) paradigm c) hysterea d) hypocricy

Directions: In question nos. 26, In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice / Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive voice / Active voice. 26. The Minister had already informed his Cabinet about his decision. a) His Cabinet was already informed about the Minister‟s decision. b) His Cabinet has already informed the Minister about his decision. c) His Cabinet had already been informed about his decision by the Minister. d) His Cabinet will have already been informed about the Minister‟s decision.

Directions (27-28) Each of the items in this section has a sentence with two blank spaces and four words given after the sentence. Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank spaces. 27. The report ______that the Indian I.T. industry will earn over hundred billion dollars in ______in the next decade. a) revealed ...... volume b) states ..... services c) predicts .... future d) forecasts..... revenue 28. His speech ______the need for the media to play an important role to bring ______on social evils. a) reflected ..... pressure b) communicating .... attention c) stressed .... focus d) addressing .... emphasis

Directions (29-30) In this questions the 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered as 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order, read the sentence and find out, which of the four combination is correct. Then find the correct answer. 29. 1. Before presenting a paper it is advisable to choose a subject of your interest. P. When presenting your paper speak distinctly and pleasantly. Q. Next, „read up‟ about it, before you write the paper.

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R. Then prior to writing make a clear plan to ensure orderly presentation. S. While reading, you should make notes. 6. In this way, the Interest of the listeners is enhanced and you are appreciated. (a)RSQP (b) PQRS (c)QSRP (d) SQRP 30. 1. Environment is the place where all forms of life exist, live and prosper. P. Thus, there is a network of life forms with a close association among themselves and with the non living matter. Q. Any life form can exist on earth only if the integrity of all the components are maintained. R. Human life is closely linked with all the other forms in the environment and also with the inanimate objects like air, water and land. S. If anyone component of this network is disturbed, it will have a profound adverse effect on all other components. 6. Protecting Environment is an important item of life. (a)QRSP (b) RPSQ (c) PQSR (d) SQPR Directions (Q. Nos. 31-33): In the following questions, four alternatives are given underlined Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. 31. A brave soldier will never show the white feather in the face of his enemy. (a) show signs of cowardice (b) act arrogantly (c) show intimacy (d) act impudently 32. You have to be tactful in handling the sensitive matters rather than putting the cart before the horse. (a) treating these indifferently (b) behaving thoughtlessly (c) dealing with these in haste (d) tackling these in the wrong way 33. His pronunciation was so bad and his voice so low that the speech he made was all Greek to me. (a) strange (b) Incomprehensible (c) inaudible (d) uninteresting Directions (34-35):Choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence. 34. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter a) Pun b) Alliteration c) Transferred epithet d) Oxymoron 35. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area a) Dam b) Mound c) Dyke d) Embankment

TARK SHASHTRA

Directions (Q. Nos. 36-38): In each of the following questions, find the odd words/letters/number pairs from the given alternatives. 36. a) 45 b) 83 c) 75 d) 26 37. a) Murmur b) Coo c) Grunt d) Low 38. a) LEO b) GEO c) GSO d) PEO Directions (Q. Nos. 39-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: A group of friend playing football in the ground from the beginning of the game Ram face to rising sun in the morning he start the game by kicking the football. The ball moves to his right at a speed of 5 m/s in 2 second reach to sam who face the ball and start kicking the ball towards left at 10m/s in 2 sec and it reach to Gopal. Gopal face to ball then suddenly turned to his North-West direction and kick the ball at 6 m/s in 5 sec and he make the goal. 39. What is distance between the starting point and Gopal? a) 5 10 m b) 10 5 m c) 6 3 m d) 4 7 m 40. In which direction the goal post present with respect to sam if there is one goal post in the field. a) North – east b) south c) North – west d) west

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SCORE CARD Total Marks : ______35-40: Outstanding A Your Mark : ______30-34: Very Good B Toppers Mark : _____ 25-29: Good C Less than 25: Average D

ANSWER KEYS 01. (d) 02. (c) 03. (c) 04. (c) 05. (d) 06. (d) 07. (c) 08. (c) 09. (c) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (b ) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27.(d) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (c)

EXPLANATIONS

36-c; 45 = 4 5 = 20 83 = 8 3 = 24 75 = 75 = 35 26 = 26 = 12 Only 35 is divisible by 7. 37-a; Except „a‟ others are animals sound. 38-d; Except „d‟ others are satellite orbits. LEO = Low Earth Orbit GEO = Geostationary Earth Orbits. GSO = Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (39-40)

Ram to Gopal Distance = 102  202 10 5 39-b 40-c

“STRIVE NOT TO BE A SUCCESS, BUT RATHER TO BE OF VALUE.”

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