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PSSSB Senior Assistant Exam MCQs

1. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Army Staff?

(A) General Manoj C. Pande (B) Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi (C) General Bipin Rawat (D) Lieutenant General Raj Shukla

Correct Answer: (B) Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi

2. What annual meeting did Jake Sullivan attend with Ajit Doval during his visit to India in June 2024?

(A) Indo-US Defense Summit (B) Annual Trade and Economic Dialogue (C) Second annual meeting of the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) (D) Global Climate Change Conference

Correct Answer: (C) Second annual meeting of iCET

3. What is Exoskeleton Technology?

(A) A form of virtual reality gaming equipment (B) Wearable structures that enhance human strength (C) A software used for cybersecurity purposes (D) A method of renewable energy production

Correct Answer: (B) Wearable structures that enhance human strength

4. Who became the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 16 October, 2024?

(A) Farooq Abdullah (B) Sheikh Abdullah (C) Omar Abdullah (D) Zamir Abdullah

Correct Answer: (C) Omar Abdullah

5. Which of the following diseases are caused by a vitamin A deficiency?

(A) Night Blindness (B) Xerophthalmia (C) Keratomalacia (D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

6. What does VVPAT stand for in the context of EVMs?

(A) Verified Voter Paper Authentication Technology (B) Voter-Verified Polling Accuracy Tracker (C) Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (D) Verified Voting Process and Accountability Tool

Correct Answer: (C) Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail

7. Who among the following is the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the government of India?

(A) Krishnamurthy Subramanian (B) Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran (C) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman (D) S.S. Nakul

Correct Answer: (B) Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran

8. What technology is the government planning to implement for toll collection on national highways?

(A) RFID technology (B) Satellite-based GPS (C) Facial recognition (D) QR code scanning

Correct Answer: (B) Satellite-based GPS

9. Which individuals were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024?

(A) Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee (B) Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson (C) Paul Milgrom, Oliver Hart and Jean Tirole (D) Robert Shiller, Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen

Correct Answer: (B) Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson

10. In which year was Nagarkot fort captured by Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq?

(A) 1337 AD (B) 1325 AD (C) 1314 AD (D) 1315 AD

Correct Answer: (A) 1337 AD

11. Who defeated Mohammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191?

(A) Akbar (B) Prithviraj Chauhan (C) Babur (D) Chandragupta Maurya

Correct Answer: (B) Prithviraj Chauhan

12. What is the full form of EPFO?

(A) Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (B) Economic Protection and Financial Oversight (C) Employment Promotion and Financial Operations (D) Essential Provident Fund Obligation

Correct Answer: (A) Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation

13. The revolt of 1857 was started in?

(A) Meerut (B) Delhi (C) Bhopal (D) Gandhi Nagar

Correct Answer: (A) Meerut

14. Who won the Gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour on June 18, 2024?

(A) Johannes Vetter (B) Thomas Röhler (C) Magnus Kirt (D) Neeraj Chopra

Correct Answer: (D) Neeraj Chopra

15. Who won the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship in 2024?

(A) Beloslava Krasteva (B) Divya Deshmukh (C) Magnus Carlsen (D) Viswanathan Anand

Correct Answer: (B) Divya Deshmukh

16. Who is the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the same Olympic Games?

(A) P.V. Sindhu (B) Abhinav Bindra (C) Mary Kom (D) Manu Bhaker

Correct Answer: (D) Manu Bhaker

17. Which film will be the opening film of the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)?

(A) "The Journey of a Lifetime" (B) "Tales of the Heart" (C) "Billy and Molly, an Otter Love Story" (D) "Echoes of the Past"

Correct Answer: (C) "Billy and Molly, an Otter Love Story"

18. Who was the first Governor General of India after the passing of the Charter Act of 1833?

(A) Lord Warren Hastings (B) Lord Cornwallis (C) Lord William Bentinck (D) Lord Dalhousie

Correct Answer: (C) Lord William Bentinck

19. What historic feat did Indian mountaineer Satyadeep Gupta achieve?

(A) First person to scale Mt. Everest three times in one season (B) First person to scale Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse twice in one season (C) First person to scale Mt. Everest and Mt. K2 in one season (D) First Indian to scale Mt. Everest in 11 hours and 15 minutes

Correct Answer: (B) Scaling Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse twice in one season

20. Where was the third and final landing experiment of ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle ‘Pushpak’ successfully conducted?

(A) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (B) Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka (C) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Kerala (D) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Correct Answer: (B) Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga

21. What was the theme of World Earth Day 2024?

(A) End Plastic Pollution (B) Ecosystem Restoration (C) Time for Nature (D) Planet vs. Plastics

Correct Answer: (D) Planet vs. Plastics

22. Who is the first Indian to receive the prestigious ‘Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award’ from South Africa?

(A) Satyajit Ray (B) Vinod Ganatra (C) Mira Nair (D) Shyam Benegal

Correct Answer: (B) Vinod Ganatra

23. Why is it important that N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar joined the NDA meeting to form the government?

(A) They are new members of the NDA. (B) Their parties' support is crucial for the BJP to form the government. (C) They were absent from previous meetings. (D) They opposed the NDA leadership.

Correct Answer: (B) Their support is crucial

24. Which category of the “National Creators Award” honors those who make a big difference in protecting the environment?

