SSC CGL 2019 General Awareness Questions with Answers


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Combined Graduate Level Examination-2019 (Tier-I)  

Exam Date- 03/03/2020

Time- 10:00 AM - 11:00AM

Q.1 Red worms have a structure named ______ which helps them in grinding their food.

1. Esophagus

2. Intestine

3. Crop

4. Gizzard

Answer: Gizzard


Q.2 Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?

1. Elephants

2. Horses

3. Cows

4. Tigers

Answer: Horses


Q.3 Sultan Qaboos bin Said of ________, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler and with a reputation for quiet diplomacy passed away recently (2020).

1. Abu Dhabi

2. Oman

3. Dubai

4. Kuwait

Answer: Oman


Q.4 Which of these institutions fixes the Repo Rate and the Reverse Repo Rate in India?

1. Comptroller and Auditor General of India

2. Reserve Bank of India

3. Ministry of Finance

4. State Bank of India


Answer: Reserve Bank of India


Q.5 Sir Thomas Roe came as an official ambassador from King James I of England to which Mughal emperor's court?

1. Akbar

2. Aurangzeb

3. Shah Jahan

4. Jahangir

Answer: Jahangir


Q.6 What is the more common name for solid carbon dioxide?

1. Epsom

2. Dry Ice

3. Potash

4. Quick Silver

Answer: Dry Ice


Q.7 As on January 2020, Shri Bhupesh Baghel is the Chief Minister of which of the following states?

1. Odisha

2. Chhattisgarh

3. Jharkhand

4. Haryana

Answer: Chhattisgarh


Q.8 Name the media company that purchased the legendary studio of 21st Century Fox.

1. Time Warner

2. Viacom

3. Sony

4. Disney

Answer: Disney


Q.9 Who among the following played the leading lady in the film 'Mission Mangal' that tells the dramatic true story of the women behind India's first mission to Mars?

1. Deepika Padukone

2. Kareena Kapoor

3. Vidya Balan

4. Kajol

Answer: Vidya Balan


Q.10 For which of the following sports was Dronavalli Harika, conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award?

1. Chess

2. Badminton

3. Archery

4. Cricket

Answer: Chess


Q.11 From India, who inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor and flagged off the first set of pilgrims to the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev?

1. Narendra Modi

2. Amarinder Singh

3. Ram Nath Kovind

4. Manmohan Singh

Answer: Narendra Modi


Q.12 Who is the first and currently the only batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive test series?

1. A.B. de Villiers

2. Rohit Sharma

3. Virat Kohli

4. Brian Lara

Answer: Virat Kohli


Q.13 The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi - capital of Vijayanagara - is located in which present day Indian state?

1. Haryana

2. Bihar

3. Karnataka

4. Telangana

Answer: Karnataka


Q.14 In which year Sanchi was discovered after being abandoned for nearly 600 Years?

1. 1820

2. 1818

3. 1814

4. 1816

Answer: 1818



Q.15 Kolathunadu, Valluvanad and Thekkumkoor were ancient small-time kingdoms in which state of India?

 1. Karnataka

2. Gujarat

3. Bihar

4. Kerala

Answer: Kerala



Q.16 What is the uniform GST rate that has been fixed up for lottery prizes by the GST Council?

1. 28 %

2. 18 %

3. 10 %

4. 32 %

Answer: 28 %


Q.17 As of February 2020, who is the President of Sri Lanka?

1. Gotabaya Rajapaksa

2. Chandrika Kumaratunga

3. Maithripala Sirisena

4. D.M. Jayaratne

Answer: Gotabaya Rajapaksa



Q.18 Which of the following books is NOT written by Salman Rushdie?

1. An Area of Darkness

2. Shame

3. Midnight's Children

4. The Satanic Verses

Answer: An Area of Darkness


Q.19 Which of these bones is NOT a part of the human ear?

1. Malleus

2. Stapes

3. Femur

4. Incus

Answer: Femur


Q.20 The Araku Valley, a tourist resort, is located near which of these cities of South India?

1. Visakhapatnam

2. Madurai

3. Kochi

4. Mangalore

Answer: Visakhapatnam


Q.21 Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed from which of the following states of India?

1. Odisha

2. Gujarat

3. Rajasthan

4. Maharashtra

Answer: Maharashtra


Q.22 Name the author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book - An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India.

1. Ramchandra Guha

2. Shashi Tharoor

3. Romila Thapar

4. Vikram Seth

Answer: Shashi Tharoor


Q.23 Which of these words refers to the scientific study of domestic dogs?

1. Craniology

2. Chrematistics

3. Carpology

4. Cynology

Answer: Cynology


Q.24 Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize.

1. Enrico Fermi

2. J.S. Fleming

3. James Chadwick

4. Max Plank


Answer: James Chadwick



Q.25 The World Food Program (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations.Where is it headquartered?

1. Rome

2. New York

3. Paris

4. Brussels

Answer: Rome

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