General Knowledge Questions for OSSSC OSSC

01. Who is the author of the book titled “A confused Mind story”?

(OPRB CBRE Warder- 24th Dec 2022-SL-3)

(A) Lu Kuniya

(B) Vikram Jeet Singh

(C) Roshini Dutta

(D) Sahil Seth

02. Who is the author of the book “My Journey : Transforming dreams into actions”?

(OSSSC Junior Clerk 2017)

(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(B) Jairam Ramesh

(C) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

(D) Malala Yousafzai

03. Who wrote the Book “Gandhi & Stalin”?

(OSSSC VAW/HEW 2016)

(A) Raj Narayan

(B) Louis Fischer

(C) Anita Desai

(D) Lalbahadur Shastri

04. Which Indian Olympian’s autobiography is ‘unbreakable’?

(OSSSC LIVESTOCK 2021)

(A) P. V. Sindhu

(B) Sania Mirza

(C) Mary Kom

(D) Rani Rampal

05. ‘Panchatantra’ was written by whom?

(OSSSC RI 2021)

(A) Kalidasa

(B) Vishnu Sharma

(C) Tulsidas

(D) Banabhatta

06. The lengthiest classical epic of India is?

(OSSSC RI 2021)

(A) Bhagawad Gita

(B) Ramayana

(C) Gita Govinda

(D) Mahabharata

07. Match each of the books in Column-A with their authors in Column-B and select the correct answer set from the table given below.

Column-A	Column-B
(a) Confessions	i. Adam Smith
(b) Gathering Storm	ii. Adolph Hitler
(c) Mein Kamph	iii. J.J. Rousseau
(d) Mother	iv. Karl Marx
(e) Wealth of Nations	v. Maxim Gorki
	vi. Winston Churchill

(OSSSC Jr. Assistant 2018)

(A) (a)-iii (b)-vi (c)-ii (d) –iv (e)-v

(B) (a)-iii (b)-vi (c)-ii (d)-v (e)-i

(C) (a)-iii (b)-vi (c)-iv (d) -v (e)-i

(D) (a)-iv (b)-iii (c)-ii (d) -v (e) -i

08. Find out which of the following pairs of books and authors is incorrect.

SL. No	Book	Author
1	Alice in Wonder Land	Lewis Carroll
2	Abhigyan Shakuntalan	Kali Das
3	Artha Sastra	Koutilya
4	Birds and Beasts	Mark Twain
5	Borken Wings	Arundhati Ray

(OSSSC RI 2015)

(A) SL No.1

(B) SI. No.2

(C)SL No.3

(D) SL No.5

09. Find out which of the following pairs of books and authors is incorrect.

SL. No.	Book	Author
1	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hybe	R.L Stevenson
2	5th Column	R. Nest Hemigway
3	Gita Gobinda	Jaydev
4	Godaan	Muni Prem Chand
5	The Guide	Mulk Raj Anand

(OSSSC RI 2015)

(A) SI. No.1

(B) SI. No. 3

(C) SL. No.5

(D) SL. No.4

10. Find out which of the following pairs of books and authors is incorrect.

Sl. No. Book Author

1. Chitrangada Rabindranath Tagore

2. Confidential Clerk T.S Eliot

3. Congquest of Self Mahatma Gandhi

4. Coolie E.Raja Rao

5. The Roman Empire Eward Gibbon

(OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015)

(A) SI. No.5

(B) SI. No.4

(C) SI. No.2

(D) Sl. No.1

11. “The right to vote is a sacred right and an onerous responsibility that you owe to the motherland”- was said by-

(OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015)

(A) T.N.Shesan

(B) R.K.Dwivedi

(C) C.Rajgopalachar

(D) A.P.J Abdul Kalam

12. What type of missile is New Generation Akash Missile (Akash — NG)?

(OSSSC LIVESTOCK 2021)

(A) Surface to air missile

(B) Air to air missile

(C) Surface to surface missile

(D) Intercontinental Ballistic missile

13. The first Satellite was launched by which country?

(OSSSC RI 2021)

(A) Japan

(B) U.S.S.R.

(C) US.A.

