SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- X

136. The Carnatic wars were fought between

(a) The Nawab of Carnatic and the British 

(b) The British and the French

(c) The Nawab of Carnatic and the French 

(d) The British and the Portugese

137. Who among the following was worshipped by the people of Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Pashupati 

(b) Indra and Varuna 

(c) Brahma 

(d) Vishnu

138. _________is the most poisonous metal pollutant of automobile exhaust

(a) Copper 

(b) Lead 

(c) Cadmium 

(d) None of the above

139. From which among the following parts are the cotton fibres obtained?

(a) Leaves 

(b) Seed 

(c) Stem 

(d) Root

140. The weight of a body is

(a) The same everywhere on the earth 

(b) Maximum at equators

(c) Minimum at poles 

(d) Maximum at poles

141. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister

(a)Was created under the original constitution

(b) Is an extra constitutional growth

(c) Was created by the 44th Amendment

(d) Was created by the 85th Amendment

142. _________is the only state in India to have a Common Civil Code.

(a) Jammu & Kashmir 

(b) Mizoram 

(c) Nagaland 

(d) Goa

143. There is no provision in the constitution of India for the impeachment of

(a) The President of India 

(b) The Governor of a state

(c) The Chief Justice of India 

(d) The Vice-President of India

144. The Sultan of Delhi who brought Ashoka’s pillar to Delhi was

(a) Firozshah Tughlaq 

(b) Jalaluddin Khilji

(c) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq 

(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

145. ___________is the author of the book ‘India Wins Freedom’

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad 

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru 

(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

146. At which among the following places did Mahatma Gandhi launch the first Satyagraha campaign?

(a) Bardoli 

(b) Baroda 

(c) Champaran 

(d) Dandi

147. Who among the following founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar 

(b) Mahatma Gandhi 

(c) Jyotirao Phule

(d) T.N. Nair

148. ________was the medieval ruler who introduced the system of ‘patta’ and ‘qabuliyat’ to help the farmers.

(a) Alauddin Khilji 

(b) Giyassudin Tughlaq

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 

(d) Sher Shah Suri

149. Which among the following dynasties built the famous rock temples of Elephanta?

(a) Chalukya 

(b) Chola 

(c) Pallava 

(d) Rashtrakuta

150. In which year did Gandhiji launch the Non-cooperation movement?

(a) 1920 

(b) 1919 

(c) 1930 

(d) 1922

Answers:

136 b 

137 a 

138 b 

139 b 

140 d 

141 b 

142 d 

143 b 

144 a 

145 a 

146 c 

147 c 

148 d 

149 d 

150 a