SSC_CGL_GK_SET3

1. Which of the following is a feature of both Indian Union and  the American Federation?
(A) A single citizenship/
(B) Dual judiciary/
(C) Three Lists in the Constitution/
(D) A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution/

2. Of the following, who held the offices of Judge of the Supreme Court and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(A) M. Hidayatullah/
(B) K.S. Hegde/
(C) Subba Rao/
(D) P.N. Bhagwati/

3. Durand line lies between which of the two countries?
(A) India and Pakistan/
(B) India and Afghanistan/
(C) India and China/
(D) Pakistan and Afghanistan/

4. The famous slogan "GARIBI HATAO" (Remove Poverty) was   launched during the-
(A) First Five Year Plan (1951-56)/
(B) Third Five Year Plan (1961-66)/
(C) Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74)/
(D) Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78)/

5. While determining income, the expenditure on which of the following items is not considered an investment?
(A) Construction of factory/
(B) Computer/
(C) Increase in the stock of unsold articles/
(D) Stock and share in joint stock company/

6. Clothes keep us warm in winter because they:
(A) supply heat/
(B) do not radiate heat/
(C) prevent air from contacting the body/
(D) prevent the heat of the body from escaping/

7. Polythene is polymer of
(A) Ethylene/
(B) Propylene/
(C) Acetylene/
(D) Aniline/

8. Hashish is obtained from a plant. From which part of the plant is it obtained?
(A) Leaves/
(B) Stem/
(C) Exudate from leaves and female inflorescences./
(D) Exudate from stem and male inflorescences./

9. Which one of the following four secretions, is different from  the remaining three in regard to its mode of transport from the  source gland to the site of action?
(A) Saliva/
(B) Sweat/
(C) Bile/
(D) Epinephrine/

10. Who is the author of 'Business speed of
Thought'?
(A) Dick Francis/
(B) John Gray/
(C) Bill Gates/
(D) David Baldacci/

11. What is the maximum permitted length of cricket bat?
(A) 32"
(B) 34"
(C) 36"
(D) 38"

12. Ikebana is a Japanese form of:
(A) modern painting/
(B) martial art/
(C) flower arrangement/
(D) agricultural practice/

13. Which is the anti-coagulant substance in blood?
(A) Fibrinogen/
(B) Heparin/
(C) Thrombin/
(D) Globin/

14. Which of the following is/are the allotropes of carbon?
(A) Diamond/
(B) Graphite/
(C) Both (A) and (B)/
(D) None of these/

15. The oldest source of energy known to man is
(A) wind energy/
(B) solar energy/
(C) tidal energy/
(D) geothermal energy/

16. Which of the following can be used for checking inflation temporarily?
(A) Increase in wages/
(B) Decrease in money supply/
(C) Decrease in taxes/
(D) None of these/

17. Which is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?
(A) Via Canada/
(B) Overland/
(C) Over the South Pole/
(D) Over the North Pole/

18. The longest river of Peninsular India is:
(A) Narmada/
(B) Godavari/
(C) Mahanadi/
(D) Cauvery/

19. The Attorney General of India has the right to audience in
(A) Any Sessions Court/
(B) High Court/
(C) Supreme Court/
(D) Any court of law within the territory of India/

20. The school of arts developed during the Kushan Period with  the mixture of Indian and Greek style is known as
(A) Kushan art/
(B) Persian art/
(C) Gandhara art/
(D) Mughal art/

21. Where do you find the temple of Angkor Wat?
(A) In Thailand/
(B) In Malaysia/
(C) In Cambodia/
(D) In Myanmar/

22. The first minority cyber village was inaugurated by K Rehman Khan in
(A) Kerala/
(B) Maharashtra/
(C) Karnataka/
(D) Rajasthan/

23. In which one of the following places is electricity generated from hydel power?
(A) Neyveli/
(B) Ennore/
(C) Tuticorin/
(D) Mettur/

24. Who is the proponent and propagandist of the "Art of Living"?
(A) Maharshi Mahesh Yogi/
(B) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar/
(C) Swami Chinmayananda/
(D) (OSHO) sri Rajneesh/

