SSC-CHSL 2020 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Who among the following has become the first woman umpire to officiate in a men's Test match in January 2021?

Danielle Wyatt

Jess Jonassen

Suzie Bates

Claire Polosak

Question 2

Which part of soil has organic materials incorporated with the mineral matter, nutrients and water?

Horizon D

Horizon C

Horizon A

Horizon B

Question 3

In which of the following states is Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple located?

Karnataka

Telangana

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

Question 4

Identify the Indian state which was known as 'Pragjyotisha' during the epic period.

Assam

Odisha

Kerala

Bihar

Question 5

What is the Sl unit for measuring pressure?

Pascal

Candela

Ampere

Kelvin

Question 6

Who among the following was appointed by AIFF (All India Football Federation) as its first Deputy General Secretary in January 2021?

Abhishek Yadav

Praful Patel

Umesh Sinha

Kushal Das

Question 7

Kabartal Wetland was designated as a Ramsar site in 2020. In which of the following states is it located?

Haryana

Bihar

Himachal Pradesh

Punjab

Question 8

___ are gently sloping areas of the ocean basins.

Continental shelfs

Deep sea plains

Continental slopes

Oceanic deeps

Question 9

Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in January 2021?

Sharad Arvind Bobde

Hima Kohli

Rajan Datta

Arup Kumar Goswami

Question 10

Who among the following Indian nationals got the 'Legion of Merit' Award 2020 from the US?

Dr Manmohan Singh

Narendra Modi

Dr K Sivan

General Bipin Rawat

Question 11

Who among the following became the first Lokpal of India?

Dilip B Bhosale

Pradip Kumar Mohanty

Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Ajay Kumar Tripathi

Question 12

In which of the following states did the Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 come into force in December 2020?

Punjab

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Question 13

What happens to Indian exports when Indian rupee is devalued?

Export prices fluctuate

Exports become cheaper

Export prices remain stable

Exports become dearer

Question 14

___ is the process of turning on a computer and powering up the system.

Booting

Saving

Execution

Question 15

What do you call a key on a computer keyboard that is used to move the pointer (cursor) around on the screen?

Navigation key

Numeric key

Function key

Control key

Question 16

Vitamin B12 is generally NOT present in ___.

milk products

plant foods

fish products

poultry products

Question 17

Who among the following is considered as the 'Father of Modern Atomic Theory'?

Robert Boyle

John Dalton

Willard Gibbs

Otto Hahn

Question 18

___ plains are formed due to the weathering of soluble rocks such as limestone and dolomite.

Glacial

Karst

Deposition

Desert

Question 19

Which of the following state governments unveiled a Braille version of the Constitution of India in January 2021?

Haryana

Andhra Pradesh

Punjab

Maharashtra

Question 20

In which of the following cities is the corporate centre of State Bank of India (SBI) situated?

Hyderabad

Kolkata

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Question 21

In which of the following years was the Vijayanagar empire founded?

1456

1229

1412

1336

Question 22

In which of the following years did Telangana become the 29th state of India after the reorganisation of the state of Andhra Pradesh?

2014

1994

2010

1998

Question 23

Kati Bihu' in Assam is celebrated by lighting a lamp in front of a ___ tree / plant.

banyan

tulsi

banana

neem

Question 24

Who among the following was awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award 2020?

Ashraf Patel

Ranjitsinh Disale

Vidyut Mohan

Raj Kamal Jha

Question 25

Who among the following is the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation?

Heena Sidhu

Kajal Saini

Tejaswini Sawant

Suma Shirur