8. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 17/07/2023 

Exam Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 

General Awareness

Q.1 The Desh Ke Mentor Programme launched by the Delhi government in October 2021 is for the students of classes ______. 

1. VI to XII 

2. VI to VIII 

3. I to V 

4. IX to XII 

Q.2 Satyaram Reang received the Padma Shri for promoting the Hojagiri dance form. He belongs to which of the following states? 

1. Manipur 

2. Sikkim 

3. Tripura 

4. Assam 

Q.3 Consider the following statements about unemployment in India: 

a) Seasonal unemployment is mainly found in urban areas. 

b) Educated unemployed people are mainly found in rural areas of India. 

c) Higher cropping intensity is desirable for reducing unemployment in the rural economy. 

Which of the given statements is/are correct? 

1. Only a 

2. Only b and c 

3. Only a and b 

4. Only c 

Q.4 Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Anoushka Shankar are associated with which of the following musical instruments? 

1. Been 

2. Sarod 

3. Santoor 

4. Sitar 

Q.5 The Bailadila range of Chhattisgarh is famous for which of the following minerals? 

1. Bauxite 

2. Coal 

3. Copper 

4. Iron ore 

Q.6 Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched? 

1. Ancylostoma – Pinworm 

2. Ascaris – Roundworm 

3. Taenia – Tapeworm 

4. Wuchereria – Filaria worm 

Q.7 Who was awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021? 

1. Jadav Payeng 

2. Sumaira Abdulali 

3. Anil Prakash Joshi 

4. Rajendra Singh 

Q.8 Which of the following is NOT a function of money? 

1. Medium of exchange 

2. Standard of deferred payments 

3. Measure of value 

4. Problem in storage 

Q.9 The folk dance of Kummi is performed by the women of which Indian state? 

1. Rajasthan 

2. Tamil Nadu 

3. Madhya Pradesh 

4. Jharkhand 

Q.10 Which sodium compound is the most popular additive to various items such as sauces, salad dressings and beverages for its preservative action? 

1. Sodium fluoride 

2. Sodium hypochlorite 

3. Sodium bicarbonate 

4. Sodium benzoate 

Q.11 Identify the element one that does NOT belong to Group 1 of the Modern Periodic Table. 

1. Sodium 

2. Hydrogen 

3. Rubidium 

4. Lithium 

Q.12 What is the priority zone of the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) mission, which was launched by the Government of India in 2015? 

1. Primary education for all 

2. Water supply followed by sewerage 

3. Health care of urban dwellers 

4. Electricity and power generation 

Q.13 What was India's rank in Paralympic 2020? 

1. 25 

2. 21 

3. 19 

4. 24 

Q.14 One of the important institutes associated with green revolution is the Indian Agriculture Research Institute. Where is it located? 

1. Patna 

2. New Delhi 

3. Ludhiana 

4. Mumbai 

Q.15 _______ is a naturally occurring organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CO. 

1. Methcathinone 

2. Benzophenone 

3. Acetophenone 

4. Propiophenone 

Q.16 Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides for a bicameral Parliament of India? 

1. Article 49 

2. Article 89 

3. Article 79 

4. Article 59 

Q.17 Fundamental duties were not placed in Part III of the Indian Constitution because Part III is ____________. 

1. not enforceable 

2. non-justiciable 

3. justiciable 

4. Absolute 

Q.18 On 28 June 2021, the Supreme Court held that persons with disabilities have a right to reservation in promotion under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India, 1950, in the case of: 

1. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India 

2. State of Kerala v. Leesamma Joseph 

3. Rajeev Kumar Gupta v. Rangachari 

4. State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas 

Q.19 Who is the author of Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi? 

1. Amir Khusrow 

2. Ibn Battuta 

3. Al-Biruni 

4. Ziauddin Barani 

Q.20 In the Olympic flag, the total number of rings are ________. 

1. 3 

2. 7 

3. 5 

4. 4 

Q.21 The Hemis Festival is widely celebrated in which state of India? 

1. Assam 

2. Ladakh 

3. Arunachala Pradesh 

4. Lakshadweep

Q.22 During the reign of which of the following rulers did Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, come to India? 

1. Ashoka 

2. Chandragupta II 

3. Harshavardhana 

4. Samudragupta 

Q.23 Sohan Singh Bhakna and Har Dayal were primarily associated with which of the following organisations? 

1. Yugantar 

2. Kisan Sabha 

3. Ghadar Party 

4. Anushilan Samiti 

Q.24 Mawsynram in the southern ranges of the ______ receives the highest average rainfall in the world. 

1. Aravali 

2. Shivalik 

3. Nilgiri 

4. Khasi hills 

Q.25 Who was the founder of Harijan Sevak Sangh founded in 1932? 

1. BR Ambedkar 

2. Mahatma Gandhi 

3. Jawaharlal Nehru 

4. Jyotiba Phule