SSC-CPO 2020 General Awareness
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 251
GK
What is the total area of the state of Goa?
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1702 km 2B
2702 km 2C
3702 km 2D
4702 km 2Question 252
GK
What is the length of the Indian border with Afghanistan?
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601 kmB
106 kmC
755 kmD
575 kmQuestion 253
GK
Of the 552 members of the Lok Sabha, ______ members represent the states.
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550B
520C
540D
530Question 254
GK
Planned economic development in India began in ______ with the inception of the First Five Year Plan
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1958B
1948C
1951D
1956Question 255
GK
______ states that for a solution of volatile liquids, the partial vapour pressure of each component of the solution is directly proportional to its mole fraction present in solution.
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Boyle’s lawB
Dalton’s lawC
Faraday’s lawD
Raoult’s lawQuestion 256
GK
______ was elected as President of the Indian National Congress in December 1929 at its annual session in the city of Lahore.
A
Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelB
Subhas Chandra BoseC
Jawaharlal NehruD
Lal Bahadur ShastriQuestion 257
GK
The Governor of the state of Maharashtra as on 30 June 2020 was ______.
A
Anandiben PatelB
Bhagat Singh KoshyariC
Najma HeptullaD
Acharya Dev VratQuestion 258
GK
Hallisaka is a group dance native to ______.
A
GoaB
GujaratC
RajasthanD
MaharashtraQuestion 259
GK
With which of the following sports are Ritwik Bhattacharya, Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal associated ?
A
SquashB
TennisC
WrestlingD
Weight liftingQuestion 260
GK
Baliyatra, literally meaning ‘voyage to Bali’, is a festival celebrated particularly in ______ with great fanfare
A
GurgaonB
VelloreC
KochiD
CuttackQuestion 261
GK
Which of the following poems is NOT written by Sarojini Naidu ?
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A Love Song from the NorthB
My Dead DreamC
The Banyan TreeD
In the ForestQuestion 262
GK
Detritivores in the soil break down detritus into smaller particles. This process is called ______.
A
mineralisationB
catabolismC
fragmentationD
leachingQuestion 263
GK
The process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and literally radiating to other areas of geography (habitats) is called ______.
A
adjustive radiationB
adaptive radiationC
adaptive evolutionD
adjustive evolutionQuestion 264
GK
Who is the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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Har Gobind KhoranaB
Chandrasekhara Venkata RamanC
Subramanyan ChandrasekharD
Venkatraman RamakrishnanQuestion 265
GK
When a host is exposed to antigens, which may be in the form of living or dead microbes or other proteins, antibodies are produced in the host body. This type of immunity is called ______ immunity.
A
strongB
passiveC
activeD
acquiredQuestion 266
GK
Fouaad Mirza is an Indian ______ who was awarded the Arjuna award in 2019.
A
equestrian riderB
golferC
wrestlerD
weightlifterQuestion 267
GK
Teejan Bai was awarded the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2019 for her contribution in the field of ______.
A
Trade and Industry - InfrastructureB
Public AffairsC
Art-Vocals-FolkD
Art-Acting-TheatreQuestion 268
GK
The first lot of 33 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was handed over by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the National Archives of India on 4 December ______.
A
2019B
2014C
2015D
2018Question 269
GK
A set of equations involving electric and magnetic fields, and their sources, the charge and current densities are known as ______ equations.
A
Newton’sB
Bhor’sC
Einstein’sD
Maxwell’sQuestion 270
GK
The Chief of the Naval Staff of India as on 30 June 2020 was ______.
A
Manoj Mukund NaravaneB
Rakesh Kumar Singh BhadauriaC
Bipin RawatD
Karambir SinghQuestion 271
GK
Which of the following public sector enterprises falls under the status ‘Maharatna’?
A
Steel Authority of India LimitedB
Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedC
Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedD
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam LimitedQuestion 272
GK
In which of the following states are the Sundargarh deposits of Manganese located ?
A
MaharashtraB
OdishaC
KeralaD
GujaratQuestion 273
GK
As on 30 June 2020, Harsimrat Kaur Badal was the Indian Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of ______.
A
Human Resource DevelopmentB
Food Processing IndustriesC
Health and Family WelfareD
Women and Child DevelopmentQuestion 274
GK
Solids can be classified as ______ on the basis of the nature of order present in the arrangement of their constituent particles.
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crystalline or amorphousB
metallic or non-metallicC
magnetic or non-magneticD
conductor or non-conductorQuestion 275
GK
People like small farmers and seasonal workers who regularly move in and out of poverty are categorised as _______.
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occasionally poorB
churning poorC
always poorD
usually poor