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General Knowledge Question Answers
1. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest operational space launch facility. In which
country is it located?
(A) France
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Germany
Ans. (B) Kazakhstan
2. The International Hockey Federation has decided to allot the next Hockey World Cup in 2010 to India.
In which year Hockey World Cup tournament started?
(A) 1971
(B) 1974
(C) 1976
(D) 1977
Ans. (A) 1971
3. Which among the following clubs has won the Spanish league title for the first time in three years on
May 17, 2009?
(A) Barcelona
(B) Inter Millan
(C) Real Madrid
(D) Manchester United
Ans. (A) Barcelona
4. Recently Suranjoy Singh of India sizzled with a Gold on the concluding day of the European Grand Prix
boxing as India finished their campaign with four medals. This contest held in ?
(A) Czech Republic.
(B) Hungary
(C) Serbia
(D) Austria
5. Recently 12-member Sikkim Cabinet was sworn in and Pavan Kumar Chamling becomes CM for the
________?
(A) 2nd time
(B) 3rd time
(C) 4th time
(D) 5th time

Ans. (C) 4th time
6. Who among the following has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of
New York, by US President Barack Obama?
(A) Preet Bharara
(B) Suresh Modi
(C) Rajiv Khurana
(D) Suresh Kalmadi
Ans. (A) Preet Bharara
7. The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned their medals to protest the
rejection of their ‘one rank one pension’ demand. Who is heading this panel ?
(A) K.M. Chandrasekhar
(B) R Balakrishanan
(C) B S Padmanabham
(D) T. Raja Shekhar
Ans. (A) K.M. Chandrasekhar
8. Recently India’s Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia, earned India a gold
medal in the recurve team event of the archery World Cup Stage I. In which country this event held?
(A) Croatia
(B) Russia
(C) Ukraine
(D) Czech Republic.
Ans. (A) Croatia
9. Recently Madhu Kannan has joined as managing director & chief executive officer (CEO) of which
exchange?
(A) Bombay Stock Exchange
(B) National Stock Exchange
(C) Delhi Stock exchange
(D) None of these
Ans. (A) Bombay Stock Exchange
10. Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Tennis Association
on April 25, 2009?
(A) Yuki Bhambari
(B) Vishnu Vardhan
(C) Leander Paes
(D) Mahesh Bhupti

Ans. (A) Yuki Bhambari
11. What is the name of the first setellite launched by Iran on Feb 3, 2009 ?
(A) Shahab
(B) Hatf
(C) Zulfiqar
(D) Omid
Ans. (D) Omid
12. Recently Indian Navy commissioned INS Airavat. Which among the following terms precisely
describes INS Airavat?
(A) Landing Ship Tank
(B) Waterjet Propelled Fast Attack Craft
(C) Guided Missile Frigate
(D) GPS Craft
Ans. (A) Landing Ship Tank
13. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently has entered the Limca Book of Records
as the largest animal rights organisation. (May 11, 2009). In which year PETA began ?
(A) 1995
(B) 2000
(C) 1999
(D) 1980
Ans. (D) 1980
14. ‘Open Market Operation ‘ is a part of
(A) Income Policy
(B) Fiscal Policy
(C) Credit Policy
(D) Labour Policy
Ans. (D) Labour Policy
15. SDR, the curency of the IMF , is in the form of
(A) Paper Currency
(B) Gold
(C) Silver and Gold both
(D) Book keeping entry only
Ans. (D) Book Keeping entry only

16.Who is the new Prime Minister of Hungry ?
(A) Victor Orban
(B) Gorden Bajnai
(C) Jeno Fock
(D) Ference Gyurcsany
Ans. (B) Gorden Bajnai
17.Who is the new prime minister of Denmark ?
(A) Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(B) Lars Looke Rasmussen
(C) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
(D) Poul Hartling
Ans. (B) Lars Looke Rasmussen
18.Who is the Author of the book “My China Diary”
(A)Kanwal Sibal
(B)Salman Haider
(C)J.N. Dixit
(D)Natwar Singh
Ans. (D) Natwar Singh
19.Umrao Singh has passed away recently .Which of the following field was he associated with ?
(A) Film
(B) Journalism
(C) Sports
(D) Politics
Ans. Sports
20.Vidya Pillai is related to which sport ?
(A) Snooker
(B) Golf
(C) Archery
(D) Billiards
Ans. Snooker
21.Who has become the first Indian to win two medal in a Shooting World Cup?
(A) Gagan Narang
(B) Sanjeev Bindra

