9. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 18/07/2023

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

General Awareness

Q.1 Which group of rivers is a part of the peninsular drainage system? 

1. Mahanadi and Godavari 

2. Gandak and Ghaghra 

3. Ganga and Yamuna 

4. Damodar and Sarda 

Q.2 The musician Sivamani is associated with which musical instrument? 

1. Drums 

2. Sarod 

3. Violin 

4. Shehnai 

Q.3 Who was behind publishing the first News Paper in India? 

1. James Augustus Hickey 

2. Hem Chandrakar 

3. Harishchandra Mukherjee 

4. Deen Bandhu Mitra 

Q.4 The number of on-field umpires in cricket matches is _______. 

1. 4 

2. 1 

3. 3 

4. 2 

Q.5 Nana Sahib, a rebel at Kanpur was the son of which of the following Peshwas? 

1. Baji Rao I 

2. Balaji Vishwanath 

3. Baji Rao II 

4. Balaji Baji Rao 

Q.6 The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution of India, upon the recommendations of which of the following committees? 

1. Swaran Singh Committee 

2. Kelkar Committee 

3. Santhanam Committee 

4. Raja Chelliah Committee 

Q.7 For which discovery did William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain jointly receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956? 

1. Discovery of transistor effect 

2. Discovery of electromagnetic induction 

3. Discovery of receptors for temperature and touch 

4. Discovery of thermionic emission 

Q.8 Which of the following hill stations do NOT experience snowfall in winters? 

1. Ooty 

2. Srinagar 

3. Shimla 

4. Nainital 

Q.9 Match column A with column B. 

Column A  Column B  

(Type of algae) (Proper Name) 

a. Blue-green algae i. Sargassum 

b. Red algae ii. Chlamydomonas 

c. Green algae iii. Rhodophyta 

D. Brown algae iv. Cyanobacteria 

1. a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i 

2. a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv 

3. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i 

4. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv 

Q.10 Schools and hostels under the Ministry of Education's Samagra Shiksha scheme will be renamed after: 

1. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 

2. Shyama Prashad Mukharjee 

3. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 

4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

Q.11 Ashoka sent a mission to spread the principle of Dhamma led by his son, Mahendra and daughter, Sanghamitra to _______. 

1. Thailand 

2. Kalinga 

3. Cambodia 

4. Ceylon 

Q.12 Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Centre-State Relations pertaining to the three lists of the Indian Constitution? 

A. The subjects which are not included in any of the three lists are called Residuary subjects. 

B. If there is any conflict between the Union List and the State List, then the former prevails. 

C. When the Parliament enacts a law on the request of two or more states, then that law made by the Parliament on the State List is applicable to all the states. 

1. A, B and C 

2. B and C only 

3. A and B only 

4. A and C only 

Q.13 ‘BFSI’ stands for Banking, Financial Services and _____ in India. It is a broad term for industries that offer financial products and services. 

1. Index Fund 

2. Investment 

3. Insurance 

4. Inflation 

Q.14 What is the child sex ratio in India in the 2011 Census? 

1. 814 females per 1000 males 

2. 941 females per 1000 males 

3. 914 females per 1000 males 

4. 911 females per 1000 males 

Q.15 What helps making the acidic food alkaline that is coming from the stomach? 

1. Bile juice 

2. Hydrochloric acid 

3. Gastric juice 

4. Pepsin 

Q.16 Paramvir Chakra, Ashok Chakra and Vir Chakra are presented during the celebration of which day? 

1. Indian Air Force Day 

2. Gandhi Jayanti 

3. Independence Day 

4. Republic Day 

Q.17 Padma Shri awardee in 2022, Arjun Singh Dhurve, is a tribal dancer of which of the following dance forms? 

1. Baiga 

2. Santhal 

3. Tertali 

4. Chhau

Q.18 Borgeet is associated with which Indian classical dance form? 

1. Odissi 

2. Manipuri 

3. Sattriya 

4. Kuchipudi 

Q.19 On 7 November 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended and offered prayers at celebrations of the ________ Prakash Parv of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji at New Delhi. 

1. 552nd 

2. 553rd 

3. 551st 

4. 550th 

Q.20 Who among the following was the slave-general of Alauddin Khilji, who led his army in the battle against Ramachandra of Devagiri? 

1. Ulugh Khan 

2. Zafar Khan 

3. Nusrat Khan 

4. Malik Kafur 

Q.21 Haryana government announced _________ to provide support to women entrepreneurs, on International Women’s Day 2022. 

1. SWADHAR Scheme 

2. Mahila E-Haat Scheme 

3. Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme 

4. UJJWALA Scheme 

Q.22 Intensive agriculture implies________. 

1. bringing more land under cultivation 

2. cultivating large farms with moderately low inputs of labour and capital 

3. use of more labour and capital inputs on the given land under cultivation 

4. spreading farming across more states of India 

Q.23 Which country will host the 2031 Cricket World Cup ? 

1. Australia 

2. India and Bangladesh 

3. West Indies 

4. England 

Q.24 If the government revenue expenditure exceeds revenue receipt, it is called: 

1. revenue deficit 

2. fiscal deficit 

3. primary deficit 

4. capital deficit 

Q.25 What happens to the atomic size as you go down the group? 

1. Decreases 

2. Triples 

3. No change 

4. Increases