37. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 27/07/2023

Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 In T20 cricket matches, a bowler can bowl a maximum of _______. 

1. 4 overs 

2. 6 overs 

3. 7 overs 

4. 5 overs 

Q.2 Identify an endoparasite found in animals. 

1. Flatworms 

2. Ctenoplana 

3. Pleurobrachia 

4. Adamsia 

Q.3 The Lomas Rishi cave which is a manmade cave is located in which state of India? 

1. Karnataka 

2. Maharashtra 

3. Madhya Pradesh 

4. Bihar 

Q.4 The first day of the Tamil calendar on 14 April is celebrated as________. 

1. Pongal 

2. Puthandu 

3. Onam 

4. Mahamaham 

Q.5 Who among the following IPS officers in 2023 is one of the first women officers to become the Director General of police in Punjab? 

1. Aparajita Rai 

2. Ruveda Salam 

3. Meera Chadha Borwankar 

4. Shashi Prabha Dwivedi 

Q.6 The Gulf of Khambhat, the Gulf of Kutch and Sundarbans region provide ideal conditions for utilising _________ energy in India. 

1. thermal 

2. solar 

3. wind 

4. tidal 

Q.7 According to the Census of India 2011, which state of India has the highest Hindu population percentage of the total population? 

1. Himachal Pradesh 

2. Madhya Pradesh 

3. Chhattisgarh 

4. Odisha 

Q.8 The characteristic garlicky odour of garlic is due to _________. 

1. copper 

2. iodine 

3. chlorine 

4. sulphur 

Q.9 Which of the following organisations was established in 1885? 

1. Communist Party of India 

2. Indian National Congress 

3. East India Organization 

4. Muslim League 

Q.10 Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibushan awardee, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, was instrumental in reviving which of the following classical dances? 

1. Manipuri 

2. Kuchipudi 

3. Odissi 

4. Bharatanatyam 

Q.11 Who among the following wrote ‘Anand Math’ from where India’s National song ‘Vande Mataram’ has been taken? 

1. Mohammad Iqba 

2. Abanindranath Tagore 

3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 

4. Rabindranath Tagore 

Q.12 Commercialisation of agriculture is an indication of ___________. 

1. producers’ surplus 

2. income surplus 

3. marketable surplus 

4. consumer surplus 

Q.13 Which institution launched the Self-Help Group – Bank Linkage Programme in 1992-93? 

1. NABARD 

2. IDBI 

3. SBI 

4. SIDBI 

Q.14 Who among the following revolted against Balban, Sultan of Delhi, and declared himself as an independent ruler of Bengal in 1279? 

1. Tughril Beg 

2. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud 

3. Muhammad Khan 

4. Bughra Khan 

Q.15 Which actinide, discovered by Glenn T Seaborg in 1940, is used as a heat source for sensitive electrical components in satellites as well as a power source for satellites? 

1. Americium 

2. Nobelium 

3. Curium 

4. Plutonium 

Q.16 A natural process of mechanical disintegration and or chemical decomposition of the rocks of the crust of the Earth by certain physical and chemical agencies of the atmosphere is known as: 

1. mew rock formation 

2. weathering 

3. solidification of rocks 

4. watering of rocks 

Q.17 Ricky Kej won his third Grammy award in 2023 for which of the following albums? 

1. Mann Mein Aman 

2. Divine Tides 

3. Ballad of Maya 

4. Winds of Samsara 

Q.18 Name the longest highway single-tube tunnel that reduces the travel time and overall distance between Manali and Keylong. 

1. Jawahar Tunnel 

2. Atal Tunnel 

3. Karbude Tunnel 

4. Natuwadi Tunnel 

Q.19 In September 2022, who among the following was appointed as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India? 

1. General Dalbir Singh Suhag 

2. Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) 

3. General Manoj Pande 

4. General Manoj Mukund Naravane 

Q.20 Which of the following is mentioned in the Preamble of the Constitution of India? 

1. Equality of status and employment 

2. Fraternity assuring human dignity 

3. Justice, social, economic and administrative 

4. Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship 

Q.21 Who among the following served the shortest tenure as the Prime Minister of India? 

1. HD Deva Gowda 

2. IK Gujral 

3. VP Singh 

4. Chandra Shekhar 

Q.22 The compound in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has two other carbon atoms attached to it is called: 

1. tertiary alcohol 

2. aldehyde 

3. secondary alcohol 

4. primary alcohol 

Q.23 In which year India won gold in men’s hockey in the Olympic games? 

1. 1984 

2. 1980 

3. 1992 

4. 1988 

Q.24 In February 2022, West Bengal government launched an open-air classroom programme for students from Class 1 to 7, by the name ________. 

1. SHREYAS 

2. Shiksha Abhiyan 

3. Samagra Shiksha 

4. Paray Shikshalaya 

Q.25 The Jagannath Temple in Puri depicts which Indian classical dance form? 

1. Bharatanatyam 

2. Kuchipudi 

3. Odissi 

4. Kathak