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SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 05 July 2017" Shift-2

(General Knowledge and General Awareness)

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QID : 251 - Which of the following is the prime reason for inflation?

Options:

1) Decrease in money supply
2) Increase in money supply
3) Decrease in supply of goods
4) Increase in government cash

Correct Answer: Increase in money supply

QID : 252 - What is Disposable Personal Income?

Options:

1) Personal Income + Subsidies
2) Personal Income – Subsidies
3) Personal Income – Direct Taxes
4) Personal Income – Indirect Taxes

Correct Answer: Personal Income – Direct Taxes

QID : 253 - What is the full form of CRR?

Options:

1) Cash Return Ratio
2) Cash Reserve Ratio
3) Cash Revenue Ratio
4) Cash Return Reserve

Correct Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio

QID : 254 - Which among the following is used to measure slope of indifference curve?

Options:

1) Marginal Rate of Transformation
2) Marginal Rate of Substitution
3) Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Marginal Rate of Substitution

QID : 255 - 'Food For Work Programme' was introduced at time of which Five Year Plan?

Options:

1) Fifth
2) Tenth
3) Seventh
4) Ninth

Correct Answer: Tenth

QID : 256 - Which type of federalism is seen in India?

Options:

1) Coming together federation
2) Holding together federation
3) Coming together federation and Holding together federation both
4) None of these

Correct Answer: Holding together federation

QID : 257 -

Options:

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

Correct Answer: 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b

QID : 258 - A _____ government rules within limits set by constitutional law and citizen right.

Options:

1) Autocratic
2) Democratic
3) Monarchic
4) Authoritarian

Correct Answer: Democratic

QID : 259 - What are the maximum number of seats fixed for Lok Sabha in India?

Options:

1) 545 seats
2) 552 seats
3) 560 seats
4) 550 seats

Correct Answer: 552 seats

QID : 260 - Which of the following article deals with the appointment of Prime Minster of India?

Options:

1) Article 356
2) Article 32
3) Article 75
4) Article 348

Correct Answer: Article 75

QID : 261 - Who among the following issues a notification for prorogation of legislative session?

Options:

1) Speaker
2) Chairman
3) President
4) Prime Minister

Correct Answer: President

QID : 262 - Which of the following fundamental right has been deleted from Indian Constitution?

Options:

1) Right to freedom
2) Right to speech
3) Right to property
4) Right to equality

Correct Answer: Right to property

QID : 263 - Which among the following writ is issued by a court to a public official asking him to perform his official duties?

Options:

1) Prohibition
2) Mandamus
3) Quo Warranto
4) Habeas Corpus

Correct Answer: Mandamus

QID : 264 - In which century, Qutub Minar of Delhi was built?

Options:

1) 12th Century
2) 13th Century
3) 14th Century
4) 11th Century

Correct Answer: 12th Century

QID : 265 - Shatughai (Indus Valley Civilization site) is in which country?

Options:

1) India
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Tibet

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

QID : 266 - Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?

Options:

1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
3) A.O. Hume
4) W.C. Banerjee

Correct Answer: A.O. Hume

QID : 267 - Who among of the following constructed the Panch Mahal at Fatehpur Sikri?

Options:

1) Akbar
2) Jahangir
3) Shahjahan
4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Akbar

QID : 268 - Mohenjo-daro was locally named as ________.

Options:

1) Mound of desert
2) Mound of delta
3) Mound of dead
4) Mound of life

Correct Answer: Mound of dead

QID : 269 - On which of the following date, winter solstice is observed in Southern Hemisphere?

Options:

1) 5th August
2) 10th August
3) 15th February
4) 21th June

Correct Answer: 21th June

QID : 270 - Which of the following pair is CORRECT?

I. Prime Meridian – Longitude
II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude
III. Equator – Latitude

Options:

1) I and II
2) I and III
3) II and III
4) All options are correct

Correct Answer: All options are correct

QID : 271 - Stalagmite is a kind of special deposition that is caused by which of the following?

Options:

1) Glacier
2) Wind
3) Surface water
4) Underground water

Correct Answer: Underground water

QID : 272 - Which of the following water current is not a cold current?

Options:

1) Humbolt current
2) Brazil current
3) Oyashio current
4) Canary current

Correct Answer: Brazil current

QID : 273 - Which of the following clouds are responsible for rainfall?

Options:

1) Cumulonimbus
2) Cumulostratus
3) Cumulocirrus
4) Altocumulus

Correct Answer: Cumulonimbus

QID : 274 - Which of the following cell organelle is also called as 'Suicidal Bag of Cell'?

Options:

1) Mitochondria
2) Nucleus
3) Nucleolus
4) Lysosomes

Correct Answer: Lysosomes

QID : 275 - Where is Stapes bone found in human body?

Options:

1) Fingers
2) Nose
3) Ears
4) Thumb

Correct Answer: Ears

QID : 276 - Which of the following protein is found in nails?

