Basic General Knowledge Questions & Answers

1.  Who among the following has been recently awarded Saraswati Samman for his book "Dhool Paudhon Par"?
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Govind Mishra
Narendra Kohli
Amar Kanth

Answer : Govind Mishra

2.  Which country is the current  chair of  G20 group of  countries?
USA
France
Germany
Australia

Answer : Australia

3.  The successful launch of  Mars Orbital Mission into Mars orbit  was done by the critical test -
f ire of  LAM of  Mangalyaan.  What  does LAM stand for?
Land Apogee Motor
Liquid Aerial Motor
Land Aerial Motor
Liquid Apogee Motor

Answer : Liquid Apogee Motor

4.  Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of  Fiji?
Voreqe Bainimarama
Epeli Nailat ikau
Laisenia Qarase
Sit iveni Rabuka

Answer : Voreqe Bainimarama

5.  Which among the following places has been decided as the next  SAARC Cultural Capital for the year 2015-16?
Bamiyan
Shenzhen
Kathmandu
New Delhi

Answer : Bamiyan

6.  Government  of  India celebrated September 25 as which of  the following days?
Urja Diwas
Ant yodya Diwas
Itihas Diwas
Sadbhawana Diwas

Answer : Antyodya Diwas

7.  Which of  the following forms a boundary between North and South Korea?
17th Parallel
38th Parallel
49th Parallel
19th Parallel

Answer : 38th Parallel 

8.  Who among the following has been selected for the 'Right  Livelihood Prize' 2014?
Olevon Uexkull
Paul Walker
Sima Samar
Edward Snowden

Answer : Edward Snowden

9.  Which two international cricketers have been selected as Bradman Honoree 2014?
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat  Kohli
Virat  Kohli and Steve Waugh
Shane Wat son and Sachin Tendlkar
Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

Answer :  Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

10.  India has recently approved the Agreement  on Electric Power Trade with which country?
Myanmar
Bhutan
Nepal
Sri Lanka

Answer : Nepal

11.  Which Indian snooker player has announced his retirement  from professional snooker?
Pankaj Advani
Subhash Agarwal
Aditya Mehta
Geet  Sethi

Answer : Pankaj Advani

12.  What  is India's rank in the list  of  world's largest  crude-oil importing countries in the world?
First
Second
Third
Fourth

Answer: Third

13.  Which two nations have inaugurated the first  triangular India-US-Africa partnership in agricultural training at  the National Institute of  Agricultural Extension Management  (MANAGE), Hyderabad?
India and US
India and South Africa
India and France
India and China

Answer : India and US

14.  Who among the following served as first  Chairman of  the National Human Right s Commission?
Just ice Sabyasachi Mukharji
Just ice P N Bhagwati
Just ice Ranganath Misra
Just ice YV Chandrachud

Answer : Justice Ranganath Misra

15.  Komik, the highest  motorable village of  the world at  4513 metres is located in ___?
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Tibet
Nepal

Answer : Himachal Pradesh

16.  Which among the following animals are found in their natural habitat  in the Cold Desert  of  India?

1.  Snow Leopard
2.  Tibetan Wolf
3.  Jackal
Select  the correct  opt ion from the codes given below:
1 & 2
2 & 3
1 & 3
1, 2 & 3

Answer : 1, 2 & 3

17.  Consider the following statements:

1.  Rotavirus is one of  the primary causes of  mortality  for children less than five years of  age in India
2.  Rotavirus causes moderate to severe diarrhoea in infants Which among the above is / are correct statement s?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 & 2
Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : Both 1 & 2

18.  Mumbai’s Esplanade House, which recently bagged the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards, once served as residence of  __?
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Jamnalal Bajaj

Answer : Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

19.  The biggest  resource of  gold above ground in the world is in which among the following countries?
China
United States
India
France

Answer : India 

20.  Which among the following animals is also known as "aquatic panda"?
Ganges River Dolphin
Chinese White Dolphins
Indus river dolphin Amazon river dolphin
Chinese White Dolphins

