SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ferments the sugars of the dough into ethanol and carbon dioxide, and the gas, trapped in the gluten, makes the dough rise and leaves the bread spongy; the alcohol evaporates during baking.

Fungi are eukaryotes with a true nucleus, and their wall is built of chitin, the same tough polysaccharide that forms the exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans.

It lives in a symbiotic relationship inside the nodules on the roots of gram, pea, groundnut and other legumes, converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds the plant can absorb while drawing its food from the plant.

The correct answer is B, measles, a viral disease spread by droplets, which is why it is prevented by vaccination and not treated with antibiotics.

It is the target of penicillin, which blocks its formation, and the amount of it in the wall is what makes a bacterium stain Gram-positive or Gram-negative.

Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium, of which several species infect human beings, and it is transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito, the male feeding on plant juices.

He noticed that a mould of the genus Penicillium growing by accident on a culture plate had stopped the growth of Staphylococcus around it, and Howard Florey and Ernst Chain later turned that observation into a usable drug, the three sharing the Nobel Prize.

This bacterium ferments the lactose of milk into lactic acid, and the acid makes the milk protein coagulate, which is why a spoonful of old curd added to warm milk sets the whole vessel.

Paragraph 5 of the Tenth Schedule expressly exempts a person who, on being elected Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or of a Legislative Assembly, or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or of a Legislative Council, gives up membership of the party, and the exemption…

Articles 101 and 102 deal with the vacation of seats and the disqualifications for membership of Parliament, and Articles 190 and 191 do the same for the State Legislatures.

Article 75(1A) says that the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha, and Article 164(1A) lays down the same ceiling for a state with reference to the Legislative Assembly, with a floor of…

It provides that a member of either House of Parliament or of a State Legislature who is disqualified on the ground of defection is also disqualified from holding any remunerative political post, from the date of disqualification until the date on which the term of office would expire or until…

Paragraph 2(3) provides that a nominated member who joins a political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which the member takes the seat is disqualified.

Paragraph 2(1)(b) of the Tenth Schedule disqualifies a member who votes or abstains from voting contrary to any direction issued by the party, but the proviso saves the member in two situations: where prior permission was obtained, and where the party condones the act within fifteen days from the date…

That paragraph barred the jurisdiction of all courts in respect of any matter connected with the disqualification of a member under the Schedule.

Paragraph 6 of the Tenth Schedule gives that power to the presiding officer, and where the question is about the presiding officer, it is decided by a member of the House elected for the purpose.

It omitted Paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule, which had saved a split supported by one-third of the members of a legislature party.

Paragraph 4 says that where the original political party of a member merges with another party, the member is not disqualified if not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to the merger.

That amendment inserted the Tenth Schedule and amended Articles 101, 102, 190 and 191, which deal with the vacation of seats and the disqualification of members.

The Tenth Schedule was added by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985, and it lays down the grounds on which a member of Parliament or of a State Legislature is disqualified for defection, the exemption for a merger, the exemption for the presiding officers and the authority who decides the…