SSC MTS Previous Papers General Awareness 08/07/2022 Shift III

01) In which state of India is Sekrenyi Festival celebrated?

          a) Nagaland

          b) Rajasthan

          c) Tamil Nadu

          d) Bihar

02) _______ is an Indian sport in which a ‘raider’ enters the opposite team’s half to tag opponents, without taking a breath.

          a) Kho-Kho

          b) Kabaddi

          c) Mallakhamb

          d) Throwball

03) Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Panchamda’?

          a) Zakir Hussain

          b) Jagjit Singh

          c) AR Rahman

          d) RD Burman

04) With respect to the seasons in India. In India, the term ‘Kaal Baisakhi’ is related to which of the following states in India?

          a) West Bengal

          b) Karnataka

          c) Punjab

          d) Kerala

05) Which of the following is the earliest form of Veda?

          a) Atharva Veda

          b) Sama Veda

          c) Yajur Veda

          d) Rig Veda

06) Who among the following has been appointed as India’s Foreign Secretary effective from 1 May 2022?

          a) Vinay Mohan Kwatra

          b) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

          c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

          d) Sujata Mehta

07) As per Census 2011, which of the following states of India has the lowest literacy rate?

          a) Kerala

          b) Andhra Pradesh

          c) Tamil Nadu

          d) Bihar

08) ‘Mudiyettu’ is a traditional folk theatre form of which Indian state?

          a) Manipur

          b) Kerala

          c) Jharkhand

          d) Assam

09) Rohini Bhate, recipient of Kalidas Samman was associated with which classical dance of India?

          a) Odissi

          b) Manipuri

          c) Sattriya

          d) Kathak

10) As announced in the Union Budget of Financial Year 2022, income from virtual digital assets will be taxed at _______.

          a) 2%

          b) 25%

          c) 35%

          d) 3%

11) Vinod talks about the only planet with liquid water on the surface. Which of the following planets is he talking about?

          a) Earth

          b) Venus

          c) Mars

          d) Saturn

12) Which of the following cell organelles functions both as a passageway for intracellular transport and as a manufacturing surface?

          a) Golgi Apparatus

          b) Lysosome

          c) Mitochondria

          d) Endoplasmic Reticulum

13) Which of the following is a famous example of a temple built in complete Dravidian style?

          a) Konark Sun temple, Konark

          b) Kandariya Mahadeo temple at Khajuraho

          c) Kamakhya tample at Guwahati

          d) Kailasa temple at Ellora

14) Who among the following began the Suddhi Movement, which enabled the Hindus who had accepted Islam or Christianity to return to Hinduism, their original faith?

          a) Ramakrishna Paramhamsa

          b) Keshab Chandra Sen

          c) Narendra Nath Dutta

          d) Dayanand Saraswati

15) Which of the following is NOT a part of the Preamble of India?

          a) Liberty

          b) Equality

          c) Aristocracy

          d) Justice

16) Who among the fallowing was first Muslim woman ruler of medieval India from 1236 to 1240 AD?

          a) Razia Sultana

          b) Sultana Chand Bibi

          c) Rani Mangammal

          d) Begum Samru

17) New Zealand defeated India in the finals of the inaugural World Test Championship in June 2021. Which country hosted this match?

          a) South Africa

          b) England

          c) Australia

          d) New Zealand

18) What was the former name of the Yamuna Expressway Project constructed in Uttar Pradesh, India?

          a) Purvanchal Expressway

          b) Taj Expressway

          c) Noida-Agra Expressway

          d) Kennedy Expressway

19) ‘Straight from the Heart’ is the autobiography of which of the following famous personalities?

          a) Sachin Tendulkar

          b) Rahul Dravid

          c) Kapil Dev

          d) Sunil Gavaskar

20) Which of the following is the correct chemical formula of sodium aluminate?

          a) NaAlO₂

          b) Na₃AlO

          c) NaAlO₃

          d) Na₂AlO₃

21) How many laws were repealed under the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021?

          a) Two

          b) Three

          c) Four

          d) One

22) The movement of people across regions and territories is called _______.

          a) Depopulation

          b) Migration

          c) Mortality

          d) Demographic transition

23) Which of the following statements is correct?

          I. Robert Clive had come to Madras from England in 1743 at the age of 18.

          II. After the battle of Buxar, the East India Company appointed Residents in Indian states.

          a) Only I

          b) Neither I nor II

          c) Only II

          d) Both I and II

24) Which of the following statements is correct regarding ‘Arthropoda’?

          I. These animals are bilaterally symmetrical.

          II. They have jointed legs.

          a) Both I and II

          b) Neither I nor II

          c) Only II

          d) Only I

25) Article 280 of the Constitution of India talks about which constitutional body?

          a) Goods and Service Tax Council

          b) Election commission of India

          c) Attorney General of India

          d) Finance commission