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SSC CHSL 2024 — General Awareness Questions with Answers
All 52 General Awareness previous-year questions from SSC CHSL 2024, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.
Practice General Awareness as a timed test →- Q1.General Awareness
With which of the following states is the Bhatiali folk music, which is mostly sung by the fishermen, associated?
- a)Kerala
- b)Andhra Pradesh
- c)West Bengal
- d)Odisha
- Q2.General Awareness
National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) is located at ______.
- a)Nagaland
- b)Arunachal Pradesh
- c)Mizoram
- d)Himachal Pradesh
- Q3.General Awareness
Which of the following states/UTs has the first 100% fully digital literate Panchayat in India?
- a)Kerala
- b)Puducherry
- c)Maharashtra
- d)Delhi
- Q4.General Awareness
Langvir Nritya is a folk dance from the state of _____.
- a)Gujarat
- b)Uttar Pradesh
- c)Uttarakhand
- d)Haryana
- Q5.General Awareness
Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
- a)Keshub Chandra Sen
- b)Rabindranath Tagore
- c)Swami Vivekananda
- d)Dayanand Saraswati
- Q6.General Awareness
The peninsular plateau of India was a part of which continent earlier?
- a)North America
- b)Europe
- c)South America
- d)Africa
- Q7.General Awareness
In which part of the Constitution will you find the six broad categories of Fundamental Rights?
- a)Part I
- b)Part IV
- c)Part II
- d)Part III
- Q8.General Awareness
As of March 2024, who among the following is the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal?
- a)Ajay Narayan Jha
- b)Prakash Shrivastava
- c)Swatanter Kumar
- d)Lokeshwar Singh Panta
- Q9.General Awareness
Who has the power to regulate the right of citizenship in India?
- a)Parliament
- b)President
- c)Supreme Court
- d)Governor
- Q10.General Awareness
[Question stem not available in text; options only]
- a)Both b and c
- b)Both a and b
- c)Both a and c
- d)Only a
- Q11.General Awareness
What is the balance of trade of a country?
- a)Ratio of international trade
- b)Number of imports
- c)Difference between imports and exports
- d)Number of exports
- Q12.General Awareness
Daler Mehndi is primarily a famous singer of pop songs in which Indian language?
- a)Punjabi
- b)English
- c)Bengali
- d)Hindi
- Q13.General Awareness
In which year did Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted and Thomas Martin Lowry propose the fundamental concept of acids and bases?
- a)1928
- b)1921
- c)1925
- d)1923
- Q14.General Awareness
In which year has India hosted the Asian Games for the first time?
- a)1949
- b)1948
- c)1951
- d)1950
- Q15.General Awareness
Former minister of the state and former president of BJP alliance partner IPFT _____________ received the Padma Shri award (posthumously) in 2023.
- a)Rebati Mohan Das
- b)Pinaki Das Chowdhury
- c)Narendra Chandra Debbarma
- d)Prabhat Choudhury
- Q16.General Awareness
In the context of DNA, which of the following principles governs the process of transcription?
- a)The transforming principle
- b)The principle of complementarity
- c)The principle of inheritance
- d)Semiconservative nature of DNA
- Q17.General Awareness
According to the Census of India 2011, most people had out-migrated from _____ to other states in India.
- a)Rajasthan and Gujarat
- b)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- c)Maharashtra and Gujarat
- d)Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
- Q18.General Awareness
The financial year in India starts from 1st April and ends on ________.
- a)31st May
- b)30th June
- c)31st March
- d)31st July
- Q19.General Awareness
Average function is listed in the drop-down menu of which of the following tools?
- a)Move function
- b)Insert function
- c)Financial function
- d)Auto Sum function
- Q20.General Awareness
Sakewa is a religious festival celebrated by the Kirat Khambu Rai community of ________.
- a)Arunachal Pradesh
- b)Goa
- c)Sikkim
- d)Himachal Pradesh
- Q21.General Awareness
Where can you find the emoticons in an instant messaging conversation window?
- a)At the bottom of the chat window
- b)Any where in the chat window
- c)At the middle of the chat window
- d)At the top of the chat window
- Q22.General Awareness
Geoid is the ________ of earth.
- a)orbit
- b)axis
- c)colour
- d)shape
- Q23.General Awareness
Who among the following was the author of 'Brihat Katha Kosh'?
- a)Dandin
- b)Bhavabhuti
- c)Kshemendra
- d)Harisena
- Q24.General Awareness
Which of the following is NOT a stringed instrument?
- a)Mandolin
- b)Guitar
- c)Flute
- d)Violin
- Q25.General Awareness
According to the National Crime Records Bureau data, from 2016 to 2019, suicide cases due to unemployment have increased by _________.
- a)24%
- b)20%
- c)18%
- d)21%
- Q26.General Awareness
Which of the following is NOT one of the main pillars of the 'Namami Gange Programme', launched by the Government of India in 2014?
- a)Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure
- b)Industrial Effluent Monitoring
- c)River Linkage Development
- d)River-Front Development
- Q27.General Awareness
Which of the following dances developed in the monasteries of Assam?
- a)Bharatanatyam
- b)Kathak
- c)Sattriya
- d)Kuchipudi
- Q28.General Awareness
When was the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) launched by the Government of India?
- a)1999
- b)2000
- c)1995
- d)1991
- Q29.General Awareness
In the given main characteristics of farming which is NOT a characteristic of the Indian commercial farming?
