MCQs on Modern History (General Awareness) for all SSC Exams

Q1. Who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha after Mahatama Gandhi's arrest?

(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) Abbas Tyabji
(d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Ans. (c) Abbas Tyabji

Q2. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Acharya J.B. Kripalani

Ans. (c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Q3. Naokhali is situated in-

(a) Jharkhand
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar

Ans. (b) Bangladesh

Q4. What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15th August by?

(a) On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded "Poorna Swaraj"
(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started "Quit India Movement"
(c) Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

Ans. (d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

Q5. As per British Colonel Authorities "The father of the Indian unrest" was-

(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans. (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q6. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from a book of:

(a) Thoreau
(b) Ruskin
(c) Confucius
(d) Tolstoy

Ans. (a) Thoreau

Q7. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by:

(a) India Council Act of 1892
(b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
(c) Montagu-Chemsford reforms of 1919
(d) Government of India Act of 1935

Ans. (b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909

Q8. The ultimate goal of Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha was?

(a) repeal of Salt Satyagraha
(b) curtailment of the Government's power
(c) economic relief to the common people
(d) "Purna Swaraj" for India

Ans. (d) "Purna Swaraj" for India

Q9. Who started the Home Rule League?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Ans. (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q10. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy to probe?

(a) Bardoli Satyagraha
(b) Khilafat Agitation
(c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(d) Chaura Chauri incident

Ans. (c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy

Q11. Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the individual Satyagraha in 1940 from?

(a) Nadiad in Gujarat
(b) Pavnar in Maharashtra
(c) Adyar in Tamil Nadu
(d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh

Ans. (b) Pavnar in Maharashtra

Q12. In which year the first Telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened?

(a) 1852
(b) 1853
(c) 1854
(d) 1855

Ans. (b) 1853

Q13. The Swadeshi Movement was launched

(a) as a protest against division of Bengal
(b) with a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
(c) as a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
(d) due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India

Ans. (a) as a protest against division of Bengal

Q14. Name of the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q15. When was the first passenger train run in India?

(a) January 1848
(b) April 1853
(c) May 1857
(d) April 1852

Ans. (b) April 1853

General Awareness (GA) MCQs for all SSC EXAMS || Set 2

Q1. Telugu is the official language of -

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar

Ans. (a) Andhra Pradesh

Q2. Full employment is the level at which there is -

(a) no frictional unemployment
(b) no cyclic umemployment
(c) no structural unemployment
(d) no employment

Ans. (b) no cyclic employment

Q3. Plants get their energy to produce food from which of the following?

(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Bacteria
(c) Fungi
(d) Sun

Ans. (d) Sun

Q4. Sundarban Tiger Reserve is in which state?

(a) Orissa
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) West Bengal

Ans. (d) West Bengal

Q5. Ad Valorem tax is levied on -

(a) Value
(b) Volume
(c) Production
(d) Export

Ans. (a) Value

Q6. As per Newton's law of gravitation, the force between two bodies is -

(a) directly proportional to the product of their masses
(b) directly proportional to the distance between them
(c) directly proportional to the product of their radius
(d) directly proportional to the product of forces

Ans. (a) directly proportional to the product of their masses

Q7. Sound can not travel in which of the following medium?

(a) Solid
(b) Liquid
(c) Gas
(d) Vacuum

Ans. (d) Vacuum

Q8. Who was the first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925?

(a) Vijaylaxmi Pandit
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Padmaja Naidu
(d) Fathima Bibi

Ans. (b) Sarojini Naidu

Q9. The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Gujarat is-

(a) 10
(b) 26
(c) 28
(d) 48

Ans. (b) 26

Q10. Geet Sethi is associated with which game?

(a) Billiards
(b) Cricket
(c) Hockey
(d) Chess

Ans. (a) Billiards

Q11. All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year -

(a) 1925
(b) 1955
(c) 1984
(d) 1998

Ans. (d) 1998

Q12. Indian National Congress is a part of which political group?

(a) United Progressive Alliance
(b) National Democratic Alliance
(c) Janata Parivar
(d) Rashtra Parivar

Ans. (a) United Progressive Alliance

Q13. Which among the following countries won the Sultan Azlan Shah cup in 2016?

(a) Netherlands
(b) Germany
(c) England
(d) Australia

Ans. (d) Australia

Q14. Who wrote the book "The Algebra of Infinite Justice"?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Ashwaghosha
(d) Anita Desai

Ans. (b) Arundhati Roy

Q15. Diwan-i-khas is in which of these monuments?

(a) Humayun Tomb
(b) Mahabodhi Temple Complex
(c) Qutub Minar
(d) Red Fort Complex

Ans. (d) Red Fort Complex

General Awareness (GA) MCQs for all SSC EXAMS || Set 1

Q1. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was founded in-

(a) 1925
(b) 1955
(c) 1984
(d) 2001

Ans. (c) 1984 (by Kanshi Ram)

Q2. In which language Lok Sabha debates are printed?

