SSC-CGL 2020 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Red worms have a structure named ______ which helps them in grinding their food.

Esophagus

Intestine

Crop

Gizzard

Question 2

Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?

Elephants

Horses

Cows

Tigers

Question 3

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of ________, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler and with a reputation for quiet diplomacy passed away recently (2020).

Abu Dhabi

Oman

Dubai

Kuwait

Question 4

Which of these institutions fixes the Repo Rate and the Reverse Repo Rate in India?

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Reserve Bank of India

Ministry of Finance

State Bank of India

Question 5

Sir Thomas Roe came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor's court?

Akbar

Aurangzeb

Shah Jahan

Jahangir

Question 6

What is the more common name for solid carbon dioxide?

Epsom

Dry Ice

Potash

Quick Silver

Question 7

As on January 2020, Shri Bhupesh Baghel is the Chief Minister of which of the following states?

Odisha

Chhattisgarh

Jharkhand

Haryana

Question 8

Name the media company that purchased the legendary studio of 21st Century Fox.

Time Warner

Viacom

Sony

Disney

Question 9

Who among the following played the leading lady in the film 'Mission Mangal' that tells the dramatic true story of the women behind India's first mission to Mars?

Deepika Padukone

Kareena Kapoor

Vidya Balan

Kajol

Question 10

For which of the following sports was Dronavalli Harika, conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award?

Chess

Badminton

Archery

Cricket

Question 11

From India, who inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor and flagged off the first set of pilgrims to the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev?

Narendra Modi

Amarinder Singh

Ram Nath Kovind

Manmohan Singh

Question 12

Who is the first and currently the only batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive test series?

A.B. de Villiers

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

Brian Lara

Question 13

The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi - capital of Vijayanagara - is located in which present day Indian state?

Haryana

Bihar

Karnataka

Telangana

Question 14

In which year Sanchi was discovered after being abandoned for nearly 600 Years?

1820

1818

1814

1816

Question 15

Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time kingdoms in which state of India?

Karnataka

Gujarat

Bihar

Kerala

Question 16

What is the uniform GST rate that has been fixed up for lottery prizes by the GST Council?

28 %

18 %

10 %

32 %

Question 17

As of February 2020, who is the President of Sri Lanka?

Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Maithripala Sirisena

D.M. Jayaratne

Question 18

Which of the following books is NOT written by Salman Rushdie?

An Area of Darkness

Shame

Midnight's Children

The Satanic Verses

Question 19

Which of these bones is NOT a part of the human ear?

Malleus

Stapes

Femur

Incus

Question 20

The Araku Valley, a tourist resort, is located near which of these cities of South India?

Visakhapatnam

Madurai

Kochi

Mangalore

Question 21

Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed from which of the following states of India?

Odisha

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Question 22

Name the author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book - An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India.

Ramchandra Guha

Shashi Tharoor

Romila Thapar

Vikram Seth

Question 23

Which of these words refers to the scientific study of domestic dogs?

Craniology

Chrematistics

Carpology

Cynology

Question 24

Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize.

Enrico Fermi

J.S. Fleming

James Chadwick

Max Plank

Question 25

The World Food Program (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations. Where is it headquartered?

Rome

New York

Paris

Brussels

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