Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Theme of World Environment Day - TNPSC Group II Questions

1. Who has been nominated by the BCCI for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020?

Rohit Sharma

2. Which nation’s candidature was approved unanimously for non-permanent membership of UNSC from the Asia Pacific category?

India

3. Which nation is the smallest ever nation to secure a UNSC seat?

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

4. What was the theme of World Environment Day 2020?

Biodiversity

5. Who launched a national awareness campaign on Prevention of Human, Animal Mortality on Highways on June 5?

Nitin Gadkari

6. Which nation has ended its relationship with the World Health Organisation?

USA

7. Which place has been declared as Uttarakhand’s new summer capital?

Bhararisen

8. Which state topped India’s State Food Safety Index among larger states?

Gujarat

9. Which Union Territory topped India's Food Safety Index?

Chandigarh

10. Which state has made Bande Utkala Janani its state song?

Odisha

11. India signed an agreement recently with which nation to boost cooperation in the power sector?

Denmark

WORLD GEOGRAPHY GK QUESTION WITH COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. Which is claimed to be the coldest place in Asia?

Answer: Dras

2.Where is Asia’s longest and highest ropeway?

Answer: Auli, Garhwal, Himalayas 

3.What is the river Ganga called in Bangladesh?

Answer: Padma

4.Pakistan has borders with two countries of Asia. Which are they?

Answer:Afghanistan and India

5.In which important city is Jeddah the port?

Answer:Mecca 

6.Which is the legendary Pass which links pakistan with Afganistan?

Answer:Khyber Pass 

7. which country is Nagev Desert located

Answer:Israel

8.The mesopotamia is now called

Answer:Iraq

9.Which Mediterranean island is considered an independent Asian country?

Answer:Cyprus

10.The famous island in the Arabian Sea is a part of yemen. Which island?

Answer: Sacotra

11.The UAE separates two parts of a country. Which country?

Answer: Oman

12.Mongolia’s great desert is called

Answer: Gopi Desert

13.Which is the longest river in Asia

Answer: yangtze

14.Who published the Theory of continental Drift?

Answer: German meterologist Alfred Wegener in 1915

15.What divides Asia from North America?

Answer: Berring Strait

16.Which country is the third largest producer of electric energy?

Answer: Japan

17.Where is the world’s largest Sea port?

Answer: Shanghai, China

18.Most of which country is occupied by the Anatolian plateau

Answer:Turkey

19.Which is the second largest country in terms of population?

Answer:India

20.World’s most destructive earthquake occurred in which country?

Answer:Japan in 1923 

IMPORTANT DAYS IN SEPTEMBER 2019 FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.1st September is celebrated as:

A. World Coconut Day
B. National Nutrition Week
C. V-J Day
D. None of the above

Answer:National Nutrition Week

2.3rd September is celebrated as

A. Skyscraper Day
B. Vistory over Japan Day
C. World First Aid Day
D. National Fried Clam Day

Answer:Skyscraper Day

3.On which date Teacher's Day is celebrated?

A. 2 September
B. 3 September
C. 4 September
D. 5 September

Answer: 5 September

4.Why Teachers Day is celebrated on 5 September?

A. Abdul Kalam birthday
B. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan birthday
C. Swami Vivekananda birthday
D. None of the above

Answer: Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan birthday

5.International Literacy Day is observed on

A. 6 September
B. 7 September
C. 8 September
D. 9 September

Answer: 8 September

6.8 September is also celebrated as

A. Brazilian Independence Day
B. International Day of Charity
C. World Suicide Prevention Day
D. World Physical Therapy Day

Answer: World Physical Therapy Day

7.Name the harvesting festival that falls in the month of September?

A. Onam
B. Pongal
C. Makar Sankranti
D. Bhogali Bihu

Answer: Onam

8.14 September is celebrated as

A. World First Aid Day
B. World Suicide Prevention Day
C. Hindi Divas
D. International Day of Charity

Answer:Hindi Divas

9.International Day of Democracy is observed on

A. 13 September
B. 14 September
C. 15 September
D. 16 September

Answer: 15 September

10.Malaysia Day is celebrated on

A. 15 September
B. 16 September
C. 17 September
D. 18 September

Answer: 16 September

11.16 September is celebrated as

A. Engineer's Day
B. International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
C. International Talk Like a Pirate Day
D. World Ozone Day

Answer:World Ozone Day

12.What is the theme of World Maritime Day 2019?

A. Empowering women
B. To promote women in maritime
C. Empowering women in the maritime community
D. Increase women in maritime community

Answer:Empowering women in the maritime community

13.26 September is observed as

A. Day of Deaf
B. World Contraception Day
C. European Day of Languages
D. Rose Day

Answer:World Contraception Day

14.International Translation day is celebrated on

A. 27 September
B. 28 September
C. 29 September
D. 30 September

Answer: 30 September

15.World Heart day is celebrated on

A. 25 September
B. 27 September
C. 28 September
D. 29 September

Answer: 29 September

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. This Union Minister passed away on August 24, 2019 after prolonged illness.

