General Awareness Questions Asked in SSC CHSL/ CGL Exams

General Awareness Questions Asked in SSC CHSL/ CGL Exams

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General Awareness Questions Asked in SSC CHSL/ CGL Exam

General awareness section generally gives a tough time to aspirants. Questions from Current affairs are mainly asked in the exam covering the majority of the portion. Here are Some of the exact questions asked in SSC CHSL 2019-20.

1.Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Ans: Sukumar Sen
 
2.In which year Allahabad treaty was signed?
Ans: August 12, 1765, between Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Robert Clive as a result of the Battle of Buxar.
 
3.What is invented in the 3rd generation computer? 
Ans: ICs - Integrated Circuits
 
4.What is Chemical formula of butane? 
Ans: C4H10
 
5.How many types of seismic waves are there?
Ans: Two types- ‘Body wave' and 'surface wave'.
 
6.Jog waterfalls is the highest waterfall in which state?
Ans: Karnataka
 
7.Who is the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?
Ans: Swami Vivekananda
 
8.Where is the largest hockey stadium in the world?
Ans: Lahore ( Gadaffi Hockey Stadium), Pakistan
 
9.What is the Radius of Moon?
Ans: 1,737.1 km
 
10.When was the First Winter Olympics held?
Ans: 1924,France
 
11.Salsette Island is situated in which state?
Ans: Mumbai (Maharashtra)
 
12.Name the woman who spent the most time in space ?
Ans: Christina Koch spent 288 days in space (USA)
 
13.If the President dies during his tenure, then who does his work after that ?
Ans: Vice President
 
14.Srirangapatnam is situated on the banks of which river?
Ans: Kaveri River
 
15.In which state is the Konark Sun Temple located?
Ans: Odisha
 
16.How many Grand Slams are there in a year?
Ans: 4 (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open which are played in this order.)
 
17.Which one of the following is vascular system in plants?
Ans: xylem Phloem
 
18.Which sports is played on the green court ?
Ans: Tennis
 
19.Which acids is available in Tomato? 
Ans: Oxalic Acid
 
20. Who is the last Ruler of Gupta Empire?
Ans. Vishnu Gupt
 
21.GST comes under which amendment bill?
Ans: 122
 
22.NABARD was established in which year ?
Ans: 12 July 1982
 
23.Who won the Sahitya Academy Award 2019 for Hindi ?
Ans: Nand Kishor Aacharya
 
24.Dudhsagar Fall is located in which of the following state ? 
Ans: GOA
 
25.Vivekanand Rock Memorial is situated in?
Ans: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
 
26.When was Rover Cup started?
Ans: 1890 (Rover Cup is related to football)
 
27.Jitu Rai is related to which sport ?
Ans: Shooting
 
28.Lavani Dance is associated with which state?
Ans: Maharashtra state
 
29.Total numbers of Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan? 
Ans: 25 (Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of Lok Sabha seats = 80)
 
30.Who was the runner up of CWC 2019? 
Ans: New Zealand
 
31.What is the name of the Brahmaputra River in Tibet?
Ans: Yarlung Tsangpo
 
32.How many people received PADAM VIBHUSHAN 2021?
Ans: Seven
 
33. Financial Emergency is included in which of the following articles of the Indian Constitutions?
Ans: Article 360

34. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020?
Ans: Rajinikanth

35. Who won the Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) for 2019?
Ans: Ju Wenjun from China

36. Who has appointed the Deputy Governor of RBI?
Ans: T Rabi Sankar

37.1 GB equals to?
Ans: 1024 MB

38. What was India’s Rank in Asian Athletic Championship in 2019?
Ans: 4th Rank

39. Who has won the Sir Garfield Sobbers Trophy of the year 2021?
Ans: Shaheen Afridi

40. Kala Azar is caused by?
Ans: Protozoa

41. How many art forms are there in Kathakali?
Ans: 5 Forms
 
42. Who is the first Chief of Defence Staff of Indian Army?
Ans: General Bipin Rawat

43. Hard Disk is which type of storage?
Ans: Secondary Storage

44. Who won the Durand Cup 2019?
Ans: FC Goa

45. Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?
Ans: B.R. Ambedkar

46.Venue Of Asian Youth Games 2021?
Ans: Shantou, Guangdong, China

47. Which state is the largest producer of uranium in India?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

48. What diseases are caused by influenza?
Ans: Flu

49. Whom did India lose in the ICC World Cup semi-finals 2021?
Ans: New Zealand

50.ICC World Cricketer of the Year 2021?
Ans: Shaheen Afridi

51. Britain Prime Minister in Time of Independent India?
Ans: Clement Attle

52.Times Person of the Year?
Ans: Greta Thunberg
 
53.Which river falls in Bay of Bengal? 
Ans: Ganga and Brahmaputra together Forms Sunderbans delta and fall into Bay of Bengal
 
