Introduction
Staff Selection Commission conducts SSC CHSL Recruitment drive to recruit candidates for the posts of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants (PA/SA), Data Entry Operator (DEO), Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC) and Court Clerk in various departments and ministries of the government of India. SSC CHSL General Awareness Quiz Day 2 lists some of the important question types that would enable the candidates to practice the learned material and to ensure the candidate understands the pattern of the exam and the expected questions that would appear in the actual test. SSC CHSL General Awareness Quiz Day 2 is very useful to score maximum marks in general awareness sections of several competetive exams.
Quiz
Q1. For economists, ________ refers to the amount of a product or service that people are both willing andable to buy.
Answer: Demand
Q2. As per the Census of 2011 which district of India is the most populous?
Answer: Thane, Maharashtra
Q3. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903?
Answer: Marie Curie
Q4. When is World Hypertension Day celebrated?
Answer: 17th May
Q5. Which of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a role in blood clotting, bone metabolism and regulating blood calcium levels
Answer: Vitamin K
Q6. Which article of the Constitution of India provisions for reservations of seats for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the House of People?
Answer: Article 330
Q7. Who among the following designed the famous structure the Gateway of India?
Answer: George Wittet
Q8. ________ is the smallest unit of data in a computer.
Answer: Bit
Q9. The term 'Jamming' is associated with which of the following sports?
Answer: Lawn Tennis
Q10. ________ created history and became the first Indian medalist at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris when she won a bronze medal in women's the long jump (6.70 m)
Answer: Anju Bobby George
Q1. The ________ is the longest river in Sri Lanka.
Answer: Mahaweli
Q2. Which city in Pakistan is called the ‘Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens’?
Answer: Lahore
Q3. Jhijhia dance originated in the Indian state of ________.
Answer: Bihar
Q4. Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel?
Answer: Mihir Sen
Q5. Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
Answer: Sitar
Q6. As of April 2019, who is the Chairman of the joint working group of IRDA and NHA, formed to curb fraud in the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)?
Answer: Dinesh Arora
Q7. The first defence minister of independent India was:
Answer: Baldev Singh
Q8. Dogri language is mainly spoken in which of the following states/union territories?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
Q9. In computing, ________ is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules
Answer: Firewall
Q10. In which year the administration of India was transferred into the hands of the British Monarch
by the Proclamation of Queen Victoria?
Answer: 1858
Q1. As of June 2019, __________ in Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest temperature, at 46.6°C, in the world.
Answer: Khargone
Q2. Aapka bhala, sabki bhalai' is the tag line of ______ bank.
Answer: Bandhan Bank
Q3. Who among the following invented the World Wide Web (www) in 1989?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Q4. The book titled 'Social Harmony' is written by:
Answer: Narendra Modi
Q5. The thin layer of living cells just inside the bark of a tree is called ___________.
Answer: Cambium
Q6. Japan’s second highest national award called ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star’ was conferred on _______ in 2019
Answer: Shyam Saran
Q7. Which of the following Indian rulers was defeated by Mahmud Ghazni in his first attack in the year 1001 AD?
Answer: Jaipal
Q8. What is the solid crust or the hard top layer of the earth called?
Answer: Lithosphere
Q9. The SI unit of radioactivity is ____________.
Answer: Becquerel
Q10. In 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new commercial arm called NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in the city of ________.
Answer: Bengaluru
Q1. Tears in the eyes are produced by which of the following glands?
Answer: Lacrimal gland
Q2. Who among the following is the longest serving President of India?
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
Q3. A savings fund in which both, the employer and the employee contribute regularly in the interest of the employee is known as:
Answer: Provident Fund
Q4. According to Randsatnd Employer Brand Research 2019 Report, which of the following has been rated as India's most attractive employer brand?
Answer: Amazon India
Q5. Who is the writer of the Book "The end of Imagination"
Answer: Arundhati Roy
Q6. Matheran Hill Station situated in :
Answer: Maharashtra
Q7. Ramnath Kovind is ______ President of India.
Answer: 14th
Q8. Which of the following articles of Indian Constitution provides for the appointment of a Finanace Commission?
Answer: Article 280
Q9. Ultrasonic sounds are the sounds which have frequencies?
