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SSC CHSL General Awareness Objective Questions and Answers for Students
Anthony De Mello Trophy is associated with the Test cricket series played between:
(a) Australia and India
(b) England and India
(c) England and Australia
(d) South Africa and India
Option b – England and India
Which one of the following players has the unique distinction of winning 50 Doubles Titles in ATP tour history? ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Leander Paes
(b) Andy Roddick
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Roger Federer
Option a – Leander Paes
Which woman tennis player won the maximum number of Grand Slam singles titles in the history of tennis?
(a) Steffi Graf
(b) Martina Navratilova
(c) Billi Jean King
(d) Margaret Court
Option d – Margaret Court
Tejaswini Sawant is the first Indian woman to be crowned World Champion in: ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Athletics
(b) Boxing
(c) Shooting
(d) Wrestling
Option c – Shooting
Which city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG)?
(a) Montreal
(b) Colombo
(c) Glasgow
(d) Durban
Option d – Durban
‘Ryder Cup’ is awarded to the players of:
(a) Baseball
(b) Basketball
(c) Cards
(d) Golf
Option d – Golf
Curd is sour due to the presence of ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Lactic acid
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Citric acid
(d) None of these
Option a – Lactic acid
Which of the following has the highest fuel value?
(a) Charcoal
(b) Gasoline
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Natural gas
Option c – Hydrogen
The heaviest element known up till 2015 has the atomic number ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) 117
(b) 118
(c) 119
(d) 120
Option b – 118
G-15 is a group of –
(a) Companies
(b) Developed countries
(c) Developing countries
(d) Non-Aligned Developing countries
Option d – Non-Aligned Developing countries
An aqueous solution of copper sulphate is acidic in nature because the salt undergoes ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Photolysis
(b) Electrolysis
(c) Dialysis
(d) Hydrolysis
Option d – Hydrolysis
Which of the following metals do not form amalgam?
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Zinc
(d) Magnesium
Option b – Iron
Salts of which of the following elements provide colours to fireworks? ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Chromium and Nickel
(b) Zinc and Sulphur
(c) Strontium and Barium
(d) Potassium and Mercury
Option c – Strontium and Barium
Which of the following gases is used in cigarette lighters?
(a) Radon
(b) Propane
(c) Butane
(d) Methane
Option c – Butane
The chemical used as a fixer or developer in photography is ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Sodium Sulphite
(b) Sodium Sulphide
(c) Sodium Thiosulphate
(d) Sodium Sulphate
Option c – Sodium Thiosulphate
Movement of outer electrons to the inner orbits of an atom produces –
(a) α-ray
(b) β-ray
(c) γ-ray
(d) X-ray
Option a – α-ray
Which one of the following can be used to confirm whether drinking water contains a gamma isotope or not? ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Lead Plate
(b) Spectrophotometer
(c) Microscope
(d) Scintillation Counter
Option d – Scintillation Counter
A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. Three-fourths of the substance would decay in –
(a) 3 Months
(b) 4 Months
(c) 8 Months
(d) 12 Months
Option c – 8 Months
What was the fissionable material used in the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan) in 1945? ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) Uranium
(b) Potassium
(c) Sodium
(d) Plutonium
Option d – Plutonium
Source of Vitamin C is –
(a) Oxalic acid
(b) Nitric acid
(c) Maleic acid
(d) Ascorbic acid
Option d – Ascorbic acid
After whom is the Magsaysay Award named? ( SSC CHSL General Awareness Questions and Answers )
(a) A former Prime Minister of Australia
(b) A former President of the Philippines
(c) A former King of Thailand
(d) A former President of Indonesia
Option b – A former President of the Philippines
The WISE Prize, known as the Nobel Prize for education, was conferred by the WISE summit in Doha in 2012 on –
(a) Dr. Yash Pal
(b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Dr. Madhav Chavan
Option d – Dr. Madhav Chavan
The Indian who won the Grammy Award 2015 in the new age album category is –
(a) Musician Ricky Kej
(b) Author Neela Vaswani
(c) Singer Kavita Krishnamurthy
(d) Musician A.R. Rehman
Option a – Musician Ricky Kej
Sugatha Kumari, chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2012, is an eminent poetess in –
(a) Tamil
(b) Telugu
(c) Kannada
(d) Malayalam
Option d – Malayalam
Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008.
(a) Amit Kumar
(b) Santosh Sen
(c) Pappu
(d) Saumika Mishra
Option d – Saumika Mishra
Who among the following cricketers was chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2007?
