Papers) SSC Junior Engineer Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 23-JAN-2018" Morning Shift (General Awareness)

QID : 1 - By what name is the BRICS bank presently known?

1) BRICS Development Bank
2) Afro-Asia Development Bank
3) New Development Bank
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: New Development Bank

QID : 2 - What does parallel economy mean?

1) Black Money
2) Parallel Business
3) Illegal Economy
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: Black Money

QID : 3 - Who implements monetary policy in India?

1) NITI Aayog
2) RBI
3) Ministry of Finance
4) Parliament

Correct Answer: RBI

QID : 4 - The ARDC is a branch of the NABARD. What is the full form of ARDC?

1) Agricultural Research and Development Corporation
2) Agriculture and River Development Cooperation
3) Agricultural Reform and Development Cooperation
4) Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation

Correct Answer: Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation

QID : 5 - Which of the following is a part of machinery that settles industrial disputes?

1) Labour Court
2) Industrial Tribunal
3) Work Committee
4) All options are correct.

Correct Answer: All options are correct.

QID : 6 - In which year Nagaland was created as separate state?

1) 1961
2) 1962
3) 1963
4) 1964

Correct Answer: 1963

QID : 7 - Which one of the following is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget?

1) Department of Economic Affairs
2) Department of Revenue
3) Department of Expenditure
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: Department of Economic Affairs

QID : 8 - Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India?

1) Dr Rajendra Prasad
2) Dr Sachchidanand Sinha
3) B R Ambedkar
4) Sardar Patel

Correct Answer: Dr Sachchidanand Sinha

QID : 9 - Which of the following was not adopted from the Maurya Dynasty in the emblem of Government of India?

1) Satyameva Jayate
2) Bull
3) Horse
4) Four Lions

Correct Answer: Satyameva Jayate

QID : 10 - The first session of Constituent Assembly of India was held in which of the following cities?

1) Bombay
2) Madras
3) Culcutta
4) Delhi

Correct Answer: Delhi

QID : 11 - Which of the following is the best example of Vijaynagar Art?

1) Ajanta
2) Hampi
3) Puri
4) Sanchi

Correct Answer: Hampi

QID : 12 - Taxila was capital of which among the 16 Mahajanpadas?

1) Kosala
2) Kuru
3) Vajji
4) Gandhara

Correct Answer: Gandhara

QID : 13 - Who was founder of Mughal Empire in India?

1) Babur
2) Humayun
3) Akbar
4) Jahangir

Correct Answer: Babur

QID : 14 - Where did Vasco da Gama arrive in India in 1498?

1) Madras
2) Calcutta
3) Calicut
4) Bombay

Correct Answer: Calicut

QID : 15 - According to the treaty of Srirangapattanam, which of the following was ceded to the British?

1) Mysore
2) Hampi
3) Kannur
4) Malabar

Correct Answer: Malabar

QID : 16 - By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh?

1) Padma
2) Ganga
3) Damodar
4) Meghna

Correct Answer: Padma

QID : 17 - Which of the following are not kharif crops?

1) Maize and Rice
2) Arhar and Soyabean
3) Wheat and Barley
4) Ragi and Groundnut

Correct Answer: Wheat and Barley

QID : 18 - How many seismic stations are required to locate the epicentre of an earthquake?

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

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 19 - Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States?

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

Correct Answer: 5

QID : 20 - Palghat joins which of the following states?

1) Goa and Maharashtra
2) Kerala and Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
4) Mizoram and Manipur

Correct Answer: Tamil Nadu and Kerala

QID : 21 - Which of the following authorities regulates NPS?

1) IRDA
2) PFRDA
3) CAG
4) SEBI

Correct Answer: PFRDA

QID : 22 - Which of the following is a centrally sponsored scheme to empower adolescent girls?

1) SAKSHAM
2) ABLA
3) SABLA
4) BBBPS

Correct Answer: SABLA

QID : 23 - Which among the following has inscribed Kumbh Mela on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?

1) WHO
2) UNCTAD
3) ADB
4) UNESCO

Correct Answer: UNESCO

QID : 24 - Who has been appointed as the General Manager of Board of Control for Cricket in India?

1) MV Sridhar
2) Saba Karim
3) Rahul Johri
4) Anurag Thakur

Correct Answer: Saba Karim

QID : 25 - FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in which country?

1) Russia
2) Spain
3) Ukrain
4) Qatar

Correct Answer: Qatar

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QID : 26 - "The Idea of Justice" is written by ______.

1) Ravindra Singh
2) Mamta Banerjee
3) Amartya Sen
4) Abhinav Bindra

Correct Answer: Amartya Sen

QID : 27 - Which author has been made Companion of Honour on December 12, 2017?

