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EXPECTED MCQs for SSC

CGLE
part 1

By –Dr. Mahipal Singh

Rathore
Geography
History
Polity

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Geography

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Which of the following is not a tributary
of river Ganga ?

Son
Ghaghra
Betwa
Gomati

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Which city is situated on the banks of
river Musi?

Hyderabad
Vijaywada
Amravati
Warangal

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River Hooghly, a distributary of Ganga,
originates at?

Murshidabad
Farraka
Plassey
Munger

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Which island is situated in the Lakshadweep
group of islands?

Anjadiv
Minicoy
Barren island
Camorta
Tillangchong

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Which is the least seismically active
region among the following?

Uttarakhand
Rajasthan
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland

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What is ‘Gibraltar’?

Bay
Strait
Isthmus
River

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The sea between Italy and Croatia?

Aegean sea
Ionian sea
Adriatic sea
Tyrrhenian sea

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The Kaimur hills are present in?

Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh

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Guru Shikhar is the highest point of?

Javadi hills
Aravali range
Mahadeo hills
Ajanta range

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Ratle Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-
river hydroelectric project currently under
construction on river?

Chenab
Ravi
Jhelum
Kishenganga

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Nathu la is a pass connecting

Bhutan -India
Tibet- India
Bhutan- Tibet
Bhutan-Myanmar

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Where is the Dhamra port situated ?

Andhra pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Odisha
West Bengal

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• Bhitarkanika mangroves
• Olive Ridley turtle nesting sites

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In which layer of atmosphere do
commercial airplanes fly?

Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere

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On a map, what are the lines connecting the
points receiving same amount of rainfall in a
given period, called?

Isohyets
Isobars
Isotherms
Isohels

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Arrange the following Indian ports from
North to South

Karwar
Ennore
Mormugao
JNPT

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HISTORY , ART &
CULTURE

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Match the Buddhist councils with their
locations

1.First council a. Rajgriha

2.Second council b. Kundalvan
3. Third council c. Vaishali
4. Fourth council d. Pataliputra

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Where is the Hornbill festival celebrated
every year?

Mizoram
Nagaland
Manipur
Assam

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 • By Govt of
Nagaland
• Since year
2000

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The practices of Sijda and Paibos
introduced by Balban were inspired
from ?

Ottoman empire
Egypt
Mongols
Persia

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Sijada - Prostration
Paibos - kissing sultan’s feet to prove
his supremacy over nobles

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Who was the founder of ‘Servants of India
Society’?

Bal gangadhar Tilak

Dadabhai Naoroji
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

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Mahatma Gandhi was associated with which of
these newspapers?

Young India
Indian opinion
Harijan
Navjivan
All of the above

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The Asiatic Society of Bengal was
established in 1784 by

Macaulay
Elphinstone
Lord Minto I
Sir William Jones

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How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites
are there in India as of July 2017?

28
34
36
30

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28 cultural
7 natural
1 mixed

Maximum sites – Italy 53

China 52

India is ranked 6th in the list of countries with maximum

sites

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First Indian city to be added to UNESCO
World Heritage city list ?

Delhi
Agra
Ahmedabad
Hampi

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The walled city of Ahmadabad,
founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah
in the 15th century, on the
eastern bank of the Sabarmati
river, presents a rich
architectural heritage from the
sultanate period, notably the
Bhadra citadel, the walls and
gates of the Fort city and
numerous mosques and tombs
as well as important Hindu and
Jain temples of later periods. The
urban fabric is made up of
densely-packed traditional
houses (pols) in gated traditional
streets (puras) with
characteristic features such as
bird feeders, public wells and
religious institutions. The city
continued to flourish as the
capital of the State of Gujarat for
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six centuries, up to the present.
The court language of Mughals was?

Chagtai Turkic
Persian/Farsi
Urdu
Awadhi

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 Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram’?

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Rabindranath Tagore
Sri Aurobindo Ghose
 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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The Yellow paper constitution is related
to?

Yuganter party
Gadar movement
HRA/HSRA
V.D.Savarakar

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• Yellow paper constitution written by –
Bismil,Sanyal,Jadugopal Mukherji

• Sanyal wrote a manifesto for the HRA –

‘’Revolutionary’’

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Who was NOT A member of the Cabinet
mission (1946)?

F.W. Pethick-Lawrence,
A P Wavell
Stafford Cripps
A V Alexander

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The first census of India was done in 1871-72.
Who was the British Viceroy at the time?

Mayo
Ripon
Chelmsford
Minto

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Who was known as ‘Deenabandhu’
affectionately ?

