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175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years www.practicemock.com 1 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years S. No. Question Answer Abbreviations and Their Full Forms Asked in last 15 Years in SSC 1 What does NATO stand for? North Atlantic Treaty Organization 2 What s RAF an abbreviation of? Rapid Action Force 3 What does NREGP stand for? National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme 4 What does HTTP stand for in the world of internet? Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 5 What is NIEO s full form? New International Economic Order 6 What does CTBT stand for? Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 7 What is ATM's full form? Automated Teller Machine 8 TRAI's full form is? Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 9 What does DTP stand for? Desk Top Publishing 10 What is the full form of SAARC? South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation 11 The technolocy in CDMA stand for? Code Divison Multiple Access 12 IGNOU's full form is? Indira Gandhi National Open University 13 NHRC is an abbreviation of? National Human Rights Commission 14 MCA's full form is? Master of Computer Application 15 International Bank for Reconstruction What does IBRD stand for? and Development 16 NIS stands for? National Immunization Surveys 17 TRIPS' full form is? Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 18 TRP is an abbreviation of? Television Rating Point 19 MRI's full form is? www.practicemock.com Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years 20 What does DVD stand for? Digital Video/Versatile Disk 21 What is FDI's full form? 22 GUI is the abbreviation of? Graphical User Interface 23 IPCC's full form is? www.practicemock.com Foreign Direct Investment Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 3 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years Important Days Asked in last 15 Years in SSC 1 When is Army Day celebrated in India? January 15 2 When is National Unity Day celebrated? October 31 3 What is celebrated on March 8? International Women Day 4 When is World Health Day celebrated April 7 5 When is World Consumer Rights Day? March 15 6 When is the World Laughter Day? January 10 7 When is National/World Environment Day celebrated? June 5 8 What is celebrated on June 27? Global Diabetes Day 9 When is World Aids Day celebrated? December 1 When is International Day of Peace 10 (United Nations) celebrated? September 21 Which organization has declared October 11 2 as International Non-violence Day? United Nations When is Minority Rights Day observed in 12 India? December 18 When is the National Farmers Day 13 celebrated? December 23 When is Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or Non14 Resident Indian Day celebrated? January 9 In which calendar month, first four dates (i.e. 1 to 4) are celebrated as 15 global/international dates? October 16 When is National Youth Day observed? January 12 To respect whose birthday, is Teacher's 17 Day celebrated in India on September 5? Dr. S Radhakrishnan When is International Yoga Day 18 celebrated? June 21 Which personality is related to Children's 19 Day Jawahar Lal Nehru Gandhi Jayanti is the birthday of which 20 personality? Mahatma Gandhi Which personality is related to National 21 Science Day? Sir C. V. Raman 22 When is Indian Air Force Day observed? October 8 23 When is United Nations Day celebrated? October 24 www.practicemock.com 4 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years www.practicemock.com 5 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years Books & Authors Asked in last 15 Years in SSC 1 Who is the author of the book Worshipping False Gods? Arun Shourie 2 Who wrote The God of Small Things? Arundhati Roy 3 Who is the author of A Passage to England? Nirad C. Chaudhuri 4 Who is the author of the biography Na Khatam Hone Wali Kahani? Mahesh Bhatt 5 Who is the author of the book Wings of Fire 6 From where is the National Anthem of India compiled? Tatva Bodhini Magazine 7 Who is the author of Business @ the Speed of Thought? Bill Gates 8 Who wrote The Company of Women? Khuswant Singh 9 Who is the creator of the immeroable character 'Swami'? R K Narayan A P J Abdul Kalam Who is the author of Courts And 10 Their Judgements? Arun Shourie 11 Who wrote A Tale of Two