General knowledge questions asked in the official papers of SSC exams, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, SSC GD Constable and SSC CPO, in one place. Each comes with the correct answer, an explanation and the exam, year and shift it was asked in.
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Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of NITI Aayog?
NITI Aayog, the National Institution for Transforming India, was set up on 1 January 2015 by a resolution of the Union Cabinet to replace the Planning Commission, which had existed since 1950.
Read the full explanation →As per Article ________ of the Indian Constitution, the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
Article 75(3) says the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People, the Lok Sabha.
Read the full explanation →For how long a person can serve as a minister without being a member of either House of Parliament of India?
Article 75(5) says a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall, at the end of that period, cease to be a minister.
Read the full explanation →Article 77 of the Indian Constitution deals with the ________.
Article 77 says all executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President, and that the President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the government's business and for allocating it among ministers.
Read the full explanation →The Prime Minister and the other Ministers of the Indian Union are appointed by the President under ______ of the Constitution of India.
Article 75(1) says the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Article 74 of the Constitution elaborates on which of the following?
Article 74(1) says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at its head to aid and advise the President, who shall act in accordance with that advice.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is constituted under Article 280 of the Constitution of India?
Article 280 requires the President to constitute a Finance Commission every fifth year, or earlier if needed, with a chairman and four other members.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the administration of Delhi Sultanate, which of the following was the department of State Correspondence?
The Diwan-i-insha was the department of royal correspondence in the Delhi Sultanate.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following jurisdictions of the Supreme Court allows it to settle disputes between the centre and state and amongst states?
Article 131 of the Constitution gives the Supreme Court exclusive original jurisdiction in disputes between the Government of India and one or more states, and in disputes among states themselves.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Sultans of Delhi started the system of Sijda and Paibos?
Balban, who ruled from 1266 to 1287, brought the Persian court customs of sijda, bowing low before the Sultan, and paibos, kissing his feet, into the Delhi court.
Read the full explanation →What does 'T' stand for in ATM?
ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine. A teller is the bank employee who takes and pays out cash at the counter, and the machine was built to do that same job without a person, which is how it got the name.
Read the full explanation →Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine for ______.
The BCG vaccine takes its name from Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin, the two French scientists who developed it from a weakened strain of Mycobacterium bovis.
Read the full explanation →Where is the corporate office of RBL Bank located?
RBL Bank, a private sector bank, has its corporate office in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, while its registered office stays in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, where the bank was founded in 1943 as the Ratnakar Bank.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following revolutionaries was associated with Swadesh Bandhav Samiti?
He founded the Swadesh Bandhab Samiti at Barisal in 1905, during the movement against the partition of Bengal.
Read the full explanation →In 1977, an act was passed to govern the salary and allowances of which of the following positions?
The Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 gave the post statutory recognition for the first time and fixed the pay and perks of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
Read the full explanation →Quwwat al-Islam mosque and minaret, built during the last decade of the ______ century.
Qutb-ud-din Aibak began the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in 1192, soon after the second battle of Tarain, and the first phase was finished by about 1198, which falls in the last decade of the twelfth century.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book 'Abode of Love'?
Abode of Love is credited to Narendra Modi, who wrote several books in Gujarati long before becoming Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →The rooftop of Guru Hemkund Sahib is in the shape of an upturned ______.
The star-shaped shrine of Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib is built with a roof shaped like an upturned lotus, a flower that also appears in the story of the site.
Read the full explanation →What is the name of the compound having the formula CH3CH2OH?
CH3CH2OH, also written C2H5OH, is ethanol or ethyl alcohol, the second member of the alcohol family. The -OH group attached to the carbon chain is the functional group that makes it an alcohol.
Read the full explanation →What is the minimum age required to become vice-president of India?
Article 66(3) of the Constitution says a person must have completed 35 years of age to be eligible for election as Vice-President.
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