SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Knowledge - 9 - SSC CGL MCQ

Meghdoot is a lyric poem written by Kalidas, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets

Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo- Anglian fiction, he together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Aliand Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an international readership.

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.

Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.

On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence. The resolution by the General Assembly asks all members of the UN system to commemorate 2 October in "an appropriate manner and disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness

The Master Control Facility (MCF) is a facility set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the city of Hassan in the Indian state of Karnataka.

The Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of the Indian city of Bangalore. The name signifies Bangalore's status as a hub for information technology (IT) companies in India and is a comparative reference to the original Silicon Valley, based around Santa Clara Valley, California, a major hub for IT companies in the United States.

Shri Aurbindo has written 'Life Divine' which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga.

Walt Disney has won the most Oscar awards.

Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009.

Lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002.
Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a national subunit of the euro.

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which is led by the Union Cabinet Minister of Defence.

Maharashtra is the second most populous state as per census 2011 after Uttar Pradesh.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI), established in 1851, is a government organization in India which is an office attached to the Ministry of Mines of Union Government of India for conducting geological surveys and studies.

Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, is the winner of Rs 5 crore on TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4 August 2009, which provides free and compulsory education for children between the age of 6 and 14 in India under Article 21a. This Act came into force on 1 April 2010.

In the given alternatives Mother Teresa is the only Indian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

London is situated at the banks of river Thames.

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan, is the first Formula Onedriver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in 2005with the Jordan team, and was a Williams F1 test driver in 2006 and 2007.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first person in 1977 to deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.

Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in Sports Coaching.

The 2013 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded on 15 October 2013 to Eleanor Catton for her novel The Luminaries.

The permanent secretariat of SAARC is located in Kathmandu, Nepal

The statue of Liberty is the national emblem of USA.

Ozone day is celebrated on 16th September.

Gokhale ,My Political Guru was written by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

It was authored by JhumpaLahiri in 2003. It presents the theme of cultural alienation and loss of identity that the immigrant faces while making a new home on a foreign land.

National Science Day is celebrated on 28th February every year to mark the announcement of Raman effect by Nobel Laureate Dr. C V Raman.

Why socialism,is a book written by veteran freedom fighter and social reformer Jayaprakash Narayan.

Jawahar lal Nehru had proudly proclaimed dams or multipurpose river valley projects as 'temples of modern India'.