Cities? Charles Dickens 12 The writer of Animal Farm is? Goerge Orwell Who is the author of The Gin 13 Drinkers? Sagarika Ghose With which books is Munshi 14 Premchand related to? Sevasadan, Gaban & Rangbhoomi The author of My Presidential Years 15 is? R Venkataraman Who is the author of The Clashes 16 of Civilization? Samuel Huttington Who wrote the series of Harry 17 Potter books? J K Rowling 18 The author of Life Divine is? Arvind Ghosh www.practicemock.com 6 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years The book authored by Dr 19 Harivansh Rai Bacchan is? Prateeksha Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote 20 the book? Kapalkundala With which books is V S Naipaul 21 related to? A Bend in the River, A House for Mr Biswas, An Area of Darkness Midnight Diaries is the 22 autobiography of? Boris Yeltsin Who created cartoon characters like Mandrake the Magician and 23 Fantom? Lee Falk Which writer got the Booker award 24 for the book Half a Life? V S Naipaul 25 Who is the author of Life of Pi? Yann Martel 26 The author of A River Sutra is? Gita Mehta Who wrote The Conquest of 27 Happiness? Bertrand Russell 28 The creation of Mulkraj Anand is? The Village The author of 'Apprenticeship of a Mahatma' on the basis of which the movie 'The Making of the 29 Mahatma' was made is? Fatima Meer The author of Long Walk to 30 Freedom is? Nelson Mandela 31 My Life is the autobiography of? Bill Clinton 32 Who is the author of City of Joy? Dominique Lapierre The Hindu View of Life is authored 33 by? S Radhakrishnan 34 Who wrote Without Fear or Fever? Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Who wrote the book Midnight's 35 Children? Salman Rushdie 36 Two Lives is written by? Vikram Seth India Wins Freedom is the 37 autobiography of? Abul Kalam Azad The author of the book Unto the 38 Last, which influenced Gandhi is? Ruskin Bond The creator of the famous poetry 39 work Gita Govinda is? Jayadeva www.practicemock.com 7 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years The book written by Mulk Raj 40 Anand is? Two Leaves and a Bud A P J Abdul Kalam wrote which 41 book? Guiding Souls Who is the author of the famous book The General Theory of 42 Employment, Interest and Money? J M Keynes Who is the writer of the book What 43 Went Wrong? Kiran Bedi Dr S Radhakrishnan is related to 44 which books? The Hindu View of Life & An Idealistic View of Life Who wrote Meandering Pastures of 45 Memories? Shobhna Narayan Who is the author of the book The 46 Road Ahead? Bill Gates The author of the book The 47 Inheritance of Loss is? Kiran Desai The author of Ageless Body, 48 Timeless Mind is? Deepak Chopra Who wrote The Science of 49 Bharatnatyam? Saroj Vaidyanathan Who wrote the book The White 50 Castle? Orhan Pamuk 51 India Today is? A Current Affairs News Magazine The author of the book India Wins 52 Freedom is? Abul Kalam Azad Who is the author of My 53 Experiments with Truth? Mahatma Gandhi Who wrote The Rediscovery of 54 India? Meghnad Desai 55 The Future of India is written by? Vimal Jalan 56 The Zigzag Way is authored by? Anita Desai 57 Kishwar Desai wrote which book? Witness the Night Who wrote the book The 58 Enchantress of Florence? Salman Rushdie 59 V S Naipaul authored which book? A House for Mr Biswas 60 Kamla Das wrote which book? Tonight, This Savage Rite 61 Who wrote Atiq Rahimi? Earth and Ashes www.practicemock.com 8 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years Who is the author of Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle 62 with India? Joseph Lelyveld Who wrote the book Indian Military Thought KURUKSHETRA to KARGIL 63 and Future Perspectives? Kuldip Singh Straight from the Heart is authored 64 by? Kapil Dev The author of the famous book A 65 Better India: A Better World is? N. R. Narayana Murthy My Unforgettable Memories is the 66 autobiography of? Mamata Banerjee Who wrote the play Andher Nagri 67 Chaupat Raja? Bhartendu Harishchandra Who is the author of the book 68 Arthshashtra? Chaanakya The author of India of My Dreams 69 is? Mahatma Gandhi An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is 70 written by? Adam Smith The author of A Soldier's General : 71 An Autobiography is? General J J Singh The Autobiography of an Unknown 72 Indian is written by? Nirad C. Chaudhuri The famous novel Pride and 73 Prejudice is written by? Jane Austen Who wrote Beyond