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

1. Which among the following companies / groups gives away the 'Earthian Awards'?

a. Reliance Industries

b. Aditya Birla Group

c. Wipro

d. Tata Group

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

a. Alice Munro

b. Will Gompertz

c. Jumpa Lahari

d. Markel Hudson

3. The Dhanush missile is a naval variant of India's indigenously developed ________missile?

a. Akash

b. Trishul

c. Agni

d. Prithvi

4. Daocheng Yading airport, which is slated to become world's highest airport is located in which among the following countries?

a. China

b. Japan

c. South Korea

d. North Korea

5. While promoting India as an investment destination, in 2013 India's Finance Minister said that the 'financial protectionism' by the industrial countries is an issue of concerns. Which among the following best defines the Financial Protectionism?

a. Imposing Tariffs and other barriers to trade

b. Providing direct and indirect subsidies to farmers

c. Imposing barriers to inward or outward capital flows

d. Manipulating the foreign exchange rates

6. Which among the following countries is not one among those who have blocked adoption of a UN arms treaty?

a. Iran

b. Pakistan

c. Syria

d. North Korea

7. In 2013 (October, 2013), which of the following has signed MoU with Archaeological Survey of India for an endeavour to create 360 degree online panoramic imagery of 100 nationally-important monuments in India?

a. Yahoo

b. Google

c. Facebook

d. Twitter

8. In 2013, which among the following is awarded with the National Communal Harmony Award for the year 2012?

a. Center for Human Right & Social Welfare

b. The Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity

c. Ramakrishna Mission

d. Setu Charitable Trust

9. With reference to Rashtriya Swasthya Bhima Yojana (RSBY), which of the following statement is not correct?

a. RSBY is a scheme of Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

b. This is a smart card based cashless and paperless health insurance scheme

c. It provides annual hospitalization cover up to Rs 30,000 for family of five members through health insurance companies

d. 75% of the cost of scheme is borne by Central government and rest is borne by respective state government.

10. Who among the following has won International Press Institute Award for excellence in Journalism?

a. Tilak Kumar

b. Karan Thapar

c. Vyasa Rao

d. N Ravi

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13. History of India - Test - 05

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