SSC Quiz | General Studies | 21-07-17

Q.1. Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as

(A) Letter of Credit (L/C)

(B) laissezfaire

(C) inflation

(D) None of the above

Q.1.(A) Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as Letter of Credit.

Q.2. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?

(A) Taoism

(B) Judaism

(C) Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

(D) Shintoism

Q.2. (C) Fire temple is the place of worship of Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion) .

Q.3. Debenture holders of a company are its

(A) shareholders

(B) creditors

(C) debtors

(D) directors

Q.3. (B) Debenture holders of a company are its creditors.

Q.4. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
(A) import of goods

(B) export of goods

(C) production of goods

(D) sale of goods

Q.4. (C) Excise duty is a tax levied on the production of goods.

Q.5. Which of the following countries is not a member of a SAARC

(A) Myanmar

(B) Maldives

(C) Bhutan

(D) Sri Lanka

Q.5.(A) 'SAARC' stands for South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation.

Q.6. Cash credit accounts are closed
(A) On the death of the Managing Director of the company

(B) On the death of the agent

(C) On the death of the principal

(D) On the death of the interest

Q.6. (C) Cash credit accounts are closed in a bank on the death of the principal amount.

Q.7. EURO is not the currency of which country?

(A) Belgium

(B) Austria

(C) Chile

(D) Cyprus

Q.7. (C) Peso is the currency of CHILE
Q.8 Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?
(A) Biro Brothers

(B) Waterman Brothers

(C) Bicc Brothers

(D) Write Brothers

Q.8 (A) The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in 194. It followed the first workable fountain pen which was invented by L.E. Waterman in 14.

Q.9. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as
(A) luminous zone

(B) dark zone

(C) non-luminous zone

(D) blue zone

Q.9. (D) As the gas heats, when reaches higher emits no light-hence non luminous.

Q.10. The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of

(A) 1 proton + 2 neutrons

(B) 1 proton only

(C) 1 neutron only

(D) 1 electron only

Q.10. (B) Hydrogen is the first element in our periodic table its atomic number is one so its having one electron and one proton.