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Quiz for Railway and SSC Exams Set 2

Here I was presenting questions for up-coming Railway and SSC Exams consisting of all General Awareness and Science Topics.  

1. The upward thrust experienced by a body floating in water is equal to:

A.     Volume of the body

B.     Vertical height of body below water

C.     Weight of water displaced by the body

D.     Depth of water at the point the body floats

2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year ______

A.     1764A.D

B.     1761A.D

C.     1767 A.D

D.     1757 A.D

3. With which game is the Agha Khan Cup associated ?

A.     Football

B.     Cricket

C.     Basketball

D.     Hockey

4. Leander Paes is associated with which game?

A.     Cricket

B.     Shooting

C.     Lawn Tennis

D.     Football

5. The Capital of Brazil is :

A.     Brasilia

B.     Sao Paulo

C.     Rio de Janero

D.     Salvadore

6. Which of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclone ?

A.     Tornadoes

B.     Typhoons

C.     Hurricanes

D.     Nor’ Westers

7. Which Army was headed by Subhash Chandra Bose ?

A.     Indian National Army

B.     Light Brigade

C.     Foreign Legion

D.     Bengal Regiment

8. Who has been awarded Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2014 ?

A.     Gulzar

B.     Lata Mangeshkar

C.     Shashi Kapoor

D.     Pran

9. Evolutionary principles have been used for classification of animals and plants. According to this, humans come under which class?

A.     Mammalia

B.     Arthropoda

C.     Aves

D.     Amphibian

10. Raslila dance is associated with which God ?,

A.     Lord Shiva

B.     Lord Ganesha

C.     LordIndra

D.     Lord Krishna

11. Which natural phenomenon conducts carbon dioxide fixation in plants ?

A.     Sunlight

B.     Rain

C.     Thunder

D.     Cosmic Rays

12. Moulting in insects is mainly controlled by

A.     Parahormone

B.     Parathorme

C.     Ecdysone

D.     Ecotone

13. Which gas is used in flash lamps and lasers ?

A.     Neon

B.     Propane

C.     Radon

D.     Xenon

14. Integral Coach Factory is located at

A.     Perambur

B.     Yelahaiika

C.     Patiala

D.     Varanasi

15. Whose signature appears on ten rupee currency notes ?

A.     Minister of Finance

B.     Governor of RBI

C.     Secretary, Ministry of Finance

D.     Deputy Governor of RBI

16. Shivaji assumed the title ‘Chatrapati’ in the year.

A.     1670

B.     1672

C.     1673

D.     1674

17. A stretched spring possesses ______ energy.

A.     Kinetic

B.     Elastic Potential

C.     Electric

D.     Magnetic

18. Name the Chief Minister of Nagaland ?

A.     Hemant Soren

B.     T.R. Zeliang

C.     Ommen Chandy

D.     Raghuvar Das

19. Biopsy is done on:

A.     tissues taken from a dead body

B.     tissues taken from a living body

C.     blood from veins

D.     blood from arteries

20. The term of the Governor of a state is

A.     4 years

B.     5 years

C.     6 years

D.     3 years

21. The Mughal Emperor Akbar ruled from ____

A.     1656 A.D. 1605 A.D.

B.     1605 A.D. 1627 A.D.

C.     1628 A.D. 1658 A.D

D.     1658 A.D. 1707 A.D.

22. Acids turn blue litmus into:

A.     green

B.     red

C.     yellow

D.     orange

23. Who was the proponent of ‘DiniIlahi’

A.     Shah Jahan

B.     Jehangir

C.     Humayun

D.     Akbar

24. The metal used In storage battery is

A.     iron

B.     copper

C.     zinc

D.     nickel

25. Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary is located in :

A.     West Bengal

B.     Assam

C.     Odisha

D.     Arunachal Pradesh

26. The surface of which of these planets is not solid ?

A.     Jupiter

B.     Mars

C.     Venus

D.     Mercury

27. The largest part of the human brain is the:

A.     medulla oblongata

B.     cerebellum

C.     cerebrum

D.     midbrain

28. Which of the following shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy?

A.     Cochin Shipyard, Kochi

B.     Hindustan, Shipyard, Visakhapatnam

C.     Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai

D.     Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata

29. An adult human skeleton is based on

A.     204 bones

B.     206 bones

C.     208 bones

D.     214 bones

30. The world’s highest hydel power project ‘Rongtong* is located in:

A.     Rangoon

B.     Kathmandu

C.     Himachal Pradesh

D.     Assam

31. Velocity of light was measured by

A.     Romer

B.     Newton

C.     Galileo

D.     Einstein

32. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith award ?

