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General Awareness Questions for SSC CPO & Railway Exam 2018: 24th April

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Q1. Which of the following is a volatile memory of a computer?
निम्न में से कौन सा कंप्यूटर की अस्थिर स्मृति है
(a) Secondary Memory/ माध्यमिक स्मृति
(b) Cache memory/ कैश मेमरी
(c) RAM
(d) ROM

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Ans.(c)
Sol.Random-access memory is a form of computer data storage that stores data and machine code currently being used. A random-access memory device allows data items to be read or written in almost the same amount of time irrespective of the physical location of data inside the memory.


Q2. Postage Meter was invented by __________.
पोस्टेज मीटर का आविष्कार __________ द्वारा किया गया था।
(a) Fyodor Pirotsky/ फ्योडोर पिरोत्क्सकी
(b) Arthur Pitney/ आर्थर पिट्ने
(c) Fritz Pfleumer/ फ़्रिट्ज़ फ्लयूमेर
(d) Stephen Perry/ स्टीफन पेरी
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Ans.(b)
Sol.Arthur H. Pitney (1871–1933) was an American inventor best known as the father of the postage meter.

Q3. Ringworm is a disease caused by __________.
दाद __________ के कारण होने वाली एक बीमारी है.
(a) Fungi/ कवक
(b) Bacteria/ जीवाणु
(c) Virus/ वाइरस
(d) Flies/ मक्खी

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Ans.(a)
Sol.Ringworm, also known as dermatophytosis or tinea, is a fungal infection of the skin. The name “ringworm” is a misnomer, since the infection is caused by a fungus, not a worm. Ringworm infection can affect both humans and animals.

Q4. Mangifera indica is the scientific name of ?
मंजीफेरा इंडिका किसका वैज्ञानिक नाम है
(a) Guava/ अमरूद
(b) Mango / आम
(c) Amla/ अमला
(d) Jack fruit/ कटहल

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Ans.(b)
Sol.Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the sumac and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent where it is indigenous.

Q5. Crabs belongs to the phylum __________. 
केकड़ा __________ फाइलम से संबंधित है.
(a) Mollusca/ मोलस्का
(b) Cnidaria/ निडारिया
(c) Arthropoda/ आर्थ्रोपोड़ा
(d) Platyhelminthes/प्लेटिहेल्मेंथिस

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Ans.(c)
Sol.Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting “tail” (abdomen) usually entirely hidden under the thorax.

Q6. Who invented the modern periodic table?
आधुनिक आवर्त सारणी का आविष्कार किसने किया?
(a) Faraday/ फैराडे
(b) Mendeleev/ मेंडलीव
(c) Newton/ न्यूटन
(d) Bohr/ बोह्र

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Ans.(b)


Sol.Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the properties of eight elements yet to be discovered.








Q7. Isobars have __________.
आइसोबार __________ है.
(a) Same mass numbers but different atomic numbers/ समान द्रव्यमान संख्या लेकिन भिन्न परमाणु संख्या
(b) Different mass numbers but same atomic numbers/ भिन्न द्रव्यमान संख्या लेकिन समान परमाणु संख्या
(c) Same mass and atomic numbers/ समान द्रव्यमान और परमाणु संख्या
(d) Different mass and atomic numbers/ भिन्न द्रव्यमान और परमाणु संख्या

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Ans.(a)
Sol.Isobars are atoms (nuclides) of different chemical elements that have the same number of nucleons. Correspondingly, isobars differ in atomic number (or number of protons) but have the same mass number.

Q8. The famous Brihadeshwara Temple is located in __________.
प्रसिद्ध बृहदेश्वर मंदिर __________ में स्थित है
(a) Madurai/ मदुरै
(b) Thanjavur/ तंजावुर
(c) Kanchipuram/ कांचीपुरम
(d) Rameshwaram/ रामेश्वरम

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Ans.(b)


Sol.Brihadishvara Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.










Q9. Maithili is primarily spoken in which state?
मैथिली मुख्य रूप से किस राज्य में बोली जाती है
(a) Bihar/ बिहार
(b) Assam/ असम
(c) West Bengal/ पश्चिम बंगाल
(d) Meghalaya/ मेघालय

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Ans.(a)
Sol.Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bihar and Jharkhand states of India.

Q10. Which law states that bad money drives good money out of circulation?
कौन सा नियम बताता है कि हीन मुद्रा उचित मुद्रा को परिसंचरण से बाहर करता है?
(a) Wagner’s law/ वैगनर का नियम
(b) Grimm’s law/ ग्रिम का नियम
(c) Gresham’s law/ ग्रेशम का नियम
(d) Keynes’ law/ केनेस का नियम

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Ans.(c)


Sol.Gresham’s law is a monetary principle stating that “bad money drives out good”. For example, if there are two forms of commodity money in circulation, which are accepted by law as having similar face value, the more valuable commodity will disappear from circulation.










Q11. There is a protocol signed to reduce production of CFC, known as
CFC के उत्पादन को कम करने के लिए जिस प्रोटोकॉल पर हस्ताक्षर किए गए हैं, जिउसका क्या नाम है?
(a) CFC Protocol/ CFC प्रोटोकॉल
(b) IR Protocol/ IR प्रोटोकॉल
(c) Montreal Protocol/ मॉन्ट्रियल प्रोटोकॉल
(d) UV Protocol/ UV प्रोटोकॉल

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Ans.(c)


Sol.The Montreal Protocol, finalized in 1987, is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS).










Q12. Malachite is an ore/mineral of 
मलाकाइट __________ का अयस्क / खनिज है
(a) Lead / लेड
(b) Manganese / मैंगनीज
(c) Mercury / पारा
(d) Copper / तांबा

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Ans.(d)


Sol.Malachite often results from the weathering of copper ores, and is often found together with azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2), goethite, and calcite. Except for its vibrant green color, the properties of malachite are similar to those of azurite and aggregates of the two minerals occur frequently.










Q13. Pune was once known as the capital of
पुणे को कभी किसकी राजधानी के रूप में जाना जाता था?
(a) Scindias/ सिंधिया
(b) Holkars/होल्कास
(c) Bhosales/ भोसलेस
(d) Peshwas/ पेशवाओं

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Ans.(d)


Sol.Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, which lasted from 1674 to 1818. 











Q14. Total number of countries in the world are 
दुनिया में देशों की कुल संख्या कितनी हैं?
(a) 125
(b) 165
(c) 255
(d) 195

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Ans.(d)


Sol.There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.








Q15. Which among the following is false about Earth?
निम्नलिखित में से क्या कौन पृथ्वी के विषय में गलत है?
(a) It is the densest planet./ यह सघन ग्रह है
(b) It is the fifth largest planet./ यह पांचवा सबसे बड़ा ग्रह है
(c) It is also known as red planet./ इसे लाल ग्रह के रूप में भी जाना जाता है
(d) It is the third planet from the sun./ यह सूरज से तीसरा ग्रह है

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Ans.(c)


Sol.Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as the “Red Planet” because the reddish iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance.










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