21. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 20/07/2023

Exam Time 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 When did the first 5 year plan start? 

1. 15 August 1947 

2. 26 January 1950 

3. 15 August 1948 

4. 1 April 1951 

Q.2 In 1995, with whom did Eric Cornell experimentally produce the first Bose-Einstein condensate in a rarefied gas of rubidium atoms at extremely low temperatures? 

1. Kary B Mullis 

2. Geoffrey Wilkinson 

3. Paul J Flory 

4. Carl Wieman 

Q.3 What is known as aggregate monetary resources? 

1. M1 + Net time deposits of commercial banks 

2. Currency (notes plus coins) held by the public and demand deposits held by commercial banks 

3. M3 + Total deposits with Post Office savings organisations (excluding National Savings Certificates) 

4. M1 + Savings deposits with Post Office savings banks 

Q.4 In which district of Gujarat is the Modhera dance festival organised by the Government of Gujarat? 

1. Bharuch 

2. Amreli 

3. Dang 

4. Mehsana 

Q.5 Self-Government or ‘Swaraj’ as the ultimate goal of the Indian National Congress—this declaration was made by Dadabhai Naoroji in which of the following sessions of the INC? 

1. Madras 

2. Calcutta 

3. Bombay 

4. Bankipur 

Q.6 The Vakataka dynasty was directly related to which Gupta emperor? 

1. Chandra Gupta I 

2. Chandra Gupta II 

3. Shree Gupta 

4. Samudra Gupta 

Q.7 What is the name of the scheme launched in 2022 for SC students who could not get higher quality education in high schools? 

1. SHRESHTA 

2. SAMBAL 

3. SAMBHAV 

4. SAMARTH 

Q.8 As per National Multidimensional Poverty Index - Baseline Report, published by NITI Aayog in 2021, what percentage of population in urban areas is poor? 

1. 10.32% 

2. 5% 

3. 8.81% 

4. 21.09% 

Q.9 Where did Vivekananda participate at the World’s Parliament of Religions? 

1. New York 

2. Chicago 

3. San Francisco 

4. Washington 

Q.10 Which of the following personalities is a famous Bharatanatyam dancer? 

1. Padma Subrahmanyam 

2. Naik Siddiqui 

3. Saswati Sen 

4. Birju Maharaj 

Q.11 The valency of argentic is: 

1. −1 

2. −2 

3. +2 

4. +3 

Q.12 Which of the following Amendment Acts added four new subjects (Article 39, 39A, 43A, 48A) in the Directive Principles of State Policy? 

1. 41st Amendment Act, 1976 

2. 40th Amendment Act, 1976 

3. 39th Amendment Act, 1975 

4. 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 

Q.13 What is the name of the branch of river Godavari that joins the Bay of Bengal flowing through the Yanam enclave of the union territory of Puducherry? 

1. Bhavani 

2. Indravati 

3. Gautami 

4. Kapila 

Q.14 Identify the musician who is associated with musical instrument Sarod. 

1. Allaudin Khan 

2. Annapurna Devi 

3. Vilayat Khan 

4. Hariprasad Chaurasia 

Q.15 Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Finance Commission of India? 

A. The Finance Commission consist of a Chairman and four other members. 

B. The recommendations made by the Finance Commission are binding on the government and government needs to grant funds according to the advice of the Commission. 

C. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution talks about the recommendations of the Finance Commission. 

1. A and B only 

2. A only 

3. B and C only 

4. A, B and C 

Q.16 Which of the following state governments has launched the Paray Shikshalaya scheme in February 2022? 

1. Odisha 

2. Jharkhand 

3. Andhra Pradesh 

4. West Bengal 

Q.17 In which union budget was India's first sovereign wealth fund named ‘National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)’ announced? 

1. 2021-22 

2. 2015-16 

3. 2017-18 

4. 2019-20 

Q.18 The colours of the squares used in a chessboard are ________. 

1. white and black 

2. white and green 

3. white and red 

4. red and black 

Q.19 __________ has become the 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district in February 2022. 

1. Kurnool 

2. Chamba 

3. Mewat 

4. Kachchh 

Q.20 Krishnadeva Raya composed a work on ____________ in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada. 

1. dance 

2. statecraft 

3. music 

4. medicine 

Q.21 Where does the lower salinity water rest with the higher salinity dense water? 

1. Below 

2. It is separate 

3. It combines 

4. Above 

Q.22 When were the Commonwealth Games-2022 conducted? 

1. From 28 July 2022 to 8 August 2022 

2. From 2 March 2022 to 15 March 2022 

3. From 15 April 2022 to 26 April 2022 

4. From 20 September 2022 to 30 September 2022 

Q.23 In which year did an American cytogeneticist named Joe Hin Tjio publish a research finding that defined 2n=46 as the exact number of human chromosomes? 

1. 1956 

2. 1950 

3. 1960 

4. 1952 

Q.24 Which of the following is known as ‘bodybuilding food’? 

1. Proteins 

2. Vitamins 

3. Fats 

4. Carbohydrates 

Q.25 Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, Yamini Krishnamurthy is renowned for Bharatanatyam and which of the following dances? 

1. Manipuri 

2. Kuchipudi 

3. Kathakali 

4. Kathak