Some important GK (General Knowledge) questions with answers for preparation of CMAT or Common Management Admission Test are as follows:

Which State Government approved 33 percent reservation to women in urban local bodies?
(a) ASSAM
(b) TRIPURA
(c) DELHI
(d) NAGALAND
Answer: Option D

As per the CSO data, the Consumer Price Inflation for July 2016 rose to:
(a) 6.07%
(b) 4.50%
(c) 3.82%
(d) 5.5%
Answer: Option A

The Rajya Sabha has overwhelmingly passed the ______________ Constitution Amendment Bill, 2014 to facilitate rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country.
(a) 145TH
(b) 122ND
(c) 152ND
(d) 132TH
Answer: Option B

Which city is hosting the SAARC Youth Parliamentarians Conference on Peace and Harmony for Development 2016?
(a) Islamabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Beijing
(d) Colombo
Answer: Option A

Usain Bolt won gold in men’s 100-metre final at the Rio Olympics. He belongs to which country?
a) USA
(b) Jamaica
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Brazil
Answer: Option B


Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2016 launched Mission Bhagiratha in which state?
a) Telangana
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Odisha
Answer: Option A

Which App was launched by Union Government in August 2016 to enable citizens’ associate more and more with Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas?
a) Swachhata App
b) SwachhBharatAbhiyan App
c) SwachhIndia App
d) SwachhBharat App
Answer: Option A

What is the theme of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples which is celebrated on 9 August 2016?
a) Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements
b) Ensuring indigenous peoples' health and well-being
c) Indigenous Peoples' Right to Education
d) Indigenous Peoples' and Life
Answer: Option C

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched 70 Saal Azaadi Yaad Karo Kurbani programme at which of the following places?
a) Allahabad, Lucknow
b) Hajipur, Bihar
c) Cuttack, Odisha
d) Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Option D

What is the name of the joint military exercise between India and Thailand that culminated at Krabi?
a) AUSINDEX
b) EKUVERIN
c) MAITREE
d) Hand-in-Hand
Answer: Option C

Who has been reappointed as the Chairman Railway Board?
a) AK Kapoor
b) Mohd Jamshed
c) AK Mital
d) Mahesh Mangal
Answer: Option C

Which intelligence and security agency of India was added to the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, 2005 in July 2016?
a) National Security Guards (NSG)
b) Border Security Force (BSF)
c) Strategic Forces Command (SFC)
d) Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
Answer: Option C

Who was appointed as the Head of Online and E-commerce of Lenovo India in August 2016?
a) Rahul Agarwal
b) Rajiv Rao
c) Amar Babu
d) Rajesh Thadani
Answer: Option D

Who has taken over as the Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes?
a) P.K. Sinha
b) Ajeet Shrivastava
c) Rani Singh Nair
d) Atulesh Jindal
Answer: Option C

In which country the 7th meeting of SAARC Interior Minister's Conference has begun?
a) Male
b) Islamabad
c) Dhaka
d) Kathmandu
Answer: Option B

Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mondelez International's India Business in August 2016?
a) Maurizio Brusadelli
b) Ravi Velloor
c) Chandramouli Venkatesan
d) Deepak Iyer
Answer: Option D

Which among the following is the theme of World Hepatitis Day 2016?
a) It’s closer than you think
b) Hepatitis: Think Again
c) Prevention of viral Hepatitis. Act now
d) Elimination
Answer: Option D

Which agricultural scientist died recently in July 2016 and is also fondly known as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum?
a) Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao
b) MS Swaminathan
c) Verghese Kurien
d) PV Parabrahma Sastry
Answer: Option A

Which country has been declared free from measles by the World Health Organization (WHO)?
a) India
b) USA
c) Brazil
d) Japan
Answer: Option C

Which Indian athlete will be honoured with the Bharat Gaurav Award by the East Bengal Football Club.
a) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
b) Milkha Singh
c) Chand Ram
d) Dharam Singh Uppal
Answer: Option B

On which railway stretch of India Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu launched the nation's first Green Rail Corridor?
a) Rameswaram-Manamadurai
b) Jammu-Katra
c) Tiruchirappalli-Madurai
d) Kalka–Shimla
Answer: Option A

In which city of India, BRICS policy planning dialogue meeting will take place?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Patna
d) Lucknow
Answer: Option C

In which city of India’s first Water Metro project that was recently launched?
a) Kochi
b) Kolkata
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
Answer: Option A

Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI)?
a) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
b) Shankar Bhushan Pandey
c) Vijay Bhushan Pandey
d) None of these
Answer: Option A