Are you preparing for the SSC CGL 2025 exam and looking for reliable study material? You’re in the right place! We bring you the SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 Current Affairs MCQ PDF, packed with important Current Affairs questions tailored to help you excel in the exam.
Table of Contents
SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 Current Affairs MCQ [Part 1]
- In July 2020, which state initiated the ‘Ashirwad Scheme’ to extend financial support for a daughter’s marriage who belongs to a family earning a lower income?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan - When was the Duty-Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) announced by India?
A) 2010
B) 2009
C) 2006
D) 2008 - Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the maximum premium payable by the farmers will be _________ for all kharif food and oilseeds crops.
A) 4%
B) 2%
C) 6%
D) 8% - When was the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana introduced to provide health insurance to people below the poverty line?
A) 2017
B) 2009
C) 2014
D) 2008 - MG Music Awards is presented annually by which of the following states?
A) Mizoram
B) Nagaland
C) Manipur
D) Chhattisgarh - Who among the following was one of the recipients of the inaugural ‘Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal’ award in 2021?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Surjit Bhalla
C) Amartya Sen
D) Jagdish Bhagwati - The Working Group under the chairmanship of __________ in the year_________ proposed a new intermediate monetary aggregate to be referred to as NM2.
A) Dr. C Rangarajan; 1996
B) Dr. YV Reddy; 1998
C) Dr. KV Kamath; 1995
D) Dr. PK Mohanty; 1998 - The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 deals with subsistence allowance in which of the following Sections?
A) Section 5
B) Section 6
C) Section 7
D) Section 4 - Which of the following States has declared a social security scheme for registered newspaper hawkers in the State in 2021 considering the losses they faced during the pandemic and that they are a part of the unorganised sector?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Odisha
D) Tamil Nadu - Presently, which of the following countries is NOT a beneficiary of India’s Duty-Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme?
A) Rwanda
B) Burundi
C) Myanmar
D) Angola - How many awards were presented at the National Sports and Adventure Awards-2022 ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 November 2022?
A) 32
B) 44
C) 52
D) 28 - The government of which of the following states created a draft policy in 2022 for senior citizens on the basis of article 41, which aims to form a directorate for the welfare of senior citizens?
A) Karnataka
B) Telangana
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala - In 2022, Vinay Mohan Kwatra took charge as the Foreign Secretary of India. Prior to this, he served as the ambassador to which of the following countries?
A) Bhutan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Nepal
D) Maldives - What is the disinvestment target of the Finance Ministry for the year 2023-24?
A) ₹54,000 crore
B) ₹53,000 crore
C) ₹50,000 crore
D) ₹51,000 crore - Who assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Navy on 31 July 2021?
A) Karambir Singh
B) Ravneet Singh
C) SN Ghormade
D) Dinesh K Tripathi - Where was the first meeting of the Employment Working Group of G20 conducted?
A) Jaipur
B) Jodhpur
C) Lucknow
D) Kolkata - The Election Laws Amendment Bill passed in the Parliament recently seeks to implement certain electoral reforms. One of them is the eligibility date. Till now, only one date – 1 January was considered for deciding eligibility with respect to age. What reform does the Bill seek in this regard?
A) Introducing two dates – 1 January and 1 June
B) Eliminating the idea of eligibility date – enrolment throughout the year
C) Introducing four dates – 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, 1 October
D) Introducing three dates – 1 January, 1 May, 1 September - Who among the following sports persons is designated as brand ambassador for Nikshay Mitra, an initiative under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan by Ministry of Health and Family welfare of GOI in November 2022?
A) Mary Kom
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Pullela Gopichand
D) Deepa Malik - As per the UNDP, the rank of Sri Lanka in the Human Development Index (2022) is:
A) 74/189
B) 73/189
C) 75/189
D) 72/189 - Which of the following is NOT an amendment made to the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) Amendment Act, 2021?
A) The government can call any airport a major airport just by notification.
B) The government will club together profit-making and loss-making airports.
C) The government can offer airports as a package in PPP mode to the prospective bidders.
D) A major airport is one which has an annual traffic of minimum 35 lakh passengers. - The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 amended which of the following Acts?
A) The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1892
B) The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1895
C) The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1890
D) The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 - N. Rangasamy sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2021. What is the name of the party he formed?
A) Naam Tamilar Katchi
B) All India NR Congress
C) Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam
D) Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - Who holds the record for the longest long jump in India as of 2023?
