SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper 29 August 2016 - General Awareness

Previous year question paper will help you to get some ideas about the examination and eventually it will help you in SSC CGL 2020 Exam

Question 1. In a Parliamentary form of Government ___________

a. The Legislature is responsible to the Judiciary

b. The Executive is responsible to the Legislature.

c. The Legislature is responsible to the Executive

d. The Judiciary is responsible to the Legislature

Question 2.Which of the following statements is correct about the President of India ?

a. Addresses first session of Parliament after each General Election.

b. Addresses first session of Parliament at the beginning of each year

c. Addresses every session of Parliament

d. Never addresses Parliament

Question 3.Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?

a. Bande Mataram:Aurobindo Ghosh

b. New India:Bipin Chandra Pal

c. Yugantar:Bhupendranath Dutta

d. Sandhya:Barindra Ghosh

Question 4.Silk worms feed on

a. Basil leaves

b. Curry leaves

c. Rose leaves

d. Mulberry leaves

a. Saurav Ganguly

b. Anil Kumble

c. Rahul Dravid

d. S. R. Kulkarni

Question 6.What is the product formed when sodium bicarbonate is heated strongly?

a. Sodium Carbonate

b. Sodium Hydroxide

c. Sodium Peroxide

d. Sodium Monoxide

Question 7.Mission Indradhanush - a programme introduced recently in the country by the NDA Government is related to:

a. Systematic immunization of children against disease

b. Providing insurance cover to farmers against crop failure

c. Development of fisheries in rural areas

d. Development of multiple cropping in hilly region

Question 8.Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?

a. Mahesh Bhatt

b. Satyajit Ray

c. Mira Nair

d. G.P.Sippy

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Question 9.What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?

a. Deficit budgeting

b. Zero-based budgeting

c. Performance-based budgeting

d. Surplus budgeting

Question 10.Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to

a. Agricultural sector

b. Rural Area

c. Factory sector

d. Urban Area

Question 11.Which of the following is not guaranteed by Indian Constitution?

a. Right to Equality

b. Right of religious freedom

c. Right to Constitutional remedies

d. Right to free education for all

Question 12.A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:

a. strait

b. Sound

c. Bay

d. Fjord

Question 13.Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from

a. Jhelum river

b. Chenab river

c. Beas river

d. Sutlej river

Question 14.The sexual reproductive organs of aspergillus are :

a. Spermatium and Oogonium

b. Antheridium and Oogonium

c. Spermatium and Ascogonium

d. Antheridium and Ascogonium

Question 15.Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because

a. they emit light of a constant intensity

b. their distance from the earth does not change with time

c. they are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light

d. they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable

Question 16.Which of the following is not true about X-rays?

a. have low penetrating power

b. travel with the speed of light

c. Can be reflected or refracted

d. can affect photographic plates

Question 17._____changes each time it is installed to avoid detection by antivirus software.

a. Polymorphic virus

b. worm

c. logic bomb

d. Trojan horse

Question 18. Which one of the following weeds is effective in controlling water pollution caused by industrial effluents?

a. Parthenium

b. Elephant grass

c. Water hycinth

d. Mogar grass

Question 19.One of the following is also called as World Bank

a. IMF

b. IBRD

c. WTO

d. IDA

Question 20.The book entitled, 'Playing it my way' has been authored by

a. Sachin Tendulkar

b. V V S Laxman

c. Saurav Ganguly

d. Chetan Chauhan

Question 21.Which of the following is an example of Cartel?

a. OPEC

b. IMF

c. WTO

d. UNO

Question 22.Sullage water is_______

a. Waste water released from kitchen

b. waste water released from toilets

c. waste water released from factories

d. waste water released from hospitals

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Question 23.Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

a. Annie Besant

b. Mayawati

c. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

d. Sucheta Kriplani

Question 24.The most pure form of carbon among the options is

a. Anthracite

b. Lampblack

c. Graphite

d. Wood Charcoal

Question 25.Chalukya temples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Rajasthan

d. Haryana

All The Best To All The SSC CGL 2020 Aspirants !