Set -2 5000 GK Questions for SSC CGL 2024

S.

NO.

QUESTIONS

ANSWERS

249.

Who invented the Logarithm tables?

John Napier

250.

Malfunction of which organ causes Jaundice?

Liver

251.

NDA is situated at which place?

Khadakwasla, Pune

252.

After how many years of interval Olympics game are held?

4 years.

253.

Which disease is also known as ‘Pink eye’?

Conjunctivitis.

254.

What is represented by the five rings of the Olympic symbol?

5 Continents, Europe,

Asia, America, Africa and Australia

255.

In which year Mahatma Gandhi was chosen ‘Person of the year’ by the Times magazine?

1930.

255.

Fire temple is a place of worship for which religion?

Zoroastrians

256.

Which game is the 2nd largest sporting event in the world after Olympics in terms of participating Nations?

Commonwealth games.

257.

Motto of the Asian games is?

Ever Onward.

258.

Which major Tennis Grand Slams is also known as ‘Roland Garros’?

French Open

259.

Which award is the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize?

Ramon                  Magsaysay Award

260.

James Augustus Hickey is famously known as?

Father of Indian Press

261.

Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna award in 1954?

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

262.

A person who can see distant objects clearly but cannot see nearby objects distinctly is suffering from which eye

disease?

Hypermetropia

263.

Fat soluble vitamins are?

Vitamin A, D, E and K.

264.

Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of?

Iodine.

265.

Longest cell in the human body is?

Neuron (nerve cell).

266.

Branch of study dealing with child (infant) diseases is called?

Pediatrics.

267.

Gramophone was invented by?

Thomas Alva Edison.

268.

In which year Sikkim was included in the ‘North Eastern Council’?

2002

269.

The   Writ   used   to   secure   a         person         who    has    been unlawfully   detained   without   a         legal   justification          is

called?

Habeas Corpus

270.

Who is known as Father of Geometry?

Euclid

271.

Ganymede the largest natural satellite in the solar system is the satellite of which planet?

Jupiter

272.

The Writ used to enforce the performance of public duties by public authorities which are imposed by law is

called?

Mandamus

273.

Changez Khan invaded Indian during the reign of which slave dynasty ruler?

Iltutmish

274.

The Governor General of India who was famous for Sati reforms?

Lord William Bentinck

275.

The Writ used to control executive action in the areas of

making appointments to public offices under relevant statutory provisions judicially is?

Quo Warranto

276.

The authority established under an act of parliament to regulate housing finance companies in India is?

National                         Housing Bank

277.

Vrindavan Garden is situated in which state?

Mysore (Karnataka)

278.

The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is?

250

279.

The nominated members of the Rajya Sabha do not participate in the election of the President of India, True

or False?

True

280.

Who is known as ‘Bard of Avon’?

William Shakespeare

281.

Who was India’s first Indian Civil Services Officer?

Satyendra                               Nath Tagore

282.

Which   highway    network    of               India          connects Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai?

Golden Quadrilateral

283.

Where is the headquarter of SWIFT(Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) located?

Brussels, Belgium

284.

When did the Eleventh Five Year Plan period ended?

2012

285.

The chief regulator of commodity exchanges in India is?

Forward                         Markets Commission (FMC)

286.

Ringgit is the currency of which country?

Indonesia

287.

Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph?

Iltutmish

288.

The heaviest naturally occurring element is?

Uranium

289.

Sulphur dioxide bleaches colouring matter by?

Reduction

290.

Among Radium, Plutonium, Zirconium and Uranium, which elements are not radio-active?

Zirconium

291.

Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called?

Ox-Bow lake

292.

The rapidly growing mass of phytoplankton covering the surface water of a lake or pond is known as?

Eutriphication

293.

Which is the leading state in India in Ship Breaking industry?

Gujarat

294.

Moderators are used in the nuclear reactors to?

Slow        down                the neutrons

295.

Wings of birds are?

Modified fore limbs

296.

The world’s tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi is in?

Patna

297.

Wilting of plants occurs due to excessive?

Transpiration

298.

