SSC CGL - 03 March 2020 - Shift 01
General Awareness
:- Shashi Tharoor
2. Which of the following books is NOT written by Salman Rushdie?
:- An Area of Darkness
3. As of February 2020, who is the President of Sri Lanka?
:- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
4. Which of these institutions fixes the Repo Rate and the Reverse Repo Rate in India?
:- Reserve Bank of India
5. Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize.
:- James Chadwick
6. As on January 2020, Shri Bhupesh Baghel is the Chief Minister of which of the following states?
:-Chhattisgarh
7. Which of these words refers to the scientific study of domestic dogs?
:- Cynology
8. The Araku Valley, a tourist resort, is located near which of these cities of South India?
:- Visakhapatnam
9. The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi - capital of Vijayanagara - is located in which present day Indian state?
:- Karnataka
10. Sir Thomas Roe came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor's court?
:- Jahangir
11. The World Food Program (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations. Where is it headquartered?
:- Rome
12. Sultan Qaboos bin Said of ________, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler and with a reputation for quiet diplomacy passed away recently (2020).
:- Oman
13. In which year Sanchi was discovered after being abandoned for nearly 600 Years?
:- 1818
14. What is the more common name for solid carbon dioxide?
:- Dry Ice
15. Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed from which of the following states of India?
:- Maharashtra
16. Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?
:- Horses
17. Red worms have a structure named ______ which helps them in grinding their food.
:- Gizzard
18. Name the media company that purchased the legendary studio of 21st Century Fox.
:- Disney
19. 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?
:- Narendra Modi
20. For which of the following sports was Dronavalli Harika, conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award?
:- Chess
21. What is the uniform GST rate that has been fixed up for lottery prizes by the GST Council?
:- 28 %
22. Who is the first and currently the only batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive test series?
:- Virat Kohli
23. Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time kingdoms in which state of India?
:- Kerala
24. Which of these bones is NOT a part of the human ear?
:- Femur
25. 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?
:- Vidya Balan
