SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 25/07/2022 Shift I

01) As per Sample Registration System’s 2018 report, what percentage of India’s population comes under working age?

          a) 74%

          b) 44%

          c) 85%

          d) 66%

02) The moon moves around the earth in about _______.

          a) 30 days

          b) 24 days

          c) 27 days

          d) 29 days

03) Which lake of India is the result of tectonic activity?

          a) Wular lake

          b) Barapani lake

          c) Dal lake

          d) Loktak lake

04) Jhaveri Sisters are famous for which form of classical dance?

          a) Manipuri

          b) Mohiniyattam

          c) Kuchipudi

          d) Odissi

05) What is the atomic number of sulphur?

          a) 15

          b) 14

          c) 16

          d) 18

06) Article 51 of the Indian Constitution is about _______.

          a) Uniform civil code for the citizens

          b) Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry

          c) Promotion of international peace and security

          d) Separation of judiciary from executive

07) Dhamek stupa is one of the most prominent Buddhist structures in India. It is situated in the _______ district of Uttar Pradesh.

          a) Jaunpur

          b) Agra

          c) Varanasi

          d) Mirzapur

08) Which chapter of the Constitution of India discusses the articles of Parliament?

          a) Chapter III

          b) Chapter I

          c) Chapter II

          d) Chapter IV

09) ‘Unfinished’ is a memoir of the famous Indian actress _______.

          a) Kangana Ranaut

          b) Vidya Balan

          c) Priyanka Chopra Jonas

          d) Sridevi

10) With respect to value addition in the textile industry, knitting is followed by which procedure?

          a) Garment manufacture

          b) Spinning

          c) Fibre production

          d) Dyeing and finishing

11) In which state of India is Nuakhai festival celebrated?

          a) Bihar

          b) Assam

          c) Odisha

          d) Tamil Nadu

12) Which scientist first coined the term, ecosystem/Ecological System?

          a) Charles Sutherland Elton

          b) Arthur Tansley

          c) Eugene Odum

          d) Frederic Edward Clements

13) According to Article 112 of the Constitution of India, the Union Budget of a year is called _______.

          a) Fiscal Budget

          b) Assessment Statement

          c) Annual Financial Statement

          d) Annual Budget Statement

14) In which of the following events did India NOT win any medal at the Summer Olympics 2020 (played in 2021)?

          a) Men’s hockey

          b) Wonen’s singles badminton

          c) Men’s javelin throw

          d) Women’s hockey

15) Which of the following dynasties ruled over Delhi just after the Sayyid dynasty?

          a) Khalji dynasty

          b) Lodi Dynasty

          c) Rajput dynasty

          d) Tughluq dynasty

16) Which Indian state government launched a cleanliness drive called Project CLAP?

          a) Uttar Pradesh

          b) Andhra Pradesh

          c) Rajasthan

          d) Madhya Pradesh

17) Padma Shri awardee, Gaddam Padmaja Reddy was associated with which classical dance of India?

          a) Kuchipudi

          b) Manipuri

          c) Sattriya

          d) Kathak

18) The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli in _______.

          a) 1645

          b) 1651

          c) 1648

          d) 1640

19) Who will be India’s Chief G20 Coordinator from May 2022?

          a) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

          b) Rajiv Gauba

          c) Shashi Tharoor

          d) Ajit Doval

20) How many number of players are permitted to be substituted in a game of field hockey?

          a) No limit

          b) 3

          c) 10

          d) 5

21) Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with _______ musical instrument.

          a) Sitar

          b) Violin

          c) Flute

          d) Guitar

22) Which of the following titles was held by Samudragupta, a ruler of the Gupta Dynasty?

          a) Jahan Panah

          b) Sahib-e-Qiran

          c) Kaviraja

          d) Mahendraitya

23) Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj in 1828, at Calcutta?

          a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

          b) Ram Singh

          c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

          d) HN Kunzru

24) What is the capital of India’s neighbouring country Afghanistan?

          a) Kandahar

          b) Kathmandu

          c) Kabul

          d) Karachi

SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 25/07/2022 Shift II

01) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Bangash is an Indian classical _______ player.

