DAILY QUIZ-370 (18.06.

2018)
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SSC SPECIAL DAILY QUIZ -370

TOTAL QUESTIONS-40, TIME - 40 MINUTES, MARKS - 40
ARENA OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo-French rivalry in India?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash (b) Battle of Assaye
(c) Battle of Chillianwala (d) Battle of Seringapatam
2. Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruvannamalai,
Chidambaram Srirangam, Tirupati, etc constructed?
(a) Vidyaranya (b) Krishnadevaraya (c) Harihara (d) Rajaraja
3. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
(a) Mauryas (b) Indo-Greeks (c) Guptas (d) Kushans
4. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority form the East India Company to the
crown, was made form
(a) London (b) Calcutta (c) Delhi (d) Allahabad
5. According to Gandhiji which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha?
(i) Non-cooperation (ii) Strike (iii) Demonstration (iv) Civil Disobedience
(a) (i) and (ii) are correct (b) (i) and (iv) are correct
(c) (ii) and (iv) are correct (d) (iii) and (iv) are correct
6. Which one among the following has the largest shipyard in India?
(a) Vishakhapatnam (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Kochi
7. Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Sugarcane (d) Cotton
8. Where is Khaibar Pass situated?
(a) Bhutan (b) Bangladesh (c) India (d) Pakistan
9. Waterloo is located in
(a) England (b) France (c) Spain (d) Belgium
10. Which of the following ancient Indian towns was home to the three scholar sages Kapila, Gargi and
Maitreya?
(a) Kaashi (b) Mithila (c) Ujjaini (d) Pataliputra
11. Who is known as ‘the Father of Geometry’?
(a) Pythagoras (b) Euclid (c) Aristotle (d) Kepler
12. Which among the following great revolutionaries was the brain behind the Chittagong Armoury
Raid?
(a) Ganesh Ghosh (b) Chandrasekhar Azad (c) Surya Sen (d) Lala Hardayal
13. Typhoons are common in the
(a) Arctic Ocean (b) Seas of China and Japan(c) Mexican Gulf (d) Indian Ocean
14. The book ‘Cricket My Style’ has been written by
(a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Mohinder Amarnath (c) lmran Khan (d) Kapil Dev
15. A book that brought awareness of environment all over the world was Silent Spring. It was written by
(a) Rochel Carson (b) Jane Goodall (c) John Seymour (d) Frank Graham Jr.
16. Energy crisis is a consequence of
(a) Excessive costs in generating energy
(b) Fear of using certain energy sources due to pollution
(c) Excessive use of non-renewable source of energy
(d) Non-availability of sources of energy
17. What does the term ‘Dolby B’ and ad Dolby C’ printed on the tape-recorders and other sound systems
refer to?
(a) Frequency modulated system (b) Amplitude modulated system
(c) Noise reduction circuit (d) Both DC and AC power can be used

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18. Where is RAM located?

(a) Expansion Board (b) External Drive
(c) Mother Board (d) All of the above
19. Which of the following are correctly matched?
(i) Jamini Roy-painter (ii) Bhuvaneshvari Kumari - Squash-player
(iii) Alla Rakha - Tabla instrumentalist (iv) Medha Patkar-Indian Social Activist
(a) i and iv (b) i, iii and iv (c) Ii and iii (d) All of the above
20. By which organic compound all the oils are known?
(a) Carbohydrate (b) Protein (c) Hydrocarbon (d) Ester
21. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves
(a) Viscocity of ink
(b) Capillary action phenomenon
(c) Diffusion of ink through the blotting
(d) Siphon action
22. Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was a maestro of which of the following dance forms?
(a) Kathak (b) Odissi (c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatnatyam
23. The disease that is caused by virus is
(a) Typhoid (b) Cholera (c) Common Cold (d) Tetanus
24. Insurance sector in India is regulated by
(a) RBI (b) CII (c) IRDA (d) SEBI
25. Which one of the following is the highest cloud?
(a) Cirrus (b) Stratocumulus (c) Nimbostratus (d) Cumulus

ENGLISH BUZZ

Directions (Q. No. 26 – 35) : In the following questions, you have three passages. In each of the
following passages, some of the words have been left out. First read each passage over and try to
understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
When we visited the volcano, it was in a state of (26). We stood near the (27) on an irregular plane. It
was heaped (28) stones and cinders and (29) rocks which had been regularly (30) out from the volcano.
During the volcanic eruption, large quantities of rocks and stones were hurled out, from the summit in
terrible (31). From the summit, volumes (32) smoke and fountains of liquid fire (33) forth continuously. The
smoke that was white, now impenetrably black was (34) by a deep fiery roar. Stones (35) down and the
molten lava moved on with a horrible sound.
26. a) conclusion b) eruption c) ejection d) insertion
27. a) point b) summit c) path d) curve
28. a) on b) in c) with d) by
29. a) slanting b) curving c) pointed d) big
30. a) flung b) toppled c) distanced d) over-flown
31. a) stamina b) confusion c) horror d) speed
32. a) in b) about c) of d) with
33. a) flew b) extracted c) poured d) oozed
34. a) together b) turned c) stuck d) accompanied
35. a) rose b) ascended c) rained d) poured

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TARK SHASHTRA

36. In a certain code, STOVE is written as FNBLK, , then how will VOTES be written in the same code?
a)FLKBN b) LBNKF c) LKNBF d) LNBKF
37. Fathima while introducing Musrafa to her husband said, his brother’s father is the only son of my
grandfather. How is Fathima related to Mustafa?
a)Mother b) Aunt c) Sister d) Niece
38. Rasik walks 20 m North. Then, he turns right and walks 30 m. Then, the turns right and walks 35 m.
Then, he turns left and walks 15 m. Then, he again turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and
how many metres away is he from his original position?
a)15 m, West b) 30 m, West c) 30 m, West d) 45 m, East
39. Prakash travelled 6 km Northword, then turned left and travelled 4 km, then turned left and travelled
6 km. How far was Prakash from the starting point?
a)10 km b) 8 km c) 6 km d) 4 km
40. A person’s present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 yr, he will be one-half of the age
of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
a)32 yr b) 36 yr c) 40 yr d) 48 yr

Total Marks : _______ SCORE CARD

35-40: Outstanding A
Your Mark : ________
30-34: Very Good B
Toppers Mark : _____ 25-29: Good C
Less than 25: Average D

ANSWER KEYS
01 a 02 b 03 b 04 d 05 b 06 d 07 b 08 d 09 d 10 b
11 b 12 c 13 b 14 d 15 a 16 c 17 c 18 c 19 d 20 c
21 b 22 b 23 c 24 c 25 a 26 b 27 b 28 c 29 d 30 a
31 d 32 c 33 d 34 d 35 d 36 b 37 c 38 d 39 d 40 c

EXPLANATIONS
36.b; As, Similarly,

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37.c;

Hence, Fathima is the sister of Mustafa.

38.d; The movements of Rasik from A to F are as shown in given figure

Since, CD = AB + EF
So, F lines from original position A = AF
(AG +GF) = (BC + DE) = (30 + 15) = 45 m
Also, F lies to the East of A.
39.d;

OA = 6 km, AB = 4 km, BC = 6 km
Hence, required distance (OC) = 4 km
40.c; Suppose mother’s present age = xyr
2 2x
∴ Person present age = x × =
5 5
 2x  x + 8
Then,  + 8 =
 5  2
⇒ 40 x + 80 = 5 x + 40
⇒ x = 40 yr

“NEVER GO FOR THOUSAND QUESTIONS,

GO FOR SINGLE QUESTION THOUSAND TIMES”

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