(C) Abhinav Bindra
(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ans. Gagan Narang
22.Which country has launched a navigational Satellite?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) India
(D) China
Ans. China
23.Where will be held the Final of the Cricket World Cup 2011?
(A)Colombo
(B)Mumbai
(C)New Delhi
(D)Dhaka
Ans. Mumbai
24.When is the Commonwealth Day celebrated?
(A) May 1
(B) May 3
(C) May 15
(D) May 24
Ans. May 15
25.What is the full form of PTC ?
(A) Public Transport Certificate
(B) Pubic Telecommunications Council
(C) Products Through Consumer
(D) Pass Through Certificate
Ans. Pass Through Certificate
26. In India, national income is estimated by .
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Indian Statistical Institute
(c) Central Statistical Organization
(d) National Sample Survey Organization
Ans. (c) Central Statistical Organization

27. Given below are two statements .
Assertion (a) : Powers for conducting elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures in a free and
fair manner have been given to an independent body i.e. the Election Commission.
Reason (R) : Powers of removal of Election Commissioners is with the executive.
In the context of above, which one of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
28. Which one of the following motions can the Council of Ministers in India move?
(a) No Confidence Motion
(b) Confidence Motion
(c) Adjournment Motion
(d) Censure Motion
Ans. (B) Confidence Motion
29. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of .
(a) GDP
(b) Population
(c) Foodgrains
(d) Per capita income
Ans. (A) GDP
30. Which one of the following is the time limit for the ratification of an emergency period by the
Parliament?
(a) 14 days
(b) 1 month
(c) 3 months
(d) 6 months
Ans. (A) GDP
31. As per recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission, percentage share of States of the
shareable central taxes is?
(a) 28.5
(b) 29.5
(c) 30.5
(d) 32.4

Ans. (c) 30.5
32. The annual growth rate of the Indian Economy at 1999-2000 prices during 2005-2006 has been
estimated between .
(a) 5 to 6 per cent
(b) 7 to 8 per cent
(c) 6 to 7 per cent
(d) 8 to 9 per cent
Ans. (D) 8 to 9 per cent
33. Which one of the following is not an objective of fiscal policy of Indian Government?
(a) Full employment
(b) Regulation of inter-State trade
(c) Price stability
(d) Equitable distribution of wealth and income.
Ans. (B) Regulation of inter-State trade
34. How many times has Financial Emergency been declared in India so far?
(a) 5 times
(b) 4 times
(c) Once
(d) Never
Ans. (D) Never
35. Which one of the following on the Consolidated Fund of India?
(a) Salary and allowances of the President of India.
(b) Salary and allowances of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
(c) Salary and allowances of the Justices of the Supreme Court of India.
(d) Salary and allowances of the Vice President of India.
Ans. (D) Salary and allowances of the Vice President of India.

GK Questions with Answers 2013
1. In India’s first sale of rupee perpetual bonds by a non-finance company Rs 1500 crore ($332
million) was raised. Name the non-finance company.
(A) Tata Steel (B) Pantallons Retail (C) RIL (D)Maruti Suzuki
2. Praveen Kumar Tripathi took over as the Chief Secretary of which of the following
governments on 4 April 2011?
(A) Delhi Government
(B) Haryana Government
(C) Uttar Pradesh Government
(D) Uttarakhand Government
3. What amount of money was allocated for Bharat Nirman?
(A) 1000 crore
(B) 58000 crore
(C) 55438 crore
(D) 14362 crore
4. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of—
(A) Britain
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Japan
(D) Canada
5. Which of the following countries had decided to come out of the membership of OPEC?
(A) Iran
(B) Kuwait
(C) Indonesia
(D) Saudi Arabia
6. The World Environment Day is celebrated on which of the following days?