Chittaranjan Das
C.F. Andrews
Rabindranath Tagore
Lala Hardayal

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Gandhiji’s first Satyagrah was at?

Kheda
Champaran
Ahmedabad
Bardoli

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Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
associated with?

All India Home Rule League

Indian National Congress
Kesari 
Mahratta
Ganeshotsav
All of the above
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Poona Pact was an agreement between ?

Irwin – Gandhi
M.L. Nehru – Irwin
Ambedkar - Secretary of state
Ambedkar - Gandhi

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Which is the largest Indus Valley
civilization site in India as of 2017?

Ropar
Harappa
Kalibangan
Rakhigarhi

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Who was known as Amitragatha by the
Greek historians ?

Chandragupta Maurya
Mahapadmananda
Bindusara
Asoka

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Who was the 23rd Tirthankara in Jainism?

Adinath
Neminath
Parshvanath
Malinath

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Buddhacharita – an epic poem describing
the life of Lord Buddha was written by?

Bhadrabahu
Sthulbahu
Aswaghosh
Hieun Tsang

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‘Mricchakatika’ (The little clay cart)
is a Sanskrit drama written by

Kalidas
Shudraka
Panini
Vishnu Sharma

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The ‘First National Tribal Carnival’ was
held in October 2016 in which city?

NAGPUR
BHOPAL
NEW DELHI
RAIPUR,CG

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 Polity

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 In the 42nd amendment to the constitution,
Which of the following words was added to the
preamble?

Sovereign
Socialist
Secular
Republic
Cabinet

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Through this amendment the
words "socialist" and
"secular“
were added between the words
"Sovereign" and "democratic“
and the words "unity of the
Nation" were changed to
"unity and integrity of the
Nation"

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What can be the maximum strength of
the Upper House of the parliament?

552
245
250
255

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Present strength of Lok Sabha is 545
530 states
+
13 UT
+
2 nominated

The present strength of the Upper House is 245

233 - states and UT

+
  12 - Nominated

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The Anti defection law of 1985 was brought
by which amendment to the constitution?

51ST
52ND
42ND
44TH

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Article 108 of the constitution deals
with?

Finance bill
Money Bill
Joint session of the two House
Constitution Amendment procedure

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Art 117 - Finance bill
Art 110 - Money Bill
Art 108 - Joint session of the two House
Art 368 - Constitution Amendment procedure

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 The 91st Amendment Act, 2003 dealt with

• Goods and services Tax

• Limiting the council of ministers
• NJAC
• Adding Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali
to VIII Schedule

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• This Amendment made a specific provision that, the
total number of Ministers, including Prime Minister, in
no case can exceed 15% of the total number of Lok
Sabha members.

•  Sikkim, Mizoram and Goa having 32, 40 and 40

members in the Legislative Assemblies respectively –
exceptions

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What is the first event in the usual proceedings
of the Parliament?

Zero hour
Question Hour
Privilege motion
Adjournment

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Question Hour
The first hour of a sitting of the House normally allotted
for asking and answering of Questions.

• It is during the Question Hour that the members can

ask questions on every aspect of administration and
Governmental activity.
• Government policies in national as well as
international spheres come into sharp focus as the
members try to elicit pertinent information during the
Question Hour.

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 What is the minimum age required for
appointment of a Supreme Court judge ?

50
35
45
65
NO MINIMUM AGE

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 Who can vote in the election of the
president?

• Nominated Members of State Legislative Assembly

• Nominated Member of State Legislative Council

• Elected Members of State Legislative Assembly

• Sachin Tendulkar
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Financial emergency provisions are provided in?

Article 352
Article 354
Article 356 
Article 360

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1. National Emergency (Article 352)
 
2. State Emergency or President’s Rule (Article 356)
 
3. Financial Emergency (Article 360)

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Which state does not have a Vidhan
Parishad (Legislative council) ?

Jammu and Kashmir

Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Telangana

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1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Maharashtra
5. Andhra pradesh
6. Telangana
7. Karnataka

Tamil Nadu Abolished its council

in 1986

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 The 86th Amendment Act, 2002 added which article to
the constitution?

Article 20
Article 21
Article 21A
Article 20A

Education - a fundamental Right

‘’ The State shall provide free and compulsory education
to all children of the age of six to fourteen years ’’

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The 74th Amendment Act is related to

Panchayati Raj
Decreasing voting age
Anti Defection law
Urban local bodies

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 74th Amendment Act of 1992 :
Added a new ‘Part IX-A’ to the Constitution of
India.
In addition, the act has also added XII
Schedule to the Constitution.

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