General Knowledge for SSC CHSL 2017
1. In India, Dugong (sea cow) is found in the bioreserve site of
1) Gulf of Mannar
2) Nokrek
3) Manas
4) Sundarban
Answer - (1)
2. Life originated by chemosynthesis was proved in the laboratory by
1) Sanger
2) Pasteur
3) Miller
4) Aristotle
Answer - (3)
3. Air is said to be saturated when
1) it contains maximum content of water vapour
2) its pressure is minimum
3) its thickness is maximum
4) it blows over the barren land
Answer - (1)
4. World Human Rights Day is observed on
1) December 7
2) April 8
3) September 5
4) December 10
Answer - (4)
5. The abbreviation LHC stands for which machine?
1) Light Heat Collider
2) Large Hadron Collider
3) Long Heavy Collider
4) Large High Collider
Answer - (2)
6. Richter Scale is used for measuring
1) Velocity of wind
2) Density of liquid
3) Magnitude of earthquake
4) Humidity of air
Answer - (3)
7. USB is ____________ type of storage device.
1) Auxillary
2) Primary
3) Secondary
4) Tertiary
Answer - (3)
8. Which of these travels in glass with minimum velocity?
1) red light
2) violet light
3) green light
4) yellow light
Answer - (2)
9. Normal blood pressure reading of an adult human
1) 80/120 mm Hg
2) 120/80 mm Hg
3) 130/90 mm Hg
4) 160/95 mm Hg
Answer - (2)
10. When was the railway system established in India?
1) 1969
2) 1753
3) 1853
4) 1953
Answer - (3)
11. Which of the following monuments is the oldest?
1) Qutub Minar
2) Khajuraho
3) Ajanta Caves
4) Taj Mahal
Answer - (3)
12. The disease which has been eradicated
1) Mumps
2) Measles
3) Small pox
4) Chicken pox
Answer - (3)
13. The 1st Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
1) 1761
2) 1516
3) 1526
4) 1556
Answer - (3)
14. Who was the first Vijaynagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?
1) Reva Raya II
2) Harihara I
3) Harihara II
4) Bukka I
Answer - (3)
15. Which of the following is commonly used in preparing custard powder?
1) raagi
2) wheat
3) maize
4) rice
Answer - (3)
16. To become a judge of the High Court one must be a practicing advocate of the High Court for at least
1) 20 years
2) 5 years
3) 10 years
4) 15 years
Answer - (3)
17. The capital of Rawanda is
1) Libreville
2) Bogota
3) Kigali
4) Copenhagen
Answer - (3)
18. Excretion in Hemichordates takes place by
1) Glomerulus
2) Pronephron
3) Mesonephron
4) Metanephron
Answer - (1)
19. 'Madhubani', a style of folk paintings is popular in which of the following states in India?
1) Bihar
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) West Bengal
Answer - (1)
20. What is the name of Research Station established by Indian Government for conducting research in Antarctic?
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Yamunotri
3) Uttari Gangotri
4) None of these
Answer - (1)
21. The phenomenon which causes mirage is
1) Interference
2) Diffraction
3) Polarisation
4) Total Internal Reflection
Answer - (4)
22. To conserve coral reefs the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park
1) Andaman Islands
2) Gulf of Kutch
3) Lakshadweep Islands
4) Gulf of Mannar
Answer - (2)
23. Which is the best planned city in India?
1) Salem
2) Chandigarh
3) Coimbatore
4) New Delhi
Answer - (2)
24. All vital atmospheric process leading to various climatic and weather conditions take place in the
1) Stratosphere
2) Troposphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
Answer - (2)
25. The fastest, costlier and relatively small form of storage managed by computer system hardware is
1) Disk
2) Flash memory
3) Main memory
4) Cache
Answer - (4)
26. Which amendment of the constitution lowered the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?
1) 64th Amendment
2) 60th Amendment
3) 61st Amendment
4) 63rd Amendment
Answer - (3)
27. People with Down's syndrome invariably affected by
1) Huntington's disease
2) Alzheimer's disease
3) Meningitis
4) Brain haemorrhage
Answer - (2)
28. Atoms having the same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called
1) Isotopes
2) Cations
3) Higgs-boson
4) Anions
Answer - (1)
29. Damping off of seedlings is caused by
1) Peronospola parasitica
2) Albugo Candida
3) Phytophthora infestants
4) Phythium debaryanum
Answer - (4)
30. January 15 is celebrated as
1) Labour Day
2) Army Day
3) Republic Day
4) Makar Sankranti
Answer - (2)
31. Who was Akbar's guardian?
1) Amir Khusro
2) Abul Fazal
3) Tansen
4) Bairam Khan
Answer - (4)
32. The deficiency of vitamin A causes
1) night blindness
2) beri-beri
3) rickets
4) pellagra
Answer - (1)
33. The use of heat treatment of ore that includes smelting and roasting is termed as
1) Electrometallurgy
2) Hydrometallurgy
3) Pyrometallurgy
4) Cryometallurgy
Answer - (3)