(D) Germany

14. Which is India’s first artificial satellite?

(OSSSC VAW/HEW 2016)

(A) INSAT

(B) Aryabhata

(C) Bhaskara

(D) Rohini

15. Name the India’s first multipurpose Satellite?

(OSSSC CRE 2021)

(A) IRS 1A

(B) CMS-01

(C) IRNSS – 1B

(D) INSAT -2A

16. Neil Armstrong, the first American astronaut, set foot on the moon on-

(OSSSC RI 2015)

(A) 21st July, 1969

(B) 13th September, 1959

(C) 20th August, 1858

(D) 18th October, 1961

17. Who was the first Russian cosmonaut to orbit the Earth in Vostok-T on 12th April, 1961.

(OSSSC RI 2015)

(A) Andrian Nicolayev

(B) Alexei Leonov

(C) Yuri Gagarin

(D) Vitaly Sevastyanov

18. The first nuclear reactor of India is?

(OSSSC RI 2021)

(A) Dhruva

(B) Harsha

(C) Apsara

(D) Vipul

(OSSSC Junior Clerk 2017)

A B C D
A) 4 1 2 3
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 2 1 4 3
D) 3 1 4 2

48. (B) Aurobindo Ghosh
49. (C) Rabindranath Tagore
50. (D) Mohd. Iqbal

49. Which one of the following is the national
    aquatic animal of India?

(OSSSC Junior Clerk 2017)

(A) Saltwater crocodile
(B) Olive Ridley Turtle
(C) Gangetic Dolphin
(D) Gharial

50. Who designed the Indian parliament in New Delhi?
    (OSSSC VAW/HEW 2016)

(A) Gustave Eiffel
(B) Le Corbusier
(C) Edwin Landseer Lutyens
(D) Bonnano Pisano

51. The national anthem was adopted by the
    Constituent Assembly on-

(OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015)
(A) 24th Jan., 1950 (B) 26th Jan, 1954
(C) 26th Jan., 1952 (D) 15th Aug, 1956

(A) Ranga swami Cup – Hockey
(B) Champions Trophy – Cricket
(C) Durand Cup – Table Tennis
(D) Wimbledon Trophy – Lawn Tennis

55. Indian player P.V. Sindhu is associated with
    which sports?

(OSSSC CRE PEO/JA 2023)
(A) Table Tennis (B) Badminton
(C) Ball Badminton (D) Tennis

56. Match the following Indian Gold Medal Winners
    of 2014 Commonwealth Games held at Glasgow
    with the sports for which the medal was
    awarded.

Sl. No. Player Sl. No. Sports
a. Joshna Chinappa 1. Weightlifting
b. Vinesh Poghat 2. Squash
c. Vikas Gowda 3. Discuss Throw
d. Satish Sivalingam 4. Wrestling

(OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015)
(A) a-3, b-2,c-4&d-1 (B) a-2, b-4,c-3&d-1
(C) a-2, b-3,c-1&d-4 (D) a-4, b-2,c-1&d-3

57. Find out the incorrect one out of the following
    pairs of sportsperson and the sports he/she is
    associated with.
    (OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015/OSSSC Jail Warder 2017)
    (A) Anuradha Biswal-Atletics
    (B) Jyoti Sunita Kullu- Hockey
    (C) Valena Valentina-Chess
    (D) Sradhanjali Samantaray- Football
58. Which sport is associated with Davis Cup?
    (OSSSC VAW/HEW 2016)
    (A) Tennis (B) Football (C) Cricket (D) Hockey
59. For which sports is Val Barker CIn which year did India win the first Gold medal
60. in Hockey at Olympic Games before
61. Independence?
62. (OSSSC RI 2021 & OSSSC VAW/HEW 2016 )
63. (A) 1910 (B) 1920 (C) 1928 (D) 1945

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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61. Who is the first Non-Indian to receive the Bharat
    Ratna?

(OSSSC CRE 2021)
(A) Mother Teresa (B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (D) Amartya Sen

62. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, who was the Principal
    Scientific Advisor to Gol, was awarded Bharat
    Ratna in-

(OSSSC Jr. Clerk 2015)
(A) 1985 (B) 1987 (C) 1989 (D) 1997

63. Mother Teresa, the first non-Indian, who got
    Nobel Prize in 1979 and Bharat Ratna in 1980
    was born in?

(OSSSC RI 2015)
(A) Czechoslovakia (B) Zurich
(C) Kolkata (D) Albania

ANSWER KEY

1. D 02. B 03. B 04. D
2. C 06. D 07. B 08. A
3. D 10. C 11. C 12. C
4. A 14. D 15. C 16. B
5. A 18. C 19. B 20. B
6. B 22. D 23. B 24. C
7. D 26. C 27. B 28. C
8. B 30. D 31. B 32. D
9. C