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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The Lomas Rishi cave which is a manmade cave is located in which state of India?
The Lomas Rishi cave is one of the Barabar caves in the Barabar Hills of Jehanabad district, about 25 km north of Gaya.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following years was the civil disobedience campaign completely ceased?
Gandhi formally withdrew the Civil Disobedience Movement in April 1934, after it had lost momentum under heavy repression. The movement had begun on 12 March 1930 with the Dandi March and the breaking of the salt law on 6 April 1930.
Read the full explanation →King Lalitaditya Muktapida ruled over __________.
Lalitaditya Muktapida was the most powerful king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir in the eighth century, ruling roughly from 724 to 760 CE.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following combinations of 'Ruler – Predecessor' is correct with respect to the Delhi Sultanate?
Jalaluddin Khalji founded the Khalji dynasty in 1290, and in 1296 his nephew and son-in-law Alauddin had him killed at Kara and took the throne.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following sequence is correct with respect to the Delhi Dynasties?
This is the only option in which every dynasty comes after the one before it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for the creation of a GST Council?
It empowers the President to constitute the Goods and Services Tax Council, a joint forum of the Centre and the States.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India talks about the provisions for impeachment of the President of India?
It lays down the procedure for impeachment of the President, the only ground being "violation of the Constitution".
Read the full explanation →Which part of the Constitution of India contains the provisions of Union Executive?
Part V is titled "The Union" and its first chapter, "The Executive", covers the President, the Vice-President, the Council of Ministers and the Attorney-General.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Parliament to establish additional courts for better administration of laws made by it?
It gives Parliament the power to provide by law for additional courts so that laws made by Parliament, or older laws on Union List subjects, are administered better.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution of India mentions that law declared by Supreme Court is binding on all courts?
It says that the law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India.
Read the full explanation →During emergency which fundamental rights cannot be suspended?
During a National Emergency, Article 359 lets the President suspend the right to move the courts for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following writs provides a remedy for a person who has been unlawfully held in prison?
Through this writ a court orders whoever is holding a person to produce that person before it and show the legal grounds for the detention.
Read the full explanation →Which article was referred to as the 'the heart and soul' of the constitution by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
Speaking in the Constituent Assembly, Dr B.R. Ambedkar said that if he were asked to name the most important Article, one without which the Constitution would be a nullity, he could not refer to any other; it was "the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it".
Read the full explanation →Which Article provides that all minorities have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice?
Article 30(1) gives all minorities, whether based on religion or on language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Read the full explanation →The Right to Freedom of Religion is contained within which Articles of the Constitution of India?
The Right to Freedom of Religion has four Articles: Article 25 gives freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion; Article 26 lets every religious denomination manage its own religious affairs; Article 27 says no one can be compelled to pay taxes for the promotion…
Read the full explanation →The Constitution forbids employment of children below the age of ______ years in dangerous jobs like factories and mines.
Article 24 says that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Act added the Right to Education to the Indian constitution?
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 made education a Fundamental Right by inserting Article 21A, under which the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children aged six to fourteen years, in the manner it determines by law.
Read the full explanation →Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides for how many types of freedoms?
Article 19(1) gives every citizen six freedoms: speech and expression; to assemble peaceably and without arms; to form associations, unions or co-operative societies; to move freely throughout India; to reside and settle in any part of India; and to practise any profession or carry on any occupation, trade or business.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India abolishes the concept of ‘untouchability’ and prohibits its practice in any shape or form?
Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes the enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Read the full explanation →The Fundamental Rights have been guaranteed to protect the public from repressive state actions; judicial decisions tend to expand the scope of the word 'State' as defined by _______ of the Indian Constitution.
Most Fundamental Rights are claims against the State, so whoever counts as the "State" is bound by them.
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