(a) M.S. Dhoni
(b) Virender Sehwag
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Rahul Dravid
Option a – M.S. Dhoni
Who was the first lady recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
(a) Devika Rani
(b) Sulochana
(c) Uma Devi
(d) Nargis Dutt
Option a – Devika Rani
Which of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize?
(a) David Gross, Frank Wilczek
(b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
(c) John C. Mather, George F. Smoot
(d) Albert Fert, Peter Grunberg
Option b – Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
In August 2013, who won the International Children’s Peace Prize?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Malala Yousafzai
(c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Silvio Berlusconi
Option b – Malala Yousafzai
Girish Karnad is –
(a) A recipient of the Jnanpith Award
(b) A well-known playwright and actor
(c) The president of the Film and Television Institute of India Society
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Authors in English from which of the following countries are not eligible to be considered for the Booker Prize?
(a) USA
(b) Commonwealth
(c) Republic of Ireland
(d) Britain
Option a – USA
Where is the Punjab Lalit Kala Academy located?
(a) Ludhiana
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Mukasar
(d) Patiala
Option b – Chandigarh
Which one of the following days is not observed in the month of October?
(a) U.N. Day
(b) Indian Air Force Day
(c) World Environment Day
(d) International Day of Non-Violence
Option b – Indian Air Force Day
Who gave the idea of cabinet dictatorship?
(a) Laski
(b) Mauir
(c) Lowell
(d) Marriot
Option b – Mauir
The secretariat of the convention on Biological Diversity campaign was based in –
(a) Italy
(b) Toronto
(c) London
(d) Montreal
Option d – Montreal
Who called political science an inexact science?
(a) Bodin
(b) Buckle
(c) Bryce
(d) Bluntschli
Option b – Buckle
Among the following states, which one has adopted the “Neem” tree as the state tree?
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra
Option b – Andhra Pradesh
Which one of the following is an example of Monopoly?
(a) Indian Railways
(b) HMT
(c) SPIC
(d) Hindustan Unilever Limited
Option a – Indian Railways
The first President of India who made a 30-minute sortie in the Sukhoi fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force is –
(a) K.R. Narayanan
(b) Smt. Pratibha Patil
(c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
Option c – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Among the breeds of cows mentioned below, which one is not indigenous?
(a) Gir
(b) Tharparkar
(c) Red-Sindhi
(d) Holstein Friesian
Option d – Holstein Friesian
Which of the following is the smallest bird?
(a) Parrot
(b) House sparrow
(c) Pigeon
(d) Hummingbird
Option d – Hummingbird
The book which contains information about planets is called –
(a) Green book
(b) Red book
(c) Yellow book
(d) Blue book
Option d – Blue book
The National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at –
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Nagpur
(d) Chennai
Option a – New Delhi
The oldest mutual fund in India is –
(a) Unit Trust of India
(b) SBI Mutual Fund
(c) PNB Mutual Fund
(d) BOB Mutual Fund
Option a – Unit Trust of India
Baba Amte is famous as a –
(a) Social worker
(b) Singer
(c) Painter
(d) Politician
Option a – Social worker
Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers received “NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN,” the highest civilian award in Pakistan?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee
Option c – Morarji Desai
Who is the vice chairman of NITI Aayog constituted in 2015?
(a) V.S. Saraswat
(b) Arvind Panagaria
(c) Sandhu Sri Khullar
(d) Bibek Debroy
Option b – Arvind Panagaria
Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award is given for outstanding contribution to –
(a) Wildlife conservation
(b) Neat technology and development
(c) Writing of Hindi books on environment
(d) Afforestation and conservation of wasteland
Option b – Neat technology and development
Which Indian was honoured by the World Statesman Award 2010?
(a) Lal Krishna Advani
(b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(c) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(d) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
Option c – Dr. Manmohan Singh
2008 is declared an international year of –
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Potato
(d) Sugar cane
Option a – Rice
Wasim Akram of Pakistan is associated with –
(a) Cricket
(b) Martial Law
(c) Politics
(d) Nuclear Tests
Option a – Cricket
Mr. P. J. Thomas was appointed as the central vigilance commissioner on September 7, 2010. He is an IAS officer of the following state’s cadre –
(a) Kerala
(b) Assam
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka
Option a – Kerala
In which country was Ms. Julia Gillard made the first woman Prime Minister in the year 2010?