A.     Ashapurna Devi

B.     Pratibha Ray

C.     Mahadevi Verma

D.     Amritha Pritam

33. The ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ is awarded in which city ?

A.     Oslo

B.     Stockholm

C.     Brussels

D.     Geneva

34. Who is popularly known as ‘Father of Indian Constitution’?

A.     Jawaharlal Nehru

B.     B. R. Ambedkar

C.     Mahatma Gandhi

D.     Bal GangadharTilak

35. The largest ‘Buddhist Temple’ in the world is located in:

A.     India

B.     Indonesia

C.     Japan

D.     China

36. Which city was captured from the British by local ruler Sirajud Daula in 1756 ?

A.     Bombay

B.     Madras

C.     Kolkata

D.     Delhi

37. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas ?

A.     Methane

B.     Oxygen

C.     Nitrogen

D.     Hydrogen

38. Science of raising silk worms so as to obtain silk cocoon is _____

A.     Apiculture

B.     Floriculture

C.     Silviculture

D.     Sericulture

39. India’s first high speed public WiFi service was opened at which railway station on 22 January 2016 ?

A.     Mumbai Centeral

B.     Mumbai Western

C.     Chenai Southern

D.     Delhi Northern

40. Which state is the largest producer of natural rubber?

A.     Tamil Nadu

B.     Kerala

C.     Assam

D.     Andhra Pradesh

41. Shri Narendra Modi is NOT holding the portfolio of

A.     Personnel

B.     Public Grievances and Pensions

C.     Department of Atomic Energy

D.     Overseas Indian Affairs

42. A non-material kind of pollution is :

A.     Land pollution

B.     Air pollution

C.     Noise pollution

D.     Water pollution

43. S.I. unit of heat is:

A.     Faraday

B.     Watt

C.     Joule

D.     Kelvin

44. First organic compound prepared in the laboratory was :

A.     Urea

B.     Acetic acid

C.     Ammonium sulphate

D.     Calcium cynamide

45. Among the following, the compound used as a fertilizer is:

A.     Copper sulphate

B.     Ammonium sulphate

C.     Sodium sulphate

D.     Aluminium sulphate

46. Galvanising is coating iron with :

A.     Nickel

B.     Zinc

C.     Chromium

D.     Copper

Quiz for Railway and SSC Exams Set - 1

Here I was presenting questions for up coming Railway and SSC Exams consisting of all General Awareness and Science Topics.  

1. What does CO stand for _____

A.     Carbon

B.     Carbon monoxide

C.     Coal

D.     Carbon dioxide

2. Which of these medical conditions is classified into Type1 andType2?

A.     Diabetes

B.     Hepatitis

C.     Night Blindness

D.     Common Cold

3. AGMARK is

A.     A cooperative of egg producers

B.     Organised grain market

C.     A cooperative of farmers

D.     Seal of assured quality for items of use such as eggs, ghee etc

4. Who was the British Prime Minister when India achieved independence?

A.     Ramsay Macdonald

B.     Winston Churchill

C.     Clement Atlee

D.     Stafford Cripps

5. Who is the Director of the movie “Bajirao Mastani” ?

A.     Sanjay Leel Bhansali

B.     Karan Johar

C.     Anurag Basu

D.     Rakesh Omprakash Mehra

6. Who is credited with the discovery of Electron?

E.      Goldstein

A.     J.J. Thompson

B.     James Chadwick

C.     Rutherford

7. Ranathambore wild life sanctuary is located in the state of:

A.     Gujrat

B.     Assam

C.     Karnataka

D.     Rajasthan

8. Light year is

A.     The distance between the Earth and the Sun

B.     The distance covered by light in one year

C.     The average distance between the Earth and the moon

D.     The distance between the earth and stars

9. The atmospheric layer which reflects radiowaves is called :

A.     Exosphere

B.     Ionosphere

C.     Stratosphere

D.     Troposphere

10. Where is the Headquarters of Western Railway zone located ?

A.     Ahmedabad

B.     Pune

C.     Baroda

D.     Mumbai

11. For transfusion the ‘O’ blood group of a donar can be accepted by a person having blood group

A.     A

B.     B

C.     AB

D.     All of these

12. The first recipient of Bharat Ratna was

A.     Jawahar Lai Nehru

B.     Govind Ballabh Pant

C.     Mahatma Gandhi

D.     CV Raman

13. The immediate cause of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was :

A.     Transferring control of East India Company to the Crown;

B.     Low Salary of Indian soldiers

C.     Supply of greased cartridges to the soldiers;

D.     Exploitation of Indians by the British

14. Amir Khusro was the famous poet in the court of_Shah

A.     Jahan

B.     Alauddin Khilji

C.     Akbar

D.     Sher Shah Suri

15. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu is NOT the Cabinet Minister of (as on 15 Jan, 2016).

