SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 General Awareness 12

SSC CGL 2023 General Awareness 12

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A non-SI unit called 'nit' is the unit of which of the following photometric quantities used to measure a multitude of light intensity?

Luminous emittance

Luminosity

Luminous exposure

Luminance

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Select the INCORRECT statement about Gymnosperms.

Gymnosperms are found as woody shrubs, trees or lianas and include no true aquatics and few epiphytes.

Gymnosperms are typically slow in terms of reproduction; up to a year may pass between pollination and fertilisation and seed maturation may require 3 years.

Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants.

Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili and naked seeds, but not flowers.

3 / 25

Diwali falls in which of the following months of the Hindu calendar?

Ashadha

Bhadrapada

Kartika

Jyeshtha

4 / 25

What is the name of the scheme launched in 2022 for the welfare measures of the transgender community and for persons who are engaged in the act of begging?

RISE

SHINE

SMILE

SHRI

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The total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall NOT exceed _______ of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.

twenty five percent

fifteen percent

ten percent

twenty percent

6 / 25

Match the following neighbouring countries of India with their official languages.

Country Official Language

Sri Lanka a. Dzongkha
Bhutan b. Burmese
Myanmar c. Sinhala

1-a, 2-c, 3-b

1-a, 2-b, 3-c

1-b, 2-a, 3-c

1-c, 2-a, 3-b

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GDP deflator=___________

(nominal GDP x Real GDP) x 100

(nominal GDP - Real GDP) x 100

(nominal GDP+ Real GDP) x 100

(nominal GDP/ Real GDP) x 100

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Due to attraction of the sun and the moon, what is the frequency of up and falls down of ocean water in a day?

Two

One

Three

Four

9 / 25

The origin of Directive Principles of State Policy can be traced to which of the following?

Poona Pact

Second Round Table Conference

Karachi Resolution

Gandhi Irwin Pact

10 / 25

The biennial tri-services amphibious exercise, AMPHEX 2023 was conducted in________from 17 to 22 January 2023.

Andhra Pradesh

Odisha

Bihar

Telangana

11 / 25

Industries are classified into _________ categories in the Industrial Policy Resolution.

four

five

three

two

12 / 25

RG Bhandarkar was a popular leader of which reforming society?

Theosophical Society

Arya Samaj

Brahma Samaj

Prarthana Samaj

13 / 25

'We have wings' is associated with which of the following sports events?

Paralympic 2020

Olympic 2016

Olympic 2020

Winter Olympic 2020

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Sports Authority of India, the apex body for sports promotion, was set up in the year ________.

1984

1961

1982

1990

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Select the correct sequence of the musical instruments according to the given sequence of their associated personalities: Ustad Allah Rakha, Totaram Sharma, TH Vinayakam.

Pakhawaj, Tabla, Ghatam

Ghatam, Pakhawaj, Tabla

Tabla, Ghatam, Pakhawaj

Tabla, Pakhawaj, Ghatam

16 / 25

The cultivation of _________was introduced on the Baba Budan Hills in India.

silk

tea

cardamom

coffee

17 / 25

Which of the following is NOT a freshwater lake in India?

Pulicat

Nainital

Loktak

Bhimtal

18 / 25

Thabal Chongba is a folk dance of which Indian state?

Mizoram

West Bengal

Manipur

Goa

19 / 25

_______ was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni in the Buddhism.

Mahapajapati Gotami

Sanghamitta

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

Sujata

20 / 25

Identify an application in which solar cells are NOT used.

Lift system

Radio

Artificial satellites

Space probes

21 / 25

Padmaja Reddy, who was conferred the Padma Shri in 2022, is renowned for which of the following dance forms?

Odissi

Bharatanatyam

Kathak

Kuchipudi

22 / 25

Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?

Veer Kunwar Singh

Bakht Khan

Maulvi Ahmadullah

Azimullah

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Single-celled life forms were discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in _______.

1674

1774

1884

1837

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On 29 July 2021, the Government of India launched Vidya Pravesh, a preschool preparation programme for _______ students, preparing the children for school.

nursery

pre-nursery

kindergarten

class first

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Sisodiya Rajput ruler of Mewar, Amar Singh accepted Mughal services during the reign of _________

Aurangzeb

Babur

Jahangir

Akbar

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