SSC CGL 2017 EXAM PAPER : Held on 20-AUG-2017 Shift-3
(General Awareness)
QID : 226 - If the ___________ firm has zero costs or only has fixed cost,
the quantity supplied in equilibrium is given by the point where the marginal
revenue is zero.
Options:
1) Perfect Competition
2) Monopoly
3) Oligopoly
4) Monopolistic Competition
Correct Answer: Monopoly
QID : 227 - The short run marginal cost curve is ____ shaped.
Options:
1) U
2) V
3) X
4) W
Correct Answer: U
QID : 228 - "Betting and gambling" is listed in the __________ list given
in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
Options:
1) Union
2) State
3) Global
4) Concurrent
Correct Answer: State
QID : 229 - There are total _________ parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha
constituency) in West Bengal.
Options:
1) 42
2) 2
3) 14
4) 40
Correct Answer: 42
QID : 230 - In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to _______________ to inspire
the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
Options:
1) Dandi
2) Sabarmati
3) Champaran
4) Chauri Chaura
Correct Answer: Champaran
QID : 231 - Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from ______________ in
January 1915.
Options:
1) South Africa
2) England
3) USA
4) Russia
Correct Answer: South Africa
QID : 232 - ________ is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea
formed by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
Options:
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
Correct Answer: Sri Lanka
QID : 233 - The land mass of India has an area of ______ million square
km.
Options:
1) 1.28
2) 2.28
3) 3.28
4) 4.28
Correct Answer: 3.28
QID : 234 - ___________ being a higher category, is the assemblage of
families which exhibit a few similar characters.
Options:
1) Order
2) Species
3) Genus
4) Class
Correct Answer: Order
QID : 235 - Sexual reproduction in Algae that takes place through fusion
of two dissimilar size gametes is called?
Options:
1) Zoospores
2) Anisogamous
3) Isogamous
4) Oogamous
Correct Answer: Anisogamous
QID : 236 - The animals in which the body cavity is absent are known as
__________.
Options:
1) Coelomates
2) Wild
3) Pseudocoelomates
4) Acoelomates
Correct Answer: Acoelomates
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QID : 237 - According to the Second Law of Motion, for a given force,
acceleration is inversely proportional to the ____ of an object.
Options:
1) density
2) volume
3) force
4) mass
Correct Answer: mass
QID : 238 - The coil wire in the electric room heater or electric cooking
heater is called __________.
Options:
1) Circuit
2) Element
3) Filament
4) Cells
Correct Answer: Element
QID : 239 - _________ software are freely available and can be edited and
customized by anyone.
Options:
1) Free Source
2) Open Source
3) Easy Source
4) Unpaid Source
Correct Answer: Open Source
QID : 240 - ___________ is obtained by evaporation of sea.
Options:
1) Sugar
2) Iron
3) Salt
4) Steel
Correct Answer: Salt
QID : 241 - The passage of an electric current through a conducting liquid
causes ___________.
Options:
1) Galvanisation
2) Evaporation
3) Physical Reaction
4) Chemical Reaction
Correct Answer: Chemical Reaction
QID : 242 - __________ is the number of individuals of the population who
left the habitat and gone elsewhere during the time period under consideration.
Options:
1) Natality
2) Mortality
3) Immigration
4) Emigration
Correct Answer: Emigration
QID : 243 - __________ was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a
part of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.
Options:
1) Sukanya Samridhi Account
2) Bal Swachta Mission
3) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
4) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana
Correct Answer: Sukanya Samridhi Account
QID : 244 - Who created the first mechanical computer, which proved to be
the prototype for future computers?
Options:
1) Archimedes
2) John Harrison
3) Cai Lun
4) Charles Babbage
Correct Answer: Charles Babbage
QID : 245 - In which sport did India win Bronze medal at Rio Olympics
2016?
Options:
1) Badminton
2) Boxing
3) Hockey
4) Wrestling
Correct Answer: Wrestling
QID : 246 - Ajanta and Ellora caves are situated in which state of India?
Options:
1) Kerala
2) Odisha
3) Maharashtra
4) Jammu & Kashmir
Correct Answer: Maharashtra
QID : 247 - To whom the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was
awarded?
Options:
1) David J. Thouless
2) Yoshinori Ohsumi
3) J. Michael Kosterlitz
4) Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
Correct Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi
QID : 248 - Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of 'A Foreign Policy For India' is L.K Advani.
2. 'Wings of Fire' is a book written by A.P.J Abdul kalaam.
3. 'Open' is an Autobiography of Andre Agassi.
Options:
1) 1 and 2
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 3
4) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 2 and 3
QID : 249 - According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,
with spending of $55.9 Billion in 2016, which country became world’s
fifth-largest military spender?
Options:
1) China
2) USA
3) Russia
4) India
Correct Answer: India
QID : 250 - Which of the following river originates in Nepal and flows
into the Ganges?
Options:
1) Kosi
2) Jhelum
3) Chenab
4) Ravi
Correct Answer: Kosi
