Current Affairs & Knowledge -12

(1) Indira Gandhi was assassinated in year ?

A.     1974
B.     1984
C.     1994
D.     2004

Answer:  B 

(2)India became a member of the United Nations in year ?

A.     1945
B.     1947
C.     1959
D.     1960

Answer:  A   

(3) India participated in Olympics Hockey in which year ?

A.     1918
B.     1928
C.     1938
D.     1948

Answer: Option B

(4) IDA stands for...

A.     Indian Development Agency
B.     International Development Agency
C.     Industrial Development Analyses
D.     None of the above

Answer:  B

(5) Indian Institute of Petroleum is located at..

A.     Dehradun
B.     Kolkata
C.     Dhanbad
D.     New Delhi

Answer:  A   

(6) India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in Rajasthan done in which year  ?

A.     1984
B.     1974
C.     1964
D.     1954

Answer:  B

(7) India played its first cricket Test Match in..

A.     1922
B.     1932
C.     1942
D.     1952

Answer:  B

(8) How many Lok Sabha seats does Goa have ?

A.     16
B.     2
C.     11
D.     15

Answer:  B
   
(9) How much districts are there in Tamil Nadu ?

A.     26
B.     27
C.     28
D.     32

Answer:  D

(10) Where is the Judicature of Orissa ?

A.     Bhubaneswar
B.     Cuttack
C.     Both
D.     None of the above

Answer: Option B

(11) Which country hosted the first Asian Games ?

A.     India
B.     Indonesia
C.     Iran
D.     Malaysia

Answer:  A

(12) Which is the oldest paramilitary force in the country ?

A.     Border Security Force (BSF)
B.     Assam Rifles
C.     Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
D.     Coast Guard

Answer:  B

(13) Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris ?

A.     UNESCO
B.     ILO
C.     FAO
D.     IMO

Answer:  A

(14) Which city in Tamil Nadu has airport ?

A.     Chennai
B.     Triuchirapalli
C.     Madurai
D.     All of the above

Answer:  D

(15) Which is the India's largest and the oldest museum ?

A.     Indian Museum, Kolkata
B.     National Museum, New Delhi
C.     Allahabad Museum
D.     Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Answer:  A

Current Affairs & Knowledge -11

(1) India's first atomic power station was set up at....

A.     Surat (Gujarat)
B.     Tarapur (Maharashtra)
C.     Trombay (Maharashtra)
D.     Solapur (Maharashtra)

Answer:  B

(2) First International Peace Congress was held in London in....

A.     1564 AD
B.     1798 AD
C.     1843 AD
D.     1901 AD

Answer:  C    

(3) UNO Headquarters are situated at....?

A.     New York, USA
B.     Hague (Netherlands)
C.     Geneva
D.     Paris

Answer:  A

(4) GNLF stands for......

A.     Gorkha National Liberation Front
B.     Gross National Liberation Form
C.     Both option A and B
D.     None of the above

Answer:  A

(5) How many times has Brazil won the World Cup Football Championship ?

A.     Four times
B.     Twice
C.     Five times
D.     Once

Answer:  C     

(6) How many teeth does a normal adult dog have ?

A.     32
B.     34
C.     38
D.     42

Answer:  D

(7) Human Rights Day is on ?

A.     24 February
B.     10 December
C.     15 May
D.     21 July

Answer:  B   

(8) India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara is at ?

A.     Mysore, Karnakata
B.     New Delhi
C.     Sravanabelagola, Karnataka
D.     Mandu, Madhya Pradesh

Answer:  C   

(9) Gopal Krishna Gokhale....?

A.     started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune
B.     founded the servants of India Society
C.     served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1905
D.     All of the above

Answer:  D

(10) India's first satellite is named....?

A.     Aryabhatta
B.     Bhaskara II
C.     Bhaskara I
D.     Albert Einstein

Answer:  A

(11) Terrorists crash two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction,In which year ?

A.     2000
B.     2001
C.     2002
D.     2003

Answer:  B

(12) In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is..?

A.     15 trillion
B.     20 trillion
C.     25 trillion
D.     30 trillion

Answer:  D    

(13) India's first ocean wave's energy project was launched in..?

