Important GK Questions for SSC Exams Quiz-1

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Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004?
 Irian Jaya
Sumatra
Kalibangari
Java
B

The first non-stop air-conditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged of between
Sealdah - New Delhi
Mumbai - Howrah
Bangalore -Howrah
Chennai - NewDelhi
A



Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10?
Planning Commission
PM’s Economic Advisory
Finance Commission
Reserve Bank of India
B

 India and U.S. have decided to finalise agreements related to which of the following?
Trade and Investment
Intellectual Property
Traditional Knowledge
All of the above
D

Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Maharashtra
B

Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter?
China
India
Brazil
Indonesia  

B

The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as
Balance of trade
Bilateral trade
Volume of trade
Multilateral trade

B 

Balance of trade is the difference between a country's imports and its exports,  
volume of trade is the number of futures contracts transacted over a specified period of time during a trading day.

Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by
Afforestation
Terrace cultivation
Strip cropping
Contour ploughing
B

Who coined the word ‘Geography’?
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Hacataus
Herodotus
B

Which of the following is called the "ecological hot spot of India"?
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Western Himalayas
Eastern Himalayas

A

The art and science of map making is called
Remote Sensing
Cartography
Photogrammetry
Mapping
B

The age of the earth can be determined by
Geological Time Scale
Radio-Metric Dating
Gravity method
Fossilization method

B

The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was

Vishnu Gupta
Upa Gupta
Brahma Gupta
Brihadratha

B

The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’ was made by

George Washington
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

C

The Lodi dynasty was founded by

Ibrahim Lodi
Sikandar Lodi
Bahlol Lodi
Khizr Khan

C

Dynasties/Kings and their Capitals

Dynasty/King	Capital
Cholas	Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Mauryan	Patliputra
Pallavas	Kanchi
Pandyas	Madurai
Chalukyas	Vatapi or Badami
Later Chalukyas	Kalyani
Kakatiyas	Warangal
Satvahanas	Pratisthana (modern day Paithan in Maharashtra)
Bahmani	Gulbarga (Ahsanabad) and later Bidar (Muhammadabad)
Shivaji	Raigarh
Tipu Sultan	Srirengapatnam
Ranjit Singh	Lahore
Harshavardhana	Thanesar and later Kanauj

Dynasties - Founders and Last Kings

Dynasty	Founder	Last King/Last Great Ruler
Nanda	Mahapadma or Ugrasena	Dhana Nanda
Maurya	Chandragupta Maurya	Brihadratha
Gupta	Chandragupta I	Skandagupta (last great ruler)
Sunga	Pushyamitra	Devbhumi (last great ruler)
Satvahana	Simuka	Yajna Satkarni (last great ruler)
Chalukya (of Vatapi)	Pulakesin I	Kirtivarman Chalukya
Chola	Vijayalaya	Athirajendra
Rashtrakuta	Danti Durga	Indra IV
Slave	Qutubuddin Aibak	Muizuddin Qaiqabad
Khilji	Jalal-ud-din	Khusro Khan
Tughlak	Ghias-ud-din	Feroz Shah
Lodhi	Bahlol	Ibrahim
Moghul	Babur	Bahadur Shah II

Temples - Associated Dynasties and Locations

Temples	Associated Dynasty	Location
Khajuraho	Bundelas or Chandelas	Chattarpur, M.P.
Kailash temples	Rashtrakutas	Ellora, Maharashtra
Thousand Pillared Temple	Kakatiyas	Warangal (AP)
Ramappa Temple	Kakatiyas	Warangal (AP)
Brihadeswara Temple	Cholas	Tanjavur, Tamilnadu
Seven Ratha temple	Pallavas	Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
Kailashnath temple	Pallavas	Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
Shore temple	Pallavas	Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
Dilwara temple	Solankies	Mt Abu, Rajasthan
Hazara temple	Vijayanagar	Hampi, Karnataka

Harshvardhana was defeated by
Prabhakaravardhana
Pulakesin II
Narasimhavarma Pallava
Sasanka

B

Who among the following was illiterate?
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Akbar
AurangazebC

Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
Lord Ripon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Bentinck
Lord CurzonB

British Governor Generals/Viceroys

GovernorGeneral/Viceroy	Period	Points to remember
Warren Hastings	1774 - 1785	First Governor General in India. (He was the appointed as theGovernor General of Fort William, but he exercised control over East India Company officials all over India.) He was impeached in England for his wrong-doings, namely The Rohilla War, Trial and execution of Nand Kumar, Case of Raja Chait Singh and Begums of Oudh.
Lord Cornwallis	1786 - 1793	Permanent Settlement, an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land was introduced during his period.
Lord Wellesley	1798 - 1825	He introduced the Subsidiary Alliance, under which the Indian ruler agreed to keep British forces in his territory. The first state to accept the Subsidiary Alliance was the State of Hyderabad.
Lord William Bentick	1828 - 1835	First to be designated as the Governor General of India in 1828. He outlawed the practice of Sati and also introduced English education in India.
Lord Dalhousie	1848 - 1856	He introduced the infamous 'Doctrine of Lapse'. He also brought Railways and Telegraph to India. He is also known as the maker of modern India.
Lord Canning	1856 - 1862	He was the Governor General during the mutiny of 1857. He was appointed the first Viceroy after the war.
Lord Mayo	1869 - 1872	He was the Viceroy of India, who was killed by a convict in the Andaman Islands. The first census of India was conducted which did not however include some territories in India.
Lord Lytton	1876 - 1880	The Delhi durbar or the Imperial Durbar in which Queen Victoria was proclaimed Kaisar-i-Hind was held during his period on 01 Jan 1877.
Lord Rippon	1880 - 1884	He introduced the dual system of governance. The first complete and synchronous census of British Territories in India was conducted in 1881 during his period. He was also associated with Ilbert Bill which sought to allow Indian judges to try British offenders. He is hailed as the Father of Local Self Government in India.
Lord Dufferin	1884 - 1888	The Indian National Congress was formed during his period.
Lord Curzon	1899 - 1905	Partition of Bengal and launch of Swadeshi Movement.
Lord Hardinge	1910 - 1916	The Capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi during his tenure in 1911. George V, the King of England visited India to attend the Delhi durbar in 1911. An assassination attempt was made on his life by Rash Bihari Bose and others.
Lord Chelmsford	1916 - 1921	The Jallianwala Bagh tragedy of 1919 occured during his period. Montague Chelmsford reforms, Rowlatt Act, Khilafat movement are other events associated with his period.
Lord Reading	1921 - 1926	Chauri Chaura incident occurred during his period. Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned for the first time in India.
Lord Irwin	1926 - 1931	His period is associated with First Round Table Conference, Simon Commission, Gandhi Irwin pact and the famous Dandi March.
Lord Willingdon	1931 - 1936	Second and Third Round Table Conferences were held during his period. Communal award was given by British PM Ramsay Macdonald and the Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar was signed during his period.
Lord Linlithgow	1936 - 1943	Cripps Mission visited India and the Quit India resolution was passed during his tenure.
Lord Wavell	1943 - 1947	Simla conference and Cabinet mission are associated with his period.

Important dates during British rule in India

Year	Importance
1857	First war of Indian independence also called the Sepoy Mutiny by the British.
1885	Formation of Indian National Congress.
1905	Partition of Bengal, Swadeshi Movement
1909	Minto Morley reforms
1911	Shifting of capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
1919	Government of India Act, 1919, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
1920	Khilafat movement.
1922	Chauri Chaura outrage in UP.
1928	Visit of Simon Commission to India, Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Resolution of complete independence at Lahore session of Indian National Congress.
1930	Dandi March, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1931	Gandhi Irwin pact, execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru
1935	Government of India Act
1942	Quit India movement, Formation of Azad Hind Fauz.
1943	Visit of Cripps Commission to India.
1946	British Cabinet mission visited India.

India attained Dominion Status on
15th January, 1947
15th August, 1947
15th August, 1950
15th October, 1947

B

Despotism is possible in a
One party state
Two party states
Multi party state
Two and multi party state

A

Marx belonged to
Germany
Holland
France
Britain

A Karl Marx was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Prussia to a middle-class family, he later studied political economy and Hegelian philosophy.