the Lines: An 74 Autobiography? Kuldeep Nayyar The play Armes and The Man is 75 written by? George Bernard Shaw The writer of Such A Long Journey 76 is? Rohinton Mistry Which was the first book written by 77 Mahatma Gandhi? Hind Swaraj 78 Who is the creator of Prem Pachisi? Munshi Premchand www.practicemock.com 9 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years The author of Employment Interest 79 and Money is J M Keynes 80 Indica was written by? Megasthenes Who is the author of 81 Harshacharita? Banabhatta Turning Points: A journey through 82 challenges is authored by? A P J Abdul Kalam 83 Oliver Twist is written by? Charles Dickens 84 The author of Pickwick Papers is? Charles Dickens 85 Hard Times novel is written by? Charles Dickens Kambar wrote Ramayan in which 86 language? Tamil Krittibas Ojha wrote Ramayan in 87 which language? Bengali Madhava Kandali wrote Ramayan 88 in which language? Assamese Tulsidas wrote Ramayan in which 89 language? Hindi The author of The State of the 90 Nation is? Fali Sam Nariman The Communist Manifesto was 91 written by? Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx Who was the creator of Natya 92 Shastra? Bharata Muni Who wrote the book Why 93 Socialism?? Jayaprakash Narayan The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming 94 was written by? Masanobu Fukuoka The author of No full stops in India 95 is? Mark Tully The first creation of Salman 96 Rushdie was? Grimus 97 Who is the author of Das Kapital? Karl Marx 98 Non-Stop India is authored by? Mark Tully Lucknow Boy: A Memoir is written 99 by? Vinod Mehta Who is the author of The Test of 100 My Life? www.practicemock.com 49032737 Yuvraj Singh 10 info@practicemock.com 011- 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years The author of Don't Laugh We Are 101 Police is B. L. Vohra 102 Who created Raga Kameshwari? Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 103 Life Divine is written by? Sri Aurobindo 104 The author of Meghdoot is? Kalidas www.practicemock.com 49032737 11 info@practicemock.com 011- 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years Awards & Prizes Asked in last 15 Years in SSC 1 Nobel Prize is not given in which field? Mathematics 2 Who was awarded Nobel Prize in two different branches of science? Marie Curie 3 Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize? Rabindranath Tagore 4 Who was the first recipeint of Ramon Magsaysay Award in India? Vinoba Bhave 5 What is the theme of Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace Award? 6 Booker Prize is given in which field? Fictional Literature Writing 7 Which Indian scientist received the Nobel Prize as well as Bharat Ratna? 8 Which of the Ex-Army Chiefs has received Mahaveer Chakra twice? General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya 9 Nobel Prize is not given in which of the fields from the funds set by Doctor Alfred Nobel? To save the dignity of human existence C V Raman Economics Who was the first lady to 10 receive the Jnanpith Award? Ashapoorna Devi Who was the first lady to receive the Dada Saheb 11 Phalke award? Devika Rani Who was the first lady 12 recipient of Padma Shri? Nargis Dutt Indian Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen is famous for 13 his work in which field? 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Nelson Mandela Who is the only Union Home Minister who received "Bharat Ratna" while still 24 being in the office? Govind Vallabh Pant In whose memory was Manav 25 Seva award started? Rajeev Gandhi Which state government started National Tansen 26 Samman? Madhya Pradesh Who was the first reciepient(s) of Bharat 27 Ratna? C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C V Raman In which year was Amartya Sen rewarded the Nobel 28 Prize? 1998 www.practicemock.com 49032737 13 info@practicemock.com 011- 175+ Important SSC GK Questions asked in Last 15 Years Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given for extraordinary contribution in 29 which field? Science Which is the highest award 30 for sports in India? Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Who was the first economist to receive the Nobel Prize 31 solely? Paul Samuelson Who was the first person to receive Bharat Ratna 32 posthumously? Lal Bahadur Shastri Who was the recipient of 33 Jnanpith Award in 2011? 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