SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 31 January 2017"

Evening Shift (General Awareness)

QID : 226 - ________ in Chandrapur district is the oldest and the largest National Park in Maharashtra.

Options:
1) Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project

2) Bandipur National Park

3) Bandhavgarh National Park

4) Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

Correct Answer: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project

QID : 227 - Name the first Indian to win an Oscar

Options:
1) AR Rahman

2) Bhanu Athaiya

3) Satyajit Ray

4) Gulzar

Correct Answer: Bhanu Athaiya

QID : 228 - The outer white part of the eye that protects the inner structures is _______.

Options:
1) Iris

2) Sclera

3) Retina

4) Cornea

Correct Answer: Sclera

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QID : 229 - Proteins are made up of _______.

Options:
1) Amino acids

2) Fatty acids

3) Glucose

4) Nucleotides

Correct Answer: Amino acids

QID : 230 - The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 4th group and the 4th period?

Options:
1) 24

2) 20

3) 22

4) 12

Correct Answer: 22

QID : 231 - A Gigabyte equals all of the following, except _______.

Options:
1) 1000 megabytes

2) trillion bytes

3) Million kilobytes

4) 1 thousandth of a terabyte

Correct Answer: trillion bytes

QID : 232 - If price of an article decreases from Rs 800 to Rs 750, when quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 2250 units, and if point elasticity of demand is -2 find Q1?

Options:
1) 2400 units

2) 2000 units

3) 1800 units

4) 1500 units

Correct Answer: 2000 units

QID : 233 - Which of the following is false about minimum wages?

Options:
1) A minimum wage law benefits all unskilled workers.

2) A minimum wage harms firms by forcing them to pay higher wages.

3) A minimum wage harms customers because the law usually leads to higher product prices.

4) A minimum wage increases unemployment.

Correct Answer: A minimum wage law benefits all unskilled workers.

QID : 234 - Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:
1) Br₂

2) OF₂

3) CHCl₂F

4) CO

Correct Answer: CHCl₂F

QID : 235 - Which was Al Gore's Oscar winning Documentary?

Options:
1) Heartbroken Kid

2) An Inconvenient Truth

3) Senna

4) To be or not to be

Correct Answer: An Inconvenient Truth

QID : 236 - Which of the following is the hottest planet?

Options:
1) Earth

2) Venus

3) Jupiter

4) Neptune

Correct Answer: Venus

QID : 237 - Which of these was not from the Mughal Dynasty?

Options:
1) Humayun

2) Akbar

3) Sher Shah Suri

4) Kamran Mirza

Correct Answer: Sher Shah Suri

QID : 238 - Who set up the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad?

Options:
1) Subhash Chandra Bose

2) Mohandas Gandhi

3) Jawaharlal Nehru

4) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Anwer: Mohandas Gandhi

QID : 239 - Who discovered Catalysis?

Options:
1) Messcureni

2) Berzelius

3) Hooke

4) Garner

Correct Answer: Berzelius

QID : 240 - Find the power of a convex lens if the image formed is at a distance of 20 cm from the lens when the object is placed on the other side of the lens at 60 cm from the optical centre?

Options:
1) 3.33 diopters

2) 6.67 diopters

3) -6.67 diopters

4) -3.33 diopters

Correct Answer: 6.67 diopters

QID : 241 - What is the unit of the physical quantity "Heat capacity"?

Options:
1) watt per kelvin

2) joule per kelvin

3) newton per kelvin

4) pascal per kelvin

Correct Answer: joule per kelvin

QID : 242 - The power to grant pardons or suspend or remit the sentence of any convicted persons is vested in the _______.

Options:
1) President

2) Vice President

3) Supreme Court Judge

4) Defence Minister

Correct Answer: President

QID : 243 - Uniform Civil Code is mentioned in which article of Indian Constitution?

Options:
1) 44

2) 4

3) 14

4) 34

Correct Answer: 44

QID : 244 - Abhinav Bindra won Gold Medal for which Sport in Olympics?

Options:
1) Shooting

2) Wrestling

3) Hockey

4) Athletics

Correct Answer: Shooting

QID : 245 - Who is the author of "The Namesake"?

Options:
1) Salman Rushdie

2) Jhumpa Lahiri

3) Amish Tripathi

4) Chetan Bhagat

Correct Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri

QID : 246 - Moringa Oleifera is the scientific name of ________.

Options:
1) Banyan

2) Gulmohar

3) Amla

4) Drumstick

Correct Answer: Drumstick

QID : 247 - Cheraw is a folk dance of ________.

Options:
1) Mizoram

2) Puducherry

3) Gujarat

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Mizoram

QID : 248 - The brand name Teflon represents which polymer?

Options:
1) Polystyrene

2) Polypropylene

3) Polytetrafluoroethylene

4) Polyethylene terephthalate

Correct Answer: Polytetrafluoroethylene

QID : 249 - Gandhinagar is the Capital City of ________.

Options:
1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Goa

3) Gujarat

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Gujarat

QID : 250 - The Iron Pillar is located in?

Options:
1) Qutb Minar Complex

2) Humayun's Tomb

3) Red Fort Complex

4) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

Correct Answer: Qutb Minar Complex

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