A.     1981
B.     1991
C.     1995
D.     2000

Answer:  B

(14) How many players are there on each side in the game of Basketball ?

A.     4
B.     5
C.     6
D.     7

Answer:  B   

(15) INS Venduruthy is located at..?

A.     Kochi
B.     Lonavla
C.     Jamnagar
D.     Mumbai

Answer:  A

Current Affairs & Knowledge-10

(1) Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at ?

A.     Darjeeling
B.     Dehradun
C.     Marmago
D.     Dispur

Answer:  A

(2) In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest ?

A.     1952
B.     1953
C.     1954
D.     1955

Answer:  B    

(3)Eugenics is the study of ?

A.     altering human beings by changing their genetic components
B.     people of European origin
C.     different races of mankind
D.     genetic of plants

Answer:  A
    
(4) During World War II, when did Germany attack France ?

A.     1940
B.     1941
C.     1942
D.     1943

Answer:  A

(5) Ecology deals with ?

A.     Birds
B.     Cell formation
C.     Relation between organisms and their environment
D.     Tissues

Answer:  C

(6) Filaria is caused by ?

A.     Bacteria
B.     Mosquito
C.     Protozoa
D.     Virus

Answer:  B

(7) Heavy Water Project (Talcher) and Fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of.....

A.     Orissa
B.     Tamil nadu
C.     Andhra Pradesh
D.     Kerala

Answer:  A

(8) Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in year ?

A.     1958
B.     1957
C.     1955
D.     1956

Answer:  B

(9) Durand Cup is associated with the game of ?

A.     Cricket
B.     Football
C.     Hockey
D.     Volleyball

Answer:  B

(10) Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in.....

A.     1958 in Tokyo
B.     1962 in Jakarta
C.     1966 in Bangkok
D.     1970 in Bangkok

Answer:  A

(11) Dr. Zakir Hussain was ?

A.     the first Muslim president of India
B.     first vice president of India
C.     first president of Indian National Congress
D.     first speaker of Lok Sabha

Answer:  A

(12) Golden Temple, Amritsar is India's ?

A.     largest Gurdwara
B.     oldest Gurudwara
C.     Both option A and B are correct
D.     None of the above

Answer:  A

(13) Hamid Karzai was chosen president of Afghanistan in year ?

A.     2000
B.     2001
C.     2002
D.     2003

Answer:  C

(14) Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for....?

A.     Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962
B.     Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
C.     Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
D.     Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

Answer:  A

(15) India's first atomic reactor was.....?

A.     Zerlina
B.     Dhruva
C.     Apsara
D.     Kamini

Answer:  C
 

Current Affairs & Knowledge-9

(1) Hundred year war was fought between

A.     France and England
B.     Greek and Persian forces
C.     Civil war in England
D.     None of the above

Answer:  A

(2) How many non-permanent Security Council (UNO) members are from Afro-Asian countries?

A.     5
B.     15
C.     2
D.     1

Answer:  A

(3) First China War was fought between

A.     China and Britain
B.     China and France
C.     China and Egypt
D.     China and Greek

Answer:  A
    
(4) In cricket, the two sets of wickets are

A.     18 yards apart
B.     20 yards apart
C.     22 yards apart
D.     24 yards apart

Answer:  C

(5) ICAO stands for

A.     International Civil Aviation Organization
B.     Indian Corporation of Agriculture Organization
C.     Institute of Company of Accounts Organization
D.     None of the above

Answer:  A   

(6) Federation Cup, World Cup, Allywyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to winners of

A.     Tennis
B.     Volleyball
C.     Basketball
D.     Cricket

Answer:  B

(7) In a normal human being, how much time does food take to reach the end of the intestine for complete absorption?

A.     About 8 hours
B.     About 12 hours
C.     About 16 hours
D.     About 18 hours

Answer:  B   

(8) How many Lok Sabha seats belong to Rajasthan?

A.     32
B.     30
C.     17
B.     25
Answer:  D

(9) In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?

