General Knowledge - Current Affairs, General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. Nabam Tuki has been sworn in as Chief Minister of which among the following states recently?

a. Nagaland

b. Mizoram

c. Arunachal Pradesh

d. Meghalaya

2. In which year on October 1, a permanent nursing service for the Indian troops was constituted, designated as India Military Nursing Service, celebrated today as Nursing Day in India?

a. 1920

b. 1926

c. 1923

d. 1928

3. As per the latest data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which among the following states leads in Teledensity in India?

a. Delhi

b. Maharashtra

c. Punjab

d. Himachal Pradesh

4. Which among the following countries has recently abolished the Official retirement age?

a. Japan

b. Britain

c. France

d. Russia

5. As per reports published in several business newspapers, which among the following is the largest regional emerging market in the world?

a. ASEAN–China Free Trade Area

b. ASEAN–India Free Trade Area

c. Mercosur

d. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement

6. Tendulkar Committee report has revealed that in 2004-05, India’s poverty which was measured 27% at that time is actually increased more than 10% and actual poverty was 37% . Which among the following was the reason behind these two conflicting measures of poverty in India?

a. There was a discrepancy in the data’s collected at that time

b. The new poverty line measures poverty on a wider access to commodity and services like health and education and not calories

c. The calories definition of poverty has been changed by the world Bank

d. The government at that time misled the public on by showing the wrong figures

7. Heritage power project Sonapani mini-hydel power project is located in which state?

a. Meghalaya

b. Mizoram

c. Arunachal Pradesh

d. Nagaland

8. Consider the following:
1.Free Legal Aid
2.Adequate means to livelihood
3.Free & Compulsory Education to Children under Age 14
4.Prohibition of slaughter of Cows and Calves
Which among the above were the part of the Original Constitution?

a. 1, 2 & 4 only

b. 2, 3 & 4 only

c. 1 & 2 only

d. 2 & 4 only

9. Chishti Order is a Sufi order which arose from Chisht, a small town in which among the following countries?

a. Afghanistan

b. Turkmenistan

c. Kazakhstan

d. Uzbekistan

10. Which among the following state Governments recently banned the staging of La Tomatina festival (Tomato Festival), on lines of a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Bunol, in which participants throw tomatoes at each other?

a. Gujarat

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Maharastra

d. Karnataka

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6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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Krishna Janmashtami

Sri Krishna and Kansa

When we think of celebrating Janmashtami, at once we remember the tyranny of King Kansa. From childhood, kids are told stories of the interesting episodes of Shri Kansa?the way he took birth on this earth to put an end to the tyranny of his maternal uncle, King Kansa. Legends have it that the story of Shri Krishna and Kansa dates back thousand of years. And the story ended with the death of Kansa. Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva. However, on the day of his birth, he was taken to Gokul where Mother Yashoda and Baba Nand brought him up. Actually, in Mathura, King Kansa had dethroned his father Ugrasen and declared himself to be the King of Mathura. One day there was akashvani that said that the child of his sister Devaki would kill him. Kansa was really worried and wanted to kill both Devaki and her husband Vasudeva. However, Vasudeva convinced him that he would hand over every child to him. As soon as a baby child was born, Kansa killed it. The saga of brutally killing the children continued until Lord Vishnu himself decided to come on earth and end this. Hence, the eighth child of Devaki was Shri Krishna who was stealthily taken to Gokul to safeguard him. Everything was conspired by the Gods that the girl child of Yashoda and Nand would replace the divine child?Lord Krishna. According to legends, exactly this happened. However, when King Kansa was about to the kill the girl child, she flew to the sky and told him that his destroyer had already taken birth and that he was in safe hands. Thus, the episode of Shri Krishna and Kansa continued. Kansa planned many attempts of killing the God. But all was in vain. He sent demon Putana and Trinivarta to kill the baby child in Gokul. Besides, Kansa invited Shri Krishna and Balrama to a wrestling match and ordered the powerful men to kill them. However, the Lord succeeded in killing his demonic uncle Kansa. Then, he established King Ugrasena to throne once again.