SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 12 March 2018"

Evening Shift (General Awareness)

QID : 1 - What does cyclical unemployment mean?

Options:

1) Unemployment during recessionary phase of trade cycle
2) Disguised unemployment
3) Seasonal unemployment
4) Voluntary unemployment

Correct Answer: Unemployment during recessionary phase of trade cycle

QID : 2 - Who presented the first Union budget of independent India?

Options:

1) Morarji Desai
2) John Mathai
3) TT Krishnamachari
4) RK Shanmukham Chetty

Correct Answer: RK Shanmukham Chetty

QID : 3 - Which of the following Harappan sites was not located in Gujarat?

Options:

1) Lothal
2) Daimabad
3) Surkotda
4) Dholavira

Correct Answer: Daimabad

QID : 4 - In 1852, who published the newspaper 'Satyaprakash' in Gujarati?

Options:

1) Gangadhar Rao
2) Vishnu Shastri
3) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
4) Karsandas Mulji

Correct Answer: Karsandas Mulji

QID : 5 - The red planet is ___________.

Options:

1) Venus
2) Saturn
3) Mars
4) Neptune

Correct Answer: Mars

QID : 6 - Which country has the smallest terrestrial border with India?

Options:

1) Pakistan
2) Nepal
3) Myanmar
4) Bhutan

Correct Answer: Bhutan

QID : 7 - Where is the Samadhi of Guru Gobind Singh located?

Options:

1) Anandpur sahib
2) Amritsar
3) Nanded
4) Ludhiana

Correct Answer: Nanded

QID : 8 - In August 2017, which bank allowed India to construct Ratle Hydroelectric project which was opposed by Pakistan?

Options:

1) bank of England
2) World Bank
3) International Bank for Reconstruction and development (IBRD)
4) Asian Development Bank

Correct Answer: World Bank

QID : 9 - Which of the following IAF man has been posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantry medal?

Options:

1) Rajinder Kumar
2) Jyoti Prakash Nirala
3) Harshvardhan Negi
4) Anant Thakur

Correct Answer: Jyoti Prakash Nirala

QID : 10 - Official Currency of Nepal is called ________.

Options:

1) Nepalese Taka
2) Loti
3) Birr
4) Nepalese Rupee

Correct Answer: Nepalese Rupee

QID : 11 - Which of the following causes acid rain?

I. SO2
II. NO2
III. CO2

Options:

1) Only I and II
2) Only II and III
3) Only I and III
4) All I, II and III

Correct Answer: Only I and II

QID : 12 - What is the ratio of masses of hydrogen and oxygen in the water?

Options:

1) 1 : 4
2) 1 : 8
3) 1 : 16
4) 1 : 64

Correct Answer: 1 : 8

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QID : 13 - The President of India appoints how many Chief Election Commissioner(s)?

Options:

1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four

Correct Answer: One

QID : 14 - Who appears on behalf of the Government of India in all cases in the Supreme Court in which Government of India is concerned?

Options:

1) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
2) Advocate General of State
3) Attorney General of India
4) Chief Election Commissioner of India

Correct Answer: Attorney General of India

QID : 15 - The exit of food from the stomach is regulated by a ______ muscle.

Options:

1) cardiac
2) sphincter
3) skeletal
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: sphincter

QID : 16 - What are the organs similar in basic structure/shape, modified to perform different functions called?

Options:

1) Analogous organs
2) Homologous organs
3) Heterogeneous organs
4) Homogenous organs

Correct Answer: Homologous organs

QID : 17 - Who launched Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project “Jeevamritham” for cleaning drinking water?

Options:

1) Ram Nath Kovind
2) Narendra Modi
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Uma Bharti

Correct Answer: Ram Nath Kovind

QID : 18 - What is the name of India’s fastest and first multi – petaflops super computer unveiled at Pune–based India Institute of Tropical Meteorology?

Options:

1) Param
2) Pratyush
3) Prashant
4) Paras

Correct Answer: Pratyush

QID : 19 - In August 2017, RBI announced to transfer approximately how much amount for the Financial Year 2016-17 as a dividend to the Government?

Options:

1) Rs 30,659 crore
2) Rs 50,650 crore
3) Rs 60,659 crore
4) Rs 70,659 crore

Correct Answer: Rs 30,659 crore

QID : 20 - ‘FRDI’ Bill, 2017 aims to protect the stability of the financial system. Once enacted, FRDI Bill 2017 will be replacing ______.

Options:

1) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961
2) Deposit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1980
3) Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1990
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961

QID : 21 - A Sonar of a ship sends sounds waves of speed 1600 m/s. These waves are reflected back by the ocean floor in 4 seconds. Find the depth (in m) of the ocean floor.

Options:

1) 6400
2) 3200
3) 1600
4) 4800

Correct Answer: 3200

QID : 22 - If an object travels in a straight line and its velocity increases or decreases by equal amounts in equal intervals of time, then the acceleration of the object is said to be ______________.

Options:

1) linear
2) uniform
3) translational
4) non-uniform

Correct Answer: uniform

QID : 23 - Cold air is ______.

Options:

1) lighter than warm air hence cold air settles down
2) heavier than warm air hence cold air rises up
3) lighter than warm air hence cold air rises up
4) heavier than warm air hence cold air settles down

Correct Answer: heavier than warm air hence cold air settles down

QID : 24 - Which of the statements given below are correct?

A) Alexander Norén won the Golf 2017 BMW PGA Championship.
B) Canada hosted the Table Tennis 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup.
C) In 2018 IPL auctions, Rajasthan Royals retained Steve Smith.

Options:

1) Only C
2) B and C
3) A and B
4) A, B and C

Correct Answer: A, B and C

QID : 25 - In Microsoft Word, ____________ can be used to decide on the spacing between lines of a paragraph.

Options:

1) Alignment
2) Effects
3) Indentation
4) Line spacing

Correct Answer: Line spacing

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