A.     1914
B.     1915
C.     1916
D.     1917

Answer:  A    

(10) Film and TV institute of India is located at

A.     Pune (Maharashtra)
B.     Rajkot (Gujarat)
C.     Pimpri (Maharashtra)
D.     Perambur (Tamilnadu)

Answer:  A

(11) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at

A.     Indore
B.     Trombay, Maharashtra
C.     Kalpakkam, Chennai
D.     Kolkata

Answer:  C

(12) Guru Gobind Singh was

A.     the 10th Guru of the Sikhs
B.     founder of Khalsa, the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699
C.     author of Dasam Granth
D.     All the above

Answer:  D   

(13) Guwahati High Court is the judicature of

A.     Nagaland
B.     Arunachal Pradesh
C.     Assam
D.     All of the above

Answer:  D

(14) Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on

A.     May 8
B.     May 18
C.     June 8
D.     June 18

Answer:  A

(15) Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan became the members of UNO in

A.     1991
B.     1992
C.     1993
D.     1994

Answer: B

Current Affairs & Knowledge -8

 

 (1)Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's

A.     largest railway station
B.     highest railway station
C.     longest railway station
D.     None of the above

Answer: largest railway station
    
(2)FFC stands for

A.     Foreign Finance Corporation
B.     Film Finance Corporation
C.     Federation of Football Council
D.     None of the above

Answer: Film Finance Corporation

(3)India's Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in ____ under Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

A.     1979-80
B.     1980-81
C.     1981-82
D.     1982-83

Answer: 1982-83

(4)For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?

A.     Physics and Chemistry
B.     Physiology or Medicine
C.     Literature, Peace and Economics
D.     All of the above

Answer: All of the above
    

(5)Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of

A.     Asia
B.     Africa
C.     Europe
D.     Australia

Answer: Africa

(6)In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called

A.     leg bye
B.     bye
C.     bosie
D.     drive

Answer: bye   

(7)First Afghan War took place in

A.     1839
B.     1843
C.     1833
D.     1848

Answer: 1839

(8)Fastest shorthand writer was

A.     Dr. G. D. Bist
B.     J.R.D. Tata
C.     J.M. Tagore
D.     Khudada Khan

Answer: Dr. G. D. Bist

(9)India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____

A.     'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi
B.     'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed
C.     'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi
D.     'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand

Answer: 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi    

(10)Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

A.     USA
B.     Fiji
C.     India
D.     UK

Answer: Fiji
    
(11)Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

A.     developed the telescope
B.     discovered four satellites of Jupiter
C.     discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular     time measurement
D.     All of the above

Answer: All of the above

(12)INS Agrani (Petty Officers' School) is situated at

A.     Mumbai
B.     Jamnagar
C.     Coimbatore
D.     Lonavla

Answer: Coimbatore

(13)Garampani sanctuary is located at

A.     Junagarh, Gujarat
B.     Diphu, Assam
C.     Kohima, Nagaland
D.     Gangtok, Sikkim

Answer: Diphu, Assam

(14)Epsom (England) is the place associated with

A.     Horse racing
B.     Polo
C.     Shooting
D.     Snooker

Answer: Horse racing

(15)Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?

A.     Taoism
B.     Judaism
C.     Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
D.     Shintoism

Answer: Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

Current Affairs & Knowledge-7

(1)Who hosts the flag on Independence Day at Delhi Fort?

A. President
B. Chief Justice
C. Prime Minister
D. Vice President

Ans:Prime Minister

(2)Which state first adopted the Panchayati Raj in India in 1959?

A. Rajasthan
B. Karnataka
C. Gujrat
D. Punjab

Ans:Rajasthan

(3)Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. B.N.Rau
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

(4)Abdul Kalam Azad became the ____ President of India.

A. 9th
B. 10th
C. 11th
D. 12th

Ans:11th

(5)Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of

A. 65 years
B. 62 years
C. 68 years
D. 70 years

Ans:65 years

(6)Which Indian state has a Large number of Loksabha Seats?

A. Madhya pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Tamilnadu
D. Rajasthan

Ans:Uttar Pradesh

(7)Who was the first Indian President to fly in a combat aircraft?

A. Rajendra Prasad
B. Shankar Dayal Sharma
C. Kocheril Raman Narayanan
D. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Ans:A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

(8)When was the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh built?

