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SSC CGL 2022 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in SSC CGL 2022, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q104.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 1Hard

What theme was decided to celebrate the second ‘International Day of Yoga’ in India?

  1. A.Yoga for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
  2. B.Yoga for Peace
  3. C.Yoga for Wellness
  4. D.Yoga for Heart
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Correct answer: A. Yoga for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

The second International Day of Yoga fell in 2016, the year after the first observance of 2015, and the theme tied yoga to the Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations had adopted in 2015, with the main event held at Chandigarh.

Q105.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CGL · 02 Dec 2022, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following is NOT correct regarding king Harshavardhana?

  1. A.Harshavardhana ruled nearly about 1400 years ago
  2. B.Xuan Zang spent a lot of time at Harsha's court
  3. C.Harshavardhana's court poet was Harishena
  4. D.Harshacharita is a biography written on Harshavardhana
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Correct answer: C. Harshavardhana's court poet was Harishena

Harishena belonged to an earlier century altogether: he was the court poet of Samudragupta and composed the Prayag Prashasti, the Allahabad Pillar Inscription.

Q106.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CGL · 11 April 2022, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following is an Indirect Tax in India?

  1. A.Goods and Services Tax
  2. B.Corporation Tax
  3. C.Income Tax
  4. D.Capital Gains Tax
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Correct answer: A. Goods and Services Tax

GST is charged on the supply of goods and services, and although the registered supplier deposits it with the government, the amount is recovered from the buyer in the price.

Q107.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Dec 2022, Shift 1Easy

One of India's worst industrial disasters of all time occurred in Bhopal on December 1984, in which of the following factories?

  1. A.Exide
  2. B.Bharat Rasayan Limited
  3. C.Union Carbide
  4. D.UPL Limited
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Correct answer: C. Union Carbide

On the night of 2 and 3 December 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, killing thousands of people and injuring many more.

Q108.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CGL · 03 Dec 2022, Shift 1Medium

If we deduct depreciation from GNP the measure of aggregate income that we obtain is called ______.

  1. A.Gross Domestic Product at market prices
  2. B.Gross Domestic Product
  3. C.Net National Product
  4. D.Personal income
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Correct answer: C. Net National Product

Gross National Product minus depreciation gives Net National Product. Depreciation is the wear and tear of machinery, buildings and other capital goods during the year.

Q110.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Dec 2022, Shift 4Medium

The GDP estimation method measuring the aggregate value of goods and services produced by the firms is called _______.

  1. A.expenditure method
  2. B.consumption method
  3. C.income method
  4. D.product method
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Correct answer: D. product method

The product method adds up the value of goods and services produced by all firms in the economy. National income can be measured in three ways, and all three should give the same figure.

Q113.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC CGL · 18 April 2022, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following is NOT a water pollutant?

  1. A.Chromium
  2. B.Silt
  3. C.Glacier
  4. D.Arsenic
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Correct answer: C. Glacier

A glacier is a natural mass of moving ice and a source of fresh water, not a pollutant. A water pollutant is any substance added to water that makes it unfit for use.

Q115.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 April 2022, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following crops is described as - 'It is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. It is a Kharif crop that requires temperature between 21°C to 27°C and grows well in old alluvial soil'?

  1. A.Sesamum
  2. B.Maize
  3. C.Bajra
  4. D.Ragi
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Correct answer: B. Maize

Maize is the crop grown both as food and as fodder, needing 21°C to 27°C and old alluvial soil. Maize is a kharif crop sown with the onset of the monsoon, though in Bihar and a few other states it is also raised in the rabi season.

Q117.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 4Easy

Which of the following is NOT the correct match?

  1. A.The acid present in tomato - Formic acid
  2. B.The acid present in orange - Citric acid
  3. C.The acid present in grapes - Tartaric acid
  4. D.The acid present in rancid butter - Butyric acid
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Correct answer: A. The acid present in tomato - Formic acid

This pair is wrong, because tomato contains oxalic acid, along with some citric and malic acid. Formic acid, or methanoic acid, is the acid of an ant sting and a bee sting, and its name comes from the Latin word for ant.

Q118.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 April 2022, Shift 3Medium

Urea, a commonly used nitrogen-based fertiliser, is prepared by the reaction between ammonia and ______.

  1. A.carbon dioxide
  2. B.hydrogen
  3. C.oxygen
  4. D.sulphur
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Correct answer: A. carbon dioxide

Urea is made industrially by reacting ammonia with carbon dioxide under high pressure. The process runs in two steps: ammonia and carbon dioxide first form ammonium carbamate, which then loses a water molecule to give urea.

Q119.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Dec 2022, Shift 2Easy

El-Nino develops in which of these oceans?

  1. A.Arctic Ocean
  2. B.Indian Ocean
  3. C.Atlantic Ocean
  4. D.Pacific Ocean
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Correct answer: D. Pacific Ocean

El Nino is the warming of surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. In a normal year the trade winds push warm water westwards towards Australia and Indonesia, and cold water rises along the coast of Peru and Ecuador.

Q120.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 11 April 2022, Shift 2Easy

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is the watchdog of free and fair elections in the country and _____ of the constitution of India provides for its establishment.

  1. A.Article 356
  2. B.Article 324
  3. C.Article 352
  4. D.Article 101
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Correct answer: B. Article 324

This article vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission of India. Article 324 falls in Part XV of the Constitution, which covers elections.

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