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SSC CHSL 2021 General Awareness Questions
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• Lionel Messi related to which country?
Ans: Argentina (Plays for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.
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• Which vitamin deficiency is related to sterility?
Ans: Vitamin E
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• Which animal race occurs in the Kambala festival?
Ans: Buffalo race held in Karnataka.
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• Baburnama is written in which language?
Ans: Chagatai Turkic ( Babur's mother tongue.)
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• What is the capital of Canada?
Ans. Ottawa
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• Which device is used to measure the altitude?
Ans: Altimeter
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• In the 2019 Lok sabha Election, who casted the first vote?
Ans: ITBP Arunachal Pradesh (DIG Sudhakar Natarajan - first person)
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• Who won the ICC Spirit of cricket of the decade in 2020?
Ans: M S Dhoni
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• Niyabat-e-khudai was the title given to?
Ans: Balban
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• ‘Untold Story’ is authored by whom?
Ans: Monica Ali
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• Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
Ans: Begum Hazrat Mahal
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• Where did the Second round table conference hold?
Ans: London, 1931
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• Which revolution was run by Britishers during the August movement?
Ans. Operation Zero hour
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• Who became the youngest mayor of Kerala?
Ans: Arya Rajendran at the age of 21, Also the youngest in the country.
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• Mullagh medal is given to which Indian player?
Ans. Ajinkiya Rahane
(The Mullagh Medal is an award given to the player of the match in the Boxing Day
Test match held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.)
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• Baglihar project is built on which river?
Ans. Chenab
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Who discovered Neutron?
Ans: Chadwick
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Who was the England cricket team captain in the world cup?
Ans. Eoin Morgan is the current England ODI captain, and captained the side in the 2015 and 2019 Cricket
World Cup.
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Kannauj was the capital of which dynasty?
Ans: Vardhana dynasty
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Who became the youngest MP in the 17th Lok Sabha?
Ans: Chandrani Murmu, (Keonjhar, Odisha )
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Karnam Maleshwari won a medal for India in which olympic?
Ans: Sydney Olympics, 2000, bronze medal , weightlifting
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‘A fine balance’ book is written by
Ans: Rohinton Mistry
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Fastest Supercomputer of India till December 2020?
Ans: PARAM-Siddhi AI
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Who won the IPL 2020?
Ans: Mumbai Indians , defeated delhi capitals in finals
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Who is the first para athlete to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
Ans: Devendra Jhajharia (Deepa malik - first Indian woman para athlete to get khel ratna)
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Kamakhya temple is situated in which state?
Ans: Guwahati, Assam
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Who is the youngest Governor of Indian state appointed so far?
Ans: Swaraj Kaushal of Mizoram
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(Presently youngest- Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan , telangana)
Kumbhalgarh fort is situated in?
Ans: Udaipur, Rajasthan
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Who was the IPL Orange cap winner in the year 2020?
Ans: KL Rahul
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Which acid is used to preserve meat?
Ans: Sodium Nitrite ( used to preserve meat, sausages etc)
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Potential energy will be maximum in which of the following?
Ans: Tank, A moving Car, lake (options)
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Which of the following hill stations in India is at the highest altitude?
Ans: Leh
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What is the other name of Dihang river?
Ans: Brahmaputra (Siang/Dihang River in Arunachal Pradesh)
Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet
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Which river originates from Rakshastal?
Ans: Sutlej
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What is the full form of LCD?
Ans: liquid-crystal display (LCD)
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Which of the following is Nepal's largest river?
Ans: Karnali
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Which hills are present in Assam?
Ans: Patkai Hill, Barail Range, Mizo Hills and Naga Hills.
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Who won the 2007 T20 world cup?
Ans: India
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Who is the governor of Manipur?
Ans: Najma Heptula
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Statue of liberty situated near which river?
Ans: Hudson River, New York
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Fundamental duties were added after which amendment?
Ans: 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
- upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee
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One question related to East India company, 1773,
Ans:
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Which gas is liberated when Alkali is reacted with water?
Ans: Hydrogen
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Nepal’s oldest bank was established in which year?
Ans: Nepal Bank Limited is the first commercial bank of Nepal. It was established in 1937, by Juddha
Shumsher, which marked the beginning of an era of formal banking in Nepal.
Exercise between two countries was asked.
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The price of a cycle is Rs. 13400. If the loss percentage is 4% then what is the selling price of the cycle.
Ans: Rs.12864
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The average age of 12 persons is 12 years and among them the average age of 11 persons is 11 years.
Find the age of the 12th person.
Ans: 23 years
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If x + y = 5 and 1/x + 1/y = 20/9 then find the value of x³ + y³.
Ans: 365/4
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A sum of Rs.12050 is lent in two parts at SI and CI at 10% p.a interest rate for 2 years such that both
amounts become equal. Find the sum lent on CI.
Ans: Rs. 6000
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In a circle with centre O, AB is the diameter. A point C on the circumference makes an angle CAB = 42°.
Find the angle COB.
Ans: 84°