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SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 Current Affairs MCQ [Part 3]
- The Atal Innovation Mission was launched in year ________.
A) 2021
B) 2016
C) 2014
D) 2004 - Consider the following statements and choose the correct statement(s) from the following:
- The UDAN scheme has completed five years since its implementation in 2017.
- It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
- The Airports Authority of India is the implementing agency of this scheme.
A) Only statement 3
B) Only statement 2
C) Only statements 2 and 3
D) Only statements 1 and 3
- What is the length of Indian Railways network, according to Railway Yearbook 2019-20?
A) 67,956 km
B) 1,604 km
C) 63,950 km
D) 2,402 km - As in July 2021, The NIPUN Bharat Scheme was launched by which of the following Ministries?
A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B) Ministry of Education
C) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
D) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers - Who is Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology as of July 2023?
A) Ramesh Pokhriyal
B) Dharmendra Pradhan
C) Ashwini Vaishnaw
D) Jitendra Singh - In August 2022, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the ________ scheme, with an aim to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to people engaged in begging in 75 municipalities.
A) TWINKLE-75
B) BEAM-75
C) SMILE-75
D) RISE-75 - Which of the following is the first Indian woman Grandmaster in Chess?
A) Harika Dronavalli
B) S Vijayalakshmi
C) Tania Sachdev
D) R Vaishali - Who was the first Indian woman wrestler to represent the country at the 2012 London Olympic Games?
A) Babita Phogat
B) Sakshi Malik
C) Vinesh Phogat
D) Geeta Phogat - In which year was the Digital India mission launched?
A) 2015
B) 2016
C) 2014
D) 2017 - Pandwani singer Usha Barle was conferred with which of the following awards by the Government of India in 2023?
A) Padma Vibhushan
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Padma Bhushan
D) Padma Shri - Which state Chief Minister launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’ in 2022, which provides financial assistance of ₹5,000 to women giving birth to a second girl child for safe motherhood?
A) Gujarat
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Chhattisgarh - Who was the chief coordinator for the G20 summit hosted by India?
A) S Jaishankar
B) Vijay Gokhale
C) Vinay Kwatra
D) Harsh Vardhan Shringla - Which state government honoured Vani Jairam with the MS Subbulakshmi Award for 2019?
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Odisha
D) Tamil Nadu - AR Rehman, Gulzar and _____ won the 52nd annual Grammy Award for the best motion picture song ‘Jai ho’.
A) Danny Boyle
B) Tanvi Shah
C) Dev Patel
D) Freida Pinto - Which of the following is a key focus area of the ‘Amrit Dharohar’ scheme launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on World Environment Day, 2023?
A) Preservation of ancient Indian heritage sites
B) Development of rural infrastructure
C) To promote values of local communities in conserving wetland ecosystem
D) Promotion of organic farming - According to the Agricultural and Processed food products Export Development Authority (APEDA) 2020-2021, which state of India has the first rank in grapes production?
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh - As for the year 2020-21, which of the following states had the lowest unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above?
A) Sikkim
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Chhattisgarh - Indira PP Bora is a Padma Shri Awardee 2020 for her contribution to which Indian classical dance?
A) Sattriya
B) Kathak
C) Kuchipudi
D) Bharatanatyam - Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Indian government in 2022?
A) Venkatramanan Anantha Nageswaran
B) Kaushik Basu
C) TV Somanathan
D) Raghuram Rajan - Who among the following famous Indian women cricketers announced retirement in June 2022?
A) Smriti Mandhana
B) Jhulan Goswami
C) Anjum Chopra
D) Mithali Raj - Hindustani singer Pandit Venkatesh Kumar was honoured with ‘Kalidas Samman-2022’ by which state government?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Gujarat - Which is the joint digital skills initiative for employability through digital skills by National Career Service and Microsoft India?
A) Digisaksham
B) Vidyadaan
C) Shiksha Vani
D) Swayam - Which Indian musician from Maharashtra received the Padma Vibhushan 2023?
A) Ramdas Palsule
B) Bharat Kamat
C) Zakir Hussain
D) Milind Date - Which web portal was launched by the Department of Telecommunications for sharing information on mobile towers and EMF emission compliance?
A) E-Amrit
B) Namaste
C) Tarang Sanchar
D) PM-Daksh - The inaugural match of the Women Premier League 2023 cricket was played in which of the following venues?
A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) Kolkata - Tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain was awarded which of the following awards by the Government of India in 2023?
A) Bharat Ratna
B) Padma Shri
C) Padma Vibhushan
D) Padma Bhushan - In 2022, which of the following railway stations has been selected for the ‘One Station One Product’ scheme launched by Indian Railways, which identifies Kanchipuram sarees as the chosen product?
A) Howrah
B) Chennai Central
C) Visakhapatnam
D) Patna Jn - Annapurna Devi is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
A) Rudra veena
B) Taal
C) Ektara
D) Surbahar - India finished on which of the following positions in overall medals tally at Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 1
D) 2 - Who among the following famous badminton players won Swiss Open 2022?
A) Jwala Gutta
B) Aparna Popat
C) Saina Nehwal
D) PV Sindhu - Who among the following famous badminton players won Singapore Open 2022?
A) Aparna Popat
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Jwala Gutta
D) PV Sindhu - In which year was Smart Cities Mission launched?
A) 2015
B) 2013
C) 2019
D) 2018 - Who among the following was selected as the Sherpa for India’s G20 hosted in 2022-23?
