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S.
No. Question Answer

Abbreviations and Their Full Forms Asked in last 15

Years in SSC
What does NATO stand
1 for? North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What’s RAF an
2 abbreviation of? Rapid Action Force
What does NREGP stand National Rural Employment Guarantee
3 for? Programme
What does HTTP stand for
4 in the world of internet? Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
5 What is NIEO’s full form? New International Economic Order
What does CTBT stand
6 for? Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
7 What is ATM's full form? Automated Teller Machine
8 TRAI's full form is? Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
9 What does DTP stand for? Desk Top Publishing

What is the full form of South Asian Association of Regional

10 SAARC? Cooperation
The technolocy in CDMA
11 stand for? Code Divison Multiple Access
Indira Gandhi National Open
12 IGNOU's full form is? University
NHRC is an abbreviation
13 of? National Human Rights Commission
14 MCA's full form is? Master of Computer Application
International Bank for Reconstruction
15 What does IBRD stand for? and Development
16 NIS stands for? National Immunization Surveys
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
17 TRIPS' full form is? Property Rights
18 TRP is an abbreviation of? Television Rating Point
19 MRI's full form is? Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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20 What does DVD stand for? Digital Video/Versatile Disk
21 What is FDI's full form? Foreign Direct Investment
22 GUI is the abbreviation of? Graphical User Interface
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
23 IPCC's full form is? Change

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Important Days Asked in last 15 Years in SSC

1 When is Army Day celebrated in India? January 15
2 When is National Unity Day celebrated? October 31
International Women
3 What is celebrated on March 8? Day
4 When is World Health Day celebrated April 7
5 When is World Consumer Rights Day? March 15
6 When is the World Laughter Day? January 10
When is National/World Environment Day
7 celebrated? June 5
8 What is celebrated on June 27? Global Diabetes Day
9 When is World Aids Day celebrated? December 1
When is International Day of Peace
10 (United Nations) celebrated? September 21
Which organization has declared October
11 2 as International Non-violence Day? United Nations
When is Minority Rights Day observed in
12 India? December 18
When is the National Farmers Day
13 celebrated? December 23
When is Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or Non-
14 Resident Indian Day celebrated? January 9
In which calendar month, first four dates
(i.e. 1 to 4) are celebrated as
15 global/international dates? October
16 When is National Youth Day observed? January 12
To respect whose birthday, is Teacher's
17 Day celebrated in India on September 5? Dr. S Radhakrishnan
When is International Yoga Day
18 celebrated? June 21
Which personality is related to Children's
19 Day Jawahar Lal Nehru
Gandhi Jayanti is the birthday of which
20 personality? Mahatma Gandhi
Which personality is related to National
21 Science Day? Sir C. V. Raman
22 When is Indian Air Force Day observed? October 8
23 When is United Nations Day celebrated? October 24

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Books & Authors Asked in last 15 Years in SSC

Who is the author of the book
1 Worshipping False Gods? Arun Shourie
Who wrote The God of Small
2 Things? Arundhati Roy
Who is the author of A Passage to
3 England? Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Who is the author of the biography
4 Na Khatam Hone Wali Kahani? Mahesh Bhatt
Who is the author of the book
5 Wings of Fire A P J Abdul Kalam
From where is the National Anthem
6 of India compiled? Tatva Bodhini Magazine
Who is the author of Business @
7 the Speed of Thought? Bill Gates
Who wrote The Company of
8 Women? Khuswant Singh
Who is the creator of the
9 immeroable character 'Swami'? R K Narayan
Who is the author of Courts And
10 Their Judgements? Arun Shourie
11 Who wrote A Tale of Two Cities? Charles Dickens

12 The writer of Animal Farm is? Goerge Orwell

Who is the author of The Gin
13 Drinkers? Sagarika Ghose
With which books is Munshi Sevasadan, Gaban &
14 Premchand related to? Rangbhoomi
The author of My Presidential Years
15 is? R Venkataraman
Who is the author of The Clashes
16 of Civilization? Samuel Huttington
Who wrote the series of Harry
17 Potter books? J K Rowling
18 The author of Life Divine is? Arvind Ghosh

