SSC-CHSL 2017 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1001
GK

The agricultural price support program is an example of _________.

A
a price ceiling 
B
a price floor 
C
equilibrium pricing 
D
No option is correct. 
Question 1002
GK

Which was the first modern industry to develop in India?

A
Iron and Steel Industry 
B
Cement Industry 
C
Cottage Industry 
D
Engineering Industry 
Question 1003
GK

Which of the following lake lies on the Equator in Africa continent?

A
Tanganyika 
B
Victoria lake
C
Nyasa lake
D
Lake Kariba
Question 1004
GK

Jog Falls is situated on which river?

A
Sharavati 
B
Cauvery 
C
Narmada 
D
Chambal 
Question 1005
GK

Faizi lived in the court of _________.

A
Humayun
B
Dara Shikoh
C
Bahadur Shah Zafar
D
Akbar
Question 1006
GK

Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave start this movement?

A
Nashik
B
Poona
C
Pavnar
D
Nagpur
Question 1007
GK

The well-known dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in which Upanishad?

A
Chhandogyopanishad
B
Mundkopanishad
C
Kathopanishad
D
Kenopanishad
Question 1008
GK

Which country, in January 2018 broke India's monopoly in providing Internet access to Nepal by becoming country's second Internet service provider?

A
South Korea
B
China
C
Japan
D
Indonesia
Question 1009
GK

Which among the following is NOT a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi's fellowships (Akademi Ratna)-2018?

A
Gajendra Chauhan
B
Ram Gopal Bajaj
C
Sunil Kothari
D
Arvind Parikh
Question 1010
GK

When was the "Boxer Rebellion" happened in China?

A
1895
B
1900
C
1905
D
1909
Question 1011
GK

What is formed when helium atom loses one electron?

A
Proton
B
Positive helium ion
C
Negative helium ion
D
Alpha particle
Question 1012
GK

Apart from proposing an atomic theory, what did John Dalton researched on?

A
Plants
B
Colour blindness
C
Penicillin
D
Plastic
Question 1013
GK

Which among the following is/are the unitary feature (s) of Indian Constitution? I. Single Constitution for State and Centre II. Single Citizenship III. Integrated Judiciary

A
Only I
B
Only II
C
Both I and II
D
All I, II and III
Question 1014
GK

Article 360 of Indian Constitution, empowers whom to proclaim a Financial Emergency?

A
The Finance Minister of India
B
The Governor of Reserve Bank of India
C
The President of India
D
Defence Minister of India
Question 1015
GK

Match the following. Organism Feature of fission I. Amoeba                            1. Many daughter cells by multiple fission II. Leishmania                      2. Fission takes place in a definite orientation III. Plasmodium                    3. Fission can take place in any plane

A
I – 2, II – 3, III – 1
B
I – 1, II – 3, III – 2
C
I – 2, II – 1, III – 3
D
I – 3, II – 2, III – 1
Question 1016
GK

What is the basis of classifying various plant tissues as meristematic tissue and permanent tissue?

A
Size
B
Dividing capacity
C
Location
D
No option is correct.
Question 1017
GK

In December 2017, who launched project ‘DARPAN’ (Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for a New India)?

A
Jayant Sinha
B
Manoj Sinha
C
Ravi Shankar Prasad
D
Prakash Javadekar
Question 1018
GK

Botanical Survey of India has discovered a new species of parasitic flowering plant Gleadovia Konyakianorum named in the honour of which community?

A
Toda
B
Caddo
C
Nagas
D
Tobu
Question 1019
GK

In October 2017, State Bank of India announced to set up Country’s largest innovation centre in ________.

A
New Delhi
B
Bangalore
C
Navi Mumbai
D
Hyderabad
Question 1020
GK

The Union Home Ministry will set up an Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C), an apex coordination centre at which place to deal with cybercrimes?

A
Hyderabad
B
Pune
C
Bengaluru
D
New Delhi
Question 1021
GK

A body of mass 6 kg accelerates from 6 m/s to 18 m/s in 3 seconds due to the application of a force on it. Calculate the magnitude of this force (in N).

A
48
B
60
C
24
D
96
Question 1022
GK

We obtain average _________ by dividing the total energy consumed by the total time taken.

A
force
B
power
C
torque
D
momentum
Question 1023
GK

Water covers _______% of the Earth’s surface.

A
95
B
70
C
55
D
35
Question 1024
GK

Which of the statements given below are correct? A) In 2017, Lewis Hamilton raced in Formula One for Mercedes. B) In 2018 IPL auctions, Mumbai Indians retained Hardik Pandya. C) Chen Meng won the Table Tennis 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Women's Singles.

A
Only A
B
Only B
C
Both B and C
D
A, B and C
Question 1025
GK

________ among the following is not an operating system.

A
Mozilla Firefox
B
Microsoft Windows
C
Linux
D
Apple MacOS