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Thursday, 22 September 2022

SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 11/07/2022 Shift II

01) Who among the following was one of the founders of the Deccan Education Society (1884)?

          a) Dadoba Pandurang

          b) V R Shinde

          c) Tulsi Ram

          d) G G Agarkar

02) Who became the Chief Minister of Punjab after the 2022 state elections?

          a) Bhagwant Mann

          b) Sukhbir Singh Badal

          c) Charanjit Singh Channi

          d) Raghav Chadha

03) Who among the following founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental college?

          a) Sri Aurobindo

          b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

          c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

          d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

04) One Astronomical Unit and one Parsec are units of _______.

          a) Current

          b) Mass

          c) Length

          d) Volume

05) _______ was the first Indian woman to became the president of the Indian National Congress.

          a) Sarojini Naidu

          b) Aruna Asaf Ali

          c) Sucheta Kripalani

          d) Ashalata Sen

06) Sonal Mansingh was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987. She is a trained _______ dancer.

          a) Manipuri

          b) Kuchipudi

          c) Odissi

          d) Bihu

07) As per Census 2011, what is the female literacy rate of India (provide an approximate range)?

          a) 80-89%

          b) 70-79%

          c) 60-69%

          d) 50-59%

08) Which cultural festival of India held at Shilpgram, is a ten day feast of classical dances, folk art and light music?

          a) Taj Mahotsav

          b) Natyanjali Utsav

          c) Nishagandhi Festival

          d) Mamallapuram Utsav

09) Which of the following is NOT a part of Buddhist stupas?

          a) Harmika

          b) Gopura

          c) Anda

          d) Chhatra

10) With which of the following countries does India NOT share a land border?

          a) Bangladesh

          b) China

          c) Myanmar

          d) Sri Lanka

11) Which ancient Indian sport pits crowds of brave young men against angry bulls?

          a) Kho-Kho

          b) Jallikattu

          c) Kabaddi

          d) Mallakhamb

12) In which year was the Border Roads Organisation established?

          a) 1954

          b) 1966

          c) 1960

          d) 1958

13) The Pradhan Matri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has been approved extension by the Union Cabinet till:

          a) January 2023

          b) October 2022

          c) September 2022

          d) November 2022

14) Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia is a well-known:

          a) Tabla-player

          b) Sitarist

          c) Vocalist

          d) Flautist

15) Since which year did the IPL start?

          a) 2010

          b) 2007

          c) 2008

          d) 2009

16) As of 2021, which is the only country in the world that has both tigers and lions?

          a) Tanzania

          b) India

          c) Mexico

          d) South Africa

17) Rajya Sabha is chaird by _______ whereas Lok Sabha is chaired by _______.

          a) President, Prime Minister

          b) Vice President, Speaker

          c) Speaker, Vice-President

          d) Vice-President, Prime minister

18) Which of the following is NOT a polar animal?

          a) Ringed seals

          b) Musk oxen

          c) Lemur

          d) Walrus

19) Which of the following statement is/are correct?

          I. Amoeba ingests its food with the help of pseudopodia.

          II. Amoeba constantly changes its shape and position.

          a) Only II

          b) Neither I nor II

          c) Only I

          d) Both I and II

20) In 1526, Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at _______ and captured Delhi and Agra.

          a) Mathura

          b) Malwa

          c) Labore

          d) Panipat

21) Which of the following cell organelles is also known as the ‘suicide bag’ of a cell?

          a) Lysosome

          b) Ribosome

          c) Vacuole

          d) Mitochondria

22) The Parliament while in session begins with a _______.

          a) Zero hour

          b) Recess

          c) Question hour

          d) Calling attention motion

23) Kuchipudi is a classical dance form of which Indian state?

          a) Kerala

          b) Karnataka

          c) Tamil Nadu

          d) Andhra Pradesh

24) Which of the following is an asset that the borrower owns (such as land, building, vehicle, livestocks, deposits with banks) and uses this as a guarantee to a lender until the loan is repaid?

          a) Frills

          b) Lease

          c) Collateral

          d) Credit

25) Who is the author of ‘Anna Karenina’?

          a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

          b) EM Forster

          c) George Eliot

          d) Leo Tolstoy

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