Sunday, June 14, 2015

SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- IX

121. The maximum duration for which a Presidential Ordinance can remain in force is
(a) 3 months 
(b) 6 months 
(c) 12 months 
(d) 9 Months

122. Which exchange rate system does India follow?
(a) Fixed exchange rate system 
(b) Floating exchange rate
(c) Pegged up exchange rate system 
(d) Managed exchange rate system

123. Who among the following is known as the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?
(a) Lord Canning 
(b) Lord Ripon 
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hardinge

124. Which of the following is a Direct Tax?
(a) Income Tax 
(b) Sales Tax 
(c) Excise 
(d) Service Tax

125. Who among the following made the statement ‘Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.’?
(a) John F. Kennedy 
(b) Winston Churchill 
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

126. The art or technique of making maps or charts is known as
(a) Geology 
(b) Cartography 
(c) Mapping 
(d) Photogrammetry

127. A drop of water is spherical because of
(a) Surface tension 
(b) High pressure 
(c) Air resistance
(d) Density of water

128. The role of a fuse wire used in the electrical circuit of a house is
(a) to regulate the current 
(b) that of a step up device
(c) that of a safety device 
(d) that of a step down device

129. What is dry ice?
(a) Super cooled nitrogen 
(b) Purified ice 
(c) Solid carbon dioxide
(d) Super cooled ice

130. What is Nylon?
(a) A Polyester 
(b) A Polythene 
(c) A Polyamide
(d) A Polysaccharide

131. _____________is also known as the Royal Disease.
(a) Albinism 
(b) Leukemia 
(c) Haemophilia 
(d) Colour-blindness

132. One horned Rhinoceros is found in
(a) Periyar 
(b) Gir Forest 
(c) Kaziranga 
(d) Kanha

133. Vande Matram, our National song, was first sung at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in
(a) 1885 
(b) 1896 
(c) 1911 
(d) 1905

134. In which among the following states are the Khasi and Jaintia hills located?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh 
(b) Meghalaya 
(c) Manipur 
(d) Nagaland

135. Which of the following is depicted in Ajanta paintings?
(a) Jainism 
(b) Buddhism 
(c) Saivism 
(d) Vasihnavism

Answers 

121 b
122 b
123 b 
124 a 
125 c 
126 b 
127 a 
128 c 
129 c 
130 c 
131 c 
132 c 
133 b 
134 b 

135 b

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