SSC CHSL Exams Previous Paper – General Awareness on 11/08/2021 Shift II

01) Which of the following mountain passes is situated in the state of Uttarakhand?

          a) Nathu La Pass

          b) Baralacha La Pass

          c) Bomdi La Pass

          d) Mangsha Dhura Pass

02) Who was appointed as UNICEF’s celebrity advocate for a children’s rights campaign in September 2020?

          a) Aamir Khan

          b) Nawazuddin Siddiqui

          c) Ayushmann Khurrana

          d) Akshay Kumar

03) ‘PVC’ is a high strength thermoplastic material widely used in applications, such as pipes, medical devices, wire and cable insulation. What is the full form of PVC?

          a) Polyvinyl Carbazole

          b) Polyvinyl Chloride

          c) Polyvinyl Calcium

          d) Polyvinyl Carbonate

04) After over 21 years stay in South Africa, Gandhiji returned to India in _______.

          a) 1915

          b) 1916

          c) 1917

          d) 1919

05) What was India’s rank in the World Press Freedom index 2020?

          a) 92

          b) 139

          c) 142

          d) 97

06) The nephron is the microscopic structural and functional unit of the:

          a) Kidney

          b) Heart

          c) Lung

          d) Liver

07) National Highway no. 7 connects:

          a) Fazilka to Mana

          b) Kashmir to Kanyakumari

          c) Varanasi to Kanyakumari

          d) Kanpur to Silchar

08) To which country does the French Open 2020 women’s singles winner, Iga Swiatek belong?

          a) China

          b) France

          c) Poland

          d) Japan

09) Which of the following diseases damages the eye’s optic nerve and results in vision loss and blindness and occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises?

          a) Vitiligo

          b) Psoriasis

          c) Gonorrhoea

          d) Glaucoma

10) India’s first lithium refinery, which will process lithium ore to produce battery-grade material, will be set up in:

          a) Uttar Pradesh

          b) Rajasthan

          c) Madhya Pradesh

          d) Gujarat

11) The ‘Hornbill Festival’ is a celebration held every year from 1 to 10 December in _______.

          a) Haryana

          b) Kerala

          c) Nagaland

          d) Uttarakhand

12) In which of the following states is Neora Valley National Park situated?

          a) Maharashtra

          b) Kerala

          c) Himachal Pradesh

          d) West Bengal

13) Which of the following organizations was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize 2020?

          a) World Health Organization

          b) World Trade Organization

          c) World Food Programme

          d) International Labour Organization

14) Who is the Chief Justice of Bangladesh as of May 2020?

          a) Abdul Hamid

          b) Syed Mahmud Hossain

          c) Narender Batra

          d) Sheikh Hasina

15) Which of the following writs is a challenge to the legality of a prisoner’s detention?

          a) Mandamus

          b) Ouo Warranto

          c) Habeas corpus

          d) Prohibition

16) Which of the following Hindu festivals is celebrated in the last month of the Hindu calendar?

          a) Holi

          b) Diwali

          c) Raksha Bandhan

          d) Makara Sankranti

17) The Battle of Bedara was fought between the British Army and the Dutch Army in:

          a) 1760

          b) 1759

          c) 1772

          d) 1764

18) Who among the following won the ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award’ in August 2020 in the ‘Water Adventure’ category?

          a) Satyendra Singh

          b) Narendra Singh

          c) Sarfaraz Singh

          d) Anita Devi

19) Which of the following is an open source operating system?

          a) Windows 10

          b) Windows Vista

          c) Android

          d) iOS

20) Which of the following is the correct definition of bank rate?

          a) It is the rate of interest payable by commercial banks to RBI

          b) It is the rate of interest payable by a scheduled bank at which RBI lends overnight

          c) It is the rate of interest payable by a consumer to commercial banks.

          d) It is the rate of interest payable by RBI to commercial banks

21) Which of the following is an input device used to verify the legitimacy or originality of paper documents, especially cheques?

          a) Non-impact printer

          b) Optical mark reader

          c) Electronic card reader

          d) Magnetic ink character recognition

22) Chulia waterfall is situated on Chambal River in _______.

          a) Uttar Pradesh

          b) Gujarat

          c) Rajasthan

          d) Madhya Pradesh

23) In which of the following states was the Monpa handmade paper making unit inaugurated in December 2020?

          a) Trupura

          b) Assam

          c) Arunachal Pradesh

          d) Manipur

24) Who among the following was the first female hockey player to have won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

          a) Gurjit Kaur

          b) Reena Khokhar

          c) Rani Rampal

          d) Lilima Minz

25) In the Union Budget 2020-21, the Government of India proposed to spend Rs 30,42,230 crore in 2020-21, which is _______ higher than the revised estimate of 2019-20.

          a) 12.7%

          b) 18.9%

          c) 18.7%

          d) 17.6%