Monday, December 31, 2012

SSC Combined Graduate Level Model Questions Part 10

Ques 116. The book 'The Indian War of Independence' was authored by

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Ques 117. 'Servants of India society' was founded by

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Ques 118. What is a Trade Bloc ?

trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement, often part of a regional intergovernmental organization, where regional barriers to trade, (tariffs and non-tariff barriers) are reduced or eliminated among the participating states.

Ques 119. What is a Trade Union ?

trade union (British English), labour union (Canadian English) or labor union (American English) is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, achieving higher pay, increasing the number of employees an employer hires, and better working conditions For full details  Click Here.

Ques 120. Depressions formed due to deflating action of the winds are called

Yardang

Ques 121. Maximum biodiversity is found in which type of regions -

Tropical

Ques 122. Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by the writings of

Leo Tolstoy

Ques 123. What is Advection ?

In chemistryengineering and earth sciencesadvection is a transport mechanism of a substance or conserved property by a fluid due to the fluid's bulk motion. An example of advection is the transport of pollutants or silt in a river by bulk water flow downstream.In advection, a fluid transports some conserved quantity or material via bulk motion. For full details Click Here

Ques 124. Indian Standard Time is

Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5° E longitude, from a clock tower in Mirzapur (25.15°N 82.58°E) (near Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh) which is nearly on the corresponding longitude reference line.Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30

Ques 125. Who was as the 'Father of the Local Self Government' ?

Lord Ripon

Ques 126. The Directive Principles of state policy are adopted from

Directive Principles given in the Constitution of Ireland