General Awareness Questions for SSC & Railway Exam 2018: 9th May

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Q1. The tag line "Do no Evil" is owned by
"Do no Evil" whose tag line is?
(a) Yahoo
(b) Bing
(c) Google
(d) Start page

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Years. (C)
Sol. Google's Don't Be Evil motto has helped make Google the iconic company they are today and at the same time has caused a lot of negativity towards the company in the past few years.

Q2. Electric chair was invented by
Electric chair invented by _______
(a) Alfred P. Southwick /अल्फ्रेड पी. साउथविक
(b) Isaac Singer/ आइज़ैक सिंगर
(c) Murasaki Shikibu/ मुरासाकी शाकिबू
(d) Hanaoka Seish/ हनोका सीश

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Ans.(a)
Sol.Alfred P. Southwick. Alfred P. Southwick, was a steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor from Buffalo, New York. He is credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution. 

Q3. Brain fever is a disease spread through which of the following?
मस्तिष्क बुखार एक बीमारी, निम्नलिखित में से किस प्रकार फैलती है?
(a) Flies/ मक्खियों
(b) Mosquito/ मच्छर
(c) Bacteria/ जीवाणु
(d) Cockroach/ तिलचट्टा

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Ans.(b)
Sol.Brain fever describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as fever . 

Q4. Mangroves are plants that have
मैंग्रोव पौधे हैं जिसमें _____ होते है
(a) Modified Roots/ संशोधित जड़ें
(b) Modified Stems/ संशोधित तना
(c) Respiratory Roots/ श्वसन जड़ें
(d) Respiratory Stems/ श्वसन तना

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Ans.(c)
Sol.Mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

Q5. Rodentia Sciurus is the scientific name of
रोड़ेंटिया स्किउरुस ______ का वैज्ञानिक नाम है.
(a) Rat/ चूहा
(b) Platypus/ प्‍लैटिपस
(c) Squirrel/ गिलहरी
(d) Beaver/ ऊदबिलाव

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Ans.(c)
Sol.Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, and prairie dogs amongst other rodents.

Q6. The reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously are called _______.
प्रतिक्रियाएं जिसमें ऑक्सीकरण और कमी एक साथ होती है उन्हें _______ कहा जाता है.
(a) Feral reactions/ फारल प्रतिक्रियाएं
(b) Redox reactions/ रेडॉक्स प्रतिक्रियाएं
(c) Demug reactions/ डीमग प्रतिक्रियाएं
(d) Kerol reactions/ केरोल प्रतिक्रियाएं

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Ans.(b) Sol.Redox is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed. Any such reaction involves both a reduction process and a complementary oxidation process, two key concepts involved with electron transfer processes.

Q7. Who discovered Nitrogen?
नाइट्रोजन किसने खोजा?
(a) Faraday/ फैराडे
(b) Heisenberg/ हाइजेनबर्ग
(c) Hooke/ हूक
(d) Rutherford/ रदरफोर्ड

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Ans.(d)
Sol.Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford.

Q8. Odisha's World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by
ओडिशा के विश्व प्रसिद्ध कोणार्क सूर्य मंदिर का निर्माण किसके द्वारा किया गया था?
(a) Krushadevray/कृषादेवराय
(b) Ashoka/ अशोक
(c) Chandragupta/ चंद्रगुप्त
(d) Narasimhadeva/नरसिम्हादेवा

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Ans.(d) Sol.Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE sun temple at Konark near to Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.

Q9. Nepali is primarily spoken in which State?
नेपाली मुख्य रूप से किस राज्य में बोली जाती है?
(a) Karnataka/ कर्नाटक
(b) Rajasthan/ राजस्थान
(c) Sikkim/ सिक्किम
(d) Andhra Pradesh/ आंध्र प्रदेश

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Ans.(c)
Sol.Indian Gorkhas who are of Nepali origin have settled in India and now the State of Sikkim in India is a state with ethnic Nepali majority. Gorkhas speak the language Nepali.

Q10. If cash reserve ratio decreases, credit creation will _______.
यदि नकद आरक्षित अनुपात घटता है, तो क्रेडिट निर्माण _______ होगा.
(a) increase/बढेगा
(b) decrease/घटेगा
(c) does not change/कोई परिवर्तन नहीं होगा
(d) first decreases than increases/पहले घटेगा फिर बढेगा

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Ans.(a) Sol.Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a specified minimum fraction of the total deposits of customers, which commercial banks have to hold as reserves either in cash or as deposits with the central bank. CRR is set according to the guidelines of the central bank of a country. 

Q11. Device used for the detection and measurement of all types of radiation (alpha, beta and gamma)
डिवाइस सभी प्रकार के विकिरण (अल्फा, बीटा और गामा) के पहचान और माप के लिए उपयोग किया जाता है
(a) Geiger counter/ गीगर काउंटर
(b) Polarimeter/ ध्रुवणमापी
(c) Calorimeter/कैलोरीमीटर
(d) Radiometer/ रेडियोमीटर

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Ans.(a) Sol.The Geiger counter is an instrument used for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation used widely in applications such as radiation dosimetry, radiological protection, experimental physics and the nuclear industry.

Q12. Haematite is an ore/mineral of
हेमाटाइट _____ का एक अयस्क / खनिज है.
(a) Zinc/ जस्ता
(b) Iron/ लोहा
(c) Lead/ लीड
(d) Manganese/ मैंगनीज

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Ans.(b) Sol.Hematite is the principle ore of iron. 

Q13. Name the lead actor in the hollywood movie "Top Gun"?
हॉलीवुड फिल्म "टॉप गन" में मुख्य अभिनेता का नाम दें?
(a) Harrison Ford/ हैरिसन फोर्ड
(b) Tom Cruise/ टौम क्रूज़
(c) Mel Gibson/ मेल गिब्सन
(d) Nicolas Cage/ निकोलस केज

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Ans.(b)

Q14. The study of universe is known as ________.
ब्रह्मांड का अध्ययन ________ के रूप में जाना जाता है.
(a) Cosmology/कोस्मोलोजी
(b) Astrology/एस्ट्रोलोजी
(c) Seismology/सिस्मोलोजी
(d) Limnology/लिम्नोलोजी

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Ans.(a) Sol.Cosmology is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.

Q15. Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere is _______.
उत्तरी गोलार्ध में सबसे छोटा दिन _______ है.
(a) 22nd November/22 नवंबर
(b) 22nd December/22 दिसंबर
(c) 22nd March / 22nd March
(d) 22nd June / 22nd June

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Years. (B) Sol.The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice.

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