SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- XV

211. Whose writing influenced Mahatma Gandhi profoundly?

(a) Bernard Shaw

(b) Karl Marx

(c) Lenin

(d) Leo Tolstoy

212. Which day is celebrated as the National Sports Day of India?

(a) July 29

(b) August 29

(c) April 26

(d)October 20

213. _________ are the seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at great force.

(a) Tides

(b) Tsunami

(c) Current

(d) Cyclone

214. _________are the depression formed by the deflating action of winds.

(a) Playas

(b) Yardang

(c) Ventifacts

(d) Sand dunes

215. Which of the following does the Indian Standard Time relate to?

(a) 75.5º E longitude

(b) 82.5º E longitude

(c) 90.5º E longitude

(d) 0º longitude

216. ____________is the excess of price an individual is willing to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity.

(a) Price

(b) Profit

(c) Producers’ surplus

(d) Consumer’s surplus

217. Tetra ethyl lead is used as

(a) a catalyst in burning fossil fuel 
(b) an antioxidant

(c) a reductant 
(d) an antiknock compound

218. Which of the following is the star second nearest to the Earth after the Sun?

(a) Vega

(b) Sirius

(c) Proxima Centauri

(d) Alpha Centauri

219. The national anthem of Bangladesh “Amar Sonar Bangla” has been written by

(a) Anisur Rahman

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Nazrul Islam

(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

220. Which of the following are the two forms of democracy?

(a) Parliamentary and Presidential

(b) Direct and Indirect

(c) Monarchical and Republican

(d) Parliamentary and King

221. Which among the following isn’t an All India Service?

(a) Indian Administration Service

(b) Indian Police Service

(c) Indian Foreign Service

(d) Indian Forest Service

222. Sunderban forest can be classified as

(a) Scrub jungles

(b) Mangroves

(c) Deciduous forests

(d) Tundra

223. ___________is the unit for measurement of noise.

(a) Watt

(b) REM

(c) Centigrade

(d) Decibel

224. Who among the following defeated Arabs in 738 A. D.?

(a) Pratiharas

(b) Rashtrakutas

(c) Palas

(d) Chalukyas

225. Who among the following founded Arya Samaj?

(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

(b) Swami Vivekananda

(c) Keshav Chandra Sen

(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Answersheet

211.d

212.b

213.b

214.d

215.b

216.d

217.d

218.c

219.b

220.a

221.c

222.b

223.d

224.a

225.a