SSC CHSL Exams Previous Paper – General Awareness on 04/08/2021 Shift III

01) According to which of the following Schedules to the Constitution provides for allocation of seats to the states and union territories in Rajya Sabha?

          a) Fourth

          b) Sixth

          c) Seventh

          d) Second

02) Which of the following rivers rises in the west of Rohtang Pass in the Kullu hills of Himachal Pradesh and flows through the Chamba Valley of the state?

          a) Satluj

          b) Ravi

          c) Beas

          d) Chenab

03) How many Rajya Sabha seats come from state of Assam?

          a) 7

          b) 15

          c) 9

          d) 18

04) In which of the following years was the Cornwallis Code enacted?

          a) 1857

          b) 1793

          c) 1805

          d) 1723

05) Which of the following is the full form of EBCDIC?

          a) Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal interchange Code

          b) Extended Binary-Control-Device Interchange Code

          c) Electronic Binary-Control-Device Interchange Code

          d) Electronic Binary-Control-Decimal Interchange Code

06) Which of the following factors is NOT responsible for the loss of fertility of agricultural land?

          a) Salinisation of soil

          b) Higher cation exchange capacity of soil

          c) Alkalisation of soil

          d) Waterlogging

07) Which of the following banks has signed a loan of $40 million to Northern Arc Capital to support the microfinance borrowers and the MSME sectors in India?

          a) AIIB

          b) World Bank

          c) IMF

          d) ADB

08) Which of the following devices accepts the results produced by the computer in a machine-readable form?

          a) Microphone

          b) Printer

          c) Graphics tablet

          d) Mouse

09) Kuldeep Handoo has won the Dronacharya Award in 2020. He belongs to which of the following sports?

          a) Wushu

          b) Swimming

          c) Boxing

          d) Wrestling

10) Which of the following is one of the basic plant nutrients of fertilizers that are commonly used in agriculture?

          a) Sodium

          b) Mercury

          c) Arsenic

          d) Potassium

11) Who among the following has written the novel ‘The Awasthis of Aamnagri’?

          a) Shubha Sharma

          b) Debashish Panigrahi

          c) Sarabjit Singh

          d) Chetan Bhagat

12) The ‘SAKSHAM’ campaign launched by the Government of India in January 2021 aims to spread awareness about _______.

          a) Adoption of cleaner fuels

          b) Empowerment of women

          c) Protection of girl child

          d) Education for children

13) Who among the following footballers won the ‘Best FIFA Men’s player Award’ 2020?

          a) Lionel Messi

          b) Cristiano Ronaldo

          c) Robert Lewandowski

          d) Raheem Sterling

14) Shigmotsav is essentially a festival of the masses, celebrated on the moon day in the month of Phalguna (March). Which state celebrates this festival?

          a) Haryana

          b) Meghalaya

          c) Sikkim

          d) Goa

15) India has engaged actively in the multilateral negotiations in the UNFCCC. What is the full form of UNFCCC?

          a) United Nations Framework of Central Climate Change

          b) United Nations Fellowship of Central Climate Change

          c) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

          d) United Nations Fellowship Convention on Climate Change

16) Suryadhar lake is located in which of the following states?

          a) Himachal Pradesh

          b) Arunachal Pradesh

          c) Uttarakhand

          d) Meghalaya

17) Which of the following sports was added to the Asian Beach Games Program 2021 as of December 2020?

          a) Athletics

          b) Aquatics

          c) Basketball

          d) Coastal Rowing

18) In which of the following states is Buxa National Park situated?

          a) Punjab

          b) Haryana

          c) Karnataka

          d) West Bengal

19) Which of the following states Government has unveiled the ‘Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System’ (FRUITS), an e-governance portal, to create a repository of farmland information and farm loan details on a single platform?

          a) Karnataka

          b) Tamil Nadu

          c) Kerala

          d) Chhattisgarh

20) In which of the following cities was Indi’s first indigenously designed and developed driverless metro car unveiled in January 2021?

          a) Delhi

          b) Chennai

          c) Kolkata

          d) Bengaluru

21) Who among the following were awarded the Nobel Prize 2020 in Economics Sciences?

          a) James J Heckman and Daniel L McFadden

          b) Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson

          c) William Vickrey and James A Mirrlees

          d) Robert W Fogel and Douglass C North

22) Which of the following battles did Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah fight, defeating the forces under Henry Lawrence?

          a) Battle of Kintoor

          b) Battle of SAragarhi

          c) Battle of Chinhat

          d) Battle of Najafgarh

23) Which of the following is used as a primary means of implementing the monetary policy of the Reserve Bank of India?

          a) Repo rate

          b) Call money

          c) Mumbai Interbank Offer Rate

          d) Promissory notes

24) In which of the following states is Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple located?

          a) Andhra Pradesh

          b) Odisha

          c) Maharashtra

          d) Tamil Nadu

25) Which of the following diseases is caused by Helicobacter pyroli?

          a) Gastritis

          b) Ringworm

          c) Chikungunya

          d) Rubella