Which is the principal source of information on Asoka’s campaign against Kalinga?

Rock Edict XIII

299.

Contour line is the imaginary line joining places of equal?

Elevation.

300.

The instrument used to study the behaviour of a vibrating string is?

Sonometer

301.

The Gandhara art flourished under the rule of?

Kushanas.

302.

Which company became India’s first listed IT Firm to cross

$1billion turnover?

Infosys

303.

Which parts of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium?

Flower

304.

The Deccan Educational Society was founded by?

M. G. Ranade

305.

Black Hole is an invisible area in outer space with gravity so strong that light cannot get out of it, this property is due to?

Very high density

306.

At which stage does the silk worm yield the fibre of

commerce?

Pupa

307.

Who was the founder of Abhinava Bharat a secret society of revolutionaries?

V. D. Savarkar

308.

Endoscopy, a technique which refers to the examination of       the   inside   of   a   human       body             is    based       on    the

phenomenon of?

Total                          Internal Reflection of light

309.

Before joining India as a state, Goa was under the administrative control of?

Portugal

310.

Total expenditure of the government (revenue                                                               and

capital) minus revenue receipts minus loans and other capital receipts is called?

Fiscal Deficit

311.

In human body, Blood Pressure is controlled by?

Thyroid Gland

312.

Who was the founder of Home Rule Movement?

Bal Gandhar Tilak

313.

Khajuraho temples were built by?

Chandellas

314.

The Harappan Civilization belongs to which age?

Chalcolithic Age

315.

The   computer   system   program         which          are          used         to

produce actions similar to those in real physical system are called?

Simulation

316.

There is a wide variation of fauna and flora on the earth due to?

Different                        physical environment

317.

Excise duties are levied by the Union but appropriated by the States, True or False?

True

318.

Al Askari, a place of worship of Shias is at which place?

Sammara, Iraq

319.

Which part of Pondicherry, a Union Territory is physically situated in Andhra Pradesh?

Yanam

320.

Rail services were started during the rule of?

Lord Dalhousie

321.

Which Indian language is called Italian of the East?

Telugu

322.

Quit India Movement was launched due to the failure of?

Cripps Mission

323.

Which Indian bird is facing extinction threat due to environmental pollution?

Vulture

324.

Sea of Tranquility can be found in?

Moon

325.

A strip of water body, Sir Creek located at?

Rann        of                  Kutch (Gujarat)

326.

Clove is obtained from?

Bud

327.

Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’?

Lal Bahadur Shastri

328.

Other     name     of     IBRD                (International Bank     for Recontruction and Development) is?

World Bank

329.

Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron?

Otto von Bismarck

330.

Sariska wildlife sanctuary is located at?

Rajasthan

331.

Kaziranga National Park is located at?

Assam

332.

A device which is used in TV set, Computer, Radio set for storing the electric charge is?

Capacitor

333.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all?

Terrestrial Planets

334.

The wave that help scientists to understand the internal structure of the Earth are?

Longitudinal Waves

335.

Shepherds of Himachal Pradesh are known as?

Gaddis

335.

Which writ literally means ‘you may have the body’?

Habeas Corpus

336.

Who is the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan award?

Viswanathan Anand

337.

The polity of the Harappan people, as derived from the material evidence, was?

Theocratic- Unitary

338.

Jaubani is a dance form traditionally performed in North- Eastern India by the?

Dimasas

339.

Antacids are commonly used to get rid of acidity in the stomach. A commonly used antacid is?

Magnesium hydroxide

340.

The 1st Indian ruler to be shown in images as wearing a dress akin to trousers is?

Kanishka

341.

Surgeons    can    perform                     delicate                     operations                     using devices through computers. This technology is known

as?

Robotics

342.

The gas which turns limewater milky is?

Carbon dioxide

343.

When deep-sea fishes are brought to the surface of the

sea, their bodies burst. This is because the blood in their bodies flows at very?

High pressure

344.

It is difficult to cut things with blunt knife because?

a          blunt            knife

decreases                                  the pressure for a given

force

345.

Delimitation   of   constituencies                         and determination     of constituencies reserved for SCs and STs are done by?

