General Awareness Test (GK/GA Quiz) For Competitive Exams (40 Questions)

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Q.1. Kandangi saree, which has got GI tag, is associated to which state?

  1. Karnataka
  2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Andra Pradesh

Your Response : (a) Karnataka
Correct Response : c) Tamil Nadu
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Answer: (c) Tamil Nadu

Q.2. Peacock parachute spider, which is recently spotted in Eastern Ghat, is belongs to the genus

  1. Chilobrachys
  2. Poecilotheria
  3. Avicularia
  4. Mygalomorphae

Your Response : (a) Chilobrachys
Correct Response : b) Poecilotheria
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Answer: (b) Poecilotheria

Q.3. Where was the india's first automated battery charging and changing station for e-buses inaugurated?

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Chennai
  3. Bangaluru
  4. New Delhi

Your Response : (c) Bangaluru
Correct Response : a) Ahmedabad
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Answer: (a) Ahmedabad

Q.4. Which mobile application is launched by the government to search for generic medicines?

  1. JanaushadhiSarvada
  2. JanaushadhiService
  3. JanaushadhiSafalam
  4. JanaushadhiSugam

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Correct Response : d) JanaushadhiSugam
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Answer: (d) JanaushadhiSugam

Q.5. Recently launched book 'listening, learning and reading' is based on which leader?

  1. Narendra Modi
  2. Amit Shah
  3. M. Venkaiah Naidu
  4. Ram Nath Kovind

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Correct Response : c) M. Venkaiah Naidu
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Answer: (c) M. Venkaiah Naidu

Q.6. The book "Idea of Justice" is written by

  1. Amitabh Ghosh
  2. Amartya Sen
  3. Jaswant Singh
  4. S.S. Sodhi

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Correct Response : b) Amartya Sen
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Answer: (b) Amartya Sen

Q.7. The Author of the book "Jyoti Punj" is:

  1. L.K.Adwani
  2. Jaswant Singh
  3. Narendra Modi
  4. Sonia Gandhi

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Correct Response : c) Narendra Modi
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Answer: (c) Narendra Modi

Q.8. Arina is related with which of the following games?

  1. Judo
  2. Kho-Kho
  3. Golf
  4. Horse Riding

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Correct Response : d) Horse Riding
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Answer: (d) Horse Riding

Q.9. "Hopman Cup" is related to which sport?

  1. Lawn Tennis
  2. Football
  3. Cricket
  4. Badminton

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Correct Response : a) Lawn Tennis
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Answer: (a) Lawn Tennis

Q.10. Hima Das, is associated with which sport?

  1. Badminton
  2. Tennis
  3. Athletics
  4. Cricket

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Correct Response : c) Athletics
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Answer: (c) Athletics

Q.11. The 'Bermuda Triangle' lies in-

  1. Western North Atlantic ocean
  2. Eastern North Atlantic ocean
  3. North Pecific ocean
  4. South Indian ocean

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Correct Response : a) Western North Atlantic ocean
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Answer: (a) Western North Atlantic ocean

Q.12. The milky way is classified as-

  1. Spiral galaxy
  2. Elecrical galaxy
  3. Irregular galaxy
  4. Round galaxy

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Correct Response : a) Spiral galaxy
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Answer: (a) Spiral galaxy

Q.13. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?

  1. Tiger
  2. Giant Panda
  3. Hornbill
  4. White Bear

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Correct Response : b) Giant Panda
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Answer: (b) Giant Panda

Q.14. Tea is grown in-

  1. Hot, wet and hilly region
  2. Flat region
  3. Winter season
  4. Very cold region

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Correct Response : a) Hot, wet and hilly region
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Answer: (a) Hot, wet and hilly region

Q.15. Shyok is a tributary of-

  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Indus
  3. Chenab
  4. Sutlej

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Correct Response : b) Indus
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Answer: (b) Indus
Explanation: The Shyok River a tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and Gilgit?Baltistan in Pakistan, spanning some 550 km (340 mi)

Q.16. Kaziranga is known for-

  1. Project Tiger
  2. Two horned Rhino
  3. One horned Rhino
  4. Operation flood

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Correct Response : c) One horned Rhino
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Answer: (c) One horned Rhino

Q.17. The Information Technology (I.T.) capital of india is -

  1. Hyderabad
  2. Bangaluru
  3. Mumbai
  4. Chennai

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Correct Response : b) Bangaluru
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Answer: (b) Bangaluru

Q.18. The human development Index (HDI) is based on-

  1. Life expectancy at birth
  2. GDP per capita (PPP US $)
  3. Mean Years of Schooling
  4. All of the above

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Correct Response : d) All of the above
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Answer: (d) All of the above

Q.19. From which of the following taxes, the central government gets the maximum revenue?

