General Knowledge and General Awareness Questions
General Knowledge and General Awareness Questions
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, and scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
General Awareness Questions and Answers 2022 for GD,BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, AR, SSF, NCB, bank Exams
Q.1 In which city was 102nd Indian Science Congress held in 2015?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Gandhinagar
d) New Delhi
Answer: D
Q.2 In which city was 18th SAARC summit held in 2014?
a) Islamabad
b) Kathmandu
c) New Delhi
d) Dhaka
Answer:A
Q.3 In which country was 6th BRICS Summit held in 2014?
a) Russia
b) South Africa
c) India
d) Brazil
Answer:C
Q.4 In which city was UN Climate Change Summit held in 2014?
a) Paris
b) Brisbane
c) New York
d) Sydney
Answer : A
Q.5 In which city was 9th G-20 Summit held in 2014?
a) Seoul
b) London
c) Saint Petersburg
d) Brisbane
Answer:D
Q.6 In which city was 25th ASEAN Summit held in 2014?
a) Nay Pyi Daw
b) Singapore
c) Bail
d) Kulala Lumpur
Answer:D
Q.7 The 6th IBSA Summit was held in 2013 at ______.
a) Brasilia
b) New Delhi
c) Pretoria
d) Cape Town
Answer: D
Q.8 The member countries of IBSA Dialogue Forum are_____.
a) India, Brazil and South Africa
b) India, Britain and Spain
c) Israel, Brazil and Sweden
d) India, Bangladesh and South Africa
Answer: A
Q.9 The member countries of BRICS are ______.
a) Britain, Russia, Ireland, Canada and Sweden
b) Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China and South Africa
c) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
d) Britain, Russia, India, Canada and Spain
Answer: C
Q.10 Following 2014 Crimean crisis, the G-8 Group became G-7 Group by expelling _______.
a) Russia
b) Germany
c) France
d) Canada
Answer: B
Q.11 Which among the following river originated in India?
a) Ganga
b) Sutlej
c) Chenab
d) Brahmaputra
Answer: C
Q.13 Sentinelese tribe is found in which of the following States/ territories?
a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
b) Goa
c) West Bengal
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: D
Q. 14How many times a person can attempt for re-election as the President of India?
a) Only thrice
b) Only once
c) Only twice
d) Any number of times
Answer: D
Q.15 In which generation, the development of GUIs, mouse and handheld devices were took place?
a) Second Generation
b) First Generation
c) Third Generation
d) Fourth Generation
Answer: D
Q.16 The governor of a state is appointed by the President on the advice of _________.
a) Prime Minister
b) Chief Minister of the state
c) Speaker of the state
d) Chief Justice of High Court of the state
Answer: A
Q.17 Which among the following is NOT a factor of Production?
a) Bank credit
b) Labour
c) Land
d) Capital
Answer:A
Q.18 Which of the following does not involve in the study of microeconomics?
a) Households
b) Industries
c) Individual consumers
d) Economic aggregates
Answer: D
Q.19 The stranger gas is also known as___________.
a) Xenon
b) Argon
c) Helium
d) Neon
Answer: A
Q.20 A compact disc (CD) is a type of _____________ storage media.
a) Electrical
b) Magnetic
c) Optical
d) None of these
Answer: C
Q.21 The British established their first factory in Surat with the permission of _________.
a) Jahangir
b) Sher Shah Suri
c) Hemu
d) Shah Jahan
Answer: A
Q.22 The Curiosity rover built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a part of Astrobiology mission successfully landed on the planet–
a) Mars
b) Saturn
c) Venus
d) Mercury
Answer: A
Q.23 Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?
a) Pituitary gland
b) Pancreas
c) Pineal gland
d) None of these
Answer: D
Q.24 Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Cyrus Mistry : Tata Group
b) Sheryl Sandberg : Facebook
c) Larry Page : Google
d) Deepak Parekh : HFCL
Answer: D
Q.25 Which of the following acts as both exocrine and endocrine gland?
a) Pancreas
b) Spleen
c) Liver
d) Pituitary gland
Answer: A
Q.26 Which of the following does not produce hormone?
a) Heart
b) Kidney
c) Gastro-intestinal tract
d) None of these
Answer: D
Q.27 Who among the following Viceroys wrote the book ‘Problems of the East’?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Clive
c) Lord Mayo
d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: A
Q.28 Which among the following Philosophical Systems expounds ‘Critical Examination’ or ‘Solution of a problem by reflection’?
a) Vaishesika
b) Samkhya
c) Mimansa
d) Yoga
Answer: C
Q.29 Who among the following said about Md. Ali Jinnah that he was an ‘Ambassador of Hindu- Muslim Unity’?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) B. G. Tilak
d) None of these
Answer: B
Q.30 Which among the following is considered as the best rock cut temple in the world?
a) Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur
b) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar
c) Kailasha Temple, Ellora
d) Kandariya Temple, Khajuraho
Answer: C
Q.31 Badayuni said that “Sultan got freedom from his masses and masses from the Sultan”. Who among the following kings does he refer to?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Balban
c) Iltutmish
d) Md. Bin Tughlaq
Answer: D
32). The cost that changes in proportion to the goods or services that a business produces is termed as________.
a) Opportunity cost
b) Average cost
c) Variable cost
d) Marginal cost
Answer: D
33).Which of the following is NOT a potential gain from increased market competition?
