SSC-CGL 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 26

According to the Puranas, Lord Vishnu took the shape of ______ in order to rescue the earth, which had sunk into water.

a lion

an elephant

a boar

a tiger

Question 27

Halogens have ______ electrons in their outermost shells.

six

eight

ﬁve

seven

Question 28

Which of the following states’ former Governor, Mata Prasad, died in January 2021?

Goa

Uttarakhand

Arunachal Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Question 29

Who among the following was the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1947?

Osman Ali

Akbar Ali Khan

Mir Mahbub Ali Khan

Nasir Jung

Question 30

Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for the creation of a GST Council?

Article 246A

Article 323A

Article 279A

Article 269A

Question 31

Which of the following is a work on statecraft written by Krishnadevaraya?

Tolkappiyam

Amuktamalyada

Kadambari

Karpuramanjari

Question 32

Who among the following never became the Vice President of India?

VV Giri

BD Jatti

Gulzarilal Nanda

Zakir Husain

Question 33

How many trains were ﬂagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2021 connecting the location of the Statue of Unity to different parts of India?

Five

Eight

Six

Seven

Question 34

Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Pishtaq’ in the context of medieval Indo-Islamic architecture?

Tall gateway

Water tank

Dome

True arch

Question 35

Which of the following locations has the highest altitude?

Moradabad

Patna

Kolkata

Ranikhet

Question 36

Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Telecommunications Consultants India Limited in January 2021?

Jitendra Singh

Rajeev Kumar

Sanjeev Kumar

Sarabjit Singh Sandhu

Question 37

______ is created by the collision of convergent plate boundaries.

Mid-ocean ridge

Land erosion

Oceanic trench

Mountain building

Question 38

Which of the following is a water-soluble vitamin?

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin K

Vitamin D

Question 39

Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project is located in:

Uttarakhand

Himachal Pradesh

Ladakh

Jammu and Kashmir

Question 40

With which of the following sports is the term ‘Chinaman’ associated?

Swimming

Table tennis

Polo

Cricket

Question 41

When is National Girl Child Day observed annually in India?

24 January

5 June

12 May

9 September

Question 42

Who among the following was the ﬁrst Indian to unfurl the tricolour on foreign land?

Annie Besant

Lakshmi Sehgal

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Bhikaiji Cama

Question 43

Who among the following is the author of the book 'Democrats and Dissenters'?

Gurucharan Das

Ramchandra Guha

Nalini Singh

Arun Shourie

Question 44

Which part of the body is associated with the rickets disorder?

Bones

Eyes

Skin

Heart

Question 45

Which of the following diseases is caused by a parasite?

Plague

Pneumonia

Goitre

Malaria

Question 46

‘Bolak-aat’ is a ______ from the state of Karnataka.

painting form

dance form

sculpting form

music form

Question 47

What is the objective of the 'Doughnut Model' of development?

It envisions total abandonment of technology to live at peace with environment.

It envisions the food processing industry as the centre of development.

It envisions rapid development at environmental cost, then make up for it later.

It envisions a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance.

Question 48

India and ______ were declared joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE Chess Olympiad.

The US

Serbia

Russia

Estonia

Question 49

Who among the following is credited with postulating three laws of planetary motion?

Johannes Kepler

Isaac Newton

Galileo Galilei

Tycho Brahe

Question 50

Which of the following is NOT a feature of food security?

Acceptability

Affordability

Accessibility

Availability

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