GK Questions Asked in SSC CGL 2016

1. The term "Bully" related to which game?
Ans: Hockey

2. Who is the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Awardee in boxing?
Ans: Mary Kom and Vijender Singh 

3. Who is Sunita Williams?
Ans: American astronaut

4. Where is the National Rail Museum is located?
Ans: Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

5. Which river is also referred as Dakshin Ganga?
Ans: Godavari

6. Who was the first english men/british to visit Mughal Emperor Jahangir's court?
Ans: Thomas Roe

7. Who founded the Arya Samaj?
Ans: Dayananda Saraswati

8. Narmada Dam Water Disputes between Indian States
Ans: Sardar Sarovar in Gujarat and Narmada Sagar in Madhya Pradesh

9. Which element is the heaviest metal on the periodic table of elements?
Ans: Osmium. Its density is 22.57 grams per cubic centimeter

10. Why does the setting/rising sun appear red? 
Ans: Refraction (During sunrise and sunset, the rays have to travel a larger part of the atmosphere because they are very close to the horizon. Therefore, light other than red is mostly scattered away. Most of the red light, which is the least scattered, enters our eyes. Hence, the sun and the sky appear red.)

11. Why is Japan called "Land of the Rising Sun"?
Ans: Japan’s official name is Nihon, or Nippon which in Japanese also means “source of the sun.”