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This section includes 200950 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 19401. |
The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the the deserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union Carbide plant located |
| A. | Indore |
| B. | BHopal |
| C. | Raipur |
| D. | jabbalpur |
| Answer» C. Raipur | |
| 19402. |
A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of |
| A. | Anita Kapur |
| B. | N. Rangacharya |
| C. | C. Rangarajan |
| D. | Y. B. Reddy |
| Answer» C. C. Rangarajan | |
| 19403. |
China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following is that country |
| A. | Taiwan |
| B. | South Korea |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | Vietnam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19404. |
Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on September 2012 |
| A. | Rakesh Sharma |
| B. | Tessy Thomas |
| C. | Kalpana Chawla |
| D. | Sunita Williams |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19405. |
Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer claimed that a new missile was tested which can permanently blackout the electronics of the country without causing any harm to people. What is the name of this missile |
| A. | Mathago |
| B. | CHAMP |
| C. | ERYX |
| D. | Ikara |
| Answer» C. ERYX | |
| 19406. |
Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the following countries |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | China |
| C. | Thailand |
| D. | India |
| Answer» C. Thailand | |
| 19407. |
Which film has bagged the National Film Award for best feature film |
| A. | Anumati |
| B. | Dhag |
| C. | Spirit |
| D. | Pan Singh Tomar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19408. |
Who has won the National Film Award as best actor |
| A. | Irrfan Khan u0026 Vikram Gokhale |
| B. | Kamal Hasan |
| C. | Shivaji Lotan |
| D. | Ranbir Kapoor |
| Answer» B. Kamal Hasan | |
| 19409. |
In the Budget 2013-14, how much money has been allocated to the Ministry of Science and Technology |
| A. | Rs.5,275 crore |
| B. | Rs.6,275 crore |
| C. | Rs.7,275 crore |
| D. | Rs.8,275 crore |
| Answer» C. Rs.7,275 crore | |
| 19410. |
Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for the reconstruction of the Nalanda University |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | UK |
| C. | China |
| D. | USA |
| Answer» D. USA | |
| 19411. |
Who amongst the following is the author of the book Unaccustomed Earth |
| A. | Salman Rushdie |
| B. | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| C. | Dalai Lama |
| D. | Meera Nair |
| Answer» C. Dalai Lama | |
| 19412. |
Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to Everonn Education |
| A. | Toyota |
| B. | LIC |
| C. | Reliance |
| D. | Bharti Group |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19413. |
Which one of the following countries had recently joined World Trade Organisation |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Myanmar |
| C. | Taiwan |
| D. | Austria |
| Answer» B. Myanmar | |
| 19414. |
Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developed by ISRO |
| A. | Tianhe-1A |
| B. | Jaguar-Cray |
| C. | Saga-220 |
| D. | Aakash-A1 |
| Answer» D. Aakash-A1 | |
| 19415. |
Scientists in northern Mexico discovered a new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73 million years ago. what is the name of this new dinosaur |
| A. | Raptorex |
| B. | Latirhinus Uitstlani |
| C. | Gigantoraptor |
| D. | Khaan |
| Answer» C. Gigantoraptor | |
| 19416. |
Mata Jijabai Award for 2012 was given to |
| A. | Smt. Omana T.K |
| B. | Ms. Sonika Agarwal |
| C. | Smt. Guramma H. Sankina |
| D. | Smt. Olga D’mello |
| Answer» C. Smt. Guramma H. Sankina | |
| 19417. |
Who was the first top ranking Indian official to visit China after changes in Communist Party of China |
| A. | Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna |
| B. | Shiv Shankar Menon |
| C. | Ajit Singh |
| D. | Anand Sharma |
| Answer» C. Ajit Singh | |
| 19418. |
Software engineers as well as neuroscientists at University of Waterloo, Canada claimed that they have developed a closest model of the functioning human brain. What is this artificial human brain called |
| A. | AbioCor |
| B. | Bioartifical |
| C. | Spaun |
| D. | i-Limb |
| Answer» D. i-Limb | |
| 19419. |
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on December 7, 2012 asked Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with how many TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery water during December 2012 |
| A. | 12 TMC feet |
| B. | 10 TMC feet |
| C. | 8 TMC feet |
| D. | 6 TMC feet |
| Answer» B. 10 TMC feet | |
| 19420. |
Where did the American Depositary Shares (ADS) of Infosys, India's second-largest IT services provider start trading on 12 December, 2012 |
| A. | Bombay Stock Exchange |
| B. | National Stock Exchange |
| C. | New York Stock Exchange |
| D. | Singapore Stock Exchange |
| Answer» D. Singapore Stock Exchange | |
| 19421. |
The first indigenously developed weaponised helicopter was handed over to Indian Army on 8th February 2013 is |
| A. | Rudra |
| B. | Indra |
| C. | Varun |
| D. | Chetak |
| Answer» B. Indra | |
| 19422. |
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar award, 2012 confer to |
| A. | Smt. Guramma H. Sankina |
| B. | Smt. Pranita Talukdar |
| C. | Smt. Omana T.K |
| D. | Smt. Olga D’mello |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19423. |
Union Government of India on 5 December, 2012 cleared the decks for transferring the prime 12.5 acre United Mill land in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government for building a state-of-the-art memorial for an Indian revolutionary and political leader. Name the political leader |
| A. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| B. | B. R. Ambedkar |
| C. | Ramabai Ambedkar |
| D. | Balasaheb Thackrey |
| Answer» C. Ramabai Ambedkar | |
| 19424. |
Which is not a feature of the American Constitution |
| A. | Written Constitution |
| B. | Republic |