A.     Urban Development

B.     Shipping

C.     Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

D.     Parliamentary Affairs

16. An error in computer programme is called

A.     Bug

B.     Bit

C.     Virus

D.     Syntex error

17. Which of the following is a parasitic plant?

A.     Marchantia

B.     Kelp

C.     Mushroom

D.     Pteris

18. What is the special branch of Geology by which earthquake is studied?

A.     Anthropology

B.     Epilogy

C.     Seismology

D.     Earthology

19. Medula oblongata is a part of human:

A.     heart

B.     brain

C.     liver

D.     sex organ

20. The Montague Chelmsford reform was passed in the year

A.     1908

B.     1918

C.     1919

D.     1916

21. Who among the following is called “Father of White Revolution” in India ?

A.     Hargbbind Khorana

B.     V.Kurien

C.     M.S. Swaminathan

D.     P.K.Sethi

22. Who among the following is not appointed by the President?

A.     Chief Justice and Judges of High Courts

B.     Governor of State

C.     Chief Justice and Judges of Supreme Court

D.     Vice President

23. The SI unit for the average velocity is:

A.     m/s

B.     km/s

C.     cm/s

D.     mm/s

24. Which is the gas used for producing a hot flame for welding ?

A.     Acetylene

B.     Ammonia

C.     Propane

D.     Ethylene

25. Northern half of Western Ghats is known as :

A.     Sahyadri

B.     Malayadri

C.     Satpura

D.     Nilgiri

26. Anaemia is due to the deficiency of:

A.     protein

B.     vitamins

C.     iron

D.     iodine

27. Who is the author of The Discovery of India “?

A.     Dadabhai Naoroji

B.     RS Sharma

C.     Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

D.     Mahatma Gandhi

28. ‘Gate of Tears’ is :

A.     Aberdeen (Scotland)

B.     Babelmandab (Jerusalem)

C.     Prairies (Australia)

D.     Pamirs(Central Asia)

29. The total number of Tirthankara according to Jainism are

A.     18

B.     26

C.     14

D.     24

30. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

A.     Guru Govtnd Singh

B.     Guru Ramdass

C.     Guru Nanak

D.     Ranjeet Singh

31. Heart attack is caused due to:

A.     blood sugar

B.     cholesterol

C.     blood protein

D.     blood urea

32. The first Field Marshal of India was:

A.     Vaidya

A.     K.M. Cariappa

B.     Sunder ji

C.     S.H.F.J.Manekshaw

33. The chemical name of common salt is :

A.     Sodium chloride

B.     Potassium chloride

C.     Sodium carbonate

D.     Potassium carbonate

34. The mirror used in automobiles to see the rear field of view is

A.     concave

B.     convex

C.     plane

D.     Cylinderical Lens

35. Who discovered ‘circulation of blood’ in human body ?

A.     Edward Jenner

B.     Joseph Lister

C.     William Harvey

D.     Jonon Esals

36. The largest coal reserves of India are found in

A.     Chhattisgarh

B.     Jharkhand

C.     Madhya Pradesh

D.     Orissa

37. Which among the following is not a SAARC country?

A.     Myanmar

B.     Bhutan

C.     India

D.     Maldives

38. A plant cell is distinguished from an animal cell by presence of:

A.     Nucleus

B.     Chloroplasts

C.     Cell Membrane

D.     Cell Wall

39. ‘Coal’ mainly contains

A.     Hydrogen

B.     Oxygen

C.     Carbon

D.     Sodium

40. NITI Aayog came into existence on ____

A.     January 1, 2015

B.     August 15, 2015

C.     January 26, 2015

D.     March 1, 2015

41. The candidate for the office of the President must have qualification required for the

A.     Lok Sabha

B.     Member of Parliament

C.     Rajya Sabha

D.     MLA

42. Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the Constitution?

A.     Right to freedom of religion

B.     Right to property

C.     Right to equality

D.     Right to Constitutional remedies