Answer: Higher than 20 kHz
Q10. The book 'Target 3 Billion' is written by ______.
Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Q1. Which of the following is a landlocked country?
Answer: Mongolia
Q2. The lens-type commonly used for correcting presbyopia is ______.
Answer: bifocal lens
Q3. National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP) aims to achieve country wide elimination of Hepatitis C by ______.
Answer: 2030
Q4. The famous Kandariya temple is located at:
Answer: Khajurao
Q5. _______ is one of the liquids commonly used in liquid-in-glass thermometers.
Answer: Alcohol
Q6. The IAAF Male Athlete of the Year Award has been won by Usain Bolt ______ time(s).
Answer: six
Q7. Which of the following regions has earned Geographical Indication for its oranges?
Answer: Coorg
Q8. On any issue pertaining to the disqualification of any member of Lok Sabha under 10th Schedule of Indian constitution, the final decision is taken by ______.
Answer: Speaker, Lok Sabha
Q9. As per the Census 2011, which of the following states/union territories claimed second rank in terms of literacy rate?
Answer: Lakshdweep
Q10. In 19th century, the Satnami movement in central India was founded by ______.
Answer: Guru Ghasidas
Q1. Which of the following cities hosted an international summit which adopted a declaration on digital health?
Answer: Delhi
Q2. Badhti ka naam zindagi' is the tagline of which of the following banks?
Answer: Axis
Q3. The book titled 'Every Vote Counts - The Story of India’s Elections’ was written by ______.
Answer: Navin Chawla
Q4. In the context of agriculture, the term 'barani' refers to ______.
Answer: Rainfed farming
Q5. Which of the following cities has recently included Hindi as third official court language?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
Q6. Which of the following cities hosted the Special Olympics World Games 2019?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
Q7. Pradeep Kumar Banerjee, who bagged the ESPN Multi-Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement, is related to ______.
Answer: Football
Q8. In the domain names, the expression .au stands for ______.
Answer:
Q9. _____ is the only active volcano in South Asia
Answer: Barren Island
Q10. The High Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of wheat were first developed in ______.
Answer: Mexico
Q1. The 2019 Abel Prize has been awarded to ______.
Answer: Karen Uhlenbeck
Q2. Which of the following fuels has calorific value equal to petrol?
Answer: Kerosene
Q3. In which of the following organs of human body are carbohydrates stored as glycogen?
Answer: Liver
Q4. With which of the following sports is Anjum Moudgil associated?
Answer: Shooting
Q5. The Channel Tunnel is the name of an undersea tunnel connecting.
Answer: France and England
Q6. Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains the format of oaths to be taken by different constitutional functionaries?
Answer: 3rd Schedule
Q7. In the context of the Internet, which of the followings is NOT a protocol?
Answer: PPT
Q8. The Election Commission of India recently launched a mobile app for enabling citizens to report Model Code of Conduct and Expenditure violations during the elections. The app has been named as.
Answer: cVigil
Q9. Under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme, _______ is being promoted as an alternative transport fuel.
Answer: Compressed biogas
Q10. Who among the following is also known as the founder of macroeconomics as a separate discipline?
Answer: John Maynard Keynes
Q1. Which of the following is NOT a valve of the Heart?
Answer: Septum
Q2. The Mughal emperor _______ adopted the title of Alamgir
Answer: Aurangzeb
Q3. Who among the following co-authored the book 'Indian Fiscal Federalism' along with YV Reddy?
Answer: GR Reddy
Q4. Which of the following rivers is NOT a part of the Ganga River System?
Answer: Dhansari
Q5. The famous Khajurao Group of Monuments was constructed by the ______.
Answer: Chandelas
Q6. The Strait of ______ connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
Answer: Gibraltar
Q7. As per the Table of Precedence, who among the following enjoys the highest ceremonial protocol?
Answer: Cabinet Ministers of the Union
Q8. Sudirman Cup, a bienniel event, is associated with:
Answer: Badminton
Q9. Which of the following organisations publishes an annual report titled Global Competitiveness Index?
Answer: World Economic Forum
Q10. In the context of computers and communication technology, 1 megabyte is equal to ______.
Answer: 1024 kilobytes
Q1. Who among the following leaders was NOT a founding member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army?
Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
Q2. Who among the following Indian female wrestlers won a gold medal in the 59-kg weight category at the 2019 Dan Kovlov - Nikola Petrov tournament?
Answer: Pooja Dhanda
Q3. Who among the following was included in Facebook 'Hall of Fame 2019' for detetcing a Whatapp Bug that violated privacy of a user?
Answer: Zonel Sougaijam
Q4. Who was sworn in as the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on 30th May 2019?
Answer: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Q5. In the context of the banking system in India, what does IFSC stand for?
Answer: Indian Financial System Code
Q6. Which country has become the second country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency?
Answer: Ireland
Q7. Hypokalaemia is caused by the deficiency of ________.
Answer: Potassium
Q8. Which one of the following lakes and their locations is INCORRECTLY matched?
Answer: Chilika-Andhra Pradesh
Q9. In the context of the Internet, what is the full form of MAN?
Answer: Metropolitan Area Network
Q10. Who among the following was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Israel April 2019?
Answer: Benjamin Netanyahu
Q1. In the cabinet of the 17th Lok Sabha, who has been appointed as the Finance Minister?
Answer: Nirmala Sitharaman
Q2. In May 2019, the kilogram was redefined for the first time in 130 years. It will now be redefined by a fundamental property of nature known as:
Answer: Planck's Constant
Q3. Rovers Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
Answer: Football
Q4. Which one of the following is NOT a tributary of river Kaveri?
Answer: Vaigai
Q5. According to which Article of the Constitution of India shall the council of ministers be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha?
Answer: Article 75
Q6. The Salal Project is constructed on the river:
Answer: Chenab
Q7. Which of the following is a western flowing river?
Answer: Sabarmati
Q8. The head quarter of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is located in _______.
Answer: Zurich
Q9. Which of the following dances is in UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List?
Answer: Chhau
Q10. Who was the founder of Bahujan Samaj Party?
Answer: Kanshi Ram
Q1. Which of the following texts gives a detailed account of the kings of Kashmir?
Answer: Rajatarangini
Q2. The Samkhaya School of Philosophy was founded by ________.
Answer: Kapila
Q3. The headquarters of computer technology giant, Intel is in ____________.
Answer: California
Q4. Which of the following is an example of
Answer: Grassland
Q5. Pullela Gopichand is the chief national coach of the Indian ________ team as of June 2019.
Answer: Badminton
Q6. The famous Civil Rights activist Iromn Chanu Sharmila belongs to which of the following states of India?
Answer: Manipur
Q7. Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports is located in ______.
Answer: Patiala
Q8. Which of the following hormones is known to be helpful in coping with stress?
Answer: Serotonin
Q9. With reference to the banking system of India, what does NEFT stand for?
Answer: National Electronic Funds Transfer
Q10. Daringbadi hill station is located in ______.
Answer: Odisha
Q1. Which of the following is NOT a type of loan available under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana?
Answer: Purush
Q2. Which of the following is an igneous rock?
Answer: Granite
Q3. Which of the following is NOT a classical language of India?
Answer: Pali
Q4. Who became the acting prime minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964?
Answer: Gulzarilal Nanda
Q5. Who is the author of the book 'The Idea of India'?
Answer: Sunil Khilnani
Q6. The 1982 Asian Games were hosted by ______.
Answer: India
Q7. In the context of the Internet, what does IP stand for?
Answer: Internet Protocol
Q8. Who among the following discovered the circulation of blood?
Answer: William Harvey
Q9. In 1974, the first nuclear test of Pokhran was code named as:
Answer: Smiling Buddha
Q10. Which of the following trains entered its 90th year of service on 1st June 2019?
Answer: Deccan Queen
Q1. As of May 2019, who is the CEO of Google?
Answer: Sundar Pichai
Q2. Silappadikaram' is a Tamil epic that was written by ___.
Answer: Ilango Adigal
Q3. DhanuYatra' is an annual open air theatrical performance celebrated in ______.
Answer: Odisha
Q4. Which of the following rivers is a left bank tributary of Ganga?
Answer: Gandak
Q5. India successfully test-fired 'Nirbhay' in April 2019. It is a/an ______.
Answer: Sub-sonic missile