Reading daily news is a very important part of the aspirants who are preparing for the Government exam. Because now all the government-based competitive exams have a section on current affairs. Current Affairs means recent, daily life, day-to-day events, which are important nationally or internationally. Reading daily current affairs will help you in gaining more knowledge and you can know the news happening around you. Many candidates will not realize the importance of current affairs while preparing for all competitive exams.
The TIER I SSC CGL General Awareness comprises 50 questions for 50 marks covering the general awareness topic which include some static questions and current affairs questions. This section helps you score more marks and can increase your overall score. If you want to get a government job that has huge respect and a huge pay scale, then you have to read current affairs on daily basis and clear the competitive exams to get a job.
It’s time to pull up your socks and burn the midnight oil by practicing the SSC Current Affairs quiz daily.
Q1. The Kurnool Airport is recently been inaugurated in which state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Telangana
Q2. Khelo India Scheme has been extended till _______________.
(a) 2023-24
(b) 2024-25
(c) 2025-26
(d) 2026-27
(e) 2027-28
Q3. A team from which college in India became the first ever to win the CoreNet Global Academic Challenge?
(a) IIT Mumbai
(b) IIT Chennai
(c) IIT Delhi
(d) IIT Roorkee
(e) IIT Kharagpur
Q4. Which city in India got the world’s first ‘Mobile Water from Air’ kiosk recently?
(a) Surat
(b) Visakhapatnam
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Chennai
(e) Mangaluru
Q5. The government has extended the term of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) __________ by a year.
(a) Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
(b) Manjul Bhargava
(c) Baba Kalyani
(d) K. VijayRaghavan
(e) V. K. Saraswat
Q6. Who among the following has been appointed as new chairman of the Airports Authority of India?
(a) Sanjeev Kumar
(b) Vinay Sharma
(c) Rohit Thakur
(d) Kamal Pratap
(e) Vikram Arora
Q7. Legendary singer __________ will be honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2020.
(a) Sunidhi Chauhan
(b) Shreya Ghoshal
(c) Lata Mangeshkar
(d) Neha Kakkar
(e) Asha Bhosle
Q8. How many AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres has e-inaugurated by Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha?
(a) 88
(b) 73
(c) 56
(d) 50
(e) 72
Q9. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
(a) Tanu Verma
(b) Ram Seth
(c) Saurabh Garg
(d) Preeti Takkar
(e) Devanshu Kumar
Q10. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has recently included ________ in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in a bid to develop it as a competitive sport.
(a) Kite-fighting
(b) Leg Cricket
(c) Gillidanda
(d) Yogasana
(e) Kho-Kho
Q11. Who among the following has been appointed as new CMD of Food Corporation of India?
(a) Shikhar Agarwal
(b) Atish Chandra
(c) Prabal Bansal
(d) Pushkal Tripathi
(e) Himanshu Singh
Q12. L&T-built Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ICGS ___________ was commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff, at Chennai.
(a) ICGS Saksham
(b) ICGS Varaha
(c) ICGS Vajra
(d) ICGS Sachet
(e) ICGS Vijaya
Q13. Name the first awardee of Maharashtra Bhushan award in 1996.
(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
(c) Vijay Bhatkar
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
(e) Bhimsen Joshi
Q14. International Yogasana Sports Federation was formed under the presidentship of ___________.
(a) Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
(b) Swami Sivananda
(c) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
(d) Baba Ramdev
(e) Paramahansa Yogananda
Q15. Name the Union Minister, who virtually inaugurated Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority’s (IEPFA) Mobile App.
(a) Nirmala Sitharaman
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Raj Nath Singh
(d) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
(e) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
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Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation, inaugurated the Kurnool Airport, in Andhra Pradesh.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has decided to extend Khelo India scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Ministry has furnished an Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) memorandum to the Ministry of Finance for extension/continuation of the Khelo India Scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. IIT Kharagpur Won CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0.This is the first time a squad from India has emerged as winners in the challenge.A team of 4 UG students from IIT,Kharagpur won the challenge sponsored by Cushman and Wakefield, KI and IA: Interior Architects.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Smart City Visakhapatnam got the ‘World’s First Mobile Water from Air Kiosk and Water Knowledge Centre’.Kiosk will provide clean,mineral-enriched potable water from the air by making use of Maithri Aquatech’s Meghdoot solution as a source to generate water with no dependency on groundwater & surface water resources.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The government has extended the term of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) K. VijayRaghavan by a year. He was appointed PSA in 2018 after retiring as Secretary of, Department of Biotechnology.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. IAS Sanjeev Kumar has appointed as Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2020.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Jammu and Kashmir, LG Manoj Sinha has e-inaugurated 73 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat across the UT.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Senior bureaucrat, Saurabh Garg has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has included Yogasana in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in a bid to develop it as a competitive sport. Yogasana sport for both male and female categories have been included in Khelo India Youth Games, 2021.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Atish Chandra has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. L&T-built Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ICGS Vajra was commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff, at Chennai.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. The first Maharashtra Bhushan awardee was Marathi writer P.L. Deshpande and the last winner of this award was historian Babasaheb Purandare who got it for the year 2015.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. An International Yogasana Sports Federation was formed under the presidentship of yoga guru Baba Ramdev with HR Nagendra as secretary-general in November 2019.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority’s (IEPFA) Mobile App.
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