GK Quiz on India

1. The following countries have a border with India to the North West:a.    Afganistanb.    Pakistanc.    China d.    Bhutan

2. Which state in India has the highest literacy rate:a.    Tamil Nadub.    Keralac.    Mizoramd.    Lakshadweep

3. What is the ratio of the width of the Indian Flag to the its Length:a.    1:1b.    2:3c.    4:2d.    2:4

4. The song Jana-gana-Mana was originally composed in:a.    Bengalib.    Hindic.    Urdud.    Sanskrit

5. The song Vande Mantaram was composed by:a.    Rabindranath Tagoreb.    Bankimchandra Chatterjic.   

6. The National Animal of India is the :a.    Tigerb.    Lionc.    Peacockd.    Leopard

7. The National Tree of India is the:a.    Neem Treeb.    Lotus Treec.    Banyan Treed.    Mango Tree

8. The National Fruit of India is the 

a.    Mangob.    Lotus Fruitc.    Gauvad.    Papaya

9. The constitution of India was adopted on :a.    1947b.    1948c.    1949d.    1950

10. The following is a true statement in 2011:a.    India comprises of  28 states and 6 Union Territoriesb.    India comprises of 28 states and 5 Union Territoriesc.    India comprises of 28 states and 7 Union Territoriesd.    Indian comprises of 28 states and 8 Union Territories

11. The contribution of agriculture to the GDP of India is roughly:a.    30%b.    33%c.    40%d.    45%

12. The population of India according to the Census of 2001 is:a.    9,038 Millionb.    1,028 Millionc.    1,052 Milliond.    1.074 Million

Answers

1. A & B2. B3. B4. A5. B6. A7. C8. A9. C10. C11. B12. B

Current Affairs Questions Answers for December 2012 One liners•    Noted Hindi writer on 13 February 2012 was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte published in 2004-Professor Ramdarash Mishra

•    This Indian state government on 13 February 2012 announced medical benefits, financial support & higher compensation packages for various other categories of workers covered by the Industrial Workers Act– Delhi Government

•    This Indian state government suspended the scheme of distribution of social benefits under Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)– Haryana Government

•    The railways safety review committee, headed by a former Atomic Energy Commission chairman submitted its report to the Union government on 17 February 2012- Anil Kakodkar

•    International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries inaugurated by the Union Minister for Shipping- G K Vasan•    New York Times’ foreign correspondent and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner died in eastern Syria on 16 February 2012- Anthony Shadid

•    As a part of this campaign Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched a major State-wide de-worming campaign- Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna (CNSY)

•    RBI panel on priority sector lending proposed increment in the target (priority sector) for foreign banks to this per cent of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent- 40%

•    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on 23 February 2012 inaugurated the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) here–Marol, Mumbai

•    Indian hockey team on 26 February 2012 defeated this country 8-1 to enter London Olympics–France

•    This Indian soccer legend popularly known as Sailen Manna, died in Kolkata on 27 February 2012- Sailendra Nath Manna

•    1977 batch IAS officer and additional chief secretary (finance) on 28 February 2012 was named the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan- CK Mathew

•    Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the upgradation of Railway Infrastructure for introduction of multi-modal transport system (Phase - II) in the twin cities– Hyderabad & Secunderabad

•    The Bollywood actor received a Green Globe Award for his efforts toward a greener

future at the fourth edition of the Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards–  Abhishek

Bachhan

•    This veteran environmental filmmaker was on 3 February 2012 honoured with the

prestigious V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the Mumbai International

Film Festival 2012- Mike Pandey

•    India lost to this country2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash World

Cup on 5 February 2012- Egypt

•     The state to contribute more than 50 percent of India’s total tea production in

2011- Assam

•    The observation satellite launched by Iran- navid satellite

•    India signed  13th TIEA with the country-Guernsey  

•    Hungarian mission inked deal  with the company to ease visas- VFS Global

•    India, Japan and China entered into a pact  which is known as- Shade

•    India and USA signed a MoU with India on-Labour and Employment Issues

•    The fifth edition of the world future energy summit was held in UAE capital- Abu

Dhabi

•    India’s NTPC signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board to

set up a joint venture 1320 MW thermal power plant at- Rampal

•    The country became the 157th Country to adopt the CTBT( Comprehensive Test Ban

Treaty)- Indonesia

• The person who took over as the new Indian Navy chief on 31 August 2012 to become 21st Chief of Naval Staff of Independent India- Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi 

