SSC CGL 03-March-2020 Shift-1 ( General Awareness Notes With Option )
1. Vikram Seth
2. Romila Thapar
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. Ramchandra Guha
Answer : Shashi Tharoor
02. Which of the following books is NOT written by Salman Rushdie?
1. Shame
2. Midnight's Children
3. An Area of Darkness
4. The Satanic Verses
Answer : An Area of Darkness
03. As of February 2020, who is the President of Sri Lanka?
1. Chandrika Kumaratunga
2. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
3. D.M. Jayaratne
4. Maithripala Sirisena
Answer : Gotabaya Rajapaksa
04. Which of these institutions fixes the Repo Rate and the Reverse Repo Rate in India?
1. Ministry of Finance
2. State Bank of India
3. Reserve Bank of India
4. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Answer : Reserve Bank of India
05. Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize.
1. Enrico Fermi
2. J.S. Fleming
3. James Chadwick
4. Max Plank
Answer : James Chadwick
06. Which of these words refers to the scientific study of domestic dogs?
1. Carpology
2. Cynology
3. Chrematistics
4. Craniology
Answer : Cynology
07. The Araku Valley, a tourist resort, is located near which of these cities of South India?
1. Kochi
2. Madurai
3. Mangalore
4. Visakhapatnam
Answer : Visakhapatnam
08. The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi - capital of Vijayanagara - is located in which present day Indian state?
1. Bihar
2. Haryana
3. Telangana
4. Karnataka
Answer : Karnataka
09. Sir Thomas Roe came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor's court?
1. Shah Jahan
2. Akbar
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir
Answer : Jahangir
10. The World Food Program (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations. Where is it headquartered?
1. Rome
2. Paris
3. New York
4. Brussels
Answer : Rome
11. Sultan Qaboos bin Said of ________, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler and with a reputation for quiet diplomacy passed away recently (2020).
1. Oman
2. Abu Dhabi
3. Dubai
4. Kuwait
Answer : Oman
12. In which year Sanchi was discovered after being abandoned for nearly 600 Years?
1. 1814
2. 1816
3. 1818
4. 1820
Answer : 1818
13. What is the more common name for solid carbon dioxide?
1. Potash
2. Dry Ice
3. Quick Silver
4. Epsom
Answer : Dry Ice
14. Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed from which of the following states of India?
1. Rajasthan
2. Maharashtra
3. Gujarat
4. Odisha
Answer : Maharashtra
15. Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?
1. Elephants
2. Cows
3. Horses
4. Tigers
Answer : Horses
16. Red worms have a structure named ______ which helps them in grinding their food.
1. Gizzard
2. Esophagus
3. Crop
4. Intestine
Answer : Gizzard
17. Name the media company that purchased the legendary studio of 21st Century Fox.
1. Viacom
2. Disney
3. Sony
4. Time Warner
Answer : Disney
18. From India, who inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor and flagged off the first set of pilgrims to the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev?
1. Manmohan Singh
2. Narendra Modi
3. Ram Nath Kovind
4. Amarinder Singh
Answer : Narendra Modi
19. For which of the following sports was Dronavalli Harika, conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award?
1. Cricket
2. Archery
3. Chess
4. Badminton
Answer : Chess
20. What is the uniform GST rate that has been fixed up for lottery prizes by the GST Council?
1. 18 %
2. 32 %
3. 28 %
4. 10 %
Answer : 28 %
21. Who is the first and currently the only batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive test series?
1. Brian Lara
2. A.B. de Villiers
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Virat Kohli
Answer : Virat Kohli
22. Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time kingdoms in which state of India?
1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Bihar
4. Kerala
Answer : Kerala
23. Which of these bones is NOT a part of the human ear?
1. Incus
2. Femur
3. Malleus
4. Stapes
Answer : Femur
24. Who among the following played the leading lady in the film 'Mission Mangal' that tells the dramatic true story of the women behind India's first mission to Mars?
1. Vidya Balan
2. Kareena Kapoor
3. Deepika Padukone
4. Kajol
Answer : Vidya Balan
25. As on January 2020, Shri Bhupesh Baghel is the Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1. Jharkhand
2. Haryana
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Odisha
Answer : Chhattisgarh
