Important General Knowledge Questions for Government Exams

1) Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
A) Raja Rammohan Roy
B) Dayanand Saraswati
c) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
   
Ans: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

2) With how many volunteers did Gandhi led his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930 from his base Sabarmati Ashram ?
A) 20
B) 50
C) 78
D) 103

Ans: 78

3) With reference to Indian freedom struggle which one among the following events occurred earliest ?
A) Lucknow Pact
B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
C) Cripps Mission Proposals
D) None of the above

Ans: Lucknow Pact

4) In budget 2019-20, the government set the target to distribute ____ LPG connections under the Ujjawala Yojna.
A) 6 cr
B) 10 cr
C) 5 cr
D) 8 cr

Ans: 8 Cr

5) What is the biggest item of income of the central government in 2019-20 budget?
A) Goods and Service Tax
B) Corporation tax
C) Borrowings and other liabilities
D) a and b both are equal

Ans: a and b both are equal

6) Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent?
A) Junko Tabei
B) Bachendri Pal
C) Santosh yadav
D) Premlata Agarwal

Ans: Junko Tabei

7) Which is the house where the Chairperson is not the member of that house?
A) Lok Sabha
B) Vidhan Parishad
C) Rajya Sabha
D) Vidhan Sabha

Ans: Rajya Sabha

8) Which one among the following metals is used for making boats because it does not corrode by seawater?
A) Tungsten
B) Nickel
C) Antimony
D) Titanium

Ans: Titanium

9) ‘Pradhana Mantri jan-Dhan Yojana’ has been launched for-
A) promoting financial inclusion in the country
B) promoting agricultural inclusion in the country
C) promoting political inclusion in the country
D) promoting social inclusion in the country

Ans: promoting financial inclusion in the country

10) This river was also called as the Ganges of the South, Name the river from the given options.
A) Godavari
B) Krishna
C) Cauvery
D) None of these

Ans: Cauvery

11) In the World Boxing Championships 2017, who won India its first medal?
A) Gaurav Bidhuri
B) Alexzendar
C) Tarzen
D) Mitshuba

Ans: Gaurav Bidhuri

12) Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi ?
A) Ajit Singh
B) Syed Haider Raza
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Balgangadhar Tilak

Ans: Syed Haider Raza

13) Who is named as 'Captain of the year' in the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards ?
A) Quinton de Kock
B) Hayley Williams
C) Ben Stokes
D) Virat Kohli

Ans: Virat Kohli

14) Who won the US Open 2018?
A) Brooks Koepka
B) Tommy Fleetwood
C) T. Finau
D) D. Johnson

Ans: Brooks Koepka

15) Which city is known as 'Gold capital of the world' ?
A) Johannesburg
B) Paris
C) Dubai
D) Saudi

Ans: Johannesburg

16) Which region specializes in diamonds?
A) Sub-Saharan Africa
B) Central america
C) Middle east Europe
D) South America

Ans: Sub-Saharan Africa 

17) Who was appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI recently ?
A) SS Mundra
B) Viral Acharya
C) Urjit Patel
D) R Gandhi

Ans: Viral Acharya

18) The First Five Year Plan was based on ___________.
A) Herold Domar Model
B) P.C . Mahalanobis Model
C) Both the Above
D) None of the above

Ans: Herold Domar Model

19) Jim Corbett National Park is located at:
A) Uttar Pardesh
B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Uttarakhand

Ans: Uttarakhand

20) Who attended the Second Round Table Conference as the representative/s of the Congress ?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Gandhiji
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) None of these

Ans: Gandhiji