Delimitation Commission

346.

One veto can stall Security Council resolution, True or False?

True

347.

The correct meaning of the term Jins-i-kamil concerning crops in Mughal India is?

Cash Crop

348.

Sargasso sea is charaterised by?

typical                           marine vegetation

349.

Ozone holes are more pronounced at the?

North pole and South pole

350.

In India, the ‘effective literacy rates’ are calculated from?

Population   above   7 years of age

351.

An investor who feels that the price of a particular security (shares etc.) is going to fall is termed as?

Bear

352.

An investor who feels that the price of a particular security (shares etc.) is going to rise is termed as?

Bull

353.

A persistent fall in the general price level of goods and services is termed as?

Deflation

354.

In India how many Union Territories have Legislative Assembly?

Two

355.

Humayun Namah, a biography of Humayun is written by?

Gulbadan                          Begum, sister of Humayun

356.

Farmers are requested to mix lime with soil while farming their fields. This is because?

Lime decreases the acidity of soil

357.

Surface water resources are highest in?

North-Eastern India

358.

Which Indian city is called the ‘zero-mile center’ of India?

Nagpur

359.

The    ‘Instrument    of          Instructions’   contained          in                     the

Government of India Act, 1935 has been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as?

Directive Principles of State Policy

360.

The main aim of watershed management strategy of India is?

Arid                                land

management

361.

In absorption of insolation, the most significant part is played by?

Haze

362.

The speaker of the Lok Sabha may be removed from office by?

a resolution passed by a majority of all the members  of the

House

363.

In the Rajya Sabha, the States have been given seats in accordance with?

Their population

364.

Which materials were used for minting coins during the rule of Mauryas?

Silver and Copper

365.

In an atomic explosion, large amount of energy is released due to conversion of?

nuclear energy into heat

366.

Soaps cannot be used in acidic condition because they lose their cleansing effect due to formation of insoluble?

long-chain                                fatty acids

367.

An electronic device used to convert AC voltage into DC voltage is called?

Rectifier

368.

In step down transformer, the AC output gives the current

          than the input current.

more

369.

When ice melts its volume?

decreases

370.

The riverbank is weakest where the river turns. This is because?

water effectively bounces off the outer bank as it turns, exerting    an    extra

pressure on the bank

371.

Why do we have a leap year every four years?

The length of a year is not         an              integer

number of days

372.

Rain bearing clouds look black because?

all          lights              are scattered by them

373.

The concept which tries to ascertain the actual deficit in the revenue account after adjusting for expenditure of

capital nature is termed as?

Effective                        revenue deficit

374.

Wealth tax is a Direct tax or Indirect tax?

Direct tax

375.

What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?

Pilgrimage     to                         the tombs of Sufi saints

for    seeking         barkat (spritual grace)

376.

In the Gupta age, Varahamihira wrote the famous book ‘Brihat Samhita’. It was a treatise on?

Astronomy

377.

The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were

carved    out    of    single                 pieces    of           a                 buff-coloured sandstone, usually mined from the quarries of?

Chunar,near Mirzapur in UP

378.

Which type/types of pen uses/use capillary action in addition to gravity for flow of ink?

Fountain pen

379.

In terms of magnetic properties, oxygen belongs to?

Paramagnetic materials

380.

Light Emitting Diode (LED) converts?

Electrical energy into light energy

381.

Which battle open the Delhi area to Mohammad Ghori?

2nd battle of Terrain

382.

The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with pre-Aryans because?

They    used            chariots driven by horses

383.

The Chola kings ruled over?

Tamil Nadu

384.

From which fund can the unanticipated expenditure be met without the prior approval of the parliament?

Contingency Fund of India

385.

A law made by Judiciary is known as?

Case Law

386.

Who was the author of Gita Govinda?

Jayadeva

387.

‘The Right to Public Office’ is a?

Political Right

388.

According to Adam Smith which is not a ‘canon of taxation’?

Canon of simplicity

389.

Effective demand depends on?

Supply price

390.

The degree of monopoly power is to be measured in terms of the firms?

supernormal profit

391.

