SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 02 July 2017" Shift-1 (General Knowledge and General Awareness)
SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 02 July 2017" Shift-1
(General Knowledge and General Awareness)
QID : 51 - Planned economy in India is based on which system?
Options:
1) Capitalist system
2) Traditional system
3) Command system
4) Socialist system
Correct Answer: Socialist system
QID : 52 - Planning Commission was constituted in India in which year?
Options:
1) 1947
2) 1950
3) 1949
4) 1952
Correct Answer: 1950
QID : 53 - Which one of the following pair is incorrect?
Options:
1) Fifth Five Year Plan – 1961-66
2) Eight Five Year Plan – 1992-97
3) Eleventh Five Year Plan – 2007-12
4) First Five Year Plan – 1951-56
Correct Answer: Fifth Five Year Plan – 1961-66
QID : 54 - How many Miniratna companies are there in Category – II?
Options:
1) 17
2) 15
3) 13
4) 16
Correct Answer: 15
QID : 55 - GNP – depreciation allowances = ______
Options:
1) National Income
2) NDP
3) NNP
4) GNP
Correct Answer: NNP
QID : 56 - When power is shared among different organs of government, then it known as _____.
Options:
1) Community Government
2) Separation of powers
3) Coalition Government
4) Amalgamation of powers
Correct Answer: Separation of powers
QID : 57 - Which of the following is CORRECT about coalition form of government?
Options:
1) Sharing of power at different levels
2) Sharing of power by different social groups
3) Sharing of power by two or more political parties
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Sharing of power by two or more political parties
QID : 58 - Which type of government is based on free and fair election where those currently in power have a fair chance of losing?
Options:
1) Democratic
2) Autocratic
3) Monarchic
4) Authoritarian
Correct Answer: Democratic
QID : 59 - What is the minimum age required to become a member of Rajya Sabha?
Options:
1) Twenty years
2) Thirty years
3) Twenty-two years
4) Twenty-five years
Correct Answer: Thirty years
QID : 60 - Since Independence, how many time National Emergency has been declared in India?
Options:
1) One time
2) Two times
3) Three times
4) Four times
Correct Answer: Three times
QID : 61 - Who among the following presides over a joint sitting of both the houses summoned by the President of India?
Options:
1) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
2) Speaker of Lok Sabha
3) President of India
4) Prime Minister of India
Correct Answer: Speaker of Lok Sabha
QID : 62 - For how much time the Presidents Rule can be extended in India with the approval of Parliament in every six months
Options:
1) 6 months
2) 1 year
3) 2 years
4) 3 years
Correct Answer: 3 years
QID : 63 - What is the minimum number of members required to be present in any one of the two houses of parliament for its functioning?
Options:
1) One fifth of total members
2) One sixth of total members
3) One seventh of total members
4) One tenth of total members
Correct Answer: One tenth of total members
QID : 64 - In Indus Valley Civilization, Kalibangan is famous for which of the following?
Options:
1) Rock cut architecture
2) Sea port
3) Cotton cultivation
4) Pottery
Correct Answer: Pottery
QID : 65 -
Options:
1) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
2) 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
3) 1 – c, 2 – b, 3 – a
4) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b
Correct Answer: 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
QID : 66 - Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
Options:
1) Robert Clive
2) William Bentinck
3) Warren Hasting
4) Col. Sanders
Correct Answer: Warren Hasting
QID : 67 - Second battle of Panipat was fought between which two armies?
Options:
1) Babur and Lodi Empire
2) Babur and Rana Sanga
3) Akbar and Hemu
4) Akbar and Rana of Mewar
Correct Answer: Akbar and Hemu
QID : 68 - Who among the following played an important role in Gadar Movement?
Options:
1) Shyamiji Krishna Verma
2) Lal Hardayal
3) Bipin Chandra Pal
4) Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Correct Answer: Lal Hardayal
QID : 69 - Which among the following imaginary line lies at 0° latitude?
Options:
1) Equator
2) Tropic of Cancer
3) Tropic of Capricorn
4) Prime Meridian
Correct Answer: Equator
QID : 70 - Which among the following Indian river flows westwards and falls into Arabian sea?
Options:
1) Narmada
2) Ganga
3) Mahanadi
4) Godavari
Correct Answer: Narmada
QID : 71 - What are the imaginary lines encircling the earth horizontally called?
Options:
1) Latitudes
2) Longitudes
3) Isobars
4) Isotherms
Correct Answer: Latitudes
QID : 72 - From which of the following continent, all three latitudes i.e. equator, tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn pass?
Options:
1) North America
2) Asia
3) South America
4) Africa
Correct Answer: Africa
QID : 73 - Which of the following city is also known as 'zero-mile centre' of India?
Options:
1) Jabalpur
2) Allahabad
3) Nagpur
4) Delhi
Correct Answer: Nagpur
QID : 74 - Which of the following is an example of Ball and Socket joint in humans?
Options:
1) Wrist Joint
2) Hip Joint
3) Finger Joint
4) Neck Joint
Correct Answer: Hip Joint
QID : 75 - For which of the following a BT seed has also been developed?
