SSC CGL (Pre.) Previous Year Solved Paper - 2014, 2nd Shift "General Awareness"
SSC CGL (2 shift) Previous Year Solved Paper - 2014
Subject: General Awareness
1. The process of improving the quality of rubber by heating it with sulphur is called
(a) vulcanization
(b) acceleration
(c) sulphonation
(d) galvanization
2. Which source has been particularly fruitful in finding novel anti-tumour agents such as bryostatins and dolostatins?
(a) Marine sources
(b) Animals
(c) Venoms and toxins
(d) Combinatorial chemistry
3. The pollutant responsible for ozone holes is
(a) CO2
(b) SO2
(c) CO
(d) CFC
4. One of the best solutions to get rid of non-biodegradable wastes is
(a) burning
(b) dumping
(c) burying
(d) recycling
5. Vermicomposting is done by
(a) fungus
(b) bacteria
(c) worms
(d) animals
6. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread?
(a) Scurvy
(b) Typhoid
(c) Malaria
(d) Anaemia
7. India exports power to
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Myanmar
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bhutan
8. The alkaloid naturally found in coffee, cocoa and cola nut is
(a) cocaine
(b) morphine
(c) tannin
(d) caffeine
9. The metal used for making aircrafts and rickets is
(a) lead
(b) aluminium
(c) nickel
(d) copper
10. The first woman President of Indian National Congress was
(a) Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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11. Which state is the largest producer of pulses in India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
12. In India, woman had never been a Chief Minister in the State of
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
13. Which of the following is not a noble gas?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Helium
(cl) Neon
(d) Argon
14. Sunda Trench is in
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Pacific Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Gulf of Mexico
15. Which of the following is an organic rock?
(a) Marble
(b) Coal
(c) Granite
(d) Slate
16. Who among the following has written the famous book ‘Malgudi Days’?
(a) V S Naipaul
(b) Deepak Chopra
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) R K Narayan
17. British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year
(a) 1857
(b) 1858
(c) 1859
(d) 1860
18. Which vein brings heart?
(a) Renal Vein
(b) Pulmonary Vein
(c) Vena Cava
(d) Hepatic Vein
19. Over short period, when income rises, average propensity to consume usually
(a) rises
(b) falls
(c) remains constant
(d) fluctuates
20. Average propensity to consume is defined as
(a) Aggregate consumption + Total population
(b) Aggregate income + Aggregate consumption
(c) Change in consumption + Change in income
(d) Aggregate consumption +Aggregate income
21. In short run, if a competitive firm incurs losses, it will
(a) stop production
(b) continue to produce as long as it can cover its variable costs
(c) raise price of its product
(d) go for advertising campaign
22. Which one of the following is the specific feature of the single member constituency system?
(a) The system is economical for representatives
(b) Gerrymandering is not possible in this system
(c) It secures a stable majority in the legislature
(d) The candidate has to spend less on electioneering
23. Which of the following relations always holds true?
(a) Income = Consumption + Investment
(b) Income = Consumption + Saving
(c) Saving = Investment
(d) Income = Consumption + Saving + Investme
24. The Keynesian consumption function shows a relation between
(a) aggregate consumption and total population
(b) aggregate consumption and general price level
(c) aggregate consumption and aggregate income
(d) aggregate consumption and interest rate
25. Who has called the Prime Minister primus inter pares (first among equals)?
(a) Morely
(b) Harcourt
(c) Laski
(d) Lowell
26. ‘There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
(a) Nehru
(b) Gandhi
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Jaya Prakash Narayan
27. In which Rock Edict Ashoka mentions about the casualities of Kalinga war and declares the renunciation of war?
(a) Maski Edict
(b) Rock Edict XIII
(c) Rock Edict XI
(d) Rock Edict X
28. Akbar held his religious discussion in
(a) Jodhabai’s Palace
(b) Panch Mahal
(c) Ibadat Khana
(d) Buland Darwaza
29. Who succeeded Guru Nanak?
(a) Guru Angad
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Arjan
(d) Guru Hargobind
30. The earliest settlements of Aryan tribes were at
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bengal
(c) Sapta Sindhu
(d) Delhi
31. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He, who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany?”
(a) R Hess
(b) Mussolini
(c) Hitler
(d) Communist International
32. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of State”?
(a) Lowell
(b) Muir
(c) Marriot
(d) Bagehot
33. Spot the odd item in the following.
(a) Basalt
(b) Ruby
(c) Emerald
(d) Sapphire
34. What is farming along with animal husbandry called?
(a) Mixed farming
(b) Mixed agriculture
(c) Dairy farming
(d) Truck farming
35. Hydraulic action is a type of erosion caused by
(a) running water
(b) wind
(c) glacier
(d) None of these
36. Which of the following is the newest geological era?
(a) Permian
(b) Triassic
(c) Cretaceous
(d) Jurassic
37. The plant from which cocoa and chocolate are obtained is a
(a) herb
(b) shrub
(c) small tree
(d) very big tree
38. The biggest single-celled organism is
(a) Yeast
(b) Acetabularia
(c) Acetobacter
(d) Amoeba
39. Crescograph was invented by
(a) S N Bose
(b) PC Roy
(c) J C Bose
(d) PC Mahalanobis
40. Foramen Magnum is an aperture found in the
(a) ear
(b) lung
(c) girdle
(d) skull
41. Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
(a) Hyder Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Mir Jaffar
(d) Nawab of Awadh
42. Kelp is
(a) sulphide mineral of iron
(b) partially decomposed vegetation
(c) sea weed rich in iodine content
(d) an aluminium silicate mineral
43. The colours of stars depend on their
(a) temperature
(b) distance
(c) radius
(d) atmospheric pressure
44. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
(a) 8 min
(b) 2 min
(c) 6 min
(d) 4 min
45. Radar is used to
(a) locate sub-merged sub-marines
(b) receive signal from radio receivers
(c) detect and locate distant objects
(d) locate geostationary satellites
46. Optical fibre works on the principle of
(a) refraction
(b) scattering
(c) interference
(d) total internal reflection
47. Which application in Microsoft Office is feasible for preparing presentations?
(a) Microsoft Excel
(b) Microsoft Word
(c) Microsoft Power Point
(d) Microsoft Publishers
48. The language which was used to build Internet Pages in the beginning of Internet Technology is
(a) XML
(b) HTML
(c) DHTML
(d) ASP
49. Name the branch of Zoology that deals with the scientific study of animal behaviour.
(a) Ecology
(b) Physiology
(c) Ethology
(d) Anatomy
50. ‘Barr body’ is found in
(a) Sperm
(b) Sterol cells
(c) female somatic cells
(d) male somatic cells
Answer Key
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 0. (c)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (d)
21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (c)