SSC-GD 2021 General Awareness
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 451
GK
Which of the following festivals is celebrated during the Amavasya of the Kartik month?
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Govardhan pujaB
DhanterasC
Raksha BandhanD
DiwaliQuestion 452
GK
During which of the following national movements in Bengal was a tricolour flag designed?
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Khilafat MovementB
Civil Disobedience MovementC
Swadeshi MovementD
Quit India MovementQuestion 453
GK
Who among the following was PETA India's Person of the year 2019?
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Virat KohliB
Sonam KapoorC
Anushka SharmaD
PV SindhuQuestion 454
GK
When a good is produced by exploiting natural resources, it falls in the category of:
A
mining industryB
service sectorC
agriculture sectorD
industrial sectorQuestion 455
GK
In India, National Epilepsy Day 2020 was celebrated on:
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17 NovemberB
28 NovemberC
25 NovemberD
1 NovemberQuestion 456
GK
The Bengal tiger was adopted as 'The national animal of India' in the year ______.
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1978B
1974C
1976D
1972Question 457
GK
According to the Public Affairs Index 2020, which among the following has been adjudged the best governed state in the country in the large states category?
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KeralaB
Uttar PradeshC
OdishaD
RajasthanQuestion 458
GK
Which of the following countries will host the 2022 Asian Games?
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IndonesiaB
ChinaC
JapanD
South KoreaQuestion 459
GK
The ________ is the final authority of making laws in any democratic country.
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Prime MinisterB
ParliamentC
Law MinisterD
PresidentQuestion 460
GK
Who among the following is NOT a hockey player?
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Ajit SinghB
Manu BhakerC
Deepika ThakurD
Akashdeep SinghQuestion 461
GK
Kulik Bird Sanctuary is located in which of the following states?
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Andhra PradeshB
MaharashtraC
Madhya PradeshD
West BengalQuestion 462
GK
Which of the following countries hosted the 13 th BRICS Summit in 2021?
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IndiaB
ChinaC
RussiaD
BrazilQuestion 463
GK
The human eye is like a camera. Its lens system forms an image on a light sensitive screen called the ______.
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corneaB
irisC
retinaD
pupilQuestion 464
GK
Which of the following is an example of primary activity of the economic sector of India?
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ForestryB
TransportC
CommunicationD
Cloth weavingQuestion 465
GK
Which of the following books is NOT authored by Shashi Tharoor?
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The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism (2019)B
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (2016)C
Making India Awesome (2015)D
The Paradoxical Prime Minister (2018)Question 466
GK
As of July 2021, the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PM-JAY) was NOT implemented in the state of ______.
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West BengalB
KarnatakaC
PunjabD
GujaratQuestion 467
GK
Who among the following was the last Mughal Emperor?
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Shah JahanB
AurangzebC
AkbarD
Bahadur Shah IIQuestion 468
GK
Holt Mackenzie and Robert Merttins Bird introduced:
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The Mahalwari SystemB
The Ryotwari SystemC
The Doctrine of LapseD
The Permanent SettlementQuestion 469
GK
Anopheles is a ______ which carries the parasite of malaria.
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female mosquitoB
houseflyC
male mosquitoD
spiderQuestion 470
GK
_________ is the science that studies the structure of the body.
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AnatomyB
CytologyC
PalynologyD
PalaeobotanyQuestion 471
GK
Federalism is one of the key features of the Constitution of India, under which:
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The head of the government is also head of the stateB
states draw their authority from the ParliamentC
all persons in India are governed by laws and policies made by the Judiciary only D
Union and State governments derive authority directly from the Constitution and operate within constitutionally assigned spheres.Question 472
GK
The difference between the total revenue and total expenditure of the government is called _______.
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fiscal deficitB
budgetary deficitC
deflationD
primary deficitQuestion 473
GK
In which macaronic language was a fourteenth-century text, the Lilatilakam, written?
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RekhtaB
BrāhmīC
ManipravalamD
MozakhrafQuestion 474
GK
What is NOT a specific feature of commercial farming as against subsistence farming?
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It is mainly practiced in lesser developed countriesB
Most of the work is done by machinesC
The amount of capital used is largeD
Crops are grown for sale in the marketQuestion 475
GK
How many times have Mumbai Indians won the IPL title till its 2020 edition?
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4B
2C
3D
5