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SSC General Knowledge Questions (Day-71)

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1) Indian Standard Time (IST) is based upon Indian Standard Meridian which passes through _____.

(a) Jaipur

(b) Kolkata

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Allahabad


2)
Which among the following river is also known as ‘Tsangpo’?

(a) Krishna

(b) Godavari

(c) Ganga

(d) Brahamputra


3) ‘Chumbi Valley’ is located in which state?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Kashmir


4) Guard cells surrounds _____.

(a) Nucleus

(b) Stomata

(c) Golgi apparatus

(d) Mitochondria


5) What are male gamets called as?

(a) Zygote

(b) Ova

(c) Sperms

(d) Embryo


6) At which period of life, body undergoes changes leading to reproductive maturity?

(a) Adulthood

(b) Adolescence

(c) Adrenaline change

(d) Target period


7) Which of the following cell organells are present only in plant cell?

(a) Cell membrane

(b) Cell wall

(c) Mitochondria

(d) Lysosomes


8) Two Bones are connected to each other by connective tissue called as _____.

(a) tendon

(b) ligament

(c) neuron

(d) adipose


9) Match the following.

            Mode of reproduction                   Organism

1) Fission                               (a) Planaria

2) Regeneration                                (b) Ameoba

3) Budding                             (c) Hydra

(a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c

(b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b

(c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

(d) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c


10) A _____ splits sunlight into seven colours.

(a) concave lens

(b) convex lens

(c) prism

(d) concave mirror


Answers :

1) Answer: D

Indian Standard meridian : 82.5°E or 82°30′ E Which is passing over the city Allahabad.


2) Answer: D

The Brahmaputra River, also called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan language, originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet.


3) Answer: A

Chumbi Valley is situated on a small south-pointing protuberance of territory between Bhutan (east) and Sikkim state, India.


4) Answer: B

Surrounding each stomata are two guard cells, which regulate the opening and closing of stomata to facilitate gas exchange and control transpiration in plants.


5) Answer: C

Gametes are an organism’s reproductive cells. They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome


6) Answer: B

The period of life, when the body undergoes changes, leading to reproductive maturity, is called adolescence. Adolescence begins around the age of 11 and lasts upto 18 or 19 years of age.


7) Answer: B

Most organelles are common to both animal and plant cells. However, plant cells also have features that animal cells do not have: a cell wall, a large centralvacuole, and plastids such as chloroplasts


8) Answer: B

Ligaments – a tough band of tissue that holds the ends of bones together at a joint.


9) Answer: A

Fission                        Ameoba

Regeneration              Planaria

Budding                        Hydra


10) Answer: C

A  prism  splits sunlight into seven colours.

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