a) Improvements in technology
b) A better variety of products
c) A faster pace of invention and innovation
d) Higher price for consumers
Answer: D
34).Who among the following was a German philosopher, economist and revolution socialist? www.sscexamguide.com For more SSC study materials visit: www.sscexamguide.com Page 8
a) David Ricardo
b) Karl Marx
c) Adam Smith
d) John Maynard Keynes
Answer: B
35).The existence of Parallel Economy refers to the existence of ________.
a) Foreign investment
b) Call money
c) Hot money
d) Block money
Answer: D
36).The availability of goods and services in the marketplace at any given point in time is defined as____________.
a) Production
b) Demand
c) Supply
d) Equilibrium
Answer: C
37).The speaker of the Lok Sabha appoints who among the following?
a) Leader of Opposition
b) Prime minister
c) Two members of the Anglo-Indian community
d) Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Answer: A
38). The current President of India is Pranab Mukherjee, who is the ______.
a) 10th President of India
b) 12th President of India
c) 13th President of India
d) 14th President of India
Answer: C
39). The ‘Provision of States’ incorporated in the Constitution of India was borrowed from the Constitution of________.
a) UK
b) US
c) Japan
d) Canada
Answer: B
40). Who among the following non-members has the right to participate in the proceedings of the Parliament, though not to vote?
a) RBI Governor
b) CBI chief
c) Attorney General
d) Chief Justice of India
Answer: C
41).Which state has officially declared the name of its capital city as Amaravathi?
a) Karnataka
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B
42).King Simuka was the founder of_________.
a) Satavahana dynasty
b) Sunga dynasty
c) Chola dynasty
d) Kanva dynasty
Answer: A
43).Though slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, slavery was abolished in India Slavery Act of______.
a) 1835
b) 1838
c) 1839
d) 1843
Answer: D
44).Who was chosen as the first satyagrahi to launch the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
a) Acharya Vinoba Bhava
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Brahma Datt
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: A
45).Which of the following is wrongly paired? Book Author
a) Dashakumaracharita Dandin
b) Mudrarakshasa Vishakhadatta
c) Brihatkatha Gunadhya
d) Rajtarangini Somdeva
Answer: D
46).A quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, is called a______.
a) Substitute crop
b) Middle crop
c) Cash crop
d) Catch crop
Answer: D
47).Which of the following is a project(s) constructed on the Mahanadi river in India?
a) Dudhawa Reservior
b) Ravishankar Sagar dam ( Gangrel Dam )
c) Hirakud Dam
d) All the above
Answer: D
48).The pre-monsoon showers that are beneficial for coffee plantation in Karnataka are called________.
a) Mango Showers
b) Cherry Blossoms
c) Kalbaishakhi
d) Brown Showers
Answer: B
49).Which of the following pairs of cities and countries is NOT matched correctly?
a) Istanbul – Turkey
b) Marseille – Spain
c) Hamburg – Germany
d) Florence – Italy
Answer: B
50).The famous Angkor Wat temple, the largest religious monument in the world, was built in the early 12th century by_______.
a) Indravarman
b) Suryavarman II
c) Bhavavarman II
d) Jayavarman
Answer: B
Q.51 Tialong 4 satellite launched by –
Answer: China
Q.52 Noble prize 2016 in literature –
Answer: Bob Dylan
Q.53 Airtel payment bank is in which state –
Answer: Rajasthan
Q.54 Kabaddi world cup 2016 final, India defeated–
Answer: Iran
Q.55 FDI investment in white label ATMs –
Answer: 100%
Q.56 Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation –
Answer: D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Q.57 Economics Nobel prize for –
Answer: Contract theory (Oliver Hart Bengt
Q.58 Walt Disney 2016 –
Answer: 45th anniversary
Q.59 Companies to spend at least how much of their profits every year on corporate social responsibility (CSR) –
Answer: 2%
Q.60 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) –
Answer : 76,000 crore
Q.61 Bats can fly in the dark because
A) they have a better vision in the dark
B) the light startles in them
C) they produce high pitched sounds called ultrasonics
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Q.62 Name the plant important in sericulture
A) Pea
B) Legumes
C) Mulberry
D) Cassia
Answer: C
Q.63 Name the continent where ‘Tundra’ type of climate is not found
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) North America
Answer: C
Q.64 Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Orissa
Answer: D
Q.65 Who was appointed as new Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in 2017?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Shilpa Shetty
C) Kangana Ranaut
D) Anushka Sharma
Answer: B
Q.66 FFC stands for
A) Foreign Finance Corporation
B) Film Finance Corporation
C) Federation of Football Council
D) None of the above
Answer: B
Q.67 At which particular place on earth are days and nights of equal length always?
A) Prime Meridian
B) Poles
C) Equator
D) No where
Answer: C
Q.68 Who said, “Inflation is unjust but deflation is inexpedient. Of the two, deflation is worse “?
A) J.M Keynes
B) Amartya Sen
C) J.G Gurlay
D) J.N Bhagwati
Answer: A
Q.69 Federation cup, World cup, Allwyn international trophy and challenge cup are awarded to winners of
A) Tennis
B) Volleyball
C) Basketball
D) Cricket
Answer: B
Q.70 The most important small-scale industry in India is the
A) Textile Industry
B) Paper Industry
C) Handloom Industry
D) Jute industry
Answer: C
