SSC: General Knowledge Quiz

1. Potassium Permanganate is used to purify water. Which among the following properties of Potassium Permanganate helps in this work?

(a) Sterilizing

(b) Oxidizing

(c) Reducing

(d) Leaching

2. Which among the following is used in ripening of the fruits?

(a) Methane

(b) Ethylene

(c) Ethane

(d) Butane

3. Which among the following is a common salt in detergents?

(a) Sulphate

(b) Nitrate

(c) Sulphonate

(d) Carbonate

4. Which among the following is major component of Gobar Gas?

(a) Butane

(b) Ethane 

(c) Methane

(d) Propane

5. Which among the following chemicals is used in photography?

(a) Silver Bromide

(b) Potassium Chloride

(c) Sodium Bromide

(d) Magnesium Chloride

6. When sulphur is heated with rubber, the process is commonly known as?

(a) Galvanization

(b) Sulphonation 

(c) Vulcanization

(d) Hydrodesulfurization

7. Which among the following is a common end product of Anaerobic Respiration?

(a) Acetic Acid

(b) Carbonic Acid

(c) Lactic Acid

(d) Hydrochloric Acid

8. PVC is a polymer of?

(a) Propane

(b) Vinyl Chloride

(c) Styrene

(d) Carbonates

9. Carnotite is a mineral of which among the following metals?

(a) Lead

(b) Uranium

(c) Aluminium

(d) Iron

10. Which among the following judges is known for having pioneered the PIL or Public Interest Litigation?

(a) Justice R N Mishra

(b) Justice P N Bhagwati

(c) Justice Venkatswami

(d) Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg

11. Which among the foolowing amendments of Constitution of India had accorded precedence to Directive Principles over Fundamanetal Rights?

(a) 25th

(b) 42nd

(c) 59th

(d) 44th

12. In which year Arabs incaded Sindh?

(a) 710 AD

(b) 700 AD

(c) 712 AD

(d) 715 AD

13. Who among the following was the writer of Tarikh-i-Firozshahi?

(a) Ziauddin Barni

(b) Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq

(c) Abul Fazal

(d) Firoz Tuglaq

14. On which among the following dates, National Sports Day is observed in

(a) August 15

(b) August 29

(c) August 1

(d) August 30

15. The silver coins of which of the following kings carried portraits and bilingual legends, which were inspired by the Kshratrapa types?

(a) Satavabhanas

(b) Kushanas

(c) Guptas

(d) Mauryas

ANSWERS:

1. b

2. b

3. c

4. c

5. a

6. c

7. c

8. b

9. b

10. b

11. b

12. c

13. a

14. b

15. a

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