SSC CGL Model Questions

1)      Name the author of the book ‘ A Passage to England’

a)      E.M.Foster

b)      Nirad C Choudhari

c)      Vikram Seth

d)     Eric Segal

2)      Man Booker Prize is given in the field of

a)      Medicine

b)      Science

c)      Fiction Writing

d)     Adventure

3)      Who has written Panchatantra?

a)      Kautilya

b)      Kalidasa

c)      Vishnu Sharma

d)     Mudraraksha

4)      The World Red Cross Day is observed on

a)      May 8

b)      May 3

c)      May 5

d)     May 16

5)      Who’s work is ‘Waiting for Mahatma’?

a)      R.K. Narayan

b)      R.K. Laxman

c)      M.J. Akbar

d)     Rajmohan Gandhi

6)      The author of the book ‘ The men who killed Gandhi’ is:

a)      N.A. Palkhiwala

b)      Amrita Pritam

c)      R.K. Narayan

d)     Manohar Malgonkar

7)      The road ahead is a book written by:

a)      Dalai Lama

b)      L. K. Advani

c)      Bill Gates

d)     Bill Clinton

8)      CPCB stands for

a)      Central Prevention of Corruption Bureau

b)      Central Pollution Control Board

c)      Central Parliamentary Committee Board

d)     Cricket Promotion and Co-ordination Board

9)      World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on:

a)      December 2

b)      July 5

c)      November 14

d)     November 3

10)  Kalinga Prize is awarded by which government

a)      Orissa Government

b)      SAARC

c)      UNESCO

d)     Indian Government

11)  The World Tourism Day is celebrated on:

a)      June 13

b)      September 27

c)      May 8

d)     September 10

12)  The permanent secretariat of SAARC is situated at

a)      New Delhi

b)      Dhaka

c)      Colombo

d)     Kathmandu

13)  Consumer Day is celebrated every year on

a)      April 7

b)      October 23

c)      March 15

d)     December 5

14)  Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize Winner?

a)      S. Chandrasekhar

b)      Rabinndra Nath Tagore

c)      Sir C.V. Raman

d)     Mother Teresa

15)  Nobel Prizes are annually distributed at:

a)      New York

b)      Geneva

c)      Stockholm

d)     Rome

16)  Who will head the jury of the Award Committees of Padma, Ratna and other highest honorary awards?                          (SSC CGL Tier 1 – 2012)

a)      President of India

b)      Vice-President of India

c)      Home Minister

d)     Prime Minister of India

17)  Which of the following acts of man disturbs the ecological balance?

a)      Vanamahotsav                              (SSC CGL Tier 1 – 2012)

b)      Afforestation

c)      Lumbering

d)     Social Forestry

18)  Find the odd one out:                         (SSC CGL Tier 1 – 2012)

a)      Hookworm

b)      Tapeworm

c)      Guinea Worm

d)     Ringworm

19)  Which of the following is called the ‘Amphibian of Plant Kingdom’?

a)      Algae                                             (SSC CGL Tier 1 – 2012)

b)      Fungi

c)      Bryophyta

d)     Pteridophyta

20)  A tree’s age can be found out by:       (SSC CGL Tier 1 – 2012)

a)      Measuring its height

b)      Counting the number of Annual Rings

c)      Counting the number of branches

d)     No means

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