Set 4 – 5000 GK Questions for SSC CGL 2024

S.

NO.

QUESTIONS

ANSWERS

774.

The Maximum strength of the Bangladeshi Parliament is

350

775.

Name the women of Indian Origin who was appointed chief executive officer of “Pepsico” in the year 2006?

Indra Nooyi

776.

In India, the Project Tiger was started in

1973

777.

Who is the author of the book ‘India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time’ ?

Shashi Tharoor

778.

Who was awarded the Rabindranath Tagore literary prize 2023 for the book ‘Salt &Pepper: Selected Poems?

Sukrita Paul Kumar

779.

Which of the following is the national bird of China?

Red crowned crane

780.

In which part of the female flower does fertilization takes place?

Ovary

781.

Who among the following was the last Nawab of Awadh?

Wajid Ali Shah

782.

Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of which Mughal ruler?

Jahangir

783.

Which scientist discovered the penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

784.

Flying Officer     of the Indian Air Force created history by becoming the 1st Indian woman to fly her first solo

fighter flight in a Russian made MiG-21 fighter.

Avani Chaturvedi

785.

Study of the micro anatomy of cells, tissues and organs as seen through a microscope is called

Histology

786.

What was the historical name of the city of Guwahati?

Pragjyotishpur

787.

Which of the following Indians was one of the founders of Dartington Hall School in Japan?

Rabindranath Tagore

788.

Which Government has launched the ‘Lose to Win’ program to assist overweight employees shed extra kilos and adopt a Healthy lifestyle.

UAE

789.

         gases trap heat in the atmosphere which makes the earth warmer, causing global warming.

Greenhouse

790.

The festivals of ‘Marabats’ and ‘Badgayas’ are celebrated in directly confronts social evils and criticize their perpetrators through a procession with

effigies.

Nagpur

791.

Which is the most popular state according to the 2011 census?

Uttar Pradesh

792.

The term ‘cherry-picking’ is used in which sports?

Basketball

793.

The term   is prefixed to scientific terms to describe something that is constant —

Iso

794.

Safdarjung’s tomb set in the middle of a garden was built by Nawab Shuja Ud Daula in

Delhi

795.

The term ‘Putt’ is used in the sport

Golf

796.

The constitution of India was amended for the first time in which year?

1951

797.

Who was the founder of the Chalukya Dynasty?

Pulakeshin I

798.

How many sessions of the Lok Sabha are normally held in a year?

3

799.

          codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deducedthat the absolute zero of temperature is – 273.15° C. she was honouredfor this with the naming of the Kelvin temperature scale.

William Thomson

800.

Which of the following elements is a metalloid?

Silicon

801.

Which of the following passes is known as the Gateway connecting Jammu and Srinagar?

Banihal pass

802.

When was the ‘Battle of Tukaroi’ fought?

1575

803.

Which of the following Indian authors is one of the four screenplay writers of the movie ‘Kai Po Che’?

Chetan Bhagat

804.

Baglihar dam is constructed on which river —

Chenab

805.

Name the ISRO Chairman and Padma Bhushan Awardee who created and unleashed a historical moment when Mars Orbiter became the first Indian

spacecraft to enter Martian orbit in a maiden attempt.

K Radhakrishnan

806.

Who  was   the  longest          serving     prime          minister     of Bangladesh?

Sheikh Hasina

807.

In which of the following state is the ‘Lusei’ dialect spoken?

Mizoram

808.

An adult human body has bones

206

809.

In December 2018, Havelock Island was renamed as what?

Swaraj Dweep

810.

Which pass connects Tawang with Lhasa?

Bum La pass

811.

The summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere occurs on?

21st June

812.

The leader of the Bhakti movement focusing on Lord Rama was

Ramananda

813.

Shifting cultivation is also known as                                                      in                                                      northeast India

Jhum

814.

What is the capital of Tazakhstan?

Dushanbe

815.

Which edition of India Indonesia coordinated Patrol ‘IND- INDO CORPAT) was held at Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

33rd

816.

Which hormone leads to the expulsion of milk from the breast during suckling?

Prolactin

817.

In which year did Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut?

1498

818.

Electron was discovered in the year 1897 by                                                        

JJ Thomson

819.

Which article of the Constitution of India provides that each Indian state will have a Governor?

Article 153

820.

Which of the following is not one of the monarchial states that existed in the 7th and early 6th century BC in India?

Vaishali

821.

Article of the Constitution of India gives the election commission the power to supervise election to the Parliament and state legislature.

324

822.

Who is the author of the book ‘Rajatarangini’?

Kalhana

823.

Who is the author of the book ‘Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings’?

