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Monday, 20 February 2023

SSC CGL Exam 2022 General Awareness 21/04/2022 Shift II

1) As per the provisions of Union Budget 2021-22, how many public sector banks have been lined up for disinvestment?  

1. Seven 

2. Three 

3. Two 

4. Five

2) Colloidal systems – such as gum, starch, proteins, cellulose, agar and gelatine – when placed in water, will absorb a large volume of water and swell up. These substances are called ______. 

1. porins 

2. apoplasts 

3. combustibles 

4. imbibants

3) Gulzar was awarded the 66th Filmfare Award for ‘Best Lyrics’ for the film ______. 

1. Thappad 

2. Sir 

3. Chhapaak 

4. Ludo 

4) Which of the following statements is/are correct? 

I. Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted by Government of India since 1995. 

II. The award is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, language, caste, creed or sex. 

III. The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 was conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 

1. Only I and II 

2. Only I 

3. I, II and III 

4. Only III 

5) Which of the following is NOT a broad mitigation technique of landslide? 

1. Construction of retention wall to stop land from slipping 

2. The surface drainage control works to control the movement of landslide along with rain water and spring flows. 

3. Hazard mapping to locate areas prone to landslides 

4. Reduction in the vegetation cover to arrest landslide 

6) The 61st Amendment to the Constitution of India ______. 

1. restricted the size of council of ministers to 15% of the number of legislative members 

2. reduced the age for voting from 21 to 18 years 

3. substituted ‘Odia’ for ‘Oriya’ 

4. exempted Arunachal Pradesh from reservation for Scheduled Castes in Panchayati Raj institutions 

7) Which of the following is the middle layer in the root apical meristem that gives rise to the cortex? 

1. Periblem 

2. Calyptrogen 

3. Dermatogen 

4. Plerome 

8) Which of the following is NOT a type of mosquito? 

1. Limulus 

2. Culex 

3. Aedes 

4. Anopheles

9) Which of the following decades was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations as the International Decade for action on ‘Water for life’? 

1. 1994 - 2004 

2. 1972 - 1982 

3. 1983 - 1993 

4. 2005 - 2015 

10) The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India were borrowed from the ______ Constitution. 

1. Spanish 

2. Norwegian 

3. Irish 

4. Australian

11) Mridula Sinha, who passed away in November 2020, was the first woman Governor of ______. 

1. Goa 

2. Mizoram 

3. Tripura 

4. Haryana

12) Which of the following is the horizontal distance between two successive crests? 

1. Wave height 

2. Wave period 

3. Wave frequency 

4. Wave length

13) The Hindu Marriage Act was enacted in the year ______.

1. 1956 

2. 1952 

3. 1953 

4. 1955

14) Which of the following countries hosted the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Women's World Cup 2020? 

1. Singapore 

2. China 

3. Japan 

4. South Korea

15) The Ghoom Monastery is located in: 

1. Gangtok 

2. Namchi 

3. Kalimpong 

4. Darjeeling

16) Which of the following British officers issued the infamous ‘crawling order’ whereby Indi had to crawl on all fours to pass an alley? 

1. General Dyer 

2. Warren Hastings 

3. Lord Irwin 

4. Lord Curzon

17) According to the Central Ground Water Board, BIS (IS_10500 and revised module IS 10500:2012) specifications in Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol, what is the acceptable pH value of drinking water specification in India? 

1. 5.5 - 7.5 

2. 4.5 - 9.5 

3. 6.5 - 8.5 

4. 3.5 - 5.5 

18) Who among the following Indian freedom fighters was fondly called Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her dedication towards Gandhian principles? 

1. Kamla Chaudhary 

2. Leela Roy  

3. Dakshayani Velayudhan  

4. Matangini Hazra

19 Who among the following was named sportsman of the decade (Individual non Olympic sports) at the 2021 Sportstar ACES Awards? 

1. Pentala Harikrishna 

2. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 

3. Viswanathan Anand 

4. Baskaran Adhiban

20) A distinct ‘Dhrupad style’ is associated with the ______ gharana. 

1. Ajrada 

2. Nathdwara 

3. Jafferkhani 

4. Bishnupur

21) Normally, there is a ______ day interval between spring tides and neap tides.

1. nine 

2. two 

3. four 

4. seven

22) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the setting up of ______ mega textile parks across the country over three years, in her Budget 2021-22 speech. 

1. seven 

2. five 

3. three 

4. nine 

23) The ancient city of Champa is believed to be the capital of ______ Mahajanapada.

1. Anga 

2. Kashi 

3. Matsya 

4. Vajji 

24) As per World Justice Project 2020, what is India’s rank in Regulatory Enforcement as cited in Economic Survey of India 2021? 

1. 56 

2. 79 

3. 62 

4. 74 

25) ______, the world’s first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste, aims to raise people’s awareness of plastic pollution in oce. 

1. Flipflopi 

2. Blipblopi 

3. Snipsnopi 

4. Triptropi

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