• The Indian national who was appointed as the as chief economist and Senior vice president of World bank– Kaushik  Basu

• The Indian educated lieutenant general who took over the position of Nepal’s Army Chief, on 6 September 2012-Gaurav Shumsher Rana

• The man responsible for bringing white revolution in India and founder of world’s largest dairy company Amul who died on 9 September 2012-Verghese Kurien

• The former chief justice of India who died on 13 September 2012 at the age of 86- Ranganath Misra

• The Secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry who resigned  on 18 September 2012- Rajiv Kumar

• The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister  who resigned on 25 September 2012 after the alleged corruption charges on him in awarding irrigation projects when he was state's water resource minister- Ajit Pawar

• The Indian Union Minister of state for Telecommunication and Information Technology who was commissioned to be a Lieutenant in Territorial Army on 6 September 2012- Sachin Pilot

• The first person from Indian-American origin to serve as a parliamentarian for Democratic National Convention on 6 September 2012- Smita Shah

• The person who on 27 September 2012 was appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to Israel- Jaideep Sarkar

• The driver of McLaren's who became the winner of the Italian Grand Prix 2012 on 9 September 2012- Lewis Hamilton

• The cartoonist from Mumbai who was held for sedition- Aseem Trivedi

• The South Korean Movie which was awarded the Golden Lion Prize for best movie -Pieta

• The 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at -Tehran

• The first British man to capture a Grand Slam single championship after 76 years- Andy Murray

• The software companies of India, which acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm Lodestone on 10 September 2012 – Infosys

• World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day on environmental issue  observed every year on -10 September 

• The united state ambassador to Libya, who was killed on 9 September 2012 in Benghazi Attack- Chris Stevens

• The official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil -Smiling Armadillo

• State-owned Bank which had opened its first branch in South Africa in a move to enhance the relationship between South Africa and India- Bank of India

• Information training company  which partnered with Microsoft on 12 September 2012 for courses in Cloud computing- NIIT

• The girl of Indian Kazakh origin won the title of Miss Almaty 2012, on 14 September 2012- Farida Malik

• New Zealand pacer who announced his retirement  from both international and domestic cricket- Daryl Tuffey

• The President of Tajikistan who visited India from 1 to 4 September 2012-Emomali Rahmon

• The person who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India on 13 September 2012- Justice Altamas Kabir

• The Dutch National who was appointed by World bank to be the country director for India on 10 September 2012- Onno Ruhl

• The person who was appointed as a Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on 18 September 2012- Rajiv Mehta

• The astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on 15 September 2012- Sunita Willimas

• The player of Indian Cricket team who was named as the ODI Cricketer of the year at ICC Awards Function held at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 September 2012- Virat Kohli 

• The famous Urdu poet who died on 19 September 2012 in Kairana in Shamli district- Muzzaffar Razmi

• Famous Indian Scientist who was honoured with the Order of Canada Award in December 2012-Venkatesh Mannar

• Career diplomat who on 30 December 2012 had been appointed as Australia’s next High Commissioner to India- Patrick Suckling

• The former captain of England cricket team and renowned commentator who died in Sydney on 29 December 2012 following lung cancer- Tony Greig

• The former member of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 27 December 2012 had been appointed secretary of the Institute of Company Secretaries- MS Sahoo

• Renowned Oriya novelist who on 27 December 2012 selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2011 for her contribution to the field of Indian literature- Pratibha Ray

• The Emirati poet and translator who became the first Emirati and Arab to win the Tagore Peace Prize- Shihab Ghanem

• The conservative leader of Japan who was elected as the prime minister of the country by lower house of the Parliament on 26 December 2012-Shinzo Abe

• Former Union Minister of India and Veteran Congress leader who on 25 December

2012 was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in Shimla- Virbhadra Singh

• The Justice who in the fourth week of December 2012 took over as the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) - the apex body constituted under The National Green Tribunal Act 2010- Justice Swatanter Kumar

• The most-watched video ever on Youtube which booked a place in popular culture with becoming Collins dictionary’s word for November 2012-Gangnam Style

• The Italian Prime Minister who on 21 December 2012 resigned after 13 months in office with handing over his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano after parliament gave final approval to the 2013 budget law-Mario Mont

• The air-to-air interceptor missile which on 21 December 2012 was test launched from interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha- Astra

