SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 05 July 2017" Shift-1 (General Knowledge and General Awareness)
SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 05 July 2017" Shift-1
(General Knowledge and General Awareness )
QID : 51 - Devaluation is majorly done to _____.
Options:
1) encourage export
2) encourage import
3) discourage import
4) To encourage both export and import
Correct Answer: encourage export
QID : 52 - Foreign investment is known by which name in India?
Options:
1) SME (Small and medium-sized enterprises)
2) MDI (Management Development Institute)
3) FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
4) CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)
Correct Answer: FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
QID : 53 - What is the full form of NNP?
Options:
1) Normal Net Production
2) Net National Product
3) Normal National Produce
4) Net Normal Produce
Correct Answer: Net National Product
QID : 54 - 'Inclusive Growth' was the objective of which Five Year Plan?
Options:
1) Tenth
2) Eleventh
3) Twelfth
4) Ninth
Correct Answer: Eleventh
QID : 55 - The Green steel plants of Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela were
established under which Five Year Plan?
Options:
1) Second
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Sixth
Correct Answer: Second
QID : 56 - In a ______ government, the final decision-making power must rest
with those elected by the people.
Options:
1) Authoritarian
2) Autocratic
3) Monarchic
4) Democratic
Correct Answer: Democratic
QID : 57 - Which of the following statement is true about “Community
Government”?
I. This government is elected by people belonging to one language community.
II. This government has the power regarding cultural, educational and language
related issues.
Options:
1) Both I and II
2) Only I
3) Only II
4) Neither I nor II
Correct Answer: Both I and II
QID : 58 - ______ is a system of government in which the power is divided
between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.
Options:
1) Feudalism
2) Democracy
3) Federalism
4) Aristrocracy
Correct Answer: Federalism
QID : 59 - Under which pardoning power of the President, one form of punishment
is substituted by a lighter form?
Options:
1) Commutation
2) Remission
3) Respite
4) Reprieve
Correct Answer: Commutation
QID : 60 - Concept of Judicial Review in Indian Constitution has been taken from which country?
Options:
1) Ireland
2) USA
3) Australia
4) Canada
Correct Answer: USA
QID : 61 - Council of ministers are collectively responsible to which of the
following?
Options:
1) President
2) Lok Sabha
3) Prime Minister
4) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Correct Answer: Lok Sabha
QID : 62 - The vote of the speaker of Lok Sabha is called _____ .
Options:
1) Casting vote
2) Sound vote
3) Direct vote
4) Indirect vote
Correct Answer: Casting vote
QID : 63 - Which of the following state does not have bicameral legislature?
Options:
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh
QID : 64 - In Indus valley civilization, Great Bath is found in which of the
following place?
Options:
1) Lothal
2) Mohanjo-daro
3) Mitathal
4) Kalibangan
Correct Answer: Mohanjo-daro
QID : 65 - Taxila University is located currently in which country?
Options:
1) Bangladesh
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) Nepal
Correct Answer: Pakistan
QID : 66 - Battle of Haldighati was fought between which two armies?
Options:
1) Babur and Lodi Empire
2) Babur and Rana Sanga
3) Akbar and Hemu
4) Akbar and Maharana Pratap
Correct Answer: Akbar and Maharana Pratap
QID : 67 - Where did Gautam Buddha took his Samadhi?
Options:
1) Patna
2) Kushinagar
3) Varanasi
4) Sarnath
Correct Answer: Kushinagar
QID : 68 - Who had built the 'Amer Fort'?
Options:
1) Akbar
2) Raja Man Singh
3) Uday Singh II
4) Maharana Pratap
Correct Answer: Raja Man Singh
QID : 69 - On which of the following date/dates, winter solstice is observed in
Northern Hemisphere?
I. 21st December
II. 5th August
III. 10th January
Options:
1) Only I
2) I and II Both
3) Only III
4) Only II
Correct Answer: Only I
QID : 70 - Barren Island is located in which of the following country?
Options:
1) Italy
2) Australia
3) India
4) Pakistan
Correct Answer: India
QID : 71 - What is a strait?
Options:
1) A water body separating two land masses
2) A narrow strip of land separating two water bodies
3) Deep penetration of a water body in land
4) None of these
Correct Answer: A water body separating two land masses
QID : 72 - Which of the following country is a land locked country?
Options:
1) India
2) Malaysia
3) Switzerland
4) Pakistan
Correct Answer: Switzerland
QID : 73 - The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of
revolution around the sun?
Options:
1) Mercury
2) Jupiter
3) Venus
4) Neptune
Correct Answer: Venus
QID : 74 - Who among the following is known as 'Father of Medicine'?
Options:
1) Darwin
2) Hippocrates
3) Heckle
4) Edward Jenner
Correct Answer: Hippocrates
QID : 75 - Which of the following is a vestigial organ in human body?
Options:
1) Tailbone
2) Spleen
3) Thyroid
4) Gall bladder
Correct Answer: Tailbone
QID : 76 - Which of the following cell organelle is responsible for cellular
respiration?
