34. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 26/07/2023 

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 Who was the winner of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup– 2021? 

1. India 

2. Australia 

3. West Indies 

4. England 

Q.2 Hindustani vocalist Pandit M Venkatesh Kumar was awarded which of the following awards in 2022? 

1. Sangeeta Kalanidhi 

2. Tagore Puraskar 

3. Sangeet Natak Akademi 

4. Kalidas Samman 

Q.3 In which of the following animal phyla, is the body divided into head, thorax and abdomen? 

1. Chordata 

2. Arthropoda 

3. Annelida 

4. Mollusca 

Q.4 Which of the four Vedas contains a collection of magic spells and charms to fend off evil spirits and diseases? 

1. Atharva Veda 

2. Rig Veda 

3. Yajur Veda 

4. Sama Veda 

Q.5 Bhortal dance is famous in _________. 

1. Punjab 

2. Madhya Pradesh 

3. Odisha 

4. Assam 

Q.6 The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) was operationalised in which year? 

1. 2005 

2. 1995 

3. 1993 

4. 2000 

Q.7 Which state had the first female Governor in independent India? 

1. West Bengal 

2. Rajasthan 

3. Gujarat 

4. Uttar Pradesh 

Q.8 In which method of cooking is food heated slowly over a source of heat and cooked by high heat and air convection depending on the position of the food in relation to the fire? 

1. Stewing 

2. Braising 

3. Spit-roasting 

4. Poaching 

Q.9 Which of the following elements is highly effective for making a permanent magnet? 

1. Aluminium 

2. Copper 

3. Zinc 

4. Steel 

Q.10 Identify the option that arranges the following states’ literacy rates in descending order, according to Census 2011. 

A. Kerala 

B. Himachal Pradesh 

C. Haryana 

1. (A), (B), (C) 

2. (C), (B), (A) 

3. (A), (C), (B) 

4. (B), (A), (C) 

Q.11 In which year did Antoine Lavoisier publish ‘Methods of Chemical Nomenclature’, which included the rules for naming chemical compounds that are still in use today? 

1. 1780 

2. 1790 

3. 1787 

4. 1783 

Q.12 Nor Westers are dreaded evening thunderstorms seen in _________. 

1. Punjab and Haryana 

2. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh 

3. Telangana and Maharashtra 

4. Bengal and Assam 

Q.13 Who among the following was the head of the Diwan-i-Insha department under the Delhi sultanate? 

1. Wakil-i-Dar 

2. Amir-i-Dad 

3. Barid-i-Mumalik 

4. Dabir-i-Khas 

Q.14 Under Statutory liquidity ratio, commercial banks are required to keep a fraction of _________ in form of liquid assets. 

1. saving deposits 

2. current deposits 

3. total demand and term deposits 

4. term deposits 

Q.15 Who founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha that was set up to explore spiritual truth? 

1. Keshab Chandra Sen 

2. Dayanand Saraswati 

3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

4. Debendranath Tagore 

Q.16 Which of the following groups of classical dancers is related to Kathak? 

1. Alarmel Valli, Malavika Sarukkai and Sucheta Chaphekar 

2. Kumkum Mohanty, Sonal Mansingh and Kiran Sehgal 

3. Sitara Devi, Shaswati Sen and Urmila Nagar 

4. Yamini Krishnamurthy, Shobha Naidu and Swapnasundari 

Q.17 Deepika Pallikal is associated with ______. 

1. chess 

2. squash 

3. billiards 

4. cricket 

Q.18 Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right against Exploitation? 

1. Article 21 

2. Article 23 

3. Article 20 

4. Article 22 

Q.19 How many times in a year is the Bihu festival celebrated in Assam? 

1. 4 

2. 2 

3. 5 

4. 3 

Q.20 Which is the correct sequence of oceans according to size (from largest to smallest) ? 

1. Pacific Ocean > Indian Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > Antarctic Ocean 

2. Pacific Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > Indian Ocean > Antarctic Ocean 

3. Pacific Ocean > Indian Ocean > Antarctic Ocean > Atlantic Ocean 

4. Pacific Ocean > Antarctic Ocean > Indian Ocean > Atlantic Ocean 

Q.21 On the occasion of National Youth Day on 12th January 2023, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, the Government of India gave awards to 82 of the best ________of the country. 

1. engineers 

2. agripreneurs 

3. doctors 

4. teachers 

Q.22 Which of the following institutions was set up in 1982 in order to streamline credit facilities to farmers at a national level? 

1. SIDBI 

2. IFCI 

3. NEDFI 

4. NABARD 

Q.23 In November 2022, which of the following Union Ministries has launched a month-long campaign titled, ‘Nai Chetna–Pahal Badlav Ki’ – A Community-led National Campaign against Gender-Based Discrimination? 

1. Ministry of Women and Child Development 

2. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 

3. Ministry of Rural Development 

4. Ministry of Culture 

Q.24 By which of the following acts was a bicameral legislature introduced in India at the centre level? 

1. Government of India Act of 1935 

2. Indian councils Act of 1861 

3. Regulating Act of 1773 

4. Government of India Act of 1919 

Q.25 At the 108th Indian Science Congress concluded at Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University on 7 January 2023. Who among the following won the Dr CV RamanBirth Centenary Award? 

1. Dr Ranjan Kumar Nandy 

2. Dr Kaushal Prasad Mishra 

3. Prof Subhash Chandra Parija 

4. Prof SR Niranjana