Answer:Arun Jaitley 

2.Which among the northeastern and Himalayan states has topped under the theme incremental change in the CWMI 2.0 index?

Answer:Uttarkhand

3. Which Indian player has become the first-ever to clinch the Badminton World Championship title?

Answer:PV Sindhu

4.How many Gold medal in World Archery Youth Championship 2019?

Answer:2

5.PM Modi launched the RuPay card in which among the following gulf countries?

Answer: UAE

6.Where is the headquarters of Amazon located?

Answer:Seattle, Washington, United States 

7.Which country awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance'?

Answer:Bahrain

8.Under which scheme of Kerala does the Norka-Roots spend Rs.25 crore in 2018 to provide financial support to NRKs returning to their native place?

Answer:Santhwana scheme

9.According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, all the pending GST refund would be returned to the MSME’s within how many days?

Answer:30 days

10.Which Country honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with The Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen award?

Answer:Maldives

11.Whose 109th birth anniversary was commemorated on August 26, 2019?

Answer:Mother Teresa

12.When is the Women’s Equality Day observed?

Answer:August 26

13.Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launched Project SU.RE in which city?

Answer:Mumbai

14.Who was selected for the Outstanding Engineer Award-2019 by Institution of Engineers in India?

Answer:Prabhakar Singh

15.Which team won Durand Cup-2019 title?

Answer:Gokulam Kerala FC

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1.The post of State Information Commissioner is created due to the existence of..

Answer:Right to Information Act

2.Which among the following is a Plurinational State officially ?

Answer:Bolivia

3.The State Information Commissioner holds the office for the period of..

Answer: 5years

4.Name the Border Guarding Force at Indo-China Border?

Answer:Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)

5. Who can remove the State Information Commissioner?

Answer:The Governor of the state

6.What is the length of border that India shares with China?

Answer:3488 km

7.What is the full form of DWCRA?

Answer: Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas

8.Albert Sabin is known for developing which of the following vaccines?

Answer:Polio vaccine

9.India-Bangladesh border is at which number the longest in the world?

Answer:Fifth

10.Which Indian state shares longest border between India and Bangladesh?

Answer:West Bengal

11.What is the minimum age to be appointed as the Chief Minister of a state?

Answer:25 years

12.Which country has the highest productivity of rice?

Answer:China

13.Who provide oath to other ministers of the state other than the Chief Minister?

Answer:Governor

14.which is the top fruit producer in India?

Answer: Maharashtra

15.Which is the largest spice producing state in India?

Answer:Andhra Pradesh

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 10,2019

1. Who among the following was conferred the Bharat Ratna honour?

a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Arun Jaitely
d) Meira Kumar

Answer: Pranab Mukherjee

2. World Archery suspended the Archery Association of which among the following countries?

a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Bangladesh

Answer: India

3. Who among the following cricketers announced his retirement from all forms of International cricket on August 8, 2019?

a) Dale Steyn
b) Imran Tahir
c) Hashim Amla
d) Quinton de Kock

Answer: Hashim Amla

4. ISRO has decided to set up the Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in which city?

a) Chennai
b) Noida
c) Kochin
d) Bengaluru

Answer: Bengaluru

5. Which state government has launched Mission Shakti sports initiative?

a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Jharkhand

Answer:  Maharashtra

6. Which film won the Best Popular Film award in 66th National Film Awards?

a) Mahanati
b) Uri
c) Stree
d) Badhaai Ho

Answer: Badhaai Ho

7. Which Ministry launched the Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha drive recently?

a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) Ministry of Jal Shakti
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Defence

Answer: Ministry of Human Resource Development

8. Which state topped the Breastfeeding, Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices in India?

a) Kerala
b) Haryana
c) Manipur
d) Sikkim

Answer: Manipur

9. Which Minister launched the electronic version of Rozgar Samachar?

a) Suresh Prabhu
b) Prakash Javadekar
c) Ram Nath Kovind
d) Dharmendra Pradhan

Answer: Prakash Javadekar

10. India recently signed which international convention on mediation?

a) UNISA
b) UNCAC
c) UNFCCC
d) UNCBD

Answer: UNISA

IMPORTANT WORLD GEOGRAPHY QUESTION FOR COMPETITVE EXAM

1. The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?

[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Indian Ocean
[D] Arctic Ocean

Answer: Indian Ocean 

2. The “Helmand Province” of Afghanistan is famous for cultivation of __:

[A] Tobacco
[B] Opium
[C] wheat
[D] Cotton

Answer: Opium 

3.The cities of ‘Hiroshima’ and ‘Nagasaki’ are located on which among the following Islands of Japanese Archipelago?

[A] Honshu and Kyushu respectively
[B] Honshu and Shikoku respectively
[C] Hokkaido and Kyushu respectively
[D] Kyushu and Shikoku respectively

Answer: Honshu and Kyushu respectively

4.Which of the following countries are separated by the Strait of Gibraltar?