25. Which among the following standard protocols is the most widely used by the Internet?
(A) HTTP
(B) TCP/IP
(C) SMTP
(D) SLIP

26. Which of the following is most important for growth of children upto the age of 14?
(A) Proteins/
(B) Vitamins/
(C) Fats/
(D) Milk/

27. Lead pencil contains
(A) lead/
(B) ferrous sulphide/
(C) lead sulphide/
(D) graphite/

28. Sea water can be purified by the process of
(A) Distillation/
(B) Evaporation/
(C) Filtration/
(D) Fractional distillation/

29. NIFTY is associated with
(A) Cloth Market Price Index/
(B) Consumer Price Index/
(C) BSE Index/
(D) NSE Index/

30. With the inclusion of Shipping Corporation of India recently  in the list of Nav Ratna PSEs, their number now stands at
(A) 15 (B) 16
(C) 17 (D) 18

31. When a bottle of scent is kept open at a corner of a room its odour is felt in all parts of the room. This is due to the phenomenon of:
(A) evaporation/
(B) vaporisation/
(C) diffusion/
(D) sublimation/

32. Litmus is obtained from
(A) a bacterium/
(B) a fungus/
(C) an alga/
(D) lichen/

33. Which one of the following is related to Silviculture?
(A) Culture of Hilsa/
(B) Culture of silver carp/
(C) Culture of oil-producing plants/
(D) Forest crops/

34. To which natural vegetation belt do Sal and Teak trees belong?
(A) Temperate forests/
(B) Equatorial forests/
(C) Tropical deciduous forests/
(D) Mixed forests/

35. A proclamation of emergency, under Article 352, on account of war or aggression requires approval of the Parliament within
(A) one month/
(B) two months/
(C) four months/
(D) six months/

36. Where is Brihadeshwara Temple situated?
(A) Karachi/
(B) Madurai/
(C) Shri Shailam/
(D) Tanjore/

37. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the
(A) President/
(B) Prime Minister/
(C) Members of both Houses of Parliament/
(D) Members of Lok Sabha/

38. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
(A) Pataliputra/
(B) Magadha/
(C) Kalinga/
(D) Sarnath/

39. Which of the following can cause a Tsunami?
(A) Volcano/
(B) Avalanche/
(C) Tornado/
(D) Earthquake/

40. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
(A) Banabhatta/
(B) Harshavardhana/
(C) Baskaravardhana/
(D) Bindusara/

41. Integral Coach Factory is located at
(A) Chittaranjan (West Bengal)/
(B) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)/
(C) Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)/
(D) Perambur (Tamil Nadu)/


42. Basic infrastructure facilities in Economics are known as:
(A) Human capital/
(B) Physical capital/
(C) Social overheads capital/
(D) Working capital/

43. A passenger standing in a bus is thrown outward when the bus takes a sudden turn. This happens due to
(A) Outward pull on him/
(B) Inertia of motion/
(C) Change in momentum/
(D) Change in acceleration/

44. German silver used for making utensils is an alloy of
(A) copper, silver, nickel/
(B) copper, zinc, nickel/
(C) copper, zinc, aluminium/
(D) copper, nickel, aluminium/

45. Which one of the following is also called the 'power house'  of the cell?
(A) Golgi body/
(B) Mitochondrion/
(C) Ribosome/
(D) Lysosome/

46. In C language, the formatting character
should be preceded by the symbol:
(A) + (B) /
(C) % (D) –

47. Match List I (Newspapers) with List II (Country) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List I/ List II/
a. Al Ahram/ 1. Moscow
b. Izvestia/ 2. New York/
c. The Daily News/ 3. Beijing/
d. People's Daily/ 4. Cairo/
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 4 2 3

48. Who said that 'The real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind'?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Swami Vivekananda

49. Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river
(A) Tapti
(B) Mahi
(C) Chambal
(D) Narmada

50. Who said "The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish"?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Shivaswami Ayyar
(C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru