Expected GK Questions for SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1: Part 9

Friends..here are some expected questions from all topics in GK for upcoming SSC CGL 2015 Tier 1 exam scheduled to be held in August 2015. Here we have covered some previous questions asked in CGL also so that you can have an idea about the questions pattern. Attempt the quiz and share your score.  Also Check Current Affairs PDF for SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1.   

Questions covered in this post. Attempt Quiz to check right answers.

1) Who gave the title of ‘Mahamana’ to Madan Mohan Malaviya?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Dadabhai Nauroji

(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

2) The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled within?

(A) 3 months

(B) 6 months

(C) 12 months

(D) 1 month

3) Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?

(A) B. R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

4) Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

(A) Lord Irwin

(B) Lord Mountbatten

(C) Lord Wavell

(D) Lord Linlithgow

5) Who wrote the book “Why Socialism”?

(A) Jayaprakash Narayan

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Acharya Narendra Dev 

(D) M .N. Roy

6) Acceptable “Noise Pollution Level” in India ranges between?

(A) 10 - 15 dec

(B) 16 - 35 dec

(C) 40 - 45 dec

(D) 70 - 100 dec

7) Blood is a?

(A) reproductive tissue

(B) connective tissue

(C) epithelial tissue

(D) muscular tissue

8) Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by?

(A) Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide

(B) Carbon monoxide

(C) Carbon dioxide

(D) Hydrocarbon

9) In which part of the Indian Constitution, the Fundamental Duties are enshrined?

(A) IV

(B) IV-A

(C) IV-B

(D) V

10) From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for financing “The Hindustan Times”?

(A) State Bank of India

(B) Punjab National Bank

(C) Bank of Maharashtra

(D) Bank of Baroda 
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Result of IB ACIO-II/Exe Exam 2015 Published

Friends..Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has published the result of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ACIO-II/Exe Exam held on 22 February 2015. On the basis of written test held on February 22, 2015 for the post of ACIO-II/Exe, the candidates bearing roll numbers in the list published as PDF with corresponding registration numbers have been shortlisted for interview. The interviews are scheduled to be held w.e.f. August 17, 2015. The candidates are directed to visit the website of MHA i.e. www.mha.nic.in and download their interview call letters including Attestation Form & SSQ w.e.f. July 24, 2015.

Congratulations to all shortlisted candidates.

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz: 25 July 2015

Friends..Here is the Current Affairs Multiple Choice Online Quiz for 25 July 2015. We have prepared these questions keeping in mind all the upcoming exams. Try the quiz and comment your score. For more quizzes on GK, English, Countries & Capitals, Banking Awareness, Computer Knowledge etc. check our CurrentAffairs4Examz Quizzes Website. 

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1) Leander Paes along with whom won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon 2015?

(A) Martina Hingis

(B) Cara Black

(C) Sania Mirza

(D) Maria Sharapova

2) Who was recently (July 2015) appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Indian Army?

(A) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

(B) Lt Gen Philip Campose

(C) Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai

(D) Lt Kiran Kumar Kishore

3) India's longest road tunnel, being built on ____ National Highway, will become operational from July 2016?

(A) Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway

(B) Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

(C) Mumbai-Pune National Highway

(D) Chennai- Coimbatore National Highway

4) Sumit Nagal of India won the 2015 Wimbledon junior men’s doubles title  along with Nam Hoang Ly of which country as his partner?

(A) China

(B) Thailand

(C) South Korea

(D) Vietnam

5) Music composer MS Viswanathan who died recently (July 2015) was famous in which language?

(A) Hindi

(B) Kannada

(C) Tamil

(D) Telugu

6) Name the Civil Aviation Minister who on 13 July 2015 launched the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, which will offer seamless navigation to the aviation industry?

(A) Ashok Gajapathi Raju

(B) J P Nadda

(C) Harsh Vardhan

(D) Jithendra Singh

7) "Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India" written by which former Union Minister was in news recently?

(A) Manishankar Iyer

(B) Jairam Ramesh

(C) Shashi Tharoor

(D) Sharad Pawar

8) Which company in India recently announced offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees looking to adopt children?

