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Tuesday, 27 December 2022

SSC CGL Exams Previous Paper – General Awareness on 12/04/2022 Shift I

01) The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to _______.

          a) Olga Tokarczuk

          b) Kazuo Ishiguro

          c) Louise Gluck

          d) Peter Handke

02) Who among the following was elected as the President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in January 2021?

          a) Sachin Tendulkar

          b) Sourav Ganguly

          c) Anurag Thakur

          d) Jay Shah

03) Which of the following is NOT a part of a flower?

          a) Stamen

          b) Petiole

          c) Sepal

          d) Pistil

04) As a part of Mission Sagar-IV, Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan, Comoros on 14 March 2021 to deliver 1,000 metric tonnes of:

          a) Rice

          b) Tea

          c) Sugar

          d) Wheat

05) Which of the following diseases CANNOT be prevented by vaccination?

          a) Rabies

          b) Beri beri

          c) Typhoid

          d) Measles

06) Which law of Newton provides a quantitative definition of force?

          a) Universal law of gravitation

          b) Second law of motion

          c) First law of motion

          d) Third law of motion

07) The foul smell from a body specially during a sultry summer is due to the action of _______ on sweat.

          a) Melanin

          b) Moisture

          c) Bacteria

          d) Virus

08) Who among the following first argued that in the face of high deficits, people save more?

          a) Amartya Sen

          b) Ester Duflo

          c) Adam Smith

          d) David Ricardo

09) Which of the following Harappan sites is in Haryana?

          a) Kalibangan

          b) Lothal

          c) Rakhigarhi

          d) Dholavira

10) The value of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India is published by PIB in _______.

          a) US Dollar

          b) Yen

          c) Yuan

          d) Indian Rupee

11) Approximately how much percentage (nearest to integer) of total water on the surface of earth is accounted for by the oceans?

          a) 96

          b) 97

          c) 94

          d) 92

12) As per the Union Budget of 2021-21, how many textile parks are to be set up in 3 years?

          a) Eight

          b) Six

          c) Five

          d) Seven

13) Ozone is an allotrope of _______.

          a) Carbon dioxide

          b) Oxygen

          c) Hydrogen

          d) Nitrogen

14) Who among the following athletes was appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Assam Government in February 2021?

          a) Deepika Kumari

          b) Ekta Bhyan

          c) Dutee Chand

          d) Hima Das

15) Which of the following cities won the hosting rights of the 2030 Asian Games in December 2020?

          a) Jakarta

          b) Doha

          c) Seoul

          d) Shanghai

16) The Deomali is the highest mountain peak of _______.

          a) Assam

          b) West Bengal

          c) Bihar

          d) Odisha

17) Who among the following was a ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty?

          a) Kanishka

          b) Samudragupta

          c) Dhruva

          d) Ashoka

18) Which of the following is a UNESCO recognized dance form?

          a) Bhangra

          b) Dalkhai

          c) Kalbelia

          d) Giddha

19) Which of the following environment events is observed by switching off all lights at homes, business establishments, landmarks and so on for an hour?

          a) World Environment Day

          b) Earth Hour

          c) Earth Charter

          d) Earth Day

20) Which of the following Amendments of the Constitution of India declared that the Parliament has the power to abridge or rake away any of the Fundamental Rights under Article 368 and such an Act, will NOT be a law under the meaning of Article 13?

          a) Twenty-third Amendment

          b) Twentieth Amendment

          c) Twenty-fourth Amendment

          d) Twenty-eighth Amendment

21) Me-Dum-Me-Phi is an ancestor-worship festival celebrated in the state of _______.

          a) Madhya Pradesh

          b) Himachal Pradesh

          c) Assam

          d) Goa

22) Which of the following crops is described as -‘it is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. It is a Kharif crop that requires temperature between 210C to 270C and grows well in old alluvial soil’?

          a) Sesamum

          b) Maize

          c) Bajra

          d) Ragi

23) Who among the following presidents of India gave assent to the 100th Amendment of the Constitution of India?

          a) Pranab Mukherjee

          b) Ram Nath Kovind

          c) APJ Abdul Kalam

          d) Pratibha Devisingh Patil

24) During the rule of which of the following dynasties did Timur or Tamerlane invade India in 1398 AD?

          a) The Slave dynasty

          b) The Sayyad dynasty

          c) The Tughlaq dynasty

          d) The Khilji dynasty

25) The Government of National Capital Terriroty of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed in March 2021 amended the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, _______.

          a) 1998

          b) 1994

          c) 1996

          d) 1991

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