SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 05/07/2022 Shift II

01) Which of the following is the standard means by which elections are conducted in India?

          a) Blockchair

          b) Email

          c) Ballot paper

          d) Electronic Voting Machine

02) As per Census 2011, which of the following is India’s most populated metropolitan city?

          a) Kolkata

          b) Mumbai

          c) Delhi

          d) Chennai

03) Which of the following festivals is associated with Rajasthan?

          a) Gudi Padwa

          b) Bundi Utsav

          c) Bonalu

          d) Matho Narang

04) Who among the following Indian musicians received the ‘Best Original Song’ award for his composition in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, at Oscars 2009?

          a) AR Rahman

          b) Asha Bhosle

          c) Lata Mangeshkar

          d) Gulzar

05) _______ is the international air carrier of India and handles foreign traffic, which includes both cargo and passenger services.

          a) Air India

          b) Pawan Hans

          c) Dove Airlines

          d) Taj Air

06) As per the new tax regime of India, what is the exemption limit of income tax for financial year 2023-23?

          a) Up to Rs 5,00,000

          b) Up to Rs 1,00,000

          c) Up to Rs 7,50,000

          d) Up to Rs 2,50,000

07) Who among the following became the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India in February 2022?

          a) Madhuri Dixit

          b) Supriya Sule

          c) Smriti Irani

          d) Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

08) Namita talks about an example of metamorphic rock. Which of the following can it be?

          a) Halite

          b) Marble

          c) Limestone

          d) Shale

09) Who among the following was NOT a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty?

          a) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq

          b) Rukunuddin Tughlaq

          c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

          d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

10) What is the chemical name of the ionic compound NaCl?

          a) Lithium chloride

          b) Cesium fluoride

          c) Calcium iodide

          d) Sodium chloride

11) _______ indicates the realm of living organisms and their interactions with the environment.

          a) Atmosphere

          b) Biosphere

          c) Hydrosphere

          d) Lithosphere

12) What was the pedestrian path for devotees to wave in homage to Spupa called in Buddhist architecture?

          a) Medhi

          b) Torana

          c) Anda

          d) Chattra

13) Which of the following Acts of 1947 regulates the Indian labour law with regard to trade unions as well as individual workmen?

          a) Indian Councils Act

          b) Charter Act

          c) Rowlatt Act

          d) Industrial Disputes Act

14) Which team won the UEFA European Football Championship 2020?

          a) England

          b) Spain

          c) Germany

          d) Italy

15) Savi is suffering from Kwashiorkor. Which of the following deficiencies causes it?

          a) Deficiency of iron

          b) Deficiency of Protein

          c) Deficiency of calcium

          d) Deficiency of vitamin A

16) Who among the following Mauryan rulers fought the Kalinga War in 261 BC?

          a) Ashoka

          b) Bindusara

          c) Brihadratha

          d) Chandragupta Maurya

17) The Ministry of Labour & Employment launched _______ under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) scheme in March 2022.

          a) Stand-Up India scheme

          b) Donate-a-Penion initiaive

          c) Atal Pension Yojana

          d) India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-up Challenge

18) Who among the following was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 for keeping the adivasi dance form ‘Gussadi’ alive?

          a) Ramsahay Pandey

          b) Pandit Birju Maharaj

          c) Kanaka Raju

          d) Srimanta Sankardev

19) India is bordered by Myanmar in the _______.

          a) East

          b) North

          c) South

          d) West

20) The FIDE 44^th Chess Olympaid 2022 will be held in _______, India during the summer of 2022.

          a) Chennai

          b) Mumbai

          c) Kolkata

          d) Gurgaon

21) Who among the following Indian authors wrote the famous novel ‘Gora’ during the Nationalist Movement of India?

          a) Jawaharlal Nehru

          b) Rabindranath Tagore

          c) Bhagat Singh

          d) Mahatma Gandhi

22) In a drama, Naresh spoke, ‘Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it.” Who among the following Indian freedom fighters said this slogan?

          a) Ambika Charan Majumdar

          b) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

          c) Mahatma Gandhi

          d) Bhagat Singh

23) Which Article of the Constitution of India provides equal protection of the laws and equality before law?

          a) Article 30

          b) Article 42

          c) Article 60

          d) Article 14

24) Which of the following is NOT a regional name for the full or part of the East Coast of India?

          a) Coromandel coast

          b) Tamil Nadu coast

          c) Malabar coast

          d) Utkal coast

25) Rita performs ‘Giddha’ dance form. Which state does this dance form belong to?

          a) Punjab

          b) Rajasthan

          c) Haryana

          d) Uttarakhand