General Awareness Quiz for SSC - CHSL Exam 2015

1. Which of the following are incorrectly paired?
(A)Sri Krishna Devaraya – Amuktamalyada
(B)Harshavardhana – Nagananda
(C)Kalidasa – Ritusamhara
(D)Visakhadatta – Kiratarjuniyam

2. Who was the first muslim president of the Indian national congress?
(A)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(B)Badruddin Tyabji
(C)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(D)Abul Kalam Azad

3. In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat :
(A)1916
(B)1917
(C)1918
(D)1929

4. Most of the chola temples were dedicated to :
(A)Vishnu
(B)Shiva
(C)Brahma
(D)Durga

5. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called _____
(A)Bali
(B)Vidatha
(C)Varman
(D)Kara

6. ‘Operation Flood’ is associated with ____
(A)Milk production
(B)Wheat production
(C)Flood Control
(D)Water Harvesting

7. Which of the following is not the source of the revenue of central Government?
(A)Income tax
(B)Corporate tax
(C)Agricultural Income tax
(D)Excise duty

8. A fall in demand or rise in supply of a commodity ___
(A)Increases the price of that commodity
(B)Decreases the price of that commodity
(C)Neutralizes the changes in the price
(D)Determines the price elasticity

9. No confidence Motion against the union council of ministers can be initiated _____
(A)In rajya sabha only
(B)In lok sabha only
(C)Both in lok sabha and rajya sabha
(D)Speaker

10. Which one of the following is not the result of underground water action?
(A)Stalactites
(B)Stalagmites
(C)Sinkholes
(D)Fiords

Answer key:

1.D
2.B
3.B
4.B
5.A
6.A
7.C
8.B
9.B
10.D