SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Knowledge - 12 - SSC CGL MCQ

The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet of 1848, by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

The permanent headquarters of SAARC is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the only foreign national, was awarded Bangladesh's highest civilian award "Bangladesh Swadhinata Samman" in 2011.

The headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).  is in Vienna, Austria.

Gautam Gambhir led the Kolkata Knight Riders to Champions of IPL-V in 2012.

Kuchipudi is a famous dance form of Andhra Pradesh.

The term of a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council is 2 Year.

Mr. Kamlesh Sharma, an Indian diplomat, became Commonwealth Secretary-General on 1 April 2008.  He was appointed to the post by Commonwealth  Heads of Government at their meeting in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2007.

• The Indian Olympic Association is the governing body for the Olympic Movement and the Commonwealth Games in India and is an affiliated member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• It was established in the year 1927 with Sir Dorabji Tata as its Founding President.
• Sir Dorabji Tata, the founder of Tata Group was a businessman and an avid sports lover.

The National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 has as its goal bringing about advancement, development and empowerment of women in all spheres of life through creation of a more responsive  judicial and legal system sensitive to women and mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development process.

First used in the Australian state of Victoria in 1857, the paper ballot listing all the candidates was first  known as "the Australian ballot. "In 1889, New York became the first American state to use these ballots.

The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of dividing humans into populations or  groups on the basis of various sets of characteristics. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin colour, cranial or  facial features and hair texture), and self-identification.

Limnology is the story of lakes and other freshwater basins.

CDRI, located at Lucknow was inugurated in 1951 by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal  Nehru.

There are 24 spokes in the Ashok Chakra.

In 1980, the General Assembly made Arabic an official and working language of all its committees and subcommittees.

The author is Brigadier (Retired) Kuldip Singh. This book is an effort to understand now the future will unfold in Asia 2030.

The National Environmental Engineering Research Insititute (NEERI) is a research institute created and funded by Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in 1958.

The Dhole is on the edge of extinction. Also called the Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog, it is  a species  of canid native to South and Southeast Asia.

The Analects of Confucius is an anthology of brief passages that present the words of Confucius and his disciples, describe Confucius as a man, and recount some of the events of his life. The Analects includes twenty books, each generally featuring a   series of chapter that encompass quotes from Confucius, which were compiled by his disciples after his death.

Ram Sharan Sharma was an eminent historian of Ancient and early Medieval India.

The 2011 National Games, also known as the 34^th National Games of India, was held from 12 February 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

The Torah is Judaism's most important text. It is composed of the Five Books of Moses. The term "Torah" means instruction and offers a way of life for those who follow it.

Indian Science congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The 98^th session was held at SRM University, near Chennai in January 2011.

It is believed that the first cash machine that enabled withdrawal of money from a customer's bank account was installed by Barclays Bank in the UK in 1967. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was the first bank to introduce the ATM concept in India in 1987.

Former Rajasthan Mahila Congress President chief Mamta Sharma was appointed as National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson. The appointment was cleared by the Prime Minister's Office.

The origins of the HDI are found in the annual Human Development Reports of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Maleeha Lodhi is a journalist, academician and diplomat from Pakistan. She was the High Commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom and is a former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States.

Taka is the currency of Bangladesh.

The famous Chariot/Car festival is held annually at Puri.