Karl Marx

Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights?
Legislature
Executive
Political parties
JudiciaryD

Sarkaria Commission was concerned with-
Administrative Reforms.
Electoral Reforms
Financial Reforms
Centre-State relations

D

The speaker of the Lok- Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to

Prime Minister of India
President of India
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

 C

Article 94(b) of the Indian Constitution.

A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the

Ability to purchase
Necessity to buy
Desire to buy
Utility of the product

A

The terms "Micro Economics" and "Macro Economics" were coined by

Alfred Marshall
Ragner Nurkse
Ragner Frisch
J.M. Keynes

C

During periods of inflations, tax rates should

Increase
Decrease
Remain constant
Fluctuate

 A

Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India?

Agricultural sector
Industrial sector
Transport sector
Banking Sector

B

"Economics is what it ought to be." This statement refers to
Normative Economics
Positive Economics
Monetary Economics
Fiscal Economics A

The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called
Price
Profit
Producer Surplus
Consumer Surplus D

Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they are
Oxidised in air
Soluble in Hyposolution
Reduced by light
Totally colourlessC

Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is
A catalyst in burning fossil fuel
An antioxidant
A reductant
An antiknock compoundD

Curie point is the temperature at which
Matter becomes radioactive
A metal loses magnetic properties
A metal loses conductivity
Transmutation of metal occursB

The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is
U-235
U-233
U-234
U-236

A

The acceleration due to gravity at the equator

is less than that at the poles
is greater than that at the poles
is equal to that at the poles
does not depend on the earth’s centripetal acceleration

A

Which of the following is not a nucleon?

Proton
Neutron
Electron
Positron

Proton and Neutron are together known as Nucleon. Neither Electron nor Positron is a nucleon, so both (c) and (d) should be correct.

The material used in the manufacture of the lead pencil is

Graphite
Lead
Carbon
Mica

A

Angle of friction and angle of repose are

Equal to each other
Not equal to each other
Proportional to each other
None of the above

A

Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in

BPS
MIPS
Baud
Hertz

D

C language is a

Low level Language
High level language
Machine language
Assembly level language

B

What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of blood?

All the arteries constrict
All the arteries dilates
The RBCs agglutinate
The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate

C

NIS stands for

National Infectious disease seminar
National Irrigation Schedule
National Immunisation Schedule
National Information Sector

C

If the bullets could not be removed from gunshot injury of a man, it may cause poisoning by

Mercury
Lead
Iron
Arsenic

B

Ringworm is a ......... disease.

Bacterial
Protozoan
Viral
Fungal

D

ringworm>>a contagious itching skin disease occurring in small circular patches, caused by any of a number of fungi and affecting chiefly the scalp or feet.

Pituitary gland is situated in

The base of the heart
The base of the brain
The neck
The abdomen

B

Who discovered cement?

Agassit
Albertus Magnus
Joseph Aspdin
Janseen

C

According to RBI’s Report on the trend and progress of banking, the Non-performing Assets (NPA’s) in India for 2008-09 for Indian Banks in 2008 have stood at

2.2 per cent
2.6 per cent
3.5 per cent
5.2 per cent

A

Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has .......... Indian languages fonts.

14
26
37
49

D

TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with

IMF
WTO
IBRD
IDA

B

Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPS) and Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS). 

A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force

For 3 months
For 6 months
For 9 months
Indefinitely

B

Next.....Contd.....


The phenomenon of radioactivity was discovered by
Madame Curie
J.J.Thomson
Roentgen
BecquerelD

Einstein’s mass energy relation is given by the expression
E 1 2 =mv
E =mc2
E =mgh
None of the above B

Defect of colour blindness can be remedied by the use of
Concave lens
Convex lens
Cylindrical lens
None of the aboveD

What is a zoom lens?
It is a lens having fixed focal length
It is a lens having variable focal length
It is a lens used in radio telescopes
None of the aboveB

Which one of the following is known as Marsh gas?
CO
CH4
CO2
H2B

Chemically, lime water is
Calcium hydroxide
Sodium carbonate
Sodium hydroxide
Calcium carbonate
A Ca(OH)₂

Chemically, bleaching powder is
Calcium hypochlorite
Calcium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide
Calcium sulphate

A

Calcium hypochlorite is an inorganic compound with formula Ca(ClO)₂. As a mixture with lime and calcium chloride, it is marketed as chlorine powder or bleach powder for water treatment and as a bleaching agent.