          a) Violin

          b) Sarod

          c) Guitar

          d) Sitar

02) Which Article of the Constitution of India provides protection of life and personal liberty?

          a) Article 27

          b) Article 24

          c) Article 21

          d) Article 19

03) Which of the following is a dark reddish coloured stone used as raw material in aluminium smelting?

          a) Mica

          b) Gypsum

          c) Bauxite

          d) Conglomerate

04) Which of the following metals reacts violently with cold water?

          a) Magnesium

          b) Aluminium

          c) Zinc

          d) Potassium

05) Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

          a) Nitrogen

          b) Methane

          c) Carbon dioxide

          d) Nitrous oxide

06) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Kingdom Fungi?

          a) No mechanisms for locomotion

          b) Multicellular structure

          c) With a cell wall

          d) With chloroplasts

07) Which of the following contains the largest amount of fresh water on earth?

          a) Ice caps

          b) Inland seas

          c) Atmosphere

          d) Groundwater

08) Who led the Battle of Plassey on behalf of the British East India Company?

          a) Charles Stuart

          b) Warren Hastings

          c) Robert Clive

          d) James Lancaster

09) Which of the following is a housing scheme for the rural poor?

          a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

          b) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyothi Bima Yojana

          c) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana

          d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

10) What is the name of the autobiography of famous Indian cricketer, Yuaraj Singh?

          a) Straight from the Heart

          b) Wings of Fire

          c) The Race of My Life

          d) The Test of My Life

11) Census 2011 was the _______ National Census of India.

          a) 11^th

          b) 20^th

          c) 17^th

          d) 15^th

12) Bihu is a folk dance of _______.

          a) Bihar

          b) Arunachal Pradesh

          c) Assam

          d) Karnataka

13) As per the Rigvedic or Early Vedic Period (1500-1000 BC), who among the following was a River Goddess?

          a) Agni

          b) Sindhu

          c) Arika

          d) Usha

14) Babur, the first Mughal emperor, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only _______ years old.

          a) 18

          b) 12

          c) 15

          d) 10

15) The northern plain in India is formed of which soil?

          a) Laterite soil

          b) Arid soil

          c) Alluvial soil

          d) Black soil

16) Khel Nursery Scheme 2022-23 has been launched to promote sports in _______.

          a) Haryana

          b) Uttar Pradesh

          c) Andhra Pradesh

          d) Maharashtra

17) According to the Constitution of India, the executive power of the State shall be vested in the _______.

          a) President of India

          b) Governor of the state

          c) Chief Minister of the state

          d) Advocate – General of the state

18) In which state of India is Khajuraho dance festival celebrated?

          a) Nagaland

          b) Kerala

          c) Madhya Pradesh

          d) Tamil Nadu

19) The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar died in _______.

          a) 1857

          b) 1858

          c) 1862

          d) 1859

20) Which of the following persons took over as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) in September 2021?

          a) Arup Raha

          b) Manoj Mukund Naravane

          c) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

          d) Vivek Ram Chaudhari

21) Who among the following is the recipient of 2021 Abhinandan Saroja National Award by National Institute of Indian Classical Dance?

          a) Nalini Asthana

          b) Aparna Satheesan

          c) Rashid Khan

          d) S Ballesh Bhajantri

22) Deepika Kumari is associated with which sport?

          a) Golf

          b) Chess

          c) Tennis

          d) Archery

23) Who among the following Indian cricketers is also known as ‘Master Blaster’?

          a) Sachin Tendulkar

          b) Rahul Dravid

          c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

          d) Kapil Dev

24) What is the rate of income tax (new regime) payable for financial year 2021-2022, by an individual who is under 60 years of age, and has a net income of less than Rs 5 lakhs but more than Rs 2.5 lakhs?

          a) 10%

          b) 20%

          c) 2.5%

          d) 5%

25) Dholavira, which was the ancient Harappan site was divided into _______ parts.

          a) Three

          b) Five

          c) Four

          d) Two

SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 25/07/2022 Shift III

01) Who was the Governor-General of India when the permanent settlement was introduced in 1793?

          a) Warren Hastings

          b) Charles Cornwallis

          c) Thomas Munro

          d) Robert Clive

02) Which of the following is/are example(s) of cold-blooded animals?

