32. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 25/07/2023 

Exam Time 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM 

Section : General Awareness

Q.1 Which of the following perennial rivers is 720 km long and originates in the Himalayas in flow through chamba of Himachal Pradesh? 

1. Ravi river 

2. Saryu river 

3. Krishna river 

4. Yamuna river 

Q.2 Which of the following combinations of “animal” and “area they found” is INCORRECT? 

1. Orangutan – Caribbean islands 

2. Kangaroo – Australia 

3. Lemurs – Madagascar 

4. Ostrich – Savanna and desert regions

Q.3 Bramho Samaj was founded by whom? 

1. Debendranath Tagore 

2. Dayanand Saraswati 

3. Keshab Chandra Sen 

4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

Q.4 ________of the Constitution of India says that the State shall take steps to organise panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government. 

1. Article 32 

2. Article 35 

3. Article 40 

4. Article 38 

Q.5 According to World Bank, what was the density of the population of Sri Lanka in 2020? 

1. 300 Persons per sQ. km. 

2. 554 Persons per sQ. km. 

3. 364 Persons per sQ. km. 

4. 354 Persons per sQ. km. 

Q.6 In hockey, ________ is awarded if the ball goes over the back line after last being touched by a defender. 

1. off side 

2. free hit 

3. penalty corner 

4. long corner 

Q.7 Why can you not see objects in a dim lit room when you come from a brightly lit room? 

1. The cornea contracts the pupil to allow less light to enter the eye. 

2. The iris contracts the pupil to allow less light to enter the eye. 

3. The iris dilates the eye lens to allow less light to enter the eye. 

4. The vitreous humour dilates the pupil to allow less light to enter the eye. 

Q.8 Who among the following is an exponent of the classical instrument, Santoor? 

1. Pandit Ravi Shankar 

2. Pandit Kumar Gandharva 

3. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma 

4. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 

Q.9 The Rourkela steel plant was set up in collaboration with Germany in which state of India? 

1. Jharkhand 

2. Odisha 

3. Assam 

4. Bihar 

Q.10 The Governor of an Indian state before entering upon his office takes an oath or affirmation before ________. 

1. the Chief Minister of the concerned state 

2. the Chief Justice of the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the State 

3. the Prime Minister of India 

4. the President of India 

Q.11 Who among the following, along with her close associates, started the secret congress radio during the Quit India Movement? 

1. Usha Mehta 

2. Lakshmi Sehgal 

3. Sarojini Naidu 

4. Bhikaiji Cama 

Q.12 Which of the following is a Disability Screening Mobile App developed by NCERT launched in Delhi schools to screen students with suspected disabilities? 

1. SAMAGAM 

2. SAMAGRA 

3. VIDYAN 

4. PRASHAST 

Q.13 Guru Bipin Singh is associated with which of these dance forms? 

1. Kathakali 

2. Manipuri 

3. Odissi 

4. Kathak 

Q.14 Which of the following is the correct duration of ‘Financial Year 2022-23’ in India? 

1. 1 January 2022 to 1 January 2023 

2. 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 

3. 30 April 2022 to 1 March 2023 

4. 30 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 

Q.15 Which Mughal ruler contributed to the revolt of 1857? 

1. Shahalam II 

2. Bahadur shah I 

3. Alamgir II 

4. Bahadur shah II 

Q.16 Which of the following states presented the ‘Child Budget’ for the first time in March 2022 as a part of their annual financial plan? 

1. Arunachal Pradesh 

2. Andhra Pradesh 

3. Madhya Pradesh 

4. Uttar Pradesh 

Q.17 The given equation provides the property of the motion of an object, traversing a circular path. What is ‘v’ in this equation? 

ac = v2/R 

1. Distance 

2. Speed 

3. Surface area 

4. Intensity 

Q.18 According to traditional Indian Seasons, which of the following seasons occurs in the months of November-December? 

1. Sharada 

2. Shishira 

3. Hemanta 

4. Vasanta 

Q.19 The term of trade refers to ________. 

1. the terms and conditions on which a country is offered loan 

2. the excess of import expenditures over export earnings 

3. the trade agreements 

4. the ratio between export prices and import prices 

Q.20 Which of the following pairs of countries are going to host 2022 FIVA Volleyball 

Women’s World Championship? 

1. Poland and Netherlands 

2. Belarus and Slovenia 

3. Lithuania and Poland 

4. Poland and Slovenia 

Q.21 Akham Lakshmi Devi, a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, is renowned for which of the following dances? 

1. Manipuri 

2. Sattriya 

3. Odissi 

4. Kathak 

Q.22 Which Kushana ruler was famous in history as a great patron of Buddhism and organised the fourth Buddhist Council? 

1. Kanishka 

2. Vasudeva I 

3. Vima Kadphises 

4. Huvishka 

Q.23 Which of the following is found in plant cells only? 

1. Mitochondria 

2. Nucleolus 

3. Cell wall 

4. Cell membrane 

Q.24 In 2022, the Government of India urged people to hoist or display the Tricolour in their homes from August _____________to 15th to celebrate Independence Day. 

1. 10th 

2. 11th 

3. 13th 

4. 12th 

Q.25 The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry of India, which caters to the welfare of the backward classes and those with disabilities, saw _______ increase in the allocation in the Union Budget 2022-23. 

1. 12% 

2. 5% 

3. 10% 

4. 15%