SSC GD Mock Test (GS PYQ) 10/01/2023 SHIFT- 1,2,3,4
Rules:
✔ Correct Answer = +2 Marks
✖ Wrong Answer = -1 Mark
✔ Correct Answer = +2 Marks
✖ Wrong Answer = -1 Mark
Q1. Jagoi is a major style of which of the following forms of Indian classical dance?
Sattriya
Kathak
Manipuri
Odissi
Q2. Identify a way to reduce the pollution caused due to burning of fossil fuels?
By lowering the temperature of burning
By increasing the efficiency of the combustion process
By increasing the number of carbon molecules
By decreasing the latent heat
Q3. Tapan Kumar Pattanayak won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in which dance form?
Kuchipudi
Chhau
Sattriya
Odissi
Q4. Who was the first Indian to conquer the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 1958 and also the only man to swim the oceans of the five continents in one calendar year in 1966?
Mihir Sen
Ramanathan Krishnan
Ajit Patel
Khashaba Jadhav
Q5. ₹2000 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series has ______ motif on its back.
Rani Ki Vav
Mangalyaan
Sun Temple, Konark
Red Fort
Q6. Who commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi in September 2022?
Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Narendra Modi
Q7. Which latitude line passes through the middle of India influencing the climate of the country?
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Q8. During the reign of which of the following Mauryan kings was the Kalinga War fought?
Bindusara
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Dasaratha
Q9. When was the first complete Census conducted in India?
1882
1880
1887
1881
Q10. Who was appointed as the “State Brand Ambassador” of the Uttarakhand Government in August 2022?
Dinesh Karthik
Rishabh Pant
Akshay Kumar
Rohit Shetty
Q11. The President of India is elected by _________.
Only the Members of State Legislative Assemblies
Only the elected members of both Houses of Parliament
Only the members of the Council of States
The elected members of both Houses of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies
Q12. Which of the following is the thanksgiving festival of Maharashtra where bulls are honoured as they are considered indispensable to farming?
Makar Sankranti
Pola Festival
Gudi Padwa
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Q13. The original text of the Indian Constitution contained ______ articles.
376
395
386
440
Q14. Which of the following was one of the main objectives of the Seventh Five-Year Plan?
Increase in Infrastructure
Increase in production of Food Grains
Elimination of poverty
Improve the standard of living
Q15. Moss and Marchantia belong to which of the following groups?
Algae
Gymnosperms
Pteridophytes
Bryophytes
Q16. Revenue receipts are __________ as they do not lead to a claim on the government.
Capital receipts
Reinforceable
Redeemable
Non-redeemable
Q17. During Emergency, which Fundamental Rights cannot be suspended?
Article 14–15
Article 20–21
Article 18–19
Article 16–17
Q18. In which of the following states is Arabica coffee grown in India?
Assam
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Karnataka
Q19. ________________ falls under the Ministry of Textiles.
Samarth Scheme
Ambedkar Social Innovation & Incubation Mission
MPLADS
Merchandise Export From India Scheme
Q20. Which state won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2017–18?
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Q21. Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in which dance form?
Lavani
Kathakali
Bharatanatyam
Kuchipudi
Q22. Who was the first Indian to be recruited in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in British India?
Satyendranath Tagore
Rahimtulla M. Sayani
Rabindranath Tagore
Surendranath Banerjee
Q23. In badminton, each game consists of how many points?
15
21
11
20
Q24. Who was the first flag bearer for India in the Olympics?
Purma Banerjee
Dhyan Chand
Lal Shah Bokhari
Zafar Iqbal
Q25. ₹50 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series has the base colour of ______.
Chocolate Brown
Stone Grey
Fluorescent Blue
Deep Purple
Q26. Which of the following is a classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh?
Bharatanatyam
Mohiniyattam
Kuchipudi
Manipuri
Q27. Identify a redox reaction.
Combination reaction
Neutralization reaction
Oxidation and reduction occurring simultaneously
Double displacement reaction
Q28. Maha Shivratri is celebrated in honour of Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of ______.
Kartika
Chaitra
Phalguna
Vaishakha
Q29. The plan between the Fifth Five Year Plan and Sixth Five Year Plan is known as ______.
Forward Plan
Equality Plan
Rolling Plan
Integrated Plan
Q30. According to Xuan Zang, the __________ of Nalanda Buddhist monastery asked difficult questions to new entrants.
Chief of monastery
Gatekeeper
Youngest monk
Oldest monk
Q31. As of October 2022, who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI)?
Sitaram Yechury
D. Raja
Indrajit Gupta
Binoy Viswam
Q32. Skill India Mission’s Governing Council is chaired by the ______.
Chief Minister
President
Prime Minister
Home Minister
Q33. The contribution made by each sector of the economy to GDP is called ______.
Structural Composition
Nominal Composition
Real GDP
Real Composition
Q34. In nomadic herding, herdsmen move from place to place with their animals for ______ and ______.
Money and water
Shelter and money
Fodder and water
Shelter and fodder
Q35. Who among the following was elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura in September 2022?
Arun Singh
Miriam Rengma
Radha Mohan Das
Biplab Kumar Deb
Q36. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the “Protection of Life and Personal Liberty”?
Article 19
Article 21
Article 20
Article 22
Q37. Which of the following is NOT a criminal law case?
Murder
Harassment for dowry
Theft
Divorce case
Q38. Which state has the highest female literacy rate in India as per Census 2011?
Mizoram
Kerala
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Q39. In the human body, food passes through a continuous canal which begins at the ______ and ends at the anus.
