General Knowledge Quiz For SSC CGL - Part 29

Daily General Knowledge Quiz For SSC CGL 2017

Note:  As SSC CGL Pre Exams 2017 is scheduled tentatively in the month of June or July. You will get daily 15 questions in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for your daily practice.

Q1.The outstanding city of the Italian Renaissance was ?
A. Milan
B. Rome
C. Turin
D. Florence

Q2. Unlike other Meridians International Date Line is drawn zigzag in order to ?
A. permit certain land areas and group of islands to have the same calendar day
B. facilitate the sailors to adjust time in their watch
C. adjust the day in calendar while sailing from East to West and vice versa
D. make 180'' E and 180'' W coterminous

Q3. Which one of the following countries was admitted as the 189th member of the United Nations in September 2000?
A. Nauru
B. Palau
C. Tonga
D. Tuvalu

Q4.Among the following types of ecosystems, the annual average rate of net plant production is highest in ?
A. Temperate grassland
B. Savanna
C. Coniferous forest
D. Temperate forest

Q5.Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanyakumari but not so in Kashmir ?
A. Latitudinal extent
B. Longitudinal extent
C. North South extent
D. Both 'a' and 'b'

Q6.Xerophytes represent the class of vegetation found in ?
A. tropical rain forest
B. humid micro-thermal climate
C. semi-arid steppes
D. tundra region

Q7.What are G. arboreum, G. herbaceum, G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, whose all the four species are cultivated in India (G=Gossypium) ?
A. Species of wool
B. Species of cotton
C. Species of silk
D. Species of jute

Q8.Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra Coast because ?
A. there are few indentations suitable for fishing
B. of overwhelming dependence of agriculture and animal husbandry
C. the sea water is relatively more saline
D. of industrial development leading to wide spread pollution of coastal area

Q9. When the Vice-President acts as President he gets the emoluments of the ?
A. President
B. Vice-President
C. Chairman of Rajya Sabha
D. President in addition to what he gets as Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Q10.Under the Constitution of India, education as a subject of legislation, is included in the ?
A. Union List
B. State List
C. Concurrent List
D. Residuary Powers

Q11.Which of these Commissions had death with the issue of centre state relations recentaly ?
A. MM Punchchi Commision
B. Administrative Reforms Commission
C. Shah Commission
D. Nanavati Commission

Q12.Which of the following state has launched a scheme of providing free electric onnection to 2 lakh BPL families ?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Tamil Nadu

Q13. Finance Commission is constituted ?
A. every year
B. once in two years
C. once in four years
D. once in five years

Q14.The 'Antyodya' programme was started first of all in which state ?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Paschim Banga
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

Q15.The helpline 'Udyami' is to assist ?
A. only female entrepreneurs
B. micro, small and medium enterprises
C. Both 'a' and 'b'
D. None of the above