SSC-CHSL 2021 General Awareness
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 176
GK
Gaddam Padmaja Reddy was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022 for her contributions to which of the following dance forms?
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OdissiB
KathakC
BharatanatyamD
KuchipudiQuestion 177
GK
_________’s ‘The Year of the Runaways’ follows the lives of three migrant workers who flee India to look for work in England.
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Neel MukherjeeB
Sunjeev SahotaC
Shashi TharoorD
Khushwant SinghQuestion 178
GK
Who among the following was popularly known as ‘Gurudev’ for his expertise in binding together elements of Indian classical music and folk pieces to suit the western tunes entailed with precision along with his expertise in other art domains?
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Rabindranath TagoreB
Abanindranath TagoreC
Hemanta MukherjeeD
Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayQuestion 179
GK
As of December 2021, how many sports infrastructure projects of various categories have been sanctioned in the North Eastern Region under the ‘Khelo India’ scheme?
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45B
57C
62D
69Question 180
GK
Which state has the highest length (in km) of national highways as per the data of 2017?
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Uttar PradeshB
Madhya PradeshC
KarnatakaD
MaharashtraQuestion 181
GK
Identify the INCORRECT pair with respect to the substances and their specific heat capacity (J kg -1 K -1 ) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
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Aluminium – 900.0B
Water – 1200C
Carbon – 506.5D
Tungsten – 134.4Question 182
GK
_______ demand for money arises mainly due to the uncertainty of future receipts and expenses.
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TransactionsB
GenericC
SpeculativeD
PrecautionaryQuestion 183
GK
‘In The Afternoon of Time: An Autobiography’ was written by which of the following Indian poets of the 20 th century?
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Harivansh Rai BachchanB
KuvempuC
Rahat IndoriD
Sahir LudhiyanviQuestion 184
GK
The Asian Games 2022 will be organised in which of the following countries?
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QatarB
ChinaC
JapanD
South KoreaQuestion 185
GK
What was the theme for the International Day for Older persons 2021?
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Senior Citizens in Virtual RealityB
Intergenerational LearningC
Closing the Generation Gap, VirtuallyD
Digital Equity for all AgesQuestion 186
GK
The Eld's deer subspecies, which is classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List, is found only in the:
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Hemis National Park in LadakhB
Ranthambore National Park in RajasthanC
Keibul Lamjao National Park in ManipurD
Pench National Park in Madhya PradeshQuestion 187
GK
Which of the following is a group of primitive vertebrates having a large jawless sucking mouth, no limbs or paired fins and a completely cartilaginous skeleton with a persistent notochord?
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CyclostomataB
AschelminthesC
HemichordataD
ArthropodaQuestion 188
GK
The South Indian film dance choreographer, K Shivashankar, won which of the following prestigious awards in 2010 for the best choreography in the Telugu film Magadheera?
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National Film AwardB
Filmfare AwardC
International Film Academy AwardD
Guild AwardQuestion 189
GK
Mohanan Chandrasekaran, an awardee of Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi, is a __________ player of Carnatic classical music.
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FluteB
ViolinC
MridangamD
ghatamQuestion 190
GK
Who among the following dancers is the first transwoman to receive a Padma Shri Award for her contribution to Indian Classical dance?
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Narthaki NatarajB
Yamini NatrajanC
Savitri DeviD
Padma ValliQuestion 191
GK
How many members of the Legislative Council are there in the state of Karnataka?
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68B
78C
75D
100Question 192
GK
The particles of which metal on heating to the boiling point of 357°C go from liquid state to gas state?
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MercuryB
CopperC
BronzeD
GalliumQuestion 193
GK
Sonal Mansingh is a prominent Indian classical dancer who specialises in _______.
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Bharatanatyam and KuchipudiB
Bharatanatyam and OdissiC
Bharatanatyam and KathakD
Manipuri and OdissiQuestion 194
GK
Who is the author of the famous Marathi novel ‘Mrityunjay’?
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Bhalchandra NemadeB
Shivaji SawantC
Ranjit DesaiD
Vishnu KhandekarQuestion 195
GK
Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Allah Rakha, Ustad Sabir Khan, Pt. Kishan Maharaj are known for which of the following instruments?
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MandolinB
SurbaharC
Mohan VeenaD
TablaQuestion 196
GK
Who is NOT an awardee of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021?
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Manpreet SinghB
Sumit AntilC
Krishna NagarD
Mandeep SinghQuestion 197
GK
Ustad Amir Khan belonged to which of the following Gharanas?
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GwaliorB
IndoreC
MaiharD
BhopalQuestion 198
GK
Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake (by volume) and the world's deepest lake with a depth of 1620 m (5315 ft), is located in which country?
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RussiaB
TanzaniaC
CanadaD
UgandaQuestion 199
GK
What do you call the water holding compounds produced in large quantities by marine brown and red algae?
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LipidsB
CarbohydratesC
HydrocolloidsD
GelatinQuestion 200
GK
Which of the following countries will host the FIFA World Cup in 2026?
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India and Sri LankaB
The USA, Canada, and MexicoC
South AfricaD
Brazil