SSC CHSL - 13 October 2020 - Shift 02 ||
General Awareness ||
Option wise English Notes ||
Q.01 How many elements of India were listed in the UNESCO Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as of March 2018?
Option:
1. 13
2. 14
3. 15
4. 18
Answer :- 13
Q.02 Which function key displays the Print Preview window in Microsoft Office?
Option:
1. Ctrl + F2
2. Alt + Ctrl + F2
3. Shift + F2
4. Alt + F2
Answer :- Ctrl + F2
Q.03 Who was conferred with the ‘Female Sportsperson of the Year’ award at the ‘FICCI India
Sports Awards 2019’?
Option:
1. Mary Kom
2. Rani Rampal
3. PV Sindhu
4. Geeta Phogat
Answer :- Rani Rampal
Q.04 Which Indian writer was awarded the ‘Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019’?
Option:
1. Shashi Tharoor
2. Arundhati Roy
3. Ramachandra Guha
4. Rana Dasgupta
Answer :- Rana Dasgupta
Q.05 When was the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) established in India?
Option:
1. 1979
2. 1978
3. 1982
4. 1980
Answer :- 1978
Q.06 Which former Indian cricketer was honored with the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ by the East Bengal Football Club in 2019?
Option:
1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Kapil Dev
Answer :- Kapil Dev
Q.07 In 1930, which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for describing the human ABO blood group system?
Option:
1. George Wald
2. Karl Landsteiner
3. Albert Claude
4. Roger Guillemin
Answer :- Karl Landsteiner
Q. 08 When was the first Constituent Assembly election held in India?
Option:
1. 1947
2. 1946
3. 1949
4. 1948
Answer :- 1946
Q.09 How many parathyroid glands are present on the back side of the thyroid gland in humans?
Option:
1. Six
2. Five
3. Three
4. Four
Answer :- Four
Q.10 In which state was the 8th edition of the India-China joint training exercise 'Hand-in-Hand 2019’ held?
Option:
1. Manipur
2. Kerala
3. Maharashtra
4. Meghalaya
Answer :- Meghalaya
Q.11 Which Indian banknote released in November 2016 features Mangalyaan on the reverse side?
Option:
1. 500
2. 2,000
3. 200
4. 100
Answer :- 2,000
Q.12 How many agro-climatic zones (ACZ) are characterised by the Planning Commission of
India?
Option:
1. 20
2. 10
3. 15
4. 30
Answer :- 15
Q.13 As per ‘India State of Forest Report 2019’, which state secured first position for the highest growth in forest area in the country?
Option:
1. Karnataka
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Odisha
4. Madhya Pradesh
Answer :- Karnataka
Q.14 In which year did the JavaScript Programming language come into existence?
Option:
1. 1995
2. 1999
3. 1990
4. 2000
Answer :- 1995
Q.15 What is the mission life of the Cartosat-3 satellite launched by PSLV C-47 on 27 November 2019?
Option:
1. 3 years
2. 4 years
3. 5 years
4. 2 years
Answer :-5 years
Q.16 Which of the following is an example of the most explosive type of volcano?
Option:
1. Calderas volcanoes
2. Cinder cones volcanoes
3. Flood basalt volcanoes
4. Shield volcanoes
Answer :- Calderas volcanoes
Q.17 Cinnabar (HgS) is an ore of which metal?
Option:
1. Aluminum
2. Gold
3. Silver
4. Mercury
Answer :- Mercury
Q.18 Which famous personality said the following?
“Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to
say that your first victory was just luck?”
Option:
1. APJ Abdul Kalam
2. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3. Homi Bhabha
4. Amartya Sen
Answer :- APJ Abdul Kalam
Q.19 Which Chola ruler was popularly called ‘Victor of the Ganges’?
Option:
1. Gandaraditya Chola
2. Rajendra Chola I
3. Parantaka Chola I
4. Vijayalaya Chola
Answer :- Rajendra Chola I
Q.20 Which of the following is a famous fossil site in India where a full-fledged skeleton of a dinosaur was found?
Option:
1. Zanskar Valley, Kashmir
2. Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh
3. Waddham, Maharashtra
4. Manendragarh, Chhattisgarh
Answer :- Waddham, Maharashtra
Q.21 Which governor general of India abolished Sati system in 1829 by declaring it an offence?
Option:
1. Lord William Bentinck
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Cornwallis
Answer :- Lord William Bentinck
Q.22 Which of the following companies was conferred with Maharatna status in October 2019?
Option:
1. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
2. GAIL (India) Limited
3. Steel Authority of India limited
4. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Answer :- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Q.23 The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup is associated with ______.
Option:
1. Polo
2. Football
3. Cricket
4. Hockey
Answer :-Hockey
Q.25 ‘Sattriya’ is a traditional Hindu classical dance form of which state?
Option:
1. Odisha
2. Manipur
3. Goa
4. Assam
Answer :-Assam
Q.25 India shares its land boundaries with which countries in the east?
Option:
1. Myanmar and Bangladesh
2. China, Nepal and Bhutan
3. Bhutan and Afghanistan
4. Pakistan and Afghanistan
Answer :-Myanmar and Bangladesh