Options:

1) Histone
2) Keratin
3) Elastin
4) Actin

Correct Answer: Keratin

QID : 277 - Bamboo is a type of _____.

Options:

1) Herb
2) Tree
3) Shrub
4) Grass

Correct Answer: Grass

QID : 278 - Which among the following has open circulatory system?

I. Cockroach
II. Human
III. Prawn

Options:

1) I and II
2) I and III
3) II and III
4) Only III

Correct Answer: I and III

QID : 279 - How many canine teeth are there in adult human?

Options:

1) 2
2) 8
3) 6
4) 4

Correct Answer: 4

QID : 280 - Which of the following is CORRECT about Moon's gravitation?

Options:

1) Moon's gravitation = 1/6th of Earth's gravitation
2) Moon's gravitation = 1/6th of Mars gravitation
3) Moon's gravitation = 1/8th of Earth's gravitation
4) Moon's gravitation = 1/8th of Mars gravitation

Correct Answer: Moon's gravitation = 1/6th of Earth's gravitation

QID : 281 - The force of attraction between an electron revolving around the nucleus and the nucleus is a ______ force?

Options:

1) Mechanical
2) Electric
3) Magnetic
4) Gravitational

Correct Answer: Electric

QID : 282 - Which of the following elements has the highest electrical conductivity?

Options:

1) Copper
2) Silver
3) Zinc
4) Lead

Correct Answer: Silver

QID : 283 - In fluid mechanics, Mach number is 1, if the speed of an object is equal to the ______?

Options:

1) Speed of light
2) Rotational speed of sun
3) Speed of sound
4) Speed of revolution of earth around the sun

Correct Answer: Speed of sound

QID : 284 - Router is used in which of the following layer?

Options:

1) Transport layer
2) Network layer
3) Physical layer
4) Application layer

Correct Answer: Network layer

QID : 285 - Which of the following language is used by computer to process data?

Options:

1) Octanary
2) Binary
3) Hexanary
4) Tertianary

Correct Answer: Binary

QID : 286 - What is the chemical name of vinegar?

Options:

1) Acetic Acid
2) Citric Acid
3) Lactic Acid
4) Formic Acid

Correct Answer: Acetic Acid

QID : 287 - What is the common name of Calcium Hypochlorite?

Options:

1) Water
2) Bleaching powder
3) Baking soda
4) Baking powder

Correct Answer: Bleaching powder

QID : 288 - Which of the following has least melting point?

Options:

1) Carbon
2) Silver
3) Mercury
4) Gold

Correct Answer: Mercury

QID : 289 - 'Rn' is chemical symbol of which element?

Options:

1) Radium
2) Radon
3) Rhenium
4) Ruthenium

Correct Answer: Radon

QID : 290 - Jhum cultivation refers to ______.

Options:

1) Terrace farming
2) Step farming
3) Shifting agriculture
4) Jamun cultivation

Correct Answer: Shifting agriculture

QID : 291 - Which of the following ecosystem has highest bio-mass?

Options:

1) Desert Ecosystem
2) Fresh water Ecosystem
3) Tundra Ecosystem
4) Forest Ecosystem

Correct Answer: Forest Ecosystem

QID : 292 - What was the main aim of Ramsar Convention?

Options:

1) Conservation of wetlands
2) Bio-diversity Conservation
3) Global Warming
4) Climate Change

Correct Answer: Conservation of wetlands

QID : 293 - Under UDAN scheme five operators will operate on 128 routes. Which among the following operator is not one of them?

Options:

1) Air Deccan
2) Air Odisha
3) Turbo Megha
4) Indigo

Correct Answer: Indigo

QID : 294 - Who discovered Law of Conservation of Electric Charge?

Options:

1) Michael Faraday
2) Guglielmo Marconi
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Isaac Newton

Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin

QID : 295 - Shiva Thapa is related to which sports?

Options:

1) Football
2) Boxing
3) Gymnastic
4) Swimming

Correct Answer: Boxing

QID : 296 -

Options:

1) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
2) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d
3) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d
4) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d

Correct Answer: 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d

QID : 297 - Who has won 2017 Pulitzer Prize for ‘Underground Railroad’?

Options:

1) Lynn Nottage
2) Colson Whitehead
3) Tyehimba Jess
4) Du Yun

Correct Answer: Colson Whitehead

QID : 298 - Who has authored the book 'The Unseen Indira Gandhi'?

Options:

1) Jayram Naresh
2) Dr. K. P. Mathur
3) Dr. Anna Suvorova
4) Santosh Singh

Correct Answer: Dr. K. P. Mathur

QID : 299 - How many agreements were signed between India and Portugal on 7 January 2017?

Options:

1) 3
2) 4
3) 5
4) 6

Correct Answer: 6

QID : 300 - India shares its least International boundary with which country?

Options:

1) Pakistan
2) China
3) Afghanistan
4) Nepal

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

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