          I. Turtles

          II.Snakes

          a) Both I and II

          b) Neither I nor II

          c) Only I

          d) Only II

03) The Mahakali Caves are a group of 19 rock cut monuments located in _______.

          a) Maharashtra

          b) Madhya Pradesh

          c) Tamil Nadu

          d) West Bengal

04) Who is the author of the book ‘Defending India’?

          a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

          b) Pranab Mukherjee

          c) Jaswant Singh

          d) Sitaram Yechury

05) In which year did Mahatma Gandhi lead a successful mill workers strike in Ahmedabad?

          a) 1917

          b) 1918

          c) 1916

          d) 1919

06) How many states and union territories of India did the Census 2011 cover?

          a) 40

          b) 45

          c) 28

          d) 35

07) Which of the following rights is NOT a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution?

          a) Right to Equality

          b) Right Against Exploitation

          c) Right to Freedom

          d) Right to Property

08) The _______ was presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2022, proposing various changes in the provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act).

          a) Appropriation Bill

          b) Finance Bill

          c) Mediation Bill

          d) Indian Antarctic Bill

09) ‘Maach’ is the traditional theatre form of which Indian state?

          a) Madhya Pradesh

          b) Karnataka

          c) Nagaland

          d) Assam

10) Tsomgo Lake is a glacial lake located in which of the following states?

          a) Meghalaya

          b) Punjab

          c) Sikkim

          d) Gujarat

11) What chemical element does ‘N’ stand for in the periodic table?

          a) Neptunium

          b) Nitrogen

          c) Neon

          d) Neodymium

12) Which of the following commissions is mentioned in the Indian Constitution?

          a) Union Public Service Commission

          b) National Commission for Women

          c) Competition Commission of India

          d) National Human Rights Commission

13) With which of the following musical instruments was Pandit Ravi Shankar primarily associated?

          a) Flute

          b) Guitar

          c) Tabla

          d) Sitar

14) The longest National Highway is NH44, which runs from Jammu and Kashmir to _______.

          a) Telangana

          b) Andhra Pradesh

          c) Tamil Nadu

          d) Karnataka

15) Who among the following was voted the ICC player of the Month for February 2022 in Men’s category?

          a) Vriitya Arvind

          b) Shreyas lyer

          c) Dipendra Singh Airee

          d) Virat Kohli

16) Which of the following Indian festivals is celebrated to pay reverence to Lord Jagannath?

          a) Ratha Yatra

          b) Thrissur Pooram

          c) Hemis

          d) Losar

17) Vempati Chinna Satyam was known for which classical dance form?

          a) Kuchipudi

          b) Bihu

          c) Maipuri

          d) Odissi

18) _______ is the difference between the government’s total expenditure and its total receipts, excluding borrowings.

          a) Credit flow

          b) Fiscal deficit

          c) Debt burden

          d) Market equilibrium

19) Who among the following founded the city of Tughlaqabad?

          a) Ala-ud-din Khilji

          b) Ghiyas ud-din Tughluq

          c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

          d) Muhammad bin Tughluq

20) Which cricket player won the Man of the Series Award for T20I series on Sri Lanka tour of India, 2022?

          a) Rishabh Pant

          b) Avesh Khan

          c) Shreyas lyer

          d) Mohammad Siraj

21) Who among the following won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2021?

          a) Lovlina Borgohain

          b) Mirabai Chanu

          c) Aditi Ashok

          d) PV Sindhu

22) Banabhatta was the court poet of _______.

          a) Harshavardhana

          b) Ashoka

          c) Kumaragupta

          d) Bindusara

23) Which of the following are the two island neighbours of India?

          a) Sri Lanka and Maldives

          b) Philippines and Sri Lanka

          c) Taiwan and Singapore

          d) New Zealand and Maldives

24) When the bread rises and bakes, _______ creates thousands of bubbles in the dough.

          a) Phosphorus

          b) Nitrogen

          c) Oxygen

          d) Carbon dioxide