• The legendary hockey player who is also India’s triple Olympic Gold Medallist died after a prolonged illness on 20 December 2012- Leslie Claudius

• The person who on 20 December 2012 awarded with the Best Administrator in India Award instituted by K. Karunakaran Foundation- P. Chidambaram

• The person who  on 18 December 2012 appointed as the new chief of Border Security Force (BSF)- Subhash Joshi

• Bollywood Actor who on 13 December 2012 awarded with the prestigious BrandLaureate Legendary Award in Malaysia- Shah Rukh Khan

• The Indian banker and business executive who on 15 December 2012 took over as President of FICCI, becoming the first woman to head the leading industry body- Naina Lal Kidwai

• The Justice who on 14 December 2012-took over as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court - Arun Kumar Mishra

• The inventor of bar code, which revolutionalised retail in 70s, died at 91 on 8 December 2012 at New Jersey- Norman Woodland

• Famous Bollywood actress and Bharatanatyam exponent who had been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman of year 2012 for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture- Hema Malini

• The first chief minister of Uttarakhand, and the BJP Party leader who passed away on 12 December 2012- Nityanand Swami

• Renowned Indian sitarist  who passed away in San Diego city of California on 11 December 2012- Pandit Ravi Shankar

• The organization to which, the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded on 10 December 2012 at Oslo, Norway- European Union

• The city at which the 2nd meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held on 29-30 November, 2012-  New Delhi

• The film which was given two National Tourism Awards by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on 8 December 2012 recognizing the impact it has had in promoting India as a tourism destination- Life of Pi

• The strongest ever tropical cyclone which hit Philippines in the first week of December 2012- Typhoon Bopha

• The tax expert who was appointed by the Union government of India, as the adviser to finance minister P Chidambaram- Parthasarathi Shome

• The rank at which India Stands  out of 176 countries in Transparency International’s 2012 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released on 5 December 2012- 94th

• IPS officer of 1974-batch Bihar cadre on 3 December 2012 acquired the office as new CBI director-Ranjit Sinha

• The former NBC Universal chief who was named president of CNN Worldwide on 29 November 2012- Jeff Zucker

General Knowledge (GK) Quiz:  Indian Political Leaders

1. Abdul Kalam was elected as president in which year?a.    1986b.    1992c.    1996d.    2002

2. The 13th Prime Minister of India wasa.    Atal Bihari Vajpayeeb.    I.K. Gujralc.    Dr. Manmohan Singhd.    P. V. NARASIMHA RAO

3. Who was the President of the constitutional committee and played an important part in the drafting of the constitution?

a.    Dr. B.R. Ambedkarb.    Mahatma GandhiC.      Bothd.      None    4. Who prevailed in the 1977 elections and ended Indira Gandhi’s emergency rule?a.    Atal Bihari Vajpayeeb.    Morarji Desaic.    Charan Singhd.    Lal Bahudar Shastri

5. Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi?a.    Karamchandb.    Nathuram Godsec.    Ashfaquallah Khand.    None of the Above

6. Who succeeded  Nehru as Prime Minister?a.    Lal Bahadur Shastrib.    Gulzari Lal Nandac.    Indira Gandhid.    Morarji Desai

7. In what year was Rajiv Gandhi assassinated?a.    1990b.    1991c.    1992d.    1993

8. In what year did Sonia Gandhi receive Citizenship of India?a.    1982b.    1984c.    1985d.    1987

9. Who is currently (2011) the Vice President of India?a.    Ms. Pratibha Patilb.    Mohammad Hamid Ansaric.    Bhairon Singh Shekhawatd.    Krishan Kant

10. Who was the 1st Prime Minister of India?a.    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehrub.    Lal Bahadur Shastric.    Gulzar Lal Nanda

d.    None of the Above

11.Who was the leader of the Dalit Movement in India?a.    Dr. B R Ambedkarb.    Mahatma Gandhic.    Pt. Nehrud.    None of the above

Answers.1.D2.A3.A4.B5.B6.A. but could be B. since Gulzari Lal Nanda was  interim Prime Minister  after the sudden demise of Pt. Nehru7.B8.B9.B10 A11.A

General Knowledge (GK) Quiz:  Currencies of the World

1. What is the official currency of Sweden?a.    Swedish Dollarb.    Swiss Francc.    Swedish Kronad.    Euro

2. What is the official currency of Argentina?a.    Argentine Pesob.    Argentine Realc.    Argentine Pulad.    Argentine Dollar

