SSC-CHSL 2024 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 801
GK

Which of the following hills is located in the Eastern most part of India?

A
Jaintia Hills
B
Garo Hills
C
Patkai Bum Hills
D
Khasi Hills
Question 802
GK

Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup final win over Sri Lanka?

A
Sourav Ganguly
B
Rahul Dravid
C
Sachin Tendulkar
D
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Question 803
GK

With reference to 'Saila dance' consider the following statements and select the correct option.  a) A group comprising of male performers.  b) The dance is performed with bamboo sticks.  c) It is performed after the cutting of crops

A
Both b and c
B
Both a and b
C
Both a and c
D
a, b, c
Question 804
GK

Which of the following measures can be adopted by the government to reduce revenue deficit?

A
Offering freebies
B
Increasing subsidies
C
Tax reforms
D
Increasing money supply
Question 805
GK

Which British colonel is remembered as the Butcher of Amritsar for his role in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919?

A
Robert Clive
B
Reginald Dyer
C
William Slim
D
William Birdwood
Question 806
GK

Which function is used to calculate the maximum value in a selected column in MS Excel?

A
Auto max
B
Max
C
Auto high
D
High
Question 807
GK

In Equestrian sports, ______ occurs when a horse or rider lowers an element of a jump that establishes the height of an obstacle.

A
canter
B
knockdown
C
curb
D
clean round
Question 808
GK

In cricket, a fast, head-high delivery of the ball is referred to as ________.

A
grubber
B
leg-bye
C
duck
D
bouncer
Question 809
GK

The Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act was enacted in which year?

A
1857
B
1877
C
1887
D
1867
Question 810
GK

From which book is the national song of India compiled?

A
Katha Upanishad
B
Mandukya Upanishad
C
Anand Math
D
Bharat Bharti
Question 811
GK

Every year in the month of February, this camel festival is organised by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation in __________.

A
Barmer
B
Jodhpu
C
Jaisalmer
D
Bikaner
Question 812
GK

In which of the following liquids would anthracene dissolve easily?

A
Water
B
Methane
C
Sodium chloride
D
Benzene
Question 813
GK

Who among the following is related to Hindustani classical singing?

A
Ramanuj Iyengar
B
Aruna Sairam
C
Srinavasa Iyer
D
Mallikarjun Mansur
Question 814
GK

In March 2023, the Uttarakhand government had approved how much horizontal reservation for statehood activists in state government jobs?

A
15%
B
8%
C
10%
D
5%
Question 815
GK

According to Census 2011, which union territory recorded the highest female literacy rate in India?

A
Puducherry
B
Chandigarh
C
Lakshadweep
D
Delhi
Question 816
GK

Which star is also known as the ‘Pole Star’?

A
The South star
B
The West star
C
The North star
D
The East star
Question 817
GK

Who amongst the following Delhi Sultanate rulers sent his army under Malik Kafur’s command to conquer South India?

A
Alauddin Khilji
B
Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
C
Qutb-al-din Aibak
D
Iltutmish
Question 818
GK

Who among the following is NOT associated with the Green Revolution?

A
Chidambaram Subramaniam
B
MS Swaminathan
C
P Chidambaram
D
Norman Borlaug
Question 819
GK

Which group of states was concentrated in the cotton production in the early years to develop textile industry?

A
Punjab and Haryana
B
Bihar and West Bengal
C
Maharashtra and Gujarat
D
West Bengal and Odisha
Question 820
GK

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of Indian Constitution was passed in the year _______.

A
1978
B
1977
C
1979
D
1976
Question 821
GK

MLAs in which of the following states/UTs received an increase of about 66% in salaries and allowances w.e.f. 14 February 2023?

A
Bihar
B
Tamil Nadu
C
Delhi
D
Lakshadweep
Question 822
GK

Select the option that expresses the sentence in passive voice: Doctors saved many lives during the pandemic.

A
Many lives have been saved by doctors during the pandemic.
B
Many lives were being saved by doctors during the pandemic.
C
Many lives were saved by doctors during the pandemic.
D
Many lives are saved by doctors during the pandemic.
Question 823
GK

Select the most appropriate phrasal verb that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.  The firefighters tried their best to extinguish the fire.

A
put out
B
put on
C
put in
D
put off
Question 824
GK

Select the option that expresses the sentence in direct speech: He will say that he is okay.

A
He will say, “I was okay.”
B
He would say, “I am okay.”
C
He will say, “I am okay.”
D
He will say, “I am always okay.”
Question 825
GK

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.  S1. CV Raman’s story begins in a village near Tiruchirapalli (known in his days as Trichinopoly) in southern India.  P. When he was four years old, Raman’s family moved to Vishakapatnam.  Q. He was born on 8 November 1888, the second child of R Chandrashekara Iyer and Parvati Ammal.  R. Chandrasekara Iyer was an athletic man and he took active interest in sports.  S. His father took up a job there, as a lecturer in Mrs. AV Narsimha Rao College, where he taught physics, mathematics and physical geography.  S6. His young son Raman was not physically very strong, but was very intelligent and he preferred to read books and work at his studies.

A
QPRS
B
QPSR
C
PQSR
D
SRPQ