SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 01 July 2017" Shift-2

(General Knowledge and General Awareness)

251 - In Indian economy, the sectors are divided into Private and Public on what basis?

Options:

1) Ownership of enterprises
2) Usage of raw materials
3) Nature of economic activities
4) Employment policies

Correct Answer: Ownership of enterprises

252 - Which method is used to measure agricultural income in India?

Options:

1) Expenditure method
2) Output method
3) Commodity flow method
4) Input method

Correct Answer: Output method

253 - Who estimated the National Income in India for the first time?

Options:

1) Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis
2) Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao
3) Dadabhai Naoroji
4) M. G. Ranade

Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

254 - GDP – indirect taxes + subsidies = ______

Options:

1) NNP at factor cost
2) GDP at factor cost
3) GNP
4) Personal Income

Correct Answer: GDP at factor cost

255 - Establishment of Chittaranjan Locomotive took place during which Five Year Plan?

Options:

1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) First

Correct Answer: First

256 - What is the meaning of 'Laissez Faire Policy'?

Options:

1) Fair legislation
2) Control over trade
3) Withdrawal of 'some restrictions'
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Withdrawal of 'some restrictions'

257 - Who is the head of Municipal Corporation?

Options:

1) Prime Minister
2) Sarpanch
3) Governor
4) Mayor

Correct Answer: Mayor

258 - Which form of government believes in giving equal rights and opportunities for women and men?

Options:

1) Feminist
2) Secularist
3) Castiest
4) Communalist

Correct Answer: Feminist

259 - What is the maximum period for which the vice president can act as the President in case of vacancy in the the president's office?

Options:

1) 3 months
2) 6 months
3) 1 year
4) 2 years

Correct Answer: 6 months

260 - Currently, how many languages are recognized by Indian Constitution?

Options:

1) Fourteen
2) Fifteen
3) Sixteen
4) Twenty-two

Correct Answer: Twenty-two

261 - Which among the following is not appointed by the President of India?

Options:

1) Vice-President of India
2) Judge of Supreme Court
3) Attorney General of India
4) Chief Justice of India

Correct Answer: Vice-President of India

262 - Which of the following article describes India also as Bharat?

Options:

1) Article 1
2) Article 2
3) Article 3
4) Article 4

Correct Answer: Article 1

263 - Which of the following writ is issued by a higher court to a lower court?

Options:

1) Habeas Corpus
2) Quo Warranto
3) Prohibition
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Prohibition

264 - 'The Loyal Muhammadans of India' was a newspaper by which of the following?

Options:

1) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
2) Ashfaqulla Khan
3) Shaukat Ali
4) Sayyed Ahmed Khan

Correct Answer: Sayyed Ahmed Khan

265 - Who among of the following was the founder of society called 'Abhinav Bharat'?

Options:

1) Lala Lajpat Rai
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
4) Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

266 - First battle of Panipat was fought between which two armies?

Options:

1) Babur and Lodi Empire
2) Britishers and Babur
3) Akbar and Hemu
4) Akbar and Rana of Mewar

Correct Answer: Babur and Lodi Empire

267 - Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence.

I. Champaran Satyagraha
II. Partition of Bengal
III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Options:

1) I, II, III
2) II, III, I
3) II, I, III
4) I, III, II

Correct Answer: II, I, III

268 - Which of the following civilization is famous for its city/town planning?

Options:

1) Indus Valley Civilization
2) Mesopotamian Civilization
3) Persian Civilization
4) Egyptian Civilization

Correct Answer: Indus Valley Civilization

269 - Which of the following is suitable for well irrigation?

Options:

1) Rock surface of Peninsula
2) Dry surface/tracts of Rajasthan
3) Costal Plains
4) Deltaic region of Mahandi River

Correct Answer: Deltaic region of Mahandi River

270 - Rotational axis of which of the following planet is highly tilted?

Options:

1) Earth
2) Uranus
3) Neptune
4) Jupiter

Correct Answer: Uranus

271 - Near coastal areas, temperature on land in day time gets reduced due to _____.

Options:

1) Land breeze
2) Sea breeze
3) Both land and sea breeze
4) Sparsely populated coasts

Correct Answer: Sea breeze

272 - Which of the following city is located on the banks of river Potomac?

Options:

1) Berlin
2) Islamabad
3) Madrid
4) Washington D.C.

Correct Answer: Washington D.C.

273 - How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?

Options:

1) 10 minutes
2) 14 minutes
3) 4 minutes
4) 30 minutes

Correct Answer: 4 minutes

274 - Which of the following is considered as physical basis of life?

Options:

1) Cell wall
2) Cell membrane
3) Mitochondria
4) Protoplasm

Correct Answer: Protoplasm

275 - Who of the following is known as 'Father of Zoology'?

