General Knowledge for SSC CHSL 2017
1. Grave's disease is caused due to
a) hyperactivity of thyroid
b) hypoactivity of thymus
c) hypoactivity of thyroid
d) hyperactivity of thymus
Correct Answer: (a)
2. How many cricketers, who have represented India in test matches, are presently Lok Sabha members?
a) Nil
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
Correct Answer: (d)
3) Iron and manganese are removed in water by the process of
a) Chlorination
b) Filtration
c) Lime-soda treatment
d) Aeration
Correct Answer: (b)
4) Suspended colloidal particles in the water can be removed by the process of
a) Filtration
b) Adsorption
c) Absorption
d) Coagulation
Correct Answer: (d)
5) Which one of the following is called the primary pace maker of the heart?
a) A.V. Node
b) Chordae tendinae
c) A.V. Septum
d) S.A. Node
Correct Answer: (d)
6) The concept of 'Carbon credit' originated from
a) Earth Summit, Rio-de-Janerio
b) Kyoto Protocol
c) Montreal Protocol
d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (b)
7) Amuktamalyada is the work of
a) Krishnadeva Raya
b) Vachcharaj
c) Kharavela
d) Allasani Peddana
Correct Answer: (a)
8) Caustic soda is
a) deliquescent
b) oxidant
c) reductant
d) efflorescent
Correct Answer: (a)
9) The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called
a) pits
b) clusters
c) tracks
d) lands
Correct Answer: (a)
10) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Indian economy
a) population pressure
b) balance between heavy industry and wage goods
c) primacy of agriculture
d) low per capita income
Correct Answer: (b)
11) Activated sludge treatment is called
a) Preliminary treatment
b) Biological treatment
c) Pre treatment
d) Chemical treatment
Correct Answer: (b)
12) Chiropterophily means
a) production of flowers
b) pollination by wind
c) pollination by bat
d) production of leaves
Correct Answer: (c)
13) Which Amendment of the Constitution deals with Political defections?
a) 50th
b) 52nd
c) 60th
d) 44th
Correct Answer: (b)
14) Which part of the plant is used as 'saffron'?
a) Petals
b) Stamens
c) Style and Stigma
d) Sepals
Correct Answer: (c)
15) An employment situation where the marginal productivity of agricultural labour is zero is known as
a) Seasonal unemployment
b) Cyclical unemployment
c) Disguised unemployment
d) Structural unemployment
Correct Answer: (c)
16) CPU performance is often measure in
a) MHz
b) MIPS
c) Band rate
d) GB
Correct Answer: (a)
17) Spot the odd item in the following
a) Red Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Caspian sea
d) Dead sea
Correct Answer: (a)
18) The property which is seen in light wave but not in sound wave is
a) Diffraction
b) Refraction
c) Polarization
d) Interference
Correct Answer: (c)
19) Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) is in
a) Patiala
b) Gwalior
c) Indore
d) Jhansi
Correct Answer: (b)
20) Which country will host the next meet of CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet) in 2013?
a) U.K.
b) Mauritius
c) Sri Lanka
d) India
Correct Answer: (c)
21) Which schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha?
a) 3rd schedule
b) 4th schedule
c) 5th schedule
d) 6th schedule
Correct Answer: (b)
22) Which country is the largest producer of wool?
a) U.S.A.
b) Australia
c) Britain
d) Canada
Correct Answer: (b)
23) The Mansabdari system was introduced by
a) Shah Jahan
b) Jahangir
c) Babur
d) Akbar
Correct Answer: (d)
24) Roger Federer won the seventh Wimbledon title in 2012. In which year, he won the sixth Wimbledon title?
a) 2008
b) 2009
c) 2010
d) 2011
Correct Answer: (b)
25) To promote and polularise which game in India, another Indian League Tournament was launched in 2011 on the lines of IPL?
a) Volley Ball
b) Hockey
c) Basket Ball
d) Soccer
Correct Answer: (d)
26) Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List?
a) Trade Unions
b) Citizenship
c) Local Government
d) Inter-State rivers
Correct Answer: (a)
27) Which one of the following was created by the 'Pitt's India Act'?
