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

1. Which one of the following committees was set up to suggests the ways to improve India's Business Climate?

a. Deepak Parekh Committee

b. Damodaran Committee

c. Shyamala Gopinathan Committee

d. Aruna Bhattacharya Committee

2. Who among the following has been in 2013 formally appointed as the China's president?

a. Li Keqiang

b. Deng Xiaoping

c. Bo Xilai

d. Xi Jinping

3. In 2013, in which among the following countries, the giant Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope is unveiled?

a. Australia

b. Chile

c. United States

d. South Africa

4. India's 'Geeta Chandran' is an exponent in which of the following dance forms?

a. Kathak

b. Bharatnatyam

c. Kuchipudi

d. Kathakali

5. Which of the following countries is/are backing action against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapon on civilians?
1.US
2.France
3.China
4.Germany
choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. Only 1 & 2

b. Only 2 & 3

c. Only 1, 2 & 3

d. Only 1, 2 & 4

6. Which one of the followings is not a core industry?

a. Coal

b. Textile

c. Cement

d. Fertilizer

7. In 2013, which among the following has proposed an equity investment of up to $25 million in a `India 2020' fund that aims to provide capital and strategic assistance to SMEs in the country?

a. International Finance Corporation (IFC)

b. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

c. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

d. SIDBI

8. In 2013, the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture has produced Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock for the first time in India. Litopenaeus vannamei is a species of __:

a. Fish

b. Shrimp

c. Lobster

d. Crab

9. In 2013, King Albert II has decided to abdicate his throne in favour of his son after ruling the country for 20 years, was ruling which of the following country?

a. Belgium

b. Algeria

c. Bolivia

d. Uganda

10. Asia's largest solar power project has been in 2013 commissioned in ________?

a. Gujarat

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Rajasthan

d. Andhra Pradesh

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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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