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

Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination 2021 Tier I
General Awareness
24/05/2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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1. In which year was the National Biodiversity Authority, a statutory autonomous body, established under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India?

2006

2000

2003

2010

2. Who won the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 in Para Shooting discipline?

Avani Lekhara

Manu Bhaker

Gagan Narang

Apurvi Chandela

3. Who among the following won the Tansen Samman 2020?

Manju Mehta

Dalchan Sharma

Ulhas Kashalkar

Satish Vyas

4. The term 'checkmate' is used in which of the following sports?

Hockey

Chess

Cricket

Badminton

5. Who among the following received the Sahitya Akademi Award (Non-fiction) for his book ‘An Era of Darkness’ in 2019?

Shashi Tharoor

Cyrus Mistry

Jerry Pinto

Arun Shourie

6. Shambhu Maharaj was Awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to which of the following dances in India?

Kathak

Bharatanatyam

Kuchipudi

Manipuri

7. नि म्नलि खि त में से कौ न सा रैकेट से खेला जा ने वा ला खेल है?

बेसबॉ ल

वॉ ली बॉ ल

क्रि केट

स्क्वैश

8. On 21st January 2022, three states observed their 50th Statehood Day, which of the following is NOT one amongst these three?

Meghalaya

Nagaland

Tripura

Manipur

9. In optics, the refractive index of a substance is described by the formula n = c/v, where c is:

the speed of light in medium

the centre of curvature

the radius of the sphere

the speed of light in vacuum

10. Which of the following fields is not offered by Kalidas Samman?

Classical music

Classical dance

Puppetry

Plastic arts

11. Which is the largest continental shelf in the world?

The shelf of India

The Indian Ocean shelf

The shelf in the Pacific Ocean

The Siberian shelf in the Arctic Ocean

12. For a NBFC- MFI, the maximum variance permitted for individual loans between the minimum and maximum interest rate____________.

cannot exceed 4 per cent

cannot exceed 2 per cent

cannot be less than 2 per cent

cannot be less than 4 per cent

13. Who among the following was the first woman classical dancer in independent India to be nominated as a member to the Rajya Sabha?

Vidyagauri Adkar

Niveditha Arjun

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma

14. Which French chemist summarised his experiment in 1806, and proved that the mass ratio of elements in a chemical compound is always the same, regardless of the source of the compound?

Joseph Proust

Robert Boyle

Jacob Berzelius

John Dalton

15. Who among the following is credited with single-handedly making the Santoor a popular classical instrument?

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Bhajan Sopori

Rahul Sharma

Ulhas Bapat

16. “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them”. This has been incorporated in:

Article 19

Article 23

Article 15

Article 14

17. EM Subramaniam was an exponent of the ________, a musical instrument.

mandolin

guitar

ghatam

pakhawaj

18. Pandit Ravi Shankar, a music legend is famous for which of the following styles of music?

Hindustani classical instrumental

Hindustani classical vocal

Carnatic classical vocal

Carnatic classical instrumental

19. Which of the following is a limestone cave in India?

Undavalli Caves

Varaha Cave

Borra Caves

Bhimbetka Caves

20. Which of the following dancers of Mohiniyattam form of Indian classical dance was given the Devadasi National Award in 2013?

Smitha Rajan

Jayaprabha Menon

Sunanda Nair

Gopika Verma

21. नि म्नलि खि त में से कौ न सा संस्मरण हिं दी फि ल्मों के प्रसि द्ध क्ला सि क भा रती य अभि नेता देव आनंद द्वा रा लि खा गया था ?

रो मां सिं ग वि द ला इफ

दी सब्सटां स एंड दी शैडो

ऑटो बा यो ग्रा फी ऑफ़ एन एक्टर

क्रैकिं ग द को ड: मा ई जर्नी इन बॉ ली वुड

22. Find the correct chemical formula of nitromethane.

$CH_3NO$

$CH_3NO_2$

$CH_4NO_2$

$CH_3NO_3$

23. Among the following famous personalities, whose autobiography is ‘The Road Ahead’?

Elon Musk

Bill Gates

Jeff Bezos

Cristiano Ronaldo

24. Which of the following is a type of bryophyte that lives in many environments and is characterised by its small, flattened leaves, root-like rhizoids, and peristome?

Funaria

Ulothrix

Cladophora

Ulva

25. Which of the following ministries was held by Dharmendra Pradhan before he became Cabinet Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in July 2021?

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Sports

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel

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