SSC CGL & CHSL

Here are some SSC CGL (2025) General Awareness sample questions along with detailed answers and explanations to help you prepare:

1. In which of the following states was ‘Kudumbashree,’ a women-oriented, community-based, poverty-reduction programme implemented?

Answer: Kerala

Explanation: Kudumbashree was launched by the State Poverty Eradication Mission of Kerala; “Kudumbashree” means “prosperity of the family” in Malayalam.

2. Where was the first jute factory in India established?

Answer: Rishra, West Bengal

Explanation: The first jute mill in India was set up at Rishra on the Hooghly River in 1855.

3. The Centre introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022, which will repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act established in _______.

Answer: 1920

4. Which of the following is soda lime?

A) Ca(OH)₂ + CaO

B) KOH + CaO

C) CaCl₂ + CaO

D) NaOH + CaO → Answer

Explanation: Soda-lime is a mixture of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and calcium oxide (CaO), commonly used in gas masks to absorb moisture and toxic gases.

5. Which Indian city was a coastal settlement where ships unloaded goods 2200–1900 years ago?

A) Karaikal

B) Veerampattinam

C) Yanam

D) Arikamedu → Answer

Explanation: Arikamedu, located in present-day Puducherry, is an archaeological port site known for beadwork and Mediterranean trade artifacts.

6. Which phylum's animals have a single opening serving as both mouth and a**s?

Answer: Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

7. How much purse money was given to a Sangeet Natak Akademi fellow in 2019?

Answer: ₹3 lakh

8. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel was appointed Governor of which state in July 2021?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

9. Who was the Chairperson of SEBI as of April 2024?

Answer: Madhabi Puri Buch

10. The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha on _____.

Answer: August 5, 2022

11. Which element is more reactive than copper?

Answer: Zinc

12. Singers Sujatha and Ananthu received the Kalaimamani Award for the year ____ from the Tamil Nadu Government.

Answer: 2021

13. When was the Revolutionary Socialist Party established?

Answer: 1940

14. Which venue was chosen for the 2022 Asian Games?

Answer: Hangzhou, China

15. Which of the following folk dances does not belong to Madhya Pradesh?

Answer: Laho

Additional High-Frequency GK Questions

From Jagran Josh (Aug 5, 2025), here are a few broadly recurring General Knowledge questions:

The Finance Commission is constituted under Article _____ of the Indian Constitution.

Answer: Article 280

Who built the Taj Mahal?

Answer: Shahjahan

Nalanda University was founded by whom?

Answer: Kumar Gupta

Bleaching powder used in drinking water acts as a/an:

Answer: Disinfectant

From PracticeMock (April 2025), here are a few more GK-style MCQs:

Which of the following is not a Fundamental Duty?

Options include: “To prohibit trade in rare and endangered species,” etc.

Humayun had to share power; he controlled Delhi, Agra, and Central India—his brother Kamran governed which region?

Answer: Afghanistan and Punjab

The Navratri festival is dedicated to which Goddess?

Answer: Durga

Rabindranath Tagore returned his Knighthood due to which event?

Answer: Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Wardha is a tributary of which river?

Answer: Godavari

Who observed the peroxide effect in unsaturated compound addition (1933)?

Answer: Morris S Kharasch and Frank R Mayo

Recipient of inaugural “Prof. CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal award” in 2021?

Answer: One of: Raghuram Rajan, Jagdish Bhagwati, Amartya Sen, Surjit Bhalla (likely Amartya Sen)

Tarun Bhattacharya (Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2018) plays which instrument?

Answer: Santoor

India’s first individual Olympic medal came in which sport?

Answer: Wrestling

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