GENERAL AWARENESS | SSC CHSL 2021 TIER I QUESTION PAPER | 24 MAY 2021 MORNING SHIFT

Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination 2021 Tier I
General Awareness
24/05/2022 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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1. Which of the following dances is dedicated to temples and was earlier known as Sadir?

Bharatanatyam

Kathakali

Kathak

Manipuri

2. Which level of the food chain includes millipede, springtails, woodlice, dung flies and slugs that feed on the dead or decaying plants or animals?

Carnivores

Detritivores

Omnivores

Herbivores

3. Which of the following metals having atomic number 3 is a soft, silvery metal with very low density that reacts vigorously with water and corrodes quickly in air?

Potassium

Sodium

Lithium

Rubidium

4. The Article of the Indian Constitution that deals with all the executive powers of the Governor is ________.

Article 150

Article 157

Article 154

Article 156

5. Which water body covers an area of 1,55,58,000 km2 and makes up only 4.3% of the global ocean?

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Indian Ocean

6. In May 2021, in the MR Vijayabhaskar vs ___________ case the Supreme Court observed that freedom of speech and expression also extends to reporting the proceedings that happen in courts, including oral observations made by judges.

Comptroller and Auditor General

Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission

Chief Election Commissioner

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

7. In February 2022, who was appointed as director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)?

Professor Hrushikesh Senapaty

Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani

Professor MC Sharma

Professor J S Rajput

8. The Nooran Sisters are renowned for which of the following genres of Indian Music?

Qawwali

Sufi

Ghazals

Hindustani Classical

9. Muriatic acid is another name of which compound used in the production of chlorides, fertilisers, and dyes, in electroplating, and in the photographic, textile and rubber industries?

Perchloric Acid

Sulfuric acid

Hydrochloric acid

Nitric acid

10. Who among the following Indian Players wrote the Autobiography named ‘Playing to Win’?

Sania Mirza

P V Sindhu

Saina Nehwal

Karnam Malleshwari

11. Yog Sunder Desai, a pioneer who ventured into the world of Indian Dance in the preindependence era, was born on July 16, 1921 in __________.

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

12. ____________ along with his wife, herself a dancer, and their son built Srjan in 1993.

Pankaj Charan Das

Kelucharan Mohapatra

Raghunath Dutta

Deba Prasad Das

13. What happens when an acid or a base is mixed with water?

Decrease in the concentration of ions ($H_2O+/OH–$) per unit volume

Decrease in the concentration of ions ($H_3O+/OH–$) per litre volume

increase in the concentration of ions ($H_3O+/OH–$) per unit volume

Decrease in the concentration of ions ($H_3O+/OH–$) per unit volume

14. As per CBI submission in Supreme Court in November 2021, eight Indian states have withdrawn their ‘general consent’ to the CBI for conducting investigations in their territory. Which of the following states is NOT one of them?

Kerala

Mizoram

Jharkhand

Karnataka

15. Narthaki Nataraj, _________, becomes the first trans person to receive Padma Shri.

Kathak dancer

Odissi dancer

Manipuri dancer

Bharatanatyam dancer

16. Which of the following may be called as fiscal deficit?

Revenue expenditure − Revenue receipts

Capital expenditure – Capital receipts

Total expenditure – Total receipts other than borrowings

Revenue expenditure + Capital expenditure − Revenue receipts

17. Who is the author of the controversial novel ‘Lajja’?

Arundhati Roy

Taslima Nasrin

Shobhaa De

Kiran Bedi

18. A card of which colour is used to warn a player in Football?

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow

19. Who among the following is the recipient of top four civilian awards namely, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna?

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Ustad Bismillah Khan

Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

20. ‘Train to Pakistan’ was written by ___________, who also served as member of Rajya Sabha.

Mulk Raj Anand

Anita Desai

Khushwant Singh

Vikram Seth

21. What is the dimension of the Hockey field?

91.4 × 55 m

100 × 55 m

90 × 50 m

100.3 × 50 m

22. Which vegetable contains a chemical called anthocyanin that turns pink/reddish in the presence of acid, turns purple when neutral and turns blue or green when mixed with alkaline substances?

Pomegranate

Red leaf lettuce

Radish

Red cabbage

23. Which of the following Hindustani vocalists from Allahabad, along with her famed contemporary Gauhar Jaan, had the privilege of performing for Emperor George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911?

Shobha Abhyankar

Annupamaa

Allah Jilai Bai

Janki Bai

24. Mame Khan is an Indian playback and folk singer from ________.

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Kerala

Andhra Pradesh

25. In which state of India is the Seshachalam biosphere reserve located?

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Kerala

Andhra Pradesh

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