SSC Delhi Police constable (Executive) Paper 2017 Dec 7- General Knowledge & Current Affairs
1. In India, inflation is measured on the basis of ______.
Options:
(a) Wholesale Price Index
(b) Producer Price Index
(c) Consumer Price Index
(d) No option is correct
Correct Answer – Consumer Price Index
2. The workforce population includes people aged from ______ years to ______ years.
Options:
(a) 10, 69
(b) 15, 64
(c) 21, 55
(d) 18, 65
Correct Answer – 15, 64
3. In which type of economy there is neither exports nor imports?
Options:
(a) Closed
(b) Open
(c) Mixed
(d) Global
Correct Answer – Closed
4. Which price is declared by the government every year before the sowing season to provide incentives to the farmers for raising the production of their crops?
Options:
(a) Maximum Support Price
(b) Minimum Support Price
(c) Maximum Stock Price
(d) Minimum Stock Price
Correct Answer – Minimum Support Price
5. What is an association of workers for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment called as?
Options:
(a) Federation
(b) Trade Union
(c) Accord
(d) Colony
Correct Answer – Trade Union
6. ______ is the right of a person, party or nation to stop a certain decision or law.
Options:
(a) Strike
(b) Veto
(c) Both Strike and Veto
(d) Neither Strike nor Veto
Correct Answer – Veto
7. Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the Municipalities?
Options:
(a) Part IV
(b) Part V
(c) Part IX A
(d) Part X
Correct Answer – Part IX A
8. Anti-defection law is given in which schedule of Indian Constitution?
Options:
(a) Seventh Schedule
(b) Eighth Schedule
(c) Ninth Schedule
(d) Tenth Schedule
Correct Answer – Tenth Schedule
9. Which among the following is the most frequently mentioned tax in the inscription of Cholas who ruled in Tamil Nadu?
Options:
(a) Vetti
(b) Kadamai
(c) Thari
(d) Manai
Correct Answer – Vetti
10. Chahamanas who ruled over the region around Delhi and Ajmer were later known as _____.
Options:
(a) Chalukyas
(b) Chauhans
(c) Cholas
(d) Chandelas
Correct Answer – Chauhans
11. In which session Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian women president of Indian National Congress?
Options:
(a) 1922, Gaya
(b) 1925, Kanpur
(c) 1928, Calcutta
(d) 1931, Karachi
Correct Answer – 1925, Kanpur
12. The period from 1915-47 in India’s Freedom Struggle was termed as ______.
Options:
(a) Extremist phase
(b) Moderate Phase
(c) Gandhian Phase
(d) No option is correct
Correct Answer – Gandhian Phase
13. What is the name of the Arabic book by Al-Biruni?
Options:
(a) Kitab-ul-Hind
(b) Hindustan-nama
(c) Tarikh-e-Hindustan
(d) Fatawa-e-Hindustani
Correct Answer – Kitab-ul-Hind
14. Who started the Shuddhi Movement in India in the 1920’s?
Options:
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Chadrashekhar Azad
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Correct Answer – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
15. The tropic of cancer passes through how many states of India?
Options:
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
Correct Answer – 8
16. What is the approximate time lag (in hours) from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh?
Options:
(a) 1
(b) 1.5
(c) 2
(d) 2.5
Correct Answer – 2
17. Which is NOT a part of the Deccan Plateau in the Northeast India?
Options:
(a) The Meghalaya plateau
(b) Karbi-Anglong plateau
(c) North Cachar Hills
(d) The Kaimur Hills
Correct Answer – The Kaimur Hills
18. Which vegetation covers the deltas of the Ganga, the Mahanadi, the Krishna, the Godavari and the Kaveri?
Options:
(a) Montane Forest
(b) Mangrove Forests
(c) The Thorn Forests
(d) Tropical Decidous Forest
Correct Answer – Mangrove Forests
19. Anamudi is the highest peak of ______.
Options:
(a) Anaimalai hills
(b) Nilgiri hills
(c) Aravalli hills
(d) Jaintia hills
Correct Answer – Anaimalai hills
20. Which state is largest producer of jute in India?
Options:
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Odisha
(d) West Bengal
Correct Answer – West Bengal
21. Each centimeter has ten equal divisions called ______.
Options:
(a) Meter
(b) Micrometer
(c) Decimeter
(d) Millimeter
Correct Answer – Millimeter
22. Translucent objects are the objects through which we ______.
Options:
(a) Cannot see at all
(b) Can see clearly
(c) Can see but not very clearly
(d) No option is correct
Correct Answer – Can see but not very clearly
23. A thin wire that gives off light from the bulb is called ______.
Options:
(a) Terminal
(b) Tip
(c) Source
(d) Filament
Correct Answer – Filament
24. Which among the following is the reproductive part of a plant?
Options:
(a) Root
(b) Stem
(c) Flower
(d) Fruit
Correct Answer – Flower
25. When a disease-carrying microbe enters our body, the body produces ______ to fight the microbe.
Options:
(a) Antigen
(b) Antibodies
(c) Antibiotics
(d) Anti Allergenic
Correct Answer – Antibodies
26. Which man-made fibre is obtained from wood pulp?
Options:
