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1 Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at :

A) Chennai B) Kolkata C) Shillong D) Thiruvananthapuram Answer is required

2 Among the following Presidents of India, who was also the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period?

A) Giani Zail Singh B) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma C) Varahagiri Venkatagiri D) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Answer is required

3 Among the following rivers, which one is the longest?

A) Godavari B) Krishna C) Mahanadi D) Narmada Answer is required

4 Among the following States of India, which one has the oldest rock formations in the country?

A) Assam B) Bihar C) Karnataka D) Uttar Pradesh Answer is required

5 Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?

A) Gujarat B) Karnataka C) Odisha D) Tamil Nadu Answer is required

6 Among the following Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?

A) Pondicherry B) Lakshadweep C) Daman and Diu D) Chandigarh Answer is required

7 Among the following, who is given the credit of carrying Jainism in South India?

A) Indrabhuti B) Bhadrabahu C) Sthulabhadra D) Sudharmana Answer is required

8 Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature?

A) Siddhantasiromani B) Ashtangahrdaya C) Brhat Samhita D) Amarakosa Answer is required

9 Among the reasons for disguised unemployment in the rural areas is :

A) choice of a heavy industry model for economic development B) low levels of technological development in the country C) heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms D) high illiteracy rate Answer is required

10 Among the remedies of inflation we cannot include:

A) better capacity utilisation B) lowering bank rate C) reducing budgetary deficit D) an efficient public distribution system Answer is required

11 Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate?

A) Lakshadweep B) Pondicherry C) Delhi D) Daman and Diu Answer is required

12 Amongst the currency quotes USD/JPY, USD/Euro and USD/CAD, which one of the following is referred as the base currency for quotes?

A) US $ B) JPY C) Euro D) CAD Answer is required

13 Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?

A) Sikkim B) Goa C) Haryana D) Kerala Answer is required

14 Amongst the following, who cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the implementation of his educational programmes?

A) Henri Derozio B) William Jones C) David Hare D) Dwarkanath Tagore Answer is required

15 Amount of water vapour (gaseous) in a given volume of air (Cubic Meter) is known as ?

A) Specific Humidity B) Absolute Humidity C) Relative Humidity D) Mixing Ratio Answer is required

16 Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?

A) Mahanadi B) Godavari C) Cauvery D) Krishna Answer is required

17 Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same latitude, but their climate difference is due to:

A) the difference in their altitudes B) their distance from sea C) snowfall in Shimla D) pollution in Amritsar Answer is required

18 An ad valorem duty is a tax on the basis of?

A) The unit of the commodity B) The advertisement expenditure C) The price of a commodity D) None of these Answer is required

19 An alloy used in making heating elements for electric heating devices is:

A) Solder B) Alloysteel C) Nichrome D) German Silver Answer is required

20 An atom of an element with mass number 23 and atomic number 11 will have:

A) 11 neutrons, 12 protons and 11 electrons B) 11 protons, 12 neutrons and 11 electrons C) 11 protons, 12 electrons and 11 neutrons D) 23 protons and 11 electrons Answer is required

21 An eardrum is absent in

A) turtles B) tuatara C) toads D) snakes Answer is required

22 An economy is in equilibrium when

A) Planned consumption exceeds planned saving B) Planned consumption exceeds planned investment C) Intended investment equals intended saving D) Intended investment exceeds intended saving Answer is required

23 An election to fill a vacancy in the office of Vice-President occurring by reason of his death, resignation or removal, has to be held:

A) within six months of the occurence of the vacancy B) within a year of the occurrence of the vacancy C) as soon as possible after the occurrence of the vacancy D) after the expiration of the term if the remaining period is less than three months Answer is required

24 An element that does not occur in nature but can be produced artificially is:

A) Thorium B) Radium C) Plutonium D) Uranium Answer is required

25 An element which does not react with oxygen is

A) Chlorine B) Iodine C) Helium D) Nitrogen Answer is required

26 An essential attribute of inflation is:

A) fall in production B) increase in prices C) absence of black market D) presence of black market Answer is required

27 An increase in the quantity supplied suggests?

A) a rightward shift of the supply curve B) a leftward shift of the supply curve C) a movement up along the supply curve D) a movement down the supply curve Answer is required

28 An instrument that measures and records the relative humidity of air is

A) Hydrometer B) Hygrometer C) Lactometer D) Barometer Answer is required

29 An ordinance promulagated by the President:

A) will lapse automatically after 2months B) will lapse on the expiration of 6 weeks from the meeting of the Parliament C) will automatically become a law after 6 months D) will continue to be in force till it is superseded by an Act of the Parliament Answer is required

