General Awareness Expected Questions for SSC CGL 2016

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1. Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Ahmed Zewail died on August 2, 2016. He belonged to:
1.  Egypt
2.  Iraq
3.  Libya
4.  Jordan 
5. None of these
2. Who assumed office as the Prime Minister of Nepal on August 4, 2016 ?
   
1.  Ram Baran Yadav
2.  Pushpa Kamal Dahal
3.  Madhav Kumar Nepal
4.  Krishna Bahadur Mahara 
5. None of these
3. Lindane is also known as :
1.  Pyrene
2.  Artificial Silk
3.  Gammaxene
4.  Artificial Camphor 
5. None of these
4. The name of scientist Lavoisier is associated with which of the following gases ?
1.  Oxygen
2.  Carbon monoxide
3.  Carbon dioxide
4.  Nitrogen 
5. None of these
5. Four bits in a computer memory is equal to a________________
1.  Kilobyte
2.  Megabyte
3.  Nibble
4.  Byte 
5. None of these
6. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India got independence?
1.  Jawaharlal Nehru
2.  Sardar Vallabhai Patel
3.  J.B. Kripalani
4.  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 
5. None of these
7. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start 18. his first Satyagraha campaign?
1.  Bardoli
2.  Champaran
3.  Baroda
4.  Dandi
5. None of these
8. Which country has the world's highest Uranium reserves ? .
1.  Russia
2.  Canada
3.  Kazakhstan
4.  Australia 
5. None of these
9. What is measured by the Psychrometer ?
1.  Humidity
2.  Temperature
3.  Pressure
4.  Wind velocity
5. None of these
10. Agronomy is a branch of agricul-ture that deals with:
1.  Protection of crops from diseases
2.  Protection of crops from pests
3.  Principles and practice of crop production
4.  Breeding of crop plants 
5. None of these
11. Who coined the term "gene" in 1909 ?
1.  Wilhelm Johannsen
2.  Hugo de Vries
3.  Gregor Mendel
4.  Charles Darwin 
5. None of these
12. Which crop requires water logging conditions for its cultivation?
1.  Sorghum
2.  Coffee
3.  Tea
4.  Paddy
5. None of these
13. Lichen is a symbiotic association between an algae and a ?
1.  Fern
2.  Fungus
3.  Liverwort
4.  Bacterium 
5. None of these
14. In which country is the International Rice Research Institute CIRRI) located ?
1.  Mexico
2.  China
3.  Philippines
4.  Japan 
5. None of these
15. Which is the smallest State in India (According to population)?
1.  Meghalaya
2.  Tripura
3.  Nagaland
4.  Sikkim 
5. None of these
16. In which State is Bandipur National Park situated?
1.  Andhra Pradesh
2.  Kerala
3.  Tamil Nadu
4.  Karnataka 
5. None of these
17. In which phylum of animals does respiration take place by Ctenidia?
1.  Echinodermata
2.  Chordata
3.  Arthropoda
4.  Mollusca 
5. None of these
18. Who discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity in 1896 ?
1.  Henri Becquerel
2.  J.J. Thomson
3.  Marie Curie
4.  Pierre Curie 
5. None of these
19. The Aihole inscription was written by ?
1.  Harisena
2.  Nayanikar
3.  Kautilya
4.  Ravikiriti 
5. None of these
20. Chhau dance is a major classical dance in which of the following Indian States ?
1.  Uttarakhand 
2.  Uttar Pradesh
3.  Maharashtra 
4.  West Bengal
5. None of these

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