Code No.
Gk-04
Date- 18/08/2020
General Knowledge
This is a General Knowledge related blog here you find GK Questions and Answers on the India and its States in the form of multiple choice questions which strengthen the knowledge of aspirants who are preparing for the examinations like UPSC, State Services, IBPS, SBI, SSC, Railways etc.
1. General Knowledge
1. Sarasuati Samman for the year 1997 was conferred on whom among the following ?
(A) Vijay Tendulkar (B) Girija Kumar Mathur (C) Dr. Raghuvansh (D) Manubhai Pancholi Darshak (E) Subhas Mukhopadhyaya.
2. The famous Sanchi Stupa is located in which of the following States ?
(A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) Bihar (E) Uttar Pradesh.
3. The 'satellite freight city' is being developednear which of the following cities ?
(A) Gurgaon (B) Kandla (C) New Bombay (D) Calcutta (E) Bangalore.
4. Which of the following indicates the total production of foodgrains during 1996-97 (in million tonnes) ?
(A) 130 (B) 180 (C) 198 (D) 210 (E) 235.
5. "People's fear of today's technology" is known as
(A) Anglophobia. (B) Agoraphobia. (C) Claustrophobia. (D) Xenophobia. (E) Cyberphobia.
6. Optic fibres are mainly used for which of the following ?
(A) Communication (B) Musical instruments (C) Weaving (D) Food industry (E) Eye surgery.
7. The world-famous Khajuraho temples were built by kings of which of the following dynasties ?
(A) Chandela (B) Chauhana (C) Satvahana (D) Pala (E) None of these,
8. Tehri Hydro Power Complex is built on which of the following rivers ?
(A) Yamuna (B) Ganga (C) Gomati (D) Bhagirathi (E) Sutlej.
9. What is the approximate per capita per year consumption figure of edible oil in India ?
(A) 7 kg (B) 10 kg (C) 8 kg (D) 9 kg (E) 11 kg
10. Which of the following is the correct description of the use of Tetracycline?
(A) It enhances qualities of aeroplane fuel. (B) It is known as anti-plague drug.
2. Full Forms
CEC : Chief Election Commissioner
CIA : Central Intelligence Agency
CID : Criminal Investigation Department
CISC : Complex Instruction Set Computing
CISCE : Councils for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
CJ : Chief Justice
CMD : Chairman-cum-Managing Director
CNG : Compressed Natural Gas
CNN : Cable News Network
CPWD : Central Public Work Department
3. Reasoning
Directions : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:
2 9 2 3 6 4 1 2 5 8 3 1 4 6 5 1 8
5 2 6 4 5 1 2 8 3 7 3 9 4 7 9 2 5
1. How many such 1s are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded or immediately followed by a perfect square ?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
2. Which of the following is sixth to the right of the fifteenth digit from the right end of the above arrangement ?
(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 3
(4) 7 (5) None of these
3. How many 3s are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a digit which has a numerical value of less than three?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
4. How many such 2s are there in the above arrangement each of which is , immediately preceded as well as immediately followed by an odd digit?
(1) None (2) One (4) Three (3) Two (5) More than three
5. If all the even digits are deleted from the above arrangement, which of the following will be ninth from the left end of the arrangement ?
(1) 9 (2) 5 (3) 1 (4) 3 (5) 7
4. Current Affairs
1. Who is the Finance Minister of India?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Amit Shah
c) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
d) Ajit Dovel
2.Chandrayaan- two currently captured an photograph of a crater on Moon. ISRO has named the crater after whom?
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) K Sivan
d) APJ Abdul Kalam
3. Who is the External Affairs Minister if India?
a) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
b) Ajit Dovel
c) Rajnath Singh
d) Amit Shah
4.Google has warned which nation’s residents of the opportunity of dropping their get right of entry to to free search services?
a) US
b) Canada
c) Australia
d) Pakistan
5.Who will get coronavirus vaccine first in India?
a) People with comorbidities
b) Children beneath 5 years
c) Adults above sixty five years
d) Coronavirus Warriors
6.Which usa has detected new coronavirus stress that is ten instances greater infectious?
a) Malaysia
b) China
c) US
d) Italy
7.Whose demise anniversary used to be located on August 16, 2020?
a) Sushma Swaraj
b) Arun Jaitley
c) Sheila Dikshit
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
8.Bihar has prolonged lockdown restrictions until when?
a) September 6th
b) September thirtieth
c) August thirty first
d) September fifteenth
9.PM Modi introduced the launch of which two new tasks for the conservation of India’s most endangered species for the duration of his Independence Day speech?
a) Project Rhino, Project Elephant
b) Project Barasingha, Project Heron
c) Project Leopard, Project Panda
d) Project Tiger, Project Dolphin
10.When is World Humanitarian Day observed?
a) August fifteenth
b) August sixteenth
c) August nineteenth
d) August seventeenth
Answers
1. General Knowledge
1) (D) 2) (B) 3) (A) 4) (C) 5) (E)
6) (A) 7) (A) 8) (D) 9) (A) 10) (B)
3. Reasoning
1) (3) 2) (3) 3) (2) 4) (4) 5) (2)
4. Current Affairs
1) (c) 2) (a) 3) (a) 4) (C) 5) (d)
6) (a) 7) (d) 8) (a) 9) (d) 10) (c)
Links of my other posts
6) General Knowledge- 03 | Date-17/08/2020
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/08/general-knowledge.html
5) General Knowledge- 02 | Date-16/08/2020
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/08/general-knowledge-02-date-16082020.html
4) General Knowledge- 01 | Date-15/08/2020
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/08/general-knowledge-01-date-15082020.html
3) List of Districts of Assam.
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/07/list-of-districts-of-assam.html
2) List of State and Union Territories with their Capitals of India and also the establishment years.
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/07/list-of-state-and-union-territories.html
1) List of Observation Days (National & International)
https://ranjantutorialandinfo.blogspot.com/2020/06/list-of-observation-days-national.html