54.Who passes impeachment of President?
Ans: Both Houses
55. Where did the third edition of the Khelo India Held?
Ans: Guwahati
 
56. Who invented Dynamite?
Ans: Alfred Nobel
 
57.What is the weight of Chandrayaan 2?
Ans: 2379 kg
 
58.Which rulers belong to the Chola dynasty?
Ans: Rajendra Chola, Raja Raja Chola
 
59.How many seats are there in UP’s Lok Sabha are there?
Ans: 80 seats
 
60. Who is CEO of YES Bank?
Ans: Prashant Kumar
 
61.International Ozone Layer Day celebrated ?
Ans: 16 September
 
62.Where is the Rail Coach Factory?
Ans: Kapurthala
 
63.Highest waterfall in India?
Ans: Kunchikal Falls.
 
64.Who is the young grandmaster of chess?
Ans: Sergey Karjakin
 
65.Founders of Twitter?
Ans: Jack Dorsey
 
66.UNICEF Founded?
Ans: 11 December 1946
 
67.Kerala, God’s Own Country is written by?
Ans: Shashi Throor
 
68. What is Nibble?
Ans: Memory Unit
 
69.Chola Kings built which Temple?
Ans: Brihadisvara
 
70.After how many matches Sachin scored its first century?
Ans: 78
 
71.The EEG is used to determine the ____ .
Ans: activity of the brain
 
72.Unit of Gravity?
Ans: Newton
 
73. Gauri Lankesh Award 2020?
Ans: journalistYusuf Jameel
 
74.Who decides MSP?
Ans: Central government.
 
75.Number of Ladakh Districts?
Ans: 2
 
76.Speaker of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly?
Ans: Rabindra Nath Mahato
 
77.The first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics?
Ans: Karnam Maleshwari (Padamshree)
 
78.Copper's Atomic Number?
Ans: 29

79. 2021 Peace Prize?
Ans: Maria Ressa & Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov

80.Indian President House Built-in?
Ans: 1929

81. Who is the current chairman of BCCI?
Ans: Sourav Ganguly
 
82. Which are water-soluble Vitamins?
Ans: Vitamin B & C
 
83. Which is the largest river island in the world?
Ans: Majuli Island (Assam)
 
84. Flagella is a locomotive organ of _____________?
Ans: Protozoa
 
85.Where is the tomb of Sher Shah Suri located?
Ans: Sasaram, Bihar
 
86.What is the number of base units in the international system of units?
Ans: Seven
 
87.Jayakwadi Dam is located on which river and in which state? 
Ans.Godavari , Maharashtra

88.Vikram Smavat started in______?
Ans.57 BC

89. Who gave C.R. formula?
Ans.C.Rajagopalachari

90.Who won Junior under 19 wrestling championship 2021?
Ans.Wrestler Ravinder

91.What is the effect of the increased inflation?
Ans.increase in Repo Rate

92. Article 368 of the constitution deals with ______________?
Ans.Constitutional Amendment
 
93 What was the name of the revenue system of Marathas?
Ans.Sardeshmukhi

94. Battle of Chausa was faught between _________________
Ans.Humayun & Sher Shah Suri

95. In which year NABARD was established?
Ans.12 July 1982
 
96. Who becomes 1st Indian equestrian to qualify for Tokyo Olympics?
Ans. Fouaad Mirza

97. Ramanujam award is related to which field______________
Ans.Mathematics

98. Who got BCCI life time achievement award for women?
Ans. Anjum Chopra

99. What is the other name of food pipe?
Ans.oesophagus

100.Indus water treaty was signed in which year

Ans.1960

101.Quit India movement was started from which place?
Ans.Bombay
 
102.What is the railway helpline number?
Ans.139
 
103.which award did Jaspret Bumrah got recently?
Ans.Polly Umrigar Award
 
104. Which law states that equal volumes of gases at same temperature and pressure have same number of molecules 
Ans.Avagadro’s Law
 
105. Which state has maximum forest area?
Ans.Madhya Pradesh
 
106. Which is the largest national park of Himachal Pradesh?
Ans.Great Himalayan National Park
 
107. Which colour light is emitted by the sun?
Ans.White
 
108. What was the theme of the Indian Science Congress held at the Bangalore ?
Ans.Science and Technology: Rural Development
 
