SSC CHSL - 12 October 2020 - Shift 03 || General Awareness
Q.1 Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got the monument Taj Mahal constructed in memory of his wife ______.
Option:
1. Jahanara
2. Roshnara
3. Noorjahan
4. Mumtaz Mahal
Answer :- Mumtaz Mahal
Q.2 Which is the correctly matched option of captain of cricket team and year of World Cup
victory?
Option:
1. Michael Clarke – 2007
2. Imran Khan – 1996
3. Kapil Dev – 1983
4. Ricky Ponting – 2011
Answer :- Kapil Dev – 1983
Q.3 ‘Rangoli Bihu’ one of the major festival of Assam is celebrated in the month of______.
Option:
1. October
2. April
3. March
4. June
Answer :- April
Q.4 Which of the following schemes launched by the present government has been correctly matched with its purpose?
Option:
1. AASHA Scheme – Remunerative prices to ward boys for serving patients
2. UJJWALA Scheme – Street lighting
3. SUMAN Scheme – Free medicines to pregnant women
4. SAGARMALA Scheme – To regularise selling of goods at ports
Answer :- SUMAN Scheme – Free medicines to pregnant women
Q.5 Which of the following parts of the human body releases carbon dioxide, brought in by the blood, from the rest of the body?
Option:
1. Alveoli
2. Larynx
3. Trachea
4. Bronchi
Answer :- Alveoli
Q.6 The award given to the best coach among coaches of all the different games is known as
______.
Option:
1. Phalke Award
2. Ashoka Chakra Award
3. Dronacharya Award
4. Arjuna Award
Answer :- Dronacharya Award
Q.7. Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
Option:
1. Mizoram
2. Jharkhand
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra
Answer :- Jharkhand
Q.8 Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India?
Option:
1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Mohammad Saadullah
4. K.M. Munshi
Answer :- B.R. Ambedkar
Q.9 When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ started?
Option:
1. August 1942
2. April 1919
3. February 1928
4. October 1905
Answer :- August 1942
Q.10 As of January 2020, who was the chief of the Indian Army?
Option:
1. Bipin Rawat
2. Manoj Mukund Naravane
3. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
4. Karambir Singh
Answer :- Manoj Mukund Naravane
Q.11 ______ is no longer considered as a planet within Earth's Solar system.
Option:
1. Pluto
2. Uranus
3. Mars
4. Neptune
Answer :- Pluto
Q.12 ______ refers to money that has already been spent and which cannot be recovered.
Option:
1. Replacement cost
2. Opportunity cost
3. Sunk cost
4. Imputed cost
Answer :- Sunk cost
Q.13 Who among the following is NOT a well known Tabla player in Hindustani classical style of music?
Option:
1. Zakir Hussain
2. Latif Ahmed
3. Amjad Ali
4. Swapan Chowdhury
Answer :- Amjad Ali
Q.14 With which neighboring country does Gujarat share its border?
Option:
1. Nepal
2. Bangladesh
3. Pakistan
4. Bhutan
Answer :- Pakistan
Q.15 Who appoints the Chief Justice of India?
Option:
1. President of India in consultation with senior judges of Supreme Court
2. Judges of Supreme Court and High Court
3. President of India in consultation with senior judges of Supreme Court and High Court
4. President of India
Answer :- President of India
Q.16 Which Rajput ruler of Mewar in 1576 fought the Battle of Haldighati and then fled the field on his horse, Chetak?
Option:
1. Maharana Pratap
2. Raja Man Singh
3. Rana Amar Singh
4. Maharaja Udai Singh
Answer :- Maharana Pratap
Q.17. Which are the biodiversity hotspots of India?
(A) Western Ghats
(B) North East India
(C) Sunderland
Option:
1. Only A
2. A and B
3. A, B and C
4. Only B
Answer :- A, B and C
Q.18. Which of the following statements about firewall (in the context of computing) is INCORRECT?
Option:
1. It is frequently used to protect a computer network from unauthorised access.
2. It is a combination of both, software and hardware devices.
3. It is unable to permit legitimate communication to pass.
4. It permits network transmission based on a set of rules.
Answer :- It is unable to permit legitimate communication to pass.
Q.19. Who wrote the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
Option:
1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. M.K. Gandhi
4. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer :- M.K. Gandhi
Q.20. The 'transformation curve' is also known as the:
Option:
1. demand curve
2. supply curve
3. indifference curve
4. Production Possibility Curve
Answer :- Production Possibility Curve
Q.21 Which American President won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Option:
1. Barack Obama
2. George Washington
3. Bill Clinton
4. Abraham Lincoln
Answer :- Barack Obama
Q.22 What is the name of the force with which earth pulls everything towards itself?
Option:
1. Resistance
2. Gravity
3. Thrust
4. Air pressure
Answer :- Gravity
Q.23 National Sports Day of India is celebrated on 29 August every year in honour of which sportsperson?
Option:
1. Major Dhyan Chand Singh
2. Milkha Singh
3. Balbir Singh Sr.
4. Leslie Walter Claudius
Answer :- Major Dhyan Chand Singh
Q.24 In which year did the convention on wetlands, the 'Ramsar Convention', come into force in India?
Option:
1. 1984
2. 1978
3. 1982
4. 1991
Answer :- 1982
Q.25 The three-carbon molecules broken down from six-carbon molecules of glucose during the
first step in the process of nutrition in all organisms is called:
Option:
1. pyruvate
2. methane
3. butane
4. ethane
Answer :- pyruvate