(a) Nylon
(b) Rayon
(c) Silk
(d) Polyster
Correct Answer – Rayon
27. Which chemical is used to test whether substance is acidic or basic?
Options:
(a) Indicator
(b) Promoter
(c) Catalyst
(d) Neutraliser
Correct Answer – Indicator
28. Presence of which among the following is essential for rusting?
I. Water (or water vapour)
II. Oxygen
Options:
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Correct Answer – Both I and II
29. Which is NOT an example of one-sided symbiotic relationship?
Options:
(a) Cattle egrets and cattle
(b) A hermit crab and an empty seashells
(c) A spider on a tree
(d) Tapeworm in host’s stomach
Correct Answer – Tapeworm in host’s stomach
30. What does the sum total of the populations of the same kind of organisms called?
Options:
(a) Kingdom
(b) Class
(c) Phylum
(d) Species
Correct Answer – Species
31. Which is a new scheme named ‘Saubhagya’ to carry out electrification of all households in India?
Options:
(a) Pradhan Mantri Safal Ujjwal Bhagya Yojana
(b) Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri Samridh Ujala Bhagyashree Yojana
(d) No option is correct
Correct Answer – Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
32. The Government of which state will merge its existing seven health schemes to launch a unified scheme – Arogya Bhagya?
Options:
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Odisha
Correct Answer – Karnataka
33. Which country’s scientists have successfully created the world’s shortest x-ray laser pulse?
Options:
(a) Sweden
(b) Bulgaria
(c) Norway
(d) Switzerland
Correct Answer – Switzerland
34. Which space agency has launched Joint Polar Satellite System-1 into space on November 18, 2017?
Options:
(a) Indian Space Research Organisation
(b) China National Space Administration
(c) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(d) Russia State Corporation for Space Activities
Correct Answer – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
35. India’s Sundar Singh Gurjar won Gold medal in which event at World Para Athletics, 2017?
Options:
(a) Javelin throw
(b) Long jump
(c) Discus throw
(d) High Jump
Correct Answer – Javelin throw
36. India’s Mithali Raj became first women cricketer to score _____ career runs in Women’s One Day International Cricket.
Options:
(a) 5000
(b) 6000
(c) 7000
(d) 8000
Correct Answer – 6000
37. In which country India has designated Zorinpui Land Check post as an authorized immigration check post?
Options:
(a) Myanmar
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Bhutan
(d) Nepal
Correct Answer – Myanmar
38. What is the name of India-Nepal joint military exercise whose 12th edition was held from 3 to 16 September 2017 in Nepal?
Options:
(a) Sampriti
(b) Surya-kiran
(c) Indra
(d) Prabal
Correct Answer – Surya-kiran
39. Author of the novel named ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ has won which literary award in 2017?
Options:
(a) Pulitzer Prize
(b) Man Booker Prize
(c) European Union Prize
(d) Giller Prize
Correct Answer – Man Booker Prize
40. In which field Richard H. Thaler has won 2017 Nobel Prize?
Options:
(a) Economic Sciences
(b) Literature
(c) Physics
(d) Chemistry
Correct Answer – Economic Sciences
41. What is the name of Google’s digital payment app launched on September 18, 2017?
Options:
(a) Tez
(b) Veg
(c) Kranti
(d) Bhim
Correct Answer – Tez
42. Who is the head of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Constituted on September 25, 2017?
Options:
(a) Ashima Goyal
(b) Ratan Watal
(c) Bibek Debroy
(d) Surjit Bhalla
Correct Answer – Bibek Debroy
43. Which is the 15th country to ratify the Solar Alliance Framework Agreement?
Options:
(a) Somalia
(b) Tuvalu
(c) Fiji
(d) Guinea
Correct Answer – Guinea
44. Which is the last country to join the Paris Climate Agreement in November 2017?
Options:
(a) Fiji
(b) Syria
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Ghana
Correct Answer – Syria
45. Which Metro system is the world’s first completely green Metro system?
Options:
(a) Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway
(b) Singapore Mass Rapid Transit
(c) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(d) London Underground
Correct Answer – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
46. On November 1, 2017 the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the Ministry of Power, launched “Creating and Sustaining Markets for Energy Efficiency project” in partnership with ______.
Options:
(a) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
(b) Global Environment Facility (GEF)
(c) Green Climate Fund (GCF)
(d) World Resources Group (WRG)
Correct Answer – Global Environment Facility (GEF)
47. Who among the following has been re-elected on November 21, 2017 as a member of International Court of Justice?
Options:
(a) Dalveer Bhandari
(b) Hishashi Owada
(c) Peter Tomka
(d) Ronny Abraham
Correct Answer – Dalveer Bhandari
48. On November 10, 2017 Audrey Azoulay was appointed as the new Director General of which United Nation body?
Options:
(a) WHO
(b) UNICEF
(c) UNDP
(d) UNESCO
Correct Answer – UNESCO
49. The ninth BRICS summit, 2017 was organized in which city of China?
Options:
(a) Suzhou
(b) Xian
(c) Hongkong
(d) Xiamen
Correct Answer – Xiamen
50. Which country is at the top of the eighth edition of the World Giving Index compiled in October, 2017 by the ‘Charities Aid Foundation’?
Options:
(a) United States of America
(b) Australia
(c) Myanmar
(d) China
Correct Answer – Myanmar
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