10. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 18/07/2023

Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Section : General Awareness

Q.1 Which of the following is the correct Lewis structure of O3? 

1. a 

2. c 

3. b 

4. D 

Q.2 This festival was started by the Government of Nagaland in 2000 to encourage interaction among tribes and to promote the cultural heritage of the State. Identify the festival. 

1. Nazu festival 

2. Nuakhai festival 

3. Gaan-Ngai festival 

4. Hornbill festival 

Q.3 In December 2021, the Supreme Court suspended OBC quotas for local body elections in which of the following states? 

1. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh 

2. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh 

3. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka 

4. West Bengal and Odisha 

Q.4 During which festival is Garba performed? 

1. Navratri 

2. Bihu 

3. Pongal 

4. Diwali 

Q.5 Ferns, horsetails and lycophytes belong to which of the following groups? 

1. Pteridophyta 

2. Algae 

3. Fungi 

4. Bryophyta 

Q.6 Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Union Public Service Commission? 

A. The Parliament has the power to make regulations as to conditions of service of the Chairman, members and staff of the commission. 

B. The Government of India Act, 1935, envisaged a Public Service Commission for the Federation and a Provincial Public Service Commission for each Province or group of Provinces. 

C. The Federal Public Service Commission came to be known as the Union Public Service Commission by virtue of Clause (1) of Article 378 of the Constitution in 1950. 

1. A and C only 

2. A and B only 

3. B and C only 

4. A, B and C 

Q.7 At which Olympic Games did India win a gold medal for the first time? 

1. 1928 Amsterdam 

2. 1968 Mexico 

3. 1936 Berlin 

4. 1952 Helsinki 

Q.8 M2 is one of the measures of money supply. M2 is the sum of M1 + ............. 

1. coins and currency notes 

2. saving deposits with post office 

3. National Saving Certificates 

4. demand deposits 

Q.9 The Ashtadhyayi of Panini is a renowned work on ________. 

1. Gupta Administration 

2. Medicine 

3. Mauryan Polity 

4. Sanskrit Grammar 

Q.10 President Ram Nath Kovind conferred which award on Matha B Manjamma for Jogati Nrithyaa in 2021? 

1. Sangeet Natak Akademi 

2. Padma Bhushan 

3. Padma Vibhushan 

4. Padma Shri 

Q.11 Who among the following sportspersons was awarded the Chhattisgarh Veerni Award 2021? 

1. Bajrang Punia 

2. P V Sindhu 

3. Shikhar Dhawan 

4. Dutee Chand 

Q.12 What is humidity? 

1. When water vapour is present in the air 

2. When the water vapour transfers into water from air 

3. When air is present in the water 

4. When the other gases transfer to air 

Q.13 Identify the option that arranges the following neighbouring countries of India according to their Human Development Index (HDI) ranks in 2021-22 in increasing order. 

a) Sri Lanka 

b) Maldives 

c) Bhutan 

d) Bangladesh 

1. a-b-d-c 

2. a-b-c-d 

3. b-a-c-d 

4. b-a-d-c 

Q.14 What cells help in osmoregulation in platyhelminthes? 

1. Flame cells 

2. Hooks 

3. Ganglia 

4. Nerve cells 

Q.15 Who among the following is associated with the musical instrument Surbahar? 

1. Sharan Rani 

2. Bhajan Sopari 

3. Shiv Kumar Sharma 

4. Annapurna Devi 

Q.16 How many industries were listed in Schedule A of Industrial Policy, 1956? 

1. 17 

2. 16 

3. 10 

4. 12 

Q.17 Malik Ambar, who resisted Mughals in Deccan, was an able administrator of which state? 

1. Bijapur 

2. Golconda 

3. Ahmednagar 

4. Bidar 

Q.18 Identify the black soil region of India from the following. 

1. Himalayas 

2. Deccan trap 

3. Coastal plains 

4. Northern plains

Q.19 Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal? 

1. PV Sindhu 

2. Karnam Malleswari 

3. Saina Nehwal 

4. Mirabai Chanu 

Q.20 Which Article of the Indian Constitution talks about ‘abolition of title’? 

1. Article 18 

2. Article 19 

3. Article 20 

4. Article 17 

Q.21 Asansol, Howrah, Malda and Sealdah division come under which railway zone of India? 

1. Central Railway 

2. Northern Railway 

3. Eastern Railway 

4. West Central Railway 

Q.22 The authorities of which country denied the permission to land the ship Komagata Maru, carrying Indians? 

1. New Zealand 

2. Canada 

3. Australia 

4. America 

Q.23 Who became the first woman officer to join Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator after the successful completion of training in May 2022? 

1. Captain Abhilasha Barak 

2. Captain Manju Sharma 

3. Captain Gursimran Kaur 

4. Captain Shiva Chauhan 

Q.24 In which year was the Vernacular Press Act enacted in British India? 

1. 1878 

2. 1872 

3. 1874 

4. 1876 

Q.25 Which of the following statements is NOT correct about surface tension? 

1. Surface tension is typically measured in dynes/cm. 

2. The shape of water drop is spherical due to surface tension. 

3. The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for the phenomenon known as surface tension. 

4. At room temperature, surface tension of water is less than ethyl alcohol.