a) Board of Control
b) Board of Revenue
c) Standing Council
d) Court of Directors
Correct Answer: (a)
28) Who said in the Constituent Assembly that the Directive Principles of the State Policy are like a "Cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank"?
a) K.M. Munshi
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Austin
d) K.T. Shah
Correct Answer: (d)
29) The use of which of the following regional languages was popularised by the Bhakti leader, Shankaradeva?
a) Bengali
b) Brijbhasha
c) Avadhi
d) Assamese
Correct Answer: (d)
30) Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition?
a) industry
b) government
c) firms
d) buyers
Correct Answer: (d)
31) Which enzyme is obtained from Red gram?
a) Zymase
b) Maltase
c) Diastase
d) Urease
Correct Answer: (c)
32) Which one among the following is a solid lubricant?
a) Germanium
b) Sulphur
c) Graphite
d) Indium
Correct Answer: (c)
33) Which of the following is the strongest coagulant?
a) Zinc chloride
b) Aluminium chloride
c) Barium chloride
d) Magnesium sulphate
Correct Answer: (b)
34) The acid rain destroys the vegetation because it contains
a) Ozone
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Sulphuric acid
d) Nitrates
Correct Answer: (c)
35) Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not in Rajasthan?
a) Sariska National Park
b) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Rajaji National Park
d) Ranthambore National Park
Correct Answer: (c)
36) When and by whom were the Asokan inscription deciphered for the first time?
a) 1787-John Tower
b) 1825-Charles Metcalfe
c) 1837-James Prinsep
d) 1810-Harry Smith
Correct Answer: (c)
37) Open market operation refers to
a) borrowing by scheduled banks to industry and trade
b) purchase and sale of government securities by the RBI
c) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI
d) deposit mobilisation
Correct Answer: (b)
38) Which one of the following African countries is not a member of OPEC?
a) Angola
b) Libya
c) South Africa
d) Algeria
Correct Answer: (c)
39) Which day is observed as "International Day of Non-Violence"?
a) 1st May
b) 2nd October
c) 24th October
d) 30th January
Correct Answer: (b)
40) Longest cell in human body is
a) Blood cell
b) Bone cells
c) Nerve cell
d) Muscle cell
Correct Answer: (c)
41) Programs which protect a disk from an infection are called as
a) Vaccines
b) Antidotes
c) Library routines
d) Interpreters
Correct Answer: (a)
42) Which one of the following is a raw material oriented industry?
a) Sugar industry
b) Petroleum refinery
c) Light engineering industry
d) Ship building
Correct Answer: (a)
43) Red light is used in traffic signal for stopping the traffic because
a) eye is more sensitive to red light.
b) it is least scattered and hence can be easilty noticed from long distance
c) it is very pleasant to the eye
d) it is visible even to the longsighted people
Correct Answer: (b)
44) Which of the following is associated with Panchayati Raj?
a) Nanavati Commission
b) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
c) Liberhan Commission
d) Shah Commission
Correct Answer: (b)
45) When granite rocks get metamorphosed, they change into
a) Felspar
b) Gneiss
c) Quartzite
d) Marble
Correct Answer: (b)
46) A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. Three-fourth of the substance will decay in
a) 4 months
b) 6 months
c) 8 months
d) 12 months
Correct Answer: (c)
47) Term 'Federal' has been used in the Indian Constitution in
a) Part III
b) Article 368
c) Nowhere in the Constitution
d) Preamble
Correct Answer: (c)
48) A white solid 'A' on heating gives off a gas which turns lime water milky. The residue is yellow when hot but turns white on cooling. The solid A is
a) Zinc carbonate
b) Lead sulphate
c) Lead carbonate
d) Zinc sulphate
Correct Answer: (a)
49) Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
a) B.L. Joshi
b) Keshari Nath Tripathi
c) Margaret Alva
d) Shivraj Patil
Correct Answer: (b)
50) Earth received heat from the sun is known as
a) Insolation
b) Infrared heat
c) Solar radiation
d) Thermal radiation
Correct Answer: (a)
1. Grave's disease is caused due to
a) hyperactivity of thyroid
b) hypoactivity of thymus
c) hypoactivity of thyroid
d) hyperactivity of thymus
Correct Answer: (a)
