SSC-CHSL 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 826
GK

In which year will India host the 15 th Men’s Hockey World Cup?

A
2025
B
2023
C
2022
D
2024
Question 827
GK

Income of the state which arises out of the property left by the people without a legal heir is called ______________.

A
escheat
B
writ
C
de novo
D
felony
Question 828
GK

In the case of Aparna Bhat vs State of Madhya Pradesh in 2021, the Supreme Court set aside the judgment of Madhya Pradesh High Court which prescribed ________  as condition for bail.

A
giving money
B
getting married
C
tying rakhi
D
giving job
Question 829
GK

Who among the following is a 19 th century exponent of the Kathak dance?

A
Jatin Goswami
B
Kalka Prasad
C
Bhabhananda Barbayan
D
Krishna Panicker
Question 830
GK

Who among the following was one of the founders of Kerala Kalalayam in 1952?

A
Pallavi Krishnan
B
Rema Shrikant
C
Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
D
Sunanda Nair
Question 831
GK

Who proposed the ‘plum pudding’ theory of the divisible atom in which negatively charged electrons were scattered in a lump of positive charge like a raisin in plum pudding?

A
Robert Andrews Millikan
B
Emest Rutherford
C
Sir JJ Thomson
D
Henri Becquerel
Question 832
GK

In India, from where do the tropical cyclones, which enter the Indian subcontinent from the west and the northwest during the winter months, originate?

A
Over the Gulf of Khambhat
B
Over the Arabian Sea
C
Over the Gulf of Mannar
D
Over the Mediterranean Sea
Question 833
GK

In April 2021, which Indian cricketer was named as ‘Wisden Almanack’s ODI Cricketer of 2010s in the 2021 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack?

A
Hardik Pandya
B
K L Rahul
C
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D
Virat Kohli
Question 834
GK

Who was the winner of the 7 th ICC T20 World Cup cricket?

A
Australia
B
Sri Lanka
C
New Zealand
D
England
Question 835
GK

Who published the book 'Method de nomenclature (System of Chemical Nomenclature)' along with Claude Berthollet and others that determined the modern method of naming substances?

A
Jacob Berzelius
B
Georg Brandt
C
Antoine Lavoisier
D
Wilhelm Ostwald
Question 836
GK

Which of the following State Governments started the Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1984?

A
Maharashtra
B
Madhya Pradesh
C
Uttar Pradesh
D
Gujarat
Question 837
GK

R Muthukannammal is a __________ dancer who got the Padma Shri in 2022.

A
Jhora
B
Khor
C
Daph
D
Sadhir
Question 838
GK

A pyramid of biomass is a diagram that shows the population at each level of the food chain. Accordingly, ________ occupy the base with the highest biomass.

A
secondary consumers
B
Decomposers
C
primary consumers
D
producers
Question 839
GK

Which of the following names belong to Bharatanatyam ?

A
Pandit Birju Maharaj
B
Dr. Narthaki Natraj
C
Kelucharan Mohapatra
D
Guru Bipin Singh
Question 840
GK

Which chemical compound, with the chemical formula CH 3 CH 2 Cl, is used as a blowing agent in foamed plastics?

A
3-Chlorohexane
B
1-chloropropane
C
Chloromethane
D
Chloroethane
Question 841
GK

Who among the following Indian music directors introduced Western tunes in the Hindi film industry, who was popularly known as Pancham Da’?

A
Salil Chowdhury
B
Vijaya Bhaskar
C
Omkar Prasad Nayyar
D
Rahul Dev Burman
Question 842
GK

Who was famous for the invention of the vacuum pump in the 17 th century and also pioneered the concept of the absolute vacuum of space, measured the weight of air and used air pressure to predict the weather?

A
John Cockcroft
B
Otto von Guericke
C
Enrico Fermi
D
Valerianus Magnus
Question 843
GK

What is the common name of the members of family Phaeophyceae?

A
Green algae
B
Red algae
C
Brown algae
D
Blue green algae
Question 844
GK

‘Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is an autobiography written in the Bengali language by which of the following Indian Bangla film directors?

A
Rituparno Ghosh
B
Mrinal Sen
C
Satyajit Ray
D
Tapan Sinha
Question 845
GK

Who among the following personalities was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Bundeli Folk Dance in 2022?

A
Ravi Shankar Sharma
B
Dinesh Kumar Barkesia
C
Anil Kumar Raghupati
D
Ram Sahay Pandey
Question 846
GK

Pandit Ravi Shankar was one of the best known players of the ________.

A
Sitar
B
Sarangi
C
Sarod
D
Tabala
Question 847
GK

The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted in:

A
2016
B
2017
C
2018
D
2019
Question 848
GK

In which of the following categories did the weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bag a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?

A
55 kg
B
49 kg
C
64 kg
D
59 kg
Question 849
GK

Which of the following novels by Krishna Sobti was originally published as ‘Dilo-Danish’?

A
Memory's Daughter
B
The Music of Solitude
C
A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There
D
The Heart Has its Reasons
Question 850
GK

Which of the following awards was conferred on Krishna Sobti in the year 1980 for her Hindi novel ‘Zindaginama’?

A
Sahitya Akademi Award
B
Saraswati Samman
C
Jnanpith Award
D
Vyas Samman