SSC-CGL 2023 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 51

Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta in 1828?

Ramabai Ranade

Ram Mohan Roy

Swami Vivekanand

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 52

According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ annual report (2020-2021), which position does India have in terms of road networks in the world?

Third

First

Second

Fourth

Question 53

The outermost part of the Earth is known as __________.

the core

the mantle

the crust

volcano

Question 54

Who among the following is one of the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh as of July 2023?

Keshav Prasad Maurya

Manoj Sinha

Narottam Mishra

Yogi Adityanath

Question 55

Find out why white silver chloride turns grey in sunlight.

Due to rusting of silver in presence of oxygen

Due to redox reaction

Due to the decomposition of silver chloride into silver and chlorine by light

Due to the displacement of silver chloride to silver oxide

Question 56

Why does the milkman add a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk?

To maintain the pH of the fresh milk at 6 for a longer time

To reduce the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline

To increase the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline

To reduce the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly more acidic

Question 57

Under which of the following Acts, the Board of Control was established in England to control and supervise the administration of British India?

Charter Act of 1793

Regulating Act of 1773

Charter Act of 1813

Pitt’s India Act of 1784

Question 58

The ________ of every state unfurls the flag in its capital on the Republic Day.

Judge of High Court

Speaker

Governor

Chief Minister

Question 59

Which marine carotenoid is abundant in brown seaweed, macroalgae and diatoms?

β-cryptoxanthin

Neoxanthin

Astaxanthin

Fucoxanthin

Question 60

Harrod Domar model was the main idea behind the __________ Five Year Plan.

First

Third

Fourth

Second

Question 61

Which of the following are west flowing rivers?

Godavari and Mahanadi

Ganga and Yamuna

Mahi and Sabarmati

Krishna and Kaveri

Question 62

The Upper House of a State Legislature is known as the ____________.

Lok Sabha

Vidhan Parishad

Vidhan Sabha

Rajya Sabha

Question 63

When was the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana introduced to provide health insurance to people below the poverty line?

2014

2008

2017

2009

Question 64

Part IV A of the Indian Constitution was inserted in the Indian Constitution through _____________ Constitutional Amendment Act.

44th

46th

42nd

48th

Question 65

Which of the following states was the overall champion in both men and women categories in the first Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav?

Jharkhand

Odisha

Chhattisgarh

Maharashtra

Question 66

Money supply is a _____ concept.

flow

stock

non-measurable

measurable

Question 67

The Parliament passed the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 in August 2021. Which of the following is an objective behind passing it?

Which of the following is an objective behind passing it? Ans 1. To prohibit strikes, lockouts and layoffs in units engaged in essential defence services

To appoint more women in defence services

To encourage more FDI in defence services

To implement one rank one pension

Question 68

In the context of periodicity, a unit called picometre is used to measure the __________.

molar mass

atomic radius

atomic density

spin quantum number

Question 69

Who among the following was the Former Secretary (HRD), Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and has been appointed as the advisor to the Prime Minister of India in October 2021?

Amit Khare

PK Sinha

Amarjeet Sinha

Shri Apurva Chandra

Question 70

Who among the following is/was a famous sitarist?

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Ravi Shankar

Zakir Hussain

Ustad Bismillah Khan

Question 71

Three Poets Pampa, Ponna and Ranna are called as the ‘Three Jewels’ of:

Kannada Literature

Sanskrit Literature

Telugu Literature

Tamil Literature

Question 72

Who was the first Indian woman wrestler to represent the country at the 2012 London Olympic Games?

Sakshi Malik

Vinesh Phogat

Babita Phogat

Geeta Phogat

Question 73

Indian classical violinist Annavarapu Rama Swamy was awarded with the _____________ in 2021.

Ans 1. Sangeet Natak Akademi

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shri

Question 74

In which of the following years was the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act passed?

2010

2002

2016

2019

Question 75

Who among the following was one of the recipients of the inaugural ‘Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal’ award in 2021?

Amartya Sen

Jagdish Bhagwati

Raghuram Rajan

Surjit Bhalla

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