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SSC CGL 2017 EXAM PAPER : Held on 20-AUG-2017 Shift-3 (General Awareness)

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