3. Which country uses the currency Dirham?a.    Libyab.    UAEc.    Kuwaitd.    Saudi Arabia

4. Which countries use the American Dollar?a.    USAb.    Canada

c.    USA and Canadad.    Hong Kong

5. The Euro is not used in which of the following countries?a.    Germanyb.    Italyc.    Franced.    Norway

Answers:1. C2. A3. B4. A5. D

General Knowledge (GK) Quiz: Indian Parliament Question and Answers1. The Council of States in India is generally known as:a.    Lok Sabhab.    Rajya  Sabhac.    Parliamentd.    AD hoc Committeee.    None of the Above

2. The First Lok Sabha commenced on which date:a.    1947b.    1952c.    1954d.    1957e.    1962

3. The Lok Sabha is also known as:a.    Council of statesb.    The Upper Housec.    The House of the Peopled.    Parliamente.    None of the above

4. The precursor to the Indian Parliament was the :a.    AD hoc committeeb.    Provisional Parliamentc.    Constituent Assemblyd.    Supreme Assemblye.    Executive Assembly

5. The maximum strength  (number of members) of the Rajya  Sabha :a.    220b.    235c.    238d.    250e.    255

6. In the Rajya Sabha, the President can appoint how many representativesa.    6b.    8c.    10d.    12e.    15

7. The chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the:a.    President of Indiab.    Vice President of Indiac.    Prime Minister of Indiad.    Chosen from the members of the Rajya Sabhae.    None of the above

8.  The number of years that a member is elected to the Rajya Sabha is : Thea.    2 yearsb.    4 Yearsc.    6 Yearsd.    8 Yearse.    None of the above

9. The current leader (2011) of the Rajya Sabha is a.    Sonia Gandhib.    Dr. Manmohan Singhc.    Mr. Arun Jaitlyd.    Pratibha Patile.    Mohd.  Hamid Ansari

10. The money bill can be amended by the Rajya Sabhaa.    Trueb.    Falsec.    Sometimes

11. Which of the following is not an eligibility qualification for the LOK sabha:a.    Aged 25 or overb.    Mentally soundc.    Should not be bankruptd.    Should not have any criminal proceedingse.    Must be physically fit

12. What is the maximum strength (number of members) of the Lok Sabha envisaged by the Constitution:a.    530b.    540c.    550d.    552e.    555

13. The Presiding Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the following:a.    Prime Ministerb.    Presidentc.    Vice Presidentd.    Elected from the Lok Sabha Memberse.    None of the Above

14. The minimum age for holding office in the Lok Sabha is:a.    18 Yearsb.    21 yearsc.    25 Yearsd.    28 Yearse.    30 years

15. A motion of no confidence against the government can be introduced bya.    Presidentb.    Vice Presidentc.    Rajya Sabhad.    Lok Sabhae.    Prime Minister

16. How many sessions of the Lok Sabha take place in a year:a.    2b.    3c.    4d.    5e.    As many as needed

17. Which of the following are not sessions of the Lok Sabha:a.    Budget Sessionb.    Monsoon Sessionc.    Spring Sessiond.    Summer Sessione.    Winter Session

18. The budget is presented by the Finance Minister to the:a.    Prime Minister

b.    Presidentc.    Lok Sabhad.    Rajya Sabhae.    Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

19. The present Majority Leader of the Lok Sabha (2011) is:a.    Pranab Mukerjeeb.    Sushma Swarajc.    Mrs. Meira Kumard.    Mr. Karla Mundae.    Dr. Manmohan Singh

20. The Parliament of India consists of the following (more than  one answer applies)a.    Presidentb.    Lok Sabhac.    Rajya Sabhad.    Prime Ministere.    All of the Above

21. Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not:a.    Presidentb.    Prime Ministerc.    Speaker of the Lok Sabhad.    Rajya Sabhae.    Finance Minister

Answers:

1. B

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. C

6. D

7. B

8. C

9. B

10. B

11. E

12. D

13. D

14. C

15. D

16. B

17. C & D

18. C

19. A

20. A, B, C

21. CGeneral Awareness Questions and Answers:  Books and Awards

1. What is the highest award in India for cinema?

2. The tax that is named after a nobel prize winner?

3. The 1st five year old Indian girl that won the world's youngest black belt championship?

4. The Bank of Sweden Prize is another name for?

5. Which award is also known as the Green Oscar?

6. Who is the youngest artist to win the Grammy album of the year?

7. Who was the first person to win two Nobel prizes?

8. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?

