SSC CGL 2017 – General Knowledge Quiz – Set 8

1. (B) As an ambassador of
Emperor James -I, Sir Thomas Roe reached in the court of Mughal Emperor Jehandri
at Agra in 1615. Jehangir presented him the Mansab of 400.

2. (B) Sarkaria Commission was
set up in June 1983 by the central government of India. The Sarkaria
Commission’s charter was to examine the relationship and balance of power
between state and central governments in the country and suggest changes within
the framework of Constitution of India. The Commission was so named as it was
headed by Justice Rajinder Singh Sarkaria, a retired judge of the Supreme Court
of India. The other two members of the committee were Shri B. Sivaraman and Dr.
S.R Sen. The Commission after conducting several studies, eliciting
information, holding discussions and after detailed deliberations submitted its
1600 page final report in January 1988. The Commission recommended, by and
large, status quo in the Centre-State relations, especially in the areas,
relating to legislative matters, role of Governors and use of Article 356.

3. (C) The Rhine, which flows in
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and Netherlands, is the
most important and busiest waterway in Europe. Other busy waterways include
Seine and Loire rivers of France, Danube river of eastern Europe and Volga
river of Russia.

4. (C)

5. (A)

6. (D)

7. (C)

8. (A) Syphilis is (STD) Sexually
transmitted diseases caused by treponema pallidum bacteria.

9. (A) India has been ranked
110th out of 149 nations in the 2016 Sustainable Development Goal Index. The
new index is launched by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
and the Bertelsmann to provide a report card for tracking Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) progress and ensuring accountability. The index is
topped by Sweden, followed by Denmark and Norway. The index helps countries to
identify priorities for early actions and shows that every country faces major
challenges in achieving the SDGs.

10. (A) World Milk Day,
established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United
Nations is observed annually on 1st June to recognise the importance of milk as
a global food. It has been observed on June 1st each year since 2001. In India,
the National Milk Day is observed on November 26th.

11. (D) In 1861, from Calcutta
the newspaper ‘Indian mirror’ was edited and published by Manmohan Ghosh and
Debendranath Tagore.

12. (A)

13. (B) According to the
provisions of article 312, the Parliament can create a new all India service,
if resolution to that effect in national interest is passed by the council of
states.

14. (A) The Strait of Dover is
the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel and marks a boundary between
the Channel and North Sea, separating Great Britain from continental Europe
(United Kingdom and France.

15. (B) The Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently declared a 3-month state of emergency in the
aftermath of coup attempt. As per Article 121 of the Turkish constitution, the
state of emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament when
drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.

16. (C)

17. (C)

18. (B) Tilaiya project is a
3,960 Megawatt (MW) Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Jharkhand. It was to be
commissioned in 2012 but got delayed due to array of reasons.

19. (A) Abanindranath Tagore had
founded Indian Society of Oriental Art in Kolkata to revive the ancient art
traditions of India. He was the principal of government school of art and a
great artist of modern India.

20. (A) IBM-1401, CDC-1604 is
second generation computer. ICL-2900 is a fourth generation computer. EDSAC is
important in the development of computer since it was the first computer to use
John von. Neumann’s Stored Program Concept. It used 3000 vacuum tubes and
computers with vacuum tubes are of first generation computers.