Options:
1) Wheat
2) Maize
3) Cotton
4) Pulses
Correct Answer: Cotton
QID : 76 - Which of the following contains highest amount of Vitamin C?
Options:
1) Capsicum
2) Tomato
3) Grape
4) Lemon
Correct Answer: Lemon
QID : 77 - Dolly was an example of cloned _____.
Options:
1) Dog
2) Cow
3) Sheep
4) Hen
Correct Answer: Sheep
QID : 78 - Which of the following is a cold blooded animal?
Options:
1) Ape
2) Mouse
3) Snake
4) Wolf
Correct Answer: Snake
QID : 79 - Which of the following glands secret growth hormone?
Options:
1) Adrenal
2) Pituitary Gland
3) Gonads
4) Pancreas
Correct Answer: Pituitary Gland
QID : 80 - Jet engine works on the principal of conservation of _____.
Options:
1) Heat
2) Mass
3) Linear momentum
4) Angular momentum
Correct Answer: Linear momentum
QID : 81 - What will happen to the level of water in a vessel when a piece of ice floating in it melts?
Options:
1) Decreases
2) Increases
3) Remains same
4) First increases and then decreases
Correct Answer: Remains same
QID : 82 - Which of the following quantity is a measure of inertia?
Options:
1) Velocity
2) Acceleration
3) Mass
4) Weight
Correct Answer: Mass
QID : 83 - The instrument used to study the laws of vibrating string is _____.
Options:
1) Hydrometer
2) Sonometer
3) Sphygmomanometer
4) Electrometer
Correct Answer: Sonometer
QID : 84 - Which of the following is/are CORRECT?
I. GUI – Graphical User Interface
II. VDU – Visual Display Unit
III. ALU – All Logical Unit
Options:
1) I and II
2) I and III
3) Only III
4) Only II
Correct Answer: I and II
QID : 85 - Which among the following is not a word processor?
Options:
1) Microsoft Word
2) Word Perfect
3) Microsoft Excel
4) Word Star
Correct Answer: Microsoft Excel
QID : 86 - In which of the following silicon is not used?
Options:
1) Solar Panels
2) IC manufacturing
3) Optical glass
4) Ink pen
Correct Answer: Ink pen
QID : 87 - Which of the following is used as control rods in Atomic reactor?
Options:
1) Sodium
2) Uranium
3) Graphite
4) Boron
Correct Answer: Boron
QID : 88 - Which of the following is used for the preparation of dynamite?
Options:
1) Methyl alcohol
2) Iron oxide
3) Nitro Glycerol
4) Copper sulphate
Correct Answer: Nitro Glycerol
QID : 89 - Which among the following is added to commercial nitric acid to make it coloured?
Options:
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Sulphur dioxide
3) Colored impurities
4) Nitrogen dioxide
Correct Answer: Nitrogen dioxide
QID : 90 -
Options:
1) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
2) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
3) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
4) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
Correct Answer: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
QID : 91 - Which among the following type of trees are also called as sun loving trees?
Options:
1) Xerophytes
2) Heliophytes
3) Saprophytes
4) Halophytes
Correct Answer: Heliophytes
QID : 92 - Which of the following is an air pollutant?
I. Water vapour
II. Carbon dioxide
III. Hydrogen Gas
Options:
1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Only III
4) Both II and III
Correct Answer: Only II
QID : 93 - Which among the following is an initiative proposed by The Ministry of Civil Aviation to make boarding pass and security check-in digital?
Options:
1) Digi yatra
2) Digi Udan
3) Digi Sewa
4) Digi Yatri
Correct Answer: Digi yatra
QID : 94 - Who amongst the following invented 'chronometer'?
Options:
1) John Harrison
2) William Harvey
3) Friese Greene
4) Robert Koch
Correct Answer: John Harrison
QID : 95 - 'Calibre' is related to which sport?
Options:
1) Shooting
2) Cycling
3) Baseball
4) Golf
Correct Answer: Shooting
QID : 96 - All souls day is a _____ festival.
Options:
1) Buddhism
2) Jainism
3) Christian
4) Muslim
Correct Answer: Christian
QID : 97 - Who is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan 2017 in the field of Art – Music?
Options:
1) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
2) Vaishali Bisht
3) Aruna Mohanty
4) K. J. Yesudas
Correct Answer: K. J. Yesudas
QID : 98 - Who has authored the book 'The People's Maharaja' based on the life of Amarinder Singh?
Options:
1) Venkaiah Naidu
2) Khushwant Singh
3) Ram Kamal Mukherjee
4) Shri Vijay Kumar
Correct Answer: Khushwant Singh
QID : 99 - Which country has dropped the largest non-nuclear weapon over Afghanistan in April 2017?
Options:
1) Russia
2) France
3) United States of America
4) Syria
Correct Answer: United States of America
QID : 100 - Under 'Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme', India will give 35 crore rupees to children of freedom fighters in ______.
Options:
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
