Monday, December 31, 2012

SSC Combined Graduate Level Model Questions Part 1

Ques 1. Who is known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' ?

Florence Nightingale

Ques 2. A substance that stimulates the production of antibodies when introduced in a living organism is known as?

Antigen

Ques 3. Electron Microscope was invented by -

Ernst Ruska & Max Knoll

Ques 4. Convectional Rainfall occurs in :

Equatorial Region

Ques 5. 'Darwin Finches' refer to a group of -

Birds

Ques 6. Where has the world's largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?

Middle of the Hussain Sagar Lake on the Gibralter Rock in Hyderabad.

Ques 7. The tissue in man where no division occurs after birth is -

Nerves

Ques 8. Architect of North & South blocks of the Central Secretariat in New Delhi -

Sir Edward Lutyens

Ques 9. What is the distance between the popping crease and the stumps on a cricket Pitch?

2.5 feet

Ques 10. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2003 for discovering MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?

Sir Peter Mansfield & Paul C. Lauterbur

Ques 11. When did Alaska became the 49th state of USA ?

January 3, 1959

Ques 12. First Earth Satellite (Sputnik 1) launched by erstwhile USSR in -

October 4, 1957

Ques 13. Speed of sound depends on -

Sound speed = Square root of  (change in pressure / change in density)

Ques 14. Which 2 countries were involved in a 100 years war ?

England & France (1337 to 1453)

Ques 15. 'Milk of Magnesia' is a suspension of -

Magnesium Hydroxide Mg(OH)2