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SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 01 – 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 sour taste of tamarind is due mainly to which acid?

Correct Answer: D [Tartaric acid]

Explanation:

Natural acids: vinegar acetic, citrus citric, tamarind tartaric, tomato oxalic, curd lactic, ant/nettle sting methanoic, apple malic.

2.  
INS Taragiri, the Project 17A frigate commissioned in April 2026, has indigenous content of over:

Correct Answer: A [75%]

Explanation:

INS Taragiri, the fourth Project 17A stealth frigate, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders with over 75% indigenous content, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam (as on 03-04-2026, PIB).

3.  
Among the eight planets that go round the Sun, which one is the smallest in size?

Correct Answer: C [Mercury]

Explanation:

Mercury: smallest planet, nearest the Sun, shortest year (88 days), no moon, rotation about 59 days.

4.  
Which Harappan site has a name meaning 'black bangles'?

Correct Answer: B [Kalibangan]

Explanation:

Kalibangan name means black bangles.

5.  
The Indian tricolour must be made with its breadth and length in the proportion:

Correct Answer: D [2 : 3]

Explanation:

Answer: 2 : 3. Ratio width:length 2:3.

6.  
Jaipur Metro Phase-2, approved in April 2026, is a North–South corridor from Prahladpura to:

Correct Answer: A [Todi Mod]

Explanation:

Jaipur Metro Phase-2 was approved: a 41 km North–South corridor from Prahladpura to Todi Mod with 36 stations, costing Rs 13,037.66 crore (as on 08-04-2026, PIB).

7.  
Bismillah Khan is remembered as a maestro of the:

Correct Answer: B [Shehnai]

Explanation:

Answer: Shehnai. Shehnai Bismillah Khan.

8.  
The Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV draw on the constitution of which country?

Correct Answer: C [Ireland]

Explanation:

Borrowed from Ireland: Directive Principles.

9.  
Which description fits the image you see of yourself in a flat (plane) mirror?

Correct Answer: C [Virtual, erect and laterally inverted]

Explanation:

Plane-mirror image virtual, erect, same size, laterally inverted.

10.  
The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, which reached first criticality in April 2026, was built by:

Correct Answer: D [BHAVINI]

Explanation:

The 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu), which uses liquid sodium as coolant and was built by BHAVINI, reached first criticality on 6 April 2026 – a step towards the thorium-based third stage of India's nuclear programme (as on…

11.  
The name 'Mohenjo-daro' is usually translated as:

Correct Answer: B [Mound of the Dead]

Explanation:

Mohenjo-daro means Mound of the Dead.

12.  
Which earthquake waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases?

Correct Answer: A [P-waves]

Explanation:

P-waves: longitudinal, fastest, travel through solids, liquids and gases (like sound).

13.  
The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on:

Correct Answer: D [26 November 1949]

Explanation:

Constitution adopted 26 November 1949.

14.  
At COP26 in 2021, India announced that it would reach net-zero emissions by the year:

Correct Answer: C [2070]

Explanation:

Net zero 2070 announced at COP26 2021.

15.  
'Satyameva Jayate', written below the State Emblem, comes from which ancient text?

Correct Answer: A [Mundaka Upanishad]

Explanation:

Motto Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad, in Devanagari.

16.  
In which year did Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat?

Correct Answer: B [1526]

Explanation:

Babur, first Mughal emperor (1526–1530); defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat 1526.

17.  
Which organ, weighing about 1.2–1.5 kg in an adult, is the biggest gland of the body?

Correct Answer: A [Liver]

Explanation:

Liver is the largest gland of the body, about 1.2-1.5 kg in an adult.

18.  
Bleeding gums are a sign of which disease caused by too little ascorbic acid?

Correct Answer: B [Scurvy]

Explanation:

Vitamin C ascorbic acid - scurvy (bleeding gums).

19.  
The Directive Principles of State Policy are in Part IV, covering Articles:

Correct Answer: D [36–51]

Explanation:

Part IV – Directive Principles of State Policy – Articles 36–51.

20.  
A healthy human ear can hear sounds whose frequencies lie in the range:

Correct Answer: C [20 Hz to 20 kHz]

Explanation:

Answer: 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Audible range 20 Hz–20 kHz.

21.  
At 1 atm pressure, pure water boils at:

Correct Answer: C [373 K]

Explanation:

Water boils at 373 K at 1 atm.

22.  
The National Teachers Awards 2026 were presented by the President on Teachers' Day at:

Correct Answer: B [Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi]

Explanation:

The President conferred National Teachers Awards 2026 on 48 school teachers at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on Teachers' Day (5 September) (as on 05-09-2026, PIB).

23.  
Phase I of Census 2027 opened on 1 April 2026. Up to which date does its window run?

Correct Answer: A [30 September 2026]

Explanation:

Phase I of Census 2027 – the Houselisting and Housing Census – opened on 1 April 2026; it runs in a window up to 30 September 2026, each State/UT doing a 30-day field round, and PIB calls it India's first ever digital data capture with self-enumeration (as…

24.  
Which thinker is popularly regarded as the founder of modern economics?

Correct Answer: D [Adam Smith]

Explanation:

Adam Smith is often called the father of economics.

25.  
In which language did Tulsidas write the Ramcharitmanas?

Correct Answer: D [Awadhi]

Explanation:

Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi (devotion to Rama).

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