A gas used as a disinfectant in drinking water is

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Chlorine

D

Which one of the following is associated with Darwinism?

Law of Use and Abuse
Mutation
Theory of Germplasm
Natural Selection

D

Radioactivity is measured by

Geiger-Mullar counter
Polarimeter
Calorimeter
Colorimeter

 A

A Geiger counter (Geiger-Muller tube) is a device used for the detection and measurement of all types of radiation: alpha, beta and gamma radiation

The study of worms which cause parasitic infestations in man is called

Helminthology
Herpetology
Ichthyology
Malacology

A

The double helical structure of DNA was discovered by

Watson and Crick
Watson and Khurana
Crick and Khurana
Watson and Morgan

D

The vector for elephantiasis is

Culex mosquito larval
Female mosquito
Infected culex mosquito
Female anopheles mosquito

C

Deficiency of iron leads to

Anorexia
Anaemia
Polycythemia
Leucopenia

B

Which one of the following is the largest terrestrial wild animal?

Indian elephant
African elephant
Giraffe
White tiger

B

Enterobiasis is caused by

Hook worm
Filaria worm
Pin worm
Round worm

C

A pinworm infection or enterobiasis is a human parasitic disease and one of the most common parasitic worm infections (also called helminthiasis) in the developed world. It is caused by infestation of the parasitic roundworm Enterobius vermicularis, commonly called the human pinworm.

Who formulated the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory?

Dadabhai Naoroji
M.G.Ranade
R.C.Dutt
B.C.Pal

A

The silver coins of the Gupta period were known as

Dinar
Rupyaka
Satamana
Karshapana

B

Who was the first European to designate ‘Aryans’ as a race?

Sir William Jones
H.H.Wilson
Max Muller
General Cunningham

C

 Match the Sufi Saints with the Silsilas with which they were associated. Answer the questions on the basis of codes provided below-

List I	List II
A. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya	1. Qadiri
B. Bahauddin Zakariya	2. Suhrawardi
C. Mian Mir	3. Chistiya
D. Ahmad Sirhindi	4. Naqshbandi

Code:

1. A - 3; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1
2. A - 3; B - 2; C - 1; D - 4
3. A - 2; B - 1; C - 3; D - 4
4. A - 1; B - 2; C - 3; D - 4

 B

Which State of India has recorded the highest rate of population growth in the last census (2001)?

Gujarat
Manipur
Nagaland
Haryana

C

What is the correct rank order of towns on the basis of population (2001) size?

Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai
Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore
Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad
Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad

B

Identify the Indian State which has the lowest sex ratio

Haryana
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

A

New firms are barred from entering the market in

Perfect competition
Oligopoly
Monopolistic competition
Monopoly

D

Who says that propensity to consume is stable in the short run?

Keynes
Hicks
Arrow
Stiglitz

A

In India, according to 2001 census, the general literacy rate is

65.38%
52.21%
43.57%
34.45%

A

India’s largest commercial bank is

Central Bank of India
State Bank of India
Indian Overseas Bank
Bank of India

A

Which one of the following is not among the key objectives of the 10th Plan?

Reduction of poverty ratio
Drinking water for all villages by 2012
Reduction in infant mortality rates
Reduction in imports

D

Fiscal Policy is related to

Money supply in the economy
Regulation of the banking system
Planning for economic development
Government’s Revenue and Expenditure

D

Foreign exchange rate means the rate at which the currency of one country can be traded for

The currency of any other country in the foreign exchange market
US dollar, which is the strongest currency in any foreign exchange market
A fixed basket of currencies consisting of Dollar, Yen, Euro and Pound
The currency of any other country as determined by the International Monetary Fund

A

The supply of a commodity does not depend directly upon

Cost of production
Price of the commodity
Technology of production
Demand for the commodity

D

At the time of enactment of the Constitution, which one of the following ideals was not included it the Preamble?

