SSC CPO Previous Year Gk Questions

141. Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi are associated with the game of ______.

विश्वनाथन आनंद, पेंटाला हरिकृष्णा और विदित गुजराती ______ के खेल से जुड़े हैं।

1. cricket
2. football
3. chess
4. kabaddi

Option “3” is correct.
Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi are associated with the
game of chess.
· Viswanathan Anand is five-time world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988.
· Pentala Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India on 11 September 2001, a record now held by Gukesh D. He is currently third highest rated player in India.
· Vidit Santosh Gujrathi got the title of Grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. As of August 2022, he is the fifth highest-rated player in India. He is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating threshold of 2700.
142. Languages like Nyishi, Apatani and Bokar are widely spoken in ______.

निसी, अपातानी और बोकर जैसी भाषाएँ ______ में व्यापक रूप से बोली जाती हैं।

1. Assam
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Mizoram
4. Nagaland

Option “2” is correct.
Languages like Nyishi, Apatani and Bokar are widely spoken in Arunachal Pradesh.
· These all languages are Tani language, a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken in India.
· According to 2011 census of India, the population of the Nishi speakers is 300,000 approximately.
· Bokar or Bokar-Ramo is a Tani language spoken by the Lhoba tribes in West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
143. The discovery and understanding of electromagnetic induction is based on a long series of experiments carried out by ______.

विद्युत चुम्बकीय प्रेरण की खोज और समझ ______ द्वारा किए गए प्रयोगों की एक लंबी श्रृंखला पर आधारित है।

1. Planck and Fermi
2. Einstein
3. Faraday and Henry
4. Rutherford

Option “3” is correct.
The Discovery and understanding of electromagnetic induction are based on a long series of experiments carried out by Henry and Faraday.
· Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field.
· Michael Faraday is generally credited with the discovery of induction in 1831.
· James Maxwell mathematically described it as Faraday’s law of induction.
144. What is the total area of the state of Goa?

गोवा राज्य का कुल क्षेत्रफल क्या है?

1. 2702 Km2
2. 4702 Km2
3. 3702 Km2
4. 1702 Km2

Option “3” is correct.
Goa encompasses an area of 3,702 Km2 (1,429 sq mi).
· Goa is a part of a geographical region known as the Konkan.
· It is India’s smallest state by area and its fourth-smallest by population.
· Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states.
145, The first lot of 33 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was handed over by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the National Archives of India on 4 December ______.

नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस से संबंधित 33 अवर्गीकृत फाइलों की पहली खेप प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय (पीएमओ) द्वारा 4 दिसंबर ______ को भारत के राष्ट्रीय अभिलेखागार को सौंपी गई थी।

1. 2019
2. 2018
3. 2014
4. 2015

Option “4” is correct.
The Government of India had decided to declassify the files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and make them accessible to the public. This was announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 14 October 2015 when he met a delegation of members of the Netaji family at his residence in New Delhi.
· The first lot of 33 files that were declassified were handed over by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the National Archives of India on 4 December 2015.
146. A set of equations, including electric and magnetic fields, and their sources, charges and Current densities are involved, they are known as the equation of _______.

समीकरणों का एक सेट, जिसमें विद्युत और चुंबकीय क्षेत्र सम्मिलित हैं, और उनके स्रोत, आवेश और धारा घनत्व सम्मिलित हैं, उन्हें _______ के समीकरण के रूप में जाना जाता है।

1. Einstein
2. Bohr
3. Newton
4. Maxwell

Option “4” is correct.
A set of equations, including electric and magnetic fields, and their sources, charges, and Current densities are involved, they are known as the equation of Maxwell.
· They describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated by charges, currents, and changes in the fields.
147. The British annexed Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the Anglo-Sikh War in the year ______.

वर्ष ______ में एंग्लो-सिख युद्ध में सिखों को हराने के पश्चात अंग्रेजों ने पंजाब पर कब्जा कर लिया।

1. 1839
2. 1835
3. 1845
4. 1849

Option “4” is correct.
The British annexed Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War in the year 1849, under the treaty of Lahore.
· Punjab was annexed during the tenure of Lord Dalhousie.
· Lord Dalhousie proclaimed the annexation of Punjab on 29 March 1849.
148. Which of the following poems is NOT written by Sarojini Naidu?

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी कविता सरोजिनी नायडू द्वारा नहीं लिखी गई है?

1. A Love Song from the North
2. My Dead Dream
3. In the Forest
4. The Banyan Tree

Option “4” is correct.
From the given options, the poem ‘The Banyan Tree’ has not been written by Sarojini Naidu.
· The Poem ‘The Banyan Tree’ has been written by Rabindranath Tagore.
· Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet.
· She was also the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and to be appointed as governor of an Indian state (United Provinces).
· She is also known as “Nightingale of India”, or “Bharat Kokila”.
149. With which of the following sports are Ritwik Bhattacharya, Joshna Chinappa andSaurav Ghosal associated?

ऋत्विक भट्टाचार्य, जोशना चिनप्पा और सौरव घोषाल निम्नलिखित में से किस खेल से संबंधित हैं?

1. Squash
2. Wrestling
3. Tennis
4. Weight lifting

Option “1” is correct.
Ritwik Bhattacharya, Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal are associated with squash.
· Joshna Chinappa was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women’s national champion.
· Saurav Ghosal reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. In 2013, Saurav became the first Indian to reach the Quarterfinals of the World Squash Championship at Manchester, England
150. Which of the following public sector enterprises falls under the status ‘Maharatna’?

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र का उद्यम ‘महारत्न’ की स्थिति में आता है?

1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
3. Steel Authority of India Limited
4. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

Option “3” is correct.
There are a total of 10 Maharatna Companies in India. These include NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, BHEL, IOCL, HPCL, CIL, GAIL, BPCL, and Power Grid Corporation of India.
Thus, From the given options, SAIL or Steel Authority of India Limited falls under the status of ‘Maharatna’.
The Government of India categorizes Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under three different categories – Maharatna, Navratna, and Miniratna.
en_GBEnglish