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1 SEN S SCHOOL OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (SSCE) General Knowledge INDIAN HISTORY 1)The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year of Ans ) The coin Rupia was first issued by whom? Ans- Akbar 3) Who was the first Muslim ruler to conquer south India? Ans- Alauddin Khalji 4) The ancient name of the city of Patna is Ans- Pataliputra 5) Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on Ans- January 30, ) In which part of India, Dravidian language is spoken? Ans- Southern India 7) National Achieves is located at which place? Ans- New Delhi 8) Ajanta Ellora caves are situated near which place? Ans- Aurangabad 9) Who built the Khajuraho temple? Ans- Chandela Rajputs S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 1

2 10 ) Golconda fort is in which state? Ans- Telangana. 11) The Mansabdari system was borrowed from Ans- Mongolia 12) Who was the last Governor General of Independent India? Ans- C. Rajagopalachari 13) Which British traveller discovered Nainital? Ans- P. Barron 14) The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called as Ans- Rupaka 15) Which Tal is also known as Brother-sister Tal? Ans- Masar Tal 16) The famous Jauljivi Mela is held at Ans- Pithoragarh 17) Where is the Salarjung Museum situated? Ans- Hyderabad 18) During the reign of Harsha and Kannauj assembly was held to publicise the doctrines of Ans- Mahayana sect 19) The gold coins issued during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya were known as Ans- Dinara 20) Mahatma Gandhi got his inscription for Civil Disobedience from whom? Ans- Toureau S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 2

3 21) Rabindranath Tagore returned the title of Knighthood to the British government to protest against which incident? Ans- Massacare of Jalianwalabag. 22) Where the Lord Buddha breathe his last? Ans- Kushinagar. 1)Which keys enable the input of numbers quickly? Ans- Numeric Keypad 2) On CD-RW, which kinds of things are done? Ans- Read, Write, and Rewrite. 3) ASCII stands for what? Ans- American Standard Code for Information Interchange. 4) Which device can input images, pictures, e.t.c to a computer? Ans- Scanner 5) The range of frequencies that a medium can pass is called Ans Bandwidth 6) URL stands for what? Ans- Universal Resource Locator. 7) Name a device which is not used as input device for a computer. Ans- Plotter. COMPUTER 8) The language of 0s and 1s is called as S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 3

4 Ans- Binary 9) A compiler is software which converts high level language to what? Ans- Machine Language 10) To start a slide in M.S Power point which key or key combination is pressed? Ans- F5. Indian Economy 1) The biggest stock market was located on which hill? Ans- Capital Hill 2) The headquarter of State bank of India is located at which place? Ans- Mumbai. 3) First of its kind fully automated digital locker Smart volt belong to which bank? Ans- ICICI Bank 4) The founder and CEO of Yes Bank is Ans- Rana Kapoor 5) The census in India is done after a gap of how many Years? Ans- 10 years. 6) Fiscal policy in India is formulated by whom? Ans- Ministry of Finance. 7) The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in which year? Ans S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 4

5 8) The first state in India to provide universal health coverage in Ans- Karnataka 9) World Health Organisation (WHO) was established in which year? Ans ) How many days employment given to per family per year under the scheme of MGNEREGA? Ans- 100 days. 11) It is negotiable claim drawn upon a bank. It cannot be returned unpaid? Ans- Bank Draft. 12) Minimum percentage of agriculture work under MGNERGA is? Ans- 60% 13) When Indira Amma Bhojanalaya Yojana has started? Ans- August 20, ) Payment of wages to the worker under the scheme of MGNERGA done through which medium? Ans- By Bank Account 15) Who finally approved the draft five year plan? Ans- National Development Council (NDC) 16) Who is deciding authority of States share in Central taxes? Ans- Finance Commission 17) How can we measure a worker real wage over a period of time? S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 5

6 Ans- The changes of his productivity. 1)Which planet looks reddish in the night sky? Ans- Mars. 2) Which is the India s largest multipurpose river valley project? Ans- Bhakra Nagal 3) Which rivers flows through the rift valley? Ans- Narmada 4) Which crop having largest area under irrigation? Ans- Rice 5) Where the first cotton mill in India established? Ans- Mumbai 6) Which planet is called the Blue Planet? Ans- Earth 7) Name the glacier frontier zone between India and Pakistan? Ans- Siachen 8) The intersecting lines drawn on maps and global are Ans- Geographic Grids. 9) The land area of which continent is the least? Ans- Australia GEOGRAPHY 10) Himalayan Mountaining Institute is at Ans- Darjeeling (West Bengal) S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 6

