SSC CGL 2019-20 Tier 1 Syllabus, Exam Pattern and Preparation Tips


Theorphrastus is called the father of


   Astrology

   Botany

   Zoology

   Anatomy

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World Environment Day is Celebrated Every Year on


   July 10

   January 15

   August 26

   June 5


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Norman Ernest Borlaug, who is regarded as the father of the Green revolution in India, is from which country?


   Australia

   New Zealand

   USA

   Mexico


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The first-ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named:


   Newton

   Magellan

   Galileo

   challenger

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D is a point on side BC of a triangle ABC such that A is perpendicular on BC. E is a point on AD for which AE:ED = 5:1. If angle BAD =30 and tan(angle ACB)=6tan(angle DBE), Find angle ACB. Options are: 15,30,45,60

Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic?


   Pyrex glass

   Fibre glass

   Quartz glass

   Flint glass


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If a cloth is coated with a resin then the angle of contact between the cloth and water ?


   Becomes zero

   Remains same

   Increases

   Decreases


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When a green leaf is seen in red light, its colour will be


   Brown

   Green

   Red

   Black

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Which of the following subtype of Ultraviolet (UV) rays is 100% penetrable through the Ozone Layer?


   UV-C

   UV-A

   UV-B

   None of the above


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What is clickjacking?


   A digital process that in used to display an image on the monitor

   A malicious techique of tricking web users into revealing confidential information

   A device that sends and receivers data in a bit second

   A form of computer engineering

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Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer and physicist, as well as a mathematician and a philosopher. He was a Renaissance man. He made significant contributions to the field of astronomy, such as designing improvements to the telescope and detailing extensive notes recording his observations. Galileo's contributions were so significant that he has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy.


Water boils at a lower temperature on the hills because


   there is less oxygen

   It is cold on the hills

   There is less carbon dioxide on the hills

   There is a decrease in air pressure on the hills

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The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by


   Volta

   Henry

   Oersted

   Faraday


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“Green House Effect” means

   Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution

   Pollution in houses in tropical regions

   Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen

   Trapping of Solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide

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Centre for DNA Fingerprinting is located at

   Hyderabad

   Bengaluru

   New Delhi

   Pune

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Which is the largest ship building and maintenance facility in India





  • mumbai shipyard
  • mazgaon dock
  • cochin shipyard

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Veer Bhumi is to Rajiv Gandhi then Shanti Van is to nehru and Abhay Ghat is to morarji desai


Venkataraman Ramakrishnan was jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the:


   work in the area of olefin metathesis

   theory of electron transfer

   studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

   palladium catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis

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What is the major role of a greenhouse gas that contributes to temperature rise of the Earth’s surface?


   Lets outgoing infrared radiation pass through but stops incoming sunlight

   Stops both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation

   Transparent to both incoming sunlight and outgoing infrared radiation

   Lets incoming sunlight pass through but stops outgoing infrared radiation

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Which of the following commission was appointed to examine the centre-state relations in India?


   Mandal Commission

   Kothari Commission

   Shah Commission

   Sarkaria Commission

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