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SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 05 July 2017" Shift-1

(General Knowledge and General Awareness )

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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

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