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The book authored by Dr
19 Harivansh Rai Bacchan is? Prateeksha
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote
20 the book? Kapalkundala
A Bend in the River, A House
With which books is V S Naipaul for Mr Biswas, An Area of
21 related to? Darkness
Midnight Diaries is the
22 autobiography of? Boris Yeltsin
Who created cartoon characters
like Mandrake the Magician and
23 Fantom? Lee Falk
Which writer got the Booker award
24 for the book Half a Life? V S Naipaul
25 Who is the author of Life of Pi? Yann Martel
26 The author of A River Sutra is? Gita Mehta
Who wrote The Conquest of
27 Happiness? Bertrand Russell
28 The creation of Mulkraj Anand is? The Village
The author of 'Apprenticeship of a
Mahatma' on the basis of which the
movie 'The Making of the
29 Mahatma' was made is? Fatima Meer
The author of Long Walk to
30 Freedom is? Nelson Mandela
31 My Life is the autobiography of? Bill Clinton
32 Who is the author of City of Joy? Dominique Lapierre
The Hindu View of Life is authored
33 by? S Radhakrishnan
34 Who wrote Without Fear or Fever? Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Who wrote the book Midnight's
35 Children? Salman Rushdie
36 Two Lives is written by? Vikram Seth
India Wins Freedom is the
37 autobiography of? Abul Kalam Azad
The author of the book Unto the
38 Last, which influenced Gandhi is? Ruskin Bond
The creator of the famous poetry
39 work Gita Govinda is? Jayadeva

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The book written by Mulk Raj
40 Anand is? Two Leaves and a Bud
A P J Abdul Kalam wrote which
41 book? Guiding Souls
Who is the author of the famous
book The General Theory of
42 Employment, Interest and Money? J M Keynes
Who is the writer of the book What
43 Went Wrong? Kiran Bedi
Dr S Radhakrishnan is related to The Hindu View of Life & An
44 which books? Idealistic View of Life
Who wrote Meandering Pastures of
45 Memories? Shobhna Narayan
Who is the author of the book The
46 Road Ahead? Bill Gates
The author of the book The
47 Inheritance of Loss is? Kiran Desai
The author of Ageless Body,
48 Timeless Mind is? Deepak Chopra
Who wrote The Science of
49 Bharatnatyam? Saroj Vaidyanathan
Who wrote the book The White
50 Castle? Orhan Pamuk
A Current Affairs News
51 India Today is? Magazine
The author of the book India Wins
52 Freedom is? Abul Kalam Azad
Who is the author of My
53 Experiments with Truth? Mahatma Gandhi
Who wrote The Rediscovery of
54 India? Meghnad Desai
55 The Future of India is written by? Vimal Jalan
56 The Zigzag Way is authored by? Anita Desai
57 Kishwar Desai wrote which book? Witness the Night
Who wrote the book The
58 Enchantress of Florence? Salman Rushdie
59 V S Naipaul authored which book? A House for Mr Biswas
60 Kamla Das wrote which book? Tonight, This Savage Rite
61 Who wrote Atiq Rahimi? Earth and Ashes

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Who is the author of Great Soul:
Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle
62 with India? Joseph Lelyveld
Who wrote the book Indian Military
Thought KURUKSHETRA to KARGIL
63 and Future Perspectives? Kuldip Singh

Straight from the Heart is authored

64 by? Kapil Dev
The author of the famous book A
65 Better India: A Better World is? N. R. Narayana Murthy
My Unforgettable Memories is the
66 autobiography of? Mamata Banerjee
Who wrote the play Andher Nagri
67 Chaupat Raja? Bhartendu Harishchandra
Who is the author of the book
68 Arthshashtra? Chaanakya
The author of India of My Dreams
69 is? Mahatma Gandhi
An Inquiry into the Nature and
Causes of the Wealth of Nations is
70 written by? Adam Smith
The author of A Soldier's General :
71 An Autobiography is? General J J Singh
The Autobiography of an Unknown
72 Indian is written by? Nirad C. Chaudhuri
The famous novel Pride and
73 Prejudice is written by? Jane Austen
Who wrote Beyond the Lines: An
74 Autobiography? Kuldeep Nayyar
The play Armes and The Man is
75 written by? George Bernard Shaw
The writer of Such A Long Journey
76 is? Rohinton Mistry
Which was the first book written by
77 Mahatma Gandhi? Hind Swaraj
78 Who is the creator of Prem Pachisi? Munshi Premchand

