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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2019 "held on 18 October 2020"

Morning-Shift (General Awareness)

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Q.1 Which of the following cities hosted the third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games?

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Option:

1. Panaji

2. Cuttack

3. Guwahati

4. Patna

Q.2 Who among the following was conferred with the ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019’?

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Option:

1. Kabir Bedi

2. Anupam Kher

3. Amitabh Bachchan

4. Dilip Kumar

Q.3 Who among the following won ICC’s ‘2019 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’?

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Option:

1. Virat Kohli

2. Ben Stokes

3. Rohit Sharma

4. Ken Williamson

Q.4 In the context of memory size in computer data storage, one gigabyte is equal to how many
megabytes?

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Option:

1. 1012 MB

2. 32 MB

3. 64 MB

4. 1024 MB

Q.5 Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?

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Option:

1. BR Ambedkar

2. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

4. Rajendra Prasad

Q.6 A hard disk is an example of which type of data storage device?

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Option:

1. Secondary Storage

2. Tertiary Storage

3. Primary Storage

4. Offline Storage

Q.7 Who among the following was appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) in January 2020?

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Option:

1. NS Vishwanathan

2. BP Kanungo

3. Michael Debabrata Patra

4. Viral Acharya

Q.8 What was India’s overall rank in the medals tally in the 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics
Championship?

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Option:

1. Fourth

2. Fifth

3. First

4. Third

Q.9 The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called ______.

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Option:

1. Wave

2. Current

3. Tsunami

4. Tide

Q.10 Who among the following won the ‘Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2019’?

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Option:

1. Lei Tingjie

2. Dronavalli Harika

3. Sopiko Khukhashvili

4. Koneru Humpy

Q.11 Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India has a provision for financial
emergency?

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Option:

1. Article 365

2. Article 330

3. Article 356

4. Article 360

Q.12 Which of the following is NOT a credit rating agency in India?

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Option:

1. RBI 

2. CRISIL 

3. CARE 

4. ICRA 

Q.13 Who among the following took charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on 1
January 2020?

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Option:

1. Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh

2. General Manoj Mukund Naravane

3. General Bipin Rawat

4. Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

Q.14 The ‘Kathakali’ dance is a harmonious combination of ______ forms of fine art.

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Option:

1. five

2. seven

3. four

4. six

Q.15 Which of the following teams won the 129th edition of Durand Cup in August 2019?

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Option:

1. East Bengal

2. Mohammedan Sporting Club

3. Mohun Bagan

4. Gokulam Kerala

Q.16 Under which of the following schemes has the Government of India set up a new institution
for development and refinancing activities related to micro units?

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Option:

1. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

2. Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana

3. Pradhan Mantri Yojna

4. Pradhan Mantri MNREGA Yojana

Q.17 Tummalapalle, believed to have one of the largest uranium reserves in the world, is situated
in which of the following states?

Option:

1. Tamil Nadu

2. Karnataka

3. Telangana

4. Andhra Pradesh

Q.18 In which of the following years did India come under the direct rule of the British crown?

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Option:

1. 1888

2. 1878

3. 1858

4. 1868

Q.19 ______ is the term used for breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds.

Option:

1. Horticulture

2. Agriculture

3. Pisciculture

4. Viticulture

Q.20 Who among the following scientists invented dynamite?

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Option:

1. Rudolf Diesel

2. Benjamin Franklin

3. Alfred Nobel 

4. Thomas Alva Edison

Q.21 Which of the following is a disease caused by protozoa?

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Option:

1. Small Pox

2. AIDS

3. Kala azar

4. Rabies

Q.22 Which is the largest uranium producing country in the world?

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Option:

1. Uzbekistan

2. USA

3. India

4. Kazakhstan

Q.23 ‘Gurpurab’ is the most important and sacred festival of the Sikh community. In which of the
following months of the Hindu calendar is it celebrated?

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Option:

1. Jyaistha

2. Kartik

3. Shravana

4. Vaisakha

Q.24 Which of the following statements is correct?

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Option:

1. The Governor has no power to grant pardon in respect of punishment or sentence inflicted by Court Martial.

2. The President has no power to grant pardon in respect of punishment or sentence inflicted by Court Martial.

3. The Governor has no power to suspend, remit or commute a sentence of death.

4. The Governor has power to grant pardon in case of a death sentence.

Q.25 Which of the following scientists was awarded a Nobel Prize for his services to Theoretical
Physics, and especially for his discovery of the Law of the Photoelectric Effect?

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Option:

1. Ernest Rutherford

2. Thomas Edison

3. Nikola Tesla

4. Albert Einstein