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

1. 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

2. Out of the given options, in which of the following states of India, there is no Government departments for the regular updations of land records hence, called a Non Land Record state?

a. Bihar

b. Chhattisgarh

c. Gujarat

d. Kerala

3. In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact was signed?

a. 1950

b. 1952

c. 1955

d. 1958

4. Which among the following countries has recently obtained approval to explore a 10,000-square-km polymetallic sulphide ore deposit in an international seabed region in the southwest Indian Ocean?

a. India

b. China

c. United States

d. France

5. The recently launched slogan "Getting to Zero" is related to which among the following diseases?

a. Tuberculosis

b. Malaria

c. HIV/ AIDS

d. Influenza

6. 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

7. Who among the following heads Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC)?

a. Justice B N Srikrishna

b. Justice Debi Prasad Pal

c. Prof. Y H Malegam

d. Justice Shivraj V patil

8. Trade of which among the following commodities faced a worst shortage in Japan because of the radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station?

a. Green Tea

b. Coffee

c. Rice

d. Wheat

9. 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

10. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held in October, 2012 in which City / Country ?

a. Dubai

b. Singapore

c. Trinad and Tobago

d. Mauritius

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

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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