SSC-CHSL 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 26

Dr. Sunanda Nair is recognised as a ___________ performer, teacher, and proponent.

Mohiniyattam

Kathak

Kuchipudi

Kathakali

Question 27

Which of the following books is NOT written by Arundhati Roy?

Capitalism

Private Life of An Indian Prince 

The God of Small Things 

An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire

Question 28

Which of the following has launched the ‘DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme’ in November 2021?

Ministry of Science and Technology 

Ministry of Tourism 

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Ministry of Shipping 

Question 29

Isopentane, also called ________, is a branched-chain saturated hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C 5 H 12 .

dimethylbutane

isobutane

2-methylbutane 

butadiene

Question 30

Which of the following countries will jointly organise the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup from 1 to 17 July 2022?

Spain and Germany

Spain and Netherlands

India and Sri Lanka

India and Pakistan

Question 31

Who among the following won Arjuna Award 2021 in Kabaddi discipline?

Ajay Thakur

Tejaswini Bai V

Sandeep Narwal

Jasvir Singh

Question 32

Padma Shri awardee Gopal Prasad Dubey was awarded for his contribution to which of the following dances?

Sattriya

Panthi

Chhau

Mohiniyattam

Question 33

Where is sodium located on the periodic table?

Bottom of the table

Top period

On the right side

On the left side 

Question 34

Recently, some mail channels have been introduced to facilitate quick delivery of mail in large towns and cities in India. Which of the following is NOT a part of these mail channels?

State Channel

Rajdhani Channel

Metro Channel 

Green Channel

Question 35

Who is the first Indian musician to win the Oscar award for Best Original Score?

Bhanu Athaiya

Resul Pookutty

Mehboob Khan 

A.R. Rahman

Question 36

Name the track and field event shown in the figure below.

Discus throw

Javelin throw

Putting the shot

Hammer throw

Question 37

What is the position of non-metals in the periodic table?

Bottom of the table 

On the right side 

On the left side

Top period

Question 38

Which of the following is the youngest percussionist to be awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards by the Government of India?

T H Vinakram 

Sivamani

Sarvar Sabri 

Zakir Hussain

Question 39

Which cell theory proved that the quasi-fluid nature of lipid enables lateral movement of proteins within the overall bilayer?

Cell theory

Fluid mosaic model

Model of Golgi bodies

Vacuole theory

Question 40

Identify the correct statement in relation to ampere.

One ampere is constituted by the flow of one coulomb of charge per minute

One ampere is constituted by the flow of two coulomb of charge per second

One ampere is constituted by the flow of one coulomb of charge per second

One ampere is constituted by the flow of half coulomb of charge per second

Question 41

In the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, who presides the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament?

Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Any senior member of Rajya Sabha

Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Any senior member of Lok Sabha 

Question 42

Shamshad begum, one of the first women to sing playback for Hindi movies, was conferred with the prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her contribution to Hindi film Music in the year _____.

2001 

2009

2012

2005

Question 43

Who among the following Indian classical musicians was the very first to be presented with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi

Bismillah Khan

Lata Mangeshkar

Ravi Shankar

Question 44

The Health Minister relaunched the intensified version 4.0 of the largest global inoculation drive in February 2022. What is the name of this Mission which covers crores of pregnant women and children?

Mission Arogya 

Mission Shakti

Mission Indradhanush

Mission Suraksha 

Question 45

Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’?

Kusumagraj

Sunita Deshpande

Shivaji Sawant

Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble

Question 46

Usually, which year of a series of years in an economic index is called the base year?

First year 

Twentieth year

Tenth year 

Last year

Question 47

Identify the terrestrial planet from among the following.

Uranus

Jupiter

Mercury 

Neptune

Question 48

Meenakshi Srinivasan received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2011 for which of the following dance forms?

Sattriya 

Mohiniyattam

Kuchipudi

Bharatanatyam 

Question 49

When was the Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award set up?

2001

2002

2000

2003 

Question 50

‘The God of Small Things’, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?

Jhumpa Lahiri 

Kiran Desai 

Anita Desai

Arundhati Roy

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Dr. Sunanda Nair is recognised as a ___________ performer, teacher, and proponent.

Which of the following books is NOT written by Arundhati Roy?

Which of the following has launched the &lsquo;DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme&rsquo; in November 2021?

Isopentane, also called ________, is a branched-chain saturated hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C 5 H 12 .

Which of the following countries will jointly organise the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup from 1 to 17 July 2022?

Who among the following won Arjuna Award 2021 in Kabaddi discipline?

Padma Shri awardee Gopal Prasad Dubey was awarded for his contribution to which of the following dances?

Where is sodium located on the periodic table?

Recently, some mail channels have been introduced to facilitate quick delivery of mail in large towns and cities in India. Which of the following is NOT a part of these mail channels?

Who is the first Indian musician to win the Oscar award for Best Original Score?

Name the track and field event shown in the figure below.

What is the position of non-metals in the periodic table?

Which of the following is the youngest percussionist to be awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards by the Government of India?

Which cell theory proved that the quasi-fluid nature of lipid enables lateral movement of proteins within the overall bilayer?

Identify the correct statement in relation to ampere.

In the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, who presides the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament?

Shamshad begum, one of the first women to sing playback for Hindi movies, was conferred with the prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her contribution to Hindi film Music in the year _____.

Who among the following Indian classical musicians was the very first to be presented with the Bharat Ratna, India&rsquo;s highest civilian honour?

The Health Minister relaunched the intensified version 4.0 of the largest global inoculation drive in February 2022. What is the name of this Mission which covers crores of pregnant women and children?

Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography &lsquo;Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha&rsquo;?

Usually, which year of a series of years in an economic index is called the base year?

Identify the terrestrial planet from among the following.

Meenakshi Srinivasan received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2011 for which of the following dance forms?

When was the Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award set up?

&lsquo;The God of Small Things&rsquo;, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?

Which of the following has launched the ‘DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme’ in November 2021?

Who among the following Indian classical musicians was the very first to be presented with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?

Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’?

‘The God of Small Things’, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?