Aung San Suu Kyi

824.

Of which Indian state is ‘Gamocha’ a cultural symbol?

Assam

825.

Which is the highest mountain peak in Maharashtra?

Kalsubai Shikar

826.

Pierre Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics with his wife Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel for their discoveries related to

Radioactivity

827.

Tipu Sultan and British East India company signed the Treaty of Mangalore in which year?

1784

828.

Who is the 1st Indian national to win the ‘Sri Lanka Ratna’ award?

Narasimham Ram

829.

What is the Projection Growth by RBI for India in FY22- 23?

7.8%

830.

Law of octaves says that if the chemical elements are arranged according to increasing atomic weight, those with similar physical and chemical properties

occur after each interval of elements.

7

831.

‘Mithun’ a cattle breed is found in

Arunachal Pradesh

832.

Dolly, the first cloned living being created at Roslin institute in Scotland was a

Sheep

833.

Which of the following is an aldehyde?

Propanal

834.

Who discovered the first vaccine for smallpox?

Edward Jenner

835.

The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located in

Kanyakumari

836.

Who was the fifth of the ten Sikh gurus?

Guru Arjun Dev

837.

Foreigner who has been conferred the second highest civilian award in India, Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service in 2023?

Shri                      Srinivas Varadhan (USA)

838.

Wind turbines convert                                           energy                                       into                                           mechanical power.

Kinetic

839.

Name the pass in Uttarakhand which is used by pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

Lipu Lekh

840.

Who was the first Chinese to receive the Nobel Prize for literature?

Mo Yan

841.

Who among the following wrote the book ‘A history of the sikhs

Khushwant Singh

842.

Who among the following was the first Indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer prize? —

Gobind Behari Lal

843.

The Parliament of India consists of —

President, houses of the people and Council of States

844.

How many members are present in the Sri Lankan parliament?

225

845.

Who invented the atomic battery in 1912?

Henry Moseley

846.

Who founded the Sayyid dynasty?

Khizr Khan

847.

In March 2019, Indian- American Television personality and food expert was appointed by the United Nations Development Programme as its new goodwill ambassador —

Padma Lakshmi

848.

          was named for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s person of the year for 2023?

Dia Mirza

849.

Scientific  study of     plant Pollen,       spores & certain microscopic planktonic organism is called —

Palynology

850.

An economic condition when there is one buyer and many sellers is called —

Monopsony

851.

What is marble cancer?

Corrosion of marble due to acid rain

852.

Justice     , who retired from the Supreme Court of India on 6 july 2018, has been appointed as the new

chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.

Adarsh Kumar Goel

853.

The ‘Tanakh’ is the sacred text of which religion?

Judaism

854.

The Malimath Committee report deals with —

Criminal                        justice System reforms

855.

Fertile riverine Alluvial soil is best suited for producing

—

Rice

856.

Sundari, a well known species of trees is found in —

Mangrove forest

857.

The  Victoria    Memorial, conceived by                 Lord Curzon, represent the architectural climax of  

         city

Kolkata

858.

Tsunami is caused by

Underwater volcanic activity

859.

The easternmost point of India is

Kibithu

860.

Which       Indian      author                 wrote       the                 book ‘The English Teacher’?

R.K Narayan

861.

Who was the slave of Muhammad Ghori and became the ruler after the death of his master and founded the slave dynasty?

Qutubuddin Aibak

862.

The Aligarh movement was started by

Syed Ahmed Khan

863.

The Indian passport was ranked in the ‘Global passport index report 2023′.

80th

864.

What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

Asthana

865.

The power to summon the houses of the Parliament is vested with the?

President

866.

What is the capital of Indonesia?

Nusantara

867.

          has been established as the annual ‘International Day of Happiness’

20th March

868.

Where is the National War Memorial of India located?

New Delhi

869.

Who is the President of BCCI as of January 2024?

Sourav Ganguly

870.

          married Mehrunisa whom he gave the title of Nur Jahan.

Jahangir

871.

The  Sahyadari mountains run   from                                   to Kanyakumari, the southernmost part of India

Gujarat

872.

Who authored ‘A century is not Enough’?

Sourav Ganguly

873.

Which article of the Constitution deals with Uniform Civil Code?

Article 44

874.

World       Day is observed on 22nd March every year?

Water

875.

Which of the following biosphere reserve was the first to be established by government of India?

Nilgiri Biosphere

876.

Mother Teresa the founder of Missionaries of Charity was born on —

26th August 1910

877.

Which is the unit of measuring intensity of sound?

Decibels

878.

Which of the following is a vestigial organ?

Appendix

879.

