General Awareness Questions for SSC CPO & Railway Exam 2018: 27th April

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Q1. Which of the following is also known as the brain of the computer?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कंप्यूटर के मस्तिष्क के रूप में भी जाना जाता है?
(a) CPU /सी पी यू
(b) ALU / ए एल यू
(c) Motherboard / मदरबोर्ड
(d) Keyboard / कीबोर्ड

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Ans.(a)
Sol.A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.

Q2. Soda water was invented by
सोडा पानी का आविष्कार___द्वारा किया गया था.
(a) Tivadar Puskas (तिवडार पुस्कास)
(b) Joseph Priestley (जोसेफ प्रीस्टली)
(c) Petrache Poenaru (पेट्राचे पोएनारु)
(d) James Leonard Plimpton (जेम्स लियोनार्ड प्लिम्पटन)
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Ans.(b)
Sol.Carbonated water was invented by William Brownrigg circa 1740. It was invented independently by Joseph Priestley in 1767 when he discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide after suspending a bowl of water above a beer vat at a brewery in Leeds, England.

Q3. The outermost layer of skin is
त्वचा की बाहरी परत को क्या कहा जाता है?
(a) Epidermis / एपीडर्मिस
 (b) Dermis / डर्मिस
(c) Tissues / ऊतक
(d) Hypodermis / हाइपोडर्मिस

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Ans.(a)
Sol.The epidermis is the outer layer of the three layers that make up the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.c

Q4. Which of the following plants have root nodules?
निम्न में से कौन से पौधे में जड़ ग्रंथि (root nodules) होती है?
(a) Leguminous plants / पौष्टिक पौधें
(b) Parasitic plants / परजीवी पौधें
(c) Epiphytic Plants /अधिपादप पौधे
(d) Aquatic Plants / जलीय पौधें

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Ans.(a)
Sol. Leguminous, belonging to legumes, or to the leguminous Family. It feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil and other leguminous plants. leguminous trees are preferred because they conserve the nitrogen in the soil.

Q5. Earth-worms belongs to the phylum
केंचुआ फाईलम _____से संबंधित है 
(a) Protozoa / प्रोटोजोआ
(b) Cnidaria / निडारिया
(c) Annelida / एनेलिडा
(d) Mollusca / मोलुस्का

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Ans.(c)
Sol.The annelids (Annelida, from Latin anellus, "little ring"), also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches.

Q6. The mass of proton and mass of ________ is same.
प्रोटॉन का द्रव्यमान और ________ का द्रव्यमान समान है।
(a) Neutron / न्यूट्रॉन
(b) Electron / इलेक्ट्रॉन
(c) Isoprone / इसोप्रोन
(d) Alpha particle / अल्फा कण

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Ans.(a) Sol.Protons and neutrons have almost the same mass, while the electron is approximately 2000 times lighter. Protons and electrons carry charges of equal magnitude, but opposite charge. Neutrons carry no charge (they are neutral). 

Q7. Using which of the following processes can one separate a solute from its solution?
निम्न प्रक्रियाओं में से किसका प्रयोग करने से एक विलेय को उसके घोल से अलग कर  सकते हैं?
(a) Sedimentation (अवसादन)
(b) Evaporation (वाष्पीकरण)
(c) Filtration (निस्पंदन)
(d) Condensation (संघनन)

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Ans.(b)
Sol.Evaporation is a type of vaporization, that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gaseous phase. 

Q8. Jantar Mantar is in
जंतर मंतर कहाँ स्थित है?
(a) Rajasthan /राजस्थान
(b) Assam / असम
(c) Bihar / बिहार
(d) Gujarat / गुजरात

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Ans.(a) Sol.Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur.

Q9. Salzburg Festival is held in which country?
साल्ज़बर्ग फेस्टिवल किस देश में आयोजित किया गया था?
(a) Italy /इटली
(b) Austria / ऑस्ट्रिया
(c) Australia / ऑस्ट्रेलिया
(d) Spain / स्पेन

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Ans.(b)
Sol.The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Q10. Birth rate in a country is defined as
किसी देश में जन्म दर को परिभाषित किया जाता है:
(a) Number of births per 100 in 1 year (1 वर्ष में प्रति 100 पर जन्म की संख्या)
(b) Number of births per 1000 in 1 year (1 वर्ष में प्रति 1000 पर जन्म की संख्या)
(c) Number of births per km of area in 1 year (1 वर्ष में क्षेत्र के प्रति किलोमीटर में जन्म की संख्या)
(d) Number of births per 100 km of area in 1 year (1 वर्ष में क्षेत्र के प्रति 100 किमी में जन्म की संख्या)

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Ans.(b) Sol.The birth rate (along with mortality and migration rate) are used to calculate population growth. The crude birth rate is the number of live births per year per 1,000 midyear population Another term used interchangeably with birth rate is natality.

Q11. Where is "The Geysers", the world's largest geothermal field, containing a complex of 22 geothermal power plants, located?
दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा भू-तापीय क्षेत्र, "द गीज़र" कहां स्थित है, जिसमें 22 भू-तापीय विद्युत संयंत्रों का परिसर है? 
 (a) Rio (रियो)
(b) New Orleans (न्यू ऑरलियन्स)
(c) Moscow (मास्को)
(d) San Francisco (सैन फ्रांसिस्को)

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Ans.(d) Sol.The Geysers is the world's largest geothermal field, containing a complex of 22 geothermal power plants, drawing steam from more than 350 wells, located in the Mayacamas Mountains approximately 72 miles (116 km) north of San Francisco, California.

Q12. Bauxite is an ore/mineral of
बॉक्साइट _______एक अयस्क / खनिज है –
(a) Aluminium / एल्युमीनियम
(b) Beryllium / बेरिलियम
(c) Lead/ लेड
(d) Tin/ टिन

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Ans.(a) Sol.Bauxite is the primary ore of aluminum.

Q13. The real name of Dilip Kumar is _____.
दिलिप कुमार का वास्तविक नाम ____________है 
(a) Yusuf Khan / युसूफ खान
(b) Dilip Kumar / दिलिप कुमार
(c) Mohammad Kaif / मुहम्मद खैफ
(d) Ravi Bajaj / रवि बज़ाज

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Ans.(a)

Q14. The Gobi Desert is one of the largest deserts on Earth. A part of it lies in which of the following countries?
गोबी रेगिस्तान पृथ्वी पर सबसे बड़े  रेगिस्तानों में से एक है. इसका एक हिस्सा निम्नलिखित देशों में से किसमें है?
(a) Australia (ऑस्ट्रेलिया)
(b) Saudi Arabia(सऊदी अरब)
(c) Mongolia (मंगोलिया)
(d) Madagascar (मेडागास्कर)

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Ans.(c) Sol.The Gobi Desert is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia.

Q15. Which is the largest continent in the world?
दुनिया में सबसे बड़ा महाद्वीप कौन सा है?
(a) Africa / अफ्रीका
(b) North America/ उत्तरी अमेरिका
(c) South America / दक्षिण अमेरिका
(d) Asia / एशिया

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Ans.(d) Sol.Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

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