Options:
1) Golgi bodies
2) Mitochondria
3) Nucleus
4) Lysosomes
Correct Answer: Mitochondria
QID : 77 - Who among the following gave 'The Theory of Natural Selection'?
Options:
1) Richter
2) Lamarck
3) Darwin
4) Redi
Correct Answer: Darwin
QID : 78 - Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?
I. Crocodile – Reptile
II. Frog – Amphibian
III. Tiger – Reptile
Options:
1) I and II
2) I and III
3) Only III
4) Only II
Correct Answer: Only III
QID : 79 - Uric acid is chief nitrogenous waste of which of the following?
Options:
1) Human
2) Frogs
3) Fishes
4) Birds
Correct Answer: Birds
QID : 80 - Masses of stars and galaxies are usually expressed in ______.
Options:
1) Earth's mass
2) Solar mass
3) Lunar mass
4) Neutron mass
Correct Answer: Solar mass
QID : 81 -
Options:
1) 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
2) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b
3) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c
4) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b
Correct Answer: 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
QID : 82 - Which of the following is widely used in making semiconductor chips?
Options:
1) Radium
2) Sodium
3) Germanium
4) Sulphur
Correct Answer: Germanium
QID : 83 - The first law of thermodynamics is related to conservation of which
one of the following?
Options:
1) Energy
2) Number of molecules
3) Number of moles
4) Temperature
Correct Answer: Energy
QID : 84 - Any data (or) instruction entered into the memory of computer is
called as _____.
Options:
1) Hard copy
2) Input
3) Output
4) Information
Correct Answer: Input
QID : 85 - Which of the following is not a computer language?
I. C++
II. Java
III. Linux
Options:
1) Only I
2) Only III
3) II and III
4) I and II
Correct Answer: Only III
QID : 86 - Which material is used in the manufacturing of electric heater coil?
Options:
1) Copper
2) Iron
3) Nickel
4) Nichrome
Correct Answer: Nichrome
QID : 87 - Which of the following cloth will readily catch fire?
Options:
1) Cotton cloth
2) Polyester cloth
3) Acrylic cloth
4) Nylon cloth
Correct Answer: Cotton cloth
QID : 88 - Which of the following are the main components of stainless steel?
Options:
1) Iron and carbon
2) Silver
3) Iron, chromium and Nickel
4) Iron and nickel
Correct Answer: Iron, chromium and Nickel
QID : 89 - Which of the following metal has the lowest density?
Options:
1) Lithium
2) Iron
3) Gold
4) Vanadium
Correct Answer: Lithium
QID : 90 - Which of the following primarily produces Nitrogen dioxide leading to
air pollution?
Options:
1) CFL Lamp
2) Automobile Battery
3) Polymer
4) Diesel Engine
Correct Answer: Diesel Engine
QID : 91 - What was the main aim of Kyoto Protocol?
Options:
1) Conservation of wetlands
2) Bio-diversity Conservation
3) Global Warming
4) Climate Change
Correct Answer: Global Warming
QID : 92 - If in any water Body, there is high BOD value then it is generally
_____.
Options:
1) Very clean
2) Very polluted
3) Highly productive
4) Highly unproductive
Correct Answer: Very polluted
QID : 93 - What is the name of the scheme for food processing sector to be
launched by The Ministry of Food Processing Industries?
Options:
1) MITRA
2) URJA
3) SAMPADA
4) BHOJAN
Correct Answer: SAMPADA
QID : 94 - Who among the following is an inventor of an electric telegraph?
Options:
1) Samuel F. B. Morse
2) William Austin Burt
3) Hans Lippershey
4) William Stanley
Correct Answer: Samuel F. B. Morse
QID : 95 -
Options:
1) 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
2) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
3) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b
4) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b
Correct Answer: 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – a
QID : 96 - 'Mohiniattam' dance is associated with which of the following state?
Options:
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer: Kerala
QID : 97 - Who among the following is a recipient of Padma Shri for the year
2016 in the field of Art-Music?
Options:
1) Sonu Nigam
2) Kailash kher
3) Aruna Mohanty
4) Shubha Mudgal
Correct Answer: Kailash kher
QID : 98 - Who amongst the following authored the book 'Gandhi in Champaran'?
Options:
1) M. Veerappa Moily
2) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
3) Dr. Ashwini Kumar
4) M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Correct Answer: Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
QID : 99 - India and South Korea have signed a MoU on ship building. Which
organisation has been nominated by India for this collaboration?
Options:
1) Hindustan Shipyard Limited
2) Magazone Dock Limited
3) Cochin Shipyard Limited
4) Hoogly Dock and Port Engineers limited
Correct Answer: Hindustan Shipyard Limited
QID : 100 - Which two neighbouring countries of India held military exercise
named 'Sagarmatha Friendship – 2017'?
Options:
1) Afghanishtan-Pakistan
2) China-Bhutan
3) China-Nepal
4) China-Pakistan
Correct Answer: China-Nepal
