General Awareness GK for exams

General Awareness GK for exams
General Knowledge Informations General Knowledge in India
Objective GK General Knowledge Current Affairs

1. Who was the Chairman of the 12th Finance Commission?
(A)Montek Singh Ahiuwalia
(B)D.C. Rangarajan
(C)K.C. Pant
(D)Dr. Bimal Jalan

Ans. (B)

2. Which Indian Prime Minister did never visit China?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Rajeev Gandhi
(D)P.V. Narsimha Rao

Ans. (B)



3. Who is the largest importer of Petroleum in the world?
(A) Japan
(B) France
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Canada

Ans. (C)

4, who is called as the country of ‘Midnight Sun’?
(A) Japan
(B) Bhutan
(C) Norway
(D) Italy

Ans. (C)

5. Largest Gold producing country in the world is—
(A) Zimbabwe
(B) Russia
(C) South Africa
(D) U.S.A.

Ans. (C)

6. ‘Silicon Valley’ is situated in—
(A) Scotland
(B) California
(C) Swiss Alps
(D) New England States

Ans. (B)

7. How much part of the land on earth is covered by forests?
(A) 40%
(B) 20%
(C) 18%
(D) 30%

Ans. (A)

8. Nancy is the famous industrial city of—
(A) Britain
(B) United States America
(C) France
(D) Germany

Ans. (C)

9. The distance between 10 longitude along equator is approximately equal to—
(A) 224 km
(B) 111km
(C) 56km
(D) 69 km

Ans. (B)

10. Java and Sumatra Islands are in—
(A) Philippines
(B) Newzeland
(C) Indonesia
(D) Jftan

Ans. (C)

11. Budapest is the capital of—
(A) Spain
(B) Bulgaria
(C) Hangri
(D) Poland

Ans. (C)



13. Who provides authorized certification of AGMARK in India?
(A) National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED)
(B) Directorate of Marketing and ejection (Govt. of India)
(C) Indian Standards Institute (ISI)
(D) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

Ans. (A)

14. Who is known as the father of ‘Green Revolution’ in agriculture in India?
(A) Norman E. Borloug
(B) M.S. Swami Nathan
(C) Garry Baker
(D) None of them

Ans. (B)

15. World’s largest producer of Jute products is—
(A) Bangla Desh
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Myanmar

Ans. (A)

16. What is OPEC?
(A) Latest Space-craft of America
(B) Latest Space-craft of Russia
(C) Organization of Non-aligned Countries
(D) Organization of Oil-exporting Countries

Ans. (D)

17. World Trade Organization (WTO) came into existence in place of which organization?
(A) UNICEF
(B) UNESCO
(C) GATT
(D) UNCTAD

Ans. (C)

18. What is the population of India according to 2001 census?
(A) 1007 Crores
(B) 1012 Crores
(C) 1028 Crores
(D) 1042 Crores

Ans. (C)

19. What was the period of Tenth Five Year Plan?
(A) 1992—1997
(B) 1991—1996
(C) 1997—2002
(D) 2002—2007

Ans. (D)

20. What is meant by Core Sector in the Plan?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Defence
(C) Iron and Steel Industry
(D) Selected Basic Industries

Ans. (D)

21. When was the custom of bonded labour abolished in the entire country?
(A) 1975
(B) 1978
(C) 1980
(D) 1982

Ans. (A)

22. What is ‘Mandi House’?
(A) A film by Shyam Benegal
(B) The office of Director General of Doordarshan
(C) Commercial Centre in Mumbai
(D) Film Censor Board of India

Ans. (B)

23. ‘India is For Sale’ is a book written by—
(A) Khushwant Singh
(B) Vikram Singh
(C) Chitra Subramanium
(D) Shobha Dey

Ans. (C)

24. ‘A Prisoner’s Scrap Book’ is authored by—
(A) Murli Manohar Joshi
(B) Atal Behari Vajpai
(C) Lal Krishna Advani
(D) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Ans. (C)

25. Who was honored with ‘Bharat Ratna’ in his own life-time.?
(A)Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B)K. Kamraj Nadar
(C)M.G. Ramachandran
(D)Purushottam Das Tandon

