SSC-GD 2021 General Awareness
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 51
GK
Which of the following statements is true?
A
Bases are bitter in taste.B
Acids change the colour of red litmus to blueC
Acids are salty in tasteD
Bases change the colour of the blue litmus to redQuestion 52
GK
Which of the following banks features in the Fortune Global 500 list 2021?
A
State Bank of IndiaB
Bank of BarodaC
ICICI BankD
HDFC BankQuestion 53
GK
Who among the following became the first Mughal emperor after defeating Ibrahim Lodi?
A
Nadir ShahB
Shah JahanC
BaburD
AurangzebQuestion 54
GK
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of deforestation?
A
Decrease in level of ground waterB
Increase in pollution level on earthC
Increase in level of oxygen in the atmosphereD
Disturbance in the overall balance of natureQuestion 55
GK
As per the Census of India–2011, there are ______ statutory towns in the country
A
10,756B
1,362C
4,041D
7,935Question 56
GK
The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism of direct linkage from farm to processing and then to consumer markets through a network of collection centres and primary processing centres. In which of the following states did Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurate Mega Food Park in November 2020?
A
GujaratB
RajasthanC
PunjabD
OdishaQuestion 57
GK
In which of the following years was the first cotton textile mill established in Bombay?
A
1845B
1867C
1876D
1854Question 58
GK
The religious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is especially associated with which of the following states?
A
PunjabB
MaharashtraC
Uttar PradeshD
HaryanaQuestion 59
GK
In October 2020, World Bank expected India's GDP to contract by how much per cent in the fiscal year 2020-21?
A
9.5B
9.8C
9D
9.6Question 60
GK
Water which is purified and fit for drinking is known as ______.
A
hard waterB
potable waterC
diluted waterD
river waterQuestion 61
GK
In which of the following states are the Abor hills located?
A
West BengalB
Arunachal PradeshC
AssamD
SikkimQuestion 62
GK
Diego Maradona, the great football legend, died in November 2020. Which of the following countries did he represent?
A
BrazilB
FranceC
SpainD
ArgentinaQuestion 63
GK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh in March 2021 in connection with the commemoration of three events. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
A
50 years of Bangladesh’s war of liberation.B
Birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanC
10 years of signing of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)D
50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and BangladeshQuestion 64
GK
Talaja Caves are located in the state of ______.
A
Madhya PradeshB
MaharashtraC
Andhra PradeshD
GujaratQuestion 65
GK
11 July is observed as ______ every year.
A
World Health DayB
World Environment DayC
World Population DayD
World Water DayQuestion 66
GK
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was constituted under ______.
A
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981B
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974C
The National Environmental Tribunal Act, 1995D
The National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997Question 67
GK
When was the Imperial Bank of India established?
A
1947B
1921C
1919D
1948Question 68
GK
In November 2020, Twitter launched tweets that disappear in 24 hours called '______' globally
A
fleetsB
bleatsC
meetsD
greetsQuestion 69
GK
_______, the newly elected Prime Minister of Somalia, took office in September 2020.
A
Omar SharmarkeB
Hassan Ali KhaireC
Abdi Farah ShirdonD
Mohamed Hussein RobleQuestion 70
GK
The ________ Schedule of the Constitution of India added by the Constitution (Fifty-Second Amendment) Act, 1985 deals with the disqualification of a person for being a member of either house of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State, on the ground of defection.
A
TenthB
SixthC
ThirdD
FifthQuestion 71
GK
As of September 2021, India has won ______ medals in the Paralympic Games since their introduction in 1960.
A
9 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronzeB
7 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronzeC
9 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronzeD
7 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronzeQuestion 72
GK
Mir Jafar was reinstated as the Nawab of Bengal in the year _______.
A
1764B
1647C
1674D
1746Question 73
GK
Who among the following is an Indian badminton player?
A
Satish KumarB
Ashish KumarC
B Sai PraneethD
Vikas KrishanQuestion 74
GK
Shariatullah Khan was a part of the ______ against the British.
A
Faqir/Fakir RebellionB
Wahabi MovementC
Sanyasi RebellionD
Farazi/Faraizi MovementQuestion 75
GK
Actress Kangana Ranaut won the 'Best Actress' award at the 67th National Film Awards, 2019 for the films ______.
A
'Panga' and 'Judgementall Hai Kya'B
'Manikarn ka: The Queen of Jhansi' and 'Panga'C
'Judgementall Hai Ky and 'Manikarn ka: The Queen of Jhansi'D
'Judgementall Hai Kya' and 'Simran'