General Awareness Mega Quiz for SSC & Railway

Q1. The term 'Jamming' is associated with which of the following sports?
(a) Boxing
(b) Swimming
(c) Lawn Tennis
(d) Cricket

Q2. The ________ is the longest river in Sri Lanka.

(a) Kelani
(b) Maha
(c) Mahaweli
(d) Kalu

Q3. Which city in Pakistan is called the ‘Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens’?
(a) Peshawar
(b) Multan
(c) Karachi
(d) Lahore

Q4. Jhijhia dance originated in the Indian state of _______.

(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat

Q5. Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel?
(a) Mihir Sen
(b) Sachin Nag
(c) Virdhawal Khade
(d) Sufyun Shaikh

Q6. Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee is associated with which of

the following musical instruments?
(a) Tabla
(b) Sitar
(c) Veena
(d) Flute

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Q7. Dogri language is mainly spoken in which of the following states/union territories?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(c) Mizoram
(d) Tripura

Q8. In which year the administration of India was transferred into the hands of the British
Monarch by the Proclamation of Queen Victoria?
(a) 1887
(b) 1842
(c) 1864
(d) 1858

Q9. The book titled 'Social Harmony' is written by:

(a) Lal Krishna Advani
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Q10. Which of the following Indian rulers was defeated by Mahmud Ghazni in his first attack in the
year 1001 AD?
(a) Anandpal
(b) Chandrapal
(c) Jaya pal
(d) Sukhpal

Q11. The Barabar Caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly belong to which of the
following periods?
(a) Chola Dynasty
(b) Gupta Empire
(c) Maurya Empire
(d) Chera Dynasty

Q12. What is the minimum age requirement to become a Member of the Legislative Assemble?
(a) 32 years
(b) 42 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 25 years

Q13. In which city of India would you find the Swami Vivekananda Airport?
(a) Kanyakumari
(b) Raipur
(c) Ranchi
(d) Durgapur

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Q14. Who among the following has the power to promulgate ordinances under Article 123 of the
Constitution of India?
(a) The President
(b) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(c) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
(d) The Attorney-General

Q15. Bugyals are high altitude meandows and pastures in the Himalayan slopes. In which state
would you find them most?
(a) Assam
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Sikkim
(d) Uttarakhand

Q16. During the reign of which of the following kings did Chinese traveler Xuanzang visit India?
(a) Harsharvardhana
(b) Prabhakara Vardhana
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Ashoka

Q17. Sanjhi Art is associated to which of the following states of India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) West Bengal
(d) Gujarat

Q18. With how many states/Union Territories does Uttar Pradesh share its borders?
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 6

Q19. Who among the following created the Electronic Discrete

Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC) with a memory to hold
both, a stored program as well as data?
(a) Thomas H Flowers
(b) Arthur Samuel
(c) Bletchley Park
(d) John Von Neumann

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Q20. All the four rivers mentioned below are rivers of Kerala. Which of these is the southernmost
river of the state?
(a) Neyyar River
(b) Periyar River
(c) Kuppam River
(d) Chaliyar River

Q21. In economics, IPO stands for ________.

(a) Inclusive Property Offer
(b) Initial Public Offering
(c) Indented Performance Objective
(d) Inventory Performance Output

Q22. The book ‘Delhi is not far’ is written by which of the following authors?
(a) Khuswant Singh
(b) Anita Desai
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Ruskin Bond

Q23. Sri Lanka is situated off the southeast coast of India across the Palk Strait and Gulf of _________.
(a) Kutch
(b) Mannar
(c) Khabhat
(d) Cambay

Q24. ‘Humpy Koneru’ is associated with which of the following sports?

(a) Swimming
(b) Cricket
(c) Badminton
(d) Chess

Q25. The term ‘address’ is associated with which of the following sports?
(a) Cricket
(b) Golf
(c) Swimming
(d) Hockey

Q26. A screen in a software program that permits the user to view several programs at one time is
called a:
(a) Spreadsheet
(b) Word processor
(c) Window
(d) Shareware

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Q27. The first Cotton Mill in India was set up as a spinning mill
in 1854 in __________.
(a) Delhi
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Calcutta

Q28. Who was the first woman to become the governor of an

India state?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(d) Krishna Hutheesing

Q29. Who among the following became the first woman fighter pilot to qualify to undertake
combat missions on a fighter jet?
(a) Mohana Singh
(b) Bhawana Kanth
(c) Ujjwala Raut
(d) Anupama Banerjee

Q30. For economists, ___________ refers to the amount of a product or service that people are both
willing and able to buy.
(a) Demand
(b) Supply
(c) Price
(d) Income

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