1. The book titled 'The Indian War of Independence' was written by (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) Krishna Verma
- (b) Madame Cama
- (c) B.G. Tilak
- (d) V.D. Savarkar
ANS (D)
2. Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the year 2009 ? (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) Pankaj Advani
- (b) Devendra Joshi
- (c) GeetSethi
- (d) DhruvSitawala
ANS (A)
3. What was the name of the ship that sank near the Paradip Port in September, 2009 causing an oil spill ? (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) Red Rose
- (b) Black Rose
- (c) White Rose
- (d) Green Rose
ANS (A)
4. Who among the following has been honoured with the prestigious DadasahebPhalke Award for 2007 ? (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a)Yash Chopra
- (b) UstadAmjad Ali Khan
- (c) Manna Dey
- (d) A. Nageshwara Rao
ANS (C)
5. Who among the following won the 'ICC Cricketer of the Year Award' for the year 2009 ? (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) M.S. Dhoni
- (b) GautamGambhir
- (c) Mitchell Johnson
- (d) TillakaratneDilshan
ANS (B)
6. NIS stands for (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) National Infectious diseases seminar
- (b) National Irrigation Schedule
- (c) National Immunisation Schedule
- (d) National Information Sector
ANS (D)
7. Who discovered cement ? (SSC CGL 2010)
- (a) Agassit
- (b) Albertus Magnus
- (c) Albertus Magnus
- (d) Janseen
ANS (C)
8. Red data book gives information about species which are: (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) extinct
- (b) endangered
- (c) dangerous
- (d) rare
ANS (B)
9. Which of the following is the smallest bird? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Pigeon
- (b) Parrot
- (c) Humming Bird
- (d) House sparrow
ANS (C)
10. The world's only floating national park is situated in: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
- (a) Manipur
- (b) Kulala Lumpur
- (c) Bilaspur
- (d) Dispur
ANS (A)
11. The 'Project Snow Leopard' to conserve the endangered species, launched by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests covers the states of: (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh only
- (b) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand only
- (c) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh only
- (d) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
ANS (D)
12. The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at: (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Paris
- (b) Berlin
- (c) Johannesburg
- (d) London
ANS (C)
13. Who of the following received– SangeetNatakAkademi'sUstadBismillah Khan YuvaPuruskar for 2009 in 'Hindustani Vocal Music'? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) OrnkarShrikantDadarkar
- (b) RaginiChanderShekar
- (c) AbantiChakravorty and SukracharyaRabha
- (d) K. NellaiManikandan
ANS (A)
14. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Uttar Pradesh? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Veedhi
- (b) Thora
- (c) Tamasha
- (d) Rauf
ANS (B)
15. Which of the following books has been written by AtiqRahimi? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Earth and Ashes
- (b) This Savage Rite
- (c) The Red Devil
- (d) Witness the Night
ANS (A)
16. Who is the recepient of the SahityaAkademi Award 2010 in Hindi Literature category? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Uday Prakash.
- (b) Laxman Dubey
- (c) NanjilNandan.
- (d) MangatBadal
ANS (A)
17. First Indian Prime Minister to visit Siachen has been (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Rajiv Gandhi
- (b) Inder Kumar Gujaral
- (c) Man Mohan Singh
- (d) None of the above
ANS (C)
18. Which of the following books has been written by Kishwar Desai? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) The Red Devil
- (b) Witness the Night
- (c) Tonight This Savage Rite
- (d) Earth and Ashes
ANS (B)
19. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Karnataka? (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) akshagana
- (b) Veedhi
- (c) Jatral
- (d) Jhora
ANS (A)
20. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in (SSC CGL 2011)
- (a) Geneva
- (b) Paris
- (c) Vienna
- (d) Washington
ANS (C)
21. Vasundhara Summit was held in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
- (a) USA
- (b) UK
- (c) Brazil
- (d) Australia
ANS (C)
22. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary General of Commonwealth is (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) Rakesh Verma
- (b) Gopalaswami
- (c) Krishna Murthy
- (d) Kamalesh Sharma
ANS (D)
23. KuldipNayer, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) Srilanka
- (b) Australia
- (c) Pakistan
- (d) UK
ANS (D)
24. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) 2001
- (b) 2005
- (c) 1991
- (d) 1995
ANS (A)
25. Ballots were first used in (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) Australia
- (b) USA
- (c) Acient Greece
- (d) England
ANS (A)
26. Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races? (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) NOSE
- (b) HAIR
- (c) EYES
- (d) EARS
ANS (D)
27. The study of lake is called (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) Topology
- (b) Hydrology
- (c) Limnology
- (d) Potomology
ANS (C)
28. The Central Drug Research Institute of India is located at (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) madras
- (b) Delhi
- (c) Lucknow
- (d) Bangalore
ANS (C)
29. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag? (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) 14
- (b) 18
- (c) 22
- (d) 24
ANS (D)
30. The latest official language of the U.N. is (SSC CGL 2012)
- (a) Russian
- (b) Arabic
- (c) Chinese
- (d) Spanish
ANS (B)