Blue Litmus Paper turns       on contact with an acidic solution

Red

880.

Asian games, also known as Asiad is held every                                                       years

4

881.

The first Anglo Burmese war ended with the signing of the —

Treaty of Yandabo

882.

The term ‘Blood Moon’ is used to refer to —

Lunar eclipse

883.

Which of the following is the largest container port of India?

Jawaharlal                         Nehru port, Mumbai

884.

Bhavai is a traditional dance form of —

Gujarat

885.

Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?

EMS Namboodiripad

886.

In which year was the battle of saragarhi fought?

1897

887.

About 70% of the sun is made up of —

Hydrogen

888.

What is the name given to the graph that shows all the combinations of two commodities that a consumer can afford at the given market prices and within the particular income level in economic terms?

Budget line

889.

What is India’s rank in 2019 World Happiness Report?

126th

890.

Daringbadi hill station is located in Indian state of

Odisha

891.

Who was the last ruler of the Vaghela dynasty of Gujarat after whose defeate the kingdom was passed to Alauddin

Khilji?

Karandev

892.

The process of changing from liquid to gas is called —

Vaporization

893.

The phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection was coined by —

Herbert Spencer

894.

Which of the following acid is present in ant bites?

Formic acid

895.

What is the definition for the term ‘hibernation’?

A state of reduced metabolic activity during winter season

amongsome animals

896.

Which was the wettest place in India in 2021 as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD)?

Mahabaleshwar

897.

What is the capital of Finland?

Helsinki

898.

Which state of India was ruled by the Ahom dynasty?

Assam

899.

The ‘Diphu Pass’ which is the tri junction between India, Myanmar and China is on which border line?

Macmohan line

900.

The sepoy mutiny in India started from —

Meerut

901.

Which of the following destroys the ozone layer? —

Chlorine

902.

Name the smallest district in India —

Mahe

903.

During World War II, the battle of Kohima and Imphal were fought in the year —

1944

904.

When the output is equal to zero, the variable cost is —

Zero

905.

Which  Queen   died   fighting             Mughal Armies             while defending the Garha Katanga in 1564?

Rani Durgavati

906.

The idea of residual powers in Indian constitution has been taken from —

Canada

907.

Who  is  the  director  of          Bhabha               Atomic          Research Centre?

Ajit Kumar Mohanty

908.

Who     founded     &     named     the       science       of electromagnetism?

Andre Marie Ampere

909.

Which of the following was a port city of the Indus valley civilization?

Lothal

910.

The Khilafat movement of 1920 was organized as a protest against the injustice done to —

Turkey

911.

Burma become independent sovereign Republic in the year —

1948

912.

‘Vijay Hazare’ was a famous Indian player associated

with—

Cricket

913.

Superstats, a new platform to analyse the game of Cricket, comprises of three metrics. —

Luck    index,           Smart stats, Forecaster

914.

Who died in 1605, nearly 50 years after his ascension To The Throne? He was buried outside of Agra at Sikandra.

Akbar

915.

The phrase ‘Bend your back’ is used in which sport? —

Cricket

916.

Opium      Wars were fought         between         the         British and

China

917.

What   is   deposited   on   Iron            in  the              process            of galvanization?

Zinc

918.

Who was the first female chief justice of a state High Court in India?

Leila Seth

919.

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

Measles

920.

Who is the Chief Minister of Goa —

Pramod Sawant

921.

What would happen to the demand curve when there is an increase in the price of substitute products?

Outward shift

922.

Who among the following was given the title ‘Quaid-i- Azam’?

Muhammad                          Ali Jinnah

923.

In which part of the Indian Constitution are Centre- state relations mentioned?

Part XI

924.

Which of the following elements is an actinide?

Curium

925.

Who was the   first  Russian             Prime   Minister to  visit independent India?

Nikolai Bulganin

926.

What is the GDP Projection Growth by Moody’s for FY22-23?

6.7%

927.

Who decides on the issue related to the disqualification of a member of Lok Sabha under 10th schedule?

Speaker

928.

Who is the fastest Asian to cycle around the globe in?

Vedangi Kulkarni

929.

Nitrous oxide is the chemical name of —

Laughing gas

930.

Mitra Mela was a Revolutionary organisation founded by Veer Savarkar in the year —

1900

931.

Which of the following is called the ‘Grand Canyon of India’?

Great              Canyon            of Gandikota

932.

Adal Tinkering Labs is an initiative by which institutions?

NITI Aayog

933.

Who is the founder of Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg

934.

The invasion of Timur in     marked the end of Tughlaq Empire?

1398 AD

935.

What effect will a decrease in demand and increase in supply will have on equilibrium price?

