General Awareness for SSC CGl 2016

1.  The purchases of shares and bonds of Indian companies by Foreign Institutional Inves-tors is called
(a) Foreign Direct Investment
(b) Portfolio Investment
(c) NRI Investment
(d) Foreign Indirect Investment

2.  BT seed is associated of with
(a) Rice  
(b) Wheat
(c) Cotton  
(d) Oil seeds

3.  The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in
(a) Geneva  
(b) Paris
(c) Vienna  
(d) Washington

4.  In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocation of Rs. 4000 crore has been made to bring in a green revolution in the East in the rice-based cropping system of 
(a) Assam & West Bengal only
(b) Assam, Wes Bengal, Orissa & Bihar only
(c) Assam, Wes Bengal, Orissa, Bihar  & Jharkhand only
(d) Assam, Wes Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh &Chhatishgarh

5.  If the Anglo-Indian community does not get adequate representation in the Lok Sabha. Two members of the community can be nominated by the
(a) Prime Minister 
(b) President
(c) Speaker  
(d) President in consultation with the Parliament

6.  For the election of President of India, a citizen should have completed the age of 
(a) 25 years  
(b) 30 years
(c) 35 years  
(d) 18 years

7.  Who said, “A good citizen makes a good State and a bad citizen makes a bad State “?
(a) Plato  
(b) Rousseau
(c) Aristotle  
(d) Laski

8.  A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continu-ously absent from Sessions for
(a) 45 days  
(b) 60 days
(c) 90 days  
(d) 365 days

9. In India, the Residuary Powers are vested with
(a) Union Government
(b) State Government
(c) Both the Union Government and the State Government
(d) Local Government

10. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlighten-ment
(a) Sarnath
(b) Bodh Gaya
(c) Kapilavastu
(d) Rajgriha

Answers:-
1.(d)
2.(c)
3.(c)
4.(d)
5.(b)
6.(c)
7.(c)
8.(b)
9.(a)
10.(b)