General Awareness - Test 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

Ans:Kochi, Kerala

The first IDF Regional Dairy Conference Asia Pacific-2024 held at Kochi from June 26-28, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt, Bolgatty. The conference themed “Farmer Centric Innovations in Dairying” is organized by the Indian National Committee of the International Dairy Federation. Key figures include the Secretary of Animal Husbandry & Dairying and the National Dairy Development Board. Leaders and experts will address global dairy sector issues. The event features 22 exhibition pavilions and 17 startups showcasing dairy farms, processing equipment, and related technologies.

Keynesian economists justify government intervention through public policies that Monetary policy could also be used to stimulate the economy. The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.

Laffer curve shows the relationship between the tax rate and tax collection.

Charles’ lawis an experimental gas law that describes how gases tend to expand when heated. A modern statement of Charles' law is:When the pressure on a sample of a dry gas is held constant, the Kelvin temperature and the volume will be directly related

The statement that e.m.f. leads current is true for a circuit containing inductance and resistance.

Solid Carbon dioxide is also known as Dry ice.

Lead Oxide (PbO₂) is not a type of peroxide.

Synovial fluid is a thick fluid found in small quantities at the joint

Plasma is  a clear ,straw coloured liquid component of blood liquid after the red cells, white cells & platelets have been removed.It is the single largest component of human blood, comprising about 55 percent, and contains water, salts, enzymes, antibodies and other proteins.

Gleevec is a medicine marketed by Novartis and is used to cure different types of cancers.

Both bana bhatt and Hiuen Tsang gave information regarding society and economy under harsha.

Meerut conspiracy case of 1929 is related to communism, where by the communist were arrested for organizing the Indian railway strike. The main aim of the Britishers, through this trial was to check growing influence of communism

The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by William Bentinck, the Governor-General of British India to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India. In the same year, British Government designated English as the medium of education for schools and universities.

Babur has written his biography i.e. Baburnama which is also known as Tuzk-e Babri. Babur and Jahangir are the only two emperors of Mughal Empire who wrote their own biographies. Baburnama is also known to be the first true autobiography in the Islamic literature. Baburnama was written in Chagatai Turkic, which was Babur’s mother tongue.

The key factors that led the states to accept integration into India were, the efforts of Lord Mountbatten, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V. P. Menon. Patel was the political head of the States Department, which was in charge of relations with the princely states.

Kunchikal Falls, also called Kunchikal Abbe, is located near Masthikatte-Hulikal bordering Udupi-Shimoga districts of state of Karnataka. Kunchikal falls is formed by Varahi river. Kunchikal falls cascades down rocky boulders and total height of fall is 455 meters.

Deccan trap is a flood basalt province which was formed due to outpouring of large amount of lava.

1. Red Soil in India are poor in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime contents.
2.The red soils cover a large portion of land in India.
3. It is found in Indian states such as Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, north-eastern Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Ignition temperature is the temperature at which something catches fire and burns on its own. The ignition temperature of paper is between 218 - 246 degree celsius.

Hachure are parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

Part XX of Article 368 empowers the Parliament to amend Constitution by way of addition, variation or repeal of any provision according to the procedure laid down therein, which is different from the procedure for ordinary legislation.

Article 368 has been amended by the 24th and 42nd Amendments in 1971 and 1976 respectively. New clauses 368 (1) and 368 (3) were added by the 24th Amendment in 1971, which also added a new clause (4) in article 13 which reads, "Nothing in this article shall apply to any amendment of this Constitution made under article 368."

The writ of Habeas Corpus is a court order to a person or agency holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order. The purpose of this writ is to provide a means to release someone who has been arrested unlawfully or without proper cause. Therefore, the correct answer is:

Option B: The unlawful arrest and detention

This writ is used to ensure that a person's right to freedom from illegal detention is not violated and to prevent unlawful or arbitrary arrest.

Schedule 10 was added after 52^nd amendment and is related to the provision of Anti-defection.

The Chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the State whereas for Union Public Service Commission's Chairman and other members  shall be appointed by President.

India’s largest leopard safari has opened at Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka. Covering 20 hectares, the safari houses eight leopards, with plans to increase this number. The area is secured with railway barricades and enclosed with 4.5-meter-tall chain-link mesh and mild steel sheets to ensure the leopards remain within the boundaries.