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SSC GD Constable 2021 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in SSC GD Constable 2021, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q22.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 29th November 2021, Shift 1Medium

In which place was the first session of the Indian National Congress held in a rural area?

  1. A.Karumadi
  2. B.Punnapra
  3. C.Rampur
  4. D.Faizpur
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Correct answer: D. Faizpur

The fiftieth session of the Indian National Congress met in December 1936 at Faizpur in the Khandesh region of what is now Maharashtra, and it was the first session of the Congress held in a village rather than in a city.

Q23.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 8th December 2021, Shift 2Medium

'Ankiya Nats' are one-act plays distinct to the culture of ______.

  1. A.Bihar
  2. B.Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Odisha
  4. D.Assam
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Correct answer: D. Assam

Ankiya Nat is the one-act devotional play written by Srimanta Sankardeva, the saint of the Vaishnava movement in Assam, and its performance is called a Bhaona, staged in the prayer hall of a satra or naamghar with a narrator, songs and masks.

Q25.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 16 Nov 2021, Shift 2Medium

The Life Insurance Corporation of India Act was passed by the Parliament in the year ______.

  1. A.1956
  2. B.1948
  3. C.1971
  4. D.1965
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Correct answer: A. 1956

Parliament passed the Life Insurance Corporation Act in 1956, and the Life Insurance Corporation of India began work on 1 September that year, after the life insurance business of 245 private insurers and provident societies was taken over and merged into it.

Q27.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 1st December 2021, Shift 2Easy

Amul is a success story of cooperatives in milk and milk products from _______, which brought in the White Revolution in the country.

  1. A.Delhi
  2. B.Karnataka
  3. C.Uttar Pradesh
  4. D.Gujarat
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Correct answer: D. Gujarat

Amul grew out of the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union, started at Anand in Gujarat in 1946 when the farmers of Kheda district organised against the low prices paid to them by middlemen.

Q28.General ScienceAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 25 Nov 2021, Shift 3Easy

Deuterium and tritium are:

  1. A.Isotopes of Hydrogen
  2. B.Isotopes of Carbon
  3. C.Isotopes of Uranium
  4. D.Isotopes of Titanium
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Correct answer: A. Isotopes of Hydrogen

Hydrogen has three isotopes: protium with one proton and no neutron, deuterium with one proton and one neutron, and tritium with one proton and two neutrons.

Q32.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 16 Nov 2021, Shift 1Easy

The Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Ahmad Shah Durrani, the ruler of Afghanistan, was fought in the year

  1. A.1781
  2. B.1851
  3. C.1761
  4. D.1831
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Correct answer: C. 1761

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha army led by Sadashivrao Bhau, with Vishwasrao the Peshwa's son, and Ahmad Shah Abdali, also called Durrani, supported by the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh.

Q33.GeographyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 18 Nov 2021, Shift 2Easy

What makes the soil fertile?

  1. A.Overabundance of acidic materials in the soil
  2. B.The right mix of minerals and inorganic matter
  3. C.The right mix of minerals and organic matter
  4. D.High levels of salt in the soil
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Correct answer: C. The right mix of minerals and organic matter

Fertility needs mineral nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from the weathered rock, and organic matter, that is humus from decayed plants and animals, which holds water, feeds soil organisms and releases nutrients slowly.

Q35.Static GKAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 18 Nov 2021, Shift 2Easy

In which of the following cities is the headquarters of Axis Bank located?

  1. A.Ahmedabad
  2. B.Bengaluru
  3. C.Chennai
  4. D.Mumbai
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Correct answer: D. Mumbai

Axis Bank, which began in 1994 as UTI Bank and was renamed in 2007, has its corporate office in Mumbai, the city that also holds the Reserve Bank of India, SEBI, the State Bank of India, the Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of India and both…

Q37.Indian States & UTsAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 2nd December 2021, Shift 2Medium

In which state of India did the Manikya dynasty rule?

  1. A.Gujarat
  2. B.Rajasthan
  3. C.Manipur
  4. D.Tripura
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Correct answer: D. Tripura

The Manikya dynasty ruled Tripura for centuries, and its kings all took the title Manikya. Their history is recorded in the Rajmala, a chronicle in Bengali verse first compiled in the fifteenth century under Dharma Manikya.

Q39.Static GKAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 16 Nov 2021, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following set of countries participated in the Malabar Naval Exercise 2020?

  1. A.India, Japan and the US
  2. B.India, Israel and the US
  3. C.India, Australia, Israel and the US
  4. D.India, Australia, Japan and the US
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Correct answer: D. India, Australia, Japan and the US

Malabar 2020 was held in two phases in November 2020, the first in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam and the second in the Arabian Sea, and Australia joined India, Japan and the United States in it.

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