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Question 101

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Consider the following statements about NITI Aayog.

(a) It is a non-constitutional and a non-statuary body.

(b) The Finance Minister is a member of the NITI Aayog.

(c) NITI Aayog is the premier policy “Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs.

(d) It allocates funds among different states.

Select the correct statements from the code given below:

  1. AOption (a)

    b, c, and d

  2. BOption (b)

    c and d only

  3. COption (c)

    a and c only 

  4. DOption (d)

    b and d only

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

b, c, and d

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Question 102

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Match the following:

InstitutionHead
I. UPSCA. S Somanath
II. ISROB. Manoj Soni
III. Solicitor GeneralC. Tushar Mehta
  1. AOption (a)

    I A; II B; III C

  2. BOption (b)

    I B; II A; III C

  3. COption (c)

    I C; II A; III B

  4. DOption (d)

    I B; II C; III A

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

I A; II B; III C

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Question 103

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Which is the Central Bank of India ?

  1. AOption (a)

    Reserve Bank of India

  2. BOption (b)

    State Bank of India

  3. COption (c)

    Central Co-operative Bank

  4. DOption (d)

    Central Bank of India

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Reserve Bank of India

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Question 104

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Choose the correct match

StateTraditional dress
1. RajasthanA. Mekhla chador
2. AssamB. Ghagra choli
3. NagalandC. Phanek
4. ManipurD.  Alungtsu
  1. AOption (a)

    1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

  2. BOption (b)

    1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D

  3. COption (c)

    1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C

  4. DOption (d)

    1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

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Question 105

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the official language of the Union?

  1. AOption (a)

    Article 237

  2. BOption (b)

    Article 142

  3. COption (c)

    Article 343

  4. DOption (d)

    Article 14

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Article 237

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Question 106

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

​Padma Vibhushan award recipient 2023

List I (Name)List II (Field)
A. Dilip Mahalanabis1. Public Affairs
B. Zakir Hussain2. Medicine
C. Mulayam Singh Yadav3. Architect
D. Balakrishna Doshi4. Art
  1. AOption (a)

    A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

  2. BOption (b)

    A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

  3. COption (c)

    A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

  4. DOption (d)

    A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

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Question 107

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

National Human Rights Commission of India is an independent statutory body established on 12 October ______.

  1. AOption (a)

    2002

  2. BOption (b)

    1993

  3. COption (c)

    1996

  4. DOption (d)

    1999

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

2002

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Question 108

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

​Match the following:

PersonDiscovery/ Invention
(i)Louis Pasteur(a)discovered the vaccine for smallpox
(ii)Alexander Fleming(b)discovered fermentation
(iii)Edward Jenner(c)discovered penicillin
(iv)Robert Koch(d)discovered bacterium namely Bacillus Anthracis
  1. AOption (a)

    (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)

  2. BOption (b)

    (i)-(a), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(d)

  3. COption (c)

    (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(d)

  4. DOption (d)

    (i)-(b), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

(i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)

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Question 109

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

  1. During Shah Alam II reign, Second Battle of Panipat took place.
  2. During Bahadur Shah I reign, 1857 revolt took place.
  3. During Alamgir reign, the Battle of Plassey took place.

Select the correct code from below.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only 1

  2. BOption (b)

    Both 1 and 2

  3. COption (c)

    Only 3

  4. DOption (d)

    Both 2 and 3

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only 1

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Question 110

EPFO SSA 2023• General Knowledge/General Awareness

Which of the following statements about the different layers of atmosphere is NOT correct?

  1. AOption (a)

    The temperature in troposphere layer decreases at the rate of 1° C for every 165m of height

  2. BOption (b)

    The temperature in the tropopause in nearly constant.

  3. COption (c)

    One important feature of the stratosphere is that it contains the ozone layer.

  4. DOption (d)

    The temperature starts increasing with increase in altitude in the mesosphere

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

The temperature in troposphere layer decreases at the rate of 1° C for every 165m of height

Explanation not yet available.
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