SSC CGL Static GK – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style

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SSC CGL Static GK – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style – 25 questions, subject: Static GK. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
The Calendar Reform Committee that prepared the Saka national calendar was headed by:

Correct Answer: D [Meghnad Saha]

Explanation:

Meghnad Saha, the astrophysicist.

2.  
After re-assessment, India's coastline (including islands) is put at about:

Correct Answer: C [11,098.81 km]

Explanation:

Re-assessed at 11,098.81 km; the earlier figure was 7,516.6 km.

3.  
Telangana came into existence as a State on:

Correct Answer: B [2 June 2014]

Explanation:

Answer: 2 June 2014. Telangana – 2 June 2014.

4.  
Which of these High Courts was set up in 1866, a few years after the three Presidency High Courts?

Correct Answer: B [Allahabad]

Explanation:

Calcutta, Bombay and Madras 1862; Allahabad 1866.

5.  
On which date does India celebrate National Technology Day each year?

Correct Answer: A [11 May]

Explanation:

11 May; 28 Feb Science Day; 23 Aug Space Day; 15 Sept Engineers' Day.

6.  
World Health Day (7 April) marks the anniversary of:

Correct Answer: D [the founding of the WHO in 1948]

Explanation:

WHO Constitution in force 7 April 1948.

7.  
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science is given by:

Correct Answer: C [CSIR]

Explanation:

Answer: CSIR. CSIR, from 1958.

8.  
Which medallion forms part of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

Correct Answer: B [Swarna Kamal]

Explanation:

Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus), with a cash prize and a shawl (PIB).

9.  
Midnight's Children brought its author the Booker Prize in 1981. Who wrote it?

Correct Answer: D [Salman Rushdie]

Explanation:

Midnight's Children; Naipaul 1971, Roy 1997, Desai 2006.

10.  
The travel account Si-Yu-Ki, describing India in Harsha's time, was written by:

Correct Answer: A [Hiuen Tsang]

Explanation:

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) wrote Si-Yu-Ki in Harsha's time; Fa-Hien wrote Fo-Kwo-Ki in the time of Chandragupta II.

11.  
Roland Garros in Paris is the venue of the:

Correct Answer: C [French Open]

Explanation:

Answer: French Open. French Open – clay.

12.  
The Durand Cup, founded in 1888, began in the hills around:

Correct Answer: A [Shimla]

Explanation:

Started in the Shimla hills in 1888 and named after Sir Mortimer Durand; it later moved to Delhi and then Kolkata.

13.  
India sent its first official Olympic contingent to the Games held at:

Correct Answer: D [Antwerp, 1920]

Explanation:

Antwerp 1920; Norman Pritchard competed for India at Paris 1900.

14.  
India won the first ICC T20 World Cup in:

Correct Answer: C [2007]

Explanation:

Titles in 2007, 2024 and 2026.

15.  
Cricket at the LA28 Olympic Games will be played at a venue in:

Correct Answer: B [Pomona]

Explanation:

LA28 cricket: men's and women's T20, six teams each, at Pomona.

16.  
In 1991 Abuja replaced which city as the capital of Nigeria?

Correct Answer: A [Lagos]

Explanation:

Abuja became the capital in 1991.

17.  
The Folketing is the single-chamber parliament of:

Correct Answer: C [Denmark]

Explanation:

Folketing – Denmark; Storting – Norway; Riksdag – Sweden; Eduskunta – Finland.

18.  
The UN agency for education, science and culture (UNESCO) is based in which city?

Correct Answer: B [Paris]

Explanation:

Answer: Paris. UNESCO – Paris.

19.  
UNAIDS, the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS, is headquartered in:

Correct Answer: D [Geneva]

Explanation:

Answer: Geneva. UNAIDS – Geneva (un.org).

20.  
Thimphu is the capital of which neighbour of India?

Correct Answer: B [Bhutan]

Explanation:

Thimphu – Bhutan; Kathmandu – Nepal; Nay Pyi Taw – Myanmar; Dhaka – Bangladesh.

21.  
The currency of Afghanistan is the:

Correct Answer: A [Afghani]

Explanation:

Afghani (AFN); Taka – Bangladesh; Ngultrum – Bhutan.

22.  
The title 'Loknayak' (leader of the people) is given to:

Correct Answer: D [Jayaprakash Narayan]

Explanation:

Loknayak – J. P. Narayan; Lokmanya – Tilak.

23.  
India's first talkie (sound) film was:

Correct Answer: C [Alam Ara]

Explanation:

Answer: Alam Ara. Alam Ara, 1931.

24.  
The name BrahMos comes from the Brahmaputra and which other river?

Correct Answer: D [Moskva]

Explanation:

Brahmaputra + Moskva – an India–Russia joint venture.

25.  
India's Antarctic research station Bharati was built in:

Correct Answer: A [2012]

Explanation:

Dakshin Gangotri 1983; Bharati 2012; Himadri (Arctic) 2008.

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