(A) Green Champion Award (B) Disruptor of the Year (C) Best Storyteller Award (D) Tech Creator Award

Correct Answer: (A) Green Champion Award

25. What is the full form of NEERI?

(A) National Environmental Electronics Research Institute (B) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (C) National Electronics Engineering Research Institute (D) National Engineering Environmental Research Institute

Correct Answer: (B) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

26. Who has been re-appointed as the National Security Advisor (NSA) in the Narendra Modi-led government?

(A) K. Suresh (B) S. Jaishankar (C) Kiren Rijiju (D) Ajit Doval

Correct Answer: (D) Ajit Doval

27. What is the new MSP for Paddy (Common) for the Marketing Season 2024-25?

(A) ₹ 2,183 per quintal (B) ₹ 2,625 per quintal (C) ₹ 2,203 per quintal (D) ₹ 2,300 per quintal

Correct Answer: (D) ₹ 2,300 per quintal

28. Which initiative has India announced to provide medical supplies to developing countries affected by disasters?

(A) Aarogya Maitri (B) Dakshin Maitri (C) Vaccine Maitri (D) Swasthya Maitri

Correct Answer: (A) Aarogya Maitri

29. What old laws are being replaced by the new criminal laws in India on July 1, 2024?

(A) Constitution of India (B) IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act (C) Consumer Protection Act (D) Right to Information Act

Correct Answer: (B) IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act

30. What law has the Central Government made to stop cheating in public exams?

(A) Public Examination (Prevention of Cheating) Act, 2024 (B) Public Examination (Prevention of Malpractices) Act, 2024 (C) Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 (D) Public Examination (Integrity and Fairness) Act, 2024

Correct Answer: (A) Public Examination (Prevention of Cheating) Act, 2024

31. Which of the following place was not visited by Guru Nanak Dev Ji?

(A) Ceylon (B) Tibet (C) Baghdad (D) Rome

Correct Answer: (D) Rome

32. Which Sikh Guru started the tradition of installing Nishan Sahib on or in front of the Gurdwara?

(A) Guru Nanak Dev ji (B) Guru Arjan Dev ji (C) Guru Angad Dev ji (D) Guru Hargobind ji

Correct Answer: (D) Guru Hargobind ji

33. The great Sikh warrior woman Mai Bhago belonged to which village?

(A) Guru Ki Wadali (B) Jhabal (C) Muktsar (D) Kartarpur

Correct Answer: (B) Jhabal

34. Lahore was occupied by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after defeating?

(A) Bhangis (B) Kanyhias (C) Nakkais (D) Ahluwalias

Correct Answer: (A) Bhangis

35. Which French soldier and adventurer was hired by Maharaja Ranjit Singh to train his army?

(A) Jean-Baptiste Ventura (B) Claude August Court (C) Paolo Di Avitabile (D) Jean-François Allard

Correct Answer: (A) Jean-Baptiste Ventura

36. First Singh Sabha was founded in:

(A) Amritsar 1873 (B) Amritsar 1877 (C) Lahore 1877 (D) Lahore 1873

Correct Answer: (A) Amritsar 1873

37. Dulla Bhatti rose in revolt against the revenue policy of:

(A) Jahangir (B) Akbar (C) Abdali (D) Shah Jahan

Correct Answer: (B) Akbar

38. The Agrarian agitation of Punjab in 1907 was launched on which of the following reason?

(A) Colonisation Bill (B) Rowlatt Bill (C) Moneylender's Registration Bill (D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Colonisation Bill

39. Who among the following died during hunger strike by Bhagat Singh and his associates in jail?

(A) Shiv Verma (B) Khudi Ram (C) Master Amir Chand (D) Jatin Das

Correct Answer: (D) Jatin Das

40. Who among the following is the author of famous Punjabi novel Pinjar?

(A) Waris Shah (B) Amrita Pritam (C) Sahir Ludhianvi (D) Mohan Singh

Correct Answer: (B) Amrita Pritam

41. Which Committee was set up by the British to investigate into ‘Disturbances’ after Jallianwala Bagh?

(A) Sedition Committee (B) Rowlatt Committee (C) Hunter Committee (D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Hunter Committee

42. Which hockey player won gold medal in three Olympics?

(A) Ajit Pal (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Prithipal (D) Balbir Singh

Correct Answer: (D) Balbir Singh

43. The famous battle of Saragarhi was fought in?

(A) 1895 (B) 1899 (C) 1897 (D) 1896

Correct Answer: (C) 1897

44. The First Buddhist Council was held at?

(A) Patliputra (B) Vaishali (C) Rajgraha (D) Kundalvana

Correct Answer: (C) Rajgraha

45. The land between Jhelum and Chenab is known as:

(A) Chaj doab (B) Bari doab (C) Rachna doab (D) Bist Jalandhar doab

Correct Answer: (A) Chaj doab

46. Fa-Hein came from which of the following countries?

(A) Persia (B) China (C) Egypt (D) Morocco

Correct Answer: (B) China

47. Who among the following is the author of the famous story of Heer?

(A) Bulleh Shah (B) Sultan Bahu (C) Shah Sharaf (D) Waris Shah

Correct Answer: (D) Waris Shah

48. Where is the shrine of Baba Farid located?

(A) Pakpattan (B) Dipalpur (C) Bahwalpur (D) Sheikhupura

Correct Answer: (A) Pakpattan

49. Which Sikh Guru is credited with standardizing scripts into Gurmukhi script?

(A) Guru Nanak Dev ji (B) Guru Angad Dev ji (C) Guru Arjan Dev ji (D) Guru Amar Das ji

Correct Answer: (B) Guru Angad Dev ji

50. Taxila was an important center of learning until its decline in:

(A) 8th century C.E. (B) 10th century C.E. (C) 5th century C.E. (D) 12th century C.E.

Correct Answer: (D) 12th century C.E.

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