GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1) Which country to host the 23rd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2019)?
A) Mexico
B) Brazil
C) Canada
D) Armenia

Ans: Armenia

2) Which country has launched its first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ into space?
A) Maldives
B) Indonesia
C) Nepal
D) Sri Lanka

Ans: Sri Lanka

3) Which of the following banks has partnered with M1Xchange TReDS platform for MSME bill discounting?
A) Bank of India
B) SBI
C) Bank of Baroda
D) Bank of Maharashtra

Ans: Bank of Maharashtra

4) The India International Textiles Expo (IIT Expo) has started in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Kathmandu
C) Kolkata
D) Colombo

Ans: Kathmandu

5) The International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels (ICSB-2018) will be organized in which city?
A) Patna
B) Guwahati
C) New Delhi
D) Shillong

Ans: New Delhi

6) Who has been honoured with the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in fiction category?
A) Rebecca Makkai
B) Richard Powers
C) Clare Barron
D) Tommy Orange

Ans: Richard Powers

7) On which date, the 2019 National Civil Services Day is celebrated in India recently?
A) April 21
B) April 20
C) April 22
D) April 23

Ans: April 21

8) What is the official name of European T20 league
A) Euro T20 Slam
B) Euro T20
C) Euro T20 league
D) European T20 Slam

Ans: Euro T20 Slam

9) Who launched the book titled 'Every Vote Counts-The Story of India's Elections'
A) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
B) Pranab Mukherjee
C) Venkaiah Naidu
D) Manmohan Singh

Ans: Mohammad Hamid Ansari

10) Which state assembly passed a Bill for total liquor prohibition
A) Mizoram
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Andra Pradesh
D) Rajasthan

Ans: Mizoram

11) Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of PhonePe
A) Saif Ali Khan
B) Katrina Kaif
C) Aamir Khan
D) Akshay Kumar

Ans: Aamir Khan

12) The women’s safety app “My Circle” has been launched by which of the following telecom companies?
A) Reliance
B) Bharti Airtel
C) BSNL
D) Vodafone

Ans: Bharti Airtel

13) Who among the following has been banned by FIFA
A) Macro Rolo Del Nero
B) Carios Chavez
C) Luis Chiriboga
D) Rafael Salguero

Ans: Luis Chiriboga

14) Name the former India hockey captain, who was appointed in Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Standing Committee recently.
A) Sardar Singh
B) Manpreet Singh
C) Snadeep Singh
D) Harendra Singh

Ans: Sardar Singh

15) Who was appointed as the head of the Indo-Pacific Wing?
A) Vikram Doraiswami
B) Sujan R. Chinoy
C) Shivshankar Menon
D) Nirupama Menon Rao

Ans: Vikram Doraiswami

16) Name the world's largest oil company who talks to buy 25 percent stake in Reliance Industries' oil refineries and petrochemical complex.
A) SABIC
B) Saudi Aramco
C) ExxonMobil
D) Gazprom

Ans: Saudi Aramco

17) Name the first Indian, who was inducted into the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) of US.
A) Prashant Joshi
B) Sanjay Kumar
C) Narayanan
D) Anamika Das

Ans: Sanjay Kumar

18) Name the Spacecraft, which is used by NASA to find "Ligeia Mare", the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan.
A) Voskhod
B) Cassini
C) Space Shuttle
D) Vostok

Ans: Cassini

19) Kaushik Shaparia was appointed as the chief executive officer for this bank, recently.
A) Targobank
B) Commerzbank
C) ING Group
D) Deutsche Bank

Ans: Deutsche Bank

20) VARUNA is the largest Naval Exercise between India and __________.
A) France
B) Bangladesh
C) Russia
D) Brazil

Ans: France