109. Who was the first ruler of Mahabalipuram ?
Ans.Narsimhavarman 1
 
110. Which state got the best police station award ?
Ans.Andaman & Nicobar Islands
 
111. Which is the hardest part of the human body?
Ans.Tooth Enamel
 
112. Lohit and Dibang river are the tributeries of which river?
Ans.Brahmputra
 
113. Amer fort was built in which river?
Ans.1592
 
114. Who built Alai Darwaza?
Ans.Alaudin khalji
 
115. Who is the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ?
Ans.Shri Manoj Sinha
 
116. Which vitamin deficiency lead to anemia?
Ans.Vitamin K
 
117. In which year Gadar Party was formed?
Ans.1913
 
118. Which article is related to national commission for backward classes?
Ans.338-B
 
119. Part 8 of the constitution deals with which topic?
Ans.Union Territories
 
120.Homogenous mixture of two or more compositions?
Ans.Solution
 
121.Which city in Rajasthan is called the Golden  City?
Ans.Jaisalmer
 
122. Who is the Chief of the World Bank ?
Ans.David Malpass
 
123. Which city  was the capital of Magadh before 4th century BC?
Ans.Rajgriha
 
124.Most aged Prime Minister till now_________?
Ans.Mahathir Bin Mohammad
 
125. Indian Home rule league was established in which year?
Ans.1916
 
126. What is the official name given to the corona virus?
Ans.COVID -19
 
127. Which PSUs registered highest profits in the year 2018-19
Ans.ONGC, Indian Oil Corporation and NTPC
 
128. Which metal is used in maximum amount for making gold medal in the Olympics?
Ans.SILVER
 
129. Raja Rani temple is situated in which state?
Ans.Odisha
 
130. Article 17 is related to what? 
Ans.Untouchability
 
131.Name the Artificial Lake situated in Gujarat ____________?
Ans.Hamirsar Lake
 
132. Which country 3D printed heart from heart cells?
Ans.ISRAEL
 
133. Who is the CEO of IBM? 
Ans.Arvind Krishna
 
134. Name the book of the Banabhatta_____________
Ans. Harshcharita , Kadambri
 
135. Who got Padam Shri  award in Archery in 2020?
Ans. Subedar Tarundeep Rai

136.Who got 50th Dadasaheb Phalkke Award

Ans.Amitabh  Bachchan

137.Last Ruler of Nanda Dynasty

Ans.Dhanananda

138.ASCEND held at which place ? 

Ans.Kerala

139.Chemical Name of  Laughing Gas

Ans.Nitrous Oxide

140.Gland present between lungs

Ans.Thymus gland

141. Acid present in  vinegar 

Ans.Acetic Acid

142. Wings India held at 

Ans.Hyderabad

143. Who got Noble Prize for Discovery of Neutron ?
Ans. James Chadwick

144. Who is the President of Sri Lanka ?
Ans. Gotabaya RajaPaksa.

145. Who is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
Ans. Bhupesh Baghel

146. Who is  Founder of Gupta Dynasty?
Ans. Sri Gupta

147. Who is the Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Sharad Arvind Bobde

148. What is the value of Reverse Repo Rate by RBI ?
Ans. 4.9%

149. Who got Padma Shri in Archery?
Ans.Subedar Tarundeep Rai

150.Thomas British Emperor came in the reign of which Mughal emperor?
Ans. Emperor Jahangir

151.Book. written by Salman Rushdie?
Ans. Midnight Children

152. Ammeter is unit for which Measurement?
Ans. Current Measurement.

153. Who is the Author of An Era of Darkness ?
Ans.Shashi Tharoor

154. Where is Humpy situated?
Ans. Karnataka

155. Sanchi Stupa was discovered in which year?
Ans. 1818

156. How many people got Sahitya Academy Award ?
Ans. 22

157. Who inaugurated Kartarpur Corridor?
Ans. PM Imran Khan(Pak)

158. Global Investors meet, Ascend 2020 held in__________?
Ans. Kochi

159. Lady Willingdon park known as________?
Ans. Lodhi Gardens

160. Wings India 2022 to be held at which airport?
Ans.  Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad

161. What is india’s  rank in Brand finance nation ranking 2019?
Ans.7

162.Who is Last ruler of nanda dynasty?
Ans. Dhana Nanda

163. Ajatshatru is the son of________?
Ans.Udayin

164. Vineger has which acid?
Ans. Acetic acid

165 . Industry 4.0 launched with the help of which institute?
Ans. IIT Kanpur

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