SSC Question Paper with Answers- GK Section (Part-II)

SSC Questions with Answers – GK Session ( Part II )

1. Who directed the film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi?

  1. Anil Kapoor
  2. Shashi Kapoor
  3. Shekhar Kapoor
  4. Abbas Mastan
View Answer
Answer 2) Shekhar Kapoor. Shekhar Kapur is an Indian film director, actor and producer known for his works in Hindi cinema. He directed the movie Bandit Queen in 1994. 

 2. State Bank of India was previously known as:

  1. Imperial Bank of India
  2. Canara Bank
  3. Syndicate Bank
  4. Co-operative Bank of India
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 1) Imperial Bank of India. The Imperial Bank of India (IBI) was the oldest and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, and was subsequently transformed into State Bank of India in 1955.

3. Fascism believes in the application of the principle of:

  1. Totalitarianism
  2. Dictatorship
  3. Democracy
  4. Utilitarianism
View Answer
Answer 1) Totalitarianism.

4. PSW stands for

  1. Processor status word
  2. Process Status word
  3. Program Status Word
  4. primitive Status Word
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 3) Program Status Word.

5. The Environment (Protection) Bill was passed by the parliament of India in

  1. 1972
  2. 1984
  3. 1981
  4. 1986
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 4) 1986. Environment Protection Act, 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of India. In the wake of the Bhopal Tragedy, the Government of Indiaenacted the Environment Protection Act of 1986 under Article 253 of the Constitution. Passed in March 1986, it came into force on 19th November 1986.

6. The earth completes one rotation its axis in:

  1. 23 hrs 30 min
  2. 24 hrs
  3. 23 hrs 10 min 2 sec
  4. 23 hrs 56 min 4.9 sec
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) 24 hrs. Absolute Rule by one. The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun and once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to the stars

7. Autocracy means________.

  1. Rule by few
  2. Absolute rule by one
  3. Rule by king
  4. Rule by representatives of the people
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) Absolute Rule by one. It is a system of government by one person with absolute power.

8. Xenobiotics which are inherently resistant to microbial attack are called as:

  1. Biodegradable
  2. All of the given options
  3. Recalcitrant
  4. Persistent
View Answer
Answer 3)Recalcitrant.

9. Which of the following costs is related to marginal cost?

  1. Variable cost
  2. Prime cost
  3. Implicit Cost
  4. Fixed Cos
View Answer
Answer  1) Variable Cost.

10. Heavy metals got their name because compared to other atoms they have

  1. Higher densities
  2. Higher atomic masses
  3. Higher atomic radii
  4. Higher atomic numbers
View Answer
Answer 1) Higher Densities.

11. When one gene pair hides the effect of the other phenomenon is referred to as:

  1. None of the options
  2. Dominance
  3. Epistasis
  4. Mutation
View Answer
Answer 2) Dominance.

12. Spring tides occurs on

  1. Full moon day as well as on new moon day
  2. The day when the moon’s position is in its first
  3. New moon day only
  4. Full moon day only
View Answer With Explanation
Answer b) Full moon day as well as on new moon day. Spring tidescome twice a month, approximately at the full and new moon.

13. The Women’s Reservation Bill seeks how much reservation for women in the state assemblies and Lok Sabha?

  1. 25%
  2. 33%
  3. 30%
  4. 36%
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) 33%. Women’s Reservation Bill or the The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, is a pending bill in India which proposes to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 33 per cent of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women.

14. Indian first talkie film produced in 1931 was

  1. Indra Sabha
  2. Shakuntala
  3. Alamara
  4. Neel Kamal
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 3) Alamara. is a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani. It was the first Indian sound film.

15. “Don’t laugh:We are police”., This book was compiled by:

  1. Bishan Lal Vohra
  2. Shanti Swaroop I.G.
  3. K.P.S. Gill D.G.P
  4. None of the above
View Answer
Answer 1) Bishan Lal Vohra..

16. Who discovered the first antibiotic?

  1. C waksman
  2. A Fleming
  3. W Fleming
  4. Louis Pastour
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) Alexandre Fleming. The first antibiotic Penicillin, was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 and more than 100 compounds have been found since, but no new class has been found since 1987. The lack of new drugs coupled with over-prescribing has led to bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to modern medicines.

17. When is International ‘yoga Divas’ is celebrated?

  1. 21st May
  2. 21st June
  3. 21st July
  4. 25th April
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) 21st July. International Yoga Day, or Yoga Day, is celebrated on June 21 and was declared so by United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India.

18. The name of the upper house of Indian Parliament is:

  1. House of Lords
  2. Rajya Sabha
  3. Senate
  4. Legislative assembly
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 2) Rajya Sabha. The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership of Rajya Sabha is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of 250 members, and current laws have provision for 245 members. Most of the members of the House are indirectly elected by state and territorial legislatures using single transferable votes.

19. The classical Dance of Andhra Pradesh is

  1. Odissi
  2. Bharatnatyam
  3. Kathakali
  4. Kuchipudi
View Answer With Explanation
Answer 4) Kuchipudi.It is  a Classical Indian dance from Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also popular all over South India.Kuchipudi is the name of a village in the Divi Taluka of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal.

20. For a missile launched  with a velocity less than the earth’s escape velocity, the total energy is

  1. Positive
  2. Negative
  3. either positive or negative
  4. Zero
View Answer
Answer b) Negative.

21. Mahtama Gandhi began his political activities in India first from:

  1. Sabarmati
  2. Champaran
  3. Dandi
  4. Kheda
View Answer
Answer b) Champaran

22. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order of decreasing productivity

  1. Mangroves, Oceans, grasslands, lake
  2. Ocean, lakes, grasslands. mangroves
  3. Oceans, mangroves, lakes, grasslands
  4. Mangroves, grasslands, lakes, oceans
View Answer
Answer 4) Mangroves, grasslands, lakes, oceans

23. The Mediterranean region are characterized by heavy rain in:

  1. Winter
  2. Autumn
  3. Summer
  4. Spring
View Answer
Answer 1) Winter

24. On 2nd June 2015, a conference on Make in India Indigestion of currency was organised by department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of finance, Govt. of India. who inaugurated the conference?

  1. Governor R.B.I
  2. Finance Secretary
  3. Prime secretary
  4. Finance Minister
View Answer
Answer 1) Finance Minister

25. In the grasslands, trees do bot replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of

  1. Insects and Fungai
  2. Water limits and Fire
  3. Limited sun light and paucity of nutrients
  4. None of the options
View Answer
Answer 1) Water limits and Fire

Latest Posts

GK QUIZZES

Current Affairs Quiz

© Copyright 2015 - 2023 DaytodayGK (D2G)