27. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 24/07/2023

Exam Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 According to the World Meteorological Organization report reviewed during 2010-2012, the highest registered shade temperature of __________ was recorded at Al Aziziyah, Libya. 

1. 68°C 

2. 58°C 

3. 50°C 

4. 72°C 

Q.2 Which group of Kingdom Animalia has unsegmented, bilaterally symmetrical, soft bodies, with a triploblastic construction (comprising three layers of cells) and a lacking coelom, skeleton and anus? 

1. Platyhelminthes 

2. Porifera 

3. Ctenophora 

4. Cnidaria 

Q.3 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards-2022, which was presented by President of India Droupadi Murmu on 30th November 2022, was given to _________ . 

1. Sharath Kamal 

2. Venkatesh Prasad 

3. Manpreet Singh 

4. Deepika Kumari 

Q.4 Identify the element that does NOT belong to Period 6 of Modern Periodic Table. 

1. Platinum 

2. Tungsten 

3. Silicon 

4. Rhenium 

Q.5 Which of the following hills is a part of the Western Ghats? 

1. Anaimalai Hills 

2. Khasi Hills 

3. Jaintia Hills 

4. Garo Hills 

Q.6 The ten-day festival of Bastar Dussehra is associated with which Indian state? 

1. Bihar 

2. Chhattisgarh 

3. Odisha 

4. Jharkhand 

Q.7 Rovers Cup is associated with which game? 

1. Badminton 

2. Tennis 

3. Hockey 

4. Football 

Q.8 The ‘Pattanulkars’ migrated from the Gujarat region to the Vijayanagar state. They were _________. 

1. silk weavers 

2. diamond makers 

3. goldsmiths 

4. cotton traders 

Q.9 Theoretical foundations of Bharatanatyam have been found in which of these Shastras? 

1. Dharma Shastra 

2. Vaimānika Shāstra 

3. Arth Shastra 

4. Natya Shastra 

Q.10 Which of the following statement is correct regarding cell membrane? 

I. The membrane is selectively permeable to some molecules present on either side of it. 

II. Water may also move across this membrane from lower to higher concentration. 

1. Both I and II 

2. Only I 

3. Only II 

4. Neither I nor II 

Q.11 With which of the following Government of India Acts did the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms introduce Dyarchy in the provinces? 

1. Government of India Act, 1935 

2. Government of India Act, 1923 

3. Government of India Act, 1945 

4. Government of India Act, 1919

Q.12 How many substitute players are there in a Beach Volleyball team? 

1. 0 

2. 3 

3. 2 

4. 1 

Q.13 The Prime Minister in August 2021 announced the fortification of rice distributed under various government schemes including the Public Distribution System (PDS) and MidDay-Meal scheme by the year ________. 

1. 2025 

2. 2026 

3. 2023 

4. 2024 

Q.14 How many classes of Indian society are mentioned in Megasthene's book Indica? 

1. 12 

2. 10 

3. 5 

4. 7 

Q.15 Article 323 of the Indian Constitution deals with ________. 

1. expenses of Public Services Commissions 

2. functions of Public Services Commissions 

3. power to extend functions of Public Services Commissions 

4. reports of Public Services Commissions 

Q.16 Ramkrishna Talukdar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 for his contribution to the Sattriya dance form. To which state does this dance form belong? 

1. Assam 

2. Jharkhand 

3. West Bengal 

4. Meghalaya 

Q.17 Select the Indian musician who is associated with percussion instruments (played by striking). 

1. Vishwa Mohan Bhat 

2. Bismillah Khan 

3. Pandit Ravi Shankar 

4. Pandit Ayodhya Prasad 

Q.18 Identify the INCORRECT statement in the context of Microfinance Institutions in India. 

1. A microfinance loan is given to a household having annual household income up to ₹3,00,000. 

2. When giving a micro loan, a household means an individual family unit, i.e., husband, wife, and their unmarried children. 

3. A microfinance loan should be linked with a lien on the deposit account of the borrower. 

4. A microfinance loan is a collateral-free loan. 

Q.19 Lanthenides are often called: 

1. inert gases 

2. rare earth elements 

3. d-block elements 

4. alkali metals 

Q.20 Which tunnel has been built with ultra-modern specifications in the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas at an altitude of 3000 metres above Mean Sea Level? 

1. Atal Tunnel 

2. Jawahar Tunnel 

3. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel 

4. Bhatan Tunnel 

Q.21 Who among the following was the first non-European to win a Noble prize in 1913 in literature for his work ‘Gitanjali’? 

1. Abanindranath Tagore 

2. Dwarka Nath Tagore 

3. Rabindranath Tagore 

4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 

Q.22 The national poverty line for 2011-12 was estimated at ____________ per capita per month for rural areas of India. 

1. ₹900 

2. ₹1,206 

3. ₹760 

4. ₹816 

Q.23 From which country were the Directive Principles of State Policy of the Indian Constitution borrowed? 

1. Ireland 

2. China 

3. The USSR 

4. The US

Q.24 In which Five-Year Plan was the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana started? 

1. Fourth 

2. Sixth 

3. Fifth 

4. Seventh 

Q.25 The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change notified the E-Waste Management Rules in 2022. These rules are supposed to be come into force from ________________. 

1. 1 January 2023 

2. 1 July 2023 

3. 1 December 2022 

4. 1 April 2023