Zero Hour does not come under legislative control over administration, True or False?

True

392.

Who propounded the theory of innovation theory of profits?

J. A. Schumpeter

393.

In AC circuits, AC meters measure?

RMS values

394.

When a light wave is reflected from a mirror, there is a change in its?

Amplitude

395.

Solar energy is due to?

Fusion reaction

396.

Under perfect competition, the industry does not have

any excess capacity because each firm produces at the minimum point on its?

Long     run     average cost curve

397.

ENIAC was?

An                     electronic computer

398.

Coins made of metal first appeared in?

Later Vedic Age

399.

A natural region has the similarity of?

Climate and natural vegetation

400.

From the bark of which plant is Quinine extracted?

Cinchona

401.

When   water   itself   combines              chemically    with              some element of mineral it is called?

Hydration

402.

Hypertension is the term used for?

Increase     in                     blood pressure

403.

Navjeevan newspaper had been edited by?

Mahatma Gandhi

404.

Study dealing with the interactions of same species of living organism with their non-living environment?

Autecology

405.

The contractile proteins in a muscle are?

Actin and Myosin

406.

The novel ‘White Tiger’ which won the Booker Prize 2008 is authored by?

Aravind Adiga

407.

The electronic configuration of an atom having atomic number ’20’ is?

2, 8, 8, 2

408.

The vertical movement of air is termed as?

Air Current

409.

Crop rotation helps to?

Eliminate                       parasites which have selective

hosts

410.

Acute lead poisoning is also known as?

Plumbism

411.

The major component in LPG is?

Propane

412.

The most reactive among the halogen is?

Fluorine

413.

Sivasamundra is an island formed by the river?

Cauvery

414.

An area legally reserved for wild life in its natural surroundings is?

Biosphere Reserve

415.

Zero hour is at the discretion of the?

Speaker

416.

Elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a?

Change in the price of the good

417.

Consumption     function                              expresses the                              relationship between consumption and?

Income

418.

Mixed economy refers to?

the   co-existence         of

public    as    well                as private sector

419.

Parliament excercises control over public expenditure through?

Comptroller                 and Auditor    General                 of

India (CAG)

420.

Who was the court poet of Harshavardhana?

Banabhatta

421.

The Judges of High Court are administered oath of office by?

The Chief Justice of High Court

422.

Which slogan was given by the French revolution to the world?

Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

423.

The president of India can issue a proclamation of National Emergency only on the written recommendation of?

The                         Cabinet consisting of only Cabinet Ministers of

the Union

424.

The example of hermaphrodite animal in which cross fertilisation occurs is?

Earthworm

425.

Blubber is a?

Layer of thick fat

426.

The coding segment of DNA is called?

Codon

427.

Silk is produced by?

Larva of silk worm

428.

The poorna swaraj resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at?

Lahore

429.

Go Back to Vedas, this call was given by?

Dayanand Saraswati

430.

The natural gaps across the mountains which provide routes are called?

Passes

431.

Jhumming is shifting agriculture practised in?

North-Eastern India

431.

Frontal rain is caused by?

Condensation                                    of

water                  evaporated from mountains

432.

The Palk Strait lies between?

Bay   of   Bengal          and Gulf of Mannar

433.

Permanent hardness of water may be removed by addition of?

Sodium carbonate

434.

Which is the largest satellite of the planet Jupiter?

Ganymede

435.

Which soil is found in Indo-Gangetic plains?

Alluvial

436.

Which is the largest river of Indian sub-continent?

Ganges

437.

Which is the most abundant gas in air?

Nitrogen

438.

Whose name is written on a ten rupee note?

Governor of RBI

439.

If the speed of rotation of earth increases, then mass of earth would?

Decrease

440.

Acid and Base combine to form?

Salt and water

441.

Radio waves are reflected back from which layer of the Earth’s atmosphere?

Ionosphere

442.

If lime is added to the soil, then acidity of soil?

decreases

443.

If a ship comes to sea water from river water, then its bottom will?

rise due to buoyancy

444.

Liver digests?

Fats

445.

Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of?