9. "A Journey" is book written by whom?

10. Who wrote "Unleashing India"?Answers

1. Dadabhai Naoroji2. Tobin Tax3. Varsha Vinod4. Nobel Prize for Economics

5. Whitley Golden Award6. Taylor Swift7. Marie Curie8. Indira Gandhi9. Tony Blair10. Veerappa Moiley

General Knowledge (GK) Quiz: Question and Answers on Who's Who of Indians

1. Who was the first Indian woman in Space?

a.    Kalpana Chawla

b.    Sunita Williams

c.    Koneru Humpy

d.    None of the above

2. Who was the first Indian in space?

a.    Vikram Ambalal

b.    Ravish Malhotra

c.    Rakesh Sharma

d.    Nagapathi Bhat

3. Who is the founder of Infosys Technologies?

a.    N.R. Narayana Murthy

b.    TK Kurien

c.    Azim Premji

d.    Suresh Vaswani

4. Who built the Jama Masjid?

a.    Jahangir

b.    Akbar

c.    Imam Bukhari

d.    Shah Jahan

5. Who wrote the Indian National Athem?

a.    Bakim Chandra Chatterji

b.    Rabindranath Tagore

c.    Swami Vivekanand

d.    None of the above

6. Who was the first Indian Scientist to win a Nobel prize?

a.    CV Raman

b.    Amartya Sen

c.    Hargobind Khorana

d.    Subramanian Chrandrashekar

7. Who is first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

a.    Rabindranath Tagore

b.    CV Raman

c.    Mother Theresa

d.    Hargobind Khorana

8. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World Title?

a.    Aishwarya Rai

b.    Sushmita Sen

c.    Reita Faria

d.    Diya Mirza

9. Who was the first president of India?

a.    Abdul Kalam

b.    Lal Bahadur Shastri

c.    Dr. Rajendra Prasad

d.    Zakir Hussain

10. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

a.    Dhan Gopal Mukerji

b.    Nirad C. Chaudhuri

c.    Arundhati Roy

d.    Aravind Adiga

11. Who built the Red Fort?

a.    Jahangir

b.    Akbar

c.    Imam Bukhari

d.    Shah Jahan

12. Who is the richest Indian according to the Forbes List?

a.    Mukesh Ambani

b.    Lakshmi Mittal

c.    Azim Premji

d.    Anil Ambani

13. Who is the highest ranking Indian born woman in Corporate Life (According to Fortune Magazine?

a.    Indira Nooyi

b.    Chandra Kocchar

c.    Neelam Dhawan

d.    Shobhana Bhartia

Answers

1. A

2. C

3. A

4. D

5. B

6. A

7. A

8. C

9. C

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.BGeneral Awareness Questions and Answers:  World (Question Set 1)

1. The city affectionately known as PE?

2. Portugese East Africa was the former name of what country?

3. What was the name of Ho Chi Min City Until 1976?

4. Which city is The worlds' fashion capital?

5. Which is the largest selling newspaper in Britain?

6. Where is the largest onion market in Asia?

7. Frankfurter Buchmesse is the worlds' largest what?

8. Which is the city with the worlds' largest fleet of private helicopters and private jets?

9. Which is the country where no one is born?

10. RMB is the currency of which country?

11. Where is the worlds' largest concentration of elephants in the wild?

12. The 5th currency in the world to get its own symbol?

13. The historic discovery made on Jan 28, 1820?

14. Spainards discovered America, the Dutch found what?

15. Which is the poorest state in the Arab world?

16. Which is the country with the 2nd largest Muslim population?

17. What is the Mother City to South Africans?

18. Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls South Africa the ____ nation?

19. How was Chile spelt on the 2008 batch of 50 Peso coins?

20. What is Britains equivalent to the US Ivy League?

Answers to General Awareness Questions on the World

 

1. Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2. Mozambique

3. Saigon

4. Paris, France

5. The Sun

6. Lasalgaon Onion Market in Nashik

7. Book Fair

8. Sao Paulo

9. Vatican City

10. China

11. The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

12. Indian Rupee

13. Antartica

14. Austrailia

15. Yemen

16. India

17. Cape Town

18. Rainbow

19. Chiie

20. Russell Group of Universities