SSC MTS Mock Test (GS PYQ) 30/10/2024 SHIFT-1
Rules:
✔ Correct Answer = +2 Marks
✖ Wrong Answer = -1 Mark
✔ Correct Answer = +2 Marks
✖ Wrong Answer = -1 Mark
Q1. What do you call the body cavity that is lined by mesoderm?
Diploblasts
Coelom
Radial symmetry
Triploblasts
Q2. On 19 July 2023, who was appointed as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard?
VK Singh
K Natarajan
BS Raju
Rakesh Pal
Q3. What is the role of a commercial bank in the economy?
Providing financial services such as accepting deposits, lending money, and facilitating payments
Printing and issuing currency
Setting interest rates for the entire banking system
Regulating the money supply
Q4. The Huttari dance is performed during the harvesting season in:
Telangana
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
Q5. Which Kuchipudi dancer received the National Nritya Shiromani Award 2022?
Jatin Goswami
Anita Sharma
Aparna Satheesan
Anindita Neogy Anaam
Q6. Which pairing of political parties and symbols is INCORRECT?
Bahujan Samaj Party – Elephant
All India Trinamool Congress – Sickle
National People’s Party – Book
Nationalist Congress Party – Clock
Q7. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was associated with:
Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha
Young Bengal Movement
Paramahansa Mandali
Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
Q8. Gangubai Hangal is known for which music field?
Ghazal singing
Sufi music
Rabindra Sangeet
Hindustani classical music
Q9. Large tidal waves caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions are called:
Tsunami
Hurricane
Typhoon
Tornado
Q10. The novel ‘The God of Small Things’ is written by:
Rohinton Mistry
Shashi Tharoor
Fakira
Arundhati Roy
Q11. Most Harappan sites are divided into how many parts?
Four
Two
Eight
Six
Q12. According to Census 2011, which Union Territory had the lowest population?
Lakshadweep
Chandigarh
Puducherry
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q13. In basketball, how many points are awarded for a shot beyond the 6.25-metre line?
Six points
Three points
Two points
Five points
Q14. Kamalapuram tank was built during which empire?
Bidar
Vijayanagara
Chola
Bijapur
Q15. Labour employed but not utilised in production is called:
Disguised unemployment
Educated unemployment
Urban unemployment
Seasonal unemployment
Q16. Which National Waterway is associated with Udyogamandal and Champakkara canals?
NW-25
NW-10
NW-5
NW-3
Q17. In May 2023, who was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner of India?
PK Srivastava
GC Murmu
Suresh N Patel
Amit Khare
Q18. In the Non-Cooperation Movement (1922), peasants set fire to a police station at:
Chauri Chaura
Kakori
Dhaka
Dandi
Q19. Changes in burning one coal chunk and breaking another into pieces are:
Only physical changes (both cases)
Only chemical changes
Only reversible changes
Only physical changes in second case and chemical change in first case
Q20. Study of interactions between organisms and their environment is called:
Geology
Ecology
Chemistry
Biology
Q21. Scissor style and Western Roll are techniques used in:
Long jump
High jump
Pole vault
Triple jump
Q22. Which of the following is NOT a Fundamental Duty?
To uphold sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
To develop scientific temper and humanism
To preserve rich cultural heritage
To uphold and protect secularism
Q23. Which river flows north of the Tropic of Cancer in India?
Yamuna
Tapi
Mahanadi
Penganga
Q24. Mamallapuram Utsav is celebrated in which state?
Uttarakhand
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Q25. Which pair regarding Mauryan provinces is correct?
Uttarapatha (North) – Suvarnagiri
Dakshinapatha (South) – Ujjain
Avantiratha (West) – Taxila
Prachyapatha (East) – Toshali