Stomach
Buccal cavity
Food pipe
Rectum
Q40. Tamil Nadu coast receives a large portion of its rainfall during ______ and ______.
April and May
October and November
May and June
August and September
Q41. In the Indian Constitution, the provision regarding the abolition of untouchability is mentioned in:
Article 14
Article 17
Article 19
Article 32
Q42. What is the colour of the flame when magnesium burns in the presence of oxygen?
Yellow
Red
White
Green
Q43. Which Gupta ruler was called the “Indian Napoleon” because of his military achievements?
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Srigupta
Samudragupta
Q44. E. Krishna Iyer is associated with which form of dance?
Kathak
Odissi
Kuchipudi
Bharatanatyam
Q45. In India, the Population Census is conducted once every:
5 years
12 years
10 years
15 years
Q46. Which of the following countries is NOT a part of the Lusofonia Games?
Portugal
Germany
India
Macau
Q47. Radio broadcasting started in India in 1923 by the:
Radio Club of Bombay
Lions Club of Bombay
Rotary Club of Bombay
Rotaract Club of Bombay
Q48. Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the superintendence, direction, and control of elections?
Article 324
Article 333
Article 356
Article 367
Q49. As of November 2022, who was the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi?
Anil Baijal
Vinai Kumar Saxena
Arvind Kejriwal
Manoj Sinha
Q50. While computing national income, __________ is taken as a factor.
Chemical used
Electricity bill
Export
Road construction
Q51. Which festival marks the menstruation period of Goddess Kamakhya in Assam?
Moatsu
Chapchar Kut
Wangala
Ambubachi Mela
Q52. The __________ industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to televisions.
Fertilizer
Canal irrigation
Electronics
Jute processing
Q53. Which of the following does NOT belong to the Coelenterata phylum?
Sea-pen
Liver fluke
Brain coral
Sea anemone
Q54. __________ launched on 25 June 2015, aims to provide housing for all in urban areas by 2022.
O-SMART Scheme
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)
Global Housing Technology Challenge
Q55. In which city was the Indian Grand Prix-4 held in June 2021?
Ludhiana
Patiala
Amritsar
Jalandhar
Q56. A __________ is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs or controls the flow, often creating a reservoir.
Meander
Dam
Tributary
Moat
Q57. Who won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Bharatanatyam in 2018?
Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
Radha Sridhar
Pasumurthy Ramalinga Sastry
Akham Lakshmi Devi
Q58. Which Union Minister launched the India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-up Challenge in March 2022?
Kaushal Kishore
D. Thara
Manoj Joshi
Hardeep Singh Puri
Q59. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the __________ to reform Hindu society.
Arya Samaj
Adi Hindu Samaj
Vedant Samaj
Adi Dharam Samaj
Q60. According to RBI, the services sector accounted for __________ of India’s GDP in the 1980s.
58.6%
38.6%
18.6%
78.6%
Q61. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India deals with the State Executive?
Articles 134–143
Articles 123–132
Articles 153–167
Articles 145–150
Q62. The ‘Method of Election of the President’ in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from the ______ Constitution.
Irish
South African
German
United States of America
Q63. Mohiniyattam is a solo classical dance form related to which of the following states?
Kerala
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Bihar
Q64. Which Indian-origin Sikh was given the New South Wales Australian of the Year Award 2023?
Navjit Kaur Brar
Amar Singh
Jatinder Singh
Kamaljit Arora
Q65. In India, in which year was the National Food for Work Programme launched?
2005
2000
2004
2003
Q66. Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Pedda Panduga in which state?
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Kerala
Q67. Pick the odd one out (Fiber Crops).
Rubber
Cotton
Hemp
Jute
Q68. The mode of nutrition in which organisms obtain nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called ______ nutrition.
Monotrophic
Saprotrophic
Autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Q69. ‘Mother of Mohiniyattam’ is a docu-fiction based on ______.
Shovana Narayan
Kalamandalam Kallyanikutty Amma
Mahabooob Subhani
Anuradha Pandey
Q70. Budget documents classify total expenditure into ______.
Services and non-goods services
Goods and incomes
Part and whole expenditure
Plan and non-plan expenditure
Q71. Which of the following was the main demand of the Kheda Peasant Movement?
Free irrigation facilities
Plantation system to be dropped
Relaxation of revenue collection
Hybrid seeds to be provided
Q72. During October–November, with the apparent movement of the sun towards the south, the ______ over the northern plains becomes weaker.
Upper level trough
Monsoon trough
Lee trough
Inverted trough
Q73. Techniques of making silk were first invented in China around ______ years ago.
20,000
15,000
7,000
30,000
Q74. Which Union Minister inaugurated the Tech Conclave 2022 in March?
Amit Shah
Smriti Irani
Rajnath Singh
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Q75. Which player was the highest scorer in the final match of the 1983 Cricket World Cup?
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Mohinder Amarnath
Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Q76. Which country hosted the Asian Athletics Championship in 2019?
South Korea
Jordan
Philippines
Qatar
Q77. Limestone is the raw material for which of the following industries?
Plastic industry
Furniture industry
Cement industry
Electronic industry
Q78. Supreme Court of India declared Triple Talaq unconstitutional in ______.
2018
2014
2017
2013
Q79. At the time of independence, about ______ percent of India’s population depended on agriculture.
90
50
100
75
Q80. H₂SO₄ is the chemical formula for ______.
Oil of Vitriol
Green Vitriol
Muriatic Acid
Blue Vitriol