General Awareness Mega Quiz for SSC

Q1. The base financial year for the calculation of the all India Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
is:
(a) 2010-2011
(b) 2004-2005
(c) 2011-2012
(d) 2005-2006

Q2. Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every_____ years among athletes
from all over Asia.
(a) Six
(b) four
(c) five
(d) three

Q3. World Global Recycling Day was observed on _____ in 2020.

(a) 2nd January
(b) 10th February
(c) 18th March
(d) 16th February

Q4. Which of the following Indian islands lies in the Bay of Bengal?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Diu
(d) Daman

Q5. What is the geographic name given to a deep and narrow valley
consisting of steep sides created by weathering and erosion by
rivers, wind, rain and tectonic activity?
(a) Buttes
(b) Ridge
(c) canyon
(d) Basin

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Q6. The First Anglo-Burmese War ended with the signing of the ______.
(a) Treaty of Yandabo
(b) Treaty of Titalia
(c) Treaty of Purandar
(d) Treaty of Salbai

Q7. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘A Passage to England’?
(a) Nirad C Chaudhuri
(b) V S Naipaul
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Khushwant Singh

Q8. In which year did Independent India win its first Olympic Gold in the game of hockey?
(a) 1952
(b) 1960
(c) 1948
(d) 1956

Q9. Silent Valley National Park is located in the Indian state of_______________.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttarakhand

Q10. The Bangladesh Liberation War ended on_________________.

(a) 14th November 1972
(b) 16th December 1971
(c) 17th October 1971
(d) 2nd October 1974

Q11. With which of the following sports is the term ‘Cox’ associated?
(a) Long Jump
(b) Boat Racing
(c) Boxing
(d) Javelin Throw

Q12. The Vikramashila University was founded by __________.

(a) Ashoka
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Chandragupta-I
(d) Bimbisara
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Q13. From which Indian state did ‘Warli Art’ originate?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Kerala
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q14. The present day city of Bhopal was built by which of the following Pratihara rulers?
(a) Mahendra Bhoja
(b) Rajyapala
(c) Vijayasena
(d) Mihir Bhoja

Q15. The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of _______.
(a) West Bengal
(b) Assam
(c) Odisha
(d) Rajasthan

Q16. Which of the following rivers originates in Amarkantak Hill in Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Periyar
(b) Ravi
(c) Narmada
(d) Gomti

Q17. The first session of the first Lok Sabha commenced on ______.
(a) 26th January 1950
(b) 15th August 1947
(c) 15th August 1951
(d) 13th May 1952

Q18. The border between India and Bhutan adjoins ________ Indian states.
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Two

Q19. __________ is the final value of all the finished goods and
services produced within a country's borders in a specific time
period.
(a) Government revenue
(b) Net National Product
(c) Gross Domestic Product
(d) Gross National Product
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Q20. Who decides the admissibility of Questions in Lok Sabha?
(a) Speaker
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Deputy Speaker
(d) Vice President

Q21. Which of the following states shares the longest boundary with China?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand

Q22. The Bhupen Hazarika Setu, also called Dhola–Sadiya Bridge which connects Assam and
(a) Sikkim
(b) Meghalaya
(c) West Bengal
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q23. Panchavati, a key part of the Valmiki Ramayana is located in which state of India?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttarakhand

Q24. Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell), which is in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is located in:
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

Q25. During the passage of the Royal Titles Act 1876, the office of the British Prime Minister was
occupied by:
(a) William Ewart Gladstone
(b) Arthur Balfour
(c) John Russell
(d) Benjamin Disraeli

Q26. What is the full form of GSTIN in relation to GST?

(a) Goods and Services Tax Identification Note
(b) Goods and Services Tax Identification Number
(c) Goods and Services Tax Information Number
(d) Goods and Services Taxation Income Number

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Q27. AIX is the operating system of which company?
(a) Apple
(b) Unisys
(c) IBM
(d) Microsoft

Q28. Which of the following terms refers to the running down

or payment of a loan in installments?
(a) Discounted cash flow
(b) Credit creation
(c) Backwardation
(d) Amortisation

Q29. Which of the following states separates Nepal from Bhutan?

(a) Bihar
(b) Sikkim
(c) Odisha
(d) Assam

Q30. Who among the following is the author of 'Kamayani', the epic poem that is considered as
one of the greatest literary works in Hindi?
(a) Mohan Rakesh
(b) Jaishankar Prasad
(c) Premchand
(d) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

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