SSC CGL 2017 – General Knowledge Quiz – Set 5

1. (C) By the 1960s, the Indian
banking industry had become an important tool to facilitate the development of
the Indian economy. The Government of India issued an ordinance (‘Banking
Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969’) and
nationalised the 14 largest commercial banks with effect from the midnight of
19th July 1969.

2. (C) During his five year rule
from 1540 to 1545, Sher Shah Suri set up a new civic and military
administration, issued the first Rupiya and reorganised the postal system of
India.

3. (B) The book “Ringside
with Vijender” has been authored by Rudraneil Sengupta, the deputy editor
of Lounge (the weekly feature magazine of Mint). The book throws light on the
Beijing Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh’s sudden decision to
turn pro just a year ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

4. (D) Galacto Oligosaccharides
(GOS), also known as oligogalactose, belong to the group of prebiotics.It is
naturally found in soybeans and can be synthesized from lactose. GOS occurs in
commercial available products such as food for both infants and adults.

5. (A) Ethyne C2H2 (HC º CH)

6. (D) Two major measures for
inflation, which are widely used, are Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer
Price Index (CPI).WPI measures the increase in the prices of a fixed basket of
goods prevailing in the wholesale market while CPI measures the increase in the
prices of essential commodities purchased by an average consumer prevailing in
the retail market. Measured weekly, WPI is the primary inflation measure in
India.

7. (C) Harika Dronavalli, an
Indian chess grandmaster, has won the 2016 Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy by
defeating Russia’s Olga Girya in the final in Chendu, China.

8. (A)

9. (B) World’s largest temple is
Angkor Wat, located in Angkor, Cambodia. This temple was built by Khmer King
Suryavarman II in 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

10. (B) The earliest evidence of
Agriculture in Indian subcontinent is found at Mehrgarh, which is located in
Balochistan state of Pakistan.

11. (D)

12. (B) River Hoover dam is a
concrete and gravity dam in black canyon of the Colorado river on the Border
between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.

13. (A)

14. (A) There are no computers
with the name as in other options. UNIVAC was the first general purpose
electronic digital computer designed for commercial use, produced by Universal
Accounting Company of John Mauchly and J.P.Eckert in 1951.

15. (A) The Treaty of Bassein
(Now called Vasai) was a pact signed on December 31st, 1802 between the British
East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha peshwa of Pune (Poona) in India
after the Battle of Poona. The treaty was a decisive step in the dissolution of
the Maratha Confederacy, which led to the East India Company’s usurpation of
the peshwa’s territories in western India in 1818.

16. (B)

17. (D) Pipavav Shipyard was
established in 1997 at west coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat and it is one of the
largest and leading shipbuilding company in India that is spread over 500
acres. It was the first corporate shipyard to be granted clearance to build 5
warships per year and currently it is executing a naval offshore patrol vessel.

18. (D)

19. (C)

50. (A) Comma bacillus or Vibrio
cholerae is a gram negative comma-shaped bacterium with a polar flagellum that
causes cholera in humans.