Equilibrium price will fall

936.

During the Sao Joao festivities, Goans present                                                   to each other.

Fruits

937.

Which Indian Archer won the gold medal in the women’s recurve event at the 2018 Hyundai archery World Cup?

Deepika Kumari

938.

Which of the following Indian filmmakers was given the title of ‘Ambassador of Interlaken’ in 2011 at Switzerland?

Yash Chopra

939.

Where is the Bandipur National Park located?

Karnataka

940.

The only gold medal for India was won by at                                                         38th GeeBee boxing tournament held at Finland.

Kavinder Singh Bisht

941.

Which human body part can be well called the ‘chemical factory’ of our body?

Liver

942.

          dance, performed by Buddhist to ward off evil spirits, is dance form of Himachal Pradesh

Chham

943.

In which year did the Indian Premier League started?

2008

944.

The East India company sent captain William Hawkins to the court of Emperor  in 1608 to seek permission to open a factory at Surat.

Jahangir

945.

Who had built Taj Mahal for his wife Mumtaz Mahal along the banks of the Yamuna river in Agra?

Shah Jahan

946.

The demand for a commodity or service which is a

consequence of the demand for something else is called —

Derived demand

947.

The highest railway station in India is located in the state of —

West Bengal

948.

Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura became States under

North Eastern Areas (reorganization) Act, 1971

949.

In  March   2019,  who      among  the      following      was appointed as India’s first Lokpal?

Justice                         Pinaki Chandra Ghosh

950.

         is the oldest Golf Course outside the United Kingdom

Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata

951.

What is the capital of Maldives?

Male

952.

Who won the inaugural Pro Volleyball League title in 2019?

Chennai Spartans

953.

Which of the following has the highest protein content per gram?

Soya bean

954.

Who has been called the architect King as during his reign the world witnessed the unique development of Arts and culture of the Mughal Empire? —

Shah Jahan

955.

What is the popular name of Ascorbic Acid?

Vitamin C

956.

Who among the following is the author of the book ‘A

Passage to England’? —

Nirad C Chaudhuri

957.

Which is the longest national highway in India?

NH 44

958.

Who  was  the  Indian  Army          chief at    the       time          of Bangladesh Liberation war?

Sam Manekshaw

959.

The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in 1928 was led by .

Vallabhbhai Patel

960.

World Water Day is celebrated on —

22nd March

961.

The National Board for Micro,   Small   And Medium Enterprises meets once ever _months in a year?

6

962.

As per Mankiw’s principle of Economics, the standard of living of a country depends on the country’s —

Ability   to              produce goods and services

963.

Name the tissue that transports food to various parts of a plant

Phloem

964.

What is the capital of Malaysia?

Kuala Lampur

965.

The Indus water Treaty was signed between India and

Pakistan

966.

Which of the following economic activities employs the maximum number of people in India?

Agriculture

967.

Who was the first president of the Republic of China?

Yuan Shikai

968.

What is the capital of Nepal?

Kathmandu

969.

The   ‘Instrument    of         Surrender’    which         ended          the Portuguese rule in India was signed on                    

19th December 1961

970.

What is the capital of Bhutan?

Thimpu

971.

‘India of My dreams’ is a book of compilation of passages from writings and speeches of —

Mahatma Gandhi

972.

How many provinces are there in Sri Lanka?

9

973.

A nautical mile is equal to                                                 

1852 metres

974.

Name the first ever female Prime Minister in the world

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

975.

With which sport is the term bleeder associated?

Boxing

976.

         was the first person to isolate Methane Gas. He discovered that methane mixed with the air could be exploded using an electric spark.

Alessandro Volta

977.

The terms ‘Jet and Sawar’ are related to which of the following administrative systems?

Mansabdari system

978.

In Parliament, who takes the final decision on whether a bill is a money bill or not?

Speaker

979.

In economic terms what do you mean by ‘intermediate goods’?

Goods sold between industries for the resale or production of other goods.

980.

Which of the following Ministries implemented the mid day meal scheme?

Ministry     of

Human Resource Development

981.

The Indian National Association was established by

Anand Mohan Bose

982.

Kazi Nazrul Islam is the national poet of —

Bangladesh

983.

Which of the following gases reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood?

Carbon monoxide

984.

Who is a hearing-impaired Indian golfer who won her first professional title at the age of 18. In March 2019, she became the second Indian women golfer to win: Ladies European Tour’?

Diksha Dagar

985.

Name   the   comprehensive             pension             management system developed by the Department of Telecom.

SAMPANN

986.

Who is well known for the golden beautification of the Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara in Amritsar, famously

Ranjit Singh