A. 26 November 1935
B. 15 August 1947
C. 27 September 1925
D. 26 January 1950

Ans:27 September 1925

(9)The first general elections under the Indian Constitution were held in ________.

A. 1948
B. 1957
C. 1952
D. 1950

Ans:1952

(10)After how many years are Lok Sabha elections conducted?

A. Every 3 years
B. Every 4 years
C. Every 4.5 years
D. Every 5 years

Ans:Every 5 years

(11)Who was the first female to become the governor of an Indian state?

A. Subba Lakshmi
B. Padmaja Naidu
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Ans:Sarojini Naidu

(12)who appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to Israel on 27 September 2012.

A. Jim Douglas
B. Jaideep Sarkar
C. Jaideep Kumar
D. Abhi Mehta

Ans:Jaideep Sarkar

Current Affairs & Knowledge -6

(1)The concept of Arogya Sanjeevani Policy has been floated by -

(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) General Insurance Corporation of India
(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d) The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA)

Ans: d

(2)The maturity period of Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) is -

(a) 7 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 9 years
(d) 12 years

Ans: b


(3)NTPC to build India's biggest solar park in which state?

(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab

Ans: b

(4)In which city was the World Hindu Economic Forum 2019 held?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Chennai
(c) London
(d) Mumbai

Ans: d

(5)Which of the following is the direct tax in India?

(a) Sales Tax
(b) VAT
(c) Wealth tax
(d) Goods and services Tax

Ans: c

(6)What is NIRVIK scheme?

(a) A scheme to help handloom sector of the country
(b) A health scheme launched to improve the condition of malnutrition in the country
(c) GST refund scheme
(d) A loan scheme for exporters

Answer: d

(7)What is India's rank on the WEF's Global Social Mobility Index 2020?

(a) 75th Rank
(b) 77th Rank
(c) 76th Rank
(d) 78th Rank

Ans: c


(8)What is India's ranking on the Ease of Doing Business rank 2019?

(a) 77th
(b) 50th
(c) 23rd
(d) 97th

Ans: a

(9)Which country operationalized world's largest radio telescope?

(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) India

Ans: b

(10)Vivad Se Vishwas scheme is related to -

(a) Direct taxes
(b) Indirect taxes
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) Neither (A) nor (B)

Ans: a

(11)"TB Harega Desh Jeetega" campaign aims to end Tuberculosis by the year -

(a) 2025
(b) 2030
(c) 2035
(d) 2040

Ans: a

(12)What is India's rank on EIU's Global Democracy Index 2019?

(a) 48th Rank
(b) 50th Rank
(c) 53rd Rank
(d) 51st Rank

Ans: d

(13)On 17th January, 2020, who has been selected for the 29th Saraswati Samman for 2019?

(a) Ishwar Moorjani
(b) Penna Madhusudan
(c) Vasdev Mohi
(d) Nilba A. Khandekar

Ans: C

(14)The '2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine' has been awarded to 'William Kaelin', Gregg Semenza' and Peter Ratcliffe' for their discoveries of -

(a) Molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
(b) Mechanisms for Autophagy
(c) A novel therapy against malaria
(d) How cell sense and adapt to oxygen availability

Ans: d

(15)How many slabs have been proposed in the new regime of income tax in the Union Budget 2020-21?

(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Seven
(d) Eight

Ans: c


(16)The 10th edition of the Joint Military Exercise 'Vajra Prahar' was held in October, 2019 between India and the -

(a) USA
(b) Germany
(c) Israel
(d) Japan

Ans: a

(17)Manila the capital city of ?

(a) Republic of Philippines
(b) Republic of Vietnam
(c) Kingdom of Cambodia
(d) Kingdom of Thailand

Ans: a

(18)India's rank in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2020 is ?

(a) 77th
(b) 78th
(c) 79th
(d) 80th

Ans: d

(19)Post Offices are providing MMTS service. What is the meaning of 'MM' in MMTS?

(a) Market Mobile
(b) Mobile Money
(c) Marginal Money
(d) Management Money

Ans: b

(20)Piyush Goyal is the Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce & Industry in the Government of India. Where is the Constituency of Piyush Goyal?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala

Ans: b