(A) Infosys

(B) Flipkart

(C) Google

(D) Micromax

9) IPL teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for ___ years by a Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee?

(A) Five

(B) Four

(C) Three

(D) Two

10) India has recently test-fired its indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile from a helicopter at a firing range in?

(A) Pune, Maharashtra

(B) Panaji, Goa

(C) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

(D) Wheeler Island, Odisha
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Today's (25 July 2015) LIC ADO Exam GK Questions: Evening Shift

Friends..In the morning we have shared the LIC ADO Exam 25 July 2015 Morning shift Questions. Hope you all have read that. Now as promised earlier we bring you the Questions asked in evening shift. Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, GK & Current Affairs, English Language and Insurance and Financial Marketing were the sections for LIC ADO with a composite time of 2 hours. Share your attempts and difficulty level so that we can have an idea about the cut off marks for LIC ADO 2015.

Here are the questions asked in this exam shared by our regular readers Vaishnavi Krishna and Adhil.

GK and Current Affairs Questions

1. Capital of Meghalaya? - Shillong

2. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? - Nasim Zaidi

3. Full form of NREGA? - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

4. Currency of Bhutan? - Ngultrum

5. Current Director-General of WTO? - Roberto Azevêdo

6. Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India? - Arvind Subramanian

7. Who recently assumed as the first president of BRICS Bank? -  K V Kamath

8. International Refugee Day is observed on? - June 20

9. Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas is celebrated on? - January 9

10. Author of the Da Vinci Code? - Dan Brown

11. Who was recently appointed the brand ambassador of 'Visit Britain'? - Saif Ali Khan

12. Whatsapp Messenger was acquired in 2014 by? - Facebook

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13. Headquarters of IMF? - Washington

14. World junior chess championship 2015 was won by? - Lu Shanglai

15. Bharat Ratna was so far distributed to how many dignitaries? -  45

16. Last census of India was held in which year? - 2011

17. Name of president of IOC? - Thomas Bach

18. Which is India's biggest employer?- Indian Railways

19. Pu Lal Thanhawla is the current Chief Minister of which state? - Mizoram

20. What is the name of Indigo parent company? - InterGlobe Enterprises

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Questions asked in LIC ADO Exam: 25 July 2015 (Morning Shift)

Friends..LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) has today (25 July 2015) started its ADO Exam (Apprentice Development Officer Exam). In this post, we bring you the questions asked in LIC ADO Exam 25 July 2015. As you know, Time Duration for LIC ADO Exam was 2 Hours (120 Minutes) with questions from following sections: Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, GK & Current Affairs, English Language and Insurance and Financial Marketing. As the exam was online in nature, there are no chances of releasing Answer Key by LIC for this exam. Friends..share your attempts and difficulty level so that we can have an idea about the cut off marks for LIC ADO 2015.        

Here are the questions asked in today's 25 July 2015 (Morning Shift) exam shared by our regular readers Ananya Sharma, Jithin Mohan and Lkky Sharma. 

GK and Current Affairs Questions

1. Capital of Assam? - Dispur

2. Name the Union Railway Minister? - Suresh Prabhu

3. Headquarters of Amnesty International? - London, United Kingdom

4. The news agency Reuters belongs to which country? - UK

5. National Youth Day is celebrated on? - January 2015

6. Whi is the present ICC Chairman? - N Srinivasan

7. Name the military exercise between Srilanka - China held recently? - Silk Route

8. Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of which state? - Gujarat

9. 'Maggie Noodles' which was recently banned by Union government is manufactured by which company?-Nestle

10.  Name the music composer of 'Titanic' who died recently? - James Horner

11. Which of the following not included in Grand Slam? - Davis Cup

12. Which novel won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? - All the Light We Cannot See

13. Name the holy book Parsi's? - Avesta

14. AIIB(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ) headquarters? - Beijing, China

15. Youngest cricketer who made test century is? - Mohammad Ashraful
16. Who is the General Secretary of SAARC? - Arjun bahadur Thappa
17. Menakshi Amman temple is in which state? - TamilNadu
18. IMF head? - Christine Legarde
19. Highest war time gallantry award of India? - Param Vir Chakra