Ans. (D)

26. Who is the writer of ‘Ignited Minds’?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Bala Saheb Thackre
(C) Khushwant Singh
(D) Nayan Tara Sehgal

Ans. (A)

27. ‘Inside C.B.I.’ is written by—
(A) R.C. Sharma
(B) K.P.S. Gill
(C) Joginder Singh
(D) P.R. Kartikeyan

Ans. (C)

28. Which mobile phone service has “Empress Yourself” as its advertisement line?
(A) Idea
(B) Airtel
(C) Hutch
(D) BSNL

Ans. (B)

29. Mangalore Refineries and Petro-chemicals ltd. is in sister company of—
(A) IOC
(B) BPCL
(C) HPCL
(D) ONGC

Ans. (D)

30. Which of the following days is celebrated as Nation Energy Conservation Day?
(A) 5 June
(B) 15 September
(C) 4 November
(D) 14 December

Ans. (D)

31. ‘World Development Report’ is the publication of—
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) World Bank
(C) World Trade Organization
(D) UNTAD

Ans. (B)


32. The first ‘Bio-tech City’ of the country is—
(A) Bangalore
(B) Kanpur
(C) Lucknow
(D) New Delhi

Ans. (C)

33. The book ‘The Otherness of Self’ has been written by—
(A) Rahul Gandhi
(B) Sachin Pilot
(C) Varun Gandhi
(D) Jyotiraditya Scindhia

Ans. (C)

34. Who is at present the Chief of Air Staff?
(A) Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sarin
(B) Air Chief Marshal S.Krishnaswami
(C) Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi
(D) Air Chief Marshal S.K. Tipnis

Ans. (C)

35 Who is the ‘Missile Man’ of India?
(A) Dr. Kasturirangan
(B) Dr. Yashpal
(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Dr. M.S. Swami Nathan

Ans. (C)

36. The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) built in India has been named as—
(A) Indrajeet
(B) Tejus
(C) Pawanptttra
(D) Samiran

Ans. (B)

37. Guru Govind Singh founded ‘Khalsa Panth’ in—
(A) 1665
(B) 1666
(C) 1688
(D) 1699

Ans. (D)

38. After Hazarat Mohammad Saheb, the religious teacher was called—
(A) Maulvi
(B) Kazi
(C) Khalifa
(D) Imam

Ans. (C)

39. Where is Maharani Laxmi Bai National College of Physical Education situated?
(A) Jhansi
(B) Gwalior
(C) Indore
(D) Bhopal

Ans. (B)

40. Sania Mirza is associated with the game of—
(A) Tennis
(B) Badminton
(C). Chess
(D) Atheletics

Ans. (A)

41. Which new game was inducted in 25th Olympic Games?
(A) Ice-Hockey
(B) Lawn Tennis
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Badminton

Ans. (A)

42. The breadth of Cricket-pitch is—
(A) 152 metres
(B) 5 metres
(C) 7 metres
(D) 8 metres

Ans. (A)

43. First woman player to win Arjun Award is—
(A) Mary D’ souza
(B) Kamaijeet Sandhu
(C) Stefi D’ souza
(D) P.T. Usha

Ans. (C)

44. Which day is celebrated as National Sports Day in India?
(A) 15th August
(B) 29th August
(C) 18th September
(D) 26th June

Ans. (B)

45. Which is the oldest Football Tournament of India?
(A) Rovers Cup
(B) Santosh Trophy
(C) Durrand Cup
(D) I.F.A. Shield

Ans. (C)

46. ‘Newton-second’ is the unit of—
(A) Energy
(B) Power
(C) Force
(D) Momentum

Ans. (D)

47. Molecular weight of heavy water is—
(A) 16
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 20

Ans. (D)

48. To explain which of the following quantum principle is required?
(A) Interference
(B) Diffraction
(C) Polarization
(D) Photoelectric effect

Ans. (D)

49. In diesel engine ignition is produced by—
(A) Spark plug
(B) Automatic starter
(C) Compression
(D) Friction

Ans. (C)

50. Which of the following is of nature of light?
(A) X-rays
(B) Cathode rays
(C) Alfa-rays
(D) Beta-rays

Ans. (A)