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

1. Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) refers to?

a. NASA’s mission to Mars

b. NASA’s mission to Moon

c. China’s mission to build International Space Station

d. ISRO’s planned mission to space

2. Judicial review in the Indian constitution is based on ?

a. Rule of law.

b. Due process of law.

c. Procedure established by law.

d. Precedents and conventions.

3. If the government chooses to spend money freshly printed by the RBI against government securities, it should be kept in which among the following?

a. Fiscal adjustment

b. Deficit Financing

c. Mandatory spending

d. Retrenchment

4. Consider the following:
1.Onion
2.Potato
3.Tomato
4.Brinjal
Which among the above are covered in the Minimum Support Price Mechanism?

a. Only 1

b. Only 1 & 2

c. Only 1, 2 & 3

d. 1, 2, 3 & 4

5. The useful part of Zingiber officinale is ____?

a. Roots

b. Rhizome

c. Leaves

d. Fruits

6. India borrows from the World Bank through International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association(IDA). Consider the following statements in this context:
1.IDA funds are one of the most concessional external loans,
2.IBRD funds are costlier and at par with the commercial external borrowings in terms of interest rates
3.IDA loans are used largely Infrastructure projects
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?

a. 1 Only

b. 1 & 2 only

c. 1, 2 & 3

d. 2 & 3 only

7. Which is not correct with respect to Goods and Service Tax in India?

a. Tax revenues shared between the Centre and State

b. Exports will be zero rated

c. Imports will be zero rated

d. It will be on the basis of tax on value addition

8. Which among the following Ministry is running the "Village Grain Bank Scheme"?

a. Ministry of Agriculture

b. Ministry of Food and Public Distribution