(a) Canada
(b) Poland
(c) Australia
(d) Germany
Option c – Australia
Late Smt. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit was –
(a) First woman chief minister of a state
(b) First Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly
(c) First woman Governor of a state
(d) None of these
Option b – First Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly
David Cameron was back to power on 9th May 2015 in recently held elections in the UK. Which party swept Scotland in the election with a majority of its MPs?
(a) The Conservative Party
(b) The Labour Party
(c) Scottish National Party
(d) The Liberal Democrats
Option c – Scottish National Party
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is located in
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Vienna
(d) Geneva
Option d – Geneva
In October 2014, India was re-elected for three years as a member of –
(a) The U.N. Security Council
(b) The World Bank
(c) The U.N. General Assembly
(d) The U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Option d – The U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Which legendary actor was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2012?
(a) Anupam Kher
(b) Shashi Kapoor
(c) Pran Krishan Sikand
(d) Soumitra Chatterjee
Option c – Pran Krishan Sikand
In the first expansion of SAARC, which one of the following countries joined as the eighth member of SAARC?
(a) Iran
(b) Thailand
(c) Myanmar
(d) Afghanistan
Option d – Afghanistan
Who was the first governor of Bengal?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Wellesley
Option a – Lord Clive
First Indian to pass ICS
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(b) S.C. Bose
(c) C.R. Das
(d) Devendra Nath Tagore
Option a – Surendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office
(a) A.B. Vajpayee
(b) I.K. Gujral
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) H.D. Devegowda
Option c – Morarji Desai
First Indian scientist to get the Nobel Prize
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) J.C. Bose
(c) H.J. Bhabha
(d) H.G. Khurana
Option a – C.V. Raman
Which of the following is India’s first university?
(a) Nalanda
(b) Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Aligarh
Option a – Nalanda
First country to print books
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Germany
(d) France
Option b – China
Where was the 14th Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue) held in May 2015?
(a) Bangkok
(b) Jakarta
(c) Singapore
(d) Beijing
Option c – Singapore
The SAARC secretariat is located at
(a) Colombo
(b) Karachi
(c) New Delhi
(d) Kathmandu
Option d – Kathmandu
In the group of countries known as BRICS, S stands for
(a) Spain
(b) South Korea
(c) Singapore
(d) South Africa
Option d – South Africa
Amnesty International is an organisation associated with
(a) Protection of human rights
(b) Abolition of untouchability
(c) Protection of women’s rights
(d) None of these
Option a – Protection of human rights
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy is located at
(a) Delhi
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Rae Bareilly
(d) Secunderabad
Option c – Rae Bareilly
Brain drain
(a) is a disease
(b) refers to the emigration of skilled persons
(c) is fruitless expenditure on scientific and technical research
(d) refers to dropouts from educational and technical institutions
Option b – refers to the emigration of skilled persons
Teen Bigha Corridor links
(a) India and China
(b) Bangladesh and India
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh and Pakistan
Option b – Bangladesh and India
Red data book gives information about species which are
(a) rare
(b) extinct
(c) dangerous
(d) endangered
Option d – endangered
Who conquered Mount Everest ten times?
(a) Rita Ang
(b) Yasuo Kato
(c) Tensing Norgay
(d) Nawong Gombu
Option a – Rita Ang
The pair which is not a twin city
(a) Calcutta – Howrah
(b) Hyderabad – Secunderabad
(c) Delhi – New Delhi
(d) Durgapur – Asansol
Option c – Delhi – New Delhi
The train service “Thar Express” between India and Pakistan originates in India from
(a) Barmer
(b) Jaisalmer
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Bikaner
Option c – Jodhpur
Where is the Headquarter of Zoological Survey of India located?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
Option d – Kolkata
The world’s only floating National Park is situated in
(a) Dispur
(b) Bilaspur
(c) Manipur
(d) Kuala Lumpur
Option c – Manipur
Who among the following advocated the “Labour Theory” of property?
(a) J.S. Mill
(b) J.J. Rousseau
(c) John Locke
(d) Thomas Hobbes
Option c – John Locke
The Indian actor who played a prominent role in the Hollywood production “The Ghost and the Darkness” is
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) Anil Kapoor
(c) Om Puri
(d) Naseeruddin Shah
Option c – Om Puri
TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with
(a) WTO
(b) IMF
(c) IDA
(d) IBRD
Option a – WTO
Which of the following is the odd one?
(a) Tony Blair
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) George W. Bush
Option a – Tony Blair
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