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Questions asked in Insurance and Financial Marketing

1. IGMS Full form? - Integrated Grievance Management System

2. Proof of contract in insurance is? -

3. Prospectus in term of insurance is?
4. Premium per year  under newly launched Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana? - Rs.330/-
5. Which is the 1st Insurance Company, India? - Bombay Mutual Life Insurance Society (1870)

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GK Capsule for SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1: Part 8

Friends..Here are some useful General Knowledge (GK) Questions for upcoming SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1 Exam. Hope you are following our Current Affairs Updates daily and have also downloaded the special Current Affairs PDF Capsule for June 2015 useful for SSC CGL 2015. 

Questions for the day in brief!!Click on ‘START QUIZ’ button to attempt quiz. 

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1)  International boundary between India and Pakistan is demaracted by?

(a) Redcliffe Line

(b) Maginot Line

(c) McMahon Line

(d) Durand Line

2) What does the acronym ISDN stands for?

(a) Intelligent Services Digital Network

(b) Integrated Services Data Network

(c) Indian Standard Digital Network

(d) Integrated Services Digital Network

3) Which of the following quantities is measure of ‘inertia’?

(a) Mass

(b) Weight

(c) Volume

(d) Acceleration

4) Kaziranga National Park is situated in:

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Assam

(c) Odisha

(d) Gujarat

5) Which of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution?

(a) Hydrogen

(b) Coal

(c) Diesel

(d) Kerosene

6) District Judges in a State are appointed by the

(a) Governor

(b) Chief Justice of High Court

(c) Advocate-General of the State

(d) Council of Ministers of the State

7) National Institute of Nutrition is a research institute located in the State of

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttra Pradesh

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Himachal Pradesh

8) Which data communication method is used for sending data in both directions at the same time?

(a) Half duplex

(b) Full duplex

(c) Super duplex

(d) Simplex

9) Mercury is generally used in thermometers because it has a 

(a) high conductivity

(b) high specific heat

(c) high fludity

(d) high density

10) Who is the author of the book ‘If Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God’?

(a) Vijai Santhanam

(b) Shyam Balasubramaniam

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

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Current Affairs Quiz: 23 July 2015

Friends..Here is the Online Current Affairs Quiz for 23 July 2015 useful for all upcoming exams. Hope you are acquainted with our new website for Quizzes, where you can play quizzes on Current Affairs, GK, Computer Knowledge, English, Banking Awareness etc. We will soon add Quantitative Aptitude/Reasoning also. 

Today’s Questions in brief. Click on ‘START QUIZ’ button to attempt quiz. 

1) World Population Day was observed recently on?

(A) July 10

(B) July 9

(C) July 11

(D) July 13

2) Who was on 14 July 2015 appointed as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)?

(A) Rakesh Sahni

(B) O.P. Rawat

(C) Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal

(D) Vivek Debroy

3) Which Indian city was recently selected as UNESCO "Cities of Music" under the Creative Cities Network?

(A) Coimbatore

(B) Varanasi

(C) Mysuru

(D) Surat

4) Who won the Wimbledon men's singles title 2015?

(A) Roger Federer

(B) Stan Wawrinka

(C) Rafael Nadal

(D) Novak Djokovic

5) India’s first railway line under PPP model was inaugurated on 14th July 2015 in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Gujarat

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Uttar Pradesh

6) Which player was the biggest earner at the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) auction held in Mumbai on 11 July 2015?

(A) Iain Hume

(B) Santhosh Jingan

(C) Ashish Chopra

(D) Sunil Chhetri

7) Maha Pushkaram festival which was in news recently as many people were killed in a stampede was held in which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Haryana

(C) Punjab

(D) Odisha

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi  recently launched the Skill India campaign on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on?

(A) July 11

(B) July 15

(C) July 16

(D) July 18

9) Name the commercial arm of ISRO which was in news recently as its website was defaced by hackers?

(A) VSSC

(B) SLP

(C) Antrix

(D) Sahara

10) Name the Indian film which recently won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival?

(A) PK

(B) Ship of Thesaus

(C) Mary Com

(D) Buddha In A Traffic Jam
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