SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- XIX

271. Which of the following can be used to determine the age of tree more or less accurately?

(a) counting the number of branches

(b) measuring the height of the tree

(c) measuring the diameter of the trunk

(d) counting the number of rings in the trunk

272. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

(a) Lord Dallhousie- Doctrine of Lapse

(b) Lord Minto- Indian Councils Act, 1909

(c) Lord Wellesley- Subsidiary Alliance

(d) Lord Curzon- Vernacular Press Act, 1878

273. How many valves does a human heart have?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) One

274.__________________, when the vapour pressure equals the atmospheric pressure

(a) A liquid cools

(b) A liquid boils

(c) No change happens

(d) A liquid evaporates

275. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Tetanus-BCG

(b) Tuberculosis-ATS

(c) Malaria-Chloroquine

(d) Scurvy-Thiamine

276. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?

(a) because it sought to curb civil liberties

(b) because it proposed to partition India

(c) because it was an all-white commission with no Indian representation

(d) because it proposed measures for nationalism

277. What does ‘http’ stand for?

(a) higher text transfer protocol

(b) higher transfer text protocol

(c) hybrid text transfer protocol

(d) hypertext transfer protocol

278. ___________is a Maharatna PSE.

(a) Coal India Ltd.

(b) MMTC Ltd.

(c) National Aluminum Company Ltd.

(d) Oil India Ltd.

279. When is the ‘World AIDS Day’ celebrated?

(a) 1st January

(b) 1st April

(c) 1st September

(d) 1st December

280. The first lady recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award was

(a) Nargis Dutt

(b) Uma Devi

(c) Devika Rani

(d) Sulochana

281. Where can a No Confidence Motion against the Union Council of Minister be introduced?

(a) in the Rajya Sabha only

(b) in the Lok Sabha only

(c) in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

(d) in the State Assemblies

282. The degree of monopoly power of a firm is measured in terms of

(a) normal profit

(b) supernormal profit

(c) both normal and supernormal profit

(d) selling price

283. ___________does not come under legislative control over administration

(a) Zero hour

(b) Adjournment motion

(c) Budget session

(d) Formulation of a Bill

284. As per Adam Smith, which among the following isn’t a ‘canon of taxation’?

(a) Canon certainty

(b) Canon of simplicity

(c) Canon of convenience

(d) Canon of economy

285. Gita Govinda was written by

(a) Jayadeva

(b) Kalhana

(c) Kalidasa

(d) Raja Rao

Answers:-
271. d
272. d
273. a
274. d
275. c
276. c
277. d
278. a
279. d
280. c
281. b
282. b
283. c
284. b
285. a