SSC-CGL 2023 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

The length of the badminton court for singles is:

13.44 m

14 m

13.40 m

Question 2

Who is the Administrative Head of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department?

Accountant General

Principal Accountant General

Director General

The Comptroller and Auditor General

Question 3

Which of the following is the largest pan-India scheme to strengthen health care infrastructure across the country with focus on primary, secondary and tertiary care services?

LaQshya

AB-PMJAY

PM-ABHIM

PM-MI

Question 4

Which of the following festivals is associated with the term ‘ties of protection’?

Baisakhi

Karwa Chauth

Chhath Pooja

Raksha Bandhan

Question 5

In October 2021, 19-year-old ________ won the silver medal at the World Wrestling Championship.

Anshu Malik

Seema Bisla

Sanju Devi

Sonam Malik

Question 6

________ emerged as the poorest state as per the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by Niti Aayog and launched in November 2021.

Ans 1. Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Mizoram

Question 7

The consumption of fixed capital is also known as _________.

depreciation

net investment

appreciation

gross investment

Question 8

The Vedic Aryans lived in the area called Sapt-Sindhu, which means area drained by seven rivers. One of the rivers among the seven is Jhelum. What was its ancient name?

Askini

Parushni

Vipash

Vitasta

Question 9

In Chola administration, ________ was the assembly in the villages which were inhabited predominantly by the Brahmanas.

Khilya

Nagaram

Sabha

Question 10

Which of the following states is NOT a part of the Tapi Basin?

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Question 11

Which of the following is used as a cooling medium for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the superconducting magnets in MRI scanners and NMR spectrometers?

Neon

Chlorine

Argon

Helium

Question 12

In 2018, Google Doodle celebrated the 100th birthday of Mrinalini Sarabhai. She is an exponent of which of the following dance forms?

Bharatanatyam and Kathakali

Odissi and Kathak

Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam

Yakshagana

Question 13

Bharatanatyam expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas of _______.

Sufism

Shaivism

Buddhism

Jainism

Question 14

Who among the following musicians is popular for his mastery over the musical instrument Sitar?

Ali Akbar Khan

Vilayat Khan

Bahadur Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

Question 15

Which of the following countries was the host of AFC Women's Asia Cup Football–2022?

Japan

Bangladesh

India

China

Question 16

Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni was conferred with the Arjuna Award 2022 for her outstanding contribution in which of the following sports?

Table Tennis

Chess

Badminton

Wrestling

Question 17

Who among the following was the founder of ‘Tiger Legion' or ‘Free India Legion'?

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Subhas Chandra Bose

Sohan Singh Bhakhna

Lala Hardayal

Question 18

Name a reproductive strategy in which parasites take advantage of the care of other individuals of the same species or different species to raise their young.

Brood parasitism

Sexual parasitism

Klepto parasitism

Competitive parasitism

Question 19

On the basis of tribal population (2011), identify the option that arranges the following states in ascending order. A. Madhya Pradesh B. Maharashtra C. Odisha

(C), (B), (A)

(B), (A), (C),

(C), (A), (B)

(B), (C), (A)

Question 20

In which industrial policy was the investment limit for tiny industry/unit increased to ₹2 lakh?

1977

1991

1980

1956

Question 21

Which scientist thought of the concept of steady state of the universe?

Harold Jeffrey

Edwin Hubble

Fred Hoyle

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Question 22

Ryotwari system of revenue collection in India, introduced by the British, was based on the _______.

Smith’s theory of rent

Ricardian theory of rent

Malthusian theory of rent

Marx’s theory of rent

Question 23

Who received the Nobel Prize in 1901 for ‘recognition of the extraordinary services rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions’?

Hermann Emil Fischer

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Svante August Arrhenius

Henri Moissan

Question 24

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution are related to citizenship?

Articles 15 to 21

Articles 5 to 11

Articles 2 to 4

Articles 25 to 31

Question 25

Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 primarily dealt with which of the following subject matters?

Education

Railways

Health

Finance

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