Vitamin D

446.

Monetary policy in India is formulated by?

RBI

447.

Which countries are separated by the 49th parallel?

USA and Canada

448.

Tidal Forest is otherwise called?

Mangrove Forest

448.

The rapid sliding of large masses of bed rocks is called?

Landslide

449.

A solid needle placed horizontally on the surface of the water floats due to?

Surface                   tension                of water

450.

Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO which means?

Garbage In Garbage Out

451.

Wings of Fire book is written by?

A P J Abdul Kalam

452.

The statistical study of elections and trends in voting is called?

Psephology

453.

The common refrigerant used in domestic refrigerator is?

Freon

454.

Which State contributes 70% of India’s coffee and silk?

Karnataka

455.

Which principle states that when a body is partially or

totally immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upward thrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it?

Archimedes

456.

Kuchipudi is a dance form of Kerala, True or False?

False, it is a dance form     of               Andhra

Pradesh.

457.

Which State is famous for Hemis Gumpa festival?

Jammu and Kashmir

458.

Beri-Beri is caused by the lack of Vitamin?

B1

459.

The tide produced in an ocean when the pull on the Earth by the Sun and the Moon is unidirectional is called?

Spring tide

460.

The headquarter of RBI is in?

Mumbai

461.

The number of workers who would offer themselves for employment at different wage rates is known as?

Supply of Labour

462.

As Income increases the demand for inferior goods?

decreases

463.

The government of India act 1935 was the outcome of?

communal award

464.

In which State the Lokayukta and Upalokayukta Act was first passed?

Maharashtra

465.

Who said, “Socialism is like a hat that has lost its shape because everybody wears it”?

C.E.M. Joad

465.

Who supported the principle of “survival of the fittest”?

The Fascists

466.

Nishka a type of coin was used during the reign of?

Guptas

467.

The   king   who   called   himself          “Devanampriya”       and “Priyadarshi” was?

Ashoka

468.

Sher shah became the emperor of Delhi after defeating Humayun in the battle of?

Kannauj

469.

Safdarjung’s tomb was built by?

Nawab                     Shauja-ud Daula

470.

The vitamin used in alcoholism is?

Thimaine

471.

Naturally occuring anti-malarial drug is?

Artemisinin

472.

Which Bhakti saint was regarded by his follower as an incarnation of Vishnu?

Chaitanya

473.

Sunderban is a Biosphere reserve, True or False?

True

474.

Where is the Coral Sea located?

North-Eastern part of Australia

475.

The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through is called?

Permeability

476.

Which country is called the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes?

Minnesota (USA)

477.

Drug retail sale licenses are issued by?

Drug                      Controller Authorities                               of                      the

States

478.

Which vitamin is required for formation of Prothrombin?

Vitamin K

479.

Aldosterone regulates?

Sodium absorption

480.

Cream gets separated from milk when it is churned because of?

Centrifugal force

481.

Speed of sound is maximum in solid, liquid or gas?

solid

482.

Unit of Force is?

Newton

483.

The Gulf Stream is an ocean current which begins off the coast of?

Florida

484.

The industrial process of producing ammonia by the

reaction of nitrogen with hydrogen in the presence of catalyst is called?

Haber process

485.

The term Ecology was coined by?

Ernst Haeckel

486.

Tortoise usually lives for?

100 years

487.

Which properties shows that light is a transverse wave?

Polarisation

488.

The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is called?

Relocation

489.

An aerosol is a colloidal system of a?

solid dispersed in gas

490.

Food cans are coated with Tin and not Zinc because?

Zinc is more reactive than Tin

491.

An Antigens develop antibodies. The Antibody which protect the body from harmful bacteria and viruses are?

Immunoglobulins

492.

Hygrometer is used for measuring the?

Relative Humidity

493.

Biogas produced by the fermentation of animal dung, human sewage or crop residues in an airtight container

is rich in?

Methane

494.

Which schedule of the Constitution contains provisions as to disqualification of MPs and MLAs on the ground of

defection?

10th schedule

495.

First Indian woman who reached Antarctica?

Meher Moos