SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- IV

46. Which of the following are the imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals?

(a) Hachures 

(b) Contours 

(c) Spot-heights

(d) Isomers

47. ___________is not an official language of the United Nations?

(a) Chinese 

(b) French 

(c) German 

(d) Arabic

48. Who among the following appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

(a) Prime Minister 

(b) President 

(c) Finance Minister

(d) Lok Sabha

49. What are the Temperate Grasslands of South America known as?

(a) Pampas 

(b) Steppes 

(c) Savannah 

(d) Prairies

50. Who among the following signs the one rupee note?

(a) Secretary, Ministry of Finance 

(b) RBI Governor

(c) Finance Minister 

(d) Prime Minister

51. When did India adopt the decimal system of coinage?

(a) April 1995 

(b) April 1957 

(c) April 1958 

(d) April 1959

52. There are three crop seasons in India. Kharif and Rabi are two of them.Which is the third one?

(a) Barsati 

(b) Grama 

(c) Zaid 

(d) Khari

53. Comets, which are also known as ‘Dirty Ice Balls’, revolve around the

(a) Earth 

(b) Venus 

(c) Sun 

(d) Jupiter

54. ___________is not a constituent of German-silver.

(a) Copper 

(b) Nickel 

(c) Silver 

(d) Zinc

55. According to the 2011 census, what is the literacy rate (% of population) in India?

(a) 74% 

(b) 68% 

(c) 82% 

(d) 65%

56. Who among the following put forward the theory of Economic Drain of India during British rule?

(a) W. C. Bannerji 

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) Pandit Nehru 

(d) B.G. Tilak

57. _________coined the term Hindu rate of growth for Indian economy?

(a) Amartya Sen 

(b) C. Rangrajan 

(c) Raj Krishna

(d) Vijay Kelkar

58. How many types of emergency provisions are mentioned in our constitution?

(a) Four 

(b) Two 

(c) Five 

(d) Three

59. In which part of the Indian Constitution are Directive Principles of State Policy included?

(a) Part II 

(b) Part III 

(c) Part IV 

(d) Part VI

60. Who was the first Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress?

(a) Sarojini Naidu 

(b) Sucheta Kripalani 

(c) Aruna Asaf Ali

(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Answers 

46 b

47 c

48 b

49 a

50 a

51 b

52 c

53 c

54 c

55 a

56 b

57 c

58 d

59 c

60 a