SSC CHSL Previous Year Gk Questions

341. What is the other name of trap shooting?

ट्रैप शूटिंग का दूसरा नाम क्या है?

1. Clay-pigeon shooting
2.  Crawl shooting
3.  Wood-pigeon shooting
4. Pigeon shooting

Option “1” is correct.
Other name of trap shooting is Clay-pigeon shooting.
 Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays.
 Trap shooting is practiced all over the world but is most popular in the United States, Canada and Europe
342. When did Ernest Rutherford publish the results of the gold-foil experiment, which showed that scattering is caused by a rigid, dense core at the centre of the atom – the nucleus?

अर्नेस्ट रदरफोर्ड ने गोल्ड-फ़ॉइल प्रयोग के परिणाम कब प्रकाशित किए, जिसमें दिखाया गया कि बिखराव परमाणु के केंद्र – नाभिक में एक कठोर, घने कोर के कारण होता है?

1. 1905
2. 1911
3. 1921
4. 1925

Option “2” is correct.
Rutherford’s alpha-particle scattering experiment: This experiment was responsible for the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
 Ernest Rutherford was interested in knowing how the electrons are arranged within an atom. Rutherford designed an experiment for this.
 In this experiment, fast-moving alpha (α)-particles were made to fall on a thin gold foil.
343. Who among the following personalities has been conferred with the Padma Shri in 2022 for his contribution to Baiga dance and Music?

निम्नलिखित में से किस व्यक्तित्व को बैगा नृत्य और संगीत में उनके योगदान के लिए 2022 में पद्म श्री से सम्मानित किया गया है?

1. Girdhari Ram
2. Savaji Bhai Dholakia
3. Arjun Singh Dhurve
4. Chandra Prakash

Option “3” is correct.
Folk dancer Arjun Singh Dhurve, who is famous for popularising Baiga folk songs and dance of the Baiga tribe, was also conferred with the honour.
Arjun Singh Dhurve is a folk dancer and a retired teacher from the Dindori district of the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh
344. Who among the following is known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music?

निम्नलिखित में से किसे कर्नाटक संगीत के गायक के रूप में जाना जाता है?

1. Gangubai Hangal
2. GN Balasubramaniam
3. Kaushiki Chakraborty
4. Girija Devi

Option “2” is correct.
Gudalur Narayanaswamy Balasubramaniam, popularly known as GNB, was an Indian Carnatic singer.
He innovated the art through emphasis on laya control and reducing the gamakas which eventually made Carnatic music appeal to the lay and the learned alike He was also a Tamil film actor.Ariyakudi Iyengar inspired him.
345. In India, the tradition of singing ghazal was established by ___________.

भारत में, गजल गायन की परंपरा ___________ द्वारा स्थापित की गई थी।

1. Hazrat Ali
2. Hazrat Amir Khusrau
3. Hazrat Nizamuddin
4. Hazrat Shahenshahwali

Option “2” is correct.
In India, the tradition of singing ghazal was established by Hazrat Amir Khusrau.
Abu’l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau, better known as Amīr Khusrau, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate.
He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India.
346. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the National Film Award for best male playback singer for his rendition in which of the following Hindi movies of 1985?

पंडित भीमसेन जोशी को 1985 की निम्नलिखित में से किस हिंदी फिल्म में उनके गायन के लिए सर्वश्रेष्ठ पुरुष पार्श्वगायक का राष्ट्रीय फिल्म पुरस्कार मिला?

1. Ankahee
2. Tansen
3. Sandhya Raga
4. Basant Bahar

Option “1” is correct.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the National Film Award for best male playback singer for his rendition in Hindi movies Ankahee in 1985.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was an Indian classical singer from Karnataka. He is known for his popular renditions of devotional music and also for his Khayal form of singing. He is a recipient of awards like Bharat Ratna and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.
347. What is the common name of Parthenium hysterophorus?

पार्थेनियम हिस्टेरोफोरस का सामान्य नाम क्या है ?

1.  Lemon grass
2. Lawn grass
3.  Horse grass
4.  Carrot grass

Option “4” is correct.
The scientific name of Parthenium hysterophorus is Carrot grass
It is most popularly known as gajar ghas due to its appearance like carrot plant.
348. Identify the FALSE statement in the context of money supply.

मुद्रा आपूर्ति के संदर्भ में असत्य कथन की पहचान कीजिए।

1. Total stock of money alone in an economy determines the overall liquidity in the economy.
2. Commercial banks use primary deposits to create credit.
3. The money held by the government is not included in the measure of money supply.
4. Credit money refers to money whose money value is more than commodity value.

Option “1” is correct.
Total stock of money alone in an economy determines the overall liquidity in the economy. this statement is wrong.
349. Which river rises near Mhow in the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh?

मध्य प्रदेश के मालवा पठार में महू के पास से कौन सी नदी निकलती है?

1. Chambal
2. Mahi
3. Varuna
4. Betwa

Option “1” is correct.
The Chambal rises near Mhow in the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh and flows northwards through a gorge upwards of Kota in Rajasthan.
 In Rajasthan, the Gandhisagar dam has been constructed over it.
 From Kota, it traverses down to Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, and Dholpur, and finally joins the Yamuna.
 The Chambal is famous for its badland topography called the Chambal ravines
 The area of the Chambal river is said Badland resulting from accelerated soil erosion and is the site of a major project in soil conservation
350. Who among the following is the author of the famous novel ‘The adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?

निम्नलिखित में से कौन प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास ‘द एडवेंचर्स ऑफ हकलबेरी फिन’ के लेखक हैं?

1. Emily Bronte
2. Ernest Hemingway
3. Mark Twain
4. Herman Melville

Option “3” is correct.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, also called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, novel by Mark Twain, published in the United Kingdom in 1884 and in the United States in 1885.
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