34. Who is the author of the book 'Magic Seeds'?
1) Cyrus Mistry
2) V.S. Naipaul
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Vikram Seth
Answer - (2)
35. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of
1) Shehnai
2) Tabla
3) Sarod
4) Flute
Answer - (4)
36. The Name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an act of parliament in
1) 1973
2) 1970
3) 1971
4) 1972
Answer - (1)
37. Where do Bhagirathi and Alakananda join Ganga?
1) Gangotri
2) Karanprayag
3) Devprayag
4) Rudraprayag
Answer - (3)
38. The development process under Capitalism has been described as "Creative Destruction" by
1) Schumpeter
2) Karl Marx
3) Hansen
4) J.S. Mill
Answer - (1)
39. Soap helps in better cleaning of clothes because
1) Soap acts like catalyst
2) It reduces the surface tension of solution
3) It gives strength to solution
4) It absorbs the dirt
Answer - (2)
40. J. B. Say's Law of Market was not accepted by
1) Adam Smith
2) Marshall
3) Malthus
4) David Ricardo
Answer - (3)
41. The slogan 'Garibo Hatao' was included in the
1) Second plan
2) First plan
3) Fifth plan
4) Fourth plan
Answer - (3)
42. Which bank is limited to the needs of agriculture and rural finance?
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) IFC
4) NABARD
Answer - (4)
43. How many organs are there in U.N.O.?
1) 6
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
Answer - (1)
44. Indian Economy is a/an
1) Independent Economy
2) Mixed Economy
3) Capitalist Economy
4) Communist Economy
Answer - (2)
45. The National Emblem of Italy is
1) Eagle
2) White Eagle
3) White Lily
4) Lily
Answer - (3)
46. Who invented the battery?
1) Roentgen
2) Volta
3) Faraday
4) Maxwell
Answer - (2)
47. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of civil services in India?
1) Neutrality and Impartiality
2) Partisan
3) Temporary Political Executive nexus
4) All of the above
Answer - (1)
48. Project Tiger was introduced in
1) 2001
2) 1973
3) 1984
4) 1995
Answer - (2)
49. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
1) Fedrick William IV
2) Adolf Hitler
3) Bismarck
4) William III
Answer - (2)
50. Ezra Cup is associated with which sports?
1) Rowing
2) Polo
3) Hockey
4) Football
Answer - (2)
1. In India, Dugong (sea cow) is found in the bioreserve site of
1) Gulf of Mannar
2) Nokrek
3) Manas
4) Sundarban
Answer - (1)
2. Life originated by chemosynthesis was proved in the laboratory by
1) Sanger
2) Pasteur
3) Miller
4) Aristotle
Answer - (3)
3. Air is said to be saturated when
1) it contains maximum content of water vapour
2) its pressure is minimum
3) its thickness is maximum
4) it blows over the barren land
Answer - (1)
4. World Human Rights Day is observed on
1) December 7
2) April 8
3) September 5
4) December 10
Answer - (4)
5. The abbreviation LHC stands for which machine?
1) Light Heat Collider
2) Large Hadron Collider
3) Long Heavy Collider
4) Large High Collider
Answer - (2)
6. Richter Scale is used for measuring
1) Velocity of wind
2) Density of liquid
3) Magnitude of earthquake
4) Humidity of air
Answer - (3)
7. USB is ____________ type of storage device.
1) Auxillary
2) Primary
3) Secondary
4) Tertiary
Answer - (3)
8. Which of these travels in glass with minimum velocity?
1) red light
2) violet light
3) green light
4) yellow light
Answer - (2)
9. Normal blood pressure reading of an adult human
1) 80/120 mm Hg
2) 120/80 mm Hg
3) 130/90 mm Hg
4) 160/95 mm Hg
Answer - (2)
10. When was the railway system established in India?
1) 1969
2) 1753
3) 1853
4) 1953
Answer - (3)
11. Which of the following monuments is the oldest?
1) Qutub Minar
2) Khajuraho
3) Ajanta Caves
4) Taj Mahal
Answer - (3)
12. The disease which has been eradicated
1) Mumps
2) Measles
3) Small pox
4) Chicken pox
Answer - (3)
13. The 1st Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
1) 1761
2) 1516
3) 1526
4) 1556
Answer - (3)
14. Who was the first Vijaynagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?
1) Reva Raya II
2) Harihara I
3) Harihara II
4) Bukka I
Answer - (3)
15. Which of the following is commonly used in preparing custard powder?
1) raagi
2) wheat
3) maize
4) rice
Answer - (3)
16. To become a judge of the High Court one must be a practicing advocate of the High Court for at least
1) 20 years
2) 5 years
3) 10 years
4) 15 years
Answer - (3)
17. The capital of Rawanda is
1) Libreville
2) Bogota
3) Kigali
4) Copenhagen
Answer - (3)
18. Excretion in Hemichordates takes place by
1) Glomerulus
2) Pronephron
3) Mesonephron
4) Metanephron
Answer - (1)
19. 'Madhubani', a style of folk paintings is popular in which of the following states in India?