2. How many cricketers, who have represented India in test matches, are presently Lok Sabha members?
a) Nil
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
Correct Answer: (d)
3) Iron and manganese are removed in water by the process of
a) Chlorination
b) Filtration
c) Lime-soda treatment
d) Aeration
Correct Answer: (b)
4) Suspended colloidal particles in the water can be removed by the process of
a) Filtration
b) Adsorption
c) Absorption
d) Coagulation
Correct Answer: (d)
5) Which one of the following is called the primary pace maker of the heart?
a) A.V. Node
b) Chordae tendinae
c) A.V. Septum
d) S.A. Node
Correct Answer: (d)
6) The concept of 'Carbon credit' originated from
a) Earth Summit, Rio-de-Janerio
b) Kyoto Protocol
c) Montreal Protocol
d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (b)
7) Amuktamalyada is the work of
a) Krishnadeva Raya
b) Vachcharaj
c) Kharavela
d) Allasani Peddana
Correct Answer: (a)
8) Caustic soda is
a) deliquescent
b) oxidant
c) reductant
d) efflorescent
Correct Answer: (a)
9) The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called
a) pits
b) clusters
c) tracks
d) lands
Correct Answer: (a)
10) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Indian economy
a) population pressure
b) balance between heavy industry and wage goods
c) primacy of agriculture
d) low per capita income
Correct Answer: (b)
11) Activated sludge treatment is called
a) Preliminary treatment
b) Biological treatment
c) Pre treatment
d) Chemical treatment
Correct Answer: (b)
12) Chiropterophily means
a) production of flowers
b) pollination by wind
c) pollination by bat
d) production of leaves
Correct Answer: (c)
13) Which Amendment of the Constitution deals with Political defections?
a) 50th
b) 52nd
c) 60th
d) 44th
Correct Answer: (b)
14) Which part of the plant is used as 'saffron'?
a) Petals
b) Stamens
c) Style and Stigma
d) Sepals
Correct Answer: (c)
15) An employment situation where the marginal productivity of agricultural labour is zero is known as
a) Seasonal unemployment
b) Cyclical unemployment
c) Disguised unemployment
d) Structural unemployment
Correct Answer: (c)
16) CPU performance is often measure in
a) MHz
b) MIPS
c) Band rate
d) GB
Correct Answer: (a)
17) Spot the odd item in the following
a) Red Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Caspian sea
d) Dead sea
Correct Answer: (a)
18) The property which is seen in light wave but not in sound wave is
a) Diffraction
b) Refraction
c) Polarization
d) Interference
Correct Answer: (c)
19) Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) is in
a) Patiala
b) Gwalior
c) Indore
d) Jhansi
Correct Answer: (b)
20) Which country will host the next meet of CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet) in 2013?
a) U.K.
b) Mauritius
c) Sri Lanka
d) India
Correct Answer: (c)
21) Which schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha?
a) 3rd schedule
b) 4th schedule
c) 5th schedule
d) 6th schedule
Correct Answer: (b)
22) Which country is the largest producer of wool?
a) U.S.A.
b) Australia
c) Britain
d) Canada
Correct Answer: (b)
23) The Mansabdari system was introduced by
a) Shah Jahan
b) Jahangir
c) Babur
d) Akbar
Correct Answer: (d)
24) Roger Federer won the seventh Wimbledon title in 2012. In which year, he won the sixth Wimbledon title?
a) 2008
b) 2009
c) 2010
d) 2011
Correct Answer: (b)
25) To promote and polularise which game in India, another Indian League Tournament was launched in 2011 on the lines of IPL?
a) Volley Ball
b) Hockey
c) Basket Ball
d) Soccer
Correct Answer: (d)
26) Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List?
a) Trade Unions
b) Citizenship
c) Local Government
d) Inter-State rivers
Correct Answer: (a)
27) Which one of the following was created by the 'Pitt's India Act'?
