Practice Test: General Awareness - 9 - SSC CGL MCQ

Gitanas Nausėda, a non-partisan candidate and former bank chief economist, was re-elected as Lithuania’s president on May 26, 2024, defeating Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. The initial election on May 12, 2024, saw Nausėda receiving 46% and Šimonytė 16%, leading to a run-off. Nausėda won decisively, securing his second five-year term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him on his re-election.

The Telangana government has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine for one year starting May 24, 2024. This decision, driven by public health concerns, is enforced under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The ban aims to mitigate serious health risks like oral cancer and oral submucous fibrosis linked to these products.

Raja Ravi Varma was a celebrated Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art for a number of aesthetic and broader social reasons

The aim of the society was to bring harmony among various religions and the revival of Hindu religion and tradition. In the social sphere the society vehemently condemned sati, casteism, dowry system, infanticide, child marriage, po­lygamy and purdah. The society also tried to uplift the conditions of the outcastes and ameliorate the condition of the widows.

In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. Mr. Sunderlal Bahuguna appealed to Mrs Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, which resulted in the green-felling ban. Mr Bahuguna coined the Chipko slogan: “ecology is permanent economy”.

Palaeontology is the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.

Isotopes have similar chemical properties because isotopes of an element have the same number of electrons as an atom of that element.

Micro-operations perform basic operations on data stored in one or more registers, including transferring data between registers or between registers and external buses of the CPU.

If you ever taken a bite out of a lemon, you already know they are sour. This is because they contain citric acid, which is a weak organic acid found in many fruits and vegetables.

The total coastline of India measures about 7,517 km, which is distributed among nine coastal states and four Union Territories; and almost entire coast of India falls within tropics. The nine coastal states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal

Rajesh Munat, successfully organised a free five-day health camp, where more than 60,000 people, from a four-month-old infant to a 90-year-old senior citizen, availed of check-ups, diagnosis and treatment. The event secured a place in the Golden Book of World Records. The aim of Kachra Mahotsav is to promote recycling and upcycling of waste generated in the Chhattisgarh.

Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.

The Banking Ombudsman is a senior official appointed by the Reserve Bank of India to redress customer complaints against deficiency in certain banking services.

As per the Sixth Schedule, the four states viz. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram contain the Tribal Areas which are technically different from the Scheduled Areas. Though these areas fall within the executive authority of the state, provision has been made for the creation of the District Councils and regional councils for the exercise of the certain legislative and judicial powers.

The Chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the State whereas for Union Public Service Commission's Chairman and other members  shall be appointed by President.

Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. He was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the Communist International

Manikaran is located in the Parvati Valley on river Parvati in Kullu. It attracts tourists visiting Manali and Kullu to its hot springs and pilgrim centres. An experimental geothermal energy plant has also been set up here.

Autosomal dominant is one of several ways that a trait or disorder can be passed down through families. In an autosomal dominant disease, if you inherit the abnormal gene from only one parent, you can get the disease. Often, one of the parents may also have the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is an example of such disorder.

Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene glycol and Terephthalic acid.

Sesismology is the branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena.

In Kabaddi, a team scores a bonus of two points, called a "lona", if the entire opposing team is declared out.

That is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music. The modern thāt system was created by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, one of the most influential musicologists in the field of North Indian classical music in the early decades of the twentieth century.

A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction. It cannot be developed within an “integrated circuit”.

An Isograft is a graft of tissue between two individuals who are genetically identical. Transplant rejection between two such individuals virtually never occurs.

Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.