SSC CHSL| MTS Quiz : General Awareness | 10-03-2023

 Dear Readers,

As SSC CHSL| MTS  notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of quizzes are based on the latest pattern of the SSC  CHSL|  MTS examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.

Q.1 The term 'checkmate' is used in which of the following sports?

a) Hockey

b) Chess

c) Cricket

d) Badminton

Q.2 Who among the following received the Sahitya Akademi Award (Non-fiction) for his book ‘An Era of Darkness’ in 2019?

a) Shashi Tharoor

b) Cyrus Mistry

c) Jerry Pinto

d) Arun Shourie

Q.3 Shambhu Maharaj was Awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to which of the following dances in India?

a) Kathak

b) Bharatanatyam

c) Kuchipudi

d) Manipuri

Q.4 Which of the following game is played with a racket?

a) Baseball

b) Volleyball

c) Cricket

d) Squash

Q.5 On 21stJanuary 2022, three states observed their 50th Statehood Day, which of the following is NOT one amongst these three?

a) Meghalaya

b) Nagaland

c) Tripura

d) Manipur

Q.6 Which of the following fields is not offered by Kalidas Samman?

a) Classical music

b) Classical dance

c) Puppetry

d) Plastic arts

Q.7 Who among the following was the first woman classical dancer in independent

India to be nominated as a member to the Rajya Sabha?

a) Vidyagauri Adkar

b) Niveditha Arjun

c) Rukmini Devi Arundale

d) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma

Q.8 Who among the following is credited with single-handedly making the Santoor a popular classical instrument?

a) Shiv Kumar Sharma

b) Bhajan Sopori

c) Rahul Sharma

d) Ulhas Bapat

Q.9 E.M. Subramaniam was an exponent of the _____, a musical instrument.

a) mandolin

b) guitar

c) ghatam

d) pakhawaj

Q.10 Pandit Ravi Shankar, a music legend is famous for which of the following styles

of music?

a) Hindustani classical instrumental

b) Hindustani classical vocal

c) Carnatic classical vocal

d) Carnatic classical instrumenta

Answer:-

Q-1(B)

Q-2(A)

Q-3(A)

Q-4(D)

Q-5(B)

Q-6(C)

Q-7(C)

Q-8(A)

Q-9(C)

Q-10(A)