- a)Slash and burn
- b)Insecticides and pesticides
- c)Chemical fertilisers
- d)High yielding variety seeds
- Q30.General Awareness
Which of the following statements is correct about the Five-Year Plan?
- a)All Five-Year Plans have equal rates of growth.
- b)The President was the ex-officio chairperson of the Planning Commission.
- c)The first Five-Year Plan was started in 1951.
- d)The Planning Commission was constituted in 1951.
- Q31.General Awareness
Which power were the Badami (or Vatapi) Chalukyas originally subjects of?
- a)Hoysalas
- b)Pandyas
- c)Kadambas
- d)Pallavas
- Q32.General Awareness
'Hampi Utsava,' which is celebrated in Karnataka, is also called ____________. The festival that captures the pomp, splendour and glory of the historical period of Karnataka is celebrated over a week.
- a)Vijaya Utsava
- b)Sarhul Mahotsava
- c)Rajasi Utsava
- d)Nritya Mahotsav
- Q33.General Awareness
Mohammad Yunus established which of the following banks in 1983?
- a)Grameen Bank
- b)Indian Bank
- c)Union Bank
- d)State Bank
- Q34.General Awareness
Who among the followings won gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) junior world cup 2023?
- a)Umamahesh Maddineni
- b)Dhanush Srikanth
- c)Mahesh Pasupathy Anandakumar
- d)Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu
- Q35.General Awareness
Which is, by far, the closest dwarf planet orbiting at only 2.8 times Earth's distance from the sun?
- a)Ceres
- b)Makemake
- c)Eris
- d)Pluto
- Q36.General Awareness
Which of the following are needed for Skype to function on a computer? 1) A web cam 2) A microphone 3) A speaker
- a)Only 1 and 2
- b)Only 2 and 3
- c)1, 2 and 3
- d)Only 1 and 3
- Q37.General Awareness
On 26 January 1950 India became:
- a)a socialist and secular state
- b)a sovereign, democratic, republic state
- c)an independent state
- d)a unitary state
- Q38.General Awareness
The default width of a column in MS-Excel is:
- a)6 characters
- b)7 characters
- c)9 characters
- d)8 characters
- Q39.General Awareness
According to Global Multidimensional poverty index (2022), which of the following groups of states is included in top 10 poorest states of India?
- a)Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
- b)Manipur and Nagaland
- c)Meghalaya and Madhya Pradesh
- d)Punjab and Gujarat
- Q40.General Awareness
In which year did Robert Brown observe the zigzag movement of colloidal particles in solution?
- a)1829
- b)1827
- c)1828
- d)1826
- Q41.General Awareness
_________ is one of the first criticism of the caste system written by Mahatma Phule and published in the year 1873.
- a)Jati ka Unmoolan
- b)Bharat Mein Jaati Evam Prajaati
- c)Gulami Ki Kahani
- d)Gulamgiri
- Q42.General Awareness
Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution is described as the 'Magna Carta of India'?
- a)Part III
- b)Part I
- c)Part IV
- d)Part II
- Q43.General Awareness
The song 'Teri mitti' is from which of the following movies?
- a)Jai Ho
- b)Kesari
- c)Satya Mev Jayte
- d)Rajniti
- Q44.General Awareness
Who was the chief coordinator for the G20 summit which held in India in 2023? [options were blank/images, not available in text]
- a)
- b)
- c)
- d)
- Q45.General Awareness
Which of the following statements about eutrophication is correct?
- a)It happens when too much nitrogen enriches the water, causing excessive growth of plants and algae.
- b)It happens when too much carbon enriches the water, causing excessive growth of bacteria and reduced growth of plants.
- c)It happens when too less nitrogen is present in the water, causing reduced growth of plants and algae.
- d)It is a beneficial process for environment restoration.
- Q46.General Awareness
Nehru Institute of Mountaineering is located at ________.
- a)Jammu and Kashmir
- b)Himachal Pradesh
- c)Uttarakhand
- d)Leh
- Q47.General Awareness
According to the Census of India, who are considered to be literates?
- a)Person aged five and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language
- b)Person aged fifteen and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language
- c)Person aged eighteen and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language
- d)Person aged seven and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language
- Q48.General Awareness
Which state introduced India's first 'Right to Health Care Act, 2022'?
- a)Chhattisgarh
- b)Kerala
- c)Assam
- d)Rajasthan
- Q49.General Awareness
Which enzymes are essential for DNA replication in an animal cell?
- a)Reverse transcriptase, RNA polymerase, Ligase
- b)Reverse transcriptase, DNA polymerase, DNA primase
- c)Topoisomerase, DNA ligase, DNA polymerase, DNA primase
- d)Reverse transcriptase, DNA polymerase, Ligase
- Q50.General Awareness
In field hockey, in a penalty stroke, an attacker shoots at goal from ____ yards away in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
- a)10
- b)8
- c)7
- d)9
- Q51.General Awareness
In MS-Word, a number printed above the base line is called ____.
- a)superscript
- b)strikethrough
- c)subscript
- d)above BL
- Q52.General Awareness
Under which Gharana does the composition blending Khayal and Dhrupad-Dhamar styles come?
- a)Indore Gharana
- b)Patiala Gharana
- c)Agra Gharana
- d)Gwalior Gharana
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