SSC GD General Awareness Questions and Answers
1. Fathometer is used to measure
A) Earthquakes
B) Rainfall
C) Ocean depth
D) Sound intensity
Answer: C) Ocean depth
2. Epsom(England) is the place associated with
A) Snooker
B) Shooting
C) Polo
D) Horse racing
Answer: D) Horse racing
3. Fastest Shorthand Writer was
A) Dr. G. D. Bist
B) J.R.D. Tata
C) J.M. Tagore
D) Khudada Khan
Answer: A) Dr. G. D. Bist
4. Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
A) USA
B) Fiji
C) India
D) UK
Answer: B) Fiji
5. One People, One State, One leader” was the policy of
A) Stalin
B) Hitler
C) Lenin
D) Mussolin
Answer: B) Hitler
6. DRDL stands for
A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory
B) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
C) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratory
D) None of the above
Answer: A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory
7.Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because
A) the infrared light kills bacteria in the body
B) resistance power increases
C) the pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan
D) the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
Answer: D) the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
8. FFC stands for
A) Foreign Finance Corporation
B) Film Finance Corporation
C) Federation of Football Council
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Film Finance Corporation
9. Which statement about PFD’s is true?
A) PFDs are difficult to put on in the water
B) Use gasoline to clean a PFD coated with oil or grease
C) PFDs do not float well in shallow water
D) Children’s PFDs should fit loosely
Answer: A) PFDs are difficult to put on in the water
10. An astronaut in outer space will observe sky as
A) White
B) Black
C) Blue
D) Red
Answer: B) Black
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11. 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) they produce high pitched sounds called ultrasonics
12. Who is known as ‘the father of Indian missile technology’?
A) Dr. U.R. Rao
B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Dr. Chidambaram
D) Dr. Homi Bhabha
Answer: B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
13. Which is a green planet in the solar system?
A) Pluto
B) Venus
C) Uranus
D) Mars
Answer: C) Uranus
14. Which is considered as the biggest port of India?
A) Kolkata
B) Cochin
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai
Answer: D) Mumbai
15. The most important small scale industry in india is the
A) Textile Industry
B) Paper Industry
C) Handloom Industry
D) Jute industry
Answer: C) Handloom Industry
16. Name the plant important in sericulture
A) Pea
B) Legumes
C) Mulberry
D) Cassia
Answer: C) Mulberry
17. Name the continent where ‘Tundra’ type of climate is not found
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) North America
Answer: C) Africa
18. he biggest public sector undertaking in the country is
A) Iron and steel Plants
B) Roadways
C) Railways
D) Airways
Answer: C) Railways
19. G-15 is an economic grouping of
A) First World Nations
B) Second World Nations
C) Third World Nations
D) Fourth World Nations
Answer: C) Third World Nations
20. Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil nadu
C) Kerala
D) Orissa
Answer: D) Orissa
21. 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) Equator
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22. 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) Shilpa Shetty
23. Which country has “This is the root of all evil” written on its coins?
A) Italy
B) Vatican City
C) Cuba
D) Russia
Answer: B) Vatican City
24. The study of Heavenly bodies is called
A) Astronomy
B) Astrology
C) Astrophysics
D) Astronautics
Answer: A) Astronomy
25. Kempegowda Festival was organized in which city ?
A) Hyderabad
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Chennai
Answer: B) Delhi
26. Fedaration cup,World cup, Allwyn international trophy and challenge cup are awarded to winners of
A) Tennis
B) Volleyball
C) Basketball
D) Cricket
Answer: B) Volleyball
27. 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) J.M Keynes
28. What is the Study of human beauty called?
A) Argology
B) Kalology
C) Agrostology
D) Oncology
Answer: B) Kalology
29. Yellow colour of papaya is due to
A) Caricaxanthin
B) Carotene
C) Lycopene
D) Papain
Answer: A) Caricaxanthin
30. What is the saddest fruit?
A) Blackberries
B) Strawberries
C) Blueberries
D) Pineapples
Answer: C) Blueberries
31. Which one of the following rivers is recharged by subsoil water?
A) Godavari
B) Damodar
C) Narmada
D) Krishna
Answer: C) Narmada
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32. The Computer size was very large in
A) Fourth Generation
B) Third Generation
C) Second Generation
D) First Generation
Answer: D) First Generation
33. First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?
A) Kiran Desai
B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Arundhati Roy
Answer: D) Arundhati Roy
34. The articles 17 and 18 of Constitution provide
A) Social Equality
B) Economic Equality
C) Political Equality
D) Religious Equality
Answer: A) Social Equality
35. Which of the following names is NOT associated with the insurance business in India?
A) Bajaj Allianz
B) LIC
C) GIC
D) GE Money
Answer: D) GE Money
36. The largest fresh water lake in India is
A) Pulicat Lake
B) Veeranam Lake
C) Chilka Lake
D) Kolleru Lake
Answer: D) Kolleru Lake
37. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that fundamental rights are unamendable?
A) A.K.Gopalan’s case
B) Keshvananda Bharati’s case
C) M.C Mehta’s case
D) Golak Nath’s case
Answer: D) Golak Nath’s case
38. According to WHO, the bird flu virus cannot be transmitted through food cooked beyond
A) 60 degrees celsius
B) 70 degrees celsius
C) 90 degree celsius
D) 100 degree celsius
Answer: B) 70 degrees celsius
39. The Study of Ancient Societies is called
A) Anthropology
B) Archaeology
C) History
D) Ethnology
Answer: B) Archaeology
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40. Telecom company Nokia belongs to which country?
A) Denmark
B) USA
C) Sweden
D) Finland
Answer: D) Finland
41. First Indian woman to participate in Olympics?
A) Karnam Malleswari
B) Mary Kom
C) P.V. Sindhu
D) Geeta Phogat
Answer: A) Karnam Malleswari
42. What part of a check is the least important?
A) Memo line
B) The check number
C) Routing number
D) Signature line
Answer: A) Memo line
43. IRDP stands for
A) International Rural Development Programme
B) Integrated Rural Development Programme
C) Indian Rural Development policy
D) None of these
Answer: B) Integrated Rural Development Programme
44. Film and TV institute of india is located at
A) Pune (Maharashtra)
B) Rajkot (Gujarat)
C) Pimpri (Maharashtra)
D) Perambur (Tamilnadu)
Answer: A) Pune (Maharashtra)
45. First China War was fought between
A) China and Britain
B) China and France
C) China and Egypt
D) China and Greek
Answer: A) China and Britain
46. People from which state celebrate their harvest festival around Makar Sankranti?
A) Kerala
B) Punjab
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: C) Karnataka
47. Full form of BCG is
A) Bacillus Cholera Germ
B) Bacillus Calmette Guerin
C) Bacillus Curative Gene
D) Bacillus Cholera Guerin
Answer: B) Bacillus Calmette Guerin
48. The Basic Architecture of Computer was developed by
A) Charles Babbage
B) Blaise Pascal
C) Garden Moore
D) John Von Neumann
Answer: D) John Von Neumann
49. The oldest type of energy known to man is _____?
A) Geothermal Energy
B) Solar Power
C) Wind Power
D) Tidal Power
Answer: A) Geothermal Energy
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50. A scientist who studies water is called a
A) Geographer
B) Herpetologist
C) Archeologist
D) Hydrologist
Answer: D) Hydrologis
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