SSC-CHSL 2017 General Awareness
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 576
GK
Deindustrialisation means: _________.
A
Uprooting of people from agriculture and planting them in industriesB
Movement of workforce from the industrial sector to the service sectorC
A deliberate effort to compel the existing industries to shut downD
A deliberate effort to promote the new industriesQuestion 577
GK
Why are the Indian workers less skilled than the workers of western countries?
A
Low level of wagesB
Inferior quality of capital provided to labourersC
High level of illiteracyD
Strong trade unionsQuestion 578
GK
Junagadh inscription is written in which of the following languages?
A
PrakritB
PaliC
KharoshthiD
SanskritQuestion 579
GK
Who among the following is considered as a political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
A
Dadabhai NaorojiB
Gopal Krishna GokhaleC
Lala Lajpat RaiD
Bal Gangadhar TilakQuestion 580
GK
What is the main cause of temperature rise in the interior of the Earth?
A
PressureB
Breakdown of radioactive substancesC
Both the pressure and breakdown of radioactive substancesD
No option is correct.Question 581
GK
The two volcanic islands located in the Indian Territory are: _________.
A
Kavaratti and New MooreB
Pamban and BarrenC
Barren and NarcondamD
Great Andaman and Little NicobarQuestion 582
GK
Sadir is a name of which ancient dance style of India?
A
KathakB
OdissiC
BharatanatyamD
MohiniattamQuestion 583
GK
Which country has made world's first all-electric ship, which can travel up to 80 Km with 200 tons cargo after a two-hour charge?
A
JapanB
South KoreaC
ChinaD
AustraliaQuestion 584
GK
Who among the following has been awarded the ‘German Green Talent Award 2017’?
A
Sukhveer RohillaB
Pushpa NegraniC
Shamik ChaudharyD
Rishi DholakiyaQuestion 585
GK
Where is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
A
TrincomaleeB
ColomboC
GalleD
KandyQuestion 586
GK
Which unit is most commonly used to measure atomic radius?
A
FermiB
MillimetreC
AngstromD
MicrometreQuestion 587
GK
Which of the statement(s) about the reaction given below is/are INCORRECT? 2PbO (s) + C (s) ⟶ 2Pb (s) + CO 2 (g) I. Lead is getting reduced. II. Carbon is getting reduced. III. Lead oxide is getting reduced.
A
Only I and IIB
Only I and IIIC
Only II and IIID
All I, II and IIIQuestion 588
GK
Who appoints Chairman of Union Public Service Commission in India?
A
Prime Minister of IndiaB
Home Minister of IndiaC
President of IndiaD
Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaQuestion 589
GK
Part of XVII of India Constitution deals with ________.
A
ElectionsB
Official languageC
PanchayatD
Fundamental rightsQuestion 590
GK
Breaking down of fats from large globules to smaller globules by Bile juice is similar to which of the following?
A
Emulsification of soapsB
Esterification of alcoholC
Fermentation of glucoseD
Eutrophication of waterQuestion 591
GK
Robert Hooke discovered cells by observing them in a ________.
A
Onion peelB
Cork sliceC
Pond waterD
No option is correct.Question 592
GK
In September 2017, Government of India approved the revamped ‘Khelo India Programme’ at a cost of Rs. 1756 crore for the period ________.
A
2017-18 to 2019-20B
2017-18 to 2018-19C
2018-19 to 2019-20D
2018-19 to 2020-21Question 593
GK
In December 2017, as per the announcement made by the Finance Ministry, nearly how much amount have banks lost on account of frauds in the fiscal?
A
Rs 50,000 croreB
Rs 5000 croreC
Rs 17,000 croreD
Rs 1,000 croreQuestion 594
GK
On 26 July 2017, the Parliament passed the Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017. This Bill extends jurisdiction of the act to which state?
A
ManipurB
AssamC
Jammu and KashmirD
NagalandQuestion 595
GK
What is the effective resistance (in Ω) of two resistors 12 Ω and 24 Ω connected in parallel?
A
36B
8C
16D
72Question 596
GK
If the Distance-Time graph is a straight inclined line, then it represents _________.
A
Uniform speedB
Non-uniform speedC
Constant displacementD
Non-uniform velocityQuestion 597
GK
When warm air rises up and cold air from the surrounding areas rushes in to fill its place then this sets up ________ in air.
A
ConductionB
ConvectionC
RadiationD
AgitationQuestion 598
GK
Which of the statements given below are correct? A) In 2018 IPL auctions, Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Steve Smith. B) Lewis Hamilton won the Formula One 2017 Japanese Grand Prix. C) Ma Long won the 2017 San Marino and Rimini's Coast Motorcycle Grand Prix.
A
Only AB
Only BC
A and CD
A and BQuestion 599
GK
In Microsoft Word, ________ view enables us to view our document as it would appear in a web browser such as the Internet Explorer.
A
Web LayoutB
Normal LayoutC
Reading LayoutD
Print LayoutQuestion 600
GK
Which organization will launch two missions named GOLD and ICON to explore the ionosphere?
A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)B
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)C
China National Space Administration (CNSA)D
European Space Agency (ESA)