General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2013

1. Name the Canadian author who won 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature?

a. Alice Munro

b. Will Gompertz

c. Jumpa Lahari

d. Markel Hudson

2. Who among the following is the new chairman of the Tata Group?

a. B Muthuraman

b. Cyrus Mistry

c. Noel Tata

d. Ravi Kant

3. In which of the following year the first Mutual funds in India were created?

a. 1954

b. 1964

c. 1967

d. 1980

4. At present, which of the following states has largest number products protected by the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

a. Karnataka

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Kerala

5. 'Invest India', a joint venture company between the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and ________?

a. ASSOCHAM

b. FICCI

c. RBI

d. None of them

6. At which among the following places, the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is located?

a. Patna

b. Dehradun

c. Nagpur

d. Mysore

7. As per the latest FIFA ranking, which country holds the top position in the ranking list?

a. Italy

b. Argentina

c. Spain

d. Germany

8. In 2013, which of the following state has been declared as first 'Smoke Free' state in the country?

a. Himachal Pradesh

b. Odisha

c. Jharkhand

d. Haryana

9. In 2013, Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage or swim fins, becoming the first person to do so. She is from ________?

a. USA

b. Canada

c. Brazil

d. Mexico

10. India is all set for the maiden test firing of its submarine launch of longest range and nuclear capable ballistic missile. The missile is code-named as__?

a. K-4

b. K-5

c. M-14

d. N-4

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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