Answer : Chinese White Dolphins

21. At which among the following places, there are NO headquarters / main offices of United Nations?
New York
Geneva
Nairobi
Moscow

Answer : Moscow

22. Which veteran Indian cricketer has recently been conferred the lifetime achievement award at the House of Lords in London?
Sunil Gavaskar
Ravi Shastri
Kapil Dev
Navjot Singh Sidhu

Answer : Kapil Dev

23. Who among the following was not a part of the famous Young Turks group of Indian painters which started in 1941?
M.F. Hussain
A.A. Majeed
P.T. Reddy
M.Bhople

Answer : M.F.Hussain

24. Union Cabinet in a recent decision decided to shut down six sick Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSEs). Which of the following is not a part of the six?
HMT
Hindustan Cables
Tungabhadra Steel
Biecco Lawrie

Answer : Biecco Lawrie

25. A sizeable proportion of the world's population lives in Urban slums. Which among the following countries accounts for the largest fraction of its urban population living in slums?
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Vietnam
Cambodia

Answer : Bangladesh

26. Sourav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Kush Kumar and Mahesh Manaonkar Mahesh have bagged a gold medal in Asian Games 2014. What game do they represent?
Boxing
Archery
Squash
Shooting

Answer : Squash

27. The National Academy for Athletics was recently inaugurated at__?
Thiruvananthapuram
Cochin
Chennai
Bangalore

Answer : Thiruvananthapuram

28. The Lycodon Odishii is a new species discovered recently in Odisha is of __?
Bird
Fish
Snake
Frog

Answer : Snake

29. What is the name of the student leader who has led theon-going pro-democracy protests at Hong Kong?
Joshua Wong
Leung Chun-ying
Geoffrey Ma
Carrie Lam

Answer  : Joshua Wong

30. The unexpected eruption of Mount Ontake, which is said to be a favourite hiking destination, has left dozens dead. In which country, this eruption took place?
Indonesia
Japan
South Korea
North Korea

Answer : Japan

31. Who among the following won the Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis?
Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski
Jamie Murray and John Peers
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares

Answer : Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski

32. Who has been sworn-in as the new Afghan President?
Ashraf Ghani
Abdullah Abdullah
Hamid Karzai
Burhannuddin Rabbani

Answer : Ashraf Ghani

33. What is the name of the Indo-US combined military training exercises that concluded in Ranikhet in Uttarakhand recently?
Yudh Abhyas 2014
Malabar 2014
Maitrayee 2014
Indra 2014

Answer : Yudh Abhyas 2014

34. Union Commerce Ministry has cancelled approvals of nine Special Economic Zones. Which SEZ, among the following is not a part of the decision?
Hindalco SEZ in Odisha
Essar SEZ in Jamnagar
Adani SEZ in Gujarat
L&T's SEZ at Vadodara

Answer : L&T's SEZ at Vadodara

35. Who has been selected for the first-ever Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award?
S. N.Subba Rao
Rajmohan Gandhi
Ramchandra Guha
K.G. Subramanyam

Answer : S. N.Subba Rao

36. Which among the following was the venue of the third Global Citizen Festival, held recently?
Moscow
London
New York
Singapore

Answer : New York

37. World Wildlife Fund has released the Living Planet Report 2014 recently. What is the theme of the report?
Species and Spaces, People and Places
Biodiversity, Biocapacity and Better Choices
Towards sustainability
Ecological footprints

Answer : Species and Spaces, People and Places

38. With which country has the new government of Afghanistan signed a bilateral security agreement?
US
China
India
Russia

Answer : US

39. Who among the following is the present chairman of Indian Space Research Organization?
V.Adimurthy
K.Radhakrishnan
G. Madhavan Nair
K.Kasturirangan

Answer : K.Radhakrishnan

40. Which of the following Light Combat Aircraft (LCA SP1) took its successful maiden flight recently and is declared ready for its induction into IAF?
Tejas
Kiran
Rudra
Dhruv

Answer : Tejas