7 11) Where is the Paradip port is located? Ans- Odisha. 12) Kyoto protocol is related to what? Ans- Climate Charge 13) The first agricultural university of India is Ans- GB Pant University 14) Earthquake is recorded by Ans- Seismograph. 15) Normal Borlaug award is given in the field of Ans- Agriculture 16) The storm of charged particles overcomes Sun s gravity and goes into outer space then it is known as Ans- Solar Flames. 17) Which is the deepest lake of Uttarakhand? Ans- Naukuchital 18) When was the flash flood disaster of Kedarnath occurred? Ans- June, ) Where is the highest waterfall found? Ans- Venezuela. 20. Environmental day is celebrated in which day? Ans 5 th June. S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 7

8 INDIAN POLITY 1)Which kind of body an election commission is? Ans- Constitutional Body 2) Who appoints the Prime Minister? Ans- President of India 3) Fourth estate refers to which part of the government? Ans- Press 4) Right to information comes under which right? Ans- Constitutional right. 5) Who gives recognition to political parties in India? Ans- Election Commission of India. 6) The minimum age of voter in India is Ans- 18 years. 7) The president can dissolve the Loksabha on the advice of whom? Ans- Prime Minister. 8) World s first- ever dengue fever vaccine is branded as Ans- Dengvaxia. 9) Right to Information Act was passed in which year? Ans ) 73 rd Constitutional Amendment is related to Ans- Panchayati Raj System 11) Human Rights day is observed annually on Ans- December 10 S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 8

9 12) Minimum and maximum wards in a Gram Panchayat are Ans- 5 to ) How many time Loksabha formed till now? Ans- 16 times 14) The president convenes and prorogues all session in the parliament in Constitution with Whom? Ans- Ans- Prime Minister. Miscellaneous 1)Boita Bandama and Nua Khai are the festivals in which year? Ans- Odisha 2) The books Friends and Foes is writing by whom? Ans- Shaikh Mujibar Rehman. 3) Jalikatu, a festival on which the Supreme Court of India has recently upheld its ban, is celebrated in which State? Ans- Tamil Nadu. 4) 2016 Olympics are being held at which place? Ans- Rio de Janerio 5) SAARC secretariat is based at which place? Ans- Kathmandu(Nepal) 6) Which is the oldest Paramilitary force in India? Ans- Assam Rifles. 7) The Olympic symbol consists of how many interwind rings? Ans- Five. S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 9

10 8) The Semmukhen temple belongs to which God? Ans- Nagraja 9) The headquarters of UNESCO at located in which place? Ans- Paris. 10) Who painted the famous portrait of Monalisa? Ans- Leonardo da Vinci. 11) The famous temple of Katarmal is related to which deity? Ans- Sun. 12) In Uttarakhand, the All India Institute of Medical Science situated at which place? Ans- Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) 13)Who was the first black President of South Africa? Ans- Nelson Mandela 14) Which is the highest literary award of the world? Ans- Booker Prize. 15) Who was the Chief guest at the Republic Day Parade of January 2016? Ans- Francois Hollande (President, France) 16) Which country is not members of BRICS? Ans- Bhutan. 17) The Srilankan Flag consist of which animal? Ans- Lion 18) Which date has been declared as the World Yoga Day by the UN? Ans- June 21. S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 10

11 19) August 20 is observed as which day in India? Ans- Sadbhwana Diwas. 20) Who is the most qualified person in India according to the Limca Book of Records? Ans- Dr. Shrikant Jhikar. 21) Arjuna award is concerned with which things? Ans- Sports. 22) Which festival has a special feature of boat race? Ans- Onam. GENERAL SCIENCE 1)Entomology is the science that studies which things? Ans- Study of Insects. 2) Which virus causes poliomyelitis i.e., Polio? Ans- Enterovirus. 3) Potato is the outgrowth of which part of its herb? Ans- Stem. 4) Indigenous Visibility Measuring system to check the runway visual range, called Drishti installed at which airport In India? Ans- Airport. 5) Ptylin is an enzyme produced by Ans- Salivary Glands. 6) Short Massaging service in mobile phones founded by whom? Ans- Matti Makhonan. S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 11

12 7) Swine flu is causes by what thing? Ans- Virus. 8) Which organ gets affected in Hepatitis? Ans- Liver 9) What is the name of India s first nuclear Reactor? Ans- Apsara 10) Light year is an Unit of Ans- Distance. SEN S SCHOOL OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (SSCE) ADDRESS : HINDMOTOR, HOOGHLY Contact us: / Visit us : S S C E HINDMOTOR Page 12

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It is one of the world s last places of Mahayana Buddhism, Ladakh s principal religion for nearly a thousands years.

It is one of the world s last places of Mahayana Buddhism, Ladakh s principal religion for nearly a thousands years. Magnificent Ladakh Ladakh literally the land of many passes is a magical and remote place, and is variously described as the Moonland, Little Tibet and even the last Shangri-la. It is one of the world