A) Jeswin Aldrin
B) TC Yohannan
C) Murali S
D) Nayana James - What is the cost of the ‘Nand Baba Milk Mission’ scheme launched by the Uttar Pradesh state government in 2023?
A) ₹500 crore
B) ₹1,500 crore
C) ₹2,000 crore
D) ₹1,000 crore - Which music-composer duo was honoured with the National Lata Mangeshkar Award for the year 2020?
A) Sachin–Jigar
B) Jatin-Lalit
C) Salim–Sulaiman
D) Anand-Milind - Who among the following is the first Indian to win gold at Junior World Weightlifting Championship in May 2022?
A) Sathish Sivalingam
B) Mirabai Chanu
C) Santoshi Matsa
D) Harshada Sharad Garud - Who among the following Indian women boxers was elected as the Chairperson and a voting member of the International Boxing Association in 2022?
A) Pooja Rani
B) Mary Kom
C) Nikhat Zareen
D) Lovlina Borgohain - Tarun Bhattacharya, who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018, is known for playing which musical instrument?
A) Santoor
B) Violin
C) Tabla
D) Sitar - Who among the following was the Former Secretary (HRD), Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and has been appointed as the advisor to the Prime Minister of India in October 2021?
A) Shri Apurva Chandra
B) PK Sinha
C) Amarjeet Sinha
D) Amit Khare - In which year was the MPLADS scheme implemented?
A) 2003
B) 1983
C) 1993
D) 2013 - In which year did the Central Government launch the National Air Sports Policy?
A) 2022
B) 2021
C) 2023
D) 2020 - Madhuri Barthwal, a folk singer and Padma Shri 2022 awardee, belongs to which of the following states of India?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra - Who won the paralympic bronze medal in archery for India at Tokyo in 2020?
A) Atanu Das
B) Pravin Jadhav
C) Deepika Kumari
D) Harvinder Singh - Which of the following schemes of the Government of India is a part of the ‘Target Group’ approach?
A) Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP)
B) Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)
C) Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP)
D) Command Area Development & Water Management Programme (CADP) - Which of the following was the mascot of the FIH men’s Hockey World Cup – 2023?
A) Jitu
B) Bheema
C) Olly
D) Asha - Who was the player of the match in the semi-final of the T20 Women’s World Cup 2023 played between India and Australia?
A) Deepti Sharma
B) Ashleigh Gardner
C) Meg Lanning
D) Harmanpreet Kaur - Who among the following won a Gold Medal at the 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary?
A) Geeta Phogat
B) Vinesh Phogat
C) Pooja Dhanda
D) Priya Malik - Which of the following was the mascot of the Khelo India University Games 2022?
A) Bheema
B) Moga
C) Jitu
D) Saavaj - In January 2023, Koneru Humpy won India’s first-ever silver medal at the __________ held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
A) FIDE World Chess Championship
B) World Blitz Chess Championship
C) World Correspondence Chess Championship
D) World Rapid Chess Championship - As of Financial year 2019, which of the following states has the highest road density in India?
A) Haryana
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Punjab - Tabla maestro, Bickram Ghosh, was awarded with which of the following awards in 2023 in the Contemporary Category?
A) Padma Shri
B) Padma Bhushan
C) Sangeet Natak Akademi
D) Sangeet Kalanidhi - For which of the following states was the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, introduced in the Parliament?
A) Odisha
B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh - What is the position of India in the world’s telecommunication market, as of March 2024?
A) Fourth
B) Second
C) First
D) Third - Arvind Parikh, a Padma Bhushan awardee, plays which of the following musical instruments?
A) Sitar
B) Bansuri
C) Tabla
D) Sarangi - The third edition of the Khelo India University Games was hosted by which of the following states?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Madhya Pradesh - How many medals did India win in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022, which was held in Cairo, Egypt?
A) 9
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8 - Who is the author of the book ‘From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India’?
A) Romila Thapar
B) Devid Hardiman
C) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
D) Sumit Sarkar - At which Olympics did Gagan Narang win a bronze medal?
A) London 2012
B) Rio 2016
C) Athens 2004
D) Beijing 2008 - Harivarasanam award is given in the field of music by which of the following state governments?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Maharashtra
D) Himachal Pradesh - Which of the following ministries launched the PM Daksh scheme?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
C) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
D) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