1) Bihar
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) West Bengal
Answer - (1)
20. What is the name of Research Station established by Indian Government for conducting research in Antarctic?
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Yamunotri
3) Uttari Gangotri
4) None of these
Answer - (1)
21. The phenomenon which causes mirage is
1) Interference
2) Diffraction
3) Polarisation
4) Total Internal Reflection
Answer - (4)
22. To conserve coral reefs the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park
1) Andaman Islands
2) Gulf of Kutch
3) Lakshadweep Islands
4) Gulf of Mannar
Answer - (2)
23. Which is the best planned city in India?
1) Salem
2) Chandigarh
3) Coimbatore
4) New Delhi
Answer - (2)
24. All vital atmospheric process leading to various climatic and weather conditions take place in the
1) Stratosphere
2) Troposphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
Answer - (2)
25. The fastest, costlier and relatively small form of storage managed by computer system hardware is
1) Disk
2) Flash memory
3) Main memory
4) Cache
Answer - (4)
26. Which amendment of the constitution lowered the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?
1) 64th Amendment
2) 60th Amendment
3) 61st Amendment
4) 63rd Amendment
Answer - (3)
27. People with Down's syndrome invariably affected by
1) Huntington's disease
2) Alzheimer's disease
3) Meningitis
4) Brain haemorrhage
Answer - (2)
28. Atoms having the same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called
1) Isotopes
2) Cations
3) Higgs-boson
4) Anions
Answer - (1)
29. Damping off of seedlings is caused by
1) Peronospola parasitica
2) Albugo Candida
3) Phytophthora infestants
4) Phythium debaryanum
Answer - (4)
30. January 15 is celebrated as
1) Labour Day
2) Army Day
3) Republic Day
4) Makar Sankranti
Answer - (2)
31. Who was Akbar's guardian?
1) Amir Khusro
2) Abul Fazal
3) Tansen
4) Bairam Khan
Answer - (4)
32. The deficiency of vitamin A causes
1) night blindness
2) beri-beri
3) rickets
4) pellagra
Answer - (1)
33. The use of heat treatment of ore that includes smelting and roasting is termed as
1) Electrometallurgy
2) Hydrometallurgy
3) Pyrometallurgy
4) Cryometallurgy
Answer - (3)
34. Who is the author of the book 'Magic Seeds'?
1) Cyrus Mistry
2) V.S. Naipaul
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Vikram Seth
Answer - (2)
35. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of
1) Shehnai
2) Tabla
3) Sarod
4) Flute
Answer - (4)
36. The Name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an act of parliament in
1) 1973
2) 1970
3) 1971
4) 1972
Answer - (1)
37. Where do Bhagirathi and Alakananda join Ganga?
1) Gangotri
2) Karanprayag
3) Devprayag
4) Rudraprayag
Answer - (3)
38. The development process under Capitalism has been described as "Creative Destruction" by
1) Schumpeter
2) Karl Marx
3) Hansen
4) J.S. Mill
Answer - (1)
39. Soap helps in better cleaning of clothes because
1) Soap acts like catalyst
2) It reduces the surface tension of solution
3) It gives strength to solution
4) It absorbs the dirt
Answer - (2)
40. J. B. Say's Law of Market was not accepted by
1) Adam Smith
2) Marshall
3) Malthus
4) David Ricardo
Answer - (3)
41. The slogan 'Garibo Hatao' was included in the
1) Second plan
2) First plan
3) Fifth plan
4) Fourth plan
Answer - (3)
42. Which bank is limited to the needs of agriculture and rural finance?
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) IFC
4) NABARD
Answer - (4)
43. How many organs are there in U.N.O.?
1) 6
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
Answer - (1)
44. Indian Economy is a/an
1) Independent Economy
2) Mixed Economy
3) Capitalist Economy
4) Communist Economy
Answer - (2)
45. The National Emblem of Italy is
1) Eagle
2) White Eagle
3) White Lily
4) Lily
Answer - (3)
46. Who invented the battery?
1) Roentgen
2) Volta
3) Faraday
4) Maxwell
Answer - (2)
47. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of civil services in India?
1) Neutrality and Impartiality
2) Partisan
3) Temporary Political Executive nexus
4) All of the above
Answer - (1)
48. Project Tiger was introduced in
1) 2001
2) 1973
3) 1984
4) 1995
Answer - (2)
49. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
1) Fedrick William IV
2) Adolf Hitler
3) Bismarck
4) William III
Answer - (2)
50. Ezra Cup is associated with which sports?
1) Rowing
2) Polo
3) Hockey
4) Football
Answer - (2)
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