SSCE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 20-20 (09.04.2024)
Knowledge ka daily dose…
Q.1 For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
(A) Literature, Peace and Economics
(B) Physics and Chemistry
(C) Physiology or Medicine
(D) All of the above
Ans:- (D)
Q.2 The first Afro-Asian Games were held in-
(A) Cairo
(B) Sydney
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Kuala Lumpur
Ans:- (C)
Q.3 The last ruler of the Mughal dynasty was:
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Bahadurshah II
(C) Jahangir
(D) Akbar
Ans:- (B)
Q.4 When the batsman, in cricket, is out without scoring a single run, is called:
(A) Drive
(B) Duck
(C) Flight
(D) Googly
Ans:- (B)
Q.5 Hertz is a unit of:
(A) Force
(B) Energy
(C) Pressure
(D) Frequency
Ans:- (D)
Q.6 The Territorial Army was established in:
(A) 1962
(B) 1949
(C) 1920
(D) 1953
Ans:- (B)
Q.7 Mina is the tribe of:
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Assam
(C) Tripura
(D) Rajasthan
Ans:- (D)
Q.8 The normal threshold of hearing is around:
(A) 60-80 db
(B) 45-60 db
(C) 100-120 db
(D) 25-45 db
Ans:- (D)
Q.9 What is the literacy rate of West Bengal as per Census 2011?
(A) 77.08 per cent
(B) 74.04 per cent
(C) 51.33 per cent
(D) 70.13 per cent
Ans:- (A)
Q.10 Which of the following chemicals is useful in photography?
(A) Aluminium hydroxide
(B) Potassium nitrate
(C) Silver bromide
(D) Sodium chloride
Ans:- (C)
Q.11 What is the S.I. unit of temperature?
(A) Kelvin
(B) Celsius
(C) Centigrade
(D) Fahrenheit
Ans:- (A)
Q.12 The theory of utilitarianism was expounded by–
(A) Jeremy Bentham (1748-1836)
(B) James Mill (1773-1839)
(C) Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900)
(D) All of the above
Ans:- (D)
Q.13 The first women to climb Mt. Everest was:
(A) Karoline Mikkelson
(B) Junko Taibei
(C) Valentina Tereshkova
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (B)
Q.14 Dr. Linus Carl Pauling has won twice Noble Prize individual for:
(A) Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
(B) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
(C) Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962
(D) Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
Ans:- (C)
Q.15 The total number of Judges of the International Court of Justice is:
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 18
Ans:- (C)
Q.16 Grey Revolution is associated with:
(A) Orange
(B) Sand
(C) Fertilizer
(D) Coal
Ans:- (C)
Q.17 ICAO stands for:-
(A) Indian Corporation of Agriculture Organization
(B) Institute of Company of Accounts Organization
(C) International Civil Aviation Organization
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (C)
Q.18 The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are in:-
(A) Washington DC
(B) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(C) Paris
(D) Jakarta, Indonesia
Ans:- (B)
Q.19 Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of:
(A) Orissa
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamil nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans:- (A)
Q.20 The Indian Space Programme began in:
(A) 1961
(B) 1962
(C) 1965
(D) 1969
Ans:- (B)