SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 07 – Section B · General Awareness
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SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 07 – Section B · General Awareness – 25 questions, subject: Full Mock Tests. 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 Saka era, used for India's national calendar, begins in:
Correct Answer: A [78 CE]
Explanation:
Answer: 78 CE. Saka era begins 78 CE.
2.
Which sweetener is about 600 times as sweet as sucrose and stable at cooking temperature?
Correct Answer: B [Sucralose]
Explanation:
Sweeteners: saccharin 550, aspartame 100 (unstable at cooking temperature), sucralose 600 (stable), alitame 2000 times sucrose.
3.
The WHO theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026 (31 May) is:
Correct Answer: C [Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction]
Explanation:
WHO's theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026 (31 May) is 'Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction' (as on 31-05-2026, who.int).
4.
India's Chief of Defence Staff also heads which department as its Secretary?
Correct Answer: D [Department of Military Affairs]
Explanation:
General N. S. Raja Subramani took charge as the third Chief of Defence Staff, who also heads the Department of Military Affairs as Secretary (as on 31-05-2026, PIB).
5.
Under Article 170, a State Legislative Assembly can have at most:
Correct Answer: D [500 members]
Explanation:
Art 170 Assembly not more than 500, not less than 60.
6.
The silver tanka and the copper jital are associated with the Delhi Sultan:
Correct Answer: B [Iltutmish]
Explanation:
Iltutmish: real founder, Delhi capital, Turkan-i-Chahalgani, iqta, silver tanka and copper jital.
7.
The first joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament (1961) was held on the:
Correct Answer: C [Dowry Prohibition Bill]
Explanation:
Joint sittings: 1961 Dowry Prohibition, 1978 Banking Service Commission (Repeal), 2002 POTA.
8.
Fullerene C-60 is named after:
Correct Answer: A [Architect Buckminster Fuller]
Explanation:
Fullerene C-60 (buckminsterfullerene) named after architect Buckminster Fuller.
9.
Lichens are a symbiotic association between:
Correct Answer: C [An alga and a fungus]
Explanation:
Lichens: alga + fungus symbiosis.
10.
Justice Sheel Nagu, appointed a Supreme Court judge in June 2026, was until then Chief Justice of which High Court?
Correct Answer: A [Punjab & Haryana High Court]
Explanation:
Five new Supreme Court judges were appointed: Chief Justices Sheel Nagu (Punjab & Haryana), Shree Chandrashekhar (Bombay), Sanjeev Sachdeva (Madhya Pradesh), Arun Palli (J&K and Ladakh) and senior advocate Venkita Subramani Mohana (as on 01-06-2026, PIB).
11.
The mercury barometer was first made in 1643 by:
Correct Answer: B [Evangelista Torricelli]
Explanation:
Torricelli made the first mercury barometer in 1643.
12.
Which of the following has the highest refractive index?
Correct Answer: D [Diamond]
Explanation:
Refractive indices: air 1.0003, ice 1.31, water 1.33, kerosene 1.44, crown glass 1.52, dense flint 1.65, ruby 1.71, diamond 2.42.
13.
The quorum for a sitting of either House of Parliament is:
Correct Answer: C [One-tenth of the total members]
Explanation:
Quorum one-tenth of total members.
14.
The Junagadh inscription of c. 150 CE, the first long inscription in chaste Sanskrit, belongs to:
Correct Answer: B [Rudradaman I]
Explanation:
Shaka ruler Rudradaman I: Junagadh inscription c.
15.
Who found in 1928 that the mould Penicillium makes an antibiotic substance?
Correct Answer: A [Alexander Fleming]
Explanation:
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin from Penicillium, 1928.
16.
The United Nations Environment Programme, created in 1972, is based in which city?
Correct Answer: D [Nairobi]
Explanation:
UNEP – environment programme (1972) – HQ Nairobi, Kenya.
17.
Which group of potent greenhouse gases is to be cut back step by step under the Kigali Amendment of 2016?
Correct Answer: D [HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons)]
Explanation:
Vienna 1985, Montreal 1987, Kigali 2016 HFCs.
18.
Two food-distribution schemes were merged in May 2026 into:
Correct Answer: A [SARTHAK PDS]
Explanation:
Two food-distribution schemes were merged into SARTHAK PDS (Scheme for Assistance in Ration Transport and Handling-Income with Automation in PDS), running till 31 March 2031 with a central share of Rs 25,530 crore (as on 27-05-2026, PIB).
19.
Matching pairsChoose the right match from these items on Indian dance, theatre and their institutions.
Correct Answer: D [Kalakshetra – Rukmini Devi Arundale]
Explanation:
Correct pair: Kalakshetra – Rukmini Devi Arundale; the other pairs are mismatched.
20.
Tolkappiyam, the oldest surviving Tamil grammar, was written by:
Correct Answer: C [Tolkappiyar]
Explanation:
Tolkappiyam by Tolkappiyar – oldest surviving Tamil grammar and poetics.
21.
The Varkari saints of Maharashtra worshipped Vitthala (Vithoba) of:
Correct Answer: B [Pandharpur]
Explanation:
Varkari saints of Maharashtra (13th–17th century) worshipped Vitthala (Vithoba) of Pandharpur and wrote in Marathi.
22.
Which water body records the greatest difference between high and low tide anywhere on Earth?
Correct Answer: C [Bay of Fundy]
Explanation:
Bay of Fundy (Canada) has the highest tidal range in the world.
23.
The first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission was:
Correct Answer: A [Gulzarilal Nanda]
Explanation:
First Deputy Chairman Gulzarilal Nanda.
24.
Which scale grades the intensity of an earthquake from I to XII?
Correct Answer: B [Mercalli scale]
Explanation:
Mercalli scale measures intensity I-XII.
25.
The one-time support approved in June 2026 to steady jet fuel (ATF) prices for scheduled airlines is up to:
Correct Answer: D [Rs 10,000 crore]
Explanation:
The Cabinet approved one-time support of up to Rs 10,000 crore, routed through oil marketing companies, to steady jet fuel (ATF) prices for scheduled Indian airlines (as on 03-06-2026, PIB).
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