30 An ordinance promulagated by the President:

31 Angular momentum is equal to

A) moment of inertia x angular velocity B) mass angular x velocity C) linear velocity x angular velocity D) mass linear x velocity Answer is required

32 Animals adapted to life in air are called

A) arboreal B) cursorial C) volant D) fossorial Answer is required

33 Anti-Sexual Harassment Law (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 came into force in India to protect

A) Women at workplace B) Transgenders (male) C) Child abuse D) Live-in-partners Answer is required

34 Any dispute regarding the violation of Fundamental Rights can be presented :

A) in the Supreme Court only B) in the High Court only C) either in the Supreme Court or in the High Court D) first in the Supreme Court and then in the High Court Answer is required

35 Appointment of the members of the Council of Ministers is made by the President:

A) on the advice of the Prime Minister B) in his own discretion C) on the advice of the Vice- President D) on the basis of election results Answer is required

36 Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in:

A) Kashmir B) Nepal C) Baluchistan D) Myanmar Answer is required

37 Aravalli ranges are an example of:

A) straight mountains B) block mountains C) residual mountains D) volcanic mountains Answer is required

38 Architectural developments In India manifested themselves in their full glory during the period of the:

A) Guptas B) Nandas C) Mauryas D) Cholas Answer is required

39 Are the Directive Principles enforceable in the Courts?

A) Yes B) No C) Some of them D) None of these Answer is required

40 Argon gas was discovered by:

A) William Ramsay B) Cavendish C) John Davy D) Alfred Werner Answer is required

41 Arrange the following cities in decreasing order of the rainfall they receive from the south-west monsoons in summer months: (1) Allahabad, (2) Kolkata, (3) Delhi, (4) Patna.

A) 2, 4, 1, 3 B) 3, 1, 4, 2 C) 1, 4, 3, 2 D) 2, 4, 3, 1 Answer is required

42 Arrange the following hill ranges in order from north to south: (1) Nallamala Hills, (2) Nilgiri, (3) Anaimalai, (4) Cardamon Hills

A) I, IV, III, II B) I, II, III, IV C) II, I, III, IV D) I, II, IV, III Answer is required

43 Arrange the following hills of southern India from north to south: (1) Nilgiri, (2) Cardamom, (3) Nallamala, (4) Anaimalai.

A) 3-1-4-2 B) 4-3-1-2 C) 1-3-4-2 D) 1-2-3-4 Answer is required

44 Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east: (1) Kanchenjunga, (2) Mt. Everest, (3) Nanda Devi, (4) Dhaulagiri

A) I, II, III, IV B) I, II, IV, III C) III, II, I, IV D) III, IV, II, I Answer is required

45 Arrange the following Presidents in chronological order(from first to last):(a) Dr. Zakir Hussain (b) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Shri R. Venkatraman (d) Shri K. R. Narayanan ?

A) a, b, c, d B) b, a, d, c C) a, c, d, b D) c, a, b, d Answer is required

46 Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south: (1) Pir Panjal, (2) Karakoram, (3) Zanskar, (4) Ladakh

A) II, IV, III, I B) II, III, IV, I C) I, II, IV, III D) III, II, IV, I Answer is required

47 Arrange the following rivers from South to North: (1) Cauvery, (2) Krishna, (3) Godavari, (4) Mahanadi.

A) 1, 3, 2, 4 B) 3, 4, 1, 2 C) 2, 4, 3, 1 D) 1, 2, 3, 4 Answer is required

48 Arrange the following rivers in descending order of their length: (1) Ravi, (2) Cauvery, (3) Sutlej, (4) Yamuna.

A) 1, 2, 4, 3 B) 3, 4, 1, 2 C) 4, 3, 2, 1 D) 1, 2, 3, 4 Answer is required

49 Article 14 guarantees equality before law and equal protection of law to :

A) all persons living within the territory of India B) all Indian citizens living in India C) all persons domiciled in India D) all persons natural as well as artificial Answer is required

50 Article 243 of the Constitution of India inserted by a Constitutional Amendment deals with which of the following?

A) Extending the benefits of Reservation on the basis of Mandal Commission Recommendations B) Land reforms C) To include Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali in the list of official languages D) Panchayti Raj system Answer is required

GK Model Test Paper-3

SSC General Knowledge (GK)