(A) 5th October
(B) 5th August
(C) 5th July
(D) 5th June
7. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which registered its
victory in tri-series ODI matches against Australia played in March 2008?
(A) M.S. Dhoni
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
8. Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open 2008 Women’s singles by defeating—
(A) Shahar Peer
(B) Kateryna Bondarenko
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) Ana Ivanovic
9. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation is known as—
(A) NIAM
(B) NAFED
(C) MARKFED
(D) NACMF
10. National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at—
(A) Nagpur
(B) Mumbai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kolkata
Ans–
1(A), 2(A), 3(B), 4(B), 5(C), 6(D), 7(A), 8(D), 9(B), 10(C)

1) Cochin shipyard Ltd. on January 8, 2013 launched the first patrol vessel
(FPV) named ---------- build for the Indian coast guards?
1) Aadesh
2) Rakshak
3) Akula
4) Jawan
Ans 1
2) Indian on January 27, 2013 successfully test fired the underwater ballistic
missile from ----- coast?
1) Visakhapatnam
2) Sri Harikota
3) Chandipore
4) None of these
Ans 1
3) Who on January 4, 2013 launched Pilot project of crime and criminal Tacking
systems?
1) Dr. Manmohan SIngh
2) Sushil Kumar Shinde
3) P. Chidambaram
4) A.K Antony
Ans 2
4) Who has been appointed chairman of the 20th law commission of India
1) Justice D.K Jain
2) Justic Markandey katju
3) Justic Swatanter
4) None of these
Ans 1
5) The Union Government on January 1, 2013 launched cash transfer scheme in
1) 5 district
2) 10 District
3) 15 District
4) 20 District
Ans 4

6) With which country, India on January 15, 2013 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to strength micro, small and medium enterprises?
1) Myanmar
2) Vietnam
3) Bangladesh
4) Malaysia
Ans 2
7) Name the country which became first country in Asia to order chemical
castration of child rapists
1) South Korea
2) North korea
3) China
4) Japan
Ans 1
8) Who has been appointed new Chinese Ambassador to India in January 2013?
1) Wei Wei
2) Xi Jinping
3) Zhang Yan
4) None of these
Ans 1
9) With which country, India on January 28, 2013 signed liberalized visa agreement
and a landmark extradition treaty?
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Srilanka
4) Nepal
Ans 2
10) Which country will launch a robotic lunar station in 2015?
1) USA
2) France
3) Russia
4) Japan

Ans 3
11) The Union Minister of Commerce Anand sharma on January 28, 2013 launched
an eBiz portal at the CII partnership summit in ------
1) Agra
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
Ans 1
12) GDP growth in the 11th Plan period stood at
1) 7.9 %
2) 8 %
3) 7.5 %
4) 8.5 %
Ans 1
13) The Union Government on January 10, 2013 approved 10 percent stake sale
in
1) NTPC
2) BHEL
3) GAIL
4) Engineers India Ltd( EIL)
Ans 4
14) Which of the following companies on Jauary 17, 2013 launched its video
telephony service in Delhi and Mumbai?
1) MTNL
2) Vodafone
3) Idea
4) Aircel
Ans 1
15) The current Repo Rate stands at
1) 8.5%
2) 7.75%
3) 8.25%
4) 7.5%

Ans 2
1. The mineral in which India depends largely on imports is
A. Iron Ore
B. Bauxite
C. Mica
D. Mercury
2. The last Mughal Emperor was
A. Akbar
B. Bahadur Shah
C. NoorJehan
D. Babur
3. The state which leads in agricultural production is
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu
4. The longest mountain range in the world is
A. The Alps
B. The Himalayas
C. The Andes
D. The Rockies
5. The most populous city in the world is
A. Paris
B. London
C. Peking
D. Tokyo