SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Knowledge - 6 - SSC CGL MCQ

India signed the ‘Paris Agreement’ on ‘Climate change’ from April 22, 2016 to April 21, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Nek Chand Saini, was a self taught Indian Artist, known for building the Rock garden of Chandigarh.

India has qualified to host the under – 17 FIFA World Cup in 2017.

Himalayan Forest Research Centre is located at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education.

A hinged door is an example of second class levers

The objective of Sangam Yojana of the Government is to ensure welfare of handicaps and disables.

Jwala Gutta is a left-handed Badminton Player. She has won medals at all major international badminton tournaments and multi-sport events, except for Olympics.

Inside a pressure cooker, once the water is boiling and the steam is trapped, the pressure from the trapped stream increases and pushes on the liquid which increases its boiling temperature.

Chloropicrin is the constituent of tear gas, it is a chemical weapon that causes severe eye, respiratory, and skin irritation.

Biogas is a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

Throat Cancer is not produced by Smog. Smog is a type of air pollutant which consists of smoke and fog.

"PMSBY" full form is Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana. This Yojana is a government–backed inscurance scheme in India.

Atal Pension Yojana (APY), replaced the previous government's Swavalamban Yojana-NPS.

Fahrenheit invented Mercury Thermometer in Amsterdam (1714).

Smash is associated with Lawn Tennis. It is a shot that is hit above the hitter's head with a serve–like motion

West Indies defeated England in T-20 World Cup 2016 Final.

Yehudi Menuhin was an American – born violinist and conductor.

Kathakali is a dance form of Kerala.

The Kalinga Award is for the popularization of science given by UNESCO for exceptional skiles in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.

Economics was added to Nobel Prize in 1969.

Aurobindo Ghosh is the author of the book "Life Divine".

Dayton Accord is a peace agreement which was signed by the president of Bosnia to end the war in Bosnia.

The idea of 'Shuttle demoracy' is assocated with Middle East Peace Accord. It is the action of an outside party in serving as an intermediary between principals in a dispute, without direct principal to principal contact.

The National Parliamen tary Body of China is known as National People's congress.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Memoran dum of Understanding between India and Myanmar for the conservation of earthquake damaged pagodas.

Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health Minister J.P Nadda on 25 December 2014. It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years and pregnant women against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B by 2020. In addition to this, vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis (JE), rotavac and Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) are also being provided in selected states.

The Vegetarian is a South Korean novel written by Han Kang, which  won the Man Booker International Prize in 2016.

Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet and critic Raghuveer Chaudhary has been awarded the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015.

BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”), before the induction of South Africa in 2010.

Bezwada Wilson and TM Krishna are included in the list of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award winners for the year 2016.