SSC-CGL 2023 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 126

Which of the following awards was won by Lata Mangeshkar in the year 2001?

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Padma Vibhushan

Bharat Ratna

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Question 127

Details about Sudarshana lake is given in a rock inscription at Girnar (Junagarh), which was composed to record the achievements of the Shaka ruler _________.

Chashtana

Rudradaman I

Rudrasimha III

Maues

Question 128

___________ is an industry association and self-regulatory organisation (SRO) whose primary objective is to work towards the robust development of the microfinance sector.

NABARD

Self-help Group Association

Microfinance and Investments Regulatory Authority

Microfinance Institutions Network

Question 129

Which article has a similar provision to that of Article 32 and deals with writ jurisdiction?

Article 228

Article 227

Article 226

Article 225

Question 130

Which of the following is NOT a condition for the President’s office in India?

He shall not hold any office of profit.

The allowances shall not be diminished during his term of office.

He shall not be entitled, without payment of rent, to use his official residence.

He shall not be a member of either House of the Parliament.

Question 131

Which of the following statements best defines the monoecious?

A flower with gynoecium only

A flower with androecium only

A flower with both androecium and gynoecium

A flower with dithecous

Question 132

Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the ____________ Award in the year 1994.

Grammy

Sangita Kalanidhi

Oscar

Question 133

Who is Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology as of July 2023?

Dharmendra Pradhan

Jitendra Singh

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ramesh Pokhriyal

Question 134

Which of the following decomposition reactions is NOT a redox reaction?

Decomposition of sodium hydride

Decomposition of calcium carbonate

Decomposition of potassium chlorate

Decomposition of dihydrogen monoxide

Question 135

Who among the following has authored the play ‘Nil Darpan’?

Chittaranjan Das

Motilal Nehru

Dinabandhu Mitra

Sarojini Naidu

Question 136

Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?

Jayprakash Narayan

JM Sengupta

Kunwar Singh

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

Question 137

Which plateaus are very fertile because they are rich in black soil that is very good for farming?

Deccan lava plateau

African plateau

Ethiopian plateau

Katanga plateau

Question 138

Which of the following is a correct order of basicity?

LiOH>NaOH>KOH>CsOH

KOH>CsOH>NaOH>LiOH

LiOH>KOH>CsOH>NaOH

CsOH>KOH>NaOH>LiOH

Question 139

Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT regarding the grade of organisation and its example?

Cell-tissue grade organisation - Jellyfish

Cellular grade organisation - Sycon

Protoplasmic grade organisation - Paramecium

Tissue-organ grade organisation - Euplectella

Question 140

The head office of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is located in ________.

Kolkata

Chennai

Mumbai

New Delhi

Question 141

When the analysis of population density is done by calculating it through net cultivated area, then the measure is termed as:

Net density

Gross density

Agricultural density

Physiological density

Question 142

Mahendravarman I was the ruler of which of the following dynasties?

Pallava

Pandya

Chalukya

Chola

Question 143

What challenge does foreign investment often face in India?

Excessive foreign competition

Lack of skilled labour

Lack of consumer base

Inconsistent regulatory environment

Question 144

Which of the following states is the biggest producer of Pulses?

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab

Haryana

Question 145

Who founded the Prarthana Samaj in Mumbai in 1867?

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Shri Ram Bajpai

Atmaram Pandurang

Ram Mohan Roy

Question 146

Who is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as of July 2023?

KN Nehru

Pinarayi Vijayan

M Yedurappa

MK Stalin

Question 147

In which city was the first golf club of India situated?

Kolkata

Mysore

Shimla

Gulmarg

Question 148

Which Indian among the following has his name in Time Magazine’s list of ‘100 most influential people of 2021’?

Amit Shah

Narendra Modi

Neeraj Chopra

Virat Kohli

Question 149

The record obtained by the measurement of earthquake is called a:

seismic wave

seismograph

seismology

seismogram

Question 150

Ghiyas ud-din Balban had set up a _________ department called 'Diwan-i-arz'.

agriculture

education

commerce

military

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