SSC-CGL 2019 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 201

The base financial year for the calculation of the all India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is:

2004-2005

2011-2012

2005-2006

2010-2011

Question 202

The Qutub Minar was named after the Sufi saint ________.

Qutub-ud-Din Aibak

Alauddin Sabir Kaliyar

Syed Waheed Ashraf

Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Question 203

________ won gold in the Men’s freestyle wrestling 65 kg category at the Dan Kolov 2019 wrestling event.

Yogeshwar Dutt

Sandeep Tomar

Sushil Kumar

Bajrang Punia

Question 204

The Almatti dam project on the Krishna river was an issue between which states?

Karnataka and Goa 

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Question 205

________ built the world famous Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Guru Ram Das

Guru Arjan Dev

Guru Angad Dev

 Guru Siri Har Rai 

Question 206

________ is an important road link between Srinagar on one side and Kargil and Leh on the other side.

Zoji La

Qara Tag La

Muling La

Shipki La

Question 207

During whose reign did the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India?

Harshavardhana 

Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Chandragupta I

Samudragupta

Question 208

Flying Officer ________ of the Indian Air Force (IAF) created history by becoming the first Indian woman to fly her first solo fighter flight in a Russian made MiG-21 fighter.

Bhawana Kanth

Mohana Singh

Avani Chaturvedi

 Anjali Gupta

Question 209

Who decides on the issue related to the disqualification of a Member of Lok Sabha under Tenth Schedule?

Vice President

Speaker 

Prime Minister 

President

Question 210

The theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by the aftermath of a large asteroid impact on Earth was given by ________.

Wilhelm Röntgen

Luis Alvarez

Henry Moseley

William Crookes

Question 211

‘Shifting cultivation’ is also known as ________ in north-east India.

Chena

Jhum

Ladang

Logan

Question 212

The maximum number of nominated members to Lok Sabha by the president is ________.

Question 213

The deficiency of which nutrient causes night blindness ?

Vitamin C

Proteins

Vitamin K

Vitamin A

Question 214

________ codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that the absolute zero of temperature is −273.15°C. He was honoured for this with the naming of the Kelvin temperature scale.

William Crookes

Luis Alvarez

William Thomson

Robert Hooke 

Question 215

What does the Lorenz Curve indicate?

Relationship between the price of a certain commodity and its demand

Income distribution

Taxable income elasticity

Rate of employment

Question 216

In March 2019, the Government of ________ launched the 'Lose to Win' programme to assist overweight employees shed extra kilos and adopt a healthy lifestyle.

UAE

Australia

Question 217

Brazilian physicist and astronomer ________ was awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize, worth $1.4 million, for his work blending science and spirituality.

Marcelo Gleiser

Edwin Hubble

Nicolaus Copernicus

Charles Messier

Question 218

________ was the first person to isolate methane gas. He discovered that methane mixed with air could be exploded using an electric spark.

William Thomson

William Crookes

Louis Pasteur

Alessandro Volta

Question 219

________ is famous for outstanding specimen of Buddhist art and architecture, belonging to the period between the 3rd century B.C. and the 12th century A.D.

Dewas

Vidisha

Sanchi

Satna

Question 220

In March 2018, Indian actress ________ was named as the new ambassador of the international award-winning non-profit organisation, Educate Girls.

Deepika Padukone

Priyanka Chopra

 Katrina Kaif

Aishwarya Rai 

Question 221

The Suri king ________ defeated Humayun to regain his kingdom.

Sikandar Suri

Mahmood Suri

Bahalol Suri 

Sher Shah Suri

Question 222

Who invented the atomic battery in 1913?

Henry Moseley

Benjamin Franklin

Alessandro Volta

Louis Pasteur

Question 223

Who was the Fifth Sikh Gurus?

Guru Angad

Guru Hargobind

Guru Arjan Dev

Guru Ramdas

Question 224

In March 2019, a science teacher from rural Kenya named ________ won the prestigious Global Teacher Prize 2019, worth $1 million, which honours the world’s best teacher.

Hanan Al Hroub

Peter Tabichi

Nancie Atwell

 Andria Zafirakou

Question 225

What is the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 8,100 for $1\frac{1}{4}$ years at 8% per annum, if the interest is compounded 5-monthly? (Nearest to Rs.1)

Rs. 873

Rs. 824

Rs. 842

Rs. 837.3

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The base financial year for the calculation of the all India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is:

The Qutub Minar was named after the Sufi saint ________.

________ won gold in the Men&rsquo;s freestyle wrestling 65 kg category at the Dan Kolov 2019 wrestling event.

The Almatti dam project on the Krishna river was an issue between which states?

________ built the world famous Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

________ is an important road link between Srinagar on one side and Kargil and Leh on the other side.

During whose reign did the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India?

Flying Officer ________ of the Indian Air Force (IAF) created history by becoming the first Indian woman to fly her first solo fighter flight in a Russian made MiG-21 fighter.

Who decides on the issue related to the disqualification of a Member of Lok Sabha under Tenth Schedule?

The theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by the aftermath of a large asteroid impact on Earth was given by ________.

&lsquo;Shifting cultivation&rsquo; is also known as ________ in north-east India.

The maximum number of nominated members to Lok Sabha by the president is ________.

The deficiency of which nutrient causes night blindness ?

________ codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that the absolute zero of temperature is &minus;273.15&deg;C. He was honoured for this with the naming of the Kelvin temperature scale.

What does the Lorenz Curve indicate?

In March 2019, the Government of ________ launched the 'Lose to Win' programme to assist overweight employees shed extra kilos and adopt a healthy lifestyle.

Brazilian physicist and astronomer ________ was awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize, worth $1.4 million, for his work blending science and spirituality.

________ was the first person to isolate methane gas. He discovered that methane mixed with air could be exploded using an electric spark.

________ is famous for outstanding specimen of Buddhist art and architecture, belonging to the period between the 3rd century B.C. and the 12th century A.D.

In March 2018, Indian actress ________ was named as the new ambassador of the international award-winning non-profit organisation, Educate Girls.

The Suri king ________ defeated Humayun to regain his kingdom.

Who invented the atomic battery in 1913?

Who was the Fifth Sikh Gurus?

In March 2019, a science teacher from rural Kenya named ________ won the prestigious Global Teacher Prize 2019, worth $1 million, which honours the world&rsquo;s best teacher.

What is the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 8,100 for \(1\frac{1}{4}\) years at 8% per annum, if the interest is compounded 5-monthly? (Nearest to Rs.1)

________ won gold in the Men’s freestyle wrestling 65 kg category at the Dan Kolov 2019 wrestling event.

‘Shifting cultivation’ is also known as ________ in north-east India.

________ codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that the absolute zero of temperature is −273.15°C. He was honoured for this with the naming of the Kelvin temperature scale.

In March 2019, a science teacher from rural Kenya named ________ won the prestigious Global Teacher Prize 2019, worth $1 million, which honours the world’s best teacher.