30. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 25/07/2023 

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 The Indian Constitution originally consisted of ______ Articles. 

1. 395 

2. 365 

3. 385 

4. 375 

Q.2 Who, being the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, takes the salute of different regiments of the armed forces during the march-past on Republic Day? 

1. The Defence Minister of India 

2. The Prime Minister of India 

3. The Home Minister of India 

4. The President of India 

Q.3 Guru Shashadhar Acharya was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020 for which of the following contributions? 

1. Instrument playing 

2. Hindustani Classical vocals 

3. Classical dance 

4. Folk dance

Q.4 Who among the following is appointed as new Attorney General for India in September 2022? 

1. R Venkataramani 

2. KK Venugopal 

3. Fali Sam Nariman 

4. Harish Salve 

Q.5 Who introduced the Zamindari Settlement as a measure of land revenue administration? 

1. Lord Lytton 

2. Lord Curzon 

3. Lord Cornwallis 

4. Lord Wellesley 

Q.6 In ________, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal. 

1. 1911 

2. 1907 

3. 1905 

4. 1906 

Q.7 Which of the given musicians is associated with the musical instrument Santoor? 

1. Allauddin Khan 

2. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma 

3. Vilayat Khan 

4. Annapurna Devi 

Q.8 How many elected members are there in the Legislative Assembly of Telangana till December 2022? 

1. 121 

2. 120 

3. 124 

4. 119 

Q.9 How many cities have been identified for Ring Roads under Phase-I of the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’ to decongest traffic in various cities across India (As of November 2021)? 

1. 33 

2. 28 

3. 21 

4. 41 

Q.10 In Which year did an English scientist named Michael Faraday discover benzene in the illuminating gas? 

1. 1827 

2. 1820 

3. 1822 

4. 1825 

Q.11 In the year 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced a National Suicide Prevention Strategy to achieve reduction in suicide mortality by ____________ per cent by 2030. 

1. 10 

2. 25 

3. 15 

4. 20 

Q.12 Identify the meaning of continentality. 

1. Very hot during summers and very cold during winters 

2. Very cold during winters and not hot during summers 

3. Very hot during summers and lots of rain 

4. Very hot during winters and very cold during summers 

Q.13 Who among the following is a Nobel Laureate who is also known as the father of micro finance systems? 

1. Raghuram Rajan 

2. Sandra Rotman 

3. Amartya Sen 

4. Muhammad Yunus 

Q.14 Of which of the following Pratihara kings was Rajashekhara, the famous poet and dramatist, the court poet? 

1. Rajapala 

2. Devapala 

3. Ramabhadra 

4. Mahendrapala 

Q.15 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) scheme was started by which Ministry of the Government of India? 

1. The ministry of finance 

2. The ministry of housing and urban affairs 

3. The ministry of rural development 

4. The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises 

Q.16 Which species of mangrove tree is scientifically known as 'Heritiera fomes' in Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh? 

1. Kusum 

2. Sundari 

3. Arjun 

4. Kachnar 

Q.17 What is the atomicity of Chlorine? 

1. Tetra-atomic 

2. Monoatomic 

3. Diatomic 

4. Poly-atomic 

Q.18 On 21 November 2022, who assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India? 

1. Rajiv Kumar 

2. Arun Goel 

3. Anup Chandra Pandey 

4. Manoj Kumar 

Q.19 Which cells, also called neurilemma cells, are the main glial cells in the PNS and play an essential role in the survival and functions of neurons? 

1. Bipolar cells 

2. Schwann cells 

3. Ganglion cells 

4. Photoreceptor cells 

Q.20 Raut Nacha is famous in which of these states? 

1. Gujarat 

2. Chhattisgarh 

3. Assam 

4. Punjab 

Q.21 As per the dietary guidelines recommended by doctors, the RDA for cholesterol intake in healthy adults and children above four years of age is ______ mg/day. 

1. 400 

2. 600 

3. 500 

4. 300 

Q.22 Who among the following is India’s second Grand Master after Viswanathan Anand? 

1. P Harikrishna 

2. Sasikran Krishnan 

3. Dibyendu Barua 

4. Abhijit Kunte 

Q.23 Where and when were the first Khelo India University Games held? 

1. Maharashtra, 2019 

2. Kerala, 2020 

3. Odisha, 2020 

4. Punjab, 2019

Q.24 Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the new agricultural strategy? 

1. Use of hybrid seeds 

2. Use of organic manures 

3. Use of chemical fertilisers 

4. Extensive irrigation 

Q.25 Which of the following varnas primarily used to do cultivation, animal husbandry and trade during the later Vedic period? 

1. Kshatriya 

2. Brahmana 

3. Shudra 

4. Vaishya