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Q31 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
As per Census definition, a ''marginal worker'' works for:
  • A less than 183 days in a year
  • B more than 183 days in a year
  • C eight months in a year
  • D 83 days in a year
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Marginal workers have worked for less than six months (183 days) in the reference year.
Q32 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
In which year was 'Naye Bharat Ke Sapne' campaign launched by Meta and the Ministry of Women?
  • A 2022
  • B 2023
  • C 2020
  • D 2021
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The initiative was launched in 2023 with Meta and the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Q33 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Under which Act was power to rule India transferred from the Company to the Crown?
  • A Charter Act 1833
  • B Regulating Act 1773
  • C Pitt's India Act 1784
  • D Government of India Act 1858
Answer: Option D
Explanation: The 1858 Act ended Company rule and vested authority in the British Crown.
Q34 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Which is an inactivated polio vaccine developed in 1952?
  • A Salk vaccine
  • B Imvanex vaccine
  • C HDCV vaccine
  • D TAB vaccine
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The Salk (IPV) polio vaccine is the inactivated polio vaccine developed in 1952.
Q35 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Which statement is correct?
  • A Five-year plan focuses mostly on private intervention.
  • B Five-year plan always focused on the tertiary sector.
  • C Five-year plan permits long-term government intervention.
  • D Five-year plan always stresses market-oriented activities.
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Planning frameworks are instruments for sustained state intervention over multi-year horizons.
Q36 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Length of Indian Railways network (Railway Yearbook 2019-20):
  • A 67,956 km
  • B 1,604 km
  • C 63,950 km
  • D 2,402 km
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The network length reported was approximately 67,956 km in the reference yearbook.
Q37 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
PM Gramin Awaas Yojana cost sharing ratio in plain areas:
  • A 60 : 40
  • B 40 : 60
  • C 90 : 10
  • D 30 : 70
Answer: Option A
Explanation: In plains, the cost is shared 60% by Centre and 40% by States.
Q38 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Silappathikaram was written by ________.
  • A Tolkappiyar
  • B Ilango Adigal
  • C Sittalai Sattanar
  • D Tirumalisai Alwar
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Ilango Adigal authored the earliest Tamil epic Silappathikaram.
Q39 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Largest crustal plate on Earth (>103,000,000 km²)?
  • A South American plate
  • B African plate
  • C Eurasian plate
  • D Pacific plate
Answer: Option D
Explanation: The Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate by area.
Q40 SSC-CGL-Tier-1- 2024
Padma Shri awardee folk singer from Uttar Pradesh:
  • A Ila Arun
  • B Ajita Srivastava
  • C Gurmeet Bawa
  • D Teejan Bai
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Ajita Srivastava is noted as a Padma Shri awardee folk singer from Uttar Pradesh.
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