GK Questions Asked in SSC CGL Tier 1 : 2016 
    1. Which athlete is known as Blade Runner? 
    Ans: Oscar Pistorius 
     
    2. Who is Father of Abul Fazal? 
    Ans: Shail Mubarak 
     
    3. Maximum thorium reserve in which country? 
    Ans: India 
     
    4. Who is the Euro Cup 2016 Winner? 
    Ans: Portugal 
     
    5. When did the French Revolution began?  
    Ans: 1789 
     
    6. United Nations was established in which year?  
    Ans: 24th Oct 1945 
     
    8. What is the full form of WEP? 
    Ans: Wired Equivalent Privacy 
     
    9. Which is called Quick Lime? 
    Ans: CaO (Calcium oxide) 
     
    10. What is the Unit of Radioactivity? 
    Ans: Curie 
     
    11. Morphology of chromosome can be best observed in which stage of cell division? 
    Ans: Metaphase stage 
     
    12. First viceroy who died in India?  
    Ans: Lord Mayo 
     
    13. Find the Odd One: Agra, Darjeeling, Ooty, Shimla 
    Ans: Agra 
     
    14. Bande Mataram song has taken from which Book? 
    Ans: Ananda Math 
     
    15. Which country allows human Euthanasia?  
    Ans: Netherlands 
     
    16. Which of the following range parallel to the Indian Coast Line? 
    Ans: Western Ghat 
     
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    17. Which of the following article is related to Freedom of Privacy? 
    Ans: Article 21 
     
    18. Who is known as “Father of Renaissance in India”? 
    Ans: Raja Ram Mohan Roy 
     
    19. Through which part in plants Food translocation is occurred? 
    Ans: Phloem 
     
    20. Which is the outermost ranges of Himalayas? 
    Ans: Shivalik 
     
    21. Sahitya Academy Awards are given in how many languages? 
    Ans: 24 
     
    22. Which is not an external storage memory? 
    Ans: CD RAM 
     
    23. What element causes radioactive pollution in Kerala? 
    Ans: Thorium 
     
    24. What causes water rains in North Western India?  
    Ans: Western disturbance in wind 
     
    25. Which state has the least population? 
    Ans: Sikkim 
     
    26. Washing Machine is based on what concept? 
    Ans: Fuzzy Logic 
     
    27. Which part of the brain is associated with hearing? 
    Ans: Cerebrum 
     
    28. Headquarter of SAARC is situated at? 
    Ans: Kathmandu, Nepal 
     
    29. Who is present PM of Nepal ? 
    Ans: Pushpa Kamal Dahal 
     
    30. Which of these are soluble in water? 
    Ans: Sodium sulphate 
     
     
    31. Where is the Atomic Power Plant in Rajasthan located? 
    Ans: Rawatbhata 
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              GK Questions Asked in SSC CGL Tier 1 : 2016 
    32. What happens when sodium bicarbonate is heated? 
    Ans: The ease with which sodium bicarbonate loses carbon dioxide on heating is what makes it useful as 
    "baking soda". 
     
    33. When government expenditure exceeds its revenue then it is called? 
    Ans: Budget deficit 
     
    34. First Indians who have won an Oscar? 
    Ans: Bhanu Athaiya  
     
    35. Why planets do not twinkle? 
    Ans: Planets are also closer to the Earth than those distant stars, so planets appear larger in comparison. 
    Due to the planets' apparent closeness to Earth, the light coming from these celestial bodies does not bend 
    much due to Earth's atmosphere.  
     
    36. What do silkworms eat? 
    Ans: Mulberry Leaves  
     
    37. Punjab draws water into canals from which river? 
    Ans: Sutlej river  
     
    38. What are the Properties of x-ray? 
    Ans: Electromagnetic radiations having a wavelength between 10A to 0.01A.  
     
    39. Who was the first women Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? 
    Ans: Sucheta Kriplani  
     
    40. What is the another name of World Bank? 
    Ans: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)  
     
    41. Mission Indradhanush is related to? 
    Ans:  immunize  all  children  against  seven  vaccine  preventable  diseases  namely  diphtheria,  whooping 
    cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020  
     
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    42. When does President address a joint sitting of parliament? 
    Ans: Concurrence of both houses are required to pass any bill 
     
    43. “Playing It My Way” autobiography of? 
    Ans: Sachin Tendulkar 
     
    44. Who is the coach of Indian cricket team right now? 
    Ans: Anil Kumble  
     
    45. What is the purest form of Carbon? 
    Ans: Diamond  
     
    46. Ice packed in saw dust does not melt quickly. Why? 
    Ans: aw dust is a bad conductor of heat and protects the ice from the external heat and hence from melting 
    away quickly 
     
    47. Name of the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun 
    is __________. 
    Ans: Aphelion 
     
    48. Great Barrier Reef is located in which ocean? 
    Ans: Pacific Ocean  
     
    49. Pulitzer Prize is given in which filed? 
    Ans: Journalism  
     
    50. Mahabalipuram Temple is also known as? 
    Ans: Mamallapuram (Shore Temple in Tamilndu) 
     
    51. Who elected as first women President of Nepal? 
    Ans: Bidhya Devi Bhandari  
     
    52. Who is the first women Speaker of Lok Sabha? 
    Ans: Meira Kumar  
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