SSC CHSL (Tier-1) Exams General Awareness Question & Answer 11 July 2019 Afternoon

Q1. DhanuYatra’ is an annual open air theatrical performance celebrated in ________.

A. Gujarat

B. Odisha

C. Uttarakhand

D. Assam

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Q2. Who among the following discovered the circulation of blood?

A. Van Leeuwenhock

B. Florence Rena Sabin

C. Ernest Heinrich Weber

D. William Harvey

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Q3. With reference to the banking system of India, what does NEFT stand for?

A. National Electronic Funds Transfer

B. National Electronic Finance Transfer

C. National Equity Finance Transfer

D. National Equity Funds Transferaction

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Q4. Which of the following is NOT a classical language of India?

A. Telugu

B. Odia

C. Kannada

D. Pali

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Q5. Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in __________.

A. Madhya Pradesh

B. Maharashtra

C. Rajasthan

D. Uttarakhand

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Q6. Which of the following decisions was taken in the first cabinet meeting of the Narendra Modi 2.0 Government?

A. Announcement of new employment policy

B. Disinvestment of 10 key PSUs

C. Scholarship to wards of martyred state police officials

D. ion of Ayushman Bharat Program

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Q7. As of May 2019, who is the CEO of Google?

A. Satya Nadella

B. Vinod Khosla

C. Jan Koum

D. Sundar Pichai

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Q8. Who among the following is a famous Snooker player in India?

A. Prajnesh Gunneswaran

B. Vimal Kumar

C. Sharath Achanta

D. Pankaj Advani

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Q9. India successfully test-fired ‘Nirbhay’ in April 2019. It is a/an ______.

A. Supersonic missile

B. sonic missile

C. Sub-sonic missile

D. Hypersonic missile

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Q10. Which of the following rivers is a left bank tributary of Ganga?

A. Son

B. Ken

C. Gandak

D. Betwa

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Q11. Who is the author of the book ‘The Idea of India’?

A. Amitav Ghosh

B. Girish Kuber

C. Sunil Khilnani

D. Amartya Sen

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Q12. Who among the following was known as ‘Devanam Piya’?

A. Amoghavarsha

B. Kharavela

C. Ashoka

D. Kanishka

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Q13. The famous Civil Rights activist Iromn Chanu Sharmila belongs to which of the following states of India?

A. Manipur

B. Tripura

C. Himachal Pradesh

D. Assam

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Q14. Which of the following is NOT a type of loan available under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana?

A. Purush

B. Tarun

C. Kishore

D. Shishu

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Q15. Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports is located in ______.

A. Cuttack

B. Agartal

C. Patiala

D. Karnal

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Q16. Daringbadi hill station is located in ______.

A. Madhya Pradesh

B. Jharkhand

C. West Bengal

D. Odisha

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Q17. In 1974, the first nuclear test of Pokhran was code named as:

A. Blessing Buddha

B. Laughing Buddha

C. Dancing Buddha

D. Smiling Buddha

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Q18. Who became the acting prime minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964?

A. Gulzarilal Nanda

B. V P Singh

C. Charan Singh

D. Morarji Desai

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Q19. In May 2019, scientists from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research’s (CSIR)-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, for the first time, sequenced the entire genome of ______.

A. Nilgiri Tahr

B. Asiatic Lion

C. Lion-tailed Macaque

D. Elephant

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Q20. In the context of the Internet, what does IP stand for?

A. Internet Protocol

B. Intra Propaganda

C. Internet Proposal

D. Intra Protocol

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Q21. Silappadikaram’ is a Tamil epic that was written by ______.

A. Avvaiyar

B. Ilango Adigal

C. Thiruvalluar

D. Sattanar

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Q22. Which of the following trains entered its 90th year of service on 1st June 2019?

A. Deccan Queen

B. The Golden Chariot

C. Deccan Odyssey

D. Palace On Wheels

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Q23. Which of the following hormones is known to be helpful in coping with stress?

A. Melatonin

B. Calcitonin

C. Testosterone

D. Serotonin

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Q24. Which of the following is an igneous rock?

A. Marble

B. Slate

C. Granite

D. Limestone

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A. South Korea

B. India

C. Pakistan

D. Saudi Arabia

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