a) Board of Control
b) Board of Revenue
c) Standing Council
d) Court of Directors
Correct Answer: (a)
28) Who said in the Constituent Assembly that the Directive Principles of the State Policy are like a "Cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank"?
a) K.M. Munshi
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Austin
d) K.T. Shah
Correct Answer: (d)
29) The use of which of the following regional languages was popularised by the Bhakti leader, Shankaradeva?
a) Bengali
b) Brijbhasha
c) Avadhi
d) Assamese
Correct Answer: (d)
30) Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition?
a) industry
b) government
c) firms
d) buyers
Correct Answer: (d)
31) Which enzyme is obtained from Red gram?
a) Zymase
b) Maltase
c) Diastase
d) Urease
Correct Answer: (c)
32) Which one among the following is a solid lubricant?
a) Germanium
b) Sulphur
c) Graphite
d) Indium
Correct Answer: (c)
33) Which of the following is the strongest coagulant?
a) Zinc chloride
b) Aluminium chloride
c) Barium chloride
d) Magnesium sulphate
Correct Answer: (b)
34) The acid rain destroys the vegetation because it contains
a) Ozone
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Sulphuric acid
d) Nitrates
Correct Answer: (c)
35) Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not in Rajasthan?
a) Sariska National Park
b) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Rajaji National Park
d) Ranthambore National Park
Correct Answer: (c)
36) When and by whom were the Asokan inscription deciphered for the first time?
a) 1787-John Tower
b) 1825-Charles Metcalfe
c) 1837-James Prinsep
d) 1810-Harry Smith
Correct Answer: (c)
37) Open market operation refers to
a) borrowing by scheduled banks to industry and trade
b) purchase and sale of government securities by the RBI
c) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI
d) deposit mobilisation
Correct Answer: (b)
38) Which one of the following African countries is not a member of OPEC?
a) Angola
b) Libya
c) South Africa
d) Algeria
Correct Answer: (c)
39) Which day is observed as "International Day of Non-Violence"?
a) 1st May
b) 2nd October
c) 24th October
d) 30th January
Correct Answer: (b)
40) Longest cell in human body is
a) Blood cell
b) Bone cells
c) Nerve cell
d) Muscle cell
Correct Answer: (c)
41) Programs which protect a disk from an infection are called as
a) Vaccines
b) Antidotes
c) Library routines
d) Interpreters
Correct Answer: (a)
42) Which one of the following is a raw material oriented industry?
a) Sugar industry
b) Petroleum refinery
c) Light engineering industry
d) Ship building
Correct Answer: (a)
43) Red light is used in traffic signal for stopping the traffic because
a) eye is more sensitive to red light.
b) it is least scattered and hence can be easilty noticed from long distance
c) it is very pleasant to the eye
d) it is visible even to the longsighted people
Correct Answer: (b)
44) Which of the following is associated with Panchayati Raj?
a) Nanavati Commission
b) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
c) Liberhan Commission
d) Shah Commission
Correct Answer: (b)
45) When granite rocks get metamorphosed, they change into
a) Felspar
b) Gneiss
c) Quartzite
d) Marble
Correct Answer: (b)
46) A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. Three-fourth of the substance will decay in
a) 4 months
b) 6 months
c) 8 months
d) 12 months
Correct Answer: (c)
47) Term 'Federal' has been used in the Indian Constitution in
a) Part III
b) Article 368
c) Nowhere in the Constitution
d) Preamble
Correct Answer: (c)
48) A white solid 'A' on heating gives off a gas which turns lime water milky. The residue is yellow when hot but turns white on cooling. The solid A is
a) Zinc carbonate
b) Lead sulphate
c) Lead carbonate
d) Zinc sulphate
Correct Answer: (a)
49) Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
a) B.L. Joshi
b) Keshari Nath Tripathi
c) Margaret Alva
d) Shivraj Patil
Correct Answer: (b)
50) Earth received heat from the sun is known as
a) Insolation
b) Infrared heat
c) Solar radiation
d) Thermal radiation
Correct Answer: (a)
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