[A] Portugal and Morocco
[B] Algeria and Spain
[C] Morroco and Spain
[D] Algeria and Portugal

Answer: Morroco and Spain

5.Which of the following places of the world is known for ‘Guano’, a uniquely-produced natural fertilizer which has a high concentration of nitrates?

[A] Tierra del Feugo
[B] Atacama desert
[C] Minas Gerais of Brazil
[D] Coastal headlands and Islands of Peru

Answer: Coastal headlands and Islands of Peru

6.Laterite soils’ are formed due which of the following actions?

[A] Leaching
[B] Erosion
[C] Deposition of fertile riverine silt
[D] Mechanical Weather

Answer: Leaching 

7.Pemba’ and ‘Zanzibar’ Islands of Africa are famous for the cultivation and export of:

[A] Cloves
[B] Sugarcane
[C] Tobacco
[D] Coffee

Answer: Cloves 

8.Which of the following mountain ranges form the longest mountain chain in the world?

[A] The Rockies of North America
B] The Andes of South America
[C] The Transantarctic Range
[D] The Great Dividing Range of Australia

Answer: The Andes of South America

9.‘Samarqand’ was invaded and destroyed by Alexander in 329 B.C. and Chengiz Khan in 1221 A.D. It is one of the important cultural and industrial city of Central Asia which is located in :

[A] Afghanistan
[B] Turkmenistan
[C] Uzbekistan
[D] Iran

Answer: Uzbekistan

10.‘Oxus’ is the ancient name of which of the following rivers?

[A] Tigris
[B] Euphrates
[C] Amu Darya
[D] Syr Darya

Answer: Amu Darya

IMPORTANT COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION FOR JULY 15 & 16, 2019

1. Who has recently been appointed World Bank Managing Director (MD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?

a) Anshula Kant
b) Rahul Sachdev
c) Amrita Dev
d) Bipin Singh

Answer: Anshula Kant

2.In order to facilitate trade between Bhutan and which country India has set up a waterway in Brahmaputra River?

a) Pakistan
b) China
c) Bangaldesh
d) Nepal

Answer: Bangladesh

3. Which tennis player recently won the second Wimbledon title by defeating Roger Federer?

a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Andy Murray
d) Stan Wawrinka

Answer: Novak Djokovic

4. Which leg-spinner of Afghanistan has been appointed the new captain of the team in all three formats?

a) Asgar Afghan
b) Gulbadin Naib
c) Hamid Hasan
d) Rashid Khan

Answer: Rashid Khan

5. Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra has been appointed governor of which state?

a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

6. Which nation won the ICC World Cup 2019?

a) England
b) New Zealand
c) Australia
d) Sri Lanka

Answer: England

7. Which nation will host the ICC World Cup 2023?

a) New Zealand
b) Sri Lanka
c) India
d) South Africa

Answer:India

8. Which state became the first to have the State Water Policy to conserve water?

a) Kerala
b) Meghalaya
c) Punjab
d) Bihar

Answer: Meghalaya

9. Which of following General Insurance Company will be merged with National Insurance Company Limited and United India Assurance Company Limited to create a single insurance entity?

a) Oriental India Insurance Company
b) Bharti Axa General Insurance
c) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
d) SBI General Insurance

Answer: Oriental India Insurance Company

10. Hussain Muhammad Ershad died recently. He was former President of which country?

a) Sri Lanka
b) Bangladesh
c) Nepal
d) India

Answer: Bangladesh

11. Which among the following players was left out from Sachin Tendulkar’s World Cup XI?

a) Virat Kohli
b) MS Dhoni
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Ravindra Jadeja

Answer: MS Dhoni

12. In the second round of talks on Kartarpur corridor, Pakistan has agreed to allow visa-free travel for how many pilgrims per day?

a) 1000
b) 3000
c) 7000
d) 5000

Answer: 5000

13. NASA is commemorating the 50th launch anniversary of which history mission in July?

a) Apollo 1
b) Apollo 13
c) Apollo 11
d) Apollo 5

Answer: Apollo 11

14. Which country has opened its air-space for India after five months?

a) China
b) UAE
c) Pakistan
d) Japan

Answer: Pakistan

15. The first international flight from this Indian city took for Dubai on July 15.

a) Jamshedpur
b) Indore
c) Dehradun
d) Bhopal

Answer: Indore

16. Which of the following personality was chosen by Bank of England to feature on new £50 note of Britain?

a) Alan Turing
b) James Watt
c) Jane Austen
d) Nan Shepherd

Answer: Alan Turing

17. The International Arbitration Court imposed over USD 5 billion penalty on which country for unlawful denial of a mining lease to a company?

a) India
b) Pakistan
c) USA
d) China

Answer:Pakistan

18. When is World Youth Skills Day observed every year globally?

a) 13 July
b) 14 July
c) 15 July
d) 16 July

Answer: 15 July

19. Which state government has recently announced the addition of Maithili language as an alternative subject from the 8th to 12th standard?

a) Delhi Government
b) UP Government
c) Bihar Government
d) Rajasthan Government

Answer: Delhi Government

20. Which country will host Shooting World Cup 2020?

a) China
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) India

Answer: India