Liberty
Equality
Socialist
Justice

C

The tenure of the Rajya Sabha is -

5 years
6 years
Permanent
2 years

C

The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from the Constitution of -

United States of America
Canada
Ireland
United Kingdom

B

Who is considered as the father of Idealism?

Plato
Hegel
Berkeley
Green

B

The disputes regarding the election of the President and Vice-President of India are decided by the

High Court
Election Commission
Supreme Court
Parliament

 C

Match List-I (Forms of Government) with List-II (Principles) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists -

Lists-I	List II
A. Presidential system	1. Division of power
B. Parliamentary system	2. Concentration of power
C. Federal system	3. Close relationship between executive and legislature
D. Unitary system	4. Separation of powers

Code:

1. A - 3; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2
2. A - 4; B - 3; C - 2; D - 1
3. A - 4; B - 3; C - 1; D - 2
4. A - 4; B - 2; C - 1; D - 3

 A

 

Which part of the Indian Constitution provides for establishing Indian as a Welfare State?

The preamble of the Constitution
Fundamental Rights (Part III of the Constitution)
Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV of the Constitution)
Schedule IV of the Indian Constitution

C

Which one of the these is not a keyword of Gandhian Government?

Self-sufficiency
Decentralized production
Equitable distribution
Centralised production

D

Match List-I (Personalities) with List-II (Activities) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists-

Lists-I	List II
A. Vinoo Mankad	1. Kathak Dancing
B. Sunil Mittal	2. Dairy Development
C. Uma Sharma	3. Cricket
D. V. Kurian	4. Telecom Industry

Code:

1. A - 1; B - 2; C - 3; D - 4
2. A - 2; B - 3; C - 4; D - 1
3. A - 3; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2
4. A - 4; B - 1; C - 2; D - 3

 C

 The book ‘Midnight’s Children’ has been written by

Arundhati Roy
Tasleema Nasreen
Salman Rushdie
Kiran Desai

 C

CTBT stands for

Continued Test Ban Treaty
Continued Test Based Treatments
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Commercial Test Based Tariff

C

The Tehri Hydro Power Complex is located in the State of

Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Sikkim

A

‘CDMA’ – technology used in Mobile Phones stands for

Computer Developed Management Application
Code Division Multiple Application
Code Division Multiple Access
Code Division Mobile Application

C

Match List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

Lists-I	List II
A. My Presidential Years	1. S.Radhakrishnan
B. The Hindu View of Life	2. V.V.Giri
C. Voice of Conscience	3. N.Sanjeeva Reddy
D. Without Fear or Favour	4. R.Venkataraman

Code:

1. A - 2; B - 1; C - 4; D - 3
2. A - 4; B - 3; C - 2; D - 1
3. A - 2; B - 3; C - 4; D - 1
4. A - 4; B - 1; C - 2; D - 3

 D

Match List-I (Persons) with List-II (Organisations/Area of Work) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists-

Lists-I	List II
A. Amrita Patel	1. Information Technology
B. Indra Nooyi	2. Environmental Science
C. Sunita Narayan	3. PepsiCo
D. Nandan Nilekani	4. Dairy Development

Code:

1. A - 1; B - 4; C - 2; D - 3
2. A - 2; B - 1; C - 4; D - 3
3. A - 2; B - 3; C - 4; D - 1
4. A - 4; B - 3; C - 2; D - 1

 D

Who has the written the book ‘Two Lives’?

Salman Rushdie
Arundhati Roy
Vikram Seth
Shiv Khera

C

The Ad Line ‘Express Yourself’ is associated with which Brand/Company?

BSNL
Airtel
Hutch
MTNL

 B

F.A.O. is the abbreviation of

Fibre and Agricultural Organization
Factory Acquisition Organziation
Free Arbiration Organization
Food and Agriculture Organisation

D

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