ssc cgl 2016 (3)

1. Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following?

 Cricket
 Hockey
 Football
 Volleyball
Correct answer: 2
2. The award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win

 Sahity Akademi Award
 Jnanpith Award
 Magsaysay Award
 Padam Vibhushan
Correct answer: 4
3. Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?

 Coimbatore
 Salem
 Thanjavur
 Madurai
Correct answer: 1
4. In computer processing, __________ selects processes from the pool and loads them into memory for execution.

 Job Scheduler
 Resource Scheduler
 CPU Scheduler
 Process Scheduler
Correct answer: 1
5. Which monument is known as "The National Monument of India"?

 India Gate
 Gateway of India
 Raj Ghat
 Red fort
Correct answer: 1
6. Nitrification is the biological process of converting

 N2 into nitrate
 N2 into nitrite
 Ammonia into nitrite
 Ammonia into N2
Correct answer: 3
7. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a

 high resistance in parallel
 low resistance on parallel
 high resistance on series
 low resistance in series
Correct answer: 3
8. Trinitrotoluene is

 used to melt metals
 used to fuse two metals
 used as an abrasive
 used as an explosive
Correct answer: 4
9. An eudiometer measures

 Atmospheric pressure
 Time
 Volume of gases
 Vapour pressure
Correct answer: 3
10. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as

 Rift Valley
 U Shaped Valley
 V Shaped Valley
 Hanging Valley
Correct answer: 1
11. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is

 Australia
 Russia
 Canada
 Armenia
Correct answer: 3
12. At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent?

 Narsingh Yadav
 Abhinav Bindra
 Dipa Karmakar
 Sania Mirza
Correct answer: 2
13. The largest irrigation canal in India is _____________

 Yamuna canal
 Indira Gandhi canal
 Sirhand canal
 Upper Bari Doab canal
Correct answer: 2
14. India's first Railway University will come up at

 Vadodara, Gujarat
 Bengaluru, Karnataka
 Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh
 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Correct answer: 1
15. The largest artery in human body is

 Aorta
 Capillary
 Vena cava
 Pulmonary vein
Correct answer: 1
16. Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in any competitive match

 Prithvi Shaw
 Pranav Dhanawade
 Virat Kohli
 Shikhar Dhawan
Correct answer: 2
17. In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which word was added to the Preamble?

 Democratic
 Equality
 Secular
 Socialist
Correct answer: 3
18. Which of the following country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup?

 Sudan
 Turkey
 Maldives
 Syria
Correct answer: 2
19. In a cut motion, when the amount of demand is reduced by Rs 100/, it is known as

 Disapproval of policy cut
 Economy cut
 Vote on Account
 Token cut
Correct answer: 4
20. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?

 Guru Amar Das
 Guru Ram Das
 Guru Arjan Dev
 Guru Har Govind
Correct answer: 2
21. The Himalayas is the example of ___

 Fold mountains
 Block mountains
 Ancient mountains
 Residual mountains
Correct answer: 1
22. If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it will :

 increase credit creation
 decrease credit creation
 have no impact on credit creation
 have no definite impact on credit creation
Correct answer: 1
23. During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is maximum?

 Acceleration
 Cruising
 Idle running
 Deacceleration
Correct answer: 3
24. The beach sands of Kerala are rich in

 Calcium
 Radium
 Thorium
 Manganese
Correct answer: 3
25. Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to

 Insolation
 Terrestrial Radiation
 Conduction
 Convection
Correct answer: 2