DAILY-QUIZ-SSC- [1138]-[23-12-2020] TEST YOURSELF SSC SPECIAL DAILY QUIZ TOTAL QUESTIONS-40, TIME - 40 MINUTES, MARKS –40 ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. With which of the following period do we associate the ‘microlith’ implements? (a) palaeolithic (b) Mesolithic (c) Neolithic (d) chalcolithic 2. The world is God and God is my soul’ is the philosophy contained in the : (a) Vedas (b) Puranas (c) Brahamanas (d) Upanishads 3. The ritualistic precepts attached to the hymns of the Vedas were known as the: (a) Brahmanas (b) Samhitas (c) Upanishads (d) Aranyakas 4. The main cause of the tribal wars among the early Aryan settlers, the most famous of which is mentioned in Rigveda as “Battle of Ten Kings”, was (a) cattle and land disputes (b) foreign invasions (c) showing supremacy (d) intrigues of the leaders 5. Which of the following transferred his capital from Pataliputra to Vaishali ? (a) Bimbisara (b) Ajatsatru (c) Udayin (d) Shishunaga 6. Which of the following Mauryan emperors abdicated his throne and migrated to the south to live as Jain ascetic? (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Ashoka (c) Bindusara (d) Dasaratha 7. Charaka was the court physician of : (a) Kanishka (b) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Ashoka (d) Harshavardhana 8. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system in: (a) Turkey (b) Persia (c) Afghanistan (d) Mongolia 9. The battle of Dharmat was fought between: (a) Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand (b) Babar and the Afghans (c) Aurangzeb and DaraShikoh (d) Ahmad Shai Durrani and the Marathas 10. In medieval. India, during the reign of Shivaji, the role of the official called ‘Chitnis’ was to: (a) be the in charge of kings personal security guard (b) be the in-charge of intelligence/espionage activity (c) be the master of ceremonies in the royal court (d) be assisting the king with his correspondence 11. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Duke of Cannaught (d) Duke of Wellingdon 12. Mahad Satyagraha was led by: (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 13. The Treaty of Seringapatam is associated with which of the following wars? (a) Second Anglo-Maratha War (b) Third Anglo-Mysore War (c) Third Anglo-Maratha War (d) Fourth Anglo–Mysore War 14. With reference to the relations of the Princely states with British Crown, which among the following report said that “Paramountcy must remain paramount”? (a) Hunter Commission Report (b) Strachey Commission Report (c) Butler Commission Report (d) Campbell Commission Report 15. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev along with Jaigopal were involved in which among the following conspiracy case? (a) kanpur Conspiracy Case (b) Lahore Conspiracy Case (c) Bhagalapur Conspiracy Case (d) Alipore Bomb case Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 1 DAILY-QUIZ-SSC- [1138]-[23-12-2020] TEST YOURSELF 16. Who among the following is known as Father of Muslim Renaissance in Bengal? (a) Syed Ahmad Khan (b) Ameer Ali (c) Nawab Abdul Latif Khan (d) Nawab Samiullah Khan 17. The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was __? (a) Tatya Tope (b) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah (c) Birjis Qadir (d) Begum Hazrat Mahal 18. The Battle of Chillianwalla was a part of? (a) Anglo-Maratha Wars (b) Anglo-Carnatic Wars (c) Anglo-French Wars (d) Anglo-Sikh Wars 19. Who among the following is known as the “Saint of Dakshineshwar”? (a) Ramkrishna Paramahansa (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) Saint Tikaram 20. For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by (a) anyone residing in India. (b) a resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contented. (c) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency. (d) any citizen of India. ENGLISH BUZZ Directions (Q.21 to 30) : A sentence / a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed click the button corresponding to ‘No Improvement’. 21. He enjoys to go on tours with his children. (a) To go for torus (b) Going for tours (c) Going on torus (d) No improvement 22. Sita was cooking in the kitchen when her husband was ringing the bell. (a) Would have been ringing (b) Had rung (c) Rang (d) No improvement 23. If the room has been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time. (a) If the room was brighter (b) If the room are brighter (c) Had the room been brighter (d) No improvement 24. Never such incidents have taken place on our campus. (a) Have such incidents (b) Such incidents will have (c) Were such incidents (d) No improvement 25. My mother teach me to be a good human being. (a) Taught (b) Thought (c) Talked (d) No improvement 26. Seeing may be believing but understanding are definitely knowing. (a) Understanding could be knowing (b) Understanding to know (c) Understanding is definite knowing (d) No improvement 27. There are some bacteria that are survive inside nuclear power stations. (a) Have (b) Were (c) Can (d) No improvement 28. No sooner did she finish the lecture, that the students began to leave. (a) Then the students began to leave (b) Than the students began to leave (c) And the students began to leave (d) No improvement 29. Hundreds gathered to await the boxer’s arrival at the airport. (a) To await for (b) To awaits for (c) To wait (d) No Improvement 30. The dissidents hold a great problem in every political party. (a) Cause (b) Instil (c) Incite (d) No Improvement Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 2 DAILY-QUIZ-SSC- [1138]-[23-12-2020] TEST YOURSELF REASONING 31. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 95137248 each of which has as many digit between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order? (a)One (b)Two (c) Three (d) Four 32. How many triangles are there in the adjoining figure? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d)11 Directions (33- 34) : In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 33. Statements: All shoes are tables. Some tables are lanes. All caps are lanes. Some lanes are row. Conclusions: I. Some tables are rows. II. Some tables are shoes. Ill. Some rows are caps. IV. Some lanes are shoes. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II follows (c) Only III follows (d) Only either I or IV follows 34. Statements: All brands are bottles. All bottles are machines. All machines are files. All files are roots. Conclusions: I. Some files are machines. II. Some brands are roots. Ill. Some machines are roots. IV. All brands are files. (a) None follows (b) Only I follows (c) Only IV follows (d) All follow Directions (Q.35) : In question below is followed by three arguments numbered (A), (B) and (C). You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument. 35. Statement : Should there be a cap on drawing groundwater for irrigation purposes in India? Arguments: (A) No, irrigation is of prime importance for food production in India and it is heavily dependent on groundwater In many parts of the country. (B) Yes, water tables have gone down to alarmingly low levels in some parts of the country where irrigation is primarily dependent on groundwater, which may lead to serious environmental consequences. Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 3 DAILY-QUIZ-SSC- [1138]-[23-12-2020] TEST YOURSELF (C) Yes, India just cannot afford to draw groundwater any further as the international agencies have cautioned India against it. (a)Only (A) and (B) are strong (b)Only (B) and (C) are strong (c)Only (A) and (C) are strong (d)All (A), (B) and (C) are strong APTITUDE 36. If x2 y2 z2 2x z ,1 then the value of x3 y3 z3 ? a) 2 b) 0 c) -1 d) 1 3 3 2 2 37. If the area of the base, height and volume of a right prism be p cm ,100 3 cm and 7200 2 cm3 respectively, then the value of P will be 3 2 a) 3 b) c) d) 4 2 3 38. A square is inscribed in a quarter circle in such a way that two of its adjacent vertices on the radius are equidistant from the centre and other two vertices lie on the circumference. If the side of square 5 is cm, then what is the radius (in cm) of the circle? 2 a) 2 b) 2.5 c) 5 d) 10 39. Find the remainder when 721 722 723 724 is divided by 25. a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 40. An aeroplane flying at a height of 300 m above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 600 and 450 respectively.