[Solved] Answer Keys of General Knowledge (GK) Questions of SSC CGL Tier-I Examination 2013, (Date: 19th May)

SSC Answer Keys

                   Today I’m providing fully solved Answer keys of General Knowledge Questions of SSC Combined Level Tier-I Examination, which was held on 19^th May between 2 P.M to 4 P.M (afternoon phase). Please check all the answers to get an idea about your scores on this section of this exam provided you appeared for it. So here are the questions with their answers. 

1. Reduction of nitrates to ammonia can be achieved through one of the following methods:

Ans: in alkaline medium using Devarda’s alloy.

2. The Red Data Books published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources enumerate

Ans: Threatened species of plants and animals.

3. Grits of sewage are removed in

Ans:Grit Chamber.

4. Environmental impact assessment was first formally established in 1969 in which country?

Ans: United States.

5. The most affected Sulphur containing amino acid by PAN is

Ans: Methonine.

6. Who won the Women Australian Open Singles Title in 2013?

Ans: Victoria Azarenka.

7. The first non-Englishman elected as Chairman of the International Cricket Council was

Ans: Cydle Walcot.

8. Which of the following has zero electron affinity?

Ans: Neon.

9. For which language included in the Indian Constitution, the Jnanpith Award has not been given up to 2011?

Ans: Sindhi.

10. Who is the first British Author to win the Man Booker Prize for fiction twice?

Ans: Hillary Mantel.

11. Which one of the following is wrongly paired?

Ans: Iran: - Rand.

12. The two South American countries, which are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), are

Ans: Ecuador and Venezuela.

13. Who is the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal?

Ans: Swatantra Kumar.

14. Which is the capital of Mali?

Ans: Barmako.

15. Which was the first film of Jaspal Bhatti?

Ans: Mahaul Theek Hai.

16. Who was the first recipient of the “Bharat Ratna” Award posthumously?

Ans: Lal Bahadur Shastri.

17. An irrigation project is categorized as a major project if it covers a cultivable command area of

Ans: Above 10,000 hectares.

18. High Powered Money is

Ans: Currency held by public and reserves with the Central Bank.

19. ‘Dumping’ is a situation when the seller

Ans: sells a commodity at a lower price in the World Market and charges a higher price in the Domestic Market.

20. Which one of the following is not a function of Election Commission?

Ans: Selecting the candidates for election.

21. ‘State is a necessary evil’ is associated with

Ans: Individualism.

22. The programme of ‘Operation Flood’ was concentrated on

Ans: increasing the milk production.

23. Which of the following is not associated with Marxism?

Ans: Surplus Value.

24. Article 324 of the Indian Constitution deals with the

Ans: powers and functions of the Chief Election Commissioner.

25. The founder of Lodi Dynasty was

Ans: Bahlol Lodi.

26. The Gandharva School of art is also known as

Ans: Greco-Roman-Buddhist art.

27. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia symbolized following:

Ans: establishment of Republic of Russia.

28. Which General, who commanded the British forces against the Americans in their War of Independence, later became Governor-General of India?

Ans: William Bentinck.

29. Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)?

Ans: Lala Lajpat Rai.

30. If there is a deadlock between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha over an ordinary bill, it will be resolved by

Ans: The Joint Session of Parliament.

31. According to Ferrel’s law (Coriolis Force) winds change their direction

Ans: Towards right in Northern hemisphere and towards left in Southern hemisphere.

32. Which one of the following atmospheric layers absorbs ultraviolet rays of Sun?

Ans: Ozonosphere.

33. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rock is termed as

Ans: Trellis.

34. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation between two countries?

Ans: Plimsoll Line.

35. Water potential remains lowest in

Ans: Halophytes.

36. The free living bacterium in the soil which increases the yield of rice is

Ans: Anabaena.

37. The human body’s largest blood vessel is

Ans: Coronary Artery.

38. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate?

Ans: Parathyroid hormone.

39. Frontal cyclones occur characteristically in

Ans: Mid-latitudinal region.

40. Hardening interest rate means

Ans: interest rate is increasing.

41. How do most insects respire?

Ans: Tracheal System.

42. In nuclear reactions, there is conservation of

Ans: mass, energy and momentum.

43. When a particle and an antiparticle come in contact with each other, they

Ans: annihilate each other.

44. Photoelectric effect is

Ans: an instantaneous process.

45. For a particle moving with a constant speed along a straight line PQ, the hodograph is

Ans: a straight line parallel to PQ.

46. Which computer was the first to use the magnetic drum for memory?

Ans: IBM-650.

47. Identify the FIFO (First In First out) structure among the following:

Ans: Queue.

 

48. Aluminium is obtained by the electrolysis of pure Al(2)O(3) dissolved in

Ans:Cryolite.

49. Complete hydrolysis of cellulose gives

Ans: D-glucose.

50. Each body segment of Earthworm is called

Ans: Metamere.

 

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