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?
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Jaintia HillsB
Garo HillsC
Patkai Bum HillsD
Khasi HillsQuestion 802
GK
Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup final win over Sri Lanka?
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Sourav GangulyB
Rahul DravidC
Sachin TendulkarD
Mahendra Singh DhoniQuestion 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
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Both b and cB
Both a and bC
Both a and cD
a, b, cQuestion 804
GK
Which of the following measures can be adopted by the government to reduce revenue deficit?
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Offering freebiesB
Increasing subsidiesC
Tax reformsD
Increasing money supplyQuestion 805
GK
Which British colonel is remembered as the Butcher of Amritsar for his role in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919?
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Robert CliveB
Reginald DyerC
William SlimD
William BirdwoodQuestion 806
GK
Which function is used to calculate the maximum value in a selected column in MS Excel?
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Auto maxB
MaxC
Auto highD
HighQuestion 807
GK
In Equestrian sports, ______ occurs when a horse or rider lowers an element of a jump that establishes the height of an obstacle.
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canterB
knockdownC
curbD
clean roundQuestion 808
GK
In cricket, a fast, head-high delivery of the ball is referred to as ________.
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grubberB
leg-byeC
duckD
bouncerQuestion 809
GK
The Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act was enacted in which year?
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1857B
1877C
1887D
1867Question 810
GK
From which book is the national song of India compiled?
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Katha UpanishadB
Mandukya UpanishadC
Anand MathD
Bharat BhartiQuestion 811
GK
Every year in the month of February, this camel festival is organised by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation in __________.
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BarmerB
JodhpuC
JaisalmerD
BikanerQuestion 812
GK
In which of the following liquids would anthracene dissolve easily?
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WaterB
MethaneC
Sodium chlorideD
BenzeneQuestion 813
GK
Who among the following is related to Hindustani classical singing?
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Ramanuj IyengarB
Aruna SairamC
Srinavasa IyerD
Mallikarjun MansurQuestion 814
GK
In March 2023, the Uttarakhand government had approved how much horizontal reservation for statehood activists in state government jobs?
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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?
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PuducherryB
ChandigarhC
LakshadweepD
DelhiQuestion 816
GK
Which star is also known as the ‘Pole Star’?
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The South starB
The West starC
The North starD
The East starQuestion 817
GK
Who amongst the following Delhi Sultanate rulers sent his army under Malik Kafur’s command to conquer South India?
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Alauddin KhiljiB
Ghiyas-ud-din BalbanC
Qutb-al-din AibakD
IltutmishQuestion 818
GK
Who among the following is NOT associated with the Green Revolution?
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Chidambaram SubramaniamB
MS SwaminathanC
P ChidambaramD
Norman BorlaugQuestion 819
GK
Which group of states was concentrated in the cotton production in the early years to develop textile industry?
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Punjab and HaryanaB
Bihar and West BengalC
Maharashtra and GujaratD
West Bengal and OdishaQuestion 820
GK
The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of Indian Constitution was passed in the year _______.
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1978B
1977C
1979D
1976Question 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?
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BiharB
Tamil NaduC
DelhiD
LakshadweepQuestion 822
GK
Select the option that expresses the sentence in passive voice: Doctors saved many lives during the pandemic.
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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.
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put outB
put onC
put inD
put offQuestion 824
GK
Select the option that expresses the sentence in direct speech: He will say that he is okay.
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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.
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