  1. Corporate Tax
  2. Income Tax
  3. Excise Duties
  4. Custom Duties

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Correct Response : a) Corporate Tax
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Answer: (a) Corporate Tax

Q.20. Which one of the following is the first private telecom company to get a licence to launch a long distance phone service in india?

  1. Bharti telesonic
  2. Nokia
  3. Reliance
  4. Airtel

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Correct Response : a) Bharti telesonic
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Answer: (a) Bharti telesonic

Q.21. Namami Gange' is associated with for clean Ganga-

  1. National Mission
  2. Ganga Action plan
  3. Smart city mission
  4. AMRUT

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Correct Response : a) National Mission
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Answer: (a) National Mission

Q.22. The organisation which looks after the credit needs of agriculture and rural development is-

  1. FCI
  2. NABARD
  3. IDBI
  4. ICAR

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Correct Response : b) NABARD
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Answer: (b) NABARD
Explanation: NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Q.23. Who got the Nobel Piece Prize 2019?

  1. Olga Tokarczuk
  2. Abiy Ahmed Ali
  3. Peter Handke
  4. Michael Kremer

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Correct Response : b) Abiy Ahmed Ali
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Answer: (b) Abiy Ahmed Ali

Q.24. Who founded the Servants of India Society?

  1. Chittaranjan Das
  2. Bal Gngadhar Tilak
  3. Lala her Dayal
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Correct Response : d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Answer: (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.25. Vande Matram was taken from-

  1. Rajtarangani
  2. Anand Math
  3. Akbarnama
  4. Akbar kosha

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Correct Response : b) Anand Math
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Answer: (b) Anand Math

Q.26. The Sarvodaya Movement was started by-

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Jayaprakash Narayan
  3. Vinoba Bhave
  4. Dada Dharmadhikari

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Correct Response : c) Vinoba Bhave
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Answer: (c) Vinoba Bhave

Q.27. Who is the current Home Affairs minister of India?

  1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
  2. Amit Shah
  3. Rajnath Singh
  4. Piyush Goel

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Correct Response : b) Amit Shah
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Answer: (b) Amit Shah

Q.28. India is a-

  1. Union of Federal states
  2. Federal Union of states
  3. Union of states
  4. Union of states and Union territories

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Correct Response : c) Union of states
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Answer: (c) Union of states

Q.29. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India'?

  1. Vijay Lakshami Pandit
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Aruna Asaf Ali
  4. Sucheta Kriplani

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Correct Response : b) Sarojini Naidu
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Answer: (b) Sarojini Naidu

Q.30. The first Muslim rular to introduce the system of price control was-

  1. Balban
  2. Jalaluddin Khalji
  3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  4. Allauddin Khalji

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Correct Response : d) Allauddin Khalji
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Answer: (d) Allauddin Khalji

Q.31. Musical instrument 'Sitar' is the combination of-

  1. Bansuri and Veena
  2. Bansuri and Sarangi
  3. Veena and Tambura
  4. Veena and Piano

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Correct Response : d) Veena and Piano
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Answer: (d) Veena and Piano

Q.32. Teratali' the folkdance of which state?

  1. Kerala
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu

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Correct Response : b) Rajasthan
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Answer: (b) Rajasthan

Q.33. What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?

  1. Compassionate Buddha
  2. Radha Krishna leela
  3. Jain Teerthankras
  4. Mahabharat encounters

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Correct Response : a) Compassionate Buddha
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Answer: (a) Compassionate Buddha

Q.34. World Water Day is observed on-

  1. 22nd January
  2. 22nd March
  3. 22nd April
  4. 22nd May

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Correct Response : b) 22nd March
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Answer: (b) 22nd March

Q.35. The headquaters of UNESCO is in-

  1. Germany
  2. Paris
  3. U.S.A
  4. Italy

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Correct Response : b) Paris
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Answer: (b) Paris

Q.36. Sound travels fastest in-

  1. Water
  2. steel
  3. vacuum
  4. Air

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Correct Response : b) steel
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Answer: (b) steel

Q.37. Hydrogen bomb is based on the phenomenon of-

  1. Nuclear fusion
  2. Nuclear fission
  3. Nuclear explosion
  4. none of thses

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Correct Response : a) Nuclear fusion
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Answer: (a) Nuclear fusion

Q.38. Plaster of Paris is made from-

  1. Gypsum
  2. Zinc
  3. Slacked lime
  4. limestone

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Correct Response : a) Gypsum
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Answer: (a) Gypsum

Q.39. Decibel' is a unit of-

  1. Pitch
  2. Sound energy
  3. Loudness
  4. length

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Correct Response : c) Loudness
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Answer: (c) Loudness

Q.40. The only mammal which can fly

  1. whale
  2. snake
  3. Hen
  4. Bat

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Correct Response : d) Bat
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Answer: (d) Bat