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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2019 "held on 19 October 2020"

Afternoon-Shift (General Awareness)

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Q.1 Where were the Khelo India Youth Games held between January 10-22, 2020?

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Option:

1. Guwahati

2. Nagpur

3. New Delhi

4. Bhubaneshwar

Q.2 Which of these is not an Operating System?

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Option:

1. SQL

2. Linux

3. Unix

4. Mac OS

Q.3 In which state did the 'Saila' dance originate? The dance is performed by boys after the
harvest season.

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Option:

1. Bihar

2. Chhattisgarh

3. Odisha

4. Jharkhand

Q.4 In which year was the Dronacharya Award instituted?

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Option:

1. 1985

2. 1997

3. 1978

4. 1991

Q.5 Above which layer of the atmosphere does the Exosphere lies?

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Option:

1. Troposphere

2. Stratosphere

3. Mesosphere

4. Thermosphere

Q.6 In which year was the Harappan civilization first discovered?

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Option:

1. 1926

2. 1932

3. 1921

4. 1905

Q.7 Which of the following trees will you find in the Littoral forests?

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Option:

1. Ebony

2. Sundari

3. Cypress

4. Chinar

Q.8 Which environmental phenomenon has been linked to synthetic chemicals like
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?

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Option:

1. Wave propagation

2. Tidal flow

3. Ozone depletion

4. Electromagnetic interference

Q.9 What is the shortcut key for the central alignment of a line or text in MS Office software?

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Option:

1. Ctrl+E

2. Ctrl+C

3. Ctrl+G

4. Ctrl+A

Q.10 Which among the following states won the final of the 25th Senior Women's NFC 2019-20 at
Arunachal Pradesh?

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Option:

1. Tamil Nadu

2. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Odisha

4. Manipur

Q.11 On 7th January 2020, who among the following was the Chairman of the second National
GST Conference and Central and State Commissioners that was held to streamline the
Goods and Services Tax?

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Option:

1. Amit Shah

2. Ajay Bhushan Pandey

3. Anurag Thakur

4. Nirmala Sitharaman

Q.12 Which of the following ministries launched the two campaigns, named Angikaar and Ecourse?

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Option:

1. Ministry of Home Affairs

2. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

3. Ministry of Human Resource and Development

4. Ministry of Women and Child Development

Q.13 Which of the following states will you go to enjoy the famous Gaura-Gauri Puja that is
celebrated every year?

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Option:

1. Chhattisgarh

2. Uttarakhand

3. Rajasthan

4. Gujarat

Q.14 Which of these is an excretory organ of the human body?

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Option:

1. Heart

2. Skin

3. Brain

4. Muscles

Q.15 In which of the following states of India is the Bomdi-La Pass located?

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Option:

1. Assam

2. Himachal Pradesh

3. Arunachal Pradesh

4. Sikkim

Q.16 Which of the following are the 5 groups that plants are divided into?

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Option:

1. Thallophytes, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

2. Arthropoda, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

3. Mollusca, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

4. Annelida, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

Q.17 Who among the following is the 15th Chairman of the Finance Commission of India?

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Option:

1. Vijay L. Kelkar

2. Y. V. Reddy

3. N.K Singh

4. C. Rangarajan

Q.18 According to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, what is the proposed minimum
compensation for hit and run case wherein, the victim die?

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Option:

1. 1,00,000

2. 1,50,000

3. 2,00,000

4. 50,000

Q.19 Which of the following Articles ensures to provide free and compulsory education to all
children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right to Education?

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Option:

1. 20A

2. 14

3. 21A

4. 18A

Q.20 Which of the following teams did the India Under-15 team defeat with a 7-0 score in the
final of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019 held at
Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal?

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Option:

1. Sri Lanka

2. Uzbekistan

3. Turkmenistan

4. Nepal

Q.21 On January 6, 2020, how many Oman ships arrived at Goa to participate in “Naseem-AlBahr”,
the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise?

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Option:

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

Q.22 In which year was the Second Anglo-Mysore war fought between the Kingdom of Mysore
and the British East India Company?

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Option:

1. 1766-1769

2. 1785-1789

3. 1780-1784

4. 1769-1775

Q.23 Which of these eminent personalities is the one to not receive the Bharat Ratna from the
Honorable President in the year 2019?

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Ans

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika

3. Nanaji Deshmukh

4. Pranab Mukherjee

Q.24 What was the name of the mega-ocean that surrounded the single continental mass before
the continental drift as described by Alfred Wegener?

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Option:

1. Pangaea

2. Pigmalion

3. Panama

4. Panthalassa

Q.25 On August 13, at what cost did the Dikom Tea Estate of Assam sell its 'Golden Butterfly' tea
at the GTAC, auction centre?

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Option:

1. Rs 25,000 per kg

2. Rs 75,000 per kg

3. Rs 1,00,000 per kg

4. Rs 50,000 per kg