Friday 11 December 2015

General Knowledge questions for SSC Exam




1. Who among the following attended all the Three Round Table
Conferences?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar 
(b) Mahatma Gandhi 
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

2. Who was the first Governor General was of free India?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari    
(b) Rajendra Prasad 
(c) Lord Mountbatten                   
(d) SardarVallabhbhai Patel

3. Which of the following is known as the soul of the Constitution?
(a) Fundamental Rights 
(b) Directive Principle of State Policy
(c) The Preamble 
(d) Right to Constitutional Remedies

4. Which of the following is known as the conscience of the Constitution?
(a) Right to freedom of religion 
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) Right against discrimination 
(d) Right to Constitutional Remedies

5. The famous physician, Jivaka was associated with the court of__________.
(a) Bimbisara                                      
(b) Kanishka 
(c) Prasenajeta                                 
(d) Bindusara

6. Where is economic planning included in the Constitution of India?
(a) State List                                       
(b) Union List 
(c) Concurrent List                           
(d) Residuary List

7. ___________is extracted from Bauxite.
(a) Silver                                              
(b) Uranium 
(c) Mercury                                         
(d) Aluminium

8. Which of the following is a viral disease?
(a) Plague                                             
(b) Malaria
(c) Cholera                                           
(d) Polio

9. The capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi during the tenure of_______.
(a) Lord Minto                                    
(b) Lord Hardinge 
(c) Lord Curzon                                 
 (d) Lord Canning

10. Radcliffe line demarcates India's border with__________.
(a) Bangladesh                                   
(b) China 
(c) Nepal                                               
(d) Pakistan

11. March 15th is observed as the-
(a) World Day for Water 
(b) World Disabled Day
(c) World Environment Day 
(d) World Literacy Day

12. The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on_________.
(a) August 15, 1947 
(b) August 15, 1950 
(c) November 26, 1949
(d) January 26, 1950

13. Who among the following appoints the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee?
(a) President of India 
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Speaker of the LokSabha 
(d) Chief Justice of India

14. _____________provides recommendation regarding the distribution of finances between centre and states.
(a) Ministry of Finance                  
(b) Finance Commission 
(c) RBI                                                    
(d) NABARD

15. The concept of 'Directive Principles of State Policy' has been borrowed from the constitution of which among the following countries?
(a) France                                             
(b) U.S.S.R. 
(c) U.S.A.                                             
(d) Ireland

16. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?
(a)President                                        
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Finance Minister                         
(d) Governor of RBI
Note: Planning Commission has been scrapped since last year. 

17. Where is Chilka lake located?
(a)West Bengal                                                  
(b)Kearala
(c)Orissa                                              
(d)Tamil Nadu

18.What is the minimum age required for election to Rajya Sabha?
(a)18 years                                           
(b)25 years
(c)30 years                                           
(d)35 years

19.Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood in response to
(a)Partition of Bengal                     
(b)Press Act of 1910
(c)Jallianwala Bagh Massacre       
(d)Salt Laws

20. ___________was the Chief Guest on the occasion of Republic Day, 2015?
(a)Barack Obama                              
(b)Angela Merkel
(c)Nicholas Sarkozy
(d)Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono



Answer

1 A
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 A
6 C
7 D
8 D
9 B
10 D
11 B
12 D
13 C
14 B
15 D
16 B
17.C
18.C
19. C
20.A