A) Piyush Goyal
B) Ashwini Vaishnav
C) Shaktikanta Das
D) Amitabh Kant - Which of the following countries won the first men’s Asian Hockey Championship trophy?
A) Japan
B) China
C) India
D) Pakistan - In February 2023, BVR Subrahmanyam was appointed as the ________.
A) Chief Vigilance Commissioner
B) Comptroller General Of India
C) CEO NITI Aayog
D) Chief Election Commissioner - Who has written the book ‘Fearless Governance’, published in January 2021, describing her stint as Governor?
A) Draupadi Murmu
B) Baby Rani Maurya
C) Kiran Bedi
D) Anandi ben Patel - Bhupen Hazarika was one of the most well-known personalities from the state of ________.
A) Odisha
B) Assam
C) Nagaland
D) Manipur - In May 2022, Then President Ram Nath Kovind appointed _________ as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
A) Kiran Bedi
B) Anil Baijal
C) Vijai Kapoor
D) Vinai Kumar Saxena - The final match of IPL 2023 was hosted by which of the following cities?
A) Bengaluru
B) Chennai
C) Mumbai
D) Ahmedabad - Who among the following players is related to table tennis?
A) Manish Narwal
B) Manika Batra
C) K Srikanth
D) Pankaj Advani - Which Indian among the following has his name in Time Magazine’s list of ‘100 most influential people of 2021’?
A) Neeraj Chopra
B) Narendra Modi
C) Virat Kohli
D) Amit Shah - Who among the following is one of the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh as of July 2023?
A) Narottam Mishra
B) Yogi Adityanath
C) Manoj Sinha
D) Keshav Prasad Maurya - Which government honoured a distinguished percussionist named Pandit Anindo Chatterjee with the Banga Vibhushan Award in 2022?
A) Assam
B) Tripura
C) West Bengal
D) Jharkhand - As of 31 May 2021, only 47% of total routes and 39% of airports (unserved and underserved) have been operationalised under UDAN, according to ICRA. What is the full form of UDAN?
A) Udtha Desh Ka Aam Nayak
B) Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik
C) Unnath Desh Ka Aam Naagrik
D) Ujwal Desh Ka Aam Naagrik - In 2022, who has been appointed as new Attorney General of India?
A) KK Venugopal
B) Niren De
C) Mukul Rohatgi
D) R Venkatramani - Which of the following schemes was launched for the welfare of the unorganised sector workers and labourers on 26 August 2021?
A) e-Shram Portal
B) PM Mentoring Yuva Scheme
C) PM Daksh Yojana
D) Gram Ujala Scheme - In Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, beneficiaries are provided with how much amount every year?
A) ₹6,000
B) ₹4,000
C) ₹5,000
D) ₹3,000 - Which of the following nations won the seven times women’s Asia Cup cricket Championship?
A) Pakistan
B) Bangladesh
C) India
D) Sri Lanka - As of 14 October 2021, which Indian footballer was in the news for breaking Pele’s 77 international goals?
A) Bhaichung Bhutia
B) Sunil Chhetri
C) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
D) Sandesh Jhingan - Mulayam Singh Yadav, who passed away in October 2022, served as the Chief Minister of which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar - Which group of people will be benefited by the Mukhya Mantri Sukh Ashray Yojana approved by Himachal Pradesh?
A) Students and teachers
B) Orphans, specially abled children, destitute women and senior citizens
C) Unemployed youth
D) Farmers and agricultural labourers - Which of the following famous Indian athletes won the Zurich Diamond League final 2022 in September 2022?
A) Bajrang Punia
B) Mirabai Chanu
C) Neeraj Chopra
D) PT Usha - Which of the following Indian states has the least number of operational airports as of 2022?
A) Bihar
B) Maharashtra
C) Mizoram
D) Karnataka - Who is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as of July 2023?
A) Pinarayi Vijayan
B) M Yedurappa
C) KN Nehru
D) MK Stalin - Which of the following nations won the ICC World Test Championship, defeating India, in 2023?
A) New Zealand
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) England - Who is the world’s most popular leader as per Global Leader Approval Ratings released by US-based Morning Consult in February 2023?
A) Xi Jinping
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Joe Biden
D) Narendra Modi - On which of the following dates does India celebrate its Constitution Day?
A) 26 January
B) 26 November
C) 15 August
D) 2 October - Who among the following is known as ‘Captain Cool’ in Indian Cricket?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
C) Kapil Dev
D) Sachin Tendulkar - Sports Authority of India comes under which ministry?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Social Justice
C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
D) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports - Match the following Sportsman with their Award.
| Sportsman | Award |
| A) Devendra Jhajharia | i) Padma Shri 2022 |
| B) Sumit Antil | ii) Padma Bhushan 2022 |
| C) Neeraj Chopra | iii) Arjun Award 2021 |
| D) Shikhar Dhawan | iv) Major Dhayn Chand Khel Ratna Award |
A) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D- iii
B) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
C) A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-iv
D) A-iv, B-i, C-iii, D-ii
- Match the sports in List I with the sportsperson in List II who were in news for their sports achievement in 2022:
| Sportsperson | Sport |
| A) Lakshya Sen | i) Boxing |
| B) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | ii) Badminton |
| C) Nikhat Zareen | iii) Shooting |
| D)Rudrankksh Patil | iv) Chess |
A) A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii
B) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
C) A-i, B-iv, C-ii, D-iii
D) A-ii, B-iv, C-i, D-iii
