SSC CHSL 2018 GRAND TEST

SSC CHSL 2018 GRAND TEST

General Awareness

Held on 18 February 2018

1     Dhanvantari prize is given in which of the following fields:

a)    Medicine

b)   Agriculture

c)    Journalism

d)   International understanding

2     The Nobel prize is not given in which of the following fields:

a)    Peace

b)   Physics

c)    Economics

d)   Agriculture

3     Santosh Trophy is associated with this sport:

a)    Hockey

b)   Cricket

c)    Badminton

d)   Football

4     Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

a)    Rita Faria

b)   Shanta Rangaswami

c)    Arati Saha

d)   P.T.Usha

5     Arthur Walker Trophy is associated with the sport:

a)    Basketball

b)   Billiards

c)    Boat rowing         

d)   Bridge

6     Which is a tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 27^oc and a rainfall more than 100cm?

a)    Wheat

b)   Maize

c)    Rice

d)   Barley

7     After which one of the following tribes of India: has a largest continent of ancient geological history of the world been named?

a)    Santhals

b)   Bhils

c)    Marias

d)   Gonds

8     Which one of the following characteristics is associated with the ‘Bread Basket’ area of the USA?

a)    Moderate rainfall in winter

b)   Heavy rainfall throughout the year

c)    Low rainfall in summer 

d)   Long winter with snow

9     Which of the following is largely used in textile industries in India?

a)    Wool

b)   Cotton

c)    Synthetic fibres

d)   Jute

10  Who among the following was the First British Viceroy of India?

a)    Lord Warren Hastings

b)   Lord Dalhousie

c)    Lord Bentinck

d)   Lord Canning

11  Which of the following Vedas deals with sacrifices and rituals?

a)    Rig Veda

b)   Atharva veda

c)    Yajur Veda

d)   Sama Veda

12  Who was the Deccan Hindu king who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia?

a)    Rajendra Chola

b)   Pulakesian

c)    Mahipala II

d)   Rajendra I

13  Who was the other congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?

a)    B.G. Thilak

b)   Chittaranjan Das

c)    M.K Gandhi

d)   G.k. Gokhale

14  Capital is that wealth:

a)    Which is used for the production of wealth

b)   Which is kept in boxes and lockers

c)    Which is buried in the land

d)   Which is stored for consumption

15  Function of an entrepreneur is:

a)    Organization of labour

b)   Collection of capital

c)    Showing efficiency in collection of loans from the banks and the market

d)   Risk taking

16  The poverty line has been defined in the :

a)    Seventh Five Year Plan

b)   Sixth Five Year Plan

c)    Eighth Five Year Plan

d)   Fifth Five Year Plan

17  The metals used for the manufacture of stainless steel are:

a)    Chromium and carbon

b)   Aluminum and carbon

c)    Copper and nickel

d)   Chromium and zinc

18  In refrigerator, the refrigerant liquid is:

a)    Carbon dioxide

b)   Nitrogen

c)    Liquid helium

d)   Ammonia

19  Which of the following is the least inflammable fabric?

a)    Cotton

b)   Nylon

c)    Rayon

d)   Silk

20  Which of the following contains carbon?

a)    Chromite

b)   Bauxite

c)    Lignite

d)   Phosphorite

21  The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha  was

a)    Rabi Ray

b)   M Ananthasayanam Ayangar

c)    Hukam Singh

d)   G.V. Mavalankar

22  Which day every year is observed as the World Health Day?

a)    May 13

b)   June 30

c)    Appril 07

d)   September 30

23  The origin of the phrase “United Nation” is associated with which one of the following personalities?

a)    Jawaharlal Nehru

b)   Franklin Roosevelt

c)    Charles de Gaulle

d)   Woodraw Wilson

24  Free and compulsory education for all children is provided until they attain age of:

a)    21 years

b)   14 years

c)    16 years

d)   18 years

25  Which High Court has jurisdiction over the State of the Arunachal Pradesh?

a)      Bombay

b)      Calcutta

