12. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 18/07/2023 

Exam Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 

Section : General Awareness 

Q.1 The cultivation of ______ was introduced on the Baba Budan Hills in India. 

1. tea 

2. silk 

3. coffee 

4. cardamom

Q.2 Thabal Chongba is a folk dance of which Indian state? 

1. Mizoram 

2. Manipur 

3. Goa 

4. West Bengal 

Q.3 The biennial tri-services amphibious exercise, AMPHEX 2023 was conducted in ________ from 17 to 22 January 2023. 

1. Andhra Pradesh 

2. Telangana 

3. Odisha 

4. Bihar 

Q.4 The origin of Directive Principles of State Policy can be traced to which of the following? 

1. Poona Pact 

2. Gandhi Irwin Pact 

3. Second Round Table Conference 

4. Karachi Resolution 

Q.5 Diwali falls in which of the following months of the Hindu calendar? 

1. Jyeshtha 

2. Kartika 

3. Ashadha 

4. Bhadrapada 

Q.6 What is the name of the scheme launched in 2022 for the welfare measures of the transgender community and for persons who are engaged in the act of begging? 

1. RISE 

2. SHINE 

3. SHRI 

4. SMILE 

Q.7 Due to attraction of the sun and the moon, what is the frequency of up and falls down of ocean water in a day? 

1. Three 

2. Two 

3. Four 

4. One 

Q.8 Padmaja Reddy, who was conferred the Padma Shri in 2022, is renowned for which of the following dance forms? 

1. Kuchipudi 

2. Bharatanatyam 

3. Kathak 

4. Odissi 

Q.9 Match the following neighbouring countries of India with their official languages. 

Country Official Language 

1. Sri Lanka a. Dzongkha 

2. Bhutan b. Burmese 

3. Myanmar c. Sinhala 

1. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b 

2. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c 

3. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c 

4. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b 

Q.10 Industries are classified into __________ categories in the Industrial Policy Resolution. 

1. two 

2. three 

3. five 

4. four 

Q.11 Sports Authority of India, the apex body for sports promotion, was set up in the year _______. 

1. 1990 

2. 1961 

3. 1982 

4. 1984 

Q.12 GDP deflator = _________ 

1. (nominal GDP / Real GDP) × 100 

2. (nominal GDP − Real GDP) × 100 

3. (nominal GDP + Real GDP) × 100 

4. (nominal GDP × Real GDP) × 100 

Q.13 Identify an application in which solar cells are NOT used. 

1. Artificial satellites 

2. Lift system 

3. Space probes 

4. Radio 

Q.14 Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar? 

1. Bakht Khan 

2. Veer Kunwar Singh 

3. Azimullah 

4. Maulvi Ahmadullah

Q.15 Sisodiya Rajput ruler of Mewar, Amar Singh accepted Mughal services during the reign of ________. 

1. Akbar 

2. Jahangir 

3. Babur 

4. Aurangzeb 

Q.16 Single-celled life forms were discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in _______. 

1. 1674 

2. 1774 

3. 1884 

4. 1837 

Q.17 Select the INCORRECT statement about Gymnosperms. 

1. Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants. 

2. Gymnosperms are typically slow in terms of reproduction; up to a year may pass between pollination and fertilisation and seed maturation may require 3 years. 

3. Gymnosperms are found as woody shrubs, trees or lianas and include no true aquatics and few epiphytes. 

4. Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili and naked seeds, but not flowers. 

Q.18 A non-SI unit called ‘nit’ is the unit of which of the following photometric quantities used to measure a multitude of light intensity? 

1. Luminous exposure 

2. Luminous emittance 

3. Luminosity 

4. Luminance 

Q.19 Which of the following is NOT a freshwater lake in India? 

1. Loktak 

2. Nainital 

3. Pulicat 

4. Bhimtal 

Q.20 ‘We have wings' is associated with which of the following sports events? 

1. Olympic 2016 

2. Paralympic 2020 

3. Winter Olympic 2020 

4. Olympic 2020 

Q.21 ________was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni in the Buddhism. 

1. Dhammananda Bhikkhuni 

2. Sujata 

3. Sanghamitta 

4. Mahapajapati Gotami 

Q.22 The total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall NOT exceed ________ of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State. 

1. twenty five percent 

2. twenty percent 

3. fifteen percent 

4. ten percent

Q.23 On 29 July 2021, the Government of India launched Vidya Pravesh, a preschool preparation programme for ______ students, preparing the children for school. 

1. class first 

2. nursery 

3. kindergarten 

4. pre-nursery 

Q.24 RG Bhandarkar was a popular leader of which reforming society? 

1. Brahmo Samaj 

2. Prarthana Samaj 

3. Theosophical Society 

4. Arya Samaj

Q.25 Select the correct sequence of the musical instruments according to the given sequence of their associated personalities: Ustad Allah Rakha, Totaram Sharma, TH Vinayakam. 

1. Pakhawaj, Tabla, Ghatam 

2. Tabla, Ghatam, Pakhawaj 

3. Ghatam, Pakhawaj, Tabla 

4. Tabla, Pakhawaj, Ghatam