1) J. K. Rowling
2) Roald Dahl
3) Charlotte Bronte
4) Jane Austen

Correct Answer: J. K. Rowling

QID : 28 - 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela has begun at which of the following city?

1) Faridabad
2) Jaipur
3) New Delhi
4) Jaisalmer

Correct Answer: Faridabad

QID : 29 - ONGC Videsh has got a two year extension to explore which country's Oil block-128 in the south China sea?

1) Cambodia
2) Vietnam
3) Taiwan
4) Philippines

Correct Answer: Vietnam

QID : 30 - The 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise "Mitra Shakti 2017" was held in which state of India?

1) New Delhi
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Maharashtra
4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 31 - BIOS is a ______.

I. non-volatile firmware
II. Volatile firmware
III. Software stored on a small memory chip on motherboard

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

Correct Answer: Only I and III

QID : 32 - Which of the following is TRUE?

1) Primary memory is non-volatile.
2) Secondary memory is volatile.
3) ROM is non-volatile memory.
4) RAM is non-volatile memory.

Correct Answer: ROM is non-volatile memory.

QID : 33 - Which of the following metal remains in liquid form at room temperature?

1) Cadmium
2) Mercury
3) Germanium
4) Tin

Correct Answer: Mercury

QID : 34 - Aqua regia is a mixture of ______.

1) dilute hydrocloric acid and concentrated nitric acid.
2) dilute sulfuric acid and dilute hydrocloric acidic.
3) concentrated sulfuric acid and dilute nitric acid.
4) concentrated hydrocloric acid and concentrated nitric acid.

Correct Answer: concentrated hydrocloric acid and concentrated nitric acid.

QID : 35 - In a concave mirror if object is placed at centre of curvature, then image will be ______.

1) virtual
2) erect
3) diminished
4) at the centre of curvature

Correct Answer: at the centre of curvature

QID : 36 - What is the mass of 4 mole of aluminium atoms?

1) 120 grams
2) 108 grams
3) 136 grams
4) 140 grams

Correct Answer: 108 grams

QID : 37 - Which of the following particles were made to fall on a thin gold foil by Ernest Rutherford?

1) Gamma
2) Beta
3) Electron
4) Alpha

Correct Answer: Alpha

QID : 38 - Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?

I. Fuse is generally placed in series with the device.
II. Fuse is generally placed in parallel with the device.
III. Fuse wire has high melting point.

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

Correct Answer: Only I

QID : 39 - A rectangular coil of copper wire is rotating in a magnetic field. The direction of the induced current changes once in each?

1) Two revolutions
2) One revolution
3) Half revolution
4) One fourth revolution

Correct Answer: Half revolution

QID : 40 - Noise is measured in which unit?

1) Watt
2) Faraday
3) Pascal
4) Decibel

Correct Answer: Decibel

QID : 41 - Which of the following vitamin helps in clotting of blood?

1) Vitamin A
2) Vitamin B
3) Vitamin D
4) Vitamin K

Correct Answer: Vitamin K

QID : 42 - During heavy exercise, breathing rate in an average adult person can increase upto ______ per minute.

1) 15
2) 20
3) 25
4) 30

Correct Answer: 25

QID : 43 - Why is the colour of human blood red?

1) Because of myoglobin
2) Because of haemoglobin
3) Because of immunoglobin
4) Because of heptoglobin

Correct Answer: Because of haemoglobin

QID : 44 - Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?

1) Oviparous animal does not give birth to young ones.
2) Each sperm is a single cell.
3) External fertilisation takes place in frog.
4) Fertilisation is necessary even in asexual reproduction.

Correct Answer: Fertilisation is necessary even in asexual reproduction.

QID : 45 - What is the cause of arise of myopia?

1) Excessive curvature of the eye lens.
2) Eye ball becomes too small.
3) Focal length of the eye lens becomes too long.
4) Lack of sleep.

Correct Answer: Excessive curvature of the eye lens.

QID : 46 - Which of the following multiplies very slowly in comparison to others?

1) Bacteria
2) Virus
3) Fungi
4) Worms

Correct Answer: Worms

QID : 47 - The accumulation of non-degradable chemicals progressively at each trophic level is called ______.

1) biological magnification
2) chemical magnification
3) residue magnification
4) No option is correct.

Correct Answer: biological magnification

QID : 48 - Why Taj Mahal is suffering from "Marble Cancer"?

1) Because of sulphur dioxide
2) Because of nitrogen dioxide
3) Because of chloroflurocarbon
4) Because of carbon dioxide

Correct Answer: Because of sulphur dioxide

QID : 49 - Cancer treatment is done by which of the following noble gas?

1) Helium
2) Radon
3) Krypton
4) Neon

Correct Answer: Radon

QID : 50 - How many types of ecological pyramids are present in ecosystem?

1) Two
2) Three
3) Four
4) Five

Correct Answer: Three

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