SSC CGL Exam 2022 General Awareness 13/04/2022 Shift II

1) Which of the following became the second state in the country to achieve 100% functional household tap connections (FHTCs)? 

1. Kerala 

2. Sikkim 

3. Telangana 

4. Mizoram 

2) Which of the following is an Indian ‘not for profit’ organisation, working on sustainable solutions to make sanitation and water accessible to all? 

1. Pratham 

2. Helpage India 

3. Goonj 

4. Sulabh International

3) Which of the following legislations ought to allow senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India? 

1. Ilbert Bill, 1884 

2. Ingress into India Ordinance, 1914 

3. Government of India Act, 1919 

4. Age of Consent Act, 1891

4) The ______ is the extended margin of each continent occupied by relatively shallow seas and gulfs. 

1. deep sea plain 

2. oceanic deeps 

3. continental slope 

4. continental shelf

5) As per Economic Survey 2020–21, India entered the top 50 innovating countries for the first time in ______ since the inception of the Global Innovation Index in 2007. 

1. 2019 

2. 2018 

3. 2020 

4. 2017 

6) Who among the following freedom fighters hoisted the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement? 

1. Aruna Asaf Ali  

2. Sarojini Naidu 

3. Tara Rani Srivastava 

4. Matangini Hazra 

7) Which of the following animals has more than one heart? 

1. Porcupine 

2. Chameleon 

3. Tortoise 

4. Octopus 

8) Who among the following defeated Harshavardhana when he invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan? 

1. Mangalesha 

2. Pulakesin II 

3. Vikramaditya I 

4. Kirtivarman I

9) ______ is defined as the temperature to which the air would have to cool (at constant pressure and constant water vapour content) in order to reach saturation.  

1. Dew point temperature  

2. Air temperature 

3. Relative humidity 

4. Surface temperature

10) Who became the first player to hit 350 sixes during IPL2021? 

1. AB de Villiers 

2. MS Dhoni 

3. Chris Gayle 

4. Rohit Sharma 

11) The 60th Amendment to the Constitution of India increased the ceiling of profession tax from ₹ 250 p.a. to ______ p.a. 

1. ₹7,000 

2. ₹5,000 

3. ₹1,000 

4. ₹2,500 

12) Who among the following was named Wisden Almanack's ODI player of the 2010s in April 2021? 

1. Virat Kohli 

2. Rahul Dravid 

3. Sachin Tendulkar 

4. MS Dhoni 

13) The salinity of ocean waters is calculated as the amount of salt (in gm) dissolved in ______ gm of seawater. 

1. 10,000 

2. 1000 

3. 100 

4. 10 

14) What is the projected growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for India in 2021 as given by The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April 2021? 

1. 13.7% 

2. 10.2% 

3. 11.6% 

4. 12.5% 

15) Who among the following is the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) as of April 2021? 

1. Uday Shankar 

2. Deepak Parekh 

3. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi 

4. Rakesh Makhija 

16) Which of the following is a book written by Avni Doshi? 

1. In Other Words 

2. Burnt Sugar 

3. Unaccustomed Earth 

4. Interpreter of Maladies

17) India banned unregulated deposit schemes through an Act passed in the year ______. 

1. 2019 

2. 2016 

3. 2017 

4. 2018

18) ‘Ummatt-aat’ is a folk dance form performed in ______

1. Kasauli 

2. Coorg 

3. Itanagar 

4. Gangtok

19) Who among the following Indian wrestlers became World No. 1 in 65-kg freestyle wrestling in March 2021? 

1. Bajrang Punia 

2. Sushil Kumar 

3. Yogeshwar Dutt 

4. Pawan Kumar

20) In which of the following years did the resolution at the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress dwell on how Independent India’s Constitution should look? 

1. 1931 

2. 1928 

3. 1946 

4. 1945 

21) Which of the following is a characteristic of fibres in relation to plant anatomy? 

1. Possess only pitted thickenings 

2. Possess oblique end walls 

3. Responsible for conduction and also mechanical support 

4. Possess various shorted cells

22) In which of the following Indian states will you find the Netarhat Mountains, also called ‘Queen of Chotanagpur’?

1. West Bengal 

2. Jharkhand 

3. Odisha 

4. Chhattisgarh 

23) Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), what is the target year to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household in India? 

1. 2025 

2. 2022 

3. 2024 

4. 2023 

24) ______ is one of the languages in which the denomination is printed on the reverse of a contemporary Indian currency note. 

1. Burmese 

2. Sinhala 

3. Nepali 

4. Dzongkha

25) In which of the following towns will you find the ‘Kachari Ruins’? 

1. Shimla 

2. Bilaspur 

3. Gangtok 

4. Dimapur