SSC GK Previous year Questions: GK Part- IX

121. The maximum duration for which a Presidential Ordinance can remain in force is

(a) 3 months 

(b) 6 months 

(c) 12 months 

(d) 9 Months

121b

122. Which exchange rate system does India follow?

(a) Fixed exchange rate system 

(b) Floating exchange rate

(c) Pegged up exchange rate system 

(d) Managed exchange rate system

122b

123. Who among the following is known as the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?

(a) Lord Canning 

(b) Lord Ripon 

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge

123b 

124. Which of the following is a Direct Tax?

(a) Income Tax 

(b) Sales Tax 

(c) Excise 

(d) Service Tax

124a 

125. Who among the following made the statement ‘Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.’?

(a) John F. Kennedy 

(b) Winston Churchill 

(c) Abraham Lincoln

(d) Theodore Roosevelt

125c 

126. The art or technique of making maps or charts is known as

(a) Geology 

(b) Cartography 

(c) Mapping 

(d) Photogrammetry

126b 

127. A drop of water is spherical because of

(a) Surface tension 

(b) High pressure 

(c) Air resistance

(d) Density of water

127a 

128. The role of a fuse wire used in the electrical circuit of a house is

(a) to regulate the current 

(b) that of a step up device

(c) that of a safety device 

(d) that of a step down device

128c 

129. What is dry ice?

(a) Super cooled nitrogen 

(b) Purified ice 

(c) Solid carbon dioxide

(d) Super cooled ice

129c 

130. What is Nylon?

(a) A Polyester 

(b) A Polythene 

(c) A Polyamide

(d) A Polysaccharide

130c 

131. _____________is also known as the Royal Disease.

(a) Albinism 

(b) Leukemia 

(c) Haemophilia 

(d) Colour-blindness

131c 

132. One horned Rhinoceros is found in

(a) Periyar 

(b) Gir Forest 

(c) Kaziranga 

(d) Kanha

132c 

133. Vande Matram, our National song, was first sung at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in

(a) 1885 

(b) 1896 

(c) 1911 

(d) 1905

133b 

134. In which among the following states are the Khasi and Jaintia hills located?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh 

(b) Meghalaya 

(c) Manipur 

(d) Nagaland

134b 

135. Which of the following is depicted in Ajanta paintings?

(a) Jainism 

(b) Buddhism 

(c) Saivism 

(d) Vasihnavism

135 b

Answers 

121b
122b
123b 
124a 
125c 
126b 
127a 
128c 
129c 
130c 
131c 
132c 
133b 
134b 

135 b