SSC Question Paper 2015 with Answers- G.K. section – Part -I

Which of the following can be found as pollutants in the drinking water in some parts of India?

 

  1. Arsenic
  2. Sorbitol
  3. Fluoride
  4. Formaldehyde
  5. Uranium

A) 1,2,3,4 and 5

B) 1,3 and 5

C) 2,4, and 5

D) 1 and 3

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Answer b) 1,3 and 5.

 

  • When a helium atom loses an electron it becomes

 

 

  1. An alpha particle
  2. A negative helium Ion
  3. A positive Helium ion
  4. A proton
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Answer 3) A positive Helium ion. When a helium atom loses electrons, it get positive charge because the number of protons in the helium atom becomes greater than the number of electrons. When helium atom loses one electron it becomes positive ion with +1 charge.

 

  • In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature film?

 

 

  1. 1911
  2. 1913
  3. 1912
  4. 1910
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Answer 2) 1913.  In 1913, he made  his debut with the filem Raja Harishchandra,  now known as India’s first full-length feature.

 

  • The Daynamo Converts

 

 

  1. None of These
  2. Mechanical Energy into Electrical Energy
  3. Electrical Energy into Mechanical Energy
  4. Mechanical energy into Magnetic Energy
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Answer 2) Mechanical Energy into Electrical Energy. A dynamo is an electrical generator that produces direct current with the use of a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry

 

  • The liquidity preference theory was propounded by

 

 

  1. David Ricardo
  2. J.M.Keynes
  3. Alfered Marsahall
  4. Adam Smith
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Answer 2) J.M. Keynes. he concept was first developed by John Maynard Keynes in his bookThe General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) to explain determination of the interest rate by the supply and demand for money.

 

  • The battle of Plassey was fought in year

 

 

  1. 1775
  2. 1757
  3. 1576
  4. 1761
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Answer 2) 1757.  The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over theNawab of Bengal and his French[2] allies on 23 June 1757.

 

  • The ore of Aluminium is

 

 

  1. Chalco Pyrites
  2. Bauxite
  3. Flurospar
  4. Hematite
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Answer 2) Bauxite. The usual aluminium ore is bauxite. Bauxite is essentially an impure aluminium oxide. The major impurities include iron oxides, silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide.

 

  • Photo Chemical smog is a resultant of reaction among

 

 

  1. NO2, O3 and peroxy acetyl nitrate in the presence of Sunlight
  2. CO, CO2 and NO2 at low
  3. Co, O2 and peroxy acetyl nitrate in the presence of Sunlight
  4. High Concentration of NO2, O3 and CO in the evening
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Answer 1)NO2, O3 and peroxy acetyl nitrate in the presence of Sunlight.

 

  • Raga Kameshwari was composed by

 

 

  1. Ustad Amazad Ali Khan
  2. Uday Shankar
  3. Pandit Ravi Shankar
  4. None of the above Options
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Answer 3) Uday Shankar

 

  • The father of computer is

 

 

  1. Oliver Twist
  2. Charles Babbage
  3. Love lice
  4. Charles Dickens
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Answer 2) Charles Babbage. he is known as  “father of the computer”. Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer

 

  • Waksman got the noble prize for the discovery of:

 

 

  1. Chloromycetin
  2. Pencillin
  3. Neomycin
  4. streptomycin
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Answer 4) Syreptomycin. In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition “for his discovery of “streptomycin,” the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

 

  • The business in the stock markets and other securities markets is regulated by:

 

 

  1. Sole Trade Exchange Board Of India
  2. Securities and Exchange Board Of India
  3. State and Exchange Bank Of India
  4. Stock and Exchange Bank of India
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Answer 2) Securities and Exchange Board Of India. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator for the securities market in India. It was established in the year 1988 and given statutory powers on 12 April 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.

 

  • The oldest form of composition of Hindustan Vocal music is

 

 

  1. Dhrupad
  2. Ghazal
  3. Thumri
  4. None of the options
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Answer 1) Dhrupad.

 

  • Which was the first Hydel power projects in India?

 

 

  1. Palli vasal in Kerela
  2. Paikara in Tamilnadu
  3. Siva Samudram in Karnatka
  4. Nizamnagar in Andhra Pradesh
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Answer 3) Siva Samudram in Karnatka. The potential for hydroelectric power in India is one of the greatest in the world.The first hydro-electric power station in India was established in Karnataka at “shivana samudra”.

 

  • Microbial Type Culture Collection centre is situated at

 

 

  1. Bangalore
  2. New Delhi
  3. Hyderabad
  4. Chandigarh
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Answer 4) Chandigarh.

 

  • Who is considered as the founder of Gupta Empire?

 

 

  1. Chandra Gupta II
  2. Chandra Gupta I
  3. Srigupta
  4. Samudra Gupta
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Answer 2) Sri Gupta. He was an ancient Indian empire, founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, which existed at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent.

 

  • G E F , an International aid-giving agency has the full form

 

 

  1. Global Energy Fund
  2. Global Educational Fund
  3. Global economic Fund
  4. Global Environment Fund
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Answer 4) Global Environment Fund.

 

  • What is Ordinary Law?

 

 

  1. Laws made by the Supreme Court
  2. Laws made by the High Court
  3. Laws made and enforced by the Government
  4. Laws made by common people
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Answer 3) Laws made and enforced by the Government.

 

  • Molybdenum affects the deficiency of:

 

 

  1. chlorate reductase
  2. Nitrogenase
  3. All of the giiven options
  4. Nitrate reductase
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Answer 4)  Nitrate reductase

 

  • Earthquakes are caused by:

 

 

  1. Denudation
  2. Earth rotation
  3. Tectonism
  4. Earth Revaluation
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Answer 3) Tectonism

 

  • The technology used in the printer is called

 

 

  1. Micro Array
  2. Micro encapsulation
  3. Micro milimeric
  4. Micro technology
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Answer 4) Micro Technology.

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