General Knowledge Set – 110 SSC Exam:

  1. When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce tile transfer of power to the Indians?
    Answer: June 1948
  1. Who is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?
    Answer: Marconi
  1. What does Net factor income from abroad added to GDP give?
    Answer: GNP
  1. What are tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal usually called?
    Answer: Typhoons
  1. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the Napolean of India’?
    Answer: Samudragupta
  1. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award?
    Answer: Ashapurna Devi
  1. What is the single greatest current threat to biodiversity?
    Answer: habitat destruction
  1. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of which ministry?
    Answer: Ministry of Human Affairs
  1. In India, what is the main limiting factor for cultivation?
    Answer: Inadequacy of water supply
  1. Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar?
    Answer: Tansen
  1. The fisher-Tropsch process is used in the manufacture of which liquid?
    Answer: Synthetic petrol
  1. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for which work?
    Answer: Gitanjali
  1. PIIGS is the group of nations falling under which zone?
    Answer: Eurozone
  1. Which state is the largest producer of black pepper in India?
    Answer: Kerala
  1. Which was a renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar?
    Answer: Harivijaya
  1. Which gland is situated beneath the brain and whose oversecretion produces giant-size children?
    Answer: Pituitary
  1. What is the maximum number of representatives of the States in Lok Sabha?
    Answer:530
  1. Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in the country?
    Answer: Homi J. Bhabha
  1. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
    Answer: Tempel 1
  1. Which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?
    Answer: Lothal

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