(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Both Hindi and English

Ans. (d) Both Hindi and English

Q3. Brendon McCullum is a cricketer of-

(a) South Africa
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) New Zealand

Ans. (d) New Zealand

Q4. Who wrote the book "The Three Musketeers"?

(a) EM Foster
(b) Gunter Grass
(c) Edward Luce
(d) Alexandre Dumas

Ans. (d) Alexandre Dumas

Q5. How many chromosomes does a human cell contain?

(a) 6
(b) 26
(c) 46
(d) 66

Ans. (c) 46

Q6. _________ caves are a network of sculpted caves located in Mumbai Harbour.

(a) Ajanta
(b) Ellora
(c) Elephanta
(d) Badami

Ans. (c) Elephanta

Q7. National Film Awards has been administered since -

(a) 1973
(b) 1980
(c) 1987
(d) 1994

Ans. (a) 1973

Q8. In which form is glucose stored in our body?

(a) Insulin
(b) Glucose
(c) Glycogen
(d) Fat

Ans. (c) Glycogen

Q9. Where do plants synthesise protein from?

(a) Fatty Acids
(b) Sugar
(c) Amino Acids
(d) Starch

Ans. (c) Amino Acids

Q10. Which part of the brain is responsible for triggering actions like thinking, intelligence, memory and ability to learn?

(a) Diencephalon
(b) Hypothalamus
(c) Cerebrum
(d) Control

Ans. (c) Cerebrum

Q11. Which of the following is present is Nail Polish remover?

(a) Citric acid
(b) Acetone
(c) Ethylene
(d) Benzene

Ans. (b) Acetone

Q12. Who was first Viceroy and Governor-General of pre-independence era?

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord William Bentick
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Canning

Ans. (d) Lord Canning

Q13. Jahangir was the son of?

(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan

Ans. (c) Akbar

Q14. Isaac Newton invented-

(a) Thermometer
(b) Reflecting Telescope
(c) Hydraulic Accumulator
(d) Transistor

Ans. (b) Reflecting Telescope

Q15. Which among the following is false about work?

(a) If displacement is zero, work is zero
(b) Work done can be negative
(c) It is a vector quantity
(d) Its unit is Joule

Ans. (c) It is a vector quantity

MCQs on Vitamins (General Science) for all SSC EXAMS

Q1. Funk invented-

(a) Vitamins
(b) Hormones
(c) Proteins
(d) Enzymes

Ans. (a) Vitamins

Q2. What are vitamins?

(a) Organic compounds
(b) Inorganic compounds
(c) Living Organisms
(d) None of these

Ans. (a) Organic compounds

Q3. Which one of the following groups of compounds is called 'accessory dietary factor'?

(a) Fats
(b) Hormones
(c) Proteins
(d) Vitamins

Ans. (d) Vitamins

Q4. Which of the following elements is not essential for plant growth?

(a) Sodium
(b) Potassium
(c) Calcium
(d) Magnesium

Ans. (a) Sodium

Q5. Vitamin B5 is called?

(a) Pantothenic Acid
(b) Folic Acid
(c) Retinol
(d) Tocopherol

Ans. (a) Pantothenic Acid

Q6. Vitamin B6 is called?

(a) Niacin
(b) Tocopherol
(c) Phyridoxin
(d) Ratinol

Ans. (c) Phyridoxin

Q7. In which category of food is the most amount of calories per unit:-

(a) Vitamins
(b) Fats
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Proteins

Ans. (b) Fats (approx. 9 calories per gram)

Q8. Apples have special value for heart patients, because they are rich source of-

(a) Sodium and Potassium
(b) Phosphorus and Magnesium
(c) Potassium and Phosphorus
(d) Potassium only

Ans. (d) Potassium only

Q9. Vitamin A is called?

(a) Thiamine
(b) Retinol
(c) Riboflavin
(d) Pyridoxin

Ans. Retinol

Q10. Among the following vegetables, the maximum vitamin C is found in:

(a) Chilli
(b) Pumpkin
(c) Pea
(d) Radish

Ans. (a) Chilli

Q11. Which one of the following vitamins and deficiency diseases is wrongly matched?

1. Calciferol - Osteomalacia
2. Niacin - Pellagra
3. Cobalmin - Pernicious anaemia
4. Riboflavin - Beri beri

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Ans. 4

Q12. The vitamin which is found in citrus fruits and is necessary for maintaining healthy skin is-

(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D

Ans. (c) Vitamin C

Q13. The main source of vitamin K is-

(a) Spinach
(b) Milk
(c) Ghee
(d) Pulses

Ans. (a) Spinach

Q14. 'Kanchan' is an important variety of-

(a) Grapes
(b) Indian gooseberry
(c) Guava
(d) Mango

Ans. (b) Indian gooseberry

Q15. The best source of vitamin C among the following is-

(a) Apple
(b) Mango
(c) Goose Berry
(d) Milk

Ans. (c) Goose Berry