SSC Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) - Question paper - Nov 2015 - General Awareness

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

Combined Higher Secondary (10+2)

RECRUITMENT EXAM 2015

General Awareness MCQs

Q1: More than 50% of the world’s coal deposits are held by

a. USA, Russia and China
b. China, India and Russia
c. China, India and USA
d. India, Russia and USA


Q2: Who among the following rulers abolished Jaziya?

a. Aurangzeb
b. Akbar
c. Balban
d. Jahangir


Q3: ‘Cloud burst’ means

a. Sowing of seeds of a crop in cloudy weather
b. presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky.
c. abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
d. formation of artificial rain.


Q4: National Renewal Fund (NRF) was instituted for the purpose of

a. Restructuring and modernisation of industries
b. Rural reconstruction
c. Providing pension for retiring employees.
d. Social security


Q5: Pick out the person associated with the coining of the term ‘’gene’

a. Waldeyer
b. Morgan
c. Mendel
d. Johannsen

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