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