SSC Quiz | General Studies | 26-07-17

Question 1 .Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to 

1) Insolation

2) Terrestrial Radiation

3) Conduction

4) Convection

Correct Answer: Terrestrial Radiation

Question 2. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as

1) Rift Valley

2) U Shaped Valley

3) V Shaped Valley

4) Hanging Valley

Correct Answer: Rift Valley

Question 3.The largest artery in human body is 

1) Aorta

2) Capillary

3) Vena cava

4) Pulmonary vein

Correct Answer: Aorta

Question 4.An eudiometer measures

1) Atmospheric pressure

2) Time

3) Volume of gases

4) Vapour pressure

Correct Answer: Volume of gases

Question 5.Trinitrotoluene is

1) used to melt metals

2) used to fuse two metals

3) used as an abrasive

4) used as an explosive

Correct Answer: used as an explosive

Question 6.One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is

1.) Australia

2) Russia

3) Canada

4) Armenia

Correct Answer: Canada

Question 7.Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following?

1) Cricket

2) Hockey

3) Football

4) Volleyball

Correct Answer: Hockey

Question 8.If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it will :

1) increase credit creation

2) decrease credit creation

3) have no impact on credit creation

4) have no definite impact on credit creation

Correct Answer: increase credit creation

Question 9.Nitrification is the biological process of converting

1) N2 into nitrate

2) N2 into nitrite

3) Ammonia into nitrite

4) Ammonia into N2

Correct Answer: Ammonia into nitrite

Question 10 .Which script was used in Ashoka's inscriptions??

1) Brahmi

2) Devanagiri

3) Gurmukhi

4) Sanskrit

Correct Answer: Brahmi