General Knowledge- Questions & Answers

1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
(A) John Joseph
(B) Vanaja N. Sarna
(C) Mahender Singh
(D) S Ramesh

Answer: S. Ramesh

2. Who has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
(A) Arvind Saxena
(B) Sudha Jain
(C) Kirti Kumar
(D) Omi Agrawal

Answer: Arvind Saxena

3. Pappu Karki, the popular Kumaoni folk singer has passed away. He was a native of which state?
(A) Jammu & Kashmir
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C]) Uttarakhand
(D) Assam

Answer: Uttarakhand

4. India’s first-ever national police museum will be established in which city?
(A) Chennai
(B) Delhi
(C) Nagpur
(D) Kolkata

Answer: Delhi

5. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is in news for appointing Sharad Kumar as new Vigilance Commissioner. As per which committee’s recommendations, the CVC was set up?
(A) Nittoor Srinivasa Rau committee
(B) Tejendra Mohan Bhasin committee
(C) KV Chowdary committee
(D) K. Santhanam committee

Answer: K. Santhanam committee

6. Which country will host the 45th G7 summit 2019?
(A) Italy
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Canada

Answer: France

7. Which country’s women cricket team has clinched the Asia Cup Twenty-20 tournament 2018?
(A) South Korea
(B) Bangladesh
(C) India
(D) Pakistan

Answer: Bangladesh

8. Who has won the men’s singles French Open tennis tournament 2018?
(A) Novak Djokovic
(B) Dominic Thiem
(C) Roger Federer
(D) Rafael Nadal

Answer: Rafael Nadal

9. Which country’s football team has won the 2018 Intercontinental Cup football title?
(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Kenya
(D) Argentina

Answer: India

10. Shantaram Laxman Naik, who passed away recently, was the former Congress chief of which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Goa
(C) Bihar
(D) Karnataka

Answer: Goa