SSC-GD 2023 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 551
GK

______ (ODOP) aims to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products.

A
One District One Product
B
One District One Purpose
C
One Difference One Product
D
One District One Person
Question 552
GK

In how many phases was the last Census of 2011 conducted in India?

A
1
B
3
C
4
D
2
Question 553
GK

The Brabourne Cricket Stadium is located in which of the following state of India?

A
Maharashtra
B
Kerala
C
Bihar
D
Madhya Pradesh
Question 554
GK

To develop scientific temper and humanism is a:

A
constitutional remedy
B
Fundamental Right
C
Fundamental Duty
D
Directive principles of state policy
Question 555
GK

When did Ashoka, the Mauryan ruler, die?

A
245 BC
B
232 BC
C
249 BC
D
258 BC
Question 556
GK

The couple who won Padma Bhushan in 2009 for Bharatanatyam is ______

A
Mahaboob Subhani and Kaleeshabi Mahboob
B
K.V. Sampath Kumar and Vidushi K.S. Jayalakshmi
C
Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan
D
Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella
Question 557
GK

Jeev Milkha Singh's became the first player from India to join the European Tour in 1998. He won: (i) four European Tour Titles (ii) four Japan Golf Tour titles (iii) six Asian Tour tiles

A
Only (i)
B
Only (iii)
C
Only (ii)
D
(i), (ii) and (iii)
Question 558
GK

Which industry do cotton, jute, silk, woollen textiles, sugar and edible oil, etc. belong to ?

A
agro based industry
B
heavy industry
C
joint sector industry
D
mineral based industry
Question 559
GK

In ______, the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East.

A
1624
B
1600
C
1610
D
1615
Question 560
GK

The harvest festival 'Nabanna' is celebrated in ______.

A
West Bengal
B
Jharkhand
C
Haryana
D
Chhattisgarh
Question 561
GK

The Dronacharya Award for coaches started in which year?

A
1985
B
1984
C
1982
D
1987
Question 562
GK

The _________ refers to the excess of government’s revenue expenditure over revenue receipts.

A
revenue surplus
B
revenue deficit
C
capital deficit
D
fiscal deficit
Question 563
GK

What is the name of the first Indian tribal president?

A
Droupadi Murmu
B
Bishweswar Tudu
C
Jasvantsinh Bhabhor
D
Sudarshan Bhagat
Question 564
GK

What is different about castor seeds?

A
It is the only rabi crop
B
It is neither rabi nor kharif
C
It is only zaid crop
D
It is both rabi and kharif crop
Question 565
GK

Songkran is a Buddhist festival. This festival is celebrated for several days in the month of__________.

A
March
B
June
C
April
D
May
Question 566
GK

As per the 73rd and 74th amendment India has ________________-tier government system.

A
Three
B
Four
C
Two
D
Single
Question 567
GK

Which of the following has been conferred the Kalidas Samman in February 2022?

A
Kumar Gandharva
B
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
C
M. Venkateshkumar
D
Bhupen Khakhar
Question 568
GK

Which state has the highest sex ratio as per the Census 2011?

A
Odisha
B
Andhra Pradesh
C
Kerala
D
Tamil Nadu
Question 569
GK

Shevroy Hills and the Javadi Hills are located to the____________.

A
northeast of the Western Ghats
B
southeast of the Eastern Ghats
C
southwest of the Eastern Ghats
D
southeast of the Western Ghats
Question 570
GK

Who among the following became Member of Legislative Assembly from Bochahan, Bihar in India, in April 2022?

A
Baby Kumari
B
Amar Kumar Paswan
C
Ramvriksh Sada
D
Tej Pratap Yadav
Question 571
GK

Jagoi and Cholom are the two main divisions in which of the following classical dance forms?

A
Kathak
B
Odissi
C
Manipuri
D
Sattriya
Question 572
GK

Which Article of the Constitution of India mandates the position of a Vice President of India?

A
Article 42
B
Article 53
C
Article 63
D
Article 49
Question 573
GK

For the first time in the world, the Five-Year Plan (1928-32), was implemented by________________ in Soviet Union.

A
Steve Jobs
B
Karl Marx
C
Adam Smith
D
Joseph Stalin
Question 574
GK

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in year_________________.

A
2012
B
2014
C
2016
D
2013
Question 575
GK

Which of the following major incidents occurred in 1919?

A
Jallianwala bagh massacre
B
Bengal partition
C
Non-cooperation movement
D
Champaran movement