SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: General Knowledge - 4 - SSC CGL MCQ

STAPCOR - 2018 was held at Bangaram Island, Union Territory of Lakshadweep from 22nd to 24th October, 2018. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Harsh Vardhan.

Top 3 Districts:-
1. Satara (Maharashtra)    
2. Rewari (Haryana)
3. Pedapalli (Telangana)

Manu Bhaker is an Indian professional sport shooter.
She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals. Bhaker was born in Goria village of the Jhajjar district of Haryana.

Theodore Maiman made th e first laser operate on 16 May 1960 at the Hughes Research Laboratory in California

Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, hosted it's ever test match on 9th Nov. 2016, which played between India and England.

Virat Kohli has received Polly Umrigar Award, on three occasions.

The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016.

India was designated as a major defence partner of the United States in December, 2016.

Seventh edition of Exercise EKUVERIN was held from 15 to 28 Dec 2016 at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, Maldives.

Opting for VIKALP does not mean that confirmed berth will be provided to passengers in alternate train. It is subject to train and berth availability.

Italian scientist, Filippo Pacini, discovered the Cholera causing germ.

The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs had inaugurated Hunar Haat (Skill Haat) at India International Trade Fair (2016) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Moonlight is a 2016 American comin g-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins won the award for the best movie at the Oscar Awards, 2017.

Hamid Ansari is the author of the book titled "Citizens and Society, which was launched on 23rd September, 2016.

India and Israel have signed two agreements in the field of water resources management and agriculture in July, 2017.

Afghan istan is the world's largest pr oducer of opium. It produces 3400 tons of opium worth US$ 1.2b in a year.

Under PM UjjwalaYojna Government aims to provides an LPG Cylinder connection to every house that comes under BPL (Below Poverty line).

In 1925, after years of development, a Scottish inventor, John Baird made practical demonstrations in London. A 1933 disk may be the earliest known recording of a television show.

The game of volleyball is played with two teams, each composed of six players. Members of each team attempt to score by landing a ball over a dividing net onto the opponent team's court.

The leaves of soyabean , mulberry and tea had the strongest attractivity, but the silkworm larva gathered around Mulberry leaves and eats when hungry.

Writer Preety Shenoy, one of India's top five highest selling women authors, was honoured with the Indian of the Year award on 30th June, 2017.

"Selection Day"  a novel by Aravind Adiga, is about cricket and corruption.

Members of BRICS association ar e Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Iceland is not the member of this association.

The Kalapani disputed area is locat ed in the Greater Himalayas along the border of India, China and Nepal.
Nepal claims that the river to the west of Kalapani is the main Kali, hence the area belongs to Nepal.

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched ‘Kahin Bhi-Kabhi Bhi’ medical service for its insured in the Delhi region under which the beneficiaries can visit day-care units for minor ailments. 

‘Gambit’ is used in the game of Chess. It is a chess opening in which a player, more often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position.

Madhuri Dixit from her school time is a Kathak dancer.