Options:

1) Darwin
2) Aristotle
3) Heckle
4) Edward Jenner

Correct Answer: Aristotle

276 - Which of the following branch of biology is related with study of heredity and variations?

Options:

1) Microbiology
2) Immunology
3) Genetics
4) Entomology

Correct Answer: Genetics

277 - Which of the following is NOT a vestigial organ in human body?

Options:

1) Thymus Gland
2) Wisdom teeth
3) Pharynx
4) Thyroid gland

Correct Answer: Thyroid gland

278 - Bile is produced by which of the following gland?

Options:

1) Liver
2) Kidney
3) Gall bladder
4) Spleen

Correct Answer: Liver

279 - Which of the following cells secret insulin?

Options:

1) α cells
2) β cells
3) δ cells
4) Nerve cells

Correct Answer: β cells

280 - Mass of an object is a _____.

Options:

1) Physical Quantity
2) Fundamental Quantity
3) Scalar Quantity
4) All options are correct

Correct Answer: All options are correct

281 - When a bus starts suddenly, then passengers in the bus tend to fall backwards. This event is an example of _____.

Options:

1) Inertia of rest
2) Inertia of motion
3) Inertia of direction
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Inertia of rest

282 - Momentum of an object depends on which factors?

I. Mass of the object
II. Speed of the object
III. Volume of the object

Options:

1) I only
2) I and II only
3) I and III only
4) I, II and III

Correct Answer: I and II only

283 - What is the approximate height of any geostationary satellite from earth’s surface (in km)?

Options:

1) 36000
2) 45000
3) 48000
4) 30000

Correct Answer: 36000

284 - Which of the following is used to enter data and instructions into a computer?

Options:

1) Software
2) Output device
3) Malware
4) Input device

Correct Answer: Input device

285 - Which among the following has largest storing space?

Options:

1) Giga byte
2) Mega byte
3) Tera byte
4) Kilo byte

Correct Answer: Tera byte

286 - Which among the following is a pure element?

Options:

1) Glass
2) Cement
3) Sodium
4) Steel

Correct Answer: Sodium

287 - Sodium bicarbonate is chemical name of which of the following?

Options:

1) Baking Soda
2) Washing Powder
3) Plaster
4) Fly-Ash

Correct Answer: Baking Soda

288 - How is atomic mass number determined?

Options:

1) By total number of protons
2) By total number of neutrons
3) By adding number of protons and neutrons
4) By total number of electrons

Correct Answer: By adding number of protons and neutrons

289 - Which of the following reaction is the main cause of energy radiated from Sun?

Options:

1) Nuclear fission
2) Nuclear fusion
3) Chemical reaction
4) Diffusion reaction

Correct Answer: Nuclear fusion

290 - With which of the following is 'Van Mahotsav' associated?

Options:

1) Cutting of trees
2) Planting of trees
3) Genetic modification of trees
4) Increase in crops

Correct Answer: Planting of trees

291 - Plants which grow in salty water near sea shore are called as ______.

Options:

1) Halophytes
2) Xerophytes
3) Heliophytes
4) Saprophytes

Correct Answer: Halophytes

292 - How many ecological hotspots are present in India?

Options:

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

Correct Answer: 4

293 - The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a nationwide 'Students for Soldiers: Vidya Veerta Abhiyan' to display portraits of ______ decorated soldiers in education institutes.

Options:

1) Ashok Chakra
2) Mahaveer Chakra
3) Paramveer Chakra
4) Veer Chakra

Correct Answer: Paramveer Chakra

294 - Who amongst the following gave the 'Periodic Law'?

Options:

1) Carlton McGee
2) Emil Fischer
3) Charles Darwin
4) Dmitri Mendeleev

Correct Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev

Options:

1) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
2) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c
3) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b
4) 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a

Correct Answer: 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c

296 - Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?

Options:

1) Ghoomar – Rajasthan
2) Bihu – Bihar
3) Bhangra – Punjab
4) Lavani – Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Bihu – Bihar

297 - In the 64th National Awards, which Hindi film has been awarded the Best Hindi Film for the year 2016?

Options:

1) Neerja
2) Udta Punjab
3) Dangal
4) Sultan

Correct Answer: Neerja

298 - The book 'Hope in a challenged Democracy' is authored by _____.

Options:

1) M. Veerappa Moily
2) Sunita Narayan
3) Dr. Ashwini Kumar
4) Anuradha Roy

Correct Answer: Dr. Ashwini Kumar

299 - With which country India has signed a bilateral contract for development and operations of Chabahar port?

Options:

1) Israel
2) Iran
3) Tehran
4) Turkey

Correct Answer: Iran

300 - 'Operation Pawan' was a peace-keeping operation by India in its which neighbouring country?

Options:

1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka

Correct Answer: Sri Lanka

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