SSC-GD 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1126
GK

Which of the following incidents occurred before the partition of Bengal in 1905?

A
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B
Assassination of plague commissioner by Chapekar brothers
C
Kakori Conspiracy
D
Chauri Chaura Incident
Question 1127
GK

Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs?

A
Article 41
B
Article 49
C
Article 32
D
Article 53
Question 1128
GK

The slogan, “Freedom is my birth right and I shall have it”, was raised by:

A
Lala Lajpat Rai
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Bipin Chandra Pal
Question 1129
GK

Who among the following has NEVER played professional cricket for India?

A
Sourav Ganguli
B
Vijendra Singh
C
Virender Sehwag
D
Harbhajan Singh
Question 1130
GK

The Zabo system of rice cultivation is an indigenous method of water harvesting practiced in which of the following states of India?

A
Kerala
B
Uttar Pradesh
C
Nagaland
D
Karnataka
Question 1131
GK

To which of the following states does the folk dance form ‘Grida’ belong?

A
Jharkhand
B
Madhya Pradesh
C
West Bengal
D
Chhattisgarh
Question 1132
GK

In which year did Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the Wimbledon Men's Doubles Title?

A
1997
B
1995
C
1999
D
1998
Question 1133
GK

What was the Repo Rate in October 2020?

A
4.5%
B
5%
C
3.5%
D
4%
Question 1134
GK

In which state was the ‘Portable Transit Hospital Structure’ inaugurated in November 2020 by the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan?

A
Tamil Nadu
B
Maharashtra
C
Andhra Pradesh
D
Karnataka
Question 1135
GK

Burhi dihing is a tributary of which of the following rivers?

A
Brahmaputra
B
Ganges
C
Yamuna
D
Godavari
Question 1136
GK

Which of the following literary works was created by Sandhyakar Nandi?

A
Buddhacharita
B
Ramacharitam/Rampalcharit
C
Arthashastra
D
Gita Govinda
Question 1137
GK

What is the chemical formula of muriatic acid?

A
A s H 3
B
HCl
C
HNO 3
D
H 2 SO 4
Question 1138
GK

Which of the following books is written by Megasthenes?

A
Arthashastra
B
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
C
Natural History
D
Indica
Question 1139
GK

The value of which of the following work is NOT recognised in the national income?

A
Housewife's work
B
Working in a firm
C
Construction of a new house
D
Selling fish in the market
Question 1140
GK

Who among the following was the President of Delhi District Cricket Association as of November 2020?

A
AK Singh
B
Rohan Jaitely
C
Rajiv Jalota
D
Nilesh Shah
Question 1141
GK

Which of the following is NOT known as a greenhouse gas?

A
Oxygen
B
Water vapour
C
Carbon dioxide
D
Methane
Question 1142
GK

_______ states that temperature and other physical conditions remaining the same, the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

A
Pascal’s law
B
Hooke’s law
C
Newton’s law
D
Ohm’s law
Question 1143
GK

In September 2021, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed a device that could enable _______.

A
scientists to carry out biological experiments in space
B
astronauts to wash clothes in space
C
scientists to launch satellites from space
D
astronauts to heat food in space
Question 1144
GK

Who had the charge of education portfolio in the first cabinet of free India in 1947?

A
Dr BR Ambedkar
B
Liaquat Ali Khan
C
Dr Rajendra Prasad
D
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Question 1145
GK

The festival of Dussehra is also known as _______.

A
Dhanteras
B
Navratri
C
Vijayadashami
D
Durgashtami
Question 1146
GK

When more than the required number of people are engaged in a job, it is known as:

A
seasonal unemployment
B
total unemployment
C
partial unemployment
D
disguised unemployment
Question 1147
GK

Tulsidas's composition, the Ramcharitmanas, was written in _______ language.

A
Sanskrit
B
Urdu
C
Awadhi
D
Assamese
Question 1148
GK

Who among the following wrote the novel ‘The Last Queen of Kashmir’?

A
Rakesh Kaul
B
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
C
Chetan Bhagat
D
Sudha Murthy
Question 1149
GK

Nitish Kumar, who took an oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on 16 November 2020, belongs to which of the following parties?

A
Indian National Congress
B
Bharatiya Janata Party
C
Janata Dal United
D
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Question 1150
GK

The river Mandakini joins the river Alaknanda at _______.

A
Vishnuprayag
B
Rudraprayag
C
Karnaprayag
D
Devprayag