c)       Guwahati

d)      Chandigarh

1     Dhanvantari prize is given in which of the following fields:

a)    Medicine

b)   Agriculture

c)    Journalism

d)   International understanding

2     The Nobel prize is not given in which of the following fields:

a)    Peace

b)   Physics

c)    Economics

d)   Agriculture

3     Santosh Trophy is associated with this sport:

a)    Hockey

b)   Cricket

c)    Badminton

d)   Football

4     Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

a)    Rita Faria

b)   Shanta Rangaswami

c)    Arati Saha

d)   P.T.Usha

5     Arthur Walker Trophy is associated with the sport:

a)    Basketball

b)   Billiards

c)    Boat rowing         

d)   Bridge

6     Which is a tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 27^oc and a rainfall more than 100cm?

a)    Wheat

b)   Maize

c)    Rice

d)   Barley

7     After which one of the following tribes of India: has a largest continent of ancient geological history of the world been named?

a)    Santhals

b)   Bhils

c)    Marias

d)   Gonds

8     Which one of the following characteristics is associated with the ‘Bread Basket’ area of the USA?

a)    Moderate rainfall in winter

b)   Heavy rainfall throughout the year

c)    Low rainfall in summer

d)   Long winter with snow

9     Which of the following is largely used in textile industries in India?

a)    Wool

b)   Cotton

c)    Synthetic fibres

d)   Jute

10  Who among the following was the First British Viceroy of India?

a)    Lord Warren Hastings

b)   Lord Dalhousie

c)    Lord Bentinck

d)   Lord Canning

11  Which of the following Vedas deals with sacrifices and rituals?

a)    Rig Veda

b)   Atharva veda

c)    Yajur Veda

d)   Sama Veda

12  Who was the Deccan Hindu king who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia?

a)    Rajendra Chola

b)   Pulakesian

c)    Mahipala II

d)   Rajendra I

13  Who was the other congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?

a)    B.G. Thilak

b)   Chittaranjan Das

c)    M.K Gandhi         

d)   G.k. Gokhale

14  Capital is that wealth:

a)    Which is used for the production of wealth

b)   Which is kept in boxes and lockers

c)    Which is buried in the land

d)   Which is stored for consumption

15  Function of an entrepreneur is:

a)    Organization of labour

b)   Collection of capital

c)    Showing efficiency in collection of loans from the banks and the market

d)   Risk taking

16  The poverty line has been defined in the :

a)    Seventh Five Year Plan

b)   Sixth Five Year Plan

c)    Eighth Five Year Plan

d)   Fifth Five Year Plan

17  The metals used for the manufacture of stainless steel are:

a)    Chromium and carbon

b)   Aluminum and carbon

c)    Copper and nickel

d)   Chromium and zinc

18  In refrigerator, the refrigerant liquid is:

a)    Carbon dioxide

b)   Nitrogen

c)    Liquid helium

d)   Ammonia

19  Which of the following is the least inflammable fabric?

a)    Cotton

b)   Nylon

c)    Rayon

d)   Silk

20  Which of the following contains carbon?

a)    Chromite

b)   Bauxite

c)    Lignite

d)   Phosphorite

21  The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha  was

a)    Rabi Ray

b)   M Ananthasayanam Ayangar

c)    Hukam Singh

d)   G.V. Mavalankar

22  Which day every year is observed as the World Health Day?

a)    May 13

b)   June 30

c)    Appril 07

d)   September 30

23  The origin of the phrase “United Nation” is associated with which one of the following personalities?

a)    Jawaharlal Nehru

b)   Franklin Roosevelt

c)    Charles de Gaulle

d)   Woodraw Wilson

24  Free and compulsory education for all children is provided until they attain age of:

a)    21 years

b)   14 years

c)    16 years

d)   18 years

25  Which High Court has jurisdiction over the State of the Arunachal Pradesh?

a)      Bombay

b)      Calcutta

c)       Guwahati

d)      Chandigarh