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The author of Employment Interest
79 and Money is J M Keynes
80 Indica was written by? Megasthenes
Who is the author of
81 Harshacharita? Banabhatta
Turning Points: A journey through
82 challenges is authored by? A P J Abdul Kalam
83 Oliver Twist is written by? Charles Dickens
84 The author of Pickwick Papers is? Charles Dickens
85 Hard Times novel is written by? Charles Dickens
Kambar wrote Ramayan in which
86 language? Tamil
Krittibas Ojha wrote Ramayan in
87 which language? Bengali
Madhava Kandali wrote Ramayan
88 in which language? Assamese
Tulsidas wrote Ramayan in which
89 language? Hindi
The author of The State of the
90 Nation is? Fali Sam Nariman
The Communist Manifesto was
91 written by? Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
Who was the creator of Natya
92 Shastra? Bharata Muni
Who wrote the book Why
93 Socialism?? Jayaprakash Narayan
The One-Straw Revolution: An
Introduction to Natural Farming
94 was written by? Masanobu Fukuoka
The author of No full stops in India
95 is? Mark Tully
The first creation of Salman
96 Rushdie was? Grimus
97 Who is the author of Das Kapital? Karl Marx
98 Non-Stop India is authored by? Mark Tully
Lucknow Boy: A Memoir is written
99 by? Vinod Mehta
Who is the author of The Test of
100 My Life? Yuvraj Singh

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The author of Don't Laugh We Are
101 Police is B. L. Vohra
102 Who created Raga Kameshwari? Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
103 Life Divine is written by? Sri Aurobindo
104 The author of Meghdoot is? Kalidas

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Awards & Prizes Asked in last 15 Years in SSC

Nobel Prize is not given in
1 which field? Mathematics
Who was awarded Nobel
Prize in two different
2 branches of science? Marie Curie
Who was the first Indian to
3 receive a Nobel Prize? Rabindranath Tagore
Who was the first recipeint of
Ramon Magsaysay Award in
4 India? Vinoba Bhave
What is the theme of
Bhagwan Mahavir World To save the dignity of human
5 Peace Award? existence
Booker Prize is given in which
6 field? Fictional Literature Writing
Which Indian scientist
received the Nobel Prize as
7 well as Bharat Ratna? C V Raman
Which of the Ex-Army Chiefs
has received Mahaveer
8 Chakra twice? General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya
Nobel Prize is not given in
which of the fields from the
funds set by Doctor Alfred
9 Nobel? Economics

Who was the first lady to

10 receive the Jnanpith Award? Ashapoorna Devi
Who was the first lady to
receive the Dada Saheb
11 Phalke award? Devika Rani
Who was the first lady
12 recipient of Padma Shri? Nargis Dutt
Indian Nobel Prize winner
Amartya Sen is famous for
13 his work in which field? Economics

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For excellent work in which Achievements in newspaper,
field, Pulitzer prize is magazine and online journalism,
14 rewarded? literature, and musical composition
Grammy awards are given in
15 which field? Music
Which country established
16 Nobel Prize? Sweden
Who established the Nobel
17 Prize in Economics? The Central Bank of Sweden Bank
Who was the musician who
18 received Bharat Ratna? M S Subbulakshmi
Marie Curie was rewarded 2
Nobel Prizes in which
19 categories? Physics & Chemistry
Who was awarded Nobel
Prize for the invention of
20 Integrated Circuit? Jack Kilby
Who amongst the Indian
Prime Ministers received the
highest honor of Pakistan,
21 Nishan-e-Pakistan? Morarji Desai
Who started the Moortidevi
22 Award? Bharatiya Jnanpith
Who is the Non-Indian to be
23 awarded with Bharat Ratna? Nelson Mandela
Who is the only Union Home
Minister who received
"Bharat Ratna" while still
24 being in the office? Govind Vallabh Pant
In whose memory was Manav
25 Seva award started? Rajeev Gandhi
Which state government
started National Tansen
26 Samman? Madhya Pradesh
Who was the first
reciepient(s) of Bharat C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli
27 Ratna? Radhakrishnan & C V Raman
In which year was Amartya
Sen rewarded the Nobel
28 Prize? 1998

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Prize is given for
extraordinary contribution in
29 which field? Science
Which is the highest award
30 for sports in India? Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Who was the first economist
to receive the Nobel Prize
31 solely? Paul Samuelson
Who was the first person to
receive Bharat Ratna
32 posthumously? Lal Bahadur Shastri
Who was the recipient of
33 Jnanpith Award in 2011? Prathiba Rai
Who was awarded the Nobel
34 Prize for Peace in 2012? European Union
Who was the first reciepient
35 of Jnanpith award? G Sankara Kurup
Who was the first Indian
36 winner of Miss World? Reita Faria
Which British writer was
awarded Man Booker Prize
twice for his/her works in
37 fiction? Hillary Mantel
Who was awarded C K
Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
38 Award for the year 2013? Kapil Dev

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