| C. | Federation |
| D. | Cabinet System |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19425. |
Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the lines : An Auto-biography' |
| A. | Khushwant Singh |
| B. | Sharad Pawar |
| C. | Kuldip Nayar |
| D. | General J.J. Singh |
| Answer» D. General J.J. Singh | |
| 19426. |
Who has been awarded the world Food Prize 2012 |
| A. | Kofi Annan |
| B. | Daniel Hillel |
| C. | Ban Ki-Moon |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ban Ki-Moon | |
| 19427. |
'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for |
| A. | National Gangotri River Basin Authority |
| B. | National Ganga River Basin Authority |
| C. | National Godavari River Basin Authority |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. National Godavari River Basin Authority | |
| 19428. |
An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a new country named South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its |
| A. | minerals |
| B. | fishery product |
| C. | agricultural product |
| D. | forest product |
| Answer» B. fishery product | |
| 19429. |
P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great |
| A. | Poet |
| B. | Economist |
| C. | Scientist |
| D. | Musician |
| Answer» C. Scientist | |
| 19430. |
China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country |
| A. | Myanmar |
| B. | Taiwan |
| C. | South Korea |
| D. | Vietnam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19431. |
Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India |
| A. | Ross Csatary |
| B. | Marissa Mayer |
| C. | Michael Steiner |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 19432. |
Who is the author of the book 'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges' |
| A. | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| B. | Jaswant Singh |
| C. | Hamid Ansari |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» B. Jaswant Singh | |
| 19433. |
Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012 |
| A. | Arun Mishra |
| B. | Jawahar Thakur |
| C. | Neeraj Kumar |
| D. | A.K. Aggarwal |
| Answer» C. Neeraj Kumar | |
| 19434. |
India has signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on March 28, 2013 at Bern, Switzerland with which of the following country |
| A. | Switzerland |
| B. | Liechtenstein |
| C. | Mauritius |
| D. | Finland |
| Answer» C. Mauritius | |
| 19435. |
Which of the following states has bagged the National Tourism Award |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Andhra Pradesh |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» C. Madhya Pradesh | |
| 19436. |
On 12th March 2013 the President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee attending the celebration of 45th Anniversary of Independence of which country |
| A. | Maldive |
| B. | Sri Lanka |
| C. | Mauritius |
| D. | Vietnaam |
| Answer» D. Vietnaam | |
| 19437. |
United Nation has releasedOne Womenalbum on the occasion of International Women's Day. Name the Indian Artist who was the member of this album |
| A. | A. R. Rahaman |
| B. | Mallika Sarabhai |
| C. | Anoushka Shankar |
| D. | Amzad Ali Khan |
| Answer» D. Amzad Ali Khan | |
| 19438. |
The Government of India and the RBI to introduce one billion pieces of Rs. 10 notes in polymer/plastic on a field trial basis. The field trial will be conducted in five cities. Which of the following is not among them |
| A. | Shimla |
| B. | Bhubaneswar |
| C. | Jaipur |
| D. | Nagpur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19439. |
On February 14th 2013 India has conclude $6 billion Missile deal with which country |
| A. | France |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | USA |
| D. | England |
| Answer» B. Russia | |
| 19440. |
Who has bagged the National Film Award as best actress |
| A. | Priyanka Chopra |
| B. | Usha Jadhav |
| C. | Ananya Chatterjee |
| D. | Arundhuti Nag |
| Answer» C. Ananya Chatterjee | |
| 19441. |
Who is China's first woman astronaut |
| A. | Li Xei |
| B. | Liu Yang |
| C. | Yang Xei |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. Yang Xei | |
| 19442. |
Who is the head of the panel on Energy Security constituted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| A. | C. Ranjarajan |
| B. | Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
| C. | Vijay Kelkar |
| D. | Kaushik Basu |
| Answer» D. Kaushik Basu | |
| 19443. |
Asia's largest Solar Power Project set at which of the following cities |
| A. | Jaipur |
| B. | Nagpur |
| C. | Jodhpur |
| D. | Bikaner |
| Answer» D. Bikaner | |
| 19444. |
Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012 |
| A. | Eastern Ghats |
| B. | Western Ghats |
| C. | Kaziranga National Park |
| D. | Konkan Railway |
| Answer» C. Kaziranga National Park | |
| 19445. |
A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at |
| A. | Washington |
| B. | Edinburgh |
| C. | London |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» C. London | |
| 19446. |
One of the Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise with India. The nation is |
| A. | vietnam |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» D. Japan | |
| 19447. |
ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains |
| A. | 3G Spectrum |
| B. | S Band |
| C. | C Band |
| D. | KU Band |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19448. |
Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the following award |
| A. | Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| B. | Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award |
| C. | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| D. | Sahitya Academy Award |
| Answer» B. Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award | |
| 19449. |
Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme |
| A. | Kareena Kapoor |
| B. | Vidya Balan |
| C. | Hema Malini |
| D. | Aishwarya Rai |
| Answer» C. Hema Malini | |
| 19450. |
India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in |
| A. | Pune |
| B. | Jaipur |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Chittoor |
| Answer» E. | |