SSC STENO (Grade C & D) Entrance Examination 2016 - General Awareness-1

SSC STENO (Grade C & D) Entrance  Examination 2016

General Awareness-1

Q51. The Fall of Bastille is associated with the
(A) French Revolution of 1789
(B) American War of Independence
(C) Greek War of Independence
(D) Russian Revolution of November, 1917



Q52. Which Governor General was called as the ‘Father of Local Self-Government’ in India?

(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Wellesley



Q53. “The Three Emperors’ League”, 1873 was also as

(A) Triple Alliance
(B) Reinsurance Treaty
(C) The Dual Alliance
(D) Dreikaiserbund Treaty





Q54. Panditraj Jagannath was the poet laureate of which of the following rulers?
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Humayun
(D) Akbar



Q55. Which of the following is formed out of volcanic eruptions in India?

(A) Lakshadweep Islands
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Himalayas
(D) Deccan Plateau



Q56. Which of the following works of Plato is primarily a ‘treatise’ on justice?

(A) The Statesman
(B) The Republic
(C) Apology
(D) Phaedo



57. Who was referred to as the “Ambassador Hindu-Muslin Unity” by Sarojini Naidu?


(A) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah




58. The capital of Yadava kings was

(A) Varanasi
(B) Kanchipuram
(C) Krishnagiri
(D) Devagiri



59. Average Fixed Cost Curve is
(A) ‘U’ shaped
(B) ‘V’shaped
(C) Downward sloping
(D) Upward sloping




60. Article 368 of the Indian Constitution deals with

(A) Right to Primary Education
(B) Right to Information
(C) Amending Procedure
(D) Emergency Provisions




Answers:
51 (A) French Revolution of 1789

52 (C) Lord Ripon

53 (D) Dreikaiserbund Treaty[It was an alliance between the German Empire, the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary, from 1873 to 1887. The goal was to have peaceful Europe.]

54: (A) Shah Jahan

55: (D) Deccan Plateau
66.25 million years ago the volcanic eruption occurred at the Western Ghats formed Deccan Plateau.

56: (B) The Republic

57: (D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

58: (D) Devagiri [ Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern Maharashtra)]

59: (C) Downward sloping

60: (C) Amending Procedure

✎Note: See also SSC-Steno General Intelligence-1 Quiz