SSC-CPO 2020 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 126

The ______ is a single string musical instrument made using a bamboo and a gourd, mostly used by traditional folk singers in Maharashtra.

Ektara

Esraj

Edakka

Ekkalam

Question 127

One of the main reasons for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey was that the forces led by ______, one of his commanders, never fought the battle.

Mahabat Khan

Mir Jafar

Mir Khalifa

Mir Jumla II

Question 128

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on ______.

12 October 1904

2 October 1904

2 October 1869

12 October 1869

Question 129

Maria Irudayam, who is a two-time world champion and a nine-time national champion, is associated with the game of ______.

badminton

carrom

table tennis

chess

Question 130

______ solids are formed by the three-dimensional arrangements of cations and anions bound by strong coulombic (electrostatic) forces.

Covalent

Ionic

Metallic

Molecular

Question 131

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, India’s Minister of ______, was elected the Chairman of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board on 22 May 2020.

Housing

Health and Family Welfare 

Foreign Affairs

Arts and Culture

Question 132

With which of the following sports are the teams ‘Chennai Superstarz’, ‘Awadhe Warriors’ and ‘Mumbai Rockets’ associated ?

Hockey

Football

Kabaddi

Badminton

Question 133

According to a law postulated by ______, the amounts of different substances liberated by the same quantity of electricity passing through the electrolytic solution are proportional to their chemical equivalent weights.

John Dalton

Joseph Fourier

Michael Faraday

Alfred Nobel

Question 134

Which of the following statements is NOT true about C Rajagopalachari ?

He was the first Indian to become the Governor General of India

He was the founder of the Swatantra Party

He was a senior leader of the Congress

He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award

Question 135

Solubility of gases in liquids ______ with decrease in temperature.

remains constant

increases

decreases

first decreases and then increases

Question 136

______ are also known as heat waves.

X-rays

Gamma rays

Light waves

Infra-red waves

Question 137

With which of the following sports are the teams ‘Bengal Warriors’, ‘Haryana Steelers’ and ‘Bengaluru Bulls’ associated ?

Kabaddi

Football

Cricket

Hockey

Question 138

Kadsa is a dance style performed by women in Jharkhand, carrying a ______.

Kapala

Kalasha

Kumbha

Kamandalu

Question 139

The phenomenon whereby the female gamete undergoes development to form new organisms without fertilisation in some organisms like rotifers, honeybees, some lizards and birds is called:

apomixis

fragmentation

budding

parthenogenesis

Question 140

In a galvanic cell, the half-cell in which oxidation takes place is called ______ and it has a negative potential with respect to the solution.

anode

diode

triode

cathode

Question 141

The Ashok Chakra Class-III was renamed as the ______ in 1967.

Shaurya Chakra

Mahavir Chakra

Kirti Chakra

Vir Chakra

Question 142

Which of the following is a situation of the very low rate of interest in the economy where every economic agent expects the interest rate to rise in future and consequently bond prices to fall, causing capital loss?

Revenue deficit

Parametric shift

Paradox of thrift

Liquidity trap

Question 143

‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by:

RK Laxman

KR Narayan

RK Narayan

KR Laxman

Question 144

______ is a festival of Zoroastrian origin which marks the day of vernal equinox in March every year and is celebrated by Parsis in India.

Frawardigan

Khordad Sal

Jamshedi Navroz

Pateti

Question 145

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose wrote the book:

Unhappy India

Anandamath

Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

The Indian Struggle

Question 146

Anilkumar Manibhai Naik was awarded the Padma Vibhushan Award, 2019 for his contribution in the field of ______.

Art-Vocals-Folk

Trade and Industry - Infrastructure

Art-Acting-Theatre

Public Affairs

Question 147

The Cabinet Minister in NDA - 2 Government as on 30 June 2020 for the Ministry of External Affairs is ______.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Nirmala Sitharaman

Question 148

‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations’ is an influential work by economist ______.

Adam Smith

Millicent Fawcett

Alfred Marshall

John Maynard Keynes

Question 149

In India, tertiary coals occur in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and ______.

Mizoram

Meghalaya

Tripura

Gujarat

Question 150

______ is one of the important crafts of Uttar Pradesh which entails delicate traditional hand embroidery